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By Amelia Zollner STAFF WRITER

Between packed lecture halls, murmurs of friends isolating due to exposure and even a few classes shifting back to online instruction, it is clear that the pandemic is far from over.

To help stop the spread of the COVID-19, and to ease the fears of students with varying comfort levels, on Aug. 5, the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s mask mandate went into effect. “The recent arrival in the U.S. of the more infectious Delta variant of COVID19 has led to a steep rise in cases across the country, including here in Wisconsin,” a statement from the university read.

However, for some students, this mask mandate is viewed as a breach of personal liberties.

Enter “Unmask UW”, an organization founded by second-year student Lane Whitten. According to Whitten, the organization has 30 members who prefer to remain anonymous, and it was kickstarted on Aug. 3, right after UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced the current mask mandate.

Unmask UW’s mission revolves around questioning two concepts: the legality and the necessity of the mask mandate.

Mask mandates have been contested in Wisconsin, with the Supreme Court overruling Gov. Tony Evers’ statewide mask mandate in March. While Wisconsin does not currently have a statewide mask mandate, Dane County does. Though in the eyes of Unmask UW’s members, UW-Madison does not reserve the

right to declare a mask mandate separate from Dane County’s.

“The university needs legislative approval to issue COVID restrictions,” Whitten said. “It is not

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belief that UW-Madison’s high vaccination rate alone is enough protection from the coronavirus.

“Students and vaccinated people as a whole are at a very small risk of

compromised and other high-risk people from COVID-19,” first-year Ryan Okushi said.

In addition to worrying about higher-risk students, many other

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the right nor responsibility of the University of Wisconsin administrators to make health decisions for students and staff.”

Aside from the legality issue, the members of Unmask UW also question the necessity of the mask mandate. As of Sept. 29, 92.7% of students and 93.8% of employees are fully vaccinated at UW-Madison, a statistic that propels Unmask UW’s

getting and being hospitalized from COVID-19,” Whitten said.

However, some students who are concerned about their immunocompromised peers have brought up counterpoints to Unmask UW’s belief that masks are unnecessary.

“I definitely don’t enjoy having to wear a mask all the time, but I think the minor inconvenience is worth it to protect immuno-

students have expressed concern for older faculty. “A mask mandate is the best plan as of right now for protecting our community, especially our professors,” first-year Kate Sarvady said.

During its first two months as an organization, Unmask UW has become somewhat of a point of division among students, with some referring to the founders

as “selfish.”

“If they want to get sick, that’s fine, but they shouldn’t be putting other people in danger,” first-year Brian Lin said.

Despite the backlash the organization has received — both through passionate comments left on Instagram and through messages from UW-Madison itself — its members continue to promote their beliefs through the organization’s Instagram account and its blog.

Unmask UW was originally founded as an Instagram page, but the organization has begun to step into the streets. The group’s first protest took place on Sept. 3, and they are planning another protest for Oct. 1.

“We had roughly 30 people at the protest, including Orlando Owens, who is running for state treasurer,” Whitten said. “Although our numbers were smaller than we hoped, we got a chance to speak to multiple news channels and get more exposure for our organization.”

With cases seemingly dipping one week and rising the next, the future of the pandemic is unsteady, and against Unmask UW’s wishes, UW-Madison shows no signs of easing up on COVID-19 restrictions.

Dane County’s own mask mandate is set to expire on Oct. 8, although the mandate may be renewed after that.

Despite this, Unmask UW refuses to step down, and its members plan on continuing their mission to dismantle the mask mandate.

“We hope to have a discussion in the future with university administrators and the leaders of the legislature about why the university should no longer impose COVID restrictions,” Whitten said.

UW’s largest freshman class shows upwards trend in diversity

By Claire LaLiberte STAFF WRITER

It comes as no surprise to anybody who calls a University of Wisconsin-Madison residence hall home this semester that the university has enrolled a record number of freshmen. Triples, quads and unconventional housing situations abound, accommodating the surplus of students.

Among the 8,465 first-year students at UW this year, 55% come from Wisconsin or Minnesota according to a university news release. The university’s efforts to enroll local students seem to be paying off: Despite a plateau in the number of high school students in the upper Midwest, UW’s instate enrollment numbers are on the rise.

First-year student Claire Wilcox of St. Paul, Minn. is one of the students benefiting from the university’s reciprocity program. When asked if they would have attended without the program, Wilcox said, “No way. I would not have been able to afford it …

I might not have even considered it. But here I am, and I’m glad about it.”

In addition to the UW’s notable in-state numbers, are record-setting levels of racial and ethnic diversity.

Approximately 25.2% of the

Class of 2025 are students of color — more than ever before.

Students, like Wilcox — who is first-generation Chinese-American — believe this development is “not representative of the country as a whole.” Despite this, Wilcox described their experience making other friends of color on campus as positive, stating that they “know that there are people there if I need them.”

Outside of the country, UW-Madison remains a popular choice for prospective undergraduate students.

Just under one in ten freshmen are international students, with the most significant cohorts coming from China and India. Among them is Neha Thalpur of Chennai, India, who decided to attend the UW due to its strong chemistry program.

“I was worried about not being able to fit in, but so far, it’s not been that hard,” Thalpur said.

Although moving halfway across the globe has provided its challenges, she described the experience as an “eye-opener.”

Thalpur found the university to be supportive in her transition to college life in the United States, but she did note that UW may have over-enrolled.

This summer, university officials described their efforts to

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Freshman University of Wisconsin-Madison students play volleyball outside of Witte Hall, located in the center of campus. accommodate the class in residence halls, emphasizing the class’ eagerness to be on-campus.

Notably absent from the demographic numbers provided by the university are those of Indigenous students. Dan Cornelius, of the law school’s Great Lakes Indigenous Law Center, explained that the university may be hesitant to put these numbers forward because “the retention numbers have not been good over the years” — particularly from

reservations.

Cornelius, an enrolled member of the Oneida Nation, stated that many tribal families are hesitant to send their youth to UW-Madison. Among possible explanations for this phenomenon, he named a simple lack of community for Indigenous students on campus.

Cornelius posited ways for UW to rectify this. His suggestions included offering courses at the university that connect to the Indigenous

experience and providing food at the dining halls that come from Great Lakes tribes.

He cited Wunk Sheek, an Indigenous student organization, as an example of community here at the university, but he urged students and UW as a whole to ponder: “How can we create more [of an Indigenous space here]?”

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Q&A: Adrian Lampron, your new ASM Chair

By Will Cioci SENIOR STAFF WRITER

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On Tuesday, the Student Council of the Associated Students of Madison — the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s student government — convened in person for the first time since the onset of the pandemic.

The past year has been a tumultuous one for the body — much of it spent in gridlock with administrators over their handling of the pandemic, equity and inclusion for students of color and the role of university police on campus. For new ASM chair Adrian Lampron, the new session is a fresh chance for the student voice to be heard and heeded on those issues.

A Minnesota native and a senior studying History and Political Science with a certificate in LGBTQ+ Studies, Lampron is an ASM veteran taking on new responsibility as its leader. The Daily Cardinal sat down with Lampron for a conversation about the state of shared governance on campus, their plans for the year and the music getting them through it.

This conversation has been edited for clarity and brevity.

I’ll be honest that coming into UW and for most of my time here, I didn’t know very much about ASM — about how it worked, how it affected me as a student. How would you describe the importance of ASM to folks like that?

ASM has two major functions, and one of them is the governing side. We allocate pretty much all of the segregated fees that students pay into things, like the bus pass, funding student organizations, funding UHS, the gyms [and] Recreation and Wellbeing. The other side is grassroots organizing and activism.

We work on equity and inclusion issues, sustainability [and] university policy at the state legislature level.

We go to meetings with the Dean of Students or meetings with the president of the UW system, trying to advocate for what students need.

We’re trying to empower students to use their voice to impact decision making processes.

How would you rate the UW campus’ engagement with those politics?

Good question. I think with ASM directly, the average student is not very involved. We get like 8%, 6% voter turnout depending on the year, which is not great.

But I think students engage with the issues ASM works on in many different ways. A lot of work we do intersects with different student organizations or university departments. The Office of Sustainability is doing a lot of the same stuff that our Sustainability Committee is doing, which is the same stuff that CLEAN UW is doing, for example. A lot of people are engaged in some way on the issues of student advocacy, or are aware of the issues we’re working on. But not a lot at the ASM level.

I think it’s fair to say that last year was contentious, in terms of the relationship between ASM and UW administration. What kind of conversations have you had with the admin going into this year? What does that working relationship look like?

We’ve been talking a lot to the administrators that we had difficulty working with last year. I

think there will still be some of the I’d look at an old painting and tensions of last year, just because just think, ‘oh, that’s beautiful,’ or a lot of the tactics of the admin- ‘that’s really weird looking, why is istrators were revealed to us, just that person wearing such a weird by how bad stuff got, frankly. So outfit?’ and then move on, and not it’s kind of hard to go back to feel- consider it very deeply. But that ing like everyone’s totally on your class forced the students to look at side, because it’s not that simple. I each piece of the artifact or paintthink that we do have an opportu- ing and think about what literally, nity to work with administrators is that? What does it mean to me, more this year, but we’ll see. but also what does it mean to They made a lot of decisions the person who made it or to the behind closed doors and without intended audience? input from shared governance How’ve you been filling your bodies. So if they continue to do time outside of ASM and classes? that on issues other than COVID How do you blow off steam? this year, that would be really disWell, this summer, I started appointing. I’m hopeful that with to learn about foraging and plant the changing circumstances, we’ll identification. So I’ve been trybe able to have a better relation- ing to do that while the weather’s ship again. still nice. I go to the Arboretum You said after you were elected last year that one of the things you really wanted to focus on was getting a mental health response program established on campus.

Where’s that at right now?

So we don’t have anything exactly like that on campus yet. At that time last year, UHS was proposing to develop a co-responder model with the University of Wisconsin Police Department.

There are folks at UHS who believe they have the capacity to start co-responding, with mental health providers going along with the police to respond to mental health incidents. Over the summer, I was watching to see what was going on at the city level, and it didn’t look like it was going to be expanded to campus.

It seems like the best thing we can do right now is support the co-responding model. [This fall,] there will probably be two mental health professionals from UHS COURTESY OF IRENA CLARKOWSKI co-responding with police officers to mental health emergencies on We welcome our new ASM Chair, Adrian. campus. Eventually, we can move toward a model that’s more like or the Lakeshore Nature Trail what the city is working on with and Preserve and try to figure the CARES program, which is just out what the plants are around sending a paramedic and men- me and if I can snack on them. tal health first responder to crisis I haven’t had as much time for incidents. We don’t have that on that lately, because ASM is just so campus right now, but the city is much, but I usually do that. I also moving toward it. And I’m hope- play music; I write songs. ful we will move toward it.

Yeah, your music! Did I see What are some of your other that you opened an event for Ilhan priorities for this coming session? Omar recently?

Well, something we’ve been Yeah I did! That’s kind of a talking about a lot over the sum- long time ago now. That was probmer is protecting and expand- ably like, I think right after the ing shared governance. Basically 2020 elections. what it comes down to is, we want Oh, I just saw it on your Twitter to make sure that students are relatively high up. in the room when decisions are Yeah, I don’t tweet that being made and that we actu- much. (laughs) ally have a vote instead of just I didn’t realize you were a being an advisory board, which musician until I started prepping is what happens a lot on campus. for this interview. But I noticed So trying to actually have a say in that, everywhere I could find a bio things like the dining meal plan of you as an artist, you mention or what kinds of housing options explicitly that your music is about are available to us, or even the life as a trans person. Are there segregated fee costs. We want to other artists that you look up to or actually have a say. that respect for their writing on Let’s switch gears a little bit. those experiences?

What’s your favorite class that That’s a good question. I always you’ve taken at the UW? really liked Jake Edwards, who’s I think my favorite class is this British singer-songwriter. still this one I took called Visual He wrote the song called Second History. It was a survey course Puberty that’s about transitionthat focused a lot on European ing and just trying to grow up as history and art. I’d never taken a trans person. That song always an art history class before, and I hits me. He hasn’t put out a lot of didn’t think that it would be very new music recently, which is sad. interesting. But the class basically Ryan Cassata is also an awesome taught me how to look at stuff in trans musician who does a lot of history, like artifacts or art, and work outside of just music for see beyond what you would just trans folks. And then what else? necessarily see. I used to feel like I mean, I always have to give a

shout out to Sam Smith, who’s the best — well, not the best, but the most famous — nonbinary musician. So gotta love them.

I also find community with trans musicians that I know. My friend Bella is a musician and writes and creates this super awesome hyper pop stuff on Soundcloud. Not a lot of people know about or listen to this niche stuff, but it’s super cool to just be around people that are really creative. I have a lot of people like that in the trans community here.

What will be on your Spotify wrapped this year?

Probably a lot of The Replacements, which is this old Minneapolis band that I’m very into. I’ve also been listening to the Mountain Goats a lot. Their album I’m listening to all the time is All Hail West Texas. And probably a lot of Chance the Rapper too. Those are my big ones right now.

Man, All Hail West Texas is an all-time great album. I feel like any possible negative feeling, it can be cathartic for.

Yes! It’s great.

When you think back over your college career, is there anything you would have done differently?

Well there are always student organizations that I see at the org fair or online where I’m like, dang, I should have got involved with that. I think there’s just so much cool stuff going on at this university, it’s hard to do everything. Maybe one thing I could have done better would be to work on gender inclusive housing here earlier. I just wish I would have had more time to organize around radical queer activism on campus.

There are a lot of queer student organizations here, and they do a lot of good community building and education. But I feel like a lot of queer students who are doing activism are doing it in a lot of places. There’s not a unified place where students are really pushing for bathroom access, or pronoun usage or education around inclusive classroom education for professors and stuff. Which I think [is] probably because it’s just really hard to be a trans student or queer student here. If you’re having a hard time already, it’s hard to additionally do organizing. And there aren’t that many of us. I wish I had time to start a queer student advocacy organization. But I don’t have time, so I do that work in other ways.

Anything else that you want to say? What’s been on your mind recently?

Well, I know the students who are going to be reading this article will probably already be pretty informed. But I think that it’s really important for everybody to know that they can reach out to ASM. And even if we can’t directly help you with whatever issue is going on, people at ASM know, like, a lot about this university.

Everybody here is getting into really niche conversations about what they’re working on. So if you have a problem with a specific engineering department, or a specific sustainability issue in your dorm, somebody in ASM probably knows how to deal with that.

People can reach out and we’re here to help.

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City of Madison considers to divide the campus district

By Charlie Hildebrand CITY NEWS EDITOR

The City of Madison is considering two plans to redraw district boundaries which would break up District 8, a district that has historically been occupied predominantly by UW-Madison students.

In both of the proposed plans, the Lakeshore dorms would instead be incorporated into District 5 with one of the plans additionally enveloping the Spring Street dorms and College Court neighborhood into District 5.

Some community members have raised concerns regarding the suggested division of District 8, claiming that the plans to redistrict will weaken the influence of students in local elections.

Scott Resnick, the former alder for District 8, believes that positions that student takes are not shared throughout neighboring districts. According to Resnick, District 5, which represents a large portion of the near-west side, is mainly comprised of young families who have vastly different policy concerns than students.

“If you think about the issues that students have and consider

a community of interest, many similar issues that UW students face in one dormitory [are] faced across the board — issues with campus safety, with nightlife, with alcohol related issues with housing rights,” Resnick said.

“Those are issues that, essentially, your students are certain [to be] unified around.”

Following the census every 10 years, the city redraws the districts to reflect the current population.

Madison grew by 16% in the past decade with a majority of population growth taking place in the apartments constructed near State Street, East Washington Avenue and the Isthmus, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.

If District 8 is redrawn, Resnick says that the concerns of students would be ignored by the Common Council, because they would make up a small percentage of that district.

“Students would make up, in some cases, a fairly small percentage of that representation to that overall district” Resnick said in an interview with The Daily Cardinal.

UW-Madison student and

current District 8 Alder, Juliana Bennett, has acknowledged that district lines should be redrawn due to a greater population increase relative to other districts.

Like Resnick, Bennett believes that the current proposals are ignoring the distinct needs of students.

“It is a disservice to students and surrounding neighborhoods to expect the District 5 alder, who has no relation to campus-related issues, to divide their time between the needs of these two incredibly different populations,” Bennett

“It is a disservice...to expect the District 5 alder...to divide their time between the needs of these two incredible different populations.”

Juliana Bennett UW-Madison student and current District 8 Alder

said in a blog post.

In her blog post, Bennett additionally stated that low voter turnout in District 8 should not be used as a justification for splitting up

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Redistricting may no longer be accurate respresentation of Madison.

District 8.

“Claiming that students don’t vote and shouldn’t be represented by a like-minded student is akin to claiming any population that doesn’t vote shouldn’t receive equal

representation,” Bennett said.

On Thursday, the redistricting committee will meet to consider public feedback on the proposed maps. The committee will vote on a map on Oct. 7.

ASM’s EIC strives to develop solutions for campus-wide issues inclusivity on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

The first meeting of the Equity The EIC is one of just five and Inclusion Committee (EIC) open ASM committees on camwas hosted on Tuesday by the pus, meaning that there is no Associated Students of Madison. application to join or participate The committee is dedicated to in organizing events. making space for students to “It’s in the spirit of inclusion advocate for social justice and that there’s not a barrier for entry,” said Diverse E n g a ge m e n t Coordinator Ndemazea Fo n ke m .

“This committee is its’ members.”

All students are welcome to attend meetings at BRYCE RICHTER/UW-MADISON any point in Students walking along State St. unaware of EIC. the semester

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to bring up issues they see around campus. The EIC is meant to give a platform and a place to get involved with grassroots organizing, with an emphasis on finding solutions for issues across campus. The committee serves first and foremost as an ideas exchange, according to committee leaders.

Attendees at the kickoff meeting were asked to share issues that were particularly important to them on campus. Topics raised include the desire for the creation of a disabled student center and a major streamlining of resources accessible to students in general. Without a straightforward way to access the resources the university supplies — whether it be financial aid resources or mental health resources — students at the meeting feel there’s no real way to utilize the variety of services pro-

vided by UW-Madison.

The creation of sub-groups focused on one specific area of interest for inclusivity and diversity at UW-Madison are a new addition to the EIC this session. These subcommittees range from engagement to transportation accessibility, and are broad enough that every suggestion raised at Tuesday’s meeting fell under at least one of the groups.

Looking ahead to the rest of the semester, Fonkem describes some of the “little projects” she’s working on, including bolstering the Housing and Dining initiative for more inclusive housing options as well as campaigning for more transportation accessibility options on Bascom Hill for disabled students. These initiatives are not something that are an indi-

vidual feat, said Fonkem.

The bulk of the meeting was focused on each attendee finding their role in the Social Change E c o syst e m , a f f e c t i o n at e ly dubbed the “new Myers-Briggs” by committee members.

“Acknowledgement and recognition is how we know we exist,” Fonkem explained as members moved around the room, grouping up with others with similar roles as them. She emphasized that her goal for the semester is to have the committee be a place where members express their thoughts freely and come together around issues on campus to brainstorm solutions.

The EIC meets Tuesdays at 6:15 p.m. in the Caucus Room of the Student Activity Center.

Wisconsin high schooler wins lawsuit against a sheriff’s deputy

By Halle Zides STAFF WRITER

Amiyah Cohoon of Westfield Area High School in Oxford, Wis., won a federal lawsuit against a Marquette County Sheriff who threatened her with arrest if she did not take down posts claiming that she had COVID-19.

U.S. District Judge Brett Ludwig ruled in Cohoon’s favor — claiming that her First Amendment rights were violated.

“The First Amendment is not a game setting for the government to toggle off and on,” said Ludwig. “Demanding a 16-yearold remove protected speech from her Instagram account is a First Amendment violation.”

Cohoon took to social media last spring to talk about her experience with COVID-19. Following a band trip she took with her high school in March 2020, Cohoon fell ill, presumably with COVID-19.

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High schooler winning lawsuit = protection of First Amendment.

Court documents revealed that she had tested negative for the virus, however, doctors assumed she had it, but missed the testing window.

On March 26, 2020, she posted a picture on Instagram with the caption, “I won’t be back for a while longer due to me ... having the COVID-19 virus...I don’t want the attention, it’s just the truth.” The following post was a photo of her in an oxygen mask with the caption, “Winning the fight with Covid-19.”

Cohoon’s lawyer, Luke Berg, alleges that the next day a Marquette County deputy sheriff threatened Cohoon and her parents with jail time if she did not take the posts down. Sheriff Joseph Konrath and his deputy claimed that Cohoon created panic through her posts, as there was no proof of any COVID-19 outbreaks in the county. A school administrator publicized that Cohoon’s post was a rumor calling it a “foolish means

to get attention.”

Judge Ludwig ruled Cohoon was protected under the free speech clause of the First Amendment and is therefore allowed to freely post on social media, as long as she follows community guidelines and does not specifically target anyone.

“This decision underscores that First Amendment rights cannot be dispatched within an emergency,” said Berg. “More importantly, law enforcement has no business trying to regulate the social media posts of local teenagers.”

“This decision underscores that First Amendment rights cannot be dispatched within an emergency.”

Luke Berg Cohoon's Lawyer

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Wisconsin starts 1-2 for the first time in over two decades after loss to Notre Dame

By Cole Wozniack STAFF WRITER

In one of the worst losses of the Paul Chryst era, Wisconsin football looked inept on almost all levels of the field during the 41-13 rout in Chicago on Saturday.

Offensively, Wisconsin actually outgained the Fighting Irish in terms of yards. The Badgers mustered up 314 total yards off 240 yards through the air and 74 on the ground compared to only 242 total yards for the Irish with 239 passing and three total rushing yards.

However, mistakes defined the Badgers’ performance at Soldier Field as the offense only scored 13 points on one passing touchdown and two field goals. Additionally, the offense also scored 14 points for Notre Dame through starting quarterback Graham Mertz’s two pick-sixes, meaning that the offense scored more points for the other team than they did for themselves.

Even if you discount the turnovers, the actual area where this offense was unable to do virtually anything was by way of an inability to sustain drives, going an abhorrent 1-14 on third downs in the game. Wisconsin offenses in the past were often characterized by dominant, smashmouth running attacks that featured efficient play-action passing games that, while perhaps lacking in production, featured a litany of creative uses of short-motion and jet sweeps to gain leverage in coverages.

Through three games, however, we have seen next to nothing in terms of creative uses of motion, jet sweeps and misdirection in the run game that used to be hallmarks of the great offenses in the Paul Chryst era. After the abysmal offensive performance in Chicago, legitimate ques-

tions can now be raised about whether or not the design of this current offense fits the modern college football landscape or whether these putrid scoring outputs are due to a lack of high-end talent.

Specifically, serious questions can now also be raised about whether Graham Mertz should be the starting quarterback and whether or not Wisconsin made the correct decision in

in statistical defensive categories, but the units have looked even more dominant this season when considering the quality of opponents in Penn State and Notre Dame.

Individually, Faion Hicks was the star of the secondary, recording four pass breakups — the most in a single game for the Badgers since 2017. He was extremely physical in his coverage against the Irish. He

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However, one aspect of this Wisconsin football team that was largely absolved of criticism on Saturday was the defense. Coordinated by Jim Leonhard, this defense continues to exemplify why it should be mentioned among the nation’s elite units in all of college football. Through three games, Wisconsin has only given up 69 total rushing yards. Even though the final scoreboard was heavily lopsided at the end of the game Saturday, Jim Leonhard’s defense only gave up two of Notre Dame’s five touchdowns on the day. During the 2010s, Wisconsin has always been near the top in the country

could have potentially been flagged for his aggressive play multiple times, something that is a common characteristic in Wisconsin cornerbacks who are nationally known for that style of play. He also recorded a quarterback hurry off of a blitz during the second half, resulting in a third-down stop.

Along the front seven, the linebackers and defensive line recorded an exceptional eight sacks and twelve tackles for loss. Nick Herbig, who some expect to be Wisconsin’s next great linebacker along the lines of Zack Baun and TJ Watt, individually recorded two sacks and two tackles for loss, with both sacks coming on third downs.

Badgers pick up right where they left off in opening season sweep

By Christian Voskuil SPORTS EDITOR

The Wisconsin women’s hockey team (2-0) looked like they hadn’t lost a step this past weekend, sweeping Lindenwood (0-2) to open up their 2021 title defense.

It was a whole team effort for the No. 1 ranked Badgers, who saw 16 players score points — including 10 multi-point performers — during their 8-1 and 10-0 wins over the Lady Lions.

Casey O’Brien got things started for the Badgers on Friday and led the way for them after. After taking a little bit to shake off the rust, Wisconsin finally got on the board late in the first period, thanks to the sophomore forward. O’Brien skated down the left side of the ice and tapped in a perfectly placed Makenna Webster pass to get the Badgers on the board going into the second period.

Wisconsin let the floodgates open in the second period. Senior

captain Brette Pettet got the scoring started early for the Badgers, shooting the puck past the Lindenwood goaltender just 25 seconds into the second period of play.

Next up in the scoring column was the reigning WCHA Player of the Year, Daryl Watts. Last year’s Patty Kazmaier Award finalist gathered the puck at center ice, skated around a Lindenwood defenseman and sniped a shot over the Lindenwood netminder to complete the solo run with a goal. Maddi Wheeler would finish the scoring for the period, netting two goals of her own to give Wisconsin a 5-0 lead going into the final 20 minutes.

The Lady Lions would get one past Wisconsin’s backup goaltender Jane Gervais who went in the net for the final period, but three more goals from Katie Kotlowski, Webster and O’Brien gave Wisconsin an 8-1 win to start their season.

Game two was even better for

the Badgers and O’Brien.

Just one day after posting the first multi-goal game of her career, O’Brien wasted no time to get her second, scoring two goals in the first period to give Wisconsin a 2-0 lead heading into the first intermission.

The break didn’t mess up O’Brien’s rhythm at all, as the forward came out in the second period and secured her first career hattrick just 40 seconds into the period. The three goals in a row for O’Brien made her the first Badger in a decade to record a natural hat-trick.

Wisconsin was far from done, though, in the second period. The scoring fest added a goal from Pettet, two from Kotlowski and two shorthanded goals from Sophie Shirley and Maddie Posick.

If you thought you wouldn’t hear from Casey O’Brien the rest of the game, you were wrong.

O’Brien netted her fourth goal of the game early in the third period,

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One area that continued to plague Wisconsin again on Saturday was special teams.

There were multiple instances where Wisconsin players mismanaged decisions on the field, especially in the return game. Although the significant wind inside Soldier Field could have played a factor, there were multiple incidents where Badger return-men were colliding with each other when attempting to catch the ball, and one instance where Dean Engram’s curious decision not to catch a ball resulted in Notre Dame being able to down the ball inside the five-yard line.

The low point of the Badgers special team’s performance, though, came in the fourth quarter when Collin Larsh kicked the ball straight to Notre Dame’s Chris Tyree, who promptly evaded multiple Badger tacklers en route to his 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, putting the Irish back into the lead 17-13.

Wisconsin wouldn’t be able to muster up any more points on the day, making Tyree’s touchdown essentially the gamewinning play.

Coming out of this terrible loss that spiraled out of control in the fourth quarter due to repeated self-inflicted mistakes, several distinct narratives are emerging into the ethos. One is that this Wisconsin football program, whose narrative has always been centered around how it can take the next step to be a legitimate contender for the College Football Playoff and a national title, could potentially be taking a step back away from the elite of the Big Ten. However, some fans are simply looking at this season with an acknowledgment that they have two losses to teams that are now both in the top ten of the AP Poll. Wisconsin had the opportunity to seal

victory but came up short. The Badgers led the game in the fourth quarter and even outgained Notre Dame offensively, but mistake after mistake caused the game to slip away.

In my opinion, even with the dreadful performances from this offense, it is too early to say whether or not this team cannot have a successful season. Although they are likely no longer contenders to make it into this year’s College Football Playoff, winning the Big Ten West, competing for the Big Ten title and a potential Rose Bowl berth is not out of the realm of possibility for this team.

For Notre Dame, this win launches Brian Kelly into the title of the all-time winningest coach at one of the most storied programs in the history of the sport. If Jack Coan is able to return to the starting quarterback role after suffering an injury against the Badgers, and if Marcus Freeman’s defense can perform as well as it did on Saturday, the 2021 Fighting Irish have the potential to win out the rest of their regular season on their way to a second consecutive appearance in the College Football Playoff.

Wisconsin returns home this Saturday, Oct. 2, to face another top 15 team in the Michigan Wolverines. No. 14 Michigan is armed with a speedy running back tandem that makes up Jim Harbaugh’s best rushing attack since coming to Ann Arbor, and one of the best in the country.

That game will kickoff at 11 a.m. Central Time on Fox as Big Noon Kickoff returns to Madison to cover the Big Ten matchup. For the Badgers, this is a chance to either change the narrative that this is one of the worst teams in the Paul Chryst era or potentially cement it as a program on a downward trend.

becoming only the sixth Badger to score four or more goals in one game and the first to do so since Sarah Nurse in 2016.

Webster would wrap up the scoring for the team late in the game, bringing the total to a round 10-0, making it the third straight season the Badgers have scored

double-digits in at least one game.

The top-ranked Badgers will look to continue their dominance this weekend when they travel to North Andover, Massachusetts, to take on the Merrimack Warriors.

Both Friday and Saturday’s games will start at 1 pm and can be seen online on College Sports Live.

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Forward Britta Curl celebrates during the 2020-2021 season.

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‘Come out to the Farm!’ Ava Padilla on F.H. King

By JOYCE RIPHAGEN SCIENCE EDITOR

As the days get colder, Ava Padilla is tucking her farm in for the winter. Padilla is one of two farm directors at F.H. King, a student-run organization that focuses on providing an experimental space for students to engage with sustainable agriculture and reconnect with foodways.

Padilla, who has been gardening for almost 10 years, joined F.H. King’s Board of Directors her junior year after seeing a position listing. She loves engaging with nature in the farm out at Eagle Heights — “I love knowing the plants as friends,” Padilla said. “I love seeing people connect … sometimes this is someone’s first time seeing a tomato!”

Padilla emphasized that the org is open to all experience levels and interests. “You can absolutely come in knowing nothing … ultimately, my job means being able to share what I know, and learn.”

So come on out, even if you’ve never grown a plant before, or if you aren’t a biology or botany major. All you need is an interest and a desire to learn. “Please come!

I want to hear what you have to say! Ask all the stupid questions,” Padilla said.

“They’re good questions!”

On campus, F.H. King is best known for their Harvest Handouts. “Once a week, usually on Sundays, we transport all the produce we’ve grown

and give it out for free,” Padilla said. The org, which is funded by segregated fees, distributes about 300 pounds of produce weekly during peak season.

F.H. King provides a number of services besides free food. Members can attend a variety of guest lectures and educational events that explore various topics within sustainability. Recently, the org hosted a workshop on natural dyes, a pickling workshop, and composting workshops. Students interested in organic agriculture can also work with F.H. King for internship credits.

The growing season may be winding down, but there’s still plenty of ways to get involved with F.H. King. The org is run by a non- hierarchical board of directors, but you don’t have to be on the board to get involved. New members can come to volunteer workdays, typically held on Wednesday evenings and Sunday mornings. F.H. King is also hosting a Chopped event on Friday, Oct. 8, in which students will compete to create a dish with F.H. King’s produce. There will also be a Harvest Festival at the farm in Eagle Heights on Oct. 15.

Students interested in joining F.H. King can be as involved as they want — there are no fees or minimum amount of hours required for any member not on the

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Crates of a colorful variety of produce from F.H. King's farm in Eagle Heights. board of directors. However, those interested in getting involved with leadership in the org should keep their eyes peeled for any board positions opening up — these are paid positions that have set responsibilities.

Padilla emphasized that the farm is a safe space for

all who wish to be involved, including Queer or BIPOC people who may not fit the stereotype of an American farmer. “There’s a change in the makeup of American farmers going on,” Padilla said. “We want to support these people, and build a community.” F.H. King also frequently collabo-

rates with organizations like Wunk Sheek, and recognizes that their farm is on unceded Ho-Chunk territory.

If you’re interested in joining F.H. King, check them out on Instagram @fhkingfarm for links to their upcoming events and most recent newsletters. Get out to the farm!

Put a Spark in your Resume: Join the Institute of Electric and Electronics Engineers

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IEEE can be a great resume booster and networking opportunity for engineering students.

By EMILY ROHLOFF SCIENCE EDITOR

Are you an Engineering major looking for an intriguing and easy way to boost your resume? Consider joining the Institute of Electric and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

IEEE considers itself a social and profession-

al networking organization for those interested in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences.

Brandon Niles, a third year student majoring in both Computer Engineering and Computer Science, explained that what brought him to IEEE was the realization that

most employers are seeking candidates who expose themselves to their field of study outside of the classroom.

“IEEE provides that exposure in an entertaining and relaxed environment that has broadened my knowledge as a computer engineer,” Brandon said.

IEEE offers involvement

through company showcases, networking events, outreach programs, projects and socials.

Through the company showcases, members are able to listen to speakers from local and national companies, learn about what they do and what career opportunities are available to them. They can then also submit their resume into an “exclusive resume pool” where companies looking to recruit will have access to it.

IEEE provides a way for students to “prepare for successful careers by building the skills and connections you don’t always receive in the classroom,” Niles said.

According to IEEE, projects are a separate group within the organization that give members an opportunity to think creatively, work collaboratively and construct member-suggested ideas such as a breathalyzer or solarpowered cell phone charger.

This is an opportunity for members to not only add to their resume, but gain skills in PCB design and H/W and S/W design.

Niles also emphasized the social importance and ben-

efits of these projects. “In the industry it’s pretty rare to work on a project alone, IEEE provides the opportunity to collaborate with fellow engineers and build interpersonal skills that are essential to becoming a successful engineer.”

Aside from working with peers, IEEE also offers outreach programs and promotes volunteering by going to local middle schools or high schools to help students get ready for their Science Olympiad competitions.

For Niles, it is opportunities like these that give IEEE, “its ability to bridge the gap between the concepts I learn in class and how they can apply in future career settings.”

Between collaborative projects, volunteering and networking, IEEE is a great choice for future engineers looking to not only boost their resume, but gain valuable field experience.

To learn more about IEEE and how to get involved you can visit their webpage: https://ieee.slc.engr.wisc.edu/ index.html.

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The Social Justice Hub's Criminal Justice Reform team met Sept. 27 to stuff the Abolition Apostles newsletter and send them out to inmates across the country”

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Students dye shirts, tote bags, and socks using a variety of colorful plants and berries at the F.H. King: Students for Sustainable Agriculture's Natural Dye Workshop on Sept. 27

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By Sophie Friedberg STAFF WRITER

Freshmen wearing that one L&S T-shirt, my Yik Yak post getting 50 upvotes and climbing, UWNet not getting the memo that we are back on campus, mostly because I tried to send the memo while connected to UWNet, so it didn’t go through.

With us finally being in person this year, I thought I’d help out the freshmen class by doing some research into useful clubs on campus. But, in true Sophie fashion, what I ended up with was much weirder than what I started with.

I intended to give you guys a list of some interest and academic-based clubs and call it a day, but alas, these are anything but that.

So, here are, in my opinion, the 10 most intriguing student organizations to join this fall if you’re

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looking to have a damn good time.

1. Badger Cheese Club Two words: Cheese tastings.

Socialize with people who enjoy fine artisan cheese while you learn about how it’s made. Member fees are only $15? In a state known for its cheese? Seems like a bargain.

Sign me up.

2. Badger Yogis For those looking to flow — or to justify the Lululemon leggings you paid $98 for. The club hosts biweekly meetings with time set aside for “group flow” as well as social events to strengthen its members on and off that mats.

3. Caroling Club Exactly what it sounds like. We wish you a Merry Christmas.

4. Badger Twins According to their website, this is a club “where twins are able to connect and meet other pairs of twins.” Badger Twins plans to

hold meetings where attendees can talk about what it’s like being a twin. Why does that sound so enticing to me? What secret things do twins know that the rest of us don’t? What are they hiding from us? To find out, I’ll be accepting applications to be my fake twin so I can infiltrate this club. I’ll keep you guys posted.

5. Challah For Hunger, UW-Madison Chapter Calling all my fellow Jews, do you want to make your mom’s dreams come true?

Come learn how to bake challah and then donate them to charity. What a mitzvah.

6. Badger Log Rolling To my understanding, this is where you put a log — inflatable or from a tree — into a body of water and spin the log by running on top of it without falling off. I recommend just looking it up because my

words aren’t doing it justice.

7. Knit for a Cause Finally, a way we can pay our grandparents back for all those sweaters. Put those foxes through those caves, or whatever analogies they use to help us amatures learn to knit. Show up to their weekly meetings to weave your way into the fabric of this club. Too much?

Yeah. Sorry.

8. Club for Animal Respect and Education Animals! Volunteer with animals! Clean up habitats, learn about endangered species, volunteer in shelters and, overall, be a stellar human being learning about cute little animals and how to respect them and their ecosystems. The next time you want to litter, think about the little baby sea turtle it’ll harm. Shame shame.

9. Archery Club After the year we just had,

I think we all deserve to shoot some stuff with arrows. Come to the UW Stock Pavilion on Tuesday’s and Saturday’s to get that aggression out. It doesn’t matter if you’ve never picked up a bow in your life or if you’re a trained bow and arrow assassin.

Come one, come all! Except if you’re actually an assassin.

10. Art Club Wheelhouse Studios at Memorial Union is the place to be if you’re looking to scribble and/or scrabble. Work on personal projects or collaborative work, attend a club social or an open-art gallery or just watch the others be talented while you keep at those stick figures.

So, there you have it: The 10 most outlandish clubs to join right now (i.m.o). If you need me, I’ll be busy calling the head of the caroling club to see if they can perform at my 20th birthday party.

How student orgs changed my college experience

By Gunnar Schmitz STAFF WRITER

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The Student Organization Fair was held at the Kohl Center on Sept. 14, 2021.

The impact of UW student orgs

By Grace Bond STAFF WRITER

With nearly 900 student organizations, the University of WisconsinMadison provides a bustling atmosphere of opportunities. These organizations help thousands of students connect with new people through an environment of shared interest and passion.

Not only is joining a student organization a fundamental part of the college experience, but it is known to leave a long-lasting impact on members.

For me, student organizations have been nothing short of impactful. Whether it was participating in a club sport or building professional skills, I have felt more connected to the campus through my involvement. I have made wonderful friends while engaging in what genuinely interests me.

Ultimately, my involvement has contributed to my amazing college experience.

UW-Madison junior Maddie Vilker, the direc-

tor of videography at Moda Magazine, is practically the poster child for getting involved. However, after she came to UW, Vilker found that the same clubs she had been a part of in high school didn’t interest her anymore.

“I was someone who really enjoyed clubs in high school, so I tried out the same ones in college,” Vilker said. “I realized they weren’t the right fit, so I began to explore other clubs that caught my interest.”

Her extracurriculars and experience don’t end with Moda Magazine. Vilker is also the president of UW-Madison’s Marketing Club (MKT), an events intern at the Social Justice Hub and a campus director for Bumble. She credits her time with student orgs for expanding her career and creative horizons.

“I love how each club represents a different part of my studies and interests now. My involvement with MKT has helped me grow professionally and to cre-

ate business connections.

In addition, I expressed my creative side through working with the campus lifestyle and fashion magazine,” she stated.

Vilker ’s advice for students looking to get involved? Take the time to devote yourself to your interests outside of the classroom.

“Overall, I’ve been able to express all the facets of my interests, and I have gained a ton of experience in fields I might actually work in,” she concluded. “I often prioritize my student organizations as they provide me with handson work, amazing teams and genuine joy.”

Campus organizations can not only provide a sense of identity, but a judgement free space through a community of people with similar interests. The countless student orgs at UW-Madison bestow opportunities for students to authentically express themselves. Don’t hesitate to put yourself out there!

Throughout my first two years of college, the voice in my head constantly told me I should drop out. I was unhappy with my trajectory in school, I felt socially unfulfilled and, ultimately, I felt like the college experience was a lie.

I was never sure what I wanted out of college. I entered the UW Collegeof Engineering for practical reasons, but had a nagging feeling I didn’t quite belong in the field. For multiple semesters, I buried myself in the work hoping I would find security, never allowing myself to explore other interests or passions.

It’s safe to say that this was an unhealthy path.

In early 2020, a good friend reached out to me and told me he was considering joining Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Music, an organization on campus that books and runs concerts at the Unions. Even though we were second semester sophomores, he said the community seemed wel-

coming and that joining late wasn’t weird at all. This was just the push I needed. I had been curious about WUD since my freshman year, but I had never allowed myself to participate in things outside of academics.

As the semester drew on, I struggled academically, but the fellowship I experienced through my involvement was gratifying. I met many colorful, charismatic people, all pursuing different majors and careers. When I discovered that students in WUD were using their experiences in the club to land careers in creative industries, I started to reassess what it meant to be in college. After seeing so many people taking their passions and skills and turning them into careers, I started to question my own academic journey. What was I trying to gain by simply just getting a degree?

Once the dreaded Spring 2020 term ended, I was at a crossroads: I was either going to put my academic career on indefinite hold, or I was going to go into the fall semester with a completely

different approach.

I followed my curiosity and joined every student organization I had previously forbidden myself from exploring. I picked up writing for The Daily Cardinal and got my start in student radio with WSUM. Somehow, despite all my time commitments, my GPA started recovering. I even transferred into the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where I found a renewed sense of optimism for my future.

My journey is still far from complete, but now the path seems much brighter.

I don’t enjoy talking about myself much, but when I was approached by the Cardinal to contribute my thoughts for this issue, I figured sharing my experience and relationships with campus organizations might help inspire others to explore new possibilities. If you haven’t already, please consider getting involved with one of the 900 organizations on campus.

You’re never too old, and it’s never too late to try new things.

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By Darshigaa Gurumoorthy STAFF WRITER

On one of my unproductive days, I stumbled upon a video on YouTube by a standup comedian. He talked about his experience being darkskinned in Indian society. As funny as his anecdotes were, his remarks resonated with me — about how people assumed that he was a chainsnatcher because was dark-skinned, how his mother growing up would give him almond milk to make him fairer, how his relatives made fun of him for his skin color.

It hit painfully close to home. Most of what he went through, I did too, and still do.

Just recently, I visited a few relatives in India. The first thing most of them asked me was why I grew darker. They called me irresponsible for not taking care of my complexion. Some of them did not even bother asking me how I was. In their eyes, I was clearly unwell.

Even as a child, being the darker one compared to my brother, I was always made fun of. In a way, all of my nicknames implied that I was darker than others. I knew that they did not intend to make fun of me or offend me, and it was all in good humor. Therefore, I did not take them seriously.

A while later, my niece was born and I watched my entire family gang up on the poor 3-day-old and point out the color of her skin. Yes, that poor child whose skin pigment had not even fully developed. That was the first time it hit me how important color was. My aunt made it her mission to make her newborn fairer. She would send pictures of her daughter’s skin every week, turning a shade lighter each time.

This annoyed the 12-year-old me for two reasons: her pictures were taking up too much memory space on my old, slow phone, and my extended family would call and ask me what I was doing about my skin, as if their snide remarks weren’t enough to make me feel bad.

I would always hear negative comments about how I was pretty despite being dark, or how I was smart even though I could improve in the color department. People would tell me to try home remedies or fairness creams to lighten my skin tone.

These were my aunts, my uncles, my grandparents. My own family. As I grew older, I grew more aware of my society, and I realized that it wasn’t just my family that had this obsession with lighter skin. Our entire society is built around the belief that “fair” is better.

Interestingly, even gods are not above this prejudice in our society. The dark-skinned Lord Krishna (whose name means dark) is often depicted as blue-skinned, even though the religious scriptures clearly describe him as a ‘neela-megha shyama’; this essentially means “as dark as the rain-filled cloud.” For some reason, we cannot stand a dark-skinned hero, even if he is a god on a mission to impart justice to the world.

It is therefore not surprising that of the Rs. 3000 crore (About 4 Billion USD) toiletries market in India, the skincare segment boasts of Rs. 1,200-crore (1.6 Billion USD) with a gross of Rs. 700-crores (946 Million USD) just from fairness products. (Gundala, Raghava Rao. Kavita Chavali. Ethical Aspects in the Advertising of Fairness Creams) All of these fairness products or skin-lighten-

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ing creams resort to the same harmful marketing strategy. In the beginning, a dark-skinned person is shown to be interviewing for a job or is looking for a prospective life partner. Both the job and/or the suitor will reject that person solely because of their dark skin. Then, some very nice well-wisher will recommend said fairness cream, which in only seven days will grow one’s complexion three

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mercury-induced nephropathy, immunotoxicity, ochronosis, hyperchromic or hypochromic erythrocytes and neuropathy. What’s worse is that 60% of the users may suffer at least one complication.

(P. Ravi Shankar. P. Subish. Fair skin in South Asia: an obsession?)

The fairness creams are also a blatant personal attack on an individual, degrading them solely based on their skin color.

They thrive on the inherent pigmentocracy, widespread in our society today.

Everywhere dark-skinned people turn, they are faced with insults to their color, and the availability of these creams only adds salt to their wounds.

For someone who already has low selfesteem, the constant insulting makes them feel worthless for something that wasn’t in their control in the first place. They have no choice but to try to change the one thing that they hate the most about themselves; in most cases, it is the color of their skin.

They are willing to pay whatever price it demands, even if it was their health. In this scenario, health is literally wealth. It’s worse when you are a woman, because the patriarchal construct around you already devalues you because of your gender.

So, how did we get here as a society?

How did we begin to value the color of their skin more than the people themselves? Historically in India, most conquerors — from the Mughals to the Colonizers — were light-skinned. Additionally, both movies and scriptures portrayed heroes and heroines, especially the virtuous and kind, as light-skinned. The villains, especially the horrible and psychotic ones, were portrayed as dark-skinned with grotesque features. It could’ve started because the upper castes were considerably more light-skinned than the lower castes, and the systemic oppression of the lower castes meant that anything associated with them was looked upon as dirty. It could’ve just been because of the way the advertisements were made.

It appalls me that although we have progressed as a society in most spheres, GRAPHIC BY JESSIE LEVY we still hold onto our regressive opinions, and we continue the same practices from shades lighter. the 1800s. The only difference is that women of The job that rejected them? The individual will that time consumed arsenic for pale light skin and interview again after using said fairness cream today, we consume mercury. and get the job. Likewise, it’s suddenly love at first It’s high time we change these perceptions. It’s sight for the suitor. time we dark-skinned people stood up for ourBecause, if you are fair, you are automati- selves, let the world know that we are our own cally talented, smart and beautiful. If you are individuals, and we no longer want to be defined dark, you are an idiot, a bad person and not fit by our skin tone. It will seem like a trivial issue for anything. All those degrees you earned hold for many people — some might even think it is no value. Hundreds of young adults buy these unnecessary. However, I strongly believe that creams and slather them on their skin to become learning to love and celebrate dark-skin is the fairer, because it is associated with comparative first step in dismantling the historical systems of wealth, desirability, prestige and attractiveness. casteism and patriarchy. Once you see that everyFor women, it means increased matrimonial one is equal no matter how they look, it won’t take prospects and lesser dowry. With matrimonial you much longer to understand that no matter the ads continually asking for tall, fair-skinned birth or the gender of a person, they aren’t any brides and grooms, this practice seems unlikely less than the others. to go away anytime soon.

It is a difficult process and it will take a lot Now, before we get to the psychological impli- of time to unlearn things that were instilled in cations of this practice, we must first discuss us from our childhood. However, we must start its physical health implications. Most of these somewhere and the first step is to accept ourfairness creams contain harmful substances like selves. Then, by sharing our journey with othhydroquinone, steroids, mercury salts, hydro- ers, we can support others and together become gen peroxide and magnesium peroxide, among the best versions of ourselves. If it helps, Lord other derivatives. These may cause neurotoxicity, Krishna is in on it with us too!

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By Em-J Krigsman OPINION DESK EDITOR

Blaming Greek Life — the entitled party animals — was an easy avenue at the start of the pandemic. In “Greek life being Greek life,” relentless socializing spurred the foreseeable lockdown of 22 sorority and fraternity houses at the start of the 2020-2021 academic year. Presently, however, Greek life is not at fault — the blatant disregard for in-chapter sorority members are.

As an active member living in the Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority house, I was bewildered upon learning inhouse members who test positive for COVID-19 will be forced to vacate their chapter house. Yes, ill and vulnerable members must fend for themselves, finding their own food and housing for a ten-day period.

Interviewing chapter and executive members from University of Wisconsin-Madison Panhellenic sorority houses confirmed the majority of registered chapter houses adopted this restrictive policy. The nine houses of Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Epsilon Phi, Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Phi Beta Phi will require members positive for COVID to vacate their living space.

Kappa Alpha Theta will allow members to isolate in-house. Sigma Delta Tau will likewise allow inhouse isolation, yet their house is uniquely associated with the Waterfront apartments. Alpha Phi and Alpha Xi Delta did not respond

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to requests for comment.

Of the Fraternities surveyed, Acacia, Delta Tau Delta, Pi Kappa Alpha, Theta Delta Chi and Zeta Beta Tau are allowing members who test positive to isolate themselves within their chapter house. These Fraternities plan to close units as needed to provide flexible in-house isolation space. Some Fraternities may still require members to leave their houses, but most appear to be more accommodating.

In the 2020-21 academic year, the university gave Greek life the Zoe Bayliss Co-op building to isolate COVID-19 positive members, as noted by the Head of the UW-Madison Office of Sorority and Fraternity life, Maggie Hayes.

“There was a cost to cover the use of the building and cleaning. The costs were assessed to the house corporation and they determined if they covered the full or partial cost or if the student that used the space was charged,” said Hayes.

Last year, Greek life had isolation spaces and house corporations worked with their members. This year, Greek life has nothing.

Ultimately, this begs the question — where are those living in these sorority houses to go if they contract COVID-19?

To those that live locally, the answer may be to return home.

For my sorority, where every single member is from out-of-state, this plan is not feasible without exposing handfuls of people within the commute. A separate choice may be to isolate with a family friend or

relative who lives locally. Again, for myself and those similar who were born and raised across the country, I do not have such relationships.

Even to those sorority members who live or know those who live locally, isolating in another person’s home while positive with a fatal virus

That is disgusting.

In speaking on behalf of in-chapter residents like myself — I am scared. It makes me anxious that I have no set place to go. It guilts me that if I contract COVID-19 my family bears the excessive cost. It frustrates me that those like myself will be sprung into disar-

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is a big and unreasonable ask.

It appears then that the only plausible solution is to purchase a hotel and order food for a ten-day period.

This expense can easily total around $2000, amounting to over a third of the cost to live in my sorority house and others similar per semester. These are exorbitant costs paid out of pocket merely because an in-chapter sorority member acquired an easily contractible, highly contagious disease.

ray when there are numerous empty rooms within my chapter house to safely isolate.

How can we not expect the Greek life community in this position to resist getting tested altogether? I for one am hesitant to get tested when a mere false positive could send me out the door. I do not get a re-test. I, and those similar, do not have any fallback.

All the while, in-person recruit-

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ment has forced sorority members living in their chapter house to have thousands of girls rummage around their living space — thousands of random people who may or may not be vaccinated wandering within their bedrooms. Unable to escape the exposure, girls living in their sorority houses have the greatest risk and the least security.

We get it — we want things to go back to normal. Nevertheless, just because the majority of the student and campus faculty are vaccinated does not mean we can resume the ways of years prior. Vaccines are not perfect. This pandemic is far from over. Reports of breakthrough cases among the fully vaccinated are on the rise, with those infected capable of further spreading the virus.

After thousands of dollars in tuition and thousands more on chapter dues, one would think inhouse members would at the very least have a place to sleep at night.

The university and Panhellenic community need to provide a real solution for in-house members. I for one implore them to think deeply about this policy and accept the fact that we are still living through a pandemic.

Em-J Krigsman is an opinion editor for the daily cardinal. She is a sophomore studying political science and journalism. Do you agree that the university and panhellenic community should do more to assist in-house chapter members? Send all comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com

The future for dementia patients: providing better care

By Celia Giles STAFF WRITER

In recent weeks, our news feeds hUpon returning to campus, the most common back-to-school question I was asked was: “What did you do over the summer?” In short, I would always respond: “I worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), without being a CNA.” While this description confused my peers, this was the best way to summarize my summer job.

Essentially, my summer position had me caretaking for dementia patients in an assisted living facility in my hometown. The living community included a wide range of residents — from those who were able to get up by themselves, to others who needed assistance from multiple staffers to accomplish everyday tasks such as getting dressed.

I, having known no better, thought this was normal for an assisted living home. Nonetheless, as my coworkers complained about their backs hurting, arms being strained and legs aching, I came to realize this is what should be expected of a skilled nursing, not an assisted living home.

Although the two might seem similar, assisted living and skilled nursing facilities are fairly distinct from one another. An assisted living home is supposed to be a place where the residents are predominately independent, but there is help available when needed. It is meant to be more of a community to help with daily tasks, such as providing rides and helping with laundry.

In contrast, a skilled nursing facility is equipped with the technology and certified staff to aid in almost

all tasks — from dressing in bed to helping with rehabilitation. As this is a quickly progressing disease, the course of dementia in a person can play out in a matter of months, and a facility should have the technology in order to support this. To attain proper care, dementia patients should really only be in a skilled nursing facility.

For example, a sit-to-stand is a common piece of equipment found in many nursing facilities. With this device, an immbobile resident can be safely supported and transferred from one seated surface to another.

Considering the extensive training needed for use, most assisted living facilities don’t have the luxury of obtaining these devices.

In my facility, the “technology” was three women trying to haul a 180-pound man from his bed to his wheelchair. This should not be the norm for dementia patients who are immobile. This system is both unsafe for untrained staffers, like myself, and the residents.

The difficulty arises in that most of the residents that first arrive at the assisted living facility are almost fully functioning. Many can walk independently, verbalize their needs and engage with other residents. This is typically known as the middlestage of dementia, and it can last for many years. The problem becomes that residents in many assisted living facilities don’t just leave when their condition gets worse.

The decline from middle to late stages is dramatic. In the late stage of dementia, many patients lose their ability to walk, communicate and perceive the world around them.

Late stage dementia residents require

round-the-clock care — from brushing their teeth to feeding.

At this stage, residents need to be relocated to a facility that can offer better, more personalized care.

Nevertheless, most families are reluctant to relocate their loved ones, and getting residents evicted is no light-hearted task. On numerous occasions, I have sat in meetings where my co-workers and I explain how a resident is too difficult to assist for the care we can offer, but oftentimes, our management turned a blind eye to this issue, not wanting to deal with the paperwork or lost revenue.

Ultimelty, there is a very blurred line of who needs to be moved out from assisted living and who doesn’t.

According to the Compendium of Residential Care and Assisted Living Regulations and Policy, assisted living facilities must not house residents who need more than one caregiver to help assist with everyday tasks and who are a risk to themselves if they continue living there.

The policy is clear cut and yet the power to evict residents is in the hands of the assisted living facility management. I had many residents

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who needed two to three staff to move them, however, these residents continued to live-in as my management overlooked my own and my fellow coworkers’ many complaints.

As I spent early mornings breaking my back to care for these residents, I tried time and time again to brainstorm a solution for how an assisted living facility can best care for those who are not ambulatory.

After working at this facility for three months, I finally realized, there isn’t.

It is not plausible for those with dementia to live at an assisted living facility like mine without violating many codes. Proper care can not be provided without the appropriate training and technology to do so.

Assisted living can be the answer for a short while, but it is not a perma-

nent solution.

Dementia residents who have progressed in their condition need highly personalized, one-on-one care. It pained me to see residents who needed more attention unable to get it. This is not because the staff, including myself, didn’t try. Late stage dementia patients need to be moved to skilled nursing facilities.

We owe it to our loved ones to do so.

Celia Giles is a sophomore pursuing a degree in pre-nursing. Do you agree with her perspectives on the needed care for dementia patients?

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Record Routines - Lil Nas X’s

Lil Nax X demonstrates innovation on his emotionally raw, debut album ‘Montero’

By Rebecca Perla ARTS DESK EDITOR

From throwing a fake baby shower to courting controversy with eye-popping, jaw-dropping music videos, Lil Nas X’s mastery of viral marketing is unmatched.

In some ways, however, the music has felt like an afterthought.

Lil Nas X has become such a familiar presence that it’s easy to forget what an extraordinary phenomenon he is. It’s not just that one of the biggest rappers in the world is an out gay man — an enlightened attitude to homosexuality has never ranked high on hip-hop’s list of virtues — but that he places his sexuality center.

Released on Sept. 17, “Montero” showcases a young man who hurts and feels, seeks and celebrates. In other words, an honest portrait of Lil Nas X at 22. He digs deeper lyrically, opening up about the loneliness of growing up gay and his struggle for selfacceptance. He also spreads his wings musically, hitting an eclectic sweet spot between hip-hop and pop. His music leaps confidently from trap beats and martial horns to grinding, distorted hard rock; from music that recalls early 2000s R&B to stadium ballads.

For an artist that has conquered the rap world, Lil Nas X is surprisingly adept at pop. Heartache and hooks rule supreme on

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Lil Nas X’s blockbuster debut album matches its eclecticism and broad emotional range with highquality hooks throughout and all with the rapper sexuality front and center in his music.

“That’s What I Want”, a toe-tapper with massive radio appeal. Lil Nas X begins by saying he needs “a boy who can cuddle with me all night,” before chanting over jangly guitar and zippy synths, declaring that he’s ready for love.

“It doesn’t feel right, it’s late at night, it’s just me in my dreams, so I want someone to love.”

But the toe-tappers don’t end

there as Lil Nas X successfully tackles a couple of streamingfriendly bangers. The lead single “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)”, which ranks as one of the most defiantly queer charttoppers of all time, is the ultimate earworm on the album.

The second single.

“Industry Baby”, co-produced

by Kanye West and Take A

Daytrip, featuring Jack Harlow, holds its own as a marching band, booty-popping anthem. Still, Lil Nas X keeps his sexuality at the forefront, adding being gay to the list of ‘Things Rappers Brag About’ as he swaggers, “I don’t fuck bitches, I’m queer.”

“Montero” is front-loaded with tracks that strut and boast, before the emotional temperature

suddenly plummets. While Lil Nas X creates bops and hits, he’s equally focused on shedding light on meaningful issues, sharing his inner turmoil through his lyrics.

Addressing his stylist, Hodo Musa, and suggesting theirs is the closest relationship in his life, Lil Nas X unpacks his loneliness and depression on “Void”. Lyrically bracing and introspective with lines like, “So many ups and downs on the right / I spend inordinate amounts of time trapped in the lonely loner life, looking for love around the night.”

Equally effective is the ‘80s-influenced “Lost In The Citadel”. Essentially a breakup trope, the song shows Lil Nas X’s softer side. “I need time to get up and get off the floor, I need time to realize that I can’t be yours,” he sings to an ex.

Overall, it’s an impressive debut with a satisfying mix of fun bops and vulnerability. The introspection and genre experimentation that the openly gay Lil Nas X reveals throughout his album is laudable. “Montero” navigates through valleys of beats and peaks of melody. It’s not always cohesive, but it’s a pleasant exploratory ride. Perhaps more importantly, “Montero” hints that the rapper is ready to give voice to the longings of a generation of queer kids.

Movie Review, Marvel Universe

Shang-Chi fuels empowerment for Asian Americans Roy Chang STAFF WRITER

After more than 20 movies under their belt, it has become clearer than ever that Marvel needs to deal with their daddy issues. Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow and Spiderman all had daddy issues, and their new poster boy — Shang-Chi — is no different. Captain America had to fight his best friend, Thor had to fight his brother and ShangChi took it up a notch and fought his dad.

Everyone is familiar with Bruce Lee, the legend of Chinese Kung Fu whose legacy still echoes through generations and neighborhoods in the United States.

However, there is one thing that Asians perfectly understand the moment they are born: never being able to live up to your parents’ expectations.

The phrase, “There is always an Asian better than you,” applies perfectly in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

In the movie, Shang-Chi tries to escape the paved path of killing his father. He attempts to find a new life but is eventually forced to come home and battle his destiny. Similarly, countless Asian young adults are trying to escape their predetermined paths. Some attempt to deviate from the medical route by studying art instead.

But eventually, they end up com-

ing back to fight their parents about their future. Despite the eerily parallel symbols throughout the film, “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” provides an empowering experience for Asian Americans.

The incredible fight scenes in the movie mirror those from older Chinese films, which strike a perfect balance between agility and power. The production team clearly did deep-dive research into Chinese martial arts, specifically factions, such as Tai-Chi and Shao-Lin style combat. These fight scenes are some of, if not the, best in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, the reason “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” feels so close to home is not the fight scenes, but the power granted to Asian Americans to feel empowered.

Asian Americans have always held a particularly special place in society, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the pandemic, Asian Americans were considered “the model minority,” although their residence in the United States is not always welcomed. Asian Americans often face racist comments such as “go back to where you came from,” microaggressions like being asked where they are from, even though they have lived in the United States their whole life

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Despite xenophobia and the recent struggles of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings allows Asian Americans to feel a sense of community and empowerment for 132 minutes. and racist name-calling. Since the pandemic, racism and xenophobia have only progressed as the number of cases of assaults on and murders of women and elderly Asian Americans, in broad daylight rises.

Through all the turmoil, long before the Immigration Act of 1965, Asian Americans have

endured and overcome strife silently. “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” allows Asian Americans to feel safe and a sense of community for 132 minutes. Shang-Chi’s inability to control his family and destiny resonates perfectly with Asian Americans feeling like they don’t belong to either their Asian heri-

tage or their American identity.

While “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” may not be the movie with the best plot, combining its magnificent fight scenes, camerawork and homage to Asian heritage, it transcends traditional superhero movies and becomes one of the best ever produced.

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Michigan Football Coach Jim Harbaugh changes pants for first time in six years for WI game

By Nicholas Rawling ALMANAC EDITOR

Michigan Football Head Coach Jim Harbaugh made a trip to an Ann Arbor K-Mart Thursday to get a fresh pair of khakis in preparation for his team’s trip to Madison this weekend.

The move is nothing short of historic for Harbaugh, who has worn the exact same pair of Walmart khaki pants since he took over as the leader of Michigan’s football program in 2015.

“I want to look my best for my first ever win in Madison,” Harbaugh explained to reporters. “And anyways, my old pair was getting dirty from me shitting myself every time I’ve had to play Ohio State.”

Harbaugh and his Wolverines are riding high after winning their first four games to start the new season,

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and Harbaugh believes that his team’s fortunes in Camp Randall will turn this Saturday.

“Listen, I know my program hasn’t won a football game

in that stadium since before Nelly’s ‘Hot in Here’ was topping the charts, and I know I’ve gotten my ass handed to me on all my previous three trips,

but we’re winning Saturday,” Harbaugh said.

Unfortunately for Badgers fans, Harbaugh’s confidence is not unfounded. The undefeated Wolverines, who have allowed fewer than 12 points per game this season, will face a Badgers offense that has been thoroughly stifled by every real Division 1 team it has played this year — sorry Eastern Michigan.

“I mean come on, their quarterback has one touchdown to six interceptions through three games,” Harbaugh said. “Paul Chryst’s wife puts up better numbers when she comes over to my house to play Madden.”

But despite Wisconsin’s lackluster start to the 2021 campaign, sportsbooks still have the home team as a slight favorite (-1) over Michigan.

“Maybe the guys in Vegas

know something I don’t, but I’m putting my entirely undeserved $4 million salary on Michigan +1,” Harbaugh said. “Have those guys even watched a Badgers game yet?”

Any fans who would like to join Harbaugh in collecting free money will need to place their bets against the Badgers by 11 a.m. Saturday morning, because we have to keep scheduling high-profile games into that God-forsaken time slot for some reason. You’re telling me I gotta roll out of bed at 8 a.m. to start drinking again? Fuck me.

Speaking of boozing before and during the game, Paul Chryst told reporters he’s made no plans to change his sideline wardrobe at this time and will be wearing the same grey crewneck sweatshirt that he’s been sleeping in since 2019.

Pfizer booster encouraged for certain groups, loud eaters asked to refrain from getting the COVID-19 vaccine

By Mackenzie Moore ALMANAC CONTRIBUTOR

There have been questions about the long term efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines since immunizations began in December. In response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has now recommended that certain groups receive a Pfizer booster shot. According to the statement released on Sept. 24, this includes those over the age of 65 and those with underlying medical conditions — though it is less necessary for those aged 18-49.

However, The Daily Cardinal has received advanced intel that loud eaters are encouraged not to get the booster, regardless of whether or not they fit into any of the categories it is otherwise

recommended for.

The amendment is yet to be widely reported; so much so, in fact, that the vast majority of doctors are unaware of the new addition. Luckily, the current amount of information provided by a very reputable source stands to reason.

New research indicates that the virus reacts negatively to sounds originating from the body. This is particularly true when it comes to sounds indicating that some kind of impact is being made, like that of teeth against food. The sound waves formed by eating noises ricochet through the body, throwing the coronavirus into a state of shock and, ultimately, expulsion.

In most cases, the louder one eats, the more the virus is harmed.

Therefore, the best medical experts the world has to offer have

made it very clear — if you don’t consume food quietly as though there are others around you with the ability to hear, you can sit the booster shot (and those in the future) out.

Those who not only eat loudly, but choose to do so while consuming slurpable foods such as yogurt, applesauce and soup are asked to go one step further by having the antibodies provided by past vaccinations extracted from their bloodstreams. According to a qualified medical doctor, these people can actually be harmed by the vaccine.

“Loud, slurp-prone eaters agitate the virus to the point where rather than being weakened, the particles work together to start a coup against the antibodies, putting extra stress on the body.

Therefore, it is safer for these people to refuse vaccinations,” said Dr. Backenzie Voore, an alumnus of the Greendale School of Medicine.

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those belonging to cultures where slurping is encouraged are excluded from the guidelines, as the virus appears to respect cultural customs.

UWPD allegedly baiting students into jaywalking with Spotted Cow, New Glarus Brewing Co. now facing shortage as a result

By Mackenzie Moore ALMANAC CONTRIBUTOR

There was an uproar on Sept.

21 when the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department sent out a tweet stating that they would begin posting officers on University Ave. in an attempt to catch jaywalkers. If caught, students face a warning or, for multiple offenses, a fine of at least $150.

This news was unwelcome, as students frequently have as little as five minutes to walk to a class across campus. However, there is a new twist that makes the news even more unsavory — the UWPD is allegedly placing cans of Spotted Cow on roads in order to bait students into jaywalking.

While unconfirmed, several students have pointed out differ-

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ent men in street clothes placing the cans, indicating that the officers are undercover. The alleged officers were described as looking “like low sodium saltine crackers” and “not cool enough to pull off their goatees.”

The strategy is believed to be a way to increase the number of jaywalking charges. The method requires a larger number of officers than tends to be necessary for pedestrian policing, but this only supports the allegation, as the UWPD is known to carry the heavy burden of finding new and inventive ways to be as useless as humanly possible.

So far, the bait has been

very successful. As of Sept. 29, about 30% of the student population has received a citation. Consequently, there has also been a record number of students walking around sporting crutches, neck braces and big, bright smiles through missing teeth.

One might wonder why students are not simply taking the cans placed on the same side of the road as the sidewalk they’re on. Following an informal test with staff of The Daily Cardinal, it was concluded that once spotted, the drink causes tunnel vision and an inescapable desire to run towards it.

Dan Carey, co-owner and brewmaster for New Glarus Brewing Co., has released a troubling statement indicating that the UWPD will likely have a difficult time sustaining the practice:

“We [New Glarus Brewing Co.] have been around since 1993. We’ve been here through Rose Bowls, Super Bowls and even an NBA championship. An insane amount of Spotted Cow was sold during those times, but neither our workers nor the supply chain have been able to keep up with UW’s demand in the last week.”

In preparation for the supply inevitably running dry, a secret group of students have been part of a focus group run by the university wherein the participants test other New Glarus beers in order to find the next best thing.

One student, who wished to remain anonymous, has told The Daily Cardinal that the lead currently belongs to Two Women because it sounds “nice.”

We’re always looking for more funny and insightful writers with fresh takes on topics ranging from the UW campus to international news. We accept and encourage creative submissions as well! Any and all submissions are more than welcome. You can send your submissions and any comments or questions to almanac@dailycardinal.com. All articles featured in Almanac are creative, satirical and/or entirely fictional pieces. They are fully intended as such and should not be taken seriously as news.

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