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Proposed bill to permit weapons on campus By Andrew Bahl THE DAILY CARDINAL
Students and faculty could carry concealed weapons on UW System and technical college campuses under a bill announced Monday. The proposal, authored by state Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum, and state Sen. Devin LeMahieu,
R-Oostburg, would exempt publicly funded universities from the state’s concealed carry laws, allowing those with a permit to bring weapons anywhere on campus, including inside buildings. It would also repeal UW System code, which “generally prohibits persons from carrying, possessing
or using any dangerous weapon on university lands or in university buildings or facilities,” according to analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau. “The unfortunate reality is that campus gun-free zones merely serve to concentrate populations of vulnerable tar-
gets on campus and surrounding areas,” the bill authors said in a memo seeking co-sponsorship. “Students attending our taxpayer-funded colleges and universities should not be denied their Second Amendment right to carry a weapon for self-defense.” The authors cited an incident
in Nevada where a student was sexually assaulted at gunpoint as rationale for the measure. “These types of crimes are only made easier when students are unable to adequately protect themselves,” the authors said in the
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Make Bo Pay raises record amount By Miller Jozwiak THE DAILY CARDINAL
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Bucky Badger hoists his free-throw shot Monday at Make Bo Pay. The fourth annual event raised $694,117 for Coaches vs. Cancer.
The Kohl Center hosted the fourth annual Make Bo Pay event to raise money for the Coaches vs. Cancer program Monday night. Fans waited in a line filling an entire section to attempt to shoot a free throw and half-court shot. Ryan donated one dollar for each participant, $10 if they made the free throw and $1,000 if they made the half-court shot. Coaches vs. Cancer is a nationwide collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the National Association of Basketball Coaches that “empowers basketball coaches, their teams and local communities to make a difference in the fight against cancer,” according
to its website. Make Bo Pay raised a total of $276,755 last year, with four donors matching Ryan. This year the event had 10 donors to match Ryan’s contribution in varying amounts, bringing the total to $694,117.
“I’m numb. It’s unbelievable how people stepped up.”
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Dan Rashke, CEO of a local Madison business and one of the matching donors, attended the event.
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Bipartisan bill would allow online voter registration
By Negassi Tesfamichael The city’s Board of Estimates cleared another hurdle for the construction of a downtown park near campus Monday, approving a proposal to acquire the current properties by a voice vote. The park, proposed to sit on a six-parcel, one-acre piece of land at the corner of West Mifflin Street and North Bassett Street, would replace six private properties that primarily serve students. Despite criticism from several of the property owners in a previous city meeting, the Plan Commission voted unanimously to approve condemnation of the properties Sept. 22. Condemnation of the apartment buildings allows the city to buy the properties at a certain value
“I think it is pretty cool to see these kids get affiliated with something so worthwhile and positive,” Rashke said. Redshirt sophomore Aaron Moesch was among the players interacting with students. “My grandpa had cancer,” Moesch said. “And he survived. To come out and be able to do something like this and be able to help other people survive cancer means a lot. And to see how many people come out to support a cause like this is incredible. The support is overwhelming.” As team manager the first year and now assistant director of basketball operations, Marc Vandewettering has seen the
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Homecoming week kicked off Monday with the installation of an inflatable Bucky Badger on Library Mall. Activities for the rest of the week include the annual parade Friday and the football game against Purdue Saturday. + Photo by Kaitlyn Veto
Wisconsin state representatives introduced a bipartisan bill Friday that would enable online voter registration in Wisconsin, according to a Monday press release. The Elections Technology, Access and Security Bill would make Wisconsin one of 25 other states to allow online registration, which proponents of the bill say would strengthen the security of the registration process. “Online voter registration will reduce the errors associated with traditional paper registrations,” state Sen. Devin LeMahieu, R-Oostburg, said in the release. The bill would allow anyone with a valid driver’s license or identification card issued by the Department of Transportation to register online, allowing the DOT to forward a copy of that person’s electronic signature to the Government Accountability Board. Potential voters would have to register online at least 20 days prior to an upcoming election for their application to be valid. A public hearing on the bill is scheduled Tuesday before the Senate and Assembly elections committees.
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n honor of Love Your Body Day this Wednesday, October 14th, we’re talking about losing ourselves in loving ourselves. Recognizing the beauty of our bodacious bods puts us in the driver’s seat on the road to pleasure. As the amazing and lovely staff at Sex Out Loud has put it, “When we choose to love ourselves, in spite of the influences telling us we are not good enough, we protest the idea that a woman’s (or anyone’s) body must look a particular way for others. When we love our bodies, we’re in control of seeking out pleasure! Who’d a thought touchin’ your bod could be a protest?” Masturbation is a fantastic first step toward loving thyself. Getting “in touch” with our bodies on our own makes finding pleasure with a partner that much easier. The way we touch ourselves doesn’t necessarily have to translate into how our partners touch us, but it can most certainly help us recognize when we like something, don’t like something or need a different sensation. Knowing what it feels like in the moments before orgasm allows us to let our partner know if they should just keep swimming, or go over it, not through it (“Finding Nemo,” anyone?). We might be surprised to find that when we are jacking or jilling off we enjoy a softer sensation, but when someone else is involved we like it all kinds of rough (or vice versa). Being aware of what we like on our own versus during partnered activity helps to define a sense of individual sexuality. The messages we receive every day about who is allowed to touch their own body and in what way can leave us feeling like we’re not allowed to be sexual beings. Which parts feel good when they are touched? Which sensations give us goosies and which ones should be avoided? These questions are integral in the quest for pleasure, and not coincidentally, a partner is not required to answer them; remember, we are sexual beings whether someone else is playing with our junk or not. Blazing the trails on our own before asking a partner to tag along will make sexcapades even more satisfying. Giving ourselves a license to explore our bodies and what makes us feel good is the first and most important step toward a body-positive outlook. To get the most pleasure out of a situation and have clear answers for questions like, “What do you want me to do?” or “Does that feel good,” a basic understanding of one’s own body and its pleasure centers is a necessity. For those of us who don’t have porn-star bodies (aka virtually everyone), staring in the mirror at the collection of nooks, crannies and curves in front of you can
bring up some serious self-doubt. “How could someone think I’m sexy when my breasts don’t point due north?” Can’t seem to shake the flashbacks to Salt N Pepa’s hit jam “Short Dick Man?” Unfortunately, fears of scaring off a partner by a less-than-RonJeremy-sized member didn’t die after the ‘90s. Then there are the doubts about sex itself. What if I say something weird or *gasp* my ass betrays me and toots during sex? What if I ask my partner to go down on me and they don’t want to? Won’t this ruin everything??? Fear of ruining sex or not being sexy enough for sex is damaging the intimate lives of far too many, but when it comes to loving our bodies and living up to our most delectable fantasies, emulating porn shouldn’t be the goal. Porn can be great (and super not great) for a lot of things, but it is not a guide to how sex should play out in our bedrooms, and this is a good thing! Porn can get us in the mood, give us ideas and get us off, but it tends to leave out all the warm and fuzzy aspects of sex. It leaves out the forehead kisses and the laughter about the noises our bodies make. It leaves out the accidental parts slipping out of parts and asking to change positions for better comfort that ultimately inspire better communication and heightened intimacy. Recognizing personhood is powerful, especially if that means noticing flaws and
embracing them. It’s important to consider that the single-instance interaction style typically presented in porn doesn’t show the montage of moments that lead up to any specific performance. Banging one out with a six-packed plumber who knocked on the door is a totally viable fantasy, but it ignores the process of communication and trust-building necessary for certain varsity-level sextivities. Slowly building up trust with a person and allowing more and more exposure is like the grownup sexy version of a trust fall. Good sex cannot be boiled down to two (or more) sets of genitals rubbing together or entering and exiting each other. Sex is so much more than this and should be a full-body process. Stimulating an earlobe might be more pleasurable than rubbing a clit; kissing might be more exciting than a partner’s hand on a penis; embracing the eroticism of our whole bodies opens up avenues for exploration and teaches us to love parts we’ve never even considered before. Tits, asses and penises are great (oh so, so great), but there is so much more to love on a body! Having a partner explore those nooks, crannies and curves we were scrutinizing this morning can make us feel seriously vulnerable, but it’s also one of the best ways to learn to love ourselves. Hearing a partner say things like “you are so sexy” repeatedly can begin to melt away the ridiculous
standards our bodies are so often held to. If we feel like a partner is not contemplating our sexiness while getting sweaty, it might be time for us to contemplate kicking them to the curb—just a thought. Exercising, eating well and taking care of our bodies is important, but loving them as they come is more important. If each bite of broccoli is filled with the hope of a shrinking waistline, satisfaction may never come to us. Putting in the work to keep ourselves feelin’ foxy should be celebrated, but breathlessly running toward the unattainable goals media and magazines push toward us will leave everyone dissatisfied. Don’t forget: Our bodies get us up the stairs to our next lecture. They pedal and push and pull and lift and laugh for us all day long; the least we can do is appreciate how very hot they are. Grab a handful of ass. Trace a finger across some supple skin. Flex different muscles and watch the beautiful shapes they contract and relax into. The sexiness of a body is not determined by how it compares to other bodies. Giving ourselves pleasure, reminding our partners how sexy they are, and having those sweet nothings whispered right back to us will have us losing ourselves in loving ourselves. Want to know the best way to tell your pooh bear how sweet their honey pot is? Ask Anna at sex@dailycardinal.com
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Madison police bring back career mentoring program The Madison Police Department has restored a program meant to provide youth with a comprehensive look at a career in law enforcement and to develop positive community relationships with police. In a Monday blog post, MPD Chief Mike Koval explained the reinstated Explorer Post 911 Program is an “effort to create opportunities to engage with our community – particularly our youth – in ways that promote safety, cultivate understanding and build trust.” “Police Exploring,” as it is now known, last operated in 2002, but had ended due to lack of interest.
The program, which is open to young adults between the ages of 14 and 20, accepted 25 applicants from Madison and the surrounding areas last month. The comprehensive application process included individual resumes, essay responses and academic transcripts. Koval said those accepted will be mentored twice a month by volunteer police officers through classroom activities and ride-alongs. Police Exploring is a division of the national Learning for Life Exploring program, which has worked with thousands of businesses, organizations and gov-
ernment agencies since 1998. The national program also facilitates career mentorship in other fields like law, science, skills trades, social services and careers in the arts and humanities. Koval also wrote that participants will assist in multiple community events, including Safety Saturday, various Fourth of July celebrations and Concerts on the Square. Eventually, those involved will compete against other programs at the local, regional and national level in order to test their skills in criminal investigations. —Johanna Lepro-Green
Larson to run for Milwaukee County executive By Andrew Bahl THE DAILY CARDINAL
State Sen. Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, announced his candidacy for Milwaukee County executive Monday, challenging incumbent Chris Abele. Larson, who has served as Milwaukee County supervisor and Senate minority leader, said that Abele has not addressed the needs
of county residents and that he is running to “take the office back for the middle class.” “I’m running for county executive, because we need to restore power to the people,” Larson said at his childhood home in Greenfield. “It is clear that Milwaukee County is heading in the wrong direction.” Larson has a history of taking on incumbents from his own party,
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State Sen. Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, has gained an endorsement from U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore in his bid for Milwaukee County exeutive.
weapons from page 1 memo. “It is time that we realize this fact before a similar tragedy strikes here in Wisconsin.” Currently, students can carry
guns on campus but cannot bring them inside campus buildings. Kremer said this rule makes students vulnerable to violent crime. “It really is a useless measure,” Kremer said in a radio
earning election to the state Senate by defeating two-term state Sen. Jeff Plale in 2010. The 34-year-old has already earned one high-profile endorsement in U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., who represents the area. Moore said in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Abele has not helped the area’s impoverished communities, calling him a “benevolent dictator.” “I’ve been very, very disappointed that Chris Abele has really not met my expectations in terms of providing these [social] services and doing it in a democratic way,” Moore said. Abele brushed aside the announcement in a statement, saying he welcomed Larson’s candidacy and touted his own economic reforms. “I’m a firm believer more democracy and people engaging in our government is a good thing,” Abele said in the statement. “I look forward to the added opportunity to talk with voters about how we’re turning the corner in Milwaukee County and getting our fiscal house in order after years of uncertainty and mismanagement prior to my taking office.” Abele is in his second term as county executive, having succeeded now Gov. Scott Walker in 2011. A Feb. 16 primary election will narrow the field to two candidates, with the general election in April. interview Monday. John Lucas, executive director of University Communications at UW-Madison, declined comment but said in an email the university was “evaluating” the bill.
Wisconsin Alumni Association to honor four notable alumni The Wisconsin Alumni Association announced Monday it will honor four notable Badger alumni with the Distinguished Alumni Award. The award is the most prestigious honor given by the WAA and recognizes alumni for their professional achievements, contributions to society and support for the university, according to a UW-Madison release. Justice Geraldine Hines, a Juris Doctor graduate in 1971, started her career as a civil rights attorney and is now the first African American to serve on the Massachusetts Supreme
Judicial Court. “She’s been a beloved and respected colleague, praised by judges and lawyers alike, for being smart, prepared, fair, tough, decisive, warm, thoughtful and gentle,” Gov. Deval Patrick said in his nomination of Hines, according to the release. Best known for his work as cocreator and executive producer of “Modern Family,” Steve Levitan is an Emmy award-winning television director, producer and writer from the class of 1984. “[The university] has such a tremendous spirit, and it offers a wonderful combination of serious
academics and serious fun, and that’s tough to beat,” Levitan said to the WAA. “I’m very proud to be a UW-Madison graduate.” The world’s foremost retinal surgeon Alice McPherson, a Medical Doctor graduate in 1948, will be awarded for her work as the first woman to start a practice as a full-time vitreoretinal specialist. The WAA will also honor 1980 UW-Madison graduate Michael Shannon, the founder and chairman of a $6.5 billion firm that invests in hospitality, real estate and leisure industries called KSL Capital Partners. —Allison Garcia
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Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, said the neighborhood of the proposed park needs more green space for public use.
park from page 1 to redevelop into a park, which city officials said is necessary for an area of downtown deficient of green space. “The reality is, unlike most of your constituents that have relatively convenient green spaces available to them as public amenities, my constituents in this neighborhood do not have that same benefit,” Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4 said before the vote. “It’s an issue that has become more and more acute over the years.” The city has about 80 square feet of park space per downtown resident, as opposed to 1,100 square feet per resident for the rest of Madison. “This has been an ongoing problem for over 25 years,” said Madison Mayor Paul Soglin, who co-sponsored the proposal
with Verveer. “The downtown area has not seen any significant work.” The park would be funded through impact fees on new developments. “Impact fees are allowed under state statue only for what they are intended to be used for,” Assistant City Attorney Doran Viste said. “If we don’t use it to acquire land, we can’t just sit on it or use it for other purposes; we have to return it to the people who paid for it.” Ald. Sara Eskrich, District 13, who voted against the proposal, said the city should focus on maintaining current parks. “I just really believe this area is well served by green space and the location that it’s in,” she said. The Board of Park Commissioners will take up the proposal Wednesday.
UW-Madison Police Department shares campus threat prevention measures In light of the recent shootings at Umpqua Community College in Oregon and Northern Arizona University, UW-Madison Police Department Chief Susan Riseling informed students about the university’s preventative measures in a Monday email. Riseling reminded students of the safety precautions already set in place on campus, including the electronic locking systems and security cameras placed in entrances to all residence halls, according to the email UWPD linked to two videos in the email, demonstrating the steps to take in an active shoot-
er scenario. Riseling encouraged students to sign up for WiscAlerts, mass automatic text messages sent during a potentially threatening situation. Riseling said students should report any suspicious activity to a campus-based Threat Team, which responds to threats received from the UW-Madison community. “The point of our message is to use this to assure our campus that we are prepared and that we have the plans in place to deal with something like this,” said UWPD Public Information Officer Marc Lovicott.
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good cause, and hitting the shot was good,” Farley said. Ryan signed a check when the event finished. “I’m numb. It‘s unbelievable how people stepped up,” Ryan said to Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Patrick Herb. “And to put these kind of numbers out there, and put towards research and everything else to try to beat this doggone disease. I’d like to say I’m speechless, but no one from my hometown has ever been speechless.”
event grow. “We are excited with where this has gone,” Vandewettering said. “This is kind of our unofficial-official start to basketball season, getting all the students excited for the season again.” Benjamin Farley was one of the 41 students to make both shots. He played basketball in high school and practiced a bit yesterday before coming to the event. “It felt pretty good, making Bo pay. I’m glad it is going to a
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Arguments for gun control fall flat Tim Heinzel Opinion Columnist
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rguments over gun control revolve around one of two things: trying to maximize or minimize a certain set of statistics or hoping to establish a specific set of individual rights. Those who attempt to maximize or minimize societal outcomes advance a utilitarian argument; those who advocate for establishing individual rights in relation to gun ownership rely on their own arbitrarily-defined belief system. Whenever two parties are engaged in a political or philosophical argument, there must be agreement about the subjective yet fundamental principles that will hold during the course of that argument. If one person enters an argument about gun control with the idea that government should do whatever it takes to minimize gun-related homicides and another enters with the idea that gun ownership is a fundamental human right, that argument will go nowhere. While neither argumentative style (utilitarian or rightsbased) is objectively better than the other, utilitarian gun control arguments depend on a causal relationship that doesn’t exist.
Consequently, individuals dedicated to committing some type of crime will still be able to obtain a gun.
If we assume that government’s goal should be to enact gun policy that minimizes homicides, then there must be clear evidence that a certain policy action would indeed minimize homicides.
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In the wake of recent tragedies, arguments about gun control have become a hot topic. Unfortunately for those with the noble goal of using government policy to create the best society, there is no clear, scientific evidence indicating which gun policy minimizes homicide. In fact, one can advocate for almost any gun policy using empirical research from the United States and other countries. If we look at Honduras, we see a country with over 60 homicides per 100,000 people and fewer than 10 firearms per 100 people. Data for the United States shows that a country with 90 firearms per 100 people sees only five homicides per 100,000 people. Looking at the data this way could create the argument that owning more firearms clearly leads to less crime. Of course, it is still possible to find statistics which suggest that extremely limited gun ownership minimizes homicides. The point is that the empirical evidence can’t suggest an appropriate policy action. Instead, it reveals that countries are different and that there are a multitude of factors that must cause violence within a society. There is no correlation between gun ownership and violence; consequently, gun
ownership doesn’t cause any type of violence or crime either. Since utilitarian arguments can’t possibly be applied when discussing gun policy, rights-based arguments must be. I personally use a simple ethical framework when analyzing policy: Under normal circumstances, it is immoral to initiate force. “Initiate force” means to act upon any person or their property without their consent. “Normal circumstances” means that we assume an emergency situation doesn’t exist. One such example of an emergency situation where our morals may change could be a situation where someone is freezing to death outside an unoccupied, heated cabin and is considering breaking in. In relation to gun policy, normal circumstances apply. From my reasoning it follows that prohibiting gun ownership would be wrong because doing so requires an entity to physically prevent someone from owning or purchasing a firearm. Additionally, I don’t support mandatory background checks or other restrictions. If a background check would reveal that someone
is unfit for gun ownership, then they aren’t fit to be a member of society and should still be in prison or a mental health institute. Not everyone has an ethical rule they apply to all situations in order to determine the appropriate action. While I come to my extremely pro-gun positions this way, others don’t. For those concerned about determining their own destiny and controlling their own safety, an argument from an individualistic perspective may be most convincing.
The point is that the empirical evidence can’t suggest an appropriate policy action.
If we believe the rhetoric that guns are unnecessary in the 21st century and were only needed during the Revolutionary War, we create a society where guns are completely illegal and all lawabiding citizens do not own fire-
arms. Anyone can see that, especially given today’s technology of 3D printing, it is impossible to make guns disappear by writing a law that attempts to do so. Consequently, individuals dedicated to committing some type of crime will still be able to obtain a gun. If we take the approach of banning firearms, we are simply hoping that legislation will be able to protect us when there are most certainly individuals in society and in the world with the power to kill us. If I am ever in a situation where someone is attempting to kill or severely injure me or someone around me, I would rather have the gun that could quickly stop them than the hope that police would swoop in and save me. If I was about to die, I wouldn’t console myself with the notion that my society was intended to be “gun-free” and that enacting strict gun control or a gun ban could potentially have a miniscule correlational effect on crime. Instead, I would wonder why people are willing to sacrifice their inherent right to self-defense in the hopes that it will make them safer when empirical data doesn’t prove any causational relationship between guns and crime. I’m not trying to imply that everyone needs to carry a gun all the time—it is perfectly fine if you choose to rely on the police for protection. However, it is important to know that it is impossible to determine if banning guns will benefit society, and enacting such a ban will take away the ability for citizens to take defense into their own hands. Tim is a freshman majoring in finance and economics. How do you feel about Tim’s stance on the gun control debate? Please send all questions and comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
The U.N. needs to intervene in Israeli-Palestinian conflict Jack KELLY Opinion Columnist
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ollowing recent events, tensions between Israel and Palestine are reaching higher levels than we have seen in the last few years. An outbreak of violence has occurred between the two nations that share Jerusalem as their capital. These conflicts have left both sides uneasy and making great demands of one another. Last Thursday, Oct. 8, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged both Arab and Israeli leaders to stay away from what Jews call the Temple Mount and Muslims call the Noble Sanctuary. Netanyahu’s televised speech comes after the Israeli government placed restrictions on the holy site. These restrictions are a result of multiple protests from the Palestinians, placing the blame for the recent violence on their authority. The same day, three incidents of Israelis being stabbed were reported to the police. In Tel Aviv, an alleged Palestinian citizen stabbed an Israeli soldier with a screwdriver. The attacker was shot dead by Israeli police. In Kiryat Arba, an Israeli man was left in serious condition
after being stabbed in the stomach, and in Jerusalem a 25-year-old Jewish student was stabbed, leaving him badly wounded. Violent events continued through the next day. In the West Bank, Islamic jihadists and Hamas held violent protests that resulted in the Israeli riot control firing rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. The protest began after Friday evening prayers, when a group of protesters moved east toward a border fence in northern Gaza.
A lack of real discipline against Israel has resulted in the deaths of thousands of Palestinians and Israelis alike.
The Israeli Defense Forces reported that “more than a thousand rioters infiltrated the buffer zone” and “hurled a grenade, rocks and rolled burning tires” at IDF soldiers. The riot took place under the watch of Hamas soldiers, an extremist Palestinian Islamic organiza-
tion with an associated military, whose leader Ismail Haniyeh is calling for Palestine to take up arms against Israel. According to the Palestinian health ministry, 13 Palestinians have been killed in the violence in the past week. As a result, Riyad Mansour, Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, stated: “Words are not enough and action must be taken to compel Israel, the occupying Power, to half its illegal and destructive policies and practices.” He also wrote that the Palestinian people “cannot remain the exception to the responsibility to protect civilians from such atrocities and flagrant breaches of the law.” “Words are not enough,” is a statement that begs the question of whether it is finally time for United Nations intervention in the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Palestine remains a partially recognized proto-state in the Middle East, and has held this status since 1988. The State of Palestine applied for U.N. membership in 2011, and in 2012 was granted a non-member observer state status. In contrast, Israel has been a member of the United Nations since 1949, and
remains a very close ally to the United States and several other major Western powers.
An outbreak of violence has occurred between the two nations that share Jerusalem as their capital.
Though 79 resolutions have already been passed by the United Nations Security Council on behalf of the Arab-Israeli conflict, not a single one has made any impact in the high-tension areas. This leaves me wondering if it is time for the U.N. to actually make a major play in controlling the conflicts between the two sides. A lack of real discipline against Israel has resulted in the deaths of thousands of Palestinians and Israelis alike. I believe that it is time for the United States, and the other major powers in the United Nations to step up and face this issue. United Nations forces should be placed within the two nations, and especially along the borders between the
two. I believe that it should be U.N. troops patrolling the borders, not the IDF, and I believe that sanctions should be raised against either nation if they refuse. This conflict has been going on for thousands of years, and it will undoubtedly continue for a thousand more if it is not put to an end once and for all. In closing, I recognize that such an act by the U.N. would be dangerous and cause a great deal of tension around the world. I know it is not the duty of the U.N. to occupy and hold nations that are in conflict with one another, but I do believe that it is the job of the U.N. to protect the people of all its member nations from crimes against humanity. Innocent civilians should not be killed for protesting for what they believe in, and the way to put down a protest does not always need to involve violence. I believe the only way to ease the tensions in the ticking time bomb that is the Middle East is to have the world’s governing body do its job, and act now before it is too late. Jack is a freshman majoring in journalism. What do you think of this conflict? Send all comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
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Philosophy and hip-hop converge in NYC Flatbush-based The Underachievers bridge Buddhism and reflection on life for Majestic performance By Elias Radtke The Daily Cardinal
Eastern philosophy, consciousness and morality: concepts that seem more at home in a textbook or a discussion table and not something you would find at a concert. Prepare yourself for surprise, because The Underachievers will combine all three at the Majestic Thursday. The Underachievers, originally from the Flatbush neighborhood in Brooklyn, are made up of AK and Issa Gold, both experienced hip-hop lyricists as well as performers. Their first studio album, Cellar Door: Terminus Ut Exordium, debuted in August 2014, following the success of their earlier mixtape “Indigoism.” Recently The Underachievers put out their second studio album, Evermore: The Art of Duality in September 2015, and are touring to support the recent release. AK grew up in Flatbush, saying that he had been rapping and writing rhymes since he was a kid, going over to friends and recording and developing his talents. “I was always a shy kid, I didn’t really like talking to people. But when I write down rhymes, that would be my voice, that would be my way of speaking.” He and Issa met, and while Issa originally helped him with backing up his songs, eventually they combined to form the group as it is now. The Underachievers, achieving very high levels of musical quality, drew me in as a listener more in the way of their lyricism, the messages and ideas that are behind their tracks. Prominent throughout both studio albums as well as
in The Underachiever’s mixtapes is the theme of finding self-discovery and consciousness. AK talked about being a functioning member of our current society without losing self-identity.
learning how to live simply. Not the lightest subjects to breach through music, but with stylish beats and infectious hooks The Underachievers deliver a multileveled experience.
the PRO ERA Collective, Flatbush Zombies and The Underachievers. Each of these groups in the movement has their own solo career without infringing upon the identity of their collective Beast Coast.
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Hailing from Brooklyn, AK and Issa Gold came together to seemlessly blend rap and self-reflection. “It’s not just living and being a robot, you know, it’s not just I’m going to have a nice vibe, have a family and then die. Questioning myself, like when I was younger like what is this planet? Why am I here?” AK said. This led to his discovery of Buddhism and how it played into his life and
Recently, there has been a lot of activity out of the New York hip-hop scene, which some have said had hit a lull. One of the more prominent products of the New York scene recently has been Beast Coast, a group of artists from New York who have been taking the hiphop world by storm. In this group is
“Inspirational psychedelic music” is the tag put on The Underachiever’s music, an interesting and surely very rewarding sound that comes to this duo. “It’s just natural… It’s just that sound that comes from us because of what we have experienced and what we have done,” AK said.
when asked about how the sound is made. “It’s not like I go into the studio thinking ‘what can I say to be trippy.’” But with all these themes of consciousness, there was still a big question to be answered: What is the most exciting thing in their musical career? “Just connecting with the fans in every city we go to and seeing their reaction, like, seeing them really feel our songs putting in their emotions and seeing their faces while we’re on stage. Really singing the lyrics from their heart. It’s so beautiful,” AK said. According to AK, one of The Underachiever’s goals through their art is to touch people and try and change the world through music. “We’re spiritual people, so like we are just trying to become better and try and help the world unite, live in peace. Which is kinda impossible.” Chuckling at the sometimes futile efforts, it seems these rising names in hip-hop are on the right track, bringing back a genuine feel of passion and message to the genre. Where do they go from here? The Underachievers hope to continue to make music that touches people and challenges the way they think. AK expressed his hope that one day they could possibly indulge in more charity, helping those less fortunate. The Underachievers will perform Thursday, Oct. 15 at the Majestic Theater at 9 p.m. Tickets are still available and will cost $20 on the day of the show.
Unconventional ceramics highlight Kate Roberts’ body of work By Ameliah Sutliff The Daily Cardinal
UW-Madison’s thriving art department continually brings in brilliant artists and instructors to its Visiting Artist Colloquium, and Kate Roberts is no exception. With both a BFA and a MFA in ceramics from Alfred University, one of the top ceramics programs in the country, she’s carried her unique approach to ceramic art through residencies and internships at art centers around the world. This includes Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Colorado, La Meridiana in Italy, Cite` Internationale des Arts in Paris, Project Art in Massachusetts and Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill in Massachusetts. Her work is currently on display in the Art Lofts Gallery in a mixed-media show entitled “Strange Habits.” The show opened on Friday, October 2 and features Robert’s new work and several other talented instructors including Jordan Adams, Barbara Landes, Kate Roberts, Barry Roal Carlsen, Maggie Snyder, Grace Sullivan and Michael Velliquette. It is a collective commentary on habitual human nature and the physical and abstract presence that it exudes in our lives and the world around us. As a part of the colloquium lecture series at the Elvehjem Building, Roberts gave a talk last Wednesday about her artistic journey, her work and the forces that drive it. A native of Greenville, S.C., she opened with a photo of the lush, overgrown, foggy mountains in which she was born and raised, explaining the slow-paced southern humidity that not only pervades the physical environment, but the rhythm of the people and the environment it encapsulates. This set the scene as a baseline pulse that permeates the pieces she makes, allowing for a parallel between the medium and motive of her work. This intertwining ebb and flow of natural environment and human force is precisely the essence of the ceramic medium. In reference to
her pull to the material, Roberts explained, “It’s just dirt, but its ability to be manipulated has kept my attention over the years.” The inherent ingrainment of the ceramic material into her work is far from traditional. Perhaps the most fascinating part of Robert’s work is the way she pushes the boundaries and traditions of the ceramic medium as a whole. Take her earlier undergrad work, entitled “Bitch n’ Stitch,” for example. Roberts crafted ceramic doilies, convincingly elegant lines portraying delicate lace and conversing female figures. Although ceramics is often associated with its tough rigidity, the image of this piece exudes a soft fragility, simultaneously exploring the limits of a medium and examining traditional femininity. Her later work challenges the notion of permanency, taking a traditionally eternal medium and making it ephemeral. Once a ceramic piece is fired, it is no longer able to return to the ductile dirt it once was. In her MFA thesis show, Roberts threw a conceptual wrench into the ceramic process, perfectly illustrating how artists are able to depict what she referred to as “the moments in between.” Many of her pieces exist impermanently for an undetermined period, just as the emotions they aim to render. So much of what exists, like the unseen happenings and emotions that mold our lives, is hauntingly fleeting, and her work captures these moments and forces. Her piece “Porte” in the show “Strange Habits” is an embodiment of this lingering ephemerality. For having such a remarkable presence in the space, it manages to maintain a transient air: ghostly looming and impossible to ignore. For a first-hand experience with her ominously beautiful work and the poignant pieces of other UW-Madison instructors, visit the Art Lofts Gallery before the show closes Wednesday, Oct. 14.
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Through an ingenious use of ceramic, Roberts’ work has a distinctive visual texture.
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The vastness of space finds refuge in print Maham Hasan lit columnist
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hat is it about the vastness of space that has had human beings transfixed from day one? We barely gain cognizance of the land around us before we start looking upwards and beyond. The sky in all its magnitude and infinite horizon is endlessly fascinating to us. Our desire to explore beyond what we know and into the mysteries of space epitomizes everything about human
curiosity. Be it the love for NASA, movies set in and around space or the plethora of literature penned on it, we have always collectively yearned for what’s out there, and the possibility of understanding it more than anything else. It may very well be one of the last remaining things the inhabitants of Earth can find joy in sharing. Film and literature have never left us wanting as far as space fodder goes. With multiple critically acclaimed books and blockbuster movies released every year, it seems to be a genre that can only find more inspiration over time rather than losing its vigor. In the midst of everyone
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Like any celestial body, the moon holds immense wonder and inspires curiosity for anyone who looks up to the night sky.
clamoring to mass produce spacerelated material, something truly epic or entertaining managing to sneak through is the hallmark of this genre. The kind akin to “Interstellar” reminding me of my lost love for space by reducing me to child like wonderment of something truly spectacular happening on the big screen in front of me. It was reminiscent of everything that you only experience as a child, because we’re so open to being struck by wonder at something as simple as seeing a giant T-rex or a spaceship on the screen. Or when I was quietly charmed by the humor and tenacity of human nature in a planet that is not ours in any way possible in “The Martian.” One a brilliant masterpiece and the other a charming tale of perseverance, imagine my delight when I discovered that the books they’re adapted from are just as well written, if not more so. Andy Weir shows you what true isolation of a human being actually means in “The Martian,” and he does so in a way that you don’t even feel it until it happens. And then it’s all you feel. Is this a classic tale of one man’s epically impossible survival against great odds that we have seen and read about time and again? Yes, it absolutely is. But there’s a reason it still works. We glorify in watching the survival of one man despite all indications and proof of the contrary. It gives us hope—it makes us think that we could do it too. We could also survive in the face of terrifying adversity. What makes Weir’s work different is that he allows us to experience the gravity of the situation constantly but he does so with winning humor. The protagonist, Mark Watney, manages to survive years of isolation on Mars where a million different ways to die are always staring him in the face, and he chooses to do it laughing.
And really, is anyone’s survival even a possibility without that? Greg Keyes’ “Interstellar”—not unlike the movie—is a tale so grandly infused with what defines us as humanity, as people and as a species altogether, that it ends up sucker punching us into remembering that. Interestingly enough, it also came after the movie with the assistance of the Nolan brothers. Any run-ofthe-mill story that pulls a “love conquers all” and is the true miracle of life theatric maneuver is nothing but trite and corny to us. We groan to ourselves as we imagine heartwarming music swelling at the end just as the main characters make a grand speech. We mock how tacky it is, but it makes us uncomfortable on some fundamental level. Some part of us recognizes the truth in all those grand words, but it’s far more easy to cling to how unoriginally sappy they sound. Not with the likes of “Interstellar” though. That thin façade of cynicism and bluster falls away in the face of such genuinely portrayed emotion. Earth will die without the actions and choices of a certain man, who will have to leave his family behind to save them and everyone on Earth, choices that are not always easy to understand for a ten-year-old. This book exemplifies that bond and the struggles that are born from it. It does so while making you feel insignificantly small in the face of the vastness of space, all the fears we have about black holes and everything we still do not understand about relativity, time and the universe itself. All of that is entwined with the one human mystery that we most likely will never understand or even fully comprehend. Does space fascinate you? Email Maham at mhasan4@wisc.edu.
Titus Andronicus reigns supreme as rulers of the mosh pit at sold-out Frequency By Michael Frett The Daily Cardinal
Where were you October 10, 2015, the day Titus Andronicus conquered the world? Perhaps you were out with friends, or maybe in a library studying? It would be easy to have been caught up in the happenings of
another Saturday night, but in a tiny stage just west of the Capitol Square, beneath the dimming lights and swinging amplifiers of The Frequency, Titus Andronicus usurped the title of “greatest band in the world.” That title’s entirely subjective, but I’m hard-pressed to find a more
worthy heir. In the span of 90 or so minutes, New Jersey’s Shakespearian punks burned through brawny fistraisers and ragged hip-shakers, twisting through classic rock’s eased swagger and punk’s righteous edge with an eye for fluid progression. Songs never felt out of place; every guitar solo, piano volley and bellowed growl was as precise as it was wild. But I might be getting ahead of myself. I’ve only been a fan of Titus Andronicus for about a year now, spurred by a friend who knew how much I loved other Jersey rock alumni. I was immediately taken in by The Monitor, Titus Andronicus’ second album set somewhere between the height of the Civil War and Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run. From there, The Replacements-like symbiosis that bounced between rock ’n’ roll purism, punk’s vitality and something more adventurous felt like a perfect fit in my musical world of a lost flannel heartland. Yet, there’s no way I was alone in the claustrophobic pit of the Frequency. As Titus Andronicus’s songs rang through the club, the sold-out crowd sang along to nearly every word. Fists were raised across the crowd when singer Patrick Stickles led the penultimate “You’ll always be a loser” chants at the end of “No Future Part Three: Escape from No Future” with fire in his eyes and a finger and a thumb slapped across his forehead. A mosh pit exploded in the center of the stage when “No Future” turned
to “Titus Andronicus,” the battle cry at the center of Titus Andronicus’s first album. Towards the back, where I had set up shop, those less interested in the pit were still screaming the lyrics back at Stickles and gang. Then there were the mandatory new songs, the excerpts from Titus Andronicus’ self-described “transformative odyssey,” The Most Lamentable Tragedy. It was a fact that Stickles was quick to joke about, “I hope you don’t mind if we play a few songs off the new album,” Stickles teased. “Who would’ve expected that?” Titus Andronicus inherited another talent from the Replacements, one that was readily apparent in between the fan favorites and sing-alongs: spontaneity. What do you do when your baseball team loses and you’ve already played the “loser song?” Stickles’ answer was apparently to turn “Meet the Mets” into a rock and roll sing-along. How do you show love to the great state of Wisconsin? Toss out Milwaukee’s own “Blister in the Sun,” the Violent Femmes’ omnipresent acoustic rocker. Opener Baked warmed the crowd over, and Spider Bags swooned with that rocker’s croon, but it was pretty obvious who the stars of that night were. Spider Bags’ singer Dan McGee said it best himself, before spinning up another feedback-led jam session. “Titus Andronicus,” he said, drenched in sweat as the rest of his band looked on. “The best f------ band out there.”
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Unbreakable Jackson strong on seventh LP ALBUM REVIEW
Unbreakable Janet Jackson By Cooper Brannigan The Daily Cardinal
Jackson: the name of music royalty. First it was the Jackson 5, then it was king Michael, and finally Janet burst onto the scene. With the tragic passing of Michael in 2009, it is up to Janet to carry the flame for the Jackson namesake and, wow, does she carry the flame with her latest album. Unbreakable is the first album from Jackson in seven years. Right from the get-go the listener knows the album is fantastic. The opening track is “Unbreakable,” for which the album is titled. The production on “Unbreakable” is a great R&B groove that sounds similar to a cut from a Timbaland-produced track from Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience. The single from the album, “No Sleeep,” is one of two tracks on the album that have a feature. On an R&B album like this, a lack of features is actually a good idea because it allows the listener to focus on Janet. But having a few does not hurt the album, especially if “No Sleeep” features one of my favorite rappers, J. Cole. The other featured artist is none other than Missy Elliott on “Burnitup!” Hearing new Missy is really refreshing since we are all still waiting for her first album in 10 years, but this will do for now. Although “Unbreakable” is almost a perfect R&B song, it is not the best track on the album; this award goes to the lively “Gon B Alright.” Hearing this song live in concert would be such an awesome time. The production is very upbeat and makes the listener genuinely happy, and this is only accompanied with Jackson’s positive lyrics about how everything is going to get better. Unbreakable is a rare album from the heralded Jackson family and Janet delivers a great album, filled with tracks that make you want to tap your toes or even jump up and start dancing with someone. Hearing a new album from Janet Jackson is very refreshing, especially when all of the songs create a cohesive mixture of hit records. Not only is Unbreakable a great album all around, from production to Janet’s voice, but it is also a fun album.
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Wisconsin fought to a pair of draws in its opening weekend of play against Northern Michigan.
Badgers preparing for packed week ahead By Ethan Levy The daily cardinal
Cross Country
The Badgers are gearing up for an exciting weekend, as they host the Adidas Invitational at the Zimmer Championship Course in Verona, where the team regularly trains. The Adidas Invitational is an important race for the Badgers, as 17 of the top 30 men’s teams and 20 of the top 25 women’s teams in the nation will be there and several NCAA Championship qualification points are on the table. Director Mick Byrne knows the importance of this race, and is making sure that all of his strongest runners are ready to go on Friday. “You can’t hide a team in a race like this on Friday,” Byrne said. “You’ve got to run your big guns, and they’ve got to run hard, and that’s what we expect our athletes to do.” On the men’s side, Byrne referred to sophomore Joe Hardy, sophomore Morgan McDonald and junior two-time Big Ten Champion Malachy Schrobilgen as the team’s big guns. Byrne has incredibly high expectations for Schrobilgen. “Coming off an incredible summer of training, he has done some really good workouts,” Byrne said. “Expect to see Malachy up there fighting for the individual title.” On the women’s side, Byrne also expects big things from junior Sarah Disanza and senior Molly Hanson. Byrne is looking forward to hosting this esteemed race for years to come, even though the Badgers are parting way with Adidas in the summer. “I think Under Armour Invitational has a good ring to it,” Byrne joked.
Volleyball
Last weekend, the Badgers (2-2 Big Ten, 12-4 overall) traveled out east and earned two wins against Big Ten opponents Rutgers (0-6, 3-15) and Maryland (0-6, 10-10). Head coach Kelly Sheffield was pleased with his team’s contin-
ued improvement in its two victories. Specifically, Sheffield was happy with the play of sophomore outside hitter Lauryn Gillis and redshirt junior outside hitter Romana Kriskova. “I thought we got a great weekend, again, from those two,” Sheffield said. “The numbers just keep getting better and better from those guys.” More surprisingly, Sheffield highlighted the way his team handled the external distractions, like a rare rain delay, during the Rutgers game. “We’ve had a few issues that we’ve had to just kind of roll with,” Sheffield said. “And I think those things can help you as you go down the line.” Still, Sheffield knows that the team needs to keep improving if they want to beat better opponents down the line. “As a coach you still sit there and say, man, there is so much room that we gotta get better in that area, and we do,” Sheffield said. The Badgers look to continue that improvement this week, as they play one of the nation’s best teams in Minnesota ( 5-1, 13-3). “Confidence is a powerful thing. When you have it, you feel like you can conquer the world,” Sheffield said in reference to the Golden Gophers. “This team believes in themselves, and that’s a fun place to be.”
Men’s Hockey
The Badgers (0-0-2) got their first game action last weekend, as they tied Northern Michigan (1-0-2) twice at home, 2-2 and 3-3. Both games ended in impressive comeback fashion, as the Badgers scored with 42 seconds left in the first game, and overcame a 3-0 deficit in the second. Head coach Mike Eaves was impressed with his team’s resilience in its first weekend playing together. “You’re trying to grow together as a team,” Eaves said. “By coming back in both back-to-back nights, that says a lot about a team coming together.” Individually, Eaves liked what he saw from freshman forward
Luke Kunin. “He can be a difference maker. He has natural ability.” Eaves said. “The way he goes about his business is very mature.” Still, Eaves knows that the team still has room to improve moving forward, especially on the road. The team travels to Boston this weekend, and Eaves is excited to see how his team handles the pressure. “We will be able to get right into where the fire is a little hotter, and the teams there have a little bit more firepower,” Eaves said. “We will find out how we handled that.”
Football
The Badgers (1-1 Big Ten, 4-2 overall) pulled out a close, come from behind 23-21 win at Nebraska (0-2, 2-4) last weekend on a last second field goal by sophomore kicker Rafael Gaglianone. Head coach Paul Chryst was happy with his team’s character, as his younger and less experienced players helped contribute to the win. “I’m certainly proud of the way guys kept playing Saturday and the number of guys that had to contribute,” Chryst said. “I think it was big.” Specifically, Chryst was happy with the efforts of redshirt freshman offensive lineman Beau Benzschawel. “I thought that he did a nice job for his first start and first game action,” Chryst said. Looking ahead, Chryst is keeping the players focused only on next week’s home matchup against Purdue (0-2, 1-5). “None of it matters,” Chryst said, referring to the Badgers ranking in the Big Ten West standings, “if you don’t take advantage of every opportunity each week. During the week of practice ahead, Chryst will work with the players on developing an identity and playing within themselves. “It is fun during the season to see your identity come out,” Chryst said. “Whatever it is, we just gotta be the best we can be.”
or two historically great programs, it is surprisingly surprising that Michigan and Florida are having the kind of success that they are this season. After spending the last few seasons in a dungeon of mediocrity, coaching changes at each school have thus far brought back the kind of winning and dominance generally associated with each program. However, most experts or random college columnist such as myself, did not see this kind of progress coming so quickly, as both teams were left out of both preseason polls, and many predicted it would take at least a couple years to return back to relevance. Yet, maybe we really should have seen the turnaround Jim Harbaugh’s Wolverines and Jim McElwain’s Gators are in the midst of this year, as there were plenty of potential signs that pointed in that direction for each program. Believe it or not, recruiting is an important indicator of on-field success in college football, and not too recently, both Florida and Michigan were ranked in the top five in national recruiting, per Rivals.com. By not too recently, I mean 2013. That’s right, just a mere two years ago, Florida and Michigan were toward the top of the recruiting rankings, and the year before that, both were once again in the top 10. Former Florida coach and ticking time-bomb Will Muschamp did say “There are a lot of good football players sitting down there.” While Muschamp did a lot of wrong at his time in Gainesville, he certainly seems to be right about that, as the current Gators team is full of players he recruited. Harbaugh’s Michigan also is not bereft of talent as former coach Brady Hoke did manage to reel in top ten classes in 2012 and 2013. So contrary to belief, both programs had the talent on hand, they just needed a new leader on the sideline. Enter Harbaugh and McElwain. While Harbaugh clearly had the more proven track record, McElwain was exactly the kind of
coach Florida needed. As I mentioned earlier, Muschamp did not do a lot right, but he did manage to string together some very solid defenses during his time. However, it was the disastrous offense that led to his eventual demise, and it seems that McElwain is the perfect antidote for that. McElwain was the brains behind the solid offenses of the early Nick Saban era at Alabama, where he coordinated the Tide’s offense during Saban’s first championship. His reward was the head job at Colorado State, where he engineered another offensive turnaround that had the Rams ranked in the polls during his last season with the team. So it really should not come as much of a surprise that Florida’s turnaround as a team can also be associated with its transformation on offense. While not the explosive attack of the Tebow era, McElwain had tutored Will Grier into a very competent quarterback, who until his recent suspension was playing very well, especially in a monumental upset against No. 3 Ole Miss. With the talent still present on defense, a complementary offense was all the Gators needed to get back to relevance, and McElwain provided that. Michigan on the other hand needed more than just offense. It needed a coach who actually wore a headset on the sideline. Harbaugh, wildly successful at every one of his previous stops, has continued that trend by instilling a new brand of toughness and discipline at Michigan that has the team on a three-game shutout streak. It really should come as no surprise that Harbaugh is able to get this much out of the immense talent that was left over. Thus far, Florida and Michigan have been two of the biggest surprises of the season, but the season is still young. Both teams have potentially program-defining matchups this weekend, with Florida visiting LSU and Michigan welcoming “little brother” Michigan State. So while both seem to have regained their footing in the college football world, this weekend will go a long way in determining if both programs are truly back on their feet for good. Email Rushad at machhi@wisc. edu to let him know if you are on the Michigan and Florida hype train.
UW Athletic Department joins ‘It’s On Us’ campaign The University of WisconsinMadison Division of Intercollegiate Athletics announced Monday it will be partnering with other campus departments in the nationwide “It’s On Us” sexual assault prevention and awareness campaign. The athletic department, in conjunction with University Health Services, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Police Department and the Division of Student Life, created a series of videos in line with the campaign’s goals. Men’s basketball’s Vitto Brown, football’s Corey Clement, women’s hockey’s Sydney McKibbon, as well as athletic director Barry Alvarez and men’s hockey head coach Mike Eaves will appear
in the videos. Brown, who appeared at the press conference announcing the partnership, believes the campaign will be effective on the UW-Madison campus because of the high visibility of the university’s student-athletes. “Being in a leadership role, being visible to everybody,” Brown said. I know, myself, I don’t watch the news as much as I probably should so I might not see these campaigns but, as a student or a student-athlete, I’m going to look at the sports channels and therefore will see the ‘It’s On Us’ campaign because of us. The visibility is a big aspect as well.” The videos will be shown at home games throughout the fall.