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Blank talks biennial budget, campus climate with Student Council

By Nina Bertelsen THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Leadership from both ends of State Street are playing tug of war with funding for higher education. (from left to right, state leaders Scott Fitzgerald, Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke, Gov. Scott Walker and university leaders Rebecca Blank and Laurent Heller.)

Funding, performance may be tied in 2017-’19 budget Story by Andrew Bahl and Madeline Heim The state’s biennial budget might seem complicated, but it has very real effects for the students, faculty, administration and staff that make up the UW System. In the last round, they were forced to absorb a $250 million cut that changed the experiences of students across the state. As the next budget looms, follow The Daily Cardinal’s series on what it could hold for key UW players.

Follow the series for our next installment Nov. 13, detailing the changing landscape of student debt

throughout the UW System.

As UW System chancellors scramble to mitigate effects of recent budget cuts, Gov. Scott Walker and the Republicancontrolled state Legislature are considering a new source of critical state support: tying a portion of the funding for Wisconsin’s 26 state universities to performance.

The performance-based funding model uses a series of metrics to determine how much money schools receive.

Walker has hinted that potential measures could include graduation rates, the number of students entering certain high-demand fields and the amount of debt graduates take on.

More than 30 states already use some form of performance-based

funding, either in their four-year or two-year institutions.

The amount of money tied to performance metrics varies by state, with many tying 5 percent or less of their higher education budget to those measurements. Others go much further— every dollar given to public universities in Tennessee is based on institutional performance, for example.

Details of a potential performance-based funding system won’t be announced until Walker unveils his budget in January.

“I will propose an increase in funding for the UW System, and it will be connected to performance metrics,” Walker wrote in an op-ed in August. “Over the past few years,

The biennual budget and campus climate are concerns for many students, and Chancellor Rebecca Blank addressed university administration’s efforts on these issues at Wednesday’s Associated Students of Madison Student Council meeting.

For the past five of six biennial budgets, the Wisconsin state Legislature has cut funding to the UW System.

“Every year we don’t reinvest is a year we fall behind,” Blank said.

The UW System is sponsoring a statewide campaign using the phrase, “It’s time to reinvest in the University of Wisconsin” to gain support for increased higher education funding this session.

Blank said she thinks the funding increase requested by the Board of Regents is “reasonable,” of which approximately 30 percent is expected to be allocated to UW-Madison.

Over the past few years faculty, staff, class offerings and building upkeep have suffered due to the decrease in funding, Blank said.

Additionally, the previous biennial budget included no money for building maintenance. Blank explained that if a steam pipe breaks, or other maintenance issues arise, it takes money away from education to fix that.

Blank also addressed campus climate, specifically the new Our Wisconsin program.

“Lori [Berquam] and I are both extremely committed to this program,” Blank said, adding that after getting survey feedback she hopes to tweak the program and eventually offer it to all incoming freshmen.

“Talking about diversity, learning to work and live with a group of people with different experiences and backgrounds is not just a nice thing to do because we’re all pleasant people,” Blank said. “It is an absolutely mandatory thing that everyone needs to learn in order to be educated for the 21st century.”

“Every year we don’t reinvest is a year we fall behind.”

Rebecca Blank chancellor UW-Madison

She added that employers have shared concerns about Wisconsin students’ exposure to diversity.

Some have questioned if graduates have the necessary tools needed to work at global companies.

“You can only do so much if you’re going to do it well,” said Blank of the current objectives to improve inclusion on campus.

“I’m going to try to pick a set of high impact things and do them well and then look around and say, ‘What’s next?’”

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Madison student arrested for sexual assault A UW-Madison student was arrested for two counts of seconddegree sexual assault Monday.

20-year-old Alec R. Cook is accused of strangulation, battery and false imprisonment of a 20-year-old female student.

He was released on a signature bond after a court appearance Wednesday, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.

Cook was acquainted with the victim before the alleged assault.

The incident reportedly occurred

Oct. 12 in Cook’s apartment in the 500 block of N. Henry St. around 11:30 p.m.

According to the Wisconsin State Journal, Cook’s lawyer said the interaction with the student

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Petition signatures could force recall election for ASM member An Associated Students of Madison Student Council representative could face a recall election for his seat if a petition circulated on social media gathers enough signatures.

Kenneth Cole, a representative for the College of Letters and Science who was elected to the council last spring, was the subject of a petition started by fellow council member Katrina Morrison.

Those who have signed the petition agree that students in the College of Letters and Science “should have

the opportunity to vote in a recall election of Representative Kenneth Cole.”

As of roughly 8 p.m.

Wednesday, the petition had already garnered 310 signatures, according to ASM Vice Chair Mariam Coker. She said about 250 of those signatures are from students currently in the College of Letters and Science.

“For anyone who feels compelled to sign the petition, I would urge that you reach out to me individually and personally about any

concerns that you might have,” Cole said.

The petition will need 750 signatures to achieve the recall vote, Coker said.

Cole is also in danger of losing his spot on ASM’s Student Services Finance Committee due to too many unexcused absences, according to SSFC Chair Colin Barushok.

Cole issued no comment for his unexcused SSFC absences.

Nina Bertelsen and Peter Coutu contributed to this report.

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Nursing students prepare to administer vaccines

By Max Bayer THE DAILY CARDINAL

After two UW-Madison students contracted meningococcal disease, more than 80 nursing students will volunteer to administer vaccinations beginning Thursday at the SERF. According to Dr. Pam McGranahan, an assistant clinical

professor at the UW-Madison School of Nursing, first-year students will be conducting screenings and managing crowd control while second-year students will be the immunizers.

“It’s a great opportunity to walk the talk and show people what nurses really do which is, we step up,” McGranahan said. “When the com-

munity’s at risk, we step up.”

The vaccination will be for meningococcal serogroup B, which can lead to meningitis—an inflammation or swelling of the brain tissue lining and spinal cord. Meningitis is rare, but if contracted it can be fatal.

Kyrstin Wickman, a first-year student who plans on volunteering,

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The expansion of UWPD’s headquarters will cost $4.8 million.

The project is expected to be completed by fall 2017.

Campus police department breaks ground on expansion of its campus headquarters

By Tayler Blake THE DAILY CARDINAL

Members of UW-Madison Police Department and JP Cullen contractors dug their ceremonial shovels Wednesday afternoon to expand their headquarters.

This project, located in Lot 16, which is behind and next to the current UWPD headquarters, will provide UWPD with valuable office space, much needed room for training, secure garage space and shelled space for future expansion. The garage will be on the first floor with the offices and training areas above and behind it.

The project will cost $4.8 million and span 24,000 square feet. It is expected to be completed by fall 2017. This is the third attempt to expand the offices that have been occupied for 27 years. Currently, UWPD

assault from page 1 was consensual.

She filed a criminal complaint in the Dane County Circuit Court Oct. 16 that said Cook made contact with her after she asked him to stop and would not let her leave.

According to Madison Police Department Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain, the investigation is ongoing and detectives are in the process of conducting interviews.

“We’re still gathering initial information,” DeSpain said. “If others have additional information that might pertain to this they should contact the crime stoppers line.”

has three different on-campus buildings, primarily due to expanded duties following 9/11.

“Work is difficult to complete when you’re working in different buildings,” said Interim Police Chief Brian Bridges. “Right now we have up to three people sharing office space.”

An added feature that will help with the transportation of detainees is the sally port, a secure area that allows UWPD to move detainees from their vehicles to the inside of the building.

UWPD spokesperson Marc Lovicott said although the department has lost parking spaces, they are excited for the new addition.

Bridges mentioned that a running joke in the UWPD office for 30 years has been, “Everything will be better in the new building.” Now, it looks like they’ll have to find a new joke to tell.

UW-Madison has confirmed that Cook is a senior real estate and urban land economics major, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.

The Wisconsin Involvement Network lists Cook as a member of the UW-Madison chapter of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

A restraining order was filed against Cook through the City of Madison Municipal Court Oct. 17.

The temporary order is in effect until Oct. 24, the day on which Cook and the filer will meet in front of a judge to determine whether the restraining order will become permanent.

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we increased funding for our technical college system, including performance funding, and it is working very well.”

The idea is not a new one in Wisconsin—the state’s 16 technical colleges first employed the method in fall 2014 and this year will tie 30 percent of their state aid to performance outcomes.

This model grants funding for the technical colleges based on nine criteria, including job placement rates, programs or courses with an industry-validated curriculum, degrees and certifications awarded in high-demand fields and workforce training provided to businesses and individuals.

The technical colleges have touted the model as a success, saying it has already “demonstrated the link between college outcomes and the funding provided by the State of Wisconsin” and “encouraged continuous improvement by the colleges in areas of strategic importance.”

Donald Moynihan, director of the La Follette School of Public Affairs and an expert on performance-based funding in settings outside higher education, said one needs only to compare their budgets with those of the UW System in the last five years to see that their state aid is increasing. He added, however, that there has also been no indication that the method is improving the colleges’ performance.

“If you’re making the case that this is a form of accountability to the public, I think that’s a reasonable case you can make,” Moynihan said. “If you’re making the case that this is going to actually dramatically improve the outcomes that are being measured, that’s not been the experience of other states.”

While the technical colleges deliver more or less the same product to a relatively homogenized realm of clients, Moynihan argued that such is not the case for UW System schools—a difference seen most notably in comparing smaller campuses to UW-Madison, the state’s flagship university.

thinks this opportunity will provide very good experience.

“This is what we do as nurses, we go into the community, we help people, we serve who needs to be served and jump in as first response,” Wickman said.

McGranahan said most of the students who volunteered to be immunizers are from the nursing school In drafting a set of metrics to tie funding to, schools like UW-Oshkosh could produce drastically different ones than a topranked research university like UW-Milwaukee, for example.

Moynihan said although he isn’t sure the state would allow each campus to create its own metrics, there may be some room for flexibility in choosing between groups of metrics so a “one-size-fits-all” approach does not have to be applied to such a diverse collection of campuses.

Smaller system schools might also lack the resources to internally evaluate which metrics would work most to their favor.

Nicholas Hillman, an associate professor who researches performance funding in education, wrote in his study that while universities that are already high-performing tend to have the resources to adopt and respond to such metrics, schools with fewer resources may very well lack the institutional capacity to do the same.

Moynihan echoed that finding, adding that it is one way a performance-based funding model could increase disparities between the system’s flagship and other schools.

“A bigger institution like this, we just have the critical mass [so] we have that analytic capacity on hand,” he explained. “A smaller institution is going to have less of that.”

Other issues include deciding which metrics states choose to weigh in determining funding; UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank said these choices often can disadvantage schools that are already showing some success.

Other states have used graduation rates as one of the key metrics, Blank said.

“For the flagship universities, which is already up in the 80s [percent graduation rates] they couldn’t increase their graduation rates very much but for many of the lowerranked universities, which are at 20 percent, [the graduation rates] should have been much higher years ago. It seriously disadvantages the flagship, which is already attaining

and that she has little fear they’ll be able to manage the situation. All of the students administering shots have prior experience doing so.

“The real skill in nursing is thinking like a nurse,” said McGranahan.

The first opportunity to receive vaccines is Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the SERF. [success] at so much higher a level.”

Some states also give bonus points for high-demand fields like science, technology, engineering and mathematics, Hillman said. Since STEM tends to be homogenous, he explained, prioritizing those fields could mean not prioritizing diversity.

Another issue is that performance-based funding could be used to justify faculty or department cutbacks, after the Board of Regents moved to weaken tenure policies last year. While Hillman noted this is a more long-term effect, he said it is a possible consequence of campuses thinking more about the financial effects of their academic programs.

“If this creates the kind of perverse incentives which it probably will … then according to the new tenure policies, departments can close and faculty can be dismissed,” Hillman said.

Some advocates say performance-based funding is an effective way to encourage institutions to improve the education they offer.

“It is a necessary condition for change to occur,” Stan Jones, president of Complete College America, wrote in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

“Performance funding gets attention and signals a focus on completion.”

Moynihan said that UW-Madison faculty were not necessarily opposed to the idea.

“Most of us think we’re performing pretty well and our institution is performing really well. And we’re not necessarily opposed to finding ways to reflect that,” he said.

But details are scarce about what performance-based funding will look like in Wisconsin. It is likely that Walker will not unveil specifics until next year, leaving universities playing a waiting game.

Blank said the university was open to the idea, but that she would have to see the design of the program before commenting further.

“Performance-based funding is a reasonable request, the question is what it means,” she said. “This is one where the devil is in the details.”

A spokesperson for Walker did not return request for comment.

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Thirty years ago Thursday, 1,500 UW-Madison students gathered on campus to break the world record at the time for largest Twister game. Sadly, participants didn’t come close to breaking the record, which today is 171 feet, 3 inches by 158 feet, 5.5 inches, according to Guinness World Records. + Photo by Mary Langenfeld

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Wisconsin rowing team to host re-enactment of epic ancient naval battle with 4,000 boats

By Patrick Hoeppner THE DAILY CARDINAL

The UW rowing team annonced they would re-enact The Battle of Salamis, an epic ancient naval battle.

The Battle of Salamis was a naval engagement in 480 B.C. between the Persian Empire and the allied Greek city-states during the First Peloponnesian War. The most widely known battle of the war was the final stand of the 300, where 300 Spartans led by King Leonidas held a mountain pass at Thermopylae against 150,000 Persian infantrymen under King Xerxes.

“There are other battles just as badass as that,” an official tweet from the UW-Madison Department of Ancient History stated Monday. “It is fitting that our sports teams pay them tribute. We couldn’t be happier that #UWCrew is re-enacting #theBattleofSalamis #480BC.” Triremes, the traditional oared warring galleys of ancient Mediterranean civilizations, were three-tiered warships designed to ram and sink enemy vessels. Triremes were used in preA.D. societies from Crete to Phoenicia,

and were the main vessels used by the fleets at Salamis.

“We’re trying to replicate the triremes,” Assistant Rigger Matt Sullivan said. “It won’t be as accurate as we’d like. We only have one tier of oars to work with per eight, so that’s a concern. We’re using every shell and every rower in the boathouse to make this work.”

Schools invited include the University of Washington, Boston University and Syracuse University.

The event will be co-ed. Coxswains (navigators) have been briefed on ramming angles, ramming speed and the proper locations to ram in order to sink an enemy vessel.

“It’s the closest thing we can get to what actually happened back in 480 B.C.,” Sullivan says.

“The first athletic competition ever recorded was a rowing race on the Nile in ancient Egypt. It’s fitting that we recognize the origins of our sport.”

“The uniforms were tricky,” Assistant Event Choreographer Jamie Blanton said. “We had to adapt the designs of ancient armor with modern spandex and stretch unitsuits, which

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UW Rowing hopes to re-enact a battle as epic as the original (shown above). are standard for NCAA competition.

We had to keep school colors consistent across fleets as well.”

Damages from the engagement are expected to run in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. A single top-grade racing eight can cost up to $55,000, and numerous athletic department administrators have voiced concerns about the practicality of an event dedicated to sinking and destroying the vessels.

“Thankfully, these racing shells really don’t sink,” Sullivan said.

“The carbon fiber composites they’re constructed from ensure they stay afloat, even when punctured by an enemy ram in the midst of engagement.

“The athletes sometimes get swamped during practice,” Sullivan added, “and then they’re stuck floating until they get rescued by a coach on a motor launch.

But here, there are no coaches.

There are no launches. There are no rescues. This is history.”

City of Cleveland agrees to trade Browns for a vending machine

By Andrew Guckes THE DAILY CARDINAL

After the the Browns lost to the Tennessee Titans earlier in the week and dropped to an NFL worst record of 0-6, Mayor Frank G. Jackson and Team Owner Jimmy Haslam announced at a press conference that the franchise would be traded to the city of Louisville, Ky., for a brandnew vending machine that will be placed in City Hall.

“We think that this move benefits all parties,” said Jackson to a mostly uninterested crowd of about 20 reporters. Jackson cited the Browns’ dreadful history as the primary reason for the trade, discussing the fact that the team hasn’t won a division championship since 1989, hasn’t been to the playoffs since 2002 and has never appeared in a Super Bowl.

“Personally, I’m excited to try the vanilla root beer.”

Frank Jackson Mayor of Cleveland

“To be frank,” said Haslam, “the City of Cleveland would just be better off with no team at all than have to deal with the Browns any longer. These people have been through enough.”

Trade negotiations had been going on for a few weeks before

the deal was finally cemented yesterday, however reports show that Louisville was not the first city contacted by Browns officials.

“We asked St. Louis first, because we figured they would be so bummed out by the Rams going to Los Angeles that they might want to take the Browns,” said Team President Paul DePodesta.

“But when we presented this idea to them, [Mayor of St. Louis] Francis Slay just laughed and hung up the phone.”

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This is an example of Times Old Roman. MLA hopes to go back to its roots.

MLA unveils trendy ‘Times Old Roman’ font to get back in touch with millenials

By Noah Mack THE DAILY CARDINAL

“The City of Cleveland would just be better off with no team at all than have to deal with the Browns.”

Frank Jackson Mayor of Cleveland

Mayor Jackson ended the press conference by assuring citizens of Cleveland that this deal was fruitful in more ways than one. “Obviously, losing the Browns is the big story here,” he said sternly. “But don’t forget about this vending machine either. It isn’t just your average device—it’s one of those cool ones with the screen that has, like, 100 options or something like that.

Personally, I’m excited to try the vanilla root beer. You can’t find that stuff in stores.”

Officials from Louisville did not reply to our requests for comment, but citizen protests over the deal reportedly began soon after the trade was announced.

The Modern Language Association announced their hip “Times Old Roman” font to appeal to a younger audience, a change which outraged professors and old stubborn writers everywhere.

The changes to the both beloved and hated “Times New Roman” font include a revamped look and a complete abolition of the English language in place of ancient roman script.

Kwame Anthony Appiah, president of MLA, felt his consumer base was stuck under the tyranny of his older font “Times New Roman” for far too long. “We wanted a breath of fresh air, right out of the streets of ancient Rome. We want our users to be smelling the Mediterranean and eating olives by the end of their first sentence,” remarked Appiah.

When questioned further as to the reason for using Rome in particular, Appiah stated, “We’re going full-circle with this one, right back to the greatest empire to rule God’s green earth. Why use an ‘O’

when you could use the submissive omega? Who needs ‘A’ when you have the much more domineering alpha? It’s all about how the letters make you feel… and personally I feel like the Roman language makes me feel like an absolute badass.”

Students across the country were thrilled to hear about the change. Many students who were previously struggling in school suddenly found that their GPAs skyrocketed because of teachers’ lack of knowledge on ancient Roman. Cardinal reporters sat down with Betsy Goldstein, one of these fortunate young adults, to get a firsthand account of how the new font helped the students succeed in school. “My literature class is a breeze now. I just have to type something random and my teacher has no idea what it says. I think I wrote something like ‘Mrs. Lictine is cool so please give me an A,’ and guess what? She did.”

At press time, MLA was considering showing the Greeks some love with their upcoming 2018 font.

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It’s more than just a house or an apartment—it’s a home. Your home, for the next year. Madison’s housing scene includes luxurious high rises, friendly neighborhoods and trendy apartments. Find your crib with help from the DC housing guide, because there’s nothing like home sweet home.

ONLINE RESOURCES While looking for signs proclaiming “For Rent” is one way to find a new place to live, looking for apartment availability online might be a more effective and less time-consuming process.

Between search filters, city maps and reviews from past residents, the web is a treasure trove of resources for finding the right apartment for you. Here are five sites to help you start your search for happy housing.

Campus Area Housing This is the official source of the university for finding off-campus housing. With handy filters to help personalize your search based on number of rooms and bathrooms, location and rent, this website is probably the best place to start your search for your new college pad.

Website: campusareahousing.wisc.edu Google Reviews Landlords don’t advertise pests, mold and bad attitudes, but past tenants do. Reviews are the best way to get an unbiased opinion about a potential home. People discuss their experiences with the landlord, in specific apartments and often how unfortunate scenarios were remedied. But it’s not all negative; when you’ve found a nice place often there are pleasant reviews present too.

Because of Google’s giant collection of users, there are a wealth of opinions on all things housing-related available with just a few clicks on the keyboard. Search for property management companies, apartment complexes or specific addresses to find the reviews. When combing through the good, the bad and the ugly, bear in mind that often it takes extreme circumstances for someone to post online about an experience. The most helpful reviews will often be the ones that tell you a story. That way you can judge, if the circumstances were yours, if you would have been satisfied with how they were handled.

ABODO When you go to ABODO’s website, the focal point is a giant map highlighting different apartments of Madison. Then based on the area shown in the graphic, you can adjust your search based on rent and number of bedrooms.

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1. Camp Randall It’s Saturday, the game is starting in 20 minutes and you don’t want to miss kickoff. Good thing you live just blocks away from the stadium.

After throwing on your bibs, you stroll past your neighbors playing beer pong on the patio and just two minutes later you’re in section O listening to the band play “On Wisconsin.” This area has every-

2. Vilas

Also known as the Greenbush neighborhood because it is conveniently situated next to Madison’s best donuts, the Vilas area is a great place for people who want to hear the crunch of leaves on a fall day and visit the local zoo. With reasonable rents

this area is shared by students and families alike.

3. Campus high rises

Close to campus and State Street, the stacks of freshly remodeled apartments lining University and Johnson are considered to be prime real estate. Because of the great location and newer quality, often

these high-rises are more pricey.

However, there are deals available if you’re willing to share a room.

Check out: Forward Management, Tallard Apartments, Madison Property Management, Patrick Properties, SRM Properties

With a reputation for taking in sophomores fresh out of the residence halls, Spring Street hits the sweet spot of getting off campus, but just barely. Union South is just blocks away, Camp Randall is only a short stroll and Spring connects directly with the bike path. Typical housing includes smaller apartment complexes and townhouses.

Check out: Madison Property Management, Varsity Quarters

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thing from refined apartments to run-down houses, and living in this neighborhood puts you near enough to campus to leisurely stroll to your classes too.

Check out: Tallard Apartments, SRM Properties, Madison Property Management, J. Michael Real Estate

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This area is next to the water and home to trendy coffee shops.

Check out: Keller Real Estate Group, Patrick Properties, Mullins Apartments, Ellickson Properties, Madison Property Management, Greenbush Properties

10. Mansion Hill

Residence Halls Even if you are no longer a freshman, the residence halls are still a viable option. Check out the different locations; often Smith, Ogg and Dejope are popular destinations for upperclassmen.

Website: housing.wisc.edu

This historic neighborhood is home to houses with wood detailing, hardwood floors and other fancy musthaves like crystal door knobs. The area has a lot of character and takes on a new part of Madison’s cultural scene—and it’s just a quick walk to The Plaza Tavern.

Tenant Resource Center This is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering healthy relationships between landlords and tenants. This is a place for all renters to look and learn their rights and learn what action to take when these rights are taken advantage of.

Website: tenantresourcecenter.org

Check out: Korotev Group, CMI Management, JSM Properties, Docken Management, Lofgren Properties, CHT Apartments, Steve Brown Apartments

9. Langdon

Despite its reputation as Greek Life row, Langdon also has housing for students not sporting the Greek alphabet. Parallel to State Street, home of Memorial Union’s Terrace and along Lake Mendota, Langdon can be a beautiful place to rest your head.

Check out: CHT Apartments, J. Michael Real Estate, Patrick Properties, Lake Towne Apartments, Hovde Properties, Palisade Property, Wisconsin Management Company, Surf & Surfside Apartments

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Just because you’re a college student doesn’t mean you can’t live a life of luxury. These pricey high-rise apartments have been popping up like daisies downtown for the past decade.

Central to the city’s most happening spots, these complexes put you smack dab in the middle of Madison’s entertainment and food scenes. These apartments also come stacked with furniture and appliances like laundry, dishwashers and even HD TVs.

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Check out: JSM Properties, Rouse Management, Smith Management, Forward Management, CMI Management

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Check out these specific apartment buildings: Hub Madison , Domain, Ovation 309 and The James

Is there a window in every room?

How much natural light is there?

Is there a charge for sharing rooms?

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8. State Street

7. Bassett

Living on State Street is like living in the center of Madison. You are connected to campus, within view of the Capitol and along a strip of the best restaurants in the city. If you want to live in this cultural hub, you will probably end up above one of State Street’s many businesses. The nights can get rowdy, as you’re living next to some of the city’s most hopping bars.

This area consists of larger houses that have been converted into spacious apartments.

The rent tends to be relatively reasonable, making it possible have your own room. The lower rent also marks Bassett as a lesserknown score for Madison tenants. With the older style of architecture and outdoor patios, prepare to be charmed by this neighborhood.

Check out: Keller Real Estate Group, Patrick Properties, Mullins Apartments, Ellickson Properties, Madison Property Management, Greenbush Properties, Oakland Property Services

Check out: Oakland Property Services, Madison Development Corporation, Madison Campus Rentals, McBride Companies

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It’s an awkward thing to do. You go to someone’s home, meet a stranger who doesn’t even live there, then wander around an apartment and look for any reason why you shouldn’t live there. Inspecting the floors, walls and toilets are only part of the process. Think about the little things that affect your day-to-day life and happiness. Use these questions to evaluate whether or not you will be satisfied with the quality of your potential new college pad:

Questions to ask

Welcome to party central.

Even when it’s not Mifflin’s annual block party, there is always whooping coming from Mifflin and Dayton.

Those who live here are accustomed to the sounds of neighbors celebrating and red solo cups littering their lawns.

Despite the party reputation, this is also a close location to many campus buildings.

Check out: JSM Properties, Boardwalk Investments, Hawthorne Buildings, The Towers on State, PH Apartments

APARTMENT TOUR CHECKLIST

Do the locks feel safe? Do the bedrooms have locks?

Are furniture and utilities included in your rent?

How large are the cabinets? What about the closets?

Is there laundry on-site?

Where would you dispose of trash?

Are there functioning smoke and carbon monoxide detectors?

Does the elevator seem reliable?

Where would you park your bike?

Your car?

How thin are the walls?

How often do they clean common areas?

Are there terms in the lease prohibiting pets, candles or parties?

How is the water pressure?

Could you see yourself living there?

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D.D Dumbo releases first album

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KennyHoopla makes musical debut, inspires across mediums

By Dan Held THE DAILY CARDINAL

Nearly two years after first appearing on the scene, Australian solo artist D.D Dumbo (Oliver Perry) launches his debut album Utopia Defeated in an electrifying fashion. Normally known for his one-man band performances, D.D Dumbo takes a new approach on Utopia Defeated, incorporating a symphony of instruments ranging from tambouras to bassoons, while still staying true to the folkpop fusion showcased in his 2013 self-recorded EP Tropical Oceans.

What we are left with is a wellbalanced, worldly album filled with catchy rhythms, powerful vocals and an introspective atmosphere.

The album starts off with the songs “Walrus” and “Satan,” which happen to be both of the teaser tracks D.D Dumbo released earlier this year.

Pop-y and upbeat, these singles are sure to get stuck in your head, making it easy to overlook the unusual things about which Perry is singing, like walruses and UFOs. You can expect to find yourself in a constant cycle of stopping and rewinding in order to catch what he has just said.

This, coupled with his bizarre metaphors and atypical song topics, creates a listening experience that can become convoluted and tiresome at times, pulling the listener out of the atmosphere those features were intended to create.

The third track slows the pace of the album down quite a bit. “In the Water” is a Bon Iver-esque folk ballad with almost no discernable beat. The song is short and sweet, playing with the idea of feeling detached from the world, as though you were trapped underwater. Utopia Defeated does a good job of breaking up its energy with the inclusion of these slower songs sprinkled throughout.

At first glance, Utopia Defeated will be hard to wrap your head around. With lyrics spanning a wide topic range, it’s hard to pinpoint a concrete theme for this project. It would be easy to write off what is being said as nonsense, but a deeper look at the lyrics will reveal a stream of consciousness regarding Perry’s place in the natural world, hidden behind poetic language and abstract metaphors. Unfortunately, Perry’s convoluted delivery of these lyrics, intentional or not, works against itself by making it hard to hear what his message actually is. That being said, the shining star of this project is the sound D.D Dumbo creates, not the message that comes with it.

Instruments from every corner of the world can be heard throughout the album, pulling inspiration from multiple genres to create an ambiance that is truly unique.

In the end, Utopia Defeated is a strong debut for D.D Dumbo. While it may not be the most groundbreaking and flawless release of the year, it showcases the raw talent and creativity Perry possesses. D.D Dumbo should be on everyone’s radar for whatever project he has lined up next.

Grade: B+

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With a backgroud in many other creative forms, artist KennyHoopla put out his first EP entitled Beneath The Willow Tree.

By Logan Rude THE DAILY CARDINAL

Born Kenneth La’Ron Beasley, 20-year-old KennyHoopla is fresh off the release of his debut EP Beneath The Willow Tree.

The project is a testament to Kenny’s authenticity and rawness as an artist.

Filled with dark, haunting beats, Beneath The Willow Tree focuses on depression and suicidal thoughts. Growing up in Cleveland and Oshkosh, Wis,, Kenny was surrounded by depression and death in his younger years. He said that while the EP was a personal project that told his own story of growing up, a large portion of it was done to tell his friends’ stories about dealing with mental illness. The result of his and his friends’ experiences is an extremely mature album.

Though it is his recording debut, Beneath The Willow Tree is not the start of Kenny’s journey in the art scene. When he was younger he was an active break dancer, and as he got older, he became heavily invested in photography. His pursuit of photography led to him touring with Wisconsin performers.

Eventually, he picked up DJing as well.

A man with ambition, Kenny said that he saw DJing as a way to get noticed. He wanted to build a name for himself.

Growing up around death made Kenny hyper-aware of the fact that death is imminent. Knowing that

The Reaper could appear at any moment, he realized that it was time to pursue recording.

“You only have one life. It keeps ringing,” Kenny said. “The fact that you could die at any moment. That’s what it is.”

After roughly five months of recording in Oshkosh, Beneath The Willow Tree became a reality. The project is extremely unique and that’s exactly what Kenny wanted. According to him, he wanted to make it a reflection of himself. Before the release, he said that he didn’t feel like people were taking him seriously, so he put all of his effort into making the tape sound as raw and honest as he possibly could.

“I put myself out there,” Kenny said. “I wanted it to be strictly me. What do I sound like? What’s my story?”

“I want to make something where when I die, it’ll keep going.”

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Everything Kenny has done up to this point has been part of his plan to leave behind a legacy when his time comes.

In a truly genius and simple approach, he said he wants to not only impact the world, but to help it by “conquering every art medium [he] can.”

“I want to make something where when I die, it’ll keep

At only 20 years old, Kenny has tackled a wide variety of mediums. going,” Kenny said.

Now that he has had experience in dancing, photography, DJing and MCing, his next focus is cinematography.

He and his friends are working on a short film. Though not their first venture into filming, Kenny said that he thinks

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KennyHoopla says he hopes to work on cinematography, in addition to continuing to work on new music.

their vision is finally mature enough to make something that is worth releasing.

In addition to the short film, Kenny is working on even more music to release in the future. Collaborating with local Madison producers, there’s no telling what his next project could consist of.

“I’m just creating. I don’t know what’s going to happen.

That’s the fun part,” Kenny said.

His ambition has carried him a long way so far, and he said he has a lot more to come. His goal isn’t just to improve himself as an artist—Kenny wants others to feel the impact of his work.

Madison’s music scene provides a perfect opportunity to cultivate a new culture, with Kenny as a catalyst. He has huge potential as an artist, and according to him, he’s just getting started.

“I just want to make people live. Live recklessly, but in the most safe way,” Kenny said.

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Today’s Sudoku

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Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.

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ACROSS 1 Keg spigot 4 Window parts 9 Musical exercise 14 Valuable rock 15 Move very gradually 16 Huge ship 17 Major network 18 Crew member 19 Express audibly 20 Totally prepared 23 Crime committed with bad lighting?

24 Pizza fractions, often 28 Court figure, briefly 32 Honeybunch alternative 33 Parenthesis, essentially 36 Mixtures or medleys 38 Akin to 39 Apt end to a peaceful day 43 ___-bodied 44 Ogre’s lack 45 Medicos, briefly 46 One who has your home covered?

49 Device in the beauty salon 51 Section of a lyric poem 53 Cheese chunk 57 Treat for a babysitter

61 Set straight, as tires 64 Comparatively sicker 65 Kiwi’s extinct relative 66 Like Swiss cheese 67 Like some sugar units 68 Pothook shape 69 Bit of severe weather 70 Some freshwater ducks 71 “Just as I predicted!”

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“band” 25 Attempted 26 Boy Scout, at times 27 Oozes 29 Certain Ivy Leaguer 30 Approaching, poetically 31 ___ and aahed 33 Some culture mediums 34 Automaton 35 Amber, for one 37 Name on a billboard 40 Visibility helper 41 ___ Lanka (Ceylon) 42 Shop VIPs 47 Item name derived from a person 48 P on a frat house 50 Gun, as an engine 52 Pronouncement 54 Some coins 55 Barnyard honker 56 Clear a blackboard 58 Down in the dumps 59 Isle of exile for Napoleon 60 Command to a dog 61 Sounds of understanding 62 Auction offering 63 U.N. workers protection gp.

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Election is vital for children JACOB PANKRATZ guest column

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UW-Madison’s administration has ignored shared governance processes when making important decisions for the school.

Neglect of shared governance continues view Cardinal View editorials represent The Daily Cardinal’s organizational opinion. Each editorial is crafted independent of news coverage.

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he definition and rights of shared governance at UW-Madison have undergone so many changes since Gov. Scott Walker released the 2015’17 budget in January 2015 that ­the relationship between shared governance and university administration still appears unclear today. Within the past month, the UW-Madison administration has announced major changes to campus life without consulting shared governance beforehand, disregarding crucial perspectives.

The four-fold shared governance system aims to draw representation from all campus groups from university staff, academic staff, faculty senate and students through the Associated Students of Madison. While the existence of shared governance is backed by Wisconsin state statute, its influence is restrained as an advisory group that can suggest changes to the chancellor and Board of Regents, but not finalize decisions.

Before Walker signed the 2015’17 budget, all shared governance groups could make decisions together. However, Walker let stand a different item within the budget which makes all shared governance groups subordinate to rulings made by the chancellor and the Board of Regents concerning student life. These rulings are general, and can range from the email system used by the university to the decision to create a new academic building.

The whole purpose of shared governance is to provide a collaborative viewpoint from the very people administrative decisions affect. So when UW-Madison’s administration announced an Amazon Pickup Point would be housed in the historic Red Gym without consulting shared governance first, the groups involved rightfully voiced their concerns.

The Associated Students of Madison Chair Carmen Goséy said she, like members of every branch of shared governance, only learned about the Amazon deal after its approval by the Board of Regents Aug. 18.

Although several weeks later the university announced it would find a new spot for the Amazon Pickup Point, the incident was an example of the neglect shared governance experiences.

“It felt like it was too late,” Goséy said. “Student council is the official student shared governance body on campus and nothing was brought to us. At least bring it to students’ attention. Because you [UW-Madison officials] are absolutely impacting students by that space decision.”

The decision that took one day for the Board of Regents to approve would have impacted the university for five years, privatizing a space in a public university.

It threatened the sanctity of the Multicultural Student Center, a vital inclusive space for underrepresented students on campus.

By failing to include shared governance in the Amazon deal early on, the administration essentially ignored the entire purpose of the group.

Students were not the only shared governance group left out of the Amazon deal planning process. Members of every facet of shared governance said they never knew about it until after its release. The faculty senate meets during the academic year, so by their first meeting earlier this fall the decision was already made, according to Secretary of the Faculty Senate Steve Smith.

Academic staff and university staff echoed the same sense of lack of inclusion until after the decision was made.

Chair of the University Staff Central Committee Jake Rebholz said that while Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Laurent Heller is scheduled to attend a committee meeting in mid-October, the committee was left “standing on the sidelines” as the Amazon deal was made.

“I would like to see [shared governance] have an increased role. I can understand why administration is nervous to elevate shared governance from above an advisory role,” Rebholz said. “But on the other hand it

makes me nervous that we can potentially make very clear decisions and express ourselves very strongly in one direction, and then the chancellor or her designee could do the opposite.”

Chair of the Academic Staff Executive Committee Kevin Niemi said that while ASEC was informed of the Amazon deal after the announcement, Heller has since reached out. Niemi said Heller’s interest in ASEC’s viewpoint could be a factor in the decision to ultimately not place the Amazon space in the Red Gym. “We try to head off potential negative reactions and policies by discussing and advocating about our positions prior to the making of decisions,” Niemi said.

It’s important to establish that the relationship between shared governance and university administration isn’t outright horrible. The building blocks for a picturesque relationship are there, but lack key communication between the groups. Niemi’s idea of proactive inclusion seems to be a clear and fairly simple solution. The administration should ask for permission ahead of time, not cover their tracks only after they receive a negative response.

The whole purpose of shared governance is to provide a collaborative viewpoint from the very people administrative decisions affect.

“They’re there,” Rebholz said.

“And I’m grateful for that. The extent to which they value our input, I think changes on a caseby-case basis. This campus is certainly a statewide leader in shared governance and I do think administrators here take that seriously.”

If the administration continues its current track record while making campus-wide decisions, its relationship with shared governance will only worsen. The Amazon deal should serve as a warning for the administration: Secretly bypassing shared governance in major decisions will only result in feuds. Shared governance should not need to play watchdog, preparing for battle in case the administration announces a new massive decision.

The Amazon deal is one of many instances where the administration failed to include shared governance in crucial decisions, unique in the sense that one ruling would have directly impacted all four groups of shared governance. While other decisions such as ending the in-state tuition freeze or eliminating the cap on out-of-state student admissions deserve consideration from shared governance, they do not directly touch each part of shared governance like the Amazon deal did.

It’s important to consider that there are other instances in which the university has taken shared governance’s viewpoint into account in past discussions.

The university included shared governance input in its new institutional statement on diversity, allowing the groups to vote on it this semester. Administration also allows shared governance groups to sit in on search committees when hiring new employees, according to UW-Madison spokesperson Meredith McGlone.

While it’s a positive each time shared governance is included in university decisions, past successes cannot be used to mitigate subsequent ignorances. If the administration has maintained proactive, inclusive communication with shared governance in the past, it can mirror that in the present.

The school year is still young and different issues are bound to arise. With plans to raise outof-state tuition and end the instate tuition freeze in the 2018-’19 school year, there are plenty of hot topics on the table. Shared governance’s label as an advisory group does not give university administration the right to sweep its perspectives under the rug.

“The overall goal of shared governance is that there is no decision the administration makes that doesn’t impact at least one or all of the groups,” Gosey said. “So letting them have a say is important for us all.”

Ignoring shared governance means ignoring thousands of voices. It hurts professors, researchers, custodians, accountants—it hurts us as students.

How do you think the university could better implement shared governance when making decisions? Please send all questions, comments and concerns to editorialboard@dailycardinal.com.

or many Wisconsin students, November will mark the first time they cast a ballot in a presidential election.

In just a few weeks, students will be lined up outside the Memorial Union or maybe the Red Gym to pull a lever that will determine the course of our nation—no pressure for you first-time voters.

As a recent UW-Madison grad and current middle school science teacher on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this election and how it will be retold in my students’ history books. Fifty years from now, we will look back on this time—the segregation, the racism, the xenophobia, the inequity—and we will tell our children, and our children’s children, that we lived it.

What we say to them next is up to us. And that is why I decided to become a teacher with Teach For America. As a senior at Wisconsin, I worked as a House Fellow and participated with The Navigators, a religious outreach group that helped me discover the impact I wanted to make in the lives of others after graduation.

Now that I’m a teacher, I realize that the future of our country lies squarely in my classroom. Every day that I teach, I grow more convinced of my students’ potential. Most recently, I have been humbled and inspired by my students’ activism in stalling of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Seeing them passionately advocate for an issue that is directly affecting our community inspires me to work harder on their behalf every day. Together, my native and nonnative students now recognize that organized, peaceful protest can make change happen on a large scale. It’s these moments that turn my previous hope into my current conviction.

As we get closer to Election Day, I plan to host multiple political discussions in my classroom to give my students as many platforms as possible to debate the issues that they’re most passionate about. I strive to present my students with every opportunity to engage in our democratic process, so that one day soon they’ll be ready to take their voices to the voting booth. I absolutely believe there will be a day when my students are the ones running for president.

This November, we must ensure our country’s moral arc continues bending toward justice for all. We can do that by showing our students real-world examples of leaders who look and sound like them.

And secondly, we must empower our children to become the next generation of leaders.

So when we think about how this election will go down in history, we have two choices: We can tell the next generation that we lived it, and we couldn’t find the answers; we lived it, and we didn’t take up the challenge. Or we can tell them that we lived it, and we changed our country for the better.

Jacob is a 2015 graduate. He currently teaches science for Teach for America in South Dakota.

Please let us know your thoughts at opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Dirty Birds look to verify four-peat, make flag football, chug-off great again

By Tes F. Michael The daily cardinal

In an attempt to restore law and order to Vilas Park, The Daily Cardinal is back at it again Saturday, seeking to win its fourth flag football game in a row against The Badger Herald.

The young group of Cardinalistas has been training since last year’s epic 35-28 win to ensure that nobody questions their standing as Wisconsin’s oldest, independent (yes, they are fully independent) and verified collegiate newspaper. More importantly, they are planning to make flag football and journalism great again.

“Journalism was always great for us, so I don’t really know why we need another football game to prove it,” said Peter Coutu, who will not be in attendance after learning there are frogs at Vilas Park.

“When the Herald sends its people, they’re not sending the best,” State News Editor Andrew Bahlitics tweeted Wednesday at 3 a.m. “They’re sending people that have lots of problems who think they know how to win a flag football game. All talk, no action. Sad!” Quarterback and former MVP Ethan “I dress for success” Levy said he has spent the majority of

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Sports Editor Tommy Valtin-Erwin is hyped to obliterate the inferior campus newspaper, once again. the past year with a punching bag in an attempt to make sure the Herald’s Chris “I’m not relevant” Bumbaca doesn’t start a fight for the third straight year.

“It’s gotten to the point where I can’t enjoy the Hamilton soundtrack without hearing him punch a hole in the wall,” roommate and safety Ben “I’m from

New York” Pickman explained before going back to a deep conversation with Ellie “the Cubs are going to win, I promise guys” Herman about the critically acclaimed musical.

Editor-in-Kombucha Theda Berry was seen downing bottles of a fermented but non-alcoholic drink after deciding to not partake

in the chug-off this year.

“There were a few bottles that seemed kind of moldy, just like the Herald’s chances this year,” Berry said during an interview at Paul’s Pel’meni, who offered an endorsement deal after her commentating skills surpassed those of Dodgers’ legend Vin Scully at last year’s game.

Editor-in-Douche Tommy Valtin-Erwin will take her place, which he hopes will not lead to an injury after breaking his thumb last fall.

“I figured if I hold the cup the right way and don’t spill anything, I can’t get hurt,” he said.

Amileah Sutliff, who is still learning the ins and outs of flag football, said she is ready to destroy in the ensuing postvictory dance-off.

“Denzel and I are going to kill it this year,” Sutliff said. “At the softball game last spring I hit a ball with a stick, and football’s kind of the same.”

The Herald, meanwhile, has not been as enthusiastic about losing for the fourth straight year.

“In 2012, I met with Republicans to figure out how we can both win four years from now,” Sports Editor David Hayes said. “Since we were all from Alabama, we ended up going from Mitt Romney to Donald Trump, so we know we’re going to lose badly.”

Other staff members from the Herald, all eight of them, declined to comment, as they were all still recovering from midterms that prevented them from playing during the Badgers’ bye week Oct. 8.

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Haggerty, Badgers learn from Minnesota mishap, use lessons to prepare for battle against No. 1 Cornhuskers

By David Gwidt the daily cardinal

Head coach Kelly Sheffield didn’t sugarcoat anything in his Monday press conference.

Addressing his team’s recent straight-set loss to Minnesota, he opened his weekly press conference by telling reporters that the players should be “ticked off” at the outcome.

Wisconsin will not have to wait long to avenge its only Big Ten blemish of the season, as the Badgers get set to take on the reigning national champion Nebraska Cornhuskers on the road this weekend.

No. 4 Wisconsin will visit topranked Nebraska Friday night, before heading out to Carver-Hawkeye Arena to play Iowa this Saturday.

While getting swept by the Gophers certainly doesn’t sit well with the Badger players, they are trying to reconcile with the defeat in a calculated fashion, explaining that as badly as the match turned out, there are still some lessons that can be gleaned from the sobering showing.

“The day after that loss we had a long meeting and film, and as a team we we didn’t want to play like that or get swept at home at all,” freshman hitter Molly Haggerty said in practice. “It was a really good learning experience for us and we took away a lot from that. I think just taking note of those type of games will help make our team better and better for the future.”

One hole in Wisconsin’s game plan that the Minnesota match exposed pertains to defense. A strength for the majority of the season, the usually stellar Wisconsin defense has faltered a touch as of late.

Against UM, Wisconsin allowed a season-high .328 opponent-hitting percentage, and has been unable to hold foes below a mark of .230 in four of the last five contests. On top of that, the Badgers, who have led the Big Ten in blocks all season, have posted an average of just 1.60 blocks per set.

With how stout the Badgers have shown themselves to be, the defense can return to its top-flight form at some point. But it will undoubtedly need to tighten up in order to subdue a potent Cornhusker offense, which ranks third in the conference in kills per set.

Another critical element for UW has to do with its success in the serving game. Wisconsin checks in at second in the Big Ten in service aces per set (1.72) and sits atop the conference in opponent aces per set, surrendering only 0.54. Haggerty, the team-leader in kills, believes high-caliber serving could disrupt Nebraska’s tempo.

“We’re really emphasizing our passing and our serving because we know that Nebraska is a really good defensive team and that they’re really good at passing,” Haggerty said. “I think if we can put pressure on them when we’re

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Molly Haggerty and the rest of the Wisconsin squad will look for a high-profile victory in Lincoln. serving it’ll definitely take them out of their system and slow down the game. We’re just trying to put as much pressure on them as we can and just have our side of the net playing fast and get them out of rhythm.”

Mentally, the Badgers aren’t paying much attention to all of the hyperbole leading up to the match in Nebraska.

“We haven’t once talked about them being the reigning national champs. We don’t really care about the rankings or whether they’re ranked first in the Big Ten,” Haggerty said. “I think we just go into every match knowing

that it’s our job to win whether we’re playing Michigan, Purdue, Indiana or Nebraska.”

The final stop in Wisconsin’s two-week-long road trip is slated for Iowa City, where the Badgers will look to take down the Hawkeyes. Led by standout setter Loxley Keala, Iowa has had an up-and-down 2016, with most of the struggles surfacing in Big Ten play.

After storming out to a non-conference record of 13-2, the Hawkeyes have stalled since the start of the Big Ten season, going 5-3 in the first eight conference games.

The Hawkeyes do possess

some talent that could disrupt the Badgers. Keala has dished out the second-most assists in the Big Ten and is a floor general and fantastic facilitator. Even still, the Iowa offense appears largely unthreatening, with a relatively tame .281 overall hitting percentage.

Although Iowa may be a team on the rise, having already eclipsed its win total from last year, Wisconsin has the talent to handle the Hawkeyes with ease.

First serve of Friday’s match at Nebraska, which will be televised on the Big Ten Network, starts at 8 p.m, while the Iowa match begins Saturday at 7 p.m.