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Racial equity coordinator calls for social justice improvement

By Anna Madsen THE DAILY CARDINAL

Just four weeks into her new job as racial equity coordinator, Toriana Pettaway already has big plans for the future of social equality in Madison.

“I am an optimist,” Pettaway said. “I believe we are at a critical point where we can address issues in racial equity and bring about changes that we will see measurably over a period of time.”

The City of Madison recently created the new position of racial equity coordinator Oct. 9, although the initiative for racial equity and social justice has been

in the works in the Madison area for the last two years. This preparation consisted of coordination with cities that already utilize this same type of social justice work, as well as designing a program specifically for the unique social environment of Madison.

“I am so excited to be in this role of equity coordinator for this city,” Pettaway said.

Pettaway works closely with a core team and in conjunction with action teams that incorporate training and tools, data, communications and community con-

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The Wisconsin Union’s open mics, previously in the Rathskeller, have moved to The Sett. Performances are open to the public every Wednesday. + Photo by Will Chizek

New technology will turn cow manure into drinkable water

By Negassi Tesfamichael THE DAILY CARDINAL

In an effort to clean area lakes, cows will now produce much more than just Wisconsin’s famed dairy products.

Dane County announced plans Wednesday to develop a system to eliminate phosphorus from cow manure, making it clean enough to drink.

Dane County Executive Joe Parisi selected Beloit-based Aqua Innovations to install the system outside of Middleton.

“Aqua Innovations is excited and honored to partner with Dane County to help the county, its citizens and farmers use our technology which has been proven 100% effective at turning manure into clean water for the past 10 years,” said Joe Cecala, CEO of Aqua Innovations, in a Wednesday statement.

According to Parisi, 1 pound of phosphorus, which is found in

manure, can lead to the growth of 500 pounds of toxic algae.

Current manure digesters remove about 60 percent of the phosphorus in manure, but the new technology has a nearly perfect removal rate.

Parisi said phosphorus reduction is important to Dane County’s farm-based economy.

“The future is now in our fight to clean up our lakes and I look forward to working with homegrown,

Wisconsin innovators on taking our next bold step as leaders in cleaning our lakes,” Parisi said in a Wednesday statement.

In 2014, the county took 4,000 pounds of phosphorus

out of watersheds in Lakes Mendota and Monona, though Parisi said much more needs to be done.

“From the very basic like working with farmers on how fields are planted, to the very complex like this system that processes brown waste product into purified, clear water, we know it will take a wide range of solutions for us to have continued progress in cleaning the Yahara Chain of Lakes,” Parisi said in the statement.

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More victims come forward in sexual assault cases at Target, West Towne Mall Madison police received reports of an incident of sexual assault at Target, which they said is likely related to a previous incident at West Towne Mall.

A father of a 12-year-old Madison girl said his daughter and her 12-year-old friend shopped at the retail store on Sept. 20 while a man followed

them around the store. The victims said the man brushed against them several times, according to an incident report

by Madison Police Department Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain.

The girls left the store with a group of customers to avoid the man.

The father of one of the girls told police he meant to report the situation, but forgot to do so until he heard about the West Towne Mall cases from earlier this month.

A 13-year-old girl said a man matching the same description groped her inside West Towne Mall Oct. 11. Victims in neither

of the cases knew the man, who police describe as a white male in his 30s. The man has a thin build and a shaved head.

Police released surveillance images of the man sought in the two cases. They urge anyone with information to contact the Madison Area Crime Stoppers.

—Negassi Tesfamichael

Two bills poised to drastically alter future Wisconsin elections advanced through the state assembly Tuesday amid frustration and pleas for reconsideration from the Democratic minority.

The bills come on the heels of the same body’s decision Tuesday to exempt illegal political activity from John Doe investigations.

The first bill dissolves the nonpartisan Government Accountability Board and replaces it with two separate commissions equally represented by political appointees from the two parties.

The GAB, which passed with broad bipartisan support in 2007, was lauded as a potential model for other states and in 2010 was cited as “the best American model” for election oversight by Ohio State University law professor Daniel P. Tokaji. It is made up of six retired judges who enforce campaign finance, ethics and lobbying laws.

The board authorized a John Doe probe into alleged illegal coordination between conservative groups and Gov. Scott Walker’s recall campaign in 2012. In July, Walker called for the GAB to be replaced by “something completely new.”

Republicans argue that the board failed to perform required duties and participated in political “witch hunts.”

“While the Government Accountability Board was created with the best intentions, it is time to recognize that our seven year experiment has not been successful,” Rep. Dean Knudson, R-Hudson, said in a statement.

“The concentration of power was warned against by our founders.”

Democrats protested the new bill’s mechanism for funding investigations into illegal political activity, which runs through the partisan Joint Finance Committee.

“Under what circumstances do you have to go to people potentially being investigated to ask permission for the funds to investigate them?” Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, asked.

The bill’s supporters maintained that the provision acts as a check on excessive investigations.

The second bill would double campaign contribution limits to $20,000 and allow unlimited anonymous dollars to be given to issue

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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”

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Bobby Hussy, holding the guitar, brings incendiary energy to his performances, guitar on fire or not.

Hussy preps for Turkeyfest

By Conor Murphy THE DAILY CARDINAL

Strands of red and white Christmas lights illuminate the dark East Mifflin basement.

Remnants of a surprise birthday concert remain on the walls, including a “Happy Birthday” banner and a smashed piñata. Fire Retarded, a local four-piece band, sets up to practice, preparing for the 6th Annual Turkeyfest, taking place at Mickey’s Tavern Friday and Sunday, and at the Crystal Corner Bar Saturday. One of the members, Bobby Hussy, flits around the homemade stage, attempting to find an aux cord. This is one of six bands of which Hussy is a member, and he’s anxiously awaiting this weekend where he’ll take the stage three times at Turkeyfest.

“It kind of makes sense at my festival I’ll play all three nights, so it’ll be fun,” Hussy said. He’ll be performing with Fire Retarded, The Hussy—a band which he started with Heather Sawyer—and filling in at bass for Dumb Vision.

Hussy is a native of Plymouth, Wis., about two hours northeast of Madison, and has lived in Madison for most of the last 10 years, receiving a degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

After going on hiatus to live in the

Bay Area of California for a year, Hussy returned to Madison.

Spending the last several years finding himself, Hussy noted that his current attitude of a subdued, chill punk wasn’t always the case.

While he was introverted throughout most of his adolescence, Hussy said that playing music helped him blossom into an energetic, yet chaotic, performer. That chaotic spirit included lighting objects on fire while performing.

“I usually just do my guitar,” Hussy said. “If we were ever playing in a place that wouldn’t be conducive to having kids get wild or me lighting things on fire we’ll stop playing them.”

While his bands have been banned from a few venues—including Crystal Corner for a time— Hussy smiled and stayed positive, noting that, “There’s always gonna be another place to play.”

Turkey Time

Besides playing in several bands, Hussy heads Kind Turkey Records, which is where the name for Hussy’s fest originated. After playing at Chopperfest, a festival organized

by Milwaukee-based Chris Capelle, Hussy started Turkeyfest six years ago, originally as a one-day event.

Since then, the fest has expanded to

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“To me, [the shows at Mickey’s] are a bonus, because Turkey Fest is about Crystal Corner, it’s about the big show... it’s about the band me and Heather (Sawyer) think is the best band in the country,” Hussy said. This year, Hussy is bringing in Obnox and We Are Hex to perform on Saturday at Crystal Corner, along with The Hussy and Proud Parents.

“The kids are our future, man”

Hussy’s rampant and extensive touring history has connected him with bands across the country, which allows for him to get a solid basis of talent for selecting bands for Turkeyfest.

While Hussy notes that he’s stable and set-up now, touring took everything from him.

“Touring is the real deal,” Hussy said. “I’ve given up everything in my life to tour, I’ve slept on couches…. You lose friends, you lose girlfriends, you lose money.

I’ve quit jobs for it.”

“I’m 29, I’ve been touring since I was 18, I don’t know how to do anything else well, as well as I know how to [tour],” Hussy said.

When not touring, Hussy attends concerts around Madison, and attempts to go out to shows more than three times a week.

Hussy tries to give every band a shot, regardless of genre. “[I’ll] check out a band one time, and if it’s not my thing, I’ll give them eight months and check them out again,” Hussy said. This passion Hussy instills in discovering newer acts comes from lessons he’s learned over the last 10 years, especially from Sawyer, who helped him understand various customs about the punk scene, the importance of ear plugs and the exchange of hospitality between bands.

Hussy looked to his Fire Retarded bandmates as an example of how college students and younger music fans can pass on the spirit of musical camaraderie.

He understands that students are more likely to pass on new music and information to other students.

Hussy has spent the last 10 years cultivating a persona, both on and offstage. The former introvert has found himself through his music, and continues to tweak and develop his sound. The breadth of talent in Bobby Hussy’s mind is immeasurable and inspiring, and his continual evolution as a musician will take him further than anyone can imagine.

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ownwell” is a new game for iPhone, iPad and PC that respects your time, your intelligence and your ability. In “Downwell,” the player controls a small white blob who hops into a deep, dark pit. The game is a platform action game, like an old “Mario” game, except the player’s only destination is down; the blob uses boots which shoot bullets to protect itself from rude bubbles, vicious bats, spooky ghosts and other monster baddies by either hopping on their heads or shooting them. By wiping out baddies and going into treasure rooms, the blob collects spare health, alternate weapons, spare charges for the gun-boots and gems which can be used at shops to buy health and charges.

There are four or so worlds in “Downwell,” though most people would forgive you for never seeing the second one. Each world is marked by three fairly difficult levels. Because the only direction you’re headed is down, obstacles like pits and complicated jumps don’t exist the way they do in most platform action games; gravity is fairly forceful upon the blob, so he pretty much is always falling the way he’s supposed to be going so long as some earth isn’t in the way.

Instead of making the jumping the challenge, there are just loads of enemies and traps, and health is sparse enough that “Downwell” gives its player a significant battle to traverse.

The way “Downwell” makes battle compelling is by rewarding the player for not touching the earth, either by bouncing the blob around on enemies’ heads or by using the gun-boots to keep the blob from touching the earth.

The blob sort of floats a little bit when firing; he can’t really rocket his way back up the well, but it’s enough that he can maybe get the jump on a snake and keep his combo going.

What’s most interesting about “Downwell” is that it’s not an art game; there’s not really a higher concept, no game-concluding reveal which unveils a college freshman’s philosophy paperand no intensely beautiful art style. It doesn’t talk to you very much, and it doesn’t beg for microtransaction money. Maybe the best thing about “Downwell” is that, by not making these overtures, it serves as a game actually respectful enough to be played by adults on a commute, the ones who’ll survive if they have to interrupt their good combo to send a text message to a loved one.

Have you ever played “Downwell?” Email Alex thoughts, comments or critiques at alexlovendahl@gmail.com.

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Bronze Radio Return injects energy into Sunday night crowd

By Michael Frett THE DAILY CARDINAL

Bronze Radio Return faced that uphill battle at the Frequency this Sunday that all bands have to someday face: the Sunday night crowd. With the exception of a few loud members, the audience responded initially with awkward enjoyment. They were clearly receptive of the music, but something held them back.

“I feel like there should be music between our songs,” frontman Chris Henderson laughed as the audience let out tame applause.

Whatever it was that was missing in those first few songs, Henderson and company soon found. It took a little bit of coaxing, but, like all well-traveled bands wheeling down the music’s treadmarked highways, Bronze Radio Return had a trump card.

Henderson took center stage and chugged out a few notes on his electric resonator. Those deeper bass notes outlined Bronze Radio Return’s latest single, the admittedly goofy but equally giddy “Light Me Up.” The chorus hit, and suddenly the crowd was a riot – a riot by Sunday night standards, but a riot nonetheless.

Back at the start of the night, opening act The Roosevelts also had a Sunday night crowd to conquer. Nashville-raised, they weren’t strangers to the CMT crowd – the network had run at least one of their singles over the airwaves. But The Roosevelts’ indie side seemed to have a more grounded personality about everything they did.

Bronze Radio Return took the stage soon after. I can’t help but feel like they may have played their hand a little early; kicking off with favorites like “Up, On & Over” and “Further On” meant that they couldn’t pull those tracks as bigger guns later when they finally cracked the Sunday audience.

But there was enough flare to

wind up the audience’s fringes.

There were cheers around, filling in the cracks between the cheerful folk pop that Henderson and company slung toward the audience, but it wasn’t until halfway through the show that Bronze Radio Return figured out how to turn the crowd.

Henderson signaled to the keyboards to play the trump card: Up, On & Over’s “Melting in My Icebox.” It was the song that won the crowd at Revelry two years earlier on their first stop to Madison, and it pulled the same miracle as before. With a singalong chorus and Henderson’s coaching, the crowd suddenly began eating out of Bronze Radio Return’s hands.

Chords buzzed in the background as Henderson and the audience traded off lyrics.

The rest of the night was a cool mix of folk-stomping tradition and sing-a-longs, throwing the crowd between excitement and eased enjoyment. Bronze Radio Return found fire in their more popular songs, singles like “Down There” ripping chants from the audience.

When it was time for the mandatory encore, Bronze Radio Return didn’t even leave the stage. “It’d be a mess,” Henderson laughed, pointing out how the stage exits were blocked by gear to the back and the crowd to the front. “Just pretend we’re walking off the stage now.”

Bronze Radio Return eased the song into its coda, once again giving control to the crowd. “It’s only up to you,” the audience sang back at him as the music drifted into the background.

“That’s my favorite part,” Henderson said to the crowd.

“Thank you.” The audience applauded, a full applause for a band that had won their Sunday hearts. Only when the lights flickered on, stock music filled the background, and the band began teardown, did the cheering finally stop.

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Born in central China, Xu Bing has spent his career melding various media for his desired effect.

Turning trash into treasure, Xu Bing returns to Chazen with ‘background’ landscapes

By Paul Blazevich THE DAILY CARDINAL

One person’s trash is another’s installation at the Chazen Museum of Art as nature, art, light and time combine.

Xu Bing, a Chinese-born artist that contributes his work to galleries around the world, was invited to the United States on behalf of the “great state University of Wisconsin” in 1990. Bing has since gone on to work as a professor at the China Central Academy of Fine Arts and won several prestigious art awards, including the MacArthur Fellowship and the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize.

As nature and manmade elements clash, so do human perception and acceptance of the naked eye’s ability to decipher the space in which it exists.

This impressive and extensive body of work manifests itself in his latest installment at the Chazen Museum of Art, “Xu Bing, Background Story: A New Approach to Landscape Painting.”

Light is a commonly used element in high art. Whether Kanye West is using light and color to express his advanced artistic sense in his stage shows or David Lynch is playing with the juxtaposition between light and dark in his somewhat disturbing, avant-garde film work, light has the ability to create new worlds and transform the current one

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Xu Bing is another artist that may be added to the small congregation of those that bend light to express their creative image.

Upon entering the Pleasant T. Rowland Galleries at the Chazen, one is graced with a room-length painting, a copy of the “Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains” by Huang Gongwang. As your eyes adjust to the darkened room, you take a closer look at the long painting, realizing that behind the beautiful landscape depiction lies a secret: The installation sits in the middle of the gallery, rather than against the wall. You walk around the back of the installation and discover the secret.

Instead of simply painting an interpretation of a classical Chinese landscape painting, Bing has created a diorama of garbage bags, plant material, webbing and paper on which LED lights shine, casting a seemingly obscure shadow on the glass behind. This obscure shadow results in an impressive copy of the original painting. While the viewer turns back to the front of the installation, they’ll wonder incessantly how the oddly placed objects in the rear diorama create the imagery of an ancient Chinese painting.

The current art environment requires artists to make revolutionary decisions and use ideas that have never been shown to the public. Moving past the medium of canvas, clay or photography, Bing combines the two-dimensional elements of canvas, the three-dimensional elements of

clay and the realism of photography into a singular work that transcends what most artists are producing today.

The current art environment requires artists to make revolutionary decisions and use ideas that have never been shown to the public.

Landscape painting plays an important part in the history of many Asian cultures and religions, but if Bing relegated himself to the medium of canvas, he would be relegated to anonymity. By using light, natural objects and glass, Bing makes a name for himself through an unusual artistic method. This method leaves viewers aspiring to find out exactly what elements of the diorama create visual strokes of the brush on the glass canvas.

As nature and man-made elements clash, so do human perception and acceptance of the naked eye’s ability to decipher the space in which it exists. Bing forces an art connoisseur to be more critical of their daily life, examining and validating the encounters one has with the surrounding environment. This installation shows the expertise of a man who has melded the perceptive elements of human nature with the classical; a confluence of the modern and classical.

“Xu Bing, Background Story: A New Approach to Landscape Painting” continues through Jan. 10.

Madison prepares for artsy weekend It’s good to see the weekend again, now how should we celebrate it?

to make custom ceramic tiles using texturizing, slab rolling and glazing techniques in Union South. The studio will also be hosting Free Art Friday.

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Free concerts

By Allison Garcia THE DAILY CARDINAL

The Marquee is playing two sneak previews this weekend including “Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse” and “Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension.” The theater will also be playing “The Look of Silence,” “Dark City” and “Shaun the Sheep Movie”

An exhibition

The “Gender Pains” art exhibition by Nathan Fritz will be opening Friday at Memorial Union. The event is free and light refreshments will be served.

Tile time

Wheelhouse Studios is hosting a ceramic tile-making event where you can learn how

This weekend hosts a number of free concerts around town. El Clan Destino will perform Friday in Memorial Union as part of the InDIGenous Jazz Series. The Sett will host Marching Church with Hide and Samantha Glass Friday night.

Trapo, Re8idence and Lucien Parker will play in Memorial Union Thursday night. The Behind the Beat Jazz Series will continue in Memorial Union Friday night.

Polaroid puzzles

Wisconsin Science Fest is hosting an event to create a whole new image from deconstructed parts of polaroid photos at Wheelhouse Studios Sunday.

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Vice provost details upcoming steps for Diversity Framework

By Madeline Heim THE DAILY CARDINAL

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UW-Madison Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer Patrick Sims explains new initiatives in the campus Diversity Framework.

The Associated Students of Madison Student Council met with UW-Madison Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer Patrick Sims during its meeting Wednesday to review advancements in the campus Diversity Framework.

The framework, an initiative released in 2014 to encourage campus-wide values of diversity and inclusion, initially contained abstract recommendations for implementation, according to Sims.

Several subcommittees have narrowed those recommendations down to 18 actionable steps, Sims said, and the university will implement two of those initiatives each year for the next nine years.

Sims said the first two initiatives to be addressed include sending out a campus-wide diversity climate survey and creating the Diversity Inventory Project, which will evalu-

ate the success of campus programs focused on diversity and inclusion.

The survey would work to establish baselines from which the university can measure progress on equity and inclusion, according to Sims. He said his office would seek input from faculty, staff and students to create a comprehensive understanding of campus diversity climate.

Sims said the Diversity Inventory Project will “ask the hard questions” of diversity and inclusion programs on campus to determine whether those programs are demonstrating effective results.

The project aims to evaluate the university’s collective vision on diversity, according to Sims, and will encourage campus conversation on whether equity and inclusion programs are accomplishing successful outcomes.

Diversity Committee Chair Mariam Coker mentioned that in the

framework released last year, there was a heavy emphasis on diversity and multiculturalism, but not as much focus on inclusion.

Coker said the university draws in many racially diverse students that often end up dropping out, and asked Sims how the new initiatives would work to improve that.

Sims said the university is successful in attracting students from underrepresented backgrounds, but has not figured out how to create a space where those individuals feel included. He pointed to instances where students use racially harmful language as one of many issues that must be addressed.

Campus conversations about equity and inclusion will continue to be important, according to Sims.

“We’re all on a bit of a learning curve right now,” Sims said. “I’m confident that we’ll get to a point where diversity is embedded in the conversation.”

University raises awareness of student voter ID options Amid changes to Wisconsin’s voter ID provisions, UW-Madison has taken steps to expand the ways in which students who don’t have Wisconsin driver’s licenses or IDs can vote, according to a Wednesday university press release.

Following the Government Accountability Board’s approval in 2012, UW-Madison has offered a free voter ID card called Thiscard to students. Because students cannot use their student IDs to vote, many from out of state depend on Thiscard to vote.

According to the release, polling data taken from the last presidential election suggests no more than 6,400 out-of-state students would have needed Thiscard to vote—

almost half of UW-Madison’s nonresident student population.

Efforts to expand the availability of Thiscard to students include offering the voter ID cards when students pick up their student IDs. This would include when new and transfer students get their student IDs at orientation.

Other ideas include placing volunteers outside student polling sites to check if students have all required materials to vote before going inside. UW-Madison also plans to work with City Clerk’s office to designate student volunteers as election officials to get them inside polling places, according to the release.

— Laura Grulke

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faces. “It’s not an issue that we can say will be fixed by this time next year. It doesn’t work like that.”

Despite inevitable obstacles, Pettaway said she is confident in her team, as well as her support system.

“I definitely believe that with our awesome community partners coming together, collectively we can make this a better place to live,” Pettaway said. “Madison is a progressive, forward city, but there is a lot of work to be done.”

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nections in their developmental work. There are currently five agencies actively engaged in using the tools that Pettaway’s teams have developed.

The principle goal of Pettaway and her team is for everyone to have a fair chance to be employed, equal opportunity for housing and value in their community.

“Injustice has been around for a very long time,” Pettaway said, explaining challenges the team

Moped crashes outside of Union South A Madison man suffered severe head injuries after his moped crashed into an SUV Tuesday.

The 61-year-old man drove his moped in the bicycle lane on West Dayton Street, according to an incident report by Madison Police Department Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain.

A 23-year-old Madison woman driving her SUV attempted to turn into the Union South parking garage from the westbound lane of West Dayton Street before colliding with the man. She told police she had slowed down and had her turn signal on, according to the report.

While police did not cite the driver of the SUV, the moped driver will receive a citation for driving in a bicycle lane.

The UW-Madison police department emphasized earlier this month the need for increased bike and pedestrian safety, following more frequent incidents on campus.

“Safety on our campus roads is everyone’s responsibility,” UWPD Chief Susan Riseling said in an Oct. 9 release. “Bottom line — bicyclists, pedestrians, and motorists aren’t following laws, and people are getting hurt.”

Zebra mussels, marked by their distinctive striped pattern and D-shaped shell, are an invasive species that filter algae from water but also disturb ecosystem dynamics of the lakes they inhabit.

Zebra-striped aquatic species arrives in Lake Mendota “Wait a minute, I didn’t think these were supposed to be in the lake.”

An undergraduate lab in UW-Madison’s Zoology 315 course had surprised Vince Butitta, a Center for Limnology graduate student, after pulling a metal post and its passenger out of Lake Mendota Wednesday.

While wading in the water in search of aquatic insects, the group accidentally stumbled upon a zebra mussel—the newest known member of Lake Mendota’s invasive species, according to a UW-Madison Center for Limnology news release.

Center for Limnology graduate

student Colin Smith investigated several sites in the lake and found the species at low abundances in Lake Mendota so far. Only a few per square meter have been found, according to the release.

Zebra mussels are filter feeders that can increase water clarity, with a single adult filtering up to a liter of water per day, according to the release.

The species currently inhabits several lakes in Wisconsin, but the effects zebra mussels can have on the water are not always good.

Although the species filters through algae blooms, they can also cause large mats of algae to begin

to grow along the bottom of lakes.

Eventually, these mats can break free and create noxious odors upon washing up on shore and decomposing, as said in the release.

They can also drastically change the ecosystem dynamics of the lake by concentrating nutrients near the bottom, causing open-water habitat fish, like walleye, to struggle.

These being among other problems, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources urges people to exercise caution when moving aquatic gear from one lake to another to avoid moving populations.

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with neighboring states and protect the First Amendment.

Democrats say the bill flies in the face of reality for most Wisconsinites who cannot afford to put up large contributions and will only exacerbate the rift between constituent desires and the policies pushed by their elected officials.

“This Republican legislation will silence those hardworking people of this state by empow-

ering out-of-state special interests and corporations to funnel unlimited amounts of money into campaigns without any disclosure,” Rep. Katrina Shankland, D-Stevens Point, said.

“I am shocked, I am dismayed and I think that’s how the majority of the public is going to feel,” Barca said.

The bills head to the state Senate, where they face stronger opposition.

advocacy groups, who may coordinate with candidates under the bill, making Wisconsin the first state to allow such coordination.

The proposal passed on a 61-0 vote as Democrats recused themselves from voting on the bill.

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, argued that the bill will put the state on equal footing

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Madison Bars. Madison Bars. Madison Bars.

Walk around campus, up and down State Street, around the Capitol square and you’ll see: Madison has no shortage of local bars to visit. However, all these options can be a little overwhelming. So many drinks, so little time, we get it.

And we found your saving grace.

Welcome to the Daily Cardinal 2015 Bar Guide. Here, you’ll find some of our favorite stops to frequent in the nearby campus vicinity. Check it out, use it as a road map, and start

4. Merchant

Imagine the earthy smell of an old sawmill filling your head while a strong, shirtless man grabs you by the waist and hands you a glass of liquor so exquisite that you, too, want to stay in the woods forever.

This is but one hint of adventure that you may taste at Merchant: Each drink brings with it a story, sometimes one that the bartender, who is almost always a charming, bearded man, will tell you while smashing ice in his bare hands. Merchant is the perfect bar to bring your friends to show them how classy you are, or to bring a date while vaguely hinting

that you fit in with the dashing, young professional crowd that usually fills up the bar. And for those indecisive, fledgling drinkers, Merchant offers a bartender’s choice that will almost always result in your new favorite drink.

The mood of the bar changes swiftly at 10 p.m. on weekends with live music, an open dance floor and a large crowd to share your absinthe-fueled dance moves with. If you aren’t sold already, the cheese curds are delightful and are the only things that rival the beauty of the drinks.

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your nightlife journey around Madison. Hey, maybe you’ll find a new favorite along the way to add to our list.

1. The plaza Tavern

Besides your proof of age, the required material for this bar is cigarettes, facial hair and something that “used to be cool before too many people started wearing it.” Yes, you may know Plaza for their famous Plaza burger, routinely rated one of the finest bar burgers in Madison, but have you experienced their bar scene? With various neon signs coupled with

murals of north woods hunting scenes, this unusual decor endears the regulars and intrigues the newcomers. If pool or darts aren’t your game, cult classics like “Hook” or “Alien vs. Predator” are often playing in the background.

When the slam poetry sessions and coffee shops kick close, you can follow the sound of music you’ve never heard

before and the smell of freshly thrifted crewnecks to Plaza on Thursday evenings, where Long Island ice teas are $2.50 for a single and $5 for a double, and their chemistry errs on the strong side. Not your scene?

That’s fine, we will continue jamming to 90’s alt rock. We didn’t want you here anyway.

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After attending basement parties throughout my first three years of college, turning 21 gave me the (legal) right of passage to frequent a renowned, underground University of WisconsinMadison hotspot: The Kollege Klub. The 63-year-old KK, in its subterranean glory, is a microcosm of campus culture and swag. Memorabilia, carvings and

markings and various Badgerthemed signs dot the room, including glass panels above the bar featuring various Big Ten universities.

While waiting in a slow line during gamedays or a night out can be a pain, the shared experience of UW cultural history is a perfect stop for visiting alumni or family.

UW athletes have been known to

7. tiki shack

You know that place off Ocean Avenue, where Yellowcard’s lead singer used to sit and talk with you? Well, it took me five years past 16 to figure out exactly where that is, but I can confidently say I have finally located it. Complete with plastic palm trees, inflatable marine life and always blasting early 2000s music, Tiki Shack will have you drinking fruity drinks, singing middle-school

tunes loud and proud and staying up all niiiight.

As the nights grow longer and colder, Tiki Shack is a State Street oasis that allows us to live out our sunny surfer dreams of white sands and glistening waters in the middle of frigid Wisconsin (that’s what they mean when they say dive bar, right?).

Tiki also doesn’t disappoint those of us who like a little mys-

frequent the bar occasionally—I ran into Frank Kaminsky there last year—and with moderately priced drinks, it’s not a spear through your wallet.

If you can manage the crowd, and the return to drinking in a basement again, the KK is a fantastic haunt for students and alumni alike.

—Conor Murphy

tery in our lives. In exchange for $2 and a lot of courage, anyone can try their hand at the bar’s famous—or, for some, infamous— Mystery Beer Roulette. Featuring more than 30 obscure brews, this unassuming vending machine is sure to open up your horizons, whether you happen upon a Chai Tea Porter or a cold can of Clear Creek Ice. Unless you’re the lucky bastard who somehow always gets Redd’s Apple Ale—in which case, what are you and how can I be you?

—Adelina Yankova

2. natt spil

Right off the Capitol square and steps away from The Great Dane, a small purple brick building with no outdoor signage is home to one of Madison’s bestkept secrets: Natt Spil. This dimly lit restaurant is not your average Madison bar. Inside, the small, cozy interior compresses a bar, intimate seating and a kitchen into one space. From the exposed brick walls to the menu and cocktails, everything screams

an alternative bohemian vibe.

Unlike some of the Madison-area bars that feature watered-down, sloppy cocktails, Natt Spil’s comprehensive cocktail list does not disappoint. They offer a variety of classics with a special twist, including their namesake “Natt Spil” cocktail. The menu features a strange but delightful mix of Asian delicacies with wood-fired oven pizza.

The “Shu Mai,” a plate featur-

3.The tipsy cow

The Tipsy Cow, located on King Street off the Capitol Square, is a nod to all things Wisconsin. The vibes are much like a living room; twinkle lights, mismatched lamps and dimly lit sconces provide the perfect mood for laid-back drinks and conversation and copious amounts of cheese curds with your closest friends. The environment is eternally autumnal, no matter

what time of year you visit. The bar is large enough to fit a good crowd, but small enough to remain cozy.

As for the draft beer selection: it’s killer and always changing.

Being a Wisconsin bar, they will always have Spotted Cow a plenty, but there are many other little known and sometimes difficult to pronounce beers that are definitely worth a taste. There is a set and

ing three shrimp, sausage and water chestnut dumplings is one of the most delicious and flavorful items from the menu. But you really can’t go wrong with Natt Spil’s “Three Cup Chicken,” a glazed chicken dish with garlic and ginger rice and a refreshing tomato and cucumber salad. After dinner, this restaurant transforms into a chic nightclub complete with local DJs and a relaxed crowd of young Madison residents. For anyone looking for a low-key restaurant with a diverse menu of savory cuisine, Natt Spil is the best spot around.

—Jennifer Anderson lengthy list of draft beers, along with a chalkboard full of daily beer specials.

Come for the drinks, stay for the food.

Most importantly: the cheese curds. Don’t even get me started.

Fried to a perfect golden brown and oozing that wondrous cheddar cheese, these curds are a force of nature and something to be reckoned with. They go perfectly aside a Spotted Cow or any other of the plethora of options.

—Kerry Huth

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5. sake lounge 8. Ivory Room Piano bar

You’ve probably never heard of it, or seen it, unless someone asks if you want to do a sake bomb.

A small crawl space above the Osaka House on State Street, the Sake Lounge is the perfect pregame or the night’s final destination for you and 48 of your closest friends—how they determined the occupancy limit to be 49 persons is beyond me.

While the bathrooms in the basement, which are truly an experience, may be a cause for

concern, the constant sound of “sake” chants and pounding fists on the counter makes this little gem feel like everyone’s living room.

And sometimes it’s the simple things in life, like balancing a shot of rice wine on two chopsticks above a pint of beer and making the shot fall into the beer by the sheer force of your fists on an already beer-soaked counter.

SAKE. SAKE. SAKE. SAKE. —Tommy Yonash

The Ivory Room Piano Bar, located on the 100 block of West Mifflin Street, draws a crowd of all ages every night it’s open, with shows running from Tuesday to Saturday, and its star being the featured piano and those that play it.

Each night, the piano players rise to an impossible challenge, impressively matching each song request they receive with music, ranging from Bobby Darin’s “Beyond The Sea” to Sir Mix-ALot’s “Baby Got Back.”

But make sure you throw a little money into their pot with your song request. Even if they

9.REd Shed

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How would you describe the Red Shed in a few words? “You could use the word homely. Not homey, homely.” “Lots of wood.”

“Dimly lit.” “Cowboys?” “An unassuming bar.” “Long Island iced tea.” “Pumpkin-sized mason

don’t know it, they’ll give you some store credit and call you out to request another tune.

Is it your birthday? Fear not, tell the bartender and they’ll make sure you get the dubious seat of honor on the stage, sitting on the pianos while the players improvise a song in celebration.

But what makes the Piano Bar is the chemistry between the audience and the players.

There’s nothing like singing “Build Me Up Buttercup” with a fancy drink in hand accompanied by duelling pianos.

—Irene Burski jars.” “There’s a wagon on the roof.” “Sticky.”

Red Shed is a charming dimple of weirdness on the face of Madison’s bar scene. There actually is a red and white-striped covered wagon on the roof, in case you’re looking for a vacation. It’s also actually red—seriously, I think they use red lightbulbs—and almost actually is a shed. Red Shed is celebrated for cheap Long Island iced teas in mason jars you could swim in, a pool table in the back, Nerds shots that taste exactly like the candy

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and a sense of fun that’s hard to put your finger on. I’ve heard nights at Red Shed compared to entering a black hole: Upon walking in you’re transported out of Madison to some bar in a small town of the ’90s. You only meet strangers, and they all know each other. There’s darts, but you don’t play darts. You drink, but you don’t feel drunk. You plop yourself down in a high-backed wooden booth and a minute later, it’s bar close. You board the covered wagon and hit the trail home.

—Justine Jones

8. Crowdsourced Karaoke

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Concealed carry on campus is dangerous SAMANTHA WILCOX Opinion Columnist

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ampus shootings are a horror that are unfortunately becoming a common occurrence in today’s society. Within 2015 alone, there have been 53 campus shootings across the country, killing 30 and injuring 53 people, according to The Kansas City Star. There are multiple schools of thought on how we can overcome this problem: increased gun control, improved treatment of mental health issues or fighting fire with fire by making it easier to defend oneself with a gun. This is the option that Wisconsin lawmakers want to make a reality on University of Wisconsin campuses, with state Rep. Jesse Kremer, R-Kewaskum, and Sen. Devin LeMahieu, D-Rostburg, proposing a bill to the state Senate that would allow students and faculty to conceal carry weapons on campus.

The issue of violence and mass shootings in this country is one that needs to be addressed.

However, would allowing students to carry guns on campus actually decrease the chances of further gun violence, or would it lead to further tragedy? While many students purchase a firearm with the best of intentions, those intentions can disappear in the blink of an eye. If students were allowed to conceal carry weapons,

the number of accidental shootings could increase. According to Harvard University professor of public health David Hemenway, 1,100 accidental shootings occur across the United States each year.

Not all gun owners are adequately trained on how to use their weapons; a student could easily mistake whether or not their weapon was rendered safe, or whether it was loaded. Such mistakes could lead to massive repercussions, such as the accidental death of the owner themselves or other innocent bystanders.

As a society, we need to rethink how we should deal with the increased occurrences of mass shootings.

Also, there is no guarantee that students who have concealed weapons are adequately trained to use them in highpressure situations. Learning how to use a gun is one thing, but reacting to an emergency is an entirely different situation.

According to a study conducted

by Time magazine, New York City Police Department officers shot assailants with only 18 percent accuracy in a firefight.

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The University of Wisconsin Police Department has recently come out against campus concealed carry.

Despite the fact that these officers were trained and prepared with how to act in dangerous situations and are extremely familiar with how to use their weapons, they still shoot with frightening inaccuracy. Young students who are untrained in how to react to such situations may react with panic and fear, leading them to use their gun in an irresponsible and dangerous way, potentially causing harm to those they didn’t intend to.

Additionally, we must look at intentions and motives of the Wisconsin lawmakers trying to spearhead this bill. For example,

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Kremer, a 59th Assembly District Representative, was elected to public office for the first time this summer. However, some of his main donors and supporters are the National Rifle Association and the U.S. Concealed Carry Association. Is his insistence on concealed carry laws for Wisconsin students rooted in hopes that students will be better able to defend themselves against violence, or is he simply trying to appeal to the current and future sponsors of his political career?

Just how much is he actually concerned with the welfare of students and faculty?

As a society, we need to rethink how we should deal with the increased occurrences of mass shootings. However, while we are in pursuit of solutions to this issue, the option to concealed carry a firearm on campus is not the answer. Instead of promising a safer environment where students would be prepared to defend themselves against attackers, it would in fact lead to more tragedy.

Samantha is a freshman intending to major in journalism. How do you feel about concealed carry on campus? Send us a comment at opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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UW falls short in clarity of sexual assault policy view Cardinal View editorials represent The Daily Cardinal’s organizational opinion. Each editorial is crafted independent of news coverage.

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e have a sexual assault problem.

By now, you’ve probably seen or heard of the statistics from a recent national survey on campus climate: More than one in four female undergraduate students at UW-Madison report having been sexually assaulted in college.

It’s a startling statistic, but sadly, is this new information?

The university actively sends out WiscAlerts to students after any assault takes place in campus housing or on campus. These come as a result of the Clery Act, a federal statute that mandates colleges disclose crime information to students in a timely manner.

UW needs to invest resources in providing clear and concise information on steps to take in the event of a sexual assault.

This academic year has already seen five timely warnings of campus-related assaults from UWPD, and one sexual assault that occurred off-butnear campus and was ruled an attempted homicide by the Madison Police Department.

Having an informed campus is

important, but this information doesn’t come full circle. It’s hard to see WiscAlerts as valuable when we’re not seeing the whole story. As students, the knowledge of assaults means nothing if we’re not also seeing what is being done about said assaults.

Where is the action? Where are the consequences?

In a Sept. 18 article in The Daily Cardinal regarding sexual assault trends, UWPD Public Information Officer Marc Lovicott said he did not believe the semester’s influx of assaults was anything out of the ordinary.

“All of these cases are troubling, but I don’t think it’s fair to say this year is exceptionally different than previous years,” Lovicott said.

It’s upsetting as students to know that this is our “normal.”

Regardless of historic trends, there needs to be more concern about this pattern and an active force to end this annual trend.

Maybe UW hasn’t been seen as publicly inept at dealing with sexual assault as other universities have, like University of Virginia or Columbia University, but we can’t wait until our school makes national headlines to enact change.

UWPD has issued and funded a pro-social campaign targeted at male audiences, telling viewers “Don’t Be That Guy.” The campaign—consist-

ing mostly of images of drunk, college-aged girls in party situations—is a start; it’s a beginning to the conversation. But the campaign targets a behavior, not an attitude.

Our campus doesn’t need emotionally charged images, it needs facts.

More than one in four female undergraduate students at UW-Madison report having been sexually assaulted in college.

If you don’t know where to look, it’s near impossible to find the information a victim of sexual assault needs. We, members of The Daily Cardinal editorial board, had difficulty finding the procedures each campus outlet has in place to deal with a sexual assault.

Who do you call if you’re the victim of assault? Most students would instinctively call 911 after an assault takes place. Yet depending on where the assault takes place, this may not be the “right” choice. There’s a difference in reporting an incident to UWPD and MPD—but to the average student, is that difference clear?

Beyond the initial report, what happens? Information surrounding resources and support is not easily accessible, and the disciplinary process is buried in pages of university legalese.

Carmen Hotvedt, the manager of Violence Prevention and Victim

Advocacy for the End Violence on Campus program at University Health Services, said that the legal jargon associated with process is due to the language stemming from the state.

“The student disciplinary code is a state administrative code, so the campus has limited flexibility to do anything differently,” Hotvedt said.

She added that the university relies on campus and community services and organizations, like the Rape Crisis Center, to provide clarity on these documents and procedures, so the university is not outright providing interpretations.

However, there is a difference between interpretation and clarification. It’s great that university and community groups are working to make this information digestible for students, but the university needs to take a more active role in this process.

UW needs to invest resources in providing clear and concise information on steps to take in the event of a sexual assault.

There is too much confusion and too many questions surrounding a topic we all know is worthy of adequate attention and care.

We acknowledge that university officials plan to hold “engagement sessions” regarding UW’s culture of sexual assault. But there is only so much that can be tackled through discussion without an understanding of policy, which UW needs to recognize is an institutional responsibility.

UW makes a great push toward exposure of academic integrity, so why not also focus on higher inter-

personal accountability? There needs to be a clear set of expectations for students at this university.

University officials have said there will be an expansion of the “Tonight” program, the assault education online course incoming students take the summer before their freshman year. Hotvedt noted that current plans have freshmen taking a “second dose” of “Tonight” some point in their first semester.

With the program’s broad content, surface-level assessments and initial presentation to students before they even step foot on campus, it would be more beneficial to establish a system of breadth requirements or a freshman seminar to accurately educate students on the reality of sexual assault.

UW makes a great push toward exposure of academic integrity, so why not also focus on higher interpersonal accountability?

We need more than posters hung around campus buildings.

We need clear and accessible procedures for reporting assaults.

We need transparent and commonplace sanctions for when an assault occurs. We need to stop talking about this trend and do something to change the statistic.

What do you think of our perspective on the topic of the administration’s response to sexual assault on campus? Send all comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Peer pressure is an unspoken danger to students on college campuses natalie maczuga Opinion Columnist

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recently came across a quote saying “don’t choose being ‘cool’ because it doesn’t mean anything outside of high school.”

My knee-jerk reaction was “what a load of crap.” Middle school and high school were overwhelming when it came to peer pressure.

Not only were you trying to figure yourself out, but so was everybody else and the melting pot of moldable identities did not really aid you in finding your own. However, after four years of college, I can say that college is just a more expensive version of high school, boiling over with even more peer pressure than ever before.

Living conditions aren’t ideal on campuses to act outside of the norm.

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Chancellor Blank frequently speaks on the topic of the negative effects of excessive alcohol consumption by the student body.

The source stated an indirect relationship between influence of peer pressure and age exists.

As age goes up, the influence of peer pressure is not as strong.

Furthermore, as you age, you don’t seem to need social acceptance as much as you did in previous teenage years. With that said, I kept thinking about the

dynamic of college. With emphases being placed on partying, drinking, socializing, etc., students who do not engage in that type of behavior feel as though they are outsiders looking in on what is considered “normal.”

So the next time you make a choice, ask yourself, how much of it is really yours?

The pressure to conform to the general college mindset of “YOLO” and “Carpe Diem” is strong. From personal experience, when asked in class by the teacher what I did over the weekend, I replied honestly that I did homework and prepared meals for the coming week. The students, as well as the teacher, gave me a bewildered look.

Furthermore, the assumption by adult figures that most college students spend their nights partying, mornings vomiting, afternoons napping and studying in between also acts as an added pressure for students that choose to break the mold and live outside of the stereotype.

I think it’s also harder to avoid peer pressure when you are at college. You are away from home, practically bound

to campus activities (that is if you don’t have a car) and you are responsible for yourself (nobody’s there to police what you do like your parents were).

In addition, living conditions aren’t ideal on campuses to act outside of the norm. You assimilate to the lifestyle of your roommate(s). As a result, eating disorders, unhealthy diets and other potentially harmful activities, among other things, enter your realm of experience, and you cannot get away from them as easily. For instance, in high school you had the option of going home, hopefully a safe space, where you could decompress and reevaluate choices.

Last but not least, fraternities and sororities act as peer pressure central where certain attitudes and behaviors are required. Is this mutual selection process that sororities and fraternities administer to all their “potential new members” (PNMs) one that allows a person to stay true to themselves?

All in all, I feel as if peer pressure never really lessens.

Eventually, as we “grow up” factors such as income and location prevent us from conforming. So the next time you make a choice, ask yourself, how much of it is really yours?

Natalie is a senior majoring in psychology and Spanish. Please send all questions and comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank sips lemonade as she sells baked goods on Bascom Hill.

Board of Regents’ bake sale raises more than $200 for university

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The Board of Regents’ sixthannual bake sale was a smash hit last weekend. Drawing off the energetic homecoming crowds, the Regents were able to sell over $200 worth of brownies, cookies, bars and other delicious treats.

“In a time marred by plummeting state funding and increasing enrollment rates, it falls upon us as board members to make sure that this institution stays afloat,” Board President Regina Millner said.

The Regents spent much of the week leading up to the sale perfecting their recipes

and making colorful signs to raise awareness for their fundraising cause. Badger fans and alumni seemed happy to help out if they could; some even tossed their extra change into the Regents’ tip jar.

“With the futures of so many bright minds at stake we figured it was the least we could do,” one board member added. “It feels good knowing that all of our hard work has paid off.”

When asked what she intends to do with the new funding, Chancellor Rebecca Blank spoke to her concerns about personnel layoffs and the rising costs of tuition.

“Ideally all of this money will

This Wednesday, Matt Johnson of Madison proved the effectiveness of his catcalls when courting women. Johnson spent his afternoon meowing on State Street attempting to attract a female using his courting prowess; after just a few hours, one woman accepted his advances.

“Some ladies like to hear a subtle purr, while others favor a lion’s roar,” Johnson explained. “It’s really just dependent on the woman, sometimes you can tell what she’s into by what she is wearing, like cheetah print, for example.”

Johnson’s catcalls are a sample of how men across the state are adapting to the new dating terrain.

Challenged by women’s increasing resistance to these mating calls, and by other men’s developments of more realistic calls, men are hav-

ing to improve their catcall quality. This means that women can expect an increase of competition and demand from suitors.

In the past, Johnson has experimented with different tactics that would set him apart from other possible mates.

“Often, filling the pockets of a trench coat with catnip can make you irresistible to women,” Johnson told reporters. However, this time he used more traditional catcalling methods, stating that it was effective because, “she’s just a classy woman, I suppose.”

Johnson revealed to reporters his plans to attend the Broadway musical “Cats” with the woman he successfully courted.

“I’m thinking about getting her a present,” Johnson claimed.

“Maybe I’ll kill a bird for her and set it on her doorstep, I’m still working out the details.”

go directly towards the student body in the form of scholarships, but it might also be good to restock the school’s dwindling chalk reserves,” she said.

Student activists have praised the board’s action and withdrawn past claims that the board doesn’t care about the university’s financial future.

“I always thought the regents were a bunch of governor-appointed bureaucrats,” UW-Madison junior Michael Onserio said. “But a move like this really restores my faith in the folks at the top. We just might be alright.”

The Board of Regents is currently in the planning stages of next spring’s car wash fundraiser.

Which of these five energy sources would you be most proud to call yourself?

1. Coal: That ancient ancestor who always farts and refuses to die.

2. Nuclear: Super hip and cool, everyone wants to be him. That temper though… One time he burned a house down then blew up the responding fire trucks because someone spilled his beer.

3. Wind: He’s here I promise, I just saw him five minutes ago. Maybe by the vending machine? Whatever, he’ll turn up eventually to remind you he never left.

4. Solar: Holy shit she’s hot, like honestly a 10. As long as you are able to give her some expensive jewelry or cut off your hand for her she’ll love you forever.

5. Hydropower: Dam I can’t think of anything. Sea the amount of pier-pressure I get writing for the Cardinal?

—compiled by Noah Mack

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Sophomore forward Annie Pankowski has led the charge for the Badgers in the early going, tallying eight goals and five assists through the first six games of the season.

Badgers return home to face Beavers

By Jessi Schoville The Daily Cardinal

The No. 3 Wisconsin Badgers (4-0-0 WCHA, 6-0-0 overall) return home to Madison and LaBahn Arena this weekend to face the No. 6 Bemidji State Beavers (3-0-1, 6-0-2). The last time the two foes met, Wisconsin got the upper hand with a 4-0 victory in Grand Forks, N.D. The Badgers will come into the matchup boasting four straight consecutive shutouts over conference opponents with a 22-0 goal differential. They have done this with outstanding penalty killing, having only allowed a

single goal on 22 power plays with five shorthanded goals and five power-play scores.

Though Wisconsin has been controlling both zones of the ice for the entirety of the season, the Beavers will come into Madison with their own sense of confidence after an upset overtime win over then-No. 6 North Dakota (2-1-1, 4-1-1) when the Beavers managed to sneak one past the goaltender with seven seconds remaining in the extra period.

Bemidji, like the Badgers, has been demonstrating impressive ability in the defensive zone, holding opponents to just three

goals in the past six contests.

Bemidji State junior goaltender Brittni Mowat was named WCHA Defensive Player of the Week back-to-back weeks.

It’s been a superb start to the season for the Beavers, and one that has caught the eye of Wisconsin head coach Mark Johnson.

“So this class that will be seniors, they probably want to leave with something more special than they had last year, so they’re off to a good start,” Johnson said.

“They’re difficult to play against, they’ve got a very good goaltender, and they’ve got kids that chip away and score goals, especially in

a timely fashion.”

The class that Johnson speaks of has been putting the Bemidji program on the map for some time now. Last year they defeated perennial favorite Minnesota in the playoffs and have followed that up this year by achieving a No. 8 ranking in the USCHO. com poll, the highest in program history, only to be broken the following weekend when they were moved up the No. 6 after their win over North Dakota.

Johnson, as usual, is looking only at the next matchup but with a bigger picture in mind.

“We’ve gotten better in a lot

of different areas, so the process starts today, getting better at practice and then Friday night getting tested against Bemidji and hopefully playing better Friday night than we did this past Saturday, and I think if you do that over a period of a winter, by the end you end up becoming a pretty good hockey team,” Johnson said.

The puck will drop at 7 p.m.

Friday night and 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon. Friday is Student Night where students receive free admission, T-shirts, pizza, and Dr. Pepper products with a valid ID.

Women’s Soccer

First-place Wisconsin heads east to take on struggling Terrapins

By Irene Burski The Daily Cardinal

The Badgers will once again go on the road this Saturday, taking on Maryland, following an exciting two-game homestand in which Wisconsin continued its winning streak.

Wisconsin (7-1-1 Big Ten, 10-4-3 overall) currently tops the Big Ten standings in what has until recently been a conference dead heat. Penn State (6-2-1, 11-3-2), the only Big Ten team the Badgers have lost to so far, is locked in second place with Minnesota (6-2-1, 11-3-3), while Rutgers (5-2-2, 12-2-2) currently sits in third.

Maryland (1-7-1, 6-10-1), by contrast, has been struggling in conference this season. The Terrapins started off the season finding success, winning four out of their first six games, two of which were on the road.

However, the Terrapins have lost seven of their nine Big Ten games, only scraping a draw against Indiana, who the Badgers beat 3-0, and finally a win against Michigan State, who the Badgers beat 1-0 thanks to

a thrilling goal that came at the end of the match.

Statistically, Maryland averages a goal per game, while Wisconsin averages 1.4. Wisconsin also outshoots Maryland, with 15.5 shots to Maryland’s 11.5 per game.

After the dramatic win over Michigan State Sunday, UW head coach Paula Wilkins emphasized that all she wanted for her team leading up to the Maryland game was for everybody to get healthy, citing that her players were a little “banged up.”

When asked about the morale of her team at a press conference Monday, Wilkins said her players are building confidence.

However, Maryland is not an opponent that the Badgers will be taking lightly.

“They haven’t lost any game in the Big Ten by more than one goal, and they have been in four games of overtime in the Big Ten,” Wilkins said. “They’re organized, and they have the ability to score on you, so we’re going to have to be great.”

UWBadgers.com contributed to this report.

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Senior outsider linebacker Joe Schobert has recorded 9.5 sacks through seven games in 2015, the second-highest total in the nation. Only Penn State’s Carl Nassib has more.

Badgers look to keep rolling in Illinois

By Andrew Tucker the daily cardinal

After a pair of close wins against Iowa and Nebraska, Wisconsin (2-1 Big Ten, 5-2 overall) was able to pull away late against Purdue, giving the Badgers some momentum moving into this week’s matchup against Illinois (1-1, 4-2), who is coming off a bye week.

Players were hesitant to say whether coming off a bye is a blessing or a curse.

“A couple weeks off could be good for your body, but also a week off can slow you down,” senior wide receiver Rob Wheelwright said.

For the Badgers, the key to the game is to continue the momentum they grabbed at the tail end of the Purdue game. UW was only up by three at halftime, but

scored two touchdowns in the second half while shutting out Purdue in the final two quarters.

That said, Illinois is a higher quality opponent than Purdue, a team that ranks near the bottom of the nation in most major defensive categories.

“Their defense is pretty good and not big on letting big plays happen, and they’ve been really good at stopping that,” Wheelwright said of the Illini defense.

The Illinois defense is adept at limiting opposing offenses, especially through the air, ranking 30th in the nation in yards allowed per game (332.5) and 24th in pass yards allowed per game (181.2).

Their rushing defense isn’t quite as stellar, but still good, ranking 50th in rush yards allowed per game (151.3).

This could bode well for a

Wisconsin offense that has struggled to find consistency in the running game, with injuries to backs and linemen plaguing the squad. There is a chance of previously injured center Dan Voltz and running back Corey Clement both returning on Saturday, which would likely give the Badgers’ ground game the boost it has needed all season.

In the passing game, the depth chart may be shaken up by news that broke this week, with backup quarterback DJ Gillins moving to play wide receiver. This has led to speculation about the former four-star recruit’s long-term future, but offensive coordinator Joe Rudolph squashed those thoughts this week.

“I think he just sees an opportunity to make an impact on this team this year and wants to do it,

and I wouldn’t read anything more into it than that,” Rudolph said.

“He wants a chance to be on the field and impact this team, and I think it’s pretty cool.”

On the other side of the ball, Wisconsin’s defense, which has been the strength of the team, should have an easier time adjusting. The Illinois offense is fairly one-dimensional, with the team favoring the pass due to the impressive skillset of junior quarterback Wes Lunt.

Knowing that they face a team with a limited running game should allow Wisconsin to put less guys in the box and focus more on putting defensive backs on the field to limit progress through the air. The key to that will be to slow down the Illini skill players.

“Their running backs and receivers are very skilled and very

explosive. They try to use that to their advantage, get the ball in their hands as fast as possible, take shots down the field and get those guys the ball,” senior linebacker Joe Schobert said.

If anything were to happen to Lunt, Wisconsin must be ready to adapt, because Illinois’ backup, freshman Chayce Crouch, is a more mobile quarterback, and the offense will adjust.

“There’s really two offenses in there. The ability to flip switches like that and go from throwing the ball to running the ball … they do some runs with [Lunt], but he’s not gonna run, it’s a fake, they’ll bring in [Crouch] and he’ll run, he’s a good athlete,” defensive coordinator Dave Aranda said.

The Badgers and Illini will face off at 2:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium in Urbana-Champaign, Ill.

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Wisconsin heads on the road seeking to snap losing streak

By Matt Davis the daily cardinal

After losing two straight games to Minnesota last week, No. 16 Wisconsin (4-4, 12-6) looks to regroup as it faces Iowa (0-8, 10-11) and No. 3 Nebraska (7-1, 16-2) on the road this weekend.

“Coming off a week where we played Minnesota twice, statistically, both teams looked pretty even,” said UW head coach Kelly Sheffield. “I thought we were better than what we were previously, but at the end of the day, I don’t think anybody is real happy about going 0-2 during a week. We’ve got Iowa in front of us, and Nebraska right after that, and we’re excited to get back in the gym.”

Not only are the Badgers looking forward to getting back in the gym, they have a full week to practice instead of only having a couple of days to get ready for a game.

A big problem Wisconsin had against Minnesota was finishing out sets. The Badgers have been struggling with finishing all year, especially against ranked teams.

Sheffield hopes UW can improve its play in close games heading into this week.

“I’ve always thought that we can fix this problem,” Sheffield said. “If our players aren’t doing something, then that’s my fault.

You know, all hell isn’t breaking loose or anything. We’ve got four losses in conference, which is more than any of us are wanting, but at the end of the day those are four losses against teams that are all ranked in the top 10.”

If Wisconsin is in a close match against Nebraska, it will be very important that the Badgers deliver down the stretch. The Cornhuskers took down top-ranked Penn State earlier this year and have only lost to No. 2 Texas and No. 6 Ohio State.

Despite the different outcomes in these games, all three of them were very close and came down to a deciding fifth set.

Some have attributed the Badgers’ struggles in closing out games this year to their youth and inexperience. However, Sheffield doesn’t believe that’s the case and expects each player, regardless of age to improve each week.

“We don’t sit there and talk about our age, we talk about what we need to do to become the team that we are capable of becoming,”

said Sheffield. “Anybody that watches us is saying we’re better than what we were a month ago.

But if you’re going into somebody else’s place and playing a team like Minnesota, you’re going to have to play better than what we did to beat that caliber of a team.

We’re getting there; we’re just not there yet.”

The Badgers will look to gain ground this weekend in the Big Ten, which has been the country’s best conference this year. Eight Big Ten teams are ranked and every squad has at least one loss in conference play.

At 4-4, Wisconsin is tied for eighth in the conference standings with a Northwestern squad that is 12-7 overall. However, a sweep this weekend could build momentum as it heads into the second half of its conference slate.

Wisconsin’s first game of the weekend will be against Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa Friday at 7 p.m. The Badgers will round out their weekend against the Cornhuskers Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Devaney Center in Lincoln, Neb.

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Wisconsin has struggled against ranked opponents this year, but the Badgers will get another chance against No. 3 Nebraska.