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Early voting on track for record turnout

By Andy Goldstein and Aylin Merve Arikan THE DAILY CARDINAL

As the midterm election approaches, Madison early voter turnout is on track to match turnout from the 2016 presidential election, according to data collected by the city clerk’s office.

As Republican Gov. Scott Walker runs for a third term against Democratic challenger Tony Evers, polls show a coin-flip race that could largely hinge on turnout.

Usually, midterm elections come with a substantial decrease in voter turnout, but that has not been the case this year.

“Turnout is looking really strong on campus, especially for a midterm election,” NextGen Wisconsin Media Director Sean Manning said. “Early voting is a really good way to measure enthusiasm of voters, and we can see that students on campus are insanely excited to vote this year.”

Early voter turnout for this midterm election tracked in at 21,222 as of Oct. 29, which is greater than early voter turnout during Obama’s 2012 presidential election, which totalled

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Far surpassing levels in previous midterm elections, early voting levels for next Tuesday’s elections are set to almost rival those of the 2016 presidential election, despite the usual turnout fall off for midterm years.

18,752 people, even without the last several days of early voting, which generally have a much larger level of turnout.

Though 2014 had only 10 days of early voting, the early votes per day in this cycle are significantly higher, at just over 1,414

thus far compared to 860 in 2014.

Almost half of all early voting in 2016 came in the final week of its availability. Factoring in the

same rate of increased early voting turnout, the final numbers could come just short of those from the last presidential election.

As the age group with the consistently lowest voter turnout, much of the effect of improved turnout levels has been placed on how much young people show up to vote.

“Over the past year we’ve seen unprecedented activism from our generation, whether it’s the March for Our Lives or movements in the state like at [UW] Stevens Point with their protests to the reduction of humanities,” Manning said.

“We’re just seeing young people rising up all across Wisconsin.”

This year, the Madison community has cast their ballots at 16 voting locations on campus and around the city.

Students and Madisonians can cast their ballots at Memorial Union, Union South or the SAC, as well as the city clerk’s office and libraries around the city.

“We’ve seen students march through the streets, and now we finally have the chance to march to the polls and hold our leaders accountable,” Manning said.

Campus divided in wake of Kavanaugh court confirmation

By Elea Levin STAFF WRITER

Though they’re far from the Supreme Court in Washington, UW-Madison students have a lot to say about recently confirmed Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and it’s dividing campus based on political ideologies.

Students voiced both support and criticism for the Justice after Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s public testimony that he sexually assaulted her in high school, the subsequent hearing and his confirmation.

Judge Kavanaugh was confirmed to serve on the Supreme Court on Oct. 6 with a 50-48 vote by the Senate, following a highly controversial hearing process that resulted in an FBI investigation.

UW-Madison College Republicans Chairman Charlie Mueth said the confirmation is likely to increase polarization among students. Because Kavanaugh’s nomination process has been highly public and controversial, it has drawn attention from students of all

political parties.

“It’s disappointing, but not surprising that he was confirmed,” UW-Madison freshman Aerin Lammers said.

4,477 UW-Madison students identified as liberal, 1,568 identified as conservative and 1,654 identified as moderate, a 2017 study found. Although Supreme Court Justice is a nonpartisan position, students in the majority rallied against Kavanaugh’s conservative views and in support of sexual assault survivors.

“There are a lot of voices on campus that say we hear you, we listen to you, we believe you. This is going to fire people up more and say that we need to stand up and listen to survivors,” UW-Madison College Democrats Press Secretary Sam Schwab said.

Many conservative students on campus had a different understanding of the trial and confirmation.

“While the opposers may

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ASM highlighted their concerns as the TAA fought against current mandated segregated fees Wednesday.

The Teaching Assistants’ Association battles ‘fees first, grads second’ policy after proving fiscally unreasonable

By Robyn Cawley COLLEGE NEWS EDITOR

“It’s sort of strange to be paying for the ability to work,” said Representative Ruben Moreno as the Teaching Assistants’ Association returned to work with the 25th session to halt the mandatory segregated fees policy.

While some voiced sentiments of support, other representa-

tives of the Associated Students of Madison grew apprehensive about the financial aspects of eliminating the segregated fee, as well as the fairness of expectation for all students on campus to pay it.

Student Services Finance Committee Chair Jeremy Swanson stated that the graduate student segregated fees make

up about $10 million in revenue for the campus. He noted his concerns of where those funds would come from if the students did not pay the fees.

“Even though $10 million seems like a lot, in research dollars and other sources of revenue it isn’t really that much,”

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Tesla strikes back TYLER FOX SCIENCE EDITOR

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The IceCube South Pole Neutrino Observatory detects a wide range of cosmic particles, like neutrinos.

SOPHIA WELLS STAFF WRITER One of the most prevalent particles in the universe is also one of the most difficult to detect. Neutrinos can travel billions of light years — or even from the beginning of time itself — unimpeded by any of the matter they come into contact with.

Their near masslessness and neutral charge make neutrinos almost ghostlike in that they are unaffected by both physical barriers as well as magnetic fields. This makes detecting the phantom particles all the more challenging.

UW-Madison is the lead institution working on the IceCube South Pole Neutrino Observatory. IceCube uses the neutrino’s unobstructable nature to their advantage. It is the only detector of its kind — it covers a cubic kilometer of Antarctic ice — and seeks to answer some of the most puzzling mysteries of the universe.

Three hundred scientists from all over the world (many of whom hail from UW) are working at the observatory. In order to detect these high-energy neutrinos, optical sensors are buried a mile beneath the Antarctic ice. This mile of ice acts as a barrier to cosmic particles which occupy our atmosphere, and yet neutrinos continue freely. This removes the need to sift through the multitudes of other particles.

In many ways, neutrinos act as nanoscopic messengers.

Detecting high-energy neutrinos, while a feat in itself, is not the only goal of the observatory.

IceCube doesn’t just work with neutrinos, they also study dark matter, neutrino oscillations, and even things like glaciology.

In many ways, neutrinos act as nanoscopic messengers which deliver valuable information about the nature of our universe. For example, the origin of cosmic neutrinos give scientists

insight into the origin of cosmic rays. Cosmic rays are composed of mostly protons and electrons which are accelerated through the universe by the source from which they emanate.

This is analogous to the way that particle accelerators on earth work. However, the particles of a cosmic ray collide with forty million times the energy of the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva. The collision of protons can create pions, which decay to create the neutrino. Since cosmic rays are composed of charged particles they cannot be traced. Their trajectory is warped by magnetic fields throughout the galaxy.

Neutrinos, while difficult to initially detect, can be easily traced, as they travel in a straight line directly from their sources, impeded by practically nothing. A high-energy neutrino that was detected by the IceCube Observatory in September of 2017 was traced back to a source.

The first concrete evidence was published this July and indicated that the neutrino detected in 2017 originated from a blazar adjacent to the Orion constellation. A blazar is a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy which expels a stream of ionized matter from both axes, one of which is in the direction of earth.

The galaxy that the high energy neutrino was traced back to is estimated to be 4 billion light years away from earth.

The significance of this discovery of the neutrino and the blazar is that other observatories saw high energy photons coming from the blazar at the same time as the September neutrino, which is what helped to make the connection.

The researchers also looked into older data after detecting this really high-energy neutrino and discovered an excess of neutrinos from the same blazar in 2014-2015, giving even more evidence that the blazar is a neutrino emitter. If the blazar is the origin of the high-energy neu-

trino detected by the IceCube Observatory then the blazar is also the source of high-energy cosmic rays. This revelation has shocked scientists who have been, thus far, uncertain of the origin of cosmic rays.

In fact, cosmic rays, while studied by many, remain somewhat of a mystery. This is in large part due to their untraceability. Any information about the nature of cosmic rays could be valuable.

The story of the neutrino is one as old as time (literally).

Outside of the protection of earth’s atmosphere, cosmic rays pose a very real threat. Not only do they supply a dose of about 400-900 millisieverts of radiation a year (that’s the same as the peak amount of radiation emitted per hour by the Fukishima nuclear disaster), they also have the capacity to alter electronics in space by shifting bits inside circuits.

Intel even patented a cosmic ray detector to assimilate into their electronics in an attempt to alleviate this issue. Discovering where cosmic rays come from is the first step in better protecting ourselves and our equipment from their ravages. As the lead institution working on the observatory, UW-Madison’s astronomists are making big strides in this area.

The story of the neutrino is one as old as time (literally).

There is still so much to learn about the universe, and these miniscule particles are one of the keys to the vast unknown.

IceCube used the path of one tiny, inconsequential neutrino from 4 billion light years away to lead scientists to this discovery.

That underscores the idea that every part of the world we live in, regardless of how negligible it may seem, helps to paint an even clearer picture of the universe as a whole.

Tesla has continued to prove as one of the most volatile car manufacturers in the industry, but that hasn’t stopped investors from pouring money into the company, leading it to become the most valuable American car brand on Wall Street.

Yet this volatility has also stirred up a more speculative aspect of the stock market: short sellers.

If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, here’s essentially what they are: short sellers borrow stock from a lender with the assumption that the price will soon decrease. After borrowing, they sell the stock and buy it back when the price goes down, which nets them a profit. In other words, short sellers are betting against a company — they’re assuming the value will go down over time.

“It’s called a short sale because you are taking a short position, meaning you stand to benefit if the price of the asset decreases,” said Luke Honold, a fourth-year finance, investment and banking student at UW-Madison. “If the price decreases, the cost to replace the borrowed asset is less, which makes the short seller money.”

With Tesla Inc. rated as a volatile stock in markets while burning through cash, struggling to meet production targets and managing a CEO with a polarizing Twitter page — it’s clear why many investors willing to bet against the company.

And yet, despite the likelihood that these short sellers could be right in the long run, Tesla seemingly stunned everyone last quarter; the company posted a profit for the first time since 2016. This is not just surprising because of their track record of losing money, but they even beat projections that said they would only break even.

After the company announced this, shares climbed 12 percent in premarket trading, which further impacted short sellers. Tesla now holds a market value of $50 billion, above even the likes of General Motors, which produced 9.6 million cars last year, compared to Tesla’s 100,000 in 2017. With such a high market capitalization, many short sellers assert that the company is greatly overvalued, but some have actually changed their outlooks.

Andrew Left, an active short seller of Tesla, has recently reversed his position on the company following the recent successes of the Model 3. While Left expected that several other companies would release strong competition for the Model 3 before it came to market, sales are still showing a high demand for the product. Left summarized his recent reversal in his investment newsletter, Citron Research: “While the media has been focused on Elon Musk’s eccentric, outlandish and at times offensive behavior, it has failed to notice the legitimate disruption of the auto industry that is currently being dominated by Tesla.”

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Team of university experts to answer election questions

By Jenna Walters CAMPUS NEWS EDITOR

A team of experts from the UW-Madison Elections Research Center has made themselves available to provide information on national and state races happening for the Nov. 6 election.

The group is comprised of political science and journalism professors. They will be able to give pre- and post-midterm analysis and commentary on the upcoming election.

The center does this analysis to create a greater understanding of factors that influence voter decision-making and election

fees from page 1 Moreno said. “Ultimately, if the money isn’t there then ... nothing comes of this, but this is a stepping stone to give the TAA some bargaining power as they take this to the faculty senate.”

This was not the only concern that lingered in the air as Representative Jared Lang noted the expectation surrounding the contrasting obligation of undergraduates paying segregated fees to graduate students not paying them.

“It’s not that graduate students aren’t paying for it,” Moreno said.

“Ultimately, we do work and provide service to the university and help secure those funds.”

After thorough debate, questions remain for the mandatory segregated fee policy for the graduate students from ASM. In the previous session, ASM unanimously voted to back the Teaching Assistants’ Association as they organized against the mandatory segregated fee policy.

In March 2018, hundreds of graduate students and supportive allies filled Bascom Hill in protest of the current mandatory segregated fees payment method.

“Even though $10 million seems like a lot, in research dollars and other sources of revenue it isn’t really that much.”

Ruben Moreno representative Associated Students of Madison

This form of payment seeks that graduate students pay for the segregated fees prior to their first paycheck. These mandatory fees account for various campus services, ranging from bus passes to University Health Services.

“It is in response to a change that was made last year in May 2017, in regards to the university attempting to force graduate students to pay all of student fees prior to the start of the academic term,” said Rob Timberlake, cochair of the Stewards’ Council of the TAA. Graduate students pay over $1,200 in segregated fees annual-

results, according to the Elections Research Center website.

The team was created to make the center’s research more available to UW-Madison students and community members. There is also an on-campus studio available in Grainger Hall where people can conduct and tape live shoots with the experts.

Members of the team will speak at the center’s 2018 Election Symposium on Dec. 7, which will highlight results of the midterm elections and topics such as social media, the rise of women candidates and the influence of misinformation and social media. ly, which accounts for 10 percent of their paycheck. If students are unable to pay the fee in full, they are allowed to enroll in a payment plan separated into three installments for an extra fiftydollar fee.

“For some of us, paying these fees on time comes at the cost of accumulating more credit card debt or falling behind in rent payments.”

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The law school’s polling has consistently shown a toss up in the highly contested race for governor.

Last Marquette poll before midterm election shows Walker and Evers in a statistical tie

By Andy Holzmann STAFF WRITER

In the last poll from Marquette Law School prior to the midterm election, Republican Gov. Scott Walker is neck and neck with Democratic challenger Tony Evers, with each candidate receiving 47 percent of the vote.

Additionally, the poll found that Libertarian candidate Phil Anderson received 3 percent of the vote and only 1 percent of respondents claim to have no preference among candidates.

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The TAA is searching to get rid of the fee entirely, but the general hope is to allow graduate students to have more opportunities to work on their research and return home instead of being concerned about money.

“We’re hoping to support this issue as well as continue to advocate for greater pay for graduate assistants, so that international students can return home to their families and teachers’ assistants don’t have to pick up multiple jobs and focus as much as possible on their graduate courses,” Timberlake said.

Conversations between ASM, the Faculty Senate and the TAA have proved fruitful as they have been willing to work together and uncover the best plan that works for graduate workers.

“For some of us, paying these fees on time comes at the cost of accumulating more credit card debt or falling behind in rent payments,” said Adria Brooks, a member of the TAA. “The resolutions currently in front of ASM and Faculty Senate are important for the students we teach and the faculty we work for to show their respect for and solidarity with graduate workers.”

However, the current payment policy does not show the change most graduate students were working for, according to Brooks.

Following a long discussion, ASM opted to not vote on the resolution. This will be debated again in two weeks at the next meeting.

have been more loud, there are a vast number of moderate or conservative students at UW-Madison who always saw the qualifications of Kavanaugh and saw past the hysteria surrounding his confirmation,” Mueth said.

For some Kavanaugh opposers, it was the combination of his partisan politics, behavior at the hearing and alleged history of sexual violence that caused people to doubt his ability to be an effective Supreme Court Justice.

The fact that he has been accused by three women, two of whom had corroborating witnesses who were not interviewed, along with his disrespectful and partisan comments, were enough to disqual-

This most recent poll shows slight changes from the Marquette poll released earlier this month, which had Walker at 47 percent, Evers at 46 percent, and Anderson at 5 percent among likely voters.

Polling shows that preferences are split between genders: among college-age voters, males prefer Walker by 5 points and females prefer Evers by 12 points.

In the race for Senate, the poll found that U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., has a comfortable lead over Republican chal-

lenger Leah Vukmir by a margin of 54 percent to 43 percent. Only 2 percent had no preference.

In the race for attorney general, Republican incumbent Brad Schimel is preferred by 47 percent of likely voters compared to 45 percent for Democratic candidate Josh Kaul. Of those polled, 7 percent lacked a preference.

Walker and Evers will both embark on bus tours throughout state for the final days of the campaign in hopes that they can break the deadlock come Nov. 6.

ify him given that it is a nonpartisan position, Schwab said.

Other students took issue with the way the hearings were conducted in general, criticizing both sides for bringing party politics into Kavanaugh’s nomination.

“I think it’s a degradation of the process in general that it basically turned into a partisan mudslinging match,” UW-Madison freshman Philip Klinker said. “And even though I do think Brett Kavanaugh did assault Christine Blasey Ford, I think it wasn’t handled well by the Democrats.”

The hearing and confirmation process has inspired many to further advocate against sexual assault and harassment.

“For people who are paying attention, it seems students have been energized,” said

Kathleen Culver, an assistant professor in UW-Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. “Young women are saying this is unacceptable, and it is nowhere near where we should be in society.”

Multiple student organizations have taken action to show their support for sexual assault survivors and opposition to Kavanaugh following his confirmation.

The Student Association for Reproductive Justice (SARJ) and Promoting Awareness,Victim Empowerment (PAVE) organized a forum to discuss responses to Kavanaugh’s confirmation, which included a speech by Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, and a question and answer with representatives from various organizations.

“A survivor got up in front of the whole country and spoke and people didn’t believe her, and personally to me that was eye-opening,” SARJ Chair Natalia Kwiatkowska said.

“There’s so many resources on campus for survivors, but then something like this happens and and you’re like ‘will people really believe survivors?’”

The discussion was meant to open up a dialogue and create a safe space for students who wanted to open up or listen to other student’s thoughts, according to Noelle Filai, a social affairs intern at Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin.

For many UW-Madison community members, the hearing signified both a lack of belief of and support for sexual assault survivors.

“I would never wish for it to happen this way, but I’m happy people are awakened to the tremendous power of the Supreme Court,” Culver said.

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UW-Madison students vocalize both concerns and support after the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court Justice.

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Anne Lamott encourages hope, mercy

By Sammy Gibbons EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Anne Lamott writes to figure out what she thinks about anything, something she shared during her talk at the Orpheum Friday.

Whether that’s faith, politics or motherhood, her open and blunt inner dialogue graced pages of a dozen novels and nonfiction pieces and helped readers figure their own minds out for decades.

Wrapped in a pale lavenderpink shawl (a color she said she always wears because she looks great in it) and wearing baggy, rolled-up jeans, her presence and gentle voice made it feel like I was sitting at tea with my grandma. She spoke openly and casually, reminiscing about growing up in an academic family and her ongoing experiences participating in an alcoholism recovery program.

Her words were comforting, though, and her talk inspired a whole new idea of self-care, making me want to put on a face mask and write a novel about dealing with this life.

Her main push was hope, particularly being hopeful while living under the current tumultuous government. She talked about protecting oneself by “learning radical self-care” and being merciful in order to guard loved ones from the world’s harshness.

She shared thoughts from

her 2017 book “Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy” to weave messages of caring for others and how to love oneself into her point.

“Mercy is both giving, mercy is both listening, mercy is letting people... in my little galaxy, have their mess, releasing them to the mess and beingness of life and the weariness and not getting our own way,” Lamott said. “That’s how we grow, that’s how we evolve.”

The writer sardonically finished with “I hate it and wish there were a different system.”

Lamott talked eloquently about navigating the difficult journey of self-forgiveness. She writes about topics branching off healing and self-acceptance in several of her books, many of which instruct readers on subjects of faith and a few on mothering.

Her best-selling book “Bird

by Bird” coaches writing techniques and has changed the lives of numerous writers. In the night’s Q&A portion, one audience member emotionally told Lamott that reading the book decades earlier shaped her life into what it is today — it gave her hope, a concept Lamott stressed.

She finds hope in teaching her teenage niece that she’s beautiful no matter her weight.

Eating issues made Lamott’s road to self-acceptance difficult, something she now sees her niece facing while wading

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Anne Lamott talked eloquently about navigating the difficult journey of self-forgiveness. in society’s beauty standards for young women. But she reiterated her niece is “beautiful, she’s stunning as is” and does not need to lose weight. She tells herself and her niece to “do the radical work of taking care of her body,” which doesn’t mean going to the gym. “[I told my niece] the culture of American beauty is going to set out to destroy you, so

here, I’m going to give you this battered up toolbox,” Lamott said. “One of the tools is to learn how to tell when you’re hungry. American girls aren’t taught that.”

She ended the night reading the final chapter of her latest novel, “Almost Everything: Notes on Hope.” She mentioned a seeming contrast to the rest of her lecture, but she focused

on moving away from that dark feeling, discussing how life is too short to dwell on it. Instead, she again mentioned her keywords: hope and mercy.

“What we want is to really be alive, here and now, with this one life we’ve been issued, which is so blessed and also so hard, and weird,” Lamott said.

“I mean, the weirdness levels have gotten so high.”

John Legend brings yuletide cheer early with ‘A Legendary Christmas’

By Carl Zabat MUSIC COLUMNIST

Christmas music is an exhaustingly crowded niche of popular music. Countless artists have attempted to have a place in the Christmas canon, yet it always feels like you hear the same 10 songs over and over for two months straight. With timeless holiday classics such as Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby and Mariah Carey, hearing that John Legend was releasing his own Christmas

album made me worry — would he be able to hold a candle in the already-packed genre?

The answer is a resounding yes: Legend’s jazzy and energetic Christmas tunes, bundled together as the aptly titled A Legendary Christmas, feature a mix of standard and original compositions that are filled to the brim with yuletide cheer for all to hear.

The best moments of the album come in the beautiful pro-

duction, spearheaded by neosoul aficionado Raphael Saadiq.

Opening track “What Christmas Means to Me” is a giant exclamation point of an album introduction, with a groovy and pronounced bass taking the lead against the guitar and piano accompaniments and a simple two-and-four drum. It’s a simple arrangement but it still bounds and leaps with energy. Add in a Stevie Wonder harmonica outro and you’ve got a party staple for

years to come.

Other tracks are filled with the same sense of relentless joy, and often with a large number of moving parts. “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)” balances drums, a piano, a whole set of strings, the occasional comping guitar and a trombone solo. Oh, and don’t forget Legend’s voice, but we’ll get to that in just a bit.

While A Legendary Christmas is by and large a jazzfocused album, the variety of styles keeps things fresh over the record’s 49 minutes. “Purple Snowflakes,” originally by Marvin Gaye, is a sneaky Latin groove that sees Legend turn up his falsetto charm, and “Please Come Home for Christmas” is a blues track through-andthrough. “Wrap Me Up in Your Love,” one of the six original compositions that makes its debut on the album, is a sexy modern pop song where Legend is joined by a backing choir. Even more impressive is that through all of these ornate instrumentations, the album’s production never becomes overkill, and every so often, a minimalist ballad will slow things down.

One of these ballads, “By Christmas Eve,” is another original composition. Legend’s songwriting style is distinct on this track, with lyrics like “I’ll cross the deserts and oceans, a river that’s frozen/ I’ll follow the stars just to find where you are,” and a contemporary song structure that is dense with words. Even at

Legend’s most modern moments, though, the original compositions still blend into the larger picture of a Christmas album. Some of the original tracks, such as album closer “Merry Merry Christmas,” are so unabashedly Christmas spirited that I would not have guessed they weren’t covers.

With a vocalist as accomplished and popular as Legend, who is figuratively but also literally the voice of Jesus, one would expect nothing less than an amazing vocal performance.

While Legend is obviously in his comfort zone and doesn’t push his limits much, he still covers a large range and takes advantage of Christmas music as some of the easiest listening music on the planet.

From the modern transformation of “Silver Bells” to the dependable instrumentation of “Christmas Time is Here,” A Legendary Christmas is the way Christmas music was meant to be enjoyed: reliably comfortable, but never kitsch, filled with holiday joy, but not overbearing. As someone who never really goes out of their way to listen to Christmas music due to its nearly annoying presence, Legend’s holiday collection is one that I will certainly have on for the next two months. As an album, Christmas music can only go so far in its capabilities, but that doesn’t make A Legendary Christmas any less fun for the holidays.

Final Grade: B+

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The recent shooting at the Tree of Life synogague demonstrates that our society does not properly promote being empathetic and sensitive toward one another.

In wake of massacre in Pittsburgh, empathy needed now more than ever DANA MUNRO opinion writer ecil Rosenthal — a victim in the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting — was a member of the organization Best Buddies. Best Buddies matches adults with disabilities with college students and hosts events to help facilitate the friendship between them.

Cecil brought his buddy, David, to religious services and prided himself on being the member of the congregation who had the job of carrying the Torah.

I am a part of Best Buddies as well. More than anything else I’ve ever been a part of, Best Buddies has taught me that we are all really more similar than we think.

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forth with one of my buddies, Lisa, all the time. My buddy, Dolphine — who is deaf and has an intellectual disability — used to love sharing gossip as she would sign to me and I would Google the words. I learned that if you just put in a little bit of effort, you can relate to just about anyone.

Yes, people wish the murder suspect — Robert Bowers — had never purchased four weapons, posted a hateful message on gab.com and opened the doors of The Tree of Life Synagogue.

But, what I wish most, is that he had been a part of Best Buddies when he was in college. I wonder if he would have committed this act if he had.

In school, we are forced to learn science and math

and English, but the choice to learn empathy is not enforced. That is a choice every individual must make for themselves.

Among one of Trump’s many noteworthy values is that hate is okay. If you want to take three pistols and an AR-15 into a house of worship because you have very disordered priorities, you not only can, Trump will protect you with a few words of vague remorse in front of the cameras and then give you a pat on the back when the broadcast ends.  With Trump’s trademark apathy, he has mobilized and incentivized self-proclaimed human militias by reactivating the hateful hearts of Americans in Orlando, Parkland, Charlotteville — you name it. He has broken

the ever-so heavy chains of empathy and released savagery to run wild in America.

With a destructive role model in the White House, an even heavier burden falls on us to rectify this acceptance of hate in the U.S. It may seem too large a task for some individuals, but it’s attainable nonetheless. We must squash hatred when we see it rear its ugly head.

When you see someone being bullied, say something.

When your friends are maliciously gossiping, say something. When you’re signing your kids up for extracurriculars, sign them up for something community service oriented and teach them the joy of helping others.

Vote for politicians that believe in fundamental human equality. Canvas for them as well. If we don’t act, then we enable hatred. If we don’t use whatever platform we have to fight back, we are no better than Trump and his demeaning rhetoric. If that doesn’t make you cringe, I don’t know what will.

I already see signs of this hate crime soon fading from public attention only to become an afterthought.

Anti-Semitism doesn’t have fun colored flags and parades like LGBTQ+ rights or anthemic songs and nationally recognized hashtags like civil rights.

It’s not an eye-catching, millennial-loving icon of an issue, but clearly it lurks in the shadows in places we wouldn’t even suspect. We can’t stop talking about it.

We can’t let it slip away into history. Maybe anti-semitism wasn’t on our radar before, but it certainly should be now.

Almost every person I have seen post about this shooting on social media has been Jewish. Being Jewish myself, I know well that Judaism is a family and getting sympathy exclusively from your family is simply not enough. Jews only make up 2 percent of the American population.

We need allies to shed light on anti-Semitism or our voices will barely make a murmur in the sea of political dialogue.

Maybe anti-semitism wasn’t on our radar before, but it certainly should be now.

Judaism embraces the notion of acceptance. In fact, my synagogue prides itself on the fact that Martin Luther King Jr. once stayed a night there.

I also remember learning about different religious customs in Hebrew School — because what religious education would be complete without an education on other religions as well as your own?

Follow the lead of Judaism.

Be accepting. Be curious about other people instead of filling your ignorant brain with rage. Try love first. Only empathy can save us now.

Dana is a junior majoring in theater. How are you coping with the recent tragedy in Pittsburgh? Do you think we, as a country, need to emphasize empathy more? Please send any of your comments to us at opinion@dailycardinal.

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51. Warning sounds

29. Danish physicist

1. Wednesday preceder

53. Meets all requirements

30. Monet’s ‘’Water Lilies,’’ e.g.

4. Marine biology subject

57. Zones

31. Bib and tucker

9. Kind of radioactive particle

58. Twangy

32. Malarial condition

14. He bosses the Pres.

59. Biological container

33. Part of the eye

15. Holiday tune

60. Steelers’ legend Bradshaw

34. Peruse

16. Disinterested

61. Employs a stiletto

35. Charlatan

17. Sighted

62. Metal shell filling

36. Afternoon gatherings

20. Dishonor

Down

37. Piercing tool

21. Molecule pieces

1. Hardly basic

38. Trial evidence

22. Hockey term

2. One of the Finger Lakes

41. ‘’No ___ luck!’’

23. Sought-after statuette

3. Breeding ground

42. Game coins

25. Sawbuck

4. ‘’Go-to-guys’’ on the pitching staff

43. Least confined

28. Bounder

5. Debilitating spray

44. East Indian tree

29. Idle chitchat

6. Slip up

45. Creepy-crawly

31. Spick-and-span

7. Bronx cheer

47. Tiny

32. Main artery

8. French wine region

48. Return letters

33. Greek column

9. Detest

34. Exactly where it should be

10. Topsoil

38. Raise objections

11. Uncorrupted

51. Thick, flat slice

39. Companion of Clark or Martin

12. Possessive pronoun

52. Troubles or woes

40. Mane setting

13. Product pitches

53. Bowler or porkpie

41. Purloins

18. Snookered

54. Umbrage

43. ‘’The ___ Story’’ (1959)

19. Luminary

55. Club of diamonds?

46. Tizzy

23. Not taken by

56. 1994 World Cup host

47. Harbor floaters

24. Coveted Cup some fight for?

48. Oil-rich country

26. Computer menu option

49. Cohere

27. U.S. capital, 1789-90

Today’s Sudoku

Midterm Panic

50. Figure in a Rimsky-Korsakov opera

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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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You read right! Here at Almanac, not only do we specialize in side-splittingly scintillating satire, we love to show off our creative side!

We love showcasing all kinds of creative written works in addition to constantly tickling our never satisfied funny bones. This edition of Almanac features two amazing literary pieces and we hope to feature many more in our future issues! Any and all creative or satirical submissions are more than welcome. You can send your submissions, comments, questions or well-deserved praise for all of our writers to almanac@dailycardinal.com. Happy creating!

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Let’s Make a Painting by Jessica Sullivan This week’s “Small Talk” is another beautiful poem from Melanin Speaking writer Jessica Sullivan, showing the importance of creativity and ingenuity. let’s make a painting. we’ll need all the colors for this one, burgundy, sapphire, teal, gold, brown. pick up your brush don’t you see this space is waiting for us? we’ll unleash a wheelhouse watch our colors collide what we’ll create will be breathtaking. The colors of the earth intertwining, dazzling the room. we were always there in all this beauty. we’ll give each other permission to take up the space, it’s right there, ours for the taking.

Let’s see what we can create.

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Goat Eyes

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This powerful short story is written by Kellen Sharp and is inspired by the tales of indigenous creation and exploration.

There once was a village girl, they called her Goat Eyes She grew up in a home two parts mosquitos, one part malaria.

Food was scarce, winter was coming but winter was never as cold As the people’s shoulders turned when she begged them for food, her family was starving.

Her mother told her that her father was lost at sea, but she knew he lost himself in alcohol.

Goat Eyes yearned for bottles of fresh water, and the handsome farmer boy Would always save her some before watering the plants But something about the air was different, a storm was coming.

He wasn’t at his usual post selling tomatoes, she couldn’t go back empty handed Her sisters could only

suck so much life out of their mother’s chest before she was lost to the journey.

She had to find something, suddenly her ears bucked, she heard her name called.

An elder stood before her, Goat Eyes bowed to her as the elephants bowed to water holes.

Just as thirsty Goat Girl said, “My oh my, Elder what do I need do you have water to spare to me?”

The elder said, “Let me think oh let me think, do I have something to drink.”

“Yes I do, but you won’t like what I will ask in return of you.” Goat Eyes thought of her family.

She was uneasy but she had always been taught to listen to her elders so she conceded.

“My family is hungry, whatever you can give me is better than nothing.”

The elder smirked and said, “I only ask one thing, they call me the centipede, I crawl into Your head and peer in your dreams, I know what

you think of that handsome younger farmer boy, you want to do the unholy, if you sacrifice your lust I’ll give all the water that you can drink Your family will never have to worry about you if you never thirst again.”

Goat Eyes thought, she had grown to love farmer boy for his generosity.

He was so giving in her time of need, but she admitted lately she’d had feelings of thirst water couldn’t quench, only him.

But her family meant much more, she agreed.

Startled by a drum of thunder she turned and dove for the ground, when she got back the elder had vanished.

Suddenly droplets of water started on her face, and then on her garb, then pretty soon the whole village was drenched in fresh water.

It rained all winter, then spring, then summer, then autumn, then winter again for three years.

The third year the farmer boy had returned, exchang-

ing his garden tools for a ship’s sail.

He arrived, muscular and seasoned by the sea, instantly he recognized her and she him.

Forgetting her promise, she lay with him in his home the fourth year of rain In the morning Goat Eyes got out of bed and listened, no rain.

She turned toward the farmer boy, horrified at what she witnessed.

Centipedes scuttled in and out of his ears and in and out of his nose, his eyes were scooped out And blood soaked into the dirt.

She ran out of her home only to her mother’s home only to see she and her children, but they had Met the same fate, the sun was intensely hot.

Goat Eyes buckled to her knees and yelled to the top of her lungs Her screams started to change from shrill to booming, heavy, her hands and legs grew heavier still.

She got on all fours and bucked, hooves sprouted from her hands and She watched the elder walk towards her.

“You went back on your promise the water must go, since you are so lustful, you must Spend the rest of your life as a Goat.”

Goat Eyes trotted to the evaporating watering hole and kneeled down to look at her reflection.

Gigantic goat horns had sprouted from her head, she cried for months at the watering hole, Praying for the water to return; the gods must’ve heard her because one day it did, But with it came elephants, and in her sleep, as the elephant bowed before the watering hole, She was crushed, they say it rained for years after her death, and still even to this day, Goats are sacrificed for the rain.

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‘Come on out and watch:’ Bono looks to rebrand wrestling program in first year

By Cameron Lane-Flehinger SPORTS EDITOR

You might be able to see over Chris Bono, but you can’t miss him.

Wisconsin’s new head wrestling coach stands just 5 feet 3 inches tall but carries enough energy to fill up an entire room. The first-year head coach brought that daily intensity to his last coaching job at South Dakota State — where he took the Jackrabbits from bottom-dwellers to contenders at nationals — and he’s already started on a quest to do the same in Madison.

Bono made his first appearance at the athletic department’s weekly press conference on Monday, and he instantly turned the muted atmosphere into an eight minute advertisement for Wisconsin wrestling, with himself as the coachturned-pitchman.

“It’s been seven months in the making, rebranding this program and getting these guys ready, and we’re excited,” Bono said. “Come on out and watch us. I think once you guys see it, you guys are going to be hooked as wrestling fans.”

“I’ve been around the state ... The support for wrestling in the state of Wisconsin is unbelievable.”

Chris Bono head coach Wisconsin Wrestling

Even before the first match of his Wisconsin career, Bono showed that he can back up those words with action. The coach pushed the program to add 96 mat-side seats in the Fieldhouse and ramped up season ticket promotion efforts.

He added a match with Southern

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Chris Bono, the 2017 Big 12 Coach of the Year, is hoping to bring Wisconsin its first conference title in school history.

Illinois University Edwardsville on the Sunday after the state wrestling tournament to attract parents and wrestlers already in Madison.

Off campus, Bono held a trio of three-day wrestling camps in Madison over the summer and travelled the state to promote the program and get feedback. His efforts have been rewarded already, with the match-side seats selling out in less than 24 hours.

“Selling those mat-sides out, it didn’t surprise me because everywhere I’ve been around the state we’ve been promoting the program… the support for wrestling in the state of Wisconsin is unbelievable,” Bono said. “I didn’t realize

how strong it was until I got here and I got to meet people.”

Bono has done everything asked of him and more in the seven months since his hiring, and the results off the mat have been promising. Now comes the harder part, as Bono looks to transform expectations and elevate the program.

Wisconsin’s wrestling program has been historically strong and competitive — Assistant Athletic Director Barry Tiedt called the program a “sleeping giant” to the Wisconsin State-Journal — but the Badgers have also been overshadowed by their neighbors to the south and west. Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota have w0n 62 Big Ten

titles, while Wisconsin has never captured a conference crown.

The first-year coach wasn’t shy about his goals in Monday’s press conference.

“People want to see our program be national champions,” Bono said.

To compete with the best in the country, Wisconsin will need to first compete with the best in its conference, and that looks to be a tall task in 2018. The Badgers enter the season ranked 19th in the NWCA poll, but just 11th in the conference.

Four of the top five teams in the poll compete in the Big Ten. Bono understands how competitive the conference is and has changed things in the training room

as well, implementing an intense and conditioning-heavy regimen like the one that took South Dakota State from one national qualifier in the three years before his arrival to seven in his final season alone.

“I could tell you it’s been tough at the beginning, but right now our guys in that wrestle room are 100 percent bought in,” Bono said. “After Thursday night when these guys see how great their conditioning is and how well they perform, they will definitely believe in what we’re doing.”

If Wisconsin’s going to exceed expectations this year, it’ll likely be on the back of Evan Wick. The sophomore was an all-american last year, one of just two Badgers ever to receive that honor at the 165-pound weight class in their freshman year. Wick enters the season ranked second in the country, and his work in the offseason has impressed the coaching staff.

“Our leader is Evan Wick. He’s ranked number two in the country, but Evan is more than a leader, Evan is an unbelievable person,” Bono said. “He’s the perfect person, if I can say that.”

“Evan [Wick] is more than a leader ... he’s the perfect person, if I can say that.”

Chris Bono head coach Wisconsin Wrestling

Wisconsin kicks off its season Thursday at 8 p.m. against Buffalo, before traveling to Iowa State for the Cyclone Open on Saturday.

Bono has changed the program’s expectations. Now all that remains is to achieve them.

Men’s Soccer

After surprise midseason run, young and talented Badger squad hopes to make waves in postseason tournaments

By Bremen Keasey SPORTS EDITOR

“We’re getting better every game,” Isaac Schlenker said. “We’re just trying to keep this momentum going and keep improving as a team because we are.”

Wisconsin soccer’s senior captain said that after Wisconsin’s lone draw in its last nine games. During that stretch, the Badgers (6-2-0 Big Ten, 9-5-2 overall) have caught fire, going 7-1-1 and firing up into second place in the Big Ten. The young team struggled in their first few games before tearing off this impressive streak. Head Coach John Trask said that nothing has really changed, aside from an increase in experience and confidence.

In conference play, the Badgers won a school-record six games.

Five of those wins came in overtime, a situation that Wisconsin has become comfortable in.

“Belief and confidence is massive in any sports team,” Trask

said. “Our guys feel like when they go into overtime, they own overtime.”

Wisconsin has had new heroes emerge during those overtime periods, with the last three overtime winners coming from freshmen.

Noah Melick scored back-to-back game-winners against Michigan and Northwestern while his strike partner Andrew Akindele scored the winner against Ohio State.

Melick knew that the freshman attackers had a big legacy to keep up after the departure of Wisconsin’s attacking “law firm” of Chris Mueller, Tom Barlow, Mike Catalano and Mark Segbers, but the pair has done well in their first season leading the line.

“We knew coming into the season we had big shoes to fill but we’re taking advantage of it,” Melick said. “People doubted us, but we’re rising to the top right now and we’re not done.”

While those two have blossomed

into their roles — both are tied for the team lead with four goals — Trask highlighted the help that upperclassmen, particularly senior Isaac Schlenker, have provided in preparing physically and mentally for games.

“Isaac is really the leader of the team and takes great pride in it. The way he’s gone about not just welcoming but encouraging and letting the young guys know how successful they can be... that’s just invaluable,” Trask said.

Schlenker has been invaluable on the field for Wisconsin too, scoring three goals and leading the team on defense and the attack. The captain started the season playing outside back but has been able to push higher up the field as a right midfielder, thanks to the development of sophomore defender Ben Leas.

Leas has been a part of a backline that is still been growing into its roles. Defender Elan Koenig

started all the games last season for Wisconsin and was expected to have a huge role this season, but after suffering an ACL injury that put him out for the season, younger defenders like sophomore Patrick Yim, Zach Klancnik and Leas have joined with junior Robin Olofsson to create a solid back four.

Playing in front of junior goalkeeper Dean Cowdroy — a transfer from Division II Lander University, who won two Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week awards — the group has posted seven clean sheets and have been crucial in Wisconsin’s run.

“They’ve really taken pride in the fact that the best you can do is get a shutout,” Trask said. If we can shutout the other team and give our young attackers a chance, that’s been our recipe.”

Strong defense and timely goalscoring earned Wisconsin the second seed in the Big Ten tournament.

UW hosts seventh-seed Rutgers

(2-6-0, 4-12-1) Sunday in a rematch of high-scoring affair that ended in a 4-2 Badgers win.

In that game, Rutgers junior forward Jordan Hall was the best player on the field, scoring two goals in rainy conditions. The Englishman has scored 13 goals this season — tied for fifth-best in the NCAA. Junior forward Brian Hawkins, a former Big Ten AllFreshman player, is finally back and healthy, and it will be a big test for UW as they look to win backto-back Big Ten Tournaments.

Trask is excited to have another home game this season, and if the team can reach the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season, there might be another home game down the line. But right now, the Badgers aren’t looking ahead at further glory.

“This truly is a ‘Badger’ team in their mentality, and we just want to keep this thing going as long as possible,” Trask said.