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Assocaited Students of Madison leaders Mariam Coker, Carmen Goséy and Katrina Morrison (left to right) were visibly upset while Representative Kenneth Cole addresssed allegations of sexaul assault against him as he resigned from the body.

Amid sexual assault allegations, Cole steps down from ASM seat

By Nina Bertelsen, Peter Coutu and Madeline Heim THE DAILY CARDINAL

Associated Students of Madison Representative Kenneth Cole officially resigned from the body Wednesday with a lengthy speech that referenced sexual assault allegations against him.

No alleged victims have spoken publicly about the allegations or have been interviewed by The Daily Cardinal. According to ASM Representative Katrina Morrison, no alleged victims have reported Cole to the police or the university.

Morrison, who said she knows someone who was sexually assaulted by Cole, explained why she has been adamant about Cole’s removal from ASM at an open forum during the Wednesday meeting.

“I know they’re just allegations, I know there hasn’t been a trial,” Morrison said. “But by saying that we aren’t going to do anything until our messed-

up criminal justice system does something, we are perpetuating rape culture, and I’m not going to stand for that.”

Cole said he denied all of the accusations that have been brought up by members of ASM. Cole’s resignation follows a petition started by ASM Vice Chair Mariam Coker and Morrison two weeks ago calling for his removal from the group, which Morrison said had gathered around 450 signatures.

While the petition did not directly mention the allegations, Morrison and Coker referenced them when sharing the petition on Facebook.

Cole was initially accused at an April 29 meeting of the organization BlindSide, a politically active student group, where they deliberated on who should run for leadership positions in ASM. Morrison brought forward the allegations at the meeting, stating that she had friends who had been

assaulted by Cole and she did not feel comfortable with him in a leadership position.

“In that meeting, I was accused of sexual assault. At that meeting many of you were there,” Cole said. “I stood there and I explained what my character was and who I am as a person. I sat there and tried to explain, and I’m not going to convince anybody.”

He said he also explained at the April meeting that he knew about assault culture, reporting and victimization, as well as gray areas and toxic masculinity.

“Continuing throughout the summer, I tried to do everything that I could,” Cole said. “I met with Title IX, I met with various different people, I sat in a room and met with the chair and vice chair of ASM.” Coker said during the summer months, Chair Carmen Goséy

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Each week, The Daily Cardinal will be taking a look at downballot races throughout the state.

This week, we look at a school referendum in Madison which will determine funding in the city’s public schools.

For Madison residents who bother to flip over their ballot Tuesday beyond the boisterous partisan races, a referendum asking for a $26 million property tax hike to prevent cuts to the city’s public schools will quietly ask for a vote.

At James C. Wright Middle School on Madison’s west side, students hurry back from lunch break.

Teachers mildly roll their eyes as a group of eighth grade boys innocently complain that they’re hungry from skipping the cafeteria gruel to play soccer for the entire lunch period. The student body, 87 percent of which lives below the poverty line, sweatily shuffles down clean hallways and into classrooms that rarely exceed 20 pupils. Educators worry that this scene of relative order would be banished to the suburbs if the referendum fails.

As a former teacher in a southside Chicago public school where classes averaged 36 students,

Wright English teacher Pam Dempsey said she knows the benefits that accompany investment in smaller class sizes.

“Personal attention matters,” Dempsey said. “We’re trying to meet the needs of the whole child. They often come to school with inadequate health care, without mental health services and without parents able to help them in academics. If the referendum fails … it would be harder to meet their needs.”

Uniquely able to preserve small class sizes through a lottery enrollment system, Wright is held up as a model for what additional attention and expertise can do for underprivileged students. But instead of bringing small class sizes to other schools, the district is staring down a reduction of 75 positions for the 2016-’17 school year, bloating already packed classrooms.

According to UW-Madison professor John Witte, whose research focuses on public education policy, urban districts like Madison are especially strained by state budget cuts.

“Madison spends more than suburban districts do because of the problems with minority students and students living in poverty,”

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Madison residents will vote on whether to raise property taxes to better fund public schools, including Madison East High School.

UW mourns after Stout student from Saudi Arabia dies following assault

By Sammy Gibbons THE DAILY CARDINAL

The UW community responded to the death of Hussain Saeed Alnahdi, a UW-Stout international student from Saudi Arabia, Monday by offering condolences and holding a memorial service.

Hussain Saeed Alnahdi was found unconscious and bleeding by Menomonie police and taken to a hospital in Eau Claire.

Menomonie police described the perpetrator as a white male who

was approximately 6-foot tall.

The assault occurred in downtown Menomonie around 2 a.m., according to statement released by UW-Stout Chancellor Bob Meyer.

“I want to make a personal appeal to anyone on campus or in the community who might have information that would help authorities locate the individual involved in the attack to come forward,” Meyer said in the statement.

Alnahdi was a 24-year-old junior majoring in business

administration who enrolled at UW-Stout in 2015, according to Meyer’s statement.

UW System President Ray Cross sent his condolences to the UW-Stout community and Alnahdi’s family Monday.

“It is difficult to find the right words in light of such of a tragedy, except to express our sorrow for all who knew Hussain,” Cross said in a statement.

A makeshift memorial was held at the site of the beating Tuesday.

Alnahdi’s friends, teachers and family placed photographs and flowers near the location to commemorate the deceased student.

UW-Madison community members have responded on social media and brought up the involvement of race in the occurence, including freshman Zahiah Hammad.

“Something has to be done for the voices that are not privileged enough to be heard,” Hammad said. “Islamophobia wants to make us feel fear towards each other so

bridges are built between us and hatred rises. The real challenge will be if we can see through this conspired fear and rise above.”

The assault is under investigation and the identity of the perpetrator is unknown. The Menomonie Police Department is asking that any information about the assault be reported to Menomonie Police Investigator Kelly Pollock at (715) 231-8511 or anonymously to Dunn County Crime Stoppers.

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Protests erupted at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota last week after residents of the reservation stopped the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline and were met by police resistance.

Protesters continued to occupy the area and have received nationwide support, the majority of which occurred on social media.

Facebook users have been “checking in” at Standing Rock, even those that are not physically there.

Sam Arriozola, a third-year UW-Madison student, was one of many students to show solidarity with the protesters at Standing Rock by checking in on Facebook.

“I can’t go to North Dakota; I can’t pick up and leave because I’m a student and it’s not a feasible thing money-wise,” Arriozola said.

“I feel like social media, especially in activism, has been a big part of spreading the word and also being involved to whatever capacity that you can.”

The check ins originally started as a movement to distract police

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Coker added that she and Goséy met with Cole near the beginning of October and asked him to step down from his role on ASM. Cole said he did not refuse to resign, instead stating he wanted to think about it first.

“It set the stage for how we treat each other,” Coker said about how the allegations affected the council. “The way these situations were treated, the way that people were talking about it, the way the people were triggered in these spaces, the way opinions are completely disregarded in these spaces. That’s affected how we treat each other.”

Student Council Representative Janelle Perez expressed disappointment in how ASM handled the situation.

“As a representative for ASM, I believe that this issue at hand should have been addressed a while ago,” Perez said. “I’m not really sure why it dragged out this long. There’s not a lot of communication going on.”

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UW-Madison third-year student Sam Arriozola talks about how students can support the Standing Rock protest on Facebook. officers at the scene. However, the Morton County Sheriff’s Department said on its Facebook page that they were not following Facebook check ins at the protest.

That did not stop from people placing themselves at Standing Rock on the social media website.

Council meeting where leadership for the upcoming year was elected, The Badger Herald, a student newspaper on campus, published an article naming Cole as the alleged assaulter. The article was later updated with his name removed. Cole addressed this article during his Wednesday speech, saying he has talked about possible “repercussions” from the article.

The issue again resurfaced at an Oct. 6 Student Council meeting in the body’s open forum, where UW-Madison student Garrett Pauli expressed his concern with Cole remaining a representative for students. Pauli later said in an interview with The Daily Cardinal that his context for the information he brought forward stemmed from the Badger Herald’s previously published article.

After Cole left the meeting, Goséy addressed the body.

“Men, hold yourselves accountable. Take some ownership. Take some damn ownership for your actions,” she said. “We want to play that all white people are racist? Men, take ownership and stop sexually assaulting women.”

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UW-Madison students have contributed through other means besides social media. Members of Wunk Sheek set up a donation drive to send money and necessities to the protesters in North Dakota, and some student organizations are preparing to travel to join the protest.

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Leah Horowitz, a UW-Madison assistant professor in the Department of Civil Society and Community Studies and an expert on environmental activism, said it is important for people who want to make an impact get physically involved with the cause.

“We get so much of our information online these days,” Horowitz said. “Having people inform themselves on the Internet can be valuable, but it shouldn’t stop there.”

Arriozola said informing oneself about the topic is a big part of being an activist. She suggested attending solidarity demonstrations around Madison and sending monetary and physical donations as ways to actively contribute.

“You can say as much as you want but your actions [online] at the end of the day don’t demonstrate whatever thing you’re trying to support,” Arriozola said. “You aren’t actually getting out there and contributing. It doesn’t matter what you post on Facebook check ins are probably half the thing we can do as students not being there.”

Mural on Williamson Street honors singer Otis Redding

By Hunter Nollenberg THE DAILY CARDINAL

One Madison neighborhood will soon be enriched by a mural of the famous 1960s soul artist, Otis Redding. The singer’s death occurred when a plane carrying him and his band crashed into Lake Monona while trying to land on a December 1967 day. Now, the Marquette neighborhood is recalling his life through art.

The reason for the mural—by Henrique Nardi of São Paulo, Brazil, and the two painters who assisted him, also from Brazil— is to “reconnect the city to this great American soul artist in an uplifting way while honoring his musical legacy,” according a city press release.

Nardi said he encountered unexpected challenges when he initially hoped to paint the mural on the Solidarity Realty building on Williamson Street.

He described the Madison Arts Program Administrator, Karin Wolf, as essential in the approval process of the mural. He also said that she was astounded that it was approved by the City of Madison in a mere month, a speed Wolf called “unprecedented.”

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Witte said. “It tends to cost more to educate those kids.”

While most referendums ask for a one time increase for various capital expenses, Madison’s school board is requesting a permanent hike.

“This is a precedent breaking kind of thing,” Witte said. “It’s very likely that in five years there will be less children in Madison’s schools, yet they will still get the additional $26 million in perpetuity.”

The professor also muddied the notion that smaller classes always benefit students.

“There’s mixed evidence in the

Beginning Monday night at 8 p.m., the trio worked to get ahead of the declining weather conditions projected for the next few days. Devoted to the upcoming 50th anniversary of Redding’s death in 2017, the team worked until 1 a.m. the next morning to accomplish their task.

They continued Nov. 1 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., trying to finish the remainder of the mural despite unstable weather. The rain was not all that frustrating to the three of them because they were able “to see the sights,” Nardi said.

The mural itself denotes a picturesque image containing, as Nardi described, “five colors ... one green, white, two shades of yellow and black.”

“This is a great aid to a community that is willing to have more [murals], and I’m happy it happened,” Nardi responded when asked about the reason behind choosing the Marquette neighborhood for the piece.

The unofficial celebration of the mural to be held Thursday night will be an “opportunity for the artists to congregate with the community,” Nardi said. research that smaller class sizes help,” Witte said. “They help minority and poor kids. But that’s been taken over by the school establishment in saying that small class sizes are good for everybody. They have so much political support among direct stakeholders that if you start throwing out that red flag everybody starts pouncing.”

Despite the interests at play, back at James C. Wright Middle School, the referendum is simply a way to continue educational gains.

“This is to maintain services that we already have,” Dempsey said. “If not, you’ll have classes where kids are underserved.”

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Visual project aims to form community for black women Solange challenges whiteness

By Francisco Velazquez MUSIC COLUMNIST

Solange reminds me to find glory in myself. She reminds me to continue being present in spaces where my body, as a person of color, is not welcomed.

A Seat at the Table gives us power. “Mad” is a loud validation.

“I got a lot to be mad about,” Lil Wayne raps on a heavy bass beat about the real frustration of people of color. “Why you always talkin’ shit, always be complaining,” Solange sings as she gives us light on the endless counterarguments we continue to face today. “Man, this shit is draining,” Solange carries with a worried flow and a haunting fact. The repetition of racism against people of color in America is both the bullet and the trigger; the target changes according to “police training” on the right day. Solange lives in her own interpretation of what it means to be a woman of color and an artist; she finds her balance in accepting and appreciating her blackness.

A Seat at the Table works its way into American History, outside and inside of the classroom.

The album frontlines the importance of black and brown bodies, this time, for different purposes.

“Don’t Touch My Hair” manifests a fashion and political affirmation to respect the black woman. The song addresses the issue of being verbally and physically attacked in predominantly white spaces. Profit over people is the elephant in the room, the topic at the dinner table when holidays come around. It’s the parent-to-child conversation that plays through A Seat At The Table like our own, when the odds aren’t in our favor. Solange gives us reassurance that people of color, in our presence and impact, academically or artistically, ultimately will succeed in the face of racism, discrimination, or exclusion.

A Seat At The Table is what a history book would look like on tape.

It takes me back to the moments of deciding whether to challenge the white kid in my class who can’t decide between his passive privilege or acknowledging the fact that he benefits from it. The album makes me think about the last white man who called me a “spic” because he couldn’t handle what it meant to know something other than his anger. If all that history has taught is how the white man succeeds for himself, Solange teaches how history will work against me, if I do not look for myself in it.

The album challenges the validity of whiteness and its impact on society. The truth is found throughout A Seat At The Table, in separate stages of Solange’s own history.

Solange has created a platform for expression and reflection on what it means to be black in America.

By Peter Coutu THE DAILY CARDINAL

UW Formation, a group that began last year, has attempted to improve the visibility of black women at a predominantly white institution through a video and photography project that focuses on positivity.

“The purpose of it is to highlight and prioritize the existence of black women on our campus and to create a space for them to be showcased,” said UW-Madison junior Gabrielle Tielman-Fenelus, who helped start the group. “A lot of times they are either forgotten or overlooked.”

The group has roughly 30 members in the community, and UW-Madison student and member of UW Formation Alexandra Adams said the group intentionally represents the diversity found within the community of black women on campus.

“It was a personal mission, I suppose, to gather not just certain aspects of blackness,” Adams said. “They wanted to recruit women who were all different sizes, all different skin tones because there is not just one black. We’re not a monolith.”

Tielman-Fenelus and fellow

student Kay-Jah Charles started the group last spring after Beyonce’s song “Formation.”

“It’s wonderful when prominent black artists release music, because, here on campus, we all talk about it,” Adams said. “That kind of creates and builds community in that way too.”

Now, Tielman-Fenelus is trying to plan how to best grow UW Formation, and she said she is deciding if they want to become a registered student organization Tielman-Fenelus said she has also been working with UW-Madison’s admissions office to possibly show the upcoming video to black women in local high schools to encourage them to pursue higher education and to let them know there are people in college like them, which was a struggle for her when she arrived to Madison.

She said it seemed like a lot of her classmates did not interact with a person of color before arriving to college, and that microaggressions are real and common.

“It just felt like nowhere I went I belonged,” Tielman-Fenelus said.

“I’ve never had a problem being the only black person in a class, but here it was like all eyes on me.”’

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UW-Madison student Alexandra Adams is a member of UW Formation, a visual campaign started to provide support to black women on campus.

The planned video hopes to showcase around 30 student participants. Tielman-Fenelus said she’s hoping to shoot the video either at the end of this semester or the beginning of next. The group was approved for a grant of roughly $4,600, which will help pay for equipment, costumes, sets and food for the women, according to Tielman-Fenelus.

The video is going to include particular scenes to showcase black women on campus, and Tielman-Fenelus said she hopes to have one of the scenes at Camp Randall with the girls dressed in cheerleader outfits.

“It’s to say that we also have school spirit because a lot of people think that we don’t,” TielmanFenelus said. “We want to show

that we have school spirit, that we are cheering for the rest of our community and we hope that they cheer back.”

Adams said she had a difficult semester when she first arrived at UW-Madison. She found herself isolated frequently as a freshman on campus. Adams, who said she is a sexual assault survivor, continues to advocate for herself and tell her story in hopes of helping other people through their difficult experiences.

This mirrors UW Formation’s mission, which Adams said is to be present and visible so other students can find community in them.

“The main goal of UW Formation is to reach out to future black women Badgers and say, ‘It’s OK, you can find love and support here.’”

Corporate tastemaking: The end of Vine and rise of Musical.ly

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Vine’s death and the growth of Musical.ly are weighted heavily in the interests of corporations at the expense of art.

By Jake Witz THE DAILY CARDINAL

This last week, Twitter shocked its users with the announcement that they would be shutting down Vine, a loop-based video platform that was a source for some of modern Internet’s most iconic memes to date. Given the broad appeal and use of Vine by teenagers and Black Twitter, it was clear why Twitter shut the service down: The content generated by these communities was not profitable or fitting to Twitter’s investors.

To better understand why Vine was shut down, it may be helpful to compare it with an app whose appearance is similar to Vine, but whose underlying mechanics are fundamentally different. Musical.ly, an app with which users can record 15-second clips of themselves singing along with various songs and audio clips, was recently valued at $500 million and currently hosts over 130 million users, almost all of whom are teenagers. Its praise from tech giants and the music industry is unprecedented, as the two industries rarely, if ever, agree on platforms which are both good for artists and corporate profits.

But any agreement amongst historically opposing entities is almost always a red flag, and it’s clear that the willful destruction of Vine and the rise of musical.ly are not separate phenomena: They represent a corporate interest in a new strain of viral content, one which can regulated and administered from the top down.

Musical.ly promotes this new virality with a challenge-based promotional system: Every day or so, the app announces a hashtag associated with a specific song. Users then create videos of themselves lipsyncing and dancing to the song so that their performance can be featured on the “front page” of musical. ly, which its founder has likened to “performing at Madison Square garden.” Unlike the hashtag challenges from Vine or Twitter, these challenges are the result of corporate promotion—pop artists like Ken Jones, Selena Gomez and more have made deals with musical.ly in which their new singles would be introduced as challenges of the app, which results in a surge in views and interaction with the song itself.

The “stars” of musical.ly, which are users who frequent the front

page with their well-executed 15-second clips, have built their success on these trending songs. Whether they actually hold passion for the songs they mime is up for debate; what’s not is these users’ role in corporate tastemaking. They have essentially become human-shaped funnels in the hierarchy of musical.ly’s promotion; the curated front-page enables moderators to promote users whose content is the most marketable and acceptable to the artist who paid for users to mimic their song. In musical. ly’s world, you do not become viral, you are deemed to be viral; what used to describe the movement of content now describes content itself, and its standards are explicitly capitalistic.

As per usual, such systems are laced with racist and classist motives. When this article was written, 19 of the top 20 musicians on the app’s “leaderboard” were white, with many recording themselves in large, suburban living rooms or photogenic backyards. Songs which become challenges are frequently whitewashed to stay teen-friendly; in the #iminlovewiththechocolate challenge, O.T. Genasis’ “Coco” lyric is replaced with an utterance of “Chocolate” from Spongebob). In comparison, Vine was fueled by its black userbase, whose Vines in public spaces like classrooms and restaurants were prone to an organic chaos which gifted the world with art and, in the case of “On Fleek,” and entirely new word.

Musical.ly does not cater to such audiences. Its virality is not meant to disrupt or be noticeable in the slightest. In harsher terms, it gaslights: A success story for an artist promoted on the app might follow a narrative like those of Meghan Trainor and Twenty One Pilots, who seamlessly

apparated into public conscious. I remember wondering where these artists came from, and who was listening to their music. But more vividly, I remember asking myself if I had missed out, if I had failed in some way to stay up-to-date with the forces shaping popular culture. This coercion of the uninitiated drives musical.ly users to create and share content in a way that Vine never did.

From the perspective of an advertiser, musical.ly is simply a groundbreaking development of what may be called a “perfect advertisement,” where users are not only receptive of its message but complicit and willing to spread it themselves. The more perfectly you perform on musical. ly, the more accurate your lip-sync is, and the more you encourage your followers to buy the challenge song in your description, the faster you will go viral.

The imperfect nature of Vine was both its rise and downfall, best symbolized by “He Hit The Sign,” the loop that shows a teenager doing gymnastic tumbles before cascading into the protruding neon sign of a Krispy Kreme restaurant. The story itself is sensational, but what made this Vine historical was what was not shown: The sign falls no more than a foot before the video loops back to the confident face of a man completely unaware of the destruction that he just incurred. No info is given about why he’s tumbling in Krispy Kreme, or what happened after the sign hit the ground, or what exactly it means to be “Back at it again at Krispy Kreme.” “Silicon Valley,” with it’s streamlining philosophy, deemed this a liability. And so they found a new home in suburban America, one that’s perfect, safe and ruined.

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The bronze sculpture “Non-Violence” (above) was donated to the United Nations by the government of Luxembourg in 1988.

Privilege provides basis for nonviolent ideology THOMAS VALTIN-ERWIN guest columnist

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or as long as humanity has been around, violence has been glorified. Millennia ago, personal conflicts were settled exclusively through confrontation. Today, the same concept is often true on a much larger scale. And I can’t stand it.

I am fundamentally opposed to the concept of war, and don’t believe there has ever been a human whose life I would have willingly taken. I won’t raise a fist toward someone for any reason, and I am quick to condemn all acts of violence. A few weeks ago, I was brought to tears arguing with someone who told me that bombing civilian schools and hospitals in Aleppo was an effective way to win a war. Violence pains me.

The thought first crept into my head while having a conversation with a black friend about the firebombing of a North Carolina GOP headquarters (which I am disgusted by, though I’m equally upset with the hypocrisy of the overwhelming support from white liberals): Does my whiteness make it easier for me to be so unflinchingly anti-violence?

It’s a thought that had never occurred to me before, and immediately scared me. Certainly it’s much easier to be doggedly nonviolent when it is never my body that is directly threatened. Has there ever been a time when I, a well-off straight cisgender white man, have been pushed close to the point of violence to protect my own life? Of course not.

It’s not hard to sit on the couch and watch the news of widespread riots in Ferguson, Mo., and say, “I support their fight for freedom, but there is likely a nonviolent way to protest,” when I’ve never once felt physically threatened by a police officer. My body is not in danger, so it’s hard to imagine that I would feel so compelled by the threat to someone else’s body to act violently.

But the same can’t be said for everyone. Black bodies are in legitimate danger during interactions with police. LGBT bodies across the world are under siege every day as well.

Houthis in Yemen are ignored by the government and permanently placed in perilous conditions.

When the Houthis, proudly waving their flag adorned with the words “Death to America, death to Israel, curse the Jews,” rose up against the government that has destroyed their way of life, it was an easy decision for me to condemn their rebellion on the principle of nonviolence. But as someone who

has never once felt oppressed by my own government, perhaps it wasn’t that simple. I can’t empathize with the Houthis, because I will never know what they are going through. I can’t empathize with black Americans, global LGBT citizens, Jews during the Holocaust or Palestinian Arabs.

It’s easy for those as privileged as myself to lecture the oppressed on the immorality of violence, but would the same be true if the roles were reversed? If I someday find myself oppressed in the same way billions around the world are, would I be flung from my dream world and forced to turn to violence to survive?

It’s also important to recognize that violent protests are invariably preceded by myriad attempts at nonviolent protest. Black Americans have been oppressed since the foundation of the country; are we really dull enough to trick ourselves into believing that there was radio silence leading up to any given violent outbreak? That the individual who shot and killed five police officers in Dallas earlier this year did so as a first response, and not because countless attempts at nonviolent reconciliation have been met by yet more bodies?

Yes, I think that my nonviolent disposition is a good ideal. However, as a privileged person, it’s significantly easier to operate in an ideal world than reality. And that reality, unfortunately, is that violence is, at times, probably a necessary evil.

It has been historically true that, at times, the ultimate ends justify the gruesome means.

I may never come to terms with the troubling reality that violence will always exist. That the human race is too volatile to ever come together as one and be at peace is a scary proposition. So I will likely continue to oppose violence at all costs, as I always have. But the realization that I may be unfairly basking in the privilege afforded me at birth has shocked me to my core. I think that nonviolence is good, and that we should all strive to avoid violence if possible. But I now recognize that, as a humongously privileged person, I must learn to accept violence as an unavoidable consequence of oppression, something that I’ve simply been too blind to notice until now.

Thomas is a junior majoring in African cultural studies and currently serves as the co-sports editor at The Daily Cardinal. Do you think that violence has a place in our modern society? Let us know at opinion@dailycardinal.com.

oting is the most essential way to participate in our government. As students at UW-Madison, we hold the unique opportunity to shape this election with our votes. As millennials, we recently matched the baby boomers as the largest age demographic in the U.S. electorate. We have the numbers on our side to make our voices heard in this election, but this can only happen if students show up to the polls Nov. 8.

Even though we are experiencing a generally polarizing election campaign, it has been gratifying to see students who are genuinely excited to cast their ballots. As the student vote coordinator for the Associated Students of Madison, I have seen this excitement firsthand, and that has inspired me to work even harder to make sure that every student has the opportunity to vote.

I really noticed a groundswell of enthusiasm toward voting following the first presidential debate. During the next couple of days, we registered hundreds of eager students at event after event.

I loved seeing students seek out our table and hearing them ask questions about what they needed to bring to the polls, something that demonstrated just how much they valued their individual vote.

I remember one student who approached me after registering to vote at an event at Memorial

Library. She asked me question after question about what she needed to bring to the polls, what she could do to prepare and how she could vote early. I was initially taken aback by her bevy of questions, but my hesitation quickly turned into excitement. This student was obviously passionate about voting, and I’m grateful I had the opportunity to interact with so many like her.

Please, exercise your right to vote on Election Day, and make sure that your voice is heard.

Students know that voting is not a simple thing to do, that there are some hurdles they need to jump through in order to exercise their right. While the lack of clarity and changes in voter ID laws have been frustrating, students have been prepared to make sure their votes will count. You should do the same.

ASM has held consistent voter registration drives throughout campus to make sure as many students as possible are able to avoid potentially long registration lines on Election Day. We also expanded access to early voting on campus.

Now, let me help you make your final preparations to vote. If you want to receive more informa-

tion regarding what ID is necessary to vote, you should visit vote. wisc.edu. On this website you will also receive information on where your polling location is if you live in a university residence hall.

If you live elsewhere, you can visit myvote.wi.gov and type in your address to find where you should vote on Election Day. If you are not sure if you are registered at your current address, you should type in your name and date of birth to see your registration status before going to the polls. If you are not registered at your current address, you can begin this process on the website while also previewing your ballot.

I would highly encourage checking out both websites before going to the polls to preview pertinent information on voting.

Despite all of the confusion regarding voter ID and negativity toward the presidential election, I cannot overstate the importance of voting. In such a competitive electoral environment, each student’s voice has the power to impact the outcome of the results for each race.

Please, exercise your right to vote on Election Day, and make sure that your voice is heard.

Billy is a sophomore majoring in political science and economics. He is the chair of the ASM Student Vote Coalition. Are you planning on voting in the presidential election? Let us know at opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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UW-Madison administration rides out apocalyptic Halloween weekend in fortified Mosse Humanities Building

By Chris Carlock THE DAILY CARDINAL

UW-Madison staff and authorities took shelter in the Mosse Humanities Building over Halloween weekend as hordes of drunken students swarmed the capitol, an official UW-Madison press release stated.

After the federal government declined the university’s request for National Guard assistance, UW-Madison administration fled Bascom Hall for safety within the thick concrete walls of the Humanities Building.

“They were stacking sandbags near the doors,” said UW-Madison student Rickey Hobbs. “I think I saw the chancellor laying bear traps around the stairs.” Witnesses reported seeing engineering professors setting up giant loaded crossbows facing Park Street.

The Mosse Humanities Building, despite being one of the oldest buildings on campus, has not been renovated since its construction in 1966. Some students theorize this is because the Humanities Building is one of the few citadels left on campus that can withstand a sustained assault from droves of intoxicated students.

“Not a lot of people know that Mosse was constructed specifically for weekends like these,” said Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Sarah Mangelsdorf, who could be seen Friday carrying ammunition and foodstuffs down Bascom Hill.

“The concrete is three-feet deep and the building’s labyrinthian hallways ensure that even if the students get in, they won’t be able to get anywhere. Not to mention the dozens of armed university staff

waiting for them.”

The UW-Madison staff’s need for a fortress over Halloween weekend is a recent phenomenon—“I remember when Halloween was a peaceful holiday,” remarked one UW-Madison professor, who had taken up residence with fellow staff in one of Mosse’s lecture halls over the weekend. “I never thought I would be presented with a scenario at my workplace where I would have to hammer a bunch of nails into a baseball bat just to feel secure.”

In recent years, the university’s deployment of attack helicopters and armored vehicles has done little to curtail the chaos of Halloween weekend. “After we lost the entire nutritional science teaching staff when the students burned down Ag Hall the first

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The courtyard of the Humanities Building remains intact ... for now. time, we haven’t taken any chances,” said Vice Provost of Student Life Lori Berquam.

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administration had begun slowlyemerging from the Humanities Building in order to begin the massive reconstruction.

Walker plans to amp up racism, sexism to fill hole left

by Trump in preparation for presidential run in 2020

By Jacob Borowsky THE DAILY CARDINAL

Sources within Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign have confirmed early reports that Walker’s campaign strategy will undergo a major theme overhaul in anticipation of another presidential campaign in 2020.

“Make America ... even more better-er” Campaign staff Wisconsin governor

Though the election is quite a ways away, Walker and his team are already rebranding his image to more closely appeal to the base of out-of-

touch, chauvinist and uneducated Americans he desperately needs to win the Republican primary.

Specific details from Walker’s camp include reports that he has already settled on a new campaign slogan of “Make America Great Again, More.” The assumption here, one source said, is that the same Americans who supported Republican nominee Donald Trump will be even more supportive of Walker, because Walker wants to make America “even more better-er than Trump does.”

Other themes Walker plans on emphasizing are his new-andimproved racism, which will include repeating false and misleading statistics on crime committed by illegal immigrants and generalizing entire

religions as terrorists.

Walker will also heavily focus on his new initiative of building a massive border wall that is similar, but not quite the same, as Trump’s. Walker could be heard saying “We’re gonna build a wall, and we’re gonna make Canada pay for it” in one sound-bite

leaked to The Daily Cardinal.

Of course, Walker will attempt to step up his sexism as well. Walker has been criticized for his attempts to stifle Planned Parenthood in the past, but during the 2020 election cycle, Walker will reportedly make a big push to repeal the 19th

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It remains to be seen if Walker’s bold positions will help him win the presidency in 2020, but if Trump’s antics are any indication, Walker could find success in good old fashioned hate speech.

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Badgers itching to start postseason play

By Isaiah De los Santos THE DAILY CARDINAL

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ewly minted with a No. 20 ranking to conclude the regular season, the Badgers have earned the No. 3-overall seed in the upcoming Big Ten Tournament.

The high seeding is a culmination of Wisconsin’s uptick in performance, in sharp contrast to last year’s No. 7 seed.

As a reward for their play, the friendly confines of McClimon will play host for the Badgers as they duke it out with the No. 6-seeded Ohio State Buckeyes Sunday at noon.

One Badger on the pitch Sunday who is sure to have chances to attack is junior forward Christopher Mueller.

The forward saw his numbers increase significantly this season, improving from five goals and three assists to six goals and ten assists, with those assists feeding into the “team-first” mantra that the players have preached all season.

“The team is the first priority,” said Mueller. “Whether I have to score goals or get assists for us to win, if that’s what it takes, that’s what it takes.”

The junior was a part of the No. 7 seed Badgers last year that fell to the No. 2 seed Hoosiers 1-0 in Bloomington; however, this team is armed with a high seed and coveted home turf looking to rectify last year’s poor showing.

“We have the homefield advantage,” said Mueller. “Something that we haven’t had since I’ve been here.”

On the defensive side, sophomore Sam Brotherton has continued to thrive in the backline, with the captain anchoring an

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Sam Brotherton played a major role in the Badgers’ turnaround from last season and is ready for the Big Ten Tournament. improved Badger defense all year.

“It’s been a good season, I think I’ve progressed,” said Brotherton. “But I don’t think it’s over yet.”

Not only did Brotherton record his first goal this season—beating Rutgers for a gamedeciding strike on Oct. 1—but he was promptly called up to the New Zealand National Team a day later for its North American tour. Brotherton and company have seen what they’re up against just last week, as the Badgers and Buckeyes played a tightly contested 2-1 match that swung in favor of the Badgers.

“We’ve gone toe-to-toe with every single Big Ten team this year,” said Brotherton. “We feel like we can beat anyone on our day.”

The man whom Brotherton and his backline work to defend is redshirt junior goalkeeper Philipp Schilling. The German keeper has stepped into the starting role for the Badgers in his

first season with team, touting an impressive five clean sheets on the season.

“We were ranked like 150th at the halftime of the season,” said Schilling. “I think we improved on and off the pitch quite a lot this season.”

That improvement was demonstrated by the Badgers’ 10 total wins this season, more than the eight that they amassed over the past two seasons combined.

“It feels great to get that recognition from the country,” Schilling said.

The junior keeper is on the cusp of dipping his toes into his first Big Ten tournament, but is prepared for the high-stakes atmosphere of post-season play.

“I’m actually looking forward to it; we don’t have any kind of playoffs in Germany,” said Schilling.

“We don’t have this situation where it’s just a must-win.”

Coach Trask’s team will be out to make a statement for

the program after dismal performances that have plagued Wisconsin for the past two seasons. The Badgers’ hopes for its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2013, and third since 1995, hinge on excellent showings not only in the quarterfinals Sunday, but into the semifinals and potentially the final.

If the Badgers can get past Ohio State, the team will be pitted in the semifinals against either their old foes from a year ago, the No. 2 seed Hoosiers or No. 7 seed Northwestern, which Wisconsin bested 2-1 earlier this year. Winning the conference tournament would result in an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament—with the Badgers avoiding a guessing game of whether or not they will be selected.

The Big Ten Tournament field is teeming with intrigue and talent as the No. 1 Maryland Terrapins have led the charge for the Big Ten in the rankings all year as soccer’s top dog. The aforementioned Hoosiers have been a mainstay in the top 25 all year, as well as the Michigan State Spartans who have ducked in and out of the top 25 all season.

How do the trio of Badgers feel about the upcoming challenges that lie ahead on the path to Big Ten champs?

“Confident,” said Mueller.

“Excited,” said Brotherton.

“Victory,” said Schilling. “We want to win this game, then the whole tournament.”

These are not the Badgers of old; they are ready to etch their name into the minds of opposing players, coaches and fans—as well as the Wisconsin history books.

Kunin, Badgers stress defensive intensity from top line

By Bobby Ehrlich THE DAILY CARDINAL

After shaking up his top line because of defensive lapses, head coach Tony Granato put Grant Besse, Luke Kunin and Cameron Hughes back together for last weekend’s road trip.

The move paid dividends, as Kunin recorded a five-point weekend with three goals and two assists, while Besse matched his production with one goal and four assists. Hughes added two assists of his own.

“We got our jump back,” said Kunin, a sophomore. “We got possession down low with the puck and got pucks to the net and finished on our chances, so we’re feeling good as a line right now.”

Much like the 3-4-5 batters in a baseball lineup, the top line of Wisconsin is the heart of the team, with Kunin as the big-hitting cleanup man. Drafted 15th overall in last year’s NHL Draft, the offense starts with the captain’s ability to put the puck in the back of the net and set up his teammates to do the same. It’s a small sample size, but Wisconsin is 3-0 in games where Kunin scores and 1-2 in games he doesn’t.

Nonetheless, the top line, and the rest of the squad, must continue to improve defensively.

Kunin is currently a minus-4,

Besse is a minus-4 and Hughes is a minus-6 in goal differential on the season. While that line has been prolific on the offensive side of the ice, their weak defense has cost the Badgers.

“As a team we can always tighten that up, our line especially, we want to be a plus line and be able to shut down other team’s best players,” Kunin said.

The defense will need to play better if the Badgers want to do better than a split with Northern Michigan (2-5-1) this time around. Since beating Wisconsin in the first game of the season, the Wildcats have won just one game.

But like most of the Badgers’ opponents, Northern Michigan had little trouble scoring on Wisconsin, totaling eight goals over the weekend. It all starts with forwards Robbie Payne and Darien Craighead, who combined for five goals in that opening series.

Wisconsin will need to slow down these scorers to earn a sweep this weekend. Defense continues to be the Badgers’ weak spot, as they are allowing just under four goals per game.

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Grant Besse and the Wisconsin top line have been integral to the Badgers’ success this year, but must improve defensively. he isn’t concerned about that side of the ice.

“As long as we’re getting more goals than the other team I’m happy,” Kunin said with a smile.

Wisconsin will look to its top line again to carry it this weekend, but if they fail to stop Payne and Craighead, the Badgers could slip back to .500 again.

After earning its first road sweep since 2014, the Granato

era is off to a promising start.

However, Wisconsin has been playing in front of a half-full Kohl Center thus far. Kunin is hoping that the Badgers faithfully take notice of their strong start.

“I think [if] we just keep playing the way we’re playing, it’s gonna fill in pretty soon here,” he said.

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Badgers take on Beavers in return home to LaBahn

By Ben Leadholm THE DAILY CARDINAL

After spending nearly a month playing exclusively on the road, topranked Wisconsin (7-0-1 WCHA, 9-0-1 overall) is set to return to LaBahn Arena for a weekend series against Bemidji State (2-5-1, 4-5-1).

“It will be nice to be back at home,” head coach Mark Johnson said at a press conference Monday.

“I know the players are excited to play at LaBahn again.”

The Badgers took care of business last weekend, sweeping Minnesota State 3-0 and 3-1. UW used two second-period goals, one each from senior forward Sarah Nurse and freshman forward Sophia Shaver to put away the Mavericks in the first game. Senior goalie Ann-Renée Desbiens stopped all 14 of the shots that came her way to earn her fourth shutout of the season and the 43rd of her career, just one shy of tying the NCAA record.

Minnesota State jumped out to a 1-0 lead in game two. UW tied the game behind senior Mellissa Channell’s first goal of the season before junior forward Baylee Wellhausen lit the lamp twice to help Wisconsin secure the 3-1 victory. “[I am] certainly pleased with our effort this past weekend in our two afternoon games up at Mankato,” Johnson said. “Eight of 10 games on the road, with the travel and the school, I’m real proud of the way the kids responded and played this past weekend.”

Bemidji State was swept this past weekend by North Dakota in a home-and-home series. The Beavers lost their top three scorers from last season’s 22-11-3 team, but return former All-American goalie Brittni Mowat (22-11-3, 1.68 goals-against average and a .938 save percentage last season). Despite back-to-back 20-win seasons, Bemidji State was picked to finish fifth in the WCHA by the coaches.

BSU has been exceptionally good killing the power play, having allowed only one goal in 27 opportunities. Offensively, sophomore forward Emily Bergland leads the team with nine points (four goals and five assists).

“They’re hard working; they’re very well-coached, they beat Minnesota already this year, and so you know what you’re going to get,” Johnson said. “So it’s your preparation and preparing for this week to get ready to go Saturday afternoon.”

The puck drops Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.

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Shaw shining in shadow of Clement

By Jessi Schoville THE DAILY CARDINAL

The No. 8 Wisconsin Badgers (3-2 Big Ten, 6-2 overall) are through the most treacherous section of their regular season, and the team fared far better than many would have expected coming into the fall.

But with November here and a trip to Northwestern next on the schedule, the Badgers aren’t quite out of the autumn woods.

“You have to respect Northwestern as a team because they put up a tough fight against Ohio State,” said Badgers’ senior running back Corey Clement. “I think we really have to come out firing on all cylinders and just prepare for a battle.”

Northwestern pushed the No. 6 Ohio State Buckeyes (4-1 Big Ten, 7-1 overall) to the fourth quarter, losing 24-20, just one week after the Badgers lost to the Buckeyes in overtime.

In the past, the Badgers have maintained consistency, regardless of schedule, behind reliable backs. However, for the second year in a row, the Badgers seem to find themselves without the go-to guy that they have had in the past.

But that doesn’t mean this team is without their perennial talent at the position.

While UW doesn’t have a 1,000-yard rusher or even a back that averages over 100 yards, four backs average at least 4.3 yards per rush. It’s not as exciting as the Melvin Gordon Show or Ron Dayne bruising style, but in some ways it could be just as effective coming down the final stretch.

With the Wildcats’ athletic linebackers and stout front, the Badgers’ ability to keep fresh feet in the backfield will be invaluable.

Redshirt freshman running back Bradrick Shaw has become one of the most pleasantly surprising relievers of the season, and it hasn’t escaped the eye of fellow redshirt freshman, quarterback Alex Hornibrook.

“Bradrick’s a beast. It has been good for him this season to get on the field and get some big-time runs like he has,” Hornibrook said. “He’s a guy that came in [as] one of the strongest on the team, and he’s only going to get stronger, faster and smarter.”

That’s great news for Wisconsin fans, but frightening for the rest of the Big Ten. The freshman has noticeably improved from his limited reps a year ago as a redshirt participant.

Outside of his physical improvement, Shaw has made some real progress in the film

room. Watching film this spring with senior Dare Ogunbowale and Clement allowed Shaw to pick up the productive study habits of his elders.

“He’s very attentive, especially [during] meetings, so now he’s asking a lot more questions and being more vocal,” Clement said.

“He was very quiet when he first came in. Now Bradrick is really coming out of his shell.”

Shaw may be starting to fulfill his potential, but Clement himself seems to have slipped. The senior back had a rocky junior season and is possibly still feeling some effects from a sports hernia procedure from last year. But no matter what the reason, Clement remains unfulfilled with his final two seasons at Wisconsin.

“I’m not satisfied at all,” Clement said.

But with the College Football Playoff picture more clear and a path to the Big Ten Championship in sight, Clement is keeping the big picture in mind these last few weeks.

“November is that stretch where good teams separate from the not-so-good teams,” Clement said. “We look forward to going into a Big Ten Championship when it’s all said and done and proceeding on from there.”

With clear goals in mind, four backs to play with, some recent

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With Corey Clement struggling, Bradrick Shaw has shown flashes of future potential in his action for the Badgers this season. success in previous weeks and another week of gelling on the offensive front, the running game is poised to explode and carry the Badgers to finish.

“I think that we are really close, like we’ve been saying all year long,” sophomore fullback Alec Ingold said. “We are really close.”

But as any coach would tell you, “close” means nothing, and last year versus Northwestern,

“close” resulted in a loss. The Badgers lost last season in the final seconds of a heartbreaking game to the Wildcats, and it’s not something the team has forgotten.

“That sucked last year. Jazz [Peavy] did catch it; I can say that now,” Clement said. “I can joke about it, but at that time it was very brutal. To walk off our field 76948 not victorious really hurt, so now we’re looking for vengeance.”

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