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Leckrone ends 50 years on a high note By Dana Brandt STAFF WRITER
Few band directors get the chance to teach the children of former students. Even fewer directors have conducted their students’ grandchildren, maintaining leadership long enough to influence decades of performers. UW-Madison’s Director of Bands Mike Leckrone, a career of 50 years under his belt, has done both. Leckrone, whose career has lasted longer than any other director in the Big Ten, conducted his last halftime show and Fifth Quarter — a tradition he started himself — at Camp Randall last Saturday. Apart from a future appearance at Wisconsin’s bowl game, the Minnesota face-off closed the book on Leckrone’s halfcentury as marching band conductor. He’s part of Badger tradition today, but when Leckrone first arrived on campus in 1969, he was a newcomer trying to fill the shoes of a UW-Madison icon. Leckrone followed in the footsteps of renowned Director of Bands Ray Dvorak, who led the Wisconsin band for 34 years and created such
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Director of Bands Mike Leckrone leaves his half-century career conducting the UW-Madison marching band. traditions as singing “Varsity” and the hand-wave that accompanies it. “[Dvorak] was someone who was very revered by the students,” Leckrone said. “It was
very intimidating because I felt like I was following somebody who had legendary status.” Not only that, campus was in the midst of social transformation
and unrest when Leckrone took the baton. Wearing a uniform and marching was not popular during a time when many students were protesting the Vietnam War, according
to Leckrone. The football team was also deep in a losing streak exceeding 20 games, which Leckrone said lowered interest in the marching band. He fought this lack of excitement by creating an atmosphere where band members could have fun in addition to working hard. He built enthusiasm not only by expanding the band’s role, but by embracing change. Perhaps one of the most impactful changes Leckrone oversaw was the addition of women into the ranks of the marching band in 1974. MaryAnne Thurber and Paula Schultz marched in Wisconsin’s first co-ed band, and Thurber cited Leckrone himself as part of what drew her to audition. “When Leckrone came, [the band] just exploded with excitement,” Thurber said. “Who wouldn’t want to be part of it?” The Wisconsin Marching Band can also thank Leckrone for traditions including the “stop at the top” style of marching — a high-
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What makes Wisconsin so terrible for black residents? By Andy Goldstein STATE NEWS EDITOR
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UW System faculty show support in lieu of budget deficit and faculty cutbacks plaguing UW-Stevens Point.
UWSP supporters prepare for fight By Robyn Cawley COLLEGE NEWS EDITOR
On Nov. 12, UW-Stevens Point Chancellor Bernie Patterson released a proposal that would eliminate six humanities majors. Two weeks later, faculty have propelled a movement calling for his resignation. But for many educators, this is only the beginning. “Hold on tight, there will be a fight,” said Noel Radomski, director and associate researcher at the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education. Earlier this month, members of the UW-Stevens Point community crafted a letter justifying their “lack
of confidence” in the current university administration led by Patterson and Provost Greg Summers. Instead of imparting “forward-thinking” methods to tackle financial uncertainty, the letter discusses how the new Point Forward proposal, which documents the university’s decision to shift their focus towards the workforce, “singles out” lowcost programs to cut, including history and geography. Jim Oberly, a UW-Eau Claire history professor, obliterated the belief that UW-Stevens Point reduction in faculty and programs were a result of decreased funds and labor force variability. “The budget shortfall at
UW-Stevens Point is not the result of a natural disaster such as a hurricane or wildfire,” Oberly said. “It is caused by a long-running policy of austerity with state support for the UW.” More specifically, the letter documented the evolution of the university’s administrative “mismanagement.” Curricular reforms, demographic projections and long-term reductions in state funding together pointed toward improving graduation rates, declining numbers of high school graduates and an ongoing imperative to cut spending. Upon obtaining his posi-
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Wisconsin is home to a variety of stereotypes: an affinity for dairy, land as flat as can be and of course, overwhelming whiteness. A long agricultural heritage and a lack of geographic excitement explain the first two, but what explains the third? According to a new report, Wisconsin is home to some of the worst places in the country for black people to call home. “Disparities in socioeconomic measures exist to some degree nationwide,” the report states. However, in certain cities, gaps in outcomes along racial lines are chasmic.” Milwaukee and Racine rank respectively as the second and third worst cities in the country for black Americans. With a population of 260,776, Milwaukee’s black residents make up less than half of their white counterparts, and with almost quadrupled unemployment levels. Like many of the other cities that made the list, Wisconsin’s largest city has an aggressive history of segregational housing laws, contributing to a significant level of residential, employment and educational segregation today. “Where you have residential segregation and where you have
large percentages of poor black populations, the schools that service those neighborhoods tend to be substandard relative to white neighborhoods,” Camille Busette, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said of the report. “People tend to hire people like themselves, so when you get residential segregation, you tend to also get employment segregation,” Busette said. The numbers are similar for Racine’s 21,450 black residents, who earn just 42.3 percent of the average white income. “In many respects this is old news,” Afro-American Studies professor Brenda Plummer said. “I guess one of the questions to be asked is why people in Wisconsin don’t see a benefit to the state as a whole in alleviating poverty, unemployment, segregation and poor schools.” The reports damning findings go beyond Wisconsin, with 11 of its bottom 15 cities in the Midwest: six in Illinois, and one each in Minnesota, Michigan and Iowa. With regional inequalities running this deep, the question becomes why the Midwest? “Well why is harder to answer than that it is bad,” UW Madison sociology professor Pamela
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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”
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Navigating job hunting season By Colleen Muraca THE DAILY CARDINAL
Log on. Open email. Click Chrome. Search “LinkedIn.” Update profile. See 14 connections get 14 amazing jobs. Congratulate them all. Update profile again. Check email. No reply from recruiter, just spam from Liquid… again. Go back to LinkedIn. Read article on how the world of business is going. New tab. Search “Handshake.” Look for jobs. Apply to anything. Get stressed out. Repeat. This is the exact step-by-step routine I have at least three times a day, and I am positive I am not alone. Whether it is exactly like I said or something similar, the hunt for an internship or a job feels like another five-credit class that takes time and devotion that I just don’t have. Everyone who has ever dipped their toe in the business world has given you advice on how to market yourself, apply to jobs, how to talk in interviews and, most of all, how to fix your resume. Then why no job offers? Well, I guess I am just as bad as the rest, but here is a breakdown of all the advice I have been given.
Use your resources
I think a common misconception among college students is that we have to have it all together, all the time. This just isn’t the case. Although it feels like future employers, professors and even parents might expect the most of us, really it is just to support us. They’ve been a college student before, and the careers they have now didn’t come to them the minute they threw their graduation cap. The best part about going to a
school like UW is the thousands of staff members who are happy to help their students succeed. Utilizing their knowledge and connections, the UW career fair,career counselors and UW job sites are the best way to use this resource. UW has many career resources individualized for each school at the college.
Networking is key
Networking is more than just your 500+ connections on LinkedIn, Handshake and your parents’ friends, it is about putting yourself out there. Instead of relying solely on your social persona, the best way to make a lasting impression is in person. First, you need to be able to approach someone with a firm handshake, a confident demeanor and simply introduce yourself. A first impression goes a long way and could make or break the rest of your conversation. Putting yourself out there is the best way to get your name known in the industry. Also, go to university resources like career fairs to meet companies that are often comprised of alumni near and far. Something I have done is research a company that interests me and ask for informational interviews with someone within the company. It isn’t an interview that is asking for a job, but showing interest and dedication to your desired industry will leave a lasting impact come application season.
Little did I know that she would rip apart my current resume that I thought was killer. She stripped it to the bones and shook me to my core. It was the best thing I could ever ask for. By going to her for help and reconfiguring my resume to best exemplify and showcase my talents and limited experience,
Showcase your best self
A few weeks ago, I met with a professor to help me with my resume because of her experience and knowledge. I figured it was a good way for me to foster a relationship.
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Off the beaten path jobs for people not ready to start sitting at a desk By Ashley Luehmann LIFE AND STYLE EDITOR
Entering the real world of 9-to-5 work days and commuting through traffic day-in and dayout is a scary thought. I know I’m not ready for it yet. For those of us who aren’t willing to accept this way of
life outside of college, here are some jobs that keep you out of the office and utilize skills you already have.
Bike courier
Have you ever found yourself biking your way through pedestrians and traffic to make it to a class you should have left for
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10 minutes earlier but still make it semi-decently on time? Than this job is for you. Bike couriers in big cities are the fastest way to get a package from one spot to the next. This job is perfect if you love biking or just enjoy being outside all day.
Fake social media profiler
Companies will pay you to use various fake social media pages to like their images, promote their products and talk about them online. If you are pretty tech-savvy or can’t separate your phone from your hand you can make some extra cash with these new profiles.
Makeup namer
Herman Baumann, President Barry Adams • Sammy Gibbons Sam Nesovanovic • Mike Barth Phil Hands • Don Miner Nancy Sandy • Jennifer Sereno Scott Girard • Alex Kusters Kia Pourmodheji
From nail polish to lipstick to eye shadow shades, someone has to be the one to name them all. It takes a certain person to think of “Rollin with the chromies” as a name for a shimmery nail polish. If you are good at word play or just find that colors remind you of random items, this could be a good job for you.
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we came up with something that gives me more credit than I was giving myself. It is easy to think that the absence of a great internship opportunity or job on an application makes us look inferior, but the experiences we have in the classroom and on campus show our skills as well.
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Being a bike courier is a great way to make some cash.
Remember the movie “Crazy, Stupid, Love?” The one where Ryan Gosling teaches Steve Carell how to talk to women at bars and be suave? Well, that’s a real-life job. Really. And it’ll earn you a comfy salary. Next time your friend hits you up to be a wing-man/woman, you
may want to consider making some cash helping strangers.
Professional line stander
Whenever a new product is about to be released, people will stand in line for hours to get their hands on it and sometimes even camp out a day or two before. The people who are willing to do this are now making it a service industry, offering up their spots in line for money. This is useful for anything from Black Friday shopping to movie premires. It takes little to no skill and some preplanning, but it’s an easy gig to score some cash.
Professional cuddler
Catergorized as a form of therapy, professional cuddling is taking off. Multiple websites are now devoted to connecting cuddlers with customers. This stress relieving business is perfect for those of us who struggle to get out of bed every day. Finally, a job that will pay you to be lazy and watch Netflix all day! If you’re not afraid of getting close to a stranger, this could be the perfect job for you. Text your parents not to worry about you for summer because you already found a job doing something you’ll love. All the jobs from this list you qualify for, so put that fancy resume away and start your career with one of these.
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race from page 1 Oliver said. “The absolute levels of Black poverty are often higher in the rural South, where White people are also poor, but the disparities in income and poverty and criminal justice are higher in the North, and especially in the upper Midwest, where the White population is traditionally liberal and well off.” A significant factor stunting upward social mobility that sociologists often point to is devastating state policy and policing practices; Wisconsin incarcerates black people at a rate of 12 to one compared to white people, more than double the national average of five to one. “The fact of being a small and disproportionately poor population then feeds back into itself, as it makes it easier to develop criminal justice or other policies that disproportionately harm Black people or disproportionately benefit White people and
Leckrone from page 1 step with a pause when the knee is at its highest point. He extended the band’s role so they played at sporting events beyond just football and men’s basketball, and took regular trips to perform at other Big Ten stadiums. Leckrone’s tenure also impacted fans of Badger football when the Fifth Quarter tradition emerged in the late 1970s. While most marching bands played music as the stadium emptied, Leckrone’s band encouraged students to stay after the game to celebrate as band members entertained them with antics such as headstands and kicking their legs in the air while playing on their backs. Now between 30,000 and 40,000 fans stay up to 50 minutes after the conclusion of a Wisconsin football game just to be a part of the celebration that is the Fifth Quarter. As he reinvigorated the band program, Leckrone demanded only the best from his musicians. “I always emphasize you have to have fun, but you have to be good at what you’re doing,” Leckrone said. “It has to be that combination.” Incoming students looking to audition for the marching band have continued to hear about this reputation for as long as Leckrone has directed. “I heard that he was going to be the most intense band director that I would ever have,” trumpet player Josie O’Donnell, a UW-Madison junior said. Leckrone’s high standards did not prevent his retirement from being an emotional occasion, however. He waited to release the news publicly until he’d told the band, despite making the decision a few weeks prior to the Aug. 25 announcement. Reflecting on that day, Leckrone said he still can’t read the band’s reaction. “I can’t tell you whether it was a sense of a career coming to an end and there was a certain amount of sadness to that, or I can’t tell you whether it was joy: ‘Well, finally, we’re gonna get rid of him!’” Leckrone said. Members of the band, on the other hand, remembered the reaction being much more straightforward. “Oh, I cried,” O’Donnell said. “Most of us cried.” Thurber, who hasn’t played in Leckrone’s band since she made history as a female band member in the ‘70s, echoed O’Donnell’s sentiments.
will be politically popular with the White majority,” Oliver said, pointing to the racially skewed impacts of the war on drugs and other “tough on crime” policies. With a criminal record, access to employment, education, housing and public assistance becomes greatly limited. Moreover, the resources devoted to incarceration are those that are explicitly not devoted to social programs that could enhance upward mobility. “It’s been established, for example, that the cost of educating kids is lower than the cost of incarcerating them,” Plummer said. “And the effects — and social costs — of incarceration don’t necessarily go away after someone is released.” Many of the cities in this year’s report are holdovers from last year’s as well, indicating a continued lack of progress in addressing the region’s pervasive racial inequalities that dates back not just one year, but is deeply historical.
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The UW System hopes to require sexual misconduct reference checks part of its hiring process.
UW System begins to finalize new hiring process to prevent ‘passing the harrasser’ By Sydney Widell ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
“Well if there isn’t a collective anguished sob across America, I don’t know what’s wrong,” Thurber said. Some weren’t surprised by Leckrone’s decision to retire this year, between the 50-year milestone, a previous double-bypass surgery and the passing of his wife last year, but Leckrone said there was no concrete plan until this past summer when the timing “started to click.” He explained he never wanted to feel as though he couldn’t go on directing another day, so he chose to retire before reaching that point. At the end of a career chock-full of successes, Leckrone cited his finest accomplishment as seeing his students achieve greatness themselves in becoming leaders and living up to their full potential. “The great thing about my announcing the retirement is I got so many letters from people that said, ‘You changed my life,’” Leckrone said with amazement. “And when somebody says that, that’s a huge impact.” Looking forward, Leckrone said he hopes the traditions of the band continue on, even if his name is no longer associated with them. No new director has been announced yet, but returning band members will maintain their positivity and enthusiasm, according to O’Donnell. The appreciation band members feel for Leckrone is mutual. He realized he wasn’t the only one laboring to make this final year special: The band was putting in the extra effort as well. “They’ve never expressed it to me verbally, but I do sense that they understand that it’s an important finale for me, this whole year,” Leckrone said. “I get the sense that they’re working really hard to do the best they can to make it a good year for us all.” Leckrone was right about the band recognizing the importance of his last year, and the emotion as the season ends is an overwhelming sense of gratitude from band members and fans alike, many of whom were brought to tears at Saturday’s game. “Those of us in the band feel so lucky to have been in Mike’s band, especially for his final years,” O’Donnell said. “He’s a legend. He’s a person like no other, and we can’t thank him enough for what he’s done to the Wisconsin band as a whole.”
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As December nears, the UW System is putting the final touches on a new process that would make it more difficult for known harassers to get hired. The plan will require faculty to disclose employees’ sexual misconduct histories to future employers during reference checks, share information across campuses and make sexual misconduct investigations part of their own hiring process, in an effort to end the phenomenon that some have called “passing the harasser.” The Board of Regents called for changes to be made in the System’s hiring process in an effort to prevent uninformed hiring decisions — and in response to ones that had already been made. Earlier this summer, news broke at UW-Eau Claire that a student was
UWSP from page 1 tion eight years ago along with Patterson, Summers foresaw these challenges on the road ahead. The declining number of high school graduates and the necessity to cut university spending was rooted in curricular reforms, demographic projections and continuous reductions in state funding. Despite expecting these shifts, little modifications were made to change the tide. “Instead of preparing for a leaner future, they pursued a misguided policy of expansion at odds with demographic and economic reality,” they wrote in the letter. Although the community members acknowledged there was no comprehensive solution, they could not deny the influence Patterson had on the failure for the university to maintain open faculty positions and degrees for students to pursue. “Had this been done the past several years, there would be no ‘budget crisis’ at UW-Stevens Point,” Oberly said. The support is not only isolated to the Stevens Point community, as more than 100 faculty, administrators and concerned Wisconsin citizens have signed a document in rejection of the cutbacks. Many — including Oberly and Nicholas Fleisher, an associate professor of linguistics at UW-Milwaukee — signed the document in hopes that the proposal
sexually harassed by an administrator who, it was later discovered, had resigned from the same job at UW-Stevens Point after being accused of similar misconduct. Around the same time, reports surfaced that a former UW-Oshkosh professor who engaged a student in an abusive relationship had found a tenured professorship in Colorado. His record, the Oshkosh Northwestern reported, hadn’t followed him there. “Ensuring the safety of our students and our employees at every institution is one of the most vital responsibilities of the Board of Regents,” said Regent Vice President Drew Petersen in an August statement. “As we develop and implement these policies, we must be clear that employee misconduct at one UW System institution will not be hidden if they seek to work somewhere else within UW System.
We are proactively taking steps to prevent such occurrences.” According to a schedule outlined by the policy planning committee in October, implementation plans will be finalized by Dec. 3, and the System hopes to begin enforcing the policy come January 2019. Chancellor Rebecca Blank explained that questions regarding sexual misconduct history are generally not asked during interviews, but uncomfortable as they may seem, they are nevertheless critical to making good hiring decisions. “It’s a difficult area and I think the right answer is you just want to ask everyone,” Blank said. “I now have to ask whenever I do a reference check under system policy. I think more and more, institutions are likely to adopt those sorts of policies to stay on the front end.”
will be rejected by the Board of Regents as well spark a change in the university’s leadership. “I hope that by signing the letter, we can get people talking about real solutions to the problems at UW-Stevens Point,” Fleisher said. “The UW-Stevens Point administration is trying to put a happy face on their proposal, but I think there is very little reason to believe that they have promising ideas for how to turn things around.” For Oberly, solidarity is both an expression of standing in support of faculty and students that have become victims of the cuts, but also making a statement across the system of “no confidence.” “That leadership has mismanaged the university and should not be allowed to do further damage,” Oberly said. “It is folly to continue cutting at Point, Oshkosh, Superior and elsewhere.” The budget deficit at the university follows repeated cuts to state support amid the tuition freeze and dwindling enrollment rates. For Oberly, the answer to alleviate this is for the legislature under Governor-elect Tony Evers to fund the full cost of tuition that has been frozen for the past six years. Despite this solution, more questions still hang in the air. “Will there be a vote of no confidence? How will the Walkerappointed regents respond? How will UW System President Cross respond?” Radomski said.
Radomski’s concerns signify the beginning of tenure support degradation. But, he is not the only one who views this as a system-wide attack. “It’s an indication that these cuts may be coming to other campuses soon,” UW-Stevens Point Professor Nerissa Nelson said. “It’s a very scary time for UW-Stevens Point and the UW System.” Even campuses that seem to be thriving, like UW-Madison, should recognize the impact of UW-Stevens Point’s cuts at their own universities. “Faculty at UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee need to recognize that their own fate is intimately connected to the fate of UW-Stevens Point,” Fleisher said. Nelson also noted her concerns of decisions that local legislators make in education, as these cuts may also “reflect the erosion and weakening” of nationwide tenure policy. As UW-Stevens Point is confronted with declines, they must configure how to factor in the voices of those who are losing an opportunity to work and study at the university. “My hunch is that they will accuse faculty as agents against change. That the faculty provide roadblocks to change needed to solve UW-Stevens Point’s enrollment declines and budget deficits,” Radomski said. “Are they living in never-ever land?”
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L O C A L BA R G U I D E 2 0 1 8 Whiskey’s: Once you’re nice and tuned up from Nitty power hour, Whiskey Jacks Saloon is the place to be to get down and dirty. It’s perfect if you’re in the mood to dance the night away or burn some calories from having one too many drinks. The dance floor also always seems to be drenched in liquor, making it just the right amount of sticky and slippery to do pirouettes or other impressive dance moves. The DJ knows all the right songs to play and the flashing lights will make you feel like you’re in some sort of dream state. Oh, and a word of advice (I may or may not be speaking from personal experience): don’t try to go onto the stage — you’ll thank yourself later. -Kayla Huynh
Weary Traveler: Entering Weary Traveler Freehouse teleports visitors to a Harry Potter-esque speakeasy as soon as they step through the stained glass door. Books line the walls while stacked below toddler-sized chess pieces waiting to come to life once thrown into action. Twisted vintage chandeliers turn dim and candles dotting each table wash the bar in velvety warm lighting for intimate conversations. It is what you’d expect from a Willy Street joint, especially one wedged on a corner lined with the frosted windows where an old bike hangs above a DIY “open” sign. Orange rinds curled around rims of whiskey sour glasses and rusty French horns hung on hooks add to the inside’s eclectic old-fashioned vibe. Beyond the bar’s variety of cocktails and locally brewed beer, small tables and high-backed booths for big groups welcome people to dine on the pub’s menu, which offers diverse dishes from brunch until bar close. Bites include several vegetarian and vegan-friendly options, like their spicy mulligatawny and quinoa-sprinkled salad. Most importantly, their Every playlists always feature undercurrent indie rock artists Thursday or oldie classics, making Weary Traveler a hip, cozy Best Bar starting at 6 p.m., oasis to drink and dine when you want to actually Bites: Sconnie Bar on Regent hear your friends at a bar. No matter how tired Sconnie Street offers $1 grilled cheese you are on your journey, settle down you Bar sandwiches, and after spending traveler, at this hidden gem bar. $5, you’re full of cheesy goodness, - Sammy Gibbons and that doesn’t even account for all the beer you’ve gotten in the meantime. The sandwiches have a solid amount of cheese, and the bread is toasted nearly perfect every As time. Alongside a good tap list and George Strait tasty appetizers, you might enter once put it, “I ain’t here Sconnie only spending a dollar, for a long time, I’m here for a but you’ll leave spending good time,” and at Mondays, that more, and you’ll be oh is exclusively how they serve you. I’ll so satisfied. - CJ never forget getting my first Mondays Zabat drink and watching the bartender have Plaza: the audacity to pour some Coca-Cola into Every week when my cup of rum. Strong drinks may be a Thursday rolls around, handy way to strategize your night, so if you’re texts ping on phones and looking to get to a certain level of drunkenness whispers rise in streets asking “Plaza?” quickly, Mondays is the perfect place for you to The word has spread that Plaza Tavern’s start. If you are looking for literally anything $2.50 long island special is a coveted weekly other than that, then go somewhere else. holiday — even when temperatures drop to However, for all you popcorn fans out there, single digits, the line of people trying to get into on certain nights, Mondays offers free the dive bar stretches to the stop sign at the corner, boats of it, and shoving handfuls of and inside is a sweaty mob of denim-donning people popcorn into my mouth in between peeking over their clear-frame glasses. TVs play sports drinks has made all of my and movies between massive landscape paintings, a Mondays experiences a little modge podge mix of drinker-picked tunes blast over more pleasant. - CJ the chorus of conversations. People strike pool balls, Zabat almost jabbing someone’s butt each time. Inevitably there is a drunk person yelling at the ATM after they Strongest Drinks: learn of the bar’s cash-only rule. The highlight of Plaza, Monday’s besides the dangerously strong and pleasantly cheap Thursday long islands, is the hype squad of people in the women’s bathroom praising each other’s makeup and clothes. The joint is still sweetly dive-y on its quieter days (any day besides Thursday) where you can grab their famous Plaza burger with their unique sauce and fries. - Sammy Gibbons
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‘The Sunset Tapes’ is uncreative, lacks depth By Molly Carmichael MUSIC COLUMNIST
This Saturday, entrepreneur, actor, designer and musician Jaden Smith released his second studio album The Sunset Tapes: A Cool Tape Story. A year ago, Smith released SYRE, which was received fairly well and gave Jaden a spot among young-yet-established rappers like Tyler, The Creator and A$AP Rocky. Aside from these two albums, he was also featured on songs by artists such as Logic and Young Thug. While I wasn’t blown away by SYRE, the album showed creative potential as well as clean production and solid lyricism. I had some decently high expectations for this project and anticipated growth. Unfortunately, The Sunset Tapes is boring, to put it simply. Extremely monotonous and quite tasking to listen to, most of the tracks blended together in a hazy smog of L.A. cliches and generic R&B instrumentals. The album opens up with the track “SOHO” — a brooding, lo-fi song that kicks off this record quite well. Most of the album is quiet as Smith soberly reflects on girls from his past. According to Smith’s social media, he dedicated The Sunset Tapes to “every single woman in the world” (thanks, Jaden). Despite his efforts to sound meaningful, many of his recollections of failed love are incredibly overdramatic. On this track he croons “said I’d give you the world and you turned it to a snow globe,” which might be a good line if Smith wasn’t being serious. Smith took both a singing and rapping approach to his
past two albums. This style is seen most commonly in Drake’s music, but isn’t exclusive to the artist. Though the track “Yeah Yeah” is a dead ringer for 70 percent of Drake songs with its dancehall beat and sensual lyrics, the songs “Plastic” and “Better Things” were also fairly forgettable for their simple trap beats and mediocre rapping. While lackluster, these songs at least broke up the tedious pace of the album, thus being standout tracks.
We’ve seen the videos and memes about Smith’s tweets and their pensiveness, which are just cringy. Unfortunately, this album is not an exception, and the corny lyrics are rampant. The Sunset Tapes tries ridiculously hard to leave the listener in a transcendental emotional state, but in actuality most of his metaphors and verses are completely hollow. “Play This On A Mountain At Sunset” is the epitome of the record’s dullness with Smith’s empty echoes of “mountains” and “fountains.” Throughout the album, Jaden attempts to paint
these recurring images of landscapes and somehow connect them to an emotion or experience, yet it all sounds as vapid as the girls who broke his heart. The last three tracks “Ten Ten,” “FALLEN Part 2” and “Rollin Around” were practically indistinguishable from one another. At this point, Jaden’s low mumbling, rap-singing and minimal, underwhelming instrumentals were completely exhausted. The album was far too similar and all the tracks morphed into one block of repetition. Also, I have to mention Smith’s line, “Real eyes, realize all your little lies” in “Rollin Around,” as if he were writing Tumblr poetry. Smith made the choice to not include any features on his album. Considering how gimmicky or unnecessary features can be, I was at first impressed with Smith’s choice to opt out of them. He certainly has the connections to get a big name on the record, but made it his own. Yet, by the last half of the 36-minute album, I was wishing for any feature to draw my attention back. There is little doubt in my mind that Jaden Smith will be around for a while despite The Sunset Tapes being a dud. He has exhibited artistic drive and creativity in other aspects of his life, such as fashion and film. Perhaps he just needs to find his unique sound or vision, or maybe stop trying so hard. Final Grade: D-
What are your thoughts on Smith’s new record? Email our music columnist, Molly, at mjcarmichael@wisc.edu.
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Smith has exhibited artistic drive in other works, but has yet to find his own sound in his music.
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Perry’s book makes you laugh and cry, sometimes both at once.
Wisconsin-based author writes of heroism, bravery By Madeline Peterson LITERATURE COLUMNIST
Northern Wisconsin has a low tolerance for fragility, both of structure and spirit. In a region characterized by dense forests and cruel winters, it should come as no surprise that the locals are as tough and eccentric as the environment in which they grew. New Auburn, Wisconsin is no exception. In his 2001 bestselling memoir, “Population: 485-Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time,” Michael Perry catalogs the quirks of this tiny, northern village while reminiscing on his time spent serving on its volunteer fire department. Perry was raised on a farm in New Auburn, and his roots are evident from the beginning. He describes his hometown much in the same way that one would refer to a wacky family member — with the utmost love and affection, but also with a complete awareness of its faults. As the title suggests, serving as a volunteer firefighter gives Perry a multitude of opportunities to meet his fellow New Auburners, whether he is administering CPR to someone afflicted by a heart attack, sweeping up glass from a car accident or, yes, fighting fires. Perry’s experiences run the gamut of human emotion. His anecdotes are often unapologetically multifaceted, dealing with equal doses of humor and heartbreak — not only in the same chapter but even in the same paragraph. Overall, his greatest talent as a writer could easily be his keen sense of balance. When characters or tales verge on corniness, he deftly manipulates them into something original. Each chapter works as a kind of mini-essay, possessing a distinct theme or moral lesson. Throughout the book, though, is a unifying undercurrent: the power of service and the importance of contributing to one’s community. Again,
it speaks to Perry’s knack for craftsmanship that he manages to preach this message without straying into condescension. In “Population: 485,” service is not glorified. The author speaks of his experiences with humility, coupling grotesque realities with humor and generosity. His tendency for self-deprecation eliminates any resulting arrogance that could arise from frequently saving the homes and lives of his neighbors. Perry currently resides near my hometown of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He has a long and diverse list of publications over the course of his writing career and has spent time on the New York Times bestsellers list. As a book-obsessed youngster, I was aware of his status as a local literary legend and had often seen his works on bookstore shelves. That being said, I am ashamed to admit that “Population: 485” was my first experience reading one of his novels. Upon finishing this book, my only regret was that I didn’t read it sooner. Structurally, the chapters at times seem to lack connection, and its sudden descent into personal tragedy in the final 20 pages brings it to an abrupt, albeit hopeful end. However, this memoir didn’t need seamless plot transitions to be impactful. It possesses a power much greater — the ability to make you laugh, cry and often perform a combination of the two simultaneously. If you want to read a glorified hero’s somber account of bravery in trying times, don’t read this book. But, if you’re looking to encounter an homage to serving one’s community, with healthy doses of quirky neighbors, wrenching losses and heaven-bound geese, then Michael Perry’s “Population: 485” should be more than sufficient. Final Grade: A
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Vibrators Vibrators are probably some of the most common toys out there and they come in any shape and size imaginable. Vibrators fall into two sensation categories: buzzy or throbby. These feelings are difficult to describe in words, so feel free to stop by the office to see some of our example toys! Some classic vibrators include: • The rabbit vibrator, which has a body that is inserted and a second motor that sits outside on the clitoris • The bullet vibrator, which is an external vibrator that is around the size of a lipstick tube
There are even strapless strap-ons made to be worn inside a vagina and then used to penetrate a partner. Again, we strongly suggest either stopping by the office or buying in-person to get a feel for what options are out there! An easy way to measure or visualize how big a toy will be is by thinking about it in terms of how many fingers wide it is.
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Sex Out Loud offers tons of opportunities for UW students to get involved and help spread the word about having safe sex.
Sensation toys are a huge umbrella, encompassing everything from ice cubes to floggers. They’re used to bring new feelings and pleasurable — or painful — experiences into the bedroom. Some that you can see examples of in the office are: • Nipple clamps, which are worn on nipples and act as a blood-restriction toy as well as a sensation toy. While they’re worn, they can be tugged on or manipulated. When they’re removed, the blood rushes back into the area and leaves the nipples extra sensitive. As with any blood restriction, we don’t want to leave these on for more than 20 minutes! • Floggers are like whips but with many, many tassels. For a lot of these, their bark is worse than their bite. We want to use these in a sort of figure-8 motion for the best results. • Feathers are also fun to use either on their own or with a blindfold on to tickle or tease our partners! • Blindfolds are a sensation toy that takes away a sense! When consensually combined with other activities, they can add an element of surprise to our play. For more information or to answer any questions you may have, please stop by our office in the Student Activity Center from 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. on weekdays, or email us at ask.sexoutloud@gmail.com! If you have a group of 10 or more people, we can also come do a program for you. We talk a lot about toys in our kink and advanced pleasure programs. Visit our website at sexoutloud.com to request one!
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IMAGE BY COREY TORPIE By being open about her working-class upbringing, Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) brings much needed economic diversity to Washington, D.C.
Why Ocasio-Cortez’s fiscal status matters IZZY BOUDNIK opinion editor
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very so often, I hear someone joke that if you compliment a woman on her dress, there’s a 95 percent chance she will respond, “Thanks, it has pockets!” My response to that compliment is typically something like, “Thanks — it was only ten dollars!” I remember a time last year when I answered a friend’s compliment in a similar way, and she laughed and said, “Every time I compliment you on your clothes, you always tell me you got them on sale!” It was one of those comments that seemed inconsequential at the time. I wasn’t hurt, but I began to stop myself before responding that way in the future. I was struck by her simple observation and the meaning it carried, even though I don’t think her intent was to harm. Other people, she meant without saying, don’t feel the need to declare how cheaply they bought their clothes. Maybe that isn’t something they think about, or maybe they feel the need to declare the opposite. In contrast, I’m always proud of a good deal. Before she made that comment, I didn’t think there was anything strange about sharing that with other people. The idea of status symbols and the way we express social standing through our belongings and appearance is not unfamiliar. It can also seem like a juvenile concept — that only kids and young adults care about the brand name of their winter jacket or what it means to have an iPhone instead of an Android. It seems that way until it isn’t. Because if what we wear implies wealth (or lack of it), it also implies power. And that is where things get problematic.
Enter Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The politician hailing from the Bronx has been making waves since the day she announced she was running for Congress, and much to the delight of her fans — I mean, constituents — she has only gotten bolder since she arrived in Washington. Washington, D.C. is a place of highly concentrated power and wealth, but this has not stopped OcasioCortez from being vocal about her upbringing. Her father passed away while she was in college, and her mother worked as a housekeeper and bus driver in order to keep the family afloat. After she graduated from college, she worked as a waitress to keep the banks from seizing her family’s home. When she arrived for congressional orientation, she didn’t waste any time before making headlines. She tweeted and live streamed on Instagram the behind-the-scenes details of her first days on the Hill, sharing experiences with her followers that usually go untold. She has made a point to ignore the status quo and make her own political norms. Certainly, no other politician has talked policy while making a meal on Instagram Live, which Ocasio-Cortez has been doing recently. Combine a willingness to accept her identities with social media savvy, and the Democratic Party has itself a new darling. Honestly, it’s hard to resist: Ocasio-Cortez combines the razor-sharp wit of a millennial with political smarts (enough to topple Joe Crowley, the fourth-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives) so well that it’s hard to tell whether you
want to be her best friend or if you want her to be president.
Her critics would not have been satisfied had she shown up to the nation’s capital with a Goodwill tag still hanging from her coat.
The fearlessness of this Congresswoman-elect has not gone unnoticed or uncriticized. The tension reached a boiling point when conservative blogger Eddie Scarry tweeted a picture of OcasioCortez from behind, and captioned it, “Hill staffer sent me this pic of Ocasio-Cortez they took just now. I’ll tell you something: that jacket and coat don’t look like a girl who struggles.” His original tweet has since been deleted. This leads me to ask two questions, one more significant than the other. First: What does the coat of a girl who ‘struggles’ look like? Ocasio-Cortez’s critics are saying that she has talked the talk, now they expect her to walk the walk. In other words, she must display visible signs of her economic background or her claims are not valid. We must all be able to view, and verify for ourselves, that she struggles as much as she says she does. In a response to the tweet, Ocasio-Cortez said it best herself: “If I walked into Congress wearing a sack, they would laugh & take a picture of my backside. If I walk in with my best salerack clothes, they laugh &
take a picture of my backside.” Her critics would not have been satisfied had she shown up to the nation’s capital with a Goodwill tag still hanging from her coat. And that leads me to the more important question: why does what a congresswoman wears matter, especially one who claims to be working class? In this situation, I empathize deeply with OcasioCortez. A person who has never felt the need to disguise their social class can never understand the burden that doing so places on a person, nor the amount of work it takes. Code-switching places an incredible amount of stress on a person, and being called out for it is a terrible feeling. It means you tried so hard to fit in… and failed. Ocasio-Cortez wore a fancy coat to Congress. Can we blame her for wanting to fit in? The structure of power in Congress, nor in politics in general, has not been designed for a person like her — or for me. I fiercely admire her for bringing what I like to call “clearance rack representation” to Congress, and being unashamed of it. She is willing to admit that she does not have the same economic background as many other politicians, and Washington, D.C. is better off because of that honesty. By being herself, OcasioCortez holds up a mirror and makes Congress consider its own elitism. As a low-income student studying political science, I have already seen the way wealth gives others a leg up when it comes to political opportunities. For instance, wealthier students with political aspirations are more easily able
to take unpaid internships at the Capitol instead of working a minimum-wage service job, giving them a leg up in both experience and connections. I know that the road will be more difficult for me than for others, but politicians like her give me hope that Congress is slowly becoming more representative of
A person who has never felt the need to disguise their social class can never understand the burden that doing so places on a person.
all people. Ocasio-Cortez should be known for her progressively bold ideas and policies, like the “Green New Deal,” and before this misguided tweet, she was. She wants to be in the room where it happens. But she also has the selfawareness to realize that in Washington, there is no access to power if you don’t conform at least a little bit. For those of us on the outside, we can only hope that once she gets this power, she’ll use it to dismantle the systems that have kept people like us out of politics for so long. Her term is only just beginning, but I think she’s going to give D.C. more than what it bargained for. Izzy is a sophomore studying political science. Do you think diversity of economic backgrounds is important to politics? Please send all questions and comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
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After lofty expectations, Badgers’ season falls flat By Jared Schwartz FOOTBALL BEAT WRITER
On Aug. 20, the Badgers were ranked fourth in the nation. Fans’ confidence grew in hopes UW was a title contender. Following a 13-1 season with a 34-24 Orange Bowl victory over Miami, the Badgers looked primed to make the jump and be regarded as one of the nation’s best. Fourteen weeks later, UW is coming off a 37-15 beatdown by Minnesota at Camp Randall, surrendering Paul Bunyan’s Axe for the first time in 15 years. After 14 weeks, UW’s preseason ranking was perhaps the high point during a season to forget. The Badgers finished the regular season at 7-5 overall and 5-4 in the conference, good for fourth in the unimpressive Big Ten West. Although key departures clouded the defensive side of the football, putting points on the scoreboard was not something people thought would be an issue. Wisconsin averaged 33.8 points per game in 2017, and Alex Hornibrook showed improvement throughout the season, convincing media and fans alike that he was capable of being a top quarterback after a dominant Orange Bowl showing in which he completed 23 of 34 passes for 258 yards and four touchdowns. But a wide receiver group touted as one of Wisconsin’s best fell apart after Quintez Cephus was suspended indefinitely after being charged with sexual assault. An offensive group dominated by experienced
starters suddenly became inconsistent. UW averaged 29.3 points per game, but that number is inflated with 40-point showings against New Mexico, Nebraska, Illinois and a triple-overtime win over Purdue, the only team on that list with a winning record. Hornibrook regressed; the redshirt junior struggled against BYU, went over three quarters without completing a pass against Michigan and threw three interceptions against Minnesota. Hornibrook finished with 13 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and his lack of arm strength made easy throws turn into jump balls. In UW’s other two losses to Northwestern and Penn State, sophomore Jack Coan was forced to play after Hornibrook was injured. Coan played about how anyone would expect for his first realgame action but showed significant growth in his next few starts. The only thing consistent about Wisconsin’s offense came on the back of sophomore Jonathan Taylor, who finished the regular season with 1,989 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns. Behind an offensive line that had four first team All-Big Ten blockers, the Badgers leaned on Taylor every game. Taylor had almost 300 more rushing yards than the second-best rusher this season. Somehow, Taylor improved on his gaudy freshman campaign. Wisconsin staff knew they would have an extremely inexperienced defense after losing seven
starters, but injuries pushed that problem to the extreme. A preseason injury forced defensive lineman Garrett Rand to miss the entire season. Cornerback Dontye Carriere-Williams left the program after losing his starting role in the summer. Two of the Badgers’ best seniors, safety D’Cota Dixon and nose tackle Olive Sagapolu, missed three and four games, respectfully. Scott Nelson, Faion Hicks, Caesar Williams, Deron Harrell and Isaiahh Loudermilk were all also forced to miss significant time due to injury. Across the defensive line and in the secondary, defensive coordinator Jim Leonhard was forced to mix and match with an assortment of freshmen and sophomores who hadn’t played last season. Despite the issues, Leonhard’s crew performed respectfully, surrendering 24.3 points per game. Wisconsin’s defense consistently kept them in games while its offense sputtered, relying heavily on senior linebackers T.J. Edwards and Ryan Connelly as the pair finished up their decorated careers. But UW struggled at pressuring the quarterback, only registering 18 sacks on the season. That lack of pressure left its young secondary exposed and it became worn down. The Badgers entered the season with high hopes, but that all came crashing down. Instead of a Big Ten Championship, UW lost the Axe and were barely bowl eligible. What a difference a year makes.
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Sophomore middle blocker Dana Rettke has 296 kills, ranking No. 2 in the Big Ten, and was just named to the All-Big Ten first team.
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