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Students, community share Indian culture

By Mason Muerhoff THE DAILY CARDINAL

While in an Uber driving across Madison, Ashish Shenoy, a graduate student at UW-Madison from Bangalore, was surprised when his driver asked if he’d heard of Diwali night, an event Shenoy organizes.

Shenoy is the president of the Indian Graduate Student Association, which facilitates many events that students and community members—both of Indian heritage and not—cherish.

“I was really happy to hear that people are looking forward

to the event,” Shenoy said. “That it’s not just the students, the Madison population in general.”

According to Shenoy, IGSA celebrations are landmarks in many graduate students’ careers.

“These events are actually essential for the graduate student experience over here, not just the Indian graduate students but every graduate student’s,” he said.

Diwali is one of four main events the IGSA hosts each year, second to the celebration welcoming new members.

Shenoy said in India it is the celebration of light over darkness

with a plurality of religious and cultural backstories, making it one of the most widely celebrated and highly anticipated holidays of the year.

“Some people take [Diwali night] very very seriously,” he said. “The performers put in a lot of time and dedication towards it.”

At the Diwali celebration this year, performances featured Kalaanjali, Aalok Nritya and Bhangra, all traditional Indian dance forms, as well as Bollywood dancers and several

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Three dancers performing Aalok Nritya, a dance for light, at the 2016 Conference for South Asia in Madison, for Diwali night.

Library display to ‘amplify’ voice of homeless students

By Sammy Gibbons THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Several UW-Madison student organizations protested the cancelled Dakota Access pipeline.

UW students respond to easement of Dakota Access pipeline project

By Sammy Gibbons THE DAILY CARDINAL

UW-Madison students who participated in the activism against the Dakota Access pipeline say they are satisfied with The Army Corps of Engineers’ Sunday decision to look for alternative routes, but know that their jobs are not done.

The construction of the pipeline drew thousands of protesters, who believed spills from the pipeline could contaminate the tribe’s drinking water, to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe land, a reservation that is half a mile from the pipeline.

Members of the student organizations Climate Action 350 and the Sierra Student Coalition traveled to Standing Rock to help winterize the camp. They brought 10,000 pounds of food donations, which were collected in a drive organized by the groups.

Climate Action 350 also coordinated a rally on National Day of Action in solidarity with the Standing Rock protesters. Climate Action 350 coordinator Lauren Peretz said the group is going to continue working to assist the Water Protectors.

“We are beyond ecstatic that the Obama administration finally stepped up and did the right thing by not granted the easement,” Peretz said. “While this is a huge victory for Standing Rock and the Water Protectors, it is important to realize that the fight is not over … when [Donald] Trump becomes president he could override Obama’s decision and allow the easement … we will continue our efforts to support the Water Protectors at Standing Rock.”

Indigenous student organization Wunk Sheek contributed to the efforts at Standing Rock by

raising more than $2,000 to donate to the tribe through a GoFundMe page. They also raised awareness around UW-Madison about the issues at hand.

Wunk Sheek Co-President Emily Nelis said the group, like Climate Action 350, is celebrating the news, but is aware that the pipeline is not completely denied. They have been told that protesters are not leaving the site until the decision is final, and Wunk Sheek will not stop their activism either.

“The indigenous voice is often overlooked or unacknowledged in many cases, but it is necessary to have our voices heard,” Nelis said.

“We hope that by spreading awareness and starting campaigns, we can help educate the UW-Madison community about the issues that affect our Native communities across Turtle Island.”

Brooke Evans, a scholaractivist at UW-Madison who has dealt with homelessness on several occasions during her college career, will have her story, and ones like hers, recognized in a display on campus.

Evans, who is a sixth-year, non-traditional transfer student said she will “amplify the voices” of students like her. Her Glamour article will be displayed in College Library, where many students visit and where she spent much of her time.

For six years, the first generation student has dealt with being considered low income and sleep-

ing in her car on numerous nights.

“I used to sleep in College Library, so it’s almost like College Library is putting this story up on its refrigerator much like families do at their homes,” Evans said in an email. “I feel like College Library is taking a stance and tackling these social issues head on, and I feel supported by the one place on campus where I sought the most refuge.”

Evans is working with Pamela O’Donnell, head of communications for College Library, to plan details for the exhibit, which will be displayed in early Spring 2017.

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Blocked overtime rule halts UW raises More than 3,000 UW-Madison employees will not receive proposed salary increases or switch to hourly positions following a federal judge’s recent block of President Barack Obama’s overtime pay rule.

The changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act, struck down in court Nov. 22, would have modified regulations across the country that dictated overtime pay by requiring employers who paid salaried workers less than $47,500 per year to pay extra if those employees worked more than 40 hours in a week—a bump up from the previous benchmark of less than $23,660 per year.

In response to those changes, UW-Madison administration had

planned to increase some employee salaries and move other employees from salaried to hourly positions Dec. 1.

But with the rule blocked, the university has paused those plans.

“UW-Madison does not have statutory authority to provide increases based on the new FLSA salary threshold if the modified regulations have not been implemented,” a university release said Thursday.

School employees will still be eligible for raises based on merit or other common factors, and the campus still plans to move forward with its proposal to raise salaries for postdoctoral workers.

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Badgerloop plans to reveal pod Tuesday

By Julie Spitzer the daily cardinal

Innovating transportation is the goal of one student organization at the UW-Madison.

Come January 2017, the team of about 120 students will have the opportunity to display their skills and creativity at the first ever SpaceX sponsored Hyperloop competition.

Badgerloop focuses on designing and building a transportation pod that can travel at high speeds in a tube in order to compete in SpaceX’s Hyperloop competitions, which launched in 2015.

Hyperloop is a new idea for transportation first proposed

by SpaceX and Tesla Motors cofounder Elon Musk in 2013.

Developed to revolutionize short distance travel and improve high-speed rail, like that of California, Hyperloop seeks to be safer, faster and more cost efficient. Inspired by a transportation creation of Rand and ET3, Hyperloop involves high-speed, tube-like transportation via pod. The pods are theoretically capable of travelling up to 780 mph in a vacuum, above-ground tube.

Last January, Badgerloop took third in the initial round of SpaceX’s pod design competition, a design challenge that asks university student teams all over the world to craft a human-sized pod suitable for high-speed ground transportation. About 127 teams were at Design Weekend, and Badgerloop took third, behind only Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Delft University of Technology.

According to electrical engineering and computer science student Jack McGinty,

Badgerloop’s marketing team lead, the pod is roughly five feet in diameter and 15 feet long. The pod is estimated to cost $120,000.

“We’re one of the only pods that has the capability to accelerate with the certain technology we’re using, so the speed that we could get up to is pretty fast,” junior life science communications major Claire Holesovsky, Badgerloop’s operations director, said. McGinty added that they are limited by the length of SpaceX’s mile-long test track in Hawthorne, Calif., where the competition will take place.

Based on the acceleration system they developed using Halbach wheels, their angle of acceleration showed the most potential at Design Weekend compared to other pods, McGinty explained. McGinty explained that a Halbach array is an arrangement of magnets that allows for levitation. A Halbach wheel, then, uses that array but in a circle.

“We’re one of the only pods that has the capability to accelerate with the certain technology we’re using.”

Claire Holesovsky operations director Badgerloop

“We take two of these and run them on either side of the I-beam which is basically the rail that the pod is going to run on inside of the tube. And we’re going to run them with motors and it’s going to generate a magnetic force that allows us to propel ourselves down the tube,” McGinty said, adding that Badgerloop is the

first to use Halbach wheel technology in this way.

The Badgerloop team consists of mostly undergraduate students, as opposed to MIT and other teams. Despite this, team leaders are confident their pod will fair well at the upcoming final round.

“It’ll be interesting to see what teams bring down … the most fun aspect is interacting with other teams,” Holesovsky said. “We’re all working towards the same goal of innovating transportation.”

As for real-world applications, Badgerloop sees itself fulfilling the Wisconsin Idea.

“This concept is a real thing,” Holesovsky said, adding that countries like Dubai are already instilling hyperloop technologies. “We’re right along with the tech industry, building a pod, we’re creating designs, we’re looking at all the aspects of an actual company.

We’re doing it as undergraduates and graduates, though.”

Badgerloop is sponsored by a number of industries including Cirrus Aircraft and Hyperloop One. A number of professors have made themselves available for mentoring, but only a few are listed as official advisors, including professor Daniel Ludois of electrical and computer engineering, Kyle Hanson, faculty associate within Wisconsin Electric Motors and Power Electronics and professor Michael Cheadle of mechanical engineering.

On Tuesday, the public can catch a glimpse of Badgerloop’s pod at their reveal event, which will take place at the H.F. DeLuca Forum in the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery from 7 to 9 p.m.

Precision therapies advance at UW

By Yingshan Deng the daily cardinal

By mimicking natural molecular pathways in the human body, scientists at the UW-Madison developed molecular tools that could regulate gene expression.

Natural transcription factors bind to genetic sequences and trigger the expression of different genes, which later produce different proteins.

These molecular tools, called polyamides, are engineered transcription factors designed to target genes and switch them on or off just like the natural ones do.

“These are the first phase of precision medicine,” said Aseem Ansari, a biochemist at UW-Madison.

After 15 years of studying, Ansari said they finally began to understand where these synthetic molecules bind on DNA sequences and how they read the whole genome.

Beginning with identifying where on the genome natural factors like to bind, they

designed different small molecules to follow the natural pathways and target different genes, Ansari said. But, they hit the wall in 2010.

“When we put these small molecules on cells, they went in, they affected gene expression, but the gene expression did not look like anything we had predicted,” Ansari said.

They decided to follow where they are actually bound.

To track the binding sites of these small molecules on the whole genome, graduate student Graham Erwin designed a new strategy called Crosslinking of Small Molecules to Isolate Chromatin.

They soon found out that a polyamide didn’t just bind to one specific site, it tended to bind to several locations with similar DNA sequences just like natural transcription factors, Ansari said. They also found that these synthetic molecules can also bind to sequences that are not accessible to natural transcription factors.

These small molecules should

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Graduate students of professor Ansari’s lab design synthetic transcription factors. work as a cluster to precisely target genes, Ansari explained.

According to Ansari, compared to the ideal molecule that scientists had been looking for to bind at exactly one site, this combination system turned out to be a better representation of the natural system.

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Dear Ms. Scientist, Are all snowflakes really unqiue?

Miranda T. It’s almost true, but not quite.

Scientists say that the probability of two identical snowflakes forming is extremely tiny. In fact, the possibility is small enough that it’s almost certain that no one would ever observe two identical snowflakes, but there is still that small, small chance—one in one million trillion snowflakes! The reason why snowflakes are all different from each other is because of how they fall through the air. After the ice crystals are formed in the clouds, they fall through air, all taking different paths down. Due to temperature and moisture differences in the air and the clouds in their paths, the snowflakes will all form themselves differently.

Even though we’ve never found two identical snowflakes, there are eight general patterns that scientists categorize snowflakes with.

Nonetheless, with so many snowflakes flying through the sky, its hard to find two of the same.

Dear Ms. Scientist, I heard eating snow dehydrates you. Is this true?

Alicia M. Snow may be water, but due to its coldness, it does have dehydrating effects. Eating snow, or even munching on ice cubes, lowers your core body temperature. This increases your metabolic rate in order to keep you warm. Since humans consume calories in hopes of harnessing their energy, the changes in your core body temperature use the energy you are attempting to consume by eating the cold snow. Essentially, you are trading high levels of energy but not gaining anything. Moreover, the water in snow is demineralized. While this doesn’t matter if you are ingesting only small amounts, consuming over one liter per day over the course of a couple days can cause cellular hyperhydration due to a decrease in osmotic concentration in the blood. As always, snow is super dirty: It is full of bacteria and viruses, as well as pollution and other dirt from animals or human activity. If that’s not enough to keep you from snacking on that fresh powder, sipping some melted snow, boiled to help clean it up, is your best bet.

Ask Ms. Scientist is written by Maggie Liu and Jordan Gaal.

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Nominations Board works to fill ‘many vacancies’

By Peter Coutu THE DAILY CARDINAL

Following a former Associated Students of Madison Student Council representative’s Nov. 2 resignation, sophomore Jacob Gardner has been selected by a small five-person committee to fill the seat through the rest of the academic year.

The Nominations Board has spent the past month weeding through applications and in-person interviews in an attempt to achieve a full Council.

Nominations Board Chair Vanessa Studer said the group, which she described as “the HR department of ASM,” has been tasked with filling many more open Council seats during the 2016 fall semester than in previous years.

This is in addition to their regular work of hiring students for other groups, including The Open Seat food pantry, Student Activity Center Governing Board and the Grant Allocation Committee, among others.

The group has nominated people for five seats on Council so far

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Associated Students of Madison Nominations Board members Vanessa Studer and Katrina Morrison discussed possible candidates to fill an empty seat on Student Council and made the decision Friday. this year, and still must select their recommendation for three other empty seats, which Studer said was an unusual amount.

The process of filling a vacant Council seat starts when the Nominations Board publicizes the open position.

The board—which consists of Studer, Katrina Morrison,

Stephen Chang, Tom Feustel and ASM Chair Carmen Goséy, all of whom sit on Council—then reviews the applications, which the chair presents anonymously to other board members.

A few candidates are then invited to the ASM office for a short in-person interview with board members.

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UW-Madison’s Faculty Senate will vote Monday on a resolution in support of undocumented students attending the university.

Faculty to vote on resolution in support of DACA students

By Madeline Heim THE DAILY CARDINAL

A month after Donald Trump’s presidential win, UW-Madison faculty will cast votes Monday on a statement to stand in solidarity with students enrolled under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, which protects eligible undocumented youth from deportation.

The resolution is not the school’s first attempt to voice support for undocumented students, whose fate has been in question following Trump’s campaign rhetoric calling for anyone in the country illegally to be deported.

UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank added her name to a statement shortly before Thanksgiving, alongside more than 450 college and university presidents from across the country, that urged federal government officials to uphold DACA’s protections for students.

The Associated Students of Madison passed similar legislation last Wednesday. And thousands of students and community members marched to the Capitol short-

ly after the election, where some undocumented students spoke about their concerns and desire to continue attending college.

The resolution up for vote before the Faculty Senate acknowledges the “extreme stress” placed on undocumented students and the effect Trump’s presidency could ultimately have on their education.

It calls for faculty members to stand by those students “as our traditions of inclusiveness and public service require,” as well as the continuation and strengthening of DACA. The statement does not, however, mention the desire from many students, faculty and staff to make UW-Madison a sanctuary campus.

Blank received a letter signed by more than 4,000 campus community members in mid-November asking the university to declare itself a sanctuary for undocumented students and their families.

But she later clarified that state leaders, not university leaders, have the power to enact that designation.

singing groups.

Helping community members experience new cultures is a large focus of the IGSA, but it is a function of the university as well. On the academic side, the Center for South Asia houses most of the university’s Indian Studies courses.

“Our mandate is to promote and teach about South Asia on campus and off campus,” Associate Director of the CSA, Lalita du Perron, said.

The CSA is one of seven international centers on campus, focused mostly on India but also Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Nepal and Afghanistan. It hosts a weekly public lecture series featuring academics and professionals from both the U.S. and overseas, with the goal of introduc-

library from page 1 Evans said she noticed while flipping through Glamour, particularly the Glamour Magazine College Women of the Year contest, that homeless women and college dropouts were not represented. She was determined she and other similar women could also be role models.

“I think I realized that I had a kind of power inside me that couldn’t be taken from me—it

Once a selection is made, the board announces the selection to Council, which then has to approve the board’s nomination.

The council has had difficulty confirming the board’s chosen nominations, largely stemming from attendance issues among representatives. In order to be approved, the board’s nominations need to have

two-thirds of votes from all Council representatives.

There have been Council meetings where even if every representative present voted to approve a nomination, there would still not be enough votes needed to confirm a candidate.

This has been a frustration not only for the people the board has nominated to fill empty Council seats, but also for the people in the regular positions outside of Council the board is tasked with filling.

“For the positions we’ve hired outside of Council seats, it can be a little bit frustrating,” Chang said.

“You’re holding back a potential appointment from someone we don’t necessarily, as Council members, know their timeline for needing that person.”

Morrison said each person on the Council is invaluable, adding that the board moves as quickly as possible to fill each empty seat.

“If we don’t have someone filling that seat, then it is a voice we’re missing at the table,” Morrison said. “It’s a crucial and important voice.”

ing the Madison community to topics regarding South Asia.

The CSA also plans an annual Conference on South Asia, focusing on the education and promotion of South Asian culture and drawing up to 1,000 scholars, Perron said. This October was the 45th conference, which took place at the Madison Concourse Hotel and Governor’s Club.

“It’s a phenomenal networking site, old friends meeting up, there’s a lot of hugging that goes on,” Perron said. “You just don’t see that at other conferences and we really try to keep it that way.”

Both the IGSA events and the CSA community foster a common theme of hospitality and an appreciation for the community they have crafted.

“We really like to treat [attendants] like guests in our

home,” Perron said about the Madisonian educators and students that come to learn about South Asia.

According to Shenoy, the success of the IGSA, much like the success of the CSA, depends on those who express enthusiasm for learning about Indian culture and history. He said the appreciation and support they receive from graduate students, faculty and Madison community members is what keeps their events and traditions alive.

While talking to his Uber driver, Shenoy said he felt happy that people outside of the university community felt strongly about Indian campus events such as Diwali.

“We ensure that all the guests get to experience this culture and understand it, and also learn new things every year,” Shenoy said.

didn’t matter if I didn’t have a degree or a family home or a coat or shoes,” Evans said in the. “I realized that’s something that money can’t buy and it’s invaluable to the work.

Visibility is one thing, representation is another.”

According to the scholaractivist, stories of homeless students are often portrayed as sob stories. She wants to break that mold and recognize the strength that each individual similar

to her possesses. She said the article gave her story a sense of credibility, and she will take advantage of the media attention she is receiving to legitimize homelessness among students.

“There have to be more pieces on Americans with this circumstance,” Evans said.“It needs to give them their autonomy, their agency, their decision-making, it needs to grant them their courage and their works and their heroism, too.”

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College Library will display the Glamour Magazine article about Brooke Evans in Spring 2017.

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From his 2011 debut, Childish Gambino has continued to demonstrate his vast creative talents.

Childish Gambino hits hard with new album Fran’s Notes Music Columnist

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is debut in 2011 delivered pop reflection on ourselves and the sen-

sibility of meaningful music.

Childish Gambino returns with funk and pushes the hiphop limits. Screenwriter of the popular show “Atlanta,” Donald Glover proves himself to be an ever-evolving writer through his third released album, Awaken, My Love!.

Awaken, My Love! bumps like a 70s disco ball. Gambino debuted his project this past

September in a series of shows during his Pharos Music Festival in Joshua Tree, Calif. The album features musical influences from long-time collaborator Ludwig Goransson. As the album moves across intense sounds and gospel-influenced blues, the sixminute opening track “Me and Your Mama,” invites us into a new world.

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dailycardinal.com funk rock intensifies the metaphor of what the “Boogieman” really means to the people of color in America. The third track illustrates what racial fear and police brutality looks like when we put trust into our country, and our appearance alone is a target. Gambino resounds critical views of the police in lines “With a gun in your hand / I’m the boogieman / I’m gonna come and get you.” Racial divide is evident, and police force is still brutal. As many artists have done this year, the protest has always been ours. Music continues to serve as a platform that can communicate much greater than some of our most “prestigious” leaders. Awaken, My Love! is both a manifesto and a riot.

The fourth track, “Zombies,” features vocals from Karl Faux and explores what it means to have others try to bite off of your success. The song recognizes that a most prized possession is your ability to think and create for yourself.

An electronic kick and faint synthesizer opens one of the best tracks on the album, “Redbone.”

The song offers a throwback feel, using slap bass in the music that remains static, but still captivating. As the song refers vaguely to light-skinned women, the song’s gospel choir fills to a satisfying conclusion, reminiscent to the sounds that Prince pioneered, mastered and popularized dur-

ing his time.

“California” is a classic upbeat tempo song about women, the beach, marijuana and the carefree West Coast life. As Gambino serenades a girl moving to the Golden State on a hypnotic calypso beat, his timing adds levels and layers to the idea of love and infatuation.

A new chapter is opened in “Baby Boy.” Using a 70s influence, the song takes us into the difficulty of sustaining relationships. Here, Gambino addresses his son, his struggles with being a father, and creation of the relationship between him and his son, as well as Gambino and the mother of his child. “The Night Me and Your Mama Met” follows up “Baby Boy,” and we are spirited away on a journey to a momentous occasion.

As Childish Gambino remakes and finds funk throughout Awaken, My Love!, we are given reassuring advice in “Stand Tall” to continue believing in our dreams and creating happiness in times of hardships. It may be difficult to pinpoint where Childish Gambino and Donald Glover meet or merge, but ultimately the heavy soul and musical experience of this album is evidence that Gambino is far from over.

How did you receive Childish Gambino’s new album Awaken, My Love!? Let Francisco know at arts@dailycardinal.com.

Hamilton Mixtape masterfully compiles pop, rap and R&B artists in recreation of popular musical soundtrack

By Ellie Herman THE DAILY CARDINAL

Among a stack of “Now That’s What I Call Music!” CD cases, a forgotten copy of Missy Elliot’s Under Construction and a memorable homemade mixtape from your angsty middle school days, there could be a perfect home for the newlyreleased Hamilton Mixtape. The 23-song mixtape reimagines the music from “Hamilton: An American Musical” through covers, remixes and brand new songs from artists like Usher to “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon. The Hamilton Mixtape serves two goals: sharing Lin-Manuel Miranda’s inspiration for the music behind the show and speaking to issues America has continued to struggle with since founding father Alexander Hamilton’s era.

The mixtape compiles music from pop, rap and R&B. A collaboration between Sia, Queen Latifah and Miguel blends the three genres in “Satisfied.” Kelly Clarkson joins Sia in a pop rendition of “It’s Quiet Uptown,” with solid vocals, but a cover sounds more suited for Clarkson’s “American Idol” days.

Wiz Khalifa’s “Washingtons By Your Side” is a completely new song that sounds like it could easily fit on his album Blacc Hollywood.

The mixtape wouldn’t be complete without a shout out to the glory days of early 2000s R&B. The double-tracked voices, slow electronic drum and harmonized piano chords of Ashanti and Ja Rule’s song “Helpless” send us back in time to the 2001 single “Always on Time.”

Many albums have an outsider song, that one you almost always skip unless you’re stuck in the shower unable to reach your phone, left to listen to the song when you could be

enjoying one of your favorites. The Hamilton Mixtape is no exception.

While the official band of Fallon’s “The Tonight Show,” The Roots and band leader Questlove are brilliantly featured on the mixtape, Fallon’s cover of “You’ll Be Back” is humorous, but awkward.

Fallon’s blundered cover in no way overshadows or distracts from the masterpieces of the mixtape, including soul and R&B singer Andra Day’s cover of “Burn,” a haunting, powerful ballad that is bound to leave goosebumps on listeners. You may even shed a tear.

Day hits notes with so much passion, richness and depth in her voice that it would be enticing to listen to it non-stop. Much credit for the emotional sound goes to her soulful, Amy Winehouse-like funk.

Chance The Rapper continues the high standard in his rendition of “Dear Theodosia (Reprise),” featuring Francis and the Lights. In a raw, cracked, soft voice, the lullaby is bound to leave you more tearful than Michael Jordan in his famous meme. Chance’s emotional cover towers over another rendition of the same song on the mixtape by Regina Spektor and Ben Folds, whose overly cheery tones are hollow and dull.

While the mixtape is full of multiple genres, no one category outshines the others–songs like “Who Tells Your Story” feature a cohesive multi-genre collaboration between Common, The Roots and Ingrid Michaelson. Although Common and Michaelson’s musical styles are as similar as zucchini and chocolate, the song flows naturally as Common raps about leaving a legacy while Michaelson harmonizes during the chorus. Instead of bouncing from song to song

with harsh genre shifts, the mixtape flows thanks to interludes like “Take a Break” and “Stay Alive.”

A few songs on the mixtape give a second chance for songs that never made it to the Broadway version of “Hamilton.” Minneapolis rapper Dessa gives life to “Congratulations,” while Miranda revives the historically based songs “Cabinet Battle 3” and “Valley Forge.” However, the mixtape is more than just a sequel to the 11 Tony Award-winning musical—it uses its popularity to make key political and societal statements across multiple songs.

Released as singles before the mixtape’s debut, “My Shot (Rise Up Remix)” by The Roots featuring Busta Rhymes, Joell Ortiz and Nate Ruess addresses the limited opportunities in life offered to black children. They rap “When even role models tell us we’re born to be felons / We’re never gettin’ into Harvard or Carnegie Mellon / And we gon’ end up either robbin’ somebody or killin’ / It’s not fair that’s all they can tell us.”

In “Wrote My Out,” Miranda joins Nas, Aloe Blacc and Dave East for a song about the power of writing and how the performers used it to pull themselves out of hardships. Nas addresses the racial bias of the judicial system and goes on to share how he uses the stage as a platform to address these crucial topics. Miranda highlights how writing became an escape during his bullied childhood, while referencing three different pieces of art: the famous Broadway musical “Rent,” Maurice Sendak’s “Where The Wild Things Are,” and his own Broadway piece “In The Heights.”

Dropped two days after the presidential election, “Immigrants (We

Get The Job Done)” by KNAAN, Snow Tha Product, Riz MC and Residente is a desperately needed musical counterweight. The song follows an election of hate, xenophobia and villainization of immigrants. The song brilliantly points out the hypocritical disdain toward immigrants in America. Although the nation was built by immigrants, they’re now incredibly limited and looked down upon in today’s society. The rappers featured in the song come from around the world, providing a crucial, first-hand perspective on what it’s like to be devoid of the so-called American dream.

The focus of rap and R&B music in The Hamilton Mixtape is cleverly used to shed light on these issues that have pained the country since Alexander Hamilton’s era.

The catchy, expertly-worded songs serve as a reminder that history does repeat itself—it has its eyes on today’s political leaders just as much as it did on the founding fathers.

With “Hamilton” tickets sold out for months in advance, the mixtape expands its reach to the thousands of listeners who will never get the chance to see the musical.

From musical to mixtape, it’s clear “Hamilton” is leaving its legacy.

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Environmental issues remain important after Standing Rock victory SAMANTHA WILCOX opinion columnist

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Supporters of Donald Trump and former Secretary Hillary Clinton clashed on more than one occassion both during and after the 2016 presidential election.

Exposing oneself to diverse idealogies important to politics THOMAS RADEMACHER opinion columnist

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W-Madison is an extremely liberal place.

This is neither a good or bad thing, it’s just how it is.

Recent initiatives by the university have aimed to increase the diversity of the student body and create a welcoming place for people of color.

The only way we can become a truly diverse place is by incorporating people from all walks of life. That includes whites, blacks, Hispanics, Asians, women, men, lesbians, gays, liberals and many others. But that also includes conservatives and working class individuals.

It is not easy to confront ideas that we disagree with, but it is the only way we can grow intellectually. The university prides itself as being an open and safe environment, but there are clearly certain people and viewpoints that are not welcome here. We need to recognize the importance of diversity of thought so that we do not become blind to people who we disagree with.

There is a huge disconnect in our society between liberal and conservative areas. Look at any election map from the recent presidential race that gets down to the county level and you will see that almost all of America will appear red for Republican. However, large urban areas appear in blue for Democrats where many liberals live. This rural-urban divide is just one example of the divide between many types of Americans.

The day after the election, when we all woke up with the realization that Donald Trump would be our next president, many students across campus were confused, shocked and concerned about what was going to happen and how the next four years were going to go.

This worry is understandable.

Trump was an unprecedented candidate and is the first person to be elected president

who has never held a public office or military position.

However, the shock and confusion is not acceptable. We have become too sheltered in our liberal university. Almost all of us failed to comprehend or accept that anyone other than our candidate could win. We failed to communicate with people outside our inner circle of thinking and only managed to bounce ideas off other likeminded individuals.

I want to be clear that I am writing as someone who holds many left-leaning views, but does not identify with a political party. I try very hard to see both sides to every story, and even I was completely blindsided by the election results.

I had to take a long look at how I acquire my news and who I am in conversation with.

I realized that even as someone who does not like political parties and the divisions that they can create in our society, I failed to understand the trends that were at play in the election.

Disagreements between political parties and viewpoints have become too wide in our country.

We need to strive for multiple types of diversity to continue to challenge our thinking.

By staying enclosed in our bubbles, we lack a diversity of thought that is essential for moving our country forward.

It is not easy to discuss contentious topics with people who disagree with us, but it is essential to spread our ideas and prevent ourselves from being ignorant of others.

When we converse with people who think differently from us we can learn from each other and grow together as a united country.

Thomas is a senior majoring in psychology and history.

Do you think people need to be more open-minded when discussing politics? Do you seek opposing view points when evaluating issues in politics? Please send all comments and concerns to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

unday, the Army Corp of Engineers announced that the North Dakota Access pipeline would not be immediately granted permission to pass through the Missouri River next to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota.

While today’s announcement that the pipeline will not immediately make forward progress around the Standing Rock reservation is a massive victory for those who have been protesting at the site, it is not a green light to let our guard down. The $3.7 billion project is not going to be forgotten. The environmental impact still remains and will not be lost just with a small remapping.

The North Dakota Access pipeline has subtly slipped under the radar of mainstream media. With the media frenzy caused by the election, the longstanding controversy surrounding the massive protests about the pipeline has been eclipsed in news coverage. However, it is important that the public be made aware of the pipeline and its potentially hazardous consequences, both environmental and otherwise.

We as a society should learn from our mistakes and focus on repairing our historical relationship with Native American tribes.

For those who may not know, the North Dakota Access pipeline is a pipeline that is planned to transport oil from northwest North Dakota to Illinois. Conservatives support the pipeline because it

could help the American economy and oil trade boom.

American oil production has spiked in recent years, which has increased global supply and dropped gas and oil prices.

Despite the potential cheap gas and oil, the pipeline has raised many red flags for environmental activists, as well as for many Native American tribes in the regions surrounding the proposed pipeline.

The pipeline is mapped to pass directly through the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, where protests have erupted in the past few weeks. The people of Standing Rock, as well as others, are concerned with how the pipeline will directly affect the environment in which they live.

The environmentental impact still remains and will not be lost just with a small remapping.

Many may think of the North Dakota Access pipeline—which is projected to carry as much as 470,000 barrels of oil a day—as unbreakable, but it is hardly that.

Pipelines break, and there is the strong possibility that environmental damage could occur.

In some places along the pipeline’s length, it is within mere feet of major water sources, such as the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. With the reservation’s close proximity to the Missouri River, the pipeline could easily contaminate the area’s water, which would lead to an environmental catastrophe. Such a contamination could lead to the harm of surrounding animals,

crops and a lack of potable water for the people in the surrounding area.

The $3.7 billion project is not going to be forgotten.

On top of the dire consequences of water contamination, the pipeline threatens sacred sites of Native American tribes along its length. During our country’s history, we have treated Native Americans with abysmal disrespect. Instead of blatantly disrespecting their land and culture with a “not in my backyard” infrastructure project, we as a society should learn from our mistakes and focus on repairing our historical relationship with Native American tribes.

This announcement is a major victory for environmentalists, as well as for Native American tribes and allies. In order to make sure the pipeline goes forward with as little environmental impact as possible, we as a society must remain informed and knowledgeable about the situation.

While the mainstream media has not given this controversy the coverage that it deserves, we must go out of our way to remain informed. Without information and the facts, an environmental disaster could be built under our noses because of the greed of the American government.

Samantha is a sophomore majoring in communication arts and journalism. What do you think of the DAPL? Please send all comments, questions and concerns to opinion@dailycardinal.com

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The proposed route of the North Dakota Access pipeline would cut through sacred Native American lands. Thousands of protesters from around the country traveled to North Dakota to protect these lands.

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But, someANNA WELCH times it’s worth sex columnist it to strip off the layers, adjust As we crawl the lighting and toward the end send the holiday of the semester, gift that keeps on the snow is start- giving ... Nudes! ing to fall and I reached out the degrees are to my fellow dropping; it’s Badgers to find enough to make out about their you want to bun- experiences dle up in layers with taking of flannel and pictures that fleece, turn your are sure to get bedroom into a them on the blanket cave and naughty list.

1. How do you feel about nudes?

Sans Clothing: I’m pretty indifferent, if someone wants to send them, then good for them. However, they should be smart and be aware of who is receiving them and what the receiver is doing with them.

Dis Robed: Nudes are fine, but the real thing is better.

Miss New Booty: I’m a strong advocate for the nudes. I’ve taken plenty of them in my life, but I didn’t really start until senior year/ college, because I was so insecure. I hardly looked at myself naked; I, for sure, didn’t want photographic evidence. But, once I started I could feel myself being more vulnerable. It sort of went hand in hand with masturbation—this idea of self-exploring! As a teen girl, it’s not often encouraged. The process of taking nudes is so liberating once you start. Seeing the different angles, the ways of looking at yourself that you can’t quite experience in a mirror.

Garment Less: I generally like them, but I like them if you want to take them, not because you’re begged to.

Beeday Suit: I feel confident when sending nudes spur of the moment or at my own leisure, but I hate it when a guy asks for nudes— it makes me feel like a piece of meat.

2. Have you ever sent any? How did it make you feel?

Nudy McGee: I’ve always sent nudes! I have times that I worry someone will spread them around, but for the most part, I do it to celebrate my body and send them to my boyfriend when he least expects it.

Sans Clothing: Yes, at first it was awkward as hell, but I soon grew to be confident and be like I look damn good naked, I’m gonna rock this picture.

Dis Robed: The only time I’ve both sent and received a nude was in seventh grade with my girlfriend that I had my first kiss with. Back then I felt like hot shit, but I haven’t sent or received one since then (except for a drunk snap of my dick I sent to one of my buddies earlier this month). But now, being in a long-term relationship, all sex-related things happen in the bedroom and I’m content with that.

Au Naturel: I have sent them; it made me feel good sending them to a long-term boyfriend, because I knew they were safe and would be reciprocated, so it was fun and sexy. Once, when I was sending them to scout out hookups, a guy started screenshotting them and then I didn’t feel safe anymore, and I didn’t feel good about it in that case. I guess it’s situational how sending them can make someone feel!

Miss New Booty: I think another beautiful part of the experience is sending them. Relationships over technology are becoming more and more common (like Tinder, etc.), so it allows you to be more intimate with a person when you’re not physically able to be. As a babe that is busy as hell, it’s nice to just exchange personal photos at any time/any place. It allows me to get intimate and romantic with a person while I’m studying or getting ready for bed. And more selfishly, it’s a somewhat empowering way to fish for compliments.

You’re exposing yourself to a person and (usually) you get a response that makes you feel confident and sexy as hell! When we as ladies get content shoved down our throats of airbrushed Gigi Hadid’s, it’s easy to get down. So if a simple compliment of your tits is a pick-me-up, then hell yes, go for it! Obviously, finding validation from your partner isn’t healthy, but if the VS fashion show has got you down, there’s nothing wrong with sending a bomb ass pic of your ass and having your partner feed your ego for a bit!

Garment Less: Yes, I have sent many! I generally feel super great, unless I’m begged to do it, then I’m just annoyed.

The Takeaway Sending and receiving nude photos can be a fun and sexy way to turn each other on. But, as the responses showed, it can be an intensely vulnerable experience as well.

3. Have you ever received any?

How did it make you feel?

Nudy McGee: Yes, I have received a good amount of nudes. I have gotten a few that made me feel uncomfortable, such as a picture that I didn’t ask for and a video of someone masturbating. They’re not my favorite thing to receive, but if someone feels comfortable enough to send me that, then I’ll act like I was happy to receive it.

Sans Clothing: Yes. It depends, sometimes I’m like, “That’s gross,” and other times I’m like, “Hot damn, panties are dropping!”

Au Naturel: I’ve received in many contexts, when I want them they make me feel good to receive. It is a fun way to be playful with your boo. But when they’re out of nowhere, from old Tinder strangers I’ve never even met, it comes off as inappropriate. Did I ask to randomly see you nude? If not, don’t show me.

That type of deal.

Miss New Booty: When it comes to receiving them, I’m more than comfortable as well! Obviously dick pics are a blessing and a curse (more of a curse when unsolicited), but it is nice to get your fella a little vulnerable, even if it’s a picture. Though in my experience, I’m far more guarded than my partners have been, so sending nudes is a bit more vulnerable and my effort to open up more, than it is for my partner—at least, that’s what it feels like to me.

Garment Less: Yes, I have received them. I don’t like it when I get random dick pics during class, but if we’re chatting and getting sexy, then I like them!

Anna’s Sign off I would like to give a special thanks to all of the lovely respondents. Also, I want to send the warmest, fuzziest vibes to anyone who has read Between the Sheets over the past three semesters. I am studying abroad next semester and could not be more excited to place this column in the incredibly capable hands of Sydney Thomas; I hope it brings as many gifts to her as it has to me.

Oftentimes feeling vulnerable is what makes the experience fun, but it also means there needs to be a lot of trust—that means no screenshots unless the sender gave the go-ahead. In addition to trust there needs to be respect, meaning if someone wants nudes they should ask for them in the most respectful way possible. Also, as Miss New Booty put it, nudes can be either a blessing or a curse—it all depends on if the receiver wanted it; the easy solution is simply to ask before sending.

As always, feel free to send questions, comments or concerns to sex@dailycardinal.com Also, I probably shouldn’t have to say this, but please don’t email me any nudes—Happy Holidays!

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Though Corey Clement and the Badgers dominated in the first half, the defense was helpless in the final two periods.

Badgers fall to Nittany Lions, slated to play in Cotton Bowl

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INDIANAPOLIS — Throughout the season, Wisconsin, which came into the season unranked, proved preseason doubters wrong en route to a surprising Big Ten West title.

But, when push came to shove, the Badgers crumbled.

Before the season started, fans and experts alike predicted Wisconsin (7-2 Big Ten, 10-3 overall) would be a strong running team, have a weak pass defense and an unsteady presence under center. In their 38-31 loss to No. 8 Penn State (8-1, 11-2) in the Big Ten Championship game, the Badgers were all of the above.

Wisconsin got off to a hot start, forcing PSU to three-and-outs in each of the Nittany Lions’ first two drives and scoring on both of its own.

Both scores came on the ground, but they couldn’t be more different representations of Wisconsin’s night running the ball.

The first was a 1-yard punch-in by redshirt junior fullback Austin Ramesh that came at the tail end of a 14-play, 81-yard drive that soaked

up eight minutes of clock. The second was courtesy of senior running back Corey Clement, who took the second play of the drive 67 yards into the endzone.

Clement was asked to do the majority of the offensive work, and he responded in kind. “[Corey’s] a big time player, and it’s a big time game, you expect that,” redshirt sophomore center Michael Dieter said. “He put the offense on his back when he had to … and he did a great job with that. He gave us a chance to win the game.”

The Badgers stayed hot in the second as redshirt senior running back Dare Ogunbowale scored a rushing touchdown of his own, and redshirt sophomore linebacker Ryan Connelly scooped up a Nittany Lion fumble and ran it for a 12-yard defensive touchdown.

Despite a solid half on the ground, the air was a different story.

Junior cornerback Lubern Figaro gave up a pair of touchdowns, one of which was a blown coverage and the other a missed tackle, both things the Badgers have struggled with at various points in the year that

ended up coming back to bite them Saturday night.

“We didn’t do enough to make [junior quarterback Trace] McSorley uncomfortable, and they made plays,” head coach Paul Chryst said.

“It’s not over, we still have on game left, regroup, get prepared for a bowl game, make the most of that.”

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In the second half, the defensive blunders continued, as McSorley threw two more touchdowns, one of which was a 70-yarder to junior receiver Saeed Blacknall, where junior safety D’Cota Dixon overran Blacknall and was unable to make any sort of effort to tackle him.

McSorley threw for 384 yards, a Big Ten Championship Game record, as well as four touchdowns as he went on to win the game’s Grange-Griffin Award for the most

valuable player.

Despite the errors, UW’s ground game helped them stay in the contest. However, as the game wore on, Penn State was able to focus on stopping the run due to the absence of a reliable Wisconsin passing game.

Redshirt senior quarterback Bart Houston ended the game with 174 yards and no touchdowns, unable to get any sort of momentum going, in part because of poor pass blocking down the stretch.

The loss certainly stings for the players, as their slim playoff hopes disappeared, but many were quick to shift focus to the positives.

“I can still say I’m proud of our season,” Dieter said. “It’s not over, we still have one game left, regroup, get prepared for a bowl game, make the most of that.”

While there is certainly heartbreak for players, coaches and fans alike, the upcoming Cotton Bowl looms large as the Badgers will get one last shot to prove their preseason pessimists wrong. They will take on the Western Michigan Broncos, the undefeated cinderella team from the MAC.

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Nurse records hat trick as Badgers dominate rematch with No. 2 Minnesota

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Wisconsin senior captain Sydney McKibbon knew that for the Badgers to beat No. 2 Minnesota they would need to start fast.

“We’ve gotta come out flying tomorrow in the first eight to 10 minutes and try to get a couple goals in the first period,” McKibbon said following Saturday’s 2-0 loss.

The Badgers followed her advice as top-ranked Wisconsin (11-2-1 WCHA, 15-2-1 overall) knocked off No. 2 Minnesota (12-2-2, 14-2-2) 8-2, Sunday afternoon at LaBahn Arena to split the Border Battle.

Wisconsin scored four first-period goals, including two from senior forward Sarah Nurse, who gave the Badgers a 1-0 lead. After Minnesota tied the game at one, UW knocked three pucks past Gopher goalie Sidney Peters in a span of 1:06, with goals coming from McKibbon, Nurse and junior forward Baylee Wellhausen. The Gophers answered

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Sarah Nurse notched her second hat trick of the year to help demolish No. 2 Minnesota in the second game of the series. with a power-play goal late in the period to cut the deficit to 4-2.

“We got off to a late start yesterday, and I think that was kind of our downfall,” Nurse said. “So coming out today in the first ten minutes was huge for us and I think that we get teams on their heels and we’re good to go.”

Despite being out-shot in the period 5-4, Wisconsin built onto its lead, adding two more goals. Just under two minutes into the second

period, Nurse completed her second hat trick of the season—and became the first Badger to ever score a hat trick against the Gophers.

Wellhausen netted her second goal of the game, firing the puck past Peters midway through the period to put the Badgers up 6-2.

“We came out today in the first and second period and showed how good of a team that we are and I think we have another gear to kick it in,” Nurse said. “So I’m excited to see

what the rest of the season is going to look like.”

Forwards Annie Pankowski and Alexis Mauermann each added a goal to finish off the Gophers and secure an 8-2 victory. Minnesota gave up eight goals for the first time since 1999, and the first time ever against the Badgers.

“It’s a game of some nights getting bounces, other nights not getting bounces. It was a pretty wild period where you come out 4-2 against two teams who are defensively pretty good over the course of the season,” coach Mark Johnson said. “The big thing was to continue to try to play hard and solidify the habits that you’re trying to get these kids to understand and make the game easier. I didn’t think that we would score eight goals here this afternoon, but it is a good win, a good weekend.”

The Badgers head on the road to Columbus, Ohio to take on Ohio State next weekend.

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Vince Biegel and the Badgers will head to Arlington, Texas.

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After Saturday’s loss in the Big Ten Championship, Wisconsin (7-2 Big Ten, 10-3 overall) still found itself in a New Year’s Six bowl when the bids were announced Sunday.

The Badgers’ opponent will be the undefeated No. 12 Western Michigan Broncos (8-0, 13-0) in the Cotton Bowl.

WMU, the MAC champion, received a berth in the New Year’s Six courtesy of a rule that allows for the highest ranked non-Power Five conference champion an automatic bid. Wisconsin made their way in as an at-large bid for a highly ranked team that doesn’t win its conference.

“I’m excited for our players to have the opportunity to be a part of a game with the long and storied history like the Cotton Bowl has,” UW head coach Paul Chryst said to UWBadgers.com.

The Broncos are by no means a typical football powerhouse. In last year’s Bahamas Bowl, WMU picked up its first bowl win in school history. Making that win more improbable is that in head coach P.J. Fleck’s first season, three years prior, the team went a dismal 1-11.

Western Michigan has been widely talked about all season, with more and more attention paid the longer they stayed undefeated. WMU is one of two undefeated teams headed into bowl play, the other being No. 1 Alabama.

With Wisconsin playing, this will be the third-straight season where a Big Ten team is playing in the Cotton Bowl.

Michigan State played in both, beating Baylor in January 2015, and losing to Alabama in the playoff in December 2015.

The Badgers face a peculiar challenge in this game that is essentially a lose-lose scenario in the minds of many: A win would be chalked up as beating a lesser team, and a loss would be a loss to an inferior team.

The Cotton Bowl Classic in Arlington, Texas will kick off at 6 p.m. Jan. 2.