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The new Venture Capital of the Midwest

By Charlie Forbes STAFF WRITER

Wisconsin may be far from the venture capital of the United States when compared to San Francisco, New York or even Chicago. However, the state has quickly become a much more vibrant startup ecosystem than most could ever imagine.

Venture capital is a major subset of a much larger, more complex part of the financial landscape known as private markets; it is a form of financing, where capital is invested into a company, usually a startup or small business, in exchange for equity in the company. For example, companies like Uber and Airbnb both got their start through venture capital funding.

Through talent developed through the University of Wisconsin system, the Badger State has begun to attract more attention in the tech world. Regional offices of major tech players like Google and Microsoft and even some successful startups like Epic Systems have cultivated a strong community in Wisconsin, formulating a strong ecosystem that continues to grow.

“This is becoming a more popular opinion, but we’ve always fundamentally believed that value can be created outside of the coasts,” said Austin Ju, a deal lead at the Chicagobased fund New Stack Ventures.

“Silicon Valley and the Bay get a lot of attention, but there are plenty of

reasons to build companies outside of those areas.”

For those looking to break into the Venture Capital realm, there are a number of key resources that should be kept in mind after founding a startup. While many venture capital firms, accelerators and other entities are more popular on the coast, it is evident that there is a large number of in-state firms that are eager to help founders that are new to the game.

Among the key venture funds within the state of Wisconsin is Cream City Capital, a branch of Northwestern Mutual located in the city of Milwaukee.

Having one of the largest asset managers in the country located

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within the state leads to a lot of perks when considering Wisconsin as the new home of your startup. Through Cream City Capital, Northwestern Mutual chooses to deploy some of its $160B assets under management investing in the local ecosystem. It typically invests in Series A and Seed companies with investments between $100K and $250K. Another key fund located in Wisconsin is Bascom Ventures. This fund is a recognition of University of Wisconsin-MadisonSTEM and entrepreneurship programs, as it invests specifically in startups founded by UW-Madison alumni and students.

Wisconsin is also home to a number of well-known accelerators that help startups get off the ground. One of the best known is the Gener8tor program, which has offices in both Milwaukee and Madison.

Gener8tor takes five startups per city every year, and their portfolio companies have raised more than $150 million in funding. They also run a program known as gBeta, which focuses on earlier stage startups.

Unlike many other accelerators, gBeta doesn’t charge a fee or take an equity stake in its portfolio companies.

Instead, it focuses on getting startups either to a seed fundraiser or to the point where another accelerator like Gener8tor would accept it.

There are a multitude of other corporations that play a role in the Wisconsin venture ecosystem, for example Golden Angels Investors.

Golden Angels Investors is a group of successful individuals from the Milwaukee business community that invests in startups across the Midwest, bringing expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds to help the earliest stage companies.

Another key group is the Badger Fund of Funds. It is backed by the state and invests in other private funds that focus on specific stages and geographic locations within the state. These are primarily early-stage funds that look at less capitalized areas of the state.

These organizations are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of Wisconsin’s venture ecosystem. In addition to these, there are many other organizations in the state and outside groups willing to work with entrepreneurs within the state as well, especially if it fits a group’s industry or geographic fit.

The combination of efforts between groups in and out of the state certainly indicates that the future for startups here in the Badger State is bright.

“Do not be discouraged because you’re not on the coasts. You don’t need to go to San Francisco or New York to be successful and build a great company,” Ju said. “All the resources are here and the ecosystem will only continue to grow.

This sentiment is only strengthened by the future of work tailwinds from COVID.”

The combination of efforts between groups in and out of the state certainly indicates that the future for startups is bright.

MPD Police Chief search dealyed as community gives input

By Samantha Henschel STAFF WRITER

Further extending a year-long vacancy, the Madison Police and Fire Commission decided to delay its election of the Madison Police Department’s next chief following strong feedback and concerns from the public.

The commission was supposed to elect a new police chief at its Dec. 9 meeting. However, abundant public disapproval for one of the four finalists and consternation directed at the commission itself prompted the setback and continuation of the year-long process that began after former MPD Chief Mike Koval’s retirement.

Community input stressed the need to elect a chief that prioritized outreach and relationships with communities of color in Madison in addition to a strong priority on addressing mental and behavioral health.

The candidates that appealed to residents the most were Ramon S. Batista and Shon Barnes.

Batista has worked in Arizona most of his life, and became the police

chief of Mesa, Arizona, in 2017. Barnes, on the other hand, spent most of his law enforcement career in North Carolina, but now works in Chicago as the director of training and professional development with the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.

Many members of the public expressed dissatisfaction with finalist Christopher A. Davis, who currently serves as Deputy Chief of the Portland Police Bureau and has worked with college campuses before.

Davis’ department allegedly used excessive force, including “less-lethal bullets,” smoke grenades and tear gas on protesters over the summer despite a court order limiting the use of tear gas and other crowd controlling measures, according to the Wisconsin Examiner.

Davis is also being considered to be the next police chief for the Milwaukee Police Department. Protesters and community activists from Portland rebuked and warned against hiring the deputy chief. “[In] my opinion, Chris Davis is part of the massive failure that is the [Portland

Police Bureau],” activist Tai Carpenter told the Examiner. “Good riddance but good luck to Milwaukee. They go hand in hand. He’s not down on the ground but it’s one in the same. He’s responsible for that, there’s blood on his hands.”

In addition to collective disapproval toward Davis, attendees expressed disappointment at the commission for the meeting’s lack of accessibility in receiving feedback about the finalists from residents in other cities like Portland. Community members also complained that the meeting was planned at an inaccessible time.

Public comments also reflected frustration with the process of electing the next police chief, arguing they lacked in including community input due to its timeline. The commission uploaded the finalists’ video interviews to their website on Wednesday, shortly before their deliberation meeting.

“Engage with the community,” said Madison community member and ASM Chair Matthew Mitnick. “This process needs to start back over from scratch with us Madisonians being

involved every step of the way.”

Further, community members expressed discontent in the PFC’s vetting process, noting that they lacked transparency in their selection of candidates and did not listen to resident’s calls for a police chief that comes from a diverse background, among other recommendations.

“Community organizers have been pushing you to select a candidate of a diverse background that they would

feel comfortable interacting with, specifically a local woman of color,” said community activist and recently announced candidate for the District 8 alder position on the Common Council Juliana Bennett. “You ignored the request for candidates that are local, of different genders and for the most part people of color.”

The PFC will meet again on Monday, Dec. 14, to continue the process.

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The selection process and certain finalists in the running for next Police Chief.

“…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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The state government’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force discussed ways to collect better data for missing Indigenous women in Wisconsin at its first ever meeting Friday.

A member of each of the state’s 11 tribal nations, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes attended the meeting.

After the state Legislature failed to pass a bill to form a similar task force earlier this year, Kaul created this task force in response to growing concerns surrounding the rising number of missing Indigenous women and underreported numbers to law enforcement. Nationally, only 116 missing cases were logged to the United States Department of Justice compared to 5,712 reported cases.

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by the state isn’t really collected through that lens,” Kaul said.

Many tribal women never find justice as their predators often evade law enforcement due to conflicting laws between the state and tribal nations — mainly offenses by non-Natives on tribal land.

“The most startling part about this too is that the majority of these atrocities are being committed by non-Native people, but on Native land,” Barnes said.

Meeting participants acknowledged that crimes committed by non-natives on native people was, is and continues to be a major issue.

“It’s been hundreds of years that Native women have been abused and lost and stolen and so it’s good to start this locally for Wisconsin, but also nationally,” Tribal Legislator Myrna Warrington of the Menominee

Indian Tribe of Wisconsin said.

Oneida Nation Councilwoman Jennifer Webster, a member of the task force, said “it’s about time” for a body like the task force to be formed.

“We’re so appreciative of the attorney general, of realizing that there really is a crisis out there, and acknowledging there is a crisis and we need to do something about it,” Webster said.

The task force ultimately strives to plan out potential solutions for these problems that could be implemented on a statewide level. Kaul has previously said he hopes the group can publish a report sometime in 2021, though he didn’t give an exact date and noted the pandemic may change the schedule.

For now, the task force will continue meetings quarterly.

BinaxNOW test supply extended across UW

By Ellie Nowakowski STAFF WRITER

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There is no data available to account for the number of murdered or missing Indigenous women in Wisconsin, according to the Green Bay Press Gazette.

“Effectively addressing the problem of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Wisconsin will require law enforcement, tribal leaders, victim advocates and others to work collaboratively to collect data and identify solutions,” Kaul said.

In addition to updating data collection techniques, the task force aims to investigate why these crimes occur, the response from social service organizations and the role that federal, state and tribal jurisdictions play in collecting and reporting the data.

“We don’t have a great sense of exactly where the numbers are [and] exactly where it’s happening because data collected

UW system president Tommy Thompson announced Monday that the 22 COVID-19 surge testing sites on and near UW system campuses will stay open and continue to administer rapid result tests until at least Christmas, well past their projected close date of mid-December.

Free surge testing sites opened across all UW universities on Nov. 12, and since then more than 100,000 tests have been taken at across the 22 sites.

The university system testing centers became the first set of locations in the U.S. to offer the BinaxNOW rapid results test, which provides results in just

15 minutes.

The BinaxNOW test is the first COVID-19 rapid results test that displays results directly on its testing card. However, test results are not as reliable as those from a standard PCR test since it’s an antigen test rather than a molecular test. Abbott Diagnostics Scarborough, Inc., the manufacturers of the test, received emergency use authorization from the FDA. Initially, testing sites were set to close after about 6 weeks, but an additional 250,000 tests provided by the United States Department of Health and Human Services has given sites the opportunity to run for a longer period of time.

With many students home for the remainder of the Fall semester — as UW shifted to all-virtual instruction following Thanksgiving recess — fewer students are seeking tests, which has freed up the sites to open their doors to community members free of charge.

Community members’ tests accounted for 3,765 of the 5,493 tests — 68.5 percent— administered across the 22 sites on Dec. 4-6, as well as 348 of the 433 — or 80.4 percent — positive results.

“We are pleased to provide this service to the people of Wisconsin at this difficult time and know it is making a difference,” said UW System Board of Regents

President Andrew S. Petersen.

The positivity rate across testing sites Dec. 4-6 was eight percent of the tested population. Among students, positivity rates measured out to a lower rate of six percent. In Madison specifically, these three days experienced a two percent positivity rate with only three students testing positive among the 131 who got tested.

Healthcare service provider eTrueNorth has contributed to the maintenance of UW System testing sites by providing staffing support.

Testing sites are open to UW students, faculty, staff and community members, all of whom can schedule a test here.

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TAA calls on UW-Madison for financial relief

By Sophia Vento STAFF WRITER

In a letter to UW-Madison leadership, the Teaching Assistants’ Association (TAA) called on the university to provide serious financial relief for students, citing university policy concerning segregated fees and international student fees, as well as the current telecommuting policy affecting international student workers, as crises that “mark the difference between eating and going hungry” for some.

Segregated fees are additional charges to tuition that all students are expected to pay. Said fees go to different services and activities, like University Health Services (UHS), the Wisconsin Union and more.

These fees, according to TAA, make up an “infinitesimally small portion” of the university’s budget — 1.5% of the university’s operating budget and expenses. The TAA has been calling for the end of segregated fees for graduate workers since 2017, labeling the fees as “wage theft.” Graduate students’ segregated fees for the Spring 2021 semester are $734.30.

“Fees are unjust, disproportionately impact low-income, first gen and working-class graduate students and shift the cost of running the university onto graduate workers,” read a Dec. 7 email to graduate students from the TAA. “These fees amount to graduate workers paying to work at this institution,” echoed TAA president, Alejandra Canales. Additionally, many students, according to Canales and the TAA, are increasingly worried about making rent and paying bills due to the pandemic.

Meredith McGlone, the News and Media Relations Director for UW-Madison, said that “facing an anticipated $320 million shortfall due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UW-Madison is continuing to collect segregated fees from all students to maintain these important services.”

“By not providing financial relief to student workers, you are demonstrating that you value profit over our lives,” said TAA in the letter. “Show us that you care about all student workers.”

The TAA is asking graduate student workers to withhold paying their Spring semester segregated fees until the April 2 deadline, emphasizing that “waiting to pay gives us [the TAA]

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time to change this harmful policy.”

By withholding the mandatory fees, the TAA will leverage their collective power and buy time to organize to change the policy, according to the Dec. 7 email.

The TAA cites Stony Brook University as an institution that has provided serious financial relief for graduate students earlier this year who organized and withheld fees.

“Graduate workers play that same essential role at UW-Madison, and together, we can win full relief,” the TAA email read.

In March, the TAA created a Mutual Aid Fund to supplement some of the losses that graduate students faced during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through the fund, graduate student employees in need of urgent financial support can request aid, funded by donations from other graduate students and members of the UW-Madison community.

Since its founding, the fund has raised $28,691 as of the website’s most recent update on Nov. 11.

“Graduate workers, already stretched thin, deserve our full wages — we deserve to be able to cover our living expenses, plain and simple,” emphasized the TAA. “We deserve a full remittance of segregated fees, and an end to the international student fee altogether.”

The international student fee at the university is an additional onehundred dollars on top of the segre-

gated fees that international students are required to pay.

“The international student fee is particularly discriminatory, charging higher fees to non-U.S. citizens,” said the TAA. In addition, earlier this month it was revealed that some international student workers telecommuting from outside of the U.S. were not being compensated for their labor.

The Associated Students of Madison (ASM) recently passed legislation in support of international students, calling for a more robust telecommuting policy that better addresses current circumstances.

“Echoing ASM’s legislation on the international telecommuting policy, we have also called on the university to pay student workers telecommuting regardless of their geographic location,” said Canales.

Although the university, as McGlone reiterated, now plans to pay these workers for any hours logged previous to this revelation, it is unlikely that international students will be able to continue working from abroad due to policy specifically restricting hourly telecommuting work from occurring outside of the United States.

Without a change from the university, that policy is likely to remain.

In response to criticism, the university points to a number of policies and policy changes it has undertaken to lighten the financial burdens placed on graduate students.

“Since 2016, we’ve engaged in a multi-year effort to substantially raise minimum TA stipends, moving from near the bottom of the Big Ten to the top half,” said McGlone in reference to university-wide hopes to support graduate student workers. “Graduate assistants were exempt from intermittent furloughs in fall 2020 and will also be exempt from the second round of intermittent employee furloughs planned for spring 2021.”

McGlone also highlighted that the graduate school Dean’s Student Board also provides a place for graduate students to express their thoughts and concerns about specific policies/issues, but Canales feels that “university administrators have not been willing to seriously engage with TAA or, to [her] knowledge, any other campus unions.”

According to Canales, the university and university administrators have not yet responded to her email — sent last Monday — appealing for financial relief for student workers.

Canales continues to highlight the notion that support for student work-

ers is lacking, stating that many graduate student instructors faced serious worries about in-person classes this semester and have also found classes to be both difficult and stressful given that their students were often getting sick or put into quarantine, overwhelming instructors with emails.

“I also think that the university has talked a lot [about] mental health during the pandemic, but has done nothing to address the social determinants of mental health,” said Canales.

“That’s where financial relief would go a long way.”

With the Fall semester coming to a close, Canales and the TAA have concerns about the Spring semester and have concluded that many of the obstacles faced during the Fall 2020 semester will likely carry over.

“Our concerns regarding the start of the fall semester were ignored even though our COVID-19 worries turned out to be right. As we were warning back in August, coronavirus cases on campus did have a big impact on the rest of the city,” said Canales.

The TAA has been calling for a “Safe and Moral Restart” in place of the university’s plan for COVID-19 response, the “Smart Restart,” for months.

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University of Wisconsin leaders look to increase employee pay

By Jessica Sonkin CAMPUS NEWS EDITOR

On Dec. 10, the UW System Board of Regents will meet to vote on an employee compensation increase proposed by UW System officials. The payment plan directly targets two upcoming fiscal years, during which salaries will be raised by 2 and 2.5 percent if the plan successfully passes

through the legislative process.

Nearly 39,000 staff members — the approximate total number of UW System employees — would reap the benefits of this plan.

Primarily, the plan has been developed by UW System officials with a purpose of bringing employees’ salaries closer to those of faculty and staff members at comparable postsec-

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As international students remain unpaid, ASM works to figure out new legislation.

ondary institutions. Although raising salaries will not necessarily allow the UW to surpass peer institution payment rates, the action may serve as a greater incentive for prospective or current employees.

In the System’s 2020 Annual Financial Report — made available to the public on Dec. 7 — a report on faculty turnover by institution indicated that 21 employees (5.59% of total faculty leaving) left due to “salary related job changes.” The same number of employees (21) left due to “non-salary related job changes,” but the vast majority of those were due to retirements and resignations.

“Unfortunately, due to these [salary] gaps, UW-Madison continues to be the target for outside institutions trying to recruit our talented faculty and staff,” university officials wrote in their employee payment plan. According to the Wisconsin State Journal, this plan was given to the Board of Regents on Monday.

A cumulative sum of about $94.7 million would be needed to achieve the goal of the plan given the university system’s expansive volume of workers.

The Associated Press joins the

State Journal in addressing a projected deficit of $373 million for the state of Wisconsin between 2021 and 2023.

The Wisconsin Policy Forum notes that “when Gov. Tony Evers unveils his proposed 2021-23 budget early next year, he will do so amid elevated unemployment, slowing state tax collections and the spending pressures created by an ongoing pandemic and increased demand for social services.”

If the UW System officials’ employee pay raise plan is approved, the $94.7 million would be added to deficit expenditures from the Wisconsin general fund.

“The UW System’s Salaries and Fringe Benefits expense, however, increased a total of $125.3 million between 2019-20 and 2018-19,” said Vice President for Finance Sean P. Nelson in his Financial Report 2020 introduction. “As previously noted, this increase is largely accounted for with the State’s 2019-21 pay plan, as approved by the Joint Committee on Employment Relations approved in December 2019. It includes a 2% wage adjustment in January 2020 and another 2% adjustment effective January 1, 2021.”

The financial report also requests the “adoption of Resolution E., approving the two-year tuition plan for selected graduate and professional programs at UW-Madison as detailed in the attached plan.”

The plan — presented by Chancellor Rebecca Blank — looks to be implemented at School of Business Graduate Programs, Doctor of Law, Doctor of Medicine through the School of Medicine and Public Health, Health Professions Programs through the School of Medicine and Public Health, Doctor of Nursing Practice and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine programs.

The preceding programs may be feasible because they do not correlate with undergraduate tuition. The 2013 UW tuition freeze has yet to be lifted, as per why the UW System will not be funding its standard 70% of increased employee compensation rates.

If approved by the Board of Regents, the employee payment plan will be assessed by the Senate, governor and Assembly, as well as a legislative committee.

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It wasn’t very pretty in the second half, but the No. 13 Wisconsin Badgers (4-1) were able to hold on to their 17 point first half lead against the Rhode Island Rams (3-3) Wednesday afternoon to win 73-62.

Rhode Island came into this matchup averaging near 80 points a game on 48 percent shooting, but Wisconsin’s sixth ranked Ken Pomeroy defense was able to hold URI to 18 points under their average on just 43 percent shooting.

“We had a lot of energy and we were the aggressor right out of the gates, especially on defense,” senior guard Brad Davison said after the game.

Wisconsin shot the ball poorly throughout the afternoon, hitting just under 39 percent from the field, but was able to rely on its defense to spark fast breaks. In the first half alone Rhode Island turned the ball over 11 times, leading to 15 points for Wisconsin.

“Coach Krabenhoft did a great job scouting these guys in the couple days we had to prepare,” Davison said. “They have a different style of basketball than we do in the Big Ten, so it was a good opportunity for us to learn going into March.”

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Rhode Island came out firing in the second half however, matching their first half total just eight minutes into the second. URI dominated Wisconsin’s big men in the post, doubling the Badgers point total in the paint.

“If we get the ball in the paint I expect us to score there,” head coach Greg Gard said. “We tried to do some stuff in the first half under the rim that didn’t really work, but we need to finish those.”

URI actually shot significantly better than Wisconsin on the night as a whole, but turnovers and foul shots ultimately doomed the Rams on a night where the referees took over the second half.

There were 32 (!!) fouls called in the second half — good for about for one every 40 seconds. URI committed five more turnovers than the Badgers did on the night, as well as taking and making 11 less free throws than Wisconsin.

“Unnecessary is the word I’m going to choose right now [to describe the fouls the Badgers committed],” Gard said. “All those fouls add up eventually — it stops the clock and lets the other team back in the game. If [Badger players] want to want to stay in the game they have to stay out of

foul trouble or I’ll yank them.”

Fatts Russell, the Rams best player offensively, was held mostly in check by the Badgers all night. Russell was

did a great job on him, I thought we had him frustrated all game.”

Senior guard Brad Davison led the team in scoring on the

A little lost in the shuffle tonight was senior forward Nate Reuvers, who’s first half rejection of Ishmael Leggett put him atop the all time block

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Nate Reuvers eclipsed Ethan Happ for the most blocks in Badger men's basketball history against the Rams. held to just 3-14 shooting from the field, with eight points, one assist and three turnovers.

“I’m going to have to dig deep into Rhode Island’s box scores to find the last time Russell was held [in check] like that,” Gard said. “Trice

night, posting a season high 23 points to go with three rebounds and a couple steals. Senior forward Micah Potter scored 13 behind Davison, and senior forward Aleem Ford was the third Badger in double digits on the night with 11.

leaders for Wisconsin, whose career block total of 156 passed Ethan Happ’s total of 154.

The Badgers next game isn’t for another week, when they’ll take on Northern Iowa in Madison next Wednesday.

COVID-19 destroys Badger schedules across all sports

By Lara Klein STAFF WRITER

In the midst of a pandemic, the Badger’s toughest opponent in sports this year has proven to be COVID-19.

The virus has led to hectic seasons for many teams, with games being canceled, postponed, and shuffled around.

Despite daily testing for most athletes, laws that prohibit the disclosure of college athletes’ health also prohibit us from knowing how many athletes have contracted the virus. What we do know is that the schedules of every player, coach, and staff member has been impacted by the disease in one way or another.

While the Big Ten trailed behind other divisions in resuming sporting activities this fall, they were the first NCAA hockey league to begin their season in November.

Wisconsin’s men’s and women’s hockey teams have both already played their last game of the year due to the virus.

Since only partial season schedules were released for both teams, the coaches and players remain uncertain what 2021 will have in store for them.

Earlier this week, it was announced that the two men’s hockey games at Michigan State would be postponed due to an outbreak amongst Badger players.

The team was already in East Lansing when the confirmation of a positive test sent them back home.

Badger’s coach Tony Granato remained positive after the announcement the games would be postponed.

“We played 10 of 12 games,” Granato said. “If you said a month ago you’re going to play 10 games before Dec. 5, we would have taken it.”

The women’s hockey team has suffered from even more postponements. Last weekend their two games against Minnesota were postponed because of COVID-19 related issues in the Gophers program. The Badgers

have also postponed their two games this week against Minnesota-Duluth and two next week against Ohio State because of COVID-19 spreading within their own program.

With Wisconsin’s men’s and women’s hockey teams being ranked 13th and 1st in the nation respectively, both teams await news on when their games will be rescheduled and what the rest of their seasons will look like.

After playing their first four games of the season, Wisconsin’s basketball team also ran into their first postponed game of the season. After a positive test caused the Lousiville Cardinals to indefinitely pause all team activities last week, the Badgers announced they would play Rhode Island on Dec. 13 instead.

Players and coaches have noted they were not surprised about running into their first schedule change due to the virus. The team’s first priority seemed to be finding an alternative program to replace Louisville and still have the chance to play.

“We kind of already knew going into this season that there could be a lot of changes, so it was kind of what we expected,” said senior Aleem Ford, “So regardless of who we have scheduled in front of us, we’re just going to attack it day by day and get ready for whoever we have up next.”

Falling nine spots to be ranked number 13 after losing to Marquette last week likely made the Badger’s even more eager to get back on the court.

The team’s schedule will continue to be dictated by test results as the holiday season approaches.

Instead of the postponements being issued in other sports, the Big Ten deems football games canceled by COVID-19 a ‘no contest.’ So far, opening weekend was the only week the Big Ten has had zero cancelations due to the virus.

Minnesota’s Covid-related cancel-

ation of their rivalry game officially made Wisconsin ineligible to compete in the Big Ten Championship. This is the first year the rivals have not battled for the Paul Bunyan axe since 1906.

Although it was unlikely the Badgers would come out on top of the Big Ten West over Northwestern, they will now fall one game short of the six game minimum required for eligibility in the league title game.

Wisconsin football activities were on pause for outbreaks in their own program from Oct. 28 to Nov. 6th, forcing them to cancel games against Nebraska and Purdue. Ultimately, the interruptions to their practice and game schedules have unknown consequences on the Badgers overall performance this season.

Ohio State is another Big Ten program that will notably fail to meet the six game minimum due to a canceled rivalry

game against Michigan next weekend.

The undefeated Buckeyes are scrambling to find out if another team will become available to play as a result of more cancelations. Alternatively, it is possible the six game minimum requirement is altered if the average number of Big Ten games falls below six.

While they await news of their league title game eligibility, Ohio State is also uncertain of how cancelations will impact their shot at a national championship. The NCAA will announce the top four teams who will compete in the playoffs on Dec. 20.

Regardless of how Big Ten teams’ hockey, basketball, and football seasons shake out, this year will certainly be a memorable one for college sports.

Despite the scheduling nightmare that postponements, cancelations, and reschedulings have created, fans remain invested in their team’s success.

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By Dominic LeRose, John Bildings STAFF WRITERS

Dominic LeRose and Johnny Bildings are seniors at UW-Madison who are fanatics about all things entertainment.

Their goal is to recommend their favorite, movies, tv shows, books, music, documentaries and specials to make the dismal times of the current pandemic a little less sufferable.

Here are Johnny’s picks: “Happiest Season” Hulu continues its hot streak of acquired romantic comedies in 2020, this time bringing the classic Christmas spirit with a unique twist that still provides all the warm fuzzies you could want.

Starring Mackenzie Davis (“Terminator Dark Fate”) as Harper Caldwell and Kristen Stewart as Abby Holland, “Happiest Season” tells the story of a lesbian couple traveling home for the holidays, whose relationship quickly encounters a bump in the road when Harper reveals she still hasn’t come out to her parents as a result of her small-town roots and conservative upbringing.

With Abby aiming to impress Harper’s perfection-seeking parents, played by Mary Steenburgen (“Step Brothers”) and Victor Garber (any TV role ever), while not revealing the “big surprise” too soon - the usual series of holiday hijinks and life lessons follow, bringing some warm-hearted laughs that should serve as a good finals decompressor sometime over the next few weeks.

Throw in everyone’s favorite

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Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis star in Clea Duvall's Hulu holiday rom-com "Happiest Season."

“Schitt’s Creek” star Dan Levy as Abby’s best friend John, and it seems Hulu’s struck gold with another new recipe for their romcom cookbook.

“You’re The Worst” Sad people doing awful things, I stumbled upon “You’re The Worst” on Hulu in the midst of my quarantine sorrows last week and found myself pleasantly surprised by this virtually unheard of FX comedy-drama series. Revolving around the unlikely relationship between Chris Gere’s (“Detective Pikachu”) sullen British novelist Jimmy Overly and Aya Cash’s (“The Boys”) clinically depressed PR executive Gretchen Cutler, the show

hammers home mental health discussions with an edgy yet profound sense of humor, and will leave anyone who sticks around past the opening episode with a good laugh and cry somewhere in the course of its first season.

I say the first episode because the first 10 minutes will definitely tell you whether or not “Worst” is a good fit - do not, I repeat, do not watch this with your family members - but regardless, I feel like it’s worth checking out if you’re looking for a change of pace and a new set of comedy faces to enjoy.

Here are Dom’s picks: “Children of Men” Alfonso Cuarón’s 2006 masterpiece isn’t only one of the

smartest science fiction films ever made, it’s one of the greatest films of all time period.

Set in a futuristic London in a world where all women are infertile, a former activist and bureaucrat suffering from depression and hopelessness (Clive Owen, in his finest performance) becomes the unlikely hero set to deliver a pregnant girl to a scientific sanctuary to protect her from danger and save humanity from the ongoing apocalyptic dystopia.

This film is not only a brilliant examination of society and humanity but a visual poem.

Cuarón’s direction is nothing short of spectacular, every scene hooking you into a surprisingly

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realistic nightmare while finding room for hope. Featuring one of what I would argue is the most riveting, visually arresting long takes in cinematic history and one of the most beautiful scenes ever filmed on screen, “Children of Men” is a perfect film for our times, not only due to us being in the Holiday season and the film having strong metaphors for the birth of Christ, but due to the hopeless times we’re living in.

“Love Actually” Sometimes all you need is SMy personal favorite romantic comedy (which may not be saying much considering my general distaste for the genre), “Love Actually” is a Christmas classic that casts a warm spell. Featuring several characters struggling with their love lives in London around Christmas time, “Love Actually” brings both humor and heart and shines a light on the beauty of love.

An ultimate feel-good movie, this 2003 hit is a classic that, to this day, remains a romantic comedy that works on every level.

“Frozen Planet” With winter on its way, escaping to the icy frozen poles of our planet is the perfect way to spend time on Netflix. BBC Earth’s “Frozen Planet,” narrated by the great David Attenborough, transports us to the coldest, most spectacular corners of the globe to document the lives of creatures such as penguins, polar bears, narwals, whales, arctic wolves and more in spectacular, state of the art footage.

Any fan of nature documentaries can expect to be amazed by this series.

New Netflix miniseries ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is a must-watch

By Jordan Simon, Kristen Koenig STAFF WRITERS

In chess, a gambit is an opening sequence in which one side sacrifices material in hopes of gaining a positional advantage, the queen’s gambit being the most famous among them.

Now, if you don’t know anything about chess, you should still watch the Netflix miniseries “The Queen’s Gambit” for a multitude of reasons — the fact that it has become a global sensation being just one.

I bring up the concept of a gambit, however, because the story of Beth Harmon — the central character in “The Queen’s Gambit” — is just that, a gambit, and the series certainly offers no shortage of the thrill and suspense that one would expect to accompany a gambit — and if you don’t play chess, well, just take my word for it that gambits peak the scale on the chess excitement-o-meter.

Set in the 1960s, “The Queen’s Gambit” follows the story of Beth Harmon, played by Anya Taylor Joy (“The Witch,” “Emma”), as she grows up in a Kentucky orphanage, learning to play chess at a young age from the orphanage’s janitor, Mr. Shaibel.

Beth quickly proves herself to be a chess prodigy, exemplifying,

in addition to her skill, the kind of no-frills attitude and dedication to the game necessary for greatness. While Beth certainly possesses an incredible natural affinity for the game of chess, her playing is also heavily aided by the use of tranquilizer pills which were handed out in the orphanage, presumably to keep the children calm and obedient.

The series takes us through Beth’s chess journey as she takes on increasingly tougher opponents and continues to defy the odds in the male-dominated sport. As much as the series is the story of success and empowerment, however, it is perhaps even more so a story about personal struggle.

Along with her grand success, Beth also battles addiction, alcoholism, mental illness and intense feelings of personal isolation, and all these factors seem to get worse the higher she rises in the world of chess, further burying the baggage of a challenging upbringing with each new victory.

As a viewer you can’t help but root for Beth Harmon while simultaneously wincing in horror at the price she pays as a result of genius.

In addition to motifs of personal struggle, “The Queen’s Gambit,” aptly named, is also a story of feminism and empow-

erment. Not only does Beth rise to the challenge of beating her male opponents, she also portrays a vision of sex and beauty in the game of chess, leaving her opponents breathless by her seductive poise.

Her confidence is apparent both on and off the board, where she fearlessly takes on any opponent — whether it be a Grand Master or reporter — without a glimpse of fear showing. In a time when women were taught to be docile and subservient to their male counterparts, her confidence in herself is unwavered by the men who think they own the game.

Beth’s determination renders her a fiery female figure whose tenacity overpowers any criticisms she receives, sometimes to her detriment, as her confidence and strength is also a double edged sword.

Despite her stern exterior, Beth’s need to prove her worth to those around her makes any failure in her eyes unacceptable.

The inevitable losses lead to alcohol and drug infused benders and crippled relationships as she attempts to come to terms with imperfection.

Her character’s tough exterior slowly breaks away as the story continues, and we begin to find that the true enemy to Beth is not her opponents, but herself.

While much of the series is dark and intense, perhaps what makes it so powerful is it’s empowering ending (warning: spoilers).

Beth wins the big game against Borgov, but it is more of a personal victory than a chess victory, and as much a beginning as it is an ending.

There is a lot to unpack in the final episode, and there are many heartwarming moments to pick from, but what comes to mind is the call Beth receives from her former chess tutors and friends.

That’s the moment Beth is no longer alone; she is able to accept help

and love.

From Jolene, from Townes, from Benny, Harry and everyone on the phone and, eventually, even from Borgov.

What’s for sure is that “The Queen’s Gambit” is a story worth knowing, relevant for the current day.

And whether you can spot a blackburne’s mate from eight moves away or you call the rook a ‘castle,’ “The Queen’s Gambit” has something for everyone. It’s an emotional roller coaster that’s worth the ride.

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Anya Taylor Joy stars as chess prodigy Beth Harmon in "The Queen's Gambit."

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By Gillian Rawling It has been a disappointing past two weeks for Badger fans, to say the least. Some have been able to chalk it up to bad luck and a couple of questionable plays, but medical experts speculate that it could be much more consequential.

After the Badgers took down the Illinois football team what feels like a century ago, when we all felt some hope left for 2020, over 22 people within the Badger football program tested positive for the virus that has spread to thousands at UW-Madison. One of the most notable of these cases being the head football coach Paul Chryst.

Two weekends later, UW-Madison’s beloved team stepped out on the field for the second time in the unprecedented season, crushing their opponent and a long-time object of Badger hatred — Jim Harbaugh.

Then a pair of crushing defeats brought an end to the team’s fairytale story of a season with a promising new quarterback, with many fans asking: what happened??

Anthony Fauci, a renowned physician and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, believes that this may be a direct result of the dreaded coronavirus.

“You know, we’ve been doing a lot of trials before and after we expose volun-

teers to the virus and what we’ve started seeing is a general decline in their ability to make strategic decisions, especially offensively,” Dr. Fauci said.

This would definitely account for the recent poor performance of the Badger offense, especially after acquiring a sought-after quarterback and benching him for a season.

Fauci revealed that the only real strategy he could see improving the piss-poor performance — “I think it’s in Chrysts best interest to fire the offensive coordinator and recommend someone that doesn’t have their head stuck up their ass.

After his reign of terror at The Daily Cardinal’s Almanac desk, editor Jordan Simon announced that he will be leaving his position in order to begin the next chapter in his life. Simon has announced his plans to embark on an intergalactic space mission where he will search for extraterrestrial life that actually likes his writing. The launch date is not confirmed but will reportedly occur as soon as Simon finds a gas station that sells space diesel.

“I’ve been going about this all wrong,” epiphanied Jordster the Intergalactic Explorer — Simon’s space name — from the Almanac desk late Tuesday night, as he paused from struggling through a clunky satire piece … probably about that time he went to the mall and the employee said that thing that was totally uncalled for.

“I’ve been writing for Earthly beings this whole time! No wonder my jokes weren’t landing! I’ve just got to find some extraterrestrials that appreciate my otherworldly sense of humor.”

At that moment, Super Awe s o m e C o m m a n de r Spaceman Jordan the Beautiful — he goes by many space names — drafted up his Daily Cardinal resignation letter and blasted off into space in search of an audience that was better. Er, well more accurately he bought up all of the Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup cans from the local Kwik Trip as part of his preparations to do so. Nine cans is enough for a month’s long space mission, right?

What? What byline? What do you mean I’m writing an article about myself ? That’s a different Jordan! I mean, I’m a different Jordan than the Jordan who is the editor he’s not the me …

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Hot, popular girl you hated in high school has developed late onset acne that somehow further accentuates her jawline

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In a bittersweet turn of events, the hot, popular girl you hated in high school has developed late onset acne which, contrary to all three of Newton’s laws of physics, somehow further accentuates her flawless jawline.

Eliza Fredricksmeyer, the aforementioned hot, popular girl — toward whom you harbor feelings of resentment because she was hot and popular — seemed as if she would finally be brought to justice for the crimes of possessing positive qualities you did not

when she began developing late onset acne at the age of 27. It was a moment of great hope for the nation, with figment-of-your-imagination Anderson Cooper as well as 97 percent of fictional scientists predicting that the end of Fredricksmeyer’s innate good fortune was on the horizon.

Fast forward 18 months, however, and a now 29-yearold Fredricksmeyer possesses an even more defined jawline than before. The color contrast has, against all odds, highlighted a natural beauty, while also providing a precise and radiating cheekbone

contour. It’s a look that also invents an aura of relatability and approachability, which only serves to make her that much hotter.

“God Damnit,” you said, after seeing her in a TV ad for Match.com.

While it is unclear why this event deserves your attention in the first place, it is certain that it’s the greatest injustice of 2020. How could figment-of-your-imagination Anderson Cooper have gotten it all so wrong?

“It is certain there’s no God,” you’ve concluded.

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The 2020 Presidential Election was an emotional roller-coaster for all. Whether you were like me — an onlooker from thousands of miles away and in a different timezone, watching states like Georgia and Wisconsin flip in real time — or like my Cardinal-affiliated, Americabased friends and colleagues who were likely losing sleep, it was a nerve wracking spectacle that tested everyone’s mental fortitude.

The likes of John King and Steve Kornacki — of CNN and MSNBC respectively — worked their magic on electoral maps and wooed the watching world with their workrate and accuracy under pressure. The warnings prior to Election Day about red and blue mirages clearly proved to be futile, as Twitter went into meltdown with every twist and turn in the frantic race.

Then came Saturday, Nov. 7 — four days after Election Day kicked off — when time seemingly stood still. I recall frantically doomscrolling before deciding to check out CNN’s live coverage. Within moments, there was an incoming projection call and the camera panned onto Wolf Blitzer: Joseph R. Biden Jr. was projected to be the 46th president of the United States, as the electoral votes from Pennsylvania were projected to go in his favor and push him over the 270 mark. I couldn’t have timed it better.

At that moment, there was liftoff.

Social media went ablaze and before long, people all over the world took to the streets in celebration in cities like Boston and Los Angeles, in Biden’s and Harris’ ancestral towns in Ireland and India respectively and of course, Madison, Wis., as well.

President-elect Biden’s Twitter account shared a poignant video moments after the race was called, which — combined with the gravity of that moment in time — gave me goosebumps. As time passed though, I found myself reflecting on the video and the song — “America the Beautiful” — sung by Ray Charles in the background.

I thought to myself, “America the Beautiful? Is it really?”

Looking back at the video, I realized that while an “America for all” message meshed well with the words from “America the Beautiful” to create a striking video, the messages diverged completely when viewed from an objective standpoint.

“America the Beautiful” cannot be an America for all.

As a foreigner, my perception of America is not built on patriotic songs and celebrations, but on comparative study and real stories instead. As a student in high school, the American constitution was touted as groundbreaking and one of a handful of existing constitutions at the time that inspired the formation of the constitution of post-British India. As a consumer of media, I have seen countless real stories of people achieving what they call the “American Dream.”

From restaurateurs and street food vendors tirelessly putting their soul on a plate, to students like myself and professionals facilitating an exchange of skills and ideas, to those whose grandparents or great-grandparents arrived in the U.S. seeking new opportunities as immigrants themselves.

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The Native population simply cannot be forgotten either. As someone born in a country that — to this day — grapples with the effects of colonialism, I can recognize that the damage done by colonizers is irreversible. Yet the efforts made by the existing population to preserve identity and even flourish is nothing short of astounding.

The same goes for all who have fought valiantly against oppression on account of their identities and continue to do so.

Modern America is like a jigsaw puzzle, with each and every person in — or affiliated with — America forming a piece.

I have written extensively in the past about just how incredible I find the rights and protections afforded

Google search trends appear to confirm. There exists a camp that believes in the superiority of their own identity over others, questioning the right to a free and safe life for those that identify differently: Some pieces of the puzzle simply do not fit well to form an inclusive, United States of America.

This has become further evident in 2020. While significant strides have been made out of the U.S.’s murky history, a lot of the divides that were silently taking shape over and before the last four years have been exposed emphatically this year. The struggles of the pandemic have been universal, but none have been more spectacular than in America. The thousands of cars lining up to collect food in

the election the most secure in American history, the incumbent fired the head of the DHS agency that made the claim, continuing to dismiss the will of the people whilst still getting support from the majority in his party. This is alarming for most onlookers, yet for a significant proportion of people, this seems like the right course of action.

There now exists an entire fragment of the country — a significant portion of about 74 million Trump voters — that have been brainwashed into believing in an alternative reality, where the incumbent is victorious or at least that President-elect Biden did not win fair and square, despite the lack of evidence surrounding voter fraud.

When even Fox News starts slowly

to all people on American soil and now, I have elucidated the real stories I cherish as well. America, as a concept, truly is beautiful.

However, reality begs to differ.

While these pieces to the puzzle exist, they remain jumbled, as not every piece in the puzzle lines up to form the beautiful image of America that Ray Charles sings of, or that Katharine Lee Bates originally wrote of.

This can be seen in the murky history of America. The systemic genocide of indigenous people, the violent response to the marches from Selma to Montgomery, the Tuskegee study, the Dotbusters in New Jersey are just some wildly scattered examples from a heavy past.

There exist more recent examples too. The Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 where there certainly were not “very fine people on both sides” is just one example that sticks out like a sore thumb.

The truth is, there exists — unfortunately — a significant population that squirms at the idea of unity in diversity, something

Dallas, Texas, and the countless people unemployed or dead due to the pandemic while the Senate declared recess for Thanksgiving exemplifies a class divide — a major cause of the issues that plague the population today and inhibit the puzzle from taking shape.

The several instances of police brutality this year, the fact that someone arrested and charged with murder could post bail and escape actions without consequence — all the while others without blood on their hands have had to pay with their blood — makes you forget that there even exists a pretty picture, the kind that the Biden campaign’s video promises.

Meanwhile, the incumbent President — who by definition is supposed to be the most fervent defender of the constitution — had his appointee hold back transitional funds and information from the President-elect’s transition team longer than necessary, while himself refusing to concede and continually racking up failed lawsuits, essentially ripping up what he had sworn to protect. When the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) declared

distancing itself from some of the claims made by the incumbent’s campaign team, it seems like time for alarm bells to ring. Yet this portion of the population seeks further misinformation, shifting out of the political spectrum altogether and into the realm of dangerous fiction, all of which trickles down from the very top.

Quite frankly, this fragment of the nation — white supremacists and the wildly misinformed — holds back the jigsaw puzzle from being pieced together as it should.

I can say this because when I look at India, my country of birth, I see divisions on the lines of caste and religion that have pre-dated the nation’s inception and been amplified in recent years, holding back the nation in a similar fashion.

While the metrics of identity, unity and progress vary from country to country, these deep divisions are a warning sign.

However, all is certainly not lost. As I had mentioned earlier, the pieces still exist. This election signalled the wish for change. The Biden-Harris ticket won the most votes in American election his-

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tory, beating the record set by the Obama-Biden ticket in 2008. It is clear that the majority — the actual majority — want to see the jigsaw puzzle pieced together.

The process will not be easy and a new president will not fix much.

Rebuilding America will require smart and consistent work, such as Stacey Abrams’ grassroots work to fight fear mongering and voter suppression. grassroots political action.

This will also require free speech to have consequences.

The freedom of expression is a beautiful thing which must be protected at all costs, but even a proponent of free expression cannot allow unfettered expression. According to John Stuart Mill’s harm principle, “The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.” By this token, it is imperative to curtail the spread of baseless misinformation that masquerades as free speech, since it causes direct harm to society — even endangering certain lives.

Major platforms like Twitter — not beholden to the First Amendment — have been performing admirably in this regard but must do even more. Unverified information should be called out as such and its spread halted. Repeat offenders should be banned from such platforms, regardless of who they may be. This won’t entirely eliminate misinformation or even transform everybody’s views, but can help prevent naive people from falling to the dark side. Google’s response to its autocomplete algorithm once questioning the Holocaust is another great approach, where a misinformed search is responded to with a link to verified information. With enough exposure to verified truth in place of vitriolic misinformation, there can be change.

The only way the puzzle can be pieced together is if disruptive pieces are cast aside. This does not mean eliminating them from society entirely — especially for those that are merely misinformed and are not a direct threat to society. This is their country, as much as it is yours.

Rather, it’s a matter of facing the reality that there can’t be a wholly tolerant society. A tolerant society cannot tolerate intolerance, according to the paradox of tolerance. The best that can be done is giving them one avenue of spotlight — that of satire. They must be called out without being afforded credibility.

Maybe as an international student in the U.S., one might argue that this is none of my business; but, being a student is more than just getting a degree. It is about giving back to the community that gives you an education you’re proud of, while you can. It is about standing up for what you believe in. In my final piece as an Opinion editor at The Daily Cardinal, I try doing just that and write in hope of progress towards a pieced together puzzle.

As I finish up this piece, I guess I can return to my question.

“America the Beautiful?” Not quite, but it sure can be.

Anupras is a sophomore studying Computer Science. Do you think this puzzle can be pieced together? Send all comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com

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