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ICE arrests 83 people statewide last weekend By Sydney Widell ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
After an unexpected visit over the weekend, federal immigration officials arrested a total of 83 people in Wisconsin, 20 of which were in Dane County. Between Friday and Monday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents launched a “targeted enforcement” effort across the state. Some detainees remain in ICE custody pending their deportation, according to a press release from the agency Tuesday. “This operation targeted criminal aliens, public safety threats and individuals who have violated our immigration laws,” said Ricardo Wong, field director for ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations arm in Chicago. “Operations like this reflect the vital work our ERO officers do everyday to protect our communities, uphold public safety and protect the integrity of our immigration laws.” The majority of the detain-
ees are originally from Mexico, but others came from Columbia, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Thailand and Vietnam. Of the 83 arrested, ICE reported half had criminal records. City officials and campus leaders have spoken out in the wake of the arrests. Madison Mayor Paul Soglin joined state Senators Tammy Baldwin and Mark Pocan in criticizing the way ICE made arrests, the conditions at their detention centers and the rhetoric they used to describe immigrants. “We speak collectively in calling these recent actions what they clearly are: racist and xenophobic,” Soglin said in a press release Wednesday. “We are heartbroken as we consider the plight of our Madison residents who were literally taken from their homes, their place of work or, in some cases, parking lots.” Soglin went on to echo
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Despite falling student voting rates, UW-Madison is taking steps to get more people to the polls.
Students, faculty combat dropping voter turnout By Hannah Filippo STAFF WRITER
Will a new wave of eligible college voters line up at the polls this voting season? Studies show that may be unlikely. UW-Madison student voter turnout was roughly 53 percent during the 2012 re-election of Barack Obama, but then dropped nearly 4 percent in the 2016 election of Donald Trump, according to data analyses by the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement. Though UW-Madison students voted more than the national average in 2012, they fell short of the average in 2016. Badgers make up a fraction of thousands of college students across the nation who don’t consistently show up at the polls. In fact, college students make up the lowest percentage of voters in the U.S. “Research shows that many young people have not yet made voting a regular habit,” UW-Madison political science professor Barry Burden said. “This is partly because young adulthood is a period of transition that often involves shifts in social
relationships and moving from one location to another.” Beth Alleman, an out-of-state student, found it difficult at first to vote in Madison. She formerly worked at an assisted living community and often encountered similar problems when guiding older residents through the election process. Alleman’s experiences motivated her to become Associated Students of Madison’s vote coordinator, where she works with UW-Madison to help make the voting process smoother. Alleman is also part of the League of Women’s Voters, an organization that encourages American women to take part in democracy. Alleman found that informing students in a nonpartisan, nonconfrontational manner effectively encourages voting. “Talking friend to friend, person to family [increases voting],” Alleman said. “That personal touch makes people more likely to vote than being told by someone on TV.” In her classes, she announces to students and faculty on how and where to vote, a step she said is easy
for anyone to take. She also suggests professors include an informational slide at the end of PowerPoints to further educate students. Student voters face unique obstacles, including being busy with school and confusion on how and where to register to vote when living in a new place. Students may also fall into the common belief that their “vote doesn’t matter.” However, UW-Madison consistently works to help students in the voting process and alleviate this stress. UW-Madison has joined two competitions since 2016 to further encourage student participation in democracy: the All In Campus Democracy Challenge and the Big Ten Voting Challenge. The Challenge is dedicated to “improving democratic engagement, increasing voter participation rates, and graduating students with a lifelong commitment to being informed and active citizens.” Forty-eight colleges and universities compete for seals and awards
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New campus initative works to recruit underrepresented university faculty, staff By Jenna Walters CAMPUS NEWS EDITOR
A new initiative meant to enhance the faculty recruitment process by attracting staff from underrepresented populations was introduced at the Faculty of Color reception Tuesday. Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced the Target of
Opportunity Program, which focuses on the hiring process and encourages department chairs and their deans to recruit faculty of different races, ethnicities and genders. “TOP adds new tools to the toolbox. Departments will play a much more active role in identifying people they’d like to
recruit,” Blank said. The program is meant to foster a more diverse faculty and support the university’s statement on diversity, which encourages the inclusion of identity, culture, background and experience, as well as status, ability and opinion. “Diversifying our faculty
is among my highest priorities,” said Sarah Mangelsdorf, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. TOP is an enhancement to the Faculty Diversity Initiative, which was created to provide salary support to encourage the hiring of a diverse faculty, supplement recruitment packages for new
faculty and encourage retention of faculty by supporting their research and teaching in areas related to diversity and inclusion. The new initiative will allow UW-Madison to invest their resources into the hiring process of underrepresented staff, as well as over the course of their careers at the university.
“…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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UW System promises future in jobs, despite recent merger doubts. By Bremen Keasey STAFF WRITER
With the recent restructuring of the UW System and decrease in enrollment at UW Colleges, there has been turmoil regarding the effect of higher education on the state’s economy and its future. Despite last year’s national surveys revealing public doubts about higher education, UW-Eau Claire student Ryan Ring, a first-generation college student, “always knew” he wanted to go to school to set himself apart. He is also on the UW Board of Regents, which is responsible for making decisions for the UW System and responding to the state’s needs. Ring, however, is positive that
higher education is prosperous for Wisconsin. One of the recent changes to the UW System was the restructuring and merging of all 13 two-year colleges with the seven four-year universities. Noel Radomski, director and associate researcher at Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education, said it’s too early to tell how the centralizing will serve the regional colleges. He claimed previously that the Regents brought many regional leaders and recruiters away from their schools and into Madison to try to increase enrollment. “[The Regents] said we’re going to centralize [regional administra-
tive staff] and therefore we’re going to increase enrollment,” Radomski said. “But what happened was they got further away from prospective students and parents.” A decrease in enrollment sparked the restructuring. UW-Stevens Point, for example, has seen a 7 percent decrease in enrollment, with a 22 percent decrease in the past 10 years. But enrollment isn’t just down because of possible policy changes. Radomski said Wisconsin had a tradition of sending high school graduates to technical colleges due to Wisconsin’s reputation as an agricultural and industrial state. When the economy is good, students are also more likely to attend technical colleges because they don’t need to pay tuition for a degree at a college, according to Radomski. He also noted the concern families feel as the price of higher education continues to rise. “Families now in fact are concerned about student loans and student debt, which wasn’t an issue 10 to 20 years ago when tuition was relatively inexpensive,” Radomski said. The real issues along with the perceptions of just how expensive college can be has contributed to
decreased enrollment. Many programs are committed to help prospective students pay for college tuition, however. Bucky’s Promise — announced by the university last year — guarantees full coverage of tuition and fees at UW-Madison for in-state students who have an adjusted gross income of $56,000 or less. Yet with all the perceptions of problems and solutions, the UW System still has a very healthy affect on Wisconsin’s economy. According to a study by NorthStar analytics, the UW System has a $24 billion impact on Wisconsin’s economy with nearly 176,000 jobs supported or created. With crucial midterm elections coming up, there has been debate between the candidates over ways to ensure that the UW System continues to benefit Wisconsin’s economy. Gubernatorial candidate Tony Evers promised to increase investments in both Wisconsin’s technical schools and the UW System, citing cuts to education as one reason he’s running. Gov. Scott Walker started an ad campaign encouraging graduates from UW schools — especially
UW-Madison — to stay and work instate after they graduate along with floating the idea of a tax credit for those who qualify. Despite the bluster of ongoing political campaigns, Radomski said it is crucial to focus on providing quality academic programs, especially as the system evolves with the merger. He argues that programs at smaller schools need to be more forwardthinking and work with businesses to understand what degrees are necessary instead of only being content with stability or steady increases. Ring said the Regents are requesting more money for performanced-based funding and projects to improve STEM fields. With the arrival of Foxconn to the state, fields like engineering will become more important to the state’s economy. And with all the changes happening in the UW System, Ring is positive that that the Wisconsin Idea is still the “core mission.” “After the restructuring, [the Wisconsin Idea] is now more prevalent than ever,” Ring said. “We really have a footprint in nearly every county. I think the Wisconsin Idea is not just known at UW-Madison, but across the UW System.”
Congress releases new bipartisan opioid bill By Michael Bogaards STAFF WRITER
Lawmakers in both chambers of Congress introduced a bill Tuesday intending to fight the ongoing opioid epidemic plaguing regions of the United States. The bipartisan bill includes plans to support development of nonaddictive painkillers and lift restrictions on Medicaid payments at treatment centers. In addition, the bill plans to hinder illegal opioids from entering the country through international mail and provide additional resources to communities in states like Wisconsin with widespread opioid abuse. The bill features priorities proposed by U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., who intertwined provisions from her Opioid Response
voter turnout from page 1 that are nationally recognized. The Challenge reached over 5 million students, including those from UW-Madison. The university teamed up with other Big Ten schools during the 2017-18 school year for the Big Ten Voting Challenge. Trophies are awarded for the highest voter turnout rate, most improved turnout rate and more. UW-Madison set up voting registration stations around campus this week in attempts to sign-up the most new voters. Organizations like NextGen plan to register 100,000 students nationally by the Nov. 6 election, which will include local elections on the ballot — races that students show particularly low engagement in. “Students are often less aware of politics in particular places and have less investment in what is happening locally,” Burden said. However, students’ votes can have a large impact even if they’re voting at a small level, according to Alleman. For example, a recent Beloit referendum on the construction of a new elementary school was decid-
Enhancement Act introduced earlier this year. “With this bipartisan legislation we are providing an increase in funding for opioid abuse treatment and prevention that can help make sure Wisconsin communities and health officials have the tools they need to confront the opioid crisis and save lives,” Baldwin said in a statement earlier. Additionally, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services announced an additional $24 million federal grant was awarded to combat the state’s opioid crisis. Although the array of initiatives are a step forward in combating the opioid epidemic, other lawmakers argue the bill is not extensive enough. U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Elijah Cummings, ed by just two votes. Referendums like these appear on many ballots in local elections and can have real world consequences. In order to vote, students will need a current photo ID that is not their WisCard. Students who live in campus housing are assigned a polling place depending on the residence hall in which they live. For example, Smith and Ogg residents must vote at Smith Hall, and Memorial Union is the designated polling place for Adams, Barnard, Waters, Chadbourne, Slichter and Tripp residents. Students can find more information about registration and voting at UW-Madison’s voting website, including instructions on how to vote early or absentee. Other information can be found at 1myVote, an app that gives readers nonpartisan summaries on candidates and provides links to further details. “It’s part of our responsibility as citizens to take part in the election process. As a person with the ability to vote, I want to take advantage of the right and ability,” Alleman said.
D-Md., submitted their own bill earlier this year that would provide more than $100 billion in federal funding toward addiction resources over 10 years. Warren and Cummings’ Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act would allocate more funds over a longer period of time in hopes of sustaining the progress. “We can’t defeat the opioid crisis with empty words and half measures,” Warren said earlier this year. “Our bill will funnel millions of dollars directly to the hardest-hit communities and give them the tools to fight back. Congress has acted before to root out an epidemic when it finally took action against HIV/ AIDS — and Americans across the country are counting on us to do the same today.”
ICE from page 1 the organizations Latino Consortium for Action, the Dane County Immigration Collaborative and Voces de la Frontera in calling the arrests traumatic for the community. “These ICE actions have had a horrific effect on our community that will last long after they leave,” representatives from those advocacy groups said in a joint statement. “We are continuing to work to support our communities and families.” UW-Madison urged students impacted by the arrests to seek support from resources such as the Dean of Students Office or the Multicultural Student Center. A spokesperson also reminded students in a statement that UW-Madison or the UW-Madison Police Department aiding ICE would go against the university’s policy and that ICE cannot arrest students in private campus-owned spaces.
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Student injured during gunfight, La Follette High School on lockdown By Sydney Widell ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
A gun fight near La Follette High School left one 17-year-old student injured and put the building on lockdown for the second time this week. Police responded to reports of a fight between several young men at the corner of Linda Vista Road and Turner Avenue around 10:40 a.m., Madison police said. Witnesses also said at least one gun had been fired. Later, police located the victim walking away from the crime scene, and hospitalized him with non-threatening injuries. Police say that no suspect has currently been identified but that the investigation remains underway. While no one was seriously hurt, a stray bullet entered the passenger side of a passing car, leaving the driver “shaken,” according to Madison Police Department Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain. LaFollette High School remained on lockdown until
police determined that the situation was stable. “In working with police, we know that there has not been a direct threat at our school today, but we took precautions to keep our building secure as police investigated,” police told school officials in an email. “The safest place to be is in school.” LaFollete locked down last Wednesday, when a 15-year-old accidentally fired a handgun on board a Madison Metro bus. James Madison Memorial High School students also experienced a lockdown the same day, when a gunman opened fire in an office building close to their school. “We are struggling as a community; as a police department with young people with guns that are resolving their differences by deciding to shoot at each other,” DeSpain said. “We’re just fortunate that no one was seriously hurt.”
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New BROCKHAMPTON ‘iridescence’ shines By Molly Carmichael THE DAILY CARDINAL
Self-proclaimed boy band BROCKHAMPTON dropped their much-anticipated album iridescence this past Friday. Forming only three years ago, the group had already released four albums, including All-American Trash and the Saturation trilogy. With the constant influx of content, their experimental sound and unique aesthetic, the group has been experiencing tremendous growth in popularity, whether it’s having a Viceland series or hanging out with iconic producers like Rick Rubin and Pharrell Williams. BROCKHAMPTON has had a fairly tumultuous 2018. Along with unexpectedly signing to RCA Records, they also lost an integral member in Ameer Vann due to domestic abuse allegations. Vann was known as being one of their most technically sound rappers, and his departure left fans wondering if the group would sustain. After several album delays and tour date cancellations, the band regrouped and became reinspired while in London, where they put together 15 tracks to create iridescence. Despite the shifting dynamics, the new album delivers everything fans love from the past. The production on iridescence shows definite growth and visibility in a culture where mainstream hip-hop is becoming more homogenous. Steering clear of generic trap beats and overly refined production, the group opts for a more abrasive
and grimy sound compared to previous albums. The opening track “NEW ORLEANS,” inspired by Lil Wayne, is an intense, fastpaced song that sets an unexpectedly aggressive tone for the record. It has typical BROCKHAMPTON qualities like Dom McLennon’s smooth, quick bars and Merlyn Wood’s yelps, but it also features a brief Jaden Smith cameo. The song “HONEY” has standout production that samples
“BUMP,” an early song of theirs, as well as Beyonce’s “Dance For You.” The track embodies how they haven’t shied away from experimenting past their typical production, most of which featured little sampling. The group’s innovation is demonstrated through their heavy use of voice distortion. “SOMETHING ABOUT HIM,” a simple and short track with vibes similar to Kevin Abstract’s American Boyfriend: A Suburban
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Love Story, takes this distortion to another level. Inspired by the particular voice in Radiohead’s Kid A, Abstract’s robotic vocals on the song contrast with its wholesome, heartfelt lyrics. The effect takes this fairly basic track and elevates it into an experimental, bizarre 90 seconds that may have otherwise gone unnoticed. High pitch voice manipulation can also be heard on tracks such as “THUG LIFE” and “BERLIN,” a technique that’s become a staple for the band and can be heard on previous albums. The record shifts between tracks with biting lines and rough beats — like on “J’OUVERT” — to slower songs with more meaningful and personal lyrics, especially toward the end. Priding t h e m s e lve s on being a group that serves as a safe space for the LGBTQ+ community and POC, themes such as mental health, acceptance and substance abuse are often brought up. On the song “WEIGHT,” Kevin Abstract delivers a dense verse about coming out, the stress of fame and his friends’ mental health. Abstract raps, “‘Cause I’m still worried ‘bout when Ashlan finna put the razor down” and “I thought I had a problem, kept my head inside a pillow screaming.” As a result of their rapidly increasing popularity, the group touches on a new theme: pressure. The second to last track “TONYA” captures the fear and stress experienced from making the album. Paying homage to the movie “I, Tonya,” lyrics about trying to stay grounded and emotionally stable will resonate with everyone. So, it’s quite fitting that this was the track BROCKHAMPTON performed during their first television appearance on “The Tonight Show” in June, shortly after Ameer Vann’s departure. The final track “FABRIC” is a perfect culmination of this theme. Dom McLennon, arguably displaying his best lyrical performance on this record, raps “I know that when they see a brilliant mind they’ll just abuse you/ highlight’s hard to feel what’s real some nights I’m scared that I’m delusional.” BROCKHAMPTON’s iridescence is a thorough album which allows the band to stay true to their roots while still venturing into new creative territory. The group has consistently set a higher bar with each new record and manages to surpass expectations — iridescence is no exception. Final Grade: A
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The new record is concise and layered with conviction.
Noname’s ‘Room 25’ is well worth the two-year wait By Carl Zabat MUSIC COLUMNIST
Noname, real name Fatimah Warner, found a valuable niche in hip-hop as one of the coolest acts around with her quiet, yet potent 2016 mixtape Telefone and a number of features. Two years later, she has a plethora of musings after moving away from her native Chicago, grasping fame with a headlining tour and loving and losing in a relationship. Noname has not added to or detracted much from her very distinct sound, but her latest record Room 25 is chock full of beautiful instrumentals and smooth flows that breeze through 11 tracks across 35 minutes. While six of the record’s 11 songs are over three minutes long, the whole record moves quickly between tracks; most songs only have one or two verses, and Noname has stuck to a hushed, but urgent flow that gives her verses and choruses a sense of balance against the laid back instrumentals. Much of Room 25 has similar sonic foundations, but these baseline beats don’t grow old easily. The drums are loose, like the suave bossa nova groove “Montego Bae,” but they can intensify for the right situation as well, like the background hihat in “Ace” and the technical funk beat in “Blaxploitation.” In addition, Noname always produces a warm jazz-focused sound in her orchestral strings, guitar and bass or low key electronic touches, if not a combination of all three. “Regal” provides a good example of the latter — it has an organic feel, even if the instruments are not all traditional.
Noname, who owns up to her flow and lyrics as “lullaby rap,” is in top form as she navigates numerous topics throughout Room 25, and she eases through lyrical techniques as if she were checking off items while grocery shopping. “Blaxploitation” references a variety of people and places like in opening lines “Your n**** just moved to Wicker/ Your mammy stay on the south side/ She paid to clean your house, power of Pinesol, baby.” In the next track, she tackles police brutality in the incendiary lines “I ain’t see a toddler in the back after firing seven shots/ A demon ‘bout to get me, he watching me kill his mom.” Love and home, two overarching themes throughout the record, are articulated well, even if they are very common themes throughout popular music. Noname’s longing for her native Chicago and graceful bitterness against a former lover give her more conviction than the ambitious drive throughout Telefone, where she had only just moved to LA and had not yet been through that relationship. It was a long two years before Noname released Room 25, but she proved that the wait was well worth it in crafting such a taut and concise record. Whereas Telefone felt like an exercise in who she was and what she was capable of, Room 25 is a full flex. Final Grade: B
Is there a new record you want reviewed? Email our music columnist, Carl Zabat, at zabat@wisc.edu.
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Farmers’ Market Guide Weston’s Antique Apples Weston’s is here for all of your fall apple needs! With dozens of apple varieties to choose from, it’s a good idea to think about what type you want. Or, skip the homework and get one of everything! Sick of apples already? Weston’s also sells strawberries, cherries, gooseberries, pears, raspberries, apricots, peaches and plums. My personal favorite is their apple cider. Perfect for chilly fall days, or the rainy ones when your notebooks get wet, this is a seasonal necessity well worth the $5 for a half-gallon. Drink it cold or hot, and enjoy a perfect blend of sweet and spiced flavors from Weston’s own. - Justine Spore
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The Gypsy Travelin’ Market and Bakery This small tent has become a go-to for sweet treats on Saturday mornings. The Gypsy Travelin’ Market and Bakery has the best cookies on the square, and the largest variety too. Though the cookies themselves are small, you can get a good amount for a cheap price. Ranging from classic chocolate chip to yummy mint Oreo cookies, this little stand is probably one of the Farmers’ Market’s best kept secrets. The cookies are crumbly, buttery goodness with sweet frosting glazed across the top. (It also sells cute little cat toys! A weird combination of things, but both super adorable). - Allison Garfield Stella’s Bakery All of my favorite Farmers’ Market memories involve sharing a loaf of Stella’s warm, savory cheese bread with my friends on the Capitol lawn. Stella’s Bakery has been selling their original cheesy on the bottom, spicy on the top pull-apart cheese bread since 1988. Their vibrantly detailed red-andwhite tent can be seen from far down State Street, easy to spot so you can beeline there before embarking on the full market trek on an empty stomach. While the cheesy bread is what they’re known for, they also have mouthwatering empanadas, pretzels and artisan breads, as well as freshly-made cookies, muffins and pastries for breakfast or dessert. Regardless of what you get, the best place to grab your on-the-go, shareable, hands-full market bite, is Stella’s.- Sammy Gibbons
Chris & Lori’s Bakehouse Scones are the name of the game at this stand, with options ranging from “Ultra Healthy” to “Healthy Schmealthy.” Make Chris & Lori’s Bakehouse your first stop at the Farmer’s Market and fuel up for a morning of shopping. Unlike a sugary donut that leaves you hungry 20 minutes after eating, scones will fill you up and stick with you until lunchtime. The whole grain cranberry orange scone is a personal favorite, as is the whole grain blueberry. On the sweeter side, I also recommend the white chocolate raspberry scone. Glutenfree, dairy-free and vegan options are also available, so everyone can enjoy these treats! - Justine Spore
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Brunkow Cheese of Wisconsin You might not recognize the name of this Farmers’ Market staple, but you’ll know it when you see it. The popular stand grills cheese curds under a giant blue tent and they even have samples! The line is always a little long, but it is well worth the wait to try a variety of cheese curds — from classic to pizzaflavored — grilled fresh right in front of you. Brunkow Cheese of Wisconsin handcrafts fine cheeses (their most popular is aged cheddar) as well as specialty cheeses and spreads. This stand definitely has the largest variety of the cheese booths on the square, so even if you’re just looking to sample food, this is a spot you can’t miss. - Allison Garfield
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he year is 1991. Judge Clarence Thomas has been nominated to fill the seat vacated by recent retiree Justice Thurgood Marshall. The nomination of Judge Thomas is welcomed by many conservatives, yet strongly opposed by feminist and civil rights groups citing his criticisms toward Affirmative Action and stance on Roe v. Wade. Toward the end of the nomination process accusations of sexual harassment arise. Law professor Anita Hill testifies in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Oct. 11. Accounts of crude behavior and language are revealed for the first time in history within the walls of the orthodox Senate hearing room. Her testimony is dismissed by the all-white and all-male committee. The day is Oct. 15. Judge Thomas has been confirmed by the Senate with a vote of 52-48. Despite widespread allegations, numerous news stories and hard evidence, justice has not served Anita Hill. The year is now 2018. Judge Brett Kavanaugh has been nominated to fill the seat left empty by recent retiree Justice Anthony Kennedy. The nomination of Judge Thomas is again supported by conservatives, yet strongly opposed by feminist and civil rights groups citing his threat to women’s right to choose, voting rights, racial justice, LGBTQ+ rights and much more. In the midst of the nomination process, again, accusations of sexual assault arise. Statistics professor Christine Blasey Ford, activist Deborah Ramirez and Ms. Julie Swetnick have publicly accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault during high school and college, respectively. Ford will testify to the Senate on Sept. 27. And now, only one question remains: Will justice serve Ford, Ramirez and Swetnick, or will Brett Kavanaugh be confirmed Justice to the highest court of the land? Recent events make it difficult to distinguish between the past and the present; it calls into question the progress that is thought to have been made. Racial tensions spark thoughts of the 1950s and ‘60s. Looming
threats to women’s rights, particularly regarding reproduction, take us into the era of Roe v. Wade and the women’s suffrage movements. And now the nomination and accusations against Brett Kavanaugh have taken us back into the early ‘90s. Nearly three decades later, history is quite literally repeating itself, especially when comparing some of the details of each nomination. Will things be different this time around? It is possible, for we are being given the opportunity to provide Dr. Ford, Ramirez and Swetnick the dignity that was not given to Anita Hill not so long ago. Conversely, will privileged men, yet again, be given the power to make decisions affecting millions of Americans across the country despite popular disapproval? Potentially, yes. Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination has provoked many questions that continue to go unanswered. In a time when it is possible — even necessary — to change the course of history, what can be done by us, the people? It is vital for constituents to call into the offices of their senators. Voices and views have a greater chance of being heard when it is in the form of the masses. The future may lie in the hands of one hundred senators, but they are still liable to us, the people who gave them their position. The time is (possibly) mid-tolate-October of 2018. The Senate has (possibly) voted against the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, 51-49. (Possibly) Justice has been served, not only to the women who were treated wrongfully by Kavanaugh and to the lives Kavanaugh’s nomination threatened, but also to Anita Hill, 27 years later. Only time will tell what the future of America’s system of law and government will look like and represent. Until then: We wait, and we participate in this national conversation. And maybe, just maybe, things will turn out to be different. Kavitha is a sophomore studying sociology and political science. Do you think history will be repeated with Kavanaugh’s nomination? Send comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
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PHOTO COURTESY OF CREATIVE COMMONS On Monday, people and companies across the United States wore black and walked out to support survivors of sexual assault.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CREATIVE COMMONS Kavanaugh’s past actions and statements on a woman’s right to choose make some nervous about women’s bodily autonomy.
Brett Kavanaugh puts our personal choice rights at risk INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST ORGANIZATION letter to the editor
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undreds of miles from Madison, in the nation’s capital, a small group of rich white men is once again threatening our most basic human rights. Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court was being pushed through the Senate Judiciary Committee, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford bravely came forward to announce that Kavanaugh had attempted to rape her when she was just 15 years old. Since then, multiple women have come forward with similar stories about Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee.As a community, Madison residents, students and workers cannot allow Kavanaugh’s confirmation to be seen through. We cannot trust Brett Kavanaugh to respect the bodies of individual women in his personal life; how, then, can we trust him to adjudicate justly on women’s bodily autonomy? Once again, the fate of millions of people — primarily the most marginalized — rests squarely in the hands of one rich white man, personally selected by second rich white man, confirmed by a jury of mostly rich white men. I understand the impulse to disassociate with this catastrophe. As wealthy capitalists sit in an ornate room choosing, decidedly undemocratically, whether a serial sexual assailant should serve in one of the most critical governmental positions, workers in Madison may feel understandably disconnected and powerless. I also understand, as you search for an outlet for your frustration, the impulse to channel your progressive energy into the pocketbooks of Democratic candidates. This strategy does not work. It has not worked, as Democrats have repeatedly pivoted away from reproductive rights once elected and have continuously supported and voted for the Hyde Amendment, banning federal funding for abortion access. Sometimes, you might feel alone in this fight. But you are not. There are allies everywhere in the fight for reproductive justice. Pro-choice activists are on campus and they are organizing tirelessly. On Saturday, Madison’s branch
of the International Socialist Organization hosted a speakout on Library Mall in protest of Kavanaugh’s nomination, in support of abortion rights and access, and in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault everywhere. This Thursday, the ISO is hosting a meeting to discuss “#MeToo and the Supreme Court” in order to effectively mobilize the Madison community to fight for women’s bodily autonomy. It will be in room L196 of the Education Building at 7 p.m. If you are pro-choice, the ISO is your ally in this fight. This struggle is not without enemies, however. When ISO members posted flyers for the meeting and speakout last week, they were shadowed by right wingers, and the flyers were ripped down. When members chalked event information outside of Memorial Union, it was washed away, twice by individuals and, finally, a third time by Union employees. At the speakout, a man spent several minutes shouting “murder” at pro-choice activists. Anti-choice activists travel to clinics that provide abortions and effectively shut them down, harassing doctors and clients alike. These actions destroy countless lives every year. The right has been organized and organizing around fighting against reproductive rights for quite some time. They have mobilized a grassroots base that moves swiftly and as one. It’s time for the prochoice movement to do the same. We must build a mass movement for the right to choose, and it must start locally. Join the ISO and other campus groups this Saturday at noon on Library Mall to add your voice to the growing movement to defend abortion access and stand in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault. Stand with us, share your stories, share your ideas. The larger our pro-choice network grows, the more effective it will be. And the more effective we are, the more lives we can save. The International Socialist Organization is a Madison-based political group. Send all comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
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You read right! Here at Almanac, not only do we specialize in side-splittingly scintillating satire, we love to show off our creative side! We love showcasing all kinds of creative written works in addition to constantly tickling our never-satisfied funnybones. This edition of Almanac features two amazing literary pieces, and we hope to feature many more in our future issues! Any and all creative or satirical submissions are more than welcome. You can send your submissions, comments, questions, or well-deserved praise for our writers to almanac@dailycardinal.com. Happy creating! IMAGE COURTESY OF SAVANNAH MCHUGH
The Enabler This free-form piece is the debut poetic work of writer and editor Sam Jones. Sam is a sophomore in the Journalism School studying reporting and strategic communication. Sam enjoys writing both satirical and creative pieces about the modern world. It’s not my fault That they resent the Blacks And the Mexicans And Muslims And the Others And anyone who does not fit their pre-school pamphlet, crusts cut off their PB&J, baseball at four, dance class at
by Sam Jones
seven, “Why is Daddy mad at Mommy?” agenda. It’s not my fault That boys rape girls And girls rape boys. It’s not my fault That someone’s God hates their passions And lust And lamentations. I did not do this I did not tell them to be someone else Just like the rest of us pretend to be. I did not ravage their iden-
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tities; begging and taunting as they strip away all that they know. I did not tell them that they will burn in Hell To go back home To leave us alone Build the wall. I did not tell them That it’s okay to want to be gone To be erased from this fucked-up narrative I did not write it. I did not do this I did not vote for him.
Who is ‘him’? This system is not mine. I did not tell the women they cannot dress this way or that To shave their long pretty legs Or brush their long pretty hair To peel the crust and gunk off their face and out of their eyes The mascara bleeds with their wrists and hearts. I did not tell them their love isn’t real. Their struggle is fabricated, just like our Barbies and Kens and just like the endless food we stuff into our well-fed,
happy faces. So many happy faces... I did not ask for this; The division The war On trust And intimacy And disgust And reverence And goodness And decency And unity And common sense. I did not ask for this. I did not do this Do not blame me.
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Concrete Roses by Kellen Sharp IMAGE COURTESY OF CREATIVE COMMONS
This powerful prose piece is the debut creative work of writer Kellen Sharp. Kellen is a freshman studying communication arts with hopes of double majoring in journalism. In addition to prose, Kellen also enjoys writing poetry. From the concrete grew a rose. Apply this rose to every minority trapped in concrete jungles who were plagued by the sound of sirens wailing. The roses were my cousins, who stayed over two nights too many because Auntie was out, busy “working” late. What these metaphors didn’t tell you is that, although our biome may be a jungle, we were surrounded by a food desert. My mother had always shielded me from the harsh truths of being black in America, so we moved out of the hood when I was young.
We lived estranged from family, a nice home and amicable neighbors, we were the black sheeps. Lone trotters but were the only things we had. I was an only child and she was the only parent I had ever known.
into and stripped the bland nourishment off of the grey, charred bone. The very smell was revolting. Every time we ordered KFC, there was always a slick remark from my cousins.
By the time I was old enough to form an identity, the state of my very blackness was in question.
See, they grew up in the concrete jungle while I chilled from the canopy fanning myself with health magazines. My predilection was a privilege.
There was a time in my youth that my mom and I lived on the road.
I grew up far away from the jungle, flourishing in fields of Pick & Saves and Whole Foods.
Street lights replaced the night stars and U-Haul trucks were a second home.
My very critique of their food choice was a critique of their lifestyles. I felt like my heart was broken.
We existed state to state and the only thing that was constant were the fast food joints scattered along interstates. We ate fried chicken for what felt like an eternity. I hated the wrinkled skin as it secreted lardish liquid. The heat of the white meat as I tore
“You don’t know what it’s like to struggle like this,” I imagined them saying after every mechanical crunch. I looked down at my reflection through the Kool-Aid’s meniscus pondering my privilege.
While I prefered the organic orange chicken from Trader Joes and green shakes from OutPost, my cousins were not afforded the same luxury. I couldn’t play savior to a family where I felt the honey packets for the side biscuit were thicker than our bonds. “Who am I to judge,” I thought. Though we both endowed the unalienable rights of oppression, I couldn’t help but still not feel “black enough” and utterly inadequate. This lack of cultural connection (regardless if it may be as menial as fried chicken) distanced me from my cousins. Despite, the queasiness I would go home and practice eating the fried chicken daily. One bite at a time, I conditioned myself to stomach the beast. After weeks indulgence, I was finally able to eat
fried chicken without barfing. This social acceptance was at the cost of my health as I had gained some weight in my training. I tried to show my cousins the alternatives to fast food but they were trapped in the food desert — parched of nutrients. The harsh reality of being black in America is that many times you don’t realize the harsh reality you’re living in. To this day I will down a “three-piece” and a biscuit and not enjoy a single bite. I guess on the hierarchy of being a human, acceptance from others was worth more than my personal health. What a bitch. I wasn’t necessarily the rose that grew from the concrete and existed in this concrete jungle, I was more like the dandelion that envied the roses, painted its petals red, and forsaked water.
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‘It was everybody:’ How UW finally found itself in crunch time at Kinnick By Jared Schwartz THE DAILY CARDINAL
“If you’re dead weight, you can get off the ship,” senior fullback Alec Ingold said. “But we’re going to keep moving forward.” That was the message inside the Wisconsin locker room following their humbling 24-21 loss to BYU. The loss came as a shock to Badgers fans, who had playoff dreams swirling around Madison. Perhaps it was too much preseason hype, perhaps the Badgers were overrated, perhaps they had a bad day. One thing was for sure, a non-conference loss, at home, was not in their plans. “It really opened some eyes,” senior linebacker T.J. Edwards said. “It let some guys know that we can’t just walk onto a field and beat someone.” Following the loss, head coach Paul Chryst delivered one key message: respond. Chryst echoed this message to his players all week, urging them to respond to adversity and fight for their season. Their response was tested a week later against Big Ten West rival Iowa under the lights at Kinnick Stadium. After a key defensive stop on third-and-five with just over five minutes to play, the Badgers got the ball back on their own 12-yard line trailing by a field goal, eerily reminiscent of the situation they had been in the week before. This time the response was resounding as junior quarterback
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Several Badger players said their game-winning drive against Iowa was a coming-together moment. Alex Hornibrook took his teammates on a 10-play, 88-yard drive with 5:40 left in the game after trailing 17-14. Not only did the drive give the Badgers the winning touchdown, but it gave the team its first comingtogether moment that wasn’t there in the first three games. “It was everybody,” junior receiver A.J. Taylor said. “It was Alex [Hornibrook], it was the defense, it was us, the receivers, the running backs, I think we all decided that we needed to do this.” There was no dead weight on
Wisconsin’s boat on Saturday, with every player and unit playing a pivotal role in guiding Wisconsin to the Heartland Trophy. Freshman cornerback Travian Blaylock’s fumble recovery on a punt return encapsulated the case that all players — no matter their experience or position — came together to win a pivotal Big Ten West dogfight. “When you lose like that last week, it’s tough,” Ingold said. “There’s a lot of self-reflection. You saw today, going into a hostile environment, everyone who came here had a role, and everyone that’s a part
of this team believed that we were always going to win, and that’s what happened at the end of the day.” Wisconsin-Iowa games are famous for their tough, physical style of play. Saturday was no different, as the two sides traded blows all night. In the end, the Badgers got the last punch in. “We came into this game knowing it was going to be a fist fight,” Jake Ferguson said. “You’re going to get knocked down, but you have to stand back up. Those last five minutes for us we really honed in, and we said, ‘Hey this is the time we
need to stand up, and this is where we need to play our best ball.’ A lot of guys stepped up, and it was really fun in those last five minutes.” “With this team, coming off a loss, everyone on this field today proved they are gritty,” Ingold said. Multiple players credited their ability to play their best football to finally coming together as a team. Not as the team with the Heisman candidate, not the team with the great offensive line or the team with the inexperienced defense. On Saturday, they were just a good football team — the team analysts and fans thought they were capable of becoming. “I don’t believe we have come together [this season] like we did tonight,” Taylor said after the win. “The way we rallied tonight, that was special. You could feel it just within us. I didn’t think we were going to lose that game at all. It’s hard to explain.” “I definitely felt that comingtogether moment. When you’re on the road, we have so many guys — it’s just you guys, together, on the field. Just having that guy next to you, having his back, that’s the biggest thing.” After the game, Ingold said this team wanted to write its own story. Asked what they wanted their story to be, he had a simple answer: “Resilient, tough and dependable.” The Badgers wrote the first chapter of that story with their performance at Kinnick Stadium.
Women’s Hockey
After divergent Olympic journeys, Clark and Pankowski ready to go By Cameron Lane-Flehinger SPORTS EDITOR
In the fall of 2010 a pair of Wisconsin skaters — Hilary Knight and Meghan Duggan — returned to Madison after a year spent chasing Olympic glory and showed the college hockey world just how much they had learned in Vancouver. Knight and Duggan’s achievements in the 2010-’11 season wrote their names, quite literally, into the program’s history. Then a junior, Knight scored 47 goals while Duggan notched 87 points in her senior season, both still program records. Eight years later, a new Wisconsin duo are entering their final seasons looking to follow in the same footsteps and lead the Badgers to the national championship that has eluded them. Senior forwards Emily Clark and Annie Pankowski both redshirted last year to pursue their Olympic dreams — Clark won a silver medal with Team Canada, while Pankowski was one of the last players cut from the American roster — and now they’re back at UW for one last shot at the national championship that has narrowly eluded them so far. Although their paths ended differently, both Clark and Pankowski
are bringing lessons and a newfound maturity to the ice as they return to NCAA competition after a trying 12 months. “When they come back after that year of playing in the Olympics and with the national team, they’re better players and they’re better people,” head coach Mark Johnson said. “So not only what they’ll do for us on the ice but more importantly what they do for us off the ice — you really can’t measure those things.” Clark and Pankowski aren’t the only players on Wisconsin’s roster who have had the opportunity to play with their national teams — and both have previously competed at the world championships — but the Olympic centralization process is unlike any other competition. The 28 best players from each of the two most talent-rich countries in the world gather together for five months, training, competing and battling each day to make their nation’s final 23-woman roster. For collegiate players accustomed to a couple hours of practice per day amid a busy schedule of classes and travel, the chance to spend day after day at the rink with the best professional players in the world is an unparalleled training ground. “You’re so immersed in hockey,
you don’t have that school aspect so we’re at the rink probably five, six, seven hours a day practicing, analyzing game film, having the coaches deliver video to us and also us critiquing our own video and cutting clips,” Clark said. “You learn little things that you never really thought of before, and I think that will definitely help me going into this year, knowing the game better.” The return from Olympic competition can present challenges for players like Clark and Pankowski who are talented enough to be competing professionally. After proving yourself against the best players in the world, it’s easy to lose focus on the day-to-day grind of the college season. “I’ve talked to Hilary Knight about it, and she said it was really tough for her because she was kind of checked out of school and she was excited about hockey but on the next level,” Pankowski said. Knight and Duggan were already national champions when they chose to return to Madison. For Clark and Pankowski, there’s still a line left to add before they submit their collegiate resumes. “We’re definitely still hungry to win,” Pankowski said. “I think we all have that on this team so it’s a really good motivator for us.”
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Seniors Emily Clark and Annie Pankowski are hoping to bring the lessons they’ve learned from the Olympic process to the NCAA and capture a title.