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Future of ethnic studies divides UW By Tamar Myers THE DAILY CARDINAL

Though the transition into college is tough for many freshmen, Marianna Rivera’s move to UW-Madison was especially isolating. She grew up in Chicago in a drastically different community climate. “I was always surrounded by people who spoke like me, had the same customs as me, the same traditions as me,” Rivera said. “I really struggled coming to campus and feeling comfortable around the people in my dorm or in my classes.” Rivera said she felt no one was interested in getting to know people with different backgrounds and that they believed her differences in experience were trivial. This frustration led her to pursue a certificate in Chican@ and Latin@ Studies, one of four ethnic studies units that prompted passionate debate in Spring 2014 discussions over consolidation.

Some leaders say consolidating four ethnic studies programs could save money while others, including Political Science Professor Ben Marquez, the former Chican@ and Latin@ Studies chair, said it exemplified a greater pattern of marginalization.

“If something is a priority, even with declining state budgets, you find a way to do it.” Michael Thornton professor Afro-American Studies

Though resource concerns loomed, they feared the move would ruin the autonomy of the programs, reduce their areas of study and further disrupt funding. Discussions ended last semester largely due to the outpouring of negative feedback.

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All four programs face unique challenges and cover different academic territory, but common themes prevail. They all grew out of students and others calling for the university to study their lens on the American experience, and faculty and students from all of them worry about continuing their mission amid cutbacks.

“We’re always trying to make something out of nothing.”

Ben Marquez professor Political Science

Combining resources or ‘an ethnic studies trash can’

The ethnic studies units are classified as such by the university and include four areas of study. Chican@ and Latin@ Studies, Asian American Studies and American Indian Studies have certificate programs, but Afro-American Studies offers a major and can be the home for tenure-track and tenured faculty because it has department status. College of Letters & Science administrators recommend-

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ed consolidation as part of a 10-year self-study, hoping to foster greater sharing of resources.

Afro-American Studies Chair Craig Werner spearheaded discussions and said there was never anyone “holding a sword over our heads,” but he wanted to look at pooling resources. For some, the discussions exemplified a greater pattern of marginalization. Several American Indian Studies faculty objected to the program’s classification as “ethnic studies” because tribes are

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sovereign nations and are distinct from groups designated as American ethnic minorities, said American Indian Studies Director Rand Valentine. Marquez said he views consolidation as “a big push to just dump us into this ethnic studies trash can.” Christy Clark-Pujara, a history professor in AfroAmerican Studies, also said the issues and histories of each group are too distinct to combine into one department. Similarly, UW-Madison student Amani Alexander, who is double majoring in Afro-American Studies and Rehabilitation Psychology, said consolidation undermines the mission of educating students to be culturally responsive and competent. “We’re moving in the opposite direction of what is important to culture on this campus,” Alexander said.

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UW community remembers senior Michael Cooper Heinz UW-Madison student Truman Tiernan organized a memorial service and candle vigil Dec. 7 for senior undergraduate student Michael Cooper Heinz, who passed away Nov. 23. Heinz, a strategic communication and philosophy major, was the former president of the Kappa Sigma fraternity on campus. Heinz’s family and friends attended the memorial along with UW-Madison students and professors. Tiernan, a close friend of Heinz, spoke about his relationship with him. “One of the best things that’s ever happened to me was meeting Cooper about three years ago,” he said. “Although cliche, there’s an old adage about college that you will make memories that will last a lifetime. I can confidently say that for all of my memories, Coop was right there with me.”

Heinz had a love for the comedic arts, as was made evident in Tiernan’s stories about him.

“...there’s an old adage about college that you will make memories that will last a lifetime. I can confidently say that for all of my memories, Coop was right there with me.” Truman Tiernan student UW-Madison

“One time, Cooper literally put on an entire game show parody for the fraternity, with him taking on the role of host under the name of ‘Doopy Bumpersnicle,”’ Tiernan recalled. “Undoubtedly the funniest thing I have ever seen.”

Tiernan also talked about Heinz’s unique ability to do impersonations of others, reminiscing on his uncanny ability to reenact hundreds of scenes word-for-word from movies and TV shows, most memorably from “The Office” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philidelphia.” Heinz was described by peers as both intelligent and original. “Cooper could correctly answer half the questions on Jeopardy day in and day out, and if that’s not a sign of a pure genius, I don’t know what is,” Tiernan said. Aside from being a performer, a scholar and a leader, Heinz was also a friend. “I looked up to him because I was impressed by him, and I sought his approval because I always saw his opinion as the most valuable in the room,” Tiernan said.

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UW System President Ray Cross presents his plan for internal reform to staff at a Board of Regents meeting Dec. 5.

Ray Cross says UW System to re-evaluate segregated fees, student voice concern By Emily Gerber THE DAILY CARDINAL

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UW alumni to be namesakes for new School of Music hall UW-Madison School of Music’s new recital center will be named in honor of UW alumnni and advisory board members George and Pamela Hamel, whose $15 million donation will help make constructing the building possible, according to a university release. The center, which will be located at the corner of Lake Street and

University Avenue, is designed for high visibility and cost $22 million total. The plans include glass walls and “state-of-the-art” video technology that can be utilized for recording and live-streaming concerts, according to the release. The center will also include a 315-seat recital hall as well as a large lobby and rehearsal space.

“The new center will be a jewel for the campus and a hub for music performance, education and outreach for our students, faculty, performers, instructors and the greater community,” John Karl Scholz, Dean of the UW-Madison College of Letters and Science, said in the release. The Hamel Music Center is slated for construction in late 2015.

President Ray Cross unveiled potential UW System internal reforms that could lead to a change in student segregated fees at a Board of Regents meeting Dec. 5. In the package of reforms Cross said will more closely align state and university needs, he focused on three main campus-related areas: business practices, academic priorities and the approval processes for facility requests and segregated fees. “Innovation and technology provide us with new opportunities to rethink how we do things,” Cross said. “If we do our jobs well, the result will be a stronger UW System, one that adds value to our students, our faculty, our staff, our unique and varied institutions; and to the people of Wisconsin.” In addition to reforms that would aim to lower the required credits to graduate and evaluate courses with lower enrollments, Cross’s proposal includes plans to review student segregated fee levels with “unprecedented scrutiny.” “Assuring the quality and affordability of a UW education for our students and their families is one of our top priorities,” Cross said. He added that Freda Harris, UW-System’s associate vice

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president for budget and planning, is slated to spearhead the fees’ re-evaluation. The Associated Students of Madison released a statement after the meeting expressing its concern with the proposed measure. “This announcement is being made without the consultation and input of student stakeholders,” ASM Press Office Director Emily Kurtz said in the release. ASM added in its statement that the segregated fees are closely monitored and adjusted by its governing bodies based on student need, and is concerned that university officials are not as in tune to those needs. “Public universities are becoming out-of-touch with the needs of working students and families,” Kurtz said in the statement. “UW-Madison campus decisionmakers continue to use students’ tuition dollars to fund the flagship’s campus-centered goals rather than classroom learning that focuses on students.” While the reform plan is still in its beginning stages, Cross said a planning committee of campus leaders and system staff has been assembled to determine the plan’s priorities. A series of public listening sessions statewide are also scheduled to take place in February, according to Cross.

The Daily Cardinal would like to honor and recognize the UW-Madison students who have passed away over the Fall 2014 semester. Our fellow Badgers left a deep and lasting mark on campus, and they will never be forgotten. The Daily Cardinal staff would like to send our condolences to the family and friends of the students and hope they rest in peace.

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Arturo “Tito” Diaz leads a discussion about creating a College of Ethnic Studies to convert ethnic studies programs into departments and secure their financial futures.

ethnic studies from page 1 In the face of budget cuts

Though consolidation efforts have been tabled, the future remains unclear. The 2011-’12 biennial budget saw an 8 percent decline in state funding to the College of Letters & Science, and programs could face more cuts in the coming years. Frenzied over reports showing the UW System was holding on to billions in cash reserves, legislators responded by slashing the System’s budget.

“We’re moving in the opposite direction of what is important to culture on this campus.” Amani Alexander student UW-Madison

Chancellor Rebecca Blank is steeling the university for another round of cuts by asking units to plan for 2, 4 or 6 percent slashes to their funding next year. The programs have not had their funding drastically cut, but being relatively small means any funding declines have large consequences. This financial instability prompted Greg Downey, the social sciences associate dean in the College of Letters & Science, to examine current ethnic studies structures. However, Downey said there are also other reasons consolidation was explored, such as changing “intellectual landscapes” and increasing globalization. Since cuts have to come from somewhere, faculty who retire, change universities or otherwise leave are not replaced. “That’s kind of where we’re frozen for a while until we can start slowly building back the resources to start rehiring,” Downey said. For instance, in 2008,

American Indian Studies had 4.5 faculty positions in the program through joint appointments; in 2014, they had 2.27. Also, by the end of 2014, AsianAmerican Studies had 1.39 faculty positions, down from 2.5 in 2011. When making funding decisions, Downey says administration will weigh a huge number of factors, including total credit hours delivered, “high impact” practices like Freshman Interest Groups, research prominence and thresholds for the cuts each program can withstand. Downey refers to the last as a program’s critical mass–the point at which “if you cut them anymore you’ve destroyed them.” He also said they consider the role of the ethnic studies programs in fostering a campus environment with “diversity of experience and thought.” The campus-wide diversity framework currently being implemented aims to support faculty who “further the fields of ethnic studies through education or research.” “It’s not as simple as the university supports or doesn’t support us,” Clark-Pujara said of Afro-American Studies. “I think the university does support the department, but they’re dealing with some real number issues.” Marquez, however, said the university is actively allowing the programs to “wither away.” The Chican@ and Latin@ Studies program has no faculty appointed to it and instead relies on faculty from other departments to teach classes. “We’re always trying to make something out of nothing,” Marquez said. “We’ve been defunded, we’ve been neglected, we’ve been marginalized.” Marquez and Michael Thornton, a professor of AfroAmerican Studies, AsianAmerican Studies and Sociology, see a larger pattern over the last several decades of ethnic studies programs losing funding or being dismantled altogether.

“If something is a priority, even with declining state budgets, you find a way to do it,” Thornton said. “It might be more difficult, but you still find a way to do it.” Asian-American Studies and American Indian Studies rely on joint faculty appointments, which means their salaries and duties are divided between departments or programs. Afro-American Studies is a department, but this has seen similar issues. The Chican@ and Latin@ Studies Program relies wholly on associations with faculty who volunteer their time and energy, Marquez said. “Any kind of bureaucratic entity can’t depend entirely on volunteers, because it’s just too unstable,” Marquez said. On the other hand, Werner said the Afro-American Studies

dailycardinal.com Department is stable, and they were able to rehire several faculty members in joint-appointment roles recently. Werner said increasing cross-departmental collaboration in this way creates somewhat of a “golden age” for students; however, some of his colleagues disagree. Clark-Pujara said the decline in faculty since the 1980s curbs what the AfroAmerican Studies Department can accomplish. Additionally, Thornton said it is “naïve” to believe reliance on jointly committed faculty does not negatively impact the program. “[It] doesn’t encourage those faculty to be 100 percent involved in the department, because they have another home,” Thornton said. Arturo “Tito” Diaz and Cheyenne Coote gathered students in October to explore creating a School of Ethnic Studies, housing four distinct departments. They said a school could allow for higher retention of faculty of color and more control over the ethnic studies class requirement. Downey also said Letters & Science would take proposals for this seriously, though it would likely necessitate moving existing faculty into the new department.

“I really struggled coming to campus and feeling comfortable around the people in my dorm or in my classes.”

Marianna Rivera student UW-Madison

Fostering diversity

As ethnic studies units face a murky future, students face the reality of trying to explore diversity on campus. The stories of many students involved in ethnic studies resemble Rivera’s story:

students who found a sense of community amid a sea of white faces at UW-Madison, where last year approximately 72 percent of students and 76 percent of faculty and staff identified as white.

“I think the university does support the department, but they’re dealing with some real number issues.”

Christy Clark-Pujara professor Afro-American Studies

Rachelle Eilers, a former certificate student and current PEOPLE Program academic advisor, said events like weekly dinners can bridge the divide to college for first generation and underrepresented students. Although some are passionate enough to pursue a certificate or major, some say ethnic studies classes are vital to the thousands of other students, who, many professors say have never been taught about race. English Professor Leslie Bow, part of the Asian Studies Program, said via email she would also like to see the program recognized for its ability “to develop the tools to understand the structures, histories, and contexts that surround racialization and globalization,” rather than just being a diversity initiative. Alexander said the “broader lens on history” from her AfroAmerican Studies major may help her in a future career in education. Moving beyond ethnic studies units, individuals across campus are working on ways to facilitate outlets for diversity. Bao Nhia Moua, an AsianAmerican Studies certificate student, said she sees a stark divide between students of color and white students that needs to be addressed. “We need to be in each other’s space,” she said.

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Conversations about reorganizing ethnic studies divides campus between those who feel consolidation would marginalize their historic perspective, and those who see the economic benefits.

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Board of Regents committee approves next phase of Rec Sports Master Plan A UW System Board of Regents committee approved funds for three UW-Madison campus projects Dec. 4. The Capital Planning and Budget Committee reached a consensus on appropriating $87.5 million for proposed renovations to the Southeast Recreational Facility as part of the Recreational Sports Master Plan, as well as updates to Elizabeth Waters Residence Hall and the reconfiguration of two classrooms in Grainger Hall. Students voted in March to approve the Rec Sports

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Madison Mayor Paul Soglin stresses the importance of additional measures besides police body cameras to strengthen relationships between law enforcement and the public.

Police body cameras present both problems and solutions to Madison Although considered “inevitable” by city officials and community members alike at last month’s city council meeting, Madison Police Chief Mike Koval and Mayor Paul Soglin emphasized at a Dec. 5 press conference that the proposed police body camera program will not singlehandedly bridge trust gaps. “We are going to have body cameras,” Soglin said. “There is no question about that.” The proposed police body camera program, with an

approved $100,000 in funding from the 2015 city budget, will make both civilians and officers safer by increasing transparency, according to Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, at the Nov. 11 Common Council meeting. However, potential issues regarding privacy need to be addressed as the program is implemented, according to Soglin. Koval cited the creation of a committee representing a variety of perspectives as critical to finding solutions. “We will attempt to do a very

comprehensive outreach establishing a 360 degree perspective on the pros and cons on launching such an initiative,” Koval said. He added that protocol establishment regarding how the cameras are in use from shift to shift in Madison will be essential. “I don’t know if I necessarily want to adopt a one-size fits all [policy regarding body cameras] which might work for Chicago, which might work for Milwaukee, which might be abhorrent for [Madison],” Koval said.

“The referendum was a clear signal that the students want this project to take place.” Devon Maier master plan subcommittee chair Rec Sports

Master Plan, which includes renovations to the SERF, the Natatorium, the Near West and Near East playing fields. According to Rec Sports director John Horn, who spoke at the meeting, the renovations have broad student support and are important for the school to keep pace with its peer institutions. “Our mission is to enhance the UW experience,” Horn

said. “The referendum makes it clear that students want this project to move forward.” While the committee unanimously approved the SERF renovations, the use of segregated student fees were a point of contention for some committee members. “We’re trying to promote affordability and segregated fees are included in that,” Regent Anicka Purath said. “While I applaud you for being able to get this many students [to participate in the referendum] I don’t think it is fully representative of the campus.” Rec Sports Master Plan Subcommittee Chair Devon Maier responded by emphasizing what he termed a historically strong turnout for the referendum. “The referendum was a clear signal that the students want this project to take place,” Maier said. The committee also approved a proposal to re-appropriate funds for the already approved refurbishment of Elizabeth Waters Residence Hall from another University Housing project, citing difficulties in finding a contractor. In addition, the Regents cleared a proposal to convert two classrooms in Grainger Hall into flexible learning spaces at a cost of $495,000. —Andrew Bahl

Gov. Scott Walker, Republican Senate leadership split on right-to-work legislation for next year’s session State Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, announced Dec. 3 he will look to address the “Right to Work for Less” bill during the next legislative session. The bill would ban mandatory union membership for employees in the private sector and protect workers from unions they might not necessarily want to join, according to a press release from Fitzgerald. While the action is a policy continuation of Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011 passage of Act 10, Walker has publicly distanced himself from right-to-work legislation. Trying to pass such a bill at this time would “be a distraction from the work we’re trying

to do,” Walker said in an interview with Wisconsin Public Radio. Walker also downplayed the potential economic benefits of the legislation, stat-

“We need to be focused on growing economy and creating jobs.” Jennifer Shilling democratic senator Wisconsin

ing factors such as tax reform would be more beneficial for Wisconsin’s economy. State Sen. Jennifer Shilling,

D-La Crosse, said Wednesday that Walker should go further with his opposition and called for him to publicly declare his intention to veto the bill were it to ever come to his desk. “Rather than creating economic uncertainty for Wisconsin families and businesses, we need to be focused on growing economy and creating jobs,” Shilling said in a press release. State Sen. Dave Hansen, D-Green Bay, contended the bill does not work to protect workers, as Fitzgerald suggested, but instead weakens unions to create greater profit margins and increase the pay of corporate executives. —Leo Vartorella

Eastside Great Dane to reopen following kitchen fire The Great Dane Pub & Brewing Company is scheduled to reopen Dec. 9 following a Nov. 15 fire that caused $150,000 in damage. While the kitchen will not be serving food until repairs in that area are finished in the next couple of weeks, the pub will be open. The fire originally started

in the kitchen when grease in the ventilation shaft of the kitchen grill ignited. No one sustained injuries in the incident, and crews were able to put out the fire in about 20 minutes. The pub was celebrating its 20th anniversary the weekend the fire began. Damage was limited to the

first and third floor kitchens and the bar area. The eastside establishment is located at 876 Jupiter Drive. Great Dane has several locations in the area, including one downtown off the Capitol Square, one on Fish Hatchery Road in Fitchburg, one in Hilldale at Price Place and one on Sherman Street in Wausau.

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BEST OF MUSIC Music has become more accessible than ever. As our opportunities to listen online continue to grow, it’s important to not forget the beauty of the live show. From international tours to small local shows, artists in 2014 put more effort into their tours, as they (unfortunately) began to depend more and more on ticket sales. But for the avid concertgoer, this is great news. Both in and outside of Madison, this year was a hit for music acts on stage and it was particularly ripe with electronic and rap acts. Kanye West put on one of the most impactful live performances by donning

a mask for his show. Catching Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city live was inevitably an unforgettable experience. Women, like Pitchfork Music Festival’s Grimes and St. Vincent, brought their A game as well. The summer festivals were also a great venue to catch international groups like Arctic Monkeys and Disclosure. Madison also hosted a plethora of local and regional acts, often on display during the monthly Communion concert series. After a killer 2014, be sure to keep an eye on venues near you in the upcoming year. —Cheyenne Langkamp

BEST OF FILM So there were a heck of a lot of good movies released this year. For example you got “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” which was not only a hilarious and stylish continuation of Wes Anderson’s previous work, but something totally new that sort of blew up the way he makes movies. But it was heartbreaking and beautiful and personal. Also this year was “Interstellar,” which was exactly what I think big blockbusters should be: a giant, sentimental, literally universal expression of what makes humans pretty cool. It feels almost unfair to put Jean-Luc Godard’s newest film “Goodbye to Language” here, but the man is a living legend who’s still pushing the boundaries of

what film can even do (this time in 3D). Bong Joon-ho’s “Snowpiercer” was a thrilling argument for letting foreign arthouse directors take over Hollywood action films, with really interesting social/ political ideas to boot. “Under the Skin” was an unbelievably tense piece of philosophical feminist sci-fi. “Obvious Child” killed the rom-com forever. “The LEGO Movie” deconstructed, like, storytelling itself, in a way that kids will be able to understand and use. “Birdman” was slick and meta and fascinatingly weird. Yup, just a lot of good movies. Keep checking them out. —Austin Wellens

BEST OF TELEVISION 2014 has actually been an awesome year for TV, and I really had to think about declaring the (almost) totally arbitrary winner for Best of TV in 2014. But, much like “Highlander,” there can be only one, and that one has to be “Game of Thrones.” In the fourth season of HBO’s flagship program, we saw the best of what has been an amazing 4 years of television. From premiere to finale, season four might be a top-ten television season of ALL TIME. Basically, anything that manages to maintain that pacing while deal-

ing with so many characters and actually going away for the super popular books they’ve been adapted from should probably beget a noble prize. In other words, when the super-amazing-awesome battle at the Wall isn’t your season’s best episode, you’re doing something right. Congrats “GOT,” I look forward to you continuing to blow my mind in 2015. Honorable Mentions: “Peaky Blinders,” “True Detective,” “Community,” “The Walking Dead” (most improved!) —Jake Smasal

BEST OF VIDEO GAMES Point one: Nintendo killed it in 2014. Its console, the Wii U, accelerated from a nice console with a handful of great games to a collection of the company’s greatest game design achievements. In addition to last year’s “Super Mario 3D World,” the console added “Mario Kart 8” and “Super Smash Brothers” to round out their multiplayer lineup, while spinning a new story “Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker.” Each was graphically beautiful, carried a great soundtrack and offered some of the best play they’ve ever concocted. Point two: multiplayer exploded. Indie games like “Nidhogg,” “Sportsfriends,” “TowerFall Ascension” and “Gang

Beasts” added new experiences to couch gatherings. And online games like “Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft,” “Titanfall,” “Destiny” and “Far Cry 4” ensured even those without a roommate would have a playmate. Point three: games like “Never Alone,” “This War of Mine” and “Valiant Hearts: The Great War” offer mature experiences expanding the diversity and narrative potential of video games. I’d be remiss to not mention the great horror games in 2014. “P.T.,” “Alien: Isolation” and “Five Nights at Freddy’s” offer lasting creeps with thematic resonance. —Alex Lovendahl

BEST OF LITERATURE One of the biggest causes of celebration for me was seeing that the trend of releasing long and painfully draggedout young-adult series is coming to an end. We might still be seeing the latest depictions of uber popular series such as “The Hunger Games” and “Divergent” in theaters, but the furor over young adult and teenage book series finally seems to be dying off. And while seeing commercially heartfelt

books on the big screen is a given, as we saw with “The Fault in our Stars,” it was heartening to see riveting and critically acclaimed ones such as “The Giver” make themselves known to the world too. A trend that I hope continues into the next year and beyond. 2014 also saw releases by some very high profile novelists, with Stephen King and Haruki Murakami riding a trend of big literary comebacks. —Maham Hasan

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WORST OF MUSIC On Sept. 9, 500 million iTunes users turned on their phones, iPads and computers with 11 new songs in their iTunes from a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted band with 22 Grammy Awards and 150 million albums sold. So why does that make this the worst of music in 2014? Formerly reputable music authority Rolling Stone called U2’s Songs of Innocence the best album of the year and that alone should be an indictment of the album. A who’s who of famous musicians came

out against the album, including Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters fame saying it sounded “like a fart,” while noted potstirrer Sinéad O’Connor said to the Daily Mail, “There was something almost terrorist about it.” While the lyrics were supposed to be very personal, they sounded about as personal as the stadiums and arenas U2 fills on their tours. While I won’t go as far as O’Connor, I can safely say that this is the worst thing that happened in music in 2014. —Brian Weidy

WORST OF FILM This year movies showed us action packed adventure, inspiring love stories and heartbreaking tales, but it wasn’t anything we haven’t seen before. Most of the movies of 2014 fall neatly into the two categories of remake or sequel. In this case I’ve defined remake as any movie taking its plot from a book, comic series or past movie. Examples of this include favorites like “The Fault in Our Stars,” “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “The Giver.” Despite the fact that remakes often bring in large audiences of devoted fans, they take away the sense of surprise

that makes movies so exciting. Sequels include movies like “How to Train Your Dragon 2,” “22 Jump Street” and “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” Sequels are a great way to carry on the stories of favorite characters while also milking them for every penny they’re worth. A lot of movies mingle with both categories, with flirty films like “The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies” and “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1.” In the end, although we did see a lot of great movies this year, how many of them were original? —Allison Garcia

WORST OF TELEVISION While the media-consuming world is living in a golden age of television, with the rise in online networks and the domination of premium cable, 2014 still offered duds in televised programming. Who can forget the Emmy Awards this year, which was filled with no surprises for those who received awards, and featured Sofia Vergara placed on a literal pedestal, rotating for the audience while Bruce Rosenblum discussed the work of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Then there was late night television. While Comedy Central and FX have had late night shows with more diverse hosts,

the stalwart shows on NBC and CBS haven’t changed much in their diversity make-up. The openings at CBS’ “The Late Show “and “The Late Late Show” created buzz that maybe, finally, a woman or person of color may take the reigns at one of these shows. Unfortunately, two white men will soon replace the former hosts, leaving the diversity of late night still unchanged. To add insult to injury of how far NBC has fallen over the years, four of their newly minted prime-time shows have all been cancelled before they could even make it to the midseason finales. —Conor Murphy

WORST OF VIDEO GAMES I can’t decide which is worse: the totally disappointing revelations that “WATCH_ DOGS,” “Destiny” and “Transistor” weren’t nearly what they were cracked up to provide, or that games like “Assassin’s Creed Unity,” “Driveclub” and “Hali: The Master Chief Collection” launched barely functional. Most of these games wouldn’t be fixed by technical polish; these games failed to deliver compelling design. Boring missions, collection quests, mediocre gameplay and dull aesthetics brought down games people had spent years slavering to play. But worse might be the completely nonfunctional multiplayer of “Halo: The Master

Chief Collection,” the blatantly cheap “Sonic Boom” or the disappearing faces and hard crashes of “Assassin’s Creed Unity.” These games were rushed to market and lack the technical polish demanded to make them function as intended. But the worst of 2014 is the dubious honor of Gamergate controversy. The harassment of feminists in game development and journalism has permanently damaged the reputation of video games. Video games last year featured “Gone Home” and “Depression Quest.” This year, those developers were targets. I say, “Yuck.” —Alex Lovendahl

WORST OF LITERATURE In terms of literary scandal, the dispute between Amazon and Hachette Publishing was nothing if not emblematic of the current publishing climate. Which would you prefer: more expensive ebooks or curtailing of your Amazon Prime benefits? Was Amazon a bully in this enterprise? Is Hachette just a dinosaur that needs to be weaned from existence? The dispute, on the whole, wasn’t all that virulent. There was a settlement, which

will go into place in 2015, between the two organizations. But it (undoubtedly) opens up other avenues for conflict between older publishing houses and newer booksellers like Amazon. And it’s a conflict that never really should have been instigated; it fomented too much ire. The crux of the Amazon-Hachette dispute is this: The rules and regulations governing book publication in the Internet age are still very much up in the air. —Sean Reichard

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LIVE ENTERTAINMENT HIGHLIGHTS PROF

CHERUB Nashville electro-pop duo Cherub kicked off their Champagne Showers tour with back-to-back shows at the Majestic, Sept. 12 and 13. Accompanying them for the weekend were Ghost Beach and GiBBZ, two artists that complemented Cherub’s eclectic style and kept the sold-out crowds on their feet. While Cherub got around to playing most of their hits at both shows, the set list varied from Friday to Saturday. They kept it a bit down-

tempo Friday, opening with “<3” and following with laid-back but groovy songs like “Strip To This” and “Chocolate Strawberries.” However, they still brought the energy and enthusiasm that we had all come to expect, hitting crowd-favorites like “XOXO” and encoring with “Obviously,” an upbeat collaboration with Gramatik that unfortunately didn’t get played the next day. On Saturday, the crowd was even more active and ecstatic than the night before. Cherub

SPOON must have known this because they wasted no time with slow songs, opening with “Disco Shit” before ripping right into “Disco Inferno” and “Tonight.” Both sets ended with the monumental party anthem “Doses & Mimosas,” during which the Champagne Showers tour lived up to its name as Jason Huber and Jordan Kelley ran around the stage popping bottles over the crowd as the show drew to a close. —Robert Vanderwist

TIMEFLIES

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FORBIDDEN ART Artwork’s power lies in its ability to remember the past. Sometimes, its history is one of romance and virtuosity. Other times, the story is far heavier, with the souls of the departed imbued in its lines and shapes. During its short stay in Madison, “Forbidden Art” told a story of millions’ hope and despair, of their death and survival. Framed to look like a death camp’s barracks, “Forbidden Art” showcased works made from the strife and pain of Auschwitz-Birkenau reclaimed at the end of World War II. While the works were represented through photos (the originals were too fragile for travel), they carried the weight of people living through tragedy; shreds of hope amidst lines of defeat. The memory of the survivors lives on through the works recovered from Auschwitz’s walls, creating a powerful, yet humble exhibition. —Michael Frett

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THE HEAD AND THE HEART

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OF MONTREAL Of Montreal graced the Majestic stage Oct. 5 and brought no shortage of color, light and incredible music. The luminescent visuals, stage props that told stories within themselves and sound quality that surely did justice to the band’s unique songs all came together to create a concert that was both visually stunning and sonically intriguing. They played some of their most well-known

songs, including “Gronlandic Edit,” “And I’ve Seen A Bloody Shadow” and “The Past is A Grotesque Animal,” catalyzing quite a response from the excited and crazily dressed crowd members, many of whom appeared to be dedicated fans that could sing along with every lyric and appreciate every word spoken by front man Kevin Barnes. —Hannah Frank

After an incredible summer of free live outdoor shows (tUnE-yArDs, Cracker, Ziggy Marley, Deer Tick) hosted by The Majestic Theatre on their home block, Live on King Street was moved to MLK Drive in anticipation for the final, and biggest, leg of the summer series: The Head and the Heart. This indie folk group was relatively unimpressive the few times I’d seen them at music festivals throughout the years, but never has a band changed my mind so quickly and so drastically than they did during their L.O.K.S. set. Thousands of Madison music lovers crowded MLK Drive all the way back to the capitol square and group serenaded us beautifully and charismatically in the perfect night of a hazy, nostalgic transition from summer to fall. —Mary Sullivan

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DAVE CHAPPELLE Dave Chappelle certainly wins for this semester’s most unlikely act. After an extended hiatus, he shocked many by announcing an extensive tour this fall. It may have also surprised some that he played a total of six shows in Madison,

though it ended up being indicative of the live comedy renaissance currently going on here. With a crowd full of veteran “Chappelle’s Show” fans, he had a lot to live up to and he did not disappoint. —Cheyenne Langkamp

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UMPHREY’S MCGEE Making their triumphant return to Madison for their 1,999th and 2,000th shows, Umphrey’s McGee played two unforgettable nights at the Orpheum Nov. 7 and 8. Mixing a blend of their old-

est originals with choice covers and special guests, Umphrey’s McGee showed why they earned a key to the city of Madison—thanks to their legendary performances. Standout performances from

the shows were the entire second set of the first night. From the second show, four songs hadn’t been played in over 250 shows as well as a debut of the Pixies classic, “Where is My Mind?” —Brian Weidy

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Same-sex marriage ban overturned, U.S. Supreme Court declines appeal

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A federal court struck down Wisconsin’s long-standing ban on same-sex marriage in September, reaffirming a June decision in a lower court that allowed the first same-sex couples to marry in Wisconsin. Reagan-appointed Judge Richard Posner wrote the biting decision. “Because homosexuality is not a voluntary condition and homosexuals are among the most stigmatized, misunderstood, and discriminatedagainst minorities in the history of the world, the disparagement of their sexual orientation, implicit

in the denial of marriage rights to same-sex couples, is a source of continuing pain to the homosexual community,” Posner wrote. State Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen appealed the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, which declined to hear the case. The High Court also declined appeals from Utah, Oklahoma, Indiana and Virginia, allowing same-sex marriages to continue in those states as well. Gov. Scott Walker ceded the legal battle in October and ordered the state to recognize past and present same-sex marriage. —Andrew Hahn

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Gov. Walker wins third election in four years

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UW students, community rise in protest against events in Ferguson

White police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri in August, gaining national attention and sparking debates over institutional racial disparities and police officers’ use of force. In November, a grand jury decided not to indict Wilson, so the case would not be brought to trial. The decision spurred nationwide protests and demonstrations, some of which turned violent. In Madison, students held a silent vigil outside a Badger basketball game to bring protesters and fans together over concerns of human rights. Students and community members also responded with a march ending at a police station, where protesters held “Black Lives Matter” banners and spoke against police brutality. Issues from the Ferguson case were echoed in New York, where a grand jury decided not to bring charges against a white police officer who killed Eric Garner, a black man, after putting him in a chokehold. —Bri Maas

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ASM approves campus food pantry funding in 2015-’16 internal budget

The Associated Students of Madison approved an allotment of funds in its 2015-’16 internal budget to create a food pantry on campus. The initiative, introduced by ASM Chair Genevieve Carter and Vice Chair Derek Field, will aim to provide a consistent food source for food-insecure students on campus. Student Council finalized a segregated fee allotment Dec. 3 of $3,000 in operating expenses, as well as $19,115.20 total

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In what some thought might be the closest gubernatorial election in Wisconsin’s history, Gov. Scott Walker beat Democrat Mary Burke, securing his third

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salary allotment for the pantry’s two proposed employees. The planning and organizing stages for the pantry are slated to begin July 2015, with an anticipated opening next August, according to Carter. “It is a big undertaking especially because we really want to make sure that something like this is effective and is serving students who need it as well as we possibly can,” Carter said. —Emily Gerber

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his position in Wisconsin politics and has also established himself among the GOP national base. “I think [a large margin of victory] raises his stock in the presidential sweepstakes,” Canon said. “[But] there is still a long way to go before he is one of the top contenders on the Republican side.” —Eoin Cottrell

The University of Wisconsin Police Department joined the White House this semester in a movement to inform the public about the truth of sexual assault on college campuses. President Barack Obama’s “It’s On Us” campaign aims to reject the tolerance of sexual assault and change the stigma it evokes. “We still don’t condemn sexual assault as loudly as we should,” Obama said in a speech at the Sept. 19 launch. “The message that sends can have a chilling effect.”

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UWPD joined the cause with its “Tell Us” campaign, reaching out to victims with details about the process of reporting an assault. Semester-long efforts aimed to create environments intolerant of sexual assault and supportive of its victims. “Though crime in the city of Madison pales in comparison to others like Chicago, Milwaukee, or Boston, we certainly have our fair share of incidents,” a UWPD press release said. —Laura Grulke

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An approved $5,000 for Revelry funding in Madison’s 2015 Operating Budget is expected to help the event gain more popularity, according to Ald.

Mike Verveer, District 4, while the future of alder salaries will be an ongoing debate. “I think that as more and more students support [Revelry], this is a stand-alone event that has some real merit to it,” Madison Police Department Chief Michael Koval said in a November Board of Estimates meeting. While no date for Revelry has been set, Wisconsin Union President Sarah Bergman expects city monetary support to make the event “more sustainable.” Although a $4,400 per year raise for council members was approved at a November Common Council meeting, propositions to make alder positions a full-time job are more conten-

successfully tracked dealers making $10,000 to $50,000 worth of profits from heroin and plan to continue fighting the heroin epidemic. Madison police have also worked alongside city officials to pass an ordinance that would prohibit synthetic cannabinoids, or leaves resembling marijuana soaked in an acetone-based chemical. “People are going to be making financial decisions and say [the charges] are probably not worth that small financial gain,” MPD Capt. Brian Ackeret said about Madison dealers. —Patricia Johnson

tious, according to Ald. Chris Schmidt, District 11. “I think we need much more engagement and much more involvement in the process,” Schmidt said. —Irene Burski

Underage patrons and legal troubles have plagued Tiki Shack, the Caribbean-themed restaurant on State Street, since the current owner decided to transfer ownership to two managers earlier this year. Joseph Vale, the current owner, announced plans to transfer management of the bar, located at 128 State St., to Caleb Percevecz and Daniel Mijal, who would convert the establishment into a restaurant with island-themed cuisine. However, in October, Percevecz was arrested after punching an 18-year-old man and chipping his tooth. Percevecz has pending charges of disorderly conduct and substantial battery. Later in November, the bar

came under fire again after a fight broke out between two underage patrons. Members of the Alcohol License Review Committee were “troubled” by the fact that the 15-year-old and 19-year-old were

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Accountability Board Director Kevin Kennedy said he did not anticipate it would have an effect on voter turnout, American Civil Liberties Union member Dale Ho, director of the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project, said in a statement the order against the law removed hindrances to the voting process. —Dana Kampa

UW, UWPD join ‘It’s On Us’ movement

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The Dane County Narcotics Task Force has taken strides in cutting heroin out of the county, working alongside the Madison Police Department, which has taken steps to prohibit synthetic marijuana in Madison. Lt. Jason Freedman of the Dane County Narcotics Task Force said cracking down on heroin dealers has become a priority due to the 50 percent increase in heroin-related deaths since 2012. The Drug Enforcement Agency has worked with the task force to track dealers. Freedman said the task force has

Approved city budget sets stage for entertainment, more debate

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Voter ID halted before November elections

The U.S. Supreme Court acted in October to halt Wisconsin’s voter ID law, weeks before the Nov. 4 elections. The law could have prevented students without proper identification, such as a passport, driver’s license or social security card, from voting in the elections, including the gubernatorial race between incumbent Gov. Scott Walker and challenger Mary Burke. UW-Madison took measures to provide students with proper identification by printing student IDs acceptable for voting. These were made available 52 days before the elections. Opinions differed on what the ultimate effect of the new law would have been. While Government

victory in four years. The former Trek Bicycle executive and Madison school board member was almost unheard of in the early days of her campaign. In Marquette University Law School Polls, the two candidates were consistently even until Walker pulled away by a few points within days of the election. Endorsements from President Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama fell short of motivating Democrats to get to the polls. Walker’s victory speech emphasized a sharp dichotomy between Washington and Wisconsin politics. According to UW-Madison political science professor David Canon, Walker has now solidified

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in the bar, let alone that a fight broke out. Percevecz and Mijal are awaiting feedback from a proposal for a new liquor license from ALRC. —Sam Cusick

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As the new school year began this fall, Sarah Mangelsdorf took her new position as provost at UW-Madison. With the University of Illinois, University of Michigan and Northwestern University checked off her list of previous employment, Mangelsdorf became the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Mangelsdorf replaced Paul DeLuca Jr., who ended his term after five years of work on campus. Mangelsdorf’s roles include managing university curriculum, enrollment, diversity initiatives and staff programs. “She is viewed as a collaborative trust-builder, who is loved and respected by students, faculty and staff,” Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in an April 10 release. She added Mangelsdorf is also recognized for her work on “key” initiatives, including diversity and faculty retention. —Ellie Herman

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BABY, IT S NOT THAT COLD OUTSIDE

Downhill skiing, snowboarding and snow tubing at Cascade Mountain Why go all the way out West to get your gnar on? With 36 trails and four terrain parks for skiing and snowing, Cascade Mountain is the perfect place to shred the snow. If you’re not in the mood for either sport, give the 800-foot-long snow-tubing chute a try. Hours: Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday, Saturday and holidays 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. for skiing and snowboarding; Monday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. for snow tubing. Price: $49 for lift ticket that lasts 8 consecutive hours per adult, $55 for allday/night lift ticket per adult, children 12 and under ski free with an adult; $22 for unlimited tubing for each adult 7 and up, COURTESY OF WISCONSIN DELLS VISITOR & CONVENTION BUREAU $10 for unlimited tubing for kids 6 and under; add $10 to lift ticket if you’d like A snowboarder soars off a jump in one of Cascade Mountain’s four terrain parks.

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to snow tube, too. Location: W10441 Cascade Mountain Road, Portage Ice skating at The Edgewater Now that renovations to The Edgewater are finally complete, head over to the east side hotel to go for a spin on the outdoor ice skating rink overlooking Lake Mendota. Hours: Weekdays 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., Sundays noon to 8 p.m. and school holidays 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Price: $6 per adult, $5 per student and $4 for children and seniors (skate rentals are available for $3) Location: 1001 Wisconsin Place Sledding and cross-country skiing at Elver Park Put your sled—or tray from a dining hall—to good use on the massive hill at Elver Park. If an adrenaline rush isn’t what you’re looking for, soak in scenic views of the area on the park’s cross-country ski trails. Hours: Dawn until dusk Price: Sledding is free; cross-country skiing requires permit ($7 per day for adults) and trail pass ($4 per day) Location: 1250 McKenna Blvd.

FREEZIN FOR A GOOD REASON Madison Polar Plunge That Polar Vortex not cold enough for you? Jump into the icy waters around Willow Island at the Alliant Energy Center by yourself or with a group of friends—you’ll be chilled to the bone, but your heart will be toasty warm knowing your registration fees support Special Olympics Wisconsin. Date: Feb. 21, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (check-in begins at 9:30 a.m.) Registration fees: $75 per person Location: 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way Freeze for Food at Vilas Park ’Tis the season for giving—and why not

get a little exercise while doing so? The Freeze for Food 5K/10K Run/Walk raises funds for programs at the Peace Community of San Jose de Apartado, Colombia, the sister community of Dane County. Dates: Jan. 17, 2015; the 5K begins at noon (registration lasts from 11:15 a.m. until 11:45 a.m.) and the 10K begins at 1 p.m. (registration lasts from noon until 12:45 p.m.) Price: $20 per person until January 15 at 4 p.m. ($25 per person COURTESY OF THE MADISON POLAR PLUNGE the day of the race) Location: 1602 Vilas Park Drive Badger football players take the leap at the annual Madison Polar Plunge at the Alliant Energy Center.

, ‘TIS THE SEASON

Holiday Fantasy in Lights All the beauty of the season, minus the hassle of untangling dozens of strands of lights by yourself. And it’s $free.00! Dates: Now through Jan. 4, 2015 from dawn until dusk Location: 1156 Olin-Turville Court Madison Winter Festival Nearly 100 truckloads of that fluffy, white stuff will be brought to the Capitol Square for ice sculpting, snow carving, sledding, showshoeing, a 5K, a 1-mile dog jog and more. Dates: Feb. 14, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Feb. 15, 2015 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Price: Varies per activity; see www.winter-fest.com for details. Location: Capitol Square

JUST HEAR THOSE SLEIGH BELLS JINGLING Rocking L Acres Oh what fun it is to ride in a horse-drawn open bob sleigh through the Town of Dunn countryside. Be sure to dress for the weather during your halfhour ride. Afterward, you can warm up inside, noshing on hot beverages and cookies fireside. You can’t get much more “country Christmas”— or “wintertime romance,” if you’re feelin’ it— than this. Dates: Sufficient snowfall required; call (608) 838-8178 for reservations. Price: $50 to hitch the horses, plus $10 per adult and $5 per child COURTESY OF ROCKING L ACRES Location: 2964 County Road AB, McFarland Morab horses from Rocking L Acres pull a sleigh through a field.

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS FRIGHTFUL ...but these seasonal beers are so delightful.

Winter Brew (Sprecher)

Snowdrift Mercy Vanilla Porter (Ale Asylum) (Leinenkugel’s)

Snowshoe Ale (New Glarus)

Lupulin Maximus (O’so)

Black Top Sláinte Scottish Winter Skål St. Benedict’s (New Glarus) Winter Ale Style Ale (Capital) (Stevens Point) (Central Waters)

Holiday Spice Lager (Lakefront)

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Universe is mapped with neutrinos By Suma Samudrala The Daily Cardinal

UW-Madison professor of physics, Francis Halzen, received the American Ingenuity Award for his work with IceCube, a South Pole neutrino observatory. The Smithsonian Institution celebrates innovation with its annual American Ingenuity Awards for creative minds of education, energy, visual arts, social progress, health & medicine and technology. As the principal investigator of the IceCube project, Halzen was recognized as an innovator in the physical sciences. Matter, as most would tell you, is made out of protons, neutrons and electrons. However, there is one more particle that often is never mentioned which is the neutrino. Neutrinos are very small, almost massless particles which come most often from supernovas or the explosion of stars. They can also arrive from the sun, radioactive decay and cosmic rays. “The reason that [neutrino] is often not mentioned is that it doesn’t interact with anything. You cannot see it, you cannot feel it. It’s incredible. I mean we had to build chains of blocks of ice of a kilometer in size and a mile deep into the south pole to actually catch a few tenths

of neutrinos—28 to be precise,” Halzen said. A neutrino is very similar to particles that make light or photons. And so, what has been on the minds of several scientists is the creation of a neutrino detector. The idea is to do astronomy with neutrinos as astronomy now is done with light. The IceCube is a neutrino telescope at the South Pole that looks at the universe as if taking an X-ray instead of a photo as usually done with an optical telescope. The IceCube is made out of a large volume of ice and holds over 5,000 digital optical modules that are basketball-sized sensors. The South Pole is an excellent location for the telescope as it has clear ice and down about a mile deep under the surface, the environment is very dark, allowing neutrino interactions with the ice to be detected. The convenience of a National Science Foundation station at the location also aided the creation of the project there. This detector was a culmination of over 25 years of research. “It was a gamble. We didn’t know we would succeed. It was not clear whether a kilometer cube was big enough to actually catch these neutrinos, but it did … Why did it take so long? To

develop this technique and do a small dectector, a 1 percent model of the big dectector … took 10 years to develop,” Halzen said. The detector works similarly to a particle detector used in physics. The detector is an enormous entity that uses a cubic kilometer of ice. When a neutrino passes through the detector, which has a chance of one in a million of occuring, it is stopped by the ice. When it interacts with the ice, a particle called a muon is formed. This muon emits blue light that is detected by the digital optical modules. The neutrino itself is never seen, but the particles it makes creates light patterns of different intensities and directions. These patterns can be analyzed to determine where they came from in the universe. “We construct where the neutrino came from and that’s how we can look at the sky … [we can] make a map of the universe,” Halzen said. The IceCube has important implications in understanding dark matter, high energy particles such as neutrinos and new physical processes. Neutrinos that the lab has detected do not originate from our own galaxy, but most likely from black holes with the destruction of stars elsewhere in the universe. The research team

is figuring out these particles’ origination and constructing what could potentially be a map of the universe. The IceCube project is a collaboration from more than 44 universities and 12 countries, and

everything is coordinated from UW-Madison. UW-Madison is the lead institution where most of the construction and all of the management is directed. Most of the funding has been provided by the NSF.

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Ask Ms. Scientist: Controversy over antibiotic use in agriculture overlooks some of the benefits Dear Ms. Scientist, If I am learning in class that agricultural overuse of antibiotics is bad due to the selection of antibioticresistant bacterial strains, why do farms still continue to use them? —Tyler L. Antibiotic use in the livestock industry greatly varies on the animal industry and the farm. Much of the controversy is over the use of subtherapeutic levels where antibiotics are not used for treating sick animals, but instead routinely given at low doses. However, subtherapeutic doses can prevent subclinical diseases, like necrotic enteritis in poultry. Some human food-borne pathogens are reduced in poultry as well, like Campylobacter bacteria, which can cause illness if the meat is not prepared properly. Antibiotics also treat mastitis, a common udder inflammation in dairy cows, which substantially reduces milk quality in addition to being painful for the cow. As long as milk is pasteurized, antibiotic-resistant strains would not likely be a human health risk because pasteurization kills both susceptible and resistant strains. In organic and antibioticfree industries, however, if antibiotics are used even to treat sick animals, the meat can no longer be considered organic or antibiotic free. For beef and pork, on the other hand, antibiotics improve weight gain and food utilization by the animal. The ban of antibiotics for growth promotion would significantly impact the income for farmers or raise the price of animal products. Therefore, both the microbiological and agricultural perspectives on the use of antibiotics in animals should be considered when finding sustainable solutions to the problem of rising antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria. Ask Ms. Scientist is written by Corinne Thornton. If you have a burning science question you want her to answer, email it to science@dailycardinal.com.

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Rockets to riots: A look back at 2014 Cullen voss Opinion Editor

s 2014 draws to a close, we should take time to remember the important events that shook us, scared us and filled us with wonder. ISIS In 2014 ISIS beheaded five western aid workers, made sweeping territorial land grabs and had a force the CIA estimates at around 31,000. Since August, the U.S.-led anti-ISIS coalition has stepped up airstrikes with ever-increasing ferocity. All the while, President Obama reiterated time and time again there would be no boots on the ground. In June, there were 275 troops reported to be in Iraq, that number is now up to 3,100. While these troops are techni-

cally considered “advisers” to the Iraqi fighters and have no combat roles, you can’t help but wonder what comes next. In the span of five months, the president increased troop levels over ten times. Pair that with President Obama’s Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, stepping down and the level of uncertainty surrounding the president’s defense policy increasing about as quickly as U.S. troop involvement in Iraq. Police and racial tensions Following the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, the atmosphere around the nation was exceptionally charged. Sparking conversation and criticism regarding police abuses toward minorities, the situation was exacerbated when a grand jury chose not to indict Wilson and riots and protests then erupted around the country.

Just over a week later, another police officer, this time in New York City, was not indicted over the killing of Eric Garner. The outrage over Eric Garner was even more pronounced because of a video which shows Garner, unarmed, with his hands in the air, being taken to the ground by an officer using a chokehold. Garner can be heard pleading with police crying “I can’t breath” 11 times, which has transformed into a rallying cry around the country to protest against police brutality. Garner’s case has left many Americans wondering what good police body cameras will do when you have a video from a third party yet still can’t get justice. Election 2014 The midterm election of 2014 increased the Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives and gave the Republicans the majority in the

Senate for the first time since 2006. The most troubling aspect of the 2014 election is the continuing trend of voter apathy. Sixty-five percent of eligible voters failed to even cast a ballot. As a result of the Republican control in both the House and the Senate, President Obama is the only man standing between the Republicans passing legislation. With a veto, the Senate needs 67 votes to override it and the House needs 290. While the Republicans don’t have the numbers necessary to override a veto on their own, there could be some incentive for bipartisanship if any congressional Democrats fear losing their seat in 2016. NASA’s Orion spacecraft NASA launched its newest spacecraft Dec. 6. Called the Orion, it travelled 3,600 miles above the earth moving at a speed of 20,000 mile an hour. For the first time in over 40 years NASA

put a spacecraft capable of carrying astronauts beyond low Earth orbit. Lockheed Martin began assembly of the Orion in 2011. Less than three years later and it was launched into space. NASA has high hopes for the Orion spacecraft and has plans to use the craft to reach asteroids, Mars and beyond. According to NASA, more than 1,000 companies helped to assemble or manufacture Orion and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden called it “Day one of the Mars era.” While the mission did not carry any astronauts, this mission is the first step in advancing the space frontier. Fourty-five years after we first landed on the moon, it is time to extend beyond our own backyard. It’s time to go to Mars. Cullen is a senior majoring in history and political science. What events do you think were important in 2014? We’d like to hear your view. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com

Students should not overlook well-being during finals Elijah gray Opinion Columnist

or those Badgers who feel that the stress caused by their workloads is akin not to that of the typical college student but the most beleaguered, overworked airplane pilots, any break from studying may be perceived as an

impediment to ensuring readiness for a final test or essay. However, even though stress is an implicit part of most college students’ academic experiences, knowing when to take a break from studying is an important part of maintaining mental and physical health. In hearing and observing people’s attitudes toward studying, I’ve

realized that many students are wont to follow an academic orthodoxy that holds hunkering down for hours on end as the optimal way to guarantee success in the classroom. To be honest, many workloads do require hours of focus and dedication if one wishes to do well. Nevertheless, work habits that consistently forgo exercise

and relaxation breaks in favor of uninterrupted studying run the risk of intensifying the stress caused by coursework and increasing the likelihood of illness.

Thus, the personal imperative to reach academic success and to maintain physical well-being need not be mutually exclusive.

Research has shown that exercise is related to reductions in both stress and depression, and I would venture to guess that those denizens of UW-Madison who habitually reserve time to exercise would report similar findings in their own lives. Speaking personally, in moments when I have felt stress not just from coursework but the innumerable aggravating idiosyncrasies of everyday life, exercise has almost always aided in clearing my mind and enabling me to tackle my problems more rationally and effectively. Thus, the personal imperative to reach academic success and to maintain physical well-being need not be mutually exclusive.

To be honest, many workloads do require hours of focus and dedication if one wishes to do well.

In knowing when to take a break from pouring over your work, you can actually bolster your ability to study meaningfully. For those preoccupied with figuring out how exactly to allot the time to work out, have no fear. We at UW-Madison are

fortunate to have access to recreational facilities with abundant hours of operation, so the perennial argument that there simply isn’t enough time to go to the gym holds little credence with this author. Strategically removing oneself from intense studying now and then also reduces the risk of developing illnesses associated with the effects of chronic stress. Stress has been shown to suppress the ability of the immune system to respond to illness, so in continually accepting chronic, debilitating stress as the norm, students unknowingly compromise their bodies’ ability to stave off disease. The immediacy of schoolwork understandably causes many of us to sideline potentially beneficial health habits in the name of academic achievement. We should strive to overcome this impulse to relegate exercise and relaxation breaks to the lower rungs of our priority ladders if we are to meaningfully pursue health and happiness. Making the time to brave the cold and trek to the SERF or Natatorium should not be regarded simply as a means to procrastinate and avoid the realities of coursework. No stigma need be attached to kicking back with friends on your dorm room’s barely functioning futon to ruminate on life and the challenges of school. Abandoning the assumption that uninterrupted studying and the continual absorption of crippling stress is the optimal way to claim academic success would afford us greater peace of mind and potentially higher test scores. Do you agree with Elijah on the benefits of exercise? Are breaks an essential component of your study routine? Is it possible to incorporate these activities in the coming weeks? We want to know what you think. Please send all feedback to opinion@dailycardinal.com

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Badgers crushed 59-0, draw Auburn in Outback Bowl By Jim Dayton The daily cardinal

INDIANAPOLIS—Trailing 31-0 near the end of the first half, Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year Melvin Gordon fumbled deep inside Wisconsin territory, and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year Joey Bosa recovered the ball and returned it for a touchdown. That was a microcosm of how the Big Ten Championship went for No. 11 Wisconsin (7-1 Big Ten, 10-3 overall), as No. 6 Ohio State (8-0, 12-1) trampled the Badgers Saturday in a 59-0 romp. It was the first shutout loss for Wisconsin since Aug. 24, 1997, against Syracuse. It was an ugly game from the start. The Buckeyes marched 77 yards on six plays less than two minutes after kickoff, scoring on a 39-yard pass from redshirt sophomore third-string quarterback Cardale Jones to senior wide receiver Devin Smith. That would be the first of multiple big plays for the Buckeyes, who torched the Badger defense for 10 plays of at least 20 yards, including four of their touchdowns. “All they do is just rely on the deep ball,” said senior safety Peniel Jean. “They have great receivers that go up to get the ball and we had trouble locating the football. That’s where they took advantage.” Wisconsin looked completely out of sync defensively. The Badgers struggled to contain Jones, a read-option quarterback making his first career start after J.T. Barrett broke his ankle last week. Jones was 12-17 for 257

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Joel Stave lost his first start of the year, going 17-of-43 for 187 yards and three interceptions. yards and three touchdowns and was named the game’s MVP. While Jones’ impact on the ground was negligible, his effectiveness through the air opened up rushing lanes for running back Ezekiel Elliott, who ran for 220 yards and two touchdowns. “I don’t want to say it’s tough because you don’t know what to expect, but that’s no excuse,” said sophomore cornerback Sojourn Shelton. “You still got to try to find ways to stop him and stop the offense from rolling.” Wisconsin appeared to have miscommunication problems on defense throughout the first half. Elliott had massive gaps to run through, Jones had plenty of time

in the pocket to throw and several Buckeye receivers were left wide open down the field. “They didn’t confuse us at all. For some reason the defensive line, we weren’t getting the calls, some of the linebackers weren’t doing their assignments,” said redshirt senior linebacker Marcus Trotter. “It was just a whole team. Defense just for some reason wasn’t on the same page.” While the defense, ranked No. 2 nationally in yards allowed coming into Saturday, struggled mightily, the offense didn’t do its job, either. Redshirt junior quarterback Joel Stave had a dreadful game, going 17-43 for just 187 yards and three interceptions.

With the passing game a total non-factor, Gordon had minimal impact. The Heisman candidate ran for just 76 yards on 26 carries, an average of less than three yards per rush. “I knew their whole game plan was to come in and slow me down,” Gordon said. “It’s exactly what they did. We needed some explosive plays from everyone and there was a lack of explosive plays from everyone, including myself.” It didn’t help that starting center Dan Voltz aggravated his left ankle injury in the first quarter and did not return. Left guard Dallas Lewallen slid over to center and reserve lineman Ray Ball took his spot.

“It hurts when your starting center goes down. It just changes the game. It changes up a lot of things,” Gordon said. “To have some young guys come in there with not that much experience in a big-time game like this, it’s a lot on them.” While the Badgers struggled, Ohio State flexed its muscles. The Buckeyes accumulated 558 yards of offense, averaging nearly 10 yards per play. They held Wisconsin to just 3.2 yards per play and forced four turnovers, a resounding closing argument as the Big Ten champions try to sneak into the inaugural College Football Playoff. It was a disheartening finish for Wisconsin, who had won seven games in a row to win the West division and make its third Big Ten championship game appearance in four years. “As disappointing as it is, there was a lot of positives from this season, and we just got to look at those, learn from this week and get as much as we can out of bowl prep,” Stave said. Head coach Gary Andersen must now help the Badgers put this loss behind them and prepare for Outback Bowl. Wisconsin has not won a bowl game since 2009 and this one won’t be any easier, as the Badgers have drawn SEC power Auburn. “They got knocked down, took a big shot tonight. They’ll be excited to go play,” Andersen said. “No kid in that room has won a bowl game. The opportunity is there for them to do that on a big-time stage, big-time environment.”

Ohio State exposes weakness of UW defense with read-option runs By Jake Powers the daily cardinal

I N D I A NA P O L I S— Ga r y Andersen rarely passes up the opportunity to praise his team’s ability to fight through adversity. The head coach pays Wisconsin this compliment after nearly every game, citing its ability to bounce back after slow starts, glaring mistakes and blown plays. The Badgers could learn a thing or two about handling adversity from Ohio State. The Buckeyes unleashed an offensive onslaught Saturday night that was thoroughly embarrassing to the program and will cast a shadow over the entire 2014 campaign. To make matters worse, Ohio State’s 59-point, 558yard performance was engineered by a quarterback who began the season as the third-stringer. Sophomore Cardale Jones, filling in for J.T. Barrett, who was filling in for Braxton Miller, gashed the Badgers for 257 yards and three touchdowns through the air. However, it was the two-man running game that Jones, in the first start of his career, played with soph-

omore running back Ezekiel Elliott that doomed UW. Although the 6-foot-5-inch, 250-pound quarterback came in to the game untested, Wisconsin’s defense consistently overcommitted to Jones on the read option, opening rushing lanes for Elliott to accrue 220 yards on the ground. Ohio State exposed this defensive deficiency late in the first quarter. After gaining 12 yards on a dive up the middle, Jones and Elliott executed the read option to textbook perfection. Jones handed the ball to Elliott and took off around the right tackle, freezing senior linebacker Derek Landisch and drawing redshirt senior safety Peniel Jean with him. Meanwhile, the defensive line aggressively slanted left, which allowed Ohio State’s lineman to wash them out and open a huge hole up the middle. Elliott split the gap between Landisch and Jean and the defensive lineman and ran 81 yards untouched for a score. Senior linebacker Marcus Trotter was at a loss to explain the missed gap assignments that plagued UW’s defense.

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“They’re very good, athletic guys,” Trotter said of Jones and Elliott. “We misfit so many things, I’d probably say every other play we misfit something. I just don’t know why. Some guys didn’t make plays on a ball when they should have, but that’s just what life is, adversity is going to strike and you’ve got to be a man about it.” The adversity created by Elliott’s huge run, the first of his two touchdowns, did not stimulate much of change in Wisconsin’s play. In total, Ohio State gained 254 rushing yards on read option plays. Despite rarely keeping the ball himself, Jones consistently drew attention after handing off which, like on Elliott’s first touchdown run, forced the defense out of position and put Wisconsin on its heels. Ohio State eclipsed Wisconsin’s average points allowed per game (16.8) less than a minute into the second quarter, and more than doubled the amount of yards it allows on average (260.3). The Buckeyes were able to do this despite holding on to the ball for seven fewer minutes than UW. “Yeah, very uncharacteristic day for our defense,” Andersen said. “You would know that I guess. If you hadn’t seen us play, you wouldn’t know that. But completely uncharacteristic of our defense. I thought they played hard. Didn’t see loafs, didn’t see any quit. Saw an offensive line that locked us up really good at the point of attack. I saw some talented players making some plays.”

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Ezekiel Elliot’s 220 rush yards set a Big Ten Championship record. Unlike in previous games this season, Wisconsin’s defense failed to make adjustments based on what the offense showed them. The Badgers conceded 17 early points to both Nebraska and Minnesota, but they were able to tighten up their mechanics and negate the opponent’s game plan. No such turnaround took place against Ohio State. Redshirt senior nose guard Warren Herring described the difficulty the Badgers had in the trenches. “Just got to be fundamentally sound,” Herring said. “They capi-

talized on opportunities, open gaps and things like that. That’s on the defensive front, that’s on the defensive line as well. Staying gap sound, just flying around and playing football.” It’s hard to find a bright spot in Wisconsin’s defensive performance. Ohio State is unquestionably a more talented team, but not to the degree where a 59-0 stomping should be expected. It was the mental errors, missed assignments and inability to adapt to the read option that cost Wisconsin. The fight against adversity lives on.

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The historic Melvin Gordon It was a testament to Melvin Gordon’s talent that many people believed he could have gone to the NFL after last season, despite being the backup to James White. But Gordon returned for his redshirt junior season, putting off the professional ranks for one more year to finally get a crack at the starting lineup. He did not disappoint. Gordon put together one of the all-time great seasons by a college running back, running for 2,336 yards and 26 touchdowns. Both marks led the FBS this year. It was his performance Nov. 15 against Nebraska, however, that transcended his final stat lines and cemented his legacy as one of Wisconsin’s best running backs in school history.

With snow falling steadily throughout the game, Gordon thrashed the Husker defense for a then-FBS record 408 rushing yards on just 25 carries. He scored four touchdowns and didn’t even play the fourth quarter. In any other season, Gordon would have run away with the Heisman Trophy. But with Oregon’s Marcus Mariota having a spectacular season of his own, Gordon will likely finish second. Regardless, Gordon’s season demands immense appreciation. There wasn’t anything else he could have done from an individual standpoint. Now, he can finally make the leap to the NFL without any doubts over what he left behind. —Jim Dayton

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Karley Sylvester, linchpin of lethal offense

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Lauren Carlini leading a new era of UW volleyball What a year it has been for sophomore setter Lauren Carlini of the women’s volleyball team. The Aurora, Illinois, native earned the highest honors in the Big Ten this year winning both Big Ten Player of the Year and Big Ten Setter of the Year. Carlini won numerous awards during the year ranging from Big Ten Setter of the Week, on Sept. 8, Sept. 22 and Nov. 24, 2014, to all tournament team, in the HotelRED Invitational. Carlini lead a balanced Badger attack that averaged 14.6 kills per set, a .287 attacking percentage and 13.6 assists per set. Awards were not new to Carlini, as she earned a fair share of them during her fresh-

man year at Wisconsin. In 2013, she was named to the 2013 allNCAA Tournament team and won Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors. This year, Carlini averaged 11.45 assists per set, 2.89 digs per set, .92 kills per set, .67 blocks per set and leads the team with .41 serving aces per set. While the individual awards have got to make Carlini feel great, the ultimate prize for her and the Badgers will come in the NCAA tournament. The Badgers successfully swept their first two opponents in the tournament and will take on Big Ten foe No. 18 Ohio State Friday, who the Badgers started their 21 game win streak against. —Sam Karp

The Badgers’ assistant captain has been a pivotal part of the team’s dominant season. She isn’t their leading goal scorer, but she does lead the team in points with 25, good for third most in the WCHA. Her squad has relied on her consistency, as she’s earned at least a point in 13 of 19 games. Teammate Brittany Ammerman, a redshirt senior, leads the Badgers in goals, but Sylvester’s team-best 17 assists have been a major part of their offensive success. Eight of them have come in the third period, and seven have been on the

last goal scored in a game. The senior forward sets up her teammates when it matters most. When she isn’t setting up her teammates, she is firing on target. Sylvester leads the Badgers with 85 shots on goal, good for fourthmost in the conference. Opposing goaltenders have to know where she is on the ice at all times. Karley is a veteran leader for her team, and she has facilitated much of their success. They’re going to need more of the same from her for the second half of the season. —Lorin Cox

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Nigel Hayes, the final piece of a Big 3

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While preseason expectations were sky-high for both Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker, not many people were expecting sophomore forward Nigel Hayes to perform as well as he has in the early stages of the year. Though he’s struggled a bit in Wisconsin’s last two games, scoring a total of nine points against Duke and Marquette, Hayes is still averaging 11.6 points and 7.7 rebounds per game this season. He leads the Badgers with 283 minutes played, and his 50 defensive rebounds are second to only Kaminsky among Big Ten players. Hayes, who is shooting 51.5 percent from the field, has also

added long-range shooting to his arsenal. He has made six 3-pointers through nine games after not attempting a single shot from beyond the arc during his freshman year. His performances against Duke and Marquette showed that he still has room for improvement, but Hayes still has recorded two double-doubles this season and Wisconsin’s frontcourt is nearly unstoppable when he’s performing at a high level. His play so far this year is a very encouraging sign for the Badgers as the conference season quickly approaches. —Zach Rastall

Genevieve Richard posts slew of shutouts

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The Badgers soared to a historic record-breaking season, earning a 19-3-2 record and capturing the Big Ten Tournament Title. Wisconsin was led by redshirt senior Genevieve Richard, who broke several school records while earning conference, regional and national honors. Richard and the rest of Wisconsin’s 2014 squad could arguably go down as the best defensive unit in school history. The Badgers allowed just ten goals all season, a new school record. Individually, Richard earned 16 shutouts in 24 games, a mark

that makes her Wisconsin’s record holder. With her career number of 23 shutouts, she moved into eighth place on the career records list at UW. The stellar play of Richard was the key to the Badger’s highly successful season. In tight games, Richard always gave Wisconsin a chance. When it came playoff time, she stepped up when it mattered most, collecting three shutouts in the Big Ten Tournament. Then, in the NCAA Tournament, she denied the DePaul forwards from point-

blank range a number of times, earning a shutout to lead the Badgers to a victory. For her outstanding season, Richard was named the Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year, selected to the NSCAA All-Great Lakes First Team and earned third team NSCAA All-American honors. After being at the helm for the Badger’s exceptional campaign, Richard will not be easily replaced as Wisconsin looks to continue its development into an elite program in the following years. —Bobby Ehrlich