It’s a more personalized experience than a lot of other places, and it’s in the midst of everything—a close walk to the Union, Lake Mendota and Camp Randall. You can be immersed in everything, and then come back and it always feels like you’re at home.
Pete Loveland, UW Alumnus
JACK CASEY AND JONAH BELECKIS management team
We at The Daily Cardinal would like to give you one of many welcomes to the University of WisconsinMadison you will be receiving in the coming months. You’ll hear it from your advisor, your housefellow and the chancellor, but here at The Daily Cardinal, your devoted student newspaper, we figured one more couldn’t hurt.
The Daily Cardinal is going on its 123rd year operating at this great university and over those many years it has been here to serve and inform incoming freshman classes, as well as sophomore, junior and senior
you has changed. You will use these years to go in countless directions. But through it all, whether you are studying dance or biomedical engineering or double-majoring in both, we always want you to know
ones. We have papers available all over campus, from residence halls and academic buildings to Union South and Memorial Union. So wherever you find yourself, give us a read.
This issue is constructed to give you both an introduction to the university and college life,
as well as an introduction to our newspaper. You will find pages with advice we deem important to know before coming to Madison as well as entertaining and informative content we seek to provide on a daily basis. We as a staff cannot try to tell you what your experience at UW-Madison will be like or what you will end up doing here, but take it from a diverse group of students who have
lived, worked and had fun all over campus that the unknown road ahead is part of the fun of attending such a large university. Each and every one of you will deal with adjusting to a new place, and everybody will ultimately have a long list of his or her successes and, sometimes more importantly, his or her failures as a college student. Both are guaranteed to make you a better person when
you leave here.
But do not forget the quintessential Madison experiences you should take part in: jumping around at football games, finding out why everybody falls in love with the Memorial Union Terrace and doing any of the other 98 things we have included on our “Bucky List” inside this issue.
Four years from now, you will most likely see a lot about
that you can turn to us for upto-date coverage of the goingson on campus, in the city and around the state.
If you have any questions about coming to school— whether they are about picking classes or whether or not to bring shower shoes/sandals (do that)—we will be happy to answer them. Just find us on Facebook by searching The Daily Cardinal, tweet at our Twitter handle @dailycardinal or stop into our office at 2142 Vilas Hall.
We’re here to help and inform. And that, even while so many other things are changing, will be the one thing we guarantee will stay consistent over the next four years.
By Emily Gerber the daily cardinal
Attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison comes with many new opportunities for students, ranging from academic endeavors to social discoveries. But one privilege incoming students may not be aware of is the power they possess to enact change on a university and system level.
The Associated Students of Madison, UW-Madison’s governing student association, caters to just that–ensuring that student advocacy reaches fruition.
“We’re not just a bunch of kids that [the] administration and the Legislature do not have to listen to,” said UW-Madison junior and newly appointed ASM Chair Genevieve Carter. “I think it’s our responsibility as students to advocate for ourselves and [make] sure
that the issues that we’re working on impact students’ lives.”
Since its creation in the 1990s, ASM has served as the student component in the university’s shared governance structure. The body weighs in on both campus and UW System issues, working alongside university administration and state legislators.
Carter said one of the association’s goals for this upcoming year is to continue establishing ASM as a “welcoming and inclusive space” where students can fight for issues they feel passionately about.
Because the body is representative of all UW-Madison students, Carter said it is important to have as much engagement as possible to ensure fellow decision-makers are hearing from the more than 40,000 students who
make up the university.
“The state of Wisconsin is really unique in the sense that state statutes give students a lot of power and a lot of ability to dictate what they want to see happen in their educational experience,” Carter said. “This gives us a huge amount of leverage when it comes to decisions about our education.”
Carter said the doors of the ASM office are always open–literally–to facilitate the concerns and desires of students. She added that students are the driving force behind change on campus.
“You have the power to make change,” Carter said. “You have the power to impact not only students at the university right now but students for years and years to come.”
sions with the campus and manages more than 22,000 university faculty and staff.
Chancellor Rebecca Blank is embarking on her second year in the top leadership position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
In addition to leading the more than 40,000 students enrolled at UW-Madison, the chancellor has purview over administration-related deci-
Specifically, Blank oversees the campus financial and academic activity, including changes in tuition levels and various department leadership appointments.
As the university’s 31st chancellor, Blank also works with the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents and Wisconsin state legislators to discuss and enact change on a grander scale.
From visiting students in libraries during finals week or scooping ice cream during campus events, Dean of Students Lori Berquam is constantly working to help students feel at home at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Berquam’s office is home to many student support services, including sexual assault services, emergency counseling and academic support. Students can make appointments or walk into the Dean of Students office and take advantage of the services.
Appointments can be made by calling one of the deans on call at 608-263-5700 or by visiting the Dean of Students Office at room 70 of Bascom Hall.
State Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, represents a majority of the students who live on or near the campus area.
Taylor actively promotes women’s rights in the state Legislature and holds annual campus forums and discussions.
In the past Assembly session, Taylor was a key representative in passing legislation that would allow third party investigations into police altercations resulting in fatalities.
Taylor represents the 76th District, which was also once held by current U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., and also by current U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis.
Local Madison officials enact policies and programs that affect University of WisconsinMadison students in addition to city residents.
The three campus-area alders, Scott Resnick, Mike Verveer and Ledell Zellers, help to facilitate important city issues including downtown alcohol policies and State Street’s redesign.
Ald. Scott Resnick, District 8, represents all on-campus
Madison Mayor and UW-Madison alum p a ul Soglin is responsible for major city policy decisions.
housing and residence halls. He graduated from UW-Madison in 2008 and just finished his term as vice president of city Council.
Ald. Mike Verveer, District 4, is responsible for the citizens and students of the Capitol Square and State Street areas.
Verveer has spent more than a decade in Madison politics and currently serves on the Alcohol License Review Committee, which decides on liquor license and alcohol policy in downtown Madison.
Newly elected Ald. Ledell
After a 14-year gap between terms, Mayor Paul Soglin returned to office in 2011 to preside over the city of Madison and its city Council.
Soglin graduated from the University of WisconsinMadison in 1966 and was known to have attended the first ever Mifflin Street Block Party in 1969.
As the head of Madison’s Common Council, which is the city’s governing body, Soglin is responsible for creating and implementing important city policies and construction efforts, including the Library Mall reconstruction and ongoing downtown alcohol rezoning.
Soglin has plans to run for reelection in the 2015 mayoral elections, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.
Zellers, District 2, mainly represents the Langdon Street area, which is home to much of UW-Madison’s Greek community. Zellers is currently serving on a committee that is responsible for the redesign of State Street.
By Adelina Yankova
THE DAILY CARDINAL
As the number of movein boxes begins to dwindle and employees settle into EatStreet’s new office, Matt Howard, chief executive officer and co-founder of the Madison-based company looks back to the business’ origins. It is not the first time the
online food ordering company has furnished a new office, though the present location overlooking Lake Monona is surely more spacious than the 10-by-20-foot room from which Howard, along with his founding partners Eric Martell and Alex Wyler, used to conduct business.
While studying at the
University of WisconsinMadison, the three co-founders launched EatStreet, formerly known as BadgerBites, in 2010 as a response to an increase in the price of a similar food ordering service Howard had been using.
Recognizing the flaws in
By Morgan Haefner and Andrew Hahn THE DAILY C ARDINAL
Former Madison Ald. Bridget Maniaci, District 2, announced in a statement Wednesday she plans to challenge Mayor Paul Soglin in the 2015 Madison mayoral election.
“Over the coming weeks and months I look forward to engaging directly with Madison’s many diverse neighborhoods and communities about the direction of Madison’s future and its need for catalytic leadership,” Maniaci said in the statement.
Maniaci, a University of Wisconsin-Madison alumna, represented the east side of Madison on the city’s Common Council for four years after her first election in 2009. Maniaci said she considered running for the past two and a half years, motivated by her experience in city hall, and wants to keep an “open door policy” while campaigning.
“What influenced me to run was the desire and passion that I heard from many people in the community to have options for new leadership in the city council,” Maniaci said.
As a student at UW-Madison, Maniaci became familiar with the city.
“I have a deep knowledge of the city,” Maniaci said. “What sets me apart from potential
other candidates, the current mayor included, is a sense of my life story and my demographics.”
Among other student issues, Maniaci said she intends to address tenant rights. While representing District 2, Maniaci held a renters’ meeting facilitating discussion between members from the Madison police and fire departments and local renters.
“What influenced me to run was the desire and passion that I heard from many people in the community to have options for new leadership in the city council.”
By Emily Gerber
THE DAILY CARDINAL
Madison community members and students at the University of WisconsinMadison already have access to a wide variety of educational opportunities because of their connection to the university. But after starting its first phase of Massive Open Online Courses, UW-Madison is looking to extend those opportunities to an audience worldwide.
The university will embark on its second phase of the MOOCs pilot program in the 2015-’16 school year, continuing the online education initiative aimed at providing creditless learning opportunities to a mass audience.
The six new course options for the second phase are inspired by resident environmentalist Aldo Leopold, according to a July 2014 statement from the university. The courses will all fall under the umbrella topic of environment and the community, but will differ in content from Shakespeare to climate change.
MOOCs require no enrollment cost, no need to be a registered student at the host institution and have no participation limit.
“We hope that by making MOOCs a free and easy point of entry for participants interested in a UW-Madison educational experience, we can help direct them to our creditbearing online and residential postgraduate degree programs, certificates and professional development opportunities,” Jeffrey Russell, vice provost for lifelong learning and dean of the Division of Continuing Studies, said in a UW-Madison release.
“This year our MOOCs extended the Wisconsin Idea to learners around the world. In 2015, we are continuing in that spirit to make the UW-Madison experience more accessible.”
The university introduced the first pilot phase of four MOOCs in October 2013, with topics ranging from video games to human evolution.
“One of the things I worked hard to do as a representative for many young citizens who are renters is to really work to improve tenant rights and building inspection efforts,” Maniaci said. “It’s important to not lose sight that if you are a renter, you are a valued citizen.”
Mayor Paul Soglin declined to comment on Maniaci’s candidacy. His campaign manager, Melissa Mulliken, provided a statement.
“We look forward to the
By Kane Kaiman tHe daIly cardInal
In a shameless attempt to avoid punishment for hunting out of season, Dane County backwoodsman Reginald “Rooster” Waters offered a Department of Natural Resources warden over two dozen red squirrels— shot and flayed in the Cherokee Marsh Thursday morning.
Warden Phillip Reno had Waters under survellience for a mere 10 minutes before stepping in to curtail the illicit hunt.
“I heard a few gunshots and a lot of hootin’ and hollerin’,” Reno said. “Typically that means someone’s up to no good.”
Reno was taken aback by the brashness of Waters’ bribe.
“People have offered me money, booze, but nothing like that,” Reno said. “This guy had some balls.”
Reno says the woodland poacher’s punish-
ment will be swift.
Waters will be taken down to DNR headquarters for a full-body poison ivy rub. Later, he will be stripped naked and taken to the wetlands during peak mosquito hours.
“At the end of the day, we’ll tag him and release him into the Canadian wilderness hundreds of miles from civilization,” Chambers said. “It’s a slap on the wrist, really.”
However, Waters says the DNR has already gone too far.
“I know I broke the law,” Cooper said. “But they didn’t have to confiscate my banjo.”
Waters says the squirrels were not killed solely for sport.
“I was going to use every part of those animals,” Waters said. “I was fixin’ to make a squirrel tuxedo.”
Waters says he regrets going squirrel hunting in the marsh.
“I knew I should have just gone dynamite fishing.”
By Dylan Anderson
tHe daIly cardInal
APPLETON, Wis.—
Three Peterson children decided Wednesday to establish a labor union in order to improve workplace conditions in their father’s front and back yards, sources told Cardinal reporters. George, 9, Megan, 11, and Travis, 12, organized the Youth Outdoor Labor Organization (YOLO), in response to the increasingly dissatisfying pay and torturous conditions.
“My siblings and I have been displaying expertise in weeding, watering and fertilizing over the last few summers,” YOLO spokesperson Travis Peterson said. “We refuse to continue working until our $5 an hour wage is raised and our 4-hour work week is decreased.”
According to their father, Thomas Peterson, this is the second time his employees stopped showing up for work.
“Last August the kids wouldn’t even go out there until I promised to take them out for ice cream after each shift,” Peterson explained. “But I guess even that just isn’t enough anymore. I don’t know where these brats get these ideas.”
Cardinal investigators reached out to legal proceedings expert and mother Eileen Peterson for comment on the matter.
“Tom is in no shape to do yard work due to his arthritis, so he needs the kids to keep our land looking nice. Unfortunately, the sides aren’t close to reaching a deal, even after Tom offered to buy them an Xbox One,” Mrs.
Peterson said while assisting Megan in making a sign to be used at Friday’s picket line in front of the multi-acre property.
Thomas planned to ask his potential scab and youngest son Thomas Jr., 7 to do the work for $5 an hour, citing his son’s relative lack of understanding of monetary value as the main reason to hope he would accept. When Eileen was informed of Thomas’ new strategy she responded negativley.
“ No way, he’s too young. I’m sure the Schaefer kids next door will do it, they don’t have a lot of extra cash over there you know.”
At press time, all members of YOLO decided to accept the Xbox One and ice cream outings as they put on gardening gloves and trudged out back.
What are Wisconsin students up to over summer break?
—Enjoying the gorgeous seasonal landscapes of Instagram.
—Living amongst the foxes and holing up at Picnic Point.
—The NCAA and my lawyers have advised me not to speak on this matter.
—Never returned from spring break in Cancun.
—Nine-to-five, data entry, unpaid.
—Studying abroad, yet finding myself within.
—Masochistically attempting to procure Badger Football student tickets.
—Getting pretty heavy into a cult.
—Frolf. Whole lotta’ frolf.
—Pondering our existence.
—Polio.
Sit first row at a basketball game
Take a picture with Bucky
Attend a CYC class
Go to a night game at Camp
Randall Stadium
Sled down Bascom Hill on a Gordon Commons tray
Go on the roof of Ag Hall
Watch the sunrise on the Terrace
Go out to Picnic Point
Climb the rock wall at Union South (and don’t fall)
Pull an all-nighter at College
Library
Go to the Farmers’ Market at Capitol Square
Go to Freakfest
Study on Bascom Hill when the weather is nice (or just lay out and pretend to study)
Go to the Chazen
Go ice skating at the Shell
Watch a Varsity Band Concert
Go up in the Carillon Tower
Rent a boat and go out on Lake Mendota
Go to a hockey game
Go to a volleyball game at the Field House
Go to a softball game
Walk on Lake Mendota when it’s frozen
Drink a beer on the Terrace
Eat Babcock ice cream
Try all the flavors of Babcock ice cream
Tour the Capitol
Stay up all night studying
Stay up all night partying
Get lost on the bus
Be mistaken for a freshman
Go to a concert at the Majestic
Go to a concert on the Square
Spend a summer in Madison
Get lost in Humanities/Vilas
Finally decide on a major
Celebrate your birthday at the Nitty Gritty
Study at the Historical Society
Visit Monona Terrace
Vote in an election
Join a student organization
Visit Monroe Street
Have a “bubbler” vs. “water fountain” debate
Eat at every dining hall
Go to office hours
Take a class outside of your comfort zone
Sing “Varsity”
Eat cheese curds from Der m m Rathskeller
Complete an internship
Eat Ian’s Pizza at 2 a.m.
Take a fitness class at the SERF
Work out at the Natatorium
Take a philosophy class
Take a class for fun
Rub Abe Lincoln’s toe for good luck
See the UW MadHatters perform
Study in a cage at Memorial Library
Go to the Mifflin Street
Block Party
Don’t go to the Mifflin Street
Block Party
Listen to a local Madison band
Check out the Art Lofts (111 North Frances St.)
Get to know a professor (they’re always willing to help you and you can get letters from them in the future!)
Participate in the Crazy Legs run
Have a brat at State Street
Brats
Take a random elective
Live in the dorms
Form a study group
Attend the homecoming parade
Study at College Library at a table overlooking the lake
Visit all the different coffee shops to find your favorite study spot
Shop on State Street Stargaze at the Observatory
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Walk around Willy Street
Try every restaurant on State Street
Start a chant at a sporting event
Share a Fishbowl at Wando’s
Make a friend in your class (great for studying!)
Join an intramural sport
Jump in Lake Mendota at midnight (better yet, skinny m dip)
Check out the view from the top floor of Van Hise
Take a class in Science Hall
Play frisbee on Bascom Hill
Read the Go Big Read book
Go to a concert at The Sett
Go to Vilas Zoo
Crash a wedding at Memorial Union
Thank a professor
Study at all 42 UW-Madison libraries
“Jump Around”
Visit your friends’ hometowns in different states over the summer to try new places
Study abroad, there are so many different programs!
Bring a paper to the writing center for a different set of eyes (great resource!)
Attend an away football game (like the Rose Bowl!)
Eat lunch on the terrace behind Liz Waters
Stock up on your faves at It’Sugar
Go to every froyo spot (there’s quite a few!) and pick your favorite
Get lots of free stuff (espcially PIZZA) during Welcome Week!
Beat the freshman 15
Don’t be afraid to try something new
Go on a fun spring break trip with your besties
Don’t oversleep for graduation
Preparation for your Career
Studying philosophy develops marketable skills in preparation for profitable careers Our program teaches critical thinking, clear communication, and how to solve complex problems.
Philosophy Pays
The Wall Street Journal reports philosophy major mid-career median salaries as $81,200, which is $9,100 more than business majors!
UW-Madison Philosophy Department www.philosophy.wisc.edu
• What is knowledge?
• Does God exist?
• Do we really have free will?
• How can we tell right from wrong?
• What is the relationship between science and religion?
Thinking
A philosophy degree is excellent preparation for graduate school!
Philosophy majors rank:
• First in the verbal and the analytical section of the GRE
• In the top five on the GMAT, consistently higher than business majors
• Second highest on the LSAT
Stephen Colbert (comedian, actor)
T.S. Eliot (poet)
Mary Higgins Clark (writer)
Carl Icahn and George Soros (billionaire financiers)
Phil Jackson (NBA coach)
Alex Trebek (Jeopardy host)
...and 17 Noble Prize winners!
Check out all the other reasons to study philosophy at www.philosophy.wisc.edu/ undergraduate/whystudy
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By Adityarup Chakravorty
THe DaIly CarDInal
A genuine smile can be a wonderful sight. It can energize us if we are feeling blue and encourage us when we are feeling troubled. It can give us strength, happiness, fortitude and peace. But all smiles are not created equal. There are kind smiles and cruel smiles, excited smiles and hopeless smiles. How is it that we are able to tell real smiles from false smiles?
In a recent paper, researchers at the University of WisconsinMadison—in collaboration with researchers at the University of Geneva, Switzerland—have tried to answer just that question. They found that we look at many parts of the face when someone is smiling and that we may be judging the authenticity of a smile we see by how much it is making us smile in turn.
“The face is the most communicative part of the body,” said Sebastian Korb, a postdoctoral fellow in the Niedenthal Emotions Lab at UW-Madison and the lead author of the study. “But people have learned to smile even when they are feeling something different. I want to know what it is that allows us to say whether the smile is real or not.”
Korb is not the first person to ask what makes a smile real to us. Historically one particular
facial feature has been heralded as the champion of a true smile. The crow’s feet wrinkles that fan out from the outer corner of our eyes are caused by the contraction of a muscle that encircles our eye sockets, called the obicularis occuli. The presence of these crow’s feet wrinkles, called the Duchenne marker by scientists, has long been thought to be the sign of a genuine smile.
But the majority of previous research used still photographs.
“Facial expressions are perceived differently when they are presented as dynamically unfolding videos instead of still pictures,” Korb said.
Korb and his fellow researchers used a program called FacsGen to create short videos of avatar faces smiling in different ways, with different facial muscles activated to various degrees. Then they asked people to judge whether the smiles looked real or not.
“The classical view has always been that the Duchenne marker makes a true smile and reflects an underlying positive emotion. But, we found it’s more of a continuum,” Korb said.
The Duchenne marker did not convey authenticity by itself; pulling up of the lips, controlled by the zygomaticus major muscle, and the opening of the lips and mouths all contributed to the smile being
judged more or less authentic.
But that’s not the whole story. Korb and his colleagues were also testing a more controversial theory. Scientists have known for some time that we unconsciously mirror other people’s expressions on our own faces. This process is called “facial mimicry.” Korb wanted to test if a smile that provoked a greater degree of mimicking in a study subject was also judged as more authentic.
To test for facial mimicry, the researchers used electrodes to measure tiny muscle contractions in the faces of study participants as they looked at various avatar smiles. These contractions are invisible to the naked eye, but using electrodes and a process called electromyography (EMG) allows scientists to detect when muscle cells are activated.
The EMG would also allow Korb to confirm that study subjects were actually mimicking the avatars, but the EMG data showed that study participants were indeed replicating the smiles they saw on the avatar faces. When people mimicked smiles more the smiles were judged to be more authentic.
“The response predicted the authenticity of the smiles,” Korb said.
Korb is quick to say that facial mimicry alone cannot answer how we tell real and false smiles apart. It’s just one piece of the jigsaw.
“There are also specific social contexts that help us anticipate what the other person’s expression must be,” Korb said. “We will probably not mimic even a genuine smile from someone wielding a bloody knife.”
His future research is also aimed at finding out what areas of the brain are implicated in and what areas might be modulating facial mimicry.
“Facial mimicry may function as a reflex,” Korb said. “And there might be some inhibition of this
reflex. Imagine it is summer and you are at the beach and you go to buy some drinks. You have no shoes on and you step on hot sand. Because you know that you have two full drinks you will inhibit the reflex of jumping up and down.”
Similarly he expects that we have developed ways to regulate our reflex to mimic the facial expressions we see.
So does he find himself judging people’s smiles? “Yes, I am judging them all the time,” Korb said, “but then most of us do, don’t we?”
Going to Bonnaroo is a bit like going to a museum filled with lots of stuff to see in a short period of time—except hotter, dustier, and less judgmental. Everyone is trying to get a glimpse of as much as they can, but most know they’ll have a more intimate experience at their hometown venue when the new act comes to town. Trying to see as many performances as possible at Bonnaroo is surely a valid quest, but be prepared to make tough choices. There is too much going on to see it all, but that is also the beauty of Bonnaroo. It is complete sensory overload and you will be pissed at yourself that you had to pee twice during James Blake and that you had to choose between seeing The Flaming Lips, Frank Ocean and the Skrillex Superjam. Still, the four-day fest is completely exhilarating. And the moment you get on the freeway heading home tired and dirty in the middle of the night, you’ll immediately wish you were back on The Farm.
OVER TOO SOON
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend are charmers. I streamed their 2013 Coachella set and could hardly contain myself in the middle of Memorial Library. I still watch it. The view wasn’t as great in the crowd at Bonnaroo, but they were perfect nonetheless. It was hot and Ezra Koenig was wearing cargo shorts. Nobody knows what the future holds and it’s bad enough just getting old, so see Vampire Weekend before you die. -MJ We recommend: “Walcott”
The Head and the Heart
One of the best benefits of attending a festival like Bonnaroo is that act you were oblivious to upon arrival, but in love with upon departure. While I know The Head and the Heart aren’t new to the scene and their best album was arguably their self-titled debut in 2010, this band shines on stage. Their impressive blend of talented vocals and instruments hits straight at the heart and they have plenty of catchy songs to sing along to. -CL We recommend: “Rivers and Roads”
Frank Ocean
I said from the start that I wasn’t going to miss any part of Frank Ocean, but then Jack White played over his set time and in the moment, I wasn’t leaving. When I finally made it to Frank’s tent at 1 a.m., I was an emotional mess. His sound did not stray too far from his album, but in his voice you could hear the heartache and raw feelings a little more acutely. -MJ We recommend: “Bad Religion”
Jeremy Messersmith
As a longtime fan of Jeremy Messersmith, I was excited to see that he’d be performing twice at Bonnaroo. But with such a busy Bonnaroo schedule, I only saw about 20 minutes of one of his sets. Still, what I did see of him made my heart sing and my soul cry, and I mean that in the cheesiest and most cliche way possible. -MJ
We recommend: “A Girl, a Boy, and a Graveyard”
Disclosure
This British DJ duo absolutely killed it on their freshman record Settle—it’s the sole reason I chose to give electronic music a chance. Nearly every track sounds like a club hit, with more emphasis on subtle, bare-bones production than big acts like Diplo. It’s music begging to be danced to and what better place to do so than at a crowded tent in the early hours of the morning? The special appearance by Sam Smith for encore hit “Latch” took this show over the top. -CL We recommend: “You & Me”
Pusha T
Despite his first solo album receiving rave reviews, Pusha had always just been the featured artist on a few of my favorite tracks. But after experiencing the adrenaline rush of his live show, I’m borderline obsessed. As one of the only big names Thursday night, this show was so packed I didn’t touch the ground for long periods of time. Add in Pusha’s atrocious energy level and refreshingly raw type of rap and you get an unexpected favorite. -CL We recommend: “Nosetalgia”
James Blake
He dropped the beat during many his songs, and the whole audience was groovin’. My only disappointment was that Chance the Rapper, who was also at ‘Roo, didn’t show up to perform “Life Round Here” with him. -MJ
We recommend: “Life Round Here”
Damon Albarn
The decision to seeing former Blur frontman and Gorillaz leader Damon Albarn was made on a whim but ended up incredibly satisfying. Though we missed the start of his show, he put on a flawless second half with the clear marks of a seasoned performer. He rightly drew on the wide variety of projects he’s worked on during his time in the spotlight, paying equal homage to groovy tracks like “Clint Eastwood” as well as the more tender “Heavy Seas of Love.” -CL We recommend: “Mr. Tembo”
Jake Bugg
For a young artist new to the scene, Jake Bugg already has a pretty solid record with two topnotch albums out in two consecutive years. Though his stage presence and interaction were lacking, his sound matched perfectly with the quick paced, twang-infused guitar rock he’s becoming known for. The perfect soundtrack for an early afternoon dance in the dust, even from the last row. -CL
We recommend: “Slumville Sunrise”
Friday’s early evening slots represented the most challenging decision of the festival, with Vampire Weekend, Neutral Milk Hotel and Chvrches all butting heads. Knowing my affinity for their debut album
The Bones of What You Believe and that I would likely get a chance to see VW and NMH in the future, I took a chance and it anything but a disappointment. The electronic swag on all their tracks and sharp vocals of frontwoman Lauren Mayberry only become more intense live—a reminder that sometimes bigger isn’t better when it comes to live shows. -CL We recommend: “Lies”
There are plenty of parallels to draw between Jack White and Kanye West. They are two artists the press has recently criticized— and each took time to mention those recent qualms during their performances at Bonnaroo—and they are two artists who continue to innovate, collaborate and alienate within their respective genres. With the headlining slots on Friday and Saturday, West and White both touted their statuses as rockstars during their sets, which got us wondering: who’s really the rockstar?
By Cheyenne Langkamp THE DAILY CARDINAL
Kanye West is controversial. You might love him, you might hate him, but it’s unlikely you are genuinely indifferent and you definitely know who he is. Even if you know him as Mr. Kim Kardashian.
Despite his six flawless studio records, Ye’s true genius comes out on the stage where his refreshing approach to what it means to play a live show set him apart. His passion comes through when he has the mic in front of an audience, in a way that is so raw a studio album could never capture it. He puts so much into his show it becomes a sonic and visual work of poetry. The few times I managed to catch a glimpse of the stage all I could see was the silhouette of a masked figure afront a blood red backdrop. It sent a clear message to me—despite all the flack he gets for being egotistical, he actively makes himself as The Kanye West disappear from center stage. He is begging us to forget who, where, how and listen for what and why. And for anyone who has listened to his most recent record Yeezus in its entirety, it’s clear Kanye has a lot he wants us to hear. I’ll never forget the moment Kanye said he’d been waiting ten years to write the song he was about to play. I screamed my lungs out hoping a track from College Dropout was about to follow. But he played “New Slaves”—his potent tirade against the racism that still permeates so much of our culture. Kanye isn’t about himself, he’s about the passionate message he wants to send through music. Still, it would be impossible to address his show without addressing his inevitable rants which have been known to last upwards of twenty minutes. It was discouraging to see hordes of people leaving Friday’s show when Kanye started speaking about struggles with the press or believing in your dreams. But at the end of the day, Kanye is not working for us. His music is his art, and Kanye’s working for himself. He carries an admirable authenticity in the
formance. Still, I have a feeling White is charming, lively and straight-up weird with every audience.
age of popular music that is made solely for entertainment with little personal involvement from the artist to back it up. For me, it comes down to Kanye’s clear display of passion about what he’s doing and his refusal to do it in any way but his own. As Kanye himself said, he makes music that’s fire AND spits his soul through the wire—he’s both meaningful and entertaining. Isn’t that what we ask from our music? At the end of the day, Kanye didn’t play a show for thousands of people Friday night. He played a show for himself and thousands of people still showed up. I don’t know what’s more rockstar than that.
By Cheyenne Langkamp THE DAILY CARDINAL
Despite all the hype over Kanye and Jack, perhaps Sunday’s old school headliner was the real rockstar. A select few artists can inspire awe in anyone willing to listen and Sir Elton John is certainly one of those musicians. No one makes music with a piano the way he does—he is a true master of his trade and put on an impeccable performance without the crazy antics or beat drops of many of the festivals other performers. There were plenty of these artists throughout the festival that some loved and some hated, but Sunday night it felt like everyone was an Elton John fan. As the remaining hours in this year’s Bonnaroo began to dwindle, thousands made their way to the main stage. Elton’s was the final set on the final night and everyone was together. After a weekend of raving around in the heat and the dust with thousands who started as strangers, it felt special to
share one last show all together. Admittedly, I wouldn’t have thought to see Elton on a solo tour, but quickly remembered there are plenty of his hits we can all vibe with live. Many artists like to play with the audience and save all of the best for last, but not Elton. Hits like “Bennie and the Jets” and “Candle in the Wind” were among the first songs played, with “Tiny Dancer” and “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” not far behind. But it was the combination of the atmosphere and Elton’s finesse that made Sunday’s finale so special. For fans of live music, it’s hard not to get a bit choked up over thousands of sweaty, mud-caked and exhausted fans together singing tracks like “Rocket Man” releasing japanese lan terns into the night sky. Though we had to leave early to beat the traffic out of the festival Sunday night, listening to “Your Song” echo through the fields was a bittersweet ending to our time on The Farm.
By Mara Jezior
THE DAILY CARDINAL
Jack White has every right to do what he wants on stage, but he does it in a way that is genuinely enjoyable and inclusive to his audience. He seemed really jazzed to be at Bonnaroo Saturday night. Perhaps it’s because he lives in Nashville and Bonnaroo feels a bit like a hometown gig, or perhaps he’d heard people griping about Kanye’s performance from the night before, but he brought energy and enthusiasm to the stage that was somewhat lacking during Kanye West’s per -
It’s hard to find a person under 35 who is not a fan of at least one of Jack White’s projects, but then again, the same goes for Kanye. Still, instead of acting like he was too good for Bonnaroo, White cared about what the audience wanted to hear. Sure, he complained about Rolling Stone portraying him as a pretentious diva, but he didn’t fuss about playing some of his most-loved songs, including “Seven Nation Army,” “Steady As She Goes,” and “We’re Going to be Friends,” a sweet interlude between the stinging guitar riffs. He also played plenty from his newer albums, including the groovy “Lazaretto.” He kept saying that he would play as long as the audience wanted, and while his set was scheduled for 90 minutes, he jammed for over two and half hours. White’s catalog is so extensive that it’s certainly possible most people haven’t heard every single one of his songs. But it doesn’t matter. On stage, he can make even the most basic human fall in love with his funky swag (panty dropper). The chemistry between White and his band permeated to the audience too. Also, as a short girl, I genuinely appreciated that he used the big screens, unlike West, who I didn’t see once on stage because of the crowd in front of me. Both West and White can be applauded for the art they’ve made. Rants can certainly add to an artist’s performance, and can be considered art itself. Still, White gave the people what they wanted and fit in a couple rants too. White’s capacity to turn people on instead of off (which some would argue Kanye did) is what makes him the real rockstar.
CULLEN VOSS opinion editor
Now this may already sound reminiscent of the advice your parents are telling you, but please stick with me. I assure you that what I have to say is a much more grounded and level-headed approach to your first year of college.
First off I’d like to again welcome you to the greatest institution in the land, the University of Wisconsin–Madison. If you’re anything like I was, then I’m sure you’re incredibly anxious to get away from home and start your college career. You may be worried about leaving home and missing your family, struggling to make new friends, wondering what dorm life will entail and what college classes are like. As an experienced college student, I feel like I can unload a wealth of knowledge to make your first few days and months of college a much more enjoyable and less stressful experience.
If going to workout facilities isn’t quite your thing, the university boasts a number of intramural sports throughout the fall, winter, spring and summer.
College is full of freedom and it is important to make the right choices. Many incoming freshmen, worry about the dreaded “Freshman 15.” For those who are unaware, the Freshman 15 is the notion that when you
come to college you tend to eat a lot more, exercise a lot less and your metabolism begins to slow. This perfect storm of idleness then supposedly results in freshmen gaining 15 pounds. Well the good news is two of the three culprits are completely in your control. Let’s start with the first one: diet. If you’re living in the dorms you will likely be utilizing Dining and Culinary Services. When you’re walking through the dining hall be smart about your choices. You don’t have to always skip the dessert and I’m not suggesting that you should never eat a cheeseburger but remember to take it in moderation. It is also good to keep in mind that vegetables are some of the least expensive but most nutrient-packed foods in the dining hall. Go crazy.
Next up is exercise. If you are enrolled as a full time student at UW–Madison, you automatically receive a gym membership at university facilities. For students living in the Lakeshore area of campus the Natatorium is the closest facility to you. If you live in the Southeast area of campus the South East Recreational Facility (SERF) will likely be your go-to workout location. For those of you who are not living in the dorms and reside near Camp Randall Stadium, the Camp Randall Sports Center, commonly known as “the shell”, is your closest exercise location.
If going to workout facilities isn’t quite your thing, the university boasts a number of intramural sports throughout
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the fall, winter, spring and summer. Some of these include, but are not limited to, flag football, basketball, soccer, ultimate frisbee, volleyball, broom ball, futsal, battleship, hockey and many more. Just like with your diet however, it is important to not go overboard and devote too much time to exercising to the point where your studies begin to suffer.
You will become all too aware of just how easy it is to skip classes when you are in complete control of waking up in the morning.
This brings me to my next subject for advice: academics. The real reason you’re attending college, right? Don’t get me wrong, academics and your studies are vitally important during your time in college but they should not be over-emphasized to the point where you are having anxiety attacks over them. Make time to study and develop a study plan. A method I like to use in order to give myself a break for hard work is spend 45 minutes studying then take a 15 minute study break and go on social media, read a good book, catch up on campus news and read The Daily Cardinal or whatever it is you need to briefly take your mind off studying. Finding a good place to study can also drastically affect your productivity. While it may seem like more fun, studying
in your dorm’s lounge will not yield nearly the same results as putting the same amount of time in at a library. Another facet of academic success may sound obvious, but I assure you it is not all that obvious to some. Simply put, you need to go to class if you’re going to succeed. You will become all too aware of just how easy it is to skip classes when you are in complete control of waking up in the morning. Speaking from experience, do not sign up for an early morning class if you know you’re not a morning person and expect it to be the reason you’ll get out of bed. When the weather starts to get colder the warmth of your bed will begin to whisper sweet nothings in your ear and convince you to hit the snooze button a few more times. Something else which took me a few semesters to figure out is realizing the number of classes you are enrolled in is more indicative of your time commitment than your total credit load.
I’ve saved my most important
UW-Madison has more than 800 student organizations that you can get involved in so chances are you can find one which suits your interests.
piece of advice for all incoming freshmen for last. That advice is to get out of your comfort zone. It’s going to feel uncomfortable at first, but that’s why it’s called a comfort zone. College is an excel-
lent opportunity to push your limits and do things you may never have thought you would be interested in. UW–Madison has more than 800 student organizations that you can get involved in, so chances are you can find one which suits your interests. If you look and don’t find anything it just takes a few signatures to create your very own student organization. Furthermore, there are numerous work and internship opportunities for every major and area of interest, all of which are located in the downtown Madison area. Go out and find one that suits you. The best place to start looking for these is in the department office of your specific major. The location of each department can be easily searched for on the university web site.
Finally, I would be remiss if I did not include my biggest regret in my advice to incoming freshmen. I know that for many of you the idea of studying abroad may not sound appealing right now and you will simply want to take advantage of all the city of Madison has to offer during your time here. I implore you to keep that option open. Speaking from experience once again, not studying abroad for a semester will be one of my biggest college regrets. So step outside your comfort zone and bring that Badger pride around the world. Once again, welcome to UW-Madison. On, Wisconsin. Cullen is a senior majoring in history and political science. Do youhaveanyquestionsorconcerns about your freshman experience? Are you interested in writing for TheDailyCardinal?Pleasesendall ofyourfeedbacktoopinion@dailycardinal.com.
umbrella–make friends on rainy days “no bullshit” boots–fashionable ones may actually hurt you in Wisconsin winters long underwear–on subzero days, jeans or leggings will turn your legs blue mittens, scarves, wool socks–love thy extremities
bathrobe–to avoid the potentially awkward 3 p.m. on a football Saturday towel stroll shower caddy–acceptable laziness shower shoes–because even if the shower looks clean, the person that used it right before you peed all over
snuggie–Pick up a Badger-themed one extra padded, dorm-targetted butterfly chair–the most comfortable and long-lasting $44.99 you will ever spend nap-chic clothing–it says you look good even when you don’t try mattress pad–magically make your crappy dorm bed the best spot on campus
power strip–this is the 21st century two water bottles–one for water, one for other liquids you may or may not choose to consume reading light–to avoid the uncomfortable “my roommate is going to bed but I have to study and don’t want to walk to the lib” situation safe sex items–if you plan on doing the deed, do it smart. You got into college, right? (Free condoms at Sex Out Loud’s office in the SAC).
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dishware–“borrow” some from your dining hall futon–an expensive way to sit uncomfortably and be forced to loft your bed a fake ID–a picture of your face on what looks like Ohio will do you no good prejudice–no room for that here, or anywhere really
Everyone who lives in Sellery and Witte parties.
You will find all types of students in these dorms – quiet, loud, respectful, rude, partygoers, homebodies. There are just more of them per square footage than over in Lakeshore. Welcome to a city.
The Southeast urban landscape is nothing compared to the marvelous beauty of Lakeshore.
Have you ever seen the view from the 11th floor of Chadbourne? The 10th of Sellery? You will see the Madison skyline from Picnic Point to the Capitol. What Southeast lacks in pictaresqeness, it makes up for in urban awe. The Memorial Union Terrace is also a hop away.
All people in Lakeshore dorms are the same—quiet and nerdy.
You will find all types of students in these dorms as well. You just have to walk to another building to meet most of them.
Lakeshore is far away from everywhere you’d ever want to be.
Van Hise Hall, the smack-dab center of campus, is the same distance from Sellery as it is from Kronshage. For those looking to leave their rooms on weeknights, (to play cards or some red rover, whatever floats your boat) the Mifflin and Langdon neighborhoods are far but the Camp Randall neighborhood is just next door. If you do want to venture across town, the 80, and other million public busses, are your best friend.
MOOCs from page 5 eatstreet from page 5
According to UW-Madison’s Educational Innovation department, MOOCs, accessible through the Internet, are structured for students to guide themselves through the lessons and use technologicalbased assessments to prove their knowledge.
“We envision a future where everyone has access to a world-class education,” Coursera, UW-Madison’s MOOCs provider, says in its mission statement. “We
aim to empower people with education that will improve their lives, the lives of their families and the communities they live in.”
Total enrollment in last year’s four classes reached 135,600 people from 141 countries and all 50 states, according to a statement from the university.
“This year our MOOCs extended the Wisconsin Idea to learners around the world,” Russell said. “In 2015, we are continuing in that spirit to make the UW-Madison experience more accessible.”
the existing service and determined to improve upon them in their own platform, Howard and his team set out to create a following in Madison. The company launched in 2010 and garnered about 100 partner restaurants and 9,000 UW-Madison users within the first year.
Months before Howard’s graduation in May 2011, the start-up team placed first in the G. Steven Burrill Business Plan Competition in the Wisconsin
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School of Business, earning a free office space and $10,000. Shortly thereafter, they received their first investment of $150,000. Today, EatStreet works with approximately 10,000 restaurants in about 40 cities nationwide. Additionally, the company employs about 80 people and signed a $6 million investment agreement in early April 2014. Still, despite significant expansion and a name change, Howard said he would like to remain in Madison.
“I just think [Madison is] a beautiful city,” he said. “I fell in love with it and I have no intention of ever leaving.”
However, keeping EatStreet in Madison makes sense from a corporate interest perspective as well, Howard added.
“I’ve chosen to keep my company here because we can recruit really talented people,” he said.
“I mean, UW is a great resource to recruit out of—our first 10 employees were all UW grads ... it just makes sense to build the company here.”
campaign and to comparing what Paul Soglin has accomplished as mayor, his passion for the city’s future and his ability to stand up for what’s best for Madison and our taxpayers with Bridget’s record,” Mulliken said.
Maniaci is the only person to date to announce a challenge to Soglin.
Maniaci is an associate for the Center for Resilient Cities, a nonprofit organization that aims to promote environmental sustainability and improve quality of life in urban communities, according to the statement. She hopes to complete a Master of Science in public policy and management from Carnegie Mellon University.
The Madison mayoral election will take place in April 2015.
We are dedicated to preventing sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and stalking through education and activism.
In a society where conversations about sexual assault, IPV/domestic violence, and stalking are often unwelcome and misunderstood, it can be difficult to shatter some of the many misconceptions about these issues. It’s important to remember that these are community issues, and that talking about them is the first step toward ending them. At PAVE, we work endlessly to spread awareness about these issues through community and campus-wide campaigns and events.
PAVE (Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment) is a registered student organization dedicated to ending sexual assault, intimate partner violence (IPV), and stalking on campus through education and activism. PAVE helps challenge aspects of our culture that blame survivors of sexual assault, IPV, and stalking. We also strive to achieve social justice on campus by empowering students to support survivors and actively combat theroot causes of these serious issues.
Want to learn more about PAVE? Stop by our booth at the Student Org Fair, or come by our office: room 3147 of the Student Activity Center, 333 E Campus mall. Also, you can find PAVE on Facebook (facebook.com/pave.uw), Twitter (pave_uw), and Tumblr (pave-uw.tumblr.com). Interested in volunteering? Email volunteer.pave@gmail.com.
Want to request a workshop for your group? Want to build leadership skills and learn how to facilitate workshops on sexual assault, IPV, and consent? Email peereducation.pave@gmail.com.
By Erin Boyle THe DaIly CarDInal
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have made an important advancement toward improved imaging and treatment of cancer. Over years of research, they have developed a class of molecules that accumulate in cancer cells—and not in other cells of the body—making it possible to specifically target cancerous growths.
These alkylphosphocholine (APC) molecules can be tailored to carry either tags that allow doctors to image tumors or radioactive materials that can be used to destroy tumors. Importantly, these APC analogs target cancer stem cells as well—a notoriously difficult class of cells to eliminate that is likely the cause of recurrence in many cancer cases. These agents have so far tested successfully in a range of animal and human trials.
Jamey Weichert, an associate professor of radiology at UW-Madison, spearheaded the chemical development of the APC analogs. His research capitalized upon the discovery that a related class of molecules, phospholipid ethers (PLEs), are poorly broken down by solid tumor cells and therefore accumulate within them. Weichert’s team modified PLEs to optimize retention in cancer cells while allowing the molecule to carry therapeutic agents or imaging agents.
In 2009, Weichert met John Kuo, UW-Madison associate professor of Neurologic Surgery and director of the Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program at the UW Hospital and Clinics. As a brain surgeon, Kuo is focused on improving selectivity in tumor surgery.
“With cancers of the breast, lung or skin, surgeons can aggressively remove tumors with surrounding normal tissues,” Kuo said. “But with brain tumors, surgeons try to avoid removing adjacent functional brain.” To
Dear Ms. Scientist,
Why are bugs attracted to light?
-Zach R.
The attraction to light, or positive phototaxis movement, depends on the species and how they evolved. One hypothesis is that flying bugs, such as moths, evolved to use the moon for navigation at night. With bright street lamps, the bugs become very confused as to where the moon is. For example, moths sense that the light is stronger in one eye and one of their wings will beat faster so they move towards the light. If they are flying towards an artificial light, the moths will circle or fly right into the light source.
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achieve this, you need either a highly accurate imaging method before surgery or excellent follow-up treatment.
Chemotherapy and radiation are used post-surgery to destroy lingering cancer cells by disrupting cell growth and differentiation since these processes occur more rapidly in cancer cells. Unfortunately, cancer stem cells (cells capable of differentiating into a variety of cell types) divide slowly and have excellent DNA repair which allows them to survive to cause tumor recurrence later.
One strategy for eliminating all types of cancer cells is to target and bind to them microscopically, but current implementations rely upon recognition of cancer-specific genetic markers. Kuo emphasized that this level of specificity is often too great, as it can be unique to an individual strain of cancer.
In brain tumors especially, it has been observed that multiple strains of cancer can exist even within one tumor correlating to differential survival for the same treatment. In other words, you may successfully destroy or image only one part of a tumor.
On the other hand, APC retention is a general characteristic of cancer cells. It has been proven effective at in vitro imaging of renal, colorectal, glioma (brain), ovarian, pancreatic, melanoma and prostrate cancer cells. Discrimination was successfully demonstrated even between brain cancer stem cells and healthy brain cells. This is because “APC doesn’t rely upon gene signatures or mutations,” Kuo said.
Imaging studies performed on mice further showed the ability of APC analogs to localize in 55 of 57 tumor types, whether primary or metastatic, and regardless of anatomic location. The exceptions were two human liver cancers, which did not have as high of an uptake of the APCs so those
cancers don’t light up relative to normal cells in an image.
APC analogs outperformed existing methods in another key manner. Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a dominant cancer imaging technique that visualizes a radioactive tracer. 18F-labeled glucose is the standard tracer because it will preferentially accumulate in areas with high metabolism, illuminating cancer. The downside is that glucose PET will often give false positive signals due to inflammation. However by using a 124I-labeled APC tracer, Kuo said “these false positives were not observed.”
Further, because the brain normally consumes glucose at such a high rate, PET is a poor option for brain tumors. This leaves doctors relying upon methods like MRI, which yields more false positives from scarring, infections, abnormal vasculature and other treatment effects. But by using an APC tracer instead of glucose, PET becomes a viable option for patients with brain cancer.
The first clinical trials using APC for imaging have been performed on lung cancer patients. Not only did APC detect known tumors, PET imaging also discovered previously unknown and asymptomatic metastases in the brain in one patient, hastening the patient’s treatment.
These imaging studies have now entered Phase II to optimize dosing and timing strategies and evaluate toxicity in a larger population. Trials will be performed through further collaboration of Weichert’s company, Cellectar Biosciences, with Kuo and a number of cancer clinics across the country. Additionally, Phase I clinical trials will begin to look at the use of APC tagged with 131I as a post-surgical treatment method, following up on preliminary results in rodents showing statistically significant tumor growth suppression and survival benefits.
If there was one thing you could expect from the Wisconsin men’s hockey team during the 2013-14 season, it was that they’d always make things interesting.
In March, the squad played in the first-ever Big Ten tournament, a culmination of Big Ten hockey’s inaugural season. After a firstround bye and 2-1 victory over Penn State, the Badgers showed off their penchant for last-minute comebacks in the championship game against Ohio State.
Wisconsin fell behind 2-0 midway through the first period. To launch its comeback, Wisconsin took advantage of two power plays, tying the game with goals from junior defenseman Jake McCabe and redshirt sophomore Morgan Zulinick.
But the Buckeyes responded with two goals of their own.
In a 4-2 game midway through the third period, the Badgers needed a miracle.
Just 20 seconds after OSU’s fourth goal, senior forward Jefferson Dahl cut the Buckeyes’ lead to one goal on a McCabe rebound. 28 seconds later, senior forward Tyler Barnes tied the game with a goal of his own.
The tie still stood when the buzzer sounded and the teams headed to overtime.
As if the Badgers hadn’t made it interesting enough, it was senior forward Mark Zengerle who scored the gamewinner for Wisconsin. Zengerle, who led the Big Ten in assists during the regular season, was
If the Badger football team had to be described in one word, persistence could do them justice. As a confused, stressed-out high school senior, I had to make the decision of where to spend the next four years of my life.
My answer did not come from college trips and long lists of pros and cons, but from 25 proud Badgers taking residence in my California home for the 2013 Rose Bowl game.
My older brother attended Wisconsin and not only did he provide housing for a small population of the Badger community, but successfully convinced me that my college decision really was not a decision at all. The only place I belonged was by the light of the moon.
Like I mentioned, the Badgers have persistence. Although
“third time’s a charm” is an optimistic way to view consecutive visits to the Rose Bowl, it does not quite fit the trying times of Wisconsin football.
Crowds of red, white and cheese heads populated the streets of Pasadena leading up to the beloved Rose Bowl game.
Some visitors looked in awe at the towering mountains which surround the bowl or enjoyed their wardrobe changes from knee length parkas to T-shirts and flip-flops.
Gameday tailgating outside the stadium was unlike any Saturday spent around Camp Randall. Fans spent pregame festivities on the surrounding golf course turned parking lot playing catch and enjoying the 70-degree weather sunny southern California offers in January.
best known for his set-up skills. In a fashion true to Wisconsin men’s hockey, Zengerle stole the spotlight when it mattered most. The Badgers’ 5-4 victory was also their first lead of the game. That didn’t seem to matter as they celebrated their first ever - and the first ever - Big Ten tournament championship.
-Devin Lowe
Nestled along the Lakeshore Path, with a view of Lake Mendota in right field and the Picnic Point Marsh in left, Goodman Diamond, home of the Wisconsin softball team, is off the radar.
Wisconsin softball does not typically garner the attention of the more prominent UW sports that transform the campus into a
rival Nebraska April 30, the Badgers unleashed an offensive onslaught that, coupled with dominant pitching, made UW nearly unbeatable.
The highlight of the streak was a home victory against Purdue April 26. The Badgers put together one of their most solid performances of the season in front of 1,371 fans, which was the second-largest attendance in school history. With Goodman Diamond filled to the brim, a cool breeze blowing off Lake Mendota and the Badgers playing to their highest potential, the sunny afternoon game represented the pinnacle of what Wisconsin softball has to offer.
Although thousands of miles from Badger stomping ground, that Wisconsin favorite, “Jump Around,” could still be heard sporadically through tailgates on the course.
Amidst the throngs of Badger fans filled with school pride, I found myself longing to be a part of them. Even a third Rose Bowl loss could not deflate the spirits of the prideful fans, nor my longing to officially join the group of dedicated students calling themselves Badgers.
-ColleenDegnan
sea of red on game days. Students need to hop on their bikes or catch a bus to get out to the Diamond to see the Badgers take the field.
The team usually has to go about its business quietly, performing in front of a handful of fans and moving on to the next opponent.
This past spring, the Wisconsin softball team rattled off a 13-game winning streak that revived a mediocre season and filled the stands at its home field.
Beginning with an April 9 bashing of North Dakota and ending with a loss to Big Ten
Pitchers Cassandra Darrah and TaylorPaige Stewart combined to shut down the Boilermakers, while outfielder Mary Massei, third baseman Michelle Mueller and first baseman Stephanie Peace generated the offensive spark to power Wisconsin to a 7-3 win.
The Badgers went on to finish 36-20 during its 2014 campaign, which ended with a loss to powerhouse Oregon in the NCAA Regionals.
However, on that one Saturday in April, Wisconsin softball was at its prime. The time-honored simplicity of the game, along with a complete team performance and stands packed with fans made the win over Purdue a day to remember. It was worth the bike ride.
-JakePowers
There was something magical about the McClimon Soccer Complex this past season. The year resembled a Hollywood narrative for the Badgers.
Wisconsin, current owners of the nation’s longest home unbeaten streak (14), was looking at starting its Big Ten season with two straight losses.
Indiana had not started their NCAA title defense well, coming into Madison at 4-6-1 overall. But after a scoreless first half, a pair of Hoosier freshman brothers put the Badgers down two goals just 10 minutes into the second half.
Wisconsin grabbed a goal back, but after Indiana responded in the 67th minute. The Badgers appeared to be out of the game, facing another two-goal deficit with only 20 minutes remaining.
Enter Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and current member of the Houston Dynamo A.J. Cochran.
Tomislav Zadro, who was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, whipped in a corner kick that was thundered home by Cochran to give the Badgers a sniff of potentially drawing the game. With that glimmer of hope–all the Badgers needed–Wisconsin pushed forward and Jacob Brindle tied the game with a shot from six yards out.
An 84th minute corner from Drew Conner met Cochran’s head at the far post and the comeback was complete.
Cue Cochran ripping his jersey off. Cue fans rushing the field. Cue pandemonium.
The Badgers’ storybook season ended with their first NCAA tournament appearance since 1995. But no scene was more emblematic of UW’s home-field magic than their 4-3 win over the Hoosiers that October night.
-JonahBeleckis
Our writers all have their favorite Badger moments since we enrolled. Throughout the years, it’s been pretty good to be a Badger fan. Now, the question is: What lies in store for you?
“Brust across halfcourt, he’ll hoist one up... HE HIT IT!!!”- Matt Lepay, Wisconsin Radio
On Feb. 9, 2013, Wisconsin produced one of the biggest upsets of the college basketball season against No. 3 Michigan. The Wolverines were a robust 21-2, while the unranked Badgers were a respectable but somewhat unimpressive 16-7.
Despite a roster with four future NBA first rounders, Michigan could not pull away from Wisconsin. Finally, the Wolverines appeared to strike a decisive blow when Tim Hardaway Jr. nailed a 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds left to make it a 60-57 game.
Following a timeout, Mike Bruesewitz inbounded the ball to Ben Brust near halfcourt. After one dribble, Brust heaved up a prayer that smoothly swished through like a free throw to tie the game.
The noise inside the Kohl Center was so piercing that you could not hear anything except a wall of noise. It was a flurry of shock and disbelief as the game headed to overtime.
In the extra period, Brust followed his end-of-regulation heroics with a gameclinching 3-pointer to give the Badgers the final 65-62 lead.
The student section rushed the court in celebration. There’s nothing to do once you’re on the floor besides stand around and take it all in, but it was a thrilling, once-in-a-lifetime experience. While people love to hate rushing the court, I’d love to see anyone do something else after a game like that.
-JimDayton
makes a surprise run to NCAA finals
When I arrived in Madison at the beginning of last year, I knew that I wanted to be a sports writer at the Daily Cardinal. After attending a recruitment meeting, I realized the glamorous sports (football, basketball, hockey) were already being covered by upperclassmen.
So I requested volleyball, a sport I knew little about. My knowledge of the game came from lazy games on the beach, and I was nervous to cover a college sport for the first time. But after attending a few matches of an unheralded Wisconsin squad, my knowledge of the game increased, and I realized how fastpaced and exciting it really was.
My newfound love for the game was undoubtedly helped when the team turned out to be quite good. I saw them take down two top ten opponents in back-to-back games for the first time in team history and
earn a berth to the NCAA tournament.
Luckily, the first two rounds were held at the UW Field House in Madison, so I went to one game as a reporter, and another as a fan. The team won four straight games and found themselves flying to Seattle to play in the Final Four.
Their game against No. 1 overall seed Texas fell on the night before my last final exam, but my friends and I took a break from studying to watch the Badgers win a stunner. Unfortunately, they went on to lose in the finals to Penn State days later.
Four months earlier I never would have imagined six to eight college guys crowded around a small TV in a dorm room going berserk about women’s volleyball, but there I was celebrating a win for a team I felt part of in one of my most memorable moments as a Wisconsin sports fan.
-AndrewTucker
When Russell Wilson went 75th overall in the 2012 National Football League Draft, Jon Gruden and Mel Kiper spiritedly debated over his future, unable to decide if he could be even an NFL starter.
There was no such debate in Madison. Why? Let’s go to the late fourth quarter of the 2011 Big Ten Football Championship.
The Badgers were playing Michigan State for a second time in the season. In the first meeting, a fluke of a Hail Mary gave the Spartans the win and ended a perfect season for the Badgers, who were a true national contender that season.
The second game is going to be shown on the Big Ten Network for a long time. A back-and-forth affair, with incredible plays made by both teams, came down to a key drive for the Badgers that had stalled at midfield. Down 39-34, the Badgers had a
final snap at 4th and 6 to save the season. Wilson snaps the ball and scrambles left. He fires across the field and nails a diving Jeff Duckworth to set up first and goal and an immediate touchdown on the next play, supplying the final score of the game. You want calmness under pressure, it was there when Wilson easily escaped a broken pocket. You want a strong, accurate arm, you saw it in his throw. You want toughness, then all you need to know is Wilson had his nose fractured by a blow to the face during an earlier touchdown pass.
Put those traits together and you get a player that most definitely had an NFL future and a play that had the audience in my dorm’s basement screaming in ecstasy as our team reached a second straight Rose Bowl.
-JackBaer
Heading into the 2013-’14 season, Bo Ryan had accomplished essentially all there is to accomplish as a college basketball coach. However, he still had one glaring omission from his resume: a trip to the Final Four.
After defeating American, Oregon and Baylor in the NCAA tournament, Ryan and the Badgers found themselves just one win away from the Final Four.
The only thing standing in their way was the Arizona Wildcats, the top seed in the West Region.
In one of the best games of the entire tournament, Wisconsin and Arizona traded blows back and forth all game long, with neither team getting ahead by more than three in the final 17 minutes of regulation and all five minutes of overtime.
Meanwhile, Frank Kaminsky became a household name across America with his
stellar performance, scoring 28 points and grabbing 11 rebounds, seven offensive.
After a tense video review awarded possession to the Wildcats in the waning seconds of overtime, Wisconsin fans held their breath as the Badgers desperately tried to hold on to their one-point lead.
Arizona’s Nick Johnson took the inbound pass and took it towards the lane, but his shot was both off the mark and after the buzzer, giving Bo Ryan his first Final Four berth at the Division I level.
With the Badgers returning to college basketball’s final weekend for the first time since 2000, students back in Madison took to State Street for a celebration 14 years in the making, leaving all those in attendance with an experience they can tell their children about for years.
-ZachRastall