“We’re all overworked, so when someone takes a day off we all get slammed [in terms of workload], which makes every one else want to take a day off which just creates a constant cycle of not having enough people because people are get ting overwhelmed, tired and exhausted,” added Sewell.
As the semester shifts into gear, University of WisconsinMadison students are working hard to try to find that ideal balance between their academic goals, social lives and for many, a workStudentsschedule.choose to work dur ing the semester for a variety of reasons, including extra spend ing money or to save money. For many students, however, that extra income is an important part of being able to afford college, relying on that income to support themselves every month.
shifts,” said Daniel Dienhart, speaking of his latest employ ment as a RecWell Manager at the Nicholas Recreation Center.
Some students at UW choose to seek employment within the university, be it for convenience of location, schedule flexibility or for career advancement in a field of interest. With a university of its size, however, UW-Madison offers a plethora of jobs across different divisions, depart ments and However,schools.withthis variety, there can be significant dispari ties in pay, hours and flexibility based on where a student ends up “Myworking.work schedule is very flexible purely because of the cooperation between staff to pick up and trade each other’s
Jacob Hansen Carson’s market
“We don’t have enough full time staff working. We make a dollar less than full time staff,” said Sewell. “They only get one day off a week, they work up to 48 hours a week and I wouldn’t want to work that job with their salary. They really need to get paid more, it would make our jobManyeasier.”student workers who spoke to The Daily Cardinal felt there was a disparity between workload and difficulty of student jobs — and how that relates to their pay.
“There’s absolutely inequal ity in student jobs across cam pus, in relation to workload and difficulty and how that reflects in pay,” said Hansen.
defaults to the federal mini mum of $7.25 an hour. The campus minimum for student hourly employees is set at $10 an hour. Few jobs exist on campus at that pay rate, with a considerable amount of stu dent jobs starting at $12. As of recently, some students are seeing pay raises to $15 an hour.
“There’s absolutely inequality in student jobs across campus, in relation to workload and difficulty and how that reflects in pay.”
New student pay rates raise questions of job inequality among UW student jobs and beyond
“I work to cover any neces sary expenses and to remove some guilt from making unnec essary purchases,” said Jacob Hansen, a student shift lead at Carson’s market.
Sewell pointed out an issue, however, with full-time staff wages that is causing Liz’s Market problems. Rec Well’s starting wages, however, tend to be around $12.
At the end of August, University Housing and the Wisconsin Union raised start ing wages to $15 an hour — the highest widely-available start ing wage on campus. Sewell and Hansen in Housing, and Dienhart in RecWell all make $15 or more, and are satisfied with their wages.
strict scheduling and dif ficulty adjusting schedules were shared by other housing employees who spoke with The Daily“OnCardinal.weeks where I work weekends [which is every other week], I’m averaging around 25 hours a week … When I was interviewed for the position, I was told I’d be working a maxi mum of 17,” said Hailey Sewell,
sitting [who earn the same], that alone should be a reason to give us higher pay. Some of them have time to do home work on shifts, and I normally feel wrong taking my 15 minute breaks,” Hansen continued.
Shift flexibility is important to students, who must also ded icate time to their studies.
Hansen, who works the same position just down the road at Carson’s Market, said he works only 12 hours a week.
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“I think all University Housing/Dining jobs should get $15 an hour,” said one student peer advisor at the Cross College Advising Service (CCAS), who preferred to stay anonymous. “I ideally would like $15 an hour, but I don’t think it would be fair to everyone though, because I work limited days and hours and don’t ever have to do more than I want.”
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“Shifts for being a Delivery Robot Coordinator were nearly impossible to get picked up due to Gordon’s being so consistent ly understaffed,” said Dienhart of his previous employment at Gordon Dining and Event Center. “Lots of employees nocalled [or] no-showed on a reg ular basis, so I tried to work my scheduled shifts and that wasDienhart’sit.” testaments of
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who works as a Student Shift Lead at Liz’s Market.
The mayor’s budget, announced in front of John Nolen Drive with the Madison skyline in the background, will address the city’s notable infra structure concerns by investing in various new transportation and cli mate-related projects, as well as con tinuing programs to reconstruct and maintain the city’s streets, sidewalks and bus lanes.
Although the agreement does not recognize the nurses’ union – that being the original demand of the strike – it marks hope for the future of the relationship between nurses and executives, Evers
In the next six years, the city will increase its investment in affordable housing by $60 million.
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Last Tuesday, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway released her 2023 Executive Budget and sixyear Capital Improvement Plan which she says will help Madison make a sustained investment in affordable housing, prepare the city for climate change and build stronger neighborhoods.
UW Health nurses, manage ment, Gov. Tony Evers and Service Employees International Union Healthcare Wisconsin (SEIU) reached a historic agreement at the Capitol on Monday, avoiding a threeday labor strike that would have taken place this week at the UW Health
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“Wehospital.cameto a solution that all parties could agree on. I could not be prouder to have been part of the mediation process,” Evers said at the pressNursesconference.firstannounced their vote to potentially strike in August, citing problems with understaffing, burn out and demand for better patient care — the ideal outcome was for UW Health to work with nurses to sort out problems. The agreement aims to do just that with an established plan overAstime.shared by SEIU, part of the agreement states the parties plan to work together in addressing challenges nurses at UW Health face, while promoting quality patient care and retention of nurs es at the hospital.
ity in office, continues to be a fore front concern in Madison. Detailed in the mayor’s executive budget is capital to invest in affordable housing across the city as well as funds for pre-existing programs.
Nurses’ strike averted with historic agreement
“Infrastructure investments are not just about brick and mortar, they’re a reflection of our values,” Rhodes Conway said at a press con ference. “This budget puts our money where our values are, and assures that Madison will be strong and ready for the challenges ahead of us for gen erations to come.”
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In addition, the budget reserves $2.5 million to purchase the Salvation Army site in the Darbo-Worthington area to provide the neighborhood with the funds for a purpose-built women’s shelter. This potential shel ter would complement the $21 million permanent homeless men’s shelter on Madison’s far east side which was announced last March. According to the Mayor’s Executive Budget, the shelter will be constructed in 2024 using county and federal funds.
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on whether a union can be recog nized by UW Health, Kaplan added.
“Our union and our executive leadership at UW Health ultimately share the same values and concerns,” Gillis said. “Together, we will make our hospitals and clinics the best they can be. I cannot wait to get started.”
WERC is a government commis sion that oversees labor relations and aids in upholding processes estab lished by the Wisconsin Peace Act, which gives employees the right to join a union and prohibits employers from interfering with that right.
One of the reconstructions is John Nolen Drive, which received $21.6 million to expand its streets and causeways for biking and walk
ing. Coupled with the Lake Monona Design Competition, the stage is set for a “reimagining” of the waterfront Rhodes-Conway deemed a valuable resource for all Madisonians.
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Both SEIU and UW Health plan to jointly petition WERC to see if the hospital is covered, according to UWAfterHealth.news of the agreement broke, UW Health nurse Mary Jorgenson expressed how this is a new chapter for registered nurses and an opportunity to resolve issues.
The $1.7 million State Street garage project, initially planned for 2024, was moved up as well.
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The budget also contains $5.5 million — over two years in funds — for the water utility department to treat Well 15, a water source pol luted by PFAS. Furthermore, funds are included to mitigate sodium and chloride in Well 14, and fund other water quality and supply projects around Madison. In the HammersleyTheresa area, improvements to the stormwater system are funded to reduce basement flooding.
Nearly half of the budget comes from borrowing — an all-time high of $182.1 million — which reflects inflation and the fact that many local matches for grants are conditional on the applications being successful. The other part of the budget will be filled by a combination of state and federalAffordableaid. housing, which Rhodes-Conway called her top prior
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The 2023 operating budget, which focuses on maintaining ser vices, staffing, and programs, will be introduced next month. The Finance Committee can amend the bud get later this month before the City Council approves it in November.
“My goal with this budget is to build a beautiful city,” RhodesConway said. “A place that people are proud to call home.”
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Registered nurse Colin Gillis spoke at the conference and explained how nurses and hospital administra tion have already begun meeting and holding productive conversations surrounding the issues at hand.
According to the mayor, in that time the city will continue to spend $19 million to help people purchase and rehabilitate homes, provide property tax relief to seniors and support homeownership down payment assistance.
In a summary of the agreement shared by SEIU, nurses now have the right to become SEIU members and UW Health will immediately begin discussing critical issues with nurses. This includes formally estab lishing a process that will lead to nurses gaining bargaining rights through the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC).
UW Health also released a state ment outlining how they will join with SEIU in a “meet and discuss” process to cover concerns while legal issues are sorted out, accord ing to UW Health Media Specialist EmilyMostKumlien.ofthe legal uncertainty surrounding the agreement rests on if an independent body, like UW Health, is covered by the Peace Act.
The budget, a record-high of $368.4 million, is nearly double the amount the plan was expected to be last year. This is due in large part to inflation, which has increased the cost of the capital improvement plan by an estimated $35.3 million and driven up the cost of various other plans. An updated timeline for certain projects also factored into this increase.
One of these projects, the muchanticipated Imagination Center, was originally planned for 2024 but was pushed up to 2023, adding its hefty $15 million to the budget for this year.
Rhodes-Conway also pledged $6 million in land banking funds to combat gentrification and $5 mil lion to expand the Warner Park community center.
“It’s a historic moment, for sure,” she said. “This is a really big deal for workers across Wisconsin!”
Ultimately, some nurses like Gillis remain optimistic about the future of the“Whenagreement.people join together to make things better, everyone wins,” Gillis concluded.
The land use and transpor tation projects command nearly half of the capital improvement plan budget, bringing the city closer to Rhodes-Conway’s vision of environmental sustainability.
UW Health CEO Dr. Alan Kaplan explained how the agreement averts the proposed strike in addition to any future work stoppages. The administration will continue to work toward finding a final legal answer
“[Theexpressed.agreement] gives greater voice to ordinary nurses in the work place, strengthens the relationship and communication between work ers and management, and ultimate ly ensures that the strike would be averted,” Evers said.
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Key provisions of the budget include $22.2 million to support flood mitigation efforts, $23 million to make the city’s bus fleet fully electric, $2.5 million for accompanying electric charging stations and $350,000 to develop a location for Amtrak ser vices in town.
Groups call for the return of Fredric March’s name to campus
Mark Guthier in a statement from 2018, who was Union director and Union Council member at that time.
mation on 8 million borrowers, meaning they may qualify auto matically. However, most recipi ents will need to manually apply for student loan forgiveness when the application is released in early October. You can sign up to receive an alert when the application is ready at ness,notfuturesolidateagesqualify.datepause,didbeganforif(FFEL)FederalblemercialtionsdepartmentyouhappenStudented.gov/subscriptions.debtadjustmentsshouldwithinsixweeksaftersubmityourapplication.ThewillstoptakingapplicaonDec.31,2023.WhatifIhaveprivateorcomloans?Mostprivateloansarenoteligiforloanforgiveness.However,FamilyEducationLoansareeligibleforforgivenesstheywerepreviouslyeligibletheloanrepaymentpausethatin2020.IfyourFFELloannotqualifyfortherepaymentyoumayneedtoconsoliitintoafederaldirectloantoThedepartmentencourthosewhodonotwishtocontheirFFELloantowaitforguidance.Ifyou’rewonderingwhetheroryourloansqualifyforforgivecontactyourloanservicer.Whenwillloanpaymentsresume
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personal income. Only loans dis bursed before June 30 of this year are eligible for relief.
Here’s what University of Wisconsin-Madison students need to know about student loanHowforgiveness:muchmoney could I save?
Are current students eligible?
The U.S. News & World Report listed the University of Wisconsin-Madison 38th in a three-way tie overall among national universities and 10th (three-way tie) among pub lic institutions in their 2022-23 rankings. This is an increase from their 2021-22 rankings which placed Madison 42nd overall (five-way tie) and 14th among public institutions.
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Throughout the decisionmaking process to remove March’s name, Union Council looked into his KKK member ship involvement, as well as community feedback in the form of emails, phone calls and open“Ourforums.shared governance process in Council gave voices to staff, faculty, students and alumni in this decision,” said
UW named 38th best national university, 10th public university
UW-Madison ranks 18th overall in colleges for veterans (three-way tie) and 10th (threeway tie) among public universi ties, as well as 116th overall and 23rd amongst publics in the best value category.
“The decision was made by the Union Council and con tinues to be supported by the university,” John Lucas, the
President Joe Biden announced up to $20,000 in federal student loan forgiveness via executive action last month in his largest effort yet to address the U.S. student debt crisis.
Student loan payments will resume in January 2023. Borrowers who received loan forgiveness can ask their loan servicer to recalculate their payments over the remaining loan term for a lower monthly pay ment. However, borrowers already enrolled in income-driven plans likely won’t see their payments change. Biden recently proposed a plan to cap those payments at 5% of discretionary income, but when this would take effect remains unclear.
“As one of the world’s top universities, UW-Madison deliv ers a high-quality education that provides life-long value to our students,” said Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin in a state ment. “While rankings are only one measure of excellence, I’m pleased to see so many areas of our success reflected.”
and mechanical engineering ranked 20th (three-way tie).
Assistant Vice Chancellor of University Communications, said in a statement. “There are no plans to revisit it.”
Members of the acting com munity, as well as some current and former students, signed a letter pleading for the universi ty and Union Council to rethink the name removal. Pleads for reconsideration are based on the belief that the UW-Madison Union Council conducted flawed research that showed March in an undesirable man ner, the letter stated.
concerted and enduring lifetime commitment to fighting racism and antisemitism was never pursued, discovered, consulted, heard or made public — and why neither UW-Madison nor UW-Oshkosh has moved to cor rect this clear and unconscio nable rejection of conspicuously demonstrable historic truth and academic rigor,” the letter read.
What does student debt in Wisconsin look like?
Student debt relief is not sub
Within the engineering department, biomedical engi neering ranked 21st (two-way tie), chemical engineering 9th (two-way tie), civil engineer ing 14th, computer engineering 16th, electrical engineering 15th (three-way tie), environmental engineering 25th (two-way tie),temsindustrial/manufacturing/systie),engineering12th(two-waymaterialsengineering14th
There have been recent calls for the return of University of Wisconsin-Madison gradu ate and Oscar-winner Fredric March’s name to campus.
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“And so we remain confused as to why, on both Wisconsin campuses, the avalanche of readily accessible primary –and secondary – source materi als detailing Mr. March’s loud,
How much will the plan cost?
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Will student loan forgiveness actuallyProbably,happen?but it’s unclear. Biden’s executive order relieving student debt is unprecedented, and while he cites the 2003 Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act as justification for student loan forgiveness, some believe the move is outside his authority.
Today, the university respects the Union Council’s decision and has no plans to reconsider it.
Of 43 million Americans with federal loans, according to Vox, 15 million owe less than $10,000, and those borrowers are the most likely to fail to pay back their loans. Biden’s plan will eliminate student debt for approximately 20 million people, according to the White House, decreasing monthly payments by an average of $250 for borrowers still on standard 10-year payment plans. It also extends the pause on monthly student loan payments, meaning borrowers won’t have to resume payments until at least January.
A former Republican senate can didate from Oregon filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration on Monday, arguing the President’s plan violates that 2003 law. While such a lawsuit has minimal chance of succeeding, according to the University of Virginia Law Review, loan forgiveness reversal is still a slim possibility.
UW-Oshkosh removed the name from one of their campus theater buildings shortly after.
Biden’s plan forgives $10,000 in federal student loans for individ ual borrowers who earned under $125,000 or joint-filing couples who earned under $250,000 during the pandemic, according to the White House. Additionally, borrowers who received any Pell Grants while enrolled in college are eligible for up to $20,000 in forgiveness. Eligibility does not depend on whether bor rowers finished their degree or defaulted on their loans.
The report ranked 440 nation al doctoral universities using 10
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimates Biden’s plan will cost $230 billion, but this was a conservative estimate that excluded additional aid for Pell Grant recipients from its calcula tions. However, the CFRB projects $380 billion in total student loans will be forgiven — $150 million more than the program’s cost. Most of this benefit is going to the upper half of the eligible income bracket.
for those with leftover student debt?
In 2018, March’s name was removed from the Fredric March Play Circle Theater in Memorial Union — making it the Play Circle Theater — after students voiced their concerns about his possible participa tion in an honorary interfrater nity society called the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) when he was a stu dent. The Union Council did not find any evidence indicat ing this organization was tied to the white supremacist group, but they voted to move forward
The U.S. Department of Education already has infor
distinct categories. These cate gories included graduation and retention rates, social mobil ity, graduation rate performance, undergraduate academic reputa tion, faculty resources for the 2021-22 academic year, student selectivity for the fall 2021 enter ing class, financial resources per student, average alumni giving rate and graduate indebtedness. The categories are weighted depending on their importance according to data experts.
Is relief subject to taxes?
ject to federal income tax, but Wisconsinites receiving relief will need to report it as taxable income on next year’s taxes. Wisconsin currently taxes individual income above $24,250 and married income over $32,330 at a rate of 5.3%, mean ing at least $530 in tax for those who receive $10,000 or $1,060 for those who receive $20,000 from Biden’sWisconsinplan. is one of 13 states who have not yet conformed with the provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act and suspended taxes on debt relief. The state legislature would need to rescind the tax to align with the federal government, but Republicans in the legislature will likely oppose the change.
According to the U.S. News & World Report’s methodology description, their ranking aims to provide prospective students with a directory containing “each school’s rankings data and key characteristics about majors, campus life, costs of attend ing and more. Users can filter schools by selected academic and non-academic characteristics along their priorities”.
Undergraduate business ranked 19th (four-way tie) over all and ninth (four-way tie) in public institutions. The pro gram received the same rank ings last year. This year real estate and insurance/risk man agement (two-way tie) ranked firstThenationally.computer science depart ment improved from 18th overall to 16th (seven-way tie) and ninth to eighth (four-way tie) among publicNursinguniversities.ranked 22nd (sevenway tie) overall and 17th (five-way tie) among public institutions.
However, non-academic types of data concerning fac tors such as “social life” and “athletics” are not factored into theUW-Madisonrankings. ranked 28th overall and seventh among pub lic institutions in peer reputa tion. This is the second year in a
While March’s name will not be displayed at the top of the Play Circle Theater, with deeper research, his name and legacy at the university could be found elsewhere, according to the Union Council.
Ranked undergraduate pro grams include engineering, busi ness, computer science programs andThenursing.university’s engineering programming was ranked 13th overall (three-way tie), up from 15th (four-way tie) last year.
Is loan forgiveness automatic or do I need to apply?
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When asked to provide com ment regarding March and his legacy on campus, Associated Students of Madison Press Officer Meghan Savaglia declined. She told the Cardinal she does not have the resourc es to release a statement that would reflect positively on the entire student council, but will be digging into the issue further.
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with the removal in consider ation of the impact KKK affili ations would have on students and other community members. The decision was later described as “faulty,” causing a push for March’s name to be put back.
Over 687,000 Wisconsin bor rowers owe more than $21.4 bil lion in student loans, according to TMJ4, with a median federal stu dent loan debt of $17,323. Twentytwo percent of Wisconsinites have student loans, while 12% specifi cally have federal loans.
Current undergraduates and graduates with federal loans may be eligible for relief. Students who filed taxes independently of their parents in 2021 and made less than $150,000 qualify, but for those claimed as dependents, eligibility hinges on parental income — not
Oscar-winner Louis Gossett Jr. and two top NAACP officials were among the signatories.
How far does the plan reach?
row UW-Madison has received these rankings. The institu tion also improved its ranking from 52nd to 51st in financial resources and from 59th to 57th in student excellence.
“I know unreal is a pretty com monly used word, but after every single night I was in complete awe of how many people were at the shows, how excited everyone was,” he said. “Like we’ve been gone for years, and everything’s happening still. It really doesn’t feel real.”
Anthony Crawford was a farmer and a businessman. At 50 years old, he had haggled more times than he could count. He asked for 80 cents on the dollar, but was only offered 70. On this particular Saturday he decided that he wasn’t going to take less than what he askedThefor.negotiations were heated as a young white man came around the counter. The young white man, enraged by the fact that a black man was operating with some feeling of autonomy and authority, wound his fist and struck Anthony Crawford. A mob of white people then put a noose around his neck, dragging him through the black section of Abbeville to the baseball diamond at theThatfairgrounds.iswhere he was hung.
Anthony Crawford was her ancestor.“Ittruly was a horrible lynching,” she said. “Now no one was prosecuted. It was put down on record as mur dered by hands unknown, but every body knows who did it.”
She first came across Crawford’s name in 2015 at New York University when reading the autobiography of the late James Weldon, an American writer, Civil Rights activist and leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People.
In her set of works, Johnson tells the ongoing story of how trauma has moved from the Western Hemisphere’s historical premises of white suprema cism to the current experiences that descendants of the victims go through today. This second piece serves as the bridge between the societal narrative of “‘In Search of Negro Land, Beauty Suspended,”’ and Johnson’s last set of pieces that explore how these stories have played a powerful role in shaping her life growing up.
depict a period of growth while the band’s instrumentation takes on softer, acoustic elements such as those on “Ugly Side,” which Anderson said was the most dif ficult track to produce.
At the Chazen Museum of Art, Johnson’s archival research regard ing the lynching lie digitally etched into her “remixed portrait” of Anthony Crawford.
“The lips I put in a background of vegetation, of taste, of fruit,” she noted. “[Then there’s] the beauty of round ness, the voluptuousness of our bodies is evocative of the cosmos. So I set it in a type of cosmology here.”
Their shows this summer have so far starred tracks from the group’s 2020 debut album “Infinitely Ordinary,” a record they didn’t get to tour because of the pandemic. However, they plan to play more songs from “Sonder” on the next leg of their tour, “Back And Better Than Ever Tour: Part 2.”
He exudes strength, certainty and courage — as if in retrospect he knew that he would one day face the violence of the vigilante mob. This violence was so often ignited by the view of the black individual as dangerous when autonomous … a toxic entity that had to be torn apart when detected on the same platform as white people.
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One of them reads, “The black must submit to the white, or the white willJohnson’sdestroy.” three visual remixes of Anthony Crawford’s story are all vari ous edits of his iconic portrait. They serve as a third of her dissertation-
“There was such a sweaty, clublike energy in those first shows that you can’t really get on a bigger scale,” Anderson said.
Johnson’s installation at Chazen converses with her dissertative performance which occurred on April 27, 2022.
The Wrecks set to ‘get a little unhinged’ at Majestic Theatre
Thefun.”Wrecks will perform at the Majestic Theatre with support from Carr on Wednesday, October 19. Doors open at 7 p.m. for the 8 p.m. show. Advance tickets are currently listed at $22.
tion that a relationship is over.
However, a stark reminder remains in this portrayal of natural beauty. These features of the Black body were not always sources of joy for the com munity but markers that set them apart and held them under the scru tiny of the “white gaze.”
based exhibition “Trauerspiel, Subject into Nonbeing” at the Chazen.
“[Madison] is a new part of Wisconsin for us to explore,” Anderson said. “This is exciting. This is new.”
“Anthony Crawford always said, ‘the day a white man hits me is the day I die,’” Quanda Johnson, a PhD candidate in interdisciplinary theater studies at the University of WisconsinMadison, told the Daily Cardinal.
sinks into the sofas back. Johnson her self sits straight spined with a smile stretched as if alone in the act of hold ing the family together, and her autis tic brother averts his gaze.
Their work is “naturally (evolv ing) into different sounds,” agreed guitarist Nick “Schmizz” Schmidt.
This personal discovery, along with other numerous incidents of racial vio lence against the Black community in 2015 were powerful stimulants behind Johnson’s desire to “say something about [her] own lineage and culture.”
In the next of Johnson’s remixes of Crawford’s portrait, poison is mir rored in the form of its symbol: a skull. As our eyes meet his, we realize that we are now the white gaze that he once met with his own; this is how the Black body was introduced into the Western Hemisphere.
It was October 21, 1916. On this par ticular Saturday, the wealthiest man in Abbeville County, South Carolina made his way to the mercantile. He was a cotton farmer, and his seeds were of such an exceptionally high quality that even white people would buy from him in the hopes of getting a betterThecrop.man’s name was Anthony Crawford. He was a Black man.
The Majestic is likely to prove a perfect setting to fulfill The Wrecks’ desire to play in smaller venues and create an experience like their first tours.
Released in June 2022, their sophomore album “Sonder” bends genres as it follows the course of a breakup.
Johnson’s final pieces in the Chazen are “The Frame” and “The Window.”
The latter is an introspective dive into her family life. Her father sits blurred yet present while her mother
“We’re opening our umbrella a little bit more and letting it cast a wider net,” Nick Anderson, the band’s vocalist and producer, told the Daily Cardinal.
Getting back to perform ing live was “absolutely insane,” Anderson said.
Alt-rock band The Wrecks are coming to Madison on October 19, but that’s probably not the only genre you’ll hear when they take the stage at the Majestic Theatre.
Johnson’s other triangular slates reflect the nose, each one different from the next, merged with natural items in the collage, evocative of smell, scent, atmosphere. They reflect the Black body’s lips.
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He added, “I think things are going to get a little unhinged… so that’s
“My dad said to me in a moment of clarity, when trying to explain why he was so angry, violent, ‘Quanda, I watched every hero I had systemati cally executed,’” Johnson said. “And he named them from Medgar Evers to Bobby“HeKennedy.”said,‘when they killed Bobby, I lost all hope in America,’” JohnsonJohnson’sadded.exhibition, “Trauerspiel, Subject Into Nonbeing” is a sobering “digging up,” as Johnson puts it, of the very foundation of our lives here in the modern world. It tells the story of how the trauma of the past is still very real for the Black community in the Originallypresent. scheduled to have concluded on the 12th of September, Quanda’s exhibition will now remain at Madison’s Chazen Museum of Art for the rest of the month — and hope fully beyond.
Editor's Note: Last week, the Daily Cardinal published "There is no justification: Black artists confront Madison Museum of Contemporary Art's handling of artwork destruction and theft." This story was updated on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, to correctly reflect that it was a staff member of the Overture Center who prevented the artists from reentering the building in the spring of 2022, not a staff member of the MMoCA. Additionally, it was the Overture Center who fired their staff member after learning of the incident. This story was also updated to include that Gee's stolen artwork was returned after being taken from the exhibition.
“So the Black body, our hair, our noses, our lips, the rounder features of our forms,” Johnson continued. “These become a type of stigmata, a mark that separates up from the whiteHangingbody.”from the ceiling are three triangular slates, each one hosting a collage portraying a particular feature of the Back body, including hair.
Eachtoday.ofthe three works explores a particular facet of violence against the Black community: the violence of ridi cule, the violence of mob vigilantism and the violence that finds its way into “some” safe Black spaces — especially the StandingThehome.exhibittall, stretching from floor to ceiling, is the first piece, “In Search of Negro Land, Beauty Suspended.”
“This is what inspired the disserta tion itself,” she emphasized.
A generational burden: the beaten Black body
This goal of expanding their sound is illustrated early in the album. The second track “I Love This Part” is a harder rock song that includes a punky screaming refrain as it documents the realiza
Immediately after, The Wrecks wade into the slower, indie-rock ballad “Where Are You Now?” which features girlhouse and looks back wistfully on the younger stag es of a romance with the lyric “we were nineteen, was it worth it?”
“It was a really visceral reaction I had. Why do I know this name? Why am I responding like this?” sheSherecalled.would later confirm her rela tion to Crawford upon looking at her family’s funeral programs. Her family had been forced out of Abbeville as a result of the lynching.
Physically engaging, this collage-based piece pulls the spectator into the his tory of how the Black body has been used as an excuse for violence. The piece argues the Black body is itself a symbol of difference that serves as the base of the structures that currently surround“Beforeus.the 15th century, there was no such thing as race. We were peo
ple, humans. This idea of race did not come about until we needed to justify the Atlantic Slave Trade,” explained Johnson. “We try to enslave European bodies, but that’s difficult in the New World, it’s too easy for them to run away and merge with other people.”
five years old when Anthony Crawford was lynched. ‘‘The Window’’ reflects her introspective view of her family, her father’s frame filling the pane on top while her moth er’s sparkling smile lies etched upon her face in the pane below. Johnson placed her father above as a symbol of his oppressiveness which had its impacts on both her mother’s and brother’s lives.
With many genuine connec tions to Wisconsin, the Wrecks made a stop at Summerfest in June and have performed at The Rave in Milwaukee “maybe eight times“I’mnow.”aPackers fan,” Anderson, a New York native, told the Cardinal. “And I don’t mean this to be pandering.”Thebandhas also performed at UW-Stout — where bassist Aaron Kelley was not only a student but the mascot “Blaze” the Blue Devil.
“We’re all implicated. It doesn’t matter if you were born in the Western Hemisphere. It doesn’t matter whether you were born in the Americas. If you are here in this part of the world, you are implicated. You are somehow ben efiting from everything that has come before,” added Johnson.
“My dad, who was a descendant of [Anthony Crawford], was a very vio lent man. Ivy League educated, bril liant — but a very unhappy person,” sheHerecalled.was
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The result of their efforts is an impressively diverse yet cohesive“Everyalbum.timeit happens, I feel like I don’t know how to do it. Like this time, I remember Googling, ‘how to sequence an album,’” Anderson laughed. “I just start ed sequencing it based on some WikiHow article that someone justDespitewrote.”their DIY nature, The Wrecks showcase their maturity on this album. Anderson’s lyrics
The installation consists of three thematic pieces/series that interrogate how Black trauma has moved through time as an integral part of the Western Hemisphere’s formation, and how that trauma reaches into the present, con tinuing to form what we experience as society
Anthony Crawford stares right back at the white gaze from his three ‘remixed’ portraits next to Johnson’s “In Search of Negro Land, Beauty Suspended.”
The hanging collages invoke an appreciation for the beauty in these features — just as anyone might appre ciate how special the unique features of any culture are — and how they speak to beauty in their own ways.
“The Ballad of Anthony Crawford Remix” is a probe into the gruesome nature of this story.
Johnson inserted the gaze in her collages as penetrating: a force of control, a reminder that Don Imus once called the predominantly Black Rutgers women’s basketball team ‘nappy headed hos’ and a reminder that the Blackface Minstrel outlined the Black person’s lips in white or red in a excessively and grotesquely large manner as a contrast to the white fea tures enforced as desirable.
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The penetrating gazes are the sets of blue eyes on the collage that cor
rode the natural freedom of the black body with their piercing presence. The penetrating gazes are the ones on the wall behind, every face belonging to a white body who partook or witnessed a black person being lynched. The penetrating gazes are our own, reflect ed in the mylar along the wall’s height.
“Our hair is very different from most of the hair textures on the planet, which tend to be straight, maybe with a little curl,” she reflected.
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The law barred immigration from the Asia-Pacific, among other things.
According to Ancheta, Chinese immigrants came to the U.S. in the 1840s to work as miners and labor
Ittrue.isobvious that this is an attack at the longstanding battle between Zionism and the legitimacy of Palestinian statehood. For decades there has been violent political con flict in Israel surrounding their treat ment of Palestinians and their allow ance of an independent Arab state.
not an excuse to incite more “debate and discussion” on campus about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as the claims associating members of UW’s Jewish organizations as ultranational Zionists are completely incorrect.
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Naturalized citizenship was only for “free white persons.” The Supreme Court enforced this racial standard on multiple occasions. Even citizens of Asian descent were not afforded the rights they deserved. This is best exemplified by the internment of Japanese Americans in concentration camps during World War II.
flict; logically, the violence between Palestine and Israel would have been minute if the solution to the sover eignty of this land was not complex.
I grew up in the United Arab Emirates, a country where citizens make up only 11% of the population. I am part of the remaining 89%. We are called “expatriates.” The word origi nates from Latin “expatriat,” which means “leave one’s own country.” A very straightforward descriptor for non-citizens in my view.
Language continues to be weap onized, driving a rise in hate crimes. In 2021, the Biden administration took a small step in the right direc tion. The administration shunned the use of “alien,” and advised agencies to use “non-citizen” wherever possible. However, the word remains part of the American lexicon, used almost exclu sively to denigrate.
The semantics of immigration today are a stark reminder of darker times. A part of the racial undertones that continue to exist. Words mat ter. Actions matter. Much still needs to be done, which seems increasingly unlikely in the face of political inaction and increased hostility.
Both Reesor and Charleston also made surface-level, ridiculous state ments about the correct course of action to deal with these messages. The Sept. 6 antisemitic incident is
Examining all this information made me reflect on my experiences. I’ve largely avoided overt racism – the kind Asians faced after 9/11 or at the height of COVID-19. However, I have witnessed subtleties. I have been in spaces — both virtual and in person — where I have felt invisible. Like a traffic cone people walk around.
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The dehumanization of certain immigrants and non-citizens is the norm in the U.S. A single article isn’t enough to capture dehuman ization across racial groups. I’ve chosen to focus on Asians, the group I identify with.
of Palestinians, yet I do believe that both Israel and Palestine show merit in their arguments for sovereignty.
LaVar J. Charleston should be fired from the University of Wisconsin-MadisonAsLaVarJ.Charleston is the Chief Diversity Officer on campus, he has epically failed at his job of maintaining equity and inclusion on campus.Appropriating the chalkings as a non-violation of campus policy is rather demeaning to Jewish students on campus when these are blatant, false attacks. If this is not against campus policy, what is?
‘Aliens,’ the semantics of immigration
The passage of the Immigration Act of 1965 marked the end of legally enshrined discrimination Asians faced based on race. The law resulted in an influx of Asians to the U.S., pri marily as skilled workers and reunited family
When other descriptors exist, why persist with a word like alien?
Themembers.lawdidnot end all discrimina tion, however. What remains today is subtler but still insidious.
ers. They built American railroads, but anti-Asian sentiment brewed as a result. Nativist political parties and unions held anti-Chinese sentiments. This opposition to Chinese people resulted in the discriminatory Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.
UW-Madisonopinion embraces hate speech
The weaponization of language by
The law prohibited all immi gration of Chinese people for 10 years. It also made Chinese people ineligible for naturalization. The law built off the Page Act of 1875, which prohibited “importation of unfree laborers and women brought for ‘immoral purposes,’” but was enforced mainly on the Chinese.
Jewish students at UW-Madison should be outraged about the com ments that were drawn onto our side walks on Tuesday. These derogatory, defamatory claims, inferring all Jews are “racist” and have “blood on their hands,” are absolutely ridiculous attacks that assault the Jewish iden tity as a whole.
As a Jewish person, I under stand how frustrating this can be. I do not agree with Israel’s treatment
The intent is clear: othering, alien ation and dehumanization.
I am no alien, even if it can feel that way sometimes. I am a human, just like you. Actions and language must now reflect Anuprasthis.is currently on the editorial board and served as an Opinion editor in 2020. He is a senior studying Computer Science and Journalism. Do you think the use of language like ‘alien’ is dehu manizing? Send all comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com
While millions of predominantly white people were welcomed into the country at Ellis Island many years ago, Asians faced despicable dis crimination. This is best outlined in “Race, Rights and the Asian American Experience” by Angelo Ancheta.
Furthermore, pathways to citi zenship for Asians in the U.S. were heavily curtailed. Asian communities were deprived of naturalization rights. Even birthright citizenship was cast in doubt, until the Supreme Court inter vened in 1898. However, the Supreme Court should not be seen as faultless.
disrespect to the Palestinian claim to sovereignty is completely wrong.
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The word originates from Latin ali enus, which means “belonging to another,” but also means “unfriendly, inimical, hostile, suspicious.”
There is no debate to be had that UW Hillel is racist or UW Chabad has “blood on their hands.” This is simply not Accordingtrue.to both the vice and deputy vice chancellors, the anti semitism portrayed remains within the confines of “free-speech.” While freedom of speech is a constitution ally protected right and not to be infringed upon, defamatory state ments legally limit this constitution al right. These libelous stereotypes should not be constituted as free speech as they wrongly represent the Jewish population on campus.
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Sept. 8 entails a further discus sion about the freedom of speech and expression, claiming these messages “represent free speech which is a core value at UW.”
The comments stated five Jewish student organizations on campus — UW Chabad, UW Hillel, TAMID, Badgers Alliance for Israel and J Street UW-Madison — are Zionists, making them racist and promoters of genocide for having ties to Israel. However, by claiming this, it ulti mately assumes all members of these organizations are racist and promot ers of genocide when this, in fact, is not
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The only person whose name is too hard to grasp. I have worked twice as hard only to receive half the plau dits. I have been denied opportunities because of my identity, an identity I have no control over.
Although, experts have agreed there is no clear answer to this con
Yet, Zionist or not, the idea that both Israelis and Palestinians make legitimate claims to their own sover eignty needs to be heard, understood andMakingrespected.robust claims about entire Jewish organizations on a col lege campus is not the correct way to understand this sovereignty. These words that were broadcasted onto Madison’s sidewalks were definitive ly hate speech and should not be con strued any other way. Inferring that all members of UW Hillel, or UW Chabad or any other Jewish organi zation are wholly responsible for a
Ancheta, the organi zation blamed anti-Asian violence on Asians. This tactic is used even today on minority groups. The organization cited the “insolence and presumption of the Japanese” and “immodest and filthy habits of the Hindoos” as rea sons the “orientals” were to blame.
While some members of these organizations may believe in the Zionist movement, many do not. Stereotyping all these Jewish members and assuming their reli gion predetermines their opinions is rather foolish.
Israelis truthfully claim they established a Judaic presence in this land first, therefore it should default to their sovereignty. Palestinians cor rectly claim they had ruled this land for centuries, so the originality of Israeli control should not play a fac tor in a Bothsolution.sideshave legitimate claims to this land — there is no denying this. Yet, extreme ultranationalists on both sides expressed flares of vocal and physical violence against the opposing view.
not have it any better — they faced riots and discrimination. Chinatowns (and other similar enclaves) celebrated in pop culture today were born out of discriminatory housing policies.
Republicans originates from a play book by communications advisor Frank Luntz for 2006. Luntz advised party members on word choices to boost public perception. When talk ing about immigration, he suggested using “illegal aliens” over “undocu mented immigrants.” Luntz also sug gested using “border security” over “immigration reform.” The intent behind these choices was to frame non-citizens as threats. “Securing our borders and our people has universal support,” Luntz wrote. Luntz turned critical of Republicans 2016 onwards, but has continued working with them. The damaging rhetoric persists.
While the Chinese were dealt with this way, other Asian groups were not left behind. The only instance of inclu sivity in that era was in discrimina tion. If the Chinese were barred from immigrating, why not exclude other Asians too? To that end, the Japanese and Korean Exclusion League was formed in 1905. This organization was later renamed the Asiatic Exclusion League. Their goal was simple: pre serving the “Caucasian race upon AmericanAccordingsoil.”to
The organization got its wish with the passage of the Immigration Act of 1917.
A lacking, ineffective university responseJewish students at UW-Madison also need to realize the magnitude of the statement made in response to the antisemitism by Vice Chancellor Lori Reesor and Deputy Vice Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer LaVar J. Charleston. Both Reesor and Charleston correctly defined the messages displayed as antisemitic but failed to portray their sympathy for Jewish students on campus.Thestatement released on
By contrast, when I first entered the United States, I was labeled an “alien.” When most people think of aliens, they likely think of E.T. or the Roswell incident. They think of otherworldly beings. Yet, American immigration law refers to non-citizens as “aliens.”
Tuesday, Sept. 6 should have been a great day to be a Badger. All students should have been able to leave their homes with backpacks strapped, fresh notebooks ready and computers charged to learn from a university they were proud to be admitted to. Instead, the 2022-23 aca demic year started off on a rather negative note, especially for over 13% of the student population.
Ultimately, Reesor and Charleston failed to acknowledge that this view point exists for many other mem bers of the Jewish community at UW-Madison. They fail to realize parts of these antisemitic comments were completely incorrect and ste reotypical of all Jews on campus, and rather, these statements should incur debate about the ongoing conflict.
This is not to claim any of Israel’s internal actions have been justified.
Evidence highlights humanitar ian issues spearheaded by the state’s almost complete control of the land and their treatment of Palestinians. There is no dispute to this; no matter how many “spins” it may take in main stream American media, the maltreat ment of Palestinians is undeniable.
The creators of these hate ful messages need to understand that being a Jew does not equate to being a Zionist. This is a common misconception of Jewish people, where many Jews disagree with the Zionistic idea. Although, many Zionists are undoubtedly a vocal part
Asians who were in the country prior to exclusionary legislation did
of the ethno-religion.
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Someago.of the new King’s staunch supporters — of which there are
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Judd was asked how his perspec tive changed after learning about his neighbor’s athletic commitment.
As monumental as this death is to the billions of people who have only known Queen Elizabeth I Ias the face of the royal family, England truly hit the alarm bell when they realized who their new ruler is — that little weasel Prince Charles.
no telling how the United Kingdom will fare under the reign of Charles III. As of now, the only major change is that rath er than carrying on Elizabeth II’s iconic love for corgis, Charles III is planning on keeping a swarm of pet mosquitoes with him wherever he goes.May Queen Elizabeth II rest in peace. After decades in power, she will perhaps be best remem bered by Americans as the fancy royal lady on TV for 10 minutes every Christmas.
When living below someone else in an apartment building, one gets used to hearing their upstairs neighbors. Within a month, one can tell when they leave for the day, when they get back and if they like to go out on weekends. Depending on how thin the walls are or how inconsiderate a neigh bor is, one can also learn what movies and bands they like or that their girlfriend is probably faking it.
roughly 50 — say that England needs to give him a chance.
“My grandparents were buried at the Lake Delton Cemetery. I was conceived under the high school’s bleachers during the 1962 homecoming game. Now, this town has taken away my life’s work — I’ll be damned if I’m gonna let it take my lanai from me too.”
“I was hearing thumping noises constantly. Whether it was three in the morning or 11 at night, it felt like I couldn’t get an hour of peace,” said Judd.
Judd has no plans to complain to Chase a second time, as he “would rather not be around him everAsagain.”forChase, his pro days are dwindling faster than he real izes, as a game typically enjoyed by little girls will not remain welcoming to a guy nearing middle age with a balding head of hair.
deep underground on a 13,000 acre estate after having her heart displaced in a brutal car crash 25 years
Well, Ganser’s Flower Shop did forget — or at least didn’t care enough to mention it. While everyone else was doing their patriotic duty, the Lake Delton, Wisconsin shop was“We’vesilent. been doing busi ness in this town for 30 years,” said shop owner Maria Ganser. “If you were to knock on just about any house within 15 minutes of here, you’d find that we’ve provided flowers for at least a few of their birthdays, funer als and prom-posals.”
“Whether you like it or not, Charles is the King of England now,” said Leeds native Rupert Burton. “I’m not saying that peo
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Lock declined to com ment on the fact that Ganser’s Flower Shop has given rough ly $60,000 back to the com munity since 1992. The bornand-raised Lake Delton native was also asked about Maria Ganser’s effort to make sure school zones have stop signs, crosswalks and a legally enforceable speed limit below 70 mph by 2025.
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already have a few new orders. When I went in this morning, everyone had canceled. Plus, it looked like someone broke in a few hours before and dumped Four Loko onto all of my plants. I slaved over those hydrangeas,” said Ganser.
“I’m used to opening up the shop and finding that I
Ganser’s was forced to shutter its doors just a few hours after opening on Sept. 12. While the business was in good enough financial shape to deal with sharply decreased sales the next few weeks, the now former local staple could not handle the moving and rebuilding fees that would come with having the current location burnt down.
It seems that every busi ness, from middle aged moms selling skincare products as part of a pyramid scheme to the National Football League, makes a “never forget” social media post on Sept. 11.
The only silver lining appears to be that Charles, at the age of 73, isn’t the freshest pot of tea. Whereas Elizabeth II’s celebration of life is set to take place next week, most are prioritizing Prince Charles’ impending celebration of death.
ple need to be all buddy buddy with him like Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein or some thing, but some degree of loyalty is in
Upstairs neighbor in competitive hopscotch league
As soon as the clock struck midnight on Sept. 12, those decades of good will went straight down the drain.
The world stood still on Thursday as it was announced that Queen Elizabeth II peacefully passed away at her Scottish estate. Having taken over the throne in 1952, she was the longest reigning British monarch.
Roy Lock, a former cus tomer of Ganser’s, spoke to The“AsBeet. a warm-blooded American, the actions of the flower shop shook me to my core. Who would I be if I sup ported a company that doesn’t Google ‘9/11 remembrance photos’ and slap one up on Facebook along with a flag emoji once a year?”
soft,” said the 42-year-old chronically single man.
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or football — not me.”
“By the time I was in college, I was able to hop on a professional level. I made a lot of money on the side betting people that I could slam five beers and still beat them at hopscotch. It was never even close,” smirked Chase.
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net to find that one of their nation’s biggest fears had come true.
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By Mackenzie Moore THE BEET EDITOR
On Sept. 11, 2001, the United States suffered a ter rorist attack so earth-shatter ing that life as it was known changed forever. Even 21 years later, 9/11 is an ever-present factor in politics, culture and day-to-day life. One would be hard-pressed to find a news source that isn’t running a commemorative story on each year’sHowever,anniversary.ifanyone were to scroll through Facebook on the anniversary of the atroc ity, they would assume the nearly 3,000 victims would’ve been forgotten by now had Target not been giving them an annual shout-out.
There’sorder.”
“She’s just trying to take away kids being kids,” said Lock. “If my children aren’t running for their lives each day on the way to and from school, then they’ll end up
For Madison resident Trevor Judd, a graduate student at the University of WisconsinMadison, these age-old guidelines no longer apply.
The Prince of Wales’ credit, some have compared his ability to connect with the people to that of the beloved Princess Diana. To be clear, they are referring to presentday Diana, who has been buried
The student went on to recall leaving a note on his upstairs neighbor’s door after a particu larly bad couple of days. However, he was not met with anger or a half-hearted apology — rath er, he received an explanation from Jake Chase — 32-year-old accountant by day, hopscotcher by
“By the time six five gal lon jugs of gasoline were at my store’s doorstep, I fig ured they might not be bluff ing,” said Ganser of being forced to end her career after what boils down to taking a SundayHavingoff.been shunned by her community, most would assume Ganser might want to get a fresh start somewhere else. At least for now, a move isn’t in the cards.
Now Chase, who works from home, competes in Wisconsin’s biggest hopscotch league. Boasting 40 members, the fight to become one of the elites is cutthroat. Chase is in the top five.
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“I kinda wish he would just have one three hour practice when he’s done working instead of these spo radic 30 minute blocks throughout the day,” Judd continued.
Right away, BBC’s iconic red logo turned black. Millions were stunned as they scoured the inter
“Inight.gotinto it around elementary school, really,” began Chase. “Over time, I noticed that my peers were moving onto stuff like gymnastics
They forgot: Beloved local business shutters doors day after forgetting to make 9/11 remembrance post
“It didn’t, really,” said Judd. “He gave me his practice schedule, which is cool I guess, but knowing he’s going to be jumping up and down at 3 a.m. doesn’t stop me from waking up at 3 a.m.”
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The new King, who will be known as Charles III, has long been criticized for being overly posh, out of touch and “a huge tool.”
By Julia Wiessing SCIENCE EDITOR
Tucked away in a forest clearing created by heavy windfall close to Tomahawk Lake is the bat monitoring sta
I have picked up bees and wasps to rest in the palm of my hand, gently scooped up tiny emerald beetles and coaxed a cicada to cling to my thumb. There are many insects, however, that even trained professionals should not touch, among them being the unassuming and drab Black Blister Beetle.
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Driving north, away from the bustling streets of Madison and its cookie-cut ter suburbs, is a window into Wisconsin’s landscapes. The scenery along US-51 changes from city to suburb, from sub urb to field. The vast plains of central Wisconsin give way to mixed forest as you drive through Wisconsin Dells and Stevens Point. Soon, the highway is engulfed in the beautiful pine forests of the northern highland.
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While they’re interesting, handling black blister beetles is not recommended.
Thishorse.noxious chemical is not only a defense mech anism but also a copula tory gift. Male blister bee tles wine and dine female blister beetles by present ing them with cantharidin before mating as a nuptial gift. The female uses this gift to protect herself and
The boardwalk provides safe passage over the wetlands. You can spot muskrat, deer and various types of dragonfly.
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IJTTN: Black Blister Beetles
Entomologists – like children – oftentimes have an all-consuming desire to pick up bugs. I am, of course, guilty of this to the highest order.
Gracing the delicate gold enrod flowers in August, the Black Blister Beetle is a long, matte black beetle simi lar in appearance to com mon ground beetles. While ground beetles are harmless, blister beetles secrete the odorless liquid cantharidin which gives the blister beetle its Cantharidinname. causes irrita tion and blisters on the skin and eyes, and ingesting can tharidin can cause gastroin testinal damage, shock, cir culatory collapse and even death. Blister beetle inges tion is rarely a problem in humans but can be problem atic for horses and other ani mals fed alfalfa. During the bailing process, blister bee tles feeding on alfalfa may be crushed and incorporated into the dried hay, present ing a health hazard. It takes between 700-1000 blister beetles to kill the average adult
tion. A strange piece of equip ment that looks out of place in the natural environment, the solar powered bat moni toring station was established in 2007 by DNR bat ecolo gist David Redell and his col league Paul White. The device records acoustic signals from bats as they fly through the forests and along Tomahawk Lake. Researchers are able to identify different species of bats from their unique calls, allowing us to identify and monitor the different bat spe cies in WhileWisconsin.Kemp Station is closed to those without a per mit, many natural science courses make the trek up to look at insects, mammals or plants. Additionally, Kemp hosts various outreach events throughout the year, including Insect Fest and Fungi Fest.
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Should you have the opportunity to visit Kemp Station, take advantage of the natural beauty and scientific resources available. Take a long hike around Tomahawk Lake or a trip down to Jyme Lake for a walk down the boardwalk. There is no place like Kemp Station; it will sup port researchers for decades to come.
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acre peninsula was donated to UW-Madison for the pur pose of research and conser vation. Since then, Kemp sta tion has grown to 231-acres with several distinct ecosys tems, including lake coves, bogs and second-growth for ests. Currently, Kemp station supports 39 active research projects ranging from wood turtle conservation and wall eye thermal ecology to white spruce tree reproduction and glacialThereecology.aretwo long term research projects currently underway to Kemp station: deer exclosure and long-term batHiddenmonitoring.inthe hemlock for ests you can find the high fenc es marking out deer exclosures. Deer exclosure is the practice of creating deer free zones to monitor habitat growth and diversity in the absence of deer. Ten deer exclosures were erected in 2022, and serve as research and educational tools. The exclosures are visited reg ularly by field classes around the state and offer a glimpse into a deer free world.
herBlackeggs. Blister Beetles lay their eggs in the soil, where they hatch into hypermo bile larvae called triungulin larvae. While ground beetle larvae are fat and sedentary underground, blister beetle larvae are small, fast and on a mission.Thelarvae dig through the ground on the hunt for clusters of grasshopper eggs. Upon discovering the eggs, the larvae will molt into a sedentary, slow grubby form, feasting upon grasshopper eggs until its sixth larval stage. Instead of pupating into an adult, the larvae will go into a hibernation stage until early spring when development resumes and it will emerge as an adult.
Black Blister Beetles act as fantastic pest control and relatively docile denizens of marshes and meadows. While you should not pick them up, you can find them during the fall. On your next hike, say hi to your new blis ter beetle friends.
This is the pilgrimage that research, ranging from lim nologists to entomologists and everything in between, makes from the University of Wisconsin-Madison to Kemp Natural Resource Station eachLocatedyear. on the shore of Tomahawk Lake on Kemps Point, Kemp Station was pur chased by Edward Kemp in the 1800s. Kemp envisioned a summer home to be built on the peninsula, though he died before construction began. His wife Minnie and daughter Francis oversaw the construc tion of several log buildings in theIn1900s.1960, however, the 135-
New Mexico State began the sea son by allowing 179 rushing yards and two touchdowns to Nevada. The next week, Minnesota gashed the Aggies for 297 rushing yards
Wisconsin, desperate to bounce back from its stunning 17-14 defeat at home Week 2 versus Washington State, enters an inviting matchup against the Aggies. New Mexico State followed up a 38-0 loss to Minnesota by falling 20-13 to the University of Texas at El Paso last Saturday. They are coming to Madison with a dreadful offense and a defense that struggles to stop the run, appearing unlikely to col lect its first win of 2022.
Rettke capped off her illustri ous career with not only a cham pionship ring, but also becoming the third to ever win Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year — twice. She will pursue a profes sional career in Italy with Vero Volley Monza.
No, not all of Mertz’s deep throws were perfect decisions, but each was impressively accurate and gave the receiver a chance to make a play.
(5.2 per carry) and five touchdowns. Despite a better effort against UTEP, the Aggies have still allowed 579 rushing yards (4.4 per carry) and eight scores in the early season.
The Aggies’ pass defense has surrendered 141.3 passing yards per game, although the unit is still look ing for its first interception. Their struggles stopping the run haven’t convinced opponents to throw the ball much, so those numbers don’t mean a ton. Look for Mertz to throw plenty of passes Saturday, even if Allen and the running game carry Wisconsin’s
Sophomore running back Braelon Allen (0) stands alongside fellow back Isaac Guerendo (20).
The New Mexico State Aggies (0-3) will visit Camp Randall Stadium this Saturday at 2:30 p.m. to take on the now-unranked Wisconsin Badgers (1-1).
Americans and ranks near the top of most significant Wisconsin assist records. She is also now a pro.
Aggies would erase the season-long consequences of Wisconsin’s fall ing to a middle-of-the-pack Pac-12 opponent in Washington State.
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Wisconsin’s defense yielded just 253 total yards against Washington State and is hardly to blame for the Week 2 loss. That said, the unit still has room for improvement, and anything short of dominance against New Mexico State would be underwhelming.Wisconsinoffense vs. New Mexico State defense
If occasionally “forcing” the ball downfield bolsters Mertz’s confi dence and catalyzes growth among the Badgers’ inexperienced receiv ers, then fire away, Graham.
Even so, competence can lead to confidence, and if the Badgers cut back on penalties at the line of scrimmage, better defend against deep passes and continue suc ceeding with downfield throws of their own, there may be a sliver of optimism heading into the Sept. 24 matchup against Ohio State.
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Wisconsin will play their next match on Friday, Sept. 16, against the No. 16 ranked Florida Gators. This special matchup will be the first volleyball game inside the Kohl Center in 25 years.
While Wisconsin’s performance is more important than the score, the team absolutely should pum mel New Mexico State in a blowout similar to the season opener versus Illinois State. A non-resounding win may be reason for concern.
being the reigning champions.
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The Badgers also lost Sydney Hilley, the star setter who earned three consecutive First-Team All-
Running backs Braelon Allen and Chez Mellusi appear primed for bounce-back performances this Saturday against a New Mexico State defense that has been porous against the run.
The campaign to continue on the Badgers’ championship momentum
Younger Badgers have also stepped up, as first year libero Gulce Gutcekin was recently named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week. The Istanbul native especially played a key role in Wisconsin’s most recent
week versus UTEP. The 6’4” senior is New Mexico State’s best chance of picking up bulk yardage, so it will be interesting to see which Badger cornerback draws that matchup.
In relief of Frakes, Pavia’s pass ing numbers — 7 of 20 for 100 yards — were once again unimpressive. It was the junior’s legs, however, that sparked New Mexico State’s comeback effort. Pavia ran for 69 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the loss, fumbling in the red zone with three seconds remaining. On the season he’s averaged 6.3 yards per carry for 145 total yards to lead the Aggies in Regardlessrushing.ofwho starts under center, New Mexico State’s offense matches up poorly with a Wisconsin defense that has allowed 2.3 yards per carry and 55 rushing yards per game through two weeks. Neither Illinois State’s multiple running backs nor Washington State’s Nakia
Wisconsin does, however, still have head coach Kelly Sheffield at the helm. The Muncie, Indiana native has spent the last decade cre ating a powerhouse in Madison. During the Sheffield era, the Badgers have reached the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 every sea son and the championship three times – finally winning last year. Through Sheffield’s first nine sea sons, the Badgers have accumulat ed a 235-53 record, or a .828 win ning percentage – seventh in the country during that time.
The season statistics would be higher if Wisconsin played more sets, but the Badgers have gotten into the habit of wasting no time with their opponents. Wisconsin is currently riding on a three-match streak of all sweeps. Throughout six total matches played, the Badgers have only surrendered four sets.
New Mexico State offense vs. Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s quarterback show cased an impressive deep ball, espe cially to receiver Keontez Lewis, when given opportunities in the first half last week. Such aggressive throws were rare in the second half, though, and later head coach Paul Chryst expressed mixed feelings
Wisconsin faces New Mexico State at home, hoping to shake off past mistakes
Can Sheffield and co. continue their championship momentum?
The Daily Cardinal will provide further coverage of New Mexico State at Wisconsin as the match up approaches and, as usual, live Twitter updates will be available duringthegame@cardinal_sports.
Last season, the Wisconsin Badgers volleyball team achieved the ultimate program goal: a cham pionship trophy.
has already begun. With a handful of matches under the reigning vic tors’ belts, what is standing in the way of another Unquestionably,title? the Badgers’ biggest obstacle in repeating is the sheer amount of roster turnover from last year to now.
A mobile quarterback in Pavia would be a new test for Wisconsin inside linebackers Maema Njongmeta and Jordan Turner. The first-time starters have totaled 16 and 11 tackles, respectively, and Turner has contributed two quar terback hits and a sack. Washington State’s Cameron Ward – though a pretty mobile passer – didn’t get involved as a runner in Week 2.
As expected, Wisconsin has been staunch against the run so far. It’s been the pass defense which, despite accumulating four inter ceptions through two games, has been downright exposed at times, although the Aggies likely lack the talent to exploit Wisconsin’s biggest defensiveReceiverweakness.JustinPowers has three receptions for a team-leading 108 yards, none of which came last
The Badger offensive line was a glaring weakness against Washington State. Without right tackle Riley Mahlman (leg), the group created few holes for Wisconsin’s running game, protect ed Graham Mertz with little consis tency and committed several costly penalties. Whether or not Mahlman returns, the line will surely have an easier time this Saturday.
two matches, racking up an impres sive 26 total digs. The Badgers will need consistent play from their younger cast if they hope to make a deep tournament run.
Yet, the glamor of a champion ship is short lived. Some have fin ished their careers, others decided to simply leave and new faces have been brought in to replace the old. The process repeats. Whatever feel ings remain from the victory must be pushed to the side.
about Mertz’s downfield attempts.
While Wisconsin isn’t necessar ily lacking in talent, the aforemen tioned loss of some vital leaders will prove to add extra pressure to a team already carrying the weight of
The Aggies have sacked oppos ing quarterbacks only three times in as many games, so Mertz figures to have a clean pocket to work from.
Throughdefensethefirst three games, all losses, the Aggie offense has been riddled with uncertainty and incompetence. Quarterback Diego Pavia started the first two games and completed 11 of 25 attempts for 185 yards, zero touchdowns and threeHisinterceptions.miserablenumbers pushed freshman Gavin Frakes into the starting role against UTEP, but Frakes completed just 1 of 5 attempts for 11 yards and a pick before hand ing the reins back to Pavia.
The most significant loss is that of Dana Rettke – one of the best and most accomplished Wisconsin Badger athletes of all time. The 6’8” middle blocker was the only player in American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) history to receive five consecutive First-Team All-American honors.
Watson managed to generate much on the ground, so it’s reasonable to expect Aggie running backs Star Thomas and Jamoni Jones to have quiet afternoons.
“There were a couple times I thought it was a good decision, and there were a couple that I thought [Mertz] might’ve been forcing it,” Chryst said to reporters in his Monday press conference.
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Izzy Ashburn is a senior setter who led the 2021 team with 52 ser vice aces. She stepped into a larger role this season and has accepted it – one of a few Badgers to play in all 21 sets as well as leading the team in assists by a mile with 132.
Yet, so far in 2022, the roster has not seemed to be a problem, as the Badgers are off to a 5-1 start. They are led by players like Sarah Franklin, the sophomore out side hitter who transferred from MichiganFranklinState.is currently the runaway team leader for kills and sits within the top ten of the Big Ten in kills per set. She was also the player who finished second to Dana Rettke in kills last year, while shar ing First-Team Big Ten honors.
Despite the turnover, Wisconsin is still a championship program. All the Badgers have done under Sheffield is win – when it matters most. The question is whether the major changes from last season are enough to significantly lower expectations for the team.
After numerous deep NCAA tournament runs, including two unsuccessful trips to the nation al championship within the last decade, the Badgers finally won it all. Like all championship teams, Wisconsin’s win required a pletho ra of moving pieces to fit into place. A few all-time program players, a championship-level coach and the right amount of luck – all aligned at the right time.
Three other veteran Badgers also capped off their careers in 2021 due to the end of their career eligibility: Lauren Barnes, Giorgia Civita and Grace Loberg.