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Giving and taking feedback in higher ed By Sammie Johnson STAFF WRITER
With a new semester commencing, the prospect of new professors evokes excitement in some and anxiousness in others. As undergrads take to ratemyprofessor.com, peers and friends for any information on their new teachers, students seem to fit professors into one of three categories: good, bad or somewhere vaguely in between. In the process of evaluating a professor’s performance, students decide if and when to share that feedback with them. It can be difficult for students to believe confronting these wellrenowned experts’ teaching performances — outside of an anonymous course evaluation — is a good idea. “With respect to school and professors there’s a power dynamic. Yes, you can stand up and voice your opinions but they’re still your superior,” UW-Madison senior Haleigh Slack said. “It’s that respect thing that’s ingrained in us, so if we confront them it feels like we’re breaking the rules.” Giving feedback Students react to problematic professors in a multitude of ways. Some express their feelings during course evaluation season, others vent to friends or online. Overall, instead of addressing the problem head-on, students tend to prefer alternate ways of dealing with professor dissatisfaction. “I wouldn’t confront a professor unless I absolutely had to,” UW-Madison junior Trent Hopkins said. “If they were really really bad I would go to the department head instead of the professor.” Confrontation of any kind, let alone the kind within a teacher-student power dynamic, can be inherently difficult. “Confrontation is harder when it’s someone I’m trying to impress or someone who knows more than I do,” UW-Madison freshman Nina Breher stated. “Why do I have the right to confront them when they’re
more knowledgeable?” While many students delay filling out survey after survey at the end of the semester, these course evaluations are a long-standing way for professors to acquire student feedback. “The intention is to be able to get feedback from students to help improve teaching and learning,” said Mo Bischof, UW-Madison’s student learning assessment direc-
“I think a good pedagogical teaching practice is to be asking students how it’s going all the time, whether that’s a formal course evaluation or not,” Bischof said. However, this requires students to believe their feedback can lead to changes. Breher described herself as generally non-confrontational, but that she would consider speaking directly to a professor in
cumstance because she sat us down and made it a point to know all of us,” she said. “That was really scary and I didn’t give her a lot of harsh feedback, but I did say that my view [of her] changed,” she said. As an education major herself, Slack explained that being open to criticism and change are key pieces to being a good teacher. Common complaints, imple-
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Students react to their professors in course evals, online and to friends — but do they feel comfortable in person? tor. “[This] information from students about the overall courses is always helpful in restructuring and offering courses for students.” Evaluation surveys can influence tenure decisions and provide opportunities for professors to be nominated for awards. Though there tends to be a “heavy season” with surveys at the end of a semester, Bischof added that tools are available to professors for feedback all throughout the semester.
the future if she thought it would make a difference. “I can’t think of many conversations where me confronting [a professor] would actually help or change anything,” she said. There are circumstances in which professors go out of their way to get feedback, Slack countered, describing a professor who met one-on-one with each student to determine grades and course improvements. “I think that was a unique cir-
menting improvements Course evaluations offer a sense of what students experience in the classroom and feedback is taken seriously — especially when there is a set of consistent concerns, according to Professor and Political Science Department Head John Zumbrunnen. The most common trends tend to be a lack of professor’s accessibility and approachability, he added. On the other hand, many students additionally shared a fre-
quent issue with professors — focus on research rather than teaching. “They’re all insanely smart in their subject but you can a lot of the time tell they were hired to do research, not to teach,” Hopkins said. “The more specialized professors are probably doing some groundbreaking research and I think maybe teaching sometimes doesn’t get their full attention and isn’t as strong as it could be.” Zumbrunnen explained this could be due to a lack of training — not lack of caring. “Most UW faculty care a lot about teaching and their students,” he said. “One of the challenges for most of us faculty members is we were trained in our fields to be experts and top researchers, but many of us were not trained at all to be teachers.” Professors do not go through the same formal teaching training as K-12 teachers. As a result, they may structure their teaching after their own favorite teachers or how they themselves learned as students. “Sometimes that works really well and other times it can be improved on,” Zumbrunnen added. UW-Madison offers plenty of resources for professors looking to improve, through teaching and learning professional development. “We try to engage faculty in [this], not necessarily because they aren’t doing as well, but for all kinds of reasons to support students,” Bischof said. Some of these resources are guidance on specific classroomrelated skills — like improving discussions or the structure and grading of writing assignments. Zumbrunnen said he’s taken advantage of the university’s recent focus on professional development and believes that these opportunities should be capitalized on by UW’s faculty.
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Limited options lead transgender patients to seek care in Madison By Kylie Coffin STAFF WRITER
Madison and Middleton are the only Wisconsin cities with surgeons available for people in the transgender, non-binary and genderexpansive communities who wish to undergo gender-affirming surgery. Top and bottom surgery — which includes gender mastectomy, vaginoplasty and phalloplasty procedures — is offered limitedly in the state. Dr. Clifford King at Top
Surgery Midwest and Dr. Katherine Gast at UW Health are the only practicing providers. Still, UW Health has been ranked highly by prominent LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, as a health care system that provides its LGBTQ+ patients with the best practice and care. UW Health was named a “Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality” in 2019 by the Human
Rights Campaign Foundation, according to the 12th edition of the Healthcare Equality Index. No other health care systems in the Madison area were recipients of the same accolades for their care. “We are committed to offering compassionate care and remarkable healthcare, so it is an honor to be recognized again,” UW Health CEO Dr. Alan Kaplan said in a press release. “Diversity and inclusion are critical to UW Health’s mission.”
UW Health Gender Services Navigator, Emily Smith, stated she is proud of the work being done in the city to provide care to those seeking gender-affirming surgeries. “There are so many great resources in the Madison area and within UW Health,” Smith said. “My hopes and goals are to bring all of these resources together to better help patients, as well as educate and empower employees and staff [on] gender-affirming healthcare.”
For those looking to surgically transition, UW Health offers several gender-affirming surgeries within its Surgical Services department of the Gender Services unit. Such surgeries can take place at Transformations, a facility in Middleton, or at University Hospital. According to Smith, UW Health is considered a high-volume facility for gender-affirm-
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Aron Cruickshank transfers to Rutgers following Rose Bowl win By Jared Schwartz THE DAILY CARDINAL
After already losing top receiver Quintez Cephus to the NFL Draft, the Badgers will be without another of their weapons going forward. Sophomore speedster Aron Cruickshank transferred to the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Cruickshank, a Brooklyn (N.Y.) Eramus Hall grad, moves closer to home after he announced his decision via his Instagram on Saturday afternoon. He took an unofficial visit after he entered the transfer portal last week. Cruickshank became the 22nd member of the Scarlet Knights’ 2020 class. He will have two years of eligibility remaining, albeit he’ll have to be granted a hardship waiver by the NCAA to attain eligibility next season. A three-star recruit out of Brooklyn, Cruickshank was origi-
nally recruited by Rutgers but chose Wisconsin, turning down Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State in the process. He was ranked the No. 6 prospect coming out of New York, according to 247 Sports. Cruickshank was an earlyenrollee and played right away, earning the job as the primary kickreturner as a freshman. As a sophomore, Cruickshank was named second-team All-Big Ten return specialist in 2019. He accumulated 674 return yards and two touchdowns, one of which coming in Wisconsin’s 28-27 Rose Bowl loss to Oregon. The Badgers used Cruickshank sporadically on offense, with talented receivers like Cephus, AJ Taylor, Danny Davis and Kendric Pryor ahead of him on the depth chart. In his two seasons, Cruickshank has caught four passes for 40 yards. Wisconsin primarily used him out of the backfield, utilizing his speed
on jet-sweeps and direct snaps out of the wildcat. He rushed 19 times for 189 yards and two touchdowns with the Badgers. Multiple Power 5 schools showed interest in Cruickshank, but Rutgers’ closer location to Cruickshank’s Brooklyn home and his connections with multiple players gave them a significant advantage – Cruickshank played with defensive backs Christian Izien and Kessawn Abraham in high school. The return of head coach Greg Schiano also gives the program more appeal and stability than when Cruickshank originally rejected its offer. Schiano was rehired in part to entice more talent in the Garden State to stay home and play for Rutgers, and Cruickshank’s decision to leave a perennial Big Ten power for one of the conference’s bottom-dwellers is a good start.
The decision leaves the Badgers without four of their top play-makers from a group that brought them to the Big Ten title game and a Rose Bowl appearance. Star running back Jonathan Taylor expectedly decided to forgo his senior season and declare for the NFL draft. AJ Taylor, a three-year starter, graduated. Cephus, the team’s leader in receptions, yards and touchdowns, decided to make the jump to the NFL a year early, entering his name in the draft pool. Now without Cruickshank, UW’s starting quarterback — whether it’s Jack Coan or Graham Mertz — will have just two receivers with meaningful experience in 2020 in Pryor and Davis. Wisconsin and Rutgers do not play each other in 2020, but the Badgers travel to Piscataway in a cross-divisional contest on November 6, 2021.
UW beats itself in Rose Bowl disappointment By Simon Farber THE DAILY CARDINAL
They really should have won. On a beautiful 66-degree, clear-skied afternoon in Pasadena, California, everything felt right in the world for a couple of hours. But now, coupled with a Rose Bowl Game loss, this New Years Day celebration has become a recurring nightmare for the Wisconsin Football program--one filled with excitement, flashes of greatness, and ultimately, disappointment. In what was eventually a onepoint loss to No. 6 Oregon, there were many opportunities for No. 8 Wisconsin to pull away from the Ducks and end their Rose Bowl drought. Obviously, that did not happen. Jonathan Taylor put it best while speaking to the media after the game. “It put[s] you in a tough position when you have selfinflicted penalties, special teams problems, turnovers,” Taylor said. “When you’re playing an elite team like Oregon, a great team like that, they’ll capitalize on those mistakes...not playing clean Wisconsin football.” The number of penalties committed by the Badgers Wednesday was startling. Wisconsin averaged just 4.6 penalties per-game during the regular season, but were flagged a season-high nine times against Oregon. The Badgers jumped offside three times in the first quarter alone, aiding in Oregon’s 75-yard touchdown drive to open the ballgame. “They were doing some fake claps and things like that,” UW linebacker Jack Sanborn said of Oregon’s snap count that had the Wisconsin edge rushers off balance. “We really shot ourselves in the foot with those [penalties].” After that initial 12-play, 5:07-minute touchdown drive by the Ducks, though, Wisconsin’s defense really stepped up. Sanborn intercepted Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert on the first play of the second drive,
beginning a string of five consecutive empty Oregon drives. The Ducks amassed just 204 yards of total offense in the entire game, and went 3/11 on third and fourth down attempts. Wisconsin, on the other hand, compiled 322 yards and converted four times on fourth down en route to five scoring drives. According to The Athletic’s Jesse Temple, Wisconsin is now 32-2 under head coach Paul Chryst when outgaining their opponents by 100+ yards. Both losses came this season, at Illinois in Week 8, and again Wednesday at the Rose Bowl. They really should have won. And yet, a couple of huge Wisconsin fumbles let Oregon hang around and eventually win their fourth Rose Bowl in the team’s history. The Badgers stalled on offense to begin the second half, and were set to punt from their own 41 yard line when punter Anthony Lotti dropped the snap before getting crushed by multiple defenders. Oregon’s Brady Breeze used one hand to get off Lotti, palm the loose fumble, and take it back 31 yards for an Oregon touchdown. “I’m thinking to myself, wow, this is just like when Washington scored that touchdown against Florida State,” Breeze said of his touchdown recovery. “I’m looking--when I scored the touchdown--I went and looked at the section I was sitting when I was at the game as a fan, and now I’m scoring that touchdown in the Rose Bowl.” So that’s pretty cool, I guess. But--back to Lotti, whose fumble was eerily similar to the one he lost just a few weeks prior in the Big Ten Championship game, which fueled an Ohio State comeback en route to the Buckeyes’ thirteenth win of a 13-0 regular season. Lotti’s fumbles were the type of mistakes that were completely preventable, but cost the Badgers both points and momen-
tum in a highly emotional sport. Danny Davis’ fumble was more...normal than Lotti’s drop, for lack of a better adjective. Leading by six points late in the fourth, Wisconsin had just used the strength of Jonathan Taylor on back-to-back carries to get off their own three yard line and out to the 25. Davis took an endaround snap on second-and-six, where he burst around the outside and upfield before getting hit by recent menace Brady Breeze, jarring the bar loose and into Oregon hands at the Wisconsin 30 yard line. One play later, Justin Herbert took the snap and weaved his way for thirty yards into the endzone, putting Oregon ahead 28-27, a lead they would never relinquish. “No matter what the defense is doing, if you’re taking care of the football, then turnovers won’t happen,” Taylor said. “You’ve got to understand you have the fight and the passion in you, but at the same time you have to use great technique with the ball.” And Wisconsin’s offense defi-
nitely showed that fight and passion all night long, which makes the loss all the more frustrating for this team and the Badger faithful. Chryst and offensive coordinator Joe Rudolph drew up four beautiful fourth-down play calls, and spread the ball around to three running backs, two full backs, a tight end, and three wide receivers. The coaching staff threw everything out on the field in the season finale, and it really did work, despite what the scoreboard might show after the game. For a program renowned for its discipline and execution, the little things cost Wisconsin an 11-win season and the title of Rose Bowl Champions on Wednesday afternoon. The team will head into the offseason with its two strongest recruiting classes in school history, preparing for bigger things in the upcoming 2020 season. But the sting of this loss might never truly subside for the Badgers, knowing what we know about the 106th edition of the “Grandaddy of them all.” They really should have won.
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The Rose Bowl was Jonathan Taylor’s last collegiate game, declaring for the NFL draft days later. He finished with 94 yards in the game.
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feedback from page 1 “It was learning things that K through 12 educators are taught when they’re earning a degree in education but, as a faculty member, it was new for me,” Zumbrunnen said. “Fifteen years into teaching college I was learning about some of the fundamentals of good instructional design and good classroom teaching.” Not only does continuous development of teaching skills help professors, but it can also gain students’ respect. “Recognizing that they can learn about teaching more and become better teachers themselves would also help students a lot,” Slack said. The key: positive studentteacher relationships
surgery from page 1 ing surgeries. 10 Vaginoplasties, 15 top surgeries and one or two phalloplasties are performed each month. Facial feminization, voice surgery, simple orchiectomies and gender-affirming hysterectomies also take place amongst these. Although UW Health is wellrespected for its care of LGBTQ+ patients, this does not mean that its providers are the best fit for every person seeking gender-affirming surgeries. With so few cities in the state offering gender services and related surgeries, this poses a problem for those seeking care. Sebastian Daniel, a transgender man who uses he/him/his pronouns, underwent a bilateral mastectomy — top surgery — in February 2018. “At the time of my search, there were only two surgeons available: Dr. Clifford King, in Middleton, and Dr. Katherine Gast in Madison,” Daniel said. “The most relevant information that a lot of trans men like myself look for is pre and postoperative results. Dr. King had a section on his website with said photos, and, ultimately, I went with Dr. King because of that.” Health care providers and their staff may have a view on the overall accessibility of gender-affirming
Zumbrunnen explained that while general teaching and content is important, since students engage with content differently, the best learning occurs when there is a good relationship between students and professors. “Building relationships with students — and this circles back to taking student feedback seriously — where there’s enough trust there that they can provide you meaningful feedback I think is incredibly important,” Zumbrunnen said. Hopkins, Breher and Slack all agreed that the professors who had the most impact tend to be the ones who make a personal connection with their students. “For my professors to be good teachers I think they need
to open themselves up more and try to form personal connections,” Slack said. Since UW-Madison classes tend to be big — especially for intro-level courses — it can not only be intimidating for students to speak directly with their professors, but it takes extra effort for professors and students to develop a relationship that facilitates open feedback, she added. Ultimately, good teachers and good relationships with those teachers can prove to be greatly advantageous for all parties involved. “The better we understand who our students are, in a broad sense, the better we will be able to work with them so that everybody benefits” Zumbrunnen said.
surgery that differs from those who undergo the surgeries themselves. “I think we have helpful resources in the Madison area, such as healthcare navigation assistance and legal help. It makes me hopeful with the changes I have witnessed in one year, that we will continue to pick up momentum with better healthcare coverage for LGBTQ+ patients,” Smith said. However, Daniel had a less optimistic perspective about the process based on his own experiences in Madison. “It is incredibly difficult to follow the path of finding care, then finding covered services, having the actual surgery and dealing with post-operative healing,” he said. “It was a bit of a hassle to find information that was accurate, relevant and recent.” Despite the limited number of providers within the state, the wait time for Daniel’s top surgery was not an issue. The main obstacle he faced came from his insurance requiring him to prove he was experiencing gender dysphoria and was, in fact, a trans man through a letter of recommendation. Surgeons who follow World Professional Association for Transgender Health standards require those seeking top surgery to provide one letter of support from a mental health provider; those seeking bottom surgery must provide two.
Daniel described various other challenges on the path through his transition, including hours of draining phone calls with his health care system and insurance company to cross-check his insurance coverage for the top surgery. Despite his work advocating for the coverage he needed, unexplained costs still appeared at the end of the process. While months leading up to the surgery and the surgery itself left him physically and mentally exhausted, the results made every hurdle worth the jump, Daniel said. Now, he wants to share his experiences and advice with those enduring the same set of obstacles. “Be prepared to fight a lot of battles,” he said. “Standing up for yourself against the broken health insurance system we currently have can be taxing and downright exhausting. Seek support from your friends, family and community to help with this. The reward is very worth the battle in the end.” Despite the challenges of navigating the process of surgically transitioning in Wisconsin, Daniel still expressed hope. “The queer community in Madison has blossomed and has grown in a way that I can safely say, yes, there are potential resources out there to assist with this journey, myself included,” Daniel said.
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Many students found UW-Madison’s Sexual Health Clinic is located on the 6th floor of the Student Activity Center a necessary, comfortable space.
UW Sexual Health Clinic to destigmatize testing for STIs By Morgan Lock CAMPUS NEWS EDITOR
UW-Madison’s Health Services implemented a Sexual Health Clinic in April 2019 in order to provide access to sexual health resources for a wider variety of students. The primary purpose of the Sexual Health Clinic is to offer UW-Madison students a space for sexually transmitted infection screenings, as well as consultations on methods of prevention. UHS Interim Medical Director, Dr. G. Patrick Kelly testified to the importance of having a specific space for sexual health-related issues in order for students to feel comfortable. “It is something that’s not easy to talk about for some people,” Kelly said. “So allowing a venue where students can access this on their own terms and ask questions when they’re ready can be helpful in increasing the number of patients reached.” STIs are most prevalent among young people, specifically among the collegiate population, according to Dr. Kelly, making sexual health resources vital to the health of UW-Madison students. More than one-third of students on college campuses utilize sexual health resources if they are available, according to a study done by the Health Education Journal. Additionally, condom distribution programs are an important means of preventing sexually transmitted infections, according to the study. Yet there is little research done that examines their impact on college campuses. The study furthered the importance of centering primary health care around sexual health, since the age group most sexually active is college-aged. “When we think about the things that can affect the health of our students, providing them access to sexual health clinics that are sensitive to their privacy [and] personal education is an important part of providing medical care here,” Kelly said.
A UW-Madison junior who wished to remain anonymous stated the Sexual Health Clinic is the most helpful and efficient entity of UHS. The students requested to remain anonymous due to the stigma that surrounds STIs. “UHS is very routine but not in a way that makes me feel like I’m not cared about,” anonymous said. “You go in all scared or embarrassed and they just treat you like it’s a routine thing — which it is.” The Women’s Health Clinic, a separate entity of UHS, offers the same caret the Sexual Health Clinic does. However, it also offers a variety of other services relating to female health. The Sexual Health Clinic recently began offering self-testing for both chlamydia and gonorrhea, the only STIs that can be tested via swab. Students can come in, swab themselves and leave without having to interact with a physician. Self-testing is only available to cis-gendered women at UW-Madison, though other clinics around the country offer self-testing to people of all gender identities. “The first time I was super embarrassed and nervous and made my friends come with me. But then I realized that they treat it like it’s an everyday normal thing, so I was able to feel like it’s a normal thing,” anonymous said. The number of students that seek STI testing increased tremendously due to the independence of self-testing, according to Dr. Kelly. “If somebody has questions about STIs, that’s the benefit of us having the Sexual Health Clinic,” Kelly said. “If you have questions, don’t hesitate to come in. We are definitely very happy to answer questions and make sure that students are able to stay healthy and experience this in a more positive manner.” According to Dr. Kelly and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, all sexually active females under the age of 25 should be screened for STIs annually.
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Notable TV to watch out for in 2020 By John Bildings STAFF WRITER
Unlike many New Year’s resolutions to spend more time unplugging and disconnecting — my own involves spending more time focusing on the screen, not less. 2019 was largely a mixed bag for television. Some shows like “Fleabag” and “Succession” broke out from first-season success stories to become second-season award darlings, while others like “Game of Thrones” failed to provide a satisfying conclusion that fully resonated with fans. Regardless of whether or not you believe (spoiler alert — Bran) should sit upon the Iron Throne, 2020 provides a fresh slate of new originals, adaptations and many others from across streaming everywhere. The Outsider — premiered on HBO (January 12) Following a forgettable 2019 for Stephen King adaptations, this HBO miniseries starring Ben Mendhelson and Jason Bateman hopes to reverse the trend and remind viewers of the shocking power his stories can still provide if properly translated for the medium. Mendhelson plays a small-town Georgia detective Ralph Anderson — a man struggling to piece together the supernatural forces behind the murder of a young boy seemingly at the hands of beloved community member Terry Maitland, portrayed by Bateman. With the first two episodes helmed by the Emmy-winning “Ozark” director and teleplay adapted by “Wire” alum Richard Price, the adaptation provides a heap of prestige and should do justice towards some of King’s best work in recent years. Avenue 5 — premiered on HBO (January 19) Despite breaking away from “Veep” two seasons before the show concluded in 2019, show creator Armando Iannucci makes his triumphant return to the HBO comedy scene with space-styled series “Avenue 5.” The show features Hugh Laurie (“House MD”) and Zach Woods (“Silicon Valley,” “The Office”) as crew members of a luxury space cruise that encounters issues upon a routine trip to Saturn, as well as includes Josh Gad (Olaf from “Frozen”) as the ship’s bothersome billionaire owner Herman Judd. If Iannucci’s snarky satire from characters like Selina Meyer serve as indication, plenty of hilarious happenings will ensue. Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens — premieres on Comedy Central (January 22) A recent Golden Globe winner and Oscar snub for her dramatic role in Lulu Wang’s “The Farewell,” Awkwafina returns to her comedy roots and imagines a world in which she remained Nora Lum rather than pursuing Hollywood stardom. Based upon a mixture of personal experiences and creative design, this half-hour sitcom from Comedy Central portrays Awkwafina’s misadventures among her family and friends living in Queens, and even features supporting work from those like Bowen Yang, a breakout performer of recent “Saturday Night Live” fame. Like many other things Awkwafina typically does, expect a lot of the unexpected.
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‘Dave’ is set around Dave Burd’s real-life experiences in the industry. High Fidelity — premieres on Hulu (February 14) While some recent film-to-TV adaptations from Hulu failed to translate the charm of the original (looking at you, “Four Weddings and a Funeral”), a ten-episode miniseries based upon the original 1995 Nick Hornby novel looks to take a stronger approach towards a tired gender-swapping trope. This time Zoë Kravitz, mainly known for her role as Bonnie on “Big Little Lies,” steps into the shoes of popculture obsessed, now-Brooklynrecord-store-owner Rob Brooks. Kravitz looks to bring some of the punky energy provided in her own personal persona into the role that John Cusak made famous through the 2000 film. Fanatically making “top five” lists and reflecting upon her failed romantic endeavors in the trailer, Kravitz seems to bring exactly the right mood for the source material and could quickly become a household name with success in her first starring role in a television series. Hunters — premieres on Amazon Prime (February 21) A new decade always brings new surprises, but Oscar winner Al Pacino starring in a new Amazon Prime series may be one that none of us expected. Taking on the role of an elder rabbi who leads a secret group of Jewish Nazi hunters in 1970’s America, this ten-episode drama produced by Jordan Peele looks to make the legendary actor’s first starring role on television a worthy one. Other familiars like “Percy Jackson” star Logan Lerman and “How I Met Your Mother” funny man Josh Radnor round out the supporting cast, each portraying a member of Pacino’s eclectic team. Genre fans who like action, suspense — and especially hate Nazis — should definitely check this one out. Dispatches from Elsewhere — premieres on AMC Network (March 1) After a few years away from television, “How I Met Your Mother” alum Jason Segel turns towards the dramatic in this mysterious new anthology series, coming to AMC in early March. In “Dispatches,” Segel co-stars as a lonely Philadelphia man named Peter, who discovers a mysterious puzzle beyond his everyday life that involves an alternate reality governed by a menacing organization called the Jejune Institute. Even though plot details remain rather slim, the highminded concept and genre-swap from traditional Segel work should
invoke a sense of curiosity from anyone who’s enjoyed the mysterybox style of shows like “Lost” in the past, as well the process of following a new story each season. Oscarwinner Sally Field and André Benjamin, better known as André 3000, also serve as members of the show’s star-studded cast. Dave — premieres on FX on Hulu (March 4) If the wacky vibes felt through his “Pillow Talking” music video didn’t provide a close enough look into the mind of rappercomedian Lil Dicky for you, then perhaps a Kevin Hartproduced comedy series coming to FX on Hulu may do the trick. Co-created by Dave Burd (Dicky) alongside “The League” showrunner Jeff Schaffer, “Dave” is a half-hour sitcom based on
Burd’s real-life experiences trying to make a name for himself in the music industry — much to the chagrin of his kindergarten teacher girlfriend, played by Taylor Misiak. Burd has proven to fans that he’s got much more to offer than just his funny persona through previous releases like “Earth,” and FX’s track record of allowing creative, musicallyminded individuals to develop original stories based upon their own lives (like comedy-drama “Atlanta”) should speak for itself. Devs — premieres on FX (March 5) In another forthcoming series from FX, TV’s most famous government employee trades his libertarian views and mustache for a blonde wig and existentialism, all through the mind of a science fiction master Alex Garland. Nick Offerman, best known for his role as Ron Swanson on “Parks and Recreation,” plays the founder of a Silicon Valley software company that becomes the target of an investigation by a young computer engineer searching for answers upon the disappearance of her boyfriend. With the mind-bending themes and visually dazzling style of previous films like “Ex Machina” under his belt, Garland may be another in a long line of filmmakers who can successfully translate their creative talents toward small screen storytelling. Little Fires Everywhere — premieres on Hulu (March 18) Following “Big Little Lies,” Reese Witherspoon seems poised to take on the role of yet another disgruntled suburban mother
in “Little Fires Everywhere” — an eight-episode limited series adapted from the 2017 novel written by Celeste Nge. Trading her modern Monterrey beach home for the 1990’s suburbs of Cleveland’s Shaker Heights, Witherspoon’s Elena Richardson clashes with a new, unorthodox mother in Mia Warren, played by former “Scandal” star Kerri Washington, as both women grapple with the consequences of their privilege and opportunity through their own intersecting lives and the lives of their children. If you liked “Lies,” you wont wan’ to miss this. Fargo (season four) — premieres on FX (April 19) Okay, it’s not quite a new series, but the fourth installment of Noah Hawley’s Coen Brothers-inspired crime anthology should be exactly what fans of the black comedy genre are looking for when the FX series returns towards the end of April. Featuring world-famous comedian Chris Rock in a rare dramatic role, the upcoming season follows African American crime leader Loy Cannon (Rock) as he clashes with forces in 1950’s Kansas City — including members of the Italian Mob, whom he’s allowed to raise his own son as one of their own. Like previous seasons, the show boasts another wonderful cast of supporting characters — Timothy Olyphant, Jessie Buckley and Jason Schwartzman — and the trailer features a great mixture of the dark, yet comedic undertones that made prior installments critical hits. To read the whole story, go to dailycardinal.com
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Teen claims his balls dropped in unison with Times Square ball drop
UW-Madison seeks implementation of third-factor authentication By Jordan Simon ALMANAC EDITOR
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Smith ponders the meaning behind his testicular development. By Haley Bills ALMANAC EDITOR
As the clock struck midnight on Jan. 1st, 2020, the Times Square Ball wasn’t the only ball dropping for the new year. Area teen James Smith reported that this year, his balls, too, had partaken in the long-standing New Year’s tradition. Smith told his story in great detail to anyone who would listen. He was convinced the occurrence was a sign that he will soon develop God-like abilities. Comparing his experience with the biblical tale of Jesus Christ turning water into wine, Smith persisted that such “flawless, immaculate” timing couldn’t just be a coincidence. Unsure of how turning water into wine related to male puberty, many were skeptical of his story. Additionally, a notable number of health experts testified that
the “balls don’t just drop at the drop of a hat.” Instead, it’s much more of a process that occurs over a longer period of time. Others believed that Smith’s tale was fraudulent based on the sole fact that time is a mere human construct: “We really shouldn’t care when the dude’s balls dropped. Besides, the laws of physics don’t care when a gigantic damn crystal ball drops. Humans suck!” Despite the skeptics, Smith remains confident in his “newfound friendship with the universe’s higher powers.” “When it happened, not only did I realize that this would be my year, but I realized I would no longer be someone else’s b*tch,” said Smith. “To all of the haters: God works in mysterious ways, and I do not expect any of you average human-being clowns to understand.”
Almanac Icebreakers By Madison Moore, Jordan Simon and Haley Bills THE DAILY CARDINAL
Spring semester is upon us! With the first week of classes quickly approaching, so too does that awkward first-day icebreaker. Instead of ignoring other people’s names while you scramble last-second to think of something interesting to say about yourself, feel free to use one of Almanac’s suggestions. 1. I love my mom. 2. I’ve never sneezed. 3. I’m Tik-Tok famous. 1,500 followers, no big deal. 4. I consider ketchup a vegetable. 5. I don’t own socks. 6. My robot name is Gears McGee 23. Pleasure to bleepboop you. 7. The longest pee I’ve ever taken is 74 seconds.
8. I’m not wearing underwear. 9. I’m the Gerber baby. 10. I still cut the crusts off my peanut butter sandwiches. 11. My balls finally dropped over break. 12. I need to take my Webkinz to the doctor next week. 13. I’m fairly certain OJ’s innocent. 14. My favorite show is “The Office,” I own white Filas and I like to hit my Juul. 15. Not to be too political, but Tom Steyer 2020. 16. I’m nocturnal. 17. I enjoy the way a defibrillator feels on my nipples. 18. I’m a furry. My fursona is a puppy-monkey-baby. 19. I snort baby powder. 20. I ate a chewed piece of gum off the sidewalk on my walk to class today.
The UW-Madison Office of Cybersecurity announced on Tuesday that 5,688 NetID accounts were successfully hacked on Nov. 8th, 2019. This successful hacking attempt occurred soon after UW-Madison implemented Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) via the Duo Mobile App in October of 2019, an identity-protection system which requires students to verify their identity on the app in order to login to their NetID accounts. “I know that many folks are angry with this news, and they have a right to be. I know people are frustrated because MFA was supposed to prevent this type of scenario” said Cybrus E. Curity, director of the UW-Madison Department of Information
Technology. “But the fact of the matter is that MFA did work to prevent thousands of people’s information from being compromised. Over 45,000 attempts of phishing and hacking occur each week, and unfortunately this one happened to slip through.” In response to the November hacking of NetID accounts, UW-Madison has announced that they will implement a third-factor authentication to the login process by the beginning of the Fall 2020 semester. It is unclear, however, what the third-factor authentication will be. It could be as routine as verifying one’s identity with a third device, such as an Apple Watch, iPod Nano or Roomba vaccum cleaner, or it may be a much more taxing verification format such as a finger prick for a blood sample analysis or
anal swab for a stool sample analysis. There is simply no way to know. Given that the current use of Duo-MFA is unpopular among students, this move by UW-Madison administration is unlikely to be received well. In our interviews on the matter, various students described using Duo-MFA as “annoying,” “tedious” and “as emotionally draining as putting the kidney stone I just passed back up my urethra with a pair of rusty tweezers.” In order to address student concerns about a campus-wide implementation of a third factor of authentication, the Department of Information Technology office will be holding a public forum to answer questions. The meeting will be held Feb. 2, 2020 in the fish tank aisle of the Janesville PetSmart.
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UW-Madison has announced they will implement an additional third-factor authentication to the login process.
Spotify rolls out aggressive marketing tactic, encouraging premium subscriptions By Haley Bills ALMANAC EDITOR
The marketing team at Spotify, a popular digital music service, recently approved a new initiative to encourage listeners to upgrade to premium streaming services. Starting next week, Spotify’s free users’ music will be interrupted every 10 seconds with an advertisement. “Emphasizing the greatness of our premium services just hasn’t been effective enough,” said a Spotify executive. “We figured that annoying the crap out of non-paying listeners will leave them with no choice but to go premium. We predict a huge boost in sales.” Though the business
already interrupts free users’ music copiously, marketing researchers had suggested that Spotify can take it up a few notches. “When you survey people who use the free version of Spotify, their biggest complaint is always something like ‘Can you quit it with the ads?!’” said one of the research analysts. “If the company maximizes on this irritant, they will surely see some more impressive results.” This recent change also invites exciting innovation from advertisers. In order to fully capitalize on the marketing researchers’ findings, Spotify has decided to exclusively run the most aggravat-
ing advertisements. “I’m going to be blunt, here: the more annoying the commercial, the cheaper the time slot. This is in fact a call to action for all you strategic communicators!” announced another Spotify executive. All eyes are on competing services like Apple Music and Pandora as Spotify scrambles to increase their revenues. Analysts believe that competitors will be shocked by the big moves happening in their industry, and they will have to follow suit in order to survive. “It’s a dog-eat-dog world,” said a Spotify spokesperson. “But, I guess it is a shame that it’s the consumer who ultimately has to suffer.”
We’re always looking for more funny and insightful writers with fresh takes on topics ranging from the UW campus to international news. We accept and encourage creative submissions as well! Any and all submissions are more than welcome. You can send your submissions and any comments or questions to almanac@dailycardinal.com. All articles featured in Almanac are creative, satirical and/or entirely fictional pieces. They are fully intended as such and should not be taken seriously as news.
opinion Facing compassion fatigue: Is there such a thing as too much bad news?
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By Anupras Mohapatra OPINION EDITOR
As 2019 came to a close, I set aside some time for introspection and thought of everything I had been through in the last year. There were some lows and unprecedented highs. The year may have peaked and troughed like a sine curve, but I knew I could move into the next decade happy with everything that had transpired in 2019. Soon, however , I came across an article reviewing the major global news stories of 2019, which refreshed memories I had hoped to flush out of my mind. The article reminded me of the political protests in India and Hong Kong, the wildfires in Australia, the mosque attacks in Christchurch, mass shootings in America — the list could go on. Reading through the first few picture captions turned my enthusiasm and optimism into despair and disappointment, but by the end of the article, my feelings had evaporated and all that was left behind was indifference towards the future of the world. This rapid descent from energy to indifference was quite surprising to me when I first experienced it, but upon further inspection online, I realized I had experienced symptoms of a phenomenon that has become pervasive in recent times — compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue has been defined by Psychologist Charles Figley as “a state of exhaustion and dysfunction, biologically, physiologically and emotionally, as a result of prolonged exposure to compassion stress.” With the rise of the internet and ease of accessibility, the likelihood of graphic images and news stories related to destruction, hate and violence reaching us — almost constantly — is very high. Much like being exposed to radiation, constant
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The proliferation of technology has made our news feeds more crowded, resulting in compassion fatigue. exposure to upsetting news stories can result in us developing some horrific side effects. Besides the feeling of indifference towards the various causes and the future, people can also experience a sense of irritability, difficulty sleeping, poor job satisfaction and even weight loss. Compassion fatigue originates from the instinct of wanting to help those who need help. When we constantly take in stories of people who could use our help, we find ourselves feeling helpless. We find ourselves in a position where we feel obligated to care about everything we see or hear, but this only results in us experiencing the onset of compassion fatigue. With the politicization of mass media, this phenomenon cannot be expected to diminish anytime soon. Media channels on opposite ends of the political spectrum focus on stories (both global and nation-
al) and perspectives that best suit their political leaning. The platform offered by mass media often acts as a battleground for ideological opposites, as the stories reported are often like skirmishes meant to further the overarching war between logic and morality that plagues politics. This constant exchange of blows to try and win the war of ideals results in inaction from people who can actually make a difference, the effects of which can be felt by the regular people in their everyday lives. The persistent battling is one of the key reasons for the rise in sensationalized reports of tragic events making their way to regular people, as tragedies almost act as firearms in conflict for political adversaries. Unable to handle the bombardment of such news beyond a certain threshold (which varies from person to person), people fall prey to compassion fatigue and
start losing themselves. The consistent stream of politicized tragedies can result in more and more people turning apolitical, thus foregoing the strongest means of action that any regular person can take — voting and expression. So this begs the question- what can we do about this? The very first thing we must do is recognize that it is okay to feel indifferent to issues when we are bombarded by them, often in the form of sensationalized reporting. After all, compassion fatigue was first noted in professional caregivers like nurses and doctors, who began feeling the effects of constantly having to treat patients and giving them care. It is only natural that when we are asphyxiated by stories from news sources on all ends of the political spectrum, we feel the same way because the stories call for our compassion.
It is massively important to give ourselves the care we need. Self care and mental health should be paramount. The symptoms that are associated with compassion fatigue can be dangerous, but only if not treated right. Therefore, seeking professional help, and taking our own steps to protect our headspace is essential. While the above measures help in handling the onset of compassion fatigue, more can be done to try and combat the rise of this phenomenon. We must start off by prioritizing—we cannot possibly care about each and every story reported in the news. We must be cognizant of the politicization of the news we see and focus on issues that truly matter to us. Not only will that help us avoid the feeling of being overwhelmed by what we see, it will also help us stay true to our own set of ideals and principles and not lose our way and become apolitical. Becoming aware of the battles taking place and protecting ourselves from it all will ensure that we can utilize the arsenal of weapons at the regular person’s disposal—the right to vote and the right to expression. By doing so, we are able to effect real change and challenge the people in power, who would otherwise continue battling over ideologies rather than agreeing upon solutions to problems. As long as we do not become numb to the suffering around us, we can live our own lives to the fullest , whilst being in the right headspace to make use of the tools available to us, and effect meaningful change on issues that truly matter to us. Anupras is a freshman studying Computer Science. Do you feel as though compassion fatigue is impacting our population? Send all comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
Philanthro-shaming opens new conversation about charitable giving By Sam Jones OPINION EDITOR
As Australia was engulfed in flames, the Internet promptly started digging for content — ways that us folks not Down Under could help, heartbreaking images of kangaroos amidst the blaze, videos of koalas holding volunteers hands and an assortment of commentary on philanthropy methods. The Naked Philanthropist took Twitter by storm, Elton John and Chris Hemsworth reached for their pockets — donating $1 million each — even Metallica got in on the action. However, this uptick in donations led to others being criticized for their giving, or lack thereof — notably Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos — falling to the recent phenomena of holding the uber-rich accountable, coined ‘philanthro-shaming.’ Amazon’s donation of $690,000 is equivalent to Bezos’s earnings… of five minutes, according to Market Watch. While the rest of us common folk may spend this time listening to 90 percent of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” taking a brief shower, making a feast of Minute Rice or playing one-fifth of a game of Scrabble, Bezos can shoot his salary on over to the Aussies with supposed good conscience. While I am nearly always a fan of
scrutinizing the wealthy — ‘Eat the Rich’ may be my most-used phrase — this pattern of discrediting philanthropic contributions may not be as helpful as we think. This trend isn’t new, though; The Waltons (yes, of Walmart) were smeared with controversy in 2014, Zuckerberg and Chan for setting up an L.L.C (as in eligible for tax exemption) rather than a traditional foundation in 2015. A piece from The Boston Globe from 1892 even celebrated this public force as a means of getting these “rich men, who are not naturally generous or beneficent” to donate. True, this public uproar does and will continue to pressure billionaires into distributing (a sliver of) their wealth, but at a cost that may diminish the value of such philanthropy. Such contributions should be coming from a genuine place, a desire to make the world better, not a PR stunt. Efforts such as the “Giving Pledge” — a collaboration between the Gates Foundation and Warren Buffett, in which signatories pledge “a majority” of their wealth to charitable causes either during their lifetime or their wills — commit to the moral aspects of philanthropy, with-
out sacrificing the social benefits of such a contribution. Typical arguments that it is their money, or that we are unsure of what these businesspeople will sacrifice when their businesses are no longer in their heyday (I mean, just look at the Gates) may seem lackluster to empathetic civilians, but the threat is larger than the public being accused of rudeness or being ungrateful. No one is expecting the uber-wealthy to act out of anything other than self-interest, but this reputationbased giving threatens democracy as we know it — feeding into another phenomena, this time coined ‘philanthrocapitalism.’ By setting up their own philanthropic organizations, the uberwealthy can exert greater control over where their money goes, and thus how much their charitability benefits themselves. Sure, wanting a say in where your millions go is completely valid, and expected even. But having complete control over such “selfless” spending can pose risks if accountability is lost. In a similar thread, Rob Reich from Stanford’s Center for Ethics in Society discusses another threat to democracy via philanthro-sham-
ing and reputation-based giving — missed opportunities for a collaboration between philanthropy and public services. Reich argues that philanthropy has the potential to fuel the quality and reach of public services such as education or infrastructure due to the smaller relative risk of innovative thinking and development for private donors rather than the government. “Philanthropists can pilot test social experiments or novel public policies, subject them to all kinds of scientific testing, and then present the successful innovations for a stamp of democratic approval — ordinarily to a legislator — for scaling it at large,” Reich is quoted in a 2017 Quartz article. Giving examples of finding an “environmentally friendly alternative to cement” and Andrew Carnegie’s donations to the public library system in the 20th century, Reich’s argument is intriguing. Development spurs innovation, and vice versa. While some situations — such as natural disasters — do need quick, monetary-based solutions to minimize the loss of human, animal, or plant life. But some causes need more complex solutions that can’t simply be fixed with some pen scratches on a checkbook. Do I think that the uber-rich need
to donate significantly more, and that the public should hold them accountable? Absolutely. But do I also think that philanthropy as we know it needs to be re-imagined? Absolutely. Blindly throwing money at a cause, country, or organization isn’t a guaranteed fix-all, particularly if philanthropists spend more time bookkeeping — keeping tabs on which social media platforms are blasting them for what, when, and how much — rather than researching causes and effective solutions. With the current Internetbased feedback loops we have, we should put our big ole’ WorldWide head together to open this conversation further, and advocate for long-term solutions and innovations that can fuse the private and public sectors to foster sustainable growth. We need to speak up about the hidden problems facing our world population, submit grant application after grant application, and find ways to lift those within our community higher and higher. Sam is a senior studying journalism with certificates in development economics and environmental studies. What do you think about recent philanthro-shaming? Send all comments to opinion@ dailycardinal.com.
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