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Farewell from the editor: It’s been real

By Addison Lathers EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Well, here we go again.

Another year has passed, and The Daily Cardinal staffers are once again gathering in the office for our last night of production. The night is bittersweet; some faces won’t be back next year, myself included.

While we’re putting the finishing touches on stories, many of us are also drafting notes, farewell addresses and hastily solidifying summer plans.

The next generation of editors are also here, getting onthe-job training (hopefully), and they probably think we’re sad saps.

But we have good reason to be reminiscent. This year marked both change and progress toward an innovative future of print journalism, which is anything but dead within the walls of 2142 Vilas. We worked long hours, told some pretty cool stories and, hopefully, continued to foster an environment that supports some of the hardest working student journalists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

After a year completely online, we returned to our beloved office, reigniting our print editions and in-person editors meetings, pitches and

print nights. With this, the shenanigans and traditions that hundreds of writers, photographers, artists and editors have long cherished returned.

It felt right.

Besides putting out highcaliber, kick-ass journalism, forever friendships were formed. This community is as lively as they come, with eclectic personalities to spare. We are the dirtiest flock of birds you ever did meet.

As I count down the hours till our print deadline, I begin to realize that I will no longer be the figurehead of this extremely professional news organization anymore. The

clock will strike 2 a.m., and the next Editor in Chief will take over. And that’s ok.

I’m not sad. I’m thankful — thankful for this space and the people that have supported me and put up with my antics along the way. My goal in assuming this position was to pay back the generosity of the senior editors and upperclassmen that taught me how to be a journalist. I don’t think I’ve paid back this debt; if anything, it’s doubled.

So farewell, Cardinal.

Goodbye UW-Madison and the students reading this paper.

It’s been a ride, and I could never thank you enough.

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UW announces final candidates for chancellor

By Jackson Mozena ASSOCIATE EDITOR

The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced the finalist candidates in the school’s search for chancellor to replace Rebbeca Blank Wednesday. The five candidates announced by UW-Madison include Daniel A. Reed, Jennifer L. Mnookin, Ann E. Cudd, Marie Lynn Miranda and John Karl Scholz.

All candidates have several years of experience as administrative staff within large university systems and possess doctorates. Only one candidate, John Karl Sholz, has previous experience working for UW-Madison.

According to the UW, the search committee tasked with hiring the chancellor hopes to announce its decision sometime in May, with the new hire beginning in the fall semester of 2022.

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Chancellor candidate Daniel A. Reed Dan Reed, age 65, initially attended Missouri University of Science and Technology, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1978 before studying at Purdue University where he obtained his masters and doctorate.

Reed is a former senior vice president for Academic Affairs from July 2018 until January 2022 at the University of Utah, where he currently serves as the presidential professor of Computational Science.

Reed also served as a faculty member at the University of Iowa where he was the university chair in Computational Science and Bioinformatics as well as a professor of Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Medicine.

During his time at the University of Iowa, Reed also served as vice president for Research and Economic Development.

Outside of his involvement in academia, Reed held a position at Microsoft where he served as the corporate vice president for Technology Policy and Extreme Computing.

Jennifer L. Mnookin Mnookin, age 55, attended Harvard University where she earned her bachelor’s degree in 1988 before studying at Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she obtained her masters and doctorate respectively.

Mnookin is the cur-

rent dean of the University of California Los Angeles

Anne E. Cudd Cudd currently serves as the provost and senior vice chancellor at the University of Pittsburgh which she was appointed to in 2018. From 2015 to 2018, Cudd was a professor of philosophy and the dean of the College of Arts and

across all five Pitt campuses,” said the university.

During her time in academia, Cudd has studied social and political philoso-

“[I have] led the strategic decision making and implementation of strategic choices for targeted university financial funding and investments.”

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phy, philosophy of economics, feminist theory and philosophy of social science — topics which she has co-authored two books about.

Candidate Jennifer L. Mnookin (UCLA) law school, which she was appointed to in 2015. She has been a faculty member of the UCLA School of Law since 2005 where she served as a professor, vice dean for Faculty and Research from 2007 to 2009 and vice dean for Faculty Recruitment and Intellectual Life in 2012-13.

According to the law school, during her time with the institution Mnookin has been an invaluable asset who has bolstered the university’s reputation and initiated several new academic programs.

“As dean she has worked to build upon UCLA Law’s reputation for excellence and access, and to support a collaborative and engaged environment among students, the school’s renowned faculty and its 17,000 alumni,” UCLA stated. “Initiatives she has spear-

“As dean she has worked to build upon UCLA Law’s reputation for excellence and access.”

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headed include the first alumnae leadership conference; new programs in human rights, criminal justice and immigration; and the expansion of clinical opportunities in areas ranging from veterans’ needs to documentary filmmaking.”

Prior to her involvement at UCLA Law, Mnookin was a professor of law and Barron F. Black Research Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law. and a visiting professor of law at Harvard Law School, as well.

Mnookin is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, as well as the board of trustees of the UCLA’s Law School Admission Council and serves on the board of directors of the UCLA Technology Development Group.

Mnookin serves on the advisory board of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in addition to the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on Science, Technology and Law. She was a member of the steering committee of the Association of American Law Schools’ Deans Forum from 2016 to 2019.

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Chancellor candidate Anne E. Cudd Sciences at Boston University.

“Ann E. Cudd has primary responsibility for the University of Pittsburgh’s academic mission,” the University of Pittsburgh stated. “Her duties include sup-

“Her plans to address access and affordability, as well as diversity and inclusion, have propelled the development of the new Pitt Success Program” University of Pittsburgh

porting scholarly excellence among more than 4,600 fulltime faculty members and student success among the university’s nearly 35,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students on all five Pitt campuses.”

Additionally, Cudd served as a professor of philosophy at the University of Kansas for 27 years, where she acted as the vice provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies.

In 2019, Cudd piloted the creation of the University’s Diversity Statement and announced the creation of the “Latinx Cluster Hire Initiative,” which aims to increase the number of faculty focused on Latinx issues throughout various departments and schools at the University of Pittsburgh.

The University of Pittsburgh commented on the diversity initiatives spearheaded by Cudd, stating that they have meaningfully contributed to improving the campus environment.

“Her plans to address access and affordability, as well as diversity and inclusion, have propelled the development of the new Pitt Success Program, a ground-breaking initiative to invest in both current students and prospective students with the greatest need

Miranda attended Duke University where she earned her undergraduate degree in mathematics in 1985. Miranda later went on to earn a masters and doctorate in economics at Harvard in 1990.

Miranda served as a provost at both Rice University and Notre Dame from 2015-2019 and 2020-2021, respectively.

According to Miranda, during her time in academia she has played a leading role in financial management and has also helped to facilitate initiatives designed to further oncampus diversity as well as pursue climate justice. “[I have] led the strategic decision making and implementation of strategic choices for targeted university financial funding and investments.

Another area of focus included ESG diversity and climate objectives related to faculty and students; and demonstrated leadership engagement with a broad group of key stakeholders,” Miranda stated on her LinkedIn.

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Candidate Marie Lynn Miranda According to the University of Notre Dame, during her time in academia Miranda has focused primarily on environmental issues that impact the health of community members, particularly children.

“Dr. Miranda specializes in research on environmental health, especially how the environment shapes health and wellbeing among children,” the University of Notre Dame said.

Miranda also served as a key member of faculty who contributed to several joint appointments and also won the university’s top learning award.

“Over 21 years, she rose from assistant professor to full professor in the Nicholas School of the Environment, with joint appointments in the Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program, Department of Pediatrics and Duke Global Health Institute,” the university said’. “She also won the university’s top teaching award.”

Additionally, Miranda founded the Children’s Environmental Health Initiative to address health, educational and developmental outcomes for children globally.

Miranda also runs a farm with her husband where she tends to approximately 200,000 honeybees.

John Karl Scholz Scholz has served as provost at UW-Madison since August 2019. He is the former dean of the College of Letters & Science, serving from 2013 to 2019.

Scholz attended Carleton College, earning a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and economics. In 1988, he earned a doctorate in economics from Stanford University.

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Chancellor candidate John Karl Scholz Scholz has worked for the university for 33 years, first as the Nellie Gray Professor for Economic Policy in the department of economics. From 2000 to 2004, he was director of the university’s Institute for Research on Poverty.

According to the university, Scholz contributed to several areas of study and was published in acclaimed academic journals.

“Professor Scholz writes on diverse topics including household saving, the earned income tax credit and low-wage labor markets, financial barriers to higher education, and bankruptcy laws,” UW-Madison said s. “His research has appeared in leading economics journals, including The American Economic Review, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Journal of Political Economy and the Review of Economic Studies.”

Outside of his involvement at UW-Madison, Scholz also served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Analysis at the U.S. Treasury Department from 1997 to 1998.

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Public History Project breaks silence about gay purges

By Claire LaLiberte STAFF WRITER

In the early 1960s, the University of Wisconsin-Madison launched a year-long inquisition into homosexual activity on its campus, now known as the “Gay Purge.”

This purge aimed to identify gay male students and discipline them through expulsion, arrest or revocation of financial aid.

The Public History Project exposed the Gay Purges to the campus community in March 2021, after nearly 60 years of silence.

Tyler Albertario, an LGBTQ+ historian from New York who studied history at Binghamton University, stated that it is likely that these purges occurred at “every public university system in the U.S. during the two decades after World War II, many of which have not been uncovered.”

The Public History Project article urged the university to provide financial compensation to the victims and their families, many of whom faced a lifetime of repercussions academically, professionally and emotionally. The university stated on Twitter that it has no plans to do so, and did not address this statement in a request for comment.

Juliana Bennett, a UW-Madison student and the alder for District 8, condemned the university’s tendency to acknowledge past atrocities without putting in the work

to rectify them. She stated that it is sometimes enough to simply “acknowledge that there is harm done, but there comes a point when you’ve done such significant harm that you need to do active measures of reparations to resolve that harm.”

The Gay Purge is an example of a calculated and institutional attack on the university’s queer population, but it is far from an isolated incident. The years leading up to this event, particularly following World War II, saw increased tension and contempt towards sexual behaviors deemed “immoral.”

For instance, the Wisconsin State Journal reported the arrest and trial of 12 men accused of sodomy in 1948. Some of the men, as enrolled UW students, faced expulsion for their “misconduct,” and others faced prison sentences or fines of $100 — the equivalent of about $1,200 today.

Dr. Annette Washburne, the first woman to be made a full professor at UW-Madison, began her efforts to remove gay students from the university throughout the 1940s. In 1948, she wrote a report encouraging the Committee of Student Conduct and Appeals (CSCA) to find and expel homosexual students so they could not “contribute to the delinquency of others.”

The CSCA deemed this an

“excellent report” and adopted it as their official guide to addressing homosexuality. Dr. Washburne would later be instrumental in spearheading the 196263 Gay Purge.

Albertario explained that antigay attitudes reached a fever pitch partially due to a concerted effort to root out anyone suspected of being a homosexual in government, dubbed the Lavender Scare of the 1950s. In 1950, a Senate committee formed to investigate “the employment of homosexuals and other sex perverts in the government,” stating in their report that “one homosexual can pollute a government office.” Events like this directed public sentiment toward hatred and distrust of homosexuality.

Amid this growing attitude held by the public, UW-Madison began to identify and eliminate gay students systematically in 1962.

The purge was led by Dr. Annette Washburne, Dean of Students Howard Zillman and Detective Peter Rordam of the Department of Protection and Security.

If a student was suspected of homosexual activity, he would be brought before Dean Zillman or Det. Rordam for interrogation before facing a panel from the CSCA. Even the Student Health Clinic, which was itself a key participant in the purge, condemned these two men and the CSCA for

‘No Mow May’ spreads

By Ian Wilder STAFF WRITER

“No Mow May,” a campaign to aid bee populations, is returning for its third year as more communities across the state and country move to protect bee species.

The campaign started two years ago in Appleton, Wis., to promote the growth of common flowering plants, such as dandelions, violets, clover and creeping charlie, that help maintain bee populations.

Over 20 Wisconsin communities are participating in No Mow May this year, namely Appleton, Cross Plains, De Pere, Egg Harbor, Fort Atkinson, Fox Crossing, Green Bay, Greenfield, Hortonville, Kaukauna, La Crosse, Medford, New Holstein, Oshkosh, Rib Mountain, Rockland, Stevens Point, Sun Prairie, Superior, Verona, Wausau and Wisconsin Rapids.

Participating in No Mow May might violate city or other local ordinances that limit lawn length in communities that are not participating. However, most participating cities that have ordinances requiring lawns to be kept short are suspending the ordinances for the month of May. Israel Del Toro, an assistant biology professor at Lawrence University, is one of the leaders of No Mow May and was part of a team that studied bee populations after the inaugural 2020 campaign in Appleton.

That research found lawns participating in No

Mow May saw a fivefold increase in bee abundance and a threefold increase in bee diversity, as compared to nearby mowed parkland.

“No Mow May is a tiny idea with huge consequences, much like the bees we are feeding,” Del Toro said in a statement to The Daily Cardinal. “By being good stewards of our biodiversity and protecting our natural resources, we too benefit from all of the pollination. Nearly one-third of all the foods we eat are pollinator-dependent.”

Although participation is voluntary, Del Toro is organizing a citizens science project, “BYO-Beez,” which anyone participating in No Mow May can contribute to. The BYO-Beez project will further Del Toro’s research by allowing participants to measure their lawns and provide other basic measurements on their lawn’s progress.

“If you have a smartphone and a tape measure, you can participate,” Del Toro said.

“We’ll be releasing that information within the next week.”

Anyone living in a community not participating in No Mow May can still lend their local bees a helping hand by checking lawn requirements with their local government or petitioning their city council or local government to implement the program in future years.

“No Mow May is just a simple initiative to give our bees and other pollinators a leg up and a healthy start to the growing season,” Del Toro said.

hostile and aggressive interrogation tactics, corroborating victims’ statements that they were coerced into naming names or admitting to “immorality.”

This fostered a culture of mistrust and isolation among those who were gay on campus at this time. Engaging in any sort of sexual or romantic activity caused fears that one would be exposed and expelled.

According to Albertario, this coincided with “the first time [in history] that you saw gay and lesbian groups ... coming together to form some kind of collective action,” but this early pride movement was supplanted at the university by calculated persecution.

Expelled students could be considered for re-admission after undergoing extensive psychotherapy, or in some cases religious conversion therapy. Any student considered exceptionally “homosexually oriented” – what the university called a “true” or “innate” homosexual – received harsher discipline and less likelihood to gain re-admittance than a “pseudo” homosexual, a circumstantial offender.

Moving forward, Bennett and Albertario urge the university to take action in acknowledging its history.

Bennett stated that the university should make an effort to reach out to living victims and ask them

what they want to be done, and that the administration should further its efforts to “make this university more welcoming and inclusive” to LGBTQ+ students.

She also urged fellow students not to forget the power of their voices. She encouraged the Madison community to “speak truth to power,” adding that “spreading awareness of this issue is a way to hold the university accountable.”

Albertario stated that historical instances of oppression like the gay purges should not be forgotten.

He encouraged students and community members to “understand and familiarize themselves with the trials and tribulations of those who have come before,” because without this understanding, “the events which seem to have been born of a bygone era may rear their head once again.”

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‘The Way Back Home’

By Elisabeth Charney STAFF WRITER

Humorology — more commonly referred to as “Humo” — made a big return to Shannon Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Memorial Union last weekend with a presentation of “The Way Back Home.” Since 1947, Humo has dedicated 75 years to building friendships across members in Greek Life.

Each year, participants of the non-profit event raise money for a local beneficiary.

The non-profit philanthropy event raises money for local charities annually. This year, the organization raised a total of $441,00 for the Respite Center, an emergency child care and crisis counseling place for children and families.

Over 600 students from different social sororities and fraternities are separated into casts that write, compose, choreograph and direct original mini-musical comedies every year. Each cast is led by a group of directors who are typically second- or third-year students.

A student-run executive board oversees every cast to help motivate directors and cast members throughout the year and assist in putting together the most energetic shows.

Throughout the rehearsal process, Executive Philanthropy Chair Jack Seffinger communicated consistently with the Respite Center to discuss ways to raise money, track funds and figure out how each team could unite through fundraising efforts.

“Power hours were the most effective fundraising strategies, which consisted of contacting family and friends to donate, posting on social media and collaborating with local businesses,” Seffinger said.

Seffinger, along with many other executive board members, started their Humo careers as first-year students.

They participated as cast members before going on to be directors and hold roles on the executive board.

“This position was one of the most rewarding experiences I have ever been a part of because I was able to see the impact that everyone was constantly making, and it’s something I will never forget,” Seffinger said.

This year’s Humo winner was the TALbois cast, made up of Kappa Alpha Theta, Acacia and Chi Psi sorority and fraternity members. This group alone raised over $110,000 — a record-breaking amount of money from a singular cast.

“It was an amazing experience to be a director and so rewarding to get to see all of our hard work pay off on stage,” said Acacia Director Izzy Stein.

“Being part of an organization that gives back to the local Madison community is amazing because it makes a difference right here.”

Stein reflected on the work put into fundraising, rehearsing and helping create his cast’s show: “Pay to Play.” “[Winning] felt incredible,” Stein continued.

“Knowing that all our hard work, months of practice and

fundraising got to be recognized was a great feeling.”

The APHIJI cast, which included Alpha Phi and Phi Gamma Delta “FIJI”, raised $82,000 for the Respite Center and came in second place. Reese Pulver reflected on her experience working with the APHIJI cast for the past seven months.

“Humorology was something that I will always cherish when looking back on my freshman year,” she said. “The feeling of being on stage Thursday night presenting our show to thousands of other students and families made the whole experience come full circle.”

Ultimately, over 2,000 people attended “The Way Back Home.”

“The entire executive board is so proud that we brought Humorology back after the past two years were impacted by the pandemic,” said Executive Director Julia Friedman. “We are so looking forward to seeing what is to come for Humo in the coming years at UW!”

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Skateboarding illegal on campus, doesn’t stop skaters

By Drake White-Bergey PHOTO EDITOR

For decades, skateboarding has been an iconic staple of creative expression for University of Wisconsin-Madison students.

Skating the streets, trying new tricks and finding new spots are critical aspects of the sport.

But, since its creation, skateboarding has been targeted by business owners, the police and government legislation, and UW’s scene is no exception. According to the University of Wisconsin Police Department (UWPD), skateboarding on public streets, bike paths and in business districts is illegal on campus per a Wisconsin State Statute and UW Administrative Code 18.10(8). Those in violation are subject to a penalty of $210.50.

Three citations were issued for skateboarders in 2021, according to the UWPD’s annual report.

Since 2017, 13 citations were issued by UWPD for skateboarding-related offenses.

Pat Hasburgh, “spokesdude” for the Madison Skatepark Fund — an organization that raises money to build skateparks around Madison — said he noticed that UWPD has issued fewer fines for skateboarders in recent years. However, he still sees police officers shooing away skaters from popular spots such as Library Mall.

“It’s illegal there and the cops will chase you away,” Hasburgh said. “I haven’t heard about cops writing tickets in quite a while, but it’s just not legal down there.”

In 2010, the Madison Police Department started the Central District Skateboarding Initiative to educate skaters on the legality of skating in public roadways, according to a press release from the city of

Madison. This initiative included an “educational phase” where skaters would receive warnings followed by an enforcement phase.

The Central District Skateboarding Initiative highlighted State Street as a popular spot for skaters. According to the initiative, the densely populated area creates a unique combination of pedestrian, bike and vehicle traffic which makes skateboarding a safety concern.

Geoff Kopski, owner of Freedom Skate Shop on State Street, said the sidewalk and street in front of his shop is a favorite spot for local skaters. Although, it can pose safety concerns for both skaters and pedestrians.

“The one thing is having to find the right places to skate, places that are not going to be in the way of a lot of pedestrians,” Kopski said.

“We run into that problem with kids wanting to skate out from the shop here and having bus traffic, bike traffic and foot traffic.”

Despite legal and safety concerns, many continue to skate in these areas. State Street and Library Mall remain as some of the most popular spots for campus skateboarders.

Danko Rick, a student at UW-Madison and skateboarder, embodies skate culture in many ways: he can often be found wearing a Misfits sweatshirt, listening to punk music, envying skaters who can perform more advanced tricks than himself and practicing his own tricks. Danko splits most of his time between working, studying and attending classes; however, he can often be found skating class-to-class and for fun.

Because of this, Rick wishes that more skaters would come near campus and downtown.

“I wish I saw more people skating there,” Rick said. “You’ve got to be really bold if you want to skate down State Street because it’s the premier spot.”

Hasburgh stated that he saw the appeal of Library Mall for skaters.

Simple fixtures like stairways, railings, fountains and other obstacles are attractive spots for skaters to try new tricks and show off their skills.

“Library Mall for years has been an incredible and iconic skate spot in Madison,” Hasburgh said.

“Essentially, it’s a skate park in and of itself.”

Besides the easily skateable nature of these locations, State Street and Library Mall have another factor that makes them attractive spots to skate: they’re central spots to meet up with friends. The area provides a central location between downtown and campus that is easily accessible to students and skaters alike.

Kopski said that locations dedicated to skating, like Freedom Skate Shop, provide easy spaces for skaters to connect before going to find spots to skate. Other locations, like Goodman Skatepark, double as spots to gather, hang out and skate.

Goodman Skatepark, built in 2015 through fundraising efforts by the Madison Skatepark Fund, is located at McPike Park — two miles away from the UW-Madison campus. Danko said it can be difficult for students who don’t have access to a car to travel to Goodman Skatepark.

“A lot of these kids don’t have cars,” Rick said. “Some don’t even have bikes. It’s not like you’re gonna go a couple miles to get to because you want to skate.”

The Madison Skatepark Fund also finished building a DIY skate-

park at Warner Park near the Maple Bluff neighborhood in November 2021. Hasburgh said the fund plans to begin work on a second DIY skatepark at Elvehjem Park in Madison’s far-east side this spring.

Despite these recent additions to the Madison skating community, Goodman Skatepark remains the only skatepark in downtown Madison. “[We] are creating more avenues for everyone to skate,” said Kopski, who is also involved with the Madison Skatepark Fund. “There’s so many tennis courts and baseball diamonds and basketball courts and stuff like that in Madison proper, [but] we have one skatepark.”

When asked about building a skatepark on campus, Hasburgh said many more difficulties would arise. While the Madison Skatepark Fund worked with the City of Madison to build its current skateparks, Hasburgh said working with the university would be a difficult feat.

“The university is basically a city unto itself. It’s its own operation, and they have their own property,” Hasburgh said. “So to approach them would be kind of daunting, and it seems like even more red tape, believe it or not, than dealing with the city of Madison.”

Hasburgh remains hopeful that a dedicated skatepark could be built on campus. If the university was willing to donate land and contribute to the fundraising for its construction, Hasburgh believes that the Madison Skatepark Fund would be more than willing to aid their efforts.

“If they wanted to build a skate park, that’d be great, and we could definitely help with that,” Hasburgh said. “We would definitely help

wherever we could. That’s for sure.”

Until a skatepark is built near the UW-Madison campus, some skaters will continue to head to State Street and Library Mall.

These locations provide spots for skaters to show off their skills in front of a live audience.

“I remember walking down State Street once and there was a guy, just on a really nice small downhill, doing pop-shuvit after pop-shuvit,” Rick said. “It takes balls because you’re doing it for all these people. If you can pull it off, it’s the best feeling in the world.”

However, for many skaters, skating in the street or in public can be less than desirable. Beginners can be intimidated by performing — or trying to perform — tricks in public.

Being watched by many strangers can create unwanted pressure. If a skater messes up, they suddenly have a front-row audience witnessing their mistake.

While safer for pedestrians, bicyclists, buses or other vehicles, a campus skatepark could also create a fun, low-pressure environment for skaters to congregate at and practice their moves. For someone like Rick, skateparks offer a location to practice without the risks, and potential fines, involved with skating in public.

As summertime approaches and the temperature climbs, more people are heading outside to skate.

Some will make the trek to the skateparks around Madison, but the rest will descend upon spots like Library Mall and State, heading out into the streets and making the city their skatepark.

“It’s unique. There’s a lot of really cool people that came from the sport, and it’s just a big passion of mine,” Rick said.

How two UW grads are making investing more accessible

By Gavin Escott STAFF WRITER

In the eyes of many aspiring investors, the stock market and investing in general can seem, despite the allure, an extremely convoluted place where investment decisions are made by Wall Street professionals who enjoy the use of data most people don’t have access to.

James and Christopher Kardatzke recognized this and made it their goal to “bridge the gap” between Wall Street and everyday investors. The 22-year-old Madison twins are the founders of Quiver Quantitative, a financial technology startup that provides an array of information designed to make investing easier for everyone.

Through a combination of costfree and paid services, Quiver Quantitative helps both seasoned investors and novices make better, more informed investing decisions.

You don’t need to be an expert to understand the data, either.

“We definitely want to make sure that everything’s understandable [for someone with just a Robin Hood account],” CEO James Kardatzke said. “We want to make it so you don’t need a deep background in finance or data analytics to understand what’s going on on our site.”

The idea behind Quiver Quantitative originated from an experience James Kardatzke had

as an intern at a Boston Hedge Fund during his senior year at the University of WisconsinMadison. James Kardatzke explained to the Cardinal how hedge funds use what’s referred to as “alternative data,” which refers to everything outside traditional financial data that companies use to make their decisions.

“Historically [that data] has not been accessible to anybody who doesn’t have hundreds of thousands of dollars to acquire that data.

So that inspired us to go and start Quiver… and make it so that everyone has access to the same tools,” James Kardatzke said.

Most of the data is publicly available, but difficult to access. James Kardatzke recounted the contrast between his experience at the Hedge Fund and when he returned to campus.

“Going back after the internship, [and] trying to get access to some of these same data sets [made me] quickly realize, even though it’s public data, a lot of the providers out there charge just exorbitant prices to get access to it. There’s not really any options if you’re a retail investor who wants to start using these alternative data sets,” he said.

In February 2020, the Kardatzkes launched Quiver Quantitative out of the Madison apartment they shared, promoting the company through social media and investing forums.

The pandemic, which began the following month, may have helped the burgeoning company, James Kardatzke believes.

Most of Quiver’s user growth has come through online avenues such as Instagram, Twitter, Reddit and TikTok. James Kardatzke estimated that over 50% of the platform’s users are retail investors, and according to the company, numerous large brokerage firms and “billion-dollar plus hedge funds” access Quiver Quantitative data through its API. When Quiver initially launched, it averaged anywhere between 10 and 50 visitors a day. A newsletter published by Bloomberg that featured their dashboard rocketed their numbers to over one thousand, where it’s been rising steadily since.

The company currently has over 300,000 registered users on its site.

One of the most popular features tracks the stock trading of congresspeople. As Chris Kardatzke explained, this feature is particularly appealing to investors since members of Congress have access to stock information that isn’t available to regular people.

The brothers wanted to include this feature after news broke about congressmen who sold a bunch of stock right before the market crashed due to COVID. “There’s all sorts of instances where you might see someone doing something that you think might

lead you to believe that they know something that the average person doesn’t,” Chris said.

In December 2020 they raised $500,000 in seed round funding, and two months ago they closed another round with $2 million. The influx of cash helped the company

continue to be able to offer many services for free.

Looking forward, James Kardatzke said the company’s long-term goal is to make the site a place where people can get their primary data.

“Our long term goal is to not just

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Brothers James and Christopher Kardatzke making investing easier. expand its team, which has risen from just the two Kardatzkes to about seven full-time employees and a couple of part-timers.

Because of the company’s nature as a software company, maintenance costs are low. They will

be an alternative data provider, but we really want to be the number one destination that retail investors can go to to inform their investment decisions and have the same tools available to them as people on Wall Street do,” James Kardatzke said.

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‘Bill Nye the Science Guy’ addresses a full house

By Addison Lathers EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

“BILL! BILL! BILL! BILL!” Those who attended middle school science classes from the 90s onward may fondly remember the days when teachers would forgo class, instead rolling out a television with a familiar, bow-tie wearing, figure on the screen. They could join in with their classmates in chanting along with the show’s theme song — to their teacher’s encouragement or dismay.

But this time, Bill Nye, perhaps most popularly known as “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” wasn’t on TV. The audience cheered Nye’s name for him live and in person at the University of Wisconsin’s very own Kohl Center as he retold stories from his early life and career.

“I went to the first Earth Day on my Schwinn bicycle. I went to the National Mall and locked it to a flagpole by the Washington Monument … if you try that today, after they killed you, your bike would be stolen,” Nye recalled. “The whole thing back then was do less, drive less. Use less clean water, wear dirty clothes. You know, be a hippie, live off the grid. But that turns out not to be what people want.

People want to live the way we live in the developed world. So the idea now is not to do less but to do more with less.”

Nye made his appearance at UW as a part of the Wisconsin Union Directorate’s Distinguished Lecture Series talk and Q&A, “Let’s Talk Climate Change” moderated by Dean Paul Robbins of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, on Monday night. 2,800 tickets were distributed to students and the wider public for the sold-out event, which was originally scheduled to take place on April 21, 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19.

At the time that doors opened to the venue, the line stretched from the gate past the LaBahn Arena.

A comedian, author and inventor, Nye is known for looking at all topics from a scientific point of view. His talk reflected a new mission that he has taken on in recent years — reaching the people he spoke to as children and

reminding them of the dangerous reality of climate change.

“We are living in interesting times.

That’s a Chinese proverb meaning … it’s probably gonna suck,” Nye said.

“What you want to do is present good information commonly, over and over.

So my strategies have changed a little bit … you don’t make the point the same way.”

Best known as the host of the Emmy-award winning television show “Bill Nye the Science Guy” on PBS from 1993 to 1998, Nye found success in children’s science education combining learning with fast-paced humor. Six seasons and 100 episodes later, the eccentric entertainer is one of the most beloved science figures in modern history.

Nye later returned in “Bill Nye Saves the World,” a 2017 Netflix series that explores specific problems, scientific solutions and, of course, how to save the world.

For the WUD event, he offered wisdom and his thoughts on current events, punctuated with the occasional “Dude!” Nye stated his love for electric cars, LED lights, vaccines and his distaste for the Ford Pinto. When questioned about his 2014 debate with young Earth creationist Ken Ham, Nye reflected on the apparent futility of the arrangement.

“Ken Ham, near as I can tell, really believes the earth is 6,000 years old.

He’s not just kidding. He has a huge business and he’s gotten money from people who have gotten wealthy in the coal industry,” Nye said.

He also referenced a question submitted by a Nashville journalist at the debate to Ham, asking what, if anything, would change his mind about the age of the earth.

“Ken Ham said nothing. Nothing, no evidence will change his mind.

Like, dude? What do you mean?”

Nye recalled. “So I presented trees in Sweden that are 10,000 years old …

Like dude, there’s a tree that’s 10,000 years old! Are you high?”

Towards the end of the talk, Nye fielded questions from the audience, ranging from inquiries about nuclear technology to the “one thing” that needs

to be done to reverse climate change.

“What I encourage everybody to do is let go of the idea of ‘what’s the one thing that exists’ exactly. And by that, I mean, we have to do everything all at once,” Nye explained.

Developing solar and wind energy, pushing for regulations on nonrenewable resources and modernizing the electrical grid were some points of advice Nye offered to UW students.

Nye reiterated his earlier idea that recycling plastics, especially bottles, was key, and that he was “kooky” for recycling. Nye pointed to a CocaCola bottle he saw recently that was labeled as being made of 100% remelted plastic, which seemed to allude to an advertisement he did this month with the beverage corporation — one of the world’s largest plastic polluters.

Nye also took a query from a future-educator in the audience, who expressed concern about teaching climate change, which is often seen as controversial in conservatives school districts.

“What does everybody love?

Dinosaurs and space. So start talking about climate change in terms of comparative planetology. Compare Mars to Venus to Earth. You can see we’re putting out carbon dioxide faster than ever. It’s the speed … there used to be more carbon dioxide. Ancient dinosaurs had 1,000 parts per million. We have a third event, but it’s the speed.

And so the longest journey begins,” he said. “When it comes to climate change, we’re talking about science.

Just stick to the science. It’s a long road. And thank you for fighting the fight over there.”

Another member of the audience asked Nye his opinion on the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association’s controversial investments in fossil fuels that the UW indirectly profits off of. Student-led advocacy groups, the UW-Madison Faculty Senate and the university’s student government have continuously called for WFAA to divest from the fossil fuel industry over the past two years.

“We have mixed feelings about the fossil fuel industry, and the fossil fuel industry has worked notoriously very

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hard to get us used to the idea of scientific uncertainty plus or minus 2% is the same as plus or minus 100% when it comes to climate change. But you know, there are documents that Exxon — before it was Exxon Mobil — and scientists in the summer of 1977 said ‘Hey, if we keep all the production of carbon dioxide going, we’re going to be harming the world.’ Their predictions are really strikingly accurate,” Nye said. “I thought everybody was on board. It was going to be that natural gas would take us for a couple of decades till we transition to renewable energy, but there’s just too much money. So let’s get this done.”

With thunderous applause from the audience, he concluded, “Divesting is a first step.”

Nye ended his time at the Kohl Center by reminding the audience that the “big picture idea” was to raise the standard of living for everyone, especially women, adding that we are already equipped with the science to do so. Through renewable electricity and the power of the internet to educate, not only can climate change be reversed, but the quality of life can be raised everywhere.

“We are all the same. We are all humans. We are all, ultimately, from the same tribe. Barely 100,000 years ago, we were all one species. So let us all work together. With those things, we can, dare I say it, change the world!”

Juvenile arrested in connection to murder of ten-year-old

By Claire LaLiberte STAFF WRITER

A 14-year-old male was arrested on Tuesday evening on charges of firstdegree intentional homicide, first-degree sexual assault and first-degree sexual

assault of a minor under 13 in connection with the murder of Iliana Peters.

Peters — also known as “Lily” — was a ten-year-old student at Parkview Elementary School in Chippewa Falls.

She was reported missing on Sunday

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A 14-year-old male was arrested Tuesday on charges of first-degree intentional homicide.

evening after failing to return home from an aunt’s house.

On the night of April 24, Peters’ bicycle was located by the Leinenkugel’s Brewing Company. Her body was found in the nearby woods the following morning.

The suspect, whose identity has not been released due to his age, knew the victim personally, according to police.

He appeared in Chippewa County Court on Tuesday, where he was identified by his initials (C. P.-B.).

The Chippewa County District Attorney, Wade Newell, stated in court that the suspect told police he followed Peters from her aunt’s home with the intention of raping and killing her.

Newell said that C. P.-B. confessed to hitting the girl with a stick before strangling her to death and subsequently sexually assaulting her.

In court on Tuesday, C. P.-B.’s bail was set at $1 million. His defense attorneys requested a bond of $100,000. He will be tried as an adult and could face up to a life sentence for the homicide charge.

A search warrant was executed on the suspect’s home, but the findings have not been made publicly available. He is reportedly a lifelong resi-

dent of Chippewa Falls and lives with his mother.

An autopsy and forensic testing are currently being conducted by the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s office in Minnesota, and law enforcement stated that the results of the autopsy may not be available for up to six more weeks.

After Peters was reported missing, an Amber Alert was not issued. Local police stated that the criteria were not met, although they did not specify why. In response, a petition was started to create a ‘Lily alert’ for missing children who do not qualify for an Amber Alert, which garnered over 75,000 signatures in two days.

In the days following Peters’ disappearance and the discovery of her body, the Chippewa Falls community came together to show support for the family of the victim. A friend of the family started a GoFundMe — which has already raised over $25,000 — to cover funeral costs, and memorials have been set up outside of Peters’ elementary school and by the woods where she was found.

C. P.-B.’s next court appearance is scheduled for May 5.

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Wisconsin takes pair versus No. 25 Nebraska

By Ellie Scheirey SPORTS WRITER

The Wisconsin Badgers won two out of three against the 25th-ranked and Big Tenleading Nebraska Cornhuskers this past weekend.

In another trio of games at the Goodman Diamond, Wisconsin took Saturday’s doubleheader with 3-2 and 5-2 wins before losing 6-4 on Sunday.

Nebraska entered the weekend with an 18-game winning streak and a 13-0 conference record.

Wisconsin, meanwhile, was coming off a three-game sweep of Michigan State the weekend prior.

The series began Saturday afternoon due to a Friday postponement. Wisconsin’s Maddie Schwartz faced Nebraska’s Olivia Ferrell in a low-scoring contest.

Scoring opened in the top of the third inning. After a leadoff walk and a fielder’s choice, Billie Andrews drove in her sister Brooke with an RBI double, giving the Cornhuskers a 1-0 advantage.

The Badgers had the bases loaded with one down in the bottom of the third. They weren’t able to capitalize, though, as infield popouts by Fiona Girardot and Ally Miklesh ended the frame.

Wisconsin used small-ball to take a 2-1 lead in the fourth.

Lauren Foster led off with a single and advanced on a wild pitch. Molly Schlosser singled, too, moving Foster over to third.

Peyton Bannon and Christaana Angelopulos dropped down consecutive run-scoring bunts and reached safely themselves, but three straight outs capped the inning at two runs.

Schwartz gave up two hits and a walk in the sixth inning as Nebraska tied the game 2-2. The Badger ace struck out Ava Bredell with runners on first and second to keep things even.

Wisconsin entered the bottom of the seventh with the game tied, looking to end one of the longest winning streaks in Nebraska’s program history.

Kayla Konwent took ball four to lead off the inning. Morgan Kummer, pinch running for Konwent, stole second base then advanced to third on a wild pitch.

Miklesh blooped a single over the third baseman’s head into left field, easily scoring Kummer for the walk-off run.

Impressively, Schwartz needed just 86 pitches to pitch a five-hit, two-run, one-strikeout complete game. She returned to the circle for Game 2, while Courtney Wallace started for Nebraska.

Wisconsin started the game hot with two first-inning hits—a Konwent double and a Miklesh single. They were unable to record any runs, though, as pinch-runner Eden Dempsey got thrown out at home and Lauren Foster struck out looking.

Skylar Sirdashney put the Badgers up 1-0 in the second inning with a single that scored Peyton Bannon. Wisconsin loaded the bases and was threatening for more before Girardot lined out to end the inning.

The Badgers tacked on three more runs in the third and extended their lead to 4-0. Foster singled and Molly Schlosser drove her in with a triple to right-center.

Bannon scored Schlosser with a single then scored, herself, on Ellie

Hubbard’s sacrifice fly. It was a great job of getting in scoring position by Bannon, who reached second on a wild pitch and stole third.

Nebraska was unable to do any damage against the dominant Schwartz through four innings.

Aided by a Hubbard error, they did get on the board in the fifth with Peyton Glatter’s RBI double.

The Cornhuskers narrowed their deficit to 4-2 in the sixth inning with a pair of hits, but Wisconsin earned that run back in the bottom of the inning and led 5-2 entering the seventh.

Nebraska did not give up easily, leading off the final frame with a single and a double. However, the Huskers were unable to drive in the pair of runners and quickly ended the inning with a lineout and two groundouts.

Schwartz earned her second win of the day and 20th of 2022, becoming one of only five Badgers to win 20 games in a season. She threw 105 pitches while allowing seven hits and two runs (one earned) in Game 2. Schwartz hurled an incredible 191 total pitches on the day and yielded only three earned runs. The senior tallied just a pair of strikeouts, but pitching to contact proved effective against one of the nation’s most formidable lineups.

In Game 3 on Sunday, Ferrell was back in the circle for Nebraska against Wisconsin’s Tessa Magnanimo as the Badgers looked for the sweep.

Wisconsin loaded the bases in the first inning but, much like in Game 2, failed to produce any runs as Schlosser and Bannon struck out.

The Cornhuskers went up 1-0 in

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Ferrell lost control in the third, hitting Girardot then walking three straight Badgers to put Wisconsin on the scoreboard with nobody out. Kaylin Kinney entered in relief and allowed one run on a sac fly before getting out of the jam with two strikeouts.

Wisconsin led 2-1 after three, but the lead would’ve been bigger if not for Kinney’s clutch work.

The Badgers did not hold their one-run lead for long, as Nebraska began the fourth with a double, a single and a Glatter three-run home run to left-center. Ava Justman replaced Magnanimo and allowed another run on two hits, which gave Nebraska a 5-2 lead.

Nebraska tacked on another run to their 5-2 lead in the sixth inning when Schwartz entered the game and gave up one.

Heading into the bottom of the seventh, Wisconsin needed to score at least four runs and

they fought back to almost claim the win.

Wisconsin needed four runs to tie it in the bottom of the seventh, and they almost fought back from the 6-2 deficit. A pair of two-out infield errors by Nebraska opened the door for two Badger singles and a walk—Wisconsin now trailed by just two and had the bases loaded. Angelopulos grounded into a fielder’s choice to end it, though, and Nebraska had taken the final game of the series.

Wisconsin had an impressive weekend, taking two of three from a daunting Nebraska team. Schwartz was stellar like always, as was the defense behind her Wisconsin’s patience at the plate paid off, as the lineup drew a shocking 19 walks in as many innings.

The Badgers will head to Penn State this weekend for a pivotal matchup—the Nittany Lions currently sit right behind Wisconsin in sixth place in the Big Ten.

Big shoes to fill for Sheffield’s Badgers

By Taylor Smith SPORTS WRITER

It has been almost 130 days since the Wisconsin Badgers took down the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the NCAA Women’s Volleyball National Championship… Not that we are counting or anything.

Following the Badger’s win in five sets against the Cornhuskers, a celebration ensued and is still happening today, as the Badgers are being honored across the state.

Five players — Lauren Barnes, Sydney Hilley, Giorgia Civita, Dana Rettke and Grace Loberg

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Coach Sheffield has a lot to replace if the Badgers hope to repeat this year.

— will be ending their careers as Badgers as their eligibility is up.

Rettke signed a professional contract to play in Italy with Vero Volley Monza, and the team’s star setter, Sydney Hilley, signed a contract with a team in Turkey.

Two other Badgers have left the team to enter the transfer portal and see what opportunities lie outside Madison. Julia Wohlert, a middle blocker and right-side hitter, will leave the program as a grad transfer with two years of eligibility left. Wohlert, who played in three sets during her time at Wisconsin, plans to join Florida Gulf Coast University.

Freshman outside hitter Lauren Jardine also entered her name in the transfer portal right after the conclusion of the spring season.

Jardine played in 24 sets for the Badgers in the 2021 season, tallying 45 kills and a hitting percentage of .235. With fellow freshman Julia Orzol having an outstanding first season — and other outside hitters set to join the program — Jardine’s playing time was left uncertain. At this time, it is still unknown where the Utah native will transfer to.

Two freshmen will be joining the National Champions in the fall.

Ella Wrobel and Gulce Guctekin have big shoes to fill, but they have proven ready for the job. Wrobel, a 6-foot-4 outside hitter from Plainfield, Illinois, was named the best volleyball player in Illinois by

MaxPreps.com.

Guctekin, a libero from Turkey, is a five-year Turkish Junior National Team member. Coach Kelly Sheffield describes Gulce as having exceptional talent and unique experiences that not many American players get to have.

On the transfer side, Wisconsin will be welcoming three new players from across the country.

One of those transfers, Caroline Crawford, has already joined the Badgers, having arrived in January.

Crawford, a 6-foot-3 middle blocker from the University of Kansas, earned All-Big 12 First Team in her first year at Kansas and All-Big 12 Second Team last season.

Fellow transfers Sarah Franklin from Michigan State and Gabby McCaa from Boston College will soon be sporting the red and white as well.

Franklin, an outside hitter, leaves the Spartans following her stand-out season, where she recorded 404 kills in a season, only five behind Wisconsin’s Dana Rettke. Additionally, Franklin was chosen alongside Badgers Dana Rettke and Sydney Hilley to be on the First Team All-Big Ten this past season. McCaa, a middle and right side, will be a substantial addition in the front row for her blocking skills. As for the remaining Badgers, they were able to play four matches this spring to test the waters without

the graduates, many of which were starters. Wisconsin finished their spring season a successful 4-0.

Meanwhile, two of the most important positions on the court remain up for grabs. Both the setter and libero positions were left open, and it remains unknown who will fulfill them.

Both MJ Hammill and Izzy Ashburn split time in the spring season at the setter position. Ashburn played in every set last season as a defensive specialist and led the team in service aces with 52, whereas sophomore Hammill only saw the court in three sets last season.

As for the libero position, Sydney Reed, Joslyn Boyer and Anna MacDonald all split time in the spring season to try and prove themselves. Boyer, a previous transfer from Iowa, seems to be leading the pack of liberos. Last season, Boyer was fifth in team digs and third in service aces for the Hawkeyes. MacDonald can be considered a close second; however, she did not see the court nearly as much as Boyer did in 2021.

The starting lineup — along with the fall schedule — may remain a mystery as of now, but our excitement for the season is greater than ever. was made last year, so it is impossible to predict what Sheffield and the Badgers have in store for this year.

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Farewell, editors The Daily Cardinal. This fine institution has a 130-year-long history of producing amazing reporters and editors, including the likes of Dan Vebber, Stephen Thompson, John Darnton and Ben Karlin. We’ve lasted longer than some daily rags and big-time broadsheets, a couple of nations and, who knows, we might exist for another 130 years more.

One of the keys to our success is our editors. Some of them are replaceable, yes, but a good number of them are cornerstones of the Cardinal — we wouldn’t be able to operate without them. Each of them has their individual quirks, pitfalls, likes and dislikes, although they all strive toward the day the revolution comes. If we do last another century, The Daily Cardinal may live to see it.

Unfortunately, we can’t all take to the tunnels when that fateful date occurs, clutching our Macs (not sponsored) and our University Bookstore coupons (thanks for the ad money!). Some of us, sadly, have to graduate.

Others just want to focus on classes for once in their lives.

Addison Lathers | Editor in Chief

Olivia Everett | Copy Chief

Jackson Mozena | Team Mascot/Office Bum

Seamus Rohrer | Arts Desk Lurker

Toxic Trait: Not listening to women Least favorite fictional character: Becky Blank When the revolution comes: I‘ll be live-tweeting it from the basement of vilas hall

Toxic Trait: Passive aggressive or just regular aggressive Least favorite fictional character: Bakugo from My Hero When the revolution comes: I will be nowhere near it

Toxic Trait: Cop Least favorite fictional character: Charlie Brown (Snoopy is MVP) When the revolution comes: I‘ll probably be executed as an enforcer of state power :(

Toxic Trait: Will fault you for your music taste Least favorite fictional character: Anyone Fred Armisen plays in Portlandia When the revolution comes: Rejoice baby we‘re living the dream

So here’s to the departing press. We will never forget the long hours they put in at 2142 Vilas Hall, the deadlines they beat and the caffeinated concoctions they drank to get the job done. Whether or not other things were consumed in our office, they’ll never tell. Everyone on this list of editors has served the campus community anywhere from 9 months to 4 years, so give them a pat on the back next time you see them on the Terrace. If you’re feeling generous, buy them a pitcher.

But before we say sayonara, we at the Cardinal would like to take a moment to appreciate every departing editor that has put in the work. To help make the task of picking your favorite nutjob with internet access easier, our Editorial Board Chair and Special Pages Editor Riley Sumner has compiled this handy guide. Sadly, he is also on the chopping block.

The first question on the list pertains to their toxic trait. Secondly, they have been asked to identify their least favorite fictional character of all time. And last, but not least, the dear, departing editors will tell us what they will do when the revolution comes.

Tag yourself. I’m Addison.

Grace Hodgman | Managing Editor

Joyce Riphagen | Science Editor

Christian Voskuil | Sports Editor

Samantha Benish | Life & Style Editor

Toxic Trait: Correcting people‘s grammar Least favorite fictional character: Rita Skeeter When the revolution comes: I call dibs on the copy desk sword

Toxic Trait: Always so sleepy, will not hesitate to cancel on you in order to sleep, I leave my own parties that are at my apartment to go to sleep Least favorite fictional character: The big rat from the Jerma video When the revolution comes: I‘m gna be kicking kicking so hard and kikking and murder and kick with my legs I got 71 targets two legs that‘s 25 kicks to do

Toxic Trait: Reading texts, saying I‘ll respond in a bit, then completely forgetting Least favorite fictional character: Jill from the worst movie to ever be produced, Jack and Jill When the revolution comes: I‘ll be checking Twitter nonstop for the memes

Toxic Trait: Thinking I won‘t blackout every time I go to Monday‘s Least favorite fictional character: Andy Bernard When the revolution comes: Hightailing my ass to QQ‘s to steal as many crab rangoons as I can

Rebecca Perla | Arts Editor

Temple | Unofficial office cat

Riley Sumner | Ed Board Chair & Special Pages Editor

Emily Rohloff | Science Editor

Toxic Trait: Entire personality is Always Sunny quotes Least favorite fictional character: Ted Mosby When the revolution comes: I‘ll be at power hour

Toxic Trait: I don‘t like pickles Least favorite fictional character: Draco Malfoy When the revolution comes: I‘ll be on the beach

Toxic Trait: Leaving everyone on read and/or having no filter Least favorite: Least = Romeo (Romeo and Juliet) When the revolution comes: I‘m protecting Julie Andrews and Rhianna at all costs

Toxic Trait: I am the embodiment of toxic, as my liver is connected to the rest of my body Least favorite fictional character: Queen Elizabeth II When the revolution comes: I will snack on the ammunition GRAPHICS BY MADISON SHERMAN, JENNIFER SCHALLER , HANNAH KENNEDY AND ZOE BENDOFF

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Rainy, cool, foggy and inconsistent weather are staples of a Wisconsin spring.

Activists assemble on Library Mall to protest inaction on climate policy.

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Construction, both on and off-campus, creates headaches for travelers.

Although the water is still cold, the University of Wisconsin Rowing team takes to the water.

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Memorial Union Terrace is a go-to spot to hang out, do homework or relax over a pitcher.

As the weather warms, more people are taking advantage of Lake Mendota.

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Entomophogy: Why we should eat bugs

By Julia Wiessing SCIENCE EDITOR

In the words of Kevin Bachubar, owner of insect agriculture consulting firm Bachubar Consulting, “We’re fucked.”

He said, “We could’ve made different decisions in the seventies and you wouldn’t have to eat f—ing bugs, but our parents didn’t make those decisions, and now you have to eat bugs.”

This wisdom is given as he leans against a tower of cricket bins in his Deforest based cricket farm.

“That’s my entire pitch. There is an inevitability to it, you might as well get used to it now.”

Bachubar’s interviewer and I burst out laughing. After all, it’s hard to imagine that western countries would transition to eating bugs in our lifetime. However, this inevitability that Bachubar talks about is creeping closer and closer everyday in the form of anthropogenic climate change.

An increase in global greenhouse gas emissions over the past century or so has led to a warming planet, ocean acidification, melting icebergs and an onslaught of increasingly violent natural disasters. Each year, 20 million people are displaced from their homes due to the increasing intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, such as flooding, prolonged drought, wildfires, rising sea levels and desertification.

Among the key contributors to global greenhouse emissions is agriculture. In 2020, the agricultural sector represented 18.4% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Traditional agriculture predominantly releases methane, nitrous oxide and CO2. The burning and clearing of land for crops releases carbon dioxide while the addition of chemical fertilizers and soil additives to cropland releases nitrous oxide, and livestock produce methane through their digestion and maure. Each year .2 gigatonnes of greenhouse gasses are released from livestock farming alone.

“Our food system is really broken, if you want to call it a system at all,” remarked Dr. Valerie Stull.

Dr. Stull is a post-doctoral research associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-founder and director of the Mission to Improve Global Health Through insects (MIGHTi).

“We’re [producing food] at the expense of the environment. We are essentially optimizing capitalism within food production so that we can grow a lot of food really quickly and make money doing it,” Dr. Stull continued. This optimization of capital and a growing demand for animal products is putting a strain on our agricultural system and the environment.

Agriculture accounts for 38% of earth’s landmass, two-thirds of that being dedicated to raising livestock. Agriculture is the leading cause of deforestation worldwide, with nearly 3.75 million hectares of forest cleared per year, largely in Brazil, the Americas and Africa.

Without a novel solution, we may not be able to feed our growing population and save our planet. Insect agriculture, however, could be part of the solution.

Most places outside of the west are already eating insects – it’s not

a new phenomenon.

“Humans have been eating insects throughout history,” Dr. Stull stated.

There is no record of when we first began eating insects, because we’ve been doing so ever since we became humans. Dr. Stull underscored that there is evidence that insects may have contributed to the development of larger brain sizes by being a stable source of proteins and fats.

Over two billion people regularly consume insects. More than 2,300 unique species of insects are consumed each year, including 344 species of beetles, 239 species of grasshoppers, crickets and cockroaches and 235 species of butterflies. Most edible insects are wild caught, but some species, such as honeybees and silkworms, have been domesticated for several thousand years.

Insect farming is appealing for a variety of reasons, but a large part of why insects make such environmentally friendly livestock is their physiology.

“Insects are poikilothermic,” said Colleen Henegan, a UW-Madison masters student in Environmental Science studying cultural perceptions of insects in sub-saharan Africa. “Which means they are able to metabolize their food more efficiently than endothermic organisms. Most of the livestock we consume, they waste a lot of the energy they consume through heat.”

This quirk in insect physiology makes them less resource intensive and more environmentally friendly. For example, producing one pound of beef requires 10 kilograms of feed and 13,400 gallons of water, whereas producing one pound of crickets only requires one kilogram of feed and 240 gallons of water.

Crickets at Bachubar’s farm are fed agricultural waste such as soy kernels and corn husks, as well as expired or unsellable organic produce. This diet can sustain crickets throughout their life cycle, but Bachubar theorizes that feeding a more biologically appropriate diet may produce a higher quality product. Feeding crickets fresh fruits and vegetables, grasses and seeds may produce a healthier and tastier product. Bachubar even claims that feeding crickets a diet primarily composed of pumpkin will make the crickets taste like pumpkin.

Insects are also space efficient.

A twenty gallon plastic tote can support over 1,000 crickets at a time, and modular insect farming designs that stack insect containers maximize a relatively small amount of space. The compact area and ease of feeding makes insects such as crickets and black soldier flies accessible for the average person to raise at home, either for human consumption or as a supplement for a backyard flock of chickens.

The benefits of insects extend far beyond utility and into the realm of nutrition. “A large swath of this planet is reliant on staple foods. Those are carbohydrate rich but often protein-deficient foods.”

Dr. Stull explained. Staple foods include maize, cassava, potatoes and wheat. While these foods are filling, they often contain very few

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“But if we could just supplement [nutrient deficient diets] with a small amount of insects on a daily or weekly basis we could actually address iron deficiency, zinc deficiency, possibly folate deficiencies [and] B vitamin deficiencies which have huge public health ramification,” Dr. Stull said.

Worldwide, malnutrition causes half of all deaths of children under five. Additionally, early childhood malnutrition can lead to serious illnesses in adulthood, contributing to stunted growth and impaired cognitive function.

Supplementing small amounts of insects into one’s diet can greatly reduce the risk of malnutrition.

Not only is this a good solution — it comes at a lower cost and is a more accessible alternative to other meat protein sources.

However, initiating insect agriculture isn’t as simple as building an industrial-sized cricket farm in a random location. During her interview, Dr. Stull pointed out that insect agriculture has to be context specific and culturally sensitive — not all insects are equal.

An example of the disparity in cultural perceptions of insects can be found in rural Zambia, the study area of both Henegan and Dr. Stull.

In Zambia, Gonimbrasia belina, the mopane caterpillar, is a very popular insect for human consumption. Henegan’s research also found that, even though mopane caterpillars were seen as a delicious food product, consumers were less willing to eat them if they were farmed. In contrast, Gryllus bimaculatus, the twospotted field cricket, was seen as a much more appetizing food when farmed as compared to wild caught. When considering insect agriculture, it cannot be done in a vacuum. While some places in the world may detest eating one species of insect, another may find them a delicacy. An insect is not an insect is not an insect.

Just like in the states we wouldn’t say someone who enjoys foiegras would also enjoy frog legs, we can’t assume that just because someone enjoys mealworms they would enjoy scorpions.

Another concern is scale.

Like any large-scale agriculture,

there are environmental concerns when you are farming a large amount of organisms in one place. If there was an insect outbreak from a mega facility, such as Warren’s Cricket Farm in North Carolina, there could be massive environmental consequences.

Bachubar explained that insect farms should have a nuclear level security plan to prevent environmental destruction due to a massive release of insects. Instead of megafarms, the future of insect agriculture may lie in small or medium sized farming operations, which takes into account the local environments and cultural perceptions of edible insects.

So why don’t people eat insects?

Besides the “ick-factor,” there are many reasons why individuals may choose not to, or cannot eat insects. For one, there are dietary restrictions associated with eating insects. Insects are closely related to many species of shellfish and may trigger allergic reactions for those with allergies. Additionally, there are religious reasons for not consuming insects. Locusts are the only type of insect considered kosher or halal.

Beyond dietary restrictions, there are financial and legislative restrictions on edible insects.

Currently, insect agriculture is a niche market in most western countries. In the U.S., sourcing edible insects can be an expensive and time consuming affair.

On popular insect retailers such as Entosense, dried crickets cost $39.99/lb, whereas the average ribeye steak costs $16.49/lb, pork roasts go for $4.09/lb and a whole chicken may retail for $1.28/lb.

Additionally, the U.S. market has very little variety in edible insects.

It’s relatively easy to order grasshoppers, crickets, mealworms and some novelty insects such as scorpions domestically, but for a greater variety, a consumer will have to order overseas from farms internationally, such as Thailand Unique, an insect farm based in Thailand. International farms may offer more variety, including giant water bugs, weaver ant eggs and silkworm pupae, but the cost of international shipping pushes the price high above what is affordable for the average person.

A common argument from insect-ag supporters is that anyone can grow insects at home, thus making them incredibly accessible and affordable. While insects can be easily farmed in a person’s home, it’s not as simple a solution as it seems. Between work, school and other responsibilities, many people simply don’t have the energy or resources to maintain an insect farm.

Additionally, insect farming can be complicated in a rental situation, and most landlords won’t enjoy their renters keeping black soldier flies under their sink or mealworms in their cupboards.

In its current form, insect agriculture is not wholly accessible or practical for the average western consumer. An increase in demand and structural changes in our agricultural system could make these products more available to the average consumer.

While this seems far off, a similar cultural shift has occurred for popular foods such as lobster and sushi. Sushi, for example, was practically unheard of in the U.S. until the 1950s, and most consumers weren’t keen on eating raw fish. Sushi’s popularity, however, exploded in the 1980s, and you can now find sushi everywhere from high end restaurants to gas stations across the country. This same cultural shift could occur in insects, and we may see roasted crickets alongside tofu and tempeh at Trader Joes.

Adding insects to our diet and developing insect agriculture won’t “fix” climate change, but it is a part of the solution. While agriculture is a major contributor to climate change, it’s not the only problem that needs fixing. To make our planet livable for future generations, we need widespread changes, ranging from how we power our cities to how we produce our consumer goods. Eating insects and investing in insect agriculture, however, is a piece of the puzzle in combating climate change.

Even though it may seem scary, you’ll never know whether you like something if you don’t try it. If you’re feeling adventurous, grilled mealworm tempeh is a delicious option. If not, roasted crickets are the way to go.

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By Anonymous STAFF WRITER

I briefly regained consciousness from a drunken rage to find myself kneeling over my father in the middle of a dark street. My right hand was raised far behind my head, ready to be dropped on his face. I remember tears in my eyes and a choked up feeling in my throat. Adrenaline had induced a state of tunnel vision and shock, but even then I knew I had done something that could never be taken back.

For most people this situation may seem unimaginable. Those with picture perfect families will have a difficult time understanding what drives a person to this point; but, this story isn’t for them. I offer my experience as a cautionary tale to those dealing with unresolved resentment toward the people they love most.

The day in question was my step-fathers funeral. His passing was tragically unexpected and prompted a large service with many friends and family in attendance. The funeral was held in a pleasant venue complete with an open bar of assorted dark liquors for the especially bereaved.

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As feelings of grief swirled around my head alongside a generous amount of Woodford Reserve, I saw my father from across the room.

He was in plain work clothes mingling with distant family members to whom even I had no connection. I don’t know why, but this deeply upset me. The two never got along and his presence seemed deeply ingenuine to me at the time.

As convenient as it may seem, I don’t remember much leading up to the incident. I remember exiting the venue to argue with him in the parking lot and leaving in his car to go somewhere. That’s it.

The next thing I knew I was faced with the decision to finish what I had apparently started, and I am glad to say that I didn’t.

I lowered my hands and let my dad off the ground. He left abruptly after a bitter exchange of words that I can’t recall and then, silence. Just me, the Milwaukee skyline and a blood stained suit I wore to my highschool prom. The word regret can’t begin to explain what I felt at that moment.

My whole world came crashing down around me with seemingly no way to pick up the pieces. I stumbled around in the dark for a few hours try-

ing desperately to recall what had just transpired.

Eventually, I sought refuge at an old friend’s house where I finally got some rest.

Looking back, it wasn’t the triumphant battle I had pictured years prior during those long silent car rides back from a bad game or the week long passive aggressive cold wars that occur between a single father and his son. All those times I wished I was physically strong enough to stand up to him had simply culminated into a needless display of power over someone who no longer had it. My dad wasn’t the perfect father granted, but he did his best to give me the opportunities he never had by making me self reliant and strong. I forget that sometimes. During his adolescence, he learned to fight as a means to defend himself against racial prosecution.

All I did was use that knowledge against him.

Despite being burdened with his capacity for violence, I have learned the hard way that family is the most important thing in this world. If you are prepared to fight them, then you must also be prepared to lose them entirely.

Finding your identity during the summer

By Erin Mercuri STAFF WRITER

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Seniors are getting ready to jump around one last time at Camp Randall at their graduation.

Saying goodbye to UW-Madison

By Megan Girod STAFF WRITER

The fall of 2018 – my freshman year – was a dream. I remember it like it was yesterday. I felt on top of the world like college was going to last forever. Little did I know how quickly it would fly by.

Fast forward to my sophomore year. The COVID19 pandemic came and hit campus hard. Spending a year and a half online was less than thrilling, as I’m sure many college students felt. We watched friends and older siblings graduate through computer screens rather than in-person, classes were listened to while we lay in bed and friendships were maintained through Snapchat streaks and Facetime calls.

And all too suddenly, it was senior year. The fall of my senior year brought excitement as the campus finally returned to in-person classes, and it made COVID feel like a weird nightmare that we had col-

lectively woken up from.

We had to adjust to life back in person, but it was no big deal — we had adjusted to COVID pretty okay.

The fall semester went by all too quickly. Classes, clubs and exciting sports events whisked us through the seasons in a flash.

Parents soon began to remind their senior students that graduation was quickly approaching. We didn’t want to believe them, because after graduation comes the scary stuff — the “being a real adult” stuff.

Interviews and classwork are intertwined in such a way that you don’t realize how much time has passed until, well, now it’s April.

There are two weeks until graduation, and it feels like the city is buzzing with anticipation. This is the first in-person graduation in two years. For the first time in two years, we will be able to gather in Camp Randall on a nice warm day in May and jump around one last time as undergraduates.

And it. Is. Terrifying.

The world and adulting is a scary thing. Job offers are coming in, and you don’t want to make a mistake, don’t want to pick the wrong position. There’s a lot of pressure and what feels like not a lot of time to figure out what needs to be done to find out where you need to go. Those similar feelings from freshman year come rushing back.

We are greeted with the fear and excitement of the unknown. But, just like we handled COVID and online learning with grace, we will handle adulthood with grace just the same.

Adulthood is scary, just like being a freshman was scary.

Lucky for us, we are well prepared from our time at UW, we know that scary feeling won’t last forever.

We will have new and exciting things to experience, new places to explore and new people to meet.

Take a big deep breath before the drop into adulthood, it’ll all be alright.

Unlike most first-year students, I lived in Madison the summer after my freshman year. So, when the grass finally started to green up and school came to a close, I began to feel lost. Who was I in Madison without school? And who was I during the summer without my hometown?

These questions and others of the like frequently circulated in my brain.

I was going through a summer identity crisis.

The first crisis I grappled with was living in Madison while actively not participating in classes. I was still a student, technically speaking, but without the constant late night studying, immense stress and hours of homework, I found myself with a lot more free time. To combat the boredom I began to feel,

I tried to explore new parts of Madison. I became more familiar with the city and no longer relied on Google Maps to go from my apartment to the grocery store.

I began to take walks and bike rides more frequently. I explored the farmers market and did all of the activities I was too busy to do during the school year.

Eventually, Madison no longer felt like the city that I attended college in; it began to feel like my home.

The latter part of my twofold identity crisis was the constant feeling of being uprooted. mmer progressed, I became more comfortable with the idea of being in Madison while being out of school.

A certain feeling of comfort began to unfold. I developed a routine: go to work, go for a walk, go to bed — over and over and over again. Finally, I began

to feel rooted in Madison which, to me, displayed the power of change. Just as a tree needs time to adjust to its new environment, I needed time to adjust to my new life in Madison.

Presently, I have held my job for a little over a year. I now have favorite paths to walk and favorite coffee shops to study in. I am more rooted than ever. I finally feel at home in Madison.

So, as the semester comes to an end and summer ramps up, I encourage the students who may feel a little lost without school to go out and explore Madison. In a city with this much life, there is always something to do. The warm weather will invite you into parts of the city you may have never seen. Madison truly is the best place to be during the summer — or during an identity crisis.

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Republicans should vote for Kleefisch

By Tripp Grebe STAFF WRITER

The midterm elections are quickly approaching, and it will be imperative for Wisconsin Republicans to defeat Governor Tony Evers. If Republicans can take control of the governor’s office, they will be able to pass crucial school choice legislation, tax reform and further invest in public safety.

Despite the political landscape appearing favorable for Wisconsin Republicans in the upcoming election cycle, they are not a guaranteed victory. Wisconsin Republicans have lost 11 of the last 12 statewide races. Therefore, it is understandable that there seems to be a lot of public unease among Republicans regarding whether they possess a formidable and qualified candidate to take down Evers in November.

In theory, Republicans should nominate a candidate who retains established credibility and experience in conservative politics, motivates and relates to the grassroots activists, can appeal to younger and older voters and holds a clear and defensible policy agenda.

Rebecca Kleefisch is the candidate who possesses all the necessary tools and characteristics to defeat Evers.

Kleefisch served as Scott Walker’s Lieutenant Governor from 2011to 2019. She was in lockstep with Governor Walker as the administration passed conservative reforms such as Act 10, which addressed a 3.6-billion-dollar budget deficit by limiting public sector unions’ bar-

gaining power.

The Walker-Kleefisch administration would face the wrath of nearly 100,000 thousand protestors after the legislation’s passage. The protestors occupied the Wisconsin Capitol for almost two weeks, but Walker and Kleefisch didn’t budge.

The protest culminated in the 2012 recall election, in which Walker and Kleefisch were both on the ballot. Both were vindicated when Wisconsin Voters re-elected the pair by a higher percentage than they were initially elected in 2010.

Shouldn’t Republicans want to nominate a candidate like Kleefisch — a candidate who not only has a proven track record of passing conservative reforms but also successfully defending them?

Some people might argue that Kleefisch’s role as Lieutenant Governor was limited, and Walker should receive all the credit for passing the legislation. To refute this claim, listen to what Walker said about Kleefisch. In 2019, three years before the upcoming gubernatorial election, Walker encouraged Kleefisch to run.

“I think she would win, and I think she would be a hell of a great governor if she was elected,” Walker told the Milwaukee Press Club.

Walker is more familiar with Kleefisch’s governing ability than anyone. If he had enough confidence in her ability to encourage her to run three years ago publicly, questions from Republicans regarding her ability to govern should be put to rest.

Walker doubled down on his

confidence earlier this year and formally endorsed Kleefisch.

Despite serving as Lieutenant Governor for eight years and winning election three separate times, Kleefisch is not a traditional establishment Republican. She is a grassroots activist who clawed her way to the pinnacle of state politics without losing her connection to

her political profile grows. In the April elections, she invested in local school board elections and saw 81 out of her 116 endorsed candidates win.

Often when a politician serves multiple terms in office and attains a high media profile, they’ll lose their touch with the grassroots and build a reputation as a “political insid-

the grassroots.

In 2010, when she was running for the Republican nomination as Lieutenant Governor, nobody thought Kleefisch would win. She was a former news anchor who was simply concerned about high taxes and government waste. However, despite very few party officials taking her bid seriously, she outworked and defeated other establishment-backed candidates to win the Republican nomination.

Kleefisch hasn’t lost her connection to the grassroots, even as

er.” Kleefisch hasn’t lost her touch; instead, she’s strengthened her connection with grassroots activists by focusing on grassroots issues.

It’s essentially inevitable that Democrats, at least for the foreseeable future, will always perform better among young people than Republicans. However, the under30 voting bloc will be crucial in the upcoming gubernatorial election.

In 2018, when Tony Evers defeated Scott Walker in the gubernatorial election, under-30 voters supported Evers by a 23-point mar-

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gin, 60% to 37%. Compared to 2014, when Scott Walker defeated Mary Burke, under-30 voters supported Burke by only a 4-point margin, 51% to 47%.

There is no better Republican to relate with young voters than a mother who has shown a unique ability to enthuse crowds of young adults and young women in particular. Kleefisch has served as the Executive Director of the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, where she launched the country’s efforts to commemorate and educate America about the 100th anniversary of women earning suffrage. If elected, she will be the first female Governor in state history.

Lastly, Kleefisch has a specific policy vision for the state of Wisconsin. She’s not just running as an “outsider” or former Lieutenant Governor; she has her own plan to fix the problems facing the people of Wisconsin. After losing re-election in 2018, she spent time traveling around the state learning about the issues people face,turning those issues into an actionable plan with solutions.

Through her policy organization, the 1848 Project, she has outlined specific solutions for investing in workers, improving public education, bettering healthcare, reforming big government and protecting public safety. Kleefisch isn’t just running on a platform that she’s going to “shake things up in Madison,” but has a practical plan to solve the issues facing the people of Wisconsin.

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An evaluation of greed being an inherited or inculcated vice

By Anupras Mohapatra SENIOR STAFF WRITER

In most Asian households, the idea of living a risk-free life is muchtouted. After all, who desires a life of hardship that taking risks can result in? No one. These discussions often center around material possessions like money or land. Get a job that pays well and then buy land or property. This is likely why the American Dream has such great appeal.

However, these discussions can easily devolve into a desire to accrue more than one could ever need. This is greed — a desire for excess material wealth. Discussions of political ideology tend to center on this notion as well. On one hand, people believe greed is human nature. On the other hand, people believe greed is a product of conditioning. It is like a seed sowed in humans during their formative years.

The concept of greed is nothing new. The likes of Plato considered greed to be human nature. Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution has served as the justification for greed being natural and even good. As an extension of the Darwinian notion of evolution, Richard Dawkins argues in his book, “The Selfish Gene,” that the selfishness displayed by our genes mirrors “selfishness in individual behavior.” Ivan Fredrick Boesky, a fraudulent American stock trader, said in a commencement speech at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, “I think greed is healthy.

You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.”

It could be argued that this con-

cept of greed has been the driving force for the billionaire class. This is most notable in the U.S., the country with the most billionaires. When Earth wasn’t enough, their eyes turned toward outer space. All this is in the middle of a pandemic that has ravaged their workers. However, there exist instances from history which suggest that greed isn’t as inherent as one may think.

The most significant instances of a greed-free society are indigenous populations around the world, such as Indigenous Americans. Prior to having large swathes of their land plundered and people massacred by white settlers, indigenous tribes thrived in the land of modern day United States. They lived with a communal reverence for their land and nature.

In the book “An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States” by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, we see that Indigenous people had a thriving civilization prior to settler colonizers arriving at the continent.

Tribal nations held land collectively, much to the dismay of Senator Henry Dawes. Senator Dawes wrote an act in 1887 for allotment of this land. He justified it by saying “there is no selfishness” in the Indigenous people and “no enterprise to make your home any better than that of your neighbors.”

Dunbar-Ortiz writes that the allotment of Indigenous land didn’t succeed in inculcating selfishness.

Instead, it made the Indigenous people even more powerless. Naturally, Indigenous nations opposed allot-

ment. In 1894, the Hopi Nation petitioned the federal government to stave off allotment. They explained how their society was matriarchal and communal in nature. Dividing their land for private ownership would be “unthinkable.” While the petition never received a response, Hopi ground resistance meant that the government gave up on allotment of their land at the time.

Surely this means it is entirely possible for society to not just exist, but even flourish without greed. A society where collective interests are paramount. One could look at much of Asia, Africa and Latin America to see collectivist societies in action. The pandemic has exposed the destructive aspects of individualism and the greed that goes hand in hand.

Is this is a moment of reckoning?

Considering this history that contradicts the belief that greed is inherited, would I say that greed is purely taught? Not quite. We all have a sense of personal belonging and individuality. While it may vary from person to person, it exists. This existence of a sense of self means that the seeds for greed exist. If the existing structures motivate this individuality, people grow up feeling entitled to more than they need or even deserve.

Indigenous societies place a sacred reverence on their land and value the collective. So do other collectivist societies of today. There is an understanding that individual actions affect other people around.

Meanwhile the dominant individualists of today place the same sort of reverence on consumerism and

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material wealth. This isn’t to say money isn’t important. It most definitely is. It’s just the way material wealth is framed that is conducive to greed.

The young have it drilled in them that money equates to success. Obviously, you’d want to have enough wealth to survive the worst of times. However, this idealization of wealth can drive some to chase it competitively. The rise of social media only furthers this idealization. What one sees and doesn’t have, one wants.

Material wealth is meant for every individual on earth, unlike a competition that is constructed to be won by “the best.” Chasing wealth competitively only results in an imbalance that takes on a generational turn.

This results in new generations losing the wealth game before they can even compete. Sustenance becomes a struggle as the rush for wealth

becomes destructive. There is no merit in a competition where there are very clear handicaps in place for some. In an ideal world, this competition should not exist.

So to answer the question posed in the title, the seeds of greed may very well be inherited genetically. However, it is not an essential part of human nature like some may argue. Social constructs play a bigger role in this by stimulating the greed instinct.

A society that prioritizes the collective would never find itself clamoring for more. Meanwhile, a society that reveres wealth would take pride in individualistic greed, much like we see when Boesky’s calls greed “healthy.”

Anupras is a former opinion editor, currently on the editorial board. He is a junior studying Computer Science and Journalism.

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By Mackenzie Moore ALMANAC EDITOR

For once, the Almanac is bringing you real news. I realize that it’s difficult to trust a word you read in this section — if you do, you may be a few curds shy of a ButterBurger basket — but you’re just gonna have to roll with me on this one. Let’s get to the point. As of today, the Almanac is changing its name to “The Beet.”

The reason for the switch is simple. Its current name is neither relevant or historically significant enough to justify keeping. When people see “Almanac,” it doesn’t exactly scream “comedy” or “creative writing.” When I joined The Daily Cardinal as an Associate news writer, I remember mentioning that it would be cool if we had a satire section, only for Managing Editor Grace

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Hodgman to tell me, “Well, there’s the Almanac.”

One could argue that’s more a reflection of my lack of intelligence than the name not making sense, but that means that everyone else at the paper who agrees a name change is in order also lacks intelligence.

Though true, that is this section’s target audience.

The new name seeks to honor The Onion’s founding members, many of whom created comics and wrote for The Daily Cardinal during their time at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

According to what can be found in the extensive Cardinal archives, this newspaper did not have a platform for satire until two years after The Onion was created.

Ultimately, this paper’s loss was the comedy world’s gain.

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Unfortunately, it was also the gain of those who live in such a distant reality that Onion articles are perceived as news and shared on social media as such, reaching others of their kind.

That being said, the found-

ing members of The Onion do not know they’re being honored, and I have no immediate plans to inform them. Not because I don’t want them to feel happy that we appreciate them, but because if they don’t

feel that way, I fully believe that Cardinal alum and owner and former Editor-In-Chief of The Onion Scott Dikkers could beat me up.

It should be made clear that, despite its namesake, The Beet will continue to gladly showcase other forms of creative writing. Whether someone wants to write a stupid article or beautiful poetry, chances are it all stems from some kind of deep-rooted trauma — we’re all one over here.

As your Beet editor, I look forward to the new chapter in this section’s history. If we’re lucky, maybe The Daily Cardinal website will even have the new name updated before the next editor comes along and changes it name again.

Yours until further notice, The Beet

The Democrats have nego- Elon Musk buys Twitter, tiated away the gays complains about Dollar Tree price hike

By Jeffrey Brown CONTRIBUTOR

In a closed-door meeting late last night, Democrat and Republican party leaders have struck a deal to get rid of all gay people.

Democrats have called the deal a “massive win” for progressive causes.

“By offering to get rid of all gay people, we were able to get Republicans to agree to raising the minimum wage to nine dollars per hour,” said Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “You don’t see deals like this happening very much anymore, so we’re very proud of how we demonstrated that — despite our differences — we can work together to help the American people. What we have here is a great deal for both sides.”

The rise to $9 an hour is the first time the federal minimum wage has changed since 2009. With inflation and expenses rising for many Americans, it was of utmost importance to the Democrats in the House to get this bill passed.

“We have a large enough majority in the House that we didn’t need to negotiate with Republicans to pass a raise to the minimum wage,” noted a Democratic representative from a state you forgot existed. “But it’s important to reach across the aisle in these divisive times, now more than ever.”

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the Senate, where Senator Manchin is expected to stall until the change to the minimum wage is lowered to $8 an hour even though the Republicans fully support the bill as-is.

“Nine dollars an hour may be tough to swallow for many mom-and-pop small businesses out there, but it’s the sacrifice that was necessary to rid this country of its dirty communist homosexual groomers,” added a Republican official who married an intern 30 years younger than him and is accused of sexually harassing minors in three states.

Upon hearing the news of being negotiated away, gay people were notably upset. “What the fuck does it mean we were ‘negotiated away’? Am I supposed to stop being gay, or are they going to send a death squad after me? This has to be ille-

gal, right?”

As a reminder, same-sex marriage has been a right in the United States for under 10 years.

The president has already stated he’s happy to sign whatever final bill Congress sends his way.

“This is a living wage Americans should be celebrating,” remarked President Biden. “Nine dollars used to get you a ride on the elephant, a trip on the whirly ride and one heck of a lunch at the traveling circus. Me, Corn Pop and Boom-Boom Can would wander the circus every summer trying to catch us a Chinese rooster. They said those roosters were lucky roosters and we could’ve used some luck back in those days. But we didn’t have luck; we worked hard and that’s how America should always be.”

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The New York Times reported on Monday that Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has purchased Twitter for $44 billion. This puts Musk in the same league as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who purchased The Washington Post for a measly $130 million back in 2013.

Musk stated that one of his motives for buying the social media titan was to bolster freedom of speech, calling it the “bedrock of a functioning democracy.” This is an interesting change of pace from the guy who not only was ruled to have illegally fired a Tesla employee for trying to organize a union just three years ago, but also illegally prohibited workers from speaking to the media about Tesla — even about public information — without authorization.

Despite spending $54.20 per share for the platform, the SpaceX founder soon found it necessary to complain about Dollar Tree’s price increase from $1 to $1.25.

While the hike began in November, it appeared to be news to the billionaire, presumably because the chain does not sell Soylent Green.

“Just stopped at @ DollarTree. Was really looking forward to eating Milk Duds and popping in a Limp Bizkit CD, but noticed I’d have to spend

more than $2 — my boner is killed and my night is ruined,” tweeted Elon “let’s launch a $200,000 car into space” Musk.

It’s unfortunate to see another rich person that would rather put their money into real estate or offshore accounts instead of spending their last $10 on a late night burrito like the rest of us. The entrepreneur has claimed to not take advantage of tax loopholes, but given that he criticized California for taxing billionaires too much, the statement doesn’t hold much weight.

That being said, it’s not inconceivable that Musk’s next move will be to purchase the dollar store chain and restore it to its 25 cents-cheaper glory. However, this is the founder of the company that’s charging $50,000 more to own a “Founders Series” Roadster, which appears to be exactly the same as the $200,000 base model.

To be fair, the Founders Series does allow people to spend a middle-class annual salary for the bragging rights of being one of the first 1,000 people to own the vehicle.

Therefore, if Musk does buy Dollar Tree, consumers can expect the first pieces of inventory — which would typically cost $1 — to go for the collector’s rate of $500. This is a great deal for those willing to throw away the recommended retail price of a brand-new PS5 for a damaged box of Cheez-Its. While there’s no harm in planning for the potential future, for now, congratulations are in order.

From his humble beginnings as the son of an alleged half-owner of a Zambian emerald mine to a multi-billionaire and new owner of perhaps the world’s largest news distribution platform, Elon Musk is truly a trailblazer and an inspiration.

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arts Wolf Alice’s Theo Ellis on luck, success and ‘being in the conversation’ Rebecca Perla ARTS EDITOR

Perched on a tour bus couch and sporting a Ushanka hat, Theo Ellis, long-time bassist for Wolf Alice, dishes on the success of Blue Weekend, being an ‘ideas-based’ band, opening for Harry Styles and the need for a good “crying playlist.”

Approaching its first birthday, Wolf Alice’s third album, Blue Weekend, has gathered widespread acclaim. It was the band’s first album to make it to number one on the U.K. music charts and made significant headway in the American music scene. The album also received a 2021 Mercury Prize nomination and the band took “Best Group” at the 2022 Brit Awards.

Despite its proven success, Ellis still seems in awe and disbelief at the band’s accomplishments. When asked about the awards and honors Wolf Alice has received, he responded, “I never thought Wolf Alice would even be in the conversation, let alone win one of them. So that was a really surreal, but really fun experience. It’s the kind of thing you don’t think is gonna happen.”

As for the band’s American tour, Ellis offered an apple pie’s worth of praise. “It is great to be back in America; the audiences are so nice. You guys are really good gig-goers, like maybe some of the best in the world.”

But the tour wouldn’t be as special or have as much power to it without the music and messages behind their recent album. A record featuring songs of angst, heartbreak and begging, Blue Weekend was conceived as a salve for COVID-19. With songs and questions, such as “How Can I Make It Okay,” it thrives in the era of new beginnings as people venture out into the world again, still carrying the emotional baggage of the past two years.

The emotions prevalent in their latest album are no accident. After the band finished their previous tour, they decided to take a three month hiatus from one another in order to

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Wolf Alice performed at the Majestic Theatre on April 6, bringing firey vocals, an engaging stage presence and rock n roll. decompress and become their own separate people again. The urge to ‘get back together,’ quickly returned once the hiatus was up.

“We all kind of got back and kind of pieced our lives back together a little bit… and quite quickly, that urge to start making songs again started to develop,” Ellis said. “I think it was one of the first times that we didn’t have much material, [so] we really got together and started to work on making new music in the same room.“ By the beginning of 2020, they had already taken a selection of songs to ICP Studios in Brussels with producer Markus Dravs and began the recording process. But halfway through recordings, COVID-19 hit.

As Ellis put it, “[it] was fucking crazy. It was a residential studio, in Brussels, and it was one of the first places to lock down. So everyone got a kind of cabin fever.”

Instead of a fairly regular recording experience, the process took much longer than anticipated and clouded their ability to gauge the

album’s value. “They (were) making the album over a long time, and no one knew whether it was any good or not. Everyone couldn’t see the woods from the trees,” explained Ellis.

“No one listened to it for like two months. And then two months went past and everyone started to listen to it. We were like, wait, I think this is actually quite good. And (the album) was,” Ellis joked. “We’re all super proud of it now, but it was a very labor intensive and kind of scary record to make. I think it’s all for the positive; for the best in a way.”

Ellis commended his producers, bandmates and other collaborators for the ultimate success. He praised everyone who finished the record during such a tumultuous time: “Credit to the guys who worked on it as well. Not just the band, but Iain Berryman, Markus Dravs and some others really stuck with us. It was a scary time in the world… people, understandably, could have wanted to have done their [own] thing, but they didn’t.”

The songs on the album ended up carrying much significance for the fans and band members, both sonically and lyrically.

“There was a moment where Ellie was writing, rewriting or rephrasing and kind of changed and chopped the lyrics to ‘The Beach II.’ I saw her doing it while she was changing those lyrics. And I just remember being really moved by it,” Ellis revealed. “(And) I love the feeling I get from playing ‘How Can I Make It Okay.’ When you’re playing a song to someone who hasn’t got it before you can kind of see them getting into it; it has a lovely build to it. And by the end of the song, it’s one of the best things.”

Grateful and gleeful seem to be a common theme within the Wolf Alice dynamic. Ellis dedicates the power of Wolf Alice and the comfort of playing in the band to the teamwork and collective understanding behind their music and song writing process.

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a good thing going,” Ellis said with a smile. “But what I love the most about it is the fact that we kind of pick up any instrument and do whatever you want. It’s all an ideas-based band…

I don’t think we have a rigid kind of structure like some other bands.

That’s not us.”

When asked about the band’s upcoming gig with Harry Styles, a grin formed around Ellis’s face.

“I don’t know what that’s going to be like,” Ellis laughed. “He came to one of our shows at the Hammersmith Apollo, which was one of our headline shows in the U.K. It was funny; I was playing and he was standing right there, right next to the monitors… I think in a weird way we’re a good match.”

Playlists soon came into discussion when I revealed that my crying and therapy-themed playlists primarily consist of Wolf Alice songs. Ellis chuckled, “I need one of those at the moment. I’m in need of a good cry… I really like that, it’s good. That’s what it’s supposed to do, I think.”

Having been together for a decade now, Wolf Alice is certainly a force to be reckoned with. Theo joined when he was just 19-years-old. He essentially grew up in this band, as he explained.

“I am partially synonymous with the band. The band has shaped me, you know what I mean? I’ve definitely made my own choices as I navigate life, but I have very much been shaped by this whole experience… and now I feel very comfortable being me in this band,” Ellis added. “That’s probably to do with the fact that the other three are so great to be around.”

“We’re dedicated. We’ll play.

If people come, we will play,” Ellis exclaimed. “We’re getting older though, so just buy tickets now.

Because you’re gonna see an older version of us soon otherwise!

Blue Weekend and the rest of Wolf Alice’s discography is on all major music streaming platforms, and they’ll be on tour through November, 2022 with dates in the U.S. starting in September.

The rise of K-pop in the United States of America

By Maddie Urlaub STAFF WRITER

While the United States is late to the game of K-pop, the beginning of this music genre started in 1990 when performance groups began recording and making their music accessible.

Little did these music groups know that they were starting a domino effect that would later change the world.

These early 1990 K-pop groups did not know that they had begun a genre of music that would provide a staple to South Korea’s wealth. Currently, BTS brings in $5 billion dollars to South Korea’s economy annually, according to NPR Economy. K-pop holds an impressive place in South Korea’s economy that does not go unnoticed. In 2022, K-pop groups like BTS, Ateez and Twice have made millions from their concerts and exclusive merchandise.

Particularly within the last five years, K-pop groups have begun making a name for themselves beyond South Korea, expanding to the United States, Canada, South America and Europe.

BTS’ 2018 Love Yourself national tour

had every show in the United States sold out. Blackpink performed at the renowned festival Coachella festival.

SuperM has appeared on American TV shows including Ellen, The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon and The Late Show with James Corden. K-pop has made a mark on the United States and it will not be leaving anytime soon.

K-pop not only has millions of fans within the United States, but also spreads positive messages. The genre of K-pop has broken many barriers of toxic masculinity. With their emphasis on gender-fluid clothes, makeup and dancing styles, K-pop members continue to push through society’s gender norms. Today we are seeing similar artists, such as Harry Styles and Lil Nas X, continuing to fight masculinity stereotypes within music as well.

K-pop does more than transcend past toxic masculinity, it also defies barriers of language, culture and ethnicity.

Despite the majority of K-pop songs being in Korean, people around the world who do not understand Korean still enjoy the music. No matter the lan-

guage, K-pop fans continue to enjoy the music and the positive messages from their song lyrics.

Since the beginning of COVID-19, racism and prejudice against Asians have become more visible. K-pop helps the #StopAsianHate movement because it showcases a perspective on how to appreciate different cultures.

These K-pop groups exhibit the cultural norms of South Korea through their music. They highlight all of South Korea’s positive attributes, educating fans about its culture and all it has to offer.

Even though K-pop is spreading positive representations of Asian culture, there is still a long way to go. Movies and TV shows originating from South Korea like “Parasite” and “Squid Game” are just a glimpse.

But at least examples like these show the United States that other countries and people are just as talented, if not more so.

The rise of K-pop within the United States serves as a significant, impactful stepping stone to more

diversity. Ultimately, more diverse representation in the United States,

makes for a rise in creativity and social justice.

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BTS on the cover of TIME Magazine as the 2020 Entertainer of the Year.

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