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More than 80 shots have been fired in Madison since the beginning of 2016. Madison Police Department Chief Mike Koval said the shootings are connected to an increased gang presense in Madison. Local community groups are looking to address the violence.

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Madtown Crier Madtown refuses to slow down. Here are some upcoming events The Badger Herald recommends to keep you up to speed.

Thursday 10/6 The Virgin Suicides (1999) at Marquee Cinema, 7 p.m., FREE Maggie Farris at Comedy Club on State, 8:30 p.m., $5

Tuesday 10/4 The Artistry of Innovation: WARF Patent Drawings at Union South Gallery 1308, All day, FREE

Wednesday 10/5 Fall Welcome/International Opportunities Fair at Pyle Center, 4 p.m., FREE UW Wind Ensemble at Mills Concert Hall, 7:30 p.m., FREE

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Madison Opera preview (Romeo & Juliet) at DeForest Library, 6:30 p.m. FREE,

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Friday 10/7 The Room (2003) at Marquee Cinema, FREE, 11 p.m.

Gallery Reception at Yellow Rose Gallery, 5 p.m., FREE (donations accepted) The Spill Canvas present: Requestor at The Frequency, 7:30 p.m., FREE Haley Winckler Badger Herald

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Saturday 10/8 Southern Wisconsin Country Pub Crawl at Memorial Union, 9 a.m., FREE

Sunday 10/9 Photo courtesy of Slow Pulp

Saturday 10/8 Ziggy Marley at the Barrymore Theatre, 8 p.m., $42.50 Jack and the Coax w/ Slow Pulp at the Terrace, 9 p.m., FREE

DJ Nick Nice at Maduro, 10 p.m., FREE

Monday 10/10 Team Trivia at the Sett, FREE, 8 p.m.

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Wisconsin startup opportunities lacking for student entrepreneurs U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin looks to introduce bill to provide funds for new business ventures across state

by Vidushi Saxena State Editor

Wisconsin’s dead last position for startup activity nationwide has impacted students looking to start their own businesses, leading some to seek opportunities outside the state.

Despite having a “rich history” of entrepreneurship, the Kauffman Foundation ranked Wisconsin last in the nation for startup activity two years in a row. While this reflects the state’s overall lack of such activity, it also shines a light on the lack of initiatives to encourage entrepreneurs.

Some activists, however, are trying to change this. U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, has introduced a bill that would help entrepreneurs in the early stages of their startups. Madison organizations like 100state are looking to give students opportunities to grow their businesses as well.

Student entrepreneurs especially face tough barriers when starting businesses. Claudia Seidenberg, co-director of MadVentures and operations manager for 100state, said students often have great ideas but do not know where to

start.

Students find it hard to connect with other professionals like graphic designers and developers who can help their idea grow. There are few and often inadequate resources for such students to seek help in Wisconsin, Seidenberg said.

“There’s no great road map for how to get started as an entrepreneur in Wisconsin,” Seidenberg said.

Baldwin said access to funding for businesses was the greatest impediment to startups in Wisconsin. Through conversations with Wisconsin-based entrepreneurs, Baldwin said she found most needed this money to grow their business later on.

In the case of student entrepreneurs, Baldwin said college debt also plays a key role in access to funding. Students with high debt might find it difficult or impossible to obtain loans for their startups. Seidenberg said this is common and strongly disincentivizes students to start their own businesses.

Seidenberg, a University of Wisconsin junior, said many students make the decision to leave the state because of the lack of opportunities. She said Wisconsin needs to work on incentivizing

student entrepreneurs to come to the state to start their businesses instead of leaving.

Currently, Wisconsin has only one fund that gives money to entrepreneurs in all fields except biotechnology and life sciences, Baldwin said.

She said this funding source is minimal and not adequate enough to help those looking to create a startup.

“There have been some steps the state has taken but there are still major gaps in Wisconsin’s initiatives,” Baldwin said. “When we see such poor results in our state it calls for action.”

To fill this gap and meet student entrepreneurs’ needs, Baldwin proposed the Small Business Innovation Act, a federal, bipartisan bill that focuses on spurring entrepreneurship and assisting small businesses and startups in their early stages. By encouraging the growth of small businesses, the bill would stimulate job creation and grow Wisconsin’s economy, she said.

Organizations like LynxBio, Madison Region Economic Partnership, Wisconsin Technology Council and Wisconsin Innovation Network, among several others, support Baldwin’s bill.

The bill targets gaps in Wisconsin’s venture capital fund and also provides more funding

options to startups. Baldwin said startups in biotechnology and life sciences fields will be able to receive capital with this bill as well.

Michelle Somes-Booher, Wisconsin Small Business Development Center director, said UW has a vibrant startup community that needs to expand to other parts of the state. She said the state should invest and take more initiatives to mold an entrepreneurial mindset at a young age.

“It’s risky and generally Midwesterners are more risk averse but we need to do this to encourage startups,” Somes-Booher said .

Seidenberg said Madison has a lot of coworking spaces, which are offices that allow small business owners and people with startups to come and work on their ideas. UW also provides avenues like the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship for students seeking help in starting their own businesses, Somes-Booher said.

Seidenberg said the state needs to prioritize investing in the development of these spaces and supporting student entrepreneurs.

“Going it alone is really hard and the more we can create opportunities to sustain that supported space, the more we’ll see of entrepreneurship in the state,” Seidenberg said.

Plan looks to change ‘Alcatraz-like’ conditions of county jail Dane County Board seeks to improve living conditions by removing bars, adding windows, making locks safer for emergencies

by Vidushi Saxena State Editor

In an effort to prioritize inmate health and safety, a Dane County supervisor proposed a $4.4 million plan to make the county jail a safer place to live in.

The plan, which County Supervisor Paul Rusk, District 12, proposed Sept. 17, is a stop-gap measure to address some of the problems inmates and officers face at the City County Jail building. These problems are so risky that they make the jail a dangerous and uninhabitable place.

“You really don’t have to go to San Francisco and see Alcatraz when you can just go up to the sixth and seventh floors,” Rusk said.

More than 80 suicides have been attempted on these two floors of the City County Building because of poor and risky living conditions, Rusk said. To make their accommodations more comfortable, Rusk said the plan includes removing bars and adding doors with windows instead.

Moreover, the doors will have better locks so inmates can be evacuated quickly in an emergency.

Dane County Supervisor Hayley Young, District 5, said the plan will not remodel or restructure the whole jail but add necessary fixes to address potential loss of life. She said

despite the high costs the plan is important and should be evaluated. The plan has faced little opposition and even seen support from the wider community because it addresses security risks to inmates and officers at the jail.

“This is something that’s a closer to an emergency or a Band-Aid [solution],” Young said. “We have to do something about this right now.”

Currently, inmates and officers on the sixth and seventh floors do not have access to clean drinking water, Rusk said. The pipes have high levels of lead in them so inmates cannot use hot water and have to wait for cold water to run before using it. They do not know how much of the piping needs to be replaced but the plan includes working on fixing them.

Fire is also a “huge concern” for the sixth and seventh floors, Rusk said. The plan includes fixing passageways and making windows easier to open in case there is a fire.

Though the plan is temporary, Rusk said it will buy time to find more permanent solutions to other issues like solitary confinement. Currently, inmates with mental health problems are put into solitary confinement, which Rusk said is “outrageous.” The current plan keeps solitary confinement in place but future plans will replace it with a better solution.

Other long-term solutions include possible remodeling of the jail building as a whole,

Rusk said. The sixth and seventh floors will be turned into offices and the jail will have a more modern layout.

Young said future plans could also address racial barriers in criminal justice through comprehensive reform. She said the Dane County Board is discussing these matters but has not concretely decided on anything yet.

Funds for the repairs are coming from capital money, which comes from bonds Dane County issues for projects. The Dane County Board borrows this money like a loan, Rusk said.

Other costs within the project include those to temporarily relocate inmates to another facility while the repairs take place. Rusk said this is not good for the inmates because they should be close to their families but there are no other options and the Dane County Board has to act fast.

“We have to be responsible and bite the bullet to address the health and safety issues as best as we can,” Rusk said.

The Public Protection and Judiciary committee and the Personnel and Finance Committee unanimously passed the plan on Sept. 20 and 26 respectively.

The Dane County Board will review the plan in upcoming weeks, Young said.

Construction is expected to begin around May 2017.

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Rise in gang-related shootings sparks action from Madison community To address recent violence, new coalition creates 15-point plan to provide peer mentors, decrease recidivism, reduce crime among youth

by Alice Vagun City Editor

With more than 80 shots fired in Madison since the beginning of the year, the Madison Police Department has seen a recent increase in gang-affiliated shootings since August.

But while gang-affiliated shootings are on the rise, MPD Chief Mike Koval said MPD isn’t ready to say the gun violence is a manifestation of gangs fighting other gangs. “[A perpetuator] may be part of a gang, wear gang symbols or be an alum of a gang,” Koval said. “So, there is gang ancestry throughout the course of many of these shootings, but that’s not to suggest that it’s ‘gang against gang.’”

Some residents are fearful to step forward as witnesses to these shootings, so it is difficult to move forward with the investigations, Koval said.

Since he first assumed office, Koval noted there has been an increased gang presence in Madison. Racial disparities in Dane County play a large role in this increase, he said.

“These shots fired or these crimes tend to be acts of desperation by desperate people owing to a variety of different factors,” Koval said.

According to the Race to Equity report, more than 54 percent of black Dane County residents live below the federal poverty line, this compares to 8.7 percent of their white counterparts.

Some of the factors, Koval said, include the proliferation of drugs in the community — specifically heroin and opiates. Koval also cited a lack of “conflict resolution skills” and ready access to guns as another reason for the reason shots are easily fired.

But pro-gun activists like Jeff Nass, former executive director and president at Wisconsin FORCE, said in the case of gang-related gun violence, the problem isn’t with the gun — it’s with the person pulling the trigger.

“We need to work on the people,” Nass said. “The firearm is not the problem.”

Instead of placing the blame on the guns, Nass said it’s important law enforcement officials are able to arrest and prosecute those responsible for the crime. The guns are not what need to be kept off the streets, Nass said, it’s the bad people who don’t use them for good purposes.

While Nass said he believes prosecution is key when it comes to dealing with gang-related gun violence, the question as to how to keep those away from a life of crime still remains.

Koval said reducing the crime rate has nothing to with policing itself, but with making changes within the community.

To address this issue, a group of Madison residents recently joined together to form the Focused Interruption Coalition. The group worked together to create a 15 point plan to reduce gun violence, crime among youth and recidivism rates.

Ald. Matt Phair, District 20, one of the original coauthors of the proposed 15 point plan, said certain areas of the community don’t have enough resources to provide support. With a lack of a proper support system, some youth may become susceptible to a life of crime.

One part of the coalition’s plan is to to provide young, first-time, non-violent offenders the opportunity to connect with peer mentors who will provide life coaching skills to set them on the right path, member minister Caliph Muab’El said.

“It’s important to provide these kids someone they’re familiar with, someone they can relate to and who has

walk in the path they walk through,” Muab’El said.

“Instead of creating program after program that has no cultural references, this initiative directly addresses that.”

Muab’El said he knows first hand how mentors can help.

After committing a gang-related shooting at the age of 15, Muab’El went to prison for 15 years. When he left prison at the age of 30, he naturally had some setbacks.

“I was pretty set back in something as simple as opening a checking account or paying rent,” Muab’El said.

A lot of those things, he said, he had to learn as an adult.

It wasn’t an easy transition for him, but with the help of peers who went through similar experiences, he was able to move forward.

Along with peer mentors, Phair said the Madison Peace Project is another priority of the coalition. The project invites young people to develop ideas to reduce youth gun violence and submit those proposals to the city of Madison in an effort to reduce gun violence.

“Even if gun violence is not rising, it’s not falling either — and thats not acceptable,” Phair said.

Koval said grassroots organizations like FIC are extremely viable and credible because the community members give them a great deal of “street power.” Their actions are done with, for and by the people, Koval added.

With the 15 point plan, Muab’El said he and members of the Focused Interruption Coalition are charged with the obligation to make sure anyone is able to come to the coalition for help.

“We know what works — we have the solution,” Muab’El said. “We’ve shown success in this particular strategy in rallying these politicians and funders to invest in that solution. We want to see a better community and a better Madison.”

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New study to investigate impact of voter ID laws during election

UW Political Science Department, Dane County Clerk partner to uncover data on voting habits, barriers for turn out

by Amos Mayberry Contributor

While Wisconsin’s new voter ID requirement continues to cause controversy, the Dane County Clerk’s office will study the November election to see how much of an impact the law really has on voters.

Factors that may inhibit voting, such as the voter ID requirement, have been discussed and speculated before, but there hasn’t been any quantitative data to back it up, Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell said. This study, which is the first of its kind in Wisconsin, hopes to remedy that.

The Dane County Clerk’s office and the University of Wisconsin Political Science Department are partnering up to conduct the study. The goal is to find out who is most affected by new voter ID Laws and who will need additional help getting to polling locations, McDonell said. The study will focus on non-voter

and student voting experiences.

McDonell said voter ID laws have complicated the voting procedure and some people may need help navigating the regulations.

“There is a lot of confusion around the laws and it may affect different groups [of people] in ways that we don’t know,” McDonell said. “Maybe it doesn’t have an effect at all.”

The study will consist of a survey that asks questions about voting habits and demographics, McDonell said. These results will be compiled and analyzed to see which voters are most affected by the new laws.

Ken Mayer, UW political science professor, said the survey looks to find out why people don’t get to the polls, even now with same-day registration.

Potential reasons could include not having a proper ID or not knowing how to obtain one, Mayer said. Other reasons could have nothing to do with the new law.

“The study is a way to measure specifically what the barriers to turnout are and how the clerk

can deploy the resources of the office to best and most efficiently communicate with voters what is required,” Mayer said.

Determining what obstacles prevent people from voting is the first step in understanding the impact that Wisconsin voter ID laws have on potential voters, McDonell said.

Voter ID laws have not been properly studied, Mayer said. To find out the effects of the laws, Mayer and his team must produce empirical data about the voting habits of citizens in the state.

McDonell said some people say voter ID won’t affect turnout, but others say it will greatly effect turnout come November.

“We don’t have any set facts we can use to determine the effects of voter ID laws, and that is why it is so important to have a peer reviewed university study to look into this so we don’t have to guess or assume anything,” McDonell said.

The county will fund the study, but the UW Political Science Department will conduct it, Mayer said. The Clerk’s Office wants to utilize the

expertise of the department to find ways to get more people to the polling locations.

Education is the best way for people to get out and vote, McDonell said. If citizens know how to navigate the requirements to vote, McDonell said more people will vote.

Mayer said it is possible to estimate the effects of voter ID Laws but without a study, there is no way to use the information to help the Clerk’s Office.

McDonell said this study will enable the Clerk’s Office to target voters that are being most affected by the laws to help them meet the requirements to vote. There are only so many resources, McDonell said, and they need to be used in the most productive way possible.

“I would hate to spend my limited budget for outreach and education on the wrong people,” McDonell said. “I would rather know what group needs the resources.”

The study is scheduled to come out in December following the presidential election.

With memoir, Madison author brings understanding to mental illness Charles Monroe-Kane’s new book tells story of hearing ‘the voices,’ self-harm, rampant substance abuse, illegal activies, road to recovery

by Gabby Ortiz Campus Editor

In his new memoir, Charles Monroe-Kane defines his own success story by describing the trials and tribulations of conquering his drug addiction and mental illness.

“Lithium Jesus: A Memoir of Mania,” which was published Sept. 13 by the University of Wisconsin Press, takes readers on a roller coaster of Monroe-Kane’s past from faith healer to avid drug user to successful journalist.

Monroe-Kane was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia when he was 20, then properly diagnosed with Bipolar 1 disorder when he was in his 40s.

Approximately 5.7 million adult Americans, or 2.6 percent of the U.S. population, deal with bipolar disorder, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.

Monroe-Kane said though mental illnesses do not have cure-all solutions, it is important for people to understand that their mental illness can be controlled and that things can get better — a message he hopes will come through in his memoir.

Born in 1969, Monroe-Kane grew up in impoverished Ohio. He was just a young boy when he began hearing voices.

For his first 12 years he kept these voices hidden for fear of what others would think. But keeping it all to himself put him in agony, which led MonroeKane to cut himself or rip off his fingernails and toenails.

“That is not the person you want to be friends with, that is not the person you want to screw, that is not [who] you want to go on vacation with,”

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Monroe-Kane said. “So you just cover it up and learn a way around it.”

It wasn’t until he was invited to attend an Evangelical church camp at the age of 12 that he told others about the voices.

Monroe-Kane found people similar to him who could speak in tongues and hear voices, which convinced him that the voices were actually angels.

“Suddenly there were these people who were experiencing what I was experiencing so I was like ‘sign me up,’” Monroe-Kane said.

At age 15, Monroe-Kane emancipated himself and traveled to the Philippines and Haiti as a faith healer for the Evangelist church. One man who was crippled walked again after Monroe-Kane put his hands on him, he said.

It wasn’t until Monroe-Kane was 20-yearsold at Goshen college in Indiana, that the voices turned on him, questioning him.

Monroe-Kane went into his closet and refused to come out. Eventually the cops came and he was institutionalized. His doctors gave him lithium and thorazine, and suddenly, the voices went away.

“You’re stuck with a man with no money whose entire background — everything about him — was about hearing voices and being an evangelical healer, and now I don’t have either one,” Monroe-Kane said.

Searching for new meaning, he bought a oneway ticket to Amsterdam ready to live life on the street.

Before Amsterdam, Monroe-Kane didn’t have any experience with sexuality, drugs or alcohol.

Instead of dipping his his toes into the pond, he jumped right in, starting with acid.

He once took acid 30 days in a row, then

transitioned to meth. During this time, he joined a circus, started a record label and briefly held a job with a radical environmentalist anarchist group.

By 24-years-old Monroe-Kane said he felt burned out, but refused to acknowledge that his mishandling of his mental illness could be the root of his manic behavior.

He packed his bags and moved to Prague, living there until he was 29-years-old. At one point he attended a 4,000 person rave where he drank a cocktail of liquid ecstasy, methadone, liquid LSD, meth and Everclear, causing him to overdose.

“Part of me wanted to see how far I could go, but I think another part of me wanted to see if I could die,” Monroe-Kane said. “I didn’t have enough balls to do it so I thought I could do it to myself on accident.”

But he still wasn’t done with his lawlessness.

One of his friends offered him the chance to smuggle money from the Italian mafia into eastern Europe in exchange for a percentage.

When Monroe-Kane returned from his mafia trip, he realized he wanted to move past his drug addiction and illicit activities. He asked his girlfriend Erika, who is now his wife, what their next move should be, knowing their life was a toxic mess.

Thankfully Erika too wanted to change their lifestyle so the pair packed their bags and moved to Madison, Wisconsin. They quit drugs, had two kids and acquired successful jobs, his wife at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and he a producer for National Public Radio in Madison.

In 2012, Monroe-Kane returned to his lithium medication after being re-diagnosed with Bipolar 1 disorder. This allowed him to take back his life and really reflect on the past 20 years.

Though Monroe-Kane is not not

Courtesy of Charles Monroe-Kane embarrassed by his past drug use or manic behavior, he realized that being off his medication and abusing substances was not making him a good father, lover or friend.

Still, he regrets nothing. It is not the smooth path that makes you stronger, but rather the bumps in the road, Monroe-Kane said. Living a safe life prohibits you from being the person you truly are supposed to be, he said.

Currently he continues to take his medication and has never been more proud to be the man he is and the road it took to get there.

“I want those people who have a mental illness to know that it isn’t all Oprah,” Monroe-Kane said. “Sometimes it is a complicated story and the path we are on is a mess, but it doesn’t have to be clean and it will be okay in the end.”

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Wisconsin Historical Society hire seeks to highlight state’s diverse past New Director of Education Vaunce Ashby hopes to teach adults, children about African American, tribal, minority heritage

by Amos Mayberry Contributor

The Wisconsin Historical Society has hired long-time educator, Vaunce Ashby, to teach adults and children throughout Wisconsin about the state’s unique history.

As director of education, Ashby is responsible for overseeing the Historical Society’s efforts to teach kids and adults more about Wisconsin’s history. Her focus will be engaging people from different backgrounds to make the history of our state interesting for everyone.

Wisconsin has a diverse history that is not often taught in schools, Ashby said.

The history of African Americans, Native American tribes and other minorities are an important part of Wisconsin’s history that are often neglected. Ashby seeks to highlight these aspects of the state’s history.

Ashby said the Wisconsin Historical Society is a prime location to learn about history because there are a variety of resources that allow people to delve into the past.

The Historical Society houses an extensive historical library as well as government records, newspapers and other primary documents.

The Historical Society was looking for someone with a background in education

as well as knowledge of the interworking of school districts across the state, which Ashby could fill. Previously, Ashby worked for the Department of Public Instruction on the special education team. She focused on developing training that would help educators work with diverse student populations.

As director of education, Ashby said her focus is to connect with kids and adults using culturally responsible practices to teach about the diverse history of Wisconsin.

Sometimes people, especially kids, do not engage with Wisconsin history because they do not see themselves having a role in the state’s history.

“The Historical Society has tons of information, but it has never been pulled together in a way that makes it attractive to specific groups of people,” Ashby said.

Ashby comes from an educational background with little museum experience, but has a deep love for museums. Growing up in Chicago, Ashby said her father loved museums and by the age of 12 she had been to every public museum in Chicago.

As a lover of museums, Ashby said she thought director of education would be an interesting new way to further her career as an educator.

“I am looking to retire in a few years and I am thinking ‘wow, what a cool way to go out in my career to have this kind of impact’,”

Ashby said.

Ashby has many ideas for expanding programs that will help teach kids and adults about the history of Wisconsin.

One such project is Badger Biography.

This project will give teachers books about individuals in Wisconsin history that can give students information about different heritages. These books will also come with a lesson plan to help teachers with the workload that comes with planning lessons.

Adult outreach and education is also an important part of the position, Ashby said. The Historical Society receives many requests for speakers to teach about the history of the state. In the past, organizing speaking events has been inconsistent, Ashby said, but she has assigned a staff member to oversee all speakers to make it easier for community members to take advantage of the Historical Societies resources.

One of the largest challenges of her position, Ashby said, is the large population of people, school districts and opportunities in Wisconsin. The key to success is to work one step at a time.

“To educate the whole state is a big task,” Ashby said. “So at this point, I am taking it in small chunks but my enthusiasm is high and the people here [Wisconsin Historical Society] are great.”

Photo · Vaunce Ashby, Wisconsin Historical Society’s director of education, was an avid lover of museums as a girl.

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Madison program helps green card holders become citizens

Workshops help immigrants learn English, study for citizenship test; Roughly 12,000 to 15,000 people could become naturalized

by Maija Inveiss City Editor

As a way to help immigrants in Dane County with the naturalization process, Madison Path to Citizenship offers free services to ease the transition to citizenship.

Madison Path to Citizenship, which was founded in July 2015, holds workshops to help people with green cards, who are lawful permanent residents and wish to apply for naturalization.

Laurie Greenberg, a coordinator for Madison Path to Citizenship, said they estimate there are 12,000 to 15,000 immigrants in Dane County who have the right to be naturalized citizens.

The citizenship workshops help those interested navigate the often “confusing” path.

“When we talk about citizen workshops, it’s an actual sit down, roll up your

sleeves, you bring all of your documents as an immigrant,” Greenberg said. “People come to the citizenship workshop when they are ready to file for naturalization.”

Often situations vary from personto-person when it comes to filing for citizenship. At the workshops, applicants can receive free services like meeting with an attorney, getting help on the application and being assessed for a fee waiver.

Greenberg said there are many challenges when it comes to getting U.S. citizenships, some of which include the $680 fee, English language skills and the cost of a reliable lawyer. Many immigrants also might be coming from low-income work, or even working two jobs, so it’s difficult to take the time to learn English and study the additional information needed for the citizenship test.

Because of the fee she said many people renew their green cards because it is less expensive.

Erin Barbato, an adjunct professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School

and immigration lawyer, said the process can be very intimidating. With the lack of nonprofit organizations that deal with this issue specifically, she said it is challenging to afford a lawyer to help navigate through the process.

Barbato said the workshops make the process more accessible and approachable.

“I think that Madison Pathway to Citizenship is a great program,” Barbato said. “The naturalization is so important for many reasons.”

Greenberg said Madison is a part of Cities for Citizenship, a national initiative that encourages cities to invest in citizenship programs. There are currently 26 cities across the U.S. who are participating. Madison joined in May 2016.

As a part of the initiative, Greenberg said Madison Path to Citizenship can look to other cities to improve their program.

She said it’s been about 50 years since there has been a program in Madison designed to help those applying for citizenship. There are many more

immigrants coming to the country now than there have ever been before, she added.

“We want to reach out to people who are part of our community who aren’t able to participate fully,” Greenberg said.

At the last workshop, there were around 36 volunteers from 20 different organizations helping attendants with their applications. Attendants are able to stop by stations to fill out the 20 page form and meet with attorneys.

Barbato said citizenship would allow immigrants to vote, have access to more jobs, leave the U.S. without fear and to be protected from deportation.

Madison Path to Citizenship can help lawful permanent residents begin the naturalization process, Barbato said.

“It’s really a wonderful program that will encourage people who are eligible to apply for citizenship, which can really change lives and futures,” Barbato said.

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field notes Climate change study points to areas where new species may develop UW researchers investigate global warming’s impact on animals, conditions may force certain communities to adapt, translocate

by Alice Vagun City Editor

The key to unlocking the future of climate change may just lie in the past.

Using historical data, researchers from the University of Wisconsin and Aarhus University in Denmark recently published a study that shows where and why new species are likely to emerge as a result of changes in temperature and precipitation.

The study was led by Alejandro Ordonez Gloria, a former postdoctoral fellow at UW’s Climate, People and the Environment program. It was built on former studies and work that explored the implications of climate change.

“The whole idea was ‘OK, how can we measure or provide measurements that could be used to determine exposure or risk to environmental change,’” Ordonez said.

Ordonez said since climate change is going to happen more rapidly in the future because of global warming and more species are going to be impacted.

Previous studies, Ordonez said, focused largely on “how” things are changing opposed to “where” they are going to change. This new study looks to find out the “where” aspect.

After analyzing historical climate data from 19012013, Ordonez and co-author Jack Wiliams, director of UW Nelson Center for Climatic Research, determined three distinct mechanisms that can be used to explain why different species relocate to new areas, also known as community reshuffling. Often communities move in response to changes in the environment, which can be caused by variations in climate.

The first mechanism, novel climate, described how new climates emerge, and species’ responses to the change, Williams said. Some species have already adapted to these new climates while others haven’t.

The second mechanism explored the rate of change.

Some species may reshuffle quickly, while others take their time as they shift their ranges to track climate range, Williams said.

The third mechanism, divergence, explained how different changes in the climate, like temperature and

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precipitation, can determine which direction a species may travel in, Williams said.

This field, called climate metrics, allows researches like Williams and Ordonez the ability to develop climate data and track the instances of climate change. While it doesn’t necessarily track a specific species, it can be used as a general tool, Williams said.

Now, the maps that were created from the study provide researchers the opportunity to test hypotheses on where different animals will be impacted, Williams added.

“A big effort for this study was to see climate adaptation,” Williams said. “These maps now allow for testable hypotheses, so we can go out and do the science to see where communities should be emerging and see which of these areas actually have novel communities emerging.”

For example, due to recent climate change, the study found that new species are likely to emerge in areas like the North American Great Plains and the Amazon.

As areas like those begin to change, the responses of species are naturally going to be different, Ordonez said.

“If you consider the trends we have now, as conditions change, there are different responses that depend on what is more important for a species,” Ordonez said. “What’s more important for you, being at the right temperature or having the right amount of water?”

If an area is changing quickly, then there may be the need to help a species adapt or relocate, Williams said.

Just like in the case for animal species, for humans the general rule of thumb is it’s easier to adapt to slower climate change than a climate that changes quickly, Williams said.

To reduce the rate at which climate change is occurring, Williams said it is good to reduce greenhouse emissions, which would imply moving to energy resources that aren’t producing CO2 as a major output.

Along with shifting to more energy efficient and carbon free emissions like wind or solar power, Williams said it is helpful to asses what areas are most

vulnerable to rising temperatures or extreme droughts or precipitation.

Pointing to the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impact, Williams said there are a ton of efforts to build climate resilient communities and cities.

“It’s important to be ready to adapt,” Williams said.

“It’s no longer a question of if climate change is happening — it’s how much.”

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Nonprofit pushes for more bike Restorative justice courts expand, friendly roads, increased advocacy give victims, community voice New local organization provides outlet for residents to voice concerns, two plans could make infrastructure safer

by Maija Inveiss City Editor

A new local bicycle organization is working to provide an outlet for individuals to speak out when it comes to bicycle-related issues and city improvements.

Madison Bikes was founded as a nonprofit in May with the hope of making more people comfortable bicycling around the city, Grant Foster, Madison Bikes president said.

He said the group was created for people who bike around Madison and noticed opportunities for improvement in the city’s bike infrastructure. Many of those people felt like there was not a good way to organize and work towards fixing the problems that they saw.

“We decided to come together and create a space for that to happen,” Foster said. “Our vision is for a city where anyone can ride to and from any place in the city comfortably.”

Foster said there are various areas around the city they want to improve including Monroe Street due to the lack of space for cyclists. The group held its kickoff meeting at the end of September where they collected donations designed to go toward improving bicycling.

Currently there are two plans that could help improve bicycle infrastructure around Madison and the University of Wisconsin campus: Madison in Motion and UW’s 2015 Master Plan.

Madison in Motion is a the city’s sustainable transportation master plan that will guide future transportationrelated decisions in Madison.

Foster said he has looked at the plan in depth and shared his thoughts with the project’s manager.

The city of Madison was named a Platinum Bicycle Friendly Community in fall 2015. According to the Madison in Motion plan, bicycling represents 6 percent of the travel mode in the city.

The plan found there are 46 miles of dedicated bicycle paths, 112 miles of bicycle lanes and 116 miles of signed bicycle routes, but there are still multiple gaps in the bicycle infrastructure.

There were some recommendations Foster said he agreed with, but he still thinks there is a lot of work that needs to be done on the plan before it gets

finalized. He said there are not any real clear goals or objectives within the plan.

As a way to improve the UW’s campus bicycling infrastructure, the 2015 Campus Master Plan includes changes to make bicycling safer for students.

Aaron Williams, assistant campus planner and zoning coordinator at UW Facilities Planning and Management, said the master plan addresses some of the bicycling concerns on campus.

Some of the changes would be to combine bike lanes into a separated twoway lane on University Avenue and have the Campus Drive bike path connect to Babcock Drive along the redeveloped Willow Creek to the Temin Lakeshore Path. He said there also might be more bicycle stations installed on campus.

“A lot of people are embracing this biking phenomenon,” Williams said. “We’re looking at other ways of illustrating that system, making it more enjoyable, more comfortable for those users,” Williams said 50 percent of faculty, staff and students get to campus every day with some other form of transportation other than a vehicle.

There are many safety concerns for those biking around campus including railroad tracks and the quantity of new bicyclists, Williams said.

Williams said it can be challenging for students to understand how to safely bike around Madison, especially for the newer students.

“Every year, we get a new influx of students, who come from all walks of life and biking might not be a primary way of getting around,” Williams said.

Madison Bikes hopes to build out a network in Madison that will make cyclists feel more comfortable riding bicycles on the same roads as cars, Foster said. Many people are interesting in riding, but nervous to intermingling with cars.

Foster said Madison Bikes is going to work to help people in the community advocate for a safer bicycling community.

He said they plan on being an organization that helps share information and encourage community involvement.

“We don’t really envision Madison Bikes being the one that brings change on its own, more so a catalyst,” Foster said.

“It really takes individual citizens to speak up, to share their input at city meetings.”

Alternative practice shown to reduce recidivism among young offenders, lead to increased understanding of crimes’ impact

by Vidushi Saxena State Editor

With the goal of giving second chances and alternatives to prison, the Dane County Community Restorative Justice Court program has successfully helped young offenders re-assimilate into the community.

The program places 17 to 25-yearolds who have been arrested for a crime into a community court instead of the traditional criminal justice system. At this court, victims and other members of the community work with the offenders to allow them to understand the consequences of their actions. Victims can directly ask offenders to pay for their crimes through service and restitution, among other methods.

Diverting young people this way helps offenders understand their impact on victims better, Paul Rusk, chair of Dane County Board’s Public Protection and Judiciary Committee, said.

The program began in November 2015 and currently is available to those in south Madison.

Rusk said there has been scientific evidence that suggests the brain is not fully developed until a person’s midtwenties, often later for men. Rusk said punishing people for doing something when they are young can have a serious impact on their later development.

“We don’t want someone to screw up when they’re young and end up in the criminal justice system for the rest of their lives,” Rusk said.

One of the key components of the program is the offender-victim interaction it brings about, Jonathan Scharrer, University of Wisconsin Law School professor, said. It gives victims and offenders, who are referred to as “respondents” in the program, the opportunity to get questions answered and seek restitution.

Victims can be upfront with respondents about the impact the particular crime had on them, Scharrer said. Victims can also request that the respondents do specific things to make up for the crime, including community service and even service to victims themselves.

“The victims have a role and a voice in what the outcome is,” Scharrer said.

Respondents also reap several benefits.

Rusk said interacting with victims changes their behavior, helping them understand the consequences of their actions and make permanent changes to avoid making the mistake again.

The program also diverts respondents to the restorative justice program before any criminal charges are officially entered against them. This means that respondents do not have a “criminal” mark that prevents them from getting jobs or housing in the future.

One of the program’s most prominent cases is 18-year-old Genele Laird, who was arrested at East Towne Mall June 19 for disorderly conduct and for threatening officers and mall staff. Now, Laird has been diverted to the restorative justice court, Rusk said.

The program also differs from the traditional criminal justice system in that it allows peacemakers — trained community volunteers who assist with various aspects of the program, such as advocacy. They also take part in community conferences where victims and respondents come together to talk about the impact the crime had on the wider community, he said.

“These volunteers are a group of incredible individuals who are very invested and passionate about the community and about seeing positive outcomes and changes,” Scharrer said.

Dane County Community Restorative Justice Court program has more than 40 peacemakers from all backgrounds.

Restorative justice court is unique in that it collaborates with the Madison Police Department, Dane County District Attorney’s Office and Dane County Human Services to offer services to victims and respondents and reduce recidivism.

While the program is currently limited to southern Madison, it aims to expand in the future.

“People are being held accountable, but they’re not just hauled off to jail and are not put before a court commissioner or circuit court judge,” Rusk said. “They just go through this community process instead.”

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Lady Skate Night offers safe, fun space for skaters of all abilities Creating a space for females in every sense of word person to shred is event organizers’ main goal

by Henry Solotaroff-Webber ArtsEtc. Editor

Every Wednesday, weather permitting, something special happens at the Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Skatepark on the east side of Madison.

Skateboarders of all ages and all abilities come together to hone their crafts alongside one another as well as socialize in a comfortable environment. The catch, however, is that on those Wednesday nights all of the skaters are women, and they gather for an event that is known as Lady Skate Night.

Event organizer and participant Elyse Cloutchier originally started the event in the spring of 2014 because she felt it was a necessity.

It was not any particular moment that sparked the need for the space, she said.

Instead it came through conversations with her friends and mutually coming to the conclusion that should be a more welcoming space for female-bodied people.

She explained that due to skateboarding’s tendency to be a maledominated sport, spaces like skateparks can often be unwelcoming to female skaters, especially ones just starting out, Cloutchier said.

“The guys are harder on themselves, and that creates this intimidating environment,” Cloutchier said. “And they do want to be supportive of women, but it’s not always necessarily apparent, or welcoming right away.”

Originally the event was held in a private space when it started in the spring of 2014, but after taking a break in 2015, they made the event public at the skatepark once it started up again last spring.

Cloutchier explained that while this had the trade off of making their Wednesday nights more susceptible to the weather, the positives have included a broader sense of community and an ability to accompany more skaters of all abilities and ages.

Cloutchier and others also seek to make the space not just for female or femalebodied skaters, but also non-skaters such

as parents, friends or anyone wishing to be supportive. The poster even advertises snacks, to help those who don’t skate feel more welcome.

“That’s a big thing with it because when people [are standing around] and not sure if they want to talk to someone, this centralized thing where we’re hanging out, it’s a potluck, and people can come into the space,” Cloutchier said.

In terms of inclusivity, Cloutchier emphasized that Lady Skate Night seeks to be inclusive to anybody who might not feel welcome by skateboarding’s usually maledominated environment. She said this includes anyone who identifies as female, as well as anyone who is female-bodied.

Cloutchier also made sure to make clear that many male skaters have been supportive of female skaters as well as Lady Skate Night. She said, though, while male skaters are supportive of the space, it is masculinity of typical skate spaces that deter women from the sport.

Gendered slurs and misogynist language flying around, and the intense

environment, hardly help in welcoming female skaters, Cloutchier said.

In terms of empowerment, she also said that one of the best parts about Lady Skate Night is that the event’s organizers do it all on their own.

“We’re not asking for anyone’s help,” Cloutchier said.

For the future, Cloutchier would love for the community Lady Skate Night has fostered to further the reach of the space and create a cooperational feel. She would love for someone more inclined than herself to create a social media presence, for example.

Lady Skate Night is also great for producing some Kodak Moments.

Cloutchier recalled one instance, of a one-and-a-half year old, the youngest lady skater yet she said, gliding along on a board with her mother ’s assistance. Then, Cloutchier said, she shrugged her mom off, perhaps channeling the confidence of the other lady skater ’s, to shred all on her own.

Photo ·A key component to Lady Skate Night, Cloutchier said, is snacks. They allow for those who are hesitant to start, or those who don’t participate at to feel welcome.

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NEW WHISKEY BAR ON STATE HOPES TO MIX COMFORT, CONVENIENCE

by Audrey Piehl What’s on tap Columnist

Just blocks down from the Capitol, a new bar hopes to put dark spirits in Madisonians’ hands and guarantee a metropolitan vibe without the fuss.

Cask and Ale opened a month ago on State Street in a familiar spot for both patrons and employees. Majority owner Ken Boll slugged beverages there for 17 years when the space belonged to the original Paul’s Club. When the property became available again after the 608 Sports Bar & Restaurant kicked the bucket, Boll

and his fellow Paul’s Club veteran Jenny Baldwin knew they’d found their promised land. “[Ken] looked at different locations and nothing seemed to feel right,” Baldwin, Cask and Ale’s bar manager, said. “When this location became available it was kind of a no-brainer. It was like we’re coming back home.”

But despite any deep connections to ghosts of bars past, customers will not find the Schlitz memorabilia or greasy cheese curds associated with so many of Madison’s establishments.

Instead, Cask and Ale’s creators hoped to take advantage of the long, narrow space and facilitate arguments over the Packers’ frontline in classic

half-circle booths rather than sticky bar stools.

After researching places with similar concepts in Chicago and Milwaukee, the employees fastened together an eclectic but welcoming atmosphere where drinkers can hold a conversation.

“The biggest compliment we get from random strangers is that it’s very comfortable,” Boll said.

“It’s gorgeous, but it’s comfortable.”

In another twist for Sconnies, the vintagestyle maps and ornate tin ceiling contain a bar less focused on brews — though there is a wide selection to choose from — and more concerned with whiskey. In fact, Cask and Ale is home to 300 different whiskeys and spirits, several of which are distilled in Wisconsin.

Boll credits whiskey’s complex flavor and growing popularity as reasons for its starring role in the bar. But in addition to being fullservice — if that friend is desperate for a Long Island — Cask and Ale offers 27 beer drafts, four wines on tap and five

rotating draft cocktails.

These draft cocktails, which Baldwin concocts behind-the-scenes, are pre-made craft drinks with full flavor and a short wait.

“We wanted to be a fast-paced bar,” Baldwin said. “We definitely live in a Snapchat society now and it’s translating over into the bar scene, so if we can provide quick service with quality that’s goal number one.”

Their bestseller has been the Van Dyke, a satisfying take on a whiskey sour. While Baldwin also recommends the Tequila Mockingbird, a spicy margarita-esque beverage, she has already begun experimenting with fall spices for future batches.

Though most college students don’t pick up a bottle of Maker’s Mark when they stop by University Liquor, Boll said, “there’s a little bit of something for everyone.” For those looking to experiment with a basic or daring drink, both Boll and Baldwin recommended a whiskey with soda or ginger to get started.

But do not fret if just not in the mood for barrelaged liquor, Cask and Ale also has $3 Hamm’s waiting in the wings for those in need of comfort on a chilly October day.

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Wisconsin Triennial returns to showcase local, state-wide artists Madison Museum of Contemporary Art hosts special exhibition that occurs once every three years

by Kristin Washagan ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

The Wisconsin Triennial, which occurs once every three years, is a well-known platform for statewide contemporary and modern artists to display their recent works.

Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, has a history of focusing primarily on modern and contemporary art styles, which is why the museum is able to consistently explore new styles and include emerging artists.

“It gives us an opportunity to be very dynamic,” MMoCa spokesperson Erika Monroe-Kane said.

Not just any works, however, are included in this event. From over 600 applications, the curators carefully narrowed down and reviewed their choices about four or five times — until 34 artists and three collaborations remained.

MMoCA’s artist and work choices relied on their desire to include diverse representation in subject matter, mediums used and personal identities of the artists. By including artists of many different viewpoints and styles, MMoCA aspires to represent Wisconsin culture in 2016.

“It’s a scope of what’s going on in the state,” Monroe-Kane said.

Through the 2016 Wisconsin Triennial, there emerged three prominent themes the artists loosely followed — interest in the environment, exploration of identity and self and the element of play.

One notable artist whose work will be displayed is Amy Fichter, whose delicate photography of bird specimens gives a quite poignant and poetic statement about extinction.

Daniel O’Neil, painter and magic realist,

explores the subject of self through a selfportrait where he paints himself wearing a casual sweater, warm over-vest and a neon orange winter hat. Not only does O’Neil show distinct style and individuality in the portrait, but he also manages to represent the face of the Wisconsin identity through familiarity in the image.

Michael Kautzer ’s piece, “The Blue Little Red Barn,” is a playful, relatable piece artappreciators and Wisconsinites alike won’t want to miss. His large wooden barn sculpture hopes to take onlookers back to a simpler time through his use of vibrant primary colors and a welcoming, communal depiction of the Wisconsin narrative.

No words, however, can describe the overall flow and creativity displayed in the exhibition itself. These descriptions are but a snapshot of what this exhibition has to offer.

Excluding certain special events, a majority of MMoCA’s exhibitions are free for public admission, “connecting [the public] with the transformative nature of art.”

“We really want to open our doors and provide as much access to modern and contemporary art,” Monroe-Kane said. “We have this treasure we want to share with the community.”

Following the event’s opening reception Sept. 23, the 2016 Wisconsin Triennial is now on view in nearly all parts of the museum, excluding the Henry Street Gallery. The exhibition is taking place in the museum’s lobby, the State Street Gallery, Imprint Gallery, the rooftop Sculpture Garden and all other main galleries in the museum until Jan. 8.

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Conversation Starter Local emcee Sincere Life takes road less travelled

by Henry Solotaroff-Webber ArtsEtc. Editor

Local emcee Sincere Life, born Craig Smith, has taken a risky path in his journey as an artist.

While many rappers nowadays focus in on melodies or making bangers, Smith has kept his focus on carefully constructing lyrics, realizing metaphors and spinning tales through his lyrics.

In this week’s Conversation Starter, The Badger Herald spoke with Smith about his road less traveled, as well as performing and his future project.

The following interview was edited for style and clarity.

BH

For those unfamiliar with you, how did you originally get into rapping?

I’ll try to keep the story short.

Mainly, I always liked hip-hop, I always liked rap.

My cousin actually rapped. I looked up to him, I wanted to be just like him. I started writing raps. They were terrible raps, not good at all. Actually knowing that even though they were bad raps, I could make words rhyme. That was the bug.

The stuff I was going through as a kid, losing my dad, and all of that type of stuff just growing up, it helped me transfer them into emotions, and transfer those feelings. It helped me deal with a lot of that stuff when I was able to write it out.

In a nutshell that cultivated everything that I am as far as the artist now, and what hip-hop means to me. It definitely saved my life, and has the power to save and change lives.

SL

BH

You’ve recently released your latest project. How is it different than what you’ve worked on in the past?

With the Sincere Life project, that was just an album I needed to get all of the music I put out.

I never really put nothing out on iTunes, or got it out on the streaming sites. It was mainly putting together a group of songs that were original works that I can put out, that I can make money off of as well as that would coincide and make a good sounding album.

SL

Local artist blends consciousness with catchiness on new LP On his latest LP, Sincere Life has zigged where many hip hop artists have zagged.

Ignoring paths taken by many emcees ...

BH

When you put the project together, how much emphasis did you place on track selection and song order?

The hardest part really was narrowing those songs down to what I wanted to put out and what sounded good. There were way more tracks than the 14 or 15 that I put on there that I wanted to put on there.

You’ve got to pace yourself, you’ve got to choose which ones are the best and you’ve got to choose not only which ones are the best but which ones fit. There may have been a song that was really good, but if I have two or three songs that sound similar already, I don’t want to flood the project with too much of the same sound. I would save it for later, or use it on another project, or use it for the next project.

SL

BH

What’s your favorite song on the album?

Photo ·Though Smith knew his talent was lacking when he started rapping as a kid, being able to create rhyme schemes gave him confidence to grow into artist he is today.

Courtesy of Craig Smith

Definitely it would be “Three Kings.” “Three Kings” is a song that I thought about ... I actually got the idea, if you remember Rick Ross put out a song with Dr. Dre, and I believe some other real pivotal hip-hop guy, and the name of the song was “Three Kings.” I got the idea of the song from that, the song from that idea. I wanted to make my three kings [metaphorically represent] money, power and respect.

I was just really proud of that because it was one of those songs, one of those challenging songs as far as writing. I had the idea, but I didn’t know how I would formulate it into the words. When it actually all came together, it was actually to this day one of the songs I’m the most proud of.

I was actually going through that today. Artists, they doubt themselves, they doubt their art.

The depression comes in. You hear what rap is today, you hear what hip-hop is today, and you see what’s getting popular, and what’s blowing up. I’m obviously not that, or I’m not that so much.

With that being said, at the same time when I doubt [myself], there’s also a lot of people that show me love, and support me, and want to see me up there, want to see me do better, and do appreciate my talent, and appreciate my music.

That’s a bold move, writing a song that awards careful attention to the lyrics. It’s not something a lot of emcees are doing nowadays, is that something you ever think about?

Anytime you can open up for somebody on the level of Tech N9ne, really any [national] artist that comes to Madison, it’s always a blessing. Especially somebody of Tech N9ne’s caliber because he is an independent artist.

That’s just inspiration in itself.

SL

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I also saw you are opening for Tech N9ne on Oct. 13, what does that mean for you?

BH

Can you tell us about any tracks you’re working on now?

Yeah, definitely. With this next project it’s actually King Poetic II. It’s like music you can ride to, so to speak, if you want to describe that. I’m trying to find the best way without saying it’s commercial. It’s definitely not me switching up talking about bottles and girls and stuff. That’s not the case.

It’s still the lyrical content. It’s still the flows, it’s still the metaphors, it’s still the word play. I would say I’m having more fun now, so now I can do that over a beat with a lot of 808s in there. I can do that over a beat that I can probably play in a club, and everybody will get amped to. They’ll probably love the beat, and then they’ll catch the lyrics later because maybe I’m rapping fast or maybe it’s too metaphors, or too lyrical.

SL

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With the whole world to choose from, the University of Wisconsin stands out to prospective international students Advisers say the Big Ten experience, high academic rankings and affordable cost attract potential exchange participants

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In the sea of University of Wisconsin students who returned to campus this fall, UW also welcomed hundreds of exchange students from around the world to begin their study abroad experiences in Madison.

Tamika Mtegha is among the 400 exchange students who flew internationally to reach UW’s campus for the first day of classes this year. A sophomore majoring in economics and sociology, Mtegha came to UW for the fall semester through an exchange program with the University of Cape Town.

After growing up in Pretoria, South Africa, Mtegha started at UCT in 2015. A fellow UCT student who studied abroad in Amsterdam encouraged her to look into the experience. She decided she wanted to study abroad in North America and, after reviewing several university programs, found UW’s website most easy to navigate.

While Mtegha arrived to Madison in August, Karina De-Bourne, originally from Essex, United Kingdom, spent her entire 2014-2015 school year studying at UW. When she was not enjoying her college experience at the University of Warwick in England she decided to spend the year abroad. To complete her philosophy major, De-Bourne had to spend an extra year at her home university to make up for her year abroad but said it was worth it.

“UW is so big,” De-Bourne said. “There were a lot more classes that I could do than over here and there were even more degree courses and module kind of things so I could literally do whatever I wanted which was really good.”

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In the 2017 U.S. News rankings, UW tied with three other universities for tenth best public school in the nation. These rankings often play an important role for international students during the decision-making process because they compare universities across the country, Zach Nelson, UW International Student Services program coordinator, said.

“International students, unlike domestic students, can’t do a bunch of college visits and pick the one they like the best or they felt the most at home at,” Nelson said. “That’s a strategy that a lot of domestic students use. For students who live abroad, that’s obviously not an option.”

International students often say UW’s high quality of academics and affordable cost compared to other peer universities are reasons they choose UW, Argyle Wade, Division of Student Life associate dean of students, said in an email to The Badger Herald.

UW has historically been a good value when comparing ranking and tuition with its peers in the Big 10, Jason Jonely, ISS associate director, said.

According to a report from UW’s academic planning and institutional research office, UW 2015-2016 out of state tuition is $29,665 while the University of Michigan’s tuition costs $43,476 and the University of Minnesota costs $22,210.

UW also offers a “classic university experience” and that is an appealing experience for international students, said Andy Quackenbush, International Academic Programs adviser and exchange coordinator.

The combination of UW’s highly-ranked academics and the city of Madison’s reputation makes UW an appealing exchange partner, Quackenbush said.

Many international students are also attracted to UW because of the good experiences they have heard from past and present international students, Wade said.

“UW is a world renowned university so we have a pretty good reputation a world over in terms of academics and research,” Quackenbush said.

Moving in

De-Bourne and Mtegha both knew one other student from their universities who were studying at UW, which they said helped them with their transitions. Since De-Bourne’s University of Warwick classmate arrived on campus with her family before De-Bourne, they gave her a ride to campus from the airport and helped get her settled.

Prior to traveling to campus, Mtegha stayed with her aunt for a few weeks in Minnesota before coming to Wisconsin. Mtegha said after arriving at UW, help from the study abroad office was limited.

“I just moved in like any other student ... got my keys, moved in and then had to go to the study abroad offices to check in for the visa and stuff but they don’t really do much beyond that,“ Mtegha said.

She partially credits her initial good experience at UW to living in the dorms. Mtegha said socialization in UCT dorms was limited and she was happy to discover at UW that most students leave their doors open and look to meet new people.

De-Bourne said she struggled initially because there was no one living in her dorm when she moved in and she did not have access to internet, which helped connect her with friends and family from home.

She said the first week before orientation started was hard and made her question her decision to attend UW. Once classes started and she met other people, however, she said she was glad she chose

UW though.

“I think after about a week I was a lot more settled than I was at first because the first couple days ... I stayed in my room watching Gilmore Girls ... most of the time, “ De-Bourne said.

International students on campus

ISS primarily serves and assists degree-seeking international students who study at UW for their entire program, whether it is a bachelor, masters, Ph.D. or professional degree, Nelson said.

Exchange students are a subset of international students, Quackenbush said. IAP serves exchange students who study at UW for one or two semesters.

IAP maintains approximately 60 inter-institutional exchange agreements with universities across the world, Quackenbush said. IAP sends UW students outbound to study abroad at UW’s partner universities and in return those universities send their students to study at UW. “IAP doesn’t send an exact number each semester but within a couple years we balance the numbers going outbound with the numbers coming inbound,” Quackenbush said.

The Wisconsin School of Business, College of Engineering, UW Law School and School of Pharmacy all have individual exchange offices but IAP is the largest study abroad office on campus, Quackenbush said.

Approximately 1,300 UW students study abroad each year thorough IAP and approximately 150 students from partner universities come from abroad to study at UW, according to IAP’s website.

Across all of the offices that have exchange programs, approximately 400 exchange students were present at UW’s fall orientation this year, Quackenbush said.

UW experience

Mtegha and De-Bourne both said the professor-student relationship at UW is different from their home universities.

While UW professors often encourage students to reach out to them for help, De-Bourne and Metgha said there is less of a focus on forming relationships at the University of Warwick and UCT. “Quite different [from] back home, I found [faculty and staff] took a lot bigger interest in having one to one discussions,” DeBourne said. “They were really good at giving you individual feedback on things and on wanting to meet you and see how you are doing.”

Mtegha said the amount of homework assigned is also different at UW from UCT. She said while it is too early to tell how grading will compare to UCT, UW professors assign far more reading assignments than her home university’s professors.

Outside of class, Mtegha is a member of Badger Volunteers and paired with a UW student through Building Relationships in Diverse Global Environments, a program that helps create friendships between international students and UW students.

Mtegha said she is still enjoying the experience of everything being new but one thing she misses is knowing her way around campus.

“I leave for class and I pull up Google Maps,” Mtegha said. “[I] just miss knowing where everything is because it takes quite a while to adjust to everything … It’s small things like taking the longer route to class when there’s a short cut.”

While studying at UW, De-Bourne worked at the Sett in Union South and wrote for Moda, UW’s fashion and arts magazine.

Both Mtegha and De-Bourne said they like the combined city-campus atmosphere Madison provides.

De-Bourne said the University of Warwick is located in more of a “bubble” so she had fun taking advantage of State Street’s close proximity for socializing with friends.

De-Bourne said the thing she missed most while living in Madison was proper British tea while Mtegha said she misses the cost of living in Cape Town.

“It is so expensive,” Mtegha said. “When I first came here I would do the calculation in my head [or] on the calculator with the exchange rate [but] I don’t even do it anymore because I would buy literally nothing. Even grapes — I look at them twice.”

Problems international students face

International students face problems similar to the ones other first-year students at UW face, Lisa Chambers, ISS interim associate dean of students and director, said. Both international and first-year students struggle with finding a community, meeting new friends, being further away from family support and adjusting to a new culture.

At times, however, it can be unclear to international students who can help them resolve issues they have, Quackenbush said. Students often have to navigate UW’s multiple offices and programs in a language that isn’t their primary language.

“It’s maybe a language they’ve learned a little bit later on and so it’s navigating all of that decentralization, potentially in their second language, and also navigating a university system that may not be at all similar to what they’re used to,” Quackenbush said.

Nelson said one challenge international students have to navigate specifically is that academic language is much different than everyday conversation.

“Even if they’ve taken English for years and years and can get around social situations just fine, the language that’s used in lectures and textbooks is often very field-specific and maybe much more specialized and difficult and things they wouldn’t necessarily always have had previous exposure to that way,” Nelson said.

Growth through UW

While Mtegha’s study abroad experience has only just begun, she said the best takeaway from her UW experience would be international friends. She said getting past the surface level with people would be the most rewarding part of her experience.

De-Bourne said through her time at UW she gained a greater appreciation for her home, London and the University of Warwick. She came to better understand who she is as a person and wanted to be through UW. “I felt better about myself as a person and I felt a lot more worldly and I knew a bit more who I was ... I came back a lot more confident person, a lot more open minded about things,” De-Bourne said.

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PANGEA Fest born out of necessity, seeks to promote love in times of hate Hip-hop event to feature musical acts like Reggie Bonds, 3rd Dimension, spoken word readings, visual, textile artists

by Ritvik Sinha ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

In a year defined by racial strife and the depressingly comical duel between Democratic and Republican presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, respectively, it can only be expected that people will attempt to seek peace where they can find it.

For the organizers of PANGEA X-Pression Fest, this is their way of carving out a space for calm and love, in an otherwise hectic and cruel cultural landscape.

“You would hope you wouldn’t have to do PANGEA again,” said Devlin Brush, one of the people behind the Oct. 14 event in Madison.

“Society shouldn’t require the need for events like this.”

Indeed, given the fact that the festival, which will play host to everyone and everything from hip-hop and spoken word performances to visual and textile artists was born because of hate, it would take a rather

cold-hearted individual to disagree with Brush. “[We] came together by osmosis,” said Martinez White, the creative mind behind the event, who originated the idea as a direct response to the Tony Robinson’s death in 2015.

Along with Wisconsin Union Directorate Music, they have been working hard on the festival since April, White said.

PANGEA, named after the prehistoric supercontinent, is intent on providing a free and comfortable environment of healing.

“Pangea was split into different continents by tectonic plates,” White said. “Today’s tectonic plates are in the form of politics and social ills.”

This is why the festival is named so — in the hopes of bringing people, especially young people, together through the power of varied interpretations of art to act as one sizable middle finger to the divisive powers that be.

As Brush said, “the healing power of art is not seen anywhere else in society.”

The festival’s aspirations, however, are just

that — plural, not singular. Robinson’s death, along with movements like #TheRealUW and stories of oppression have, to an extent, informed and influenced the founders.

“I wasn’t directly involved with #TheRealUW, but I helped out a bit,” Adam Villegas, PANGEA creative director, said. “I broke down in tears at things that were said to minorities.”

It’s experiences like these that have driven the three University of Wisconsin students — two alumni and one undergraduate — to provide a space for youth to speak out and grapple with the oppressive experiences of their past. They are quick to emphasize, though, that PANGEA will welcome anyone who wants to be welcomed.

“We want to positively influence all colors of students,” Villegas said.

Perhaps this solidifies the aura of individuality surrounding the festival. But it would be prudent to note that individuality,

while inspiring, can pit itself against togetherness. PANGEA, however, adds a sense of insolence in how it bucks the trend of pitting an individual against the larger group.

It is this individuality that the organizers hope will lead to companionship with individuals from varying degrees of cultural, religious and racial strata.

While the concept of PANGEA is garnering praise, it is the need for such a concept that is so disquieting. The festival’s mission statement calls for young people in attendance to ignite the provocation of healing processes and ends with the statement, “We are the Legends Now!” It has become commonplace for community and equality to be lost in societal struggles. So until instances of apparent oppression are not routine evening news stories, PANGEA will persist — as it should.

The three organizers only hope that they are not forced make PANGEA an annual fixture.

Local band mixes influences to create out-of-sight, spacey sound Band’s origins are linked to common workplace, Craigslist, unique sound quality tied to guitar pedal tinkering

by Henry Solotaroff-Webber ArtsEtc. Editor

While some bands have epic origin stories of members uniting, other groups simply consist of people who found each other in the right place and at the right time.

Madison band Hired Rivals are definitively in the latter group. Bassist Zach Salvat explained original members Brandon Hembrook, guitarist, and Matt Hertenstein, drums, had known each other through their time working together at Full Compass, a retail music gear supplier.

Soon after, Salvat was also working at Full Compass when he saw an advertisement for someone to jam with posted by the Hembrook and Hertenstein in the company newsletter.

“They developed a couple tracks together,” Salvat said. “Then they put out another ad looking for a bassist. So I started talking to them, and I tried out, and that’s how that happened.”

Eventually the band added a singer in 2013, and for a while Hired Rivals operated as a hard alt-rock band. That singer at the time, Salvat explained, had experience in punk rock and its derivatives, which suited Hired Rivals’ more aggressive sound at the time.

In 2015, however, the band decided to go in a different direction, and let their singer go in hopes of forging a different musical path.

They found their current singer, Kodiak McMountain Lion, through the always intriguing method of Craig’s List, Salvat said.

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Anyone who listens to Hired Rivals is likely to agree their selfdescription of playing “space rock” is entirely accurate. Their music has a certain aesthetic and atmosphere that captures both the magnitude and fantastical elements of outer space.

Salvat explained that the secret behind Hired Rival’s extraterrestrial essence is Hembrook’s obsession with tinkering with his guitar pedals.

“He’s a pedal junkie,” Salvat said. “He messes with his pedals like people play with video games.”

Through this tinkering with effects like reverb and delay, Salvat said Hembrook is able to create the band’s spacey soundscapes that are perhaps the most noticeable facets of Hired Rivals’ sound.

Hembrook’s guitars are also essential, Salvat said, in that they are often the jumping-off point for the group’s songwriting process.

Salvat also emphasized, though, the role that the diversity in each group members’ musical origins have in forming their unique sound. Salvat himself has roots in hip-hop and works on production on the side.

This mix of influences has allowed Hired Rivals to create a sound that has a vintage quality while still sounding fresh.

This is perhaps more evident on their newest, unreleased material. Salvat said the band actually recently discovered that McMountain Lion can play the guitar as well as play it and sing at the same time.

This has opened up a new world of musical possibilities for the group, Salvat said. On a new song they’ve performed live, McMountain Lion plays the rhythmic guitar, intertwining her guitar patterns with those of Hembrook’s. Salvat said this makes their

Photo · The musical group was able to shift more to melodic songwriting once McMountain Lion joined the team.

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For a listener of Hired Rivals, this is a fantastic development.

Giving the already robust guitars of Hired Rivals an added boost should allow the band the reach even greater heights.

It will be exciting to see how they are able to manifest this in future releases.

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Ryan’s tax reform plan benefits richest 1 percent at expense of nation Speaker of the House’s plan is great news for multi-millionaires, not so much for everyone else

by Aaron Reilly Opinion Editor

I, generally, have a favorable opinion of Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Janesville. He seems, unlike so many people of his party, to actually care about the well-being of the middle class. This thought, though, was dispelled when an analysis of the tax plan was released.

This study, conducted by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, found that by 2025, 99.6 percent of Ryan’s proposed tax cut would benefit the richest 1 percent of Americans.

This gives the top 1 percent of Americans a 10 percent raise to their incomes and a 15 percent raise to those in the top 0.1 percent of Americans.

But don’t worry, remainder of America, Ryan hasn’t forgotten about you.

Those in the lowest, second and middle quintile of income distribution will see their income change by, at most, half a percent.

This means the poorest Americans, those in the lowest quintile, will have an additional $50. Conversely, the top one percent will save $240,000 in taxes.

Now, this seems inherently unfair, but it’s more than that. It is likely to be a disaster for the economy.

The analysis shows federal revenue losses will be vast. When including interest payments on America’s debt, the federal government loses $3.7 trillion by 2026 and $8.0 trillion by 2036.

The study states, “If the tax cuts were not offset by spending cuts, we estimate the national debt would rise by 13.5 percent of GDP by 2026 and 19.3 percent of GDP by 2036.”

The debt to GDP ratio in the U.S. already tops 100 percent, meaning we have more outstanding debts than the total value of production in a given year.

Adding 13.5 percent or 19.3 percent more debt onto this level will bring the debt to GDP ratio to historic highs, the highest since coming out of World War II. There is a possibility that with such a major increase to the debt to GDP ratio, it could cause a country to become unable to pay back its debts, causing them to default on loan payments (think Greece).

Even in the most optimistic economic scenarios, gains are modest, and a Donald Trump-esque windfall of expenditure will be needed to boost the economy to cover the missing tax revenue.

As the study states, “The best case scenario for a large and sustained supplyside response is one in which capital

Photo · No part of this suggested policy is beneficial to America as a whole. This is truly disappointing coming from a prominent politician who seems to care about all voters.

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markets are open and U.S. deficits do not affect the interest rates facing investors, which are solely determined by world markets.”

The most obvious reason this optimistic scenario will never occur is in the assumption of open capital markets, which essentially promote free trade with foreign countries.

That would mean approving trade deals such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which both former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump have opposed.

All of this seems discordant with the fiscally conservative Ryan. I do not understand his claim in his legislative

agenda, “A Better Way,” that this tax plan “offers a better way to dramatic reform — without increasing the deficit.”

This is a lie. In his tax reform, he proposes no cuts in spending and advocates for the vague closing of loopholes and cutting red tape as a means to pay for these spending increases, alluding to the Reagan presidency as a smart way to cut taxes.

Ryan points to the year 1986, the year Reagan’s historic tax cuts were implemented, as a similar time to today, saying the current tax system “has become a complicated mess of multiple brackets, high rates and special-interest provisions.”

I don’t know what history Ryan prescribes to, but I like to know the history that actually happened.

When Reagan came in and implemented his “Reaganomics” of cutting taxes without cutting programs, the deficit increased.

Anyone with a basic understanding of budgeting or economics or common sense will know this is the case.

No part of this tax plan, in terms of fairness or economic opportunity, is beneficial to the nation as a whole. This is truly disappointing.

Aaron Reilly (areilly@badgerherald.com) is a sophomore majoring in social work and economics.

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UW’s student employee hours cap hurts those who need most help Affordable Care Act needs targeted reform for students to pay for their college education, cutting hours poses threat

by Phil Michaelson Associate Opinion Editor

The University of Wisconsin’s recent limit on the number of hours a student can work during the week is absolutely detrimental to the students who need those extra hours the most.

Not so long ago, students across UW System schools could work as many hours as they pleased while employed by the school system and no one would tell them otherwise as long as they weren’t flirting with overtime.

But now, the Affordable Care Act, instilled by President Barack Obama and the Federal Government, has changed all that.

The UW System has recently cut the number of hours a student can work per week down to 29.

But it’s not because the ACA ct says “don’t work more than 30 hours a week.”

The problem is that the ACA requires employers, by law, to give healthcare to employees who average at least 30 hours on the clock per week, and I guess it’s just too dang complicated for UW to offer health insurance to its student employees because many of them are already covered by their parents’ plan.

Thus, the hour limit was put in place.

To be honest, a 29 hour cap is actually a pretty solid amount of hours, considering the average work week is supposed to be 40 hours a week.

I worked for UW for a while and I’ll tell you that I definitely tried to only work enough to fulfill the minimum weekly hour requirement.

But the moral of that story is I’ve been fortunate enough to not have to truly rely on a paying job to finance this whole college fiasco.

The fact of the matter is the students who are working anywhere close to 29

hours a week during the school year are the ones who need that income and those hours the most.

By limiting the hours these students are able to work, the UW System is taking away possibly the only thing that allows them the ability to attend school.

So, I guess it’s time to pick your poison, UW: let these students work as many hours as they need to afford school and face the wrath of the ACA or just kiss their tuition goodbye.

Speaking of the ACA, the real issue here is the fact that the ACA forces employers to provide health insurance to those who are already covered by a plan — seems just a bit redundant to me.

Here’s a wild idea: If someone is already covered through another plan, then providing health care benefits shouldn’t be required.

Let’s just say an employee decides they want their employer ’s health insurance

instead of their own, then they should be able to drop their plan and accept their employer ’s plan under the ACA. I’m no expert, but that doesn’t sound terribly outrageous to me.

But unless this stumbling opinion piece you’re reading manages to make its way to Washington D.C., I imagine it’ll be rather tough to change the ACA, and I definitely don’t see it happening anytime soon.

So, at the end of the day, the UW System kind of just gave a big shrug, said “sorry ‘bout it” and turned its back on the students who needed those hours the most by implementing the hour cap.

So much for hard work leading a person to a better education, I guess. But at least UW isn’t losing money in fines because that’d be just tragic.

Phil Michaelson (pmichaelson@ badgerherald.com) is a junior majoring in biomedical engineering.

Far from ignorant, millennials have shaped discourse in this election Edited Facebook videos are not accurate representation of young people’s political knowledge, efficacy

by Aly Niehans Columnist

My aunt shared a post on Facebook a while back, which in and of itself isn’t that interesting. The post was a video showing college students unable to answer basic questions about the American government such as, “Who is the current vice president?”

And indeed, it was pretty pathetic these 20-year-olds couldn’t drag Joe Biden’s name out of some back corner of their mind.

My aunt’s comment on this video was something along the lines of, “It’s a shame that young people aren’t more informed about our government.”

To be fair to my aunt, this is a stereotype many adults hold about millennials — not only are we lazy, entitled and frivolous, we’re not totally aware of the political climate and goings-on in our country.

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But, as I sat in a room packed with college students Monday night to watch the first presidential debate, there was proof that young adults are not only aware of political events, but deeply care about the outcome of these events.

The 2016 presidential race has been polarizing, disturbing and a thousand other adjectives. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Republican nominee Donald Trump and the many prior candidates vying for the nomination continue propelling this attitude over the political atmosphere.

Possibly one of the most vocal groups, especially in the primaries, has been the young voting demographic. While adults may balk, young voters played a key role in the 2008 election as well, propelling President Barack Obama into the White House for the first time, as well as giving him the final push again in 2012.

So while adults sit and whine that their kids don’t know a darn thing about politics, without the young voters, we very

likely would have had eight years of Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, as president.

This time around, one candidate in particular noticed the young voters and catered a large portion of his platform to them. Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vermont, has been credited with starting a youth movement through his policies, a movement I would argue has carried over into the current phase of the election.

It’s pretty hard to stay quiet as a college student when Sanders stood at the podium offering free college on a silver platter, higher minimum wages and better education.

Unfortunately for Sanders, as well as the multitude of young voters supporting him, they didn’t muster quite enough support among other voter groups to clinch the Democratic nomination.

But, not all is lost. Save for the ardent “Bernie or Bust” Sanders supporters, many have, begrudgingly, come to stand behind Clinton. Others have chosen to vote for a third party candidate, in a sort of protest of

the two-party system and their candidates.

Whatever box these young voters end up checking in November, their participation in the political process has played a large role in shaping this election.

Young voters prompted shifts in the rhetoric of both Trump and Clinton, as well as showing overwhelming support for moving this country in a much different direction than has previously been discussed on a national level.

Not everyone is politically informed, including adults. Therefore, for every college student interviewed in that video, I’m sure they could’ve just as easily found an adult who couldn’t tell you Biden’s name.

This election, young voters shouted their political opinions from the hilltops, and hopefully they continue to do so to propel this country into a new era.

Aly Niehans (alyniehans@outlook.com) is a freshman majoring in political science and international studies.

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Two-party system works fine when people get out to vote Three-party system sounds good in theory, but encourages formation of polarizing political extremes

by Connor Allen Columnist

This election cycle, to the general unpopularity of both former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump has fueled an outcry for the emergence of a third party option for Americans.

This outcry, however, represents a misguided desire that ignores the unending benefits of a two-party system, despite it’s flaws, while threatening America’s political stability.

While the two-party system may seem to limit people’s electoral choices, it allows for the emergence of common ideals.

By requiring two parties to grapple with each other in a battle to win over the majority of Americans, each party finds itself forced to cater to the center of the American political spectrum, rather than entertaining the often extremist voices on the margins.

In a two-party system, each party tries

A three-party system encourages the “formation of an extreme left party, a center party and an extreme right party . . . No longer do parties target a majority of American voters.

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to identify the center, then aligns its own policies in such a way that will allow them to win over the majority of American voters.

Ultimately, under our current system, each voter must compromise to an extent on certain issues and determine which candidate better represents their views.

The end result is that the winner who emerges is somebody who approximately represents the beliefs of the majority of Americans.

In cotrast, a three-party system encourages the formation of an extreme left party, a center party and an extreme right party.

No longer do parties have to target a majority of American voters. Instead they have to attempt to reach a plurality.

The three-party system results in

the eventual winner representing an approximation of only slightly more than a third of American’s political views.

A three-party system may slightly mitigate the compromise each individual makes when voting for a candidate, but the eventual president would differ vastly in political views with a significantly higher percentage of the electorate.

This makes it remarkably more difficult for bipartisan efforts to flourish and creates a more divided nation than we already have.

On top of the three-party system creating a greater divergence in ideology between the eventual president and the American populace, the three-party system opens the door to extremist candidates.

The classic example of a multi-party system leading to the election of an extremist candidate comes from the 1932 elections in the Weimar Republic, where you may remember Adolf Hitler ’s Nazi Party received 33 percent of the vote in the election prior to Hitler becoming Fuhrer.

Now, I am not comparing either of our two independent options — former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson or Jill Stein to Hitler, but I am certainly claiming that the emergence of a consistent third party could ease the difficultly of hijacking an American election for an extremist candidate. That is to say, even though Johnson and Stein are not extremists, if they were to succeed, it would set a precedent.

At the moment you may feel that an extremist candidate has already emerged within the two-party system, thus invalidating my assertion about the increased risk of a three party system.

But Trump’s emergence as a candidate reveals a different flaw in the United States’ electoral process, while also supporting the idea that a three-party system represents a danger.

In the 2016 Republican primary, less than 30 million people cast a vote for one of the 12 candidates, with Trump winning less than half the total votes.

In total, Republican primary voters represented less than 15 percent of eligible voters, meaning that only 7 percent of the population voted for Trump as the GOP Nominee.

Photo · There is no point to stay at home and make some “statement” on election day. America doesn’t need more parties. It needs more voters.

Amos Mayberry The Badger Herald These numbers reveal two things. First, an immense flaw in the United States’ electoral process is the disheartening lack of voter turnout. Second, and more importantly, in low turnout elections with a wide array of candidates, extremist candidates emerge as viable candidates.

two parties to grapple “withBy requiring each other in a battle over the majority of Americans, each party finds itself forced to cater to the center of the American political spectrum.

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So if you find yourself identifying with the large percentage of Americans who dislike both Clinton and Trump, don’t pine for a third party. Instead, push for higher

voter turnout.

The two-party system doesn’t ferment the emergence of unpopular candidates like Clinton and Trump — low voter turnout does.

Despite great enthusiasm for candidates like Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, the same voters who were anxious to vote for them will now sit at home on Nov. 8 to make some sort of “statement,” effectively handing piles of ballots to the candidates they claim they would never do a thing for. America doesn’t need to open itself to extremist candidates by adding more parties to appease dissatisfied voters.

There is an easier answer.

Simply put, America doesn’t need more parties. America needs more voters.

Connor Allen (callen7@wisc.edu) is a junior majoring in economics, history and marketing.

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Damage done to planet is irreversible, but we can still make Earth cleaner Just because we have passed the ‘point of no return,’ does not mean fight against climate change is over

by Yusra Murad Opinion Editor

In 2011, the International Energy Agency predicted we would pass the “point of no return” by 2017, based on the then-levels of carbon emissions and rapidly advancing carbon-centric infrastructure and technology.

This is not a party we should have been early to.

Last week, the Mauna Loa Observatory atmospheric baseline station in Hawaii observed carbon dioxide levels of more than 400 parts per million, the point of no return, for the month of September.

It wasn’t the first time, but it was significant. Historically, September brings some of the lowest emissions of the year.

According to Climate Central, “September is usually the month when carbon dioxide is at its lowest after a summer of plants growing and sucking it up in the northern hemisphere.

As fall wears on, those plants lose their leaves, which in turn decompose, releasing the stored carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere.”

In the wake of this news, scientists across the country concluded if September had these high levels, having a shot of turning back would be nearly impossible.

Even if we switch to clean energy tomorrow, the amount of damage done to our planet is irreversible.

This disturbing milestone comes at a time when it seems the globe is soaked in frustration and tears.

The situation in Syria has reached yet another height as ISIL rages on in the Middle East, the Venezuelan economic crisis continues to tear apart the nation and police violence in the U.S. most recently took the life of a 6-yearold boy with autism.

Though environmental disaster is not a cause or result of any of these tragedies, reaching this critical point better be a loud and clear wake-up call around the world.

We are tearing apart land we fight battles on, destroying the ground we walk on, ignoring as our planet has begged us to pay it a moment’s notice.

Climate change may not be the most pressing issue we face as a nation. But it is the most pressing issue we face as humans.

Heads up, no matter who you vote for or which tax plan you defend, if my kids won’t ever see a polar bear, neither will yours.

Once a year, a celebrity will give an impassioned speech at the Oscars, or a news anchor will break down in tears over the immediacy of this situation, or the media team

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Photo · We all need clean oxygen. We all need water. We all need trees to lower global temperatures to a sustainable levels and keep this planet liveable.

Courtesy of Bryce Richter at a grassroots organization for young activists will put out an astonishingly vivid video clip, and we’ll all share the three minute tidbit on Facebook and make sure to recycle for a few days. Soon we move on. The world keeps turning.

But here’s the thing — it won’t.

Climate change is not a theory. It is a fact.

There’s no such thing as being a “climate change denier,” so don’t waste your breath on that one when we have a shorter word for it — brainless.

Showing a concrete and tangible commitment to enacting policies that mitigate the effects of climate change should be a prerequisite to running for public office, whether it’s the mayor ’s office in a small town in Wisconsin or the president. That burden should fall on the shoulders of the nations who have contributed the most to this disaster, while simultaneously benefiting from it.

No one wants to talk about climate change for more than a few minutes because frankly, it’s the easiest thing to forget about. Ice caps could be melting all day long (they are) and we wouldn’t feel a thing.

It’s so easy to believe this won’t affect

us for ages, and by that time we’ll have the technology to get along just fine.

But the planet doesn’t work that simply. We have a debt to pay, and that debt comes with a high interest rate. The International Energy Agency noted long ago that the longer we wait to invest in clean energy, the higher the cost will be once we ultimately do.

We don’t have the technology to recreate bees or relocate the thousands of people who will ultimately be displaced when their homes are below sea level, nor is that technology coming up on us within the next few decades.

These aren’t problems our distant decedents will be addressing for the first time — it will be us.

Each month of 2016 has averaged recordbreaking temperatures, setting us up to head into the 10th month of the hottest year in recorded history.

At the Paris Climate Accord last December, when deciding on acceptable above-average temperature limit, participating countries agreed to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Global temperature this year has been 1.38 degrees higher than average. Our toes are about to slip over the line.

Take this seriously. Vote on this and refuse to compromise.

Invest money. Among a hundred pieces of bad news on Facebook, you probably still have wwone friend passionately sharing videos of the incredible research happening in this field, starting at the Nelson Institute for Climatic Research at the University of Wisconsin.

Nations in conflict often struggle to reach resolution because of a complete lack of empathy and ability to relate to one another.

In both international wars and domestic conflict, a perceived lack of commonality perpetuates tragedy.

The good news is this is one we can all get behind.

We all need clean oxygen. We all need water.

We all need trees.

Perhaps we can get back to senseless confrontation when we’ve climbed a few floors up Maslow’s hierarchy to a cleaner, greener and cooler world.

Yusra Murad (ymurad@wisc.edu) is a junior studying psychology, business and global health.

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Bumbaca: Badgers defense is for real, even without Vince Biegel Even with a loss to No. 4 Michigan, UW’s defense proved they are still in the running for the Big Ten Championship Game

by Chris Bumbaca Senior Writer

The final score of the University of Wisconsin’s football team’s 14-7 loss to fourth-ranked Michigan looked better than the product the Badgers offense displayed on the field.

Physically, the Wolverines dominated the Badgers in nearly every facet that UW knew it would have to excel at in order to escape Michigan Stadium with an upset win. The Wolverines heralded secondary covered redshirt freshman Alex Hornibrook’s targets to near perfection. Michigan’s front-seven bullied the Wisconsin offensive line to create a logjam for the running game, which only exacerbated Hornibrook’s woes in the passing game.

Despite all of that, the Badgers’ defense kept the team in the game, even without their leader Vince Biegel, who missed the game

after undergoing surgery on a bone fracture in his foot Thursday night. The unit was once again impressive on the big stage. The defense will allow the Badgers to hang around in every game.

T.J. Watt is a certified beast. Jack Cichy and T.J. Edwards have to be among the top inside linebacker tandems in the nation. The defensive line’s impact doesn’t show up on the stat sheet, but is vital to the team’s success.

Credit first-year defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox for not only maintaining UW’s defensive strength in recent years, but improving it too.

That’s exactly why everything is still in front of this Badger team. One loss, for now, will not impede their path to Indianapolis, and then potentially the College Football Playoff. Ohio State University, University of Iowa and University of Nebraska are all tough games. But if UW can be within one possession of forcing overtime against a

team like Michigan with an inept offense, this defense will give UW the opportunity to win any game, any time, anywhere. Even on the big stage.

Minor tweaks are necessary on offense though. Senior running back Corey Clement has to prove he has NFLcaliber talent. The defense needs to get healthy too.

Luckily for the Badgers, Wisconsin has a bye week this weekend to figure all of this out.

They still control their own destiny. But the path to Indy starts in 10 days under the lights at Camp Randall, when the No. 2 Buckeyes come to town.

Photo · The “next man up” mentality proved successful this weekend.

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Badgers cruise past Vikes 10-1 in first exhibition game

Wisconsin flips script, shows positive signs with explosive offensive rout to begin Granato era in Madison hockey

by Ben Pierce Beat Writer

The University of Wisconsin got off to a blazing hot start Saturday night in the Kohl center and never looked back on its way to a 10-1 over the University of Victoria.

Junior forward Matt Ustaski got the Badgers on the board first with a shorthanded flick of the wrist from right in front of Victoria goaltender Scott Legault. This was only the beginning of what would be a long night for Legault and the Vikes as the Badgers netted their next two goals in under two minutes and finished the first period with a 4-0 lead.

Coming back after the first intermission the Badgers didn’t miss a beat, scoring three more times on two beautiful shots from sophomore forward Luke Kunin and a once on a strike from the left circle by fellow sophomore forward Will Johnson.

Holding a 7-0 lead going into the third period of an exhibition game is normally when teams revert to cruise control, but not for a Wisconsin team who only took home three conference wins last season. The Badgers were hungry for more.

UW cranked out three more goals in the third, and allowed the lone Victoria score on a shorthand breakaway by forward Wolfgang Schoenefuhs. Wisconsin’s Kunin finished the game with a hat trick and spoke on his team’s energy throughout the match.

“We’re just hungry to not lose and to be winners, and I think that showed tonight,”

Kunin said.

Despite their dominating offensive performance, the Badgers did manage to muster up seven penalties. Head coach Tony Granato recognized that seven penalties were too much, but still managed to focus on the silver lining from Saturday night.

“Having the opportunity to kill that many times in a game is a positive thing as well,” Granato said.

The Badgers’ penalty kill, despite the lack of practice, looked sharp after shutting down all seven of Victoria’s power play opportunities and even claiming a shorthand goal of their own.

Men’s Hockey: Badgers face Victoria in fresh start under Tony Granato After an offseason headlined by coaching changes, the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team finally returns to the Kohl Center Wisconsin finished the game with 63 shots on goal, which proved a commanding advantage over a mere 10 from the Vikes.

Three different Badgers finished the night with three points as well, and 19 of the 23 players who saw the ice finished positive in the plus-minus column.

Freshman goaltender Jack Berry shut down all five shots he faced in his 32-minute stint on the ice and was later replaced by fellow freshman goaltender Johan Blomquist, who had four saves and allowed the Vikes’ single goal.

Wisconsin looks to clean up Saturday’s

Photo · Kunin and Ustaski scored early goals and finished off the dominant early victory .

Riley Steinbrenner The Badger Herald miscues and maintain its energy as they head to Green Bay for the Badgers’ first regular season matchup this Friday against Northern Michigan University. The Wildcats finished

just under .500 last season and should pose a good challenge for this hungry Badger squad.

The puck drops in Green Bay at 7 p.m. Friday.

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Badgers soccer upset No. 8 Gophers in overtime shutout Wisconsin rebounds after tough start to season with win in the Border Battle for third straight year

by Nolan Beilstein Beat Writer

The University of Wisconsin women’s soccer team continued Big Ten conference play Saturday and knocked off No. 8 Minnesota Golden Gophers 1-0 on the road.

Going into Saturday’s game, the Badgers owned a record of 1-2-1 in the Big Ten and were coming off a 3-2 loss to the Indiana Hoosiers. In a defensive shutout that went into overtime, the Badgers finally broke the tie behind a goal from freshman forward Dani Rhodes and pulled off the upset over the Gophers (9-3-1, 3-1-1 Big Ten).

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continued their dominance on defense but struggled to find the net. Goalkeeper Caitlyn Clem played an excellent game for the Badgers, recording three diving saves that secured the victory. The physical battle was one that saw 31 total fouls between both teams and proved to be another classic in an already historic rivalry.

The Badgers created scoring chances for themselves early in the first half.

Midfielders Rose Lavelle and Micaela Powers, along with defender Camryn Biegalski, were all able to rattle off a few shots but were unable to find the back of the net in regulation. Lavelle led the team with three shots followed by forward Emily Borgmann with two. The second half was just as dry as each offense took only a few opportunities — Wisconsin shooting

four times and Minnesota tallying five.

The game remained scoreless until the 99th minute when Rhodes found the back of the net inside the six yard box. The goal was Rhodes’ second of the year with her first goal coming in the season opener against Illinois State just minutes into the game, which also proved to be the gamewinner.

The victory improved Wisconsin to .500 in conference play which currently puts them in seventh in the Big Ten standings.

A win like this against an eighth-ranked conference opponent could give the Badgers the spark they need to contend for a consecutive Big Ten regular season championship.

Despite struggling offensively for the better half of the season, the Badgers

have still outscored their opponents 1512. This is good news for a team who constantly creates chances offensively and is complimented by a defense that has recorded five shutouts and allowed multiple goals in a single game only three times.

In their next match, Wisconsin will be back home in the McClimon Soccer Complex to take on another difficult opponent in the Nebraska Cornhuskers (94-0, 3-2-0 Big Ten) Oct. 6.

The Badgers have won the last two meetings against the Cornhuskers with their last defeat against them coming in 2013. The game will start at 7 p.m. and can be viewed on BTN.

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Despite only a single loss from nonconference play, Sheffield prepares for a tough Big Ten schedule Badgers dug deep and put themselves back on track in one of their best starts in recent memory.

Sports Editor The No. 3 Badgers opened Big Ten play After then-No. 11 University of with home 3-0 sweeps against then-No. 18 North Carolina bested the University of Ohio State University and University of Wisconsin women’s volleyball team to end Maryland to reach their second five-game their perfect 5-0 start, few people expected wining streak of the year in only 11 games. to see the Badgers back in the top three of After just the first weekend of conference the polls less than two weeks later. play, the squad had five top 20 wins — Despite that loss, an ankle injury to with three on the road — and have only junior outside hitter Lauryn Gillis and lost six sets in the same time period. a trip the following week to take on then “If you’re going to be successful over a No. 2 Texas and No. 16 Texas A&M, the long period of time, you’ve got to be able to focus on what’s in javaden-badgerherald-2015.pdf 1 9/2/15 4:43 PM front of you,” head coach Kelly Sheffield said. “This group, our players, are locked in and they’re almost wired to be that way.”

Going into the thick of conference play, the highlight of the still-young season for the Badgers came in On campus. In Grand Central.

Austin, Texas, against then-No. 2 University 1022 W. Johnson St. of Texas. Only two days after sweeping Texas A&M, Wisconsin fought back from a 2-0 deficit to topple Texas in thrilling fashion, 2018 in the fifth set.

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“One of the great things about this group is that we’ve left the past in the past,” Sheffield said. “We’ve moved on really well.”

When Gillis went down with a minor ankle sprain against the Tar Heels Sept. 9, the expectation was she would return in a few games and the squad would have to wallow in wait in the meantime. In what has now become at least a month long injury for Gillis, the squad flipped the script and excelled in front of the net behind the youthful dominance of Molly Haggerty.

The freshman outside hitter first made a splash when the Badgers took on thenNo. 6 University of Hawaii on the road in a dominant 3-1 win. Haggerty posted a match high 19 kills, earning her the Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor. Haggerty made her biggest statement of the year, however, against the Aggies, setting a school record with 27 kills in the just three sets, cementing herself as a mainstay at the position going forward.

“The thing that I’m impressed with Molly is that we’re not protecting her,” Sheffield said. “With a lot of freshman you worry about burying them and you look for opportunities to take some of the pressure off of them. We haven’t protected her at all.”

Haggerty’s breakout performance adds an incredible amount of depth for a team that already returning two All-Americans in senior setter Lauren Carilini and

middle blocker Haleigh Nelson. With the veteran leadership of Carilini and Nelson in front of an emerging freshman class, the potential for the Badger program is higher than it has been since its national championship appearance back in 2013.

Despite the impressive 8-1 résumé in the non-conference play for Wisconsin, the importance of sweeping two solid Big Ten opponents to open the Big Ten schedule should not be underestimated.

The win over Maryland marked the 14th straight Big Ten win for the program and firmly placed the Badgers in a fiveway tie for first in a conference that has consistently proved itself to be the gold standard in women’s volleyball.

“You listen to [Wisconsin head football coach] Paul [Chryst] earlier and it’s just about the same in this conference with just about any sport,” Sheffield said. “You feel like you’re given the same answers week after week; it’s a different jersey but it’s another ranked opponent. You throw one wolf out the front door, one out the back door and you’ve got another one coming in through the side window.”

The fortitude to rebound after a close loss in North Carolina and outlast a team like Texas in a hostile road environment will prove a major factor in the Badgers championship dreams going forward.

That experience and depth of Wisconsin will only continue to get tested, however, as matchups with No. 1 University of Nebraska and No. 2 University of Minnesota await.

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T.J. Watt beginning to make his own name on Badger defense

After his older brother Derek followed J.J. to NFL this spring, T.J. Watt has been playing in one of the greatest shadows in college football

by Chris Bumbaca Senior Writer

At this point in his life, T.J. Watt has learned enough to know that when the cameras are pointed at him and reporters wave their recorders in his face, there will be questions about his brother, J.J. Watt.

This is just an average media session when you share a last name with the most dominant defensive player the National Football League over the last three seasons or so.

It’s a good storyline. The brother of an NFL star and University of Wisconsin football product is on campus. The comparisons are natural, too. But instead of answering the questions he’s heard dozens of times like, “How often do you talk to your brother?” or “Does he give you tips?”, T.J. Watt would rather do his own talking on the field.

“Obviously it’s on my mind, but I don’t go out of my way thinking about creating my own legacy and I also don’t think about trying to go in their exact footsteps,” T.J. Watt said during training camp. “I just try to let my play go and do my talking.”

T.J. Watt’s answer is indicative of his diplomatic nature. He’s like his brothers that way. Their answers never insult anyone and usually employ a cliché along the lines of hard work and “taking it one day at a time.”

Like T.J. Watt said, he’d rather let his actions on the gridiron tell his story, because his story is his own. T.J. Watt’s journey truly began about 14 months ago in the Camp Randall Stadium bleachers during local media day.

There was a swarm of media surrounding Derek Watt, about to enter his final year as a Badger. Nobody wanted to talk to T.J. Watt.

“I was just thinking about last year this time looking over at these chairs,” T.J. Watt (which Watt) said at the local media day Aug. 7 “Derek was the one getting the interviews ... And I was sitting over there not getting a single interview because I just switched to defense and no one really knew about me.”

A month earlier, UW head coach Paul Chryst approached T.J. Watt in the back of a team meeting armed with the suggestion that he switch to defense. T.J. Watt laughed at first, but Chryst was serious. The youngest Watt talked to his family, including J.J. Watt, who was supportive and said he had the skill set to excel on the opposite side of the ball if that was what he wanted. The youngest Watt watched YouTube videos of prolific passrushers in the game: Von Miller and, you guessed it, J.J. Watt.

The next day, T.J. Watt was no longer a tight end for the Wisconsin Badgers, but an outside linebacker. The 6-foot-5, 236-pound T.J. Watt said he enjoys the defensive side of the ball because rather than waiting to get your number called on offense, a defensive player can make an impact on any given play.

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the passer, just making plays,” he said. “I like [that] as a defender, you don’t have to be blitzing to make a tackle or make a pass breakup.”

Though T.J. Watt appeared in all of UW’s 13 games, 2015 was a transitional year for him. He made eight tackles.

But his fellow outside linebacker Vince Biegel saw promise in him right away.

“He’s got some good players in his family, I guess,” Biegel, a fifth-year senior, joked.

But seriously.

“He’s a hard worker,” Biegel said. “He comes into work every single day and pushes our whole outside linebacker group and that’s what it’s all about.”

Biegel added that having two guys on the edge who can rush the passer is a luxury. They rely on each other, and because both excel at getting after the quarterback, opposing offenses usually cannot afford to chip-block or doubleteam both of them at the same time, yielding one-on-one opportunities.

T.J. Watt has reaped the benefits of those chances in 2016. Through four games, he ranks second on the team in total tackles (29) and leads the team in sacks (5.5), tackles-for-loss (7.5) and quarterback hits (five).

To this day, Chryst believes T.J. Watt could have been a solid tight end, but said his dedication allowed him to find a home on defense.

“It’s not that he picked it up faster or slower than I thought,” Chryst said.

“T.J.’s a really good football player. He’s an unbelievable worker and he’s smart.

I think he loves the game and so how do you put a timetable on that development?

I appreciate it. It’s been fun to see him grow and develop and last year have success then build off of that.”

The Watt brothers remain close primarily through a group chat, T.J. Watt said, talking nearly every day. Less than 10 percent of the time it’s about football, he said, but he won’t hesitate to send J.J. Watt a video of his pass rushes and have him critique.

After a dominant performance (six tackles, 2.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles-for-loss and a quarterback hit) during UW’s 30-6 win over Michigan State Sept. 24, a score of reporters surrounded T.J. Watt the moment he stepped into the visitors media room in the annals of Spartan Stadium. It was the polar opposite of Media Day 2015.

No one asked him about his brothers that day. He let his play do the talking.

Photo ·New on the scene, the third Watt brother has made use of a short learning curve to hold up the dominant family name in Wisconsin football.

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