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UW faculty worry about classroom sanctity after student arrest More than 150 university faculty members, students have signed petition calling for police accountability

by Teymour Tomsyck City Editor

After University of Wisconsin Police Department’s arrest of 21-year-old Denzel McDonald, some faculty have become increasingly concerned about the academic and racial implications of the incident.

Hundreds of faculty members signed a letter April 14 denouncing UWPD’s handling of McDonald’s arrest, and some are concerned the event undermines the safety of the classroom. In response, Chancellor Rebecca Blank and UWPD issued statements Friday along with body camera footage of the arrest and subsequent interrogation.

UWPD officers arrested McDonald around noon Thursday while attending class.

Witness accounts conflict with the official UWPD narrative presented in an incident report and statement by UWPD Chief Susan Riseling released Friday.

In the letter signed by hundreds of faculty, staff and students, Karma Chavez, associate professor of communication arts, denounced the arrest, demanding accountability from UW officials and seeking immunity from expulsion for McDonald. The letter also

features quotes from professor Johanna Almiron, who was teaching McDonald at the time of his arrest.

“I cannot believe they humiliated and terrified my students,” Almiron said. “The fact that our classrooms are not respected as spaces of learning is absolutely appalling.”

In a statement, Blank acknowledged UWPD did not follow protocol regarding when officers may enter classrooms. She said the policies governing these interactions will be reviewed following the incident.

I’m deeply disturbed by how “events transpired Thursday. It

doesn’t reflect our core values to interrupt a classroom to arrest students accused of minor crimes.

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Shawn Peters Intergrated liberal studies lecturer Neither UW or UWPD spokespeople have commented on exactly how police obtained McDonald’s schedule, given that

information is confidential. How police determined which class to arrest McDonald in is also unclear.

Among faculty, there is a repeated theme of concern for how the arrest will affect the integrity of the classroom.

Hemant Shah, School of Journalism and Mass Communication director, said he has contacted the administration to better understand UW’s policing policy in regard to the classroom. He said integrity of the classroom is vital for effective learning, and he intends to have his questions answered in a meeting with Riseling next week.

How much of an effect UW’s recently weakened tenure policies have had on the outpouring of faculty support for McDonald is difficult to gauge, Shah said.

“If there are faculty hesitant to speak out and the reason they give is that tenure has been weakened, they wouldn’t be wrong to believe that,” Shah said.

Shawn Peters, integrated liberal studies lecturer, previously taught McDonald and said he has never seen a case where a student was arrested during class in his several decades in higher education. He said he understood the need for police to do

their job, but was critical of the way UWPD went about the arrest. He said he believes McDonald’s race almost certainly played a role.

“I’m deeply disturbed by how events transpired Thursday,” Peters said. “It doesn’t reflect our core values to interrupt a classroom to arrest students accused of minor crimes.”

UW graduate student Anthony Hernandez said it is difficult to see the actions of the police as legitimate given their failure to combat incidences of racism. He said UW is an openly hostile campus for minority students and McDonald’s actions are an example of frustration with the status-quo.

Hernandez said the racial climate at UW has become so toxic that drastic change is needed. The incremental steps the university has taken have not been sufficient in combating the issues.

“These students are having horrible experiences, and they persist,” Hernandez said. “There needs to be a fierce urgency addressing these critical matters. Another email from administration will not suffice.”

UWPD and UW Communications did not respond to request for comment.

Funding disparities in STEM, humanities programs affect enrollment Registration has increased more than 40 percent for STEM courses, but declined for some humanities classes

by Vidushi Saxena State Editor

University of Wisconsin experts weighed in on the ways funding impacts development of programs in humanities and science, technology, engineering and math.

Research has shown more employers are looking for people who can combine skills from both STEM and liberal arts fields, Matthew Hora, UW assistant professor of liberal arts and applied studies, said. He said even if students are learning how to operate machinery and technology they need to know how to work in teams, write, communicate and think critically. Those skills come primarily from humanities and liberal arts fields.

There are several factors that influence the development of programs in each area, Hora said. These factors can influence aspects such as enrollment and availability of these programs.

“Even for success in really specific fields like STEM, students need to have proficiency and competency for long term success,” Hora said.

“And they get these largely from liberal arts and humanities.”

Differences in funding

Hora said while both STEM, liberal arts and humanities programs are equally important, they are not equally funded. On the federal level, he said STEM programs receive more funded and there is no contest between them and humanities and liberal arts programs.

According to UW’s 2015-16 data digest, federal organizations like the National Science Foundation gave science and engineering programs nearly $500 million for research and development between 2013 and 2014. This was 47 percent of NSF’s total expenditure. Nonscience and engineering programs received $26 million, or 2 percent of NSF’s total expenditure.

Comparatively, the National Endowment for Humanities, an independent federal agency working to develop humanities programs nationwide, gave UW approximately $37 million in grants over the last 50 years for the development of the university’s humanities research, Paula Wasley, National Endowment for Humanities spokesperson, said.

There is a discrepancy even among STEM programs. According to the data digest, health care programs received approximately $200 million in federal research awards compared to

$92 million for engineering programs.

But Hora said these examples were not representative of all funding sources. UW receives donations and funding from alumni and various other organizations.

He said the amount of money going toward a program also depends on how much it costs in general, regardless of what kind of program it is. For instance, chemistry programs are more expensive to maintain compared to a gender and women’s studies program because of equipment costs.

Donors and funding organizations act on their own interests when they give money, Ben Corey, Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association spokesperson, said in an email to The Badger Herald. University officials allocate this money based on priorities, he said.

“It’s not about what we think should receive more funding,” Corey said. “University leaders set development priorities and donors have their own interests and our job is to find the match between UW priorities and donors who have interest in those areas.”

Impact of funding

While there is no direct correlation between

funding and enrollment, increased funding can lead to better programs, which attracts more students, Mary Ellen Gabriel, spokesperson for UW College of Letters and Sciences, said.

According to UW’s 2014 STEM report, undergraduate juniors and seniors enrollment in STEM majors increased from 32 to 41 percent between 2000 and 2014. Enrollment in some humanities and liberal arts majors has decreased in UW, Gabriel said. But she said this is a nationwide trend, not just a trend at UW. Bassam Shakhashiri, UW chemistry professor, said enrollment in chemistry continues to be high, which gives faculty more opportunities to teach and engage students.

He said scientific fields are important because of their impact on society.

Shakhashiri said there is normally never enough funding to support all types of programs. He said it is important that students receive a well-rounded education despite what programs are more funded or popular.

“Students should, when they come to college, should go through a lot of experiences in majors,” Shakshashiri said.

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State’s first female general emphasizes importance of perseverence After decades of military service, Gov. Scott Walker promotes Col. Joane Mathews to brigadier general in Army National Guard

by Emily Hamer State Editor

When Col. Joane Mathews was promoted to brigadier general April 4, she became the first female general in the Wisconsin Army National Guard, an accomplishment that came with nearly 30 years of challenging experiences in the military.

Mathews’ decades of service in the military has taken her from places like Alabama to Germany to Wisconsin. In addition to being the first female general in the Wisconsin Army National Guard, she was also the first female army chief of staff, first female brigade commander and first nonmedical female colonel.

Mathews said her time in the military has brought her not only challenges and near death experiences, but also a family.

One aspect of the military that she said makes her proud is the warm atmosphere of teamwork and family that goes along with it.

“Everybody takes care of each other,” Mathews said. “If we see each other struggling, or we have a task we have to accomplish, we all get through it together.”

April 14 marks the anniversary of a time when Mathews needed her comrades for support. In 1994, two blackhawks were shot down in northern Iraq. Though it happened more than 20 years ago, Mathews said the accident is still very clear to her today.

At the time of the accident, Mathews was a company commander and one of the casualties of the incident was one of her soldiers. Others were soldiers she had flown

with or worked with.

“It didn’t dawn on me till a year later, it didn’t hit me, that that could have been me that was shot down,” Mathews said. “I was flying those same aircrafts, those same missions in northern Iraq.”

Mathews said she and her fellow soldiers came together to grieve and get through that difficult period together. Though dangerous situations come along with being in the military, Mathews said fear is not something that gets in her way.

“It’s not about … ‘I’m afraid.’ You’re very committed to the missions that are assigned to you and the duty,” Mathews said. “That’s what motivates me, and I think that’s what motivates the soldiers and all the other service members that are deployed. They’re very proud to serve.”

Mathews said she was always interested in the military, but first got involved by taking an ROTC class. She joined the military after receiving an ROTC scholarship her junior year at the University of North DakotaGrand Forks, where she earned her degree in aviation administration.

Mathews said serving in the military has put her through challenges that she had never experienced before. Many would expect being a woman in a male dominated field like the military to be an additional challenge, but Mathews said the male competition helped her become a better pilot and a better soldier.

“I tried not to ... think of myself as a female,” Mathews said. “I thought of myself as just another team member or another classmate and not ... as a female or as a minority. I’m just like everyone else.”

Photo · Mathews spent nearly 30 years in the military, during which time she said she formed a new “family.”

Courtesy of Flickr user Wisconsin National Guard Mathews said being the first female general in Wisconsin shows other women that they have the ability to achieve the same ranking as her in the future and even higher rankings.

One of the most important things for those in the military —male or female — is to set goals and reach them, Mathews said. She said it’s important to persevere and not give up.

“I’ve never been a quitter, and I don’t know that many people in the military that have been a quitter that have succeeded,” Mathews said. “Sure it’s tough as you’re going through it, and it’s easy to just give up, but you’d be so much prouder of yourself if you don’t give up and continue on to the very end.”

Wis. hits 300,000 mark in number of concealed carry permits Experts debate whether legislation leads to safety, homicide; Wisconsinites still heavily divided on issue

by Emily Hamer State Editor

As of March, Wisconsin has issued 300,000 total concealed carry permits, but the state impact of right-to-carry laws is still widely debated.

While this makes up less than 8 percent of Wisconsin’s adult population, concealed carry laws remain controversial. Those in favor argue concealed carry falls under one’s right to defend themselves, while those against say violent crime increases when concealed carry is allowed.

Sixty-three percent of Wisconsin residents support concealed carry and 31 percent are opposed, according to the January 2016 Marquette Law School poll.

University of Wisconsin journalism and mass communication professor Michael Wagner said concealed carry impacts almost every Wisconsinite. He said 8 percent is a large enough percentage to enter into almost every social situation.

“If you’re in a room of 30 people, somewhere between two or three are probably armed,”

Wagner said. “That’s just something that might give people pause when they’re out in the community.”

Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, said she believes the number of permits that have been issued is significant and “alarming.” The Department of Justice had to add eight new positions just to process the new permit requests, Taylor said.

But Jeff Nass, Wisconsin Firearm Owners, Ranges, Clubs and Educators executive director, said he thinks the 300,000 permits is a great milestone and would like to see those numbers increase in the future.

“We’re extremely happy that we broke 300,000,” Nass said. “I foresee that number is actually going up as people start to realize that this is their right.”

The people who have concealed carry weapons help protect those who do not have weapons to defend themselves, Nass said. By using conceal carry, Nass said he is protecting his wife and family.

Taylor, however, said research shows most of the time, victims of crimes do not get the chance to use guns to defend themselves. She said it’s more

often the case that guns get turned against them.

Taylor said she is concerned about the new concealed carry permits being issued because recent research from Stanford University demonstrates that right-to-carry laws are connected with an increase in aggregated assault, rape, robbery and murder.

“I’m not a fan of concealed carry at all because of this epidemic,” Taylor said. “I wish this law was never passed.”

Additionally, Taylor said Milwaukee law enforcement leaders have tied Wisconsin’s concealed carry law to a decade high of homicides seen in Milwaukee in 2015.

But Wagner said there are too many different variables to definitively make this conclusion.

He said it is unclear whether or not gun violence is linked to concealed carry because it’s hard to separate violent crimes from other influencing factors, like the state of the economy.

“There’s not … terrific evidence on one side or the other that concealed weapons reduce or increase crime,” Wagner said.

Past studies have indicated that concealed

carry has no effect on crime rates, according to PolitiFact.

Wagner said the strongest evidence indicates gun accidents are more common in places where concealed carry is legal.

Nass, however, said gun accidents would decrease if children were properly educated about gun safety. He said he hopes schools will implement firearm safety to teach children about guns.

Wisconsin residents are also skeptical of making guns easy to have in places where there are children present, like schools and campuses, Wagner said. For a proposal that would have allowed guns to be concealed carried on school grounds, 65 percent of Wisconsin residents opposed and 31 percent were in favor, according to the Marquette law poll.

Wagner said Wisconsin residents are divided on their views about concealed weapons, and these differences do not seem like they will be resolved in the near future.

“It’s a controversial issue that’s not going to go away any time soon,” Wagner said.

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UW evaluates travel guidelines in wake of terrorist attacks in Europe University considers wide range of factors in student safety abroad, investigates local infrastructure to determine stability of programs

by Anne Blackbourn Campus Editor

As one of the top universities in the nation for number of students studying abroad, University of Wisconsin must take precautions and considerations when evaluating program safety.

The recent terrorist attacks in Belgium and France have caused UW to reevaluate its travel guidelines and put some of its safety precautions into action. It also caused the university to evaluate the safety of these European study abroad locations.

Calculating the risk

The university monitors a variety of resources when assessing the safety and security of study abroad programs, Ronald Machoian, UW international safety and security director, said.

Several of these resources include the U.S. Department of State travel warning system and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In addition, Machoian said UW exchanges information with more than 50 colleges and universities around the nation with international programming, and is part of a network of professional international safety and security directors.

“We believe that the scope and credibility of these resources provide us with a strong basis to assess locations overseas and to consider

risks that are present, our exposure to those risks as a university community and how we can minimize that exposure,” Machoian said.

When it comes to assessing whether a program may need to be closed or suspended, UW also considers program affordability, academic outcomes and course availability in addition to safety and security factors, he said.

A large part of assessing the safety and security of students, however, comes from the ability of the program’s local infrastructure to respond and investigate terrorism or criminal violence, Machoian said.

For example, in 2010 during the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia, student study abroad programming was suspended because the university had no way of assessing the nation’s public infrastructure due to its lack of a cohesive government structure, he said.

Machoian said the program in Tunisia was moved promptly out of the country because the university “lacked the confidence” to help students caught in the crossfire of the revolution as well as help plan student programming avoid the risks in Tunisia at that time.

Though this “period of uncertainty” passed, Machoian said Tunisia remains on the U.S. Department of States’ travel warnings list, and under UW travel guidelines policy, any student that wishes to travel there must first obtain a waiver reviewed and approved by the vice provost and dean of the International

Division.

Egypt was also placed on this list in 2013 during a period of violence and uncertainty in the government’s infrastructure. But it has since been taken off the list, Machoian said.

Monitoring the situation

With the recent terrorist attacks in Belgium and France, UW analyzed the safety and security of students traveling to those countries and agreed the factors that resulted in the suspension of the Egypt and Tunisia programs were not present, Machoian said.

In fact, Machoian said UW participated in several meetings with universities across the country. All the universities overwhelmingly agreed the public infrastructures in France and Belgium were capable of providing resources to students in need and were safe environments.

“While there have been horrific events in Paris and Brussels, the public agencies and infrastructure in both France and Belgium remain intact and able to interdict, respond to and investigate terrorist and criminal actions,” he said.

Though neither France or Belgium are deemed to be “unsafe environments,” Turkey is currently under the U.S. Department of State’s travel warning, Machoian said. Like Tunisia, students interested in traveling there must first acquire a waiver approved by the vice provost and dean of the International

Division.

An inside perspective

Max Walczyk, a UW junior, has been studying at SciencesPo in Paris since late August 2015. After the November attacks in France, Walczyk said the university told him to follow the instructions of local authorities — the best advice he thought they could give considering the situation.

Walczyk said he received directions from the French government and police as well as the U.S. State Department. He said their help made him feel “a lot more secure.”

Many people were on edge and alert, Walczyk recalled, and many exchange students at Science Po returned home. But, he said he felt safe in Paris as anywhere else.

Despite the attacks in November, Walczyk said he has enjoyed his time studying abroad and “wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world.” He said he hopes anyone considering applying to a study aboard program is not deterred by the previous events.

“In my case, my program has allowed me to discuss and process these events with students from all over the world, an opportunity that I likely would not have had if I had stayed on Madison’s campus all four years,” Walczyk said. “I think that it’s that type of dialogue that allows us to deal with the pain of these tragic events and hopefully prevent similar events from occurring in the future.”

Real-world trading software gives students hands-on training Program combines agriculture, economy, business to provide applicable experience, sharp edge in job market

by Gabby Ortiz Reporter

The College of Agriculture and Letters of Sciences is now using a real-world commodity-trading software to develop experience in trading and agriculture markets, making students better equipped for agriculture job markets after graduation.

University of Wisconsin first gave this trading software to the School of Business, but when it wasn’t utilizing the software to its fullest potential, Sheldon Du, assistant professor of agricultural and applied economics, asked to incorporate it into his undergraduate course on commodity markets as an alternative.

Du has taken this software to combine economics with aspects of agriculture and business, in hopes to fully equip students enrolled in the agricultural and applied economics major with real-world experience.

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Linda Davis, an undergraduate student service advisor for the agricultural and applied economics major, described the major as “all-encompassing.” Students are required to take courses in economics, including some courses through the School of Business, as well as agricultural business courses, all of which require hands-on experience.

Using this software, students can be equipped to better adapt to the different circumstances and potential situations that can occur in the vast job field, Davis said.

“Agro-business is a huge industry that can cover anybody from craft foods to finance in the agriculture industry to John Deere tractors,” Davis said. “It encompasses anything that has to do with agriculture industry, and this particular software is really only for students who are interested in working in the futures and commodity markets.”

Du emphasized the importance of understanding economic concepts such as

commodity futures, options contracts and pricing mechanisms.

Using the software, students are able to apply these commodity trading concepts beyond academics, including business contracts on grain, dairy products and energy. Students practice buying and selling such commodities through future markets, or places where exchanges and trades occur, in order to assess returns and manage price risks, Du said.

Before implementing the software, the class only talked about the concepts, theories and practical examples about how to use the futures and option contracts to weigh the price risk, but students had no idea about how in practice to use trading software, Du said.

“Right now in the professional world, the trading business, even in risk management and brokers, uses the electronic trading system,” he said. “Now students get some idea about what in practice they can use.”

These projects are also supposed to prepare students for a national Chicago Mercantile Exchange group trading competition, Du said. This competition consists of college and university teams competing to make the best commodity training decisions. Du’s students participated in this competition for the first time last winter and will again this spring.

Incorporating this software and partaking in such competitions provides these students with invaluable experience and knowledge that can’t be taught in classrooms, Du said. Combining theories and concepts of commodity markets with situational trading practice yields a sense of experience and knowledge prospective employers want to see, he said.

Exposing students to the theory of commodity markets, along with practical trading situations and tools, help students get a taste for the profession and the experience to impress prospective employers, Du said.

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Dream-catcher in a lab coat: UW biology student seeks to cure cancer

Junior Keven Stonewall says finding one’s passion requires self-reflection, jumping into challenges without hesitations

by Xiani Zhong Campus Editor

Aside from the TEDx talk he gave, YouTube video channel he created and motivational speeches to his peers, Keven Stonewall is still just a third-year University of Wisconsin student in a lab coat who follows his passion.

Stonewall’s journey into science started during his freshman year of high school, when a friend’s uncle passed away from cancer. After this tragedy, he started thinking about getting serious with his long-lasting passion for science and research.

“That experience kind of sparked the fire,

because I thought I had a responsibility, that there’s something I need to do, and I had to step up,” Stonewall said.

As a high school student, Stonewall started writing proposals to different research laboratories with the hope of getting experience before college. When he joined Rush University Medical Center as an intern at the age of 17, he met someone who inspired him greatly.

Carl Ruby, Stonewall’s mentor at Rush University, gave him guidance not only on research, but also on a personal level. He and Stonewall had similar backgrounds as both of them became involved with cancer research at a young age. More importantly, Ruby was the role model who could tell Stonewall to have faith in himself even in difficult times.

“He really gave me the confidence and put the energy in me that I could do anything,” Stonewall said. “He would also bring a positive vibe to the lab.

Having his support was really great and meaningful.”

In high school, Stonewall’s research focused on a potential

vaccine for colon cancer, which yielded fruitful results. Now, in addition to colon cancer, he is tackling another cancer called neuroblastoma, the most common cancer in infancy, Stonewall said. His ultimate goal, however, is to improve vaccines to cure more kinds of cancer.

Stonewall said he had doubts about embarking on a cancer research path. He said his biggest challenge was jumping directly from high school biology class to university research labs.

“I had an idea of what I wanted to do, but when I started to learn about the real science of it, it was kind of discouraging and I didn’t think I could do it,” Stonewall said.

The medical jargon was hard to follow, and Stonewall said he wasn’t sure he could succeed at the collegiate level. But these obstacles didn’t get him down, because Stonewall believed in the power of passion.

Stonewall said everyone is the author of their own book of life, and every page is a story worth writing about. The difficult times in life are only materials for those stories, he said.

“You’re in face of an obstacle, are you going to let that put you down, or are you going to overcome the obstacle and let that be

a great climax of your story?” he said. “When you’re facing a problem, there’s another opportunity for you to make your life great, because you’ve got the climax.”

Finding one’s passion requires a lot of self-reflection, Stonewall said. On his way to finding his passion for science, Stonewall said he learned more about himself and his potential.

He said it’s important to stay true to what he really likes because in his eyes, “passion is love and love is passion,” and that’s a message he wants to transcend to the next generation.

Stonewall gave a TEDx talk at UW where he introduced his journey in fighting colon cancer. After that, many people from his hometown in Chicago told him that he became a person they look up to, which was extremely meaningful to him.

“I’m not only representing myself — I’m representing my family, my people back home in Chicago, the students here... this is something bigger than myself and this is a blessing,” Stonewall said.“I really love it because it gives me the opportunity to reflect on what I’ve done so far, and it pushed me so much to realize that everything [I do] is for a reason.”

“I’m happy because I get to leave every day

with my

hands dirty.”

- Eduardo, automotive technician student

Photo ·Stonewall researched potential vaccines for colon cancer while still in high school. He is now looking to take on neuroblastoma, the most common form of cancer diagnosed in infants.

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WiscWind sends 15 students to compete in national energy competition University of Wisconsin will be one of 12 team heading to New Orleans to showcase knowledge in wind turbines, sustainability

by Cadence Bambenek Tech. Writer

A team of students from University of Wisconsin is headed to New Orleans to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition next month with their innovative wind turbine design.

The Department of Energy hosts competitions on a biannual basis, and this is the first year a team from UW was selected to compete, Scott Williams, research and education coordinator for the Wisconsin Energy Institute, said.

Williams, a UW alum, rallied faculty last year to submit an application to the Collegiate Wind Competition before recruiting 15 students to a team.

Since September, the team has been working to design a small wind turbine with helical-shaped blades, which resemble the spiral structure found in DNA. Dubbed WiscWind, the Wisconsin group is one of just 12 teams accepted into the 2016 national competition.

While WiscWind is predominantly a mix of engineering students, the team

also includes individuals pursuing degrees in business and sustainability.

The competition is judged on three components: a detailed business plan, a working wind power system prototype and an identified project location and implementation strategy, Williams said.

For students, Williams said the handson experience working with wind energy makes them more employable in the sustainability industry after graduation.

But for team co-leader Benjamin Kufahl, a self-identifiying “super-senior” and one of the four mechanical engineering students on the team, the chance to work with an interdisciplinary team is the greatest benefit to being a member of WiscWind. “[Interdisciplinary work] is what you see in industry … it’s so cool to be all working together for a common goal,” Kufahl said.

Having a team of students from a variety of backgrounds also helps round out the group’s knowledge base, Kufahl said.

The small turbine’s specially-shaped blades are 3D printed in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, Kufahl said. The rest of the

prototype is machined on campus in the College of Engineering student shop.

The structure of a turbine tower is a substantial portion of the turbine’s overall cost, Kufahl said, so focusing on a mountable prototype drastically reduces the cost by removing the responsibility of building an entirely new tower.

While the students get experience working in the wind power industry through WiscWind, Williams noted some of the team members are also earning credits toward a certificate in engineering for energy sustainability.

Another course on campus, an entrepreneurship class in the School of Business called Venture Creation, also gives students course credit for their work with WiscWind, Williams said.

Last fall, Venture Creation supported WiscWind by helping the team execute their market research and identify a hypothetical site location for the wind turbine. They ultimately designated India as their target market and site, Kufahl said.

The team decided to design a wind turbine to be used in India for three

primary reasons: it is a country rich in wind resources, much of its population is without electricity and damaging diesel engines currently power its cell towers.

The team wants to design a wind turbine prototype capable of being mounted to cell phone towers in India, Kufahl said.

The combination of his working knowledge and technical writing skills landed him a spot on the team’s roster, Kufahl said.

Kufahl said it is exciting to see some of his ideas being implemented into the final design of the wind turbine, but he’s most interested in the sustainability side of the project.

“Truthfully, I think [sustainability] is a big problem with the world right now, we don’t have large scale solutions ... [and a large] reliance on non-sustainable sources,” Kufahl said. “Transitioning to a completely sustainable system is going to be difficult.”

The competition will be held in New Orleans at the American Wind Energy Association Conference and Exhibition from May 23-26.

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Lack of funds make state infrastructure repairs challenging

While Wisconsin has ‘relatively clean’ history in terms of bridge accidents, 9 percent of its bridges are ‘structurally deficient’

by Vidushi Saxena State Editor

Budget cuts for Wisconsin’s transportation facilities have made it challenging to repair the state’s bridges.

Cuts to transportation in the 2015-17 biennium budget have made it more difficult to finance bridge repairs. An American Road and Transportation Builders Association study showed that 9 percent of Wisconsin’s bridges are “structurally deficient” and in need of repair. This is roughly 1,200 bridges out of the 14,000 in the state.

Brock Hedegaard, University of Wisconsin assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, said structurally deficient implies that at least one key element of the structure is rated “poor.”

Scot Becker, Wisconsin Department of Transportation Bureau of Structures director, said the DOT inspects bridges regularly to

ensure they are safe. In the event a bridge is not structurally sound, the department implements a weight limit on the bridge or closes it altogether.

Becker said no bridge in the state is currently unsafe to travel on. But budget cuts have made it more difficult to ensure resources needed to repair any unsafe bridge are in place.

“Certainly budget cuts are a challenge, but making sure that we repair bridges and keep them safe is our highest priority,” Becker said.

The percentage of structurally deficient bridges in Wisconsin is only marginally lower than the national percentage, which stands at 9.6 percent.

While the state has had a relatively clean history in terms of bridge accidents, Becker said DOT still has to be careful and maintain this status. He said the DOT works with whatever resources they have to first target bridges that need the most work and then move work on other, less serious ones.

Hedegaard said another challenge is deciding which bridges should be repaired. It takes time to assess the type of repair needed and how long it will hold up, he said. Most bridges are structurally old and in rural areas, making them more difficult to repair. “[Old and rural bridges] are almost never cost effective to repair or replace, which is why they tend to be deficient in the first place,” Hedegaard said.

According to the study, Dane County has an urban, but “functionally obsolete” bridge that carries around 110,000 cars daily. Two other bridges in the county have been marked structurally deficient but are in rural areas and carry relatively little traffic.

Becker said other factors such as bridgeinvolved road accidents and a bridge’s age can also impact the bridge’s strength. When vehicles crash into a bridge, it is structurally affected.

Craig Thompson, Transportation

Development Association of Wisconsin executive director, said DOT has “done a good job with resources,” but it often runs out of those resources quickly.

A combination of state and federal funds go toward bridge repair and transportation costs.

But most federal funding has been stagnant and the state has cut its share of the funds in its most recent budget. Officials are currently looking for a more sustainable funding source to move forward with repairs, Thompson said.

Amending the state’s constitution to include a separate fund for transportation costs could be a potential solution to the lack of funding for bridge repair, Thompson said. Gas tax and vehicle registration fees would go into the fund. He said the implementation of this fund is a potential action to consider.

“The problem is that the resources are not there to keep up with us,” Thompson said. “[Wisconsin state government] continues to kick the can down the road.”

County grants aid local environmental upkeep, education

Children’s museum homing pigeons, lake monitoring will be among recipients of more than $17,000 in funds

by Teymour Tomsyck City Editor

As part of a county initiative, Madison Children’s Museum, the Clean Lake Alliance of Dane County and others received more than $17,000 through grants from the County’s Environmental Council.

The council awarded the grants to organizations dedicated to education and conservation efforts for either program or equipment funding. The money will maintain a homing pigeon program at the museum, and also go toward purchasing new lake monitoring equipment at the Clean Lake Alliance.

Madison Children’s Museum education director Kia Karlen said $1,000 of the grant money will help purchase equipment for the museums homing pigeon program, which aims to educate and excite children about past forms of technology. She said the program falls under an umbrella of Urban Nature Programming designed to connect city children with nature.

The museum already has a pigeon loft on the roof of the building, and funding will go toward maintaining the equipment needed to transport the pigeons, Karlen said. This is vital because homing pigeons are only capable of one-way communication, meaning they can only fly back to the loft.

“It’s really a wonderful program that ties together the history of how people communicated, and of course they get to learn about the pigeons themselves,” Karlen said.

Homing pigeons were used as a means of

communication all the way up to the first World Photo · Dane County’s War, so they provide a good way to engage Environmental Council is students in retro technology, Karlen said. The museum has a number of similar programs responsible for awarding the grants. where educators take modern tools and show The program began in the ‘90s with a mere $1,000. children their earliest stages.

The Environmental Council consists of two supervisors and five citizen members with Katie Cooney the goal of protecting water and land sources, The Badger Herald Mindy Habecker, Dane County natural resource and community development educator said.

The grant program began with a mere $1,000 in lakes, they tend to care more the ‘90s before growing into a more substantial about water quality and thus provide more political program, she said.

In determining grant recipients, Habecker said pressure to ensure they stay the council looks for applicants that demonstrate clean.

Keeping the lakes clean the money will go toward sustained public and means reducing algaeenvironmental benefit. phosphorus, She said the homing pigeons would allow inducing Sodersten said. To this end, the more community children to learn about animals county funds will go toward and therefore their environment.

“Every single one of the projects that were monitoring devices designed founded were compelling in their own way,” to measure conditions in the middle of subject lakes.

Habecker said. “Many are really grassroots nonAlready, the alliance relies on volunteers to profit organizations that aren’t looking for a lot of money but have the energy to get something monitor lake clarity around the shore, Katie Nicholas, Clean Lakes Alliance watershed down on the ground.” coordinator, said. The grant provides $2,500 The grant money will also fund more direct environmental applications, such as the for YSI meters to detect dissolved oxygen, temperature and water clarity at significant monitoring surrounding lakes.

Clean Lake Alliance spokesperson Adam depth.

Nicholas said taking measurements in the Sodersten said his organization is dedicated to cleaning lakes within the Yahara watershed middle of the lakes is critical because the center and, by extension, increasing recreational use of lakes are the most representative of the lake of the lakes. He said when more people use the health as a whole. Using samples from the middle of the lake and comparing it to observations near

the shore also allows researchers to make more inferences regarding trends in the lake condition.

Sodersten said the Clean Lake Alliance hopes they can eventually dramatically reduce phosphorous by encouraging use of the lake and providing accurate information.

“Our goal is to reduce phosphorus levels by 50 percent by 2025,” Sodersten said.

The county awarded funds to 14 other organizations to combat other environmental issues, such as invasive species. The grant is funded by Dane County’s Land and Water Legacy Initiative and local businesses.

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Hump Day: How to heat up national marijuana day A guide on how to mix coitus with cannibis for novice smokers, potheads alike

by Meredith Head Hump Day Columnist

Whether marijuana is a rare treat or a daily habit, cannabis novices and experts alike come out to play on April 20.

In honor of the stoner holiday, this week’s hump day rolled up a variety of ways to accompany coitus with cannabis. Plenty of marijuana users across the country report positive results from getting high, but not too high, and engaging in sexual activity.

As with alcohol, substance consumption complicates aspects of consent. Using marijuana as a coercive substance — as in, getting someone high to take advantage of them — invalidates the “freely given” aspect of consent. The same goes for administering weed without the knowledge of the consumer.

Intensity and type of high depend on the amount, experience and strain. According to research, small quantities of marijuana produce minimal inhibitory effects and perhaps even improve the experience. Low doses can actually improve performance as a result of lowered inhibitions and stimulated desire. But smoke too much, and paranoia, immobility or simply feeling too high can ruin the moment. Tolerance is also key. Novice smokers may feel high after just a few puffs, but more experienced potheads are perfectly capable of clearing a water-pipe by themselves and functioning sexually.

Another aspect to consider is the type of strain. Marijuana mainly grows in two variations: indica and sativa. Indica strains produce an inactive high, which might make you want to settle into the couch rather than have sex. Indica strains, however, produce more energizing, euphoric effects that lend well to physical intimacy. Regardless of strain, keep in mind that weed affects everyone differently, and while one may find greatness, another person may feel uncomfortable.

Celebrating 4/20 with a sweetheart also means picking a mode of consumption. Most people find pipes easiest and good for slowly working up to a high. Smoking from a bong, however, may be easier on the throat, but also makes people stoned quickly. If no one has access to glass tools, rolling up a joint is a great option as well.

Consuming weed through digestion is an entirely different ball game. One must wait about an hour for the effects of an edible to kick in. Edibles deliver a full-body high, often far more intense than smoking. In addition, April 19, 2016 • badgerherald.com • 13

smoking marijuana allows one to feel out the high and work up to it slowly — whereas edibles hit all at once.

The legalization of marijuana in some states led to the creation of other cannabis-infused products, such as weed massage oil — often referred to as “weed lube.” Unlike other water or silicone-based lubricants, cannabis oil is not latex-safe and will degrade condoms.

After using sensual cannabis oil, many women report longer-lasting sex, improved pleasure and multiple orgasms. The way it works is mucous membranes abundant in the vagina absorb THC into local cannabinoid receptors. The capillaries dilate, blood flow increases and sensitivity and sensation improve.

Unlike smoking, weed massage oil does not produce head high — rather, the pleasurable

sensations are localized.

Though sexy time stoners boast about the psychoactive effects of weed following toking, even the act itself can be hot. Passing a bowl back and forth feels intimate for many people.

Watching smoke curl out of a lover’s mouth also looks pretty damn hot, and by leaning in and exhaling into the other person’s mouth, one can ramp up the heat further.

The best part of high sex is being stoned puts people in the moment, possibly eradicating performance anxiety. Since time appears to slow down when under the influence, sex may also feel longer. Some studies even report increased orgasms among couples who toke together.

Every substance carries its own drawbacks, and weed is no different. Though research finds positive effects on women who have high sex,

studies on people with penises find that erectile dysfunction is three times as high for daily smokers. Again, weed also affects everyone differently and those with common bad experiences with the substance should know that adding sex to the equation may not produce different results.

Using marijuana to achieve sexual arousal with any regularity may create sexual problems as well. Relying on being stoned for sex can produce adverse effects once one attempts to get down and dirty without smoking.

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‘Think global, act local’

Gaylord Nelson’s lasting impact on the environment

by Kayla Zacharias Science Writer

Without Wisconsin’s “conservation” governor, the upcoming 46th Earth Day would not exist.

Gaylord Nelson created the day dedicated to motivating human action toward protecting the environment. The idea came to him one day in 1969 when he was reading an article about how antiwar teach-ins on college campuses were reshaping the dialogue on the Vietnam War, Tia Nelson, his daughter and managing director for Climate for Outrider Foundation, said.

“In that moment, he snapped his fingers and said, ‘That’s it. I’m going to call for an environmental teach-in,’” Tia Nelson said. “Never in his wildest dreams could he have imagined that that simple idea, the idea of setting aside a day to teach about the environment, would precipitate the environmental decade.”

Gaylord Nelson, who died in 2005, left behind a legacy of environmental protection and education. Now, University of Wisconsin’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies strives to keep his traditions alive by giving students the tools they need to become leaders in addressing environmental challenges.

Becoming Wisconsin’s “conservation governor”

Gaylord Nelson grew up in Clear Lake, a small town in northwestern Wisconsin.

There, nature was his playground, Tia Nelson said. The places he had a passion for as a child became a few of the many places he would go on to protect as an adult.

“Those experiences he had as a child

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formed who he was and who he became,” Tia Nelson said.

When Gaylord Nelson was 10 years old, his father took him to see former U.S. Sen. Bob La Follete Jr., R-Wisconsin, speak in a nearby town. He was so inspired that on the way home, he told his father he wanted to be U.S. senator someday, Tia Nelson said.

Gaylord Nelson attended University of Wisconsin Law School. After serving in World War II and then briefly practicing law in Madison, he was elected to the state Senate in 1948. Ten years later, he became the state’s first governor from northern Wisconsin. He would go on to be known as Wisconsin’s “conservation governor.”

While campaigning, Gaylord Nelson promised extensive reforms. He created the Department of Resource Development and established the Youth Conservation Corps, which created environmentally friendly jobs for more than 1,000 unemployed people. Gaylord Nelson was also responsible for the purchase of 1 million acres of land for parks in Wisconsin via the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition Program.

Following two terms as governor, Gaylord Nelson was elected to the U.S. Senate. During his time in Washington, he strove to make environmental issues the focus of a national conversation.

He authored and sponsored pivotal environmental laws, including the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the Wilderness Act, the Environmental Education Act and more. Gaylord Nelson was an advocate for protecting Wisconsin’s landscapes, including the Apostle Islands on Lake Superior, which he helped designate as a national lake shore.

But Gaylord Nelson is most known for

creating a day devoted to celebrating the protection of the environment — Earth Day.

Founding Earth Day

Gaylord Nelson’s idea for Earth Day was met with overwhelming support. With help from the media, his idea was heard all over the country, and Americans embraced it. Twenty million people participated in teach-ins, talks and demonstrations on April 22, 1970 to voice their concerns for clean air, water and a sustainable future, according to Earth Day Network. Thus, Earth Day as it is known today was born.

Gaylord Nelson had created the widespread interest in the natural environment that he spent much of his career working for. This new era in environmental legislation ushered in the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, an executive order that created the Environmental Protection Agency, among many others.

Despite the success of Earth Day in creating national environmental legislation, Nelson firmly rejected a topdown approach. It was his style to think global, act local, Paul Robbins, UW’s Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies director, said.

“What’s great about Earth Day is the enormous humility of what he was doing,” Robbins said. “All over the country people had teach-ins and conversations. That is totally the Gaylord Nelson approach — he had a very gentle touch, but he got huge things done.”

A change in focus

Tia Nelson said Wisconsin has seen

a lack of progressive environmental legislation in recent years, particularly in budget cuts to the Department of Natural Resources. Eighteen scientists and 11 educators were eliminated from the agency this year.

Mark Redsten has been president and CEO of Clean Wisconsin for 16 years and said he has never seen such dramatic cuts to the DNR. The DNR announced some restructuring will take place to compensate for lost positions, but what that process will entail is still undecided, he said.

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Day is the enormous humility of what he was doing. That was totally the Gaylord Nelson approach — he had a very gentle touch, but he got huge things done.

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Paul Robbins Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies director “I think generally our concern is that there is an emphasis on speedy permit approvals and ‘customer service,’ but not enough attention on some of the issues we care about most: clean air and clean water,” Redsten said.

Republican legislators made cuts to the scientist positions partially because of their focus on controversial research,

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But Cathy Stepp, DNR secretary and former state senator, said in a statement that the DNR is committed to “going lean and staying lean.”

Stepp supported Walker ’s removal of decision-making power from the DNR’s Natural Resources Board in February and said she supports streamlining government.

“We were the first state agency to undergo lean government exercises to eliminate unnecessary red tape and time delays,” Stepp said.

The state Legislature has also recently slashed funding and increased user fees for state parks. No other state parks system in the country is operated solely on user fees, according to 2015-16 legislative session recap from Clean Wisconsin.

“Our outdoors are an absolutely integral part of what makes us Wisconsinites,” Redsten said. “It really feels out of sync

with who people are in Wisconsin to be eliminating funding from state parks. I think these short term efforts to eliminate funding will have some pretty significant short-term impacts, but ultimately the people of Wisconsin who care deeply about the environment will push back [against this].”

Clean Wisconsin’s recap also outlined several environmentally related policies Wisconsin passed this year. Wisconsin was the seventh state to pass a law eliminating personal care products that use microbeads and a bill restored $3 million in recycling grants, among other environmental legislation.

Hope for the future

The Nelson Institute places value on the ability of their students to be problem solvers, Robbins said. All undergraduates are required to take a capstone course to be involved in a project they really care about, she said. These classes offer handson opportunities for students to solve

problems on a local level, she said.

The institute also houses three graduate programs, according to its website.

Graduate students work on a variety of projects, from solving water quality issues across the state to working on parks management in China.

Unlike the majority of Ph.D. students in other programs, most of those in the Nelson Institute do not become professors — they become problem solvers, Robbins said.

Erin Thomas, a fourth year Ph.D. student in atmospheric sciences who works with the Center for Climatic Research, says the interdisciplinary style of teaching in the Nelson Institute is one of the most valuable aspects of her education at UW. Her undergraduate major was meteorology, but the institute has helped her see the human aspect of environmental issues, she said.

Thomas is currently studying El Niño events — a warm phase of recurring climate patterns — which could change

drastically in duration and frequency in the near future.

Individuals like Thomas, who are dedicating their lives to research supporting the earth, help keep Gaylord Nelson’s legacy alive, Tia Nelson said.

“I think whether you look at the glass as half full or half empty, it is worth pausing to celebrate the fact that to this day, the inspiration behind Earth Day, the genius behind it, was that it empowered and inspired individual action,” Tia Nelson said. “And today there are examples of individuals taking action to protect the environment wherever you look.”

The Nelson Institute’s 10th annual Earth Day conference will take place Monday, April 25, at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center.

Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, and Rep. Thomas Tiffany, R-Hazelhurst, did not respond to requests for comment.

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Belly dancing club promotes body positivity, cultural knowledge Organization has been on campus since 2010; community emphasizes creating space safe to learn without judgment

by Frankie Hermanek ArtsEtc. Editor

For Audrey Jacobsen, University of Wisconsin’s belly dancing club has not just improved her dancing ability, it’s boosted her personal confidence as well.

“I think it’s kind of empowering to start off without knowing anything — maybe you’ve never danced before,” Jacobsen, the club’s president, said. “And at the end of the semester, you can do so many moves, you know some choreography. I think it makes you a lot more confident.”

Jacobsen pointed to the art form’s rich cultural history as a reason to get involved.

Jacobsen said the Romani brought the cultural tradition to Europe. From there, it spread and divided into distinct types of dance — Egyptian, Turkish, Oriental, American tribal and tribal fusion, she said.

Recognizing the different forms of movement and props that categorize these different areas of dance is integral to understanding belly dancing’s cultural significance, Jacobsen said. While the club has been active since 2010, Jacobsen said the club has been missing that understanding.

“Unfortunately, we’ve kind of lost the history of belly dance within the club,” Jacobsen said. “We’re trying this year to really start bringing [the history] back so people can appreciate more where it comes from.”

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“The belly dancing community in general is so accepting of people and body types and skill levels,” Jacobsen said. “I don’t experience or witness any judgment with that at all in the club.

It’s really wonderful.”

Not only is the practice body positive, she said, but the belly dancing community as a whole is widely receptive of any level of dancing ability, creating a safe space to learn.

While Jacobsen stumbled upon belly dancing as a “happy accident” as a sophomore, she’s stuck with it and has integrated the club into her life as a student.

As a senior, Jacobsen will soon move on from UW, but she is thinking ahead for the club. Not only would she like to see the club immerse itself in the cultural and musical history of belly dance, but she wants to spread word that anyone can be a dancing candidate.

“In a perfect world, people wouldn’t look at belly dance and say ‘I can’t do that,’”Jacobsen said.

“I think I would like to get more information about the club out there and have more people find out about it.”

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This missing understanding of history not only consists of belly dancing’s origins across the world, Jacobsen said, but also the music theory and history that has shaped the different categories of belly dance. The different instruments of different categories offer another source of cultural significance, making it a subject she said she would like the club to research more in the future.

Religion has also played a role in the history of the dance, particularly in how belly dancing has changed in style and the social effects it has had on its respective cultural community.

While Jacobsen is passionate about every aspect of bellydancing, she believes that the body positivity and acceptance that comes with it best promotes the art form.

Due to the stomach exposure, Jacobsen said it

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Nuclear power is only one step in process toward green energy Lifting moratorium was the right move, but Gov. Scott Walker must be open to all forms of renewable resources

by Luke Schaetzel Opinion Editor

Nuclear power brings pictures of mushroom clouds and disaster to many people’s minds. But in reality nuclear power is the gateway to a world of renewable energy.

Recently, Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill that lifted the moratorium on the construction of new nuclear facilities in Wisconsin. On most issues, I disagree with Walker, but I have to give credit where credit is due — this was the right move.

Most fears revolving around nuclear power involve meltdowns, which are events that can cause major environmental and health damage to the surrounding area.

But incidents like that have only happened a handful of times. In all, there have only

been 33 incidents at nuclear power plants around the world since 1952.

Compared to oil, the United States’ largest fuel for power, nuclear power is actually exponentially safer. In 2013, America alone averaged 20 spills, leaks or blowouts a day. So by no means are current forms of energy production safe either.

Wisconsin is also a prime location for nuclear power. For nuclear power plants to function, they have to be near a large body of cool water. Lucky for Wisconsin, we have a nice thing called Lake Michigan.

With endless miles of lakefront property for new nuclear power plants to take up shop, ending the moratorium was the right decision.

One of the biggest knocks against renewable energy taking over for nonrenewable energy today, is the argument that the technology is not ready for the

transition. The technology for nuclear power, though, is already in place.

Renewable nuclear power would provide the perfect substitute for the system currently based on fossil fuels while we wait for green energy like solar and wind, to be ready.

Still, Walker needs to take more steps for what is to come after nuclear power.

Nuclear power is just the first step along the process of renewable energy.

Walker needs to stop trying to make cuts to programs that promote efficiency and renewable energies. Last month, Walker signed a bill into law that cut $7 million dollars from Focus on Energy, a statewide energy efficiency program that promotes renewable energies along with energy efficiency.

This is counterintuitive. Nuclear energy is not the long term solution for America’s

energy crisis; the long term solution is clean, renewable energy like solar, wind, geothermal and hydro/tidal power. More concerning is the fact that Wisconsin’s solar industry is still in the middle of the pack and that the wind energy industry has gone flat.

For Wisconsin to be true innovators and be at the forefront of an emerging economy of renewable energy, Walker and the state Legislature must do more than just promote nuclear power. They must promote the spectrum of renewable energy, not just pick and choose, to ensure Wisconsin has a bright future.

Luke Schaetzel (lschaetzel@wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in journalism and political science.

Professors know what is best when it comes to cheating at UW Discretionary policies, underreporting of academic misdemeanors has likely led to skewed numbers of incidents on campus

by Phil Michaelson Associate Opinion Editor

It seems like cheating has become a bit of problem around University of Wisconsin — and Bo Ryan has nothing to do with it this time.

The Dean of Students Academic Integrity report for 2014-15 was recently released, and 148 students were reported to the Dean of Students Office for academic misconduct last school year.

While cheating is never actually as cool as it sounds, only having 148 students caught for academic misconduct isn’t too terrible considering the amount of students on this campus.

But the real issue at hand, according to some administrators, is the fact many of these incidents often go unreported because professors have discretionary privileges when it comes to reporting academic misconduct.

Currently, incidences only have to be officially reported if the student’s grade will be affected, or if the professor is looking for a formal reprimand.

Whether it be sneaking a cheat sheet into an exam or going as far as to destroy someone else’s work to boost the curve, academic misconduct comes in many different forms. Along with that, it’s not hard to see that within every category of misconduct, there are undoubtedly going to be varying levels of severity.

Someone could just forget to include one source in the references section of their 20-page research paper while their buddy could have put the assignment off until the night before it

was due just to eventually copy and paste the entire thing from a Wikipedia page, and both cases would be considered plagiarism.

It might be a bit extreme, but either way, that example shows there can be obvious differences between two incidences of academic misconduct that may fall under the same classification. Taking this into consideration, it’s pretty understandable if a professor decides one specific instance might not be worth the trouble of reporting to the Dean of Students Office.

In all honesty, I don’t really see an issue with professors being able to run their own classes, even when it comes to dealing with academic misconduct. They have a closer relationship with the students than the Dean of Students Office, and it’s the rest of the students in the class who are most affected by the incident.

The professor should know best what kind of punishment fits the crime.

Along with that, there are at times some discrepancies between the students’ and the professor’s definition of academic misconduct.

This can also lead to the professor not reporting an incident because the professor feels the student doesn’t deserve any real punishment because they didn’t know they were breaking the professor’s policy.

So yes, allowing professors to do their thing without the Dean of Students Office micromanaging probably won’t result in an accurate count of the number of academic misconduct incidents that took place over the year.

If gaining an accurate number is such a big deal to the administration then, first off,

instructors should have to clearly define their idea of academic misconduct in the syllabus of every class.

I mean, the syllabus pretty much wields as much authority as the Constitution for each course, so having something a little more descriptive than “cheating is bad” shouldn’t be too ridiculous to expect.

In regard to actually reporting incidents, just force professors to report every incident of academic misconduct to the Dean of Students Photo · Currently, incidences of cheating only have to be officially reported if Office, even if it’s large or small. the student’s grade will be affected or if the professor is looking for a formal On the other reprimand. side of that, the administration Riley Steinbrenner should streamline the The Badger Herald handling of cases with minimal severity to be too difficult to hold wrongdoers officially something as simple responsible through reporting incidents to the as marking a tally in the academic misconduct column for the year so there’s not too much Dean of Students Office. micromanagement and the process isn’t too Phil Michaelson (pmichaelson@badgerherald.com) much of a hassle.

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Letter to the editor: Open-mindedness needed at #TheRealUW Pushing fear tactics, not responding well to those asking to help are not how campus should have conversations about race As a student of color, going to a university that cherishes diversity and strives for a more integrated community was extremely important to me.

This is why I am a student at University of Wisconsin.

The environment feels right for me and I know that I am at a safe place that I am happy to call my temporary home. But recently, this was shattered as a result of the bias and racist incidents on campus.

Luckily, I was not victim to any of these crimes. But, being a minority, I sympathize, empathize and understand the impact these crimes have on others and me. #TheRealUW, has acted as a voice to protest not only racism, but UW as a whole. After seeing the very offensive poster with our school mascot dressed as a KKK member and groups of students standing outside protesting, I decided — being a student of color — to involve myself and see exactly what was going on.

I understood — and still do understand — why they are protesting, but as a result of my conversations with multiple members, I’ve come to realize that I don’t think members of #TheReaUW know exactly why they’re protesting.

I understand the university has not taken the best approach to handle bias and racist incidents on campus and that the campus, as a whole, is not as diverse as one would hope. I understand that this campus is built upon Native American land taken by white supremacists, but I am still paying my tuition dollars to go here — as is everyone else — because I know that UW is one of the more progressive universities. #TheRealUW is trying to promote dialogue about the lack of responsibility that the university is taking in regard to the hate crimes and bias incidents. They want to make “themselves and their issues known,” but they are going about it in a distasteful way, pushing intimidation and fear as tactics to get their cause known.

I am in no way condoning the racist incidents that have occurred during this semester, and I am in complete shock and terror that people go to certain lengths to be racist, but UW is not an institution that systemically oppresses people of color. They are not breeding people to be racists. I am of a minority, and yes, I feel underrepresented, but at the same time, there are more tactful ways to address the issue and take action.

My issues with #TheRealUW are as follows: my first — and most frustrating — being their assumption that everyone who is white is racist. Most of my closest friends are extremely

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educated and passionate about ethnicity and diversity and make a conscious effort to always be inclusive and respectful toward everyone, with some even going the extra mile by attending diversity dialogues.

When an uncomfortable confrontation took place between members of the #TheRealUW and, not only my friends, but my floor mates, the members assumed that everyone on my floor was racist, barging into our den and saying, “we hear we got some racists on 7B.” Making this assumption toward people you don’t even know and people who are not of the same ethnicity is not going to help your cause.

It is sad that I have to point this out, but apparently I have to: not everyone who is white is racist. To make such false assumptions and strong generalizations about an entire race of people will put yourself against the exact people who are trying to help you. You are fighting for people to not make assumptions about you purely based on your race... so why is it ok for you to do that?

During the confrontation, someone from 7B asked what he could specifically do to help their cause and the response he got was “stop being racist.” When confronted about this comment, one member of #TheRealUW movement replied that the comment was a defense mechanism for constantly having to answer the question “what can I do?” If you are protesting for a cause you care so much about, you should never be reluctant or annoyed when someone asks what they can do to help.

Doing this results not only in more conflict, but added confusion as well.

This uncomfortable confrontation brings me to my next issue with #TheRealUW: the aggression and intimidation that comes with their presence. When an entire group of students invades others’ personal space, with hostility and their Bucky KKK poster, and starts making accusations, people are bound to be uncomfortable — making a very awkward and unsafe environment for everyone involved.

There is a certain level of respect that needs to accompany any conversation, especially those regarding race because everyone has different opinions. Without this mutual respect and open mindedness, the environment automatically becomes an “us” versus “them” situation. This again is exactly what they’re protesting against; they’re trying to fight for a more inclusive and diverse campus, eliminating the feeling of separation of students.

Making others feel like their opinions are invalid or irrelevant will make people reluctant to support your cause. A conversation has two sides, and it is important to listen

Photo · Racist and discriminatory acts are deplorable, but those asking for change must be willing to listen because not all white people are racist.

Katie Cooney The Badger Herald and understand both sides of the situation — something I think the members of #TheRealUW fail to do.

My final issue is their lack of knowledge and acceptance of the efforts UW has made to support racial equality. When I initially asked why they were protesting, I asked if they thought the Multicultural Student Center was a good resource for students of color, and I was met with the response, “The Red Gym is UW’s bullshit excuse to say they care about us.”

I believe that this is, again, an unfair accusation towards the efforts that UW is making to increase diversity, allow voices to be heard and spread awareness about these issues.

Another example is at SOAR when students sat in the Marquee Theater and watched The First Wave group perform a very powerful piece about diversity and acceptance. When one of my friends asked the members why they believed UW featured the performance at SOAR — questioning if it is a way to actually bring awareness to the issue or is purely a façade to make the incoming class believe UW values diversity — the response was again vague and didn’t even answer the question.

UW is clearly taking steps into correcting the lack of diversity and awareness on campus. Even Patrick Sims, vice provost and chief diversity officer at UW, released a video addressing this exact issue, explaining that the university is handling and trying to bring awareness to students. In the video, Sims said,“You don’t know the fights that we’re having behind closed doors. You don’t know the conversations being had on your behalf.”

This is a huge statement and further proves that UW is behind this cause. No, change doesn’t happen overnight, but people are fighting to make a change for students of color, and that should not be something that goes unrecognized or unappreciated.

So, to the members of #TheRealUW — I support your cause, and so do many other students. But, it is not ok to parade around the school in a distasteful, disrespectful and close minded way. Do not blame an entire university for breeding racists.

Madison Bevan (mbevan@wisc.edu) is a freshman majoring in philosophy.

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Letter to the editor: High corporate tax rates push jobs overseas Democratic candidates Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton would raise rates, cripple economy Every University of Wisconsin student is familiar with the incredibly high prices at Starbucks and Colectivo, but imagine a world in which Colectivo charged half the prices of Starbucks. Nearly every student would skip the grande coffee and head right next door for the medium at half the price.

It’s relatively easy to imagine what would happen in that scenario. But when it comes to the corporate tax rate in the United States, Democrats tend to think the best way to get customers back is to penalize the ones that leave instead of matching the prices. Democrats want to charge you the extra dollar you’re not paying at Colectivo, and make you pay it to Starbucks.

Now how messed up is that?

The corporate tax rate in the U.S. is absurdly high. In 2012, the U.S. corporate tax rate became the highest in the world at 39 percent, and has stayed there ever since. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development average of developed countries has dipped below 25 percent, and the U.S. is beginning to see the effects of such a high rate. Not to mention that in the U.S., we don’t just tax income, we tax wages and salaries, capital gains and any thing else the government can get its hands on.

Companies like Pfizer and Johnson Controls recognized the unfairly high tax rates they were paying and moved to countries like Ireland that have low tax rates, less regulation and overall better business environment. That means the U.S. is losing a ridiculous amount of tax dollars they were receiving from these companies every year. The alternative is simple: lower the tax rates, receive less revenue in the short term, but don’t entirely lose out.

Being anti-business has become a Democratic mission statement. So a tax cut for the “millionaires and billionaires” as Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vermont, likes to call them, would be entirely unfair to the 99 percent, right?

Absolutely not. Economics is not a zero-sum game as Democrats like to say. Just because the rich benefit, does not mean everyone else doesn’t as well.

Heritage did a study in 2011, measuring the benefits of lowering the corporate tax rate to 25 percent, or basically the OECD average — also known as a good start. They found that lowering the tax rate would create more than 580,000 jobs per year, raise real GDP by $132 billion per year, raise the typical family of four’s income by more than $2,500 per year and the U.S. stock market would grow by $240 billion

annually.

That’s not a tax break that just helps the rich.

That means more jobs, more capital gains and more money for everyone. Not to mention, the government will have more tax revenue to spend on jobs programs, national defense, entitlement programs and maybe solve issues like Social Security insolvency and our growing national debt.

But former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is terrified of being labeled as pro-business and we all know Sanders despises corporations.

Clinton’s plan is simple: tax businesses what they would have paid when they left. So when Johnson Controls moves to Ireland, Clinton’s administration would tax the business the exact same amount, assuming more than 50 percent of the business’ interests are still in the U.S..

This plan creates several problems. First, it does not create a disincentive for leaving, instead, it incentivizes businesses to move more than 50 percent of their business overseas, creating an even larger budget hole. Second, it does not address the fact that the high tax rates still prevent businesses from expanding.

Sanders, unsurprisingly, has a very similar, but more extreme plan. His plan includes the exit tax that Clinton’s does, but it also includes

more regulations and taxes to further hurt our business environment.

Former Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin, supports Clinton’s plan and tries to blame probusiness, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, for the problem. Yet Johnson has a plan that lowers the rate and has new ideas on business taxes that will create a long term solution, not a short term band-aid solution that hurts American businesses and workers.

The Republican presidential candidates support lowering the rate anywhere from 15 percent to 25 percent. The GOP candidates are on the same page: create a competitive tax rate and help businesses create jobs.

When you consider who you’ll vote for in November, remember which party has ideas that will create a stronger and more competitive economy and one that will help create jobs for when we graduate.

Don’t support a solution that charges customers an extra $2 for a coffee when they stopped going to Starbucks because they were being overcharged in the first place.

Jake Lubenow (jlubenow@wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in finance and political science.

Nothing changes with right-to-work ruling because of tilted Supreme Court Despite shaky legal standing, union’s strong argument, conservative judges will likely reinstate policies

by Aaron Reilly Opinion Editor

Rejoice. Dance in the streets. Enjoy living because Gov. Scott Walker ’s evil rightto-work law has been struck down for violating the state Constitution.

Is this the sign Wisconsin is going to return to its early-1900s liberal paradise, basking in the glow of union fervor? No, Wisconsin will not, probably ever, become a union hub again.

So what does this ruling mean? Nothing.

It means absolutely nothing.

This ruling, issued by a Dane County judge on April 8, stated the right-to-work legislation, also known as 2015 Act 1, directly violated a constitutional clause. This clause states the government cannot take property from individuals or organizations without fair compensation.

The right-to-work legislation forbade businesses from entering contracts with unions that required all workers, regardless of whether they were in the union or not, at that business to pay union dues. The property part was the contract and the

unfair compensation part was not allowing union dues. And so, the unions won the court case.

But this ruling means nothing because it will not amount to any change in Act 1.

State Attorney General Brad Schimel has already declared he will appeal this ruling to the state Supreme Court. With newly elected state Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley and company, the court’s 5-2 conservative majority will rule on this case, probably by a 5-2 margin, reversing the Dane County judge’s decision and reinstating the right-to-work policies.

I do have to say, though, the Dane County judge’s ruling was fantastic. This 15-page document rips to shreds the legal ground that right-to-work stands on.

One of Schimel’s main arguments was “neither federal nor state law requires a union or other entity to become an exclusive bargaining representative.”

This type of argument is inherently false.

Unions, whether workers like it or not, fight for them. To have a union, workers have to elect to have one. That means more than half the workforce has to approve of the union.

Of course, they should then be the

bargaining representative. Historically, unions have been very good representation.

Weekends, sick days, 40-hour work weeks, wrongful termination laws, overtime pay and sexual harassment laws all were fought for by unions.

The judge’s ruling cites just this fact.

“A union makes no election to become the exclusive representative; if the union exists at all and is chosen by a majority of the employees voting in a collective bargaining unit, then it must be the employees’ exclusive representative,” the ruling said.

In fact, the idea that unions have to be the sole representative of employees, if the employees vote to do so, is state law. A union’s definition, in the eyes of Wisconsin state law, is to “[engage in] collective bargaining with any employer concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, hours, benefits or other terms or conditions of employment.”

Another major point unions have been arguing is Act 1 created a free-rider problem. The free-rider problem occurs when a person or group receives the benefits of a law or ruling or collective bargaining without contributing to their fair share to

obtaining this outcome.

The ruling confirmed the union’s fears.

Sighting an opinion by former federal Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the ruling argues the issue surrounding freeriders can only occur due to government laws. The union system itself cannot create a free-rider problem.

What this ruling did is recognize that Act 1 eliminated the so-called fair share fee, a fee paid to unions by nonunion members for the work unions do to collectively bargain.

Act 1’s elimination of this fee is criminal and potentially violates federal, not just state, law. Since unions do work that improves not only their group, they should be fairly compensated for it.

With these two major grievances surrounding the right-to-work legislation, Schimel would need to bring his A-game, but with the state Supreme Court tilted as strongly as it is towards the conservative side, he will, without a doubt, win this case.

Aaron Reilly (areilly@badgerherald.com) is a freshman majoring in comparative literature and Russian.

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As spring football winds down, quarterback battle heats up

Houston, Hornibrook use offseason practices to impress coaching staff in hopes of taking over as newest man under center

Photo · Bart Houston (left), who has thrown just 51 balls in his Wisconsin career, looks to become the program’s newest starting quarterback, but he has tough competition in Paul Chryst recruit Alex Hornibrook (right).

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The battle for the Wisconsin’s quarterback spot is in full swing this spring and remains one of the big question marks for an otherwise experienced offensive unit.

Fifth year senior Bart Houston and red shirt freshman Alex Hornibrook are the two most likely candidates to fill the spot of the now-departed four-year starter Joel Stave.

Despite Stave’s inconsistencies under center over the last few years, he leaves a big shadow behind as the winningest quarterback in school history with 31 wins in a whopping 41 starts. The fifth-year senior departs alongside one of the most consistent and successful wide receivers in Wisconsin history in Alex Erickson, creating a significant gap in leadership in the passing game that has yet to be filled.

“I think in the spring, you’re looking for consistency of play what guys can really do,” Offensive Coordinator Joe Rudolph said. “You’re really learning what their strengths are so you can play into those.”

The current leading candidate, Houston, definitely carries the most experience and expectations of the two quarterbacks.

The California native came to Madison as a highly touted four-star recruit and was ranked as the seventh best pro-style quarterback in his respected class. Houston

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was originally expected to beat out Stave for the spot after only his first year, but injuries and a lack of development kept him on the back burner for much of his career.

Houston played in 15 games before this season and virtually won an entire game a season ago at Illinois after an early Stave injury. Houston went for two touchdowns and 232 yards in the survival effort over the Illini, but hurt his case for the starting job with two red zone interceptions on the same day.

“The Illinois game was big for me in helping me realize that I can play at that competitive level,” Houston said. “Now I have confidence in my ability and can focus on preparing myself physically and mentally on the field and in the film room.”

For a while following the Badgers 23-21 winning effort over USC in the Holiday Bowl, few thought the 2016 starting nod would ever be questioned as Houston’s.

After a few weeks through spring camp, however, Hornibrook is returning to form and making a strong argument for the start.

The red shirt freshman didn’t jump off the board as a recruit two years ago, but the open position is giving him an opportunity to cement his name in the conversation.

Regardless of the chosen man this season, Houston will graduate next year and open a three-year spot for whoever beats him out.

“I’ve really just been focusing on cleaning everything up,” Hornibrook said.

“There’s always something that you’re building towards and there’s things that you have to correct. That list of things will get smaller and then bigger again. I need to make sure I have that plan laid out each time before I get to the ball before the snap.”

Many around the program had also anticipated true freshman Karé Lyles would be competing for the quarterback spot. The three-star 2016 recruit out of Arizona committed to Wisconsin as a promising dual-threat that might be able to bring back some movement into a typically ground-and-pound style attack.

While he is still expected to make an immediate impact upon his return, Lyles is missing spring practice due to a chronic hip injury and currently undergoing rehab.

Head coach Paul Chryst told the injured Lyles he expects him to be a prominent player in their offense upon his return, despite his cemented spot as the third quarterback on the depth chart.

The quarterback decision is probably the biggest decision Chryst and Rudolph will have to make all offseason. The two have always been known for pro-style quarterback centered offenses and the guy they choose will shoulder the burden of the offensive leader each and every series in one of the tougher Badger schedules in

recent memory.

This trend stems back to Chryst’s days as offensive coordinator for the Badgers and the stint Chryst and Rudolph had at Pittsburg as head coach and offensive coordinator just two seasons ago.

In Chryst’s first year as head coach, Stave improved his passer rating by more than 12 points and doubled his total passing yards, helping him rebound from a disastrous junior season.

This level of improvement is key for Houston as he and Chryst have only this one season together, and the quarterback centered scheme fits perfectly into Houston’s style of play. On the other spectrum of things, Hornibrook’s deep throwing style is very similar to Stave’s and could be a key factor in a year that will probably revolve around the dominant returning running back core.

“I think it’s great when you have competition at a position,” Rudolph said. “[Houston and Hornibrook] are both pushing each other, and that’s fun to watch.”

Despite the optimism surrounding the position and the entire offense, no quarterback has poked their head out as the favorite. Houston looks to have the slight edge as of now, but Chryst will likely hold on on making a decision until toward the end of summer.

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Photo · Cancer patients at American Family Children’s Hospital gathered at Camp Randall Stadium April 15 to cut the hair of UW athletes and take a tour of the stadium and field as part of a Badgers Give Back campaign.

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Wisconsin student athletes support children with cancer in ‘Badgers Go Bald’ Families, children give eight students haircuts, spend day at Camp Randall in third-annual event

by David Hayes Sports staff writer

Eight University of Wisconsin student athletes from five different sports got fresh cuts April 15.

One of those student athletes, senior kicker Andrew Endicott from the football team, said his new hair — or lack thereof — felt great, but something else about the experience felt even better.

“The haircut feels good and seeing the kids smile feels even better,” Endicott said.

“I am honored to do it and I really have a lot of fun doing it.”

The haircuts came as part of the the Badgers Give Back campaign’s thirdannual Badgers Go Bald event at Camp Randall Stadium. The event gives UW student athletes the opportunity to support children who are currently battling cancer

at the American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison.

In addition to Endicott, the other student athlete’s involved were quarterback Bart Houston, long-snapper Connor Udelhoven and offensive lineman Matt Miller from football, along with Andy Hamilton from men’s rowing, Rylan Lubeck from wrestling, Ali Nageotte from women’s golf and Rachel Fledderman from women’s track and field.

For all the student athletes, the experience proved to be consistently humbling.

“It’s definitely a humbling experience,” Miller said. “To be able to have some fun with them, even for a little bit here, to just see those smiles and just share a moment with them is very special.”

In addition to being able to give haircuts, families and children who attended were

also given a tour of Camp Randall Stadium.

This included stops in the stadium’s box suites, student athlete recreation room, football locker room and then finally a chance to step on the field.

For Miller in particular, the event was a reminder of just how lucky he is.

“Watching these kids do this, it’s just awesome and it makes you feel great to get them here to see Camp Randall,” Miller said. “When they see it and their eyes light up and they smile and they run around and get excited, it really makes you realize how blessed we are and how good we’ve really got it.”

Upon rounding the final corner of the tunnel and seeing the sunshine peeking through once again, the excitement level rose. Every child who was present got a taste for what it must feel like to come out onto the field on Saturdays, shoulder to

shoulder with the Badgers.

After taking the field, many of the children got the chance to catch touchdown passes from senior quarterback Houston, while others emulated previous Badger rushing greats, by running 100 yard touchdown scores up and down the field.

The sheer happiness and joy bouncing from smile to smile around every activity and adventure Friday evening was proof enough that the opportunity for these children to bond and laugh with some of their Badger heroes meant something truly special to everyone.

“It feels great to interact with these kids,” Miller said. “They have gone through more in their life than anyone should ever have to deal with, and then even after all of that, for them to smile and laugh as much as they do while they run around, it is pretty inspirational to me.”

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MEN’S TENNIS

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Intensity of Remy, Carranza part of Badgers’ shifting dynamic Men’s tennis doubled win total from last season, shows no signs of slowing thanks to ‘refuse to lose’ attitude

by Eric Goldsobel Sports Content Editor

In the midst of a frantic, energetic Friday night, Lamar Remy made his presence felt by all in attendance at the Nielsen Tennis Center.

On the final point of his singles match against Penn State’s Leonard Stakhovsky, Remy unleashed a vicious serve, crashed the net and forced his opponent back with a well-placed shot into the corner.

The hit left Stakhovsky with significant ground to cover and as a result, he sent his last-ditch effort lob too far, which bounced into the deuce court. Remy, along with the crowd and his teammates, screamed in excitement as he won the match and brought the Badgers within a single point.

While the match ended as a 4-2 loss for Wisconsin men’s tennis, Remy showed just how dangerous the team can be. Wisconsin displayed a side that isn’t ready to give up against a single opponent; one that believes it can defeat whoever it faces. And when the team is on top of its game, it can.

Remy battled back in the match after dropping the first set 2-6 with a dominant performance in the second, winning 6-1 to set up a third. There was back and forth action for its duration and it even looked as if Stakhovsky would hold Remy off at points, but Remy grinded and won the third set 6-4. “[Remy] has put in the time first and foremost,” UW head coach Danny Westerman said. “He is working really hard. It really started way back in September. He adjusted the strategy [during the match] by himself, I can’t take any credit for it.

“He came out in the second set, changed his gameplan, played a way that he hasn’t played all year and was really mature. He showed a lot of poise to play that way and turn the match around.”

Adopting this attitude has propelled Remy and the team late in the season. The sophomore recently moved into the second singles position after spending most of spring on court three, and the tougher competition hasn’t phased him either.

Remy is 3-2 at second singles with his two losses coming against No. 36 Hugo Di Feo of Ohio State (6-0, 6-4) and No. 81 Jathan Malik of Michigan (6-4, 6-4). He also faced a string of ranked opponents in recent matches that dates back to his last two matches at third singles.

Remy, however, is not the only Badgers’ player who has improved significantly

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Photo · Sophomore Lamar Remy celebrates a point won at Nielsen Tennis Stadium. He, along with fellow sophomore Chema Carranza, have brought a new level of energy to the court that is helping turn Wisconsin’s men’s tennis program around.

Jason Chan The Badger Herald since the beginning of the season.

Chema Carranza is the latest to find himself moving up in the pecking order.

The sophomore moved into the third singles spot for the past two matches after spending most of the season on court five.

Carranza has found himself in tough battles this season and is 3-1 in three-set matches, but is dominant for the most part.

He is 14-3 this season and has won 11 of those matches in straight sets.

Carranza is just another example of the attitude so many on Wisconsin have adopted this season. The team refuses to lose — even when things aren’t looking good — they dig deep, which bodes well for Wisconsin’s future as well as its current success.

First singles player Josef Dodridge is also a sophomore and with Remy and

Carranza now comprising the second and third singles spots, the team can get its top three players experience against top competition before next season.

But Wisconsin is not, nor should it be, solely focused on the future.

The way in which Remy, Carranza and the rest of the Badgers play is as if every single point could clinch the match.

They get mad at themselves for losing a point even if they’re up 40-15 in a game, especially if it’s an easier play.

Dodridge showed in his match night against Penn State’s Constant De La Basseterre — which went unfinished at 3-6, 6-3, 3-4 — that every winnable point should be had. The sophomore was visibly upset multiple times as he yelled at himself for dropped points that he felt he should have won.

That intensity is what has driven the team this season and gotten each player to the point they’re at — four ranked wins and respectable losses to five others. Like with Remy, the upped intensity has driven the whole team to get better.

With only two regular season matches remaining, the Badgers are 14-6 overall, 4-5 Big Ten and sixth in the Big Ten. A run in the Big Ten Tournament is in the cards for Wisconsin, but it will take a decent effort.

But the attitude and intensity Remy, Carranza, Dodridge and every other player bring to each match may be enough to propel them through the postseason. It’s brought the team from 7-18 last season to 14-6 this season with two games left to play. With no signs of stopping its development, what’s to say men’s tennis can’t take yet another step.

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“Anotha one:” a sentiment frequented

by DJ Khaled, but solidified into history

by Jim Dayton and the victorious Cardinalistas.

The Majestic Birds regained their rightful title Saturday in an exciting 7-5 softball victory over The Badger Hairball.

After a millennial-focused pep talk courtesy of the house connoisseur himself, Dayton successfully led his team to “bring da house down.”

“I think the major key of this win was doing nothing but eating, sleeping and breathing softball for the past four months,” Dayton said, still racking his brain to determine how one spends $9 on Rocky Rococo’s. “You really have to let it consume you.”

The strongest moment for the Cardinalistas came halfway through the game. After losing their lead in the top of the third inning, the Birds flew together as a team and scored a whopping six runs.

The victory did not come without casualty, however.

Social Media Guru Bridget Driscoll is suffering from a currently undiagnosed illness, most likely stemming from all the ill tweets she sent out Saturday.

Miller Jozwiak barely left Vilas Park in one piece, after a failed attempt at nursing a previous night’s hangover with queso.

Officials are still trying to figure out why he thought melted cheese would make his stomach feel better, not worse.

In a post-game interview, the Badger Hairball’s Kevin “Cardinal Girls are Cuter” Castro said his back hurt from carrying the team. However, his Cardinal counterpart Kaitlyn “Still a POS” Veto said Castro’s biggest contribution to the day was giving her hot dogs and chips.

The day’s MVP award went to Amileah “Hide Yo Kids” Sutliff, as she brought the most enthusiasm and spirit to the event… and likely the most booze. When not shakin’ her “thang,” Sutliff could be found taking long pulls out of various wine bottles and even doing the splits.

Alternately, Sam Coutu won the “Least Spirited” award. When asked to comment, he said, “Ugh.” Conor McGinnis and Sam Wagner spent

the entirety of the game trying to boost their own morale after being sorely defeated by the keg, and Negassi “This Is What The Shirt Looks Like I Swear” Tesfamichael took the rest of the afternoon off to sadly dry off.

Unfortunately, opinion editors Cal Weber and and Jack Kelly decided to sit this game out for fear that they’d be “too fun” for the crowd… and because any added time together could end poorly. John “Just Do It” Joutras also sat this game out, notifying teammates at 12:21 p.m. that he decided to “go climbing at Devil’s Lake.”

It’s safe to say nobody was surprised.

“It was a hard fought game, led wonderfully by me, head coach Zach Rastall,” said Jake “Make It Rasty” Powers,

Emily Shullaw The Badger Herald while sipping on frozen soy milk and walking toward the SERF. “It was v sport.

Live, love, Cardinal.”

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Williams’s professors hope acclaim will motivate him to start attending lectures, participating in discussion University of Wisconsin was awarded a United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Chair on Gender, Well-Being and a Culture of Peace Thursday, due largely to the success of its gender and women’s studies program. Many have credited strong women at UW, like Chancellor Rebecca Blank and senior gender and women’s studies lecturer Araceli Alonso, but the alleged real hero behind this award is gender and women’s studies student Sherman Williams.

“I don’t care what people say. Williams is the sole reason that the program is successful,” UNESCO committee member Donald Maroney said. “Honestly, without him at the helm, the program probably wouldn’t have been awarded at all. It just goes to show, with a great man at the helm, anything is possible.”

Williams, the lone male student in the gender and women’s studies program, did not originally want this to be his major, but given his recent achievements, has realized this is the path he is meant to follow.

“I didn’t know what I would major in after I failed to get into the School of Business twice, and after I found out there wasn’t a major for fucking bitches and getting money, I was truly lost. I’m so glad I decided to participate in the gender and shorty’s studies program. You would not believe the amount of dimes in these classes,” Williams said.

The large amount of credit given to a normal student like Sherman Williams has garnered some

strong opposition from students of all genders on campus.

“He literally told me he joined the program to ‘meet hot bitches,’” senior Tom French said.

Blank said she’s disappointed at all the credit being attributed to Williams for the success of the program.

“It’s not that I don’t support male students joining the gender and women’s studies program,” Blank said. “In fact, I encourage it, but I’ve received many reports of Williams being disruptive in class. In one class period, he was clearly taking pictures of the women in the class and tweeting them with captions like ‘sexy mama’ and ‘dat hoe.’”

In addition, Alonso claims to also have difficulty understanding the rationale for selecting a white male student as the recipient of much laud and commendation, especially given his “tendency to objectify women beyond belief.”

“The only reason he’s getting credit is because he’s a man,”Alonso said. “He’s seriously the only man at UW associated with the incredibly successful gender and women’s studies program, and he is somehow getting all of the credit. That kid doesn’t even turn in his homework, or take notes in lecture He just sits there and chuckles whenever somebody says ‘sex.’

To many, it seems clear that the bequeathing of credit upon Williams was simply due of his gender, but Williams has remained steady in his belief that he legitimately deserves the credit.

“I am a boss,” Williams said. “I’ve been that

Courtesy of Flickr user Rob Lawton way my whole life. I deserve every bit of credit for this award solely because I know more about women than they do. Women just don’t see how much men like me understand them even more

than they understand themselves, but I want to stress that it’s not their fault. Their emotions just cloud their judgement so much that it can be hard for a frail woman to handle.”

Sanders supporter vows to never ever vote Clinton until general Voter discards autographed Hillary 2008 apparel in favor of hip ‘I’m Feeling the Bern’ hat, sweatshirt Freshman Jeremy Williams was reportedly overheard Tuesday night dissing Hillary Clinton, the candidate he will be voting for in the upcoming November elections.

“Yeah, honestly I could never vote for Hillary, she’s basically a Republican,” the proud Sanders supporter said about former Secretary of State Clinton, whose Senate voting record lines up with Bernie Sander’s 93 percent of the time.

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supporting in November.

“I totally feel the Bern! He’s so antiestablishment,” junior Alia Brown said about Sanders, a politician since 1981. “I’m really ready for change, and I can’t wait to elect the old white man into the White House!”

The Bern has been felt all over University of Wisconsin’s campus, as many students have been wearing Sanders stickers, tweeting Sanders memes and filling up their Facebook timeline with pro-Sanders opinion articles no one gives a shit about. But while Madison is a Sanders stronghold, students have been limited in their donations to his campaign.

“Nah, I like the guy but I don’t have enough money to donate,” Sanders supporter

sophomore Grace Kinalde said. “I need to buy a new pair of gauges and it costs money to reshave this side of my head every month!”

While anti-Clinton sentiment has been strong among current-Sanders and futureClinton supporters, most members of the Democratic party agree that they’d accept either candidate over a Republican president.

“Those Republicans sure are a mess, the entire party is divided and keeps on infighting,” Williams said. “It’d be a shame if the Democratic party was the same way, trashing one of two similar candidates in ways that would hurt us during the general election, rather than uniting against the Republican party’s bigotry and disorganization.”

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