'Minds in the minority' - Volume 48, Issue 16

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Minds in the minority

Universities strive to facilitate exploration of diverse ideas, but liberal majority stops some conservatives from speaking up

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From the Desk of the Editor: It’s on everyone to stay informed

Now more than ever, students on the left and the right need to be conscious media consumers

by Hayley Sperling Editor-in-Chief

Two weeks ago I made the announcement The Badger Herald would be returning to its roots this semester. I wrote that I would implore my staff to think critically, dig past the surface of stories and hold people accountable. Since then, the importance of this sentiment has reiterated itself countless times.

The public has always relied on journalists to bring them the news. Recently, this job has become increasingly difficult.

Our country has seen near censorship on its Twitter timelines and what really looks like propaganda displayed on its TV screens.

Now is the time for journalists to stand firm and look to our roots for guidance.

Twentieth century journalist Walter Lippmann once wrote, “There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and shame the devil.”

At a time when journalists’ integrity are called into question by the leader of our nation, it is imperative that journalists continue to do just what Lippmann preached.

At the Herald we pride ourselves on our independence because now, at a time when the freedom of the press and the First Amendment have come into jeopardy more than ever, our job of providing information has become invaluable. In a sea of “fake news” we work every day to provide University of Wisconsin students and Madison community members with reliable information.

As an independent, nonprofit incorporation, The Badger Herald doesn’t have many of the luxuries other student-run newspapers around the country enjoy. We don’t receive money from the university. We aren’t housed in the school of journalism.

We’re not a registered student organization.

We pay all of our operating expenses, (including printing, rent and software licensing to name a few) on our own. This is not a simple task. But it is undoubtedly one of our most important tasks. This is how we maintain a sense of full and true independence, which has become more value now than ever.

Think about how you gather information, develop your own ideas and form conclusions. As journalists, we strive to

inform the communities we serve. Our goal is to share stories of success and failure, truth and fraud, celebration and tragedy.

A major misconception about journalists that has recently come to rise, however, is the notion news stories should tell the public how to think. But it’s quite the opposite. It’s not our job to tell readers how to think — that would make us propagandists, not journalists.

It’s our job to provide readers with the information necessary to come to their own conclusions.

The responsibility to consume news falls on everyone. It’s up to the community as a whole to stay informed and to share information based in fact.

While our campus has gained notoriety for its activist spirit, it’s imperative that activists follow closely and consume the information journalists provide.

Silencing the media’s voice will not strengthen your activism. Marching a group a 1,000 people up Bascom Hill will yield no change if those 1,000 people don’t know why they’re marching to begin with.

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Badgers top No. 8 Ohio State to move up to the top spot in the Big Ten alongside rival and No. 7 Minnesota.

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UW students join nearly a million around the world to show solidarity with women in the wake of Trump presidency, as the future of reproductive health and gender equality appears grim.

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American Honey (2016) 9 p.m., FREE

Tuesday 1/31 Rainbow Kitten Surprise at The Frequency, 8 p.m., $12

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Friday 2/3 Free Art Friday: Valentine Paper Arts at Wheelhouse

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New UWPD chief aims to rebuild police-community relations Roman also wants to approach sexual assault differently, prioritize identifying, educating perpetrators

by Helu Wang City Editor

With her 26 years of community outreach experience in tow, new University of Wisconsin Police Department Chief Kristen Roman is confident she can build up police-community relationships.

Just a day away from her official induction as chief, Roman said she has been working with Associated Students of Madison to learn about UW students’ concerns.

“What I’m expecting to do is to strengthen all those relationships with our department and campus community,” Roman said.

In the last three weeks, Roman met with Dean of Students Lori Berquam and plans to hold dialogues with various student and administrator governance groups in February.

Aside from engaging with UW through these meetings, Roman said she was also

“very glad” to talk with those whose voices tend to be underrepresented in informal forums and conversations.

Roman looks to bring her experience working with the Madison Police Department to her position as well. She joined MPD in 1990 and later became a Mental Health Liaison program coordinator, moving toward various other positions such as field training sergeant and community services sergeant.

Roman said working in these positions allowed her to interact with people from different ethnic, racial and social backgrounds. She said she hopes to bring what she learned from these experiences to UW’s diverse community.

“One of the challenges that all departments are facing across the country are trust issues with people in communities of color,” Roman said. “My focus is on students of color ’s safety concerns.”

Addressing student accessibility to mental health care is another concern for

Roman. She said college is a “particularly risky and challenging time” because of the stress that comes with it.

Roman said she also wants to increase crisis intervention training for UWPD officers. These officers would then be

What I’m expecting to do is to “strengthen all those relationships with our department and campus community.

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Kristen Roman UWPD Chief required to follow up with students facing mental health issues.

Sexual assault is another priority for Roman, but she looks to approach it differently. Instead of focusing on women, Roman wants to focus on identifying and

educating perpetrators.

“As a young female student, sexual assault was also my safety concern,” Roman said. “I even took self-defense courses.”

Proactive community engagement and specific response strategies to cases involving minority groups are two approaches Roman has planned to implement. She said it is important to take a more sensitive and considerate approach to addressing minorities’ needs.

Transparency in UWPD policies, approaches and trainings are also priorities for Roman.

Under Roman, UWPD officers met with Madison criminal justice representatives including probation, jail and parole officers and local mental health service providers.

This meeting has been taking place for more than 12 years but UWPD was never part of it until Roman became chief.

“All those factors are to build trust and to help people feel safe,” Roman said.

UW business group helps guide, develop enterprises worldwide

Consortium emphasizes peer-to-peer learning; connects members, nonmembers with resources to grow firms

by Doha Awad Reporter

Looking to take Wisconsin businesses worldwide, University of Wisconsin E-Business Consortium has been working toward increasing the state’s entrepreneurship resources and bringing credibility to the university.

Headquartered in Wisconsin, the consortium began in 1998 and now consists of 65 state companies that have assisted and advised more than 150 others from around the world, Lori Wilson, the consortium’s spokesperson said.

“This includes companies that we’ve done projects with over the years and not all of them were members,” Wilson said. “The numbers we’ve helped are more than our members.”

The consortium focuses on four major areas: marketing, information technology, customer service and supply chain management, Wilson said.

When a company joins the organization, all of the company’s employees are able to come

to the consortium’s events as a part of their membership. The consortium also allows for members to advise each other, conducts polls on their members’ best practices and works on company projects, Wilson said.

Wilson said the consortium focuses on peerto-peer learning among companies. It has several special interest group meetings where managers and senior practitioners learn from each other and their professional peers, Wilson said.

“Basically, it’s the companies working with the consortium, sometimes UW faculty and student assistance on real-world applications and problems,” said Wilson.

One of the consortium’s longtime members, Colony Brands, has used its resources for many of their company’s departments, Colony Brands’ spokesperson Kim Markham said.

Colony Brands is a local Wisconsin organization, which UW alumnus Ray Kubly Sr. started in 1926. Being part of the consortium has also allowed Colony Brands to partner with other UW resources like the Center for Professional and Economic Development at the

Wisconsin School of Business, Markham said.

Todd Fischer, vice-president of another member company called Endries, said in a statement that the consortium helped them establish the link between “can we?” and “can do!” He said the company has been able to learn a lot from not only other companies but also UW. “As a member of UWEBC, you get all that research knowledge and information, and it’s applied to real-world situations,” Fischer said.

The consortium also holds an industryfocused annual business conference, which averages about 650 attendees every year, Wilson said. The conference brings many senior executives and has had keynote speakers including NASA engineer Adam Steltzner and novelist Marissa Meyers. “[The conference] has been a great success,” Wilson said. “It is something that makes us unique among the university and across other universities as well.”

The event is open to the general public and will be held Sept. 14 this year.

Photo · The 65-member consortium holds an annual conference with keynote speakers and more than 650 attendees.

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Bike mechanic looks to help children in Dane County ride for free Company has prepared more than 400 bicycles for donation to kids of all backgrounds, with goal of at least 500 by April

by Vidushi Saxena News Editor

When it came down to what he really loved, Andy Quant knew his greatest passion was fixing bikes. Now, the Madison bike mechanic is looking to use his passion to help kids around the county get bikes for free.

Free Bikes 4 Kidz, or FB4K, which is originally a Minnesota-based company, came to Madison thanks to Quant’s efforts.

In 1995, Quant moved from his hometown Lake Mills to Madison to attend the University of Wisconsin. He started to work in local bike shops and continued to volunteer fixing bikes even after getting “a real job.” Quant began The Bike Mobile, which is a bike-repairing business he operates out of his van, in 2016 after deciding his true calling was fixing bikes.

“A year ago, I was looking for work and wondering what to do with my life, and I was like, the only thing I really loved doing was fixing bikes,” Quant said. “So I decided to make a living out of it.”

Late last year the cold weather prevented him from keeping this business alive, so he decided to start working toward establishing FB4K in Madison.

The program allows interested people to volunteer based on their skill level. There are three categories: cleaners, preppers and “real bike mechanics.” Cleaners ensure the bikes are clean, preppers use more basic mechanical skills to change tires and attach basic gears and the bike mechanics test for quality control.

Quant said response to FB4K has been “great” and attracted attention from several local organizations including the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County.

FB4K has been able to partner with these organizations and uses them as a way to find potential bike recipients.

There is a special process through which the bikes are allocated to children. In most cases, the local organizations and other community leaders decide who bikes are

donated to, Quant said.

People can also apply to receive a bike, which helps get other members of the community involved. Quant said any person who knows a group of children

A year ago I was looking for work “and wondering what to do with my

life, and I was like, the only thing I really loved doing was fixing bikes.

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FB4K’s management then reaches out to those people and works out logistics to

match them with the perfect bike.

The bike drop off portion of the donation process ended Jan. 14. Those bikes are now in “rehab,” or being prepared for giveaway.

The giveaway is scheduled for April 8.

The organization has acquired 400 bikes in Madison since it began. Quant said he hopes to have 500 bikes ready by the giveaway.

Quant said the company’s main focus is to get more students involved. While UW students have yet to get involved, Quant said he wants to engage in more outreach to get them interested.

“Even after getting real jobs, I found myself moonlighting to fix bikes,” Quant said. “There’s a lot of work, but there’s not a lot of planning and thinking — it’s just about doing it.”

Interested volunteers can visit the FB4K website to figure out the best fit for them, Quant said.

Trump executive order impacts at least 88 in UW community UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank said university is monitoring situation closely, reaching out to support students

by Maija Inveiss Features Editor

University of Wisconsin officials announced Monday there are 88 faculty, students and staff impacted by President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration.

The order impacts entry into the United States for refugees and immigrants, particularly those from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Libya and Yemen. The order barred at least some legal residents from those countries from re-entering the U.S. for 90 days.

In an email sent to students from the countries in the order, Assistant Dean of Students Joshua Moon Johnson, said the university does not have exact information on how it will impact students on F-1 and J-1 visas.

At this moment, university officials suggested those impacted by the order not travel outside of the U.S.

In a statement UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank said the university is monitoring the situation closely and communicating with the faculty, staff and students who are potentially affected by the executive order.

In the statement, Blank officially added UW to the list of universities calling for Trump to reconsider his executive order.

“These actions affect real people — researchers, scholars, students and staff — who are essential to our goals of providing a world-class education,” Blank said.

Blank said while the university understands the commitment to protecting the country, the administration must ensure it does not keep out those who have good reasons to travel.

“This diversity is a source of strength and innovation and it enhances our research, teaching and outreach,” Blank said.

In a statement, U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan,

D-Madison, said he is “outraged” by the executive order. Pocan said Trump should stand up for the nation’s shared values and represent all Americans.

Pocan is one of the original co-sponsors of legislation designed to prohibit federal funding from being used to implement this executive order.

Pocan also said he stands with the people of his district and plans to use his office as a resource of support for residents and visitors of the district.

“President Trump is attempting to jam his divisive campaign trail rhetoric into policies which ignore the public, the Constitution and Congress,” Pocan said.

“Across the United States, the people have spoken, marching in the streets and calling on their elected leaders to oppose these actions.”

Many Republicans in Congress have called Trump’s order into question, but

House Speaker and Rep. Paul Ryan of Janesville has come out in defense of the order.

“This is not a religious test and it is not a ban on people of any religion,” AshLee Strong, Ryan’s spokesperson, told POLITICO. Blank reiterated some of the policies and practices of the university, including that UW will not provide immigration status information unless required by law, University of Wisconsin Police Department will not participate in immigration enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers need to use appropriate legal processes on campus.

Johnson said the International Student Services Department is working to support students. Staff members will be available for consultation. There will also be a gathering for questions and more details once more information becomes available.

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field notes UW students create biodegradable material to clean polluted water, air

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Gel-like substances have multitude of applications including purification systems, automobile emissions filters

by Vidushi Saxena News Editor

Two University of Wisconsin students are working toward using natural substances to create eco-friendly that can help scrub cancer-causing gases from water and air.

Third-year Ph.D. student Yang Liao and second-year master ’s student Shu-Ching Yang won a $10,196 grant to use cellulose and biomass to create special gels that will absorb gases like formaldehyde from air and water to clean it, Liao said.

“This project is about using naturally occurring polymers and other natural substances to create gels which would help purify water and air,” Liao said.

Under the guidance of Xuejun Pan, an associate professor for bioenergy and bioproducts, Liao and Yang have begun working on their proposal, which won a UW Advanced Materials Industrial Consortium competition, Yang said. The consortium aims to connect students with their industries of interest and expand their research.

Formaldehyde gases are commonly found in newly furnished homes and in most adhesive substances like wood glue.

Liao said short-term exposure to the gas can cause respiratory problems while long-term exposure can lead to cancer.

“Almost everything you use — like indoor decoration materials and wood materials — has formaldehyde,” Liao said.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and World Health Organization have labeled formaldehyde as a “pollutant and harmful carcinogen,” Liao said. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s report, people should not be exposed to more than 1 part per million of formaldehyde within eight hours.

Yang said heavy metal ions like lead, copper, arsenic and cadmium, among others, are also commonly found in water sources. These can be poisonous if ingested and can affect marine life if they leak into larger water sources like oceans.

As such, it is important to have as little of these gases and metals in the air and water as possible.

Yang said is working on a “hydrogel,”

which would remove these metals from the water. Liao is working on the “aerogel” part of the project, which would remove formaldehyde gases from the air, especially in indoor areas.

There have been other technologies for removing formaldehyde from the air, but they are not made specifically for removing the gas, and they target other gases like carbon dioxide, Liao said. This makes them less effective, and it is easy to reverse the effect these technologies have, which is not helpful in the long run.

Moreover, many of these existing technologies are comprised of synthetic polymers, which can be pollutants themselves, Liao said. Synthetic polymers

are derived from petroleum, which is expensive to extract and even more expensive and time-consuming to modify.

Unlike synthetic polymers, cellulose and biomass are naturally occurring polymers, Liao said. Biomass is organic matter that can be used as fuel. These materials are found in abundance and are much easier to work with compared to synthetic polymers.

Yang said she and Liao use cellulose, biomass, chitosan and lithium bromide solution or LiBr to make their gels.

“The materials used are also eco-friendly, renewable and cheap,” Liao said.

Cellulose gives the gels their structural integrity because it is hard to dissolve or break, Liao said. It is found in plants and

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can be obtained from biomass sources like sawdust. LiBr is a salt-like sodium chloride or table salt and is used in high concentrations as a solvent to dissolve cellulose, Liao said.

Chitosan is most commonly found in crab and shrimp shells, Liao said. This is what gives the gel the ability adsorb heavy metal ions or formaldehyde. But chitosan has to be combined with cellulose to purify.

Yang said the gels are created by first preparing the LiBr solution, after which the cellulose and chitosan are mixed in their powder forms. The solution is heated to 110-140 degrees Fahrenheit and then cooled down.

Liao said the cooling process leads to “gelation” that creates the gel-like texture of substance. The gel is then soaked in water, which allows the LiBr to switch with the water and make a hydrogel.

A few more steps are performed to obtain the aerogel. The water is replaced with ethanol and then replaced with butanol. It is freeze-dried to create a more porous, sponge-like gel called the aerogel, Liao said.

Yang said the gels have a variety of real-world applications. They can be used in mining and agricultural industries as well as in more domestic applications as simple as water filtration systems. She said aerogel could also be used to curb automobile emissions, which contribute to global warming.

Currently, Yang and Liao are working on lowering the costs of producing these gels and making the chemical process more efficient.

They hope to make the gels more useful and possibly reusable in the future.

“There’s still a lot we can do, and using these materials is just the beginning, and we have a long way to go,” Yang said.

Kruti Yellapantula contributed to reporting this article.

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New study shows Wisconsin is worst in nation for racial disparity State has large gaps in graduation, incarceration rates between racial groups with black people at disadvantage

by Montana Leggett City Editor

Data from a new study revealed Wisconsin is the worst state in the nation for racial disparity between white and black people, which researchers hope may help raise awareness the extent of inequality in the state.

According to a study released this year from COWS, formerly known as the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, Wisconsin ranks in the bottom two states in an assessment of educational disparity and disparity of incarceration rates.

Laura Dresser, associate director of COWS, said the school system reflects an underlying inequality between black and white students.

Compared to their white counterparts, many black children are unable to start with the same advantages due to high levels of economic inequality.

The disparity continues and grows, Dresser said, as children progress in schools, referencing Wisconsin’s last-place rating for disparity in eighth-grade proficiency on a state

assessment and overall graduation rate.

“The same system that’s working really well for white kids is not working at all well for black kids,” Dresser said. “I think a lot of schools are really grappling with that, Madison schools especially.”

The graduation rate for black students in Wisconsin was 64.1 percent compared to 92.9 percent for white students, according to the study. Overall, the percentage of the black population with a high school degree or higher is 81.6 percent, while the percentage of the white population with a high school degree or higher is 92.8 percent.

A decreased sense of belonging among black students attributes to this disparity, Markus Brauer, a psychology professor at the University of Wisconsin, said. He said prejudice and discrimination factor into a lower sense of belonging. This ultimately leads to black and minority students feeling they are being treated unfairly, Brauer said, and they are less likely to identify with their school.

Brauer said one factor that influences this sense of belonging is the how black

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students are more likely to receive disciplinary action than white students. Black students are also more likely to receive more severe disciplinary action. All of this is part of the overall equation attributing to the disparity, he said.

“They see that they are a numerical minority,” Brauer said. “They don’t feel the school is made for people like them.”

Wisconsin ranks as the second-worst state for incarceration disparity, according to the study. The ratio of black to white people incarcerated, according to the study, is 11.5, which trails closely behind New Jersey’s ratio of 12.2.

Dresser said people in Wisconsin need to think about this issue and address why things tend to work so well for white people, but not so well for black people. Changing detention policies, sentencing policies and the juvenile justice system, she added, are some items people need to think about when addressing this issue.

UW students can help improve these disparities by putting their minds to why they exist and what policies might help, especially at a local level, Dresser said.

Getting involved with groups like Race to Equity and the Young, Gifted and Black Coalition are ways students can step into policy implementation locally, she said.

Creating more inclusive climates on campuses may also help address this problem, Brauer said. Empirical evidence shows inclusive climates lower the dropout rate for underrepresented groups because it increases sense of belonging, achievement and motivation.

Overall, this kind of climate creates success, Bauer said.

“I think like any complex social phenomenon there are many, many different causes that contribute to such a disparity,” Brauer said.

Vidushi Saxena contributed to reporting this article.

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Perfect pairings for this upcoming Wine Wednesday

Ideal combinations at various pricepoints for all amatuer sommeliers — even those living on tight, college-student budget

by Ali O’Rourke Staff Writer

As January drags on and professors pack more and more into each week, a hump-day break in the form of Wine Wednesday could be a much-needed respite from a stressful second semester.

Vom Fass, a German company specializing in high-quality wine and liqueurs, has 10 percent off wine every Wednesday and free tastings every day of the week.

Located on State Street, it’s an easy stop on the way home from the library, and with a little planning it’s easy to pair a bottle of wine with a satisfying dinner. All of these wines and countless others are available for tasting and purchase at Vom Fass.

Whites

Chardonnay: Sean Minor Chardonnay is a Sonoma Coast dry white wine with fruity and citrus flavors first, and a slight mineral aftertaste. Chardonnays like this are typically paired with pasta or fish in simple

buttery or creamy sauces. Other lighter meats like poultry and pork work too, along with late summer vegetables like sweet potatoes.

Takeout pairing recommendation: Fettuccine Alla Cream Di Scampi from Tutto Pasta Budget recommendation: Alfredo Mont Amore from Noodles & Company German Riesling: The Weingut Fritz Windisch Niersteiner Spiegelberg Riesling Kabinett is a mouthful but not as intimidating as it sounds. It is an off-dry white wine, making it slightly sweeter than Chardonnay with exotic fruity flavors, floral aromas and a lemony acidity. Rieslings pair well with more unique flavors like chili, lime, curry and stronger meat flavors like barbeque. Riesling is often the wine of choice to pair with Asian foods.

Takeout pairing recommendation: Fried shredded beef in chili sauce from Fugu Asian Fusion Budget recommendation: Black pepper beef

from QQ Express Wine cocktail: A Kir is a French cocktail made from mixing a dry white wine with Black Currant Liqueur, often called Crème de Cassis. Boulder Bank Sauvignon Blanc, from Marlborough, has a clean and zesty taste perfect for this cocktail. The Black Currant Liqueur, available at Vom Fass, sweetens the wine — making the drink perfect for pairing with sweet and tart fruit, such as strawberries or pineapple.

Takeout pairing recommendation: 75 + Sunny acai bowl from Forage Kitchen Budget recommendation: Mango strawberry smoothie from Fresh Cool Drinks food cart

Reds

Pinot Noir: University of Wisconsin graduate Anne Hubatch created Whoa Nelly from the Willamette Valley in Oregon. This dry red has an herby, umami flavor with a

slight acidity. Pinot noirs are often paired with earthy flavors like mushrooms or aged cheeses. They also pair well with oily fish like salmon.

Takeout pairing recommendation: Seared salmon from Sardine Budget recommendation: Bagel with cream cheese and lox from Gotham Bagels Tempranillo: El Pico Tempranillo, a dry Spanish red, is fruitier than Pinot Noir. It has flavors of cherry and spicy blackberry.

Tempranillos pair well with Spanish tapas and tomato-based dishes like pizza. Roasted meats and vegetables are also good pairings.

Takeout pairing recommendation: Italian sausage and eggplant pizza from Cento Budget recommendation: Bianca pizza from Lotsa Stone Fired Pizza

The Lemon Twigs excite crowd with eccentric energy, mannuerisms Teenage brother duo displayed unique sound, lively acrobatics during free performance at The Sett

by Mathew Norman Video Editor

The Lemon Twigs, an American pop/rock group from Long Island, New York, headlined a free, WUD Music sponsored event at The Sett Friday night.

Savoy Motel, a four-piece rock quartet with an old-school ’70s glamour-rock vibe opened the show, performing bright, funky, experimental pop/rock songs such as “Hot One” and “Souvenir Shop Rock.” The band’s stage presence was solid, and the crowd was largely receptive to the new band.

But the crowd’s mind seemed to be in another place, anticipating what was to be a wild performance from The Lemon Twigs based on glowing reviews from National Public Radio and The Guardian, which described the band as “fabulously weird,” and “a triumph of detailed richness and

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sumptuous melody.”

Brothers Michael, 17, and Brian, 19, D’Addario lead the Lemon Twigs. They are often compared to Supertramp, The Ramones, Lou Reed and Foxygen, but it would be flawed to label them as unoriginal. Wikipedia lists relevant genres as alternative rock, Baroque pop, power pop, progressive rock, indie rock, glam rock, art rock and Psychedelic rock. They have only one album entitled Do Hollywood.

The band did not disappoint in light of what most anticipated to be a fun and weird show, similar to the high-energy performance

by Foxygen at The Sett two years prior.

The first half of the performance started with older brother Brian D’Addario on vocals and guitar, who proved his skill as a guitarist with tasteful solos and beautifully refined tone. The crowd loved him immediately after his first words entering the stage: something

along the lines of “Hello, we are the Lemon Twigs and we love you!” He proceeded to attempt a power slide on his knees during the first song.

Abundant and erratic gallivanting around the stage was common during the show, especially during the manic sections of the song “Haroomata.”

The duo, especially younger brother Michael D’Addario, performed what must have been nearly 50 acrobatic feats, starting with Brian’s knee slide. These feats included head-high leg kicks and midair splits.

It was clear the majority of the energy, only available to those as young as this teenage duo, came from Michael D’Addario, though Brian D’Addario’s contribution was anything but lacking. This made for a slightly more exciting second half.

Michael D’Addario’s excessive acrobatics

arguably slightly distracted the audience from the music, emphasizing the equal importance the band places on the performance side of live music.

With the trained ear of a weathered guitarist, Richie Conway, member of the audience and University of Wisconsin graduate, remarked Michael had less of a mastery over his guitar compared to his older brother, suffering slightly in guitar tone.

Michael D’Addario’s impressively fast pace and energy in his playing, however, easily masked this observation.

An air of grandeur capped the show as the band brought their final song to an epic breakdown. Michael saved the best for last, showing off two mind-blowing athletic feats, including a no-arms kick-up while holding his guitar, and then a midair splits on the final note of the song.

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Post Animal brings carefree rock sound, attitude to Memorial Union Through obscure movements, powerful instumentals, band impressed Der Rathskellar patrons with Chicago-based style

by Celeste Benzschawel ArtsEtc. Editor

By the end of the night Saturday, Der Rathskeller was home to a mosh pit, lots of headbanging and sick dance moves. Post Animal brought an energetic show to Madison, along with openers Melkweed and Post Social.

Over some food and a pitcher of New Glarus beer, Post Animal sat down with me and talked about their music before the show.

Post Animal is a “heavy psych pop” band, who said they use influences from bands like Pink Floyd and some Australian bands like Tame Impala.

During the show, the audience could definitely hear those influences shine through in their music. Black Sabbath vibes were also present throughout their set.

The band was established in Chicago and is comprised of six dudes, all with noticeably varying and distinctive hair styles. Five of them were present for the show — Dalton Allison, Jake Hirshland, Javi Reyes, Wesley Toledo and Matt Williams. The member who was not in attendance was Joe Keery, who also plays the role of Steve in “Stranger Things.”

Becoming a band in Chicago was surprisingly easy, Allison said. DIY shows are big there, and they immersed themselves into that scene. Bands that want to get themselves out there tend to group up and do these DIY shows together, and eventually some bands start to get invited places, he said. That’s exactly what happened to Post Animal — most of the shows they’ve played, they’ve been invited to, Allison said.

“The community is really tight-knit and supportive and active,” they said.

Originally the group started out with fewer members with the intention of playing country music, but then decided to create a psych band, Hirshland said.

More members eventually came onto the lineup, which created more room for collaboration and creativity.

Now that they have a full lineup, the band has gotten to create a new album

where all six of them are included and have written parts. The sound is also more classic rock and roll, though the psychedelics still remain in more of a conceptual rather than sonic way, Hirshland said. The album is not yet released, and remains part of Post Animal’s future endeavors.

As a full group, the boys thrive off their live shows, and feel like they share a special bond other on stage. They often pump each other up with shared “stank” faces, and build off of each other ’s energy.

“I like playing with my buds,” Williams said.

The group also considers playing on stage together close to a spiritual experience.

“We like playing together and being a part of something that is bigger than any one of us,” Allison said.

Their relationship with the audience is also unique. The boys often take cues from the crowd, and react according to the audience’s responses. If the crowd is going wild, they tend to play off of that and perform with even more hype. They especially love it when they can look to the back of the venue and see someone nodding their head along to the music, even if it’s just a little bit.

The crowd at Der Rathskeller was doing far more than nodding their heads. Headbanging was a big part of the audience’s reaction. It was almost impossible not to with the band’s heavy, rhythmic drops and distorted guitars.

It is a goal of Post Animal’s that the audience might hear their music and experience the way the band feels when they are playing together, Williams said.

They hope to “break the fourth wall,” and create a sort of camaraderie with the audience.

It’s safe to say that’s exactly what they did at Der Rathskeller. The show ended with moshing and cheering in the crowd — Post Animal definitely brought a wild show to Madison.

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Tomsyck’s short story ‘Grasshopper’ explores themes of fear, trust Through narrative following clan of insects, one can see misguided ways in which beings can risk it all for a sense of security

by Hunter Reed ArtsEtc. writer

The Badger Herald’s ArtsEtc. section has decided to branch out and try something new. As a section that deals with the arts, it feels fitting to start including original works of creative writing, such as short stories or poetry. This new addition to our section aims to create a space for writers to delve into their creative sides and share their work with the University of Wisconsin community.

The first contributor of hopefully many, is Teymour Tomsyck, with his short story, “Grasshopper.”

“Grasshopper”

The lives of household insects are usually dull ones. The termites drone on about their holy quest to rid the world of dead wood, the ants probe the home for long-forgotten scraps and the flies chat incessantly about every minor change.

But one night, while most of the insets prepared for their slumber, a fly witnessed something peculiar. The two small humans and a large one had gathered in the kitchen and were staring at a box. Flies being obnoxiously curious things, it flew to the ceiling above to get a better look. Inside there was a grasshopper.

The fly gave a squeal (which sounds like a

small click for those who haven’t had the privilege to befriend a fly). He had heard stories of how humans sometimes collected insects for sport and he knew it never went well. Invariably, the captive insect usually wound up either going insane, dying of old age in captivity or being shipped off to preschool for show and tell. So it was no wonder the fly had begun to recite the Bugs Prayer when the humans did the unexpected — they let the grasshopper out of the box and onto the cracked tile floor.

For a moment, silence. Then the grasshopper began to move. Grasshoppers are known for their elegance in movement and musicianship, but this grasshopper displayed none of that charm. Instead of flowing steps, the green bug moved with a queer staccato as though every movement were a struggle. Even more concerning to the fly, the grasshopper seemed in no hurry to flee his captors and in fact seemed to be turning around back toward them.

Flying closer, the fly noticed a sort of helmet on the grasshopper. The fly tried to speak with the grasshopper but received no response, noticing a dull glaze in the grasshopper’s eyes. Giving up, he returned to the main hall where other flies liked to gossip. Relaying what he had seen to his companions, the colony of flies quickly

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dispersed so as to spread the news to all the critters of the house.

In the morning, the insects convened in the corner of the garage, where the spider lived, for an emergency meeting.

“Is pest control coming again?” asked the ancient spider. “No, its worse than that,” replied the flies. “The humans have learned how to control us.”

By this time most of the insects had seen the mind-controlled grasshopper and almost all of them were on the verge of leaving the house entirely even though in the winter this would almost certainly mean death.

Seeing an opportunity, the old spider silenced all the bugs with the promise that he could prevent the same horrific fate befalling the entire community, with conditions. Having no one else to turn to, the bugs agreed.

The first condition was for the bugs to fly him to the dinner chandelier.

“From here I can bewitch the humans with my intricate webs and they will not think to lay a hand on you,” the spider proclaimed. He began to construct his new home.

For a time, the insects anxiety did not abate and was assuaged only by the growing sinews arching over the once pristine chandelier. When it became clear no more bugs were being brainwashed and the spider reveled in the other insects’ praise.

A month later the grasshopper drowned while one of the smaller humans was controlling him but the bugs were glad the monstrosity had ceased to live. By now, the spider had constructed a great webbed cathedral in the heavens of the dining room and no one questioned that he had singlehandedly prevented the spread of the human’s cruelty.

More insects than ever found themselves caught in the spider ’s grand web but they accepted it. Much simpler for them to leave the understanding of human cruelty to the spider above them all.

The Badger Herald: Tell us about yourself. What’s your major? Year in school?

Teymour Tomsyck: I’m a senior majoring in philosophy and psychology with an interest in journalism, and am currently the features editor at The Badger Herald. One time I was at a friend’s house, and when no one was looking, I replaced all the framed family photos with pictures of President Eisenhower.

BH: Define your writing, authorship and perspective.

TT: About 90 percent of my writing up until now has been in the form of news articles or academic papers, so I guess I’d describe my writing as having that Hemingway-like quality where almost I try and convey things using the bare minimum amount of words.

BH: When did you start writing creatively?

TT: I started writing creatively in high school, but I would say that I didn’t really get into it until I started keeping a regular journal and pen pal. Neither one of those things is usually an avenue of creative writing, but I think they should be. When someone sits down to remember the day’s events, those memories are already fading and resculpting themselves before pen even hits paper, so why not take a few creative liberties? This way I can capture the feelings from different times in my life instead of hopelessly chasing after a perfect recall.

BH: Talk about your creative process. What inspires you, and how do you get from an idea to a finished product?

TT: It depends on the kind of story.

“Grasshopper” was inspired by reading about a toy that lets you remote-control cockroaches, and I just had the thought, “Wow, that must really traumatize the bugs.” I don’t have a patented “Teymour process,” but if I did it would involve a lot of procrastinating.

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Bear’s Den enchants audience at intimate High Noon Saloon show Through their blend of gentle rhythms, exciting creshendos, indie folk duo left tight-knit crowd literally speechless

by Celeste Benzschawel ArtsEtc. Editor

Bear ’s Den, an indie/folk band from London, graced the High Noon Saloon last Thursday night with their smooth vocals and energetic live performance. It was a show the audience could enjoy whether they knew the music or not.

The band is comprised of duo Andrew Davies and Kevin Jones, who were accompanied by their touring band, one member of which stood out most with his mustachioed face and talented banjo playing. It’s as if Mumford & Sons and Bastille procreated, and out came Bear ’s Den. Of course, though, their sound is still completely their own.

Bear ’s Den’s instrumentation was captivating — the banjos, guitars, drums and brass combined to make the perfect blend. They were soft, gentle and full of emotion. The audience could hear the care the band puts into their sound.

Not only did the instruments perfectly blend together, their voices did as well.

Harmonizing was a big part of their performance. With a sharp ear, listeners could pick out each of their voices and their respective parts, which still combined to create a collective sound.

The atmosphere of the room was typical of the High Noon Saloon. There always appears to be a plethora of plaid at this “hipster” venue, and this was true of Thursday’s show. One thing about the crowd that stood out, though, was the amount of couples in attendance. There was hand-holding or arms wrapped around people in every direction you looked.

Maybe there was just a lot of love in the air that night, but Bear ’s Den might have been the ones to bring it out in the crowd.

Their music’s emotion and mood definitely gives people the feels, and what better way to share the feels with someone than to enjoy the same music?

This feeling was especially present during a couple parts of their show. For one song, the band completely unplugged and did an acoustic version of one of their songs. The room was immediately silent so the crowd would be able to hear them, and there was a stillness that completely encapsulated the crowd.

The band closed the song by saying, “Thank you guys for letting us do that.”

More like thank you, Bear ’s Den, for doing that for us. It was that particular moment in the show that made the crowd fall even more in love with them. It was

one of those moments where the crowd feels like one being — all there for the same reason of getting lost in and appreciating the music.

This particular feeling occurred again during their finale set, though more intensely. Bear ’s Den did another acoustic song, except instead of staying on stage, they brought two banjos and a guitar into the crowd and played. The crowd seemed to envelop them into a loving circle, and again the room was completely silent.

Another characteristic of Bear ’s Den’s performance was the emotional build they seemed to insert into every song. It was common for them to start off soft, and then build and build until the end of the song became an emotional and energetic jam session complete with the addition of drums and horns.

This was heard in songs like, “Above the Cloud of Pompeii,” “Agape” and “Sophie,” of their finale set.

This emotional intensity was not the only aspect of their live show, though.

Bear ’s Den knew how to be lighthearted and funny, too.

Between songs, the band said they like to do the bottle-flipping challenge to keep their tour exciting. So, the mysterious, mustached banjo player did the whole flipping-the-water-bottle-thing, but failed.

This slight diversion from the music certainly entertained the crowd, and the dude shook it off with a laugh.

During an interview with the band a couple days prior, Bear ’s Den talked about how they like to open up a way for fans to suggest a cover song before the show, and they would then play one of the suggested songs during the show.

During their Madison show, the song suggestion they picked was “My Girl” by Otis Redding, which they played during their finale set. The audience loved it, and could tell Bear ’s Den had a lot of fun playing it, too. The idea is every city they visit gets a different song, and they compile them all on a Spotify playlist so fans can reference it after each show.

Bear ’s Den claimed they were going to bring Madison an energetic show, and that’s certainly what they did. Their skillful musical blend and emotion made for a night that left everyone happy.

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Conservative students say pressure from predominantly liberal peers, faculty can be stifling Professors, undergraduates agree university has intellectual diversity problem but disagree on cause, remedy

by Teymour Tomsyck Features Editor

Speaking up in the classroom can sometimes be daunting, but for conservative students like Kennedy Borman, social pressures from predominantly liberal students and faculty can be silencing.

Last year Borman, a sophmore majoring in political science at University of Wisconsin, had a sociology professor who repeatedly made disparaging remarks and jokes about Republicans. At first, Borman avoided speaking up in class, but eventually stopped going to class altogether because of what she described as overt hostility.

She made the decision after the professor spoke about religious people, specifically religious Republicans as though they were all bad people.

Borman isn’t religious, but the caustic remarks toward religion didn’t sit well.

“Why is it bad to be like this?”

Borman said. “What is [the professor ’s] point?”

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The story Borman tells is familiar to many students at UW, both in and out of the classroom. Online, some people don’t speak out for fear of being openly disparaged by their peers, but in discussion section it’s the silence and hostile stares that some conservative students say stifle open discussion.

Emelia Rohl, the spokesperson for UW College Republicans, said she doesn’t usually self-censor, but she understands why many of her conservative friends choose to. It’s difficult for many students to muster up the courage to speak on complex issues in front of their peers, and Rohl said this is compounded when a conservative student knows the majority of the class doesn’t agree with their opinion.

“On a campus like this it can be very hard to work up the courage to speak up when you’re outnumbered,” Rohl said.

“Sometimes it’s easier to just try and fit in.”

Here, Rohl points to her membership in College Republicans as an opportunity for conservative students on campus to be with other like-minded

individuals. Hopefully just meeting with other conservatives gives them enough courage to speak their mind during the next discussion.

This phenomenon of self-censorship isn’t unique to UW. A 2010 study by the American Associations of College Universities found that while 40 percent of freshman thought it was safe to hold unpopular opinions, only 30 percent of seniors thought the same thing.

Liberal pressures among faculty

It isn’t only students who choose to self-censor on university campuses.

In his recent book “Campus Politics,” professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania Jonathan Zimmerman points to a tendency among professors to hide their political views, especially among conservatives.

He pointed to one survey that showed one-third of professors reported omitting prior work experience on their resumes that might “out” them as a conservative when applying for academic positions.

This isn’t surprising given more than 60 percent of professors nationwide identify as liberal, according to a 2015 study by Colby College professor Neil Gross.

UW professor of political science Donald Downs, a conservative, said he doesn’t see many examples of full scale self-censorship among faculty he knows, but that doesn’t mean the pressures don’t exist.

Downs believes faculty choosing to censor their viewpoints is a product of more than just the perception of an overwhelming liberal majority. The type of professor, their academic environment and tenure status are all factors that can lead someone to refrain from engaging in open discussion on difficult topics, he said.

“Is there a lack of intellectual diversity on campus? I think there’s no question about that,” Downs said.

Conservatives take certain issues more seriously than others. Because of this, Downs believes UW and other institutions stand to gain from a more ideologically balanced faculty.

How to pursue intellectual diversity

But the jury’s still out on how to lessen the disparity between liberal and conservative professors, and whether it’s even possible or necessary. In 2012, Colorado University announced $1 million in funding to a hire a conservative professor, which succeeded in hiring a conservative professor but has not been widely replicated.

Downs said solutions such as this, which some might describe as “conservative affirmative action,” don’t really work.

Professors might construe themselves as conservative just to get hired and sometimes the best candidate for certain positions might not be a conservative. “[Intellectual diversity] should be talked about and should be part of public discourse that we need to strive for the broadest representation of viewpoints,” Downs said.

“The only solution I can see is that we need to be aware of it.”

But a lack of conservative professors isn’t the only way to look at intellectual diversity. Cody Fearing, a senior at UW majoring in sociology, said the real lack of diversity in thought comes from a shortage of professors of color.

Fearing believes intellectuals from communities of color and marginalized groups are found at the center of course curriculum.

“Whether it’s in STEM, the humanities, literature, everywhere you have to have a specifically designated course for those minds and voices to be centered,” Fearing said.

Another roadblock to intellectual diversity at the undergraduate level, Zimmerman said, is the lack of personal investment in class work from both undergraduates and professors in general. Zimmerman said because both students and professors spend less time preparing for and attending classes, there is little incentive for professors to try and foster more open discussion.

For Rohl, the answer lies in professors and teaching assistants providing a level playing field during discussions. Having a viewpoint counter to the norm can be difficult enough without discussion leaders taking a definitive stance on complicated classroom issues.

Rohl said she has had professors who have been very even-handed but also some who go to lengths to demonize conservatism and any viewpoints associated with it. She said in these

cases the professor is clearly discouraging open discussion by presupposing conservatives are in the wrong.

“If professors aren’t just bashing one side and encouraging that diversity of thought, that can help,” Rohl said.

Clara Hoff, a junior studying Spanish and international studies and a member of College Democrats, said she has also heard from her conservative peers that they often self-censor. She said making sure liberals don’t come across as hostile or self-righteous when discussing issues with conservatives is a good way to alleviate the pressures some conservatives say stifle their voices.

Hoff, like Rohl, believes intellectual diversity is an important concern in academia, but said she is more concerned with attacks from state legislators aimed at faculty. Like in the case of The Problem of Whiteness, a UW course attacked by a Rep. Dave Murphy R-Greenville who argued the instructor ’s goal is to paint all white people as racist.

“I think it’s important for students to be challenged, especially college-aged students who are forming their own opinions outside of their hometowns,” Hoff said.

More and more, universities like UW continue to make strides to please their students in what Zimmerman sees as the increasing commoditization of higher education. Zimmerman said this has led to an increase in administrators and the proliferation of speech codes, explicit or otherwise, inside campus conduct policy.

Zimmermann said these speech codes can stifle debate. But many students don’t seem sold.

Last semester students, including Fearing, protested a lecture from the controversial conservative speaker Ben Shapiro. Fearing said UW shouldn’t have even allowed Shapiro to speak on campus in the first place.

“I don’t think a platform should be given to hateful language on this campus,” Fearing said.

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Women’s March gave every woman opportunity to fight for herself

Recent worldwide protests show significance of standing for equality, justice, reproductive rights in Trump’s new America

by Claudia Meyer-Samargia Columnist

Wedged between a young man holding his daughter and a 50-something year old woman in a pink beanie, affectionately called a “pussy hat,” I prepare to exit the metro at the Federal Center station.

As I emerge from the train, a sea of men and women of every age and race greet me, each with their own reason for being there. I impatiently wait in line, ready to scan my metro card, eager to emerge from underground and see the turnout for the Women’s March on Washington. Each one of us scrambles forward, united in harmony with the same determination to make a statement.

On Third Street, the energy pulses beneath my feet to the beat of the phrase “I am woman, hear my roar.” Thousands of signs in a rainbow of colors, with equally colorful language, dance before my eyes. I set forward on this march along with two of my friends from Madison, a friend’s mom and two rambunctious sisters-in-law from Dallas we immediately bonded with on the metro. I proudly lift my own neon pink sign reading: “Feminism is the radical notion that women are people.”

The media made predictions, the news threw out numbers, but no one expected the march to be as huge as it was.

In Washington, D.C., an estimated 200,000 more than doubled to 500,000 people.

I am pressed up against people on every side. As I wiggle through the crowd, I am astonished at not only the extremely large crowd of women, but the amount of men in attendance.

As we chant in the streets, we break into a beautiful split chant between the women and men —“my body, my choice,” echoed by “her body, her choice.” Chills run up and down my spine. I yell at the top of my lungs.

The age range in the crowd amazes me. I see countless women holding signs reading, “I cannot believe I still have protest this shit.” I see a woman in a wheelchair holding a sign simply reading: “Today is my 100th birthday.” More chills.

I see children on their parents’ shoulders. I see children gripping their mothers’ hands. A little boy sits on his father ’s shoulders, holding a sign that reads, “Treat others fairly.” If only it was that simple.

Suddenly, we find ourselves in front of the White House. An extra fence has

been erected to allow for maximum space between the crowd and President Donald Trump’s new home.

It is only here I notice a few women getting angry. One woman asks a guard why there is a fence, and he explains they need to keep the president safe. She screams, “Is anyone going to try to keep all of us safe in these next four years? Does he care about us?”

Every inch of the fence and the sidewalk surrounding it is covered in the signs left by protesters. I choke back tears when my eye catches a sign that states, “2.9 million more people voted for her,” as it sinks in that this number is real.

In the months following the election, I have felt so alone at times in my love for former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and my extreme disappointment in her loss. I will forever mourn my Madame President. This march was a visualization of those who do not agree with Trump’s actions and agenda. I finally feel I am not alone.

We head down a packed street wedged between beautiful brick buildings. Men and women take photos of the march from the windows above, and protesters sitting on the edge of an overhead bridge wave signs and flags. As if propelled by the current of a river, I allow myself to be carried along with the rest of those marching and breathe it all in.

For the first time since Nov. 8, I encounter an emotion that used to be so familiar to me: hope.

I sit here now, safely in Madison, having returned from the largest protest in American history, reflecting on why this was so important to me.

Why did I march?

I marched for the strong, confident women who stood by my side every single day at my all-girls high school.

I marched for all of the inspiring organizers who I met as an intern at Hillary for America, who gave up their lives to fight for what they believe is right and drive positive change.

I marched for my mother, who taught me what it means to be a confident, independent woman.

I marched for my best friends — passionate, intelligent, compassionate and deserving of every opportunity to be successful.

I marched for the next generation of leading women, who I dream will have

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I marched for Clinton, who taught me to pursue my passions, never stop fighting and who will always be my champion.

I marched because I believe everyone should be treated as equal, regardless of gender, race or sexual orientation.

I marched for myself.

Because I am strong, intelligent and powerful.

The beauty of this march was it meant something else to every single person in attendance. For some, it was in opposition to Trump. For others, it was a chance to be in solidarity with the women of this country who are scared for their futures.

For me, it was a healing experience as well as a statement to the new president.

I want him to do well. I want this country to succeed. But he will never succeed if he forgets about the very important women of this country.

You do not have to agree with my politics, but you should respect the reason for this march — to demand equality for women.

In Clinton’s words: “Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights.” We are asking to be treated as equals — so we will march until the day we are, as we should be.

Claudia Meyer-Samargia (meyersamargi@ wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in strategic communications and journalism with a certificate in digital studies.

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‘Alt-right’ logic is baseless, unfounded, needs to be banned Potential creation of new campus group could endanger marginalized students, foster environment of hate

by Gwynna Norton Columnist

This week, many of us learned an “altright” club is coming to our campus.

Framed as a “pro-white” organization, its organizer Daniel Dropik promises to alleviate racial tensions on campus, which he views as caused by the “legitimate racial grievance[s]” of white students.

He believes the University of Wisconsin is an anti-white environment with antiwhite policies.

Looking down at the small piece of paper that barely fit between his thumb and index finger, two phrases glared ...

The evidence given in his recruitment video consists mostly of graffiti, the existence of anti-white racism (which he equates with the phrase “kill all white people”), the existence of hate and bias reporting and the invitation of activist Bree

Newsome to speak about anti-racism work.

As a white student myself, I wonder if he understands what whiteness means.

It’s not a culture or an ethnicity, it’s a constructed group. Whiteness didn’t exist until someone needed a justification for imperialist colonization, slavery and genocide.

Discussions of “white identity” or “white pride” ignore the facts and history of race and racism, instead choosing to imagine there has always been a proud, accomplished monolith of what “altright” leader Richard Spencer would call “children of the sun.”

This goal of eliminating racial violence seems great, but what we need isn’t prowhite advocacy.

White students and white people in general are humans and therefore need a source of real, healthy confidence and community, but it has to be outside of

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whiteness.

It’s not a matter of making ourselves feel good about belonging to a group that relies on violence for its existence, it’s a matter of getting over our fragile egos.

If we want solidarity and community, we need to get rid of racism and build something else.

It is this lack of identity and self-worth outside of whiteness that causes these socalled “racial grievances.”

After being taught you are naturally better, whether you hold this belief consciously or unconsciously, equality often feels like an attack.

If you are forced to question that worth, what do you have left? If you are forced to consider your privilege helped your accomplishments instead of only your hard work, what do you have to be proud of?

I say this not to people of color (most of whom understand this out of necessity), but to my fellow white students who have yet to understand why anti-racism makes them uncomfortable.

It’s because whiteness is such a part of identity and self-worth that we automatically reject any erosion of that power. The easy solution to this discomfort is to prop up the crumbling edifice of whiteness — no threat to your power, no uneasiness.

Student-led petition calls for Young Americans for Freedom to be denounced as hate group But this will never actually solve your problems and it actively harms many people.

Whiteness was, and is, constructed to justify and implement oppression and in any truly just and peaceful society, it cannot exist.

There will always be a threat to your power and privilege because your power and privilege are wrong, even by the very values we claim.

Until we all face that and let go, we will always feel defensive, we will always lash out again and we will never be able to have a healthy sense of self.

If you are a white student looking for a way to deal with guilt or questioning what you have been taught, there is a much better way.

Instead of retreating, doubling down and willfully ignoring the realities of the racist society we live in, you can move forward.

You can help repair all the damage racism causes. You can find something else to be proud of, something that doesn’t require elevating yourself by stepping on others. It won’t destroy you, I promise, and I think you’ll find it’s very healing, especially in the long run.

Beyond this misunderstanding, any presence of the “alt-right” on our campus is disturbing.

Dropik’s stated goal of respectful dialogue seems at odds with the actual positions of the “alt-right.”

Take Richard Spencer, for example. In the same speech where he used the phrase “children of the sun,” he questions if those who oppose the “alt-right” “are people at all, or instead soulless Golems, animated by some dark power.”

He thinks some people “make our lives worse just by the sheer fact of their existence,” that “[w]hites do, and other groups don’t,” that we are “uniquely, at the center of history” and we “conquer or die.”

In fact, he views any dialogue or defense as “beg[ging] for moral validation from some of the most despicable creatures to pollute the soil of this planet.”

This horrific, blatantly white supremacist speech given at an “alt-right” conference was met with cheers and Nazi salutes.

While Dropik, without evidence, claims this organization can operate within the guidelines and rules of this university, it seems clear the leaders of this movement would disapprove of even trying.

How can this dangerously insidious notion some people should not exist ever foster dialogue? How can white supremacy ever ease racial tensions?

Most importantly, how can we let a movement neo-Nazis support and are in involved in anywhere near students of color and Jewish, Muslim, queer, transgender and disabled students on this campus?

The vague promise of intellectual pursuit and dialogue is nowhere near worth the risk of letting organized white supremacy find a home here.

Do you want to end racial violence? Me too. I believe there is an actual solution, but this is not it.

Go home, Daniel.

Gwynna Norton (gwynna.norton@gmail. com) is a senior majoring in mathematics.

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At long last, DAPL moves forward as energy industry triumphs

As opposition at Standing Rock will soon learn, President Donald Trump’s plans essential for country to thrive again

by John Graber Columnist

In a victory for energy expansion, President Donald Trump has signed executive orders that have revived the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines.

This is just the start of his energy policies, which will continue the growth we’ve seen over the last few years thanks to fracking.

While a handful of agitated activists might attempt to stop the constructions, the great majority of the United States will benefit from the efficient transportation of an economic need. A society cannot succeed without energy.

The truth is most of the concerns around pipelines don’t amount to much. The Dakota Access pipeline does not run through or endanger the Standing Rock Reservation as many opponents have claimed.

In fact, other pipelines near the route of Dakota Access have existed for years. There is also no evidence of human remains where the underground pipeline will be built as some advocates against it have claimed.

Law enforcement’s heroic efforts to remove devilishly recalcitrant protesters have been unsuccessful, but they now have an ally in the White House who I am confident will work tirelessly to ensure pipeline construction is protected.

The Keystone pipeline debate has been in the news longer than Dakota Access.

President Barack Obama vetoed a bill authorizing it in February 2015.

Ironically, his administration had no problem with financing an $18 billion pipeline in Kenya.

Environmentalists’ arguments against Keystone were similar to those of Dakota Access, except there weren’t widespread protests with regard to construction near Native American reservations.

Fear over oil spills and accidents are exaggerated. Any structure built has its weaknesses, but pipelines are very safe.

Research fellow Isaac Orr of the Heartland Institute found there are an average of 216 spills from oil pipelines per year, approximately spilling an annual average of 35,317 barrels.

It might sound large, but that figure is minuscule to the 9.8 billion barrels of oil transported a year.

It is estimated 99.99 percent of oil transported in 2015 arrived safely at its destination.

Those truly threatened are those who wouldn’t be able to enjoy the construction of the pipelines.

Companies like TransCanada and Dakota Access Services wouldn’t prosper without them. Construction workers keep their jobs so long as there is something that needs completion.

The other losers would’ve been consumers who’d miss out on the benefits of more efficient energy transportation. All of this

great progress was being halted until now.

Blocking pipelines means oil would have to be transported via rail and a study from the nonpartisan Fraser Institute in Vancouver, Canada, found pipeline transportation is 4.5 times safer than trains.

Any oil spill can be cleaned up, but fewer accidents are better.

Preventing the construction of future pipelines would hurt America’s energy infrastructure, leading to loss of 1,450.25 gigawatts, according to a report from the Consumer Energy Alliance.

That’s enough to power California, New York, Texas, Ohio and all of New England combined.

The impact would be a minimum loss of $15.38 billion in private capital expenditures and create more financial stress for 43 million people who live under the poverty line.

Nearly a third of American electricity generation would be lost by 2030 under these dreadful conditions.

Pipelines are just one part of the equation for the American energy renaissance.

Thanks to hydraulic fracturing (more commonly known as fracking), oil production in the country has been on a sharp rise.

Around 5.5 million barrels of crude oil were being produced every day in 2010.

Now we produce more than 9 million.

In fact, we have such an abundance of energy in the United States that Japan has just bought its first shipment of American liquefied natural gas.

The fracking revolution has also been beneficial from a geopolitical standpoint. It has changed the world oil marketplace for the next several years.

Global crises like a weakened European economy and ISIS would often lead oil prices to spike, but the United States remains far away from these problems, allowing for fracking continue without a hitch.

Once again, concerns over environmental damage are unfounded. What’s so amazing about the fracking boom is it’s led to a drop in CO2 emissions.

The development of this cleaner way to extract resources means we can replace older oil rigs that cause more pollution.

As a businessman, Trump understands the huge potential in the American energy sector and it would be foolish for him not to enable more growth.

Building more pipelines and continuing to use the power of the drill will keep prices low, companies growing and people happy.

When in doubt, the power of the market is the way to go.

John M. Graber (jgraber3@wisc.edu) is a junior majoring in history and political science.

Photo · Preventing construction of DAPL and similar pipelines would have adverse impacts on American energy expansion and infrastructure, so Trump’s support is a notable victory.

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Right now, world, America needs feminism, not complacency International protests benefit all women, not just millions who chose to march, by proving unwavering solidarity in difficult era

by Aly Niehans Associate Opinion Editor

More than one million people extended the Women’s March on Washington to reach all seven continents on Jan. 21.

From Nairobi, Kenya, to Paris to Madison to Antarctica, men and women spoke out against President Donald Trump’s rhetoric and proposed policies restricting and stripping away women’s rights in America.

This was a triumphant moment for women and for the feminist cause in more ways than one. It brought millions of people together to reiterate, once again, women deserve rights and equality. It aimed to be more inclusive than the feminist movement has been in the past, and I would argue it was largely successful.

It was a protest for rights we, as women, should not have to be fighting for anymore, yet here we are.

But conservative women have taken to speaking out against the Women’s March, saying that those who participated have a “victim’s mentality” and the March was nothing more than the liberal left whining about losing the election. Women have also taken to comparing women’s rights in America to those in countries such as Pakistan, Guatemala and Mali, whose “real injustices and tragedies” far outweigh the nonexistent problems American women are complaining about.

Tomi Lahren, perhaps the most outspoken conservative woman who spends her time condemning the “liberal snowflakes,” spoke out against the Women’s March and feminism in general on her talk show Tomi on TheBlaze.

“What reason [did liberals have for the Women’s March]? To show little girls around the country that, they too, can play the victim card, they too can have their greatest contribution to society be whining about an election ... jeez, I would hope you’d encourage your daughters to have thick skin, a good grasp on reality and a snowflake exterior,” Lahren said.

Susan L.M. Goldberg wrote on PJ Media of the protesters who participated in the Women’s March that, “If you want to throw the biggest temper-tantrum in American history, you just need to be a really big pussy.”

But were the millions of people who protested on Jan. 21 really just giant pussies? Most definitely not, and for other women to ridicule their counterparts for standing up for women’s rights that benefit all women is disgusting.

It’s true there are women’s rights violations all over the world, many more grievous than those occurring in the United States. However, violations in other

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countries do not negate what is happening here. What is happening in America is Trump and his cabinet, more white and more male than any cabinet since Ronald Reagan’s, is hellbent on taking away a woman’s right to an abortion, access to contraception and demoting women to second-class citizens.

This administration does not believe women are capable of being strong, independent leaders, as made apparent throughout Trump’s campaign, and no woman should be okay with that.

Furthermore, the very idea women should sit back and watch as men strip their rights away from them is

outdated and insulting. There is a difference between having thick skin or a grasp on reality, and being complacent in the face of adversity.

Now is certainly not the time to be complacent, considering that, a week into his administration, Trump has already signed an executive order detrimental to women’s health worldwide. Women like Lahren need to stop telling girls to have a thick skin while their right to their own body is being taken away.

Women need to stop telling other women to stop whining that Trump is president because, quite frankly, in seven days a Trump presidency has already been

Photo · Upwards of 100,000 people marched down State Street in support of women’s reproductive rights Jan. 21, a day after Donald Trump’s inauguration.

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detrimental to women’s health, and he still has four years left in office.

In response to the women who ask what the point of marching is, or what it will accomplish, have you ever heard of the Civil Rights Movement, or the protests to secure the 19th Amendment which gave you the right to vote?

Last time I checked, protests the size of the Women’s March in America have had a pretty good track record of getting things done. They eventually secured equal rights for minorities following the restrictive Jim Crow laws of the south. They made sure that you, and other women, had the right to vote.

Protests are social instruments that have had a major impact on America’s history, so I don’t understand why women in 2017 are bashing the current protests for being whiny, liberal, leftist events that will accomplish nothing.

I also don’t understand women who don’t consider themselves feminists.

Feminism is not saying that women are better than men, that all women who consider themselves feminists must be pro-choice or that women cannot be stayat-home mothers. Instead, feminism is a movement that wants women to be equal.

Feminists want equal pay, because women still earn 80 cents to every dollar a man earns.

Feminists want equal opportunity for women, because, although women are more educated than men, we make up just 20 percent of Congress and have never been elected president. Feminists want the right to choose what to do to our own bodies, just like men have the right to choose what to do to theirs.

Feminism transcends political affiliations, religion and culture, and women who cannot get behind this either don’t understand the movement or have internalized some of the misogyny rampant in Washington.

The Women’s March is something that all women should appreciate, because it is working to protect rights that benefit all women, not just those who marched.

I’m not asking for all women to agree wholeheartedly with what the march stood for, but I am asking for women who disagree to stop publicly derailing those who marched and educate themselves on what the march was really protesting, and which rights you potentially would’ve lost if millions had not marched.

Aly Niehans (aniehans@badgerherald. com) is a freshman majoring in international studies.

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No. 1 Badgers rout Mankato 5-0, 6-1 in weekend sweep Wisconsin sets NCAA attendance record at Kohl Center amid three-game homestead against St. Cloud State

by Kristen Larson Beat Writer

Wisconsin routed Minnesota State University, Mankato to cap off a threeweek homestead that featured an NCAA record-setting attendance for a women’s hockey game amid string of intense Western Collegiate Hockey Association matchups.

In the first of the three home series, Wisconsin bested St. Cloud State University 2-0 in front of 15,359 fans at the Kohl Center as part of UW’s 2017 “Fill the Bowl” event on Saturday, Jan. 14.

Traditionally, Wisconsin women’s hockey plays home games in the LaBahn Arena, but the school’s “Fill the Bowl” event occurs on the men’s team’s home ice at the Kohl Center. The Kohl Center boasts nearly 15,000 more seats than LaBahn, and the Badger faithful filled nearly every one in the special venue change.

The turnout shattered the NCAA women’s hockey previous single-game attendance record of 13,573 that Wisconsin set in the 2014 and most recent chapter of the event. With the attendance record against St. Cloud, Wisconsin now owns the five highest single-game attendance totals in NCAA women’s hockey history.

Building off the energy and pride created this monumental turnout in the temporary venue change, Wisconsin went on to defeat North Dakota 3-2 and 2-1 the following weekend back on the LaBahn home ice. The weekend series was the second consecutive home sweep of 2017, lifting the Badgers to 5-0 total record in the new year before hosting Minnesota State University, Mankato the next weekend.

The all-time series between Mankato and Wisconsin has always favored the Badgers, with a 72-2-3 overall record against the Mavericks. With a grand total of 16 Badgers earning points this weekend, it was clear the Mavericks were still having problems keeping up with Wisconsin.

The skill difference between these two teams was apparent the minute the puck dropped Friday night. Wisconsin (24-2-1-0, 19-2-1-0 WCHA) outshot the Mavericks 4715, and managed to not only net two powerplay goals, but one short-handed goal as well.

“We created a bunch of opportunities and capitalized on a couple power plays and overall it was a good effort,” Wisconsin head coach Mark Johnson said.

Mankato (6-20-3, 3-17-2 WCHA) had a

hard time keeping up with the Badgers’ defense as well, with Wisconsin controlling much of the pace. Even after the first period, it was apparent why Mankato came into the weekend at the bottom of the WCHA, and the night closed out with a 5-0 victory for the Badgers.

Saturday would closely resemble Friday’s matchup, in that Wisconsin was clearly the superior team. While the Mavericks did manage to get a goal past Ann-Renée Desbiens, their power-play goal would be the Mavericks’ only score of the weekend.

The Badgers swept the weekend with a 6-1 victory Saturday afternoon.

Two Badgers reached career milestones Saturday afternoon, with Sydney McKibbon and Emily Clark both earning their 100th career point during the first period. Clark and McKibbon were both happy with the achievement, but more concerned with getting the conference win it in front of a home crowd.

“It was pretty cool to share that with [McKibbon] tonight,” Clark said. “A huge thanks to my line mates, I think they made a couple extra passes that they definitely could have shot this weekend, but pretty cool feeling, especially to do it at home.”

With a grand total of nine Badgers scoring goals this weekend — five of them being freshmen — it is clear Wisconsin has become an even more dynamic team. With a road test against Bemidji State University awaiting the Badgers next weekend, coach Johnson knows he has made a team that is becoming more and more difficult to suppress.

“We got contributions from different people,” Johnson said. “Get some depth in your scoring and it becomes difficult to defend.”

Wisconsin also managed to silence Mankato without veteran senior defenseman Melissa Channell on the ice after she left the second game of the North Dakota series due to injury a week prior.

While the No. 1 Badgers boast deep talent across the roster, it often takes even the best of teams a certain trial period to adjust to a veteran absence on the ice going forward.

This may be especially apparent in the Badgers first upcoming road test since the loss against a solid Bemidji State team next weekend in Minnesota.

Photo · The Badgers bounced back from two crucial injuries to sweep Mankato only a week after breaking the NCAA attendance record during “Fill the Bowl.”

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Women’s hockey: UW could be without defenseman Channell

Despite regular-season dominance, injury struggles could leave Badgers shorthanded going into national tournament

by Kristen Larson Beat Writer

After a difficult contest against the University of North Dakota, the future of the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team is uncertain.

After a hard-fought battle both days against the Fighting Hawks, the Badgers are now one defensemen down. Mellissa Channell has been injured for the past week, missing Wisconsin series against Minnesota State University-Mankato due to an undisclosed illness.

Channell met a Hawks player against the boards, falling down in what seemed to be excruciating pain on the left side of her head. After attempting to skate back to UW’s bench, Channell would be overcome with pain in the middle of the rink, and need the assistance of her teammates to make it to the Wisconsin tunnel.

It seemed as if Channell was fine, and she came back to play the remainder of the first period. But her playing style was not the same, and she seemed to be straining her neck quite frequently, which is most likely why she did not return after the first period intermission.

Channell’s injury presents a major problem for Wisconsin, since she is onehalf of their famous defensive duo. With Wisconsin head coach Mark Johnson saying he has no estimated time of return for the defender, this is a look at the potential changes to the Badger lineup.

The Defense

First Line: Jenny Ryan and Mikaela Gardner Wisconsin’s dynamic duo will no longer be intact, so finding Ryan a partner that she has a semblance of chemistry with is going to be a challenge for Johnson. Not wanting to risk changing too many things around, it seems like Johnson will keep pairing Ryan with Gardner.

Gardner is a talented defender who managed to make quite an impact last year with her partner Kim Drake. Gardner also has a strong relationship with Ryan, who was her mentor during her freshman year.

Last weekend the duo seemed to handle themselves well, with Gardner tallying a total of four points, and Gardner managed to net a power play goal for the Badgers.

If Ryan is forced to part with her long-time defensive partner Channell, Gardner has shown that she is more than qualified to step in.

Second Line: Maddie Rolfes and MeKenzie Steffens With Rolfes main partner filling in for Channell, many would have assumed that Maddie Rowe would have filled in for Gardner, and that Steffens would continue to work with her usual partner Lauren Williams. However, it seemed that Johnson saw a chemistry between Rolfes and Steffens that was worth moving more players around.

With Steffens being one of the starting defenders for Wisconsin this year, she has plenty of experience under her belt and is more than capable of playing with the likes of Rolfes. Rolfes, who missed a large part of last year due to an injury, doesn’t have a steady partner, so this should be an easy adjustment for both girls.

Steffens and Rolfes had an undeniable chemistry against Mankato, with Steffens scoring Friday’s game-winning goal, thanks to the help of her defense partner.

These two might just be a fearsome duo in the making.

Third Line: Lauren Williams and Maddie Rowe Even though she had a scary collision with a North Dakota player on the ice, Williams returned to the Badgers lineup for their series against Mankato. Williams return is a blessing for Wisconsin, since they only had Rowe left on their roster.

With Williams experience and Rowe’s new perspective on the game, these two are going to be one of the biggest variables for the Wisconsin defense. In her first game with Williams, Rowe managed to be the second defensemen to score Friday afternoon, so clearly she has the talent to work alongside her new partner.

together multiple times for various international events. These three know each other well, and their chemistry is evident. If Johnson does choose to stick with this line, it will be a challenge for any goalie to prevent these three from scoring at least once per game.

Second Line: Sydney McKibbon, Sam Cogan, and Presley Norby Much like the first line, originally Cogan was not expected to leave her usual line with Pankowski and Clark. Johnson moved Cogan on Saturday, and it was clear that this was not a random decision.

The chemistry between McKibbon, Cogan and Norby was evident from the moment that they skated on the ice. Not only did they have some of the smoothest passing of all three Wisconsin lines, but the McKibbon-Cogan-Norby line was present for three of the six UW goals that afternoon.

While Johnson was hesitant to admit this change might be permanent, this line could be just as successful as he PankowskiClark-Nurse line, and would make the Badgers an extremely dangerous force.

Third Line: Sophia Shaver, Baylee Wellhausen/Mikayla Johnson, and Alexis Mauermann/Abby Roque Wellhausen and Shaver have been teammates from the beginning of the season, so their dynamic has already been established. However, Johnson still has several players left on the bench, but only one spot to fill it with.

Usually Roque fills out this line, and

has proven to be quite effective with Shaver and Wellhausen. However, with as successful of a weekend as Mauermann had, tallying a point in each game she played, this freshman has also earned her right to become a starter. Odds are the two will just continue to alternate playing time for the remainder of the season.

The blow of injuries comes as probably one of the very few things that could keep the No. 1 team from finishing their goal of winning the national championship.

In years past, even with a less talented roster, the Badgers have fallen short of the program’s first championship in the Frozen Four, losing to rival and then-No. 1 University of Minnesota.

While Channell and Williams don’t individually hold the key to a Wisconsin championship, their impact is noticeable and their return could be crucial in bringing these seniors the finish to their career that they’ve been striving for.

Johnson has easily been one of the best coaches in women’s hockey for years, but will be asked to do quite a bit more in the coming weeks to put himself on top for the first time in his coaching career. Much like his playing days at Wisconsin, this team has the capability to go the distance, but will need to be healthy to do it.

With so much uncertainty in the air, the Badgers are in for a rough few weeks of challenging play. And with WCHA playoffs looming in the corner, hopefully Channell heals quickly. Until then, it seems like Johnson’s new lines are more than capable of holding down the fort.

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First Line: Annie Pankowski, Emily Clark, and Sarah Nurse While Johnson originally did not start with this line Saturday, eventually the Pankowski-ClarkNurse line became an established first line for Johnson. While some coaches might consider putting all three top scorers on the same line, one cannot deny the chemistry between all three girls.

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Men’s hockey: Johnson, Badgers score big win in Big Apple Wisconsin upends Ohio State in overtime thriller Saturday after solid win Thursday, sending them to top of Big Ten

by Ben Pierce and Peter Tongas Beat Writers

The University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team (12-8-1, 5-2-0-0 Big Ten) continued their impressive play Thursday night, upsetting No. 8 Ohio State (12-56, 3-3-1-1) to mark their second straight victory over a Top 10 team.

After an exciting weekend in which the Badgers split games with top-ranked rival Minnesota, UW looked to continue its strong Big Ten play in Columbus taking on the eighth-ranked Buckeyes.

Wisconsin jumped out to an early lead, a nice response after they found themselves trailing at the end of the first period in both games last weekend. The breakthrough came just 3:24 in on a short-handed goal by captain Luke Kunin, his 15th on the season.

The sophomore slotted home a beautiful centering pass from junior defenseman Jake Linhart to extend his point streak to seven games.

It didn’t take long for the Badgers to add to their lead, as Cameron Hughes took advantage of a turnover 5:22 later by finding sophomore Matthew Freytag in the middle, who put it past Christian Frey for his second tally of the season.

Wisconsin went into the second period on top 2-0, with freshman goalkeeper Jack Berry stopping a perfect seven of the seven shots he faced.

OSU pulled back within one goal 4:28 into the second period with a score from Matthew Weis. The game would remain a one-goal contest for the rest of the period and most of the third, before Ryan Wagner put the game out of reach with an emptynet goal in the last minute.

The Badgers defense and Jack Berry did well stifling the second-ranked OSU offense, who are averaging 4.09 goals per game this season. Berry finished the game with a .96 save percentage, stopping 26 of the 27 shots he faced to improve his record to 6-4-1 on the year.

“Confident, relaxed, doesn’t get rattled,” Granato said about Berry. “It settles our team down. He was outstanding again, certainly the number-one star in the game today.”

A nail-biter in New York on Sunday ended in a 3-2 Badger victory and a weekend sweep of the No. 8 Ohio State Buckeyes.

After coming off the convincing 3-1 victory two nights before in Columbus, Ohio, the Badgers looked to make it two in a row over the Buckeyes under the lights at Madison Square Garden.

Wisconsin got on the board first when senior forward Aidan Cavallini fired a beautiful wrister over the glove of OSU goaltender Christian Frey, giving the Badgers the 1-0 heading into the first

intermission.

The rest of the Super Saturday matchup would play out to be a defensive battle as both teams went scoreless in the second period and continued deep into the third.

Early in the third, Wisconsin was awarded a five-minute major when OSU’s Josh Healey laid a brutal shot on Wisconsin senior Grant Besse, sending the star forward to the ice, where he eventually had to be helped off.

The Badgers would add on an additional two minutes of penalty time when OSU committed a boarding penalty seconds later, but would lose their senior leader for the rest of the game.

As the third period pressed on and the power play ensued, the Buckeyes thwarted every shot the Badgers threw their way, ending the Wisconsin advantage with the score locked 1-0.

It wasn’t until five minutes remained in regulation when Badger sophomore forward Matthew Freytag found the back of the net with confidence to seal the deal for Wisconsin.

The Buckeyes would not be denied so soon, however, as they jumped back into the game with a late power-play goal, cutting the Wisconsin lead to one.

As the final two minutes of regulation ensued, the Buckeyes became desperate to even the score. Finally, with a man advantage, an empty net and 16 seconds left, OSU found the back of the net on a deflection to send the game into overtime.

“We were sloppy for a while you know, holding onto a 2-1 lead and the bench looked at me as I was trying to deal out instructions and they were like, ‘Okay coach we got this, don’t worry we got this,’” head coach Tony Granato said.

The Buckeyes were rolling heading into the extra time but the Badgers weren’t fazed. Neither team could find a hole in their opponent’s defense, and the Big Ten opponents battled it out until junior forward Cameron Hughes whacked in a rebound to end the game and give the Badgers the weekend sweep.

“I thought we bounced back great and had jump and the bench still had life and we still believed in ourselves...” Hughes said. “That’s the bottom line, you always have to believe in yourself and good things will happen.”

Wisconsin has every right to believe in themselves and their team as they have gone 6-2 in their last eight games, taking down two ranked opponents in Minnesota and OSU. In a high-flying Big Ten conference, the Badgers have proved they are here to stay.

The win moved UW into a tie for first in the conference, solidifying the return of Badger hockey.

Photo · Team improves their win streak to three after upsetting No. 8 Buckeyes Thursday and Saturday night.

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35 MAC 39 “I learned to be a movie critic by reading ___ magazine”: Roger Ebert 42 GPS suggestion 43 Places where people have withdrawals?

47 Galoot 48 Choose 49 Sports entertainment show since 1993 51 CHEESE 55 The “E” of 14-Across 56 Observe 57 Bring to a boil 58 ___ wheels 59 Supported 61 “Shoot for the moon!” … or a hint to interpreting the clues to 17-, 25-, 35- and 51-Across 63 European river that inspired Smetana 64 Baseball’s ___ Desmond, threetime Silver Slugger Award winner 65 Alternatively 66 Message board admin 67 Sudden turn 68 Gardener’s bane DOWN 1 Aromatherapy substance 2 Single-named singer with the 2002 hit “Foolish” 3 Ariadne helped him navigate the Labyrinth 4 Jiffy 5 Tees off 6 Magazine urging 7 Hardly serious 8 Heavyweight bout venue

9 Screeners’ org.

10 Golden 11 Christian supergroup?

12 007 movie after “Skyfall” 16 Heavy-metal band with a killer sound?

18 Word with fast or fire 22 “Spare me!”

26 Comic actor Danny 28 Slangy negative 32 Be alongside 33 Instinctive 36 Longtime Yankee nickname 37 Took care of the last bit 38 Norma ___ (Sally Field title role) 39 11/2-liter bottle 40 Fitting 41 Like the Hallows in a Harry Potter title 44 Quake 45 Torpor 46 Drank, as from a flask 49 Undertaking, as a war 50 “Say ___” 52 Water and sunlight, for plants 53 David ___, longtime Red Sox slugger 54 Faith founded in Persia 60 Thai neighbor 62 ___ Gardens, N.Y.

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