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MOVING PAST THE MARCH

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Weeks after the Women’s March on Madison, experts weigh in on its consequences and strategies moving forward.

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Badgers fall in the Big Ten standings after Penn State snaps their five-game winning streak.

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The Badger Herald Editorial Board discusses Gov. Walker’s recently released budget plans and the potential impact for UW students.

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Students plan opposition to proposal allowing for segregated fees ‘opt out’ SSFC says free bus pass program, other transportation, health, sexual assault prevention, veterans support services at risk

by Dana Kampa State Editor

University of Wisconsin students considered what a future with reduced segregated fees would look like in light of a proposal in the Wisconsin state budget.

In Gov. Scott Walker’s education-focused state budget address delivered Feb. 8, the governor included a proposal to allow students to opt out of paying segregated fees, which the Student Service Finance Committee allocate to student groups and services.

Nonallocable fees for long-term fixed financial obligations, operating costs, student unions, health care, child care and recreational sports would remain unchanged, according to the state budget brief. But allocable fees for student organizations and activities would be subject to change.

“Allowing an opt-out helps students make the decisions on what they do and do not want to fund,” according to a statement from Walker’s office.

Nonallocable fees amount to $518.58 per

student each semester and allocable fees total $88.98 per semester, according to data from the Associated Students of Madison. These allocable fees have increased .014 percent in the past 10 years when adjusted for inflation.

Both the UW System and UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank have praised the budget’s investments in the System, though they did not immediately directly comment on the proposal for changing segregated fees.

“There are a number of policy proposals included in the governor’s budget proposal as well that we will review to determine the impact on our campus,” Blank said in a statement Feb. 7.

Dean of Students Lori Berquam urged the Joint Finance Committee to remove the provision from the budget in a letter.

“Changing the nature of our student segregated fee structure would have a significant impact on a number of important services and programs such as transportation, health, sexual assault prevention, veterans support, along with student leadership training,” Berquam said.

Since the announcement, students and legislators have raised concerns about how

Photo · Nonallocable fees amount to $518.58 per student each semester and allocable fees

total $88.98 per semester. These allocable fees have increased .014 percent in the past 10 years when adjusted for inflation.

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opting out could affect the UW campus. The General Student Services Fund, which is supplied by allocable segregated fees, facilitates the budgets of 16 different student organizations and programs.

Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, said immediately after hearing Walker’s state budget address she was “very concerned” about the segregated fees proposal.

“We heard today that this could impact access to health services for sexual assault survivors and things that are very, very alarming,” Taylor said.

Taylor said being able to be part of a university community and being able to partake of the various, diverse range of clubs and other activities offered on campus is part of being a student.

SSFC Vice Chair David Morel said he could see enough people opting out that funding would become insufficient and some organizations would lose funding, leaving a student government with power in name only.

“The biggest thing is that you’re going to lose the advocacy that currently ASM can afford these students,” Morel said.

SSFC Rep. Brooke Evans said groups working with underrepresented communities such as Wunk Sheek could struggle because students at a predominantly white institution may not want to pay for services they don’t utilize. Evans said the point of SSFC is to fund programs and services not already provided by the university.

Paid student government positions would likely dwindle as well and present equity issues, Evans said.

“That means a lot of the students who can participate in student government are students with means, and students like me would not be able to participate,” Evans said.

Morel said the free bus pass program would also have to go as well once the contract with Madison Metro expired, also eliminating “critical” bus routes for disabled students.

Rep. Denzel Bibbs said he is particularly concerned about students who rely on the bus pass program to go to work, making the loss “detrimental” for low-income students without other modes of transportation.

Evans said overall the effect of opting out would be saving a few hundred dollars for students with means while making other services “overwhelmingly more expensive” for low-income students.

Approximately 40 students from differing groups, some who identified themselves simply

as concerned students, met Monday at the Student Activity Center to understand issues with the proposal and strategize lobbying efforts against opting out as the Joint Finance Committee considers the governor’s budget.

ASM Legislative Affairs Committee Chair Sally Rohrer said Walker’s budget challenges the percent of fees students completely control.

“At the end of the day, it’s going to be less money in the pot,” Rohrer said.

Campus Funding adviser Jack Meischen said if fees were no longer mandatory, student government would no longer be required

“Changing the nature of our student

segregated fee structure would have a significant impact on a number of important services and programs such as transportation, health, sexual assault prevention, veterans support, along with student leadership training.”

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to abide by viewpoint neutrality, an issue dwindling funds could potentially exacerbate.

Atheists, Humanists, & Agnostics President Nicole Niebler said the proposal could potentially impact the group in multiple ways, from programming to employment to losing viewpoint neutrality in its funding.

ASM’s current GSSF Comprehensive Guide describes viewpoint neutrality as the “most fundamental rule in SSFC decision-making” by a mandate from the U.S. Supreme Court’s.

“In simple terms, it is not the role of the committee to challenge or affirm a group’s overall philosophy, but to provide a space where groups with widely divergent outlooks can interact and contribute to campus life,” according to the guide.

Niebler said AHA would likely receive less funding without viewpoint neutrality, considering it is viewed as contentious.

“What we need to be doing as a university is educating people on a wholesome basis,” Niebler said.

The students in attendance made plans to lobby Wisconsin senators and representatives and to meet again in two weeks.

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White House experience prepares alumna for new position as WID director UW’s impact on Handelsman’s career sparked interest in job, she wants to further interdisciplinary research at university

by Montana Leggett City Editor

After completing a career at the White House, University of Wisconsin alumna Jo Handelsman has returned to the Dairy State as the new director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery.

Handelsman earned her undergraduate degree in agronomy at Cornell University before earning her Ph.D. in molecular biology at UW. Handelsman served as the associate director for science in the White House before getting her new position at UW. She said her experience in the White House had a major impact on how she thinks about the interaction between science and government. This was an eye-opening experience, she said, because she spends the majority of her time in the laboratory.

“It changed a lot of my thinking and gave me lots of new ideas about how we can use science for society and teach society about

science and also engage society in decision making about science,” Handelsman said.

She learned much from former President Barack Obama’s leadership style while at the White House, she said.

In 2011, Obama awarded Handelsman the Presidential Medal for Mentoring in Science and Engineering. Earning this award, she said, had an impact on her because it honored research she started at Wisconsin in 2002. She said this research focused on a culmination of work on how to be a better mentor and how to practice science.

“That was a pretty important award to me because it recognized something that was very dear to my heart and that I cared a lot about — and I cared a lot about the colleagues I worked with on mentoring,” Handelsman said.

Handelsman originally planned to go to Yale to continue her research and teaching after her time at the White House ended, she said. She also wanted to give back to society at a national level and could do that at Yale.

But there is growing interest in bringing public servants into academic places, Handelsman said. In her last year at the White House, she received many offers for different positions. The offer from UW was the only one that piqued her interest because of its large role in her career.

Handelsman said she wanted to run her own lab again, create policies and use leadership skills she learned at the White House, but wasn’t sure how it would all come together.

“WID just seemed like the perfect solution,” Handelsman said. “My research fits perfectly within the WID mission and there’s some terrific people to collaborate with here at WID and my background in interdisciplinary research fits really well.”

Handelsman said this position fulfilled her personal goals, commitment to Wisconsin and UW and her interest in the national impact of science.

As director of WID, Handelsman said she will conduct a strategic planning exercise to determine the direction WID will move

toward. She said she has some ideas for WID’s direction, but wants to create a collective process.

Handelsman said she learned a variety of ways to get things done during her time at the White House. She said she plans to use these experiences to deal with solving issues and pursuing new ideas at WID. Previous struggles with issues regarding interdisciplinary research in her own experience have prepared her for this position, Handelsman said. Bringing various areas of science together is the mission of WID, she added.

Handelsman said students should understand science is difficult and failure is a normal. It’s not just a field for people who are gifted in the area, she added.

“I think it’s very important that students to know not to give up when they have struggles,” Handelsman said. “A lot of students will conclude that they’re not cut out for science just because it’s hard for them — and that’s not a valid conclusion.”

EPA grant freeze leaves future of research, innovation at UW uncertain Federal funding also helps improve community outreach, extend teaching outside classroom for students of all ages

by Izabela Zaluska Copy Associate

A federal freeze on Environmental Protection Agency grants has some University of Wisconsin researchers questioning the future of innovation at the university.

President Donald Trump’s administration froze all EPA grants and contracts Jan. 24 but later lifted the freeze Jan. 30. The Trump administration said programs will continue as planned but UW researchers are uncertain how the situation will play out in the future, said Natasha Kassulke, spokesperson for the Office of the Vice Chancellor of Research and Graduate Education.

The uncertainty has a particularly significant impact on UW because of its top research university status.

“Grants have been important in terms of funding innovative projects — projects that are very important to the future of human health,” Kassulke said.

During the 2015-16 academic year, UW received $3.4 million in research funding.

During the 2016 fiscal year, they received about $2.5 million in grants, Kassulke said.

Currently, there are seven EPA-funded grants that go toward studying the effects of environmental toxins to communicating with communities about ecological restoration through the Latino Earth Partnership, Kassulke said. There are also four pending proposals, valued at $1.8 million.

The partnership engages youth in environmental stewardship through the integration of language, cultural perspectives and hands-on experiences with ecological restoration education, Earth Partnership program director Cheryl Bauer-Armstrong said. Because of current EPA funding, teachers and students from more than 50 schools are able to develop outdoor classrooms and native habitats, she said.

“By restoring a native habitat it helps students develop a relationship with the

land, community and other students,” Bauer-Armstrong said. “Restoration-based education makes learning more alive and engaging, and students can see the firsthand effects of what they’ve done.

Without the grants, LEP would not have been able to collaborate with other universities and nature centers, BauerArmstrong said. EPA funding has also contributed to solving community problems and improving quality of life, which has been critical in promoting the Wisconsin Idea, she said.

Similarly, EPA funding has been important for UW associate professor of landscape architecture David Bart’s project since the EPA is the only agency that currently offers grants he can use, he said.

His project looks at the impacts of highcapacity wells on a specific type of wetland with the hopes the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will place these wells in a way that does minimal damage.

In Bart’s lab, eight undergraduate students have worked on the grant so

far. For Bart, research and teaching are inherently connected. He believes the teaching improves the research and vice versa, and tries to incorporate the two.

Kassulke said UW’s research brings it credibility and attracts top faculty and students from around the world. Using EPA grants to continue this growth in innovation is key to the university’s success.

“Research is a key function of each member of our faculty, and it really makes it possible for a university, like the UW, to attract the best students and faculty,” Kassulke said.

Francisco Arcaute, EPA Region 5 spokesperson, said in an email to The Badger Herald all grants are proceeding “normally” so far and no delays are expected. This includes environmental program grants and grants with lowinterest loans to the states and tribes.

The EPA intends to continue to provide information to the public as it becomes available, Arcaute said.

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Weeks later, experts say Women’s March on Madison causing ‘ripple effects’

Professors, organizers say protests need to be part of ‘bigger strategy’ to be effective, will have complex consequences over time

by Emily Hamer Contributor

It has been more than three weeks since 75,000 to 100,000 fervent Madisonians took to the streets to take part in one of the largest protests in the nation’s history: the Women’s March.

But now that the march is over many have wondered, what, if anything, stands to change?

University of Wisconsin Sociology professor Randy Stoecker said though protests are “momentarily empowering,” without sustained action a protest won’t prompt social or political change.

Similarly, UW Afro-American studies and history professor Brenda Plummer said it’s not enough to simply have a “feel good” protest where people with similar views come together to vent.

Plummer said it was unclear whether the Women’s March was a protest of this sort, but either way it’s important to look toward the future.

“It well may be that people are using [the Women’s March] as a prelude to something rather than an end point,” Plummer said. “It’s to be hoped that ... it’s the beginning of something [and] not just a one-off opportunity for people to express themselves.”

Stoecker said the Women’s March needs to be one part of a “bigger strategy” to be effective.

Thom Hemeleski, one of the four main organizers for the Women’s March on Madison, agreed. He said he is optimistic the Women’s March will serve as a “catalyst” for change.

“We said at the rally and we have said many times since then marching is just one thing,” Hemeleski said.

Hemeleski has already seen citizens take action.

The Women’s March on Madison organizers started a new Facebook page called the Women’s March on Madison: Next Steps. Hemeleski said their goal is for the page to be a “focal point” for information about ways citizens can stay mobilized including attending meetings, joining other protests, writing letters to representatives and more.

“I hope that everyone who was at the march walked away from that thinking, ‘I should be doing something,’” Hemeleski said.

Stoecker, however, said a weakness

of Madison Women’s March was there wasn’t enough effort to organize the crowd. No one collected the protesters’ contact information to connect them in the future, he said.

Compared to the 100,000 Madison residents who attended the march in January only 1,096 people like the “Women’s March on Madison: Next Steps” Facebook page and only 253 follow the Women’s March Madison twitter page.

But Madison School Board candidate Ali Muldrow, who helped lead the march, said she thinks local activists will continue to generate energy.

“The protests will allow us to be connected to each other in a way that impacts everything,” Muldrow said.

“There’s a ripple effect to what we did.”

John Kinney, member of the UW student organization the Socialist Alternative, said his organization — which co-sponsored the Women’s March on Madison and organized the walkout during President Donald Trump’s inauguration — is also pushing for more people to become active.

The Socialist Alternative is planning more events. They already co-sponsored a Feb. 9 discussion about Marxism and feminism with the Campus Women’s Center.

“We’re always looking for other groups to organize with,” Kinney said.

“It’s just much easier to get bigger numbers and have more pressure on legislators.”

The group is also trying to grow in numbers. Since the walkout Kinney said his group has almost doubled in size.

Eventually the goal is to start backing their own political candidates.

Hemeleski said another goal is to inspire more Madison residents vote in local elections, 2018 statewide elections and the next presidential election.

To spur action nationwide, the Women’s March movement has launched a campaign called 10 Actions for the First 100 days. Their goal is to take action on issues “we all care about” every 10 days. So far that has included encouraging activists to write postcards to senators, host local meetings and block a Senate session, according to the Women’s March website.

The Women’s March, which has 409,000 followers on Twitter, also plans

to organize a general strike across the U.S. called “A Day Without a Woman.”

Pamela Oliver, UW sociology professor and expert on social movements, said though she is not currently in the field studying social activism, she can tell from her social media that people are advocating for a wide variety of things.

People are signing petitions, supporting refugees and undocumented immigrants, circulating checklists of actions that could combat Trump’s policies, calling legislators and more, Oliver said.

“I don’t think anyone thinks that marching once is all you would do,” Oliver said.

But creating lasting change is an uphill battle.

One of the challenges protesters face today is politicians and police know if they contain the protest, it will go away, Stoecker said. Because of this, protests are less revolutionary than they were in the past.

“People need to come up with new creative forms of resistance that make it too difficult, too costly, for the current government to ignore them,” Stoecker said.

Plummer said Martin Luther King Jr. argued people need to protest in a way that creates “tension” in society. It’s important protests remain nonviolent, but they still need to be “disruptive” so they can spur debate and dialogue.

Right now, Plummer said she doesn’t think enough tension has been created.

Oliver said different protest strategies could include blocking a freeway, large boycotts, sit-ins or any other actions that prevent normal activity from happening.

But even if the current protests don’t prompt immediate change, Oliver said they will have “complex consequences.”

“At a minimum you’re going to have this whole generation of people who’ve had the experience of protest,” Oliver said. “They’re hoping to get involved in politics. They’re hoping to reverse what happened so there will be a weaker Republican Party in the next election. That’s what they’re trying to do.”

Photo · The Women’s March movement has launched a campaign called 10 Actions for the first 100 Days that will take action on issues important to women every 10 days.

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UW collaborates with video game developers to create educational technology Campus organizations work with experts to simulate realistic, learning-based gaming experiences that can help students

by Avery Aurand Reporter

University of Wisconsin experts have joined forces with various video game production organizations to develop educational material for students of all ages.

Field Day Lab and Games+Learning+Society are video game developers that operate through the Wisconsin Center for Educational Research.

There, they work with collaborators across campus to construct learning-based technology, Michael Beall, project lead at GLS, said.

“Our primary focus is to take very complex content — things like regenerative medicine, astronomy, cosmology — and break it down and unpack that content when working with subject matter experts,” Beall said.

The games GLS and Field Day Lab generate are diverse in subject matter,

ranging anywhere from basic middle school education to medical anatomy to engineering, said David Gagnon, program director of Field Day Labs.

Gagnon said GLS and Field Day Lab produce video games that are implemented in middle school settings. They have also collaborated on games used within UW that teach more complex topics such as thermal dynamics, international currency trading and sustainability.

Gagnon said their target audience is complex and consists of people of all ages.

“That [user] might be a professor at a four-year college or it might be someone continuing their education or adult studies … so that area gets very diverse,” Gagnon said. “We must make sure this system is easily usable by an instructor.”

While these games are important in student teaching, educators can also use them to assess and track student progress, Beall said.

Introducing video games in the classroom

allows for rich experimental experiences, Gagnon said. Students are able to create theories, try them out and see how the system responds, he added.

Processes that generally take a long time can be compressed into seconds, dangerous experiments suddenly become safe and microscopic specimens become visible, Beall said.

“People can experience things that they otherwise wouldn’t be able to,” Beall said.

Video games also allow for trial-and-error free from “real life” consequences, Gagnon said.

Beall said failure is an important of games because actual resources are not being lost in the failure.

“For example your ship might crash, but no astronauts lost their lives and billions of dollars weren’t lost,” Beall said. “You can learn to fail, and even start to embrace failure.”

The labor-intensive construction of such video games involves extensive resources,

branching outside of Field Day Lab and GLS studios, Gagnon said.

Gagnon and Beall said they’ve worked with experts within the fields they’re developing games for to benefit from their knowledge. Beall said they can’t just make things up when they research or study something.

GLS has collaborated with prominent figures like neuroscientist Richie Davidson, Beall said. They have also worked with Matthieu Ricard, a Buddhist monk who studies molecular genetics. With them, they created a video game that studies human empathy.

In the future, GLS and Field Day Lab would like to see educational video games integrated in as many classrooms and places of education as possible, Beall said.

“If we can help give experiences to students, I think we can make learning, I don’t want to say better, but I think we can improve the outcomes,” Beall said.

Photo · The video games target people of all ages and are made for subjects ranging from thermal dynamics to medical anatomy.

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Lock down your love with toys traditionally used for abstinence Try chastity belts in bedroom this Valentine’s Day, turn holiday upside down by making it playfully restrictive

by Meredith Head Hump Day Columnist

At first, the word “chastity” seems out of place in a sex column. Indeed, Christian chastity in particular traditionally entails sexual abstinence (or protection from rape), specifically before and outside marriage.

The historical association with chastity is steeped in problematic meaning. Kink turns history upside down —instead of a tool meant to prevent temptation, the modern chastity device plays with temptation and uses it as a tool of submission.

Currently, most chastity belts are used in the BDSM (Bondage/Discipline, Domination/ Submission, Sadism/Masochism) community to dominate a submissive partner, teasing them by preventing erection and touching.

Today, worldwide purchasing demand for penis chastity devices surpasses chastity belts for vulvas — in fact, recent popularity and internet access has led to a wide array of options for those interested in a little erotic denial.

Nice R.A.C.K.

Of course, varsity-level kink requires varsity-level R.A.C.K.— risk-aware consensual kink. Using physical devices attached to power and control in the bedroom are varsity-level kinky tools, which entail both emotional and physical risks.

All participants should educate themselves about devices and risk. Urologists recommend keeping the device on for no more than four to six hours, so don’t sleep in a chastity cage.

Blood restriction toys in general should not be worn for more than thirty minutes at a time, so a boner (i.e., restricted blood flow) should get some breathing room every once in a while if getting flaccid proves difficult.

Kinksters call this a “scene” for a reason — they have a script, too. Scripts require a discussion of desire: how do we want to be teased with a chastity device? No matter the script, each scene begins with consent — discussion of boundaries, permission and a safe word.

Power play in kink sometimes mirrors abuse apart from consent, so “consensual

non-consent” means an understanding that “no” does not mean “no,” rather a safe word does. No one should ever be in a sexual situation where they cannot stop all activity, whether “vanilla” or kinky. And no one should participate in kink because they feel pressured. Discuss safe words ahead of time, and pick something that wouldn’t come up during a scene, either in the physical space or prewritten script.

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Popular chastity devices enclose the penis, making erection uncomfortable or impossible, preventing masturbation and other forms of sexual activity.

A chastity cage usually consists of a ring that fits around the base of the penis attached to the cage portion by a hinge or pin and secured with a lock. Kinky “keyholders” and subs alike use all sorts of materials, including plastic, leather and stainless steel.

Plastic allows visibility, leather is aesthetically appealing to many kinky folks and steel provides both security and temperature

contrast against the warm skin of an erect penis.

Cages include a hole at the tip for urination, but stimulation should be impossible.

Some cages twist or bend the penis to add a little pain to the pleasure denial or come with testicle weight attachments and other additions.

In terms of cost, chastity devices range from $20 to hundreds of dollars, and those truly invested in being chaste purchase custom-fitted toys. Toys shaped to fit genitals exactly improve fit and decrease likelihood of discomfort. Remember the FDA does not regulate sex toys, so research companies and different materials extensively before buying.

If you really want to lock your honey down on Valentine’s Day, introduce the topic of chastity devices outside the bedroom, where there is no pressure to engage in or think about it immediately. Talk about orgasm denial at breakfast, and introduce the desire as a fascination adventure to embark on rather than something shameful or strange. After all, nothing is stranger than sex.

UW band Gynosaur spreads feminist message through music

Frontwoman Lydia Berggruen creates ‘post-glitter punk’ genre to better embrace female pride, display inner strength

by Sara Schuld ArtsEtc. Contributor

Lydia Berggruen showcases herself in many aspects of her life, bravely and vulnerably. She sings in a pop/punk band, attends model castings regularly and studies theater at the University of Wisconsin.

But above all, Berggruen chooses to showcase her femininity most proudly.

Berggruen, a 20-year-old from Milwaukee, is a vocalist and musician of Gynosaur, a femme-punk band she formed with her friends. Inspired by the Riot Grrrl movement, Gynosaur flaunts its feminist message both lyrically and aesthetically.

“It’s just really about embracing your femininity and strength and not letting other people silence you,” Berggruen said.

Berggruen decided to form Gynosaur with former member Halle Luksich after a friend suggested they collaborate musically. They both encountered the Riot Grrrl movement after discovering the band Bikini Kill, whose lead singer Kathleen Hanna pioneered the movement.

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called “post-glitter punk,” which functions to describe their artistic vibe. She uses “post-glitter punk” to display her female pride and to invoke the strength behind her own experiences and struggles, which she expresses musically.

The band has played at numerous venues across Wisconsin, including Union South’s Femfest, Attic James DIY Punk showcase and, most recently, Riverwest Femfest in Milwaukee. Gynosaur, however, prefers playing house shows for their friends.

All of Gynosaur ’s fans love their feminist strength — even men. Berggruen said her male friends respect her music and that Gynosaur ’s male drummer Reid Kurkerewicz was a great addition to the girl band.

“He’s super fun to work with,” she said.

“He really loves our ideas and he’s got a lot of fun ideas himself.”

Bergrruen said she chooses to surround herself with people who value women. She encourages the notion of a “girl squad,” as popularized by Taylor Swift, because it promotes female empowerment.

“Having that female support in your life

is super important. I’ve definitely developed a broadening girl squad over the past year, too. It makes me feel a lot safer,” Berggruen said.

Berggruen feels safe onstage performing with Gynosaur, as well. She never feels too intimidated playing her music because her close friends are always there to reassure her.

“Sexism is so embedded into every single part of everyday life,” she said. “It’s really important to have that female support behind you. I know everyone’s really rooting for me.”

Berggruen looks out for female audience members while onstage as well, watching for harassment concerts frequently yield.

Berggruen said she’ll allow audience members to come to the front of the stage so the band can see what’s going on and make sure nobody is being bothered.

Gynosaur additionally stresses the inclusion of all identities. Berggruen wants UW to consider every woman’s struggles in overcoming issues of gender.

“I personally do not think feminism

is strong enough if you’re not being intersectional and including all groups of women, whether it’s women of color, gender nonconforming or transgender women,” she said. “It’s really important to make sure your brand of feminism is reaching out to all women, or else there is not really a point to feminism.”

Gynosaur makes sure the female voice can be heard on campus with its empowering lyrics and safe concert venues. To be heard over the pervasive culture of masculinity, Bergrruen chooses to be forceful with her feminism.

“It needs to be taken more seriously on campus and addressed more openly. There needs to be consequences,” Berggruen says.

Gynosaur successfully uses its musical presence to “threaten” the status quo in order to bring about change. The band perfectly models student-level change on campus and paves the way for other students to be louder, more authentic versions of themselves.

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Sweitzer’s ‘The Invisible Hand’ provides unique metaphor for depression Short story depicts all-too-real struggles with mental health through tale of confused, afraid, questioning fish

by Celeste Benzschawel ArtsEtc. Editor

Welcome to StoriesEtc, a place where University of Wisconsin students can share their original works of creative writing with the community, whether it be poetry, short stories or anything in between. As a section dealing with the arts, it feels only natural to create an opportunity for students to share their creative talents.

With that being said, this week’s contributor is Madeline Sweitzer.

“The Invisible Hand”

Ziva was a fish who always knew where she was swimming – she had essentially had her life planned out for herself since she was a guppy.

Other fish had taken notice of Ziva’s hard work, praising her ambition. She felt a responsibility not only to them, but to herself to live up to their expectations – no excuses, no weakness.

Ziva had also lived a pretty nice life for a fish.

She seldom had to hunt for food, went to the tide’s premier school and lived in a safe part of the reef.

But, unbeknownst to Ziva, and to most other fish, the Invisible Hand did not discriminate when it came to its victims.

The first time it happened, Ziva was simply swimming home. The past few weeks she had felt a slight tension in the water and she had hurried along with the current, eager to return to

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her bed of seaweed – unable to shake the feeling someone, or something, was following her right below the surface.

Suddenly, Ziva stopped, unable to breath. She gasped, feeling her gills filter oxygen but getting no relief. Terrified, her eyes flitted back and forth, searching for the cause of her paralysis – she found none. Ziva tried to stay calm and eventually the paralysis subsided on its own.

As soon as she could move, Ziva bolted into her coral, breathing heavily. The occurrence had shaken her, but reassuring herself nothing was overtly wrong, Ziva resolved to move on.

Her resolution proved fruitful for a bit as several days passed with no similar incidents.

Soon though, the tension returned to the water and Ziva found herself swimming furiously between school and her coral.

Ziva felt the paralysis strike again. But this time, Ziva felt her body lift up against her will.

She fought against the force, noticing some other fish were making their way along the current.

“They’ll see you, they’ll help. Just breathe,” she thought, feeling her anxiety surge. “It will be OK, all you have to do is –” her meditation was cut off as the Hand thrashed her violently, back and forth, slamming her against the rocks that surrounded her coral.

Ziva screamed, her voluminous shouts reverberating around the invisible space she was held captive in, her own screams echoing back to her. Still, no other fish looked her way. Ziva, now becoming anxious that there may be no way out, thrashed violently against the unseen

forces. Her efforts yielded no effects besides leaving her exhausted, trembling on the sea floor.

When Ziva awoke, she was home and tucked in her bed of seaweed as if nothing had happened.

Now, truly scared for her safety, but also nervous others may not understand, Ziva was hesitant to confide in other fish about her experience with the Hand.

How could she explain something that was so violent yet so unprovoked, and that left no visible scars? How could she make them understand when she didn’t understand it herself?

Still, she felt the urge to try. Nothing could be worse than continuing to endure this alone.

After the next attack occurred, she hesitantly swam to her neighbor’s coral, her body still heaving as she regained breath, the pain only she could see slowly fading.

“Why can’t you breathe? There’s water all around you,” the other fish asked, taking on a slightly annoyed tone. “If anyone should be able to breathe, it’s you – other fish have real problems, you know?”

“I don’t know,” Ziva thought, feeling discouraged. “That’s the problem. If I knew what provoked this, I would have just stopping doing it.”

Sensing that any other attempt to explain herself would simply fall on deaf ears, a deflated Ziva darted back to her coral, wondering if the fish was right. Was she just being sensitive? Was the pain and despair she felt nothing more than her imagination?

The next morning when she woke up, the tears were almost instant as she imagined having return to the ocean, enduring day after day of paralysis, fear and pain.

“Maybe I’m just crazy,” she thought.

“But I’m fighting. I’m fighting so hard. Why can’t they hear me? Why can’t they see?”

Ziva lay, huddled under her seaweed, terrified if she emerged the force would seize her again. A few hours must have passed when Ziva awoke, still completely exhausted.

Soon the hours turned to days and the days turned to weeks and so on. Ziva resigned to life inside her coral, the Hand lurking outside.

Unable to leave her home, Ziva fell behind on schoolwork, was forced to quit her job at the local feeding ground and her once-bright future grew dimmer, snuffed out under the weight of fear and misunderstanding.

One day, with Ziva still laying to her bed,

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

I’m a senior majoring in political science, history and journalism. I’m currently The Badger Herald’s copy chief and Editorial Board chair. I’ll hopefully be graduating in May, and I’m not sure where I’ll end up afterward.

BH: Define your writing, authorship and perspective.

This is hard. It’s been a long time since I wrote fiction as opposed to reporting news or opining about it. For me, writing is a very selfish thing.

When I’m writing something, whether I’m writing opinion pieces, news or creatively, it’s because I feel a personal need to – I really just need to express that thing in that moment and writing provides that outlet.

BH: When did you start writing creatively?

Cheese alert: it feels like I’ve been writing in some capacity for as long as I can remember.

When I was little I was convinced I was gonna be a novelist. There may or may not be a Lenovo laptop somewhere in my mom’s house with some half-finished, cringe-worthy young adult fiction novels I wrote when I was a preteen stored on it.

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

Creatively, ideas tend to start off as a raw emotional or personal response to something, then I go back and clarify my writing once I’ve calmed down. Boiled down, the process can probably be described as: frenzy, calm down, edit. Maybe it sounds cliche but I often take inspiration from real life. This story, for example, is based on my experiences with depression. I’ve written about mental health before, specifically in my time as opinion editor for the Herald, but never like this.

At one point, I was challenged to describe my experiences and the metaphor that summed it up for me was, “I was a fish fully submerged in water, yet still couldn’t breathe.” eyes glazed over, the Hand forced its way in her coral and seized her, lifting her off the bed of seaweed, this time never to let go. Ziva was left flopping around, gasping for air – all the while thinking, “There’s no reason I should feel this way – I must be at fault.”

She discovered that the Hand could finally reach her where she never thought it would — a place she thought of as her safe space. After this discovery, Ziva was only left with answered questions and the realization that no where was safe.

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WHISKEY ISN’T THE ONLY THING ON THE MENU AT WHISKEY JACK’S SALOON Impressive, fun assortment of shots will have customers either begging for more, or grabbing for the nearest trash can

by Ali O’Rourke What’s on Tap Columnist

Sometimes sipping a cocktail or drinking a beer just won’t do the trick. This is when the always-reliable shot comes in handy. But cheap vodka chased with Squirt should be left in the past — seasoned college livers deserve a much more delicious concoction that needs no chaser.

Whiskey Jack’s Saloon on State Street is a mainstay in Madison that offers 90 unique shots for adventurous patrons to try. Their many shots, insane weekend drink deals and country décor sets them apart from the many bars downtown.

To save time reading through the menu, customers might consider just closing their eyes and pointing at the board to decide which shot to pick — they’re all delicious and they’ll all have the same party-inducing effect. Strange combinations of ingredients, and whimsical, sometimes crass, names make the shots an entertaining part of the night. Here are some of the many great choices at Whiskey’s.

Nutty Irishman: Jameson, Irish cream, hazelnut liqueur

This shot is sugary sweet and a perfect fit for St. Patty’s day (or really any night you’re feeling lucky). The creamy, nutty taste of the liqueurs dull the strong taste of the Jameson, allowing nonwhiskey drinkers to dabble with the iconic Irish liquor of choice. The shot tastes dangerously like a dessert, but taking a couple could make anyone dance a jig as good as any Irishman.

Zombie Brain: Peach schnapps, Irish cream, blue Curaçao, grenadine

The name isn’t appetizing, but the mind-numbing effects this shot has on its drinkers will guarantee a second round.

Much like brains, the mix of creamy and clear liquors creates an effect that tastes much better than it looks. The grenadine brings all the different elements together with its strong, tart and sweet taste, but the different elements aren’t combined all the way, allowing all the flavors to stand out on their own. If you’re more of a taster than a full shot taker, every sip will be different.

Jolly Hooker: Captain Morgan, melon liqueur, sour mix, sierra mist, grenadine

This shot has a healthy mix of sweet and sour to help it go down suspiciously smoothly. The melon liqueur gives the shot a fruity flavor, while the Sierra Mist adds a bubbly effervescence that only helps make this shot all too easy to take. Just be sure to stop after a couple, because if not, the sugary ingredients may just catch up to you in the morning.

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Purple Kool-Aid: Amaretto, raspberry schnapps, SoCo, pineapple juice, sour mix

This shot combines a lot of different elements that wouldn’t typically be put together, but somehow the sour mix and pineapple juice makes it work. The raspberry schnapps makes this shot look like its namesake, and gives it the same strong fruity flavor. The SoCo is sweetened from the Amaretto so the shot goes down as easily as KoolAid.

Pink Taco: Watermelon Pucker, Malibu, Or-G, pineapple juice

This tropical shot is fruity and brings a little bit of vacation into the Wisconsin cold. Or-G, an exotic fruit liqueur, is a no-brainer in this drink, giving it flavors of papaya, mango and lime to compliment the pineapple juice. The Watermelon Pucker keeps the shot from being too sweet, and guarantees an aftertaste like sour candy instead of strong liquor.

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MMoCA’s Do Ho Suh exhibit relfects on feelings of nostalgia

Lifesize emotional, interactive display of artist’s past New York home leaves viewers missing ones they’ve left

by Elaine Knaus ArtsEtc. Writer

The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art’s latest exhibit offers viewers an interactive experience where they are immediately immersed into the personal life and home of Do Ho Suh. The exhibit perfectly captures the surreal feeling that comes with remembering old places of residence.

According to information provided by MMoCA, Suh is a sculptor and artist who was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1962.

He came to the U.S. after studying oriental painting at Seoul National University to further his artistic education at the Rhode Island School of Design and Yale University.

His work has been displayed in galleries across the world, including New York City, Los Angeles, London, Seoul and Tokyo, among many others. Suh now lives in and works out of London, New York City and Seoul.

A large portion of the exhibition at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art is Suh’s recreation of his New York City apartment space. It is exquisitely modeled in transparent, brightly colored polyester fabric, and stainless steel rods give it its more sturdy framework. The sheer amount of detail in the structure is mind-blowing to say the least.

The exhibit consists of several rooms and passageways the visitor can walk through and explore. The first few steps inside transform the surroundings from those of an art gallery to those of an empty apartment in New York. The details connect Suh’s personal memories to the piece while the

emptiness leaves space for the visitor’s own imagination.

The juxtaposition of simplicity and extraordinary intricacy is what makes the experience of viewing this work so impactful. The walls are bare, as the structure was designed when Suh was vacating his physical belongings from the space. When looking around inside, however, the viewer can mentally hang or paint anything on those walls.

Suh did not explicitly show viewers what had once been on these walls, he showed them as exposed — open, welcoming and yet empty. There is an open space for the visitors’ own memories, yet Suh created this space by using an extremely personal memory.

After spending more time inside the structure, ideas begin to emerge of what this home could have been. Maybe paintings or bookshelves had once covered the exposed brick wall. On the opposite end of the room from the doorway, maybe there had been a sofa with decorative pillows and a coffee table in front of it. Pictures with family or friends could have lined the hallways between the rooms. In the refrigerator there must have been food, and in the cupboards a variety of dishes, pans and cooking utensils.

Erika Monroe-Kane, MMoCA spokesperson, sees Suh’s work as an accurate visual representation of the feeling of longing for home.

“The transparent quality of it really gives it that ephemeral feeling. It’s concrete, yet completely not,” Monroe-Kane said. “I think that quality of it is really beautiful when you think about the whole topic that he’s exploring.”

In another room, a few individual appliances and parts of the apartment are illuminated the inside and the detailed stitching can easily be viewed. Suh elevates these everyday objects to an entirely different level in this work of art.

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Top courtesy of Brian Fitzsimmons Bottom courtesy of Jerry Birchfield of their home on a daily basis. The space in which someone lives and builds a home subconsciously becomes so central to their existence. It is easy for people to forget how much they depend on the consistency of these objects’ existence until they leave the home they’ve grown to know so well. That’s when they become noteworthy.

Alongside his large structural work, there are several pieces Suh created on paper. His work titled “Staircase,” also created from thread embedded in paper, is a significant symbolic representation of his close

friendship with his landlord who lived in the apartment directly above his.

Some of them, including “My Homes” and “Myselves,” are done using thread as his primary medium, often on handmade paper.

The images seem to revolve around a similar theme — the sense of home as a part of the person and as a mobile concept that travels along everywhere the physical body goes.

The exhibition will be on display from Feb. 11 until May 14.

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Title IX prohibits discrimination on basis of sex, yet inequity between sports programs all but unavoidable Officials, students said there is equal access to University of Wisconsin athletics benefits, resources, despite uneven use

by Anne Blackbourn Contributor

When Terry Gawlik meets with student-athletes, she asks them to tell her what Title IX means.

In an audience comprised of male and female studentathletes, she almost always receives a response from a student that Title IX is meant to create equality for women.

Gawlik, a senior associate athletic director for sports administration and a senior women’s administrator at the University of Wisconsin, said many student-athletes and students in general appear to have a misunderstanding of what Title IX means and what it does.

While the 1972 federal law created equal opportunities for women within the education system, the Department of Justice clearly outlines the law actually prohibits any discrimination on the basis of sex in a federally funded education program or activity.

If a university didn’t have enough male participation opportunities, they would be in violation of Title IX because the men would be the underrepresented sex at the university, Gawlik explained.

“It’s equality in terms of representation in specific to athletics, that you represent the folks that participate in your sports,” Gawlik said.

Athletic funding

A 2014 NCAA report on Division 1 sports found women’s sports receive about 40 percent of college sport operating dollars and 36 percent of college athletic team recruitment spending.

At first glance, these numbers may appear to be inequitable, but according to NCAA guidelines, Title IX does not require the same amount of money to be spent on male and female sports. But Title IX does state scholarships must be given proportionally to participants in male and female sports.

Title IX has a provision that says male and female students must receive equitable “treatment” and “benefits.”

While Gawlick said a comparison of the amount the UW athletics department spends on its operating budget for men’s and women’s sports is not necessarily feasible, a closer examination of how UW meets these Title IX requirements can explain why there appear to be discrepancies in funding for men’s and women’s sports.

UW provides the maximum amount of scholarships the NCAA allows. But the total amount of individual scholarships that can be awarded for each sport varies.

Head counts, according to Next College Student Athlete, are the total number of individual athletic scholarships a sport can give.

Gawlik said UW allows the maximum amount because the university will never spend the proportionate amount of scholarships for men’s and women’s sports since one men’s sport is allowed 25 new counters.

Other women’s sports like volleyball are limited to maximum of 12 counters.

But UW does not have a women’s sports team that’s proportionately equal to men’s football, Gawlik explained. If UW were to correct the differences in male and female sports financial aid to be proportionate to one another, UW would need to add six women’s sports teams.

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proportionality of male and female athletes — there would be too many women, Gawlik said.

“We don’t match it because we don’t believe as an institution that [a proportional] prong is feasible to what we are trying to do,” she said.

Coaches are also never limited to the amount of in-state and out-of-state students they can recruit. Coaches are allowed to use the maximum amount of scholarships delegated by the NCAA to recruit students, Gawlik said.

Gawlik explained some sports may need to attract more out-of-state students and therefore spend more money on recruitment. For a sport like volleyball, UW’s coach may stay closer to Wisconsin and recruit students from the “volleyball hotbed” of Illinois and Indiana.

As indicated by the maximum number of scholarships for sports available, Doug Tiedt, the senior associate athletic director for student services, said the same holds true for UW’s other services for student-athletes like strength and conditioning or athletic training.

In examining the Wisconsin men’s hockey budget for example, it may appear the men are given more toward their equipment budget. But in reality, the men’s team spends more because of various factors like the men breaking more hockey sticks or being harder on their skates than the women’s team, Tiedt said.

Tiedt said while the numbers in terms of money spent on the team may appear inequitable, the women’s hockey team has the same opportunity as the men to purchase more equipment if they need to.

“There is no delineation between men’s and women’s sports, it just goes the way that it does,” Tiedt said.

UW student-athletes also have access to academic resources like tutoring, Tiedt said. Typically male athletes spend more money on tutoring than female athletes, though both have the same opportunity to use the tutoring services.

Despite the fact women don’t use those services as much as the men do, female athletes, for the most part, outperform the male athletes in terms of academics, Tiedt said.

“There is no separation based upon whether or not you’re male or female,” Tiedt said. “The difference in numbers here is that some students invest more in these services than others.”

Sydney McGinnis, a forward on the UW women’s soccer team, said in an email to The Badger Herald she frequently uses the resources UW provides for student-athletes, including their tutoring services.

McGinnis said she keeps in contact with her academic adviser to always make sure she is eligible for practice and on track to graduate. The tutors are also helpful because of their flexible schedules.

In addition, McGinnis said she has met with UW’s nutritionist throughout her college athletic career to help maximize her performance on the field.

“All of these privileges are incredibly valuable to me as a student-athlete and I am truly thankful for getting the opportunities to take advantage of what the athletic program offers,” McGinnis said.

Recruitment and retention

Though the varying proportionality of the participating

students in those areas may explain the inbalance between male and female sports, the differences in male and female coaches’ salaries can primarily be attributed to one factor — the market.

When looking to hire a new coach, UW considers all the market factors that might determine the salary they offer a potential new coach, Gawlik said.

Though the market may play an important part in the hiring process, Gawlik said the university is also sensitive to ensuring they receive a broad base of applications from a diverse group of applicants.

In the 2014 fiscal year, the median salary for a head coach of a men’s team was $117,971, compared to $97,226 for the head coach of a women’s team. In the 2015 fiscal year, both those numbers increased, to $123,568 and $114,900, respectively.

Though UW places an emphasis on attracting a more diverse group of applicants, it has become increasingly difficult to

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find qualified female coaches, Gawlik said. In the market for certain sports like swimming and track, the applicant pool is limited when it comes to the number of female applicants.

“We’ve never had a female volleyball coach [at UW], not because we haven’t tried, but due to the fact it’s hard to find one,” Gawlik said.

The decreased number of female coaches is not just limited to UW. A University of Minnesota report found men occupy 80 percent of the current coaching positions in both men’s and women’s sports.

Additionally, the report stated nearly all male athletes, about 96 to 98 percent, were coached by male coaches, and males also coached about 60 percent of female athletes.

There have been varying theories as to why this decline has occurred since Title IX’s institution. Several studies seem to suggest it may be due to the challenges women face in the workplace.

Gawlik, a self-proclaimed “Title IX baby,” recalls only being coached by female coaches. At the time, coaches of female teams were volunteers and not paid until Title IX came along. The result meant more paid positions for men and women interested in becoming coached, she said.

“There might be a historical factor there,” she explained.

Prior to attending UW, McGinnis said she had never had a female coach.

Now a junior, McGinnis plays for Paula Wilkens, the head coach of the women’s soccer team. Despite Wilkens being her first female coach, McGinnis said the gender of her coach doesn’t matter to her.

“I have never really thought about preferring [a male or female coach] over the other. At the end of the day, if they are a good coach then I am happy to play for them,” McGinnis said.

Despite the lack of female coaches, McGinnis said she has never felt unwelcome at the any of UW’s athletic facilities.

She said even UW’s football coach, Paul Chryst is always friendly and says “hello” to her team.

“There is never a time that I feel unwelcome at the athletic facilities as

a woman,” McGinnis said. “We are respected and taken seriously by our coaching staff and strength coaches on a daily basis.”

The decreased number of female coaches is not just limited to UW. A University of Minnesota report found men occupy 80 percent of the current coaching positions in both men’s and women’s sports.

Additionally, the report stated nearly all male athletes, about 96 to 98 percent, were coached by male coaches, and males also coached about 60 percent of female athletes.

There have been varying theories as to why this decline has occurred since Title IX’s institution. Several studies seem to suggest it may be due to the challenges women face in the workplace.

Gawlik, a self-proclaimed “Title IX baby,” recalls only being coached by female coaches. At the time, coaches of female teams were volunteers and not paid until Title IX came along. The result meant more paid positions for men and women interested in becoming coached, she said.

“There might be a historical factor there,” she explained.

Prior to attending UW, McGinnis said she had never had a female coach.

Now a junior, McGinnis plays for Paula Wilkens, the head coach of the women’s soccer team. Despite Wilkens being her first female coach, McGinnis said the gender of her coach doesn’t matter to her.

“I have never really thought about preferring [a male or female coach] over the other. At the end of the day, if they are a good coach then I am happy to play for them,” McGinnis said.

Despite the lack of female coaches, McGinnis said she has never felt unwelcome at the any of UW’s athletic facilities.

She said even UW’s football coach, Paul Chryst is always friendly and says “hello” to her team.

“There is never a time that I feel unwelcome at the athletic facilities as a woman,” McGinnis said. “We are respected and taken seriously by our coaching staff and strength coaches on a daily basis.”

Photo · In 2015 the median salray for men’s team coaches was around $123,00 compared to $114,000 for women’s teams coaches.

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Walker’s ‘tuition cut’ is a thinly Woefully unqualified DeVos poses veiled cheap shot for appearances real threat to public education Wisconsin’s governor put education in jeopardy far too many times for one flashy investment to signal any real character shift

by The Badger Herald Editorial Board

Gov. Scott Walker has officially unveiled his plans for the University of Wisconsin System in the biennium to the tune of a 5 percent tuition decrease and a more than $100 million total investment in the system.

While it may be tempting to get caught up in the allure of flashy “tuition cut” headlines, we need to look past the hype and see Walker’s proposal for what it is — this is, quite literally, a cheap shot to make it look like Walker supports the UW System.

Under Walker’s proposed 5 percent decrease, which would go into effect starting in the 2018-19 academic year, UW students would pay around $500 less per year. The state will backfill the tuition cut with $35 million in general purpose revenue.

While larger than the minuscule originally estimated decrease of $104 per year, $500 is still not much in the scheme of higher education costs. The overall estimated cost for attending UW will still top $20,000 a year for in-state students.

While decreasing upfront costs is welcome, Walker often heralds cutting — and freezing — tuition across the board as an end-all, be-all for college affordability.

In reality, a $500 difference will do little to increase accessibility for the students who need it most. Why are we giving all in-state students — even ones with wealthy families — a $500 decrease when that $35 million could be put toward need-based scholarships?

Furthermore, as the four-year tuition freeze illustrated, “across the board” tuition costcontrols are rarely executed as such. Instead, the financial burden is shifted elsewhere, usually to out-of-state students, who saw a multithousand dollar increase while Walker froze in-state tuition over the last four years.

As for Walker’s commitment to other increased state support, it is exciting but nonetheless comes after last biennium’s steep cuts to the UW System. That was 2015, however, and with a likely 2018 re-election bid on the horizon, investing in education has become convenient for the governor. Look to Walker for the “I cut tuition for the first time in decades and increased education funding”

line in his upcoming political misadventures.

Also, $42.5 million of the state funding increase comes with a caveat — it’s tied to performance-based metrics.

Research has shown tying funding to performance is unproven at best and potentially harmful at worst. While perhaps not meriting an outright condemnation, the fact that nearly half of Walker’s total investment comes with a question mark certainly merits skepticism.

Also, will Walker’s metrics for even measure performance — a notoriously ambiguous concept in education — accurately?

In an interview with The Badger Herald, Nicholas Hillman, a UW educational leadership and policy analysis professor, said Walker’s performance-based funding proposal — with criteria ranging from affordability to “ensuring student success in the work force” — is reminiscent of models from the 1990s.

According to Hillman, most states with models measuring “every criteria under the sun” would end up “dramatically” simplifying or doing away with them completely over time.

“This current design is inconsistent with the best practices the consultants would advise you to do,” Hillman said.

For their part, UW officials seem to welcome Walker’s plan. While indicating she would need to review policy proposals, UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in a statement she was looking forward to working with the governor and was “very appreciative of the new investments Walker is proposing for the UW System.”

But this needs to be taken with a $250 million grain of salt. After all, following cuts in five of the last six biennium budgets, UW System officials are not in a position to be picky. Frankly, they’re probably just happy Walker has turned to destroying Wisconsin roads instead of the state’s education system.

Still, Walker does not get to create a funding crisis then swoop in with a comparably modest increase just so he can play hero come election time.

But something tells us he will probably try.

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Following nationwide protests, widespread opposition, new education secretary’s confirmation may be disastrous for students

by Erik Hilkert Columnist

Every single student has been there.

Sitting in class, wondering how this person in front of you ever earned the right to teach you the material.

Maybe it was your calculus teacher who never adequately explained how to find a derivative. Or maybe it was your biology teacher who seemed to barely understand the concept of osmosis. The point is, we have all had teachers who have disappointed us. Hopefully, we’ve also had enough good ones to make up for it.

Well this problem has now made its way to the top of our educational system.

Despite a strong, unrelenting fight from Democratic senators, and two dissenting Republicans, Betsy DeVos will be the next secretary of education.

DeVos barely has any background in education, and the background she does have is not comforting. A longtime champion of private school vouchers and charter schools, she has operated her organization, American Federation for Children, as a branch of the Alliance for School Choice.

Her one-sided experience in education reform worries many, even those in the Republican party. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said of DeVos, “I have serious concerns about a nominee to be secretary of education who has been so involved in one side of the equation, so immersed in the push for vouchers, that she may be unaware of what actually is successful within the public schools, and also what is broken and how to fix them.”

Even more illuminating is a 2014 report that came out of Michigan, Devos’ home state, where she was a former chair of the Michigan Republican party. The report found that $1 billion pumped into charter schools yearly by Michigan taxpayers was not accompanied by strict accountability or regulations.

Per the report from the Detroit Free Press, “38% of charter schools that received state academic rankings during the 2012-13 school year fell below the 25th percentile.”

Furthermore, other investigations have found Detroit has a seriously flawed education system that “gives families

many school choices, yet few highquality ones.”

Yes, private school vouchers and charter schools do have their merits, but the ideal education system combines those with strong public schools to create choice and quality.

Unfortunately, DeVos is not the education secretary to lead us to this promised land of education. Instead, she is laughably unqualified and her little experience in the education landscape seems to yield no positive results.

Nowhere was DeVos’ lack of competence in the role of education secretary more clear than in her Senate confirmation hearing. She often avoided answering questions by continuously spewing vacuous phrases such as, “I support accountability” and “I think that’s an issue best left to the states.” She seemed to not understand the difference between proficiency and growth.

I am selfishly glad my time in education is coming to a close, for the mere fact that whatever changes Betsy DeVos does bring about will not affect me on a personal level.

But they will affect this country. In more ways than one. I do not know that public schools will continue receiving the vital funding they need to keep educating the youth of our country. I do not know if parents will end up going bankrupt paying for private school, just so their children can have a decent education.

One of the biggest lessons my parents ever taught me was about the importance of education. We all benefit from living in an educated society. It drives each and every one of us to be better. It helps us compete for jobs, and attract companies back to the United States. But clearly, education is not that important to President Donald Trump. Clearly, the only qualification he deems necessary for someone to lead our country’s education is a fat bank account.

Eric Hilkert (ehilkert@wisc.edu) is a sophomore majoring in finance.

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From the Field: Gender bias in sports has hardly changed since 1974 While generations past, present have shown disrespect to female athletes, future prejudices can still be erased from status quo

by Steph Fabry Columnist

Being a Division 1 athlete is not easy by any means. Every day I wake up to yesterday’s workout persuading me to press snooze on my alarm clock. My body aches in pain, yet I’m still expected to wake up with a smile on my face, go to class, get straight A’s and study for hours on end.

And every day I do wake up with a smile on my face, show up to the next workout and make the most out of this unique experience.

The hardest part of being a college athlete doesn’t lie on the practice field, or in even within the countless physical setbacks that try to tear you down. It is being faced with completely unexpected, and frequently ignored, undertones of sexism in Division 1 athletics. It exists within each odd pinned against female athletes.It is 2017 — 43 years since the establishment of women’s varsity sports on campus. Since the days of severe gender bias surrounding athletics, female athletes have outdone themselves. We have made significant strides toward proving we are more than worthy of University of Wisconsin’s prestigious athletic reputation.

Even with an overwhelming amount of NCAA appearances, Big Ten Championships and top recruiting classes from across the country, the countless accomplishments from female athletes are merely just a number. There are still injustices, 43 years later, committed within the walls of Camp Randall that outsiders and spectators are not aware of.

Prejudice against female athletes is present on and off the field. Gender bias is the most prevalent when we afford praise and adoration to high-profile men’s teams that actually perform worse than women’s teams — for no reason but their gender. We hold up our signs to protest social issues during the Women’s March, but maybe some of those signs should read: “Female athletes deserve the same treatment as male athletes.”

The student body controls ticket sales.

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contributing to this inequality. The athletic department can only do so much to change these social standards — incoming revenue can only go so far to improve the demand for women’s sports. But who said the bias has to be changed through money?

Wisconsin Badgers men’s ice hockey had a total attendance of 159,284 for the 2016 season. The women’s ice hockey team only had an attendance of 35,939 — a fourth of the men’s. The men’s record for this season was 8–19–8, without advancing to the NCAA tournament. The women’s record was 34-4-1, and they went on to win the conference tournament, conference regular season and advanced to the Frozen Four in the NCAA Tournament.

Sadly, this probably comes as a surprise to most readers.

As a fellow athlete on this campus, every ounce of my respect goes to men’s sports. I see first-hand the hard work they put in every day, and I understand the unintentional circumstances that surround them. But to experience hard work paying off in a game is a priceless experience.

Male athletes are rewarded with a simple glance into the echoing stands, without seeing an open glistening seat in the stadium. That is a moment an athlete will never forget. That is a moment many female athletes rarely get.

It is gender bias, without a doubt in my mind. But it is not men’s sports putting the odds against female athletes — it is society, as a whole.

Together, we accumulate these perceptions and together, we decide where to hand “special treatment.” It is not an easy change, but it is a lingering unspoken challenge that continues to drive division and tension within our athletic department. It is important to be aware of what goes on behind the curtain of Division 1 athletics. I hope one day, female sports can acquire a big enough attraction as any high-profile men’s sport — where I can look up into the stands and know my team is being rewarded in the same way as every other athlete on campus.

Steph Fabry (sfabry@wisc.edu) is a junior majoring in journalism and strategic communications.

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Letter to the Editor: Pleasure-inclusive sex education promotes consent culture Student organization Sex Out Loud provides services that help dismantle traditional views of heteronormative, male-centric sex

by Letter to the Editor

Contrary to what the name may suggest, Sex Out Loud is not a porn group.

Ever since we started a chapter in 1996, we have been one of the largest student organizations at the University of Wisconsin, and facilitate programs all over campus on topics ranging from consent and sexually transmitted infections to pleasure and kink. We provide campus with literally hundreds of thousands of condoms and other safe-sex supplies such as dams, lube and receptive condoms. At Sex Out Loud’s core lies the belief pleasure-inclusive sex education is central to creating a consent culture on our campus and elsewhere.

Consent culture, both on campus and off, acts as a powerful tool against sexual assault. Learning about consent is not only necessary, but also sexy.

Consent culture battles sexual assault from the ground up, and it lays the foundation for the rest of our programming.

Those who have participated in Sex Out Loud’s programs know what we do could not be farther from the typical high school sex education class. Medical professionals train each program facilitator, granting staff members the ability to teach about birth control, sexually transmitted infections and anatomy — big kid words, like perineum and vulva.

But as peer educators, you’ll also hear us talk about how to eat pussy and use cock rings. Our goal is to start conversations that are inclusive for everyone. Health classes in middle and high schools regarding sexuality are taught assuming a heterosexual, cisgender audience, but Sex Out Loud knows better. Program facilitators are trained to use gender-neutral, inclusive language that expands outside heteronormativity — the assumption that everyone is straight — and cisnormativity — the assumption that everyone identifies with the sex they were assigned at birth.

Nationwide sex education often follows an abstinence-only approach, despite

studies demonstrating its ineffectiveness.

In Wisconsin, sex education promotes abstinence, and is not even required to be scientifically accurate. Though abstinence can certainly be a great choice for some folks, Sex Out Loud believes everyone should have access to correct, comprehensive information about sexual health and pleasure in order to enjoy healthy, happy sexual lives. Folks who attend our programs are then equipped with the tools to explore their own sexuality in a productive way and pass the knowledge along to others.

Many schools in the U.S. do not show students how to correctly use an external condom, while Sex Out Loud shows students how to use an external condom, internal condom and a sex dam. Often, in both sex education and popular culture, folks see sex as something that is active for men, and passive for women. One might hear this in everyday conversation, for example, when folks say something like, “he (active) fucked her (passive) last night.”

When we think about sex as men being the

aggressors and women as passive facilitators for their pleasure, we are reinforcing rape culture, along with heteronormativity.

That’s why talking about pleasure for folks of all genders is so important.

When we talk about the clitoris and why it’s so dang sensitive, we are teaching folks sex is not just about pleasing a penis.

In order to promote consent culture, we challenge our community to think about sex as an activity where all partners participate in pleasure. Through our programs, we hope to empower folks to have shame-free communications about sex and sexuality — an integral element of consent.

Folks interested in inviting Sex Out Loud to facilitate a program can visit our website and choose from our many options. We do programs for dorms, sororities, fraternities, student organizations — really, for any group of 10 people or more.

Sex Out Loud’s mission is to promote healthy sexuality through sex-positive education and activism. Find them on Facebook and Twitter.

Peer pressure, social atmosphere at UW toxic to nondrinking students There’s nothing wrong with being a party school, but with Madison’s obsessive drinking culture, push to participate can be too much

by Lucas Johnson Columnist

At what point does reputation become reality? How many people have to repeat and spread an idea for it to become defining?

How many times does an individual have to encounter a stereotype before it firmly plants itself in one’s perception of the subject? And what’s more, when that line is reached, how much of an affect does the perpetuation of that idea have on the individual?

In all honesty, the University of Wisconsin has a nationally renowned reputation for being a party school, and rightly so. Parties are notoriously commonplace here, and there’s a sense of casualness when talking about them, as though the reputation has seamlessly integrated itself into a main descriptor of campus.

The Huffington Post published a story ranking the “Top Party Schools of 2017” and UW ranked at the top. That’s all fine and good — it can be an attractive quality. But it can also be one that turns prospective students away from UW in their search for the perfect school.

The way the article describes the rankings

make our school sound like an NFL team in a weekly power rankings: “It’s the first time in a decade that UW took the top slot in the party school ranking.” It sounds like we’ve been competing for the top spot tirelessly for the last 10 years. Is that something to lift our heads high about? What does that report do to the overall reputation of our school, a school that boasts terrific academic opportunity? Furthermore, does that aspect become the reality of campus, sometimes suffocatingly so?

And it’s not so much parties, but drinking in general. Students talk about drinking as though it’s a given, as though everyone partakes, and partakes frequently. Weekends are synonymous with “going out” and partying with friends on “game days” are notorious. In more brash terms, game days are not about the game. They’re about getting drunk.

As a high school senior, almost every time I mentioned I would be attending UW in the fall, I was met with eyebrow raises, not-sosubtle nudges and light-hearted jokes about the school’s reputation for partying. I didn’t pay them too much mind, assuming they were otherwise uninformed about the school.

But when I arrived on campus, the culture was palpable, and not in the ways you’d traditionally think.

Aside from the pressures to indulge in parties at a consistent rate, the perpetuation of the culture extended further. Almost every Monday and Friday lecture was accompanied with a snarky comment about being hungover, or an insincere warning to “not go too crazy” on the weekends, asserting the normative nature of drinking. During a tour of the Union, I was greeted with the fun fact it was the only one in the country to serve beer, an irrelevant fact to a group of whom the majority were under 21.

I had come to campus knowing about the reality of the intense party culture, but had been convinced it was all relative, that it was avoidable if I chose to decline. Now I was less sure. It wasn’t that I felt forced to participate, but I felt it was the norm to do so, so I felt ostracized. Am I alone? I doubt it.

Even professors, knowledgeable individuals tasked with shaping the minds and persona of ambitious youth, are liberally spreading and encouraging a culture of drinking, and while the commentary may be innocent, those of us who aren’t itching to

“go out” are left with nothing but a sense of shame.

To hear that drinking is the norm incessantly is undoubtedly toxic to any individual, but more so to those who refrain, or at least partake sparingly.

Whenever I am asked if I’ll be going to a party, and I respectfully decline, the most common response I encounter is “why?” I don’t feel like I should have to explain myself, especially if when I do, I leave the exchange knowing that I was judged for my decision.

Partying is not the only possible activity on campus, though it can feel that way. There’s nothing wrong with party culture until it becomes the consensus campus norm, and we, even if unintentionally, shun those who don’t fit the norm.

In that instance, those who have no strong affiliations with consistent partying feel isolated, their social status immediately determined by that choice. Perpetuating the normative nature of drinking is therefore unnecessary and glaringly assumptive.

Lucas Johnson (lpeterj1771@gmail.com) is a freshman intending to major in journalism.

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News outlets must mount offensive against Trump’s ‘alternative facts’ It is time president, his allies are called out for continuous lies, blatant disrespect to intelligence of Americans

by Aly Niehans Associate Opinion Editor

to justify Trump’s executive order banning immigrants from seven different countries, as well as indefinitely suspending immigration from Syria and all immigration to the U.S. for 120 days. Conway tried to justify banning refugees under the guise they had been the mastermind behind terrorist attacks such as the fake Bowling Green massacre.

Conway further claimed that, following the Bowling Green massacre, thenPresident Barack Obama called for a six-month ban on immigration from Iraq, where the two men involved in the massacre were from.

But no matter how many times Conway refers to her Bowling Green massacre, she cannot wish it into being. Not a single person died or was even wounded.

What really happened is as follows: two Iraqi men in Bowling Green were arrested in 2011 for selling weapons to terrorist

group al-Qaeda. The real facts do not merit Conway so flippantly throwing the word “massacre” around. Furthermore, this incident did not prompt the Obama administration to institute a six-month ban on immigrants from Iraq — just to impose a stricter vetting process on Iraqis who had just arrived in the U.S. Of course not everything on the internet is true. This is a basic rule children learn at a young age. But in an era where lies are too easily thrown around and relabeled as facts, by the president of the United States and supposed leader of the free world, how can one decipher what can and cannot be believed?

Certainly, the majority of what the Trump administration spews from their podium should be taken with a large grain of salt. Less than a month into this administration, Spicer, Conway and Trump have all taken some severe blows to their

“Alternative facts” became a mainstream entity almost as soon as President Donald Trump set foot in the White House following his inauguration. Trump’s press secretary Sean Spicer, in a press conference the day after the inauguration, spent his time fact-checking the press. Spicer maintained that the press had reported false, drastically low, figures for attendance at Trump’s inauguration.

Spicer claimed Trump’s speech drew “the largest audience to ever see an inauguration.” Yet, numerous experts have proven Trump’s crowd came in around 500,000 people, falling significantly short of Trump’s estimate of one million. Neither Spencer, nor Trump, retracted this absurd claim.

Trump and his administration continued their barrage of “alternative facts” as their focus switched to voter fraud, which Trump claimed greatly impacted the November election with anywhere from 3 million to 5 million illegal votes cast.

Again, this was almost instantaneously proven to be false by multiple sources. There is no evidence voter fraud of that magnitude occurred in the 2016 presidential election. Furthermore, there is no evidence voter fraud had any effect on the outcome of the presidential election.

The latest, and perhaps greatest, example of the Trump administration’s willingness to spread blatant lies is Kellyanne Conway’s “Bowling Green massacre” fiasco.

While Conway has received flack for citing a completely fake incident in an Feb. 3 interview on MSNBC’s “Hardball” to justify Trump’s executive order on immigration, this is not the first time Conway has cited this fake massacre.

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credibility. That is, if they even had any to start with.

They have lied about everything from their executive order on immigration favoring Christians to the weather during Trump’s inauguration speech, and have criticized any news outlet who dares to call them out when they spot the many discrepancies.

The Trump administration has gone so far as to target certain news publications, including The New York Times, one of the leading publications in the country, saying they “don’t write good.” In what seems like an act of middle school pettiness and drama, Trump even insists on referring to them as “the failing New York Times.” In essence, Trump and his cronies have taken to viciously condemning any and all news organizations that publish stories they deem as unfavorable to their image, even when these stories are substantiated by verified facts. When called on their lies, they have adapted a policy of “deny, deny deny” before quickly moving on to the next one.

This makes news consumption for the general public more difficult. On one hand, you have the president calling verified facts false, and working to maintain his facade of a competent administration. But on the other, you have reputable news organizations and journalists refuting Trump’s claims and maintaining the validity of their articles.

Citizens should be able to look toward the White House as a source of relative truth, especially regarding their own decisions. With Trump’s administration, however, that is not the case.

Instead, news outlets need to take on a larger role in making the public aware not only of the news but of the discrepancies between what is actually happening and the lies Trump is spreading. Journalists cannot shy away from publishing inflammatory pieces about the president or about his staff because if they don’t draw attention to errors made, no one will.

Aly Niehans (aniehans@badgerherald. com) is a freshman majoring in international studies and intending to major in journalism.

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Big Ten bottoms out in first-ever early NCAA top 16 teams Despite a No. 7 AP ranking, Wisconsin finds itself outside of preliminary committee rankings approaching March

by Ben Cross Senior Sports Editor

The Big Ten has become the laughing stock of NCAA men’s basketball world this season. That has been a commonly held opinion since the beginning of conference play, but is now more apparent than ever with the release of the first ever preliminary NCAA top 16 rankings Friday, which featured zero Big Ten teams.

To break it down, the NCAA committee’s rankings laid out what a 16-team tournament would look like if the season ended today. If the tournament were to start tomorrow, the Big Ten would not have a team as at least a four seed for the first time since 2004. That situation would certainly be a rarity for a conference that currently has two teams in the AP top 16 in No. 16 Purdue and No. 7 Wisconsin.

Since the AP is forced to factor in overall record into their top 25 rankings, the Big Ten is bound to have at least two or three teams in the conversation right now, given the weak strength of schedule teams like Wisconsin and Purdue have to face at the top of a diminished conference. The committee, however, can use their own metrics to rank teams and have shown in years past the proverbial “eye test” means more for seed placement than just about anything else.

Wisconsin, sitting at 21-3 and firmly atop the Big Ten, carries the weight of the conference and is probably the only team that could sneak into a top four seed before Selection Sunday hits March 12. The Badgers, however, have done just about everything to hurt their national reputation outside of actually losing. UW’s three losses have all come against ranked teams in No. 8 North Carolina, Purdue and No. 23 Creighton.

Those struggles have shown up in the last month as Wisconsin barely scraped by rival Minnesota and four of the last six teams in the Big Ten, including taking last place Rutgers and Nebraska to overtime.

With the eye test out the window for the Badgers, the question remains how they can prove themselves nationally with only one ranked matchup left for them in the regular season with Maryland at home.

The answer to that question lies in the motto of former Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis: “Just win baby.” Wisconsin is just 2-3 this season against teams in the top 50 in RPI, with wins over Tennessee and Minnesota, and ranks just 18 in RPI

rankings, which illustrates the most obvious reason the Badgers are on the outside looking in. RPI factors in strength of schedule, and the experienced UW squad played only the 42nd hardest nonconference schedule in college basketball.

The good news for the guys in Madison and the Big Ten as a whole is the Badgers might finish the regular season with a single Big Ten loss and three overall losses for the first time since 1940, a season that ended in the program’s only national championship. The upcoming schedule for Wisconsin features one team on the road in the top 50 of RPI in Michigan State.

The Badgers also don’t have to play Purdue while they play the two other teams in the Big Ten in the top 50 of RPI, Maryland and Minnesota, under the lights of the Kohl Center at home.

While Maryland and Michigan State are normally two of the most intimidating and challenging matchups in the conference, the Terps and Spartans are far from what they normally are. Both UM and MSU were top four seeds a year ago with coaches often considered some of the best in the sport, but are somehow struggling to even make the tournament this season.

In fact, the Big Ten featured seven teams in the NCAA tournament last season, tied for the most of any conference. Of those teams, Wisconsin, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan State, Indiana, Michigan and Purdue, not a single one made the Elite 8 and only three are considered in legitimate position to make the tournament this season. The regular blue bloods in one the sport’s best conferences are certainly bleeding, and the pundits are taking notice.

In ESPN Bracketology expert Joe Lunardi’s Friday bracket, five Big Ten teams made the cut but the Badgers and Boilermakers were the only teams better than an eight seed. While five might still seem like a good outlook for the conference given the downfall of the rankings, Lunardi has been known to overlook non-Power Five conference teams, and even the five he predicted are in question.

Looking even deeper into the conference’s despair, ESPN analytics revealed early last week the Big Ten is the only Power Five conference without a single team currently considered a lock to make the tournament. Even the Badgers, while not a top 16 team, aren’t agreed upon as a definite postseason team despite sitting at a projected two seed in the current AP polls.

The reason for the conference’s downfall stems from the programs right at the top. Indiana and Michigan State, two of the most historic programs in college basketball, and both ranked in the top 25

going into the year, sit at fifth or worse in-conference and are at a good likelihood of not making the tournament. IU hasn’t missed the tournament since 2013 and MSU hasn’t missed it since 1996, the thirdlongest active streak in the country (19), right in front of Wisconsin (18).

While the conference and its top teams have always shown a strong level of consistency, the committee has never really awarded those teams top seeds and has often underrated the conference. With an especially down year, however, it is up to Wisconsin and the bunch to pull some upsets come March.

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Brevin Pritzl’s newfound ‘swagger’ earns him more minutes Redshirt freshman initially struggled after returning from foot injury that sidelined him freshman year

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didn’t try to make up for lost time.”

That lost time Gard referred to is Pritzl’s broken left foot that hampered him during his true freshman season. Pritzl was cleared for activity early last season and appeared in one game — on Nov. 15 against Siena — but re-broke his foot while practicing before a game at Syracuse. That injury cost him the rest of the season, but Pritzl secured a medical redshirt.

In Pritzl’s mind, it took him a full year to feel normal on the court again.

“Even talking to coach Gard, in December I finally hit my stride in who I was as a basketball player,” Pritzl said.

“When I hit that year mark, I got back to who I was. Now I’m just trying to create off of that.”

As a prep standout at De Pere High School in De Pere, Wisconsin, Pritzl was a prolific scorer. He had to learn how to adjust to not always having the ball in his hands once he came to UW. “I just caught and shot over people,” Pritzl said. “Now, I play with and face a lot better players. You have to use a different system. You gotta play a little different and I gotta learn how to create off of them.”

In high school, Pritzl was never one to sacrifice his body and make the physical play — diving for a loose ball, for example.

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“You realize you need people like that,” Pritzl said. “You need someone to mix it up. Maybe you don’t always get it … but I gotta make that a habit of my own.”

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Brevin Pritzl has his swagger back.

At least, that’s what University of Wisconsin men’s basketball head coach Greg Gard says. The swagger Gard is alluding to isn’t your typical type of swagger, either. Rather, it’s Wisconsin basketball’s definition of swagger.

“I think just over the last six to eight weeks he’s started to get his swagger back,” Gard said of his redshirt freshman guard. “By that I mean the appreciation for things other than just shooting — diving on the floor, taking charges, rebounding, taking care of the ball.”

Gard’s comments came following No. 7 Wisconsin’s 65-60 win over Indiana last Sunday. Pritzl logged a career-high in points (6) and nearly eclipsed his careerhigh in minutes played (13), which came against Ohio State last month.

Pritzl’s scoring was not only timely, as his lone field goal — a baseline drive layup — came with Wisconsin leading just 35-33 in the second half, but his defense was also solid for someone who has just 64 minutes of playing time this season (as of Feb. 8), Gard said.

“He just kept getting more and more consistent,” Gard said. “I brought him over [from the scout team] different times during practice and I thought he’s handled it pretty well. [Against Indiana] I just kept liking what I was seeing. He stayed in his lane. He didn’t try to do too much. He

But for Pritzl, it was his chance to prove his toughness and commitment to seeing the floor.

Upon return from his injury, Pritzl still wasn’t doing enough intangibles to impress the UW coaching staff.

“It’s really taken him a long time to get back into that rhythm,” Gard said. “I think for him, mentally, I think he was probably caught in the trap that shooting is going to get me back faster than anything else and really it had to be those other things first.

We know he can score. We know he shoots it really well. But he had to be doing those other things too and that’s what we’ve been seeing.”

With Wisconsin graduating 80 percent of its starting five, Pritzl is in solid position along with fellow reserve guards Jordan Hill and D’Mitrik Trice to earn significant playing time next season, even with the arrival of heralded recruits Kobe King and Brad Davison.

“Always the product of what you’re doing is you want to keep playing — playing at the next level, play the year after, year after,” Pritzl said. “So it’s all about improving. Every day you step out, even in the weight room, and think about

what I gotta do to get better and translate that out here out on the court.”

Just a couple of weeks ago, Pritzl told The Badger Herald, “I’m obviously not going to be playing minutes that are big.”

The Indiana game disproved that assumption. He’s slowly gaining the trust of his coach and teammates. Obviously, there will be a steep learning curve and bumps in the road ahead.

“Sometimes things don’t go your way,” Pritzl said. “It’s about getting out there, to get an opportunity, try to learn and get better for next year.”

He paused.

“Or this year, if that’s what we need.”

UW just might need that swagger going forward as they approach the end of the regular season and the NCAA tournament in the coming weeks. Despite a predominantly senior squad in Madison, Pritzl and others provide added weapons that could send this team deep into March.

Wisconsin clings to a half game lead in the Big Ten after a shocking defeat against unranked Northwestern.

The Badgers visit Ann Arobor Thursday night to take on the Michigan Wolverines on ESPN at 6 p.m. CST.

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Little went right for Badgers this weekend in series with Nittany Lions Wisconsin loses two straight for first time all season after tough home games against No. 10 Penn State

by Ben Pierce Beat Writer

Wisconsin dropped to the second spot in the Big Ten standings after an eye-opening sweep from the No. 10 Penn State Nittany Lions.

The Badgers took the ice Friday night against their fifth Big Ten opponent, hoping to push their win streak to six games and make a statement in the college hockey world.

PSU and their high-flying offense, however, had different plans. The Lions jumped on the Badgers with two first period goals, silencing the Kohl Center.

Wisconsin looked overmatched by the Big Ten powerhouse heading into the first intermission, but came out of the locker room with renewed energy. Wisconsin tied up the game with two goals midway through the second, including a powerplay strike by sophomore forward and captain Luke Kunin.

The No. 10 Lions did not bat an eye at the Badger scores as they netted three unanswered goals, taking a 5-2 lead in the opening minutes of the third period.

Wisconsin would respond late in the final period with another power-play score, but it would be too little too late for the Badgers as PSU sealed the deal with their sixth score minutes later.

The story continued Saturday night as the Lions got on the board first after PSU’s two-on-one break got past goaltender Matt Jurusik.

Wisconsin responded before the period ended when Matt Ustaski found the back of the net just as the Lions were coming back to full strength.

The Badgers looked poised to hang with the top-ranked Lions as the first period ended, but containing the PSU offense would prove to be more than Wisconsin could handle.

PSU cranked out two straight goals to start the second period and seemed to have every ounce of momentum on their side.

“Even when we got things going they didn’t get rattled and they were able to turn the momentum back their way whenever we did get any, so they were the best team in my opinion we’ve played this year,” head coach Tony Granato said following the Saturday defeat.

A repeat of the night before seemed to be playing out at the Kohl Center until captain Luke Kunin found the back of the

net on a Wisconsin power play, providing a much-needed spark to the Badger offense.

Wisconsin continued to push the pace as the second period came to a close with PSU leading 3-2.

Any momentum the Badgers gained at the end of the second vanished as they stepped onto the ice for the final period.

PSU scored just three minutes into the period, deflating the Wisconsin crowd and improving their lead to two goals.

As the third period ensued, neither team could muster much of an advantage until PSU sealed the deal with their fifth and final goal.

“The whole series they played smarter; they played a better road game than we were able to handle,” Granato said postgame.

PSU’s elite offense proved too much for the Badgers to handle as the Lions found the back of the net 11 times on the weekend.

“We just gotta want it more I think, from the start of the series to the end they wanted it more than we did and I think that showed,” Kunin said following Saturday’s game.

The Badgers fell to 8-4-0 in conference matchups after the two losses but, at the second spot in the Big Ten, still sit above the Lions.

“We get to play them again, we have another chance to turn the tables on them and be the better team because I think we can be, but there’s some areas in the next few weeks we’ll have to improve on,” Granato said.

Despite the two tough losses, one Badger continued to light it up on the ice. Junior forward Cameron Hughes continued his scoring streak with two assists on the weekend, extending his run to 10 games, the longest in school history.

A silver lining was tough to find in a defeating weekend for the Badgers, but they remain in the hunt for both a top spot in the conference and an NCAA tournament bid.

“I think we gotta just reset a little bit mentally,” Jurusik said. “We have to realize some weekends aren’t going to go our way.”

The Badgers have two weekends to regroup before they face the top-ranked Lions again, but have no time to dwell on the two losses as they face unranked Michigan and the No. 5 Minnesota

Photo · Cameron Hughes set a school record with his ninth straight game with a point Saturday, but still not enough to get a win for UW. Ben Pierce The Badger Herald

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