'At All Costs' - Volume 50, Issue 5

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AT ALL COSTS Facing increasing hostility and rising costs, journalists across the country — especially student journalists — are struggling. But at UW, it’s students and their untold stories who have the most to lose.

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Terrorism class prompts discussion surrounding academic freedom

Retired professor says instructors have right to set course structure, while students also entitled to question material

by James Strebe Campus News Editor

After University of Wisconsin undergraduate student Ali Khan posted a critique of how a UW political science professor planned to teach terrorism, questions have been raised about curriculum development at the university.

Greg Downey, academic associate dean for social sciences, said when a curriculum is reviewed, no one class is pinpointed for its controversy.

“I don’t think there’s any course we teach here that in some sense might not be controversial,” Downey said.

The learning goals of these classes, Downey said, is for students to have a broad understanding of the debate and the ability use their knowledge to formulate their own opinion on an issue.

When creating or updating a university course, the question is how to effectively introduce that controversy to students, Downey said.

To make sure courses meet appropriate learning objectives for students, new courses are reviewed by the department they fall under, a committee of faculty and staff in the specific college and a committee of faculty and staff across the entirety of campus. Old courses are also updated at least every 10 years when a full review of the department is conducted.

Most familiar to UW students, Downey said, is end-of-semester course evaluations, where courses are not just evaluated for how well they are taught, but also for how well they meet learning objectives.

Donald Downs, a retired UW political science professor and expert in free speech and academic freedom, said a teacher ’s expertise on a topic gives them the right to set the groundwork for a course. Students also have a right to question the faculty member ’s positions on issues within the course.

“I’m sure that he knows what he’s talking about,” Downs, who was a colleague of Kydd’s for many years, said. “I’m also sure that he would be open to students different points of view regarding this course.”

Khan said he met with Kydd on the following Monday and spent much of the meeting listening to Kydd’s perspective and hearing why he chose to teach the class in the way he did.

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thing, and that often the student can provide their own fresh perspectives to the conversation.

It’s important, he said, that professors respect the variety of experiences that pupils have and that, in turn, students respect the perspective of a teacher who has spent a large amount of time and energy developing experience on the topic. He also noted that the limitations of an entry-level course can often mean that the instructor is forced to sacrifice some nuance and depth in an article.

Some concerns do exist, however, about barriers to an open discourse within a classroom. Khan said the imbalance of power between a professor and student can sometimes make it hard for students who take issue with a class to speak up. In the class following Khan’s post on Facebook, Kydd addressed Photo · Transgender state employees will not be covered for surgeries previously excluded from health insurance.

Khan’s online critique during his lecture. Khan said Kydd Daniel Yun made counter-arguments to The Badger Herald some of the points in his post.

“Coming from a professor, believed the class presented a view of of perspectives, the two did not necessarily terrorism that was too simplistic. see eye to eye on their view of the class. that often looks more valid than if a student “It’s not about ‘your side’ or ‘our side,’” Downs questioned if a student could really was speaking out,” Khan said.

Kydd did not respond to two requests for Khan said. “My goal is to tell the full side.” know what a course was going to be like comment.

Though he is no longer taking the after one day, while Khan said the language Downs said although it is the professor ’s class, Khan said he does plan to follow its used in the class “hurts” marginalized responsibility to make sure all perspectives progress and provide Kydd with alternative communities on campus. have room to be heard and taken into academic readings to broaden the scope of consideration, ultimately it’s up to the the class. instructor to provide the content of the Going forward, Khan said he would course. like to see the university apply a cultural Downs said because of political competency review of many of the school’s correctness, he believes professors often liberal arts courses. He would also like feel they need to watch what they say. to see UW invite speakers from a wider Because universities often lean in one variety of backgrounds who can share their ideological direction or the other, Downs own personal experiences with social and said, it can be easy to refuse to tolerate historical topics. speech that challenges your belief systems.

Downs, who is a member of the Downs said sometimes the truth can Committee of Academic Freedom and Ali Khan be complicated, especially in convoluted Rights, worked alongside the university social or historical topics, but as long as a committee and Faculty Senate in 2015 professor is open to dispute, they should to develop the first-ever definition of not be afraid to speak openly about their Khan said his intention is not to create academic freedom at UW. The policy interpretation of the topic they are teaching. conflict between himself and the professor gives faculty the right to pursue the truth “A wise faculty member will not shy but to create a dialogue about how through their own discretion based on their away from speaking with intellectual terrorism is perceived on a broader scale. own academic expertise.

Downey said students engaging with honesty about what he or she believes,” Though Khan and Downs may agree it’s important to expose students to a spectrum their course material can be a great Downs said.

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not about ‘your side’ or ‘our side.’ My goal is to tell the full side.”

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Journey Mental Health Center to cease funding for Kajsiab House Madison Hmong community currently fundraising in hopes of maintaining Kasjiab House operations for next three months

by Hibah Ansari State News Editor

Journey Mental Health Center will discontinue funding Kajsiab House, a healing center for the local Hmong community, on Sept. 28 because of budgeting issues, leaving patients struggling to find access to culturallycompetent mental health services.

Kajsiab (pronounced “ga shee’ah”) means the relief of stress and tension, according to the Journey website. Kajsiab House is a mental health facility in Madison for Hmong-Americans, particularly Hmong elders.

Hmong Institute board president Mai Zong Vue was upset with the timeline of the Kasjiab House closure.

“Like the elders, I’m very angry and very disappointed at how the situation was handled,” Zong Vue said. “Giving 30 days for a community to put something together — it’s impossible.”

Kajsiab House provides services for the 5,000 Hmong-Americans living in Dane County — more than 300 of whom are war veterans or widows of veterans, according to the Journey website. A high percentage of them live with mental health problems like depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain caused by war experiences.

Lynn Brady, Journey Mental Health president and CEO, said they are closing the program because of a lack of sustainable funding. By the end of the year, Kajsiab House will have a deficit of about $500,000, Brady said.

“We are working hard and we’ll make sure that every person receiving services at Kajsiab House can continue receiving services,” Brady said. “We are not just closing down and walking away.”

In response to Journey’s decision to cut the program, the Hmong Institute organized a public forum in collaboration with organizations like the University of Wisconsin’s Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Voices.

Katie Chong, a representative of UW APIDA Voices, was part of the fundraising committee at the public forum and pitched ideas to it. She said she was disappointed Brady didn’t show up to the forum, which brainstormed ways to raise money to fund Kajsiab House for the remainder of the year.

The Friends of Kajsiab House, a coalition of Hmong elders, community members and service providers, set up a GoFundMe to ensure there are no gaps in services

while Kajsiab patients transition to other providers. Their goal is to raise $150,000 to maintain Kajsiab House for the next three months.

“I understand that [Journey], as an agency, is experiencing budget issues — I understand that and I respect that,” Vue said. “My only hard feeling is that this is a communal project and it should’ve been brought to the community’s attention — we could help them.”

“When

I heard that they were closing down services for people like my dad, it hurt me personally.

Cambodians, Hmong, Vietnamese-Americans — we’re all children of refugees of the colonialism that happened in Vietnam during the Cold War.”

the PTSD of many Kajsiab House patients.

According to Chong, fighting in the Vietnam War, surviving genocide and starting a new life in the U.S. are some of the reasons why Hmong elders like her own father experience mental health issues.

“When I heard that they were closing down services for people like my dad, it hurt me personally,” Chong said. “Cambodians, Hmong, Vietnamese-Americans — we’re all children of refugees of the colonialism that happened in Vietnam during the Cold War.” Brady said Journey service providers are aware of the cultural needs of the Hmong people. If needed, patients can receive services in Hmong from staff with an understanding of Hmong culture.

While patients have the opportunity to transition to another mental health program at Journey, both Chong and Vue raised concerns that services won’t be culturally

competent to Hmong elders. Vue said that is why Kajsiab was started 18 years ago.

Chong added that closing Kajsiab House would erase part of her history by endangering the elders, but it would also deny a minority group of culturally competent mental health services in the future too.

Kajsiab House is accepting funds to maintain operation for the rest of the year.

They are planning a launch day of the new independent community program on Sept. 28 — the same day Journey will stop overseeing the program.

“The elders are our history, they show us our traditions and they remind us and connect us to the homeland,” Chong said.

“But the reality is a lot of Hmong-Americans and Cambodian-Americans that are our age struggle with mental health issues because of generational trauma.”

Katie Chong Journey is currently working with the public to make accommodations for Kajsiab House patients, Brady said. She said she wanted to dispel any rumors about Journey completely cutting services to the Hmong community.

Vue said while Journey is not required to consult with the Hmong community, it would have made for a much stronger partnership if they had, citing how many community organizations have pledged support to an independently-run Kajsiab House — including UW Health.

“Kajsiab House has been a home that was able to help [patients] manage their PTSD and help them manage their daily life,” Vue said.

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City proposes water bill fee increase to fund service of aging mains Madison estimates cost of $1.5 million per mile of replaced pipes, potentially costing some residents $7 more per month

by Gretchen Gerlach City News Editor

If approved by the Public Service Commission, Madison Water Utility’s residential customers could see their monthly bills increase, the City of Madison reported.

Amy Barrilleaux, a spokesperson with MWU, said this increase only applies to Madison Water Utility’s charges on the Municipal Services Bill, which accounts for about one-third of the total bill. Other charges — like sewer, stormwater, landfill and urban forestry — are not levied by MWU. The leading cause for this increase, according to the City of Madison, is aging water mains.

Barrilleaux estimated that of the 900 miles of underground post-WWII era water mains in Madison, 300 must be replaced at a cost of about $1.5 million per mile.

Barrilleaux said MWU has already replaced 100 miles of aging water mains since 2005 but because only about ten miles of mains can be replaced each year, replacing 300 more is a longterm goal.

“One decade of replacements down, three

more to go,” Barrilleaux said.

But executive director of the Citizens Utility Board Tom Content said there are other key drivers for raising rates beyond replacing mains, and CUB has serious concerns.

Content said one main escalator in MWU’s capital expenditure and increase in rates has to do with their financing these improvements with debt which has in turn caused its debt service payments to spike and created an increasingly disproportionate debt-to-equity ratio.

According to Content, between 2013 and 2018 MWU’s annual debt service payments nearly doubled, from roughly $9.2 million to $17.8 million. Currently, MWU’s cash reserves are less than what is required by its bond covenants, and at current revenues, it cannot issue new bonds for unexpected capital improvements.

“Right now, Madison Water Utility is borrowing heavily to pay for these projects, and that ends up saddling customers with high debt payments,” Content said. “If the Utility were on more of a pay-as-you-go system, the overall costs to customers over time wouldn’t be as high.”

Content said payment in lieu of taxes —

sums paid to the local Madison government for the non-taxable land that MWU occupies — are also going up.

MWU’s estimated PILOT for 2018 was over $7, accounting for 16 percent of its total revenue requirement. This money is essentially collected from the water bill to fund city services rather than water utility services, Content said.

Content said the Public Service Commission has raised concerns about the high PILOT assessments, which make it hard for Wisconsin’s water utilities to pay for needed work to replace aging infrastructure.

“CUB has serious concerns about the utility’s construction cost overruns, its ability to manage the growth of other revenue requirement cost drivers — including PILOT costs — and ratepayers’ ability to shoulder future additional large rate increases,” Content said.

As MWU has only scratched the surface of a 40-year project, rates are not expected to drop significantly anytime soon, Barrilleaux said.

UW landscape architecture professor Kurt Paulsen said water utility companies everywhere are facing the issue of aging pipes and the need to replace them, and that an increase in rates will be widespread.

“When people hear about this increase they ask ‘Why? Out of sight out of mind, it works today,’” Paulsen said. “But if you pay a little bit every year to rehabilitate and repair, you will have fewer problems later on. Unfortunately, nobody wants to pay to use something they already have.”

While bills are expected to go up for every type of customer — including homeowners, businesses, and renters in duplexes and apartment buildings — the direct impact on UW students is yet to be determined.

If a student is renting an apartment, the increase in cost will depend on whether or not water is included in monthly rent or if it is a variable cost dependent on how much is used per month. If landlords have to pay more, they will shoulder the cost onto students who are renting the apartment, Paulsen said.

Still, Barrilleaux said water costs in Madison will remain relatively low in comparison to other municipalities in the state and to other utilities like gas, electric, cable and sewer.

“Water is relatively cheap,” Paulsen said.

“We get clean water from the tap and can flush our waste for mere pennies. The best deal you’ll ever get is municipal water. “

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UW experts to research ovarian cancer using technological modeling Team to use five-year grant to gain better understanding of disease, hopefully discover better methods of diagnosis

by Molly Liebergall Print News Editor

A team of University of Wisconsin biomedical engineers recently received a five-year grant to conduct research into the progression of ovarian cancer.

The specialized group of six professors range from the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

According to a UW press release, the team will rely on advanced laboratory technology and imaging in hopes of revealing the most comprehensive analysis yet of the extracellular matrix in ovarian cancer.

The extracellular matrix consists of molecules secreted by cells that create structures, sometimes unhealthy ones. When the tissues turn cancerous, this extracellular matrix — which guides cell behavior, changes and secretion — also contributes to the development of cancer, according to the press release.

Using the $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health through the National Cancer

Institute’s Cancer Tissue Engineering Collaborative Research Program, the team will explore the specific extracellular matrix alterations that cause ovarian to progress. Vilas Distinguished Professor Kristyn Masters said the research is focused on improving early treatment.

“Ovarian cancer has a fairly high mortality rate, and so what we’re trying to investigate is how these tumors metastasize, and if we can better understand how they metastasize [...] maybe we can better treat it earlier,” Masters said.

According to the American Cancer Society, while a woman’s risk of getting ovarian cancer is only 1 in 78 throughout her lifetime, it ranks fifth in cancer deaths among women and causes more deaths than any other female reproductive system cancer.

Through this research, department of medical physics professor Paul Campagnola and his colleagues hope to develop a deeper understanding of the disease, which will then lead to improved diagnosis further down the road.

Campagnola referred to the team’s research approach as “rather novel” because of the technological methodology they will utilize.

“This was really a way of merging a lot of

expertise both on the imaging side [...] and the digital engineering side,” Campagnola said.

Across all team members, the experts are able to bring several different areas of expertise to the table, Masters said. This includes cell signaling, manipulation of tumor microenvironment, use of varied engineering tools and multi-system fabrication to obtain complex models of tumor environment.

Through collaborative efforts, the experts will be able to essentially mimic the body’s internal topographical and mechanical composition surrounding cancer cells, Masters said.

“It is somewhat transformative to purposefully make diseases in the lab,” Masters said. “Now we’re really using it as a tool to investigate processes [...]

It’s a combination of all fairly new techniques to get a much more complex rendition of what you would find in the body.”

According to a statement associate professor of cell and regenerative biology Pam Kreeger made in the press release, the current best way to predict outcome in ovarian cancer is to see how much of the disease is removed after a first surgery. However, understanding the environment surrounding

tumors — which is what this research aims to accomplish — could potentially lead to a more positive outcome for patients.

This research will very much be a team effort, Masters said, since the collaboration involves the several different experts in addition to UW undergraduate and graduate students, as well as post-doctoral and Ph.D. students.

Campagnola said although the grant is for five years, he believes this will be a much more longterm process requiring the continued application for grants.

Beyond ovarian cancer research, Masters said the methodology and technology being used by UW could also have several other avenues, including using in vitro models to make more personalized medicine or test why certain patients respond differently to drugs than others.

As for right now, Campagnola looks forward to progressive outcomes from the current project at hand.

“The long term goal is to really have a better understanding,” Campagnola said. “If we have a better understanding of the disease, then we’ll have better tools for diagnosis.”

CBD legalization to profit Wisconsin farmers, manufacturers, retailers In wake of CBD legislation, sectors of state’s agriculture, wellness industries thriving with production of hemp

by Grady Gibson City News Editor

With hemp farmers profiting more and more throughout the country, Wisconsin followed suit last spring and legalized CBD oil, leading several farmers to switch to hemp production.

Shawn Conley, an agronomy professor at the University of Wisconsin, helped explain what exactly CBD is and the implications of its legalization.

“Cannabidiol is a component of industrial hemp, and the oil must test below rules and regulations for THC levels,” Conley said.

Cannabidiol, or CBD, is the active compound in hemp. The lack of THC is an important detail when considering the substance because, without it, CBD oil provides the medicinal benefits of marijuana without the high.

Conley stated the legalization is significant because it allows for increased regulation, therefore making the product safer for the public. “[Legalization] will hopefully provide consumers with a safe and consistent supply of oil,” Conley said. “Currently this market has not been regulated, and consumers may be at risk.”

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products will allow the public to know exactly what they are consuming while preventing exposure to any unexpected chemicals.

Conley also weighed in on what the next bill for Wisconsin concerning legalization would hold.

“From what I understand, the next farm bill will differentiate hemp from marijuana and only hemp would be legalized. The ruling would clear any gray area for hemp and it will basically become a commodity . . . As with any commodity, the price will stabilize,” Conley said. “My fear is that the hemp or CBD oil market will be flooded and any value will be removed from the market.”

Tim O’Brien, who has been selling CBD oil out of his business Apple Wellness in Sun Prairie and Fitchburg, mapped out the effects CBD legalization has had on his business and Wisconsin as a whole.

“It has been incredible for the farmers, the manufacturers, the retailers and the customers — it has just been so successful,” O’Brien said. “All through that supply chain, it has impacted them in a positive way and it is exciting to be a part of.”

O’Brien said Apple Wellness gets its CBD oil primarily from Colorado, though some comes from Oregon and California as well.

They do not buy from just one supplier but

dozens, O’Brien said.

O’Brien said the market for CBD oil has been thriving and their CBD has been selling very well ever since its legalization.

He noted there has not been much need for advertising, as word of mouth has proven to be the more effective outlet for this particular product.

“It has been incredible for the farmers, the manufacturers, the retailers and the customers — it has just been so successful.”

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“It is working for people, so they are coming back for it and they are telling other people . . . without question, word of mouth has been the most powerful. It is exciting for us to sell it to somebody [who has] chronic pain [because] they are on opiates and NSAIDs, and they get off of the drugs which

they have been on for 20 years,” O’Brien said. “Then they will tell everybody they know because they are just jumping through the roof with excitement.”

O’Brien said there are now more than 350 farmers who have changed their business to hemp production in Wisconsin alone. This change took place just over this last year.

O’Brien said this change is due to the many challenges that farmers face which make it harder for them to make money.

Switching to hemp farming is a more profitable option for many.

O’Brien explained that CBD as a compound is strengthening to the endocannabinoid system, which is like a distribution center that sends cannabinoids that strengthen the whole body.

O’Brien used the example of treating stress with CBD, saying that cannabinoids sent to the brain strengthen the hippocampus, which has a calming, anxietyrelieving effect. He also explained that in a case such as using CBD to treat chronic back pain, the cannabinoids are received by the cannabinoid receptors in the back, thereby creating a state of homeostasis, preventing inflammation and treating pain.

“A good way to sum it up is all the benefits that we have heard about from medicinal marijuana is true of CBD, without the high,” O’Brien said.

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Poet, activist Cleo Wade promotes self-love, self-care to community Courageous Love Tour at Graduate Madison previewed ‘Heart Talk,’ outlined by three concrete pillars on how to love oneself wholeheartedly

by Kate Geary ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

The fear of being lonely is one most people can relate to. College is a breeding ground for these feelings — packed in between heavy class loads and the onset of adult decisions, loneliness and self-doubt can quickly creep in.

Cleo Wade, the author of “Heart Talk” and creator of the Courageous Love Tour, brought new insights to these feelings with every word she spoke. Wade was a kind, inclusive, deep breath as she responded during our interview at the Graduate Madison this past Wednesday.

On her second stop of the Courageous Love Tour, she began by discussing her motivation for bringing this vision to life while communicating a passion for genuine conversation and connecting people the entire time.

After setting up a booth in public parks around New York City, Wade sat for ten hours, often times without taking breaks for food and water, offering free peaceful and loving conversation to anyone who had interest.

“People were really lonely and they felt like they didn’t know how to get into community with others ... the online space is an amazing jumping off point for connection, but not the answer for many,” Wade said.

This event is unlike many others, as the main goal is simply to feel heard, less lonely and more capable of loving yourself the way you deserve. Inspired by all of the emotion and honesty she had heard, the Courageous Love tour was created in the hopes that it would give people a way to connect on a deeper level with others in their community.

Feelings of love and compassion were present long before Wade took the stage, illustrating how powerful the simple act of showing up can be when it comes to human interaction. The event began with hugs, breaking the ice with an embrace.

Coming from a hectic day of class and work, I wasn’t in a mindset to show love to myself, but after leaving Wade’s event, I felt like I could finally take a deep breath and express empathy for the hardships I face.

Wade is the kind of person who inspires one to live a fuller, more peaceful life and to believe that getting there is within reach.

“I’m really terrified of public speaking,” Wade admitted. “So every time I speak publicly I have a mantra I sit and say an hour before performing — which is, ‘As long as you are yourself, you can’t fuck it up,’” Wade said.

The mentality Wade brings to both life and her work is full of self-love and selfbelief. Wade said there are three pillars to self-care that make all the difference in how one lives.

The first is rooted in therapeutic rituals.

Wade emphasized the importance of

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knowing there are differences between selfmaintenance and self-care.

Self-maintenance includes things we do to better ourselves, like working out or cleaning up your living space. Though there are moments when it’s necessary to put time into cultivating a ritual in these ways, self-care is revolved around the idea of accepting abundant love for yourself.

Rather than checking to-do’s off a list,

“ Coming from a hectic day of

class and work, I wasn’t in a mindset to show love to myself, but after leaving Wade’s event, I felt like I could finally breathe and express empathy for the hardships I face. ” self-care is about taking time out of your week to do things unapologetically, and exactly how you want. Wade shared that her favorite way to say ‘I love you’ is by taking a bath, drinking red wine

and watching a good Netflix show in the background.

Self-care includes actions that feel good in the moment, and prove to be essential for a happy and loving life in the long-run.

The second pillar of self-care practice is an essential one, Wade said — having dedicated safe spaces in which one can express their inner-most thoughts and emotions without fear of judgment.

Wade said there is something powerful about the creation of intentional spaces for problem-solving and healing. Just as one intentionally buys pillows and blankets for a sleeping space, Wade said we also need to dedicate time to inventing a healing space to leave room for personal growth.

Whether this space is just for you, or a community area meant for collaborative healing, Wade said validating these pieces of ourselves is an important part of the human experience.

The third and final pillar Wade discussed is by far the hardest. In order to love yourself fully and respectfully, it’s important to establish relational boundaries with yourself and others.

The language and thoughts in our heads are incredibly powerful in shaping your reality. Taking control of inner language is a huge step that invites respect and takes courage to do.

In addition to sticking up for yourself

in your own mind, setting clear, assertive boundaries with those around you ensures the same kind of personal respect needed for healthy relationships. Though this idea seems simple, sometimes it’s important to give yourself permission to take care of who you are, even if it means setting boundaries someone else may not like.

Wade has a spectacular way of teaching love, and preached the belief that our future can be better than our present with hope — but not without working for it. The philosophies of love she shared left me feeling empowered, but also wanting more.

Luckily, that’s exactly what her book “Heart Talk” is meant for. Wade described it as a book that allows you to “connect purely and emotionally to poetry, mixed with advice that’s really practical and helpful, mixed with mantras and affirmations that are really applicable to everyday life.”

“It is first and foremost a tool that I tried to make as beautiful as possible,” Wade said.

To learn more about “Heart Talk,” visit Wade’s website. The book is also available for purchase through a number of outlets like Amazon, Target and Barnes & Noble.

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We Were Promised Jetpacks to land in Madison for studio album tour

Scottish Indie punk foursome comes to isthmus fresh off release of fourth studio album, performing new hits accompanied by old fan favorites

by A.J. Rust ArtsEtc. Editor

Hailing from Scotland, We Were Promised Jetpacks is set to return to Madison for their first tour in two years.

The indie band released their fourth studio album, The More I Sleep The Less I Dream, on Sept. 14, following the release with a transAtlantic tour. The Badger Herald spoke with frontman Adam Thompson about going on the road again, returning to Madison and the new record.

Originally formed while the bandmates were still in high school, they last toured in 2016 and are excited to return to the road.

“We’ve got a nice team with us. It’s been a while since we’ve done a big U.S. tour, and that idea really kept us going for a while,” Thompson said.

The group has played at the Majestic Theater before, and Thompson seemed eager to return.

He says the group always seem to pass through Madison and the crowd is enthusiastic.

The boys last crossed the pond to Madison following their 2014 release of their third studio album, Unravelling. With their new album, new material will be exciting for old and new fans alike. Thompson said that the group is confident playing recent songs.

“By the time we were recording, we were already very confident playing it. There wasn’t any additional prep we had to do to prepare for those songs. It’s good to feel confident,” Thompson said.

Additionally, Thompson stated that a few of the songs on the new record have been part of the group’s setlist for more than two years now, so there wasn’t necessarily a difficult transition.

Most of the songs on The More I Sleep The Less I Dream have been incorporated into the setlist for every night on the tour, in addition to fan favorites from their previous three records.

Thompson said it’s a blessing to be in a group with the same members for so long.

“It’s great to know that all four of us feel the same way about the band, and give it the same amount of importance of our lives. The four of us are all really into it. And we’ve always worked together really well, it’s nice that it’s so easy.”

We Were Promised Jetpacks also switched to a new record label, Big Scary Monsters, for the new album, and Thompson was happy to say that process has gone smoothly.

The More I Sleep The Less I Dream is the first album by the group to be recorded in the U.S. The decision to record outside of their home country was made because they felt it was their “most exciting option.” Some credit was given to producer Jonathan Low — who has been

associated with numerous other acts, such as Sufjan Stevens, Justin Vernon of Bon Iver fame and The National before linking up with the Scottish foursome. Thompson is now proud and optimistic about the new record. “[Low] absolutely knows what he’s doing.

I’m glad there’s one of us up there who does,” Thompson laughed. “He made sense of a lot of melodies and helped us get the big picture. A lot of that stuff can go over my head. He was a great captain of our ship.”

The new project was intended to be more considerate and thought out. Thompson thinks it’s far better balanced than other releases.

He set out to limit the intensity — something the group has done in the past, intentionally gravitating away from as high of a level.

For The More I Sleep The Less I Dream, the band returned to its original four members.

Thompson stated closing the circle helped with the writing process.

More than before, the group experienced a smoother process when they talked through each individual part of a given song. The writing process was not as rushed as before, which led to the group quickly becoming satisfied with the songs they decided to record for the album.

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“Instead of booking a recording studio six months in advance, and then writing songs for that session, we decided to just record the songs whenever we decided we had enough good songs for an album,” Thompson said.

“The pressure was more on us to just write songs that we thought were good enough, and there wasn’t any external stuff there.”

It appears that worked, as Thompson said he’s been happy with the response to the album so far.

He can always tell when he gets genuine text messages of support. Thompson said the group has done only one show on the tour so far, but it went well and he’s glad people have been happy with it. But what’s most important, Thompson said, is that he and the rest of the band are happy with the project.

Thompson said he’s happy to go out and play it for anyone and everyone.

“Come to our show, please. It would make four Scottish idiots very happy,” Thompson said.

So if you want to support the “idiots,” as they referred to themselves, tickets are on sale on Majestic Madison’s website right now for their Sept. 27 show. The More I Sleep The Less I Dream is available on all major platforms.

Olbrich Botanical Gardens presents art in bright lights with GLEAM One-of-a-kind Thai Pavillion shares awe-inspiring installations during most beautiful, yet least attended time of year for garden visits

by Melissa Simon ArtsEtc. Associate Editor

If you ever need time to get away from the confines of campus, reflect on a stressful day or cool down after doing poorly on an exam, then Olbrich Botanical Gardens will offer you the serenity for which you’re longing.

According to their website, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, owned and operated by the City of Madison Parks Division and the non-profit Olbrich Botanical Society, “will be a locally treasured and globally renowned source of beauty and education celebrating the importance of plants in a sustainable world.”

Olbrich focuses on creating, conserving and interpreting the gardens and display of plants, and serves as an educational and enjoyable public space for those living in or visiting the Midwest.

The gardens have a connection to the University of Wisconsin, as the Thai Pavilion was given as a gift to the university from the Thai government and the Thai chapter of the Wisconsin Alumni Association, Katy Plantenberg, public relations & marketing manager at Olbrich Botanical Gardens, said.

In comparison to other U.S. colleges/ universities, UW has one of the largest populations of Thai students. Since there wasn’t enough space on campus, Olbrich welcomed the pavilion with open arms.

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Plantenberg said.

As stated on the flyer, the GLEAM exhibit leads visitors “through dimly lit pathways, encountering strange and surprising forms that pulse and shimmer in the night around every corner.” GLEAM illuminates the gardens in a completely different light than during the day. Visiting the gardens at nighttime is a new and captivating experience.

An example of one of the installations featured in the exhibit Bystanders gather around one of many GLEAM installations. is “Constellations,” created by Courtesty of S. Photography artists Esteban Garcia and Maxwell Carlson from Lafayette, Indiana.

“Constellations” is concentrated Olbrich was chosen as the site for the pavilion because of the surrounding gardens and its on the interactions between software and light by using video-mapped mirrors to emphasize the proximity to water, a significant source in Thailand as it insinuates health and prosperity. This Thai “immediate environment, the physical and the mystical experiences which may arise from the Pavilion is the only one of its kind located in the U.S. It is also the only one outside of Thailand combination of shapes, light and time.”

Another installation, “Lasing Nang Talung” by enclosed by gardens. artist Mike Gould from Jackson, Michigan, portrays From Aug. 29 to Oct. 7, Olbrich is showcasing their annual exhibit GLEAM, Art in a New Light, a mixture of traditional Thai shadow puppets and futuristic laser Neo-Op art. Shadow images of the which features local, national and international puppets appear on a rear-projection screen. “The artists who create light-based installations traditional light source is replaced with a laser throughout the 16-acre outdoor gardens. lumia, the use of light patterns as an expressive art Olbrich’s inspiration for GLEAM was to create form.” an event for people to enjoy the gardens during “Reincarnature,” created by artists Benjamin the fall — the most beautiful time of the year, yet also the time when attendance declines rapidly, Smith and Riley Hays from Madison allows

visitors to experience the blooming of a butterfly.

The installation is “an immersive sound and light odyssey inside two chrysalises,” where you can interact with various sounds, colors and visuals that “paint reflective surfaces with a texture glow.”

On Saturday, I, along with one of my friends, visited Olbrich for the first time. We were shocked at the beautiful surroundings — from the greenery to the wild insects, butterflies and vibrant flowers, to the unique sculptures and the bridge looking over the area of water. It felt as if we were exploring through a maze in the forest.

We noticed many family visitors, typically parents with young children, walking through the beautiful gardens in the quiet, yet welcoming atmosphere. The only worry you may have when visiting Olbrich is getting lost in the complicated maze of greenery and nature!

Other than that, the awe-inspiring site acts as a distraction from the endless thoughts cluttering your mind.

Though Olbrich is not located on campus or in downtown Madison, it’s a wonderful and low-cost place for students to visit either during the day or at night. Plantenberg said it’s a great spot for a first date, or just to wander, explore and take a walk through the maze-like path surrounded by wildlife.

“The Olbrich is on a bus line, so if you don’t have a car, the bus stops right out front,” Platenberg said.

Before the exhibit closes, make time in your hectic student schedule to explore the wonders GLEAM has to offer at Olbrich Botanical Gardens.

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Rick Flowers Septet kicks off InDIGenous Jazz Series at Play Circle

WUD Music, Great Madison Jazz Consortium, Madison Music Collective collaboration brings alternating tones of jazz to life at Memorial Union

by Emilie Burditt ArtsEtc. Staff Writer

The Rick Flowers Septet performed the first concert of the InDIGenous Jazz Series Friday night at Madison’s Memorial Union Play Circle.

Jazz is integrated into the Madison community and at the University of Wisconsin.

UW teaches jazz studies as part of its music curriculum. Matthew Endres, an adjunct professor of jazz percussion and jazz history at UW, feels passionate about his teaching.

Endres teaches two jazz history classes, one in the fall and one in the spring. He also teaches the undergraduate drum set majors private studio lessons.

When students leave the jazz studies program, Endres said he is confident they will be able to play anything because the program focuses on all genres and emphasizes improvisation. That was apparent in Friday’s concert when the group swung to their own beat for parts of the songs.

The jazz concert caught the attention of the Madison community, and the concert was viewed by an almost-full theater.

Jazz was definitely the forefront of the show, but more specifically, the group played Latin

American guitar-inspired jazz. They dressed in all black, but Flowers sported a black and tan striped tie while the performing guitarist Richard Hildner upped his outfit with white pants.

The Septet featured Rick Flowers on the drums and piano, Bruce Alford on the electric bass, “Brother Edi” Gbordzi on percussion, Becca Grant on piano, Paul Dietrich on trumpet, Michael Gieron on violin, Richard Hildner on guitar and Rob “Dz” Franklin as a guest vocal artist.

The concert was co-presented with the Wisconsin Union Directorate Music Committee, Great Madison Jazz Consortium and Madison Music Collective. Franklin introduced the show and said it would be a night of “grooves,” “jazz” and “freedom.”

During the first song, Gieron took the spotlight. The jumpy and upbeat tune ended with a loud applause from the audience. The next song featured both Gieron and Dietrich, who took separate solos while the rest of the Septet jammed to a softer tune in the back.

“Brother Edi” soon set a Latin American beat, and another solo was played by Gieron. The Septet jammed so hard Flowers dropped one of his drumsticks. The group lost no passion for

their song and continued playing with the same energy.

Halfway through the song Flowers and Gbordzi shared a solo, while the rest of the Septet kept the beat. The two wowed the audience who gave another loud applause.

The tone of the music then switched to a slow jazz, where Flowers played with a drum brush instead of drumsticks. Throughout the show, the Septet varied their beat and tone but stuck with the main style of Latin American jazz.

During the show, Flowers remarked how proud he was of all the musicians. He credited his musical inspiration to Charles Brown, Ray Charles and his dad — who are just a few of his many inspirations. Flowers started out playing the saxophone, but his dad encouraged him to try the drums.

“My favorite part is just getting to create,” Flowers said.

Flowers spoke on the spiritual meaning of music to him and said he knows there is a God because of music. Flowers also enjoys playing with a pianist for an accompaniment.

While Flowers remarked on his enjoyment of the piano, he couldn’t help himself but play, jumping into a tune. Soon Gieron was playing with him, and Flowers started singing in a

beautiful accompaniment.

“A lot of people refuse to see the strife that’s in one’s life,” Flowers sang.

Although jazz may put some people in the blues, the Rick Flowers Septet kept their energy throughout the show. The night was filled with applause, and as Franklin predicted, “grooves,” “jazz” and “freedom.”

Those sentiments were echoed by band member and UW student Bailey Holtz, who said she always plays with energy.

“Music is absolutely everything to me,” Holtz said. “Music has taught me that there is almost a song for every mood you’re feeling, and a good song can break you out of a bad mood. Learning guitar allowed me to come out of my box, be more open in front of a crowd and put my mood into music.”

Holtz plays the mellophone — an instrument similar to the french horn, in the UW marching band. He also plays the guitar in his free time.

As a student of Endres, Holtz recognized not many students in the marching band are music majors. He said people can still perform even if music isn’t their calling.

“Everyone can be as musical as they want, and music is the best cure for any mood,” Holtz said.

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Truth matters: student journalists work to change public perception of media, hold institutions accountable

Publications on campus juggle the task of holding student organizations, university administration accountable as their own funds and public support dwindle

by Matt O’Connor Editor-in-Chief

The windows in our office refuse to shut all the way. On a good day, two computers function properly. The lights flicker incessantly and there’s a weird thumping noise coming from the ceiling. I won’t even mention the bills piled high at the end of my desk.

But The Badger Herald puts out a paper every week. A damn good one too, but I guess I’m biased on that.

Walking home from our office, I’m reminded we’re not alone in this rather crowded Madison media market.

The Wisconsin State Journal, The Capital Times, the Isthmus, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel — local outlets competing with big, national names like The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal to deliver their coverage of and their take on the news of the day.

As a journalist charged with telling the stories of those in my community, I know that’s the way it should be. From the audiences served to the writers on staff, every outlet brings something different and — hopefully — something productive to the public forum.

But despite this variety in choice and the incessant stream of newspapers decorating the coffee tables of family living rooms to office waiting rooms across the country, it’s no secret that journalism is facing steep challenges.

Our country has heard the rantings and ravings of a president against the free press. Some have even cheered him on and welcomed the next attack, many times in the form of angry emails or comments on social media platforms to student and professional publications alike.

Abroad, we’ve seen journalists jailed and censored and threatened and even killed for doing their job. We know this because — and I can’t stress this enough — other journalists are telling their stories and reporting these truths and insisting that you should care about it too.

And the worst kept secret in every newsroom is the perilous financial situation so many of us find ourselves in. From paywalls and intrusive advertisements online to cutting back or ceasing print production altogether, newspapers have had to adjust to changing times and changing priorities.

That inevitably includes student publications. An afterthought for many outside the confines of campus, student journalists at institutions big and small are often the only ones reporting on student stories and breaking important news at their university — realities which make the challenges these outlets face all the more tragic and the task of protecting them all the more important.

If not us, then who?

At the University of Wisconsin, student journalism has a rich history. From traditional newspapers to media’s more modern developments, this campus is full of publications old and new, large and small — both online and in print — working to report the news, tell the untold stories and fill the gaps in coverage left by outlets responsible to largely non-student readers.

For thousands in Madison and millions beyond, those gaps aren’t inconsequential. Quantifying the importance of covering college campuses is nearly impossible and qualitatively inadequate, but for UW’s student government, that gap in coverage amounts to about $51 million. $51 million — that’s how much money the Associated Students of Madison allocates in segregated university fees each year.

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conglomerates — ASM and its power to allocate that money oftentimes goes unnoticed.

So who, then, is providing that essential check on this studentelected, student-run government? All I can say is that I’ve sent enough reporters to painfully long ASM meetings to know it’s the student press.

Sammy Gibbons, editor-in-chief at The Daily Cardinal, UW’s other student newspaper, echoed that sentiment. She said there’d be a lot of unanswered questions on the “inner-workings of the university” and other issues affecting students if papers like hers weren’t covering campus government and holding the university accountable through their reporting.

“There’s a lot of really important information in things like ASM that people wouldn’t usually care about but is important to know,” Gibbons said. “The student body needs to be informed about their school, and I think there’d be a lot of missing information if we weren’t around to hold them accountable.”

But beyond the allocating powers of UW’s student government, its elected officials are also subject to important reporting which precedent suggests would almost assuredly fall by the wayside if left to larger, explicitly non-student newsrooms.

Campus saw that play out last year, when this paper filed an open records request with ASM and subsequently broke a story about homophobic and anti-Semitic comments coming from members of the Student Judiciary.

And during contentious debates over proposals to recommend the university adopt policies aligned with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, it was student journalists — and oftentimes only student journalists — who provided thorough and comprehensive coverage of an incident that resulted in allegations of anti-Semitic exclusion and an official apology for it from ASM. As a former representative on the Student Services Finance Committee, the main allocating body of ASM, Jordan Madden said the role of the student press, first and foremost, is to provide “accountability” for UW’s expansive student government.

During Madden’s time on ASM, he said expanding access to affordable health care was one of his top priorities. For him, that included contraceptives. And, most importantly, that included using campus media to bring greater attention and discussion to what he believed was a worthy cause.

After Madden discussed with officials from University Health Services the possibility of offering subsidized emergency contraceptives in campus vending machines, this paper broke that story in large part because Madden said he trusted student newspapers would be the only publications interested in taking on such a story.

It was only weeks later that UHS said they were “happy” to discuss the proposal publicly with campus leaders, culminating in SSFC voting to approve a resolution recommending UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank make emergency contraceptives more accessible and affordable at the university.

From breaking the story to putting forth a cemented policy proposal, Madden said the campus press was integral in working with ASM to drive discussion on campus and push the university to come to the table.

“ASM and student journalists really work hand-in-hand to be productive on issues that really matter on campus, and without student journalism at UW-Madison I think a lot of the progress that we’ve seen on campus in the past couple of years may not have been there,” Madden said.

But ultimately the role of the student press in holding institutions to account expands beyond ASM and student organizations. A behemoth of an institution, UW operates on a $3 billion yearly budget, claims more than 20,000 faculty and staff

and ranks sixth in the nation for annual research expenditures.

Staring it down and attempting to keep it accountble is the press — most often and most comprehensively, the student press.

While larger outlets in Madison used to appoint reporters to focus on UW-related and higher education news specifically, many have fallen on hard times and have had to shed those reporters, leaving campus publications as some of the only ones devoted to

publications who are facing existential threats to their continued operation.

Jason Joyce, news editor at The Capital Times and former editor-in-chief of The Badger Herald, said the industry as a whole, including his paper, have fallen on hard times and are facing everincreasing financial challenges.

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covering the institution in its entirety and from every angle.

Meredith McGlone, UW’s director of news and media relations and herself a former journalist at The Virginian-Pilot, said she welcomes the role of the student media in holding the university accountable and in providing a voice for the student community on campus.

But beyond the watchdog role that the campus press undoubtedly fulfills for the university administration, McGlone said she finds deeper value in the role of the student press in cultivating a comprehensive view of campus and in making the community they serve a better place.

“As a journalist, I made the occasional mistake and wasn’t always perfect in what I did — but I think on the whole, I and the organizations I worked for were really trying to keep our communities informed and make them better places,” McGlone said. “And I think that’s absolutely true of what I see student journalists trying to do on this campus.”

OK, but who’s gonna pay for it?

Integral to fulfilling that role is a sound business model with the promise to see student outlets through to the future.

As it stands, that just isn’t happening. And it’s not only student

buys ink by the barrel-load,’” Joyce said. “Where I work, we buy ink by the tanker truck-load. So whatever, that’s a lot of ink and our company has a lot of money. But it doesn’t have as much money as it used to and it isn’t as iron-clad as it used to be.”

For independent student newsrooms, money is even tighter.

UW journalism professor Katy Culver, herself a former student journalist, said advertising, oftentimes the main source of income for independent student newsrooms, has changed for student publications and has placed it in direct competition with other local papers and the university itself.

Faced with mounting costs and falling revenues, student papers have struggled to adapt and stay competitive among publications that have the resources and staff to stay cutting-edge and push the ever-growing relationship between journalism and technology forward.

As a result, Culver said student newsrooms appear bound to traditional perceptions of journalism, unable to adapt to an industry that appears to change every day.

“One thing that has always fascinated me about the student newsrooms that I’ve encountered in the 18 years that I’ve been teaching here is that, in this massive digital disruption, 19-yearolds are some of the most tradition-bound people,” Culver said.

But not every student newsroom faces this problem. For many, money is assured every year. But, as with all things, it comes at a steep price — institutional ties to the university they serve.

But at what cost?

At UW, both of our student newsrooms are operationally independent from the university. Unsurprisingly, both are struggling financially as they operate in an environment increasingly hostile to traditional newspapers.

Joyce described independence as the “heart of journalism” and stressed that journalists need to sit outside the institution they’re tasked with holding to account. Even McGlone, who would seem to benefit from UW’s student newsrooms being connected to the university, stressed that she found value in the fact that both of UW’s student papers are responsible to themselves and only themselves.

“People may not like every article that a news organization produces, but I feel really, really strongly that independent news coverage makes communities and makes institutions better,” McGlone said.

For student papers who find themselves attached to the universities they serve, it’s not uncommon to find friction between the university administration and the student press over their editorial decisions.

That’s the setup at UW-Stevens Point, where the student paper, The Pointer, receives most of its funding from the university or from the student government. Erica Baker, The Pointer’s editorin-chief, said it “would give [The Pointer] a lot more freedom” to be separated from the university “because, in that way, [it] doesn’t have someone almost owning [it].”

Regardless, Baker said she doesn’t let the institutional setup stop her from reporting on important stories and stepping on some toes along the way.

“I know things we have published in the past have upset people in the administration and have upset [student government],” Baker said. “It can be difficult to navigate, but at the same time I think it’s important to report the truth.”

But non-independent papers at other schools, like the Liberty Champion at Liberty University, have faced an administration much more willing to exert their authority over their student newsrooms.

During the 2016 election, Liberty University’s president, Jerry Falwell, an ardent and vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, was reported to have taken an active role in killing stories critical of Trump and in forcing opinion columnists to openly admit who they were voting for in that year’s Presidential election at the end of their pieces.

Tensions over publication and editorial decisions between the university and the paper continued to mount, culminating in the university’s firing of the editor-in-chief and the news editor later that year. Four other staff members resigned shortly thereafter.

Speaking to the new staffers, Bruce Kirk, dean of the Liberty University School of Communication and Digital Content, made clear to them what he saw as the role of the student press on campus.

“Your job is to keep the LU reputation and the image as it is. … Don’t destroy the image of LU. Pretty simple. OK?” Kirk said. “Well you might say, ‘Well, that’s not my job, my job is to do journalism. My job is to be First Amendment. My job is to go out and dig and investigate, and I should do anything I want to do because I’m a journalist.’ So let’s get that notion out of your head. OK?” While most universities do not take such an active or suffocating role in their student newsrooms, the incidents at

Liberty are a painful reminder for many non-independent papers that the university could always assume such a role if they chose.

The Liberty University incident, then, shows that independence is often the only way student journalists can guarantee their ability to investigate uncomfortable stories and publish them in the light of day.

Pick your poison But many student papers have found themselves at a crossroads with no clear compromise or middle ground.

In the face of falling revenues and an increasingly difficult market for student publications, do they bite the metaphorical bullet and welcome the steady resources that come with attachment to their university?

Or do they accept an oftentimes unsustainable financial model and devote themselves to maintaining their operational independence, thereby guaranteeing their right to investigate, write and publish what they wish?

On one hand, while the Liberty Champion undoubtedly had their editorial autonomy suffocated by the university administration, the editor-in-chief of that publication was the recipient of a $3,000 scholarship — which is about $3,000 more than I can say for the editors-in-chief at both of UW’s papers.

But on the other hand, if either of UW’s student papers had tied themselves to the university administration, I can’t say for certain that we would have been able to publish as many stories as we have about viscerally important issues for this community — stories investigating UW’s ties to the KKK and the wider culture of intolerance on this campus both past and present, stories addressing the problem of food insecurity on this campus in light of an unpopular mandated meal plan, stories illuminating the voices of UW’s students of color and providing substance to the anecdotes we’ve all heard about their experiences on this campus.

And that’s just to name a few.

In the face of these divergent approaches, one thing isfor certain. The need for quality journalism will only intensify in years to come. And for Madison, that’s all the more true.

We live in a city and a campus of contradictions. We’ve heard stories about how supposedly “liberal” this place is, about how it’s “77 square miles surrounded by reality,” about how it’s a beacon of progressivism in a sea of red.

But not to be ignored are the stories of intolerance, the stories of how marginalized students are more likely to feel unwelcome and face harassment or hostile behavior, stories of how a black candidate for public office gets the cops called on her and her 8-year-old daughter for campaigning in the district she calls home.

So how is one to make sense of this — especially the student community, which comprises nearly 50,000 of this city’s population and yet also oftentimes finds the place entirely foreign?

Therein lies the value of journalism — and for students, the value of student journalism.

In this world, we’re all engaged — even those who claim they don’t get involved in politics and “prefer to stay out of that whole thing.” At the heart of this expansive campus, making sense of the community we’re all invested in, is student journalists.

But we’re facing real challenges. And while we struggle, this whole campus loses.

So going forward, an obvious solution to this problem is to support your student journalists. To read their coverage. To include your voice in the collective discussion.

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Wisconsin cities should look to Madison’s blend of Midwest and modern As Wisconsin quickly loses young college graduates to other states, Madison boasts highest concentration of millennial talent in country

by Dana Munro Columnist

When I was in middle school I went to overnight camp in Where Christ Lost his Shoe, Wisconsin. There were probably at least thirty bugs for each person, the lake water was just simply not blue, and my hair still strives to overcome the intense frizz it experienced that summer to this day.

Needless to say, I quickly learned that I am not a person who belongs in the outdoors.

For most of my life, I didn’t know there was more to Wisconsin than rural farmlands and campgrounds. But, within just two weeks of living in Madison, I’ve discovered that it is a delightful little nugget of an anomaly of a city within the state and the Midwest region.

While the state of Wisconsin is rapidly losing its population of promising, bright millennials, Madison enjoys the opposite trend.

According to inc.com, “[Madison is] Top 5 in software publishing job concentration and

developer salaries while still being 2 percent below the national average for cost of living.

Madison has the highest concentration of Millennial talent in the country.”

Young professionals flock to Madison.

And, in less of a month of living here, it has come clear why that is.

Of course being the state capitol and having a Big Ten university at its heart naturally causes a city to become more diverse, progressive and welcoming to young adults. However, what really causes Madison to thrive is a feature that every Midwest city has the capability of and perhaps Madison will be the first in a line of many to come.

Madison is both Midwestern and a city.

That may sound anticlimactic. What about Chicago? What about Saint Louis? Aren’t they Midwestern cities? While they are located in the Midwest and have large populations, most cities in this region are one or the other: Midwestern or cities.

Madison is the only city that is both.

Chicago is a microcosm in and of itself.

It has its own unique culture. Deep dish pizza, Second City, Michigan Avenue. All specifically Chicago things, not Midwestern.

And, Saint Louis doesn’t even try to be Midwestern. Between its barbecue inspired food and country music, it seems to be trying awfully hard to be southern instead.

But Madison is truly both. Madison is quintessentially Midwestern with kindly, hospitable people who cheer on strangers in the Iron Man and thank the bus driver at the end of each ride. Yet, there’s also bustling streets, residents of every ethnicity and Madison is never a day behind on the happenings of the nation.

Oshkosh, Spring Green, Kenosha — take a page from Madison. These cities have the hospitality and Midwestern charm to a tee, but the cultural makeup, ideologies, industry and even architecture may be a little bit old school.

Milwaukee and other cities in Wisconsin “ … have world-class institutions and remarkable natural resources, however, the reluctance to prioritize modern

transportation, education, and a new sustainable economy has pushed many people in to choose other places to call home. In fact, we are the 10th most movedfrom state in America,” according to WITI Fox. Wisconsin can do so much better than and Madison is living proof. Why can’t La Crosse be a tech hub? Why can’t Green Bay open up some modern art museums for Packers fans to get cultured during away games? Why can’t Stevens Point have bustling streets with people of every race, skyscrapers and trendy restaurants?

Wisconsin cities have the resources — they just need to rethink the way they allocate them. If Madison can bring all kinds of people together and create a fast-paced, forward-moving, affordable city, so can the other cities in Wisconsin. They just need to get creative.

Dana Munro (munro2@wisc.edu) is a junior majoring in theatre and drama.

Political fights on Twitter focus on counter-productive issues Utilizing Twitter for current events deprives readers of unbiased, comprehensive news coverage, relavent information

by Eric Hilkert Columnist

In the era of Trump and Twitter, hyperpartisanship and memes, it’s hard to think today’s political climate could get more outrageous and depressing. But alas, here we are.

Recently, Gov. Scott Walker and gubernatorial candidate Tony Evers have been trading Twitter barbs regarding Colin Kaepernick’s controversial protests. Before all was said and done, Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and Democrat Mandela Barnes had joined the fray.

Though the scuffle has resulted in lies, shade and Walker’s surprisingly hilarious bitmoji, the content of the tweets is not what is ultimately important.

Counter-productive arguments about national anthem protests, military service and fake news concerning a candidate all lead nowhere. These are the sorts of arguments that used to be reserved for YouTube comment sections. But in 2018, this is what passes for political discourse.

While at first, it feels obvious to blame this on the Commander-in-Cheeto residing in the Oval Office, that is far too easy.

This is what happens when our national attention span gets so short, that 140 characters (or 280 according to Twitter’s new guidelines) are all we can muster ourselves to read. A study from Microsoft Corp. showed that the average person’s 14 • September, 18, 2018 • badgerherald.com

attention span is now eight seconds, down from 12 in 2000. To put it another way, human beings now have shorter attention spans than goldfish.

This is the sad evolution of the current state of the world. People now want things to be quick, attention-grabbing and shareable at the click of a button. A two-hour structured debate where candidates explain the intricacies of their position on hot-button issues like immigration, foreign affairs or economic stability just does not hold attention like it used to.

This is truly a tragedy because a lot of these issues are really complicated. They cannot be explained in a 15-second NowThis video that seems to keep popping up on people’s news feeds. They cannot be adequately stated in a tweet, which makes it harder for these messages to get out. Making a point that is well-thought out and sympathetic to people of all backgrounds and opinions in 140 characters is a simply impossible task.

We are all aware that our country has become polarized in recent years. An underrated source of this observation is people are trying to get their message across as quickly as possible, using as little time as they can.

When people do not want to sift through data and look for complex truths themselves, they fall prey to misinformation. This effect is doubled when people lose trust in the journalists whose job it is to hold politicians accountable.

How do we fix this?

How do we educate ourselves on important issues when many of us do not have the time to do it and even then do not have the attention span?

We need new resources to allow us to consume information efficiently.

Efficiency is an important word here — it means that we get the full picture in as little time as possible.

Luckily, these resources Photo · Tradition news sources offer more elaborative and timely content than are fairly accessible. The discourse on social media sites.

Washington Post and National Public Radio, Courtesy of Flickr user wistechcolleges for example, are not only reputable news online.w organizations but ones that provide fact-checking The Washington Post is famous for saying, sections to keep politicians accountable, which “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” We need to figure gives us a quick method to find the truth about out how to look for the light switch, even when it issues important to us. takes a little effort.

However, we need to appreciate the overall process of educating ourselves on politics, Eric Hilkert (ehilkert@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring candidates and current events, even if it takes in finance. longer than watching said candidates squabble

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Backlog of rape kits necessitates forward-thinking solutions Completion of rape kit backlog should warrant discussion about next steps, not obsession over past shortcomings

by Cait Gibbons Columnist

History repeats itself. That’s why we study history — to learn from mistakes so we can do better going forward. But there’s a difference between a productive analysis of a mistake from the past, and unproductively obsessing over something that can’t be changed.

In 2014, the Department of Justice discovered nearly 7,000 untested sexual assault kits in law enforcement custody and hospitals around Wisconsin. In 2015, Wisconsin received federal funding to outsource to private labs to complete the testing, which began the following year.

On Sept. 10, Attorney General Brad Schimel announced the completion of the decades-old backlog of testing.

“We fixed a problem that had been created over the course of a quarter century in less than three years,” Schimel said.

But despite the success of the project, Schimel has received a lot of post hoc criticism about how long it took to complete the testing.

“Brad Schimel’s incompetence has meant that justice has been delayed for survivors and that dangerous criminals have remained on the streets longer than they should have,” Schimel’s Democratic opponent, Josh Kaul, a former federal prosecutor, said.

Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesperson Courtney Beyer offered

If we are concerned about “Schimel’s efficacy as a politican,

then the response is to campaign for his opponent’s election — the solution is not to address his ‘farright’ agenda’ in a way that is neither relevant nore sensible.

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similar comments and even went so far as to question Schimel’s political integrity.

“In the years it took Brad Schimel to simply do his job, survivors of sexual violence were denied justice and violent offenders were allowed to walk the streets of our communities,” she said. “Schimel doesn’t care one bit about keeping Wisconsin safe. What Brad Schimel does care about is getting reelected so he can push the far-right agenda of his special interest backers.”

These tests, some of which dated back to the 1980s and 90s, needed to be completed, and Schimel certainly doesn’t deserve any sort of medal of honor for doing his job. And it’s true, it did take a while to finish those tests.

Photo · Instead of fixating on past mistakes, experts, politicians and the public should focus on forward thinking solutions to make the processing of rape kits more timely.

Riley Steinbrenner The Badger Herald Maybe Schimel should have employed more resources to finish the job, or maybe he should have done more to prioritize the job.

But does it really matter now?

What’s done is done — it took how long it took, and there’s no going back and changing things. Spending time criticizing the office for how long it took wastes valuable time that could be spent discussing what the next steps should be.

If we think it took too long, the response should be “How can we speed this process up going forward?” instead of completely negating the validity of the success by criticizing without suggesting any real solutions.

If we think the extended period of time led to jeopardization of the public and lack of justice for survivors, then the response should be, “How can we use this new information to bring justice and safety to survivors and the general public?” instead of just talking about how the public has been in danger, these many years.

If we are concerned about Schimel’s

efficacy as a politician, then the response is to campaign for his opponent’s election — the solution is not to address his “far-right agenda” in a way that is neither relevant nor sensible.

As important as it is to critically examine past mistakes, dwelling on them without looking forward simply isn’t productive.

In 2014, the state of Ohio enacted a law requiring law enforcement agencies to submit all untested rape kits to a crime lab for testing within a year. By 2018, Ohio had eliminated their backlog. That law also included a new provision which requires, going forward, all rape kits must be submitted for testing within 30 days of collection, so as to prevent accumulation of backlog going forward.

In 2013, Colorado undertook the task of working through their backlog of tests, and as soon as each test was finished, the data was immediately uploaded into the CODIS database. Before they even finished all the testing, police made the first arrest to come as a result of the testing, and hundreds of profiles already had matches in the system.

In 2014, after nearly 1,500 untested rape kits were discovered in Atlanta, Georgia enacted a law requiring an annual audit of the number of untested rape kits in the state. The law also required that all previously untested kits be submitted for testing immediately. Georgia is still working through their backlog, but the numbers have been cut down by more than two-thirds.

The backlog of sexual assault test kits is a nationwide epidemic, and there is a long way to go before every state is caught up. But, even once the testing is completed, the work will not be. Many steps need to be taken to ensure this issue doesn’t resurface and to ensure the results from the testing are properly utilized going forward.

But those next steps are impossible if we waste time looking back. Let’s take a few moments to learn from our mistakes, and then let’s take the next steps forward.

Cait Gibbons (cgibbons@badgerherald.com) is a junior studying math and Chinese. badgerherald.com • September 18, 2018 • 15

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Sexually explicit campaign ads show Walker’s desperation to win this year

Regardless of party affiliation, sexualizing school children creates toxic rhetoric that does not belong in political campaigns

by Abigail Steinberg Opinion Editor

From advertisers and marketing firms to newsrooms, magazines and everything in between, one statement reigns supreme: sex sells. But there are incongruities with every cliché and this one is no exception.

When it comes to Wisconsin’s viciously competitive gubernatorial race, Republican Gov. Scott Walker put this statement to the test through graphic advertisements attacking his opponent, state Education Superintendent Tony Evers.

The public widely considers education to be the central focus of the gubernatorial election. In fact, a Marquette Law School poll reported 61 percent of registered voters would rather have increased spending on public schools than a decrease in property taxes. By nature of his position, it makes sense that education would be an important issue for Evers, who has worked in every level of the education system. Walker ’s education record is a bit more mixed. Though in-state University of Wisconsin students have enjoyed a tuition freeze for the past few years, Walker has taken $186.3 million from K-12 education in his eight years as governor.

Evers has not taken this cut, nor any of Walker ’s education policies, lightly. In a previous stump speech, Evers said he is running for governor because he is “goddamn sick and tired of Scott Walker gutting our public schools, insulting our hard-working educators and destroying higher education in Wisconsin.”

Walker took to Twitter to attack Evers’ strong language, calling him pathetic.

Yet Walker ’s sexually explicit campaign advertisements paint him in a far more negative light. They fixate on the case of Andrew Harris, a Middleton school teacher that was fired for watching pornography at school. Though he originally lost his job, Harris was eventually allowed to return to the classroom because students never saw the pornography and he did not endanger students in the eyes of the state law at the time. Evers could have revoked Harris’ teaching license but had little legal basis to do so.

According to Madison arbitration lawyer Jaya Sharma, “Evers had the discretion to begin revoking the license before the court decisions, but elected not to because Harris’ conduct did not meet the statutory definition of ‘immoral conduct.’”

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Photo · Although it is common for political advertisements to twist stories to suit their needs, the graphic images in Walker’s recent ads are a step too far.

Daniel Yun The Badger Herald mouth of many — and with good reason.

But Walker ’s advertisements exaggerate details from the cases in ways that are inaccurate and unreasonably graphic.

Walker ’s ad claims Harris made comments about female students’ chest sizes and oral sex skills, depict blurred images of pornography and the word “blowjob,” and a young girl’s breasts.

When the Department of Public Instruction investigated these claims, it could not be confirmed that Harris has actually made these comments, as the teacher who made the complaint against him refused to swear them under oath.

The Republican Party of Wisconsin also released an ad depicting a male teacher removing his belt, which alludes to a sexual act. In concern to the case this ad was based on, DPI investigators determined the teacher was simply retucking his shirt and removed his belt to do so.

Though the actions of both educators were inappropriate, the legality and correctness of Evers’ response should not be questioned. Not only are the conclusions

both ads make incorrect, but they’re also uncomfortably explicit, and to an extent sexualizing the students Walker claims to protect. Even Walker ’s opponents believed such shocking content would be beneath Walker. But the heat of the race must have caused Walker to prove us wrong.

Competitive elections combined with the threatening momentum of a “blue wave” makes 2018 a particularly difficult year for Walker and his party. As a result, Walker ’s campaign strategy against Evers is far more aggressive and personal than any of his previous opponents faced. Barry Burden, a UW political science professor and director of the university’s Elections Research Center explains Walker ’s motives.

“Earlier campaigns also featured negative advertising to be sure, but the 2018 ads are appearing earlier and are harsher than has been the norm for Walker,” Burden said. “Personalizing the race and undercutting Evers on the very issue where he might otherwise be seen as especially credible is a possible way to reframe the election from a national

referendum to a local contest where Walker has a better shot at keeping his seat.”

It’s clear this low blow against Evers means Walker is fighting for his political life. But no electoral win is worth a decay in standards. Political advertisements may spin details out of proportion to suit their needs, and this practice is likely never to change — especially if America’s political climate continues to grow more polarized.

Yet across party lines, the sexualization of children should never be portrayed on television, let alone used as political rhetoric. Walker has proven he is willing to sacrifice the comfort and innocence of Wisconsin’s children to suit his political agenda. Regardless of where one stands on the political spectrum and regardless of who one votes for come November, Wisconsinites must agree — sexualizing children is never OK. Abigail Steinberg (asteinberg@badgerherald. com) is a sophomore majoring in political science and intending to major in journalism.

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Lack of technology in lectures makes it easier to pay attention, succeed

Though banning laptops seems juvenile, taking notes by hand eliminates distractions, making lectures more effective

by Mitch Rogers Columnist

Some students may feel like they are being treated like children, which is fair to an extent. How old does one have to be before they’re mature enough to simply make a decision as minuscule as how they prefer to

serves as a vehicle for finding ways to pass the time other than taking notes, which can distract other students as well.

When many students first leave for It seems Facebook, Twitter and Amazon are all a tab as though the age of laptops in classrooms away when taking notes on a laptop. Thus, came and went in the blink of an eye. To start while laptops may be faster and allow one off the school year, many professors have put to take more notes — regardless of the fact their foot down and begun to insist that notes Why waste thousands of dollars on that science has proven this to be ineffective be taken by hand. For some, taking notes with — using technology in the classroom is just a an education just to shop on Urban a pencil or pen seems archaic. Other students way to make a lecture go by faster. happen to prefer it.

Outfitters or Amazon during class?

Logically speaking, if there are two At this point, most students in college methods to take notes and one method has have experimented with taking notes on their been scientifically proven to be superior to laptop or tablet. While there’s no question record notes? another, why would someone opt to use the taking notes on a laptop is faster than by A University of Wisconsin professor, who inferior method? hand and allows students to nearly transcribe requests to remain anonymous, said “today’s Simply put, students pay tens of thousands a lecture given by a professor, studies suggest students should be taught how to access of dollars throughout their time at this there may still be benefits to taking notes by information and memorize less. We have such university. They pay money to receive an hand. a wealth of information — why should we education, which taking notes during class is an integral part of.

Why waste thousands of dollars on an education Photo · Banning technology in class may seem inconvenient, but studies show taking notes the old fashioned way is more beneficial for learning comprehension and student success. just to shop on Urban Outfitters or Amazon Marissa Haegele during class? One might The Badger Herald as well throw away the money next time.

It is unfortunate that it has come to this. While many professors bring up valid points striving for an overall goal of altering how the classroom operates, with students thinking critically more and trying to access information rather than simply memorizing notes, the discipline required by students for that is simply not there yet.

The point of going to class is to push oneself to have an open mind and come out of a lecture smarter — or at least better prepared — than at the beginning of class.

Constantly checking the latest tweets, deals for clothes online or status update is not conducive to the true purpose of going to class.

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ignore that when we are in the classroom?”

He also acknowledged that colleagues cite the use of looking up non-class related material during lecture as the primary concern in allowing technology in the classroom.

This professor brought up a great point about learning how to access information, especially considering technology will be used constantly when students graduate and begin their careers. But it’s not that far of a stretch to argue that these same students who advocate for technology in class have lost the privilege to do so.

One of the cardinal principles of social research is that correlation does not equal causation. Applying this notion to the topic at hand, it is important to note that using a laptop in class does not directly result in getting distracted. But a computer in class

Mitch Rogers (mrogers9@wisc.edu) is a senior majoring in economics

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Wrestling: A conversation with Coach Chris Bono in his first offseason

New coach talks first year challenges, goals for upcoming season, impact of wrestler Eli Stickley’s death on program

by Adam Blackwell Sports Writer

Sometimes you don’t have to sit down long with someone to tell what they are all about. For the University of Wisconsin’s new Wrestling Head Coach Chris Bono, it’s winning.

Since being announced as the replacement for legendary Coach Barry Davis in late March of this year, Bono hasn’t been short of things to do. Promotional work, recruiting and working with the athletes and others involved within the program have all been major parts of his first offseason at the helm of UW Wrestling.

With the start of the season looming he doesn’t mince words when it comes to his aspirations for the wrestling program under his guidance.

“We gotta win, we gotta win at the highest level, that’s how we’re going to make our mark,” said Bono. “I’m not afraid to say that we are here to win.”

You don’t have to dig very deep to unearth where his winning attitude comes from.

During his collegiate wrestling career at Iowa State, Bono compiled an impressive resume that included being an NCAA champion at the 150-pound class as a junior. Bono was also a three-time All-American and his 130 career wins rank No. 5 in Iowa State school history.

His career as a wrestler didn’t stop there either. After college, he would go on to be a

two-time United States National Champion and a three-time World Team Member.

As his numerous achievements display, Bono is no stranger to the rigors of being a college wrestler. Having gone through what athletes under his tutelage are going through helps him greatly now in his position as head coach.

“I’ll always tell these guys, as hard as it may seem I’ll never ask you to do something either I never did or never will do,” Bono said.

Bono’s goals for the program are clear. Win, and win in the big tournaments.

To give an idea of just how much importance Bono places on the Big Ten Tournament and the national championship, he proclaims that everything before those tournaments is practice.

“We wrestle all year to get to the Big Ten Championships and to get to the NCAA tournament; everything before that is the preseason,” Bono said.

For a Wisconsin wrestling squad that finished ranked No. 22 last season, these goals are lofty, but not unrealistic.

This type of success can’t be achieved without tremendous amounts of hard work from everyone involved, something Bono is well aware of.

“I think we’ve got a bunch of great guys on the team, they’ve been working their tails off, they’ve been doing everything we’ve asked of them,” Bono said. “We’re looking to make

sure that we’re the best shape team in the country.”

Bono also stressed the need for a constant message throughout the program, whether it’s coming from him, one of his assistants, or right down to the nutritionist.

Bono comes over after six years as the head coach of the South Dakota State wrestling program where he compiled an overall record of 64–41. He also coached one national champion, five All Americans, and just last season guided the team to 12th place in the NCAA tournament, the best finish of any of the Big 12 teams.

When it comes to what attracted him to Wisconsin, he cites the combination of highquality wrestling and the great community atmosphere in Madison.

“It’s a great institution and a great city, it’s very attractive in many different ways to kids and families,” Bono said. “To be in the best conference for wrestling you can’t ask for anything more.”

From his time wrestling as a five-year-old in Philadelphia to now being the head coach of a major program like Wisconsin, he has seen a progression of the sport.

Aside from changes to the rules, the sport’s growth is something that stands out to him.

“We’re growing, the sport of wrestling at the NCAA level is as popular as it has ever been, we’re putting many people in the stands,” Bono said.

Through his time in coaching Bono has also

noticed a change in the role of the coach.

In today’s hyper-competitive Division I climate, wrestling coaches are asked to do a lot more than just manage the team on the mat.

“Now we’re trying to market, we’re trying to promote, we’re trying to recruit — we’re trying to do it all to make sure our kids have the best experience possible,” Bono said.

Bono has only been at the head of the program for a matter of months, but the wrestling and wider communities have already been struck by tragedy.

A notable object sits proudly on Bono’s desk in what’s otherwise a plainly decorated office. The object is a hat, a hat which he leaves there to remind him of the late Eli Stickley, a highly respected member of the team who tragically passed away this summer.

Bono says that Stickley was “the ultimate teammate” and his presence will be with the team throughout the season.

“When times get tough and we start feeling sorry for ourselves, I think that Eli Stickley would have been right there next to us with a big smile on his face asking us for more work and how to get better,” Bono said. “He’ll never be forgotten in this program.”

The Badgers kick off their season against Buffalo at the UW Field House on Nov. 1, and Bono is eager to get his Wisconsin career underway and see what this team can achieve.

Football: Takeaways from Badger’s narrow escape in Iowa City

Along with leading Wisconsin’s game winning drive, Hornibrook’s 77 percent completion rate is best he’s had this season

by Will Stern Sports Editor

Saturday night the University of Wisconsin Football Team sought redemption after falling the previous week at home and went to work at Kinnick Stadium facing the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Whether or not their narrow victory qualifies as redemption is up for debate, but I think the pendulum has swung too far in favor of the ‘overrated’ narrative — a night win at Iowa is nothing to scoff at.

Credit is due where credit is due So Alex Hornibrook really went 17-22 for 205 yards and three touchdowns? And no interceptions?

We haven’t been kind in our analysis of Hornibrook, that’s for sure. But the numbers don’t lie, even if they came out of nowhere.

This was a methodical performance. It seemed the whole game Hornibrook couldn’t make anything happen, yet when the clock

ran out, it was the junior quarterback that owned a season-high mark in touchdown passes, a quarterback rating of 200.5 and his 23rd career win.

One reason responsible for Hornibrook’s strong night could be his decision to spread the wealth. He hit seven different receivers Saturday, four of them for more than thirty yards. He’s found a connection with tight end Jake Ferguson as a go-to option on third down and continued his campaign to share the brilliance of running back Garret Groshek with the world.

A confident road outing from Hornibrook and a clutch winning drive is a welcome sight as the Badgers look to get back on track and power through this season.

Taylor slowed down a bit Running back Jonathan Taylor has been slowed down quite a bit from his normal output these last couple weeks, as he only ran for 113 yards this week in Iowa.

First of all, I’m stressing he’s being held

to Heisman/All-time great standards, which is why simply eclipsing the century mark for the 14th time in his 18-game career is no longer cause for jubilation.

Do we expect him to continue rushing for 200 yards every game?

No — but his 4.5 yards per carry average is lower than his average, and keeping it above five or six is a nice benchmark to know the machine is still humming along.

Taylor ’s Heisman hopes are certainly in jeopardy if he doesn’t return to his earlyseason heroics.

The secondary just isn’t... that good?

The Badgers need to find an answer in their secondary, and they need to do so quickly. They have been prone to get burned long down the field, and simply blowing coverages routinely throughout the last few weeks.

This is mostly due to the young guard taking over for departing stalwarts Nick Nelson and Natrell Jamerson, leaving senior

safety D’Cota Dixon the sole veteran manning the ship amongst his youthful cohorts.

There were still high hopes after a tight cornerback competition in camp yielded Faion Hicks and Cesar Williams as the cream of the crop. Though so far both have been unimpressive — Hicks has notably blown a few obvious tackles and been confused in coverage.

The entirety of the Badger secondary looked completely incompetent against Iowa tight end T.J. Hockenson, who only caught three balls but went for 125 yards as he absolutely bulldozed through the Badger secondary.

This game will truly best be analyzed in a few weeks, as the narrow wing can better be assessed as either the turning point in a resurgent second-half-season run or a sign of weakness as Wisconsin fades down the stretch.

Much like a talking clock, “only time will tell.”

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Men’s hockey: Badger freshmen look to make immediate impact on ice

With season approaching Ty Emberson, Mike Messner, Jack Gorniak highlight incoming freshmen class for Wisconsin

by Garrett Seymour Sports Writer

Being a college freshman is hard. You have classes, you need to find your way around campus and — more often than not — need to learn to cook for yourself. It’s even harder when you’re a Division I athlete juggling practice, games and work. Ty Emberson, Mick Messner and Jack Gorniak are three Wisconsin natives that have finally seen their lifelong dreams of becoming a Badger come to fruition. As they get ready for the start of the season, get to know some of the new faces of Wisconsin hockey.

Emberson is an Eau Claire, Wis., native who was selected 73rd overall by the Arizona Coyotes in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. In 61 games with the U.S. National U-18 team, the third-round pick totaled 27 points (four goals, 23 assists), though he takes pride in the defensive aspect of the game and being able to lock down the opposition.

Messner is a former Madison West Regent who was most recently seen as a co-captain for the Madison Capitals of the USHL. The Madison native finished second on the team in points, totaling 45 (16 goals, 29 assists) in 60 games.

“You don’t want to go in there

scared, you have to be confident to play at this level.”

Jack Gorniak Badger forward

Gorniak, Wisconsin’s Mr. Hockey of 2018 from West Salem High School, was selected in the fourth round (123rd overall) by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. Gorniak had 63 points (30 goals, 33 assists) in his senior season for the Panthers.

In addition to his eye-popping high school statistics, the 19-year-old forward had 18 goals and 20 assists with Team Wisconsin U-18 this past season.

Q: What made you decide to come to Wisconsin?

Emberson: It was pretty obvious for me.

I’m from Eau Claire, so a home-state kid, and obviously the coaching staff here is unbelievable, they’re second to none. So, I wanted to come here and be able to play under them.

Messner: The coaches, the facilities and the school, obviously. The rink here is 20 • badgerherald.com • September 25, 2018

unbelievable. And then all the amenities we have in our locker room is second to none.

Gorniak: One big thing was the coaching staff — the coaching staff here is unbelievable: They move guys on to the next level. Also, just the campus itself. It’s the perfect middle between a great school and a great hockey program.

Q: What strengths do you feel you bring to the program?

Emberson: I feel that I bring a solid defensive presence and a puck-moving defenseman. I think I also bring energy on the bench and physical play.

Messner: I think I bring a competitive edge, high compete level and some skill to go with it.

Gorniak: I bring speed, play-making ability and a strong work ethic.

Q: Have you received any advice from upperclassmen, and if so, what’s the best advice you’ve received?

Emberson: Through the summer I’ve heard a lot from upperclassman: just enjoy your time here, it goes by way faster than you’d think. And come in every day like it’s your last, so just battle as hard as you can against the upperclassmen, it’ll make them better in the end.

Gorniak: Yeah, I’ve received a bunch of advice. I’d say the best advice I’ve received is just have fun, be confident.

You don’t want to go in there scared, you have to be confident to play at this level so that’s probably the best advice I’ve received.

Q: What’s your favorite pre-game meal?

Emberson: Pre-game meal is always chicken parm.

Messner: Nothing, in particular, I like to switch it up.

Gorniak: I’d have to say salad with French dressing and chicken.

Q: Do you have any pre-game rituals?

Emberson: I play a little tennis game with my roommate K’Andre (Miller). We just play first person to drop three tennis balls loses. Then I always go left before right (Left skate, left glove, left shin pad when getting dressed before games).

Messner: No, I don’t like to have a pre-game ritual because if you mess it up, then you think you might play bad.

Gorniak: I always tie my left skate first, and also just listening to music, too.

Now that you’ve gotten to know some of the new Wisconsin Badgers, look for them on the ice as we get closer to the first exhibition puck-drop on Oct. 7 against the University of Victoria Vikes.

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Men’s soccer: Catching up with Wisconsin’s 2018 MLS Class

Chris Mueller, Mark Segbers, Tom Barlow, Mike Catalano were represented Badgers during MLS SuperDraft last January

by Danny Farber Sports Editor

Last year’s University of Wisconsin men’s soccer team had among the best seasons in the program’s history. The team hadn’t won a Big Ten Championship or advanced this far in the NCAA Tournament since Jim Launder won both the conference and NCAA titles in 1995.

After the season MLS took notice of the talent on Wisconsin’s roster. Chris Mueller, Mark Segbers, Tom Barlow and Mike Catalano were all taken within the first three rounds of the MLS SuperDraft in January. Mueller was taken by Orlando City, Segbers by New England, Barlow by New York and Catalano by Philadelphia.

The Badger Herald sat down with each of the former Badgers to see how their professional careers have been progressing after Wisconsin: Chris Mueller Selected No. 6 overall by Orlando City SC, Mueller is the only one of the four Badgers drafted to get MLS playing time yet, while his former teammates have had to begin their careers with USL affiliates. This is out of the ordinary for firstyear players as only about half of this year’s firstround picks have gotten MLS experience.

“I think that I’ve made my own luck just by doing the right things most of the time,” Mueller said. “In that sense, it’s really valuable being on the field but being the competitive sort of guy that I am it never seems like enough.”

Mueller started off the year hot with three goals in his first seven games, placing the forward squarely in the rookie of the year conversation.

Since then his scoring production has leveled off but Mueller does not feel that this completely shows how his season has progressed. Though he has not scored since the first week, the forward has six assists on the year and notes that there are probably a few more that he should have been credited for.

“I’m just trying to focus individually every day on getting better and trusting the process,” Mueller said. “Going through every training with the mentality that I’m going to do something every day and get myself a little better than I was yesterday.”

This is not to say Mueller hasn’t had his share of challenges since he’s arrived on the professional scene.

After a slew of free agent signings, Orlando City was expected to emerge as a solid team this year.

Unfortunately, as the early season losses piled up, those expectations eroded, and the team had to replace their head coach.

“When you’re winning things are great, when you’re losing things are tough,” said Mueller. “It’s definitely been a little bit more challenging just because of how the recent string of results has turned out.”

But the forward hasn’t forgotten where he came from and credited many of the nutritional and exercise habits he learned back in college for his professional opportunities.

Mueller still follows the Wisconsin soccer team back home and even got to visit Madison and the team in August, where he received a warm welcome. He also views last year’s success as a strong foundation for players to know the work ethic needed to win in college soccer.

“I got a really good reception which I wasn’t expecting,” Mueller said. “But it was really cool to see and go back to your roots and it’s always a good reminder to get back there. They’re off to a better start than we were off to [coming in as freshmen].

Something that changed that was really important for us as a group was to change the culture of the program and how everyone approached what a winning program should be like.”

Mark Segbers Also a high pick at No. 9 to the New England Revolution, Segbers has taken a different path than his teammate Mueller. After getting drafted by the Revolution, Segbers was put on loan to the USL team Orange County FC in part because of New England’s logjam up front.

Though he has yet to play in the MLS Segbers sees his time with Orange County as a strong asset in his development.

“Getting on the score sheet, getting goals, getting assists boosts your confidence,” Segbers said. “Definitely after being in the USL for a good stint you want to see how you stack up against guys on the next level and see if you’ve progressed like you’ve been planning to. It’s definitely been a positive experience so far.”

In the MLS, Combine Coach John Trask made it a point to highlight Segbers’ defensive potential, but the athlete has spent most of his time at attacking positions with Orange County.

Segbers isn’t sure what position he’ll be at the next level but is willing to play wherever suits the needs of the team.

“I played wing mid coming up through college these last few years and [coming out of the draft] I was more than ready to transition into a wing back,” Segbers said. “But now that I’m with the Revs it’s wherever they need me and wherever I can help the team get better.”

Despite spending much of his time on the west coast Segbers still makes time to follow his old teammates at Wisconsin.

Segbers noted that despite a mixed start to Wisconsin’s season, the team is young and on the right track for future success.

“You learn from all the losses and turn them into positives,” Segbers said. “That’s how [in 2017] we ended up with a pretty damn good team by the end of our senior year.”

Tom Barlow Catalano credits his former coach Trask as well A later selection in the draft, Barlow went No. as the Wisconsin program for helping him learn to 39 in the second round to the New York Red Bulls. be a professional.

After his selection, Barlow was designated to play “Coach Trask and the coaches are the biggest with the team’s USL affiliate the New York Red part of that,” Catalano said. “They never let you be Bulls II. content, never let you be settled. They just prepare Barlow has racked up an impressive season in you to be a pro from the day you walked in as a the USL thus far, scoring six goals and two assists freshman.” in his 19 games with the Red Bulls II. During But for Catalano, who led Wisconsin with 10 what was probably his most impressive game this goals in 2017, the adjustment has been admittedly year, Barlow closed a three-goal deficit by himself difficult as he has yet to score this season on just with a phenomenal second-half hat-trick. The three shot attempts. performance earned the striker USL Player of the But the attacking midfielder has been adjusting Week honors for the week of August 20. his game and is looking to get on the field more by But Barlow is happier with the team’s success of playing a multitude of positions. late rather than his individual accolades.

“They’ve kind of thrown me at all positions. “[The awards] remind me to keep working hard Center back, right back, right winger, obviously and good things will happen,” Barlow said. “We’re central midfielder. I’ve told the coaching staff I still right on the line for playoffs right now so that’s want to get on the field,” Catalano said. “That’s the most important thing.” something I can bring to the table is that versatility.”

For Barlow, the vertical integration of the Red Catalano looks back with pride at his time with Bulls and their affiliate Red Bulls II has been an the Badgers and views the team’s success as a enormous help in his transition. culmination of four years of hard work.

With both teams practicing in Florham Park, The midfielder also concurs with his former New Jersey, Barlow has access to a lot more teammates that Wisconsin’s early season losses are facilities and resources than players on clubs with growing pains for a group that has similar potential more distant affiliates would. to what the 2017 team accomplished.

“You get to train with [the MLS team] “It means a lot to us what we did sometimes. The facilities are fantastic, the fields are there,” Catalano said. “It wasn’t easy, but now great,” Barlow said. “It’s been a huge help seeing we have respect for Wisconsin soccer. It’s up to some of the first team guys and how they go about the coming classes to maintain that respect, so their business.” hopefully, they can do that.”

Despite the distance from Madison, Barlow While the transition into the pros has differed so is still grateful for the opportunities he received far for each of these former Badgers, we hope their building up the Wisconsin men’s soccer program experiences in Madison will set them up for success and still regularly follows the team. in the coming years and beyond.

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“We’ve seen [Catalano] a few times, [the Steel] are pretty close to us,” Barlow said. “It was kind of weird being on a different team, but it was good, it was fun.”

Catalano has likewise enjoyed the games he’s played versus former teammate Tom Barlow but still tries to keep a competitive mindset in their matchups.

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6:45 a.m.: I woke up this morning to a torrential downpour that is seeping a tad through my roof.

I have to love living in an apartment without air conditioning that is 20 minutes away from campus.

Sigh.

6:55 a.m.: I checked my outlook app for my first round of emails. Yet again, no one has requested to meet me during office hours. Guess I don’t have an excuse for slacking on my thesis today. Intense Tetris cravings will have to suffice. Sigh.

7:17 a.m.: I hopped out of my precisely 17-minute long shower. I had a particularly good contemplation of the roots of cultural hegemony while there. I think I would be able to hold a more thorough discussion with only myself than with my 8:50 a.m. section. Sigh.

7:30 a.m.: My Dunkin Donuts K-Cup is finally brewed. My aunt gave me a whole pack of these when she learned I would be moving away from my esteemed ivy-clad undergraduate college to this strange place, where there is only one Dunkin Donuts. Since I’m used to having one per city block, this loss is most outrageous to me and the K-Cups

are the only things keeping my shreds of hope alive. Sigh.

8:40 a.m.: I cross Park Street at University, trying to wade through a sea of students clutching their Colectivo coffees and wearing their filled backpacks. One such backpack nearly handicapped me as an anxious freshman trying to get to the engineering mall crashed into me. Sigh.

9:40 a.m.: Once again, no one talks during this section despite my ingeniously devised questions.

I guess this week’s reading selection wasn’t too stimulating, as it was clear from their notes that the majority of this section actually read the book.

Color me impressed, but sigh.

10:00 a.m.: Lunch time. Sigh.

10:15 a.m.: This is when I really felt popular. I never see people more happy to see me than when I am taking attendance for my sections in lecture.

It would be nice to get this attention some other times, like on my Tinder profile. Sigh.

11:30 a.m.: Another lecture, another 75 minutes spent looking at a student’s Macbook screen trying to determine how a human could watch videos of cats jumping off buildings for 72 minutes straight then immediately sense when it is 11:29 and start packing up their things. Sigh.

11:50 a.m.: Quick break to munch on a Nature Valley granola bar. I thought I wanted to be an astronaut once. Sigh.

1:05 p.m.: Another discussion section down.

This one was talkative, almost too talkative. As a section discusses material more, without linking anything back to the source material, the higher the likelihood the section did not read the material. I doubt anyone got past page 15. Sigh.

4:00 p.m.: Office hours complete. Tetris was fulfilling. I did have about seven students show up to complain about their quiz grades and the wording of questions and thanking me immensely when I gave them half a point back. Again, this is one of the times I have felt most loved in my life.

Sigh.

5:15 p.m.: Tried the new poke joint of the week for dinner. The spicy tuna was a great compliment

to the spicy memes I saw about my mentor on the university meme group. I still wish there was more spice in my life. Sigh.

6:15 p.m.: I returned home to relax with my fish, Crandall, and sifted through a pile of rough drafts for a minor research paper. 75 percent of them used “effect” instead of “affect.” Sigh.

9:00 p.m.: I concluded two hours of light reading on my thesis topic while watching Crandall swim in his tank. Crandall, it seems, contemplated life much as I did today. I wonder if he too came to the same mundane conclusions. Sigh.

10:00 p.m.: I set my alarm for the next day and snooze my email notifications so I pretend as though Canvas is infallible and no student is having trouble accessing the online quiz, despite many frantic messages to the contrary. Perhaps tomorrow will be filled with more intellectual pursuits. Sigh.

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