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Are SSFC’s rules a barrier for some students? The finance committee faced criticism from underrepresented groups over funding battles By Sonya Chechik and Nina Bertelsen STAFF WRITER AND NEWS MANAGER

Every year, a panel of 15 students allocates $51 million dollars to services around campus. Of that $51 million, more than $1.3 million is given to student organizations that are a part of the General Student Services Fund. This year, the Student Services Finance Committee, which allocates those funds, was criticized for not being accessible to all students. Specifically, some groups claimed some SSFC practices make it especially hard for underrepresented organizations to get funding. Groups argued that SSFC’s strict rules created barriers for underrepresented students’ organizations, which are typi-

cally smaller. Some groups said they found SSFC’s environment unwelcoming — one student leader went so far as to call the committee a “white, colonial space” and said parts of her budget meeting were “triggering.” When looking at the data, The Daily Cardinal found that the five underrepresented racial, ethnic and religious organizations that applied for GSSF funding had larger budget cuts on average than other groups. Eighteen student organizations requested funding for the next school year. In total, underrepresented groups received only 81 percent of the funds they requested, but majority groups received 97 percent of requested funds. However, most majority groups did receive budget cuts, compared to only

three of the five underrepresented groups — they were just much smaller than those taken by underrepresented groups. Additionally, SSFC was sued through the Student Judiciary by two separate multicultural student organizations who argued the body was not accessible. And a survey taken by GSSF groups showed that 50 percent did not think the eligibility hearing was a welcoming space. “Spaces that feel very safe to one group of people can feel very alienating to another,” said Pamela Oliver, a professor in sociology who specializes in collective action and social movements and racial disparities in criminal justice. According to Oliver, whiteness means being perceived

as the societal baseline, and it manifests in ways that inevitably benefit the majority. “If you’re part of the majority, the campus is easier for you,” Oliver said. “Depending on your subculture and the hierarchical relationships, even just how you talk to each other can be culturally fraught,” Oliver said. “You can feel like something’s a white space if people are just doing business in a way that’s not comfortable. It’s like a second language, only it’s a second culture. You have to try and warp your normal way of being into a way these people expect you to behave.” SSFC defended its processes by saying their strict policies allow the body to allocate funds without political or ideological influence.

“It’s a good way now because it does allow us to look at a set of criteria as opposed to looking at an organization’s mission,” said SSFC Chair Jordan Gaal. “I think that criteria has allowed us to empower both underrepresented groups and other organizations on campus.” Nearly two decades ago, three students sued UW-Madison, arguing it was unconstitutional for portions of their student fee to fund political or ideological activities with which they disagreed with. The case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the 2000 Southworth v. The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System ruling dicated a policy of viewpoint neutrality

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Incoming students opting for more expensive meal plan tier By Lawrence Andrea CAMPUS NEWS EDITOR

The majority of first-year students living in residence halls in the upcoming semester are selecting high-tiered options in the new meal plan program unveiled by University Dining, according to documents obtained by The Daily Cardinal. A document distributed at a meeting between a dining shared governance group and University Dining officials revealed that 73.66 percent of the 4,511 students who have signed their housing contracts for the fall chose to deposit a minimum of $2,100 onto their WisCard exclusively for oncampus dining. According to the document, 57.28 percent of students signed up for the $2,100 Tier 2 plan, while 16.38 percent chose the Tier 3 plan, which requires a minimum deposit of $3,100. Approximately 25 percent of students optioned for the minimum deposit of $1,400.

“...We were yelling that the students who usually get left out in these conversations are going to continue to be discriminated against.”

Yogev Ben-Yitschak shared governance group member UW-Madison

Director of University Housing Jeff Novak said while they predicted more students to choose the lower option plan, these numbers are not too surprising. Novak said the data show the “clarity of the program is proving to be beneficial to both students and parents.” “It affirms that our students

are wanting to now dine with us,” he said. Novak said these numbers reflect the choices of just 4,511 incoming students, with the university still expecting approximately 2,245 more to sign housing contracts as transfer students are admitted and freshmen continue to make housing decisions over the summer. He said, however, that he expects the distribution of meal plan selections to remain relatively constant with current numbers. UW-Madison sophomore and shared governance group member Yogev Ben-Yitschak said this data isn’t surprising, but argued it does not affirm that the plan is beneficial. Ben-Yitschak emphasized that while the majority of students can afford the meal plan, a series of protests that have been ongoing since the plan was revealed were in support of the “select few” students who would not be able to afford the plan. “All of the protesting and everything that we were arguing about and yelling over — it wasn’t over the common majority of students,” Ben-Yitschak said. “We were yelling that the students who usually get left out in these conversations are going to continue to be discriminated against.” But Novak argued that the university’s goal is to accommodate every first-year student who wants to live on campus. According to Novak, only two incoming students have requested to opt out of the meal plan — one for religious reasons and the other for dietary restrictions — and both requests were accepted. While this data was shared at just the first meeting between the shared governance group and dining officials, Novak said the groups will have continued conversations surrounding the

meal plan. In fact, the group recently discussed a student idea to create an “all you care to eat” option to the plan, in which one of the six university dining halls would be converted to a pay-at-the-door facility. Students pay a set amount of money for breakfast, lunch and dinner before being able to eat as much food as they desire. Novak emphasized this idea was presented to University Dining based on student feedback, and he simply asked the student group to explore that request further.

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More students were found guilty for academic misconduct.

Academic misconduct cases increase due to changes in faculty reporting awareness By Sonya Chechik

“The clarity of the [meal plan] program is proving to be beneficial to both students and parents.”

Jeff Novak director University Housing

There are no plans at this point to institute the idea in the future, Novak said. “If we were even to do this based on the feedback [we would gather], the earliest it would be would be 2019: a year and a half from now,” he said. “The change is our new tiered structure. That’s all that we are looking at for the fall.” Ben-Yitschak said this newly-formed communication between shared governance and University Housing is beneficial. “This committee is a really important thing to have,” he said. “There is no other established way to bring up concerns from students on campus who don’t currently live on campus — to bring up concerns with what is going on in Housing and Dining.”

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According to documents, 73.66 percent of students who have signed their housing contracts for next fall chose to deposit a minimum of $2,100 onto their WisCard to be used for on-campus dining.

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For many students, academic misconduct is only an abstract temptation presented once a semester on the pages of a syllabus. Last year, however, the number of academic misconduct cases reported at UW-Madison spiked by nearly 30 cases. According to the Academic Integrity Annual Report, the number of formally reported cases fluctuates from year to year. It rose from 107 to 177 from 2010-’11 to 2013’14, only to drop back to 126 by 2015’16. In 2016-’17, it was back to 152. The Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards processes all formally reported academic misconduct cases. While plagiarism is the most common form of academic misconduct, the category includes a broad range of student cheating. A formal report means faculty file the case with the OSCCS versus giving an informal warning. The OSCCS explains the fluctuation in cases as a result of an increase in faculty reporting. “Though we may have more reports this year, we believe our numbers [of students committing academic misconduct] are consistent from year to year,” said Erin Strange, the OSCCS Student Conduct Coordinator. She explained that, based on national data, the number of cases of cheating in college has not varied much over time. In 2016, the OSCCS separated from the Dean of Students Office. Previously the DoSO was responsible for both assisting and disciplining students. Now students go to that office if they need help, while a separate staff in the OSCCS handles disciplinary issues. Following the split, the general reporting procedure remained the same but provided more online resources, including an online reporting tool meant to ease the process. Incidentally, these changes correlate with the spike in reported cases in the last school year. However, Strange acknowledged “there has still been some confusion [among faculty] as far as where reports should go and who is responsible for them.” Professor Kris Olds, professor Brad Postle and professor L. Hobbes Lagault teach in various departments within the College of Letters and Science, which consistently reports the highest number of cases.

They agreed whether or not a case was reported depended on the level of the student’s transgression and the strength of the evidence in the allegation, not the complexity of the reporting process. But none of these faculty were aware of system-level changes at the OSCCS, such as the departure from the DoSo or new online resources. “We have a big campus, and sometimes awareness of resources and new programs and initiatives like this, even despite best intentions, is often uneven,” Olds said. “I didn’t know, and now that I know, personally I don’t think it would make a difference [in whether or not I would report].” Almost all responsibility in determining the outcome of an academic misconduct allegation lies with the involved faculty. Faculty meet with the student to discuss the allegation and then decide if they are guilty or not. They then determine whether or not it warrants a formal report and the appropriate consequence. The OSCCS only becomes involved in extreme cases that could lead to suspension or expulsion. “I always talk to faculty about how important it is to have a conversation with your students and be clear with them out front about what constitutes cheating in your class,” Wollack said. “There’s a great deal of research that shows that faculty and students often have very different definitions.” The varied understandings of cheating could complicate the professors’ decision to report an unintentional misconduct case. Lagault, a computer science professor, assigns her students a quiz in which they identify examples of cheating in data programming. She said many times academic misconduct cases were accidental, so this quiz cut down the number she had to investigate. Olds said the most important thing faculty can do is talk to the students in question and give them the benefit of the doubt. To help with this, the OSCCS provides resources for faculty to take preventative action against academic misconduct. This can include explanations of plagiarism to include in their syllabi and suggestions to limit cheating on exams. “An important part of removing [cheating from the campus] is to make the process of reporting less erroneous, and it sounds like that’s something very much on campus’s radar,” Wollack said.

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How much will investing in education cost you in debt? By Jessica Lipaz STAFF WRITER

As the necessity of obtaining a higher education degree in order to ensure job security rises, students face additional increases in the overall cost of attendance at colleges and universities throughout the state. This causes many to seek out student loans to pay for their massive self-investment. However, many experts say that the payment plans for student loans are often disadvantageous, causing a whopping $1.4 trillion of outstanding student debt across America. Student loans are particularly difficult to pay back because one cannot refinance them at a later time, something available for other forms of debt like home payments. This puts students at an extreme disadvantage to quickly repay the debt they have racked up over the last four or so years. $24 billion of that $1.4 trillion national outstanding student loans come directly from Wisconsin. This puts the state in 10th place in the country for the number of college students with unpaid debt. Gov. Scott Walker’s first budget raised the cost of in-state tuition for the UW System by 5 percent and then proceeded to freeze that cost for the next eight years.

“Student debt is affecting about a million people here and that is impacting their ability to buy homes, buy cars, save for retirement, have children...” Analiese Eicher Student debt program director One Wisconsin Now

A tuition freeze is traditionally supposed to create a break for students by securing their price of schooling upon entrance, however this has not been the case in Wisconsin. Over the last eight years, the in-state cost of attendance has risen by over 17

SSFC from page 1 that is followed today. While all groups are not entitled to equal funding, they are entitled to equal process. The ruling didn’t establish what eligibility-exact criteria SSFC must follow when distributing funds — but the ASM bylaws do. “[The legal requirement of viewpoint neutrality] requires equality of process, not outcome, and it requires that individual criteria are not set up to suppress specific views/ identities and reward others,” said UW-Madison spokesperson Meredith McGlone. Every year, SSFC representatives have to undergo viewpoint neutrality training before they begin eligibility and budget hearings and follow specific criteria and processes to determine a group’s fiscal need. “We all recognize our own

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As loans increasingly become the answer for students after a degree, Wisconsin boasts one of the highest debt levels in the nation. percent, a significant rise, but only a fraction compared to the out-of-state tuition growth of almost 44 percent. Analiese Eicher, the student debt program director for One Wisconsin Now, explained that after freezing tuition, Walker’s administration also considerably cut the amount of funding allocated to the universities. Because of this, universities had to find other ways to gain the revenue necessary to provide sufficient classes, advising and other services for students. Despite the tuition freeze, students still have to pay for other things while attending school. The increase in cost of attendance stems from rising prices in markets like housing and dining services. “If for some reason you cannot get a mandatory class for your major because the university isn’t funded enough to have enough

classes, then you’re basically saying that in order to graduate, you now have to take another semester,” Eicher said. “We are shortingchanging the university, we are shortchanging the students and we are causing them to take longer to graduate, which means they are not moving into the job market and are taking out even more student loans.” Fenaba Addo, a professor of consumer science at UW-Madison, also said taking longer to graduate or dropping out can further exacerbate the student loan problem. She claimed some of the highest default rates in the country are among former students who started and did not complete their studies. While most student loan plans expect repayment in under 10 years, a study from the One Wisconsin Now found loan

repayment takes about 19.7 years for bachelor’s degrees and 23 years for graduate degrees. Even before repayment, some students have a much more difficult time even accessing financial services. “Disadvantaged students have less access to resources which make navigating college and the college process more difficult, and students from more advantaged backgrounds leave school with less debt,” Addo said. Wisconsin became the first state to consider a bill that would allow students to refinance their student loans at lower interest rates in an attempt to support repayment in the 2013 legislative session. Democrats have introduced the “Higher Ed, Lower Debt” legislation in the last three consecutive sessions; however, it has never passed. This session, the bill did not receive a hearing.

Since 2013, several other states have adopted and passed the model, including Minnesota. Instead, Walker has suggested students try to refinance their student loans with the UW Credit Union. The legislature passed a bill last session that would make this type of deal easier. However, according to Eicher, students who sought this out were offered interest rates of about 6.8 percent, which is higher than the rates they were currently paying from the federal government. “The state could actually figure out how to get someone a better interest rate, they are just not willing to try,” Eicher said. “Student debt is affecting about a million people here and that is impacting their ability to buy homes, buy cars, save for retirement, have children — basically everything we are supposed to do once we graduate from college.”

biases and pure viewpoint neutrality is always impossible,” Gaal said. “This is a way we are able to apply the same standards and criteria to each organization that applies for funding.” But some say that you can’t serve all groups of people equally with one set of strict rules. “The whole process [to get GSSF funding] is set up in a way that it’s a system, and it’s structured and it has to be exactly [one way],” said Mariah Skenandore, a leader of the Native American student organization Wunk Sheek. “That is a very white, colonial structure. And that is something that doesn’t work for people that don’t operate that way. And indigenous folks, and most marginalized folks, don’t operate that way.” But Oliver explained implicit bias can seep into how rules are created and enforced. “You try to take opinions out

by using these rigid policies,” Oliver said. “But the rigid formulas themselves can be gamed to do some damage … any principle will do harm sometimes. Things that are usually good will turn out to be bad sometimes.”

be underrepresented organizations don’t always have the infrastructure or know-how of who to contact and how to go through SSFC’s eligibility process, Jackson explained. “I think that’s really who [SSFC] was targeting in terms of making it harder for those orgs to even try to get the funding … it’s very disproportionate,” Jackson said. “I think our case really called into question a lot of the things SSFC has been getting away with for a long time, and I think now that there’s a light on it, they have to hold themselves and each other much more accountable.” Forced to grapple with criticism, Gaal acknowledged that SSFC needed to change their processes to make things easier for student organizations. Throughout the year, SSFC worked to update forms and procedure, improve communication and clarify expectations of orga-

nizations and representatives. Gaal received some pushback from fellow SSFC representatives about whether internal policy debates deserved so much of their attention, but he argued the effort would help the committee improve in the long run. “It’s hard for us always to tell what’s working and what’s not when we spend every day with these policies,” Gaal said. “I make sure we are continuously evaluating the processes by which we grant students money and making sure that they’re inclusive and working for everyone.” After WABM eventually received a budget of $27,000 for the 2018-’19 school year, MCSC was allowed to apply but presented SSFC representatives with outdated information during the hearing and was not granted eligibility.

Claim: Eligibility process is not accessible to small, underrepresented groups The two multicultural groups that sued SSFC this year were the Wisconsin Association of Black Men and the Multicultural Student Coalition. “It just didn’t seem as if the SSFC ways embodied the Wisconsin Idea,” said WABM president Kenneth Jackson. “It seemed almost purposefully confusing and purposefully complicated … and very problematic in terms of getting new orgs funded.” Smaller groups that tend to

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Underrepresented groups see larger budget cuts, can’t fit “white” SSFC rules After they are eligible, groups move through the budget process. At the first budget meeting, organization representatives present their budget and SSFC representatives ask them questions. At the second meeting, SSFC representatives debate and suggest budget cuts before approving the final budget. “I honestly have never felt so surrounded by whiteness. There’s a whole panel of [mostly] white men starting at me, trying to get me to answer questions, and everything they say takes precedence over what I say,” Skenandore said about Wunk Sheek’s budget meeting. “They carry such a high level of privilege in that space that anything I say can be countered by what they’re the ones that are saying it. That in and of itself is a barrier.” Wunk Sheek received the largest budget cut this year: $35,544, or about half of their budget. The second-largest cut came out of the Muslim Student Association’s proposed budget: $18,500 was cut, which was 46 percent of their proposed budget. Both groups faced issues with the types of programming they planned to provide for campus. According to the Associated Students of Madison bylaws, GSSF groups can provide core and supportive programming. The amount of core programming they provide must exceed the amount of supportive programming — and groups’ monetary requests must reflect this. However, core programming has a strict set of requirements, one being that it must provide an educational benefit. In 2014, ASM adopted a policy that considers programming educational if it “promotes intercultural or cross-cultural knowledge and competence.” Additionally, it must be available throughout the year, it must be substantially different from anything the university offers and at least 75 percent of people attending or using the program must be students.

“The people paying this money and the people that should be benefiting from the segregated fees are students,” Gaal said in defense of the 75-percent rule. He added that it doesn’t prevent groups from including outside communities and only applies to core programming. Groups can also get funding from other campus sources. The 75-percent rule can be challenging for smaller, underrepresented student organizations when putting on large events. Wunk Sheek’s funding was cut because they couldn’t ensure that 75 percent of attendees at their spring powwow, their largest event, would be students. “When you stretch away from the set criteria, that’s when you can start getting into issues with values-based decisions,” Gaal said. For Skenandore, it makes more sense to examine every individual organization’s needs without forcing every group to adhere to a strict set of rules. “There’s an exception to every rule … everything is not a binary,” Skenandore said. “They’re never going to understand if they don’t live it, why we deserve that funding and why we need that funding.” The powwow is one of the largest student-run campus events. Last year they had roughly 6,000 attendees, according to Skenandore. But only 600 attendees, or about 10 percent, were students. She explained that it would be impossible to meet this requirement at the powwow because Wunk Sheek relies on Ho-Chunk and other the Native communities outside of UW-Madison for support. “Marginalized groups are so small that often times we operate with the strength of our communities,” Skenandore said. “To suggest that it should be more students than community is to suggest that it should be less than who we are; there’s no indigenous representation on campus to begin with.” For Skenandore, the 75-percent rule reinforces that UW-Madison students are mostly white. “To provide services to [underrepresented orgs] actually entails connecting with the community because there’s not enough peo-

dailycardinal.com ple on campus to provide full support,” Oliver said. “It seems like this specific rule is missing the way in which the community [can] benefit the students.”

“[The process of getting funding] is a very white, colonial structure. And that is something that doesn’t work for people that don’t operate that way. And indigneous folks, and most marginalized folks don’t operate that way.” Mariah Skenandore co-president Wunk Sheek

In years prior, Wunk Sheek had received smaller grants through the Finance Committee, now known as the Grant Allocation Committee. However, in 2015 they asked for a grant that was so large, it went to the entire council for special approval. After that, student leaders encouraged Wunk Sheek to apply to be a GSSF group so they could receive more funding for the powwow. GAC grants are for small, onetime uses and have less requirements for how they are distributed. They don’t require groups to prove 75 percent of event attendees are students, unlike GSSF funding. The 2016-’17 school year was Wunk Sheek’s first year applying for GSSF funding, and that year’s committee approved GSSF funding for this year’s spring powwow. However, after this year’s budget cut, they will have no segregated fees to use for next year’s powwow at all. And because they are a GSSF group, they cannot apply for any GAC grants. Additionally, lecture series, speakers and leaflets or publications only count as supportive programming. This rule caused MSA to lose a large portion of their funding. “Our mission is to educate and expose our religion to the students at Madison, so in order to do that we have to run events,” said Salman Qazi, the MSA financial director. SSFC cut all $14,100 MSA asked to fund their lecture series after

a debate over whether it was eligible for core programming. Moving Forward “I’m kind of glad I’m not on this committee because you have to make these hard decisions,” Oliver said. “But it would seem to me that disproportionate funding is reasonable. It would seem to me, from just listening to the arguments on-face, that minority [organizations] need more community involvement. And this 75-percent rule that seems fair on its face turns out to have these perverse consequences … and maybe should be revisited in a complex way.” When confronted with the accusation SSFC was a “white space” and the strict rules weren’t comfortable for marginalized groups, Gaal paused before answering. “I feel terrible that that’s the perception; it may very well be true. I don’t have the experience to say whether or not it is,” Gaal said. “I don’t necessarily want to defend the rules because perception is reality, and if that’s how they feel about the rules then, yeah, maybe there does need to be a change.” However, a funding model that is unbalanced for groups of different identities, races, religions, etc. could be seen as a proxy for viewpoint and would be inappropriate under university policies requiring viewpoint neutrality, according to McGlone. She added that such a policy wouldn’t survive a legal challenge in court. At the end of the year, SSFC sent out an email to organizations asking how the process could be improved, but only two groups responded. Gaal said his group did a lot of outreach with their Eligibility Criteria Review Committee and will continue to explore ways to make the process better. “I think that all criticism is fair,” Gaal said. “I think that taking a critical look at our current institution is important for us to continue to move forward and improve our system. No system is perfect. And based on the criticisms from students, changes may need to be made in the future.”

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Badgerloop unveils newest pod design By Tyler Fox THE DAILY CARDINAL

In a reveal event last Thursday, the UW-Madison Badgerloop team unveiled their new hyperloop pod and discussed their hopes for the 2018 SpaceX Hyperloop competition happening this summer. The event drew hundreds of parents, sponsors and other students to Varsity Hall at Union South. After discussing the thousands of hours of work performed by the team, they unveiled Badgerloop Pod III, which is designed to be the fastest pod they’ve ever made. “Many are skeptical of hyperloop, ‘but the story of all human progress is one of a struggle against all odds,’” Badgerloop President Kali Kinziger said at the event, quoting President Ronald Reagan. “We are here to represent the school — Wisconsin — and be pioneers for the future of transportation.” The team has lofty expectations for this year’s SpaceX Hyperloop competition, which occurs at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif. Each competition is roughly a week and a half and is no vacation for the Badgerloop team. “Most of the time, it’s just like absolute hell,” Kinziger said. With competitors including

the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Purdue, Virginia Tech and many others, the competitions demand the very best the universities have to offer. At Union South, the Badgerloop team was keen to point out their previous successes in SpaceX competitions. After winning a technical excellence award at the first SpaceX Hyperloop design event, the team went on to win two innovation awards at the next two competitions, the only team to do so. The upcoming competition, occurring this July, is focused on having the teams develop the fastest pod possible while under their own propulsion. To do this, this year’s pod is much smaller and lighter, utilizing a full carbon fiber outer shell. In a change to previous competitions, the teams this year will no longer utilize a pusher provided by SpaceX to get their pods up to speed and will instead use their own electric motor to provide propulsion. Connected to roughly 20 drone batteries, Pod III aims to reach speeds well over 200 miles per hour. With speeds approaching that of modern day jet airplanes, much of the development time is spent ensuring the pod’s safety. Equipped with a wireless transmitter, the team can activate a

kill switch within the pod that cuts all propulsion power from the engine and slows the pod to a stop. Ryan Castle, the electrical systems director for Badgerloop, discussed some of the difficulties the team typically experiences when preparing for these competitions. Since the competition requirements change “pretty fundamentally every year,” preparations for each event can take hundreds of hours. As an electrical engineering student, Castle stated how his involvement with the Badgerloop team overlaps closely with his coursework as well as his co-op. When asked how many hours he puts into the team per week, he replied, “both too many, and not enough.” In addition to his full-time engineering co-op, he clarified that he spends between 30 to 50 hours each week in the workshop just for Badgerloop. This type of dedication persists throughout the team, as many team members spent their entire evenings for weeks on end preparing Badgerloop Pod III for the reveal. Time is not the only resource demanded of the UW-Madison Badgerloop team, as each new hyperloop pod design commands advanced technological revisions. Due to the team’s suc-

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The Badgerloop team’s newest hyperloop pod is designed for high speeds and self-propulsion. They will compete at the SpaceX competition this summer. cesses, corporate interest in the team has grown immensely, and with that comes a growing number of prominent sponsorships. These include sponsorships from companies like Microsoft, Castrol Oil, Rockwell Automation and Cirrus Aircraft. Many other companies are anxious to contribute their technologies and funds to the team as well. Kinziger added that corporate sponsorships for the first competition amassed over $140,000 for the team, with “much more in monetary donations.” For those interested in join-

ing the team, Castle emphasized that any UW-Madison student interested can join, adding that “anyone who sticks around after week two is on the team.” While Badgerloop is not only a remarkable success story for the students involved, it also is an impressive showcase for the university as a whole. The SpaceX Hyperloop Competition pushes students to their limits in terms of their scientific expertise and time management, and the Badgerloop Pod III is a culmination of this demanding work among the team.

Antibiotic ‘weather’ maps predict antibiotic effectiveness By Margaret Seybold THE DAILY CARDINAL

Radar maps are a key feature in the weather forecast industry, used for displaying weather data in specific regions, utilizing color and symbols to do so. At the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy, they are repurposing the elegant concept of the weather map to soon provide vital information for healthcare providers. The atmosphere changes rapidly and simple indicators on a

map can communicate weather progression. Laurel Legenza, a Comparative Health Systems Global Pharmacy Fellow, has found that antibiotic resistance can be communicated the same way. “We’re collecting antibiotic resistance data. The idea is that we want this data to be more easy to read. Currently it’s usually accessed in the form of a table where it just shows numbers and percents,” Legenza said, who started the project at the begin-

ning of her fellowship in 2015 with the School of Pharmacy, along with associate professors Warren Rose and Susanne Barnett. Much like how a weather map shows the percent chance that it might rain, these antibiotic resistance maps will show the percent chance that an antibiotic will be effective. Microbes are continuously developing resistance to current treatments, and this mapping project will soon be an

important element for doctors treating patients with infection. Healthcare professionals will be able to look at the maps and judge which antibiotics will work and which might not, based on where the patient is from. The first featured bacterium will be E. coli, but more infectious agents will be added in the future to treat a wider range of illnesses. Antibiotic resistance maps will also provide more insight

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into factors affecting antibiotic resistance activity, as well as shed light on future movement patterns of antibiotic resistance. To do this, Legenza is asking more than just where antibiotic resistance is. “Where is it changing? And then the next question is why is it changing? Can we use those three different factors to build a predictive model that might help a provider make a decision?” These maps could also reveal phenomena such as geographical correlations that researchers could benefit from. For example, a socioeconomic landscape could have an influence on resistance against antibiotics. Rural versus urban areas or communities near bodies of water could exhibit varied behaviors of microbes and determine how quickly they are able to adapt to medical treatments. “Currently we’re building partnerships with health systems in Wisconsin to create an environment where we can share a higher resolution of data to make more specific mapping. Right now, we have data that’s aggregated at a county level, but we want to look at it more detailed to be able to see variations even in a large city,” Legenza said. These maps will be an engaging visual to explain the science behind microbes and antibiotics, while creating a promising solution to make resistance against antibiotics easier to interpret. Soon enough, personalizing medicine in this way will help improve patient outcomes by pinpointing the best course of action to treat infection.

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2. Take in a concert on the Square, beginning June 27 3. Hike and bonfire at Picnic Point 4. Bike or run around Lake Monona

23. Get a breath of fresh air at Allen

5. Indulge in some Babcock Dairy ice cream

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6. Go sailing with Wisconsin Hoofers 7. Go to the Farmer’s Market and cook

dinner for your friends 8. Grab a blanket to lounge and sunbathe on the Capitol lawn, or Bascom Hill 9. Go to the world’s LARGEST Brat Fest from May 25-28

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29. Drink a fishbowl at Wando’s 30. Celebrate a birthday at the Nitty Gritty 31. Go to see some animals at Havens

Petting Farm and Eugster’s Farm 32. Skinny-dip in Lake Mendota after the bars close 34. Try as many food carts in Library Mall as you can 35. Ride the bull at Whiskey Jacks Saloon 36. Devour a hangover breakfast at Mickies Dairy Bar 39. Take lunch to Devil’s Lake State Park

41. Hike the Ice Age National Scenic Trail

20. Go to the Highway 18 drive-in

22. Stay up all night and watch the sun rise

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Performing arts programs on campus struggle with ASM, university funding By Camille Paskind THE DAILY CARDINAL

At the University of WisconsinMadison, there are over a thousand organizations for students to pursue their passions. However, for performing arts lovers, the university falls short. Intermission Theatre (IMT) is a student performing arts organization that provides one of the only opportunities for students to perform musical theatre on campus with a Musical Theatre Cabaret every year. Due to high rental costs, IMT applied for an event grant through the Associated Students of Madison’s Grant Allocation Committee, which was later denied. To be eligible for a grant, the event must be educational based — not a social event. The committee rejected IMT’s proposal because they believed the event was not educational enough for its audience members. Director of IMT, Allie Frank, disagreed with this outcome. She said the group would have met the committee’s requirements, but the grant process didn’t give them a chance to modify their proposal. “We heard their feedback but didn’t get a chance to actually implement it,” Frank said. “I think it’s a little stifling.” IMT isn’t the only group that has had issues with the ASM grant process this year. According to historical data provided by the Grant Allocation Committee, 36 event

grants were denied this year, which is more than the last two years combined. Additionally, 19 event grants were retracted this year, compared to just four retractions last year. Optima Dance, a student dance troupe on campus, was recently denied an ASM grant for similar reasons to IMT. The Communications Coordinator for Optima Dance, Sam Robers, said, “Unfortunately, it seems a little bit like a game they’re playing here, and unless you happen to fall into their predetermined criteria, you don’t have any chance of winning.” Assistant Director of Organization Advising and Technology, TJ Sargent, said various groups have expressed concern regarding difficulty receiving funding this year compared to previous years. “There was a bit of a concern with consistency,” Sargent said. “Different people make different decisions, and that’s going to change from year to year.” Wisconsin Singers, a show choir group on campus, is sponsored by the Division of Student Life and is completely self-funded. The group used to be subsidized by the School of Music but lost its funding 20 years ago for not having a classical-focused repertoire. Though the group is not backed by the university anymore, it is registered as a student organization. However, they don’t meet ASM grant requirements since members can receive academic credit for participating in the group.

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Performing arts organizations are calling for more clarity in the requirements for grants. “You could argue that it’s the student organization part of Wisconsin Singers that is sponsoring [its] events,” the artistic director and producer of the Wisconsin Singers, Robin Whitty-Novonty, said. “The student organizational piece puts together the shows and promotes it, but if we went to ASM, we would be immediately denied.” The Wisconsin Singers are not the only group on campus to express frustration with the School of Music. The department recently banned registered student organizations from renting rehearsal space in the Humanities building.

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According to Joey Ferrito, a current Under A-Rest a cappella member, a cappella groups traditionally used to rehearse in School-ofMusic-controlled facilities. About one year ago, they were told that they no longer fit into the mission of the School of Music. “It certainly doesn’t seem like all the rooms upstairs are being used all the time in Humanities, but in general we felt like this was just an excuse being given to us,” Ferrito said.“When we pressed for what we could do to participate in the mission statement, we basically never got anything back. We felt that was kind of an unfair university policy for small student organizations.” Music Board of Advisors director of the School of Music, Susan Cook, stated the School of Music’s mission is focused on providing curricular offerings — and there needs to be a larger conversation with the university about space for both curricular and co-curricular programs. “There’s many more things we could be doing if we had more space or more staff,” Cook said. “We have a hard enough time with our own credit offerings.” This introduces the larger university issue of a lack of resources for the performing arts at UW-Madison. According to Cook, even students within the School of Music frequently don’t have enough rehearsal space. Another issue is the deficiency in performing arts exposure for incoming freshmen when they arrive on campus. Frank said that besides the student organization fair every semester, there isn’t a lot of opportunities for students to explore their interests. Many students don’t realize that student organizations are housed online on the Wisconsin Involvement Network (WIN). “I was very unaware of the arts here on campus,” freshman and IMT Trustee Bryanna Plaisir said. “As a freshman during orientation, we were constantly pushed to join intramural sports and join academic clubs, but I was unaware of the arts that were available to me on campus.” Plaisir stated that once she became a theater major, opportunities finally opened up to her. For non-theater and non-music majors, however, it’s very difficult to dis-

cover performing arts opportunities. Non-arts majors also don’t want to interfere with the curriculum set out for those who are actually majoring in the arts. Frank said that the arts departments should definitely be prioritizing their students since they’re dedicating their lives to that subject. Nonetheless, departments could create more opportunities for non-arts majors. Moving forward, the university is slowly implementing changes that could improve this problem. The new School of Music space being built on University Avenue will house two new performance spaces, Cook said.. This could potentially free up the old performing halls in Humanities to be used as rehearsal space. However, the real initiative is seen through the students on campus that want to push for a more arts-appreciative campus. In terms of funding these performing arts organizations, groups are calling for more clarity in the requirements listed on the grant website. “The requirements as listed on their webpage could use some updating in terms of what they’re deeming educational,” Frank said. “They’re pretty vague about their definition — it’s a broad term and it’s open to interpretation.” Students are excited about the potential for performing arts programs at UW-Madison. There has already been collaboration and cross-over among student organizations, garnering a larger, supportive performing arts community. IMT members sing in a cappella groups, some Wisconsin Singers alumni have performed in IMT productions and several IMT members are involved in other groups, like Optima Dance and the MadTappers. Students are trying to take advantage of opportunities on campus, even if they’re limited. “Intermission Theatre was founded in the first place because there was no outlet to put on a show, so students created one,” Frank stated. “Dedicated students are making these student groups so that they can do what they love, and I feel like the university hasn’t caught up with them. The students are way ahead of the university, they’re getting on top of things, they’re putting on shows and the university is still trying to catch up.”

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A change in leadership for The Daily Cardinal MADELINE HEIM outgoing editor-in-chief

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Dr. John McAdams put a teaching assistant in the cross-hairs through his claim that she censored a student.

McAdams v. Marquette not about free speech IZZY BOUDNIK opinion columnist

hough the event that prompted McAdams v. Marquette occurred in 2014, the Wisconsin Supreme Court case it led to last week has the making of a typical story in 2018: ideological charge, selective interpretation of the facts, and peculiar characters. The case pits Dr. John McAdams, a former associate professor of political science, against Marquette University. Dr. McAdams runs a blog called “Marquette Warrior” which claims to “provide an independent, rather skeptical view of events at Marquette University.” One post ultimately put Dr. McAdams out of a job. According to the post, a Marquette student was offended by the lack of discussion allowed in a philosophy class, particularly regarding gay marriage. When the student approached the student teacher after class, he was again shut down by her, who reportedly said “in this class, homophobic comments, racist comments, will not be tolerated” and offered the student the option to drop the class. Dr. McAdams became aware of this situation after the student spoke to two academic deans at Marquette and did not receive his desired response. Dr. McAdams consequently wrote a blog post about the incident on Marquette Warrior, referring to the student teacher by name and linking to her website.

However, Dr. McAdams did not, and continues to not, hold himself to the same standards as he did that student teacher.

After the release of her contact information, the student teacher received a number of angry, sometimes threatening emails, eventually causing her to leave Marquette. A review of conduct by an internal Faculty Hearing Committee at Marquette, eventually ruled that Dr. McAdams should be suspended from the university for no more than two semesters. In March of 2016, the president of Marquette

University sent a confidential (now public) letter to Dr. McAdams, stating that his return to the faculty in 2017 would be conditioned on making a written statement. Dr. McAdams refused and instead took the case to court, culminating in the Wisconsin Supreme Court hearing in April 2018.

If he loses, surely he will have fuel for another 3,000 blog posts.

Many conversations have taken place on this campus regarding the role of free speech. Though the UW is a public university and therefore has different obligations than Marquette the case has serious applications for both. I do not doubt that the many conservative professors invested in the outcome of this case would say that UW-Madison suffers from what they call a “liberal bias” in higher education. However, the case has little to do with the topic that was being covered in that Marquette classroom. The court case is not about students at Marquette University being allowed to disagree with gay marriage - rest assured, they are, and according to Marquette’s Catholic and Jesuit values, they are encouraged to. Rather, the case is about the irresponsible actions of a professor who put a student teacher in harm’s way. From a fairly neutral point of view, I do understand the student’s frustration in not being able to express his views. Factual, respectful discussion is a tenant of higher education. Perhaps the student teacher had the correct intention in wanting to protect LGBTQ+ students in her classroom from emotional harm but did so incorrectly. However, Dr. McAdams did not, and continues to not, hold himself to the same standards as he did that student teacher. He expected her to treat the students in her class with decency by allowing discussion, and yet denied her the same right by “doxxing” her, or “publicly [identifying] or [publishing] private information about someone especially as a form of

punishment or revenge.” The student teacher’s actions were not conducive to discourse, but neither was Dr. McAdams’ response. Dr. McAdams has claimed in subsequent blog posts that he never published the student teacher’s contact information, but simply a link to her blog, where readers could find her contact information for themselves. Had the real issue at hand actually been freedom of speech, the blog post would have gotten the same message across without including the name of the student teacher. However, to him, the student teacher must have been just another liberal chipping away at the right to freedom of speech, and he included her name anyway. Why, if not to cause psychological harm? Neither side is particularly unbiased. The Marquette Warrior blog features headlines like “Speech and the Progressive Utopia” and “Shouting Down a Speaker: Left Wing Fascism at the University of New Mexico.” Each party has an agenda and won’t hesitate to push it. But, much like the blog post that started it all, I doubt the decision of the court will do much to change the tide of the campus free speech debate. If the court rules in favor of McAdams, conservatives will tout it as a long fought victory over indoctrinating liberals; if he loses, surely he will have fuel for another 3,000 blog posts. In the original post, Dr. McAdams does not mention contacting the student teacher whose conduct bothered him so deeply in order to hear her side of the story. Yet he claims that “journalistic norms” entitled him to expose someone who he considered a “miscreant.” Perhaps Dr. McAdams has forgotten that journalists hold themselves to a high level of decency despite their opinions on what they are covering - and from one journalist to another, if he wants to be treated as such, maybe he should make a renewed attempt to conduct himself like one first. Izzy is a freshman studying political science and education policy. What do you hope the outcome of McAdams v. Marquette will be? Please send any comments or questions to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

keep remembering that song from “Rent” about 525,600 minutes, and if you multiply that by four for each year of college, it’s got to be close to two million minutes that I’ve spent at The Daily Cardinal, thinking about The Daily Cardinal or — if not either of those two — talking about The Daily Cardinal. Most of my friends know I can’t make it through too many conversations without mentioning it. My millions of minutes at the Cardinal are almost done, and I can’t help reflecting on how I spent them. It was here that I realized journalism was something I wanted to do in the real world, a realization that came about because I was lucky enough to learn and grow alongside reporters and editors who were passionate about their work and optimistic about the future. I met mentors, and I made friends. This past year as editor-in-chief presented challenges that I absolutely could not have overcome without the unwavering support and talent of my managing editor, Andrew Bahl. Andrew, for every moment that I was nervous or discouraged, you were there — I hope everyone is lucky enough to have such a trustworthy colleague and friend in their lives. And an equally big thank-you goes out to my brilliant, thoughtful and caring staff, without whom none of this would be possible. I have the incredible honor of passing my job on to the paper’s third woman editor-in-chief in three years, Sammy Gibbons, and that means a lot. It means even more that Sammy will be joined by the ever-wonderful Samantha Nesovanovic, making them the first all-women management team the Cardinal has seen in a while. I can’t wait to see the amazing things they’re sure to accomplish together. And to the people who will walk in and out of the Cardinal’s door after me — for the first time, for the hundredth time, or for the last time — it is my biggest hope that you will find what I found there. The community you will build is unlike any other, and the feeling you get when you walk into an office full of friends is unbeatable. Enjoy every single minute of it. As always, Cardinals fly together. Madeline will gradaute in May with degrees in journalism and creative writing. Feel free to send any reflections on the 2017-’18 year to madeline.heim@dailycardinalcom.

SAMMY GIBBONS incoming editor-in-chief

have never dealt with drastic change well. The Cardinal has changed that over the last three years of my college career. When I came to UW-Madison as a freshman, one thing I was confident about during this transition was that I wanted to write for this newspaper. I came to the office within the first week of classes and began writing news, unseen in that hidden corner office. Now, I’m eager to sit at the front of the office and welcome new people into our familial team. The Cardinal has gone through its own changes during my time here. When I started we printed a newspaper five days a week, then two and now down to one. The Cardinal aided me during a life shift, now I, along with incoming managing editor Samantha Nesovanovic, will push the paper into its future. We’re going to maintain the historic integrity built after 126 years of production, while also focusing on improving our digital presence. This move requires strong teamwork, and I know our staff exceeds the strength needed to take it on. We’re a group of brave, creative people that know what it takes to be a publication that draws readers in, and we’ve gotten better at this with the work of Maddy and Andrew. I’m ecstatic for Samantha and I to pick up where they left off and get our important job of reporting information that is important to UW-Madison done every day. Teamwork in the form of a warm, kind news team welcoming me helped me adjust, and I am confident our team will embrace challenges that come with future changes. There hasn’t been a change I’ve been more ready for than assuming the role of EIC. Samantha and I are getting started right away learning how to better our paper and how to teach editors and writers to better their work and our publication. We’re going to focus on building our community and educating future journalists. Stay tuned, lovely readers, for a 127th year of student -led, original, locally-focused media. Sammy is a junior majoring in journalism and creative writing. Please send any comments or suggestions for the upcoming year to sammy.gibbons@dailycardinal. com.

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Incoming EIC Sammy Gibbons (left) and outgoing EIC Madeline Heim (right).

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Almanac Obituary

Patrick Hoeppner

Outgoing Almanac co-editor Patrick Hoeppner disappeared weeks ago, leaving the Cardinal office severely void of any bombastic personality, references to the efficiency of traveling everywhere by bicycle and sick EDM drops. Investigators and local authorities were immediately on the case, each having their own varying reasons for jumping to action so promptly, but the trail of blended McDonald’s menu items leading out from his Mound Street party house ran cold. The situation was shrouded in mystery until news received by Cardinal staff this morning, around 2am, in the form of a garbled voicemail left partially in rushed and nearly indistinguishable Spanish on our Editor-in-Chief’s desk phone. Apparently when Patrick went missing that fateful Tuesday night many weeks past, he took an express flight over to Ibiza with ambitions of “making it big” in the EDM industry, which he was known to have a passion for. Not three days later he was tragically killed in a massive nightclub fire (during which, miraculously, no members of the crowd or staff were killed, or even minorly injured). All we could decipher next from the confusing message was that Patrick had been wearing sunglasses in the dark, vape-filled environment, preventing him from seeing the ridiculously long cords from his MacBook wrapped around his ankle, causing him to fall and hurt his head while trying to escape. Patrick was a vibrant addition to the Cardinal family, always bringing boundless energy and sweet background tracks to everything. A vigil service was held earlier this afternoon in the catacombs of the Vilas building, where Cardinal staffers gathered around a MacBook blaring bass-heavy tunes and wearing multi-colored Wayfarer sunglasses.

Report: 42 percent of kids will smoke weed as soon as it’s legal By Patrick Hoeppner THE DAILY CARDINAL

A recent survey which covered all 100 percent of secondary and college-aged students found an overwhelming 42 percent of them would impulsively and routinely begin consuming cannabis as soon as the state legislatures legalize it. It is evident, the survey company

claims, that the use of cannabis among the surveyed populations is correlated to the fact that it becomes instantly obtainable to anyone with a pulse and an ID and the police no longer care about busting degenerate delinquents for possession. “We trained fourteen new police puppies as soon as our state legalized it,” a local sheriff in a

New England state said. “Because we knew that there would be so much more of it. It’s basic economics. Supply and demand.” Even celebrities formerly outspoken about the use of marijuana were concerned about the possibility of their children consumed in a high school environment where green nuggets roll rampant

around the hallways and fetid. noxious smoke pollutes the halls. “My kid has been showing up bombed out after his after-school activity every day,” a Colorado mom said, “and I’m almost certain he isn’t practicing Taekwondo.” Principals around the nation have been concerned with the possibilties that delinquency

rates will rise in their schools, along with the prevalence of potentialless floppy-hatted unshaven foot-dragging mouthbreathing junkies loitering and smoking joints in the parking lot. “The students like to admire two groups — the jocks, who will go anywhere, and the junkies, who will go nowhere.”

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An overarching look at Madison this semester From sexual assault trials to wasted money, our editorial board examines issues from spring 2018

view Cardinal View editorials represent The Daily Cardinal’s organizational opinion. Each editorial is crafted independent of news coverage.

Despite special election wins, liberals need to avoid complacency in the fall

fter a string of Democratic victories and low approval ratings for Gov. Scott Walker, there is a growing concern among Wisconsin Republicans that they could lose their stronghold in the state legislature this upcoming election cycle. This potential “Blue Wave” indicates the frustration toward Republican leadership at both the federal and state levels; however, it should by no means be interpreted as a foregone conclusion. Following the state Supreme Court election, in which the liberal nominee Rebecca Dallet decisively defeated conservative candidate Michael Screnock, Walker ominously warned Republicans of an impending “Blue Wave” in the coming midterms. According to the Wisconsin State Journal, Walker’s approval rating is around 43 percent, putting him in the bottom 10 of gubernatorial approval.

Walker’s looming concern has caused him to prevent multiple special elections. While some may consider this abuse of power to not be a huge deal for Democrats, given the short amount of time these hypothetical winners would have had in office, it still indicates the widespread anxiety Republicans face, and the anti-democratic measures they are taking in the meantime. After 2016, it is clear that political favorites, especially in Wisconsin, are still susceptible to upsets. Those excited at the prospect of unseating Walker and his fellow Republicans this fall must continue to capitalize on the current momentum while not growing complacent. In doing so, Wisconsin can powerfully express its discontent with Republican leadership that has spent recklessly, ignored calls for gun safety, degraded the environment and deprioritized college education.

Madison students, community members march to ask: ‘Am I next?”

n March 24, thousands door is left open, I sit in fear,” one of Madison-area stu- student activist told the crowd. dents and comYet lawmakers have munity members done nothing to surrounded address the issue. the Capitol And without to make a persistent statement: pressure, “Not one they will more.” continue to T h e sit idly by. crowd, To the which was student a part of activists the internawho have tional March come togethFor Our Lives, er around this AM L ER NA had gathered to cause: You are DI ON AR C L AN Y demand that lawthe future. Continue L I E -FL A E HI NG E R/ TH E D makers address the epito march. Continue the demic of gun violence — which conversation about gun vioplagues communities nationwide on lence. Continue to stand up for what a daily basis. you believe in. Wherever you go, “When I am in class and the change will follow.

SSFC’s attendance debates have wasted time and student money

n the past semester, the Student Services Finance Committee has allocated a good share of money to student groups on campus seeking funds for their activities. At the same time, however, members debated an absence policy for an hour that they eventually shot down, discussed other attendance issues and internal problems during several meetings and held a full session in which an impeachment process for six representatives resulted in no one being removed from their post. Students should take no issue with their finance committee taking the time to figure out how to equally serve groups from all backgrounds. But they should take issue with instances where those representa-

tives, selected to fairly distribute segregated fees, instead use paid meeting time to talk about which of their absences should be excused. It doesn’t matter whether students are paying half a penny or half a million pennies for SSFC’s time. Representatives should not spend it on longer-than-necessary discussions about their own attendance policy — especially not to answer questions about why one member couldn’t be in two places at once to show up for a meeting. When voting on next year’s student government representatives, students should seek out a candidate who’s accountable to the responsible use of time and millions of dollars of student funding.

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On Feb. 21, Alec Cook pleaded guilty to five criminal charges, which could put him in prison for up to 39.5 years.

Alec Cook plea deal a step in right direction, but not leap we need to provide real justice for survivors

n late February, former UW-Madison student Alec Cook took a plea deal, pleading guilty to five criminal charges: Three counts of third degree sexual assault, one count of strangulation and suffocation and one count of stalking. But as a result of the plea deal, 16 of Cook’s charges were dropped. This means the maximum sentencing Cook could face is a 39.5 year prison sentence, required registration as a sex offender and up to $95,000 in fines for these five charges. Yes, Cook’s plea deal is a step forward compared to the disgustingly unjust verdicts of other

recent UW-Madison sexual assault cases, such as Nicholas Ralston, who received no jail time despite being found guilty of second degree sexual assault, and Nathan Friar, who was acquitted despite admitting to the crime in a text. Yes, when presented next to the cases that come before Cook’s, this plea deal appears miles ahead in a long-awaited path to justice. Yes, the plea deal is a relative positive when lengthy sexual assault trials can force survivors to relive their trauma and still provide ample opportunities time and time again for legal loopholes for rapists and assaultants to walk free. But as we

move toward Cook’s sentencing, let’s remember the 16 charges that were dropped and ask ourselves: What’s so flawed in the plight for justice for sexual assault survivors that this, in a lot of ways, feel like a best-case scenario? The cases before this have set the lowest possible bar. In our celebration of one small step toward justice, we must not hold our standard of justice to the precedents set by a flawed and unfair system. This is a step in a right direction, but a drop in the bucket toward the reform of the larger structural issues that plague our justice system.

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Moments of the Year

From tournament runs to top five upsets, Wisconsin’s best sports moments of the year Roque helps UW oust Gophers

Fans storm court on Frank night

This year’s UW women’s hockey team was the star of the game, netting two found its way to the Frozen Four again, goals and leading the pace out on the ice. and there were plenty of big moments When it was all said and done, Wisconsin throughout the year. But the biggest for walked out victorious with a 4-0 victhe Badgers came in the first round of the tory and a trip to the Frozen Four, while NCAA playoffs. Minnesota had to pack up and go home. No. 2 Wisconsin matched up against -Nathan Denzin the No. 5 Minnesota Golden Gophers for the sixth time on the year, with a shot at the Frozen Four on the line. The Badgers were hungry after Minnesota beat them a week earlier to win the WCHA title, R and UW looked to prove that it LE was the best team from the conference. LaBahn Arena was packed full and the stadium was rocking from puck drop until the final horn sounded. Abby Roque

All season long, the ball had fallen the wrong way for the Wisconsin men’s basketball team. The Badgers’ shots had rimmed out. Their opponents’ shots had rimmed in. It had gone wrong almost all year. But when UW took the

court after raising Frank Kaminsky’s number to the rafters, there was a different aura in the Kohl Center. As the final 60 seconds ticked off the clock, No. 6 Purdue clanged consecutive threes off the rim. Ethan Happ buried a pair of free throws. The seconds kept winding. And as the buzzer sounded, with countless former Badgers in attendance, the scoreboard showed 57-53, a major UW win in a sea of losses. Joined by Josh Gasser, Ben Brust, Nigel Hayes DA and several others, Badger fans stormed N the court and danced alongside Happ and Brad Davison. The season had long since been lost, but not a soul cared that night. The men’s basketball team had given Kaminsky one last hurrah. -Thomas Valtin-Erwin

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Within the span of just over three minutes versus Michigan, touchdowns from wide receivers A.J. Taylor and Kendric Pryor awoke a previously dormant Wisconsin offense and handed the team a 21-10 lead at the end of the third quarter. The scores weren’t just important plays en route to an 11th-straight Badger victory; they were signs of a matured, evolved team. In its first major test of the season, Wisconsin fought back to beat the Wolverines for the first team since 2010 and prove that it was more than an almost-ran. The Badgers beat up on one of their biggest rivals, and in

Women’s hockey made the program’s 11th Frozen Four.

In t u r n a hisshowed toric seaJO NAT H AN TAYLOR the country they son for the Wisconsin men’s deserved to be taken seriously. soccer team, the highlight proved to be a tap And yet, the win didn’t feel surprising or on the arm. undeserved. Rather, it felt like a natural forAfter a thrilling Big Ten Tournament ward step for a team that barely missed out run that featured wins over Maryland and on the College Football Playoff. Michigan, all that stood in the way of the -Jake Nisse Badgers’ first Big Ten Tournament title were

the powerhouse Indiana Hoosiers. The two top offenses in the Big Ten surprisingly couldn’t find a goal, forcing the game into a penalty shootout. The Badgers’ seniors stepped up to prevail 4-2. Senior goalkeeper Philipp Schilling scored one and saved one, while seniors Isaac Schlenker, Tom Barlow and Mark Segbers also made their penalties. As Segbers turned around after his clinching penalty hit the back of the net, he tapped at his arm showing the ice in his veins as the rest of UW rushed him to celebrate their title. -Bremen Keasey... For more moments check out dailycardinal.com/section/sports

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