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Campus to see new School of Music

By Patricia Johnson THE DAILY CARDINAL

University of WisconsinMadison students will see even more drastic changes on campus in upcoming years as plans for a new music school are already being presented to Madison’s Urban Design Commission.

Gary Brown, director of Campus Planning and Landscape Architecture, and Douglas Moss of Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture presented the plans at the city commission’s meet-

ing Wednesday. It is designed to be executed in three phases with an ultimate goal of replacing the Humanities building currently on campus.

Phase 1 for the project consists of an over 300-seat recital hall and 3,100 square foot rehearsal space to be constructed at the intersection of University Avenue and Lake Street. The building will feature a wrap-around glass lobby facing University Avenue that provides an aesthetically pleasing exterior without interfering with

the hall’s acoustic exterior.

Moss said the recital hall walls will be two-and-a-half feet thick with a layer of concrete on the outside, a section of airspace, and another layer of concrete lining the inside of the building to create an ideal enclosure for a music hall.

“It’s a very important room,” Moss said, explaining the need for “acoustical excellence.”

“Therefore we have very massive thick walls that are primarily windowless at this prominent corner … We’re very concerned

about not only noise vibrations, but lots of traffic and lots of noise that takes place along University.

We need to make sure none of that comes inside.”

Another feature of the Phase 1 building offers a large glass wall built on the corner of the recital hall closest to the Chazen Art Museum, facing University Avenue.

“This is a room that will be used many long days and nights and weekends,” Moss said.

“You’ll be able to see any kind of activity that’s taking on inside of

the building.”

The idea behind this design feature was to open musical experiences to the community and general public.

Phase 2 will include plans for an almost 800-seat concert hall and Phase 3 will contain academic support spaces such as classrooms, practice rooms and faculty offices. Designs for these phases are scheduled to be completed October 2015 and construction may not begin until November 2017.

Walker polls ahead of Burke in gubernatorial election

By Dana Kampa THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Gov. Scott Walker leads Mary Burke by five percentage points in the latest Marquette Law School poll.

For the first time since March, Gov. Scott Walker has support among likely voters outside the margin of error in the gubernatorial race against Mary Burke, according to a Marquette Law School poll.

The Marquette Law School Poll was formed in 2012 and is so far Wisconsin’s most extensive independent statewide polling project.

Walker received 50 percent of likely voters’ support, while Burke received 45 percent of the support. Of the remaining poll participants, 3 percent said they are undecided and 1 percent said they will vote for someone else.

Forty-six percent of registered voters polled supported Walker and 45 percent supported Burke.

Walker leads Burke outside the margin of error of 4.1 points among the 585 likely voters polled. However, the results for the 801 registered voters polled remain within the 3.5-point margin of error.

The poll revealed a large gender gap in support for the candidates with more men supporting Walker and more women supporting Burke.

Walker and Burke each maintain more than 90 percent of the support from likely voters in their respective parties. However, the poll shows Independent voters support

Walker by 53 percent compared to Burke’s 40 percent.

Burke leads in the Madison media market by 66 percent, compared to 31 percent.

Another portion of the poll showed attorney general candidates Brad Schimel and Susan Happ remained tied within the margin of error with 41 percent of likely voters supporting Schimel and 39 percent supporting Happ. Undecided voters totaled 19 percent.

Schimel and Happ each received 37 percent of the support from registered voters, while 22 percent have not yet chosen.

Similar to the gubernatorial results, more men support

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Meet Earlie Wilson

By Hallie Mellendorf THE DAILY CARDINAL

“Nickel, dime, quarter, penny, Help the needy, not the greedy Spare change, small change Little help, little help.”

Two years ago, Earlie Wilson would recite this rhyme to encourage passersby to toss coins into the can he clutched in his outstretched hand.

“Home is where the heart is. If my girl moves to the moon, I’m moving to the moon to be with my girl.”

Earlie Wilson Street Pulse vendor Madison

Today, Wilson can often be found outside the Chipotle on State Street selling copies of

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Street Pulse, Madison’s homeless cooperative newspaper, for $1 apiece.

Wilson became a Street Pulse vendor in 2012, after the city council banned panhandling in certain downtown Madison areas.

The Chicago native, who moved to Madison to be with his long-term girlfriend, said he was initially surprised at the generosity of the people who passed him on the street.

“These students at Madison know how to give their parents’ money away,” Wilson laughed.

“The less I asked them for, the more they gave me.”

Wilson said he uses the estimated $50 a day he earns selling Street Pulse newspapers to stay off the streets and help pay for the apartment he has shared with his girlfriend for the past seven years.

“Home is where the heart

“Go to school, get your education and don’t let nothing distract you from what you’re doing.”

Earlie Wilson Street Pulse vendor Madison

is,” Wilson said. “If my girl moves to the moon, I’m moving to the moon to be with my girl.”

This is a sharp contrast to the life Wilson led back in Chicago. He claims he was one of the best pickpockets in the city when he lived there and also admitted to robbing several stores in the area.

Wilson’s habits earned him 22 stints in the penitentiary, which is why he said he left that

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Earlie Wilson spoke of his past troubles and transition into a new life in Madison. He urged students to take full advantage of their educational opportunities at UW-Madison.

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Report shows changes in state’s Latino demographics While the poverty rate for Wisconsin’s increasing Latino population is double that of the state’s rate as a whole, Latinos in Wisconsin are becoming better educated and speaking English more proficiently, according to a recently released UW-Madison statistical report.

Findings in the 58-page report, which come mainly from the 2010 Census and a Census Bureau American Community survey, speak volumes about Latinos in Wisconsin through a compilation of statistics and profiles broken down by county.

“Most of the people who are doing community programming with Latinos, such as service providers and educators, are interested in local characteristics and trends,” author David Long said in the report.

“The county profiles offer a way to drill down a little deeper to a more local level.”

Between the years 2000 and 2010, Wisconsin’s population of Latino residents

grew from 193,000 to 336,000, making up 5.9 percent of the state’s population in 2010.

The state’s Latino population has seen a decrease in median income, however. In 2010, the median income for Latinos in Wisconsin was 72 percent of that of all households, a decrease from 80 percent in 2000.

Five percent more Wisconsin Latinos are earning a high school diploma than were in 2000, according to the report—a statistic with the potential to improve when considering the majority of Wisconsin’s Latinos are younger than age 10. Latinos make up 18 percent of Wisconsin’s student population, of which the Delavan-Darien School District is currently educating the greatest proportion.

Additionally, Wisconsin Latinos who reported they only speak Spanish or insufficient English dropped from 21 percent in 2000 to 17 percent in 2010.

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Dane County Executive Joe Parisi introduces next year’s county budget Dane County Executive Joe Parisi presented his 2015 budget plan for Dane County Wednesday, according to a Dane County news release.

Pairisi’s budget plan includes $540 million for operating expenses and a $39 million capital budget for improvements to the county. The proposed budget also addresses homelessness, emergency response and community development.

To increase affordable housing options, the budget includes $750,000 to move 42 families from homeless shelters and streets into subsidized housing.

Additionally, to improve the Dane County Emergency Management’s ability to react under urgent situations, the bud-

get includes $100,000 to upgrade the DCEM’s Incident Command Vehicle for emergency situations.

The budget also includes $20,000 to help Dane County’s increasing Latino population find more opportunities for economic development and affordable housing.

The budget has $1.6 million planned for seven new natural gas snowplows, which will cost 75 percent less than the current diesel fuel snowplows.

Finally, Parisi’s proposed budget plan has a slight 4.07 percent increase in total funds compared to the last budget cycle.

The new plan will next be sent to the Dane County Board for further consideration and approval.

—Xiaofei Xu

UW System fall 2014 enrollment numbers show minimal change

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Dean of Students Lori Berquam challenges students to find social alternatives to cut down on a drinking environment.

Dean pushes new student experience

By Madeline Heim THE DAILY CARDINAL

Dean of Students Lori Berquam challenged students to broaden their Wisconsin Experience by working to improve the environment for future students at the Associated Students of Madison Coordinating Council meeting Wednesday.

“We’re not building it to fix it for today, we’re building it for those who will come here tomorrow,” she said, in reference to both the Wisconsin Experience in general and current university initiatives.

Berquam first spoke on the First 45 Days initiative, dealing in part with the AlcoholEdu program students fulfill before entering the university and working to reduce the number of students who experience negative effects of alcohol.

The initiative is based on the idea that the most critical time in a new college student’s life is the first 45 days, due to the unfamiliarity and vulnerability associated with beginning college. Berquam said the campaign aims to introduce ideas for alcoholfree activities on campus.

The dean also addressed the “It’s On Us” campaign, regarding positive consent as part of working to protect students from sexual assault.

She stressed the importance of student involvement in dialogue on the issue, as well as

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Angela Byars-Winston was one of eight women to receive an award at UW Madison’s seventh annual Outstanding Women of Color Awards Wednesday. + Photo by Drew Gilmore

the male candidate and more women support the female candidate in the attorney general race.

Schimel, a Republican, is the Waukesha County district attorney and Happ, a Democrat, is the Jefferson County district attorney.

More than eight in 10 voters

the responsibility of the entire UW-Madison community to support the initiative.

Berquam also spoke briefly about student representation on the implementation of the recently created Diversity Framework. UW leadership formed the plan last year in an effort to increase diversity across the Madison campus.

“We’re not building it to fix it up for today, we’re building it for those who will come here tomorrow.”

Lori Berquam dean of students UW-Madison

Diversity Committee Chair Dolly Wang made additional remarks regarding the framework, specifically addressing an upcoming town hall session Oct. 14 to inform students about diversity on campus.

ASM Chair Genevieve Carter also discussed upcoming work on the ASM 2016-’17 internal budget.

She mentioned that everyone on the Coordinating Council will have input on the budget and will be responsible for a portion of the document.

The group is scheduled to introduce the budget to student council Nov. 5 and will meet again in two weeks to continue budget discussion. polled said they did not know the candidates.

Both attorney general candidates have succeeded in garnering law enforcement support. The Madison Professional Police Officers Association endorsed Happ Wednesday, while the Wisconsin Professional Police Association endorsed Schimel Sept. 22.

The UW System reported fall 2014 enrollment across all Wisconsin universities and colleges is consistent with past years.

This semester enrollment reached 179,017, a drop from last year’s total of 179,828, according to UW System release. An official admission total is scheduled for release in early 2015, and will factor in late admissions and drop outs.

UW System President Ray Cross said although the high school graduation rates are decreasing, there have been no adverse effects to UW enrollment.

“UW enrollment continues to remain strong despite the declining numbers of high school graduates and other economic factors impacting an individual’s decision to seek higher education,” Cross said in the statement.

“College enrollments often spike during economic downturns and then level off as the economy begins to rebound. This is a natural, expected trend.”

Despite the economic and graduation factors in question, the undeviating number of students enrolled in the UW System holds true for nearly all of its universities and colleges.

Specifically, the number of

“College enrollments often spike during economic downturns and then level off as the economy begins to rebound.”

Ray Cross president UW System

freshmen coming to Wisconsin universities and colleges dropped by only 2.2 percent from last year, a decrease of 655 students.

UW-Madison’s final enrollment reached 42,903 students last year, with a preliminary total of 42,926 students for fall 2014, a change of less than 0.1 percent.

Enrollment at UW colleges is expected to increase by 0.5 percent, with the total increase reaching 14,122 students.

In mid-November, the UW System will release additional data concerning enrollment rates.

—Ellie Herman

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In spite of the hardships Wilson has faced in his lifetime, he had no trouble recounting his happiest memory: the birth of his first son, Corey, who was born just two months after Wilson’s 14th birthday.

Wilson said he and Corey’s mother, who was 17 years old at the time, focused their energy on raising their son.

“I’m a good person, I don’t want no trouble,” Wilson said.

Stemming from his personal experiences, Wilson said he would advise students that pass him on State Street to take advantage of their access to education.

“Go to school, get your education and don’t let nothing distract you from what you’re doing,” Wilson said.

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Digital TV leads in transgender roles CONOR MURPHY Murphy’s laws I didn’t watch much of MTV’s Video Music Awards this year, but the one clip I did see was 15 seconds of Laverne Cox dancing and singing along to Beyoncé’s performance. Most of the crowd around her looked disinterested in the whole affair, but Cox was turning it out in the aisle. After watching, and re-watching the clip, my reaction was the same: I just kept shouting “YAAAAS” at my computer, if you’ll forgive my stanning.

Cox has garnered acclaim over the last year as a rising star, both for her role on Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black” and as the first transgender woman to receive an Emmy nomination. Humble and well-spoken, Cox ran circles around visibly awkward interviewers this past year in discussing her gender identity and has informed American media consumers on the proper lexicon for describing trans individuals.

GLAAD, formerly known as the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, released their annual report card of the portrayal of minorities on television on Wednesday. This report, which aggregates the characters and actors on various networks, brought some good news for those interested in queer media: 3.9 percent of charac-

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ters on prime-time television for the 2014-’15 season identified as LGBT, a .6 percent increase from last year.

But with the good news comes the bad; the report revealed that only one character in prime-time television identifies as transgender, Cole on ABC Family’s “The Fosters.” The rise of lesbian, gay and bisexual characters across network and premium channels has helped to further represent cisgender, queer individuals, but to see more prominent depiction of trans characters, you need to log onto Netflix and Amazon Prime.

Cox, a trans woman, made waves this year for her portrayal of Sophia Burset, a trans woman

Lydia Loveless “Wine Lips” Whether it’s the finest burgundy or Three Buck Chuck, wine is a surefire balm against the cold.

Gogol Bordello “Through The Roof ’N’ Underground”

Both “Orange is the New Black” and “Transparent” represent two seminal moments in queer television. The former places a trans woman into a setting and doesn’t point out her gender identity as something out of the ordinary, and the latter helps media consumers to understand the process of coming to terms with one’s gender identity, at any age.

Controversy still surrounds cisgender (someone whose gender identity matches with the sex they were assigned at birth) actors playing trans roles. Jared Leto faced this when he played a trans woman in “Dallas Buyers Club,” a role that led to an eventual Oscar, but activists were quick to point out some of his more problematic statements on trans rights. Tambor playing a trans woman may draw criticism, but so far has been praised for his realism in the role of Maura.

As a cisgender man, I hope to see more trans actors playing trans characters, and the continued dominance of cisgender actors playing trans roles continues their subjugation in the media. While far from perfect, the media landscape is changing for trans characters, and these roles are only the beginning for a more accurate cross-section of the diversity of transgender individuals.

If you have questions, or would like to change my mind on something I’ve discussed, please feel free to email me at cmurphy5@wisc.edu.

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Solo artist finds his own way on debut album CD REVIEW

First Aid Kit “Heaven Knows” Sunny and exultant, this tune sounds like a caravan rolling over a sun-gilded prairie.

on Netflix’s original series “Orange is the New Black.” The show’s creator, Jenji Kohan, devoted an entire episode in the show’s first season to showing Sophia’s transition and the various personal and medical obstacles facing trans women.

While Cox’s role on the show isn’t as a series regular, Netflix broke ground as one of the first outlets to give backstory to a trans character, and help to humanize the character. Many network and prime-time crime shows have featured trans characters in the past, but usually as bit parts, or as the focus of a single episode.

This relegation of trans characters to one-and-done parts pushes

back the progress made through shows like “Orange is the New Black.” Showing trans characters without any backstory takes away from their humanity, type of relegation that gay, lesbian and bisexual characters have fought for years to overcome.

Another online, subscriptionbased outlet is also helping to showcase the challenges of transitioning for male-to-female, or MTF, transgender individuals.

Amazon released the first season of “Transparent,” on September 26.

After watching the pilot episode with my roommates last week, I binged watched the entire season on Sunday afternoon, which I will admit with no shame.

“Transparent” follows Morton Pfefferman, played by a transcendent Jeffrey Tambor, who comes out to his three children as a trans woman named Maura. The show jumps between Maura and her three adult children, who come to terms with Maura’s revaluation in their own ways. While having a trans woman main character is striking in itself, the recurring characters help to add a greater sense of reality to the show’s setting.

Creator Jill Soloway splices the present day with scenes from the family’s past, showing how she started to realize more about her gender identity, and how Maura helped her then-wife, played by Judith Light, understand why she had to be honest with herself and everyone around her.

Hesitant Alien Gerard Way

By Rose Lundy THE DAILY CARDINAL

Gerard Way takes a bold and intentional step away from punk rock with his first solo effort, Hesitant Alien, released Sept. 30, 2014. Way was the lead singer of My Chemical Romance since its

inception in 2001, until it disbanded last year. Traces of the punk rock band’s sound can still be found on his new record even as Way ventures into new genres.

Hesitant Alien’s lighter, danceable tunes break away from the signature sounds of MCR and move closer toward indie rock, but Way manages to maintain a level of angst, intensity and eccentricity on tracks such as the dark and dramatic “The Bureau.”

“No Shows,” the second single off the album, provides a breezy contrast with lyrics like “Stay free/ Don’t go/ Cause we don’t need no shows.” Way recently told music magazine NME that he knew

“No Shows” was special from the beginning. He said the track is about not fitting in, and celebrating that fact. Unfortunately his efforts aren’t quite successful— the track is undeniably catchy and engaging, but it comes off as trying pretty hard to sound that way.

While some tracks, such as “Juarez,” resemble MCR with scratchy guitars riffs and growling vocals, Hesitant Alien also gives Way freedom to explore his Britpop influences, such as Blur and Pulp, in a way that he was never able to with his old band. “Drugstore Perfume” has an ethereal, sweet quality that would be hard to imagine in

Way’s previous work with My Chemical Romance.

The album ends with the anticlimactic “Maya The Psychic,” leaving the listener with a sense of indifference. Ultimately, Hesitant Alien doesn’t have the cohesive structure of concept album The Black Parade and it feels disjointed at times, but Way has built himself a good foundation to work with. Recognizably Gerard Way but distinctly not My Chemical Romance, Hesitant Alien establishes a new identity as a solo artist while still satisfying fans.

Rating: B

Canadian punks shoot for the moon and fall short of it CD REVIEW

Like a space heater for a weary soul.

To The Moon Dangercat The Kinks “Waterloo Sunset”

By Kyle Dougherty

Austerely beautiful, this song’s warmth comes from the story and its chugging guitar.

There’s nothing new that will stand out to a seasoned music listener, but the Canada-formed poppunk band Dangercat’s new album To the Moon delivers solid songs about the joys of partying when you hate yourself. There’s power

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chords, occasionally melodic guitar work, scratchy, earnest singing and a fair amount of f-bombs. If you’re looking to have a few beers and let loose some frustration, all soaked in a sense of wistful melancholy, then To the Moon will set the mood for you.

Kicking off the album, “Fear & Drugs” gives the listener a good sense of what the rest of the album has in store. It has a Blink-182 style pop-punk sound put through a filter of Strokes melodicism and contemplative prettiness. But it’s nothing that hasn’t been done many, many times before.

The lyrics are fairly cheesy and fall into the same trap. “I feel like I’ve had enough/ I’m wear-

ing myself thin,” begins “Fear & Drugs”. It’s sung so earnestly that you might cringe. But as the music kicks in, you might find you can’t help but get on the song’s wavelength.

The next song, “Basement,” starts off somewhat awkwardly similar. Once again, the music eases the cringe that comes with the intro.

As the album goes on, a few songs venture into slightly heavier territory. “In My Way” starts with a fuzz bass riff that sounds like Nirvana placed in a quicker, pop-punk rhythm. “Shit Bad Luck” follows the same formula with its chord progression.

“Killing Time” is a pop-metal

song with the most vocal variation on the album. The last song, “See You in Hell,” is a catchy, Clash-like anthem.

Dangercat could improve greatly if they tried to do something more unique, instead of recycling past pop-punk formulas verbatim. However, To the Moon delivers what it seems to set out to do. One gets a sense that a show with these guys would be a blast, but until they become more innovative, Dangercat is simply solid mood-music to get the listener into a mindset of feel-good poppunk melodrama—and there’s certainly a place for that.

Rating: C+

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Retired Looney Tunes demand compensation for decades of hilarious bonks on the head

By Kane Kaiman the daily cardinal

In 1947, Bugs Bunny made his first wrong turn at Albuquerque.

He chalked it up to ordinary absentmindedness. But then it happened again in 1953. And again in 1955. An unsettling pattern was forming.

“I KNEW I ‘shoulda’ made that left ‘toin’ in ‘Albakoikie’,” Bugs Bunny said. “But I’d always end up ‘foigettin.’ I felt like a real embezzle, an ultramaroon.”

Bugs Bunny missed that turn a total of 43 times over the course of 50 years.

“Something wasn’t right upstairs, doc.”

In 2014, UCLA medical staffers diagnosed the animated rabbit with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative condition many scientists say is caused by head trauma and linked to dementia.

Bugs Bunny and 17 other characters, including Marvin the Martian, Wile E. Coyote and Daffy Duck, say that head trauma occurred while filming Warner Brothers’ “Looney Tunes,” an incredibly violent children’s cartoon.

“Looney Tunes” began in 1930 and culminated in the 1996 featurelength film, “Space Jam,” in which

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Bugs Bunny and company were pulverized by gigantic aliens for more than an hour and a half.

“Boy, I say boy, ‘Space Jam’ was it for me,” Foghorn Leghorn said.

“I was literally lit on fire during that movie. I say boy, I was burnt up more than a fire cracker lit on both ends.”

The television series was no less gruesome.

“Sufferin’ succotash, I must have been hit on the head with an oversized mallet a thousand times on that show,” Sylvester the Cat said. “I’d get a bump on my

head five inches tall.”

The Looney Tunes are suing Warner Brothers for monetary damages, compensation for the injuries they say have made their lives exponentially more difficult.

“Sometimes I’m out in the woods and I completely forget I’m hunting ‘wabbit,’” Elmer Fudd said.

Warner Brothers spokesman Ronald Grube says the company is not responsible for any ailments the Looney Tunes may be experiencing.

“There is no definitive link

between getting hit in the face repeatedly with a frying pan and memory-loss later in life,” Ronald Grube said, chuckling.

“But that sort of slap-stick humor is hilarious, almost as hilarious as this lawsuit.”

“Gee, ain’t that Grube a stinker?” Bugs Bunny said. “He said we had no case. And of course, that meant war.”

The characters have fired back, claiming Warner Brothers purposely created a dangerous work environment.

“I’d get on set, and the producer would roll out three boulders and thirty cases of Acme dynamite,” Wile E. Coyote said. “And then he’d say ‘Go kill Road Runner.’ And he meant it.”

“They could’ve easily drawn up some stunt doubles. But they said it was too expensive,” Daffy Duck said. “These Warner Brothers are despicable.”

Bugs Bunny says he just wants what’s fair.

“If I had a nickel for every anvil that literally flattened me into a pancake, I’d have more than enough money to cover these medical bills.”

Word ‘networking’ arouses business major

By Brett Klinkner The Daily Cardinal

Insisting that there’s “nothing quite like it,” University of Wisconsin junior and business major Edward Montgomery admitted on the record that the simple utterance of the word ‘networking’ gets him hot and bothered in no time.

Montgomery included that the nouns ‘opportunity’ and ‘brand,’ as well as the adjective ‘marketable’ cause him to feel equally seduced, with any mention of ‘internship experience’ getting him all sorts of worked up.

Mitchell Stowe, junior engineering major and roommate of Montgomery, caught up with

The Daily Cardinal to relay some incriminating news related to these revelations.

“One night I walked in on him jacking off to BuckyNet,” Stowe said. “There’s also been some suspicious under-thetable activity in the Grainger library when we’ve seen him on LinkedIn.” Montgomery said that he couldn’t confirm or deny these rumors, but that he will occasionally think about exceptional Forbes articles to get himself going in bed, and that he thinks of minimum wage when he becomes overwhelmed and senses the need to regain composure.

Another roommate—choosing to remain anonymous—

revealed that Montgomery, a 21-year-old self-described as “precocious,” would often skip meals to polish his résumé and ‘elevator pitch.’

“One night I walked in on him jacking off to BuckyNet.”

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“That stuff really gets me wet, yeah,” Montgomery said when we reached him for comment on the allegations.

“Everyone out here is a potential hirer and potential client.

Gotta find the time, man.”

Though Montgomer y misses the days of “crushing DECA comps” and longs for the days of corporate mentorship and tossing around the terms “401k” and “Roth IRA,” he claims to live in the moment, currently focused—“sometimes in a real sexual way”—on his next career fair encounter with a Fortune 500 company.

At press time, Montgomery had caught a glimpse of a career fair representative’s business card deck and spontaneously jizzed his underpants, moderately staining the crotchal region of his custom three-piece suit.

Metabolism retires after 46 years of service to local man

By Dylan Anderson the daily cardinal

After nearly half a century of dedication to breaking down matter in the digestive system of Madison native Rob Wilford, his metabolism announced its retirement Wednesday.

‘Meta-man’, as Rob refers to the process responsible for keeping his body mass index below 30, decided to call it quits after 46 years of incessant labor dissolving pizza, bratwursts and alcoholic beverages inside of his 232 pound host just to keep him alive on a daily basis.

“I simply don’t feel like I can perform at a high level anymore.

It’s time. I’m too old for this work and want to spend more time with my family,” Wilford’s metabo-

lism explained from his location beneath several layers of fat, organs and skin tissue, “I’ve discussed it with those close to me, even Rob himself, and we all agreed that the hour has come for my retirement.

I’ve seen more cheese, fried products and Miller Lite than anyone should in a lifetime, and I’m ready to fade off into the sunset.”

“I’ve discussed it with those close to me, even Rob himself, and we all agreed that the hour has come for my retirement.”

Rob’s Metabolism chemical transformation Rob’s Body

Wilford confirmed that, while he will miss the relentless effort that ‘Meta-man’ exerted into keeping him alive despite his atrocious diet, he appreciates the decades of hard work and wishes nothing but the best for the system that has kept his health approximately where a high-school educated middle-aged American male can expect it to be.

“I have no hard feelings towards that guy, I’ll manage without him. Just gotta eat a little better maybe,” Wilford explained to Cardinal reporters as he wiped barbecue sauce off of his chin.

“Hey, you guys wanna get some Topperstix? No? Fuck it, I’m getting Topperstix anyway.”

Friends and family members have begun speculation as to how

Wilford will respond following the announcement. However, Wilford is still adamant that he will find a new metabolism that will maintain his figure at a ‘larger-gentleman’ level rather than an ‘I bet that guy needs a forklift to get him out of bed’ sort of appearance.

“You’re on your own now,” Wilford’s physician Dr. Lawrence Nielsen said. “You may even want to change your nutrition habits a bit. Rumor has it that your liver and heart have also pondered hanging up the spikes as well.”

Meriter Hospital sources reported that Wilford was seen “furiously shaking the vending machine” before heading out to buy “some carrots n’ shit” at Regent Liquor.

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Campus sexual assault deserves no second shot C

alifornia recently passed a bill known as the “yes means yes” law, which requires positive affirmation of intent for sexual activities on college campuses.

The new law states that silence or a lack of resistance does not constitute confirmation and any sexual activity taking place without consent would therefore be punishable as sexual assault. Furthermore consent can be revoked at any time and the previous affirmation would then be void. Proponents of this law applaud the California Legislature for taking the first step to end victim blaming.

Instead of asking the victim if, how and when they said no, the investigation will shift its focus to the accused. This new law serves as a positive example to the rest of the country

that it is time to take action against the epidemic of sexual assault on college campuses.

But while progress is happening in California, there is troubling news closer to home.

We fully acknowledge that the negative idea of “frat culture” does not apply to all fraternities.

The Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity on the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee campus received national attention after a Sept. 12 party where members were accused of color-coding female guests with a red or black “X” on their hands and slipping date rape

drugs into their drinks. Three females and one male were sent to the hospital following the party. All three females had a red “X” on their hand while the male’s “X” was black.

The male later told police that he had been drinking from a female friend’s cup who bore a red “X.” The fraternity’s chapter and affiliation with UWM is currently suspended while it undergoes investigation.

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, when officers asked one of the three women hospitalized after the party if this specific event was unusual for the fraternity, she responded: “No this is how it usually is.

Girls always get wasted there.”

That type of relaxed attitude about the inner-workings of the fraternity is something that unfortunately permeates many

Obama administration receives undue criticism over handling of ISIL threat ANDREW PARK Opinion columnist

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everal days ago, President Barack Obama appeared in an interview with CBS News and admitted that the White House has underestimated what was happening in Syria for months.

While many individuals criticized the incompetence of American intelligence in the Middle East for not noticing when ISIL was amassing immense military power, The New York Times revealed that intelligence agencies actually did report to the White House about the growing threat of Sunni extremists in Syria.

Would people have criticized the White House if they took the intelligence agencies’ report seriously and conducted timely military action in Syria?

It is the senior American intelligence official’s argument that “They (White House) were preoccupied with other crises,” and “this just wasn’t a big priority.”

Despite all of this, the White House denied that the growing threat in Syria was

one of the priorities on their agenda, it is clear that the White House failed to provide a timely response last month when ISIL began its treacherous march through northern Iraq and Syria.

I am saying that denunciating without second thought for the sole purpose of degrading the reputation of the administration should be stopped immediately.

Albeit there are more important questions that require immediate response from the experts in the field and scholars in academia, I would like to ask a question since many pundits are quick to blame others in this time of pandemonium. Would people have criticized the White House if they took the intelligence agencies’ report seriously and conducted timely military action in Syria? I do think they would have.

The White House is always the scapegoat for many of the things that go wrong in this country. If the White House conducted the immediate response on the threats from ISIL, it would have been at a time when ISIL’s threat was not at the heightened level it is today. Therefore it would not be apparent to the civilian population here in the United States.

We would not have witnessed the genocide of innocent Muslims who denied following the ways of Sunni extremists, we would not have witnessed 70,000 Kurds running away to Turkey’s territory to escape the brutality of ISIL. We would not have seen two American journalists’ throats being cut off so horribly by a masked terrorist on TV. All of this would likely not have happened and subsequently would not have created the current ISIL threat we know today.

It is common practice in every democratic nation around the world that the government and politicians become the scapegoat for nearly every unsavory event that happens within their boarders. In this case, however, the pandemonium breaking out overseas in Syria and Iraq combined with the obstruction by opposing factions here in the United States is preventing the administration from making the ‘just’ decision.

No administration in this same position could possibly satisfy everybody in the nation.

Now I am not saying criticizing the administration should be stopped. I am saying that denunciating without second thought for the sole purpose of degrading the reputation of the administration should be stopped immediately.

What do you think of the criticism of the Obama administration’s handling of ISIL? Please send your feedback to opinion@ dailycardinal.com.

dailycardinal.com college campuses that have Greek life. Sexual assault is not a problem reserved for greek communities alone, however.

UW-Madison has had three reported sexual assaults in residence halls within the past two weeks. We saw as alarming and surprising, yet for some reason the cloud of “frat culture” keeps similar reactions in check when particularly sinister news like that from Milwaukee breaks.

We fully acknowledge that the negative idea of “frat culture” does not apply to all fraternities. In most cases, the bad steals the spotlight from the good. Fraternities hold many positive events and allow young men on campus to connect with a tight-knit group of mutually supportive people throughout their college years and beyond.

But perhaps this tight-knit group aspect is what also led to unfortunate events at UWM.

When a fraternity does the same thing, we hope they are held to an even higher standard because of the image it holds on campus.

Groupthink can lead to actions supported by few, but stopped by no one. We hope not all of the fraternity members who attended the investigated party were in on the crime. But it is difficult to stand up for

something, especially if you go against someone like your fraternity brother in the process.

We can imagine the situation, and no one really knows how they will react until it is right there in front of them.

We can imagine the situation, and no one really knows how they will react until it is right there in front of them. But we need to seriously consider how clear a decision it is to sacrifice something like the honor of a fraternity for the safety of women.

There also needs to be strict principles set for fraternities.

When an individual is caught and found guilty of sexual assault or intent to commit sexual assault, they face the penalties associated with their crime. When a fraternity does the same thing, we hope they are held to an even higher standard because of the image it holds on campus. Individual or group, there should never be second chances when it comes to a serious issue like sexual assault.

What is your view on campus sexual assaults? Is there a better method to fixing the sexual assault problem? Are you a member of the greek community? We want to hear from you.

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Coming off a season-opening sweep of the Lindenwood Lions, No. 2 Wisconsin (2-0-0) will look to keep things rolling as UW heads into Duluth for its WCHA opener.

The Badgers will be at full strength when they square off with the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs (1-0-1) at AMSOIL Arena this weekend, getting back five players who missed the series against Lindenwood while attending an event for the Canadian national team.

Among those who will be making their season debuts in Duluth are senior forward Blayre Turnbull and sophomore goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens. For Turnbull, it will be her first series since being named team captain during the offseason.

“It means a lot. To have the team vote for it and the coaches make the final decision means a lot,” Turnbull said. “But there’s a lot of other girls on the team who

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Senior forward Karley Sylvester is off to a hot start, tallying two goals and four assists in last week’s sweep of Lindenwood. are great leaders too. It’s not a one-person job.”

Despite missing several key players, Wisconsin had no problems against the Lady Lions. Six different individuals scored goals and 10 players total recorded an assist in the sweep of Lindenwood, which included impressive per-

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formances from senior forward Karley Sylvester and freshman forward Annie Pankowski.

Sylvester was named the WCHA Offensive Player of the Week after scoring two goals and recording four assists, while Pankowski earned WCHA Rookie of the Week honors

thanks to a strong showing in the final game of the series, where she tied a UW single-game freshman record with four assists.

Senior forward Katy Josephs also was solid, leading the team with three goals.

“For me personally, one of my goals was to get a lot of shots on net,” Josephs said. “I just focused on the little things. I’m moving my feet and then just trying to get the puck to the net, and a couple of them went in.”

The Badgers will be facing a Bulldogs team this weekend that has posted a mediocre 29-31-10 record over the past two seasons but one that has still played tough whenever the two teams have faced off. Wisconsin holds a 5-2-1 advantage against Minnesota-Duluth in the past two years, but none of the games have been decided by more than two goals. “[The Bulldogs] will be hungry,” UW head coach Mark Johnson said. “Nobody likes to go through a season when expecta-

tions are high and you don’t meet those expectations.”

Minnesota-Duluth kicked off its season on the road against Connecticut, winning one game and tying the other. Though the Bulldogs weren’t able to pick up a win against the Huskies in the opening game, they did rally back from a 3-0 deficit at the end of the first period to get the tie. They followed that up with a 3-0 victory in the second and final game of the series.

Sophomore forwards Ashleigh Brykaliuk and Lara Stalder each scored a pair of goals against Connecticut for Minnesota-Duluth, which now turns its attention to a big conference-opening series against the Badgers.

With both teams off to solid starts to their respective seasons, Johnson doesn’t expect this weekend’s series to be short on excitement.

“History tells us that when we play each other, they’re usually pretty good games,” he said.

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Wisconsin faces tough Big Ten opponents

By Bobby Ehrlich the daily cardinal

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Freshman Mark Segbers couldn’t find the net against Marquette as UW has now lost five of its last six contests.

Badgers continue recent struggles with shutout against Marquette

By Jason Braverman the daily cardinal

In a match between intra-state rivals, No. 12 Marquette (6-2-0 overall) defeated Wisconsin (1-6-1) 2-0 Wednesday for the team’s sixth consecutive shutout.

While the Golden Eagles extended their school record with the clean sheet, the Badgers were held off the scoreboard for the second game in a row after a pair of encouraging overtime matches.

The back-to-back shutouts hasn’t happened to the Badgers since October 2012.

The Badgers have been a much stronger second half team this year, but they came out with a great start, firing off the first four shots of the match, three of which were on goal.

The Golden Eagles gained the advantage as the half went on though, countering with nine shots of their own before halftime, including one from redshirt junior C. Nortey in the 40th minute that gave Marquette the 1-0 lead going into the break.

Marquette continued its offensive attack in the game’s second half, and added to its advantage in the 63rd minute on Nortey’s second goal of the night

and fourth on the season.

The Golden Eagles had several chances to add on to the two-goal lead, including a shot five minutes after Nortey’s second goal from redshirt junior forward David Selvaggi that hit the crossbar.

On the night, the Golden Eagles finished with a seasonhigh 22 shots, while the Badgers had eight, with only two coming after halftime, both on goal.

The shutout extended redshirt senior goalkeeper Charlie Lyon’s streak without surrendering a goal to over 650 minutes, dating back to last season.

The team’s overall streak is up to just under 600 minutes.

Freshman forward Mark Segbers, who has led the Badgers offensively this season, tied for the team high in shots with two, but was unable to find the back of the net as the Badgers picked up their fifth loss in their last six contests.

The Badgers come back home for their next two, first returning to Big Ten play to take on Michigan, then to take on another intra-state rival against Green Bay. Kickoff against Michigan is slated for Saturday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. at the McClimon Complex.

After two Big Ten road shutouts to defeat Indiana and Purdue, No. 13 Wisconsin takes on Ohio State (2-3-0 Big Ten, 5-6-0 overall) Friday and No. 7 Penn State (5-0-0, 10-1-0) Sunday to begin a three-game homestand.

The Badgers are off to one of the best starts in school history, compiling a record of 10-1-0.

Their lone loss came against conference foe Michigan in the final second of the game.

With a 4-1-0 record in conference play, Wisconsin currently sits in a tie with Michigan for second place in the Big Ten, behind undefeated Penn State. A win Friday against Ohio State will help the Badgers keep pace with these teams heading into the Sunday matchup with first place Penn State.

Even though the Penn State matchup is intriguing, head coach Paula Wilkins said in a press conference Monday she isn’t looking at that game just yet.

“I always think that’s a trap question for a coach because Ohio State is very important. Ohio State has actually beat Duke this year, who is a very good team,” Wilkins said when asked about Penn State. “From my personal perspective, you know the Big Ten championship can’t be won if we don’t take care of Friday.”

Ohio State comes into the contest with Wisconsin after defeating Northwestern 3-1 at home for its second Big Ten win. This victory snapped a three-game losing streak, a stretch where the Buckeyes fell to Purdue, Penn State and Illinois.

The Buckeyes are led by freshman forward Sammy Edwards who has found the back of the net four times and collected one assist, leading the team with nine total points. Redshirt freshman Megan Geldernick will do the goalkeeping for Ohio State. She has amassed 43 saves and allowed 21 goals in her 11 starts for a mediocre save per-

centage of .672. The Buckeyes are presently last in the Big Ten in goals allowed per game at 1.91.

Meanwhile, Penn State’s only loss came Sept. 5 against then-No. 14 North Carolina in double overtime.

The Nittany Lions have outscored their opponents by an average of more than two goals per game.

Penn State has four players with double digits in points—Frannie Crouse, Mallory Weber, Raquel Rodriguez and Megan Schafer.

Goalkeeper Britt Eckerstrom has allowed just seven goals in 11 games while posting three shutouts.

The Badgers’ offensive attack is led by senior forward Cara Walls, who returned from injury last week, as well as junior midfielder Kinley McNicoll, the team’s leading point scorer.

McNicoll has scored seven goals with six assists for a total of 20 points. Walls, who has missed four games, has scored seven times as well. Redshirt senior

midfielder Kodee Williams leads the team with seven assists.

“I’m excited about getting [Walls] back in there. She just adds a different dimension to the field,” Wilkins said.

The Badgers’ goalkeeper, redshirt senior Genevieve Richard, was named the Big Ten’s Co-Defensive Player of the Week after earning two of her six shutouts last week. Richard and her defense is the reason the Badgers have allowed just 0.36 goals per game, which leads the Big Ten. “It’s been a team effort defensively. They’ve bought into what we’ve asked them to do.

Hopefully they’ll continue that way,” Wilkins said.

The Ohio State matchup kicks off at 7 p.m. Friday at the McClimon Complex and the Penn State game begins at noon Sunday.

Fans who attend the Ohio State game will receive a Wisconsin scarf while supplies last.

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UW ready for matchup with Wildcats

By Jim Dayton the daily cardinal

No. 17 Wisconsin heads to Evanston, Ill., to take on Northwestern Saturday in the Badgers’ first Big Ten contest and first true road game of the season.

Wisconsin is coming off an uninspiring 27-10 victory over South Florida last weekend.

The Badgers found themselves in an ugly 3-3 tie at halftime before a fantastic second half performance from Melvin Gordon and a key forced fumble from freshman safety Lubern Figaro gave them some breathing room.

That game was a microcosm of Wisconsin’s season so far, a season in which the Badgers have flashed brilliance but been unable to play a strong game across all four quarters.

There was the second half collapse against LSU in the season opener and two terrible first halves against Western Illinois and South Florida. Even in a blowout victory versus Bowling Green, the Badgers began slowly before blowing the game open in the second quarter.

However, such inconsistency means Wisconsin is on par with the rest of the Big Ten, a downtrodden conference full of pitiful offenses and maddening upset losses.

Northwestern fits right into this conference-wide pattern of mediocrity. The Wildcats had one of the worst starts in college football this season after losing to California and Northern Illinois at home in their first two games. For context, California went 1-11 last season and Northern Illinois doesn’t have

Jordan Lynch anymore.

Northwestern then defeated Western Illinois in a lackluster game to get back on track, but nobody expected the Wildcats to go on the road last week and trounce Penn State, 29-6. Such a dominating win over the previously unbeaten Nittany Lions may prove to be a turning point for Northwestern.

Wisconsin head coach Gary Andersen stressed that even with Northwestern’s inconsistency, the Wildcats cannot be taken lightly.

“If [the Penn State game] doesn’t catch your eye and understand that this is a very, very good football team, then you don’t understand football very well,” Andersen said in a press conference Monday. “Especially with what I’ve only learned in one year in the Big Ten: you had better have yourself ready every single week because it’s going to be competitive and it’s going to be physical and your opponent is very well coached.”

Despite that invigorating win last week, the Wildcats are not without issues. They rank in the lower half of college football in all major offensive categories, and nobody on the roster is averaging more than 60 rushing or receiving yards per game. Perhaps most telling is the fact they’re averaging just 4.6 yards per play, tied for 116th in the nation.

Quarterback Trevor Siemian is Northwestern’s offensive leader, but he’s struggled so far, completing less than 60 percent of his passes and throwing twice as many interceptions (four) as touchdowns (two). Andersen believes Siemian is better than

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Northwestern quarterback Trevor Siemian has stumbled to a slow start in 2014. The senior has thrown four interceptions and two touchdowns while completing just 59 percent of his passes. the numbers indicate.

“His feeling and his command, understanding of the offense, has grown in a very positive way for … Northwestern and for their offense unit,” Andersen said. “You really saw it come true in this last game. He does a tremendous job of looking off. His pre-snap awareness in his own mind must be pretty clean and pretty clear.”

Northwestern’s defense is statistically average in most categories besides scoring, where the Wildcats rank 19th nationally.

Their front seven is the strength of the unit, with 12 sacks and 24 tackles for loss. “[The defense] takes the high-

lighted players that they have and they make sure they’re putting them in the opportune spots to change the game or flip the game upside down,” Andersen said.

“And the communication I think they had last [week] to cause issues with Penn State’s offense was very impressive.”

The Badgers have proven they can run the football, but the passing attack remains a question mark after four games. Redshirt junior Tanner McEvoy has completed 59 percent of his passes while throwing four picks and five touchdowns. It remains to be seen which of McEvoy’s stat lines will be indicative of his performance going forward.

Wisconsin has continuously had slow starts to begin its games.

The Badgers have scored just 29 of their 156 points and have three of their seven turnovers in the first quarter this season.

There’s no easy solution for this, but with the Badger defense allowing just 20 first quarter points all year, it’s obvious the Wisconsin offense must establish the tempo early and sustain it all game.

As conference play heats up, the slow starts to games need to be shored up if Wisconsin is to make the Big Ten championship.

The Badgers can take a step in the right direction this Saturday when action kicks off at 2:30 p.m.

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Wisconsin sweeps Northwestern en route to dominating road win

By Colleen Degnan the daily cardinal

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Freshman outside hitter Kelli Bates has jumped out to a fantastic debut year, ranking third on the team in kills per set.

No. 6 Wisconsin (2-1 Big Ten, 11-2 overall) continued Big Ten play Wednesday night, defeating Northwestern (2-1, 12-2) in three sets at the Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill. In the third match of conference play, the Badgers swept the Wildcats 25-20, 25-16 and 25-23.

At Monday’s weekly press conference, Wisconsin head coach Kelly Sheffield commented on the upcoming road trip against Northwestern.

“They’re very experienced, very powerful, very big,” Sheffield said. “This is a tough road trip this week.”

Wisconsin made the predicted “tough road trip” look easy as the Badgers took all three sets.

It was a freshman-led offense for both teams Wednesday night. Wisconsin outside hitter Kelli Bates and Northwestern outside hitter Symone Abbott both totaled 13 kills throughout the match.

Abbott has been a leader for

Northwestern’s offense, being honored as Big Ten’s Freshman of the Week after the Wildcat Classic Sept. 12-13.

Meanwhile, Bates has shown her skill for the Badgers by playing in all 12 matches and ranking third on the team in kills per sets.

Sophomore middle blocker Haleigh Nelson dominated the front row with five blocks throughout the three sets.

Nelson has received Big Ten Freshman of the Week as well and ranks second on the team in blocks per set. Nelson was named to the 2013 Big Ten AllFreshman team last season.

Junior libero Taylor Morey tallied 14 digs throughout the match, falling short to Northwestern’s redshirt junior libero Caroline Niedospial who had 16. Morey leads the Badgers and the Big Ten with the highest digs per set in the 2014 season.

The Badgers continue their Big Ten play on the road at No. 16 Illinois (3-0, 11-3) Saturday for a 7 p.m. match at Huff Hall in

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Champaign, Ill. The Fighting Illini have started their conference schedule with three consecutive wins against Maryland, Rutgers and Minnesota.

Redshirt junior outside hitter Jocelynn Birks leads Illinois in kills per set, with senior opposite Liz McMahon following as a close second. Birks and McMahon have both been awarded Big Ten Player of the Week so far this season.

When the road trip ends, the Badgers will return home to the Field House next week to host newly admitted Big Ten programs Maryland and Rutgers.