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Regents act on tuition, propose to end freeze By Madeline Heim THE DAILY CARDINAL
The UW System Board of Regents voted Friday to approve a resolution calling for an end to the tuition freeze in the 2018-’19 school year, a move that was for many their first time voting on a tuition matter as regents. Regent President Regina Millner pointed out that in light of the four-year freeze, the last time the body voted on tuition was in June 2012—her first meeting as a regent. Millner and other regents underscored that it is the responsibility of the board to set tuition, and advocated Friday’s proposal as a way to get that responsibility back from the legislature. “This legislature has all confirmed us and has confidence that we will exercise good financial judgment,” Regent Drew Petersen said. UW System President Ray Cross highlighted points System leaders have hit in the past regarding college affordability: State support for higher education has reached historic lows— declining by $362 million in the last five years—financial aid for students needs to increase instead of sitting stagnant and tuition is just one, not the only, component of an accessible college degree.
“I don’t want to diminish the importance of tuition, but let’s not get tuition tunnel vision,” Cross said, noting that a tuition freeze misses other key factors of affording an education like cost of living and time-to-degree. Cross added that he finds the structure of tuition-setting in June or July for a September school year “odd,” saying that timing must be addressed to allow better planning for all parties involved. “It is my recommendation that we discuss this final factor of college affordability today, so that the university and families we serve have a better opportunity to plan for the future,” Cross said. Regent Margaret Farrow, who previously served as Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor in the early 2000s, agreed that the tuitionsetting process begins too late for adequate planning. “How can a family plan in June for August and September?” Farrow asked. “When I was in the legislature, I thought it was a cockeyed way to do it.” Farrow also suggested calling a meeting of the regents and the legislature’s Joint Finance Committee, which receives and votes on the governor’s initial proposal of the biennial budget.
It could be helpful to share thoughts with the JFC, Farrow said, adding that she feels the committee may act with “less knowledge than they should have” concerning the system’s budget and the future of higher education. Regent Tim Higgins, who also chairs the system’s Tuitionsetting Policy Task Force, mentioned the legislature’s loss of trust in UW before the freeze, a time when the system was given a 5.5 percent cap on increasing tuition and repeatedly used that increase to raise tuition rates. Higgins said he hopes that in terms of future increases, System leaders will demonstrate exactly why they need the extra funding. “Let’s do tuition increases that are justified and justifiable,” Higgins argued. The regents approved the proposal to maintain a flat tuition rate for the 2017-’18 school year, and then allow tuition to rise with the rate of the Consumer Price Index in 2018-’19. However, the decision to end the freeze will ultimately lie with Gov. Scott Walker and the legislature’s Joint Finance Committee in the state’s biennial budget, expected to be announced early spring semester.
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Trump disinvited from Wisconsin event after crude tape released By Andrew Bahl THE DAILY CARDINAL
ELKHORN, Wis.—Fallout from a vulgar tape showing comments made by Republican nominee Donald Trump continued Saturday morning, with many Republican lawmakers reneging on their endorsement of the business mogul. Vice Presidential nominee Mike Pence, scheduled to replace Trump at the 1st Congressional District Fall Festival in Elkhorn, also did not attend the event either. Future Pence events were removed from the Trump campaign website, as many called on Trump to cede the top of the Republican ticket to the
Indiana governor. Arizona Sen. John McCain, Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner, Alaska Sens. Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo, South Dakota Sen. John Thune and Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz are among the Republicans to pull their support of Trump Saturday. In Elkhorn, the mood was more subdued as dozens of Walworth County Republicans lined up to attend the event Trump was originally supposed to headline. Speakers
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The UW System Board of Regents voted Friday to approve a proposal that would allow for one additional year of a tuition freeze, then raise tuition slightly to account for living costs in 2018.
Sexual assault reportedly occurred in residence hall A sexual assault was reported to the UW-Madison Police Department Saturday. According to the report, the assault occurred in a UW-Madison residence hall between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. the morning of Oct. 8. UWPD is currently investigating
the incident. If a report states that a student has violated UW System Chapter 17 by participating in sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence or stalking, the information will be passed along to the Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Compliance David Blom, according
to the 2016 UW-Madison Annual Security Report & Annual Fire Safety Report. He will open an investigation if UW-Madison goes forward with the disciplinary process. This is the second sexual assault report received by UWPD this semester.
Two students were hospitalized this week with meningococcal disease, according to a University Health Services release. They are currently recovering. Details on the students’ names or current condition are not being released due to privacy standards, but it was reported that one of the cases is classified as serogroup B, which some students may not be vaccinated against. Meningococcal disease can cause meningitis, or the inflaming of the brain tissue lining and spinal cord. Most college students are required to
be vaccinated for serogroup ACWY, the more common group, but the vaccine for serogroup B was only recently made available. Symptoms of meningococcal disease include a high fever, headache, stiffness of the neck and confusion, sometimes accompanied by vomiting or rashes. Anyone experiencing these symptoms should contact UHS immediately. UHS is currently investigating whether or not the cases are related, and may recommend students receive a new vaccination in the near future.
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Chemical makeup of oceans provides understanding of ancient life on Earth By Sarah Bishop
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New research on the chemical composition of the ocean has shown that, 3.26 billion years ago, the continents were actually above water. This pieces together several other studies into a cohesive, big-picture idea of how the world once looked, according to Aaron Satkoski and his team of researchers who studied the chemical composition of erosion in the ocean back in 2013 in the Barite Valley, near Barberton, South Africa. Satkoski, lead researcher and scientist in the geoscience department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and his team formulated the research idea of chemical composition from erosion based on past research showing the potential that the continents were above sea level and weathering into the oceans 3.26 billion years ago, but no studies previously existed to support this theory. “There were no really good studies that supported [continents were above water and eroding into the ocean]. People have done work previously and they said nope, the chemical composition in the oceans is entirely controlled by mid-ocean ridges,” Satkoski said. The chemical composition of the oceans is controlled by continental erosion and fluids at the mid-ocean ridges. “Evidence was starting to suggest that the continents were above sea level and were eroding and those erosion products should make their way into the ocean, and that should also affect the chemistry,” Satkoski said, adding that several areas of geology suggested that ocean chemistry should be affected by continental run-off, like we know to be true today. Satkoski’s study involved analyzing the isotope levels of strontium in barite between the erosion from weathering of continents and deposits on mid-ocean ridges from hydrothermal circulation, which is the process of hot water circuiting through Earth’s crust. When barite forms in seawater, it records the chemistry of the water it is formed in, preserving certain elements, like strontium, to test the chemical composition of the water from the time it was formed.
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Aaron Satkoski used the UW-Madison Department of Geoscience’s mass spectrometer to measure isotopes in samples collected from South Africa. The isotope levels were an important part to this study because they helped understand where the isotopes came from, continents or hydrothermal circulation. “The continents will have a very specific isotope ratio, and the mid-ocean ridges will have a very specific isotope ratio,” Satkoski said, adding that strontium from land has a higher isotope level than strontium found on mid-ocean ridges. By measuring the mixture of the isotopes, which is now seawater, Satkoski’s team of scientists analyzed where exactly the strontium isotopes came from. “What it turned out to be was the isotope composition was a mixture between hydrothermal and continents. It was more shifted towards the continents than ever previously before,” Satkoski explained. These results proved that the continents were above water and eroding because the isotope levels in the strontium showed that a larger portion than previously thought came from continental weathering. This concept of continental weathering ties together previous studies about the Archean time period, stretching four to 2.5 billion years ago, when there was an increase in carbon dioxide that resulted in acid rain. Consequently, the acid rain caused erosion of continents into the ocean, leading to a high level of continental weathering isotopes in the barite samples
during that time period. The acid rain of the Archean created high erosion, which led to increased phosphorus levels, a limiting nutrient for life, off the coast of the continents, much like we have today, suggesting that marine life would have lived in shallow marine environments, where nutrients, such as phosphorus, were plentiful. Satkoski’s study helps to give a holistic reconstruction of what the environment might have looked like 3.3 billion years ago, as his research helps to piece other research together into a cohesive picture of a 3.26-billionyear-old Earth. “[Our study] actually went out and showed yes, this was the ocean chemistry and now all these pieces that people have put out there now all come together in one complete story: The solid earth with uplifted and erosion of crust, high carbon dioxide concentrations, life at this time needing those limiting nutrients, and life needs a place to live,” said Satkoski, adding that they are still unsure if life needed sunlight 3.26 billion years ago. This holistic understanding of the evolution of life and our planet will help us to better understand other planets, such as Mars, creating more testable hypotheses of similar planets that got their foothold at the same time as Earth. According to Satkoski, understanding our world helps us to better understand other worlds.
Before answering this question, it is important to note what a rainbow is and what causes it. A rainbow is the reflection of light off many water droplets after it rains. When light from the sun shines through the raindrops, it reflects a multi-colored arch. The arch represents all the colors we can see in the light spectrum. Since rainbows are caused by rain water and light, you won’t ever see a rainbow on another planet. This is because no planet has enough liquid water on the surface to cause rain. With no rain, there is nothing for the sunlight to reflect off. However, Saturn’s moon Titan has a lot of liquid methane, which causes a sort of “methane-rain.” The sunlight reaching Titan is hazy, but if it did produce a rainbow, it would look very similar to the rainbows we see here on earth.
Dear Ms. Scientist, What makes spicy food “hot?” Lindsay P. You know right away when you bite into a chili pepper. Your eyes start watering, your nose starts running, and suddenly your tongue feels like it’s on fire. That burning sensation, which some of us love to torture ourselves with, comes from a chemical in spicy food called capsaicin. Capsaicin is actually a defense mechanism of spicy plants designed to ward off any wouldbe herbivores. In humans, capsaicin tries to ward us off by accidentally binding to heat-detecting receptors in our mouths. So, when we eat spicy food, the capsaicin tricks the heat-detecting receptors into telling us that this food is burning hot, even if it’s physically not, giving us the illusion of “hotness.” As for the other side effects of eating spicy food, like runny noses or watering eyes, those are because capsaicin also has inflammatory effects on our noses and eyes.
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For the record An Oct. 6 opinion piece mischaracterized the availability of photo IDs; they are currently available at the Wiscard Office in Union South. An Oct. 6 arts piece mistated the upcoming anniversary of “Gilmore Girls,” it is the 16th, not 20th. An Oct. 6 men’s soccer photo gallery was misattributed, the correct photographer is McKaylin Gamel. Corrections or clarifications? Send them to edit@dailycardinal.com.
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Warren visits Madison to rally for Feingold at Overture Center
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Warren said the Wisconsin race will be crucial in the Democrats’ efforts to flip the U.S. Senate.
trump from page 1 at the fall festival barely touched the subject, with Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson and Gov. Scott Walker making no mention of the controversy, despite condemning it hours earlier. House Speaker Paul Ryan discussed the “elephant in the room” very briefly before pivoting to a speech centered on the House GOP agenda and rallying around down ballot candidates. “It’s a troubling situation. I’m serious,” Ryan said at the event. “I stand by what I said [in the statement] ... But that’s not why we’re here.” Ryan proclaimed that Wisconsin “will need to deliver its 10 electoral votes” but made no other mention of the presidential race. Trump supporters didn’t appreciate the lack of support, booing Ryan when he took the stage and heckling him throughout the speech. Johnson targeted his opponent, Democrat Russ Feingold, instead of Trump, despite calling the tape “indefensible” in a statement Friday. “These elections in Wisconsin will probably be decided by a narrow, razor-thin margin,” Johnson said, and also mentioned the need for Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes to be Republican. Gov. Scott Walker also spoke but focused on state-level reforms. Clad in a Green Bay Packers jacket and jeans, Walker also mentioned the Senate race and mixed in anecdotes from his upbringing in nearby Delavan. “We need someone with Wisconsin values, not Washington values,” Walker said. “And Wisconsin needs Ron Johnson.” Wisconsin Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner did not mention the controversy directly but tangled with
a heckler who accused Ryan of being a supporter of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.“Listen to me please!” Sensenbrenner said, chastising the heckler. “Be respectful, we need more of that … Clean up your act.” Attendees voiced very different feelings on the state of the election. Rhonda Ellis of Princeton, Ill. said she “cried” when she learned Trump would not be attending. “I’m a woman, I’m not offended,” she said. Dennis Kurbowski of Racine said he liked the tape and that he thought the it made Trump more “personable” and “shame on” Ryan for criticizing him. “He’s a human being,” Kurbowski said. “Tell me you haven’t said something like that. Tell me 99.9 percent of people … man or women haven’t said something like that.” State Rep. Steve Weatherston, R-Caledonia, condemned the remarks but said he would take a wait-and-see approach. “If he said those words that’s deplorable,” Weatherston said. “I’d like to see what happens in the debate Sunday.” The controversy stems from a conversation between Trump and entertainment reporter Billy Bush. Trump bragged about kissing and groping women, saying, “When you’re a star they let you do it,” to justify his actions. “I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait,” Trump says in the recording. “Grab them by the p---y, you can do anything.” The Trump campaign brushed aside the remarks, calling it “lockerroom banter.” “Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course—not even close,” Trump said in a statement. “I apologize if anyone was offended.”
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., visited Madison Friday in an effort to rally younger voters around Democratic Senate candidate Russ Feingold. Feingold, who is locked in a tight race with incumbent Republican Ron Johnson, appeared hand-in-hand with Warren in front of a packed crowd at the Overture Center. “I’m here because Russ … is a champion of justice,” Warren told the assembled crowd of roughly 1,000. While the event was intended to promote early voting, the two also took aim at Johnson and Republican nominee Donald Trump. “The Ronald and the Donald show—don’t let it happen,” Feingold implored, with Warren calling the business mogul a “sleazeball.” “This is now Donald Trump’s
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party, and the party now reflects Donald Trump,” Warren said. Little has changed in the Senate race since the last time Warren visited campus a year ago. The most recent Marquette University Law School Poll shows Feingold leading Johnson by six points, and Feingold has never trailed in the race. Despite a consistent lead, Feingold is not playing defense. He encouraged attendees to vote early and slammed efforts to curb early voting, which was restored by a federal judge last month. Warren argued the Wisconsin race is key in Democratic efforts to flip the Senate, and for bringing back a Democratic majority in Washington that Warren said can create a better future for the nation. “We believed that if we built a great pipeline of ideas, the future would expand for everyone,” Warren said.
Fraternity hosts first ‘Run for Refugees’ By Sammy Gibbons THE DAILY CARDINAL
Around 35 participants donated money and ran or walked down Lakeshore Path from the Natatorium to support refugees Sunday. UW-Madison’s chapter of the Lambda Theta Phi fraternity collaborated with the Dane County Chapter of the United Nations Association to hold the first “Run for Refugees” 5-kilometer race. Lambda President Jesus Del Toro said the organizations came up with the idea for the event in order to talk about the refugee cri-
sis that has been overshadowed in the media during the presidential election season. “It’s something we thought of as a good way to raise funds and get young people involved in a way for them to kind of learn and be aware of the whole crisis,” Del Toro said. Around 35 participants finished the 5K. Miriam Cooke, an expert scholar on the refugee crisis in the Middle East from Duke University, met with the runners and walkers at the end to discuss her knowledge on the topic at the end of the 5K.
The goal was to earn $3,000 from participation fees, which the groups will donate to the UNA’s World Food Programme. Del Toro said they had not reached that goal prior to the event, but the groups were still proud of the work they have done. “Anything we can raise is fine,” Del Toro said. “Whatever amount we make today, at least we managed to get something. We’ll donate that to the World Food Programme, which will allocate the money as needed. It’s reliable and deals with the issues at hand.”
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Runners and walkers helped UW-Madison’s Lambda Theta Phi fraternity chapter raise money to donate to the World Food Programmme, an organization that supports refugees worldwide.
Trump and Clinton go on offensive in presidential debate By Lily Price THE DAILY CARDINAL
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Audience members asked the candidates questions in the debate.
Taking the stage without shaking hands, the candidates in the second presidential debate started off redhot as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump made their case for why the other is unfit for the presidency. Hours before the debate held at Washington University in St. Louis, Trump held a short news conference with four women who claim former President Bill Clinton sexually assaulted them during his time in Arkansas or in the Oval Office. The press conference suggested Trump would take the offensive during the debate. The conference was in retaliation to a 2005 video recording that
uncovered Trump making derogatory comments about women, released by the Washington Post just two days before the debate. In the aftermath, many Republican leaders rescinded their endorsements and made critical statements of the business mogul. Clinton had also been hit by controversy ahead the debate. The same day of the 2005 video reveal, Wikileaks published more than 2,000 emails from Clinton’s campaign chair that portray Clinton as a candidate who appeals to different ideas in public than she does in private. The debate, moderated by Anderson Cooper and Martha Raddatz, was in the form of a town
hall meeting, with half of the questions coming from audience members and half from the moderators. The kickoff question inquired whether the candidates were modeling appropriate and positive behavior for today’s youth. In the next 90 minutes, the candidates attacked each other’s character and continually fact-checked one another. Trump, after a fiery first 20 minutes, was more aggressive than in the first presidential debate and answered questions that challenged Clinton’s judgement on immigration, healthcare and foreign policy. The debate ended on a positive note, with the candidates complimenting each other and shaking hands.
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Bruno Mars glams up in music video By Francisco Velazquez MUSIC COLUMNIST
Bruno Mars returns in a headturning, hypnotic fashion, and brings us along for the ride through a Vegas night at its finest, the city of glitz and gambling. Mars returns with “‘24K Magic,” a lead single from his forthcoming LP, scheduled to be released on November 18. Mars arrives in Vegas like it’s his first time landing and hangs with his entourage before they turn up the night. The song is a grooving dance hit about money to blow magic and Mars proclaims, “I’m a dangerous man with some money in my pocket.” The video is co-directed by Mars and Cameron Duddy into a “feel-good 80s night on the town” vibe. A four-year music gap didn’t stop Mars from making his mark on and off the charts. His performances at the 2014 and 2016 Super Bowl halftime shows were just icing on the cake. Co-writing and co-producing Mark Ronson’s 2015 hit single, “Uptown Funk,” Mars and Ronson spent 14 weeks at number one. Duddy worked with Mars on previous singles that
include “Locked Out Of Heaven” and “When I Was Your Man.” Mars has written, co-written and co-produced an endless string of songs, from Adele’s “All I Ask” to Cee Lo Green’s “F**k You.” And this time, the collaborators are still in Mars’ corner. Skrillex is said to be working on the new album, but no specifics have been given. “24K Magic” features Vegas’ endless night lights. In a sin city filled with gold dust and the hopeless, Mars cruises in an old-school convertible, with a familiar jukebox sound. The song could very well be a continuation of his previous album. It’s carefree black joy. Mars’ “24K Magic,” is much larger than its surface-level concept; it comes at a time when we need validation of happiness the most. Mars reminds us of joy in unity and how far following your dreams can take you; whether it’s being on the Las Vegas Strip or jet skiing in the famous Fountains of Bellagio, joy has taken over. Mars has simply invited us to the party with new age pop, and like we will continue to do for years to come, we will show up and show out.
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“Westworld” takes a wonderful inventive approach to sci-fi television, raising the bar for TV.
HBO sets expectations high with new series
Golden Age By Ben Golden TV COLUMNIST
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Bruno Mars jams hard in Las Vegas for a new music video.
HBO’s “Westworld” brings together the old and the new to create something spectacular. This new series, based on the 1973 Michael Crichton film, has been cloaked in secrecy since its conception. It promised inventive material, dazzling special effects, deeply mythological roots and a cult appeal to the likes of “Game of Thrones.” That’s definitely a tall order to fill, yet miraculously these promises were not empty words. After watching the first two episodes, it is fair to say that “Westworld” reaches far and beyond what was thought to be capable on television, raising the bar even further than Hodor could ever reach. The series offers philosophical musings on the dangers of technology, the unsettling mystery of the future, the desensitization of future generations and the
blurring of morality. The series is essentially an investigation into the ugliness of humanity in the midst of scientific evolution. Drawing from previous futuristic narratives such as “Lost,” “The Matrix” and “The Prisoner,” “Westworld” is the next intriguing dystopian television series to provoke and beguile you. “Westworld” introduces us to a future where the wealthy can pay a large sum to visit Westworld—a Western-themed amusement park populated by robots that are almost indistinguishable from humans. Here the visitors, or as the artificially intelligent locals dub them, “newcomers” can live out their deepest desires with no rules and no moral consequences. Blueprinted as an intricate chooseyour-adventure immersive game, you can have sex with whoever you want, kill whoever you want and be whoever you want. The robots, or “hosts,” are so sophisticated that they are capable of thinking independently and consequently live an imprisoned fauxlife inside this playpen for the rich. The bots restart every move they make and memory they have each day, only varying depending on how the newcomers interact
with them. Behind the veil are the operators of the park who all serve under the omniscient Dr. Ford, a not-so-subtle wink to Aldous Huxley’s classic “Brave New World.” However, once a software update brings the hosts closer to a human state, a glitch threatens to collapse the carefully constructed park and initiate a robot rebellion. The series seems to be as wellcrafted as the park itself with few foreseen glitches in sight. If anything, the show is so ambitious that its inventive first episodes may be difficult to follow up in the chapters to come. The acting capabilities of Anthony Hopkins and Evan Rachel Wood are meticulous and mesmerizing. The scope of production is used to its fullest potential, from sweeping shots of the western expanse to the fluorescent and sterile glimpses at the bleak future lying outside of the park’s bounds. The series offers more questions than answers, gifting viewers with an eager desire to discover what this terrifying dystopia holds in its cold, lifeless hands.
What expectations do you have for HBO’s new series “Westworld?” Let Ben know at arts@dailycardinal.com.
Sam Marz peers into what really makes a great film: Acting, Directing or Production
Life on Marz By Sam Marz FILM COLUMNIST
The first thing most people notice about a film is who is starring in it. We see the actors, invest our attention in them and virtually place them on pedestals above anything else. There is fair reasoning in this—players have a lot of impact on the film industry, especially if they have several laudable performances and a loyal fan base under their belts. In terms of any film’s overall quality though, I would argue that the actors involved are hardly the
most important parts of a film. I am not dismissing the talent of thespians working in the film industry. There’s no denying Heath Ledger’s stellar performance as The Joker in “The Dark Knight,” and it’s difficult to picture anyone other than Anthony Hopkins playing Hannibal Lecter in “The Silence of the Lambs.” Actors absolutely elevate the films they play. But, without a strong director, story or production, the actual film itself would not work. A film could have a fantastic player, but if the screenwriter writes weak dialogue for a character or if the director doesn’t push enough during pivotal scenes, performances will fall apart. This happened to Natalie Portman in “Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones,” written and directed by George Lucas. Portman is a great player—if her Oscar for
“Black Swan” is any indication— but Lucas’s atrocious dialogue and uncaring direction makes her performance largely one note. Her performance of Padmé felt like a stiff, emotionless character. In such cases, even the best thespians today cannot always add quality to a film. Conversely, a movie could have a fantastic character performance and still be a sub-par piece of cinema. Ben Affleck’s portrayal of Batman in “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” was one of my favorite parts of the film, but I cannot let that be an excuse for an overstuffed plot and choppy editing. The buzz around the movie “The Girl on the Train,” which hit theaters this past week, presents that lead Emily Blunt gives a committed performance in an otherwise lackluster thriller, suggesting
that even her best efforts are not enough to save it. Recognizing a film’s greatness—or lack thereof—should not fall squarely on the shoulders of the players. Everyone wants to know who won the Oscar for Best Actor, but no one wants to know about the people who spent hours designing costumes or building elaborate stages. These parts of award shows don’t necessarily peak my interest either, and that’s because the general public, doesn’t know who these people are. And that’s how studios market films—if there is a big name attached, like Brad Pitt or Scarlett Johansson, butts are bound to find their way to theater seats. Studios hardly advertise their films around stage designers, but that doesn’t
mean that their work is irrelevant or deserves to be ignored. Michael Keaton is captivating in “Birdman,” but Emmanuel Lubezki’s cinematography and Alejandro Iñárritu’s directing of a visually seamless film are what make it great. Actors are one small part of the much bigger production picture that is filmmaking. They might make good films better or bad films watchable, but I think the surrounding processes are what tip the scale. Solid performances are perhaps the most noticeable piece of the puzzle, but not the most important.
What aspect of film do you find to be most important? Acting, Directing, Production, etc.? Let Sam know at arts@dailycardinal.com.
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Trump’s actions come as a surprise to few LILLY HANSON opinion columnist
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Immigration remains vital to our democracy CHAZ ELLIOTT opinion columnist
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y great-grandfather was an immigrant from Germany. Nearly five years ago, just a few months before he died, his daughter, my paternal grandmother, told me the story of his immigration to America as a teenager. John Glaser was born in a small village in southwestern Germany at the turn of the 20th Century. When just 15-yearsold, he boarded a train that would begin his journey to America. His village soon disappeared from sight seemingly forever as the train entered surrounding woods. It was then, my grandmother told me, that her father was devastated that he would never see his home again, but luckily for John, a small clearing in the trees soon appeared. For a final, brief moment in time, he had one last chance to see the only place he had ever called home. In that moment, he could see all that he was sacrificing.
This election is not just about candidates, parties or ideologies.
I share my great-grandfather’s story with you, not because it is extraordinary compared to other ancestral stories, but rather, the opposite. I share it with you because it is so ordinary in America. If you explore your family’s history, you will discover stories, like John’s, of people making great journeys at great risk for better opportunity. I share his story with you because its ordinariness is what defines America. Spanning 74 years, my greatgrandfather’s life began and ended in two different centuries that shared a common immigrant struggle. Whether from Europe, Asia, the Americas
or Africa, early newcomers to America were often met with the same fear, prejudice and hostility that greet many immigrants today. Many argued that taking in so many foreigners would threaten native-born Americans’ economic livelihood and security. While we must remember that these persistent anxieties had far-reaching negative consequences, ultimately, a more compassionate, inclusive and ambitious America emerged. Indeed, in John’s lifetime, the world saw that America, belonging as much to one generation of immigrants as the next despite sins and shortcomings, is not a nation of a common place of origin, race, or religion but of a common creed—that we are to be a union forged by and for the betterment of, as the poet Emma Lazarus wrote, “the tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” We are to be a nation of immigrants and a nation for immigrants. Whether it was you, your parents or grandparents, or some distant ancestor you cannot even name who came here, each of our American stories begins with an immigrant story. For most of us, it was not us ourselves, but rather, someone like John who made us American by coming here. Someone who saw all that he or she was sacrificing but still chose to risk everything for something better for them and their descendants. And so we, as beneficiaries of that sacrifice, owe to them a debt of gratitude. Just over a century has passed since John Glaser last saw his small German village. We now face the choice of how to repay that sacrifice of those immigrants in the upcoming election. Watching this race unfold, I wonder what it would be like if John’s life had been displaced by a century in time and he was a recent immigrant today, and I was to be born 80 years from now. What sort of nation would I want to welcome him and to be passed onto me? In this elec-
tion, would I want America to embrace or even tacitly condone a nativist politics that dehumanizes, criminalizes and ostracizes immigrants like John? A politian that abandons and even disowns the importance of immigration to America? Or would I want a reaffirmation of the America that, despite many faults, made John and my story possible a century ago?
Whether they came from Europe, Asia, the Americas or Africa, early newcomers to America were often met with the same fear, prejudice and hostility that greets many immigrants today.
As much as it may seem on a day-to-day basis, this election is not just about candidates, parties or ideologies. It is about what America has been and should be. Immigration is so central to the American story that to disown its role in our history or to abandon it now out of a recycled fear is to gut the very core of what it means to be an American and to pass on a hollow shell of a nation that millions sacrificed so much to join and build. For John and the millions of immigrants like him, we, as caretakers of the union they forged, cannot let that happen. Chaz is a sophomore majoring in political science. Has your family’s American experience shaped your views on immigration and democracy? How do you think America has been doing to accept and embrace immigrants? Do you think that this election will have a significant impact on the culture and diversity of America for future generations? Please send all comments, questions and concerns to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
n Oct. 8, news sources around the country released audio caught on a hot microphone from 2005 capturing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump with Billy Bush, then of “Access Hollywood,” bragging in vulgar terms about kissing, groping and trying to have sex with women. In the video, Trump says that “when you’re a star, they let you do it.” He also admits he would commit sexual acts with a married woman and grab any woman by their genitalia. Trump began to receive sharp criticism by Republican leaders, with many of them going as far as to drop endorsements of his political campaign. Many individuals, however, still seem to take Trump’s words as an example of the behavior typically associated with the phrase “boys will be boys.” Phrases such as these are expressing that this behavior is typical and should be of no surprise. Trump apologists also dismissed the comments as “locker room banter,” which implies that this is how all men talk about women behind closed doors and is to be expected. That in and of itself is gross. As much fun as it is to watch Trump crash and burn, I don’t really understand why his most recent comments have come as such a surprise to everyone. This is the same man who said he thinks women look better on their knees and that he’d probably be dating his daughter if they weren’t related. While he’s undoubtedly said incredibly misogynistic things before, his recently released set of comments demonstrate a clear disregard for consent and that is what I find most alarming about this incident. We are all well aware by now of his obvious lack of respect for women and therefore expectations for him are unbelievably low, but it always comes as a surprise when a human being shows that level of conceit and ignorance. Trump’s comments basically imply that it is okay for him to sexually assault women because he is rich and famous. The argument of “You and I both said and did things in our younger years that we wouldn’t have wanted to be recorded. You can’t hold onto mistakes someone made 10 or 20 years ago
and hold it against the individual” uses logic that only applies to when you’re in your 30s, max. Not 70s. Trump was barely under 60 years old when he made those comments. Can you really argue for an immature 59 year old? I think not. Trump admittedly issued an apology for his leaked statement, making the claim that he’s not a perfect person. Isn’t it a bit of a stretch to say you are not perfect when you are found saying you will grab a woman by her genitals because you are famous? You use the phrase “I’m not perfect” when you show up late to class or you forget to get your lab partner a birthday present, but I believe it doesn’t cover when you use it in Trump’s case. With the GOP stuck with Trump on the ballot, some Republican officials have abandoned Trump. But why haven’t the voters done the same? According to a new POLITICO/ Morning Consult poll conducted immediately after the audio was unearthed, fewer than 39 percent think Trump should end his presidential campaign, while only slightly more voters, 45 percent, think he should not drop out. What is unfathomable is that Americans hear a man tell someone he has no issue committing an act of sexual assault and yet some of us still find him fit to become president. Donald Trump has a decade-long history of misogynistic comments and crude sex talks, from discussing how he got away with going backstage when the contestants were naked in beauty pageants he hosted, to saying a woman past age 35 screams “checkout time.” Americans need to wake up and realize this man is a misogynistic pig who will not and cannot change; even if he could, few actually believe he would want to. He’s a truly disgusting human being and it is beyond me that anyone could vote for him, especially women. It seems, at this point, as if the only thing that would stop Trump supporters for rallying behind him is if he said he actually respected women. Lilly is a junior majoring in journalism and communication arts. Why do you think Trump’s supporters advocate for him despite his comments? Please send all comments, questions and concerns to opinion@dailycardinal.com.
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ANNA WELCH sex columnist Last week I broke down some kinky key terms and how kink works. This week I’m laying out how kinky communication can be (and should be) applied to any kind of sex. To fully understand the term “kink” I recommend giving last week’s article a read, but for a quick review, kink refers to “an exchange of power between people that can be physical, erotic, sexual, psychological, spiritual, or, most often, some combination.” Kink includes “BDSM, sadomasochism, kinky sex, dominance and submission, role play, sex games, fantasy, fetish, and other alternative erotic expressions” (definition borrowed from “The Ultimate Guide to Kink, BDSM, Role Play and the Erotic Edge” by Tristan Taormino). Vanilla is a term often used by kinky folks to describe sex that isn’t kinky. This might sound like, “After years of pretty okay vanilla sex, Sam’s partner asked if they wanted to be spanked. Sam said ‘yes’ and liked it very much.” Just like vanilla ice-cream, there is absolutely nothing wrong with vanilla sex. There’s a reason that pretty much every ice cream place in existence serves vanilla; sometimes you just can’t beat the classics. Kink and BDSM are not for everyone, and that is totally okay. But even if there are no whips or floggers involved, the communication used in the
kink community can be applied to even the most vanilla of sex to make it all the more healthy and pleasurable. The communication principles used by kinky folk are negotiation, safe words or check-in systems and aftercare. Negotiation: In a basic sense, this means talking about what’s going to happen /what one wants to happen before anything actually happens. The word “negotiation” sounds a bit business-like, but it doesn’t have to be as sterile as it sounds. To continue with the icecream theme, let’s imagine a situation between two people, we’ll call them Bert and Ernie. Bert asks Ernie if he wants to get ice-cream. Ernie says, “Sure!” and he gets really excited about the amazing ice-cream he’s going to have. Bert picks Ernie up and begins driving to an ice-cream place without asking Ernie where he wants to go. Ernie is hoping Bert is driving to Cold Stone, but instead Bert pulls into Culver’s. Ernie doesn’t want to hurt Bert’s feelings so he doesn’t say anything. Bert gets his favorite kind of ice-cream and Ernie gets one that he likes, but it’s not as good as his favorite from Cold Stone. Afterward, Bert asks Ernie if he enjoyed his ice-cream, and Ernie says “Yeah! It was great!” still not wanting to hurt Bert’s feelings. Bert is left feeling satisfied and Ernie is left high and dry. This may be a silly comparison, but it’s a good representation of a really common communication breakdown between sexual partners. The whole scenario could have gone a lot better for both Bert and
Ernie if they had talked about what they both wanted beforehand. Transitioning from ice-cream to sex, just because one person asked if the other wanted to have sex and they said “yes” does not mean both people are on the same page; “sex” is not a catchall term. No matter if a sexual relationship is old or new, it is never too late to start incorporating negotiation. For a new sexual relationship—even if it’s just a tinder hookup—negotiation might sound like “Can we talk about what we both want to happen? I think it would be fun to know what we both like and want ;).” For sexual relationships that have been going on for a while it could sound like, “Hey, honey buns, I love having sex with you, and I especially love it when you go down on me before we fuck. Do you think we could do that tonight? Is there anything you would really like from me?” Negotiation not only makes it clear what both people want, but it’s also super sexy and fun. Just because there was discussion beforehand does not mean it should stop once the action starts. This leads me to the next principle… Safe word/Check-in System: In Kink/BDSM safe words are used to make sure that both partners have a quick and simple way to communicate how they’re feeling. A safe word is a word that won’t naturally come up during kinky play that can be used when one needs everything to stop right then. As I talked about last week, a good system is the stoplight sys-
of sexual interaction can (and does) take a mental toll, and that utilizing aftercare could help everyone do sex better. For vanilla folks, aftercare might sound like a sexy performance review; “so I know we talked about how you wanted me to go down on you before we fucked, did you like the way that went or did you wish it was different at all?” Being candid about sex speeds up the process of learning that often happens between sexual playmates, but at a much, much slower pace. Why not talk about it directly to get both partners what they want and need ASAP? Aftercare is also great for addressing and calming possible fears about trying new things between the sheets. An example of this might be, “Hey, I know you were nervous about trying [insert activity here], how did you feel about it?” This way, both people will feel comfortable asking for and trying new things in bed, because they will know they are being cared for. Bring it all together: No matter what kind of sex is happening, folks should turn to principles of kinky communication to get the most out of the experiences. That means talking about what’s going to happen beforehand, checking in while it’s going down and reviewing how things went afterward, or in kinky terms: negotiating, using a safe-system and practicing aftercare. Why should everyone use this system? Because it is pretty much guaranteed to lead to a happier, healthier, sexier sex life.
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tem where green means “keep going,” yellow means “that’s fine, but don’t go any further,” and red means “stop everything right now.” The stoplight system can certainly work for vanilla sex, but it could be fun for partners to come up with their own system as well. It doesn’t matter what words partners use to tell each other how they’re feeling during sex, but it does matter that they’ve talked about whatever that system may be during the negotiation beforehand. If partners talked about what they wanted beforehand and used a check-in system during sex they probably had a great time, but to be sure they should use the next principle… Aftercare: Because kink/ BDSM play can often involve pain and sometimes consensual verbal degradation, it’s crucial to practice aftercare. Aftercare describes the communication that happens after kinky play happens when partners check in with each other to see if either of them need anything like a glass of water or cuddles or a warm blanket. Aftercare also often involves partners checking in with each other hours or days after playing to check in about how they are feeling about the things they did together. So members of the kink community understand the mental effects sexual interaction can have, but what about vanilla folks? If sex doesn’t involve kinky activities does that mean it doesn’t have a mental effect either? This should be obvious based on pretty much everything, but I am advocating that any type
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Homecoming: Wisconsin legends return to Kohl Center By Ben Pickman THE DAILY CARDINAL MATT MARHEINE/THE DAILY CARDINAL
John Clay was the feature back when Wisconsin upset top-ranked Ohio State in 2010 in prime-time.
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This year’s UW-OSU game is reminiscent of contest six years ago ZACH RASTALL make it rasty Six years ago, Wisconsin and Ohio State met under the lights at Camp Randall Stadium on a night that Badgers fan will never forget. At the time of the 2010 meeting, Bret Bielema was in his fifth year as UW’s head coach and still searching for a true signature win. Wisconsin certainly was successful up to that point under Bielema, boasting a 43-15 record during his tenure, but had failed to cement itself as a Big Ten powerhouse. Prior to that year’s matchup with Ohio State, Bielema was 4-9 against ranked opponents, 1-8 against ranked Big Ten opponents, 0-4 against top 10 teams and was winless in three meetings with the Buckeyes. Wisconsin entered the season ranked No. 12 in the AP poll with dreams of capturing the program’s first Big Ten title and Rose Bowl appearance in 11 years. The Buckeyes were clearly the prohibitive favorites to win the conference—and possibly play for a national title—but the Badgers had the firepower to compete with them for conference supremacy. A loss on the road to Michigan State two weeks earlier had dampened these hopes, but No. 18 Wisconsin still had its sights set on an upset when the top-ranked and undefeated Buckeyes came to town. “College GameDay” made the trip to Madison for the first time since 2004 in anticipation for the prime-time showdown. The city was filled with an aura of hope and excitement so remarkable that ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt would once again dub Madison as America’s greatest college town the following Monday on his radio show. The stage was set for a night to remember in Wisconsin’s capital before a raucous crowd of 81,194. David Gilreath took the opening kickoff 97 yards to the house to get the game underway with a bang. The Badgers never looked back. Running back John Clay bulldozed his way for 104 yards and two touchdowns. J.J. Watt and the UW defense kept Terrelle Pryor in check for most of the night. Wisconsin jumped out to an early
21-0 lead and James White would later run for a 12-yard, fourthquarter touchdown that sealed the deal after the Buckeyes had cut the deficit to 21-18. When the final whistle sounded, fans poured onto the field to celebrate the program’s first win over a No. 1 team since 1981. That win marked a significant turning point for the Badgers. They would win out in the regular season to grab a share of the Big Ten title and earn a trip to Pasadena. They would of course then go on to win conference titles and earn Rose Bowl appearances the following two years as well (the third of which was made possible by postseason bans to both Ohio State and Penn State). It was one of the most memorable stretches in school history, and it all started with that gorgeous October night in Madison. Almost exactly six years to the day of that win, Wisconsin will get a chance to do it again. The Badgers and the Buckeyes will face off in a prime-time matchup at Camp Randall once again this Saturday. “College GameDay” is coming to town ahead of the game for the first time in five years and the atmosphere throughout Madison will undoubtedly be electric in anticipation of this weekend. There are, of course, plenty of differences between the 2010 game and this Saturday’s matchup. Paul Chryst is only in his second year as Wisconsin’s head coach and doesn’t have the same stigma of being unable to win big games that Bielema had. Ohio State now has a coach whose entire offensive philosophy doesn’t revolve around running on first down, running on second down and passing on third down. More broadly, the Big Ten now consists of 14 teams and two divisions, and the national champion is decided by a four-team playoff rather than the BCS. Still, it’s hard not to notice the parallels. Urban Meyer and Ohio State are focused in on contending for a national title this season much like Jim Tressel’s Buckeyes were six years ago. Wisconsin already has a loss on its résumé, but it came on the road against a ranked opponent and the Badgers still have a team good enough to compete for a Big Ten title. Since the turn of the millen-
nium, only Ohio State has had a better record among Big Ten programs than Wisconsin. The Badgers’ 14 consecutive bowl appearances are tied for the sixthlongest streak in the country and that streak is the longest of any Big Ten team. This is a program that is consistently successful year in and year out. And yet, Wisconsin really isn’t currently considered to be in that top tier of the Big Ten. Sure, the Badgers are a tough team that no one in the conference would really care to face on any given Saturday. But they don’t have that historical prestige like Ohio State and Michigan, programs that are both back in the upper echelon of college football under Urban Meyer and Jim Harbaugh, respectively. Even Michigan State under Mark Dantonio, despite their struggles this season, have earned a prominent place on the national stage with their consistent seasons of 11-plus wins and a College Football Playoff appearance last year. As of now, Wisconsin is something of a Big Ten bridesmaid. For a brief time under Bielema—when the Badgers won three consecutive conference titles and made three straight trips to Pasadena—they got a taste of the top of the Big Ten. However, they’ve lost their last four meetings with the Buckeyes and their only Big Ten Championship Game appearance in the last four years ended in a 59-0 waxing at the hands of Ohio State. This Saturday’s game in and of itself obviously doesn’t determine the course of Wisconsin football. The future looks bright for the Badgers under Chryst with a lot of young talent and a more manageable schedule next season. Even a loss Saturday doesn’t knock them out of contention for a Big Ten West title. A loss doesn’t mean the end of the world for the Badgers and a win doesn’t suddenly catapult them to the status of college football blue blood. But the last time they knocked off Ohio State at home marked the beginning of something special for Wisconsin football. Just maybe, a win this weekend is a sign that the Badgers are headed down a path where they will reach that level of success once again.
For former Wisconsin Badger and current Dallas Maverick guard Devin Harris, walking around campus Friday night felt similar to move-in day for a student returning after a long summer away. “It’s a little weird being back on campus,” Harris said. “It doesn’t look like it did when I was here. But it feels good to be back.” But unlike a returning student anxious to begin the school year, Harris didn’t have jitters when he returned to Madison and the Kohl Center floor Saturday night. He didn’t exactly have a reason to be nervous. The Badger legend sat out Saturday night’s exhibition game against the Milwaukee Bucks because he is finishing recovering from an off-season toe surgery. Harris wasn’t the only local Madison great in the building Saturday night. He was one of four players with Wisconsin connections to return to the Kohl Center in a night full of old-time reunions. For Harris, local high school standout Wes Matthews Jr. and Badger star Michael Finley, the campus, city and basketball program have all changed over the years. But even though it’s been quite a while since they all played in local gyms, they’ve continually received love from Madison basketball fans. “I was never privileged to play in such a great building like this,” Finley, the assistant vice president of Basketball Operations for the Mavericks said. “But the one consistent thing that we’ve had is the fans over the years. The fans have always been supportive. That’s always going be a constant no matter who’s the coach or who’s the players.” Matthews Jr. grew up in Madison and played for the Madison Memorial Spartans before attending Marquette to play for the Golden Eagles. While he never donned the Cardinal and White, he still has incredibly fond memories of Madison and the Kohl Center. “It’s always been home. I’ve always claimed it as home,” Matthews Jr. said. “It’s always been there for me. It’s always had my back and I try to give back to it and I have a lot of fun doing it.” Matthews Jr., the son of former Badger Wesley Matthews Sr., remembers snapping the Badgers 28-game home winning streak during his junior season with the Golden Eagles and also winning the state tournament as a high schooler on the Kohl Center hardwood in 2005. Fellow Golden Eagle and Brown Deer, Wis., native, Steve Novak also remembers playing in Madison during high school. And while the current Milwaukee Bucks small forward didn’t wear a Badgers’ uniform like Harris or Finley, he received arguably the loudest ovation of the game Saturday night when he checked in midway through the fourth quarter. “It was very different. I’ll be honest,” Novak said after the game. “Usually it’s very unfriendly ter-
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Wes Matthews Jr. once won a state title in the Kohl Center. ritory. And now it was really nice. Obviously we feel support from Bucks fans, but I think Wisconsin basketball fans as well.” Two weeks ago, while the Bucks spent four days of training camp working out in the Nicholas Johnson Pavilion, Novak was blown away by the fan support he received just while walking around campus. “I mean it was unbelievable,” Novak said. “The people, the students saying, ‘Go Bucks’ or saying, ‘hello.’ It was really cool just being back here and walking around. I think I was more wellreceived as a Buck than I was as a Golden Eagle.” But while Novak wasn’t used to such a reaction from the Madison faithful, Harris was truly a Madison veteran in his homecoming. “On the bench guys were asking me lots of questions like, ‘where do the Badgers sit?’ And I’m like, ‘over there,’” Harris said. “And this is where I used to sit and my parents used to sit right there. Just a lot of memories over the years of playing here and just having a really good time doing it.” Both Harris and Finley interacted with the current group of Badgers after Saturday morning’s shootaround and both gave the team a pre-season pep-talk. But for Finley, he also reunited with his former Badger teammate and close friend, assistant coach Howard Moore. Moore and Finley were part of a Wisconsin generation that helped to lay the foundation for guys like Harris to thrive in. And since leaving Wisconsin, both Harris and Finley continue to track the program closely, recognizing that it has only improved since they left years ago. The two former Badger greats might no longer suit up in the Cardinal and White. And Matthews and Novak might no longer be an active part of the Marquette-UW rivalry, but Saturday night at the Kohl Center was as close to a Madison basketball reunion as you’ll get. And while many of the players involved look very different than they did when they used to play in Madison, their love for the place has remained the same. “This is who I kind of grew up with,” Harris said. “This is where it started for me. It was a great three years spent here and like I said, the type of relationship I have with the fans has always been great.”