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Faculty Senate passes new tenure protections

By Laura Grulke THE DAILY CARDINAL

The UW-Madison Faculty Senate approved several policy changes Monday meant to protect tenured positions from layoffs, termination and displacement in a way that gives more power to faculty members.

The revisions, according to a university press release, create policy changes that outline protections and procedures in the event of department curtailment, modification or redirection.

Under the revisions, the UW-Madison chancellor may only consider laying off or terminating a tenured or probationary faculty member if “extraordinary circumstances” led to program discontinuance, such as urgent financial necessity or educational reasons.

If a faculty member is displaced due to program restructuring, he or she will be placed in a position at a rank that is considered acceptable by the faculty member. In addition, any faculty member whose position is recommended for layoff or termination is entitled to a full hearing.

According to Steven Smith, secretary of faculty at UW-Madison, the Faculty Senate decided to kickstart these changes in response to new legislation passed earlier this year, which expanded the situations where it would be “deemed necessary due to a budget or program decision” to lay off or terminate faculty.

Smith said in an email the university and the UW System interpreted the legislation as allowing

the university to control how it is implemented, and so passed the new policies as an interpretation of the legislation.

The UW System Board of Regents will consider the policy recommendations, and has indicated that a consistent policy throughout the system is preferable. Chancellor Rebecca Blank has expressed optimism that the Board of Regents will approve the changes.

“I still very much expect that we are going to end up at the system level and at UW-Madison with the strong protections that are before you today,” Blank said at Monday’s senate meeting, according to Smith. “I am hopeful this policy will end up being quite consistent with the regent statute.”

Republicans approve package of welfare bills, decline debt vote

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CWC lends voice to help marginalized students

By Andrew Bahl THE DAILY CARDINAL

The state Assembly cleared a package of bills Tuesday designed to target fraud in welfare programs, while state Democrats failed earlier in the day in an attempt to use a procedural tactic to bring a student debt bill to the floor.

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The Campus Women’s Center is dedicated to upholding feminist ideals, opening up a space to discuss social justice issues and providing a voice to students who don’t otherwise feel acknowledged on campus, Finance Coordinator Kyle Brown said Tuesday.

The Campus Women’s Center is an organization funded through segregated fees paid by students, and upholds its mission through a wide variety of programming offered to students. The center offers support groups, social justice workshops, an in-office resource library, two different child care programs and works to bring speakers to campus.

“In that sense I think that that really appeals to the ideals of the UW in furthering an understanding of not only ourselves but the world around us,” Brown said.

The largest program the center puts on is a speakers bureau, which brings a variety of different speakers to campus. The cen-

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A package of bills approved by the state Assembly Tuesday would alter the way Wisconsin residents can use food stamps.

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The Campus Women’s Center is an organization that focuses on social justice issues on campus through a variety of progams. ter focuses on bringing speakers with diverse experiences and perspectives to talk about relevant social justice issues that impact students.

The center works to bring speakers with different focuses every year, and in the past have centered on racism, sexism and intersectionality.

The speakers bureau is the largest program the center offers in terms of spending and the audience that it reaches. Last year’s speakers bureau included four

speakers and had around 25,000 students attend both the women’s center’s events, as well as their co-sponsored events. Including speakers fees and rental costs for four speakers, the program cost about $7,000.

Other programs offered by the center include a free childcare program for student parents called Kids Night Out, in which student volunteers plan programming for kids one night a month to give their

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Assembly approves welfare package The series of measures would delete unused FoodShare benefits after one year of inactivity, require a recipient’s photo be included on cards required to use food stamps and limit the number of replacement cards issued in a 12-month period.

A separate proposal, authored by state Rep. Samantha Kerkman, R-Salem, would ban those who falsify records on unemployment benefit applications from reapplying for a seven-year period.

Proponents of the bills said they were critical in preserving the integrity of the programs and tax dollars.

“This is being stolen from employers who have a legitimate claim to those dollars,” state Rep. John Macco, R-Ledgeview, said.

But Democratic lawmakers objected, saying the bills create

unnecessary burdens for the poor and argued that it would cost too much to implement.

“This is a bad bill … that just makes it harder for people to eat, chasing after fraud that we don’t have proof exists,” Rep. Mark Spreitzer, D-Beloit, said of the bill that would delete inactive food stamps. “There is no evidence of fraud from this population.”

There are also questions about whether the bills would run afoul of Federal law. Some of the provisions in the bills would require a waiver from the federal government, which provides funding to the programs, to implement.

Past welfare changes have come under similar scrutiny.

The federal agency which runs the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program raised issues last week with a 2013 rule which requires food stamp recipients to work a certain number of hours a week to maintain their benefits.

The body also approved a measure authored by state Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, to make Narcan more widely available in an effort to combat heroin addiction, as well as a bill to legalize pink camouflage in hunting, proposed by state Rep. Joel Kleefisch,

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UHS counselor hopes to ease international students’ transition

By Peter Coutu THE DAILY CARDINAL

A former international student who earned her doctorate in counseling psychology, University Health Services psychologist Canzi Wang provides counseling for current international UW-Madison students who may face cultural barriers.

Wang hopes to help international students who are struggling with the difficulties of adapting to an entirely new culture and country, according to a university release. Through her time as an international graduate student in New Jersey and Colorado, Wang has personally experienced the challenges of immigration.

“I always go back to a statement I once heard about being a foreigner: ‘It’s like you’re playing a game, but no one tells you the rules until you’ve broken them,’” Wang said in the release.

Since 2000, the number of international students attending American universities has steadily

risen. According to the release, almost 12 percent of UW-Madison students are international and nearly half of international students are from mainland China.

Because of cultural differences, Chinese international students may be hesitant to seek support for personal issues until a crisis occurs. Wang and other counselors at UHS offer a private and legally confidential counseling system to combat those differences.

At UHS, Wang works with students who speak Mandarin and English in both group and individual settings. Using her personal and professional experience, Wang works to ease the transition for international students at UW-Madison.

“It’s a privilege to work with college students and join them in their journey of developing their identities, formulating their values, searching for meaning in life and building resilience to face future challenges,” Wang said in the release.

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The Madison Police Department has used K9 units since the 1980s, though it did not create a formal unit until 2004. The six-dog unit focuses on narcotic detection and patrol work.

Three of Madison police’s K9 teams win state awards, five total receive nominations

By Anna Madsen THE DAILY CARDINAL

Three of Madison’s K9 teams won state awards at this year’s Wisconsin Law Enforcement Canine Handler Association’s conference, with five teams total receiving nominations.

Officer Teresa McKenzie and her canine partner, Josh, won the Meritorious K9 Narcotics Find of the Year after detecting a hidden box in the engine compartment of a vehicle during a traffic stop, according to a Madison Police Department statement Tuesday.

Police said that with Josh’s work, officers discovered illegal drugs in the vehicle which led to a search of the suspect’s home where a large amount of narcotics were recovered.

Officers Carren Corcoran and Rose Mansavage, along with their canines Slim and Falko, tracked suspects in two separate robbery cases that occurred on different days. The teams used articles from the scene to track the unknown suspects through areas with high volumes of pedestrian and vehicle traffic, each earning Meritorious K9

Track of the Year awards.

Other teams nominated for their outstanding service included Officer Jim Donnell and his K9 Krahnie for Meritorious K9 Track of the Year, as well as Officer Nick Eull and his K9 Frees for Rookie K9 Team of the Year.

Starting in the late 1980s, MPD officers engaged in trial uses of police K9s, however it was not until 2004 that the department formed an official K9 unit patrol. Today, Madison has a K9 unit comprised of six dogs, all trained in narcotic detection and patrol work.

Researchers mimic insect eyes to improve small lenses

By Bri Maas THE DAILY CARDINAL

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UHS psychologist and former international student Canzi Wang uses her own experiences to help combat cultural differences in counseling.

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The Campus Women’s Center proposed a budget of $87,736.75 for

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The bills now head to the state Senate.

Body refuses to take up college debt bill An attempt by Democrats to force a vote on a bill that would help students refinance their college debt failed earlier in the day, although Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, said he would be open to taking up the bill later.

Bill co-author state Rep. Cory Mason, D-Racine, said he was

the 2016-’17 school year to help maintain these programs. The Student Services Finance Committee approved a budget of $77,163.75.

“Even with the adjustment downward we are excited to bring quality programming that addresses the relevant needs of this campus to campus” Brown said. upset his “Higher Ed, Lower Debt” bill hasn’t received a public hearing in the Assembly and said Wisconsin has the third highest student loan debt in the nation.

“We have literally a million people in this state dealing with student loan debt, many of whom are paying double digit interest rates,” Mason said.

Vos said the bill is too pricey for the body to take up at this time, noting its cost is more than the state’s present budget surplus.

“We cannot constitutionally take it up,” Vos said. “It is not ready for prime time … but I am open to working on the issue.”

Historically, products that use lenses either produce sharp, realistic images or they have a large field of vision, but a UW-Madison research team has designed a way to achieve both— all in a very tiny package.

The team, led by UW-Madison professor of electrical and computer engineering Hongrui Jiang, developed the first flexible Fresnel zone plate microlenses, according to a university release. The lenses could lead to much smaller security cameras and surgical scopes that capture much larger images.

Smaller than the head of a pin, Jiang’s microlenses are embedded in a flexible plastic that can be rolled into a cylinder to capture panoramic images up to a 170-degree field of view. The team drew inspiration for the lens arrangement from multifaceted insect eyes.

“We got the idea from compound eyes,” Jiang said in the release. “We know that multiple lenses on a domed structure give a large field of view.”

Fresnel zone plates, named after a 19th-century engineer, allow Jiang and his team to freely change the lens shape and configuration.

The researchers used these zone plates and new materials to create the microlenses, which

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A team of researchers led by engineering professor Hongrui Jiang created smaller, more flexible lenses that produce sharper images. produce clearer images and are more flexible than any other lens.

Rather than refraction, the conventional method of passing light through substances, the new Fresnel plates focus by dif-

fraction, which bends light as it moves over a barrier. Pairing this method with black silicon, which does not reflect or transmit any light, resulted in more crisp images than previous attempts.

arts Cenac reflects on ‘Daily Show,’ comics

By Maham Hasan THE DAILY CARDINAL

Bonding over the frequent mutual butchering of our names, Wyatt Cenac and I chatted on the phone a couple weeks ago about that grave injustice. Sharing a name with a famous cowboy apparently has not fared as well for him as he would have hoped, something that thankfully cannot be said about his comedy career. An Emmy and Writer’s Guild of America award winner, Cenac spent the past four years at “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and is also a standup comedian, actor, writer and producer. With two comedy specials under his belt, “Brooklyn” and “Comedy Person,” Cenac also recently starred in the pilot for a show in the works with director Greg Daniels of “The Office” and “Parks & Recreation” called “The Group.” Swinging through The Comedy Club this week, Cenac was happy to entertain my questions on comedy, zombies and superheroes.

Daily Cardinal: Let’s begin by talking about “The Group,” since with a director like Greg Daniels and a plot that has alien abductions, I have to figure that he is doing something truly entertaining with you all.

Cenac: Sure, yeah. It’s a pilot for TBS that we shot in Toronto.

It was really fun with a lot of great people. I worked with Greg almost a decade ago as a writer on “King of the Hill.” To work with him again was really fun, especially to see where both of our lives have taken us in those 10 years to meet again now. Ana Gasteyer, additionally, was a cast member at “Saturday Night Live” when I was an intern there at 19, so working with her, this person that I watched from the sidelines at SNL but now I get to be in the scenes with, was really great. It was just a very cool experience. TBS now will look it over and see if they want to make something out of it.

DC: Do you thinking acting in this pilot gave you a taste for TV, that you may want to do more of in the future?

Cenac: It definitely throws you into this type of experience and gives you a taste of what it would be like to shoot a regularly scheduled series that’s much different than something like “The Daily Show,” where you have to put

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DC: I’ve heard you talk a lot about Marvel and DC comics, especially as far as adaptations go. I assume you have to be a fan, so are we missing something in that arena?

Cenac: It varies from movie to movie. I think it’s funny because there are aspects of comic books that, when, turned into movies fans are very protective of. People are p rotective of comic books in a way that say people aren’t of Shakespeare.

You can adapt Shakespeare anyway, change anything, swap genders, diversify the cast, introduce different time periods, etc., and people are often times more excited about such things. Whereas, when comic books get adapted, those very same things tend to freak out the fan base in a way that is surprising given the fact that they would lose their minds if Batman was not a white guy. I think audiences would lose their minds.

But they seem to have no problem with the fact that Batman in the movie drives a tank or wears more body armor than Iron Man. So as far as movie adaptations go, it’s just interesting to see what people latch onto to make sure things stay true to comic books, or what staying true to comic books even means.

DC: Do you think it’s possible that, for how long Shakespeare has been around, we had to start looking for more innovative ways to adapt it because it just wasn’t interesting anymore. But maybe that is not applicable to comic books as they’re relatively more recent, so fans still cling to the “pure” versions of it and have not as yet accepted inspired new adaptations.

Cenac: I don’t know, that’s an interesting question. It could be that.

It could be that with Shakespeare there are so many adaptations out there that, even if you’re more of a purist you can find the original versions, or whichever one you want.

But maybe since comic book movies and TV show adaptations get just one shot until it’s time again for a reboot, perhaps then the audience is a little more protective of them because they know that if this fails, it’ll be a decade or more until they make another one of these.

DC: One thing I greatly enjoy about your stand-up specials is that they suit who you seem to be so much. They’re quietly compelling and the humor just slips right in. How and when did you

start stand-up?

Cenac: I started doing standup when I was in college in North Carolina. There were these open mics that I would go to and it was very exciting but also just as terrifying. I stopped doing it for a few years after college, I moved to LA and I honestly just missed doing stand-up. I then started doing some improv and sketch stuff as I did love being on stage and slowly started dipping my toe back in it.

The confidence from having being on stage from improv just really helped going back into stand-up.

DC: Is there a specific process of yours when you write your stand-up specials?

Cenac: There’s not really a process. You kind of write things over the course of years or months and as you’re writing things – at least for me – you try them out, see how they feel or put them to the side for a while and work on other stuff. And at some point you realize you’ve written over an hour’s worth of material. So I look at some of the stuff I’ve written and see that it all goes together, or I can add a page from here or take one out from there. It usually just starts like that and fits together at the end. You perform a little of it, tour and then you think to record it. Making new things that way.

DC: On that note then, what would be your absolute favorite thing about performing stand-up specials in front of a live audience?

Cenac: It’s a perfect convergence: if the venue feels right, the crowd feels right and I feel good. I think it’s a strange power that the audience has, the more energy they give off the more you feed off of it as a performer. It’s really the little things, like if someone has their arms crossed and they seem cut off, then you notice it. You don’t want to see that, or you don’t want to see somebody on their phone. So when you can get the audience into it, then their excitement makes you more excited.

It seems on par with a surfer catching a perfect wave. It’s perfect in that moment, and it’ll never be repeated.

There may be another perfect wave out there—that’s why you keep surfing and that’s why you keep going out in front of the crowd. If there’s a perfect show, there [will] always be a more perfect one after that.

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Wyatt Cenac, who has developed a wide network of comedic credentials, will perform at The Comedy Club this weekend. their arms crossed or on their phones, do you do something to pull them in?

Cenac: The nice thing is that this isn’t television. An audience can see what I’m doing but I can also see what they’re doing so it can be addressed. If you address it, then people are usually prompted to remember that, “Oh yes, you can see me sending this text.”

DC: We brushed over your time at “The Daily Show” briefly but now I’ll address what you might just have gotten tired of hearing…

Looking back, what significance did you take away from the incident with Jon Stewart?

Cenac: I think the biggest takeaway for me was of one’s expectations in a professional area. What I mean by that are the expectations of an employee and an employer and being aware of those things. That’s probably one of the biggest things we have a responsibility for, as employee and employer to not lose sight of that. Making sure then that if I’m in

a position of an employer the voices of the people that work for me are heard and as an employee to make sure that I work in places where my voice feels heard. To remember that respect is a two-way street.

DC: Kudos to you for making that happen for yourself. Do you think that influenced your trajectory from that moment on?

Cenac: Oh, thank you! I don’t know, that’s tough to say. It’s one of those things where if you and I have this conversation in another 20 years, it might be easier to look at.

But right now? I don’t know. I’m still figuring out what I’ll be doing in the next 20 to 30 years, so maybe we can set a time 30 years from now?

DC: I really will, I’ve given you plenty of warning.

Wyatt Cenac will perform this Thursday through Saturday at The Comedy Club on State Street. Tickets are still available for shows on Thursday at 8:30 p.m., Friday at 8:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. and Saturday at 10:30 p.m.

‘Grey’s Anatomy’ provides Thursday night ‘comfort food’ BEN GOLDEN golden age

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rey’s Anatomy” is a television series that has redefined primetime dramas.

Its conception started with the inner narrative of medical intern Meredith Grey, who provides a glimpse into the quirky, sexy and emotional social lives of Seattle Grace, now Grey Sloan Memorial, Hospital. Meredith’s experiences range from funny and lighthearted, to raw and devastating. This is a difficult balance to achieve on television, which is why “Grey’s” is so noteworthy. Like a reliable recipe, creator Shonda Rhimes is

the chef behind it all, adding key ingredients to create a product of which hungry viewers cannot get enough of. “Grey’s Anatomy” has become America’s comfort food.

The new season attempts to return to its lighthearted roots after an emotionally strenuous season. After fan favorite Dr. Derek Shepherd, also known as McDreamy and Meredith’s husband, was killed, the show needed a serious pick-me-up. Rhimes decided to turn things around with a time-jump in order for the show, and Meredith, to finally move forward from tragedy. This entails more laughs, awkward situations and flings. However, last episode let emotions leak through in a rare chapter that took place entirely at a dinner party at Meredith’s

house. Last season, Meredith’s emotions weren’t resolved after becoming a widow, and after last episode, she’s found some release: the doctor who was responsible for Derek’s death finds her way to Meredith’s residence for the party.

It’s a traumatic, intense build-up to an emotionally climactic point for Meredith. This episode also served as a way to introduce this new doctor as a potential permanent character on the show. For all we know, Rhimes will progress from having the audience hate the new doctor for killing McDreamy to eventually loving her once we get to know her better.

Rhimes has perfected the craft of character development, and this is where the show thrives. The series is far from perfect; What

leaves the audience wanting more is not necessarily the plot, but the characters. Rhimes is known to over-exercise the tear ducts of her viewers by offering characters and situations in which we cannot help but feel emotionally invested.

This is why the show is on its twelfth season and does not seem to be losing momentum. “Grey’s” does something magical; it often ends the stories of characters we have grown attached to for years and years, creating devastation among the viewers. This breathes new life into the show by bringing in new characters that we end up loving just as much. When a character is killed off or exits in another typical “Grey’s” style, we cannot help but feel like we are saying goodbye to an old friend. I

started watching the show when it premiered, I was eight years old, and I still do to this day. I don’t feel like I am ready to say goodbye to the “Grey’s” world I have grown up with, although it is inevitable that the show will soon end.

Characters may have come and gone, but to me it still feels like the same old show. While it’s fictional, “Grey’s” has worked its way into the hearts of its fans and that feels real. Just as “Grey’s” frequently faces the notion of grief and death of a loved one, eventually “Grey’s” fans will have to do the same; We will have to say goodbye to the longtime friend that is always there for us on Thursday nights.

Are you a “Grey’s Anatomy” fanatic? If you are, let Ben know at bagolden@wisc.edu.

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Coloring books for college kids

By Greta Bjornson the daily Cardinal

Among the shelves of cannabis cookbooks and emblazoned flasks at Urban Outfitters, there sits a decidedly less grown-up form of merchandise: coloring books.

No, the infamous retailer is not shifting its target demographic to elementary schoolers, they’re simply keeping up with the burgeoning trend of adult coloring books that burst onto the market earlier this year.

Coloring books specifically tailored to an older crowd are having a moment.

On the online retailer Amazon alone, Scholastic’s “Harry Potter Coloring Book” is currently third on the bestseller list, with five other coloring books not far below on it—and that’s just in the top 20.

The books are popular for their ability to reduce stress and revisit a nostalgic past.

Urban Outfitters markets one of their coloring books, “The Mindfulness Coloring Book,” as a form of therapy for overwhelmed millennials.

“This take-it-with-you book can be carried in your bag for an instant bit of bliss that’ll help you de-stress wherever you go, whether on the train, during your lunch break or while sitting in the park,” their website explains.

Perhaps most popular of the books, and the one that sparked an endless wave of imitators, is Johanna Basford’s “Secret Garden,” the first of her three coloring books.

Basford is a professional illustrator whose work has deco-

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A start on Basford’s “Secret Garden” coloring book page. rated Absolut Vodka bottles and campaigns for H&M. Fans can share their complete works of Basford’s pages by posting them on her website’s Coloring Gallery.

Basford’s books also differ from the rest of the adult coloring world in that she provides hidden illustrations that consumers can look for while coloring.

“Hidden within are all kinds of creatures and curiosities to be sought. The book opens with a list of things to be found, throwing down the eye spy gauntlet,”

Basford writes on her website.

Not only do professional artists publish these books, other creative minds have delved into the foray of adult coloring as well.

Abbi Jacobson of the show “Broad City” published her creation “Color this Book” in 2013, and “Game of Thrones” creator George R.R. Martin’s official coloring book debuted as a number one new release on Amazon.

However, not everyone is a fan of the trend. Comedian Russell Brand released a YouTube video in April titled “Adult Coloring

Books: Is This The Apocalypse?”

“You can’t replace meditation, contact with your innermost self, true consciousness, and perhaps a cosmic consciousness behind all reality, with coloring in,” Brand said in the video.

The comedian’s opinion seems to be a rather unpopular one, though. If current sales and popularity are any indication, coloring books are here to stay.

Barnes & Noble has its own section of “Coloring Books for Everyone,” and Pinterest and Instagram are flooded with posts of completed designs and marker recommendations.

Consumers today certainly have enough options to choose from, if coloring in floral or nature patterns (some of the most popular) aren’t quite their speed. Buzzfeed recently published a post of 16 books, including “The Tattoo Colouring Book” and “Indie Rock Coloring Book.”

As an artist myself, I find coloring books to be an ideal way to destress. As enjoyable as it can be to create my own designs, sometimes I simply feel like adorning someone else’s.

My current obsession is Basford’s creation “Secret Garden,” whose intricate designs I’ve slowly been working my way through. The simple motion of letting ink flood through the page is a calming and essentially thoughtless activity.

After all, it’s safe to assume that any college student would welcome a new outlet to release stress and return to a simpler state of mind, which coloring books certainly provide.

Easy-to-create, globally inspired breakfast

By Anna Soboleva the daily Cardinal

Many families around the world grow up teaching their children that every morning should start with a healthy breakfast. Nevertheless, the start of the school year usually means little time for eating, let alone making, healthy food.

Moreover, Halloween may have ruined any attempts to eat something other than candy and late-night snacks.

Growing up in Russia, breakfast was a very important part of culture.

Taking the time to create healthy meals yielded flavorful dishes.

A famous Turkish proverb I grew up knowing says: “Breakfast is gold, lunch is silver and dinner is copper.”

Many languages have similar sayings that emphasize the importance of breakfast in our daily life.

It’s is an incredible way to wake your body and mind up, so why not wake up with something truly delicious and healthy?

When it comes to the morning, some prefer to drink coffee with sandwiches, some love scrambled eggs or cereal, others simply ignore it.

Every country has its own traditions of having breakfast.

The differences depend on the capabilities and needs of people in each region including things like climate, national temperament and so on.

Even the smallest things (like being in college and not having time to eat anything thoughtful for breakfast) affect one’s breakfast habits.

If you are not a morning person, like myself, the following will sound familiar to you: you wake up and realize that you want to eat, but you are reluctant to cook anything or simply don’t have time. You decide to quickly have a bowl of cereal and head out for your classes.

During the day, you might decide to get yourself a sandwich for lunch. Only at the end of a long day do you remember to have a balanced and fulfilling dinner.

Before going to bed, in a haze of late-night studying, many students also end up eating whatever is in the fridge or pantry which certainly isn’t healthy.

The desire to create something delicious, healthy and simple inspired me to experiment with everything that was in my fridge in order to create the long-standing French dish—an omelet—with little culinary experience.

The following recipe is a simple omelet that doesn’t require much effort to prepare and can diversify your breakfast, as well as make you feel amazing in the morning.

The Classic Omelet You will need:

2 eggs 1/5 cup (3-5 tbsp.) of milk or

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A simpler take on the omelet produces high-quality results. water (preferably milk) Salt, pepper or other spices As a filling, you can use a variety of vegetables and herbs such as tomato, lettuce, dill, carrots or bell peppers. For a hearty breakfast, you can add a bit of ham.

1 slice of bread (better if the bread is not completely fresh— has a bit of hardness to it).

Cheese A microwaveable dish

per, slices of ham or chopped vegetables (or any other ingredients that you wish to use).

3. Crumble the slices of bread into small pieces and add to the bowl. It will help to keep the omelet’s shape.

4. Bake in the microwave for two to three minutes.

5. Remove the bowl from the microwave and turn it upside down over the plate.

The process:

Done! Omelet will easily separate from the bowl, keeping its perfect shape. Garnish with extra vegetables.

Bon appétit!

1. Put two eggs in the bowl.

Thoroughly whisk with a fork and mix with milk.

2. Add the cheese, salt, pep-

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The European Union needs restructuring STEVEN KELLY Opinion Columnist

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Unemployment.

Banking. Refugees. The list of words that preface “crisis” in Europe could go on for days. While some radical political groups that blame their respective countries’ problems on the institutions of Europe stealing their sovereignty have gained more of an audience, it is highly unlikely that integration in Europe is too strong. Rather, the European Union (EU) and its fellow institutions are too weak.

Perversely, Germany is preventing their strengthening. By that measure alone, the EU is close to failure. The EU has its origins in the aftermath of World War II. It was created as supranational authority governing a common market—to serve as check on Germany. After two world wars blamed on Germany, the institution would control the regional market for goods that were essential to the war effort, thus preventing the unilateral rise of Germany and its military.

Fast forward to present day and we see a Europe where Germany’s dominance is unquestioned. The institution that was created as a means of European solidarity and a check on Germany has taken a back seat. Germany, the economic and political powerhouse of Europe,

knows the EU needs it to remain a member to have any authority, and thus Germany has de facto veto power over any efforts at further integration. Sometimes Germany will “compromise” by offering its own plan for greater European solidarity. These plans of further integration, however, represent a convergence of rules to Germany’s standards, rather than a convergence of standard of living.

While the United States is beginning to return to a booming economy, Europe continues to struggle. While Germany’s fiscal discipline and high savings left it relatively better off in the aftermath of the recession, it has used its status as means to further embolden its regional

power and prevent many sensible recovery mechanisms from being installed and benefiting other European countries.

In the wake of the Great Recession, the U.S. government tripled the amount of savings that was insured by the federal government—meaning, even if your bank of choice failed, you wouldn’t lose your money. This helped avoid the rush of everyone to the bank to make a withdrawal—which would fail it.

Meanwhile, in Europe, Germany has thus far prevented the possible introduction of a Europeanwide banking union with deposits insured by Europe as a whole.

Given this, the crisis meant people were much more likely to pull deposits out of banks in the more

affected countries (i.e. Greece), further exaggerating their crisis.

Also, the U.S. has fiscal transfers which allow federal taxes raised in one state to be spent in another, an example of which is unemployment taxes.

Germany has also opposed measures to create an effective fiscal union in Europe (they wouldn’t dare let another cent of their taxes get spent on Greece).

On top of this, while the rest of Europe is trying to move away from further regulation on the financial sector and toward measures that create economic growth, Germany is pushing for a tax on financial transactions in Europe—which would impede the efficiency with which investors’ money could get to those who

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Founded in 1993, the European Union consists of 28 member states that are primarily located in Europe.

need to borrow. In the absence of these reforms, as Greece’s crisis continued to heighten over the summer, Germany’s finance minister called for Greece to receive a “timeout” from its member status in the group of countries with the euro as their currency.

Now, as Germany expects over a million refugees from Syria, Iraq and other troubled regions to seek asylum in Germany this year, it is calling on its European neighbors to share the burden. Other countries of Europe should use this time as opportunity to shame Germany into accepting that the success of Europe and the euro depend on shared costs, not on simply shifting costs onto those with differing policy views. That being said, let’s hope the refugee crisis is contained as to avoid German military involvement in Syria and elsewhere. While their assistance would likely help the U.S., the future of Europe with a domestic polity in Germany— which already thinks it’s better than its poorer neighbors—that is reminded of its military capability by a success on the global stage in the Middle East is a Europe that will continue to fall into crises and will see its institutions along with its solidarity completely eroded.

Steven Kelly is a junior majoring in corporate finance and political science. Send all comments, questions and concerns to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Rethinking Putin’s Russian government BEN MILLER Opinion Columnist

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atriotism. A word that inspires hope, respect and a willingness to forever defend one’s nation. The often forgotten emotion it inspires is the fear to criticize the American government. People criticize the government all the time but only when it’s doing something “un-American.” Suppressed are the criticisms against the government for doing something that has become synonymous with patriotism: “spreading democracy and freedom.” Even worse is suggesting something that is “non-American” that may, in fact, be right.

In the eyes of many Americans, Russia is the definition of “nonAmerican.” Due to history, Russia has become synonymous with communism, which some claim to be the ultimate evil. By extension, Vladimir Putin, Russia’s leader, is viewed as the embodiment of all that is anti-Western. As a result, it is difficult to admit that Putin may be right, and America may be wrong.

Specifically, I would like to focus on the Middle East. Although opinions are finally beginning to change, many Americans were in support of action in the Middle East after the bombing of the World Trade Centers. In the aftermath of the tragic terrorist attacks that forever changed American history, citizens called for revenge against those that committed these horrible acts.

The United States military began the War on Terror in an attempt to spread democracy and freedom.

American citizens saw themselves as great liberators. Putin disagreed.

American disagreement with Putin is primarily a result of differing views on government. The Western view is that every person around the globe wants freedom and democracy. This has led to the U.S. attempting to overthrow what Americans see as cruel dictatorships with the hope that these countries will adopt democracy.

This was the theory behind the execution of Saddam Hussein and, more recently, attacks against Bashar al-Assad in Syria. However, America doesn’t take action when business elites would be badly hurt, such as in Saudi Arabia where ties with Saudi royalty has given America easy access to oil.

Putin sees government as reflective of the people, and not vice versa. Not all people are homogeneous when it comes to the view of an ideal government. In areas where democracy and freedom are highly valued by the population, democracies are formed. In areas where the population values order, authoritarian dictatorships are formed. In the latter areas, overthrowing a dictator does not lead to a democracy but an equally cruel dictatorship. Recent studies on human behavior actually point toward Putin as being right about people’s response to government.

In the eyes of Putin, the destruction of a brutal but stable government only results in chaos and death. In 2003, America collapsed the regime of Hussein. Twelve years later, Iraq is in the middle of an ongoing civil war. In Syria, the U.S. demanded the end of the Assad regime after claims Assad used chemical weapons on his own people. The United Nations later determined the U.S. was wrong. Chemical weapons were used by the American-backed rebels rather than the Assad government.

The result has been massive bloodshed in the ongoing Syrian Civil War. It’s nearly impossible to say the people of Iraq and Syria are in a better situation today than before American involvement. Putin was right. People in the Middle East don’t equally value democracy as Western nations do. Thus, democracy cannot prevail. Overthrows in the name of democracy and liberty lead to misery rather than freedom.

Putin is calling us out on it.

When asked about hostile relations between Russia and the U.S., Putin remarked, “We have only two military bases abroad ... U.S. bases on the other hand are all over the world.

And you are telling me that I am the aggressor? Have you any common sense?” The U.S. has overstepped its boundaries, and Putin isn’t afraid to stand up against us. Americans must realize the hypocrisy of the United States government.

Intervention by the U.S. has caused the deaths of millions of

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Arab civilians and U.S. troops.

Rather than solving anything, the U.S. has only made matters worse.

America has not only sparked antiWesternism in the Middle East but has thrown gasoline on the flames.

This anti-Western ideology, when combined with Islamic extremism, is the exact reason America faces threats such as ISIS. ISIS resulted from failed American intervention. No matter what the government says, allowing the deaths of millions of innocent people in the name of liberty is not patriotic. Under the constant threat of

attack, Arabs have less liberty now than they did before.

It’s time the U.S. listens to what Putin has to say. He is right. By working against Russia rather than with them, America continues to only make matters worse.

Putin states, “We want to work together with you ... so long as you want that too.” It’s about time America does.

Ben Miller is a freshman studying political science. Do you think that the U.S. needs to consider Putin more seriously? Send all comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Factory-made costumes are taking over Halloween spirit ELI RADTKE Opinion Columnist

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aturday night, the streets were filled with ghouls, ghosts and other garish creatures of the more unnerving persuasion. Classics enjoyed by many generations made their appearance as well, monsters like Frankenstein (Yes I know technically it’s Frankenstein’s monster), werewolves and all forms of vampire. And of course, the slutty nurse, cats that if they were cats would have no fur and professions clearly depicted with less clothing than usual. All these and more haunted the streets this weekend, revealing without a care by the light of the October moon, their visages magical and mysterious in the moonlight, titillating and enticing.

Much like werewolves, though, the November sun revealed a different story. Pale with eyes redder than the fake blood now smeared from the exertion of the night, heaps of misshapen polyester caricatures trudged home like zombies to chase the sleep they so desired after a weekend’s worth of merrymaking. As I sipped my coffee from my porch and observed these creatures of the night slinking back to their burrows in the day, a disturbing trend caught my eye.

Many of the costumes passing by were spot-on, fantastic and colorful, but I had seen them before. Yes, lining the walls of

Ragstock or some other store on State Street, perhaps featured on the Amazon Market. I saw the hastily stitched shells made en masse in countries far from here, but missing were the charmingly handcrafted costumes that I enjoy.

When I was younger, we did buy costumes, but only for a couple years. After that, we would store all our miscellaneous stuff in my house in our “big blue box” where, every year, we would mix and match to make our Halloween costume. I was Harry Potter for four years straight, each time with a different form of wand or cape, but it’s what worked and I loved it.

Now, being a lazy broke student, I just paint my face or use whatever cardboard is lying around the house to fix up something before I go out into the evening. I will admit, I have not been as on top of my costume selection as I should have, but noticing this trend I am going to change.

More and more over the past couple Halloweens I have been noticing the trend of shifting away from the ramshackle and often silly homemade renditions of costumes. Less of the PBR knights or the costumes that look like someone just fell into a junk drawer and walked outside like that (My personal favorite way to costume myself ).

I see beautifully accurate depictions of the latest in pop culture walking around, a scene I might expect from Disney World, not a college campus.

As I walked down the street, my inside-out shirt and face paint stuck out dramatically among shiny plastic accents and wellmanicured polyester suits. I made eye contact with other whateverwas-in-the-closet-ers and we shared a nod, the last bastion of creativity on a budget on the streets, shuffling along trying to avoid the smell of fresh elastic and newly minted rubber.

Whatever happened to Halloween as an escape? Not that I am championing using dressing up and romping about as a legitimate way to deal with problems.

If that is the case, see your local psychiatrist, he might have a riveting read by a guy named Freud

for you. Halloween has always been, for me, a good excuse to be goofy and not give two shakes what others think because everyone is putting themselves out there tonight, or at least respectfully watching others do so. With so much glam, though, and the delivered-to-your-door phenomena, it feels like every walk down the street is a costume contest.

Yeah, if I have a dope costume, I want to show it off, but spare me the looks if you don’t like it or can’t tell what it is.

Also with the rise of purchased costumes comes the death of the generic character. You could hardly sneeze on State Street this Halloween without running into a

pop culture reference. Whatever happened to just being “a knight” or “a sword guy.” These were the genres of costumes I lived in and still live in to this day, and as the walls slowly close around me and the lifeless eyes of store-bought masks stare down the hole, I defy the tradition. Next year, I will once again make my own, and it probably won’t be until 10 minutes before I go out, and it will look goofy, but I like it that way.

Give me my safety pins, duct tape and sharpie-face paint. You can keep your Halloween that’s “Made in China.”

Eli is a senior majoring in general engineering. Send all comments to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Halloween attracts hundreds of peole each year to the city of Madison. Between Freakfest, campus parties and school events, there are always a plethora of things to do during the holiday.

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Today’s Sudoku

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Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9.

Today’s Crossword Puzzle

ACROSS 1 Brief in speech 6 Aligns 11 Calypso offshoot 14 Love in Lille 15 Adjust electronically 16 “There’s more ...”

17 Alternative to eBay 19 Zodiac lion 20 Administrative center 21 Not even once 23 Battery’s partner in crime 27 Depart from life 29 Rocker and recliner 30 Beyond affectionate 31 Unrefined oil 32 See-through item?

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Men’s Basketball

New-look Badgers out to prove themselves

By Zach Rastall THE DAILY CARDINAL

Coming off one of the most successful seasons in program history, the Wisconsin Badgers are faced with a future filled with uncertainty heading into the 2015-16 season.

Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker are gone to the NBA, head coach Bo Ryan is entering what might be the final season of his storied career and just two starters from last year’s team are returning for the upcoming campaign.

Back-to-back trips to the Final Four and the emergence of Kaminsky as one of the country’s top players cemented Wisconsin’s status as an elite program at the national level and helped end the negative stereotype of the Badgers being a boring team that doesn’t know how to score.

But with Kaminsky, Dekker and three other seniors (Josh Gasser, Duje Dukan and Traevon Jackson) gone, regression seems inevitable, especially given the team’s brutal non-conference schedule and a Big Ten that’s utterly loaded this year.

However, regression from being a national championship-caliber team doesn’t mean the Badgers are plummeting toward mediocrity. With junior forward Nigel Hayes and junior guard Bronson Koenig returning and a crop of promising freshmen (five true freshmen and two of the redshirt variety) poised to have an impact, Wisconsin might be the most unpredictable team in the Big Ten. Leading the way for the Badgers will be Hayes, a preseason first-team All-American selection by Sporting News who is expected to be among the best players in the Big Ten. Hayes was stellar for Wisconsin last year, averaging 12.4 points and 6.2 points per game while also shooting 49.7 percent from the field. He showed a vast improvement from his freshman campaign, as he bumped up his free throw percentage from 58.5 to 74.4 percent and

made 40 3-pointers after attempting exactly zero threes the year before.

However, Hayes said he hasn’t worked on anything quite so specific over the offseason, but rather on his all-around game.

“I’ve definitely had to make sure I’m working hard on my game to make sure I’m the best player I can be,” Hayes said. “For us to have any amount of success like I’ve been accustomed to over the past two years, I need to make another tremendous leap.”

Joining him will be Koenig, who will start at point after filling in for an injured Traevon Jackson for much of last season. Koenig averaged 8.7 points and 2.5 assists per game while posting a 2.97 assist-to-turnover ratio.

“Obviously, not having the guys we’ve had the past couple of years, we’re having to slow things down a little bit, break everything down a little more and be a little more patient with the young and inexperienced guys,” Koenig said. “But I think we’re coming along pretty nicely.”

Outside those two, things get much murkier. Junior Vitto Brown is expected to be the starting center, a position where the Badgers don’t have much depth. Brown has exhibited solid rebounding ability during his limited playing time, but his offensive skillset is a major question mark entering the season.

Offense is also a concern for redshirt junior guard Zak Showalter, who will join Koenig in Wisconsin’s starting backcourt. Showalter replaces Gasser, who was a defensive dynamo and a solid offensive contributor for the Badgers. Showalter can fill the void left by Gasser defensively, but a sharp improvement is needed to match his production on offense.

Showalter has shot 41.5 percent from the field in his two years at UW, but has posted a paltry 16.7 shooting percentage from 3-point range.

That’s a relatively small sample size at just 24 attempts, but he’ll need to

be more effective from beyond the arc if he’s going to thrive in the Bo Ryan swing offense.

Though both Showalter and Brown will be new additions to the starting lineup, it’s the crop of new guys that might be the biggest factor in deciding how good the Badgers can be this season.

Among these newcomers are Brevin Pritzl, Charlie Thomas, Khalil Iverson, Alex Illikainen and Andy Van Vliet. Showalter and Hayes both noted Thomas and Iverson, who has drawn comparisons to former Badger great Alando Tucker, as standouts among these newcomers.

“A lot of talent, but they’ve got a lot to learn, so we’re trying to get them up to speed as quick as we can,” Showalter said of the new crop of players. “Some guys have responded a lot quicker than others, but that’s just how people are. It’s good to see a big group of guys come in.”

However, it’s redshirt freshman forward Ethan Happ that has the potential to be a real X factor for the Badgers moving forward. Happ is expected to start, though Thomas and Van Vliet could challenge him early on, and has been pegged by many as a potential breakout player for the Badgers.

“He’s a gym rat. He’s always in the gym getting shots up and working on his moves,” Showalter said. “It’s good to see a guy like that succeed and then hopefully get put in positions and get opportunities to succeed.”

There’s plenty of questions surrounding this year’s Wisconsin team, and fans will get their first glance at these new-look Badgers when they take on UW-River Falls Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Kohl Center.

“I think we’ve got a lot of guys who have been waiting and watching these good players ahead of us that are ready to experience some of what those guys had,” Showalter said. “We’re definitely excited.”

The Starting Five Bronson Koenig, Jr. PG

2014-’15: 28.8 mpg, 8.7 ppg, 1.8 rpg

Zak Showalter, R-Jr. SG 2014-’15: 7.6 mpg, 2.1 ppg, 1.3 rpg Ethan Happ, R-Fr. SF 2014-’15: Did not play Nigel Hayes, Jr. PF 2014-’15: 33.0 mpg, 12.4 ppg, 6.2 rpg Vitto Brown, Jr. C 2014-’15: 6.3 mpg, 1.8 ppg, 1.3 rpg

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With the departure of Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker, junior forward Nigel Hayes will be expected to play a larger role for Bo Ryan’s Badgers.

Men’s Basketball

Life after Kaminsky could be rough for UW

By Thomas Valtin-Erwin THE DAILY CARDINAL

Frank Kaminsky was the best player in Wisconsin basketball history. By the time he left for the NBA, he ranked ninth all-time in total points, eighth in field goals, seventh in field-goal percentage, first in blocks, 11th in rebounds and, believe it or not, 11th in assist-to-turnover ratio. All this despite playing nearly 500 fewer minutes than anyone in the top 10. He played just 8.9 minutes per game in his first two seasons with the Badgers.

So how do you replace a player of that caliber? Not surprisingly, it isn’t easy. Since 1996, 52 teams in the six major conferences have lost a player that averaged at least 18 points and 8 rebounds per game, like Kaminsky did in his final season.

Of those teams, nine had either a top-three recruiting class or another player waiting in the wings that had averaged similar numbers. The remaining 43 teams bear a striking resemblance to the Badgers, and none of them fared all that well the next season. Only seven of those teams won more than 70 percent of their games the year they lost their superstar.

On average, teams that lost a Kaminsky-like player won 11.9 percent fewer games and had a smaller scoring margin by 4.3 points than their previous season.

For Wisconsin, that projects to a 21-8 regular season record.

That’s not a bad record by any standards, but it’s a far cry from the 53-9 record the Badgers have experienced over the past two seasons. In order for them to maintain their recent, unprecedented dominance, someone will need to step up.

The most obvious answer is

junior forward Nigel Hayes, who improved in nearly every statistical category from his already-impressive freshman year. The most noticeable improvement he made was in three-point shooting. Hayes didn’t attempt a single three pointer his freshman year, but made 39.6 percent of his 101 attempts last season. He’s averaged 15.9 points per 40 minutes in his two-year career despite playing alongside arguably the most dominant offensive player in college basketball. He has a career average of 7.1 rebounds per 40 minutes.

According to kenpom.com, Hayes’ offensive rating of 123.8 ranked 40th in the country out of 2,184 qualifying players. He also posted the best offensive rebounding rate on the team, so his contribution could improve dramatically in the absence of Kaminsky.

The real wildcard is redshirt freshman forward Ethan Happ.

Happ averaged an eye-popping 33 points and 15 rebounds in his senior year of high school, but chose to redshirt in his first season in Madison. He’s put on 35 pounds of muscle since his high school days, and looks ready to be a steady contributor for the Badgers. He’ll likely be thrust into the starting lineup to begin the season, and will almost certainly be a regular starter by the time conference play starts.

Losing a superstar is never easy to overcome, and Wisconsin lost two this offseason in Kaminsky and Sam Dekker. History is not on the Badgers’ side; the last time they lost their leader in both points and rebounds per game was when Brian Butch graduated in 2008, and they finished the following season 20-13 and unranked.

Someone will have to step up for this surprisingly young Wisconsin team, and it could be anyone.