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Student veterans find campus community Story by Elisa Wiseman

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im O’Rourke had a lessthan-typical freshman year experience. At 24 years old, he transferred to UW-Madison out of the military, where he had been taking college courses in his free time. Unable to connect with his younger classmates, O’Rourke described that first semester as isolating.

“I didn’t have a lot of friends— a lot of the guys don’t have that typical experience where you move into the dorms and have more or less an assigned friend group,” O’Rourke said. “I imagine that’s how it kind of works. I have no idea.”

But weeks into that first semester, O’Rourke found a community in the Veterans, Educators and Traditional Students organization—a smaller group of people he said spoke his language and made him feel at home.

“We’re not just the veteran’s club—we have a real mission to serve the students.”

Jim O’Rourke president Veterans, Educators and Traditional Students

O’Rourke came across VETS through his roommate, the organization’s former president. He used the office as a study spot and a place to print for free, until he found himself becoming more actively

involved. Six weeks in, he was asked to serve as vice president.

“Since then, I’ve just been actively involved, you know, slowly learning more and more about what we do here. That we’re not just the veteran’s club—we have a real mission to serve the students,” O’Rourke said.

Now serving as the organization’s president, O’Rourke described that mission as threefold: an academic resource for traditional students looking to gain insight into the veteran experience, an advocacy group for issues that student veterans face and a source of support for the transitioning veteran.

“To come straight off of that very intense and very rigid structure [of the military], it’s helpful to have a bunch of guys that can speak the same language and can empathize with what you’re going through because we’ve been there,” O’Rourke said.

According to O’Rourke, VETS has accomplished more than its intended mission: It’s become a community for student veterans searching for peers, particularly those their own age.

UW-Madison freshman and Marine Corps veteran Torrey Tiedeman, 23, said the age gap between himself and his fellow freshman class has been the biggest challenge in adapting back to regular life, a sentiment shared by most student veterans on campus, according to O’Rourke.

“Socially, admittedly, it’s been kind of tough,” Tiedeman said.

“I’ve met older people through the VETS office that I have been able to go out with and be social with. But on a day-to-day basis, I

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UW-Madison senior and Marine Corps veteran Nic Harsy (left) felt the challenges of transitioning from the hypervigilance required in the military to everyday classroom situations. don’t want to say it’s frustrating, but I’m definitely seeking out an older crowd.”

The issues that student veterans face aren’t limited to the age differences: Returning to an academic setting after years of military service proves to be a challenge, as well, and can even be intimidating, Tiedeman said. But for some, the standards set by the military translate over to the academic standards they hold themselves to.

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nitely an eye-opener because when you’re in the military, they’re very direct about what they want you to do, and how they want you to do it. And in college, it’s just ‘yup, do your homework’,” said UW-Madison freshman and Navy veteran Talmage Kegley, 25.

He added that he still holds himself to the standard set in his military training: Perfection is the standard, and excellence is only tolerated.

But that standard can be hard

to meet when the challenges of transitioning back into regular life get in the way. When returning from high-pressure situations, some find themselves unable to escape the hypervigilant military mindset, said UW-Madison senior and Marine Corps veteran Nic Harsy, 27.

“Little things become big things,” Harsy said. “No one else notices the guy dropping his

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Milwaukee hosts fourth GOP presidential debate

By Lucas Sczygelski THE DAILY CARDINAL

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The crowded Republican presidential field met onstage Tuesday to debate in Milwaukee.

Few cities have felt the wrath of deindustrialization and globalization like Milwaukee, making it the perfect venue for candidates to sell visions of economic revitalization to disillusioned blue-collar voters.

The usual crowd of Republican candidates gathered there to participate in the fourth debate of the election season, hosted by Fox Business News and The Wall Street Journal.

Before the debate started, Wisconsinites erupted into applause as Gov. Scott Walker stood up and surveyed the stage.

The historic Milwaukee theatre

was crowded with candidates, making it clear that none heeded Walker’s advice to “clear the field,” as he had in September after seeing his poll numbers plummet and campaign funds run dry.

The candidates immediately plunged into economic policy.

Although disagreeing on finer points, every candidate prescribed tax and spending cuts as the best solution for economies in cities like Milwaukee.

Plans ranged from Reaganesque cuts like those under George W. Bush, to biblically inspired tithing championed

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“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”

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Pursuing science in a male-dominated ffiield

By Margaret Liu THE DAILY CARDINAL

Every year, the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery hosts the Wisconsin Science Festival, a two-day event where many local organizations set up activities for Madison-area children.

Throughout the day, they also schedule a variety of talks centered on topics in science.

During my visit, I attended a talk by writer Eileen Pollack. She discussed her recently published book, “The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys’ Club.” Pollack was very interested in science as a young woman.

She attended Yale University and graduated with honors as one of Yale’s first female physics majors, dreaming of becoming a theoretical physicist. However, after experiencing a discouraging and isolating time in a male-dominated field, she decided not to pursue her dream and instead went to graduate school for creative writing.

She found a successful career in writing, but she was drawn back to science during a conversation with former Harvard president Lawrence Summers, when he wondered why so few women pursued STEM careers. Curious, Pollack decided to write her book

exploring both her own experience in the ‘70s as a woman in science and current-day trends and attitudes toward women and minorities in science.

Is there still a gender bias against women in science? As a female UW-Madison student majoring in the sciences, I am bothered we still need to ask this question. It can be easy to say in the 21st century, gender bias is a non-issue. Yet, during Pollack’s talk, I found myself relating to many things she said: teachers discouraging girls’ abilities in STEM fields, women being the only or one of few females in an Advanced Placement science or math class and other such subtle instances. I clearly remember in elementary school when my teachers told everyone that boys were just naturally better than girls at science and math. I genuinely believed in this notion for several years; why would I question something my teachers told me was “scientifically proven?”

The statistics of women in science are even more alarming. In 2015, a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that in the biomedical sciences, the average starting funding package for

lab groups led by men was more than double the amount women received. Nationwide for physics Ph.D.s, only one-fifth are earned by women, and every year only about a dozen African-Americans and 20 Latinos earn them.

What could possibly cause these discrepancies? One factor, Pollack believes, is women simply do not get the encouragement they need. Like me, many women were told at a young age it just was not expected for them to do better than men in science and math.

The lack of encouragement and belief, Pollack argues, snowballs from there, until many women feel disproportionately inadequate, or as if they are working too hard for too little return. Another factor is the lingering idea of women being associated with home life.

While there is no shame in choosing to devote oneself to home life, there are still expectations that all women must remain involved with the household while somehow balancing the demands of a full career. This unrealistic pressure also stops many women from pursuing the sciences.

The solution to these problems could happen at many levels. A large part begins by simply changing attitudes. Encouraging

girls from a young age to explore their interests, admitting there are problematic attitudes toward increased diversity and affirmative action and acknowledging the need for feminism could all go a long way toward preventing the alienation of women and minorities from the sciences.

Pollack also advocates a reform of graduate school for all genders; in her view, the work demands of graduate school are unrealistic and unhealthy for men and women, and essentially force them to choose between work and a family or social life.

Despite the possible solutions she offered, I was still left at the end with the feeling of having no clear solutions to the issues women and minorities face. It is clear there is a problem of gender bias in science, yet these problems seem so subtle and deep-rooted that it seems difficult to find a strategy to overcome them. Perhaps Pollack is right in that reform must be done on all levels, but sometimes these solutions can only be found case by case, person by person. Ideally, if societal attitudes were to change, it would result in the greatest change, but society changes by increments, helped along by implemented policies and most of all, time.

Designing genes with synthetic biology

By Taijza Bailey THE DAILY CARDINAL

There are many committees held for the regulation of synthetic biology, the design and construction of new biological parts, devices and systems, including the redesigning of our existing biological systems such as designer genes. Many argue that designer genes could be used to cure diseases, such as Huntington’s disease, autism and cancer. Others argue that scientists are playing god when they can design genes.

Most are unsure of the impact that it will have on society.

At the “Designer Genes: Should We Be Able To Edit Our Genomes?” panel during the Wisconsin Science Festival, there were three speakers who came to talk about the topic of designer genes. They discussed their opinions on the topic and what they have contributed to it. Dietrem Scheufele, a professor of life sciences communication at UW-Madison, discussed the ethical side of designer

genes. Many surveys reveal that Republicans have more conflicts with synthetic biology. Designing genes conflicts with some religions because people believe that scientists are playing god. Scheufele said, “The reason we need ethics is because the future is unknown,” meaning that no one knows for sure how designing genes will impact society and if it will create a separation of classes. Another reason why there needs to be regulations is to prevent anyone and everyone from designing genes.

Synthetic biology is only needed in certain fields of science, such as biomedical engineering, and since it is very easy and cheap to do, almost any scientist in any field can utilize it, posing the potential for mayhem.

There were two people on the panel from the Department of Biomedical Engineering who have both experimented in synthetic biology. Assistant professor Krishanu Saha has used CRISPR/ Cas9. This device makes designing

genes possible. It stands for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats and associated protein 9. It is used to cut the genome by using the cas9 protein and the guide RNA to define where the protein makes the cut in the genome. By using this process, it edits the genome in an inexpensive and easier way than genetically engineering stem cells. It is used to make transgenic flies at UW-Madison, DNA-free lettuce and altering mosquitoes to carry a specific gene to prevent the spread of Malaria. Mostly, this device is supposed to be used for gene therapy and more specifically, to correct a problematic sequence in our genome to get rid of cancer, autism and many other diseases.

Assistant professor Megan McClean also has interests in synthetic biology, working with microbes such as fungi, bacteria and viruses. She uses them to study and engineer signal processing in biological networks.

Her experiments have provided

results such as changes in metabolism and the uncovering of connections in regulatory networks and biological signaling.

There are many positive advantages to synthetic biology but the negative aspects stem from an unpredictable and unknown impact. The relatively inexpensive usage will make CRISPR-Cas9 a common research tool. To prevent researchers from using the technology on unimportant experiments, there is an ethics committee to figure out the extension of synthetic biology boundaries and the purpose of using synthetic biology tools during experiments.

In my opinion, synthetic biology is useful to science and the future.

However, it does need to be regulated so it does not spiral out of hand.

Scheufele said, “They should either ban something now or do research on synthetic biology.” Saha said that gene editing should be continued, “but carefully for certain uses,” while McClean said, “Yes, with appropriate advances.”

Ask Ms. Scientist: post-Halloween candy hangover Dear Ms. Scientist, Why does eating candy give me a bad stomachache?

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Jennifer A. Hopefully this Halloween you indulged in chocolate and Laffy Taffy and all things sugary, despite being too old to trick-or-treat!

However, the aftermath of all those sweet, individually wrapped, “fun-sized” candies makes for a mean stomachache. When you eat excess amounts of sugar, your insulin levels rise in order to help break down the sugar you are taking in. This insulin helps get the sugar out of your stomach and into your cells, causing an imbalance of low sugar and high insulin. You feel the worst when your body tries to return to a balance! But that’s not the only reason your stomach might hate your mouth for your love of candy. Since sugar is a carbohydrate, it can cause gas. If these sugars aren’t fully digested in the upper intestine, this gas can also cause heartburn as this gas passes through your esophagus. This same gas, though, can get stuck in the lower intestine, causing painful bloating.

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UW-Madison to provide raises for select professors UW-Madison announced Tuesday it has made funds available for raises to recognize strong performance and support faculty and staff who are in high market demand.

These changes are in response to UW-Madison’s noncompetitive salaries that make attracting and retaining staff more difficult. In comparison to peer universities, the university’s salaries have “lagged” to be up to $14,000 lower for a full professorship salary, according to a university press release.

“It’s crucial that as a univer-

sity, we continue to invest in our people, even in challenging budget times,” UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank said in the release.

Three million dollars in campus funding for faculty is intended to increase the salaries of about 20 percent of faculty members in each unit, and $1 million is available for academic and university staff who are paid under the university’s base budget.

Salary increases will be determined by deans and directors, and should take effect no later than the spring semester.

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veteran, headed a veteran’s needs assessment, which led to the development of the facility. Now on the 10th floor of the Student Activity Center, the office acts as the one-stop location for veteran resources, for those looking for benefits information or for those needing support in their transition, which Harsy said is important in adjusting to civilian life.

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The Madison Common Council is set to approve its 2016 budget this week, ending a process that began in September when Mayor Paul Soglin introduced his capital and operating budgets.

Council discusses new police station, public market in budget

By Katie Scheidt THE DAILY CARDINAL

Budget talks for the 2016 fiscal year entered their final stages at a Madison Common Council meeting Tuesday as city leaders and community members discussed new city proposals.

The proposed construction of a new police station on the city’s southwest side drew controversy during public hearings. The Midtown police station would create a new police district and add eight new police officer positions.

Though many community members support the new station, Mayor Paul Soglin initially delayed the construction, citing more pressing needs in community centers.

However, the Board of Estimates aimed to get the police station project back in the operating budget in a meeting last week. To do so, the

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by Ben Carson and Sen. Rand Paul’s pledge to make “government so small you can barely see it.”

Borrowing a page from his brother’s playbook, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush promised that 4 percent annual GDP growth would come from cutting income taxes on top earners from 39.6 percent to 28 percent and slashing corporate taxes from 35 to 20 percent.

“Economic theory is fine, but you know what? People need help.”

John Kasich governor Ohio

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz urged voters to consider even sharper tax cuts. Cruz suggested a 10 percent flat income tax on individuals and a 16 percent flat tax on businesses.

“There are more words in the IRS code than there are in the Bible, and not a one of them is as good,” Cruz said.

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Common Council would have to gather 14 votes in favor of the project.

Supporters of the project have said the station will improve safety in the area as the city’s population grows, as well as alleviate the workload for area officers.

David Glomp, a resident of Madison’s west side, said building a new police station would “cut response times in both the west and the south [police] districts.”

In addition to the police station, city officials have increased discussion on a proposed public market on Madison’s east side.

The project would cost a total of $14 million and create more than 265 new full-time jobs, according to Meghan Blake-Horst, an east side resident and co-founder of MadCity Bazaar, an urban pop-up flea market.

According to the public market business plan, the site will feature announcement by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that his state will raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour, Ohio Gov. John Kasich broke with party orthodoxy and suggested the wage be raised to address income inequality.

“Economic theory is fine, but you know what? People need help,” Kasich said.

Donald Trump, fresh off a performance on Saturday Night Live, was eager to disagree, arguing “we’re not going to be able to compete with the world.”

The real estate and media mogul was also eager to blame the working man’s woes on illegal immigration, calling for the removal of 11 million illegal immigrants because the United States is “a country of laws.”

“It’s hurting us economically, it’s hurting us from every standpoint,” Trump said. “The wall will be built, the wall will be successful.”

Kasich and Bush rushed to protest the proposal that shot Trump to the top of the GOP polls this summer, arguing that moving 11 million people is not feasible.

“Come on folks,” Kasich pleaded. “It’s not an adult argument. It makes no sense.”

a mix of food merchants, arts and crafts vendors and community event centers.

Although Soglin initially proposed construction of the market to take place in 2021, the recent Oscar Mayer plant closure has added a new pressure to create jobs in the area.

The council voted 16-4 in favor of an amendment to move up the timing of the market’s construction.

Soglin also noted a time crunch in getting state funding for the project.

“We’ve got a window here,” Soglin said. “If we have not budgeted and made our commitment [to building the market] to the USDA, the economic development funds that may be available to public markets will not be relevant to us.”

The Common Council scheduled meetings Wednesday and Thursday to vote on the issues.

water bottle or reaching into his backpack or twirling his pencil. But to people with that hypervigilance, they check in to see if that’s a threat. You could spend half your lecture making sure nothing’s happening around you.”

In recent years, more resources have become available to help student veterans transition. Just an elevator ride away from the VETS office, the UW-Madison Veteran Services and Military Assistance Center opened in May 2014, creating the first all-encompassing resource epicenter for veterans looking to get information on the benefits available to them.

“I went through what we offered, and the only thing was the student vet’s organization, and that was it, not even a brochure,” said Assistant Dean of Students John Bechtol, who was brought on in 2008 as the point of contact for student veterans.

“It was really up to people just kind of hunting around… you simply had to find where to go.”

Bechtol, a retired U.S. Army

“Anything that helps you adjust and become another student. It helps.”

Nic Harsy veteran Marine Corps

“There are a lot of resources out there. Not all of them are branded as such—like, hey this is a vet place to go to. But try anything that’s in your field,” Harsy said. “Anything that creates a community, a network. Anything that helps you adjust and become another student. It helps.”

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Fight for $15 Protesters gathered outside the Madison City County Building Wednesday night as part of a nationwide movement to raise the minumum wage to $15. + Photo by Katie Scheidt

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The hard truth about eating red meat Samantha wilcox Opinion Columnist

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ays ago, the World Health Organization released findings in which processed meats were categorized as Group 1 carcinogens to humans, the same ranking that is given to asbestos and cigarettes. Additionally, the WHO released findings that people who regularly eat red meat are 18 percent more likely to contract colorectal cancer.

After reading those statistics, I was quick to make a promise to myself that I would attempt to cut way down on my meat intake. However, after a day or so, I forgot my resolution and continued eating my daily ham sandwich guilt-free. It has been a long-known fact that red meat is not exactly healthy for us, with beef, pork and other red meats often being associated with heart disease and other chronic illnesses. However, these foods have become a staple in the traditional American diet, and as a result, we as a society have a hard time cutting them out of our lives. From birth, we are setting ourselves, and our future health, up for failure.

According to the National Chicken Council, the average American consumed 202.3 pounds of livestock and poultry in 2014. The fact that processed and red meats are so prevalent in our culture makes these things more accessible to us; for example, a McDonald’s burger can cost as low as a dollar whereas a side salad from the same kitchen costs upward of four dollars. Also,

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The World Health Organization has deemed red meat as unhealthy as asbestos and cigarettes. meatless products such as tofu are much more costly and are not always available in great variety at grocery stores. This low price and convenience allow families who are strapped for cash to fill their bellies at a price they can afford. Families often make the decision to eat meat because of the cost and variety available.

However, maybe it is time that American society makes

a change in how we eat. It is no secret that our eating habits are unhealthy; according to the Food Research and Action Center, more than two-thirds of American adults are obese. But how can we make such a monumental change not only in the way we eat but in our culture?

It is almost impossible to completely cut meat out of our diets immediately. As I men-

tioned earlier, I only lasted a day, even after knowing that I was putting myself at an increased risk for cancer. However, if I were to have educated myself a little more, I could have lasted much longer. Many Americans view vegetarian fare as bland and unfilling and hence don’t often view it as a viable option.

But if we were to further educate ourselves, we could embrace

healthier living. If more people knew how to use vegetables and other foods to make a filling meal, the taboo of a simple side salad would no longer be associated with meatless foods.

Additionally, grocery stores and restaurants could increase the accessibility to meatless options. Instead of having a measly shelf dedicated to expensive fake meat products, we should encourage people to try new things by showing them a great variety of products that they can actually afford. If the prices were to decrease and the choices of alternative products were to increase, many families would feel more confident in making a change in the way they eat; and often with a small change comes larger long-term change.

Red and processed meats, unsurprisingly, are extremely unhealthy for us to eat as regularly as we do. While it is unrealistic for many to completely cut these things out of our diet, there are small and simple ways to make healthy change in your life. Whether it be simply making a vegetarian meal one night per week or something bigger and more extreme, we as a society should not ignore the negative health impact that red meat has on us in favor of keeping our lives the same. Instead, we should view this as our wake-up call, educating ourselves to eat better today for a healthier tomorrow.

Samantha is a freshman planning on majoring in communication arts and journalism. Will you stop eating red meat? Email us at opinion@dailycardinal.com.

Christmas may be great, but don’t forget about Thanksgiving Marisa Bernstein Opinion Columnist

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nother Halloween in Madison is in the books.

If you’re like me, you got through the weekend with only a few injuries and one very empty pumpkin pie box. Nonetheless, we turn the calendar and move on through the season with the sparkling promise of winter break at the forefront of our minds. But, winter break is still

a ways away, and I was startled when I picked up my phone the day after Halloween to find that social media thought that it was Christmas day.

I opened my Twitter feed to find tweet after tweet embracing the apparently present Christmas season, and I even saw a photo of a freshly decorated Christmas tree. On Nov. 1.

I was troubled by the mental abandonment of November, and I

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With the rush to Christmas season, Thanksgiving is sometimes left in the dust, a social norm we need to stop.

was frustrated that Thanksgiving seemed to evaporate. How could any college student forget about Thanksgiving? I need not remind you all that this is a day that Americans can eat whatever colossal amount of food they desire without judgment. But, Thanksgiving’s beauty is not about stuffing, and this neglect of November flirts with a particularly perturbing metaphor.

It is so easy to forget that life is not a sprint. When one landmark passes, we look toward the next, in constant pursuit of some end, only to arrive and immediately chase another. Yes, you have heard this a million times, but when was the last time you actually reflected on this race?

I deign to admit that it had been a while since I had slowed down. On a mundane walk to class, I discovered something about myself­—I walk with my head down, and my mind darting. I am stuck on how terrible it is that I have a review session and a meeting that night that overlap, so I will have to choose one and be late to the other.

Recently, while having breakfast at Gordon, I picked up a slightly clogged pepper shaker. I set it down, my eggs still bare on my plate, and exclaimed, “getting a bad pepper shaker is the worst.”

On Halloween, I rolled my ankle. I was on crutches for a few days and will need to limit my

activity for the next five weeks. I was irritated because this meant that I would have to miss a few Equestrian Team practices in order to heal properly.

Gratitude should not dissolve at the end of November, but this month of thanks is certainly a motivating place to start.

It is understandable if you now feel the urge to tell my ask. fm account what a brat I am (no, I don’t actually have an ask.fm, sorry), but I know that I am not alone. Think of a time that you completely forgot everything that is so enchantingly wonderful about your life because of one benign setback. I swear it took me until October to even notice that I pass by my same friend every day on that “mundane” walk to class.

And damn it, I was disgusted with myself when I let a faulty pepper shaker cause me to forget how fortunate I am to never have to go a day without breakfast, or even how lucky I am that I can afford to be a part of the equestrian team at all.

This is my point. Christmas rocks. Sparkly lights rock.

Presents rock. But so does the ability to get out of bed every

morning on your own, and having really good health, and never having to wonder when you will be able to get your next meal.

So you have a paper due tomorrow that you haven’t started. So your meeting is running late and you won’t be able to go to the gym. So your midterm didn’t go the way you wanted to. These do not yield a bad life. We are here, at this world-renowned university, and there are millions of people who consider our problems to be privileges.

I like to take walks on Lakeshore path every Sunday at dusk. No matter what assignments I have to do, I take an hour to myself to just walk and look around. It helps me remember that the academic stressors that I have are a part of the dream that I always had of becoming a Badger.

Gratitude should not dissolve at the end of November, but this month of thanks is certainly a motivating place to start. It is ok to be excited and ambitious in chasing ends. But in reality, the calendar will still arrive Dec. 25 whether you recognize today or not. I have chosen the former.

Presence is far more precious than presents, and what beautiful lives we have to be present in. Happy Thanksgiving.

Marisa is a sophomore majoing in journalism. Are you guilty of rushing into Christmas season?

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upergirl” is an ambitious new television series that premiered in late October. It’s apparent that CBS has hopes to compete with the new wave of superheroes finding their way to television, rather than the big screen. It has the potential to win over the hearts of many viewers, however, it’s not as serious and existential as the heroes we have become familiar with recently. As the title suggests, this series is meant to be familyfriendly; in other words, cue the cheesiness, generic iMovie sound effects and positive messages. In defense of “Supergirl,” Superman has historically been the cheesiest of superheroes.

The show is aware of its own cheesiness, even having a character quip “Finally, a female role model my daughter can look up to.” This pushes their m a r ke t i n g standpo int even further.

The premise is less clever and more convenient. Kara was sent to Earth to look after her cousin, Superman, when her planet was dying.

However, her ship entered a zone in space that froze time.

Once she landed on Earth, it was years later, which explains the age gap between Kara and her cousin. Since Superman is saving the world and doing fine on his own, Kara has nothing to do but blend in. She assumes the job of a coffee-grabbing assistant at CatCo, the rival newspaper to The Daily Planet, which

sounds more like a pet-supply shop. Kara struggles to meet the demands of her egocentric boss, Calista Flockhart—picture Meryl Streep in “The Devil Wears Prada.” Kara becomes bored of the normal life and is itching to put her superhero powers to practice. Once she finally has the opportunity to use her powers by saving a failing plane with her sister aboard, she exposes herself and cannot help but become attracted to the prospect of performing more good deeds for National City.

Meanwhile, a group of alienprison convicts plan to wreak havoc on earth with Kara’s evil aunt as the leader. This provides an ample amount of villains for Kara to fight.

Melissa Benoist (“Glee”) has charisma as the leading lady, Kara. She’s so easily likeable that it’s hard not to get swept away by her bubbly personality. Even Jeb Bush made head-

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lines with a comment that he is excited to watch the show because Supergirl is “pretty hot.” Chyler Leigh (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is the foster sister, Alex, who coincidentally works for the extraterrestrial division at the CIA. Jeremy Jordan (“Smash”) plays Winn, the typical sidekick friend who has a thing for Kara and does not know how to escape the friend zone, but will inevitably end up with her. James, played

by Mehcad Brooks, is the red herring love interest of Kara who discovers her real identity.

James, Winn and Kara already have a love triangle developing, however, it is all too obvious she will end up with Winn because that’s always how the generic story goes.

The plot relies on lazy maneuvers and clichés in order to keep the show going. Maybe 10 or 20 years ago this would have worked, but modern audiences have become too smart and expect more.

The problem with “Supergirl” is it’s not rising to the level of sophistication that audiences now expect, not to mention the acting, which is mediocre at best. To borrow a headline featured at CatCo, “Supergirl” has failed to launch. From a family-friendly standpoint, this is a perfectly average show that many middle schoolers will enjoy. However, from a young adult’s perspective, this show doesn’t give enough originality and wit to become a success past a certain age group.

Do you think “Supergirl” is the new show to watch? Let Ben know at bagolden@wisc.edu.

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The Marquee Film Festival will take place in Union South this weekend.

The Marquee hosts variety at film festival

By Zach Druckrey The Daily Cardinal

This Friday marks the beginning of the Marquee Film Festival, and the main connection between the movies on display will be their unbelievable high quality. The genre and tone of these films range from the deadpan and quiet artfulness brought by “Amour Fou” to the utterly insane gorefest that is “Dude Bro Party Massacre III,” and everything in-between.

A few of these movies, including both “Dude Bro” and “Turbo Kid” are love letters to campy ’70s and ’80s horror and action. The latter is a personal favorite due to just how much it drips with 80’s nostalgia, from the all-synth soundtrack and gory action to the colorful costumes and characters. However, gore is not necessary to breed horror, as “Goodnight Mommy” is, by

all accounts, a horror masterpiece which will bring out phobias you didn’t even know you had through psychological torture and an unending uneasiness.

The wide range of films also include biopics and documentaries including “Amy,” a narrative of the life and career of Amy Winehouse which will pin you to your seat until its inevitable and sorrowful end. From the look into the minds of some of the everyday citizens of Teheran in “Taxi” to the gut-wrenching and chilling emotion of “Respire,” next weekend’s Marquee Film Festival looks to be sitting us down on a roller coaster of emotions. Love, loss, nostalgia, humor, happiness, hope, emptiness, sorrow and horror are just a few of the emotions we will experience, and I plan on enjoying every second of it.

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Ritual misses the intricacies of emotion and rage in self-titled debut ALBUM REVIEW

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By Michael Frett The daily cardinal

There’s few emotions rawer than rage. It’s an easy emotion to relate to—how often have some of us broken down against some misfortune or against someone who crossed all the wrong wires at the perfectly wrong times? Of course, most of us bury it and move on with our lives, since respect rarely follows bloodshot eyes and swollen veins.

It’s also perennial favorite

emotion for bands to tap into— how many rituals are there in the world that take pride in those same bloodshot eyes and swollen veins? We look onto these bands, captivated by the frantic voice that can channel something so often repressed while also disgusted for the same reasons. For some of us, that raw channel is something we almost need to hear; it’s the primal voice that we’re always too shy to finally unleash.

But even then, we understand those emotions are more nuanced than simple rage. There’s a sense of sadness or concern usually buried within. Sometimes there’s despair dragging alongside it. Sometimes there’s relief born from letting it out. Shame.

Catharsis. Never, in any of our hearts, is rage ever a lone emotion, which is something Ritual seems to have forgotten in its

monument to humanity’s most primal expression.

Ritual, the self-titled debut, is rage incarnate. Singer Matt Tobin spits his commands and decrees into the microphone, veins bursting with each declaration. Guitars pulverize the air around him and a drum snaps in the background.

Everything about it bleeds some pulsating fury, complete with curdled, lung-busting growls and some manic sense of rhythm. The guitars shuffle their riffs with no adherence to order: imagine someone smashing Black Flags’ My War against a brick wall and throwing together a few serrated shards.

But for something so fierce and seemingly unbridled, Ritual doesn’t really say anything. It screams things, that’s for sure, but there’s nothing between the jagged riffs and bellowed damnations.

They try for dynamics, between

the thousand-and-one guitar riffs that punch Tobin’s salivating pontification and spliced audio here and there, but everything falls under the same monotonous indignation. Tobin screams, a guitar riff explodes, another scream, a new guitar riff explodes, and so on. More brilliant moments, like the slowed finale to “Grim Part II,” are sparse, with everything else sounding like a sprint to some finish line.

This would be fine if there was anything else propelling these songs forward. Comparatively aggressive albums that immediately jump to mind, like last year’s Full of Hell & Merzbow and Black Flag’s My War , dwell on that same aggression, but never let it fully embody that album. Full of Hell & Merzbow is a series of sprints that devolve between the lines. My War spans epics of that

same righteous anger, but does it with a sense of progression and degression that fills ears with a pulsating hum that’s angry and desperate, but also contemplative and meditative.

Meanwhile, Ritual explodes and grinds, but never goes deeper than Topin’s threats to kick someone’s head into the dirt or the few riffs to accompany it. Topin sounds like he has a source for all of that unbridled rage, and the band in the background isn’t exactly short on energy or material. Anger is maybe the most potent fuel for a band thriving on jackhammers like Topin’s voice and that onslaught of guitars. But there’s always a story to it, always a personality beyond the anger— something that Ritual overlooked in its seething monotony.

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Badgers look to push win streak to seven

By Sam Karp The Daily Cardinal

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After a lackluster 4-4 start to Big Ten play, Wisconsin has won six in a row and will try to continue its hot streak Wednesday in Ann Arbor.

No. 11 Wisconsin (10-4 Big Ten, 18-6 overall) will be looking to extend its winning streak to seven games on Wednesday when it travels to Ann Arbor on Michigan (6-8, 16-9) for the second time in a week.

In their first matchup with Michigan, the Badgers swept the Wolverines at the UW Field House.

“It was a 3-0 sweep a few days ago, but we also know that we are in for one heck of a battle,” UW head coach Kelly Sheffield said. “We’re playing against a team that is very, very different at home.”

Wisconsin hit .311 as a team with 51 blocks on 48 assists. In contrast, the Wolverines hit only .138 as a team with 37 kills on 35 assists in the loss.

Junior middle blocker Haleigh Nelson and sophomore outside hitter Lauryn Gillis each had a match-high 14 kills, while junior libero Lauren Carlini led the way in distributing with 44 assists.

In the first set of the sweep,

the Wolverines kept it close.

The Badgers were on the verge of set point at 24-23 when the Wolverines quickly switched the script on UW to take a 25-24 lead.

The teams continued to go back and forth until the Badgers put the set away with a kill from Nelson and a block from redshirt junior outside hitter Romana Kriskova.

The next sets were not nearly as close. The Badgers dominated the second set 25-12 and completed the sweep with a 25-20 win in the third set.

Wisconsin’s win against the Wolverines was the fifth win in its current six-game winning streak.

After defeating Michigan at home, the Badgers swept its other foe from the Great Lake State, the Michigan State Spartans.

The Badgers’ win against the Spartans was their sixth win in a row and 10th in Big Ten play. For Sheffield, it was the 350th win of his coaching career. However, Sheffield was unaware of the individual accolade when asked about it.

“We went out, we partied a lot

last night and really celebrated with the family, and got all the former assistants and all my former players together, went out,” Sheffield joked. “I didn’t even know that, I wish I had something.”

Before defeating Michigan and Michigan State, the Badgers beat Iowa, No. 8 Nebraska, No. 17 Purdue and Indiana during their current winning streak. It’s been an impressive stretch after a slow start to the conference season.

Wisconsin started out Big Ten play going 4-4 with losses to No. 1 Penn State, No. 14 Ohio State and No. 4 Minnesota. Its wins came against No. 16 Illinois and unranked Northwestern, Maryland and Rutgers.

The Wolverines have not beat a ranked Big Ten team yet, losing to No. 17 Purdue, No. 1 Penn State, No. 14 Ohio State, No. 16 Illinois and No. 4 Minnesota before falling to the Badgers.

The Badgers will take on Michigan Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., after which they’ll return to Madison to face Iowa Saturday night at 7.

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With regular season looming, UW awaits decision on Van Vliet’s future

By Zach Rastall The Daily Cardinal

With most of the key figures from Wisconsin’s back-to-back Final Four runs now gone, the Badgers will be relying heavily on a crop of young players to step up this season.

However, there is at least one incoming freshman that Wisconsin could be without this season, Belgian forward Andy Van Vliet.

Last Wednesday, prior to the Badgers’ exhibition win over UW-River Falls, university officials announced that Van Vliet will be sidelined until an NCAA eligibility issue is resolved.

According to a press release: “NCAA rules state that prospective student-athletes have one year to enroll in a collegiate institution following their high school graduation or expected graduation date. Van Vliet played basketball as an amateur outside of that oneyear window, which has resulted in the eligibility issue. Citing factors outside of Van Vliet’s control, UW Athletics filed a waiver with the NCAA. UW was informed Wednesday afternoon that the waiver was denied and UW plans to appeal as soon as possible.”

“His is an unusual circumstance, but that didn’t stop all the other teams in the United States from trying to get him.”

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If the NCAA denies Wisconsin’s appeal, Van Vliet will not be able to play during the

2015-16 season and will begin the 2016-17 season with only three years of eligibility remaining.

UW officials haven’t been clear on what exactly the “factors outside of Van Vliet’s control” are, but there are a number of different factors that the NCAA will look at when deciding on the appeal.

“I think they’re going to have to meet a high standard to get that overturned.”

Rick Allen former NCAA compliance officer

“The type of thing [the NCAA] will look for is, for example, is whether the athlete had been educated on the rules or not, or if the athlete was in a position that a reasonable person would think they should have been educated about the rules,” said Rick Allen, a former compliance officer with Illinois and Oklahoma State. “In other words, if Wisconsin or other NCAA programs had been in touch with this athlete, if schools had been recruiting him prior to the end of that one-year grace period, they might look at ‘well, why weren’t you schools that were recruiting him letting him know that he was approaching that one year deadline?’ That would be one example of the type of information they’d look for.”

In addition to spending two decades as a compliance officer, Allen also founded and currently runs Informed Athlete, an advisory firm that, according to its website, “provides accurate information, education, advice and guidance to

high school and college athletes and their parents on issues related to recruiting, eligibility, scholarships, and transfers for NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA rules.”

Allen said that the NCAA might also look at whether or not Van Vliet received misinformation regarding the one-year grace period.

“They might look at whether he received misadvisement; if there was, perhaps, an assistant coach who misunderstood the rule who gave him bad advice,” he said.

“They might take that fact into consideration also.”

When asked about the pending appeal following last Wednesday’s exhibition game, head coach Bo Ryan indicated that the team had previously been aware of Van Vliet’s potential eligibility issue.

“His is an unusual circumstance, but that didn’t stop all the other teams in the United States from trying to get him,” Ryan said.

“We’ve been dealing with it all along, but why worry about it if we’re not competing yet?”

UW is expected to hear a decision on its appeal within two weeks, so it’s unlikely that the Badgers will have Van Vliet to start the season. Though it’s tough to guess what the likelihood of Wisconsin winning its appeal is without all the details, Allen stated that since the initial waiver was denied, the university is likely fighting an uphill battle during the appeal process.

“Hard to predict without knowing all the details and so forth, but if the first waiver was denied, then I think that winning on appeal is going to be difficult,” Allen said. “I think they’re going to have to meet a high standard to get that overturned.”

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Redshirt senior Michala Johnson will sit during Wednesday night’s exhibition game, allowing more playing time for younger players.

Wisconsin faces UW-Eau Claire in exhibition game

By Ben Pickman The Daily Cardinal

Coming off a blowout win in their exhibition opener against Minnesota State Mankato, Wisconsin head coach Bobbie Kelsey’s goal for tomorrow’s exhibition game against Division III opponent UW-Eau Claire remains the same.

“Basically you don’t want anybody to get hurt,” Kelsey told reporters last week.

As a result, sixth year senior Michala Johnson will again be inactive Wednesday night. Such a measure is merely precautionary, according to Kelsey. Johnson will make her return to the floor Saturday afternoon for the Badgers season opener against Louisiana Tech.

“Mic [Johnson] will be available. We are just trying to be cautious,” Kelsey said. “Obviously these exhibition games don’t count, so we don’t want any freak accidents, anything happening to her. You can’t bubble wrap ‘em, as I always say, but we definitely want her to be able to get in there.”

In the past eight years UW-Eau Claire has defeated Division II programs such as North Dakota, St. Cloud State and Minnesota State Mankato. They also have had five Division III Josten Player of the Year award finalists in the

past 12 seasons.

But in the present, UW-Eau Claire is yet another scrappy team who, like Minnesota State Mankato, might not provide an ideal matchup for the Badgers.

“Usually the team coming in is a D-2 or D-3 team, and it’s not a good match-up for your bigs, especially, but I thought our kids did a really good job of coming out and playing hard, in the beginning,” Kelsey added.

It is likely the Badgers dress only eight players again, allowing freshmen Marsha Howard and Roichelle Marble to see plenty of playing time. Redshirt junior Avyanna Young had a double-double Sunday and will look to build on her success with another strong performance Wednesday night.

“We didn’t have her last year.

You can tell what we were missing. To come out and get 15 points and 15 rebounds, and she probably could have 25 points, she missed some layups,” Kelsey said.

Young and the Badgers will have the opportunity to correct some of those mistakes and improve before the games count for real. The regular season kicks off for the Badgers Saturday afternoon when Louisiana Tech leaves the warm Louisiana Bayou for the chilling Madison isthmus.

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