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Presidential bid wounds Gov. Walker in state poll

By Lucas Sczygelski THE DAILY CARDINAL

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Gov. Scott Walker’s approval rating in Wisconsin took a hit as a result of his presidential campaign, which ended last month.

Fresh off the national stage, any hopes of Gov. Scott Walker sliding back into his comfortable role as the equal parts loved, reviled and respected governor of America’s Dairyland were dashed by a new poll showing his approval rating at a record low 37 percent.

Unpopularity being new territory for the former Tea Party golden boy, experts and legislators are bracing themselves, as he and his party decide how to respond.

Walker’s approval started spiraling downward in November from a post re-election high of 49 percent. According to UW-Madison journalism profes-

sor Michael Wagner, Walker’s year-long flirtation with a presidential bid played a large role.

“The voters who are less likely to approve of Walker now were sort of mad that he was running because they wanted him here governing,” Wagner said. “It seems to have affected the way that some Wisconsinites think of the job he’s doing here.”

Experts assume that the road back to public approval will be difficult.

“He’s gonna have to take some time to convince them that he really is focused on the state and the state’s interests at heart rather than his career,” UW Madison political science professor Barry Burden suggested. “Some of them might not be convinced by that.”

Walker’s press secretary Laurel Patrick did not respond to the poll or say how the administration will address it, but reiterated that the governor will continue “working hard for the people of Wisconsin,” and “push positive reforms focused on improving state government.”

According to Wagner, Walker’s lack of concern for the poll may be intentional. Walker may decide not to run for reelection in 2018, in which case, “he can just do what he wants to do and not really worry about the consequences.”

Walker may no longer feel the pressure to pander to the elector-

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Feathered visitors flock to campus, could be here to stay

By Sarah Ferguson THE DAILY CARDINAL

They’re here. They’re not for dinner. Get used to it.

Thanksgiving tidings have been spreading through the UW-Madison campus this week

thanks to a few new avian visitors. Wild turkeys have been sighted in multiple places around campus and downtown.

However, these turkeys will not be making an appearance on any tables come November.

Wild turkeys were once eradicated from the state due to over hunting and populations were only re-stabilized after multiple tries at re-introducing them, UW-Madison avian expert Anna Pidgeon said.

As a result, the birds are now protected and the Wisconsin turkey population has been on the rise in the last 15 years, pushing turkeys to make homes in more urban areas.

“There’s lower predators.

There’s food sources like bird feeders in people’s gardens and people generally tend to leave them alone. We have dog leash laws so there’s lower pursuit by

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Administration supports separate voter ID

By Ellie Herman THE DAILY CARDINAL

UW-Madison administration recently met with Dane County Clerk Scott McDonell to clarify the current voter ID process for students.

The university has offered a separate, free voter ID card for UW-Madison students since 2012, Executive Director of University Communications at UW-Madison John Lucas said in a Sunday email. This was approved by the Government Accountability Board, a non-partisan six-member committee that enforces Wisconsin law pertaining to campaign finance, elections, ethics and lobbying.

Currently UW-Madison students cannot use their Wiscards

to be voter ID compliant, which Lucas said would bring “multiple concerns” to both students and the university if it were permissible.

Due to the Wiscard’s multifunctional use for access into residence halls and other secured areas on campus, Lucas said adding a signature to make it voter ID compatible would increase privacy and security risks to students.

Voter IDs currently must be updated every two years, compared to a regular Wiscard’s expiration date of five years. Lucas said replacing Wiscards every two years would cost $2 million across five years.

“These are simple fixes that can be added to current Wiscards with two stickers, one for the

expiration date and one for a student to sign their name,” the UW-Madison College Democrats and College Republicans said in a joint statement Sunday. “This offers a cheaper alternative to replacing all Wiscards.”

Associated Students of Madison Legislative Affairs Chair Carmen Gosey said it would be much easier for students to have a combined student and voter ID, and also encourage them to vote.

“A lot of students really don’t know that they can go to the Wiscard office and get an additional ID to vote,” Gosey said. “Moving forward I think this university should emphasize making it easier for students to vote because we already have a low voting turnout.”

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UW-Madison students cannot use their Wiscard when voting.

UW System Board of Regents approves raise in nonresident enrollment cap effective Fall 2016 The UW System Board of Regents Education Committee unanimously recommended the approval of a request by UW-Madison to waive the nonresident student enrollment cap for the next four years, accord-

ing to a UW System release.

The proposal calls to waive the current 27.5 percent nonresident enrollment cap, with a review by the Board of Regents after four years. As part of the policy, there will also be at least

one interim report in December 2017. UW-Madison will also enroll and keep at least 3,600 Wisconsin residents in each incoming freshman class over that period.

The measure was initially

brought forth by UW-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank in February, where she proposed the cap be raised to 30 percent.

Blank said in an Oct. 2 online post that it could potentially help make up for a recent decline

in the number of high school graduates within Wisconsin.

The Board of Regents voted Friday to officially waive the nonresident student enrollment cap for the next four years, effective Fall 2016.

“…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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I bet you think you are awake right now, but you actually might be dreaming Dylan anderson guest columnist

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ow do you know you’re awake right now? How can you be sure? Sure, you think you’re awake. You feel fully conscious and aware. You can see your surroundings. You can move and think and all of your sensory receptors feel active and operational.

There are multiple states of being where one can experience all of the thoughts described above and one of them is the state of sleep.

Now you may notice that your eyes are open and you are not in your bed. But that doesn’t mean you aren’t experiencing reading this in a dream. When you dream, do you just dream about how you’re tucked away under your covers with your eyes closed, clutching your stuffed animals? You dream about sometimes realistic and sometimes unrealistic happenings. If you were really awake and reading a newspaper, would you be reading about whether or not you were dreaming? That sounds pretty unrealistic.

Why would a newspaper publish something like that?

Now, that you’ve reached the third paragraph of this surreal, unrealistic newspaper column you are probably questioning how you take for granted that all of your conscious feelings strictly imply that you are awake and not asleep. Good. You are developing skepticism. You are questioning what you’ve always been told.

You are investigating your consciousness; you are taking a journey inside of your brain. You’re enjoying this, right? If you’re still stubbornly denying that you may in fact be experiencing rapid eye movement sleep at the moment and are still certain that you’re awake, loosen up a bit. Relax.

Take a deep breath.

Now I must acknowledge that at this point, some of the readers have realized that they are in fact asleep. These readers believe that they are reading this nonsensical column in a fictitious, yet plausible setting they are experiencing in a dream. To these readers I say, not so fast! Just as I’ve taught you to question whether or not you are awake, I want you to do the converse as well. Are you SURE you’re really asleep? If you are indeed asleep, how can you be reading this impractical piece of published journalism?

OK, so now some of the confirmed dreamers are becoming aware. Those readers who were fast asleep just moments ago are now understanding that all of the feelings they are aware of are a part of a dream. A dream in which they are reading a quixotic piece of writing in a newspaper.

Now that these readers are aware in their dreams, they are experiencing a lucid dream. They are dreaming. But their sleeping mind knows they are dreaming. They are conscious that their experiences are a product of REM sleep.

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To those readers who wish to stop reading, just wake up! You are in a lucid dream. This article is a dream, you can stop reading it if you choose. You can choose to wake up. Go ahead, do it. WAKE UP. Decide to wake up and you won’t have to read another word of this malarkey ever again. Make the choice. Wake yourself up and end this lucid dream.

You are still reading this nonsense now. What does this mean? It means you weren’t one of the lucid

dreamers! Sure, you are indeed a dreamer, but you don’t know that you are dreaming. I know you are, but you don’t. You can’t stop yourself.

You can’t wake up. You can’t put this away from your thoughts. You can’t make this nightmare of a column disappear. If you could you would, but you can’t. Because you are asleep.

I know, at the beginning of the column I admitted that some readers were awake and some were asleep and dreaming. But now I know that all of the readers are asleep and

let your

dreaming. The awake readers were sure this would be of no use to them and have moved on to something productive. The lucid dreamers escaped this nightmare. But you’re stuck here. You are dreaming and you have no control over it. You’ll wake up eventually and have a vague memory of this surreal crap.

But for now, you’re fast asleep and there’s nothing you can do about it.

When you wake up in the morning, don’t forget to grab a copy of The Daily Cardinal.

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Student helps build maternity wards after Nepal earthquake

By Bri Maas THE DAILY CARDINAL

PHOTO COURTESY OF ERIC MOFFET

UW-Madison medical student Eric Moffet traveled to earthquake-torn Nepal this summer to help build semi-permanent maternity wards.

After an April 2015 earthquake tore through Nepal, killing more than 9,000 people and flattening entire villages, UW-Madison medical student Eric Moffet felt compelled to help. He bought a plane ticket the same day the quake hit and arrived in Nepal with no plan, but with a deep sense that he needed to do something to help rebuild the country.

“I didn’t have any clue what I was going to do,” Moffet said. “But you can’t tell me there’s nothing I can do to help these people.”

When he arrived, Moffet teamed up with other aid workers to build and furnish maternity wards in the smallest villages tucked in the

Madison creates racial equity position to oversee new city, community policies The City of Madison added Toriana Pettaway as the city’s first racial equity coordinator Friday.

The new position aims to aid Madison in creating recommendations for the implementation of various equity reports. These include the 2013 Racial Equity and Social Justice Initiative, which focuses on creating more racially aware policies in city legislation, operations and the community.

“We are delighted to have someone with Toriana’s background and extensive experience to serve as the City’s Racial Equity Coordinator,” said Madison Mayor Paul Soglin

in a Friday statement. “She will be engaged with City staff, Alders, and stakeholders throughout Madison.

Her expertise will be a guide for the City’s Racial Equity and social Justice Initiative.”

Soglin’s 2016 operating budget transfers the position from the Department of Civil Rights to the mayor’s office “to emphasize the city-wide priority of the initiative,” according to the budget, which Soglin released last week. The budget currently lists Pettaway’s salary at just over $62,000.

According to the release, Pettaway has more than 15 years of experience

in human resources, strategic planning and data analysis.

Pettaway previously worked as the project manager with the Nehemiah Center for Urban Leadership Development, a nonprofit that works to aid AfricanAmerican youth in areas of leadership and economic development.

Pettaway also worked as a parttime faculty instructor at the office of Diversity and Community Relations at Madison Area Technical College.

Pettaway holds a master’s degree in business management from Cardinal Stritch University.

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Gov. Scott Walker appoints replacement to Supreme Court

By Lucas Sczygelski THE DAILY CARDINAL

Gov. Scott Walker appointed Judge Rebecca Bradley to the Wisconsin Supreme Court Friday to carry out the rest of Justice N. Patrick Crooks’ term after he passed away last month.

Bradley’s appointment marks the third time Walker has promoted the University of Wisconsin Law School graduate in four years.

The conservative judge will leave her position on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals.

“Judge Bradley has truly lived up to her promise to be a judge that demonstrates unwavering commitment to the constitution and the rule of law in every case that comes before her,” Walker said in a statement.

Some judges and politicians loudly opposed Bradley’s interim appointment because of her intention to compete for a full 10-year term in April’s election. Critics called for an appointee who would pledge to

walker from page 1 ate, but Republican legislators who need to run for re-election do, and they may find the governor’s plummeting popularity unsettling.

“I think Republicans will read the poll in one of two ways,”

step down after the interim period.

“He is giving a campaign contributor an unfair advantage in the race next year so Wisconsin residents will have no chance at having an open and fair election for the Supreme Court Justice seat,” said Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Martha Laning in a statement. “Rebecca Bradley has given generously to Governor Walker and today it is paying off for her with her appointment to the Supreme Court.”

Judge Joe Donald, who will compete with Bradley for a full 10-year term in April, asserted that the appointment is an attempt by Walker to inch the officially nonpartisan court further to the right.

“Judge Rebecca Bradley’s unprecedented rise isn’t about her qualifications or experience. It is about moving an ideologue who headed the right-wing Federalist Society into a position to support a specific ideological agenda,” Donald said in a statement follow-

ing the appointment.

Another candidate for the seat, Judge Joanne Kloppenburg, put it in simpler terms, saying that April’s election will present voters with “Governor Walker’s choice or the people’s choice.”

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, brushed off the controversy.

Burden said. “One reading is that ‘we have pushed too hard in a conservative direction and need to moderate our policies to demonstrate how we empathize with the average voter out there.’

The other reading is that ‘we’ve not presented a stark enough

contrast with Democrats and that we’ve got to double down on conservative values.’”

Hope for moderation in the Legislature lies in GOP leaders with aspirations on the governor’s mansion who want to be perceived as a “uniter or some-

Himalayas. The teams woke early to drive for hours into the mountains, where they would build a structure and stock it with supplies—all in less than 24 hours.

“There was always a sense of urgency getting out there, getting the job done, getting back because it was monsoon season,” Moffet said. “So we would hustle out and hustle to get the jobs done.”

The structures served as safe, sanitary birthing wards in villages that otherwise required pregnant women to walk for a full day to deliver their babies. The teams also worked to educate local birthing attendants and provide post-natal supplies to new mothers and their babies.

Moffet and his team slept in the villages once their structures were

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She added the UW-Madison campus has aspects of an ideal turkey habitat as well. Urban areas with green space offer all the protection turkeys need, since natural predators are not as prevalent and trees provide a place to roost at night.

However, as turkeys explore campus, it is possible that they will increase contact with humans and other threats. Pidgeon said she heard stories of turkeys attacking UPS drivers, for example, and her sister was once confined to her garage while she waited for a male turkey to pass.

Luckily, Pidgeon said these incidents can be easily controlled.

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built, giving them the opportunity to experience local culture and make connections with the villagers.

“I’ll always remember this one man,” Moffet said. “Walking around with a big grin on his face, even though his village had been completely flattened … but just seeing his face and the genuine appreciation of these people.”

Through months of stressful work, Moffet said he learned the value of working to catalyze positive change.

“I think good things happen when we make them happen,” he said. “We were sure we were going to make a difference and we were going to do something good for these people. Things don’t fall into your lap without a little effort.” sive if they feel their territory or their mate is being encroached upon. Keeping a reasonable distance, especially if a turkey displays its feathers, helps humans avoid safety problems.

Wild animals have been able to coexist peacefully with students and faculty before, as evidenced by the fox family that moved in two years ago.

Pidgeon said she hopes the same scenario can play out with the new turkeys.

“Some people think it makes the city more rich and more interesting to have turkeys around in addition to other wild species.

To see turkeys foraging or see a hen and her poults is really something special,” Pidgeon said. “Something our parents and grandparents sure didn’t get to see in cities.

“Rebecca Bradley has given generously to Governor Walker and today it is paying off for her with her appointment to the Supreme Court.”

Martha Laning chairwoman Democratic Party of Wisconsin

“She has the right qualifications and experience, and is wellrespected throughout Wisconsin,” Vos said. “I am confident that she will serve the state well.”

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UW-Madison’s campus provides a nearly ideal makeshift turkey habitat because of the low level of predators and abundance of trees. one who is trying to heal the rift between the right and the left,” Wagner said.

However, not everyone buys that assessment. After Friday’s proposal to overhaul the nonpartisan Government Accountability Board, some, including Assembly

Minority leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, conclude that Republicans have merely moved farther from compromise.

“I find the Republican leadership priorities for the fall session disturbing,” Barca said in a statement Friday.

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Kojima haunts ‘Metal Gear Solid’ Alex Lovendahl all love

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hile making my slow exploration through the uncharted “Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain,” I’ve also been watching “Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots” with my partner. The Metal Gear Solid games are subtitled “Tactical Espionage Action,” a title which betrays its political edge, stealth-action gameplay and its total pretension. The series is named for a ridiculous bipedal mechanical suit, designed after the rise of Mecha anime in the ’80s, one supposedly representing total military superiority because “it can launch a nuke from anywhere.” It’s also a series which has featured cyborg ninjas, a Russian commando who shoots bees out of his arms, a terrorist named Revolver “Shalashaska” Ocelot and a severed arm which, attached to said Revolver Ocelot, takes over his entire personality with that of the deceased.

My partner and I had played the two previous games together over the past year and loved them. The first game in the series was “too boring” to hold my partner’s interest (we never made it to the cyborg ninja), so we settled on rushing right into “Guns of the Patriots.” I’d been dreading

“Guns of the Patriots” because when I played through the game for the first time in 2009, it wounded me deeply.

The fact about these Metal Gear Solid games is that part of their appeal is largely similar to that of The Fast and the Furious franchise. Ridiculous, outlandish action combined largely with character-focused stories, and the importance of “mythology” and “canon,” which becomes more and more important as the series goes on, even when things appear disconnected. Both series treat their characters with intense emotional investment, and give their actions grandiose romantic weight. Also, no matter how much of the most base, embarrassing, populist, regressive garbage winds up seeping into the DNA of these games, they only seem to attract more die-hard fans—more on that in a minute.

What makes “Guns of the Patriots” such a betrayal is that it intentionally seems to be about how disinterested the series auteur, Hideo Kojima, seems to be in these characters and their stories. Long-standing mysteries, character arcs and even the game’s own internal narrative are intentionally given dissatisfying conclusions after dissatisfying answers.

Kojima has actually wanted to stop

making Metal Gear Solid games since the first entry; the second game, “Sons of Liberty,” is largely a rejection of sequels as homogenous, formulaic attempts to recreate one’s own success. Yet where “Sons of Liberty” not only manages to make surprising critiques about storytelling and the world which fosters “The Franchise Machine,” Metal Gear Solid 4, perhaps intentionally, divorces itself of value, replacing intelligible critique with pseudo-philosophy and quality characters with banal, trite and offensive stereotypes.

“The Phantom Pain” marks the first time this series has come under fire for issues such as its portrayal of women, warzones, including child soldiers, and the supposed immaturity of its lead developer, Kojima, who finally seems to have been dismissed from his position at his parent company, Konami, after years of demonstrating his disdain for his own work.

The primary target of criticism is a lead character, a sniper named Quiet, who is nearly nude throughout the game, with an absurd science fiction traumatic backstory, which Kojima promised would make critics of the character’s design “regret [their] words and deeds.” Kojima has made it harder for those of us who see value in Kojima Productions’ work, a studio now effectively shuttered by

a company that would prefer to make slot machines.

What is so frustrating about this criticism isn’t that it’s wrong, but that it couldn’t come sooner; “Guns of the Patriots” is so offensive as to make “The Phantom Pain” feel like a huge step forward. The primary boss characters of “Guns of the Patriots” are a squad of superpowered robot suits referred to as the “Beauty and the Beast Unit,” so called because they also contain near-nude ladies who were traumatized into acting like monstrous war-beasts. It’s on the nose and offensive; a primary feature of these women is that defeating them in a certain way allows the player to “take their photos,” and they pose for the player like they’re shooting for Maxim. It’s gross, tasteless and is not even correlated to the story; the “Beauty and the Beast Unit” encounters feel like the game has to take a break to tell its story.

When “Guns of the Patriots” came out, it was lauded for the two or three things it managed to do correctly and no criticism ever appeared. As that game’s opening line reads, “War has changed.” I feel like I’ll find more to say about “The Phantom Pain” as I come nearer to that conclusion.

What has been your take on Metal Gear Solid V? Let Alex know at alexlovendahl@gmail.com.

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Abandoning Americana, Kurt Vile’s stripped down vocals highlight b’lieve i’m going down...

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Kurt Vile is one of few artists that can still embody the American rocker moniker in the most laidback, daydream-y sense of the word. Vile’s latest effort strips away the Americana feel he produced for 2013’s Wakin On A Pretty Daze, a nostalgic, reverb-heavy lead guitar that he’s been refining

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since his work with former band The War on Drugs. b’lieve i’m goin down… strips down to an acoustic tone, putting Vile’s abilities as a songwriter at center stage. While the psychedelic charm of those reverb-soaked melodies steps back from the main attraction, Vile’s embracing the “solitary man and his guitar” vibe lets the introspective musician shine in his own way.

Vile’s seemingly halfhearted, less-than-serious delivery may need extensive listening for newcomers to find the appeal in his style, but the progression of his spoken word-like vocals works incredibly well in the space created on this record. The sole single, “Pretty Pimpin,” has Vile undergoing a surreal experience from recognizing himself in the mirror, spawned from the general sense of identity that’s slowly slipping from him. The chorus of “That’s Life, tho (almost hate to say)” isn’t the most thoughtprovoking, but it’s conventionally simple and relatable, and Vile’s solemn approach captures his concise acceptance of reality, leaving little more to be said anyways. b’lieve i’m goin down… captures a distinctly Southwestern feel, and the addition of banjo and piano brilliantly fuse elements akin to Bob Dylan’s more country-influenced escapades. But Vile’s singer-songwriter style is undeniably his own, his light touch of humor emitting a small ray of hope that streaks through his melancholic ramblings. To Vile, his music is simply an extension of his own

conscience. It’s a struggle for him to collect his own thoughts, let alone express them. So when he says, “Fell on some keys, and this song walked outta me,” on “Lost my Head there,” our response is to accept that these songs are his way of telling us what he’s feeling. But when taken upfront, Vile’s music doesn’t paint a much clearer picture for us. But that’s the point. His use of the word “daze” in “All in a Daze Work,” as well as in the title of his last album, is an indication that Vile isn’t sure himself what he’s trying to say.

While Vile may not always be able to find the right words, his instrumentation can usually be relied on to hit its mark. Lead riffs immediately captivate, further opening into the spacious sinfonia that Vile finds himself consistently lumbering through. But these hazy strolls aren’t without purpose. While Vile’s blasé demeanor and seemingly less-than-inspired persona will surely produce lethargic connotations of his character, his dreary-eyed, head-inthe-clouds attitude shouldn’t be misattributed to the importance of his methods. To him, wandering is the natural state to discover things about himself, and in a sense, getting lost in the music has never had a truer sense of value than it does with Vile. b’lieve i’m goin down… is more barebones than its predecessor in all the best ways. Putting Vile’s vocals front and center illustrate his growth as a songwriter, while chilling guitars effectively echo his

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existential pondering. Vile albums are a journey in themselves, and his newest work plays out like a lone wanderer, burdened with a life of contemplation; the only thing that breaks the silence of the night is the howls of his guitar.

There’s a sense of human nature that Vile captures along his travels, and while you may just be another stranger he passes by on this lonesome road, his quaint perspective of the world has an impact on you—one that may encourage your own voyage of self-discovery.

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It’s OK to treat yourself to a weekend at home Marisa Bernstein Opinion Columnist Courtesy of Creative Commons

The “Kony 2012” campaign was social media-based and had little long-term effect on the issue.

Stop Internet activism Sebastian Van Bastelaer Opinion Columnist

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his [insert problem] is a big issue that needs to be solved! We need to take real action to make a change in the world! If you agree, copy and paste this Facebook status; that’ll make a difference.

In an age where everything from shopping to listening to music to communicating with friends can be done without leaving your couch, armchair activism has become a widespread phenomenon. This has unfortunately created a large group of people who feel like they’re accomplishing much, but actually doing little.

Before the age of social media, when people wanted to effect change, they would attend a protest, write to their congressman or even hold a bake sale. This involved getting out of the house and spreading the word about whatever issue they believed to be plaguing society.

Nowadays, however, people can sit back and share a post about some natural disaster or terrible working conditions in some developing country, then go back to watching Netflix for the rest of the day, feeling selfassured and happy that they made a difference. But are they doing anything at all?

The most memorable example of armchair activism was the “Kony 2012” campaign that went viral for several weeks. People took to social media, changing their profile pictures and sharing videos in an attempt to raise awareness about the atrocities of Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony.

Eventually, citizens were satisfied with their attempts, lost interest and the movement ground to a halt. As a result, Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army remain a force in Africa to this day.

What few realize when they attempt to be political on social media is that although they feel better about themselves, they’re actually doing very little in the grand scheme of things. Most people nowadays have hundreds of friends on social media, and the odds of them reading or being interested in any given post is infinitesimally small. So while it may give the poster satisfaction that they’re passing along information, the amount of change they’re making remains disproportionately tiny.

The overall issue with this new phenomenon is that it actually slows change. Back in the days of widespread suffrage and civil rights movements, people who sympathized with the issues had to go out and give effort in order to make a change and feel better

about themselves. Today, a larger number of people can make a tiny effort that has an equally tiny effect, and still feel like they’re contributing. As a result, less work gets done, but by a much larger group of people.

The solution to this conundrum is to put social media campaigns in context. What are the odds that you’re going to see (or take the time to examine) any given post on Facebook or Twitter? Why would someone else take the time to read one particular post over any other?

Although practically everything has been made easier with the advent of new technology, the need for personal connections and physical efforts to be made cannot be understated.

So while hitting the share or retweet button may give an ephemeral feeling of satisfaction, it’s time to realize that to actually make a difference, people need to get up off their couches, get out in the real world and do something we can actually be proud of.

Sebastian is a freshman studying environmental studies and political science. What do you think of his views? Should we start moving away from Internet activism? Is social media negatively impacting social justice? Send all questions to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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ecently, I spent a night doing the following: I came home from a long day of classes, did some online shopping, made myself some dinner, finished up some homework assignments and was in bed by 11 p.m. Pretty standard weeknight right? That is if this scenario had occurred on a weeknight.

But, my fellow Badgers, this was on a Friday.

FOMO: the Fear Of Missing Out. Regretting a night in when all of your friends had a killer time out.

Studying for a test while everyone else was hanging out at the football game. A feeling that as a sophomore, I no longer have.

What happened to FOMO? Freshmen year, missing a party was the end of the world. On the rare occasions that I did not go out, I remember thinking that it was the end of my social life. But now, staying in for a night is almost a relief.

After all, there is no DJ better than Netflix (am I right?). I am going to tell you why it’s OK to be a grandma, and why you don’t have to feel bad for spending a night with your pals at Dunder Mifflin.

First off, you get to catch up on sleep. It’s no secret that most of us lie to our moms when we tell them that we are getting enough rest (10-minute power naps in College Library do not count when you are there until four in the morning). It seems that in college, the weekend is never a time to catch up on the sleep that you lost during the week due to weekends flying by with parties, studying and football. Here’s my secret to getting enough sleep: Stay in! You are a hardworking individual, and you deserve some extra snoozing. That party was going to be

sweaty and sticky anyway.

Secondly, staying in is an opportunity to enjoy some peace and quiet.

If you share a room like I do, it can be challenging to find time to yourself. Sometimes, at the end of a long week, it feels nice just to be alone and work on your collages. Besides, no party will have music better than what you have in your Spotify queue, and you know it. Treat yo’ self and spin your favorite jams and enjoy some “you time.”

Lastly, you aren’t a freshman anymore, which means you are no longer invincible. If you think about it, freshmen year is exhausting. Looking back, I honestly don’t know how I did it. I had class at 8:50 every day, would do homework, go to the gym, hang out with friends, definitely not sleep and still somehow manage to go out two or three nights a week. I’m baffled, and if you asked me to do all of that again, I would probably laugh, wrap a blanket around myself in the form of a dress and fix myself a yogurt parfait. Somehow in one year I went from fun and social to tired and hungry. And I’m OK with that because I’m not a freshman anymore, I’m a grandma.

The list goes on. It’s cold, it’s probably snowing, you’ve got homework to do, you’ll probably see that one person you really don’t want to see, the music might be bad and you will probably get spilled on. So take my advice. Throw on some heinous sweatpants, order a pizza and call it a night. You’ve earned a fun night in.

Marisa is a sophomore majoring in journalism. Please send all comments and questions to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

The Japanese constitutional change may lead to an abuse of power hae Rin Lee Opinion Columnist

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ept. 19, 2015, added another pivotal moment to Japanese history. Despite the fierce nationwide protests, Japanese parliament led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe passed legislation to allow Japan to participate in international defense operations. This nation was bound in the military peace for a long 70 years after the Allied countries imposed a pacifist constitution after its wartime aggression in 1945. It was to “allow the Japanese military, known as the Self-Defense Forces, to cooperate more closely with the militaries of allies like the United States, by providing logistical support and, in certain circumstances, armed backup in international conflicts,” according to a Sept. 17 article in The New York Times.

The Wall Street Journal briefly summarized what to expect from the passing of this bill. It could allow Japan to help allies at war, shooting down missiles aimed at the U.S., keeping sea lanes secure, joining risky United Nation missions and rescuing hostages. It sounds nice that a country with a considerable military buildup could now add forces to help aid

other allies in challenging conditions and contribute to the peacekeeping of international conflicts.

As I come from South Korea, I do have some concerns over the Japanese constitutional change in terms of employing armed forces. For a long time, just like the Balkan territories that offered a bridge between Europe and Asia, so did Korea between China and Japan. Historically, Korea suffered from many military threats from surrounding neighbors.

It is up to us to achieve harmony and avoid a fatal oversight.

Korea was invaded by Japan in the 16th century and was colonized in the early 20th century.

Because of historical conflicts, it is quite a unified opinion in Korea to have some concern over the Japanese militarization. Even now, Japan and Korea have disputes over territories and understandings of histories. Many popularize that this step could serve as a future invasion and threat

from Japan like the past, another repeat of history.

For Asian countries that experience the brutality of Japan’s imperialism in the past, it has proven to be bittersweet.

However, not all people think of it as a downfall. In the South Korean news source Yonhap Television News, some experts expressed that it is up to South Korea and other nations to make this an opportunity rather than a direct threat. Some say that because South Korea is still officially in the war with North Korea, the Japanese military could offer aid in defense operations. They argued that the governments that need involvement from Japan would have the rights to decline or to approve any permission for the entry of militants or it would be a cross against the international diplomacy—that Japan would not cross the line easily under the strict international circumstances today like in the past.

There are some differing views about this entire action.

According to a CNN report, supporters of the legislation, including U.S. officers, think that this bill would allow Japan to serve as a wall to counter potential threats from nations such as China and

North Korea. China has recently created territorial disputes with neighboring Asian countries.

So it is understandable to some degree to employ a tiger to counter the rise of a lion. But, a tiger should never be given enough power to become another threatening dictator of the jungle.

Historically, Korea suffered from many military threats from surrounding neighbors.

A number of Japanese citizens who oppose the change argue that the legislation took action without much preparation.

Some Japanese worried how the unprepared soldiers in combat would suffer heavily from the battles. Others express concerns over how the constitution was changed without preparation and how the long years of pacifism policy was simply thrown away in a short period of time.

I think Japanese government deserves criticism for ignoring the importance of the constitution and the demands of people

in making a sudden shift. But as such change has already occurred, it is now time for us to think of how to prevent the abuse of this constitutional change, and how to make good use of it.

I think that it is important to think of both the pros and cons of this change in Japan.

Despite the gloomy past, with the establishment of strong diplomacy, the strength of military could be used in the genuine aim of keeping world peace rather than abusing it to create another world war.

However, we should watch out for the abuse of this power. We should all keep an eye on it to prevent any misuse of armed privilege—and we should use it to the benefits of the world. By listening to the concerns and study of history, we could make better choices and not fall to the catastrophe of yesterday. It is up to us to achieve harmony and avoid a fatal oversight.

Hae Rin is a sophomore majoring in history. What do you think about her views? Do you think the Japanese constitutional change will have a positive or negative outcome? Please send all comments and questions to opinion@dailycardinal.com.

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Badgers earn pair of season-opening draws

By Devin Lowe and Eric Shor The Daily Cardinal

In a strange twist of déjà vu Saturday, the Wisconsin Badgers repeated the outcome of their Friday season opener, tying the Northern Michigan Wildcats for the second game in a row.

But the way the Badgers added a 3-3 draw to their record looked much different than their first game of the season, where they played a much more balanced game.

Down 3-0 after two lackluster periods, Wisconsin’s offense ignited in the middle of the third frame for a flurry of three goals in 2:46.

“What was really important for us was the mindset we had as we sat there preparing for the third [period],” UW head coach Mike Eaves said of his team’s sudden spark. “And the mindset that we wanted to have was, you know, we’re down 3-0, and we need to focus on what we need to do. And that’s go out there and get the first goal, try to build momentum and get momentum on our side.”

The first, scored by sophomore winger Ryan Wagner, came after NMU’s Shane Sooth was whistled down for a hooking penalty. On the ensuing power play, sophomore center Cameron Hughes’ stuff attempt put the puck on Wagner’s stick, and he quickly capitalized as NMU goaltender Atte Tolvanen sprawled across the crease.

49 seconds later, junior forward Jedd Soleway put the Badgers within one with a wrister and forced NMU to take its timeout. 26 seconds after that, two Wildcats took penalties, giving the Badgers two full minutes of 5-on-3 time.

Near the end of the man advantage, Wisconsin set up a crisp tic-tac-toe play that gave freshman forward Luke Kunin his first goal as a Badger.

“It was really fun to see, this early in the season, how poised and confident and disciplined the powerplay was,” Eaves said.

“We worked on it for two days, and they went out there and executed it very well.”

With the score knotted at 3-3, the Badgers and Wildcats played a back-and-forth overtime.

Wisconsin nearly won when Wagner shot the puck high above Tolvanen’s shoulder, but it struck the post instead, leading to a review and a confirmed no-goal call.

NMU would go on to win an inconsequential shootout.

In his first start for Wisconsin, freshman goaltender Matt Jurusik allowed two weak goals in the first period, one that whistled under his elbow and another that he missed off the far post, but seemed to gain confidence as the game went on. NMU’s third goal came midway through the second period when defenseman Jordan Klimek scored five-hole

as Jurusik was screened.

“In the first period, he looked nervous; imagine that, a freshman being nervous in his first college game,” Eaves said. “He made good decisions with the puck, which is always a telltale sign of where a young goalie is at. I think he got better as the game went along, and I think it was great for his confidence to have the team in front of him come back and get a tie.”

Friday’s draw saw the Badgers come from behind to avoid a season-opening loss.

UW outshot Northern Michigan 31-16 through two periods and held a 1-0 lead heading into the third period. However, the Wildcats would turn the tide and grab a 2-1 lead.

With UW trailing by a goal and 42 seconds remaining in the game, junior forward Grant Besse batted a bouncing puck out of mid-air into the back of the net and set the Badger faithful into a frenzy. Neither team scored in overtime and NMU went on to win the shootout.

“It’s a process with this young group,” Eaves said. “There were some excellence moments and moments that were going to have to go back and learn from.”

The Badgers’ next home series is Halloween weekend against Arizona State. They’ll head to Boston next weekend to take on Boston College and Boston University.

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Coming off the worst season in program history, Wisconsin opened the new year with a pair of draws.

football from page 8 Following a missed Nebraska field goal, the Badgers nailed one, bringing the score to 14-10, with Nebraska still leading at the end of the third.

In the fourth quarter, what was a low-scoring game turned into quite the opposite. On Wisconsin’s first drive of the quarter, the run game finally came alive, with junior running back Dare Ogunbowale and freshman Alec Ingold providing key conversions, and Ingold punching the ball into the end zone from one yard out to put the Badgers ahead 17-14.

After a Nebraska three-andout, the Badgers once again rushed down the field, including a 32-yard scamper from Ogunbowale, and the drive ended in a 42-yard field goal that put UW ahead 20-14.

Nebraska received the ball with 6:17 left, and moved the ball

near midfield, but stalled and was left going for it on thirdand-one. However, Husker senior fullback Andy Janovich broke a couple tackles and turned the one yard they needed into a 55-yard score, going up 21-20 with 3:33 left and the crowd rocking as if the game was won.

On the ensuing Badger drive, the team sliced their way through the Nebraska secondary that ranks last in the nation in pass yards allowed, setting up Gaglianone for a potential game winning 39-yard field goal, easily in the kicker’s range. The kick had plenty of distance, but it doinked off the goal post, and the game seemed all but over as Nebraska took over with 1:26 left.

The Badger defense, however, had different plans. The unit forced yet another three-and-out, and due to the use of timeouts, the Wisconsin offense was somehow

on the field with 1:03 left.

“Our coaches reminded us that we had three time outs ...and we had a lot of three-and-outs today, if we could do it one more time, we could give it to our offense, and have full faith,” senior linebacker Joe Schobert said.

Once again Wisconsin drove down through the air, and with four seconds on the clock, Gaglianone had his shot at redemption and seized it, to the tune of a 46-yard make to give the Badgers a dramatic 23-21 victory.

Overall, despite ups and downs, head coach Paul Chryst was proud of his kicker and his team.

“His makes or misses are more visible, but I thought a lot of guys kept playing and picking each other up ...and that you appreciate as a coach,” Chryst said.

Wisconsin takes the field next week against Purdue (1-5, 0-2) at 11 a.m. at Camp Randall Stadium.

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The Wisconsin Badgers swept Rutgers and Maryland on the road over the weekend to push their conference winning streak to four.

Wisconsin cruises to easy East Coast sweep

By Matt Davis The Daily Cardinal

Going into noisy, hostile and even wet environments didn’t seem to phase Wisconsin (4-2 Big Ten, 12-4 overall) as the Badgers extended their conference win streak to four by sweeping Rutgers (0-6, 3-15) and Maryland (0-6, 10-10) this weekend.

The Badgers faced Rutgers first Friday in New Brunswick, N.J. at College Avenue Gymnasium and won 25-15, 25-15 and 25-11 despite a rain delay from a leak on the court that delayed the game by one hour and nearly forced the game to be postponed.

“The message is to keep getting better,” said UW head coach Kelly Sheffield. “We’re playing a Big Ten opponent, and we saw last year when we came in here what can happen. I was happy with our kids because there were a lot of distractions here, and sitting around the hotel the whole day and then sitting around here for what felt like three hours before we got the match going was tough.”

Wisconsin had 36 kills, a .395 hitting percentage and four errors while the Scarlet Knights finished with an abysmal .031 hitting percentage.

“Probably the number that jumps out at me the most is four attack errors,” Sheffield said.

“From an offensive standpoint, we played pretty clean and I think we’re doing a much better job with

that these past few weeks.”

Wisconsin had a seasonhigh seven service aces including three by senior libero Taylor Morey tying her career high and two by junior middle blocker Hayleigh Nelson.

Sophomore outside hitters Lauryn Gillis and Kelli Bates each had eight kills while Nelson and freshman middle blocker Tionna Williams had six.

Then on Saturday, the Badgers took down Maryland in College Park, Md. 25-20, 25-19 and 25-10 in a hard fought win to earn their third consecutive sweep.

“We battled. It goes to show you how tough this conference is that that team is 0-6,” Sheffield said. “It makes you feel like no lead is too big because those servers just got to the line and battled right from the start.”

Against the Terrapins, UW hit .390, and recorded 48 kills and nine errors while Maryland hit just .262 and recorded 39 kills and 12 errors.

Redshirt junior outside hitter Romana Kristova recorded her 1,000th kill while junior Lauren Carlini tied a career high with four service aces. Carlini also recorded a match high 40 assists and tallied three kills and four blocks.

The Badgers will be back at home this week to face Minnesota on Wednesday at UW Field House at 7 p.m.

UWBadgers.com contributed to this report.

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Late FG propels Badgers to dramatic win

By Andrew Tucker The Daily Cardinal

LINCOLN, Neb.—Since Nebraska joined the Big Ten in 2011, the Huskers and Badgers have had a number of high-stakes contests that have led to a budding rivalry between Big Ten powers, and this week’s battle for the Freedom Trophy was no different. It was still anybody’s ball game late in the fourth as momentum swung back and forth, but eventually it settled with Wisconsin (1-1 Big Ten, 4-2 overall) defeating Nebraska (0-2, 2-4) 23-21.

The final minutes of the game were like the yo-yo of Badger emotions, with sophomore kicker Rafael Gaglianone missing a potential 39-yard game-winning field goal with 1:26 left by hitting the upright, followed quickly by redemption as Gaglianone nailed a 46-yard field goal for the win.

The first quarter seemed like it was off to a good start for the Badgers. On their first offensive drive, redshirt senior quarterback Joel Stave looked good, scrambling for a first down on third-and-long, and then throwing a 14-yard pass to junior Robert Wheelwright before the wheels fell off and he threw three straight incompletions. The Cornhuskers forced a 43-yard field goal try, which Gaglianone missed, foreshadowing what was yet to come.

The Huskers and Badgers then traded three-and-outs and uneventful drives until the Badgers took over late in the quarter on a drive that spilled over into the second, when seemingly all of the first half’s action took place.

The Badgers’ struggles in the first quarter were a result of a running game that was sorely lacking.

The team had seven rushes for 23 yards for a pedestrian 3.3 yards per carry. The worst part is that Stave, who is by no means a dualthreat QB, led the team with 11 rushing yards in the quarter.

“I don’t know if I would call it being shell shocked, but it was the first time some guys have seen [an environment like Nebraska], but once we adjusted for that, we started to take off,” redshirt freshman offensive tackle Beau Benzschawel said.

Wisconsin proved it has a short memory for its struggles on the first drive of the second quarter, a 13-play, 77-yard grind that soaked up 5:22 off the game clock and ended with a touchdown to sophomore tight end Troy Fumagalli, giving the Badgers the first score of the game and a 7-0 lead.

The touchdown was the first of Fumagalli’s career, and it came when Wisconsin needed him most.

Last weekend against Iowa, senior tight end Austin Traylor left the game, and this week the team

announced he would miss four-toeight weeks with an injured right arm. Fumagalli was thrust into the starting role in a hostile road environment, and responded well, catching six balls for 60 yards and a touchdown.

Nebraska responded on its next drive, however, and the Badgers’ lead was relatively short-lived.

Nebraska moved down the field in chunks until junior quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. broke down

Wisconsin’s defense with a 41-yard rush into the red zone, surely the best offensive play of the afternoon to that point. However, Nebraska lined up with too many men in the backfield on the play, and the play was negated. A few plays later Armstrong scampered into the end zone for a seven-yard score to tie the game.

Wisconsin got the ball with 2:40 left, but was unable to make anything happen and punted the

ball away. Nebraska only had two minutes on the clock, but it made the most of the time it had ,as Armstrong threw a 41-yard bomb for a touchdown to freshman wide receiver Stanley Morgan Jr., putting Nebraska up 14-7 as the game went to halftime.

However, the Badgers closed the gap in the score in a penaltyfilled third quarter.

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