Oliver Gerharz - The Daily Cardinal

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Cardinal Call: Food Insecurity at UW-Madison

By Oliver Gerharz and Mary Bosch | Jan. 29

This week host Oliver Gerharz speaks to Daily Cardinal College/Campus News Editor Mary Bosch about her story “Has food security improved at UW-Madison over the last year?” in a discussion of food insecurity at UW–Madison. Articles in this week’s “campus news in brief” segment: UW-Madison removes chief diversity officer, citing financial concerns - Sreejita Patra The rundown on UW System stories you missed over the break - Gavin Escott & Annika Bereny

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Cardinal Call: Indian Americans Divided on 2024 Election

By Oliver Gerharz and Sreejita Patra | Jan. 7

This week host Oliver Gerharz speaks to Daily Cardinal Senior Staff Writer Sreejita Patra about her story “‘We’re the dark horses': Wisconsin Indian Americans divided on election as political representation grows” in a discussion about the long-term voting habits of Indian Americans and the sudden changes felt within this voting bloc in the last presidential election.

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Cardinal Call: UW-Madison Ranks 6th in 2024 National Ranking of Research Funding

By Oliver Gerharz and Ted Hyngstrom | Dec. 10

This week host Oliver Gerharz speaks to Daily Cardinal Staff Writer Ted Hyngstrom about his story UW-Madison climbs research ranking to sixth in a discussion of UW-Madison's status as a top research university.

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Cardinal Call: Campus LGBTQ Community Letter Calls Out UW-Madison

By Oliver Gerharz and Ella Gorodetzky | Nov. 26

This week host Oliver Gerharz speaks to Daily Cardinal reporter Ella Gorodetzky about her story “Letter to campus administration criticizes reassignment of GSCC director.” Articles in this week’s “campus news in brief” segment: Study proposes paving, lighting Lakeshore Path – Noe Goldhaber UW-Madison student explores personal phone addiction in book ‘Enemy in Your Pocket’ – Katherine McGrann Badgers fire offensive coordinator Phil Longo – Tomer Ronen

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The Penguin is horrible. That’s what makes ‘The Penguin’ amazing

By Oliver Gerharz | Nov. 23

Lauren LeFranc’s spinoff of Matt Reeves’ 2022 film “The Batman” is one of the best shows of 2024.

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‘Angry Fags’ gives a hilarious look into the minds of terrorists

By Oliver Gerharz | Nov. 14

StageQ’s adaptation of the political comedy offers a cynical view of queerness, electoral politics and murder.

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Cardinal Call: Student Views on the Election Results

By Gavin Escott and Oliver Gerharz | Nov. 12

This week host Oliver Gerharz speaks to the Daily Cardinal‘s Campus News Editor Gavin Escott about his story “‘America has failed us’: UW-Madison students and community members voice disbelief, fear of the future after Trump victory” to try and gauge the thoughts of UW-Madison students on the re-election of Donald Trump at tail end of this historic election. Articles in this week’s “campus news in brief” segment: Wisconsin men’s soccer draws against Michigan, falls short of Big Ten Tournament – Grace Cannizzo UW-Madison students receive racist text messages as part of nationwide incident – Drew Wesson

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Cardinal Call: Student Views on the Upcoming Election

By Jake Wesson , Oliver Gerharz and Tomer Ronen | Oct. 29

This week host Oliver Gerharz speaks to the Daily Cardinal‘s Features Editor Tomer Ronen about his story “Here’s what UW-Madison students think of Harris, Trump as they gear up for the election” and Daily Cardinal reporter Jake Wesson about his story “ ‘A lot less unity’: College Democrats and Republicans reflect on party values, candidates heading into the 2024 election” to try and gauge the thoughts of UW-Madison students going into this historic election. Articles in this week’s “campus news in brief” segment: Harris to visit UW-Madison Wednesday for ‘Get Out the Vote’ rally - Anna Kleiber Abortion rights, marijuana, TikTok: Three takeaways from Wisconsin 2nd Congressional District debate at UW-Madison - Iain Chang

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Cardinal Call: Students for Justice in Palestine rallies on Bascom Hill

By Jake Piper and Oliver Gerharz | Oct. 15

This week host Oliver Gerharz spoke to Daily Cardinal reporter Jake Piper about a recent Students for Justice in Palestine protest on October 7th. We discuss the perspectives of both the Pro-Palestinian Protestors and the Pro-Israeli Counterprotestors. Articles in this week’s “campus news in brief” segment: Camp Randall sells $1.2 million in alcohol since start of football season – Sonia Bendre Wisconsin women’s rowing makes waves in season opener – Elaina Russell

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Cardinal Call: Canvas and the Right to Disconnect

By Oliver Gerharz and Blake Martin | Oct. 1

In this installment of the Cardinal Call, host Oliver Gerharz speaks to Daily Cardinal Opinions Editor Blake Martin about his article on Canvas, a Learning Management System that UW–Madison uses to connect its students to their classes at all times. In his opinion article Students have a right to leave the classroom. Canvas isn’t helping, Blake argues that changes should be made to the use of Canvas on campus through the angle of a student’s right to disconnect. Articles in this week’s “campus news in brief” segment: UW System president defends recent campus free speech policies in address to conservative groups – Ellie Huber and Bryna Goeking ‘It’s the same history repeating itself’: Wisconsin Black Student Union holds vigil in memory of Marcellus Williams – Sreejita Patra