Here we go again. In the past few months, the winds of change have swept over the Middle East and parts of Europe in ways never before seen. The storm moved across lands ruled by tyrants for generations; the sounds were thunderous with despair, yet somehow peaceful with the hope of a new tomorrow.

This week, students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison were given an instruction by the editorial board of The Badger Herald: “At 10 a.m., drop everything.” These students, our peers, find themselves in the state capital that has quickly become the epicenter of a series of troubling resolution attempts to remedy state budget problems.