The Marquette Tribune - March 24th, 2009

THE MARQUETTE TRIBUNE TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2009

Volume 93, Number 48

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Vote online Wednesday at http://musg.mu.edu/vote

MUSG Presidential Debate

Watch General Election Special Wednesday, 8:30 p.m., MUTV, Channel 99 Photo by Ted Lempke/edward.lempke@marquette.edu

Marquette Student Government presidential and executive vice presidential candidates debated the issues Monday night in the Alumni Memorial Union. Shazia Ali (from left) and John Kristan will face Henry Thomas and Stephanie Stopka in Wednesday’s general election. The online polls will be open between 12:01 a.m. and 10 p.m. on the MUSG Web site.

Candidates square off before final election Kristan-Ali and Thomas-Stopka up for student government executive positions

By Tori Dykes victoria.dykes@marquette.edu

Marquette Student Government candidates John Kristan and Shazia Ali emphasized a proactive approach to leading MUSG, while

candidates Henry Thomas and Stephanie Stopka stressed the viability of their platform, in a debate held Monday night in the Alumni Memorial Union.

The two pairs will face off in Wednesday’s MUSG general elec-

tion, to be held at http://musg. mu.edu/vote. Students can cast their ballots online between 12:01 a.m. and 10 p.m.

The new president and executive vice president will begin their oneyear terms April 1.

The emphasis of Thomas and Stopka’s campaign was that the two had sufficiently researched their initiatives.

“We have concrete solutions and

we don’t promise faulty ideas,” said Thomas, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences running for MUSG president.

Kristan and Ali stressed the need to look beyond issues, and instead at whether the people running would be able to implement the ideas.

“When voting, you’re not electing a platform, you’re not electing a set of ideas,” said Kristan, a ju-

nior in the College of Arts & Sciences running for MUSG president.

“You’re electing two people.”

Student Organizations Kristan said his and Ali’s emphasis on support of student groups was one of the most significant differences between their campaign and that of Thomas and Stopka.

See Debate, page 3

Downloading without being sued

Sweet Sixteen bid falls short

Program would allow legal sharing

By Matthew Reddin matthew.reddin@marquette.edu

Photo by Paul Sakuma/Associated Press

After a first half in which the Golden Eagles were overmatched, Wesley Matthews helped mount a second-half comeback with 17 points on 6-for-10 shooting. It wasn’t enough for Marquette. See SPORTS, page 11.

However, it is unknown whether Choruss will be mandatory for all students, whether it will cover the entire campus and whether only specific types of programs can be used with it.

Jim Griffin, chief spokesperson, stated in a keynote speech at Digital Music Forum East that Choruss’ definition and composition will differ across campuses.

“Choruss will experiment and will not apply any one size fits

If the music industry has its way, colleges campuses will get their own Choruss. Except this “chorus” isn’t of the traditional variety.

Choruss is a program being proposed by Warner Music Group School Without Choruss to allow ① Student goes to unauthorized legal file P2P site to illegally download sharing ② Student downloads song with on camcampus IP address, which is found puses that by record label ③ Record label alerts school buy into ④ School informs student downthe proloading noticed (Marquette alerts gram. The students via mail about illegal cost of Chodownloading from a P2P network) russ would be ⑤ If illegal downloading continues, dispersed into legal action can be taken (After bestudent fees, ing caught three times, Marquette and the rate cuts Internet access for the room) presently being suggested is $5 a student.

all approach,” Griffin said in his speech on February 26.

This unique, non-defined configuration could give Choruss a chance in bargaining it might not otherwise have, said Bennett Lincoff, an intellectual property lawyer specializing in digital property rights.

“They may not be able to get in the door any other way,” Lincoff said. Lincoff has been working since 1994 to develop new business models for the music industry in light of the Internet.

Shortly School With Choruss a f t e r ① School signs up for Choruss Griffin’s ② Students charged $5-10 for use, speech, granted “covenant not to sue” Lincoff ③ Student goes to authorized P2P site, begins to download song wrote ④ Student downloads song with an article campus IP address critiquing ⑤ Student receives song at no extra the plan on cost sans threat of legal action from the blog Intelsupported label lectual Property ⑥ Student is still technically Watch. One of vulnerable to being sued by music Lincoff’s points publishers who own the mechanical was Griffin and rights to the songs downloaded See Choruss, page 8

Graphic by James A. Molnar/james.molnar@marquette.edu

TODAY’S WEATHER

INSIDE THE TRIBUNE A proposal to move the Mental Health Complex to St. Michaels Hospital (left) was voted down by Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors.

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Students competed in 3rd Annual Late Night Spelling Bee. PAGE 2

The women’s basketball team defeats Butler in WNIT. PAGE 11

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DPS Reports Mar. 19 At 11:58 a.m., it was reported that a vehicle driven by a Cousin’s Subs employee not affiliated with the university hit the vehicle of a 25-year-old female student in the parking lot located behind Cousin’s Subs in the 1600 block of West Wisconsin Avenue. The subject gave the victim false information, and the victim contacted DPS. Officers soon found the subject and the vehicle in the same parking area and notified the Milwaukee Police Department. The subject agreed to pay restitution. If not, the victim said she would file charges against the subject for the hit-and-run incident.

Students from residence halls and university apartments competed against each other in the 3rd Annual Late Night Spelling Bee in the Weasler Auditorium Friday.

Photo by Ted Lempke/ edward.lempke@ marquette.edu

Spelling ‘bee-fore’ bedtime Late Night event features 22 spellers showing off skills

By Dan Kraynak dan.kraynak@marquette.edu

A popular forwarded e-mail reads: “Aoccdring to a rscheearch at Cmabridge Uinervtisy, it dowsn’t mttaer in what oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.”

However, at the 3rd Annual Late Night Spelling Bee held in the Weasler Auditorium Friday night, this was not the case — the order of the letters were as important as the letters themselves.

In total, there were 22 students who participated in the spelling bee, each representing a different campus residence hall or university apartment.

Carpenter Tower Hall had the most representatives with six, and Straz Tower and O’Donnell Hall had four each.

According to Stephanie Quade, the dean of students in the Office of Student Development and a judge for the bee, each of the 22 spellers excelled in preliminary spell-offs, held in various dorms and apartments before Friday’s event.

First, second and third place winners received a trophy and an electronic dictionary, said

John Dooley, senior associate dean of Student Development and another judge for the spelling bee.

“Other than that, the last speller standing wins,” Dooley said just before the start of the bee.

By the end of round one, nine spellers had already misspelled a word and, consequentially, made their departure.

These students misspelled words such as: alleged, vulgar, privilege, hundredth, pennant and whimper.

In between rounds, audience members got involved in spelling bees of their own. Two people would face-off in front of the crowd, attempting to spell a word.

“I was really surprised and excited about the audience participation the Late Night event had to offer all of the other students who weren’t in the event,” said Kelly Ryan Fox, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences who attended the event.

“Other than being able to go onstage and spell like I was part of the event, I also got to win a medal and a cool Late Night Spelling Bee t-shirt,” Fox said.

Two more student spellers dropped out during the second round, and another departed by the end of round three.

At this point in the bee, the spellers were dropping like flies.

Round four proved to be the demise of all but two of the remaining spellers. In that round, eight participants spelled words

incorrectly, such as: decedent, alacrity, grievous, eclogue, jongleur and hypocorism.

Round five was the final round — a showdown between two students.

“You’re not considered to be the champion until you spell two words correctly in a row,” Dooley said, reminding the audience and the two remaining contestants.

The first finalist, Ellen Renfroe, spelled her first word — posterity — with ease.

When her opponent misspelled “intermittent,” the door was left open for Renfroe, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Renfroe then correctly spelled “intermittent” and her final word, buoyant, to win the bee.

Renfroe said the only other time she won a spelling bee was in third grade. At that time, she was awarded with a Crunch candy bar.

“I read a lot, and I always have read a lot, so I think that is probably why I’m a good speller,” Renfroe said.

She said she wasn’t nervous at all during the competition, and she was glad so many students — over 100 — were in attendance for the event.

“Buoyant, the last word I had to spell, was definitely the most difficult for me,” Renfroe said.

“But thanks to the Physics 1 class I took last year, I don’t think I’ll ever forget how to spell it. Especially not after tonight.”

At noon, it was reported by university employees that an unknown person had vandalized the coin slot of a vending machine in the Wehr Life Sciences Building, causing an estimated damage of $5. MPD assistance was declined and there are currently no suspects at this time.

At 9:25 p.m., it was reported that unknown students were throwing water balloons from a 9th floor McCormick Hall window. Hall resident assistants keyed into the vacated suspect’s room, where they found a vaporizer containing marijuana residue. DPS was contacted and officers searched the room when the residents returned. Officers found two grinders containing seeds, remnants of a green leafy substance, and nine 16-oz. cans of beer. MPD was contacted and one 19-year-old male student was issued a citation for possession of drug paraphernalia. MPD also confiscated the contraband.

Mar. 21 At 10:20 p.m., it was reported that an unknown person overturned the couches in the common area on the 11th floor of McCormick Hall. One of the couches was pushed into a 4-by-8 foot window, causing it to break. The estimated damage is $1,000. Facilities Services was contacted, but there are no suspects at this time.

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Tuesday 24 “The Ownership of the Public Lands: The Romance of Local Control meets the Romance of Expertise,” Frank L. Klement Lecture, 7:30 p.m., Emory Clark Hall 120 Soup with Substance, former sweatshop workers from Honduras and Puerto Rico, noon to 1 p.m., Alumni Memorial Union 407 Taizé prayer service, 7 p.m., Chapel of the Holy Family, AMU. Rachael Yamagata, 8 p.m., Turner Hall Ballroom, $10

Wednesday 25 The student organization Invisible Children will show a new documentary, “The Rescue,” 7 p.m., Lalumiere Language Hall 176 The Darfur Action Coalition, speaker

August Mayai, cofounder of the Machara Miracle Network, 6 p.m., AMU Ballrooms Pat McCurdy, 10 p.m., Caffrey’s Pub

Thursday 26 Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction debate, “On the Issues” with Mike Gousha, 12:15 to 1:15 p.m., Sensenbrenner Hall 325 “The State of Art: Open Forum about the Visual Arts in Wisconsin,” 7 p.m., Haggerty Museum of Art Film “For the Bible Tells Me So,” 7 p.m., Cudahy 001.

Brian Regan, 7:30 p.m., The Riverside, $34.50 Milwaukee Ballet: Genesis, 7:30 p.m., The Pabst Theater, $22 to $86

Friday 27 Milwaukee Ballet: Genesis, 7:30 p.m., The Pabst Theater, $22 to $86

Saturday 28 Milwaukee Ballet: Genesis, 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., The Pabst Theater, $22 to $86

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Debate Continued from page 1

He proposed improving the Student Organization Allocations process to make it easier for organizations to obtain funding. He would examine the possibility of adding a third club sports funding period and eliminating itemized funding, which would allow groups to be more flexible with how they use SOA money.

Currently, groups can only receive funding designated for expressed purposes like tournament entry fees and hotel costs.

However, Thomas said adding a third club sports period could overcomplicate the SOA process and that itemization is necessary

to ensure money is spent according to MUSG rules.

Thomas and Stopka said their platform was bolstered by an emphasis on the importance of communication with different campus groups, particularly with regard to SOA money.

Stopka, a junior in the College of Business Administration, said many organizations still don’t fully understand how to obtain SOA funds and that she and Thomas would seek to improve communication in this regard.

Transparency Kristan and Ali said they would maintain an “executives blog” with weekly updates about what is happening within student government.

They also said they would make

an effort to engage students directly, as part of their effort to be proactive.

“We think it’s kind of ridiculous that the only time MUSG people are meeting with students is around election time,” Kristan said.

Ali, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said this outreach would increase communication with students by “showing we are willing to go to them.”

Thomas and Stopka proposed setting up a section of the MUSG Web site for anonymous student comments and suggestions.

Both pairs of candidates agreed they would pursue a much closer working relationship with student media as part of their transparency initiatives, including lifting restrictions on senators communi-

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MUSG Thomas and Stopka said they would work to increase the diversity of the Senate’s makeup.

“We want to work to let students that are very qualified know about these positions,” Stopka said.

She proposed turning to faculty to communicate MUSG openings to interested students.

Kristan reiterated that MUSG needs to make itself more visible on campus by being the ones to approach students, not the other way around.

“It’s a matter of the actual (members of MUSG) going out,” Kristan said. “We need to elevate the levels of debate on campus.”

He noted that as of the time of the debate, none of the Senate

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seats for Wednesday’s election were contested.

“That’s a problem,” he said.

Campus Dining Kristan said the main focus of his campaign was not so much the quality of the food — although that is still important, he said — but the “value of your swipe.”

He said some meal exchanges at Marquette Place, for example, are clearly not the equivalent of a “meal.” He said he and Ali would work to improve exchange options.

Thomas said he and Stopka would evaluate food prices to make sure students were getting their money’s worth.

He also said they would continue to work at securing more diverse food offerings across campus.

2009 Sample Ballot

Students can vote online from 12:01 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Wednesday at http://musg.mu.edu/vote. Results will be announced at 4 p.m. on Thursday outside the Marquette Student Government office, Alumni Memorial Union Room 133.

Visit www.marquettetribune.org on Thursday afternoon for the election results.

MUSG President/Executive Vice President (vote for one) John Kristan, junior, College of Arts & Sciences Shazia Ali, junior, College of Arts & Sciences

Henry Thomas, junior, College of Arts & Sciences Stephanie Stopka, junior, College of Business Administration

Senators Arts & Sciences Senator

Business Administration Senator

Communication Senator

Joseph Ciccone, freshman Emil Ovbiagele, freshman Abe Matthew, senior (write-in)

Trent Carlson, sophomore (write-in) John Dunlap, sophomore (write-in) Benjamin Neary, sophomore (write-in) Alexander Wirtz, junior (write-in)

Katie Simoncic, freshman

Engineering Senator

Health Sciences Senator

Nursing Senator

Ellie Hawkinson, sophomore Bryan Fay, freshman (write-in)

Aaron Gilling, freshman (write-in)

Adam Tandez, senior

Residence Hall Association President (vote for one) see candidate platforms at www.marquettetribune.org

Matthew Dresen, sophomore, College of Business Administration

Megan Janni, senior, College of Arts & Sciences

* Students will also vote in elections for RHA vice president (uncontested), senior speaker, and a referendum on if the role of the Office of the Ombuds should be expanded.

For a complete listing of the races in Wednesday’s election, visit www.marquettetribune.org.

John Forristal, freshman, College of Communication Sources: Marquette Student Government Graphic by Vincent Thorn/vincent.thorn@marquette.edu

EDITOR’S NOTE

Tribune and Marquette Journal win awards Dear Readers, I would like to share some recent awards and accomplishments the Tribune and Marquette Journal, our student life magazine, recently received.

The Society of Professional Journalists awarded Tribune columnist Megan Hren first place in general column writing, and Robby Douthitt first place in sports column writing.

The Tribune also received several second and third Hren place awards. The Tribune Editorial Board was awarded second for its editorial writing. Second place winners also included John Borneman for sports writing, Nick Bullock for sports column writing, Brooke McEwen for general news reporting and Jim McLaughlin for column writing. Jack Kelly received third place in breaking news reporting.

The Journal was named best The Milwaukee Press magazine. Journal photograClub also awarded the pher, Kevin Kozicki, received Tribune first place for first place for best photo best Web design. The illustration. The Journal also Journal was awarded received several second second place for web and third place awards. design. This is in large Caitlin Kavanaugh received credit to Student Douthitt Media Interactive Director John second place for non-fiction writing. Greg Shutters, Luetke. The Tribune’s TribTrio Journal Editor-in-chief, took third entertainment podcast was named best place in non-fiction podcast. The Journal also writing. McEwen received first place for best also placed third in feature story for “Milwaukee’s photo illustration.

Best” by Shutters.

Both publicaEarlier in the year the Wistions competed in consin Newspaper AssociaSPJ’s Region 6, which tion awarded Tribune photographer Lauren Stoxen first includes Wisconsin, place in photography, and the Minnesota, North Tribune’s Editorial Board with and South Dakota.

National results will be best editorial “Give all students announced later in the access to U-Pass.” year.

As Editor-in-chief I am very

proud of all the Tribune staff for its hard work this year. I would also like to congratulate Shutters and his staff for turning the Journal into an award-winning publication.

Thank you for your ongoing support of both publications,

Phil Caruso Editor-in-chief

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PAGE 4 Editorial Board: Andrea Tarrell Viewpoints editor

Megan Hupp Editorial writer

Alli Kerfeld

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Step up to the H2O Challenge

We were intrigued to hear of the H2O Challenge going on at Marquette this semester and supported by Campus Ministry. The concept is simple: participants promise to drink only water for two weeks and donate the money that they would have spent on pop or lattes (or other beverages) to the drilling of clean wells in impoverished areas. We encourage students to participate in this program. Drinking only water for two weeks is not a significant sacrifice, and the money saved can do a lot of good.

One billion people lack access to clean water, and 25,000 of them die daily due to illnesses related to an unhygienic water supply. There are a number of particularly scary diseases, like cholera, caused by drinking tainted water. Lack of clean water can also lead to trachoma, a bacterial infection that can lead to blindness. Another serious condition is Guinea worm disease, a debilitating and painful infection caused by a large roundworm found in contaminated water. The worm penetrates the stomach, makes its way to the skin and, after growing to a length of 3 feet, emerges from the body through a painful blister.

We can’t imagine having to worry about such horrifying diseases on a daily basis. In addition to dealing with the threat of these illnesses, women and children in many parts of the world have to walk hours a day to haul dirty, disease-ridden water to their homes from lakes and rivers. This is a burden that leads to truncated lives for many in the third world.

According to the H2O Project, the cost of building a well is around $6,000. When this cost is divided by the number of people who will drink from it, the cost per person ends up being just $10. For a mere $10, one person can be freed of the worry of sickness and the burden of hauling water for life. By taking the H2O Challenge and skipping the daily pop, the morning coffee and yes, the weekend booze, it would be easy to save enough money to provide clean water for several people for the remainder of their lives. Take a moment to think about how much you drink during the week. The evidence of Marquette’s extreme consumption is everywhere. The lines at the Brew between classes stretch across the coffee shop. Homeless people manage to get by just by collecting our beer cans after the weekends.

Ten dollars is really nothing to us. It’s less than two or three drinks at Starbucks. It’s less than a pizza. It’s less than a cab ride to the bar.

But it is worth so much more than that to those who really need it.

Giving up all beverages besides water is really a very slight change to the daily routine. In fact, it is a healthy move to increase water consumption. Yet what would be a small sacrifice for us could make a profound impact on the lives of many others.

Let’s step up and meet the H2O Challenge, Marquette. We can really make a difference.

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Diversity on campus not what Marquette claims “Here’s to you...”

Lindsay Fiori Since I started looking at Marquette University for my post-high school endeavors, I think I have heard the word diversity approximately 1,237,845 times.

Diversity is on every admissions mailing, it’s mentioned during freshman orientation, it gets a shout out in plenty of classes and it is the administration’s favorite word.

Student Affairs has a Diversity Committee and Marquette has a special statement on human dignity and diversity.

And it’s no wonder. Just look around campus. Diversity is everywhere.

Diversity is in the plethora of white kids walking to classes on Central Mall. Diversity is evident in the sea of “white” and gold in the fan section at the Bradley Center. It’s even more obvious in the few black or Hispanic students in most classes.

And the intermix of all this diversity is visible when you look at students in the library or the dorm cafeterias — white kids sitting here, black kids sitting there and Hispanic and Asian students at yet other tables.

Carlos Garces, senior assistant describes itself as a college guide dean of admissions, said his office written by students for students, talks about diversity with prospec- gives Marquette a D- in diversity. tive students. They tell them that This is Marquette’s lowest grade Marquette is one and its only D. of the most diStudent comments verse schools in And the intermix on the site tell visitors Wisconsin with of all this diversity that at Marquette “distudents from ev- is visible when you versity at MU is pretery state. ty much nonexistent” look at students in “Nowadays a and “the campus is the library or the lot of students are not that diverse. It is very interested dorm cafeterias — composed mostly of in that,” he said. white kids sitting upper-middle-class “They’re looking here, black kids white kids.” for a diverse expe- sitting there and On the site, a user rience in college. Hispanic and Asian who called himself We do provide it.” students at yet “tokenblack” wrote, You certainly do. other tables.

“Black people are It’s clearly seen in treated as a commodMarquette’s numity, and there are no bers, which cannot lie — 82 per- places they can go.” cent of undergraduates are white.

I come from a small farming See? Diversity. community in northern Illinois Five percent of undergraduates and the clear majority of my town are black, four percent are Asian and high school are white. When I or Pacific Islander and 5.5 percent chose Marquette, I was excited to are Hispanic, according to an Oc- meet people who were ethnically tober report from Marquette’s Of- different than me, to make friends fice of Institutional Research. who would expand my horizons In October, Marquette also and to bring more inclusive ideas boasted a whooping 141 inter- back home with me. national students, or 1.8 percent.

My horizons have expanded in As far as Jesuit colleges are con- Milwaukee, but diversity on camcerned, Boston College, George- pus is not why. town University and the UniverSo here’s to you, Marquette. sity of San Francisco usually have Thanks for promising divermany more international students sity and delivering with a failing than Marquette, said Ellen Blauw, grade. associate director of the Office of International Education. lindsay.fiori@marquette.edu CollegeProwler, a Web site that

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Financial troubles highlight flawed view of money Megan Hren “Who is rich? He that is content.

Who is that? Nobody.” Benjamin Franklin’s words seem to ring a bit more true in light of today’s economic struggles and the resulting exposure of the underlying causes.

I don’t think “rich” would aptly describe the good ol’ USA right now — both because we are neither content nor financially sound. As far as how much the latter affects the former? I think it has a lot to do with the way Americans view money.

Though I will not pretend to be an economist or to understand the depths of the issues surrounding the trillions of dollars of American debt, I will venture to say that what

different?

Wishich one

Americans need is a new outlook on money and its value grounded in practicality. A newfound respect for the dollar and how it is earned and spent is a necessity for our economy to turn around. If this deference is coupled with a demand for business ethics and the repudiation of frivolous spending, America can still become a model of financial responsibility.

But we are far from this paragon status. I wish I could look to those on Wall Street and respect the way business is done, the way wealth is distributed and the way money is valued. However, this is the furthest from the truth.

As we’ve seen, the recent distribution of $165 million of the bailout money to American International Group (AIG) employees for bonuses has evoked exasperation at the apparent lack of scrupulous action. “Our country’s borrowed money should not be given to the rich to make them richer!” is written on so many American faces.

Our money has been abused when it was meant to find solutions.

Well, Benjamin Franklin also said, “He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.” The notion that money will do everything, especially on an individual level, needs to be replaced with the idea that the human intellect behind the money is the real solution.

Even though many of those who received bonuses at AIG with the stimulus money are returning it, the fact that it was given out in the first place is evidence that even a beleaguered economy won’t stop some from engaging in the greedy practices that contributed to the economic crisis in the first place.

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As Wu-Tang Clan once said, “Cash rules everything around me.” But what needs to happen is for us to rule that “dolla dolla bill, ya’ll,” by valuing it ethically and sensibly.

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Police to track racial profiling in traffic stops Gov. Jim Doyle’s budget proposes to make records public

By Jack Kelly jack.kelly@marquette.edu

Gov. Jim Doyle has corrected his budget proposal, which originally called for race data on traffic stops to be collected, but not made public.

Lee Sensenbrenner, a spokesman for Doyle, said the language keeping the records confidential

was left in the budget unintentionally.

The budget is several hundred pages long, and has undergone many revisions and corrections in a short timeframe, Sensenbrenner said. Doyle meant for the trafficstop data to be made public.

“That was the governor’s intention,” Sensenbrenner said. “The rationale is that these records should be public.”

A letter was sent to Madison last week with the change, he said.

Law enforcement departments in counties with a population of more than 125,000 would be

required to collect the data beginning in 2011. The 11 counties are Brown, Dane, Kenosha, Marathon, Milwaukee, Outagamie, Racine, Rock, Washington, Waukesha and Winnebago.

The proposal calls to record the reason for the stop, the race of the driver and any passengers searched.

The proposal was originally written to have the 11 counties reporting the same data, but it was to be kept confidential.

Some police departments already voluntarily record and report race data from traffic stops.

Wausau Police Chief Jeff

Hardel said his department has been doing this for more than ten years. Every year, the data is given to the City Council and used in presentations to community groups.

“Everything we do is subject to open records laws,” Hardel said.

“The pendulum is swinging so that pretty much everything is open.”

Despite the openness of some departments, a perception that officers treat people of different races differently does exist, said Chris Ahmuty, executive director of the Wisconsin chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

“There certainly is a perception (that) people of color are being treated differently by police,” Ahmuty said. “Data management, it sort of gets everything out.”

He said by recording the facts and making them public, Wisconsin can see if there is a problem.

“Let’s look at what’s happening,” Ahmuty said.

The Attorney General’s office disagrees with the assertion that Wisconsin has a racial bias when it comes to traffic stops.

“It hasn’t been indicated to be a problem in Wisconsin,” said See Traffic, page 8

Mental Health Complex stays on city’s west side Repeated attempts to move hospital voted down

By Tony DiZinno anthony.dizinno@marquette.edu

A proposed plan to move the Mental Health Complex from Watertown Plank Road into St. Michael’s Hospital on Villard Avenue ended last Thursday. The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors voted down the idea in a 13-6 vote.

Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker has tried unsuccessfully for more than two years to move the complex into a portion of the renovated St. Michael’s.

This would have saved new building costs and been affordable to taxpayers, Walker said.

According to a press release, Walker said at this stage the county must consolidate the complex at its current site and budget capital project funds to remodel the existing structure.

“In light of the action of the County Board, this is the only option for the county in the foreseeable future,” Walker said. “Milwaukee County just cannot afford to build a new $100 million building.”

Walker’s press release said St. Michael’s is in danger of closing due to a reduced number of patients, staff and resources. Also, this is the second vote by the board to strike down the proposal, having also been declined in September 2008 in an 11-8 vote.

Fran McLaughlin, director of

Above photo courtesy St. Michael’s Hospital; photo to right byGabe Sanchez/gabriel. sanchez@ marquette.edu

A proposal to move the Mental Health Complex to the St. Michael’s Hospital (above and right) on Villard Avenue was rejected by the Milwaukee County Board.

Fewer people identify with a religion 2008 survey reports decrease in number of American believers

By Kaellen Hessel kaellen.hessel@marquette.edu

More people are willing to identify themselves as having no religion than before, according to the American Religious Identification Survey 2008.

Fifteen percent of the U.S. adult population 18 years and older identified themselves as having no religion in 2008, com-

pared to 14.2 percent in 2001 and 8.2 percent in 1990, according to the survey, conducted by the Program on Public Values at Trinity College.

One of out every five Americans failed to indicate a religious preference, the survey found.

ARIS 2008 measures change of religious self-identification over time with greater changes in self-identification between 1990 and 2001 than between 2001 to 2008.

Throughout the continental United States, 54,461 adults were surveyed, according to the ARIS 2008 Web site.

The key question for the sur-

vey was “What is your religion, if any?” said Barry Kosmin, principal investigator for the survey.

One of the follow up questions was “Regarding the existence of God, do you think…” followed by a list of possible answers.

Only 69.5 percent of the American adult population believe “there definitely is a personal God” while 76 percent of Americans label themselves as Christians, according to the survey, which is used in the Census Bureau’s Statistical Abstract of the United States.

People used to be afraid of See Religion, page 7

communications for the County Executive’s Office, said options were limited after this second vote.

She said costs were not accurately measured for the project.

McLaughlin said in 2006, Walker first initiated the proposal after parent company Wheaton Franciscan Health Care of Wisconsin announced future closures of the St. Michael’s emergency room and other departments.

“Wheaton’s options were to demolish the site or lease it to Milwaukee County,” McLaughlin said. “They did not take into account infrastructure, parking and architectural renderings, which are large parts of costs.”

She said the hospital’s financial strains began when St. Michael’s Emergency Room, Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit, Medical/ Surgical and Intensive Care Units were closed in June 2006. Since then, Wheaton has spent $2.5 million annually on upkeep of St. Michael’s.

Wheaton cited large financial losses and declining patient numbers as a reason for cutting these facilities off. Roughly one-third of the hospital’s 722 employees were transferred to other Wheaton facilities in southeastern Wisconsin.

Anne Ballentine, a spokeswoman for Wheaton Franciscan, said concerted efforts to find a suitable buyer or taker for St. Michael’s have failed after almost three years of trying.

“In the past, we were indicating to demolish the building if there was no interested party,” Ballentine said. “This is after nearly three years of working with the county See Hospital, page 8

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Black Marriage Day observed last weekend Holiday celebrates unity in over 300 cities nationwide

By Drew Marcel-Keyes andrew.marcel-keyes@marquette.edu

This past Sunday more than 300 cities nationwide celebrated a little-known holiday. Black Marriage Day, created by Wedded Bliss Foundation founder Nisa Islam Muhammed, is a holiday set aside to encourage marriage in the black community, particularly among younger black people.

It is always celebrated on the fourth Sunday in March. This year’s theme was First Comes Love: Guiding our Youth to Marriage.

“It was a great success. It is particularly important to encourage and guide our youth marriage. The black community needs stronger family structures,” Muhammed said.

The holiday was created in response to a growing problem in the black community. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 69.9 percent of all African-American births

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being labeled as atheists but that’s changing, Kosmin said.

Even so, more people are willing to say that God doesn’t exist than to call themselves atheists, he said.

Another reason Kosmin gave for this disparity is that nonreligious terms, such as atheist and agnostic, aren’t in the public lexicon.

“There’s an educational factor here,” he said.

Theologians have noticed that many people choose to believe in a god without belonging to a religious denomination or church, but in this case it appears people are belonging without believing,

are to unmarried women. In contrast, that number is 25.3 percent for non-Hispanic white women, 16.2 percent for Asian and Pacific Islanders, and 48 percent for Hispanic women.

This is the seventh year of Black Marriage Day, and its focus this year was on youth. As of 2005, birth rates for unmarried black women between the ages of 20 and 29 reached the highest they’ve ever been at more than 70 per 1,000 unmarried women.

“It’s a trend that needs to stop,” Muhammed said. “We can’t sit back and do nothing.”

The Wedded Bliss Foundation, located in Washington D.C., works with cities, organizations and people nationwide to put together the holiday. They encourage people to branch out on their own in an effort to encourage marriage in the black community.

Not everyone believes that encouraging black marriage is the key to fixing the problem.

“What makes it a problem is class,” said Roberta Coles, associate professor in the department of social and cultural sciences at Marquette. “[Births among unmarried women] frequently overlaps with poverty.”

Coles said the holiday

“couldn’t hurt,” but also believes the problem runs deeper than just marriage itself.

“It’s not a good idea to promote marriage for the sake of marriage,” Coles said. “Marriage rates will go up when black men and women, but men in particular, get better jobs.”

Krnandini Dasi co-organized a Black Marriage Day event last year in Cleveland.

“We are trying to strengthen black families,” Dasi said. “We strive to showcase those couples in strong marriages as a guide to others.”

Across the country, similar events were held. At the event in Cleveland, couples renewed their vows.

“Marriage is sometimes thought of as not as important these days,” Dasi said. “But it’s a God-given institution that strengthens us.”

The events include film festivals celebrating marriage in the black community, as well as the ability to induct couples into the Black Marriage Day Marriage Hall of Fame.

“We are growing fast,” Muhammed said. “But so is the problem we are fighting. We must stay strong and encourage others to do so as well.”

said Bill Oliverio, a theology lecturer at Marquette.

Twenty-seven percent of Americans do not expect to have a religious funeral, which is another sign of Americans’ lack of attachment to religion, according to the survey.

Kosmin said he was surprised at this number because religion deals with mortality.

While the number of people without a religion has increased, the total number of Christians declined from 86.2 percent in 1990 to 76 percent in 2008, according to the survey.

There is a cultural and religious polarization causing people to move either away from religion or to be more conservative about religion, Kosmin said.

There are more people on each extreme, he said.

Steve Long, a Marquette theology professor, said we live in the post-Christian era. Going to church used to be the center of the social world, but now people are looking at other institutions to fulfill the former needs of the church, he said.

People aren’t overly concerned with the states of their souls now, he said. They are looking to other things to preserve them.

“It may be better for the Church,” Long said.

Those now going to church are there for the right reasons: wanting to honor and worship God, he said.

There is a smaller number of true believers, but there is still a core of many religious Americans, Oliverio said.

“We’re still a religious nation,” Oliverio said.

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Here’s a breakdown: Non-Hispanic white women:

25.3%

Asian and Pacific Islanders:

16.2%

Hispanic women:

48.0%

American Indian and Alaska Native women: 63.5% Non-Hispanic African American women:

69.9%

Source: National Center for Health Statistics Graphic by Vincent Thorn/vincent.thorn@marquette.edu

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not a hospital,� Holly said. “We were waiting on decisions from the Milwaukee County Board before addressing how to move Continued from page 6 forward.�

Weas Development Co. and St. but also exploring other options to see if anyone was interested Michael’s were hoping to achieve in buying it, or at this stage just a long-term lease to expand the facility to include county psyhaving it.� chiatric patients Ballentine said as part of the rethe services the furbished facilfacility still has “Milwaukee County just ity. The proposal are likely to move cannot afford to build would have cost by the summer. another $100 million over $100 milShe also said building.� lion, according to Wheaton does not McLaughlin. know when it will Scott Walker “In their mind, be demolished, Milwaukee County Executive they aren’t saying given the current it will cost $100 economic climate.

Lori Holly, a spokeswoman million, but it will exceed this from the St. Joseph’s branch of plan,â€? she said. “They don’t have Wheaton Franciscan, where some another plan. When it comes employees were transferred, said down to it, the county doesn’t Wheaton struggled for new op- have the funds for it. It is a beautiful facility and a shame it was tions for St. Michael’s. “There are still some services turned down.â€? and ofďŹ ces on sight there, but it’s

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Kevin St. John, a spokesman for Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen. “Wisconsin has a record of applying the law equally.�

St. John said information such as Social Security numbers could be withheld, but the rest

should be public, since police departments are public institutions. “What we do as public entities, with some very traditional exceptions that are understood, are public records,â€? St. John said. “And (the records) should be open to the public. This is what local or county or state ofďŹ cials do as part of their positions.â€?

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Warner Music Group were not offering licenses to consumers — they are offering what were called “covenants not to sue.�

As Lincoff described it, “The covenant is that you will not be sued for your peer to peer ďŹ le sharing activity...you then get to engage in ďŹ le sharing with those labels’ records and you will not be sued by those labels for that ďŹ le sharing.â€?

However, this does not apply to the publishers of the music, who own the song itself, not the recording, Lincoff said. “If the labels grant the covenant not to sue, then they don’t speak on behalf of the music publishers, who very well might sue you,�

Lincoff said.

He said by granting covenants rather than licenses, music labels can continue to go after illegal peer-to-peer systems such as Limewire. If Choruss offered li-

TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2009 censes to downloaded music, music companies would no longer be able to sue peer-to-peer services for copyright infringement, Lincoff said. “The labels that dominate Choruss don’t want peer-to-peer to be lawful, but they still want to get money from students for their peer-to-peer activities,� Lincoff said.

Erik Ugland, an assistant professor in the College of Communication, said the focus on continuing the ďŹ ght against illegal peer-to-peer sharing is the real reason for the decision to create a covenant not to sue rather than a license. “For all practical purposes, there’s not much of a difference between the two,â€? Ugland said.

He said the covenant will act as a license because record labels are the only group that have sued students thus far, and music publishers likely won’t follow suit.

Ugland did point out that there could be a problem if not every label gets on board.

Right now, three of the four

major record labels, along with many independent labels, have joined Choruss. Universal Music Group is the one holdout among the four major labels.

If the database is not comprehensive, Ugland said, students will continue to use illegal downloading methods even to get technically legal music because they simply won’t know the difference.

At Marquette, illegal downloading is not as common in comparison to other universities, according to Mary Simmons, network and security director in Information Technology Services.

However, that doesn’t mean that those who do download illegally are ignored. “The recording industry requires universities to do something,� Simmons said.

Marquette’s response is a threestrike policy: if a dorm room’s IP address is found to be illegally downloading material off the Internet three different times, the room’s Internet connection is shut off.

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Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt erupts 5 times Ash plume rises more than 9 miles in air near towns

By Mary Pemberton Associated Press

WILLOW, Alaska — Alaska’s Mount Redoubt volcano erupted five times overnight, sending an ash plume more than 9 miles into the air in the volcano’s first emissions in nearly 20 years.

Residents in the state’s largest city were spared from falling ash, though fine gray dust was falling Monday morning on small communities north of Anchorage. The ash began falling around daybreak and continued into midmorning. They were supposed to end by noon.

“It’s coming down,” Rita Jackson, 56, said early Monday morning at a 24-hour grocery store in Willow, about 50 miles north of Anchorage. She slid her fingers across the hood of her car, through a dusting of ash.

Ash from Alaska’s volcanos is like a rock fragment with jagged edges and has been used as an industrial abrasive. It can injure skin, eyes and breathing passages. The young, the elderly and people with respiratory problems are especially susceptible to ash-related health problems.

Ash can also cause damage engines in planes, cars and other vehicles.

Alaska Airlines on Monday canceled 19 flights in and out of the Anchorage international airport because of the ash.

Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage told only essential personnel to report to work. The Air Force says 60 planes, including fighter jets, cargo aircraft and a 747 commercial plane,

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This March 15, photo released by the Alaska Volcano Observatory / U.S. Geological Survey shows Mount Redoubt looking south at the north flank near Kenai, Alaska. The volcano erupted three times starting Sunday night, sending an ash cloud an estimated 50,000 feet into the air. The ash cloud is expected to reach the Susitna Valley including Talkeetna, and Willow about 90 miles north of Anchorage.

were being sheltered.

The first eruption, in a sparsely area across Cook Inlet from the Kenai Peninsula, occurred at 10:38 p.m. Sunday and the fifth happened at 4:30 a.m. Monday, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

The wind was taking the ash cloud away from Anchorage, toward Willow and Talkeetna, near Mount McKinley, North America’s largest mountain in Denali National Park.

Dave Stricklan, a hydrometeorogical technician with the National Weather Service, expected very fine ash.

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“The heavier stuff drops out very quickly, and then the other stuff filters out. There’s going to be a very fine amount of it that’s going to be suspended in the atmosphere for quite some time,” he said. “The finer ash is going to travel farther, and any ash can affect aviation safety.”

Jackson said she was taking a sip of coffee when she tasted something funny on her lips ash. She was experiencing other affects, too.

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Still a missing piece Pete Worth

Big Three go two and out Photos of Wesley Matthews and Jerel McNeal by Ryan Glazier/ryan.glazier@marquette.edu, Photo of Dominic James courtesy Marquette Athletics

Seniors Wesley Matthews (left), Dominic James (middle) and Jerel McNeal (right) ended their record-breaking collegiate careers Sunday with Marquette’s loss to Missouri. In four years, the three stars were never able to carry the Golden Eagles past the round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament.

Team falls again in second round

By John Borneman john.borneman@marquette.edu

BOISE, Idaho — Wesley Matthews sat facing reporters, his eyes faintly bloodshot, just minutes removed from the end of his basketball playing career at Marquette.

The senior guard was trying to

replay his thoughts as the final seconds wound down on Marquette’s 83-79 loss to No. 3-seed Missouri in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

“I don’t know,” he said slowly.

“I don’t think I had any thoughts.

I was just kind of replaying in my head, I guess, how we got down to that point.”

Matthews was but one prong in a much-celebrated three-guard attack for Marquette. The other two — Jerel McNeal and Dominic James — also saw their Mar-

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quette careers come to a close on the floor of Taco Bell Arena Sunday.

All three players rank among Marquette’s top-10 all-time scorers. Their names dot the Marquette record books in a litany of other categories, from free throws made to games played.

But in the final 38 seconds of Marquette’s 2008-’09 season, not one of them had the ball in their hands.

“It was tough just never being able to get the ball back in

By Paul Thorson paul.thorson@marquette.edu

Lauren Thomas-Johnson led Marquette with 11 points in 26 minutes as coach Terri Mitchell started a younger lineup to open WNIT play.

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One step closer to WNIT repeat Mitchell and company advance; knock off Butler

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our possession to actually get a shot to either tie or go up on the game,” said McNeal, who led all scorers with 30 points. “All we needed was a stop and we didn’t, we didn’t do a good enough job to get that stop and get the ball back.”

At that 38-second mark, McNeal was fouled by Missouri guard J.T. Tiller. McNeal made 1-of-2 free throws, tying the game at 79-79. The Tigers called

The Marquette women’s basketball team opened postseason play Monday night with a 58-49 victory over Butler University. The Golden Eagles won despite not having played since a Mar. 6 loss to Cincinnati in the Big East tournament.

“It’s just great to be playing this time of year, our 17-day layoff from playing certainly showed at times,” coach Terri Mitchell said.

“We knew it would take a while to get back into the game mode.”

Marquette struggled with its shooting early on, missing 11 shots inside the paint in the first half enroute to a 33.3 percent shooting

performance before halftime. Marquette, however, led at the break 22-18, largely thanks to 10 points off Butler turnovers.

“We missed a lot of layups, and we just told ourselves we can’t miss bunnies anymore,” senior Marissa Thrower said.

Marquette opened the second half with a 17-5 run to take a 16-point lead with just over 12 minutes to go. But the Bulldogs made things interesting, going on a 17-2 run of their own and trailed 41-40 with 6:29 remaining.

It was then that an unlikely hero stepped up for Marquette, as junior Lauren Thomas-Johnson hit her second 3-pointer of the night, just her fourth make in her last 35 attempts from behind the arc.

“We ran the play and I was coming up baseline, and I just thought ‘I’ve got to make this,’ because obviously they’ve gone on their run,” See WNIT, page 14

In a game that looked more like a track meet than a basketball game, a length of a toe decided the photo finish.

Lazar Hayward tried to hold up. When he couldn’t, and the final buzzer sounded on Marquette’s 83-79 heartbreaking loss to Missouri, the realization set in. Sadly, almost unbelievably, the careers of Dominic James, Jerel McNeal and Wesley Matthews had crossed the finish line as well.

Despite the lack of NCAA Tournament success, there’s no denying how much the trio has given Marquette and its fans.

Four 20-win seasons, four consecutive 10-win conference seasons in the school’s first four years in the Big East, national television exposure, rejuvenation of the program, I could go on and on.

But with all they have given in their four years, there was something that Dominic, Jerel and Wesley truly deserved that was never given to them — a true low-post presence.

Basketball is a simple sport when it all comes down to it.

Although guards have become the stars of the game today, the big man is, and will always be, the most vital player on the floor.

That’s why it’s so disappointing that in four years, Tom Crean could not find the missing piece to mesh with what turned out to be the best backcourt in the country.

Seniors will remember Chris Grimm, a.k.a. “The Reaper,” who gave it his all every night, but never had the athleticism to be a star. Mike Kinsella was enormous, but his career was defined by a six-point game in the regular season. Lawrence Blackledge?

Ha. Dwight Burke’s muscles are scary, but so is when he gets the ball with his back to the basket.

To his credit, Burke performed well in his role this year, especially since he was the only reliable player 6-foot-8 or up.

But when watching Connecticut’s Hasheem Thabeet, Pitt’s DeJuan Blair, heck, even Utah State’s Gary Wilkinson, I couldn’t help but always think, as I’m sure most of you have, “Man, can you imagine that guy on Marquette?’”

Looking back on four years, it’s quite remarkable the success the Golden Eagles have had without a single post player (outside of Lazar Hayward, who isn’t one but plays the role) to put up a guaranteed eight points every night. Think about it — how much more comfortable would See Missing, page 12

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Marquette fans be with a power forward with legitimate offensive skills roaming the paint in the two second-round losses against Stanford’s Brook Lopez or Mizzou’s Leo Lyons?

I know the three guards certainly would have appreciated it, especially in the two years (2007 and this year) when McNeal and James were injured.

With all the publicity, adoration and records, the trio never got the one break to push them past the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament. When Steve Novak’s wide-open jumper clanged against Alabama in 2006, there was still three more years of hope. Lopez’s game-winning shot

Briefs Women’s Tennis The Marquette women’s tennis team pulled out a big upset over No. 56 Western Michigan on Friday. Western Michigan had won 40-consecutive matches against unranked opponents.

The Golden Eagles ground out the key doubles point on the back of a 9-8 win by Olga Fischer and senior Robin Metzler. With the 1-0 team lead, Marquette looked poised to change its luck against a team it usually has little success against.

After Western Michigan’s Kerstin Pahl dispatched Paula Calderon 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1 singles, Metzler and sophomore Rachael Hush

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last year stung like crazy, but one more chance loomed. After Sunday’s game, however, a gallon of Ben & Jerry’s wouldn’t have been enough to ease the pain of a die-hard Marquette fan.

This year’s senior class has been one of the luckiest ever to fill up sections 105-106, 220225 and 429-440 of the Bradley Center. Getting the opportunity to watch the trio for four years is something that will stand out for every senior when thinking back on his or her time at Marquette years from now. Sadly, that missing piece will too.

In a game that looked more like a track meet, James, McNeal and Matthews came up short on the final lap. It’s just too bad they didn’t have a big man to carry them further. peter.worth@marquette.edu responded. Metzler and Hush both won handily at No. 5 and No. 4 to put the Golden Eagles up 3-1 against the Broncos.

Sophomore Kylie Moore and freshman Gillian Hush both lost heartbreakers. Moore fell 6-7, 6-7 to Jenny Nalepa and Hush was defeated 6-7, 4-6.

The deciding point was left to Fischer. The freshman willed herself to a grueling win, 6-3, 6-7, 6-2, to finish off the upset.

The victory was the team’s second against ranked opponents and it moved the Golden Eagles to a 13-6 overall record. With the Big East Championships looming in the not-too-distant future, it looks like Marquette is playing its best tennis of the season.

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timeout and, on the other side of the break, ran the clock down under 10 seconds before Tiller drove hard to the hoop.

He was fouled by McNeal and laid on the ground for a while before hobbling back to the Missouri bench. Eventually, freshman guard Kim English checked in to take Tiller’s place at the free throw line.

“I wasn’t surprised. I don’t think he’s the greatest free throw shooter,” McNeal said of Tiller. “That’s one of the technicalities about the game, if you are somewhat hurt, faking hurt or whatever it is, you can lay on the ground, and then your trainer could come out and basically get a sub.”

English hit both free throws, giving Missouri an 81-79 lead with 5.5 seconds remaining. On the ensuing inbound play, looking for an opening against the Tiger’s full-court press, forward Lazar Hayward was called for stepping across the baseline. The ball belonged to Missouri.

That’s when disbelief set in for the Golden Eagles.

“It definitely didn’t look, it really didn’t look like that to me,” Matthews said. “I guess he stepped over the line or shuffled his feet or whatever.… I didn’t see any, any, any bad play there, but I’m not the one with the whistle.”

By that time, James was relegated to the bench, rendered ineffective (zero points, one assist, 17 minutes) despite his nearmiraculous return from a broken left foot suffered Feb. 25. McNeal

and Matthews — who combined for 54 points on the night — had been spectacular in the second half, scoring 31 of Marquette’s final 44 points as the Golden Eagles surged back from an 11-point deficit at the half.

“It was good to see them back, to be honest with you,” coach Buzz Williams said. “They haven’t played their absolute best over the last few days or over the last few games.”

But when Marquette fell behind 83-79 on a pair of free throws from Missouri forward Leo Lyons (18 points, four rebounds), it didn’t matter.

“It’s a big hit,” Hayward said of witnessing the end of the careers of James, McNeal and Matthews.

“I’ve grown to have so much love for those guys, like they were one of my brothers.”

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Tennis takes two Hagan skips Saturday’s victory

By Eric Grover eric.grover@marquette.edu

The Marquette men’s tennis team rebounded from a tough loss last week against Old Dominion with two momentumbuilding wins against Valparaiso and Northern Illinois.

“A few loose sets got away from us, but we’re just happy to get wins,” Marquette coach Steve Rodecap said.

Play began Saturday for Marquette as it made short work of Valparaiso, disposing of the Crusaders, 7-0.

Despite the absence of senior ace Trent Hagan, who sat out with a wrist injury, the team

performed well and got off to a great start in doubles, winning all three matches. The No. 1 Marquette duo of senior Stephen Shao’s power and the finesse of junior Dusan Medan proved too much for the overmatched team of Alex Lau and Tom Litscher, as the Golden Eagles won, 8-4.

“It’s familiarity,” Shao said of his chemistry with Medan.

“Last year we played all year together, so we know what we’re going to do without telling each other. It’s a big comfort level.”

Singles play was just as kind for Marquette, as the team cruised with singles wins by Medan, Niko Boulieris, Shao, Mark Rutherford, Jonathan Schwerin and Drake Kakar.

Sunday’s 7-0 win over Northern Illinois might look similar to Saturday on the scorecard, but the palpable tension in the Helfaer Tennis Stadium made

the stakes a little higher and the victory a bit more satisfying.

“There were a couple tricky situations where things might have gotten out of control,” Rodecap said. “And I felt like our guys handled them the way we expect them to.”

Headlining the afternoon was the return of Hagan from his wrist injury. Despite the yelling and racket-throwing of the Huskies’ Jurica Grubisic, Hagan maintained composure and won his No. 1 match in straight sets, 6-4, 6-0.

“Trent has come a long way,” Rodecap said. “A couple years ago he might have struggled with the controversies during the match. But he stayed focused and didn’t let it affect him too much, which is good to see him grow that way.”

The Golden Eagles also benefited from outstanding play at No. 6 singles from freshman

Jonat h a n Schwerin, who dominated his opponent, 6-0, 6-1.

“I felt great about it,” Schwerin said. “Not much went wrong, and I hit every shot the way I wanted to hit it.”

Rodecap stressed the importance of solid play at the back end of his lineup.

“The key is having the freshman playing at six, and we need that freshman to be solid,” he said. “(Schwerin) went out and took care of business. It was the most complete match of the year for him.”

Next, the Golden Eagles face in-state rival UW-Green Bay Wednesday at 3 p.m.

“Green Bay is always a tough match,” Rodecap said.

“Those guys are typically pretty excited to play us.”

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By Tim Kraft timothy.r.kraft@marquette.edu

In its first home game of the 2008-’09 season, coach Terri Mitchell and her Marquette women’s basketball team looked on as the new WNIT Champions banner fell from the rafters of the Al McGuire Center.

Although an NCAA championship banner would be the ideal stadium decoration, a WNIT one will suffice, and Mitchell and her team are now one step closer to defending that title.

“Somebody had said before the game had started, it’s kind of like a go-hard or go-home mindset,” senior forward Marissa Thrower said. “Give everything we got, leave it all out on the court, no regrets.”

Marquette (17-15) did just that as it took care of Butler (20-12) in a second-round game of the WNIT, defeating the Bulldogs 58-49 Monday night at the Al McGuire Center. With the win, the Golden Eagles moved on to the Sweet 16.

Many times you see teams with senior leadership and tournament experience thrive because they’ve been there before.

Not this team. Not if Mitchell’s running the show.

All three seniors — Krystal Ellis, Erin Monfre and Thrower — looked on from the bench as the

ball was tossed in the air to begin postseason play.

“You’re going to see our seniors come off the bench; you’re going to see maturity come off the bench,” Mitchell said. “It’s important that the underclassmen start and that the seniors give us the spark and maturity.

“They’re fine with it. They can come off the bench and use “Somebody had said before the game had started, it’s kind of like a go-hard or gohome mindset. Giver everything we got, leave it all out on the court, no regrets.””

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their experience to help us build a lead or get it back.”

The Golden Eagles have used a number of starting lineups this season, so one more is no surprise.

Junior guard Lauren ThomasJohnson had not started a game since Dec. 13, but Mitchell has been pleased with her work ethic and gave her the nod. The choice proved to be a wise one.

“I wasn’t surprised (to get the start),” Thomas-Johnson said. “Coach Terri is a really good coach and never stopped

believing in me. She felt today was the day I could come in and help the team.”

Thomas-Johnson came into the game having made just two of her last 32 3-point attempts, but showed confidence from long range in her first post-season appearance. She went 2-for-3 from 3-point range and led the Golden Eagles with 11 points.

“We’ve been restricting Lauren from three’s, but we took the restriction off,” Mitchell said.

“I told the team to have fun out there, play loose, and I think Lauren more than anyone has benefited from that.”

At one point in the second half, Butler used a 17-2 run to cut a large deficit down to one point at 41-40. The Golden Eagles looked lost, turning the ball over possession after possession and needed to halt the Bulldogs onslaught.

Thomas-Johnson, who had already hit one 3-pointer for the game, confidently swished another from the corner to put Marquette up four. On Marquette’s next possession, Ellis drained a 3-pointer of her own, and Marquette slowly but surely knocked the Bulldogs out of the WNIT. “We really don’t want to go home,” Thomas-Johnson said.

“Just before the game we shouted repeat because we want to win the championship again.”

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Coming off the bench, senior Marrissa Thrower provided leadership for her underclassmen teammates, finshing with 10 points and eight rebounds.

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Thomas-Johnson said.

Thomas-Johnson finished with 11 points on the night, tying her with Krystal Ellis for the team lead in the game. Thrower had season highs of 10 points and eight rebounds, and freshman Jessica Pachko contributed 10 points as well.

Butler came to within four

points of the Golden Eagles until Ellis nailed the door shut with a driving layup with just 59 seconds to go.

“That’s what a senior should be doing, putting the ball in her hands and going with all that (she) has,” Mitchell said.

Mitchell emphasized after the game the importance her seniors will have this postseason. She also said they will be contributing from the bench as they did Monday night. It may seem puzzling to have Ellis, the school’s

all-time leading scorer, coming off the bench, but Mitchell has her reasons.

“I think it’s important that the underclassmen start in postseason and that the seniors give us the spark and give us the maturity (off the bench),” Mitchell said. “This is not just about this year, this is grounding them in the future about what it is to play deep into March.”

Marquette overcame its 23 turnovers with a dominating performance on the boards, outrebound-

ing the Bulldogs 43-29. Marquette forced 19 turnovers and held Butler to just 33.3 percent shooting for the game, including just 2-of18 from behind the 3-point line.

The win marks the sixth-consecutive postseason victory for Mitchell and the Golden Eagles.

Marquette will play its thirdround game of the WNIT Thursday against either Illinois St. or Louisiana Tech. Those two teams face off Tuesday night, and the location of Thursday’s game will be determined at a later time.

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You would think that Courtney Paris, a four-time All-American selection, would know when to pick her battles. You would think that when her solid Oklahoma team lost its best shooter, Whitney Hand, for at least the first part of the NCAA Tournament, she would know where to draw the line. You would think that Paris, a well-educated young woman and daughter of a former NFL player, would know when to be realistic.

You would think all of this, but you would be wrong.

That’s because a couple of weeks ago, Paris took the biggest risk of her life. She guaranteed that the Sooners would win the NCAA tournament, and if they didn’t, she would pay back her entire athletic scholarship.

Every penny. All $64,000 of it.

Guarantees are made all the time. Jets QB Joe Namath did it and things turned out all right for him. But there’s a huge problem with Paris’ put-up or shut-up prediction. In order for Oklahoma to make good on the guarantee and cut down the nets, they would have to go through a certain undefeated team — the Connecticut Huskies. Yes, the same Connecticut Huskies that have a squeakyclean 34-0 record, the best trio of players — Maya Moore, Renee Montgomery and Tina Charles — in college basketball and a Hall of Fame coach in Geno Auriemma.

Paris might have a better chance of walking on water than pulling off that miracle.

The Huskies issued a statement

in response to Paris’ bold prediction — a cooly efficient 104-65 beat down of Vermont in the first round of the tournament. Charles scored 32 points and shot 13-of-14 from the field alone. Think Paris might be getting a little nervous?

It’s not that Oklahoma is a bad team. It is actually a No. 1 seed in the tourney and won its first game by 29 points.

But Connecticut is in a whole different stratosphere. The Huskies won their games by an average of over 30 points per game and no team came within single digits of beating them.

When a team is that scary good, the last thing you want to do is make it mad. And Paris just rattled the cage. “We can win a national championship,” Paris told the Oklahoman. “If we don’t, I’ll feel like I didn’t earn my scholarship.”

Her devotion to her school is admirable, but someone needs to tell Paris there’s no shame in second place. Not when Connecticut is making a case for the best women’s team in recent memory, maybe ever.

At least Paris has given the otherwise stagnant women’s season a little spice. The only way her Sooners would play Connecticut would be in the championship game, which would create a whirlwind of media attention.

How big of a game would that be? One game, two teams and a chance to back up a $64,000 promise. It would be Connecticut’s shot to pound the one person who didn’t give them respect and an opportunity to silence its doubters forever.

Tourney Talk With the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament now in the books, it’s easy to see why the Big East was viewed as the nation’s strongest conference. Four Big East teams advanced to the second round, including No. 1 Connecticut, No. 3 Louisville, No. 4 Pittsburgh and No. 7 Rutgers.

No. 8 Villanova was manhandled

by Utah 60-30, and No. 7 seeds Notre Dame and DePaul both lost close contests to No. 10 seeds.

The clear favorite is still the Huskies, who have yet to be challenged this season. Louisville has a good chance to make a run deep into the tournament on the wings of star Angel McCoughtry and will play No. 6 LSU next.

Pittsburgh will take on the No. 12 Gonzaga Bulldogs who upset No. 5 Xavier in the first round.

Rutgers will face a very tough No. 2- Auburn team.

Player of the Week Chandrea Jones became the fastest Syracuse player to reach 1,000 points when the senior scored 13 points in a WNIT loss to Bowling Green. She took just 63 games to eclipse the plateau that only 18 others in her school’s history have.

Unfortunately, the mark was bittersweet for Jones as her season and college career came to an end. The Orange lost the game, 72-69 in the second round of the tournament. Jones achieved the milestone just days after she played her final game in the Carrier Dome, a 90-65 win in which she scored 26 points.

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Along with her 16.4 ppg and 13.7 rpg, Courtney Paris has now made the ultimate prediction. Her Sooners will now have to help her back it up.