The Marquette Tribune - April 23rd, 2009

THE MARQUETTE TRIBUNE Volume 93, Number 56

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Harley-Davidson to cut more jobs Reductions are part of a restructuring plan within the company

By Tony DiZinno anthony.dizinno@marquette.edu

Photo by Gabe Sanchez/gabriel.sanchez@marquette.edu

Harley-Davidson has its headquarters in Milwaukee. The company said it expects to lay off 1,100 workers nationwide this year.

In August, Harley-Davidsons roared through the streets of downtown Milwaukee to celebrate the company’s 105th anniversary. Today, the company faces more job cuts as its first quarter profits have dropped 37 percent from 2008.

According to an April 2008 Harley-Davidson news release, the first round of cuts will affect 730 jobs nationwide, several hundred of those at the company’s headquarters in Milwaukee.

According to the report, as part of a restructuring plan within the organization, the company planned an additional 1,100 job cuts nationwide in factory and office positions for 2009-’10.

Amanda Lee, Harley-Davidson spokeswoman, said there are now 400 new nationwide job cuts that will be added on to those 1,100. Fifty to 80 of those

will occur in Milwaukee.

“I wish we didn’t have to talk about these cuts, but it is business,” Lee said.

Lee said the company is planning its Annual Shareholder Meeting for Saturday, despite the cuts, which she described as “an unfortunate part of business.”

Harley-Davidson Director, President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Ziemer, who plans to retire this year, released a statement on April 16 regarding the situation.

“We don’t make any job reducSee Harley, page 8

James Carville talks politics Spoke to full house in AMU Ballrooms

By Tori Dykes victoria.dykes@marquette.edu

Although unafraid of taking political pot shots elsewhere, famed political consultant James Carville primarily turned away from partisanship in his speech to call young people “to be willing to accept defeat” in an appearance at the Alumni Memorial Union last night.

Carville was an adviser for former President Bill Clinton, as well as for Hillary Clinton’s campaign for president in 2008.

He used the first part of the event, sponsored in part by the Les Aspen Center for Government Alumni Council, to “depart

from partisan politics” and to address the hundreds of Marquette students in attendance in the full AMU Ballrooms.

“We have become so successcrazed, we have learned in part the wrong lesson,” Carville said.

He called upon students to be willing to embrace and even to anticipate failures, in addition to successes, as part of their futures.

“Everybody fails,” he said.

“Everybody.”

Carville cited Abraham Lincoln as an example of someone who had many great successes and many notable failures in his life.

“What we need to understand and what we need to teach people,” Carville said, “is that your ability to succeed is proportional to your willingness to accept defeat.”

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

Political consultant James Carville, once an adviser to former President Bill Clinton, tried to “depart from partisan politics” in his speech last night. Hundreds of students attended the event, sponsored by the Les Aspin Center.

‘Trayless dining’ in halls Initiative could become permanent

By Dan Kraynak dan.kraynak@marquette.edu

Photo by Gabe Sanchez/gabriel.sanchez@marquette.edu

Jill Patrick and Brian Pelrine juggle their plates as they return them to the kitchen without trays. Dining Services introduced trayless dining this week.

This week students across campus have planted trees, picked up garbage and lowered their energy usage in recognition of Earth Week, but they also have been “going green” in the dining halls.

Students who have eaten in the Mashuda Hall, Straz Tower, McCormick Hall or Cobeen Hall dining rooms since Monday have taken part in Sodexo Dining Services’ “Trayless Dining” initiative.

According to Monica Heminger, marketing manager of

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university dining services, the program helps conserve the water, energy and detergent it takes to wash each tray. Studies have shown that it takes 1/3 to 1/2 gallon of water to wash each individual tray, she said.

“With the number of meals we’re serving and the number of trays we’re washing, it could potentially save 2,000 to 3,000 gallons of water per day,” Heminger said.

Heminger also said other universities that have converted to trayless dining have seen a significant reduction in food waste.

Approximately 40 percent of the campuses that use Sodexo are already trayless, she said.

Victoria Giordano, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she thinks the trayless dining

initiative is already helping cut down the amount of wasted food in the dining rooms.

“When I ate at McCormick (Tuesday) morning I noticed that I was being more selective about the food I took because I didn’t have a tray to hold everything,” Giordano said. “I ate just about all the food I took, and that doesn’t usually happen when I eat at McCormick.”

Vincent Ong, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, said he also noticed the benefits of the program throughout the course of the week.

“When people have trays to use in the cafeterias, I think it makes it too easy to grab more food than you can eat,” Ong said. “The trays

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MU teaches the ABCs of service Helps in speech & reading programs

April 20 At 8:05 p.m. a 38-year-old female university faculty member was walking westbound on Wisconsin Avenue. As she walked across the front lawn area outside McCormick Hall, she noticed a suspicious man walking behind her.

The subject, a 21-year-old man not affiliated with the university, grabbed her purse from behind and attempted to pull it off her shoulder for several seconds. The victim was yelling for the subject to stop when two male students heard the victim and approached to assist her. The man then fled the area. One of the students, a 19-yearold male, assisted the victim to the DPS office while the other student, a 21-year-old male, followed the suspect.

DPS officers were able to locate and detain the suspect in the 800 block of North 16th Street. The student witness advised the officers that the detained suspect was indeed the man who attempted the purse snatch. The Milwaukee Police Department was contacted and took the subject into custody for attempted theft from person.

By Jeff Engel jeffrey.engel@marquette.edu

A pile of orange letters of the alphabet sat between Katie Rooney and a 4-year-old boy. The Marquette graduate student coached the preschooler, praising him each time he fished out the correct letter.

They later progressed to joining syllables to form full words in Spanish. “Dame cinco!” she says when the native Spanish speaker successfully pronounces a word, and they exchange a high five.

“He’s getting it,” said Rooney, a first year graduate student in the College of Health Sciences.

Rooney is one of 30 Marquette students involved in the Wisconsin Reading Acquisition Program, a partnership between Marquette and Day Care Services for Children, a Head Start agency in Milwaukee.

Rooney helps instruct preschool students at the Virginia Center, 647 W. Virginia St., a part of DCSC. The project received a $4 million Early Reading First grant from the U.S. Department of Education last September. It is the largest threeyear grant in Marquette’s history.

The program serves nearly 300 preschoolers from low-income families in 16 DCSC classrooms throughout Milwaukee, said Maura Moyle, an assistant professor of speech pathology and audiology.

More than 90 percent of the 3- and 4-year-old children are minorities, and about half are bilingual, she said.

Moyle heads the program along with Brenda Gorman, an assistant professor of speech pathology and audiology, and Sue Berman, a clinical instructor of speech pathology and audiology.

The project focuses on language and literacy skills, Moyle said. Of the 31 ERF grants awarded by the Department of Education in 2008, the Wisconsin program is the only project headed by speech-language pathologists.

Research shows that language is the basis of later literacy success, Gorman said. WRAP emphasizes vocabulary and phonological awareness to form language skills that will facilitate literacy.

“We want to give (students) those foundational skills so they have the ability to succeed once formal instruction in literacy begins,” Gorman said.

The children receive daily instruction in a variety of contexts, including traditional teaching, story time,

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also make it easier to throw away all the uneaten food, so I can see how trayless dining cuts down on waste.”

In Straz Tower, there was about a 25 percent decrease of waste on the first day, Heminger said.

DPS Reports April 21 At 11 a.m. a 50-year-old university employee parked and secured his vehicle in the 500 block of North 18th Street.

The man passed his vehicle at 12:53 p.m. while working, when he noticed that an unknown person vandalized his secured, unattended vehicle by throwing a large rock through the rear window. The estimated damage is $300. After interviewing the victim, DPS officers reviewed video surveillance footage from the area. The tape showed the unknown subject walking toward the victim’s vehicle at 12:51 p.m., and shortly after, the subject threw the rock through the vehicle’s window. During an investigation of the case, officers were sent to check with the staff at the Milwaukee Rescue Mission to see if they could identify the individual who was caught on film. As the officers were speaking with staff members, a man who fit the suspect’s description walked into the mission.

The 47-year-old man admitted to officers he had committed the vandalism.

The subject also admitted that he had performed other acts of vandalism on several previous occasions. MPD was contacted and took the subject into custody for vandalism to auto.

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Katie Rooney, a graduate student in the College of Health Sciences, practices the alphabet with a 4-year-old student as part of the Wisconsin Reading Acquisition program.

snack time and recreational periods, Moyle said.

In addition to classroom teaching, some students receive small group and individual instruction, Gorman said.

The grant is being utilized to implement a research-based curriculum, to train teachers and to help parents develop children’s skills at home. Besides paying the salaries of WRAP staff members and some Head Start employees, the grant is funding purchases of materials like books, computers and printers, Berman said.

Studies show huge discrepancies between the numbers of words children living in poverty are exposed to versus those in higher income households, Moyle said. This leads to smaller vocabularies that handicap students once they enter school.

“If (kids) start out behind, they don’t catch up,” Moyle said. “If we’re not capitalizing on brain development, it’s almost too late when

they reach school.”

While the first year of WRAP focused on teacher training and buying materials, Berman would like to see increased parent involvement next year.

“It’s got to start with the home,” Berman said.

Still, Moyle believes the budding program has made strides.

“We already feel like we’re making a difference,” Moyle said.

Dierdre Degroot, a senior in the College of Health Sciences, said she has seen notable improvements in the children’s skills since WRAP instruction began in January. Degroot earned a teacher’s aide certificate to become an hourly worker for the program at the Virginia Center.

She said many children at the center did not know any of the letters of the alphabet when they took pretests. Now, she said, they know all of them.

“Just recognizing letters — that was huge,” Degroot said. “I’ve seen the good (WRAP) has done.”

Rick Arcuri, associate dean for administration in the Office of Residence Life, said if the initiative gets positive feedback and results this week, the university would consider going permanently trayless in the fall.

Ben Ruthven, a sophomore in the College of Engineering, said even though going trayless may reduce cafeteria waste, he thinks the initiative is more inconvenient than it is beneficial.

“For me, not being able to use trays in the cafeterias this week has been really annoying.” Ruthven said. “It hasn’t discouraged me from taking less food, but it has forced me to make three or four trips to my table and back.”

“The trayless dining has actually deepened my appreciation for cafeteria trays,” he said. “I guess sometimes you don’t really know what you’ve got until it’s gone.”

Thursday 22 Men’s club soccer tryouts, 9 to 10:30 p.m., Valley Fields POWER Lunch — Career Professionals who were International F1 students, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Alumni Memorial Union, free California-based writer, spoken word performer, transsexual activist and biologist Julia Serano, 7 p.m., Johnston Hall 103 Watumishi Community Panel on the impact of HIV/AIDS in Milwaukee, 7 p.m., Marquette Hall 200 “Listening to Veterans,” a program addressing post-traumatic stress disorder and other readjustment challenges facing veterans, 7 to 8 p.m. in the Raynor Memorial Libraries Beaumier Conference Center

Rocco Deluca and the Burden, 8 p.m., Turner Hall Ballroom, $13 M. Ward, 8 p.m., The Pabst, $15

Saturday 24 George Frederich Handel’s “Messiah,” 2 p.m., Calvary Presbyterian Church, $4 for Marquette students Invisible Children worldwide march to rescue the child soldiers from war in Uganda, 3 p.m., Schroeder field to Cathedral Square Park Friends of Watumishi Summit, a discussion on the progress of the Library Learning Center in Voi, Kenya, 2 to 4 p.m., Mashuda ballrooms Mondo Lucha Wrestling/Variety Show, 8 p.m., Turner Hall Ballroom, $18 Neko Case, 8 p.m., The Riverside Theatre, $22.50 Sinbad, 8 p.m., The Pabst Theatre, $35

Sunday 25

Indigo Girls, 8 p.m., The Pabst, $33.50

Marquette University Orchestra Concert, 2 p.m., Varsity Theatre, free

Friday 23

Peacemaking retreat, 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., AMU

Relay for Life, 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., Valley Fields

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DPS Sgt. Dan Kolosovsky said the change in operations reflects the Student Safety Patrol’s mission that strives for “student safety” rather than being “student

By Dan Kraynak speedy.” dan.kraynak@marquette.edu “Just as recently as this has Spring and summer road con- happened, we’ve gotten complaints that the Express vans struction usually means increased haven’t been stopping for commuting time for travelers. students on Wells,” KoMarquette students and losovsky said. “We don’t others who use Wells want students to think that Street will not be imthey have to walk now.” mune to delays when Berigan said if students trying to get across need transportation from campus. these areas they should call According to Departfor a LIMO, and the SSP ment of Public Safety dispatcher will direct Lt. Katie Berigan, them to where a LIMO LIMOs will be uncan pick them up. able to pick up or For drop-offs, LIMO drop off students This is part of a on Wells Street be- yearlong series on the drivers will take students as close to their tween North 13th development of destinations as posand 16th Streets Marquette’s campus. sible, she said. due to the median Berigan also said the construction, which began major work this week. walking SSP escorts will not be Also, LIMO Express vans cannot affected by the construction.

“Safety Patrol escorts will be be flagged down in this area.

“This change will be in effect out in full force for the remainder until the end of the semester and of the school year,” Berigan said. for the duration of the construc- “We’re expecting more students

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Major construction on the Wells Street median began this week. Some students said they have been bothered by the noise and especially the inability for LIMO pick-up and drop-off along the street.

to take advantage of the escort service now that the weather is finally starting to warm up.”

Jacob Hartlmeier, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, lives in an apartment on 15th Street near the Wells Street construction zone.

“The construction noise gets annoying during the day, and it’s inconvenient that LIMOs can’t make all the stops on Wells anymore,” he said. “But I think the median will be well worth any trouble it’s causing when it is completed.”

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Despite the somewhat serious topic of his speech, Carville kept the mood light and wasn’t afraid to mock himself, as well as other — primarily Republican — politicians.

“I had a 4.0 on graduation day,” he said. “It was my blood alcohol level.”

Carville offered some insight on the recent presidential election, marveling at the diversity of candidates who at one point or another competed for the position.

“I think the really unique historical thing about the last election was the composition of the original field,” he said.

But when Carville entered the question and answer segment of the event, he unabashedly embraced partisanship, offering sharp criticism of the Republican Party and its leadership.

“I know there are responsible people in the Republican Party, but man (they’re) hard to find.

“Michael Steele? Please,” Carville said of the Republican National Committee chairman.

When an audience member asked if Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was the hope of the Republican Party, Carville deadpanned, “I hope so.”

He said that Palin, if she is considering running for president in 2012, would be unqualified for the position.

In the wake of Iowa and Vermont legalizing gay marriage, Carville said Republicans may eventually be forced to accept it simply to stay a viable competitor.

“The nature of the country is shifting and they’re going to have to shift with it,” he said.

He said gay marriage was likely to become accepted by more states and more people over time, although he said he couldn’t say exactly when.

“It has to go through the political system, but it’s not going to stop as an issue,” Carville said.

One audience member asked Carville’s opinion on how President Obama will tackle health care reform, a pertinent question since Carville was adviser to Bill Clinton, whose efforts at health care reform were markedly unsuccessful.

Although he did not offer a specific timeframe or plan, he was “confident the health care system is going to look substantially different” when Obama leaves office.

“They’re going to pass something because the costs have just gone out of sight,” Carville said.

Dan Micek, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences, said he really enjoyed Carville’s speech.

“I think he’s a great speaker,” Micek said. “Whatever your political viewpoints are, he’s someone who’s interesting to listen to.”

Grace Tynan, a freshman in the College of Education, thought both Carville’s demeanor and speech topic were unexpected.

“I thought he was much funnier than I expected,” she said. “It was a lot less political and it was much more about life.”

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STAFF EDITORIAL

Adjunct professors deserve equal benefits Class instructors with up-to-date, real-world experience are invaluable to students as they apply for summer internships and full-time, post-graduation employment. Having come from the working world, they are well-informed on current job markets and maintain connections with their industries to the benefit of Marquette students.

It’s time for the university to compensate adjunct professors for all that they offer.

The university does not currently offer adjunct professors who teach two courses health and dental benefits. While some part-time faculty hold other jobs that provide benefits, many professors reside in a limbo of teaching — they are not full-time, tenure-track professors, but they are retained by the university as permanent adjuncts.

The university’s Faculty Council is currently debating whether to recommend that Marquette offer benefits to such faculty members. We strongly believe the university has practical and moral obligations to its staff, and permanent adjunct faculty should be offered both health and dental benefits.

According to the American Federation of Teachers, 20 percent of university instructors are adjunct professors. An April 7 Faculty Council memo reports that half of Marquette’s theology courses are taught by adjuncts.

The same report states: “It is undeniable that Marquette University has some obligation to its adjuncts. In situations where a particular adjunct teaches a minimum of two courses per year, and teaches those courses on a regular basis, that adjunct is an integral part of the MU ‘community.’”

The university demands no less of adjuncts than it does of tenured or tenure-track professors. Adjuncts teach, grade and informally advise students; they oversee clinical instruction and assist with department research. Most importantly, adjunct professors are often recruited to teach because they are well-regarded in their industries. Adjunct and part-time professors are often the link between academia and the practical application of the education students receive from Marquette.

In addition, Marquette has an ethical obligation to its faculty that it must uphold. In hard economic times, the university should do all it can to provide for adjunct and part-time professors.

We believe some adjuncts, such as those who teach a small, onetime course, are compensated fairly. (After all, Marquette professors are already among the highest-paid at Wisconsin universities and at similar, out-of-state universities, such as Loyola University Chicago.)

Rather, the concern is for those instructors who teach regularly and have developed long-term, working relationships with the university.

It is in Marquette’s best interest to ensure these instructors are fairly compensated. Students are better off for their service, and it is the university’s duty to treat adjuncts fairly.

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Things to do during ‘dead week’ Complain ...about the fact that many profs choose to ignore the unofficial no-examsno-papers rule the week before finals.

Take a nap Try those chairs on the Bridge or in the Brew Cudahy. They make great nap spots, although you might get a few glares from those actually using study areas to study.

Enjoy the weather Google weather predicts a beautiful weekend with a high of 79 degrees. Head to the lake and soak up the sun!

Fill out your course evals Your comments really are taken into account, so make sure your voice is heard!

Study We hate to be depressing, but that reading you put off since midterms isn’t going to take care of itself.

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Torture, pirates and idiots, oh my!

Jim McLaughlin It’s looking pretty grizzly out there, Campus. Freddie Mac Chief Financial Officer David Kellerman was found dead in his home of an apparent suicide. Craigslist is now scarier than ever after discovery of the clean-cut “Craigslist Killer.” And despite it all, Nimrod Blagojevich is still trying to squeeze his ugly mug to the top of the news.

Blago be damned, there are more important problems in current events to be addressed in this column. Take, for instance, the recently released Bush administration memos detailing violent interrogation practices. In addition to accounts of slapping and shoving detainees into walls, there were 226 documented authorizations by the former administration to subject two particular al-Qaida detainees to waterboarding. This “enhanced” interrogation method simulates drowning and is now considered torture by the current administration.

On just two detainees, the CIA found it necessary to perform waterboarding 226 times? Whatever happened to the “third time’s a charm” rule of thumb? Admittedly, these were two particularly nasty people. One credited himself as the architect behind the Sept. 11 attacks, but he alone was waterboarded 183 times!

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gence Dennis Blair said while the than Swift, I’ve designed my own techniques did provide valuable modest proposal to fix several ills intelligence, there is no way to at once.

Let Blago appear on the celebprove they were the only means to reality show. It’s shot in a secluded, obtain that information.

“The bottom line is these tech- heavily protected area surrounded niques have hurt our image around by miles of wild jungle. If he tries the world, the damage they have to run, all the better. If he doesn’t, done to our interests far out- just think of the potential for bad hair jokes when he’s weighed whatthrown into the junever benefit gle with the equally they gave us And, most tragically of and they are all, Blago’s plea to leave ridiculous do’s of his castmates Dog not essential the country to appear the Bounty Hunter to our national and Idol dud Sanjaya security,” Blair on the asinine reality show, “I’m a Celebrity...

Malakar. And being wrote. stranded in the wilConsequent- Get Me Outta Here,” derness with preppy ly, 24-hour was denied by a federal MTV reality couple cable news judge.

Heidi Montag and stations are arSpencer Pratt is punguing whether ishment enough. torture is effecNews stations: forget the discustive and/or justified, and whether Obama should pursue legal action sions of the effectiveness and gray morals of Bush-era interrogation. against those responsible.

Meanwhile, in New York, that Instead, experiment with how scurvy Somali teen pirate is fac- much intel you can gather when ing life in prison. Many questions filming an attention-hungry corwhether he should be penalized rupt politician ’round the clock. fully considering his childhood in Make the challenges degrading a virtually lawless country. No one enough, and you can bypass all of is even sure of his age — his par- the hefty legal and imprisonment ents claim he’s 16, his lawyer said costs, helping put the brakes on 15 and the court is trying him as our growing national debt.

And the Somali teen pirate? His an adult. He’s a dangerous criminal, but it’s a tough call deciding life’s dream was to come to America. Put him to work in the Land what punishment fits his crimes.

And, most tragically of all, Bla- of Opportunity by having him and go’s plea to leave the country to his buccaneer buddies patrol any appear on the asinine reality show, potential maritime escapes.

And with all of these pressing “I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Outta Here,” was denied by a federal issues gone, we can finally get judge. Nimrod the Gover-nerd said back to the news that really mathe needs to appear on the show to ters. Work it, Susan Boyle! raise $100,000 for his legal fees. james.mclaughlin@marquette.edu The jokes write themselves.

In the vein of Irish satirist Jona-

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Breaking up for dummies, aka college students No, I’m not writing this because I’m going through some major all-consuming breakup. It’s just that after years of writing columns about dating and relationships, I’ve realized something: Despite all of my dating and relationship experience, and all I have learned from it, I really don’t know all that much.

And, as long as I’m being honest, the relationships I see on “The Hills” still seem kind of realistic to me, so I know I’ve definitely got some more learning to do on the relationship front.

However, while I have yet to uncover the key to romantic bliss, my experience hasn’t been a total waste. Though I may not know how to make a relationship work, I certainly know how to end one!

I’ve experienced breakups of all different kinds. I’ve done the whole Ross-and-Rachel-first-ina-series-of-five breakup; I did the oh-sure-I’m-totally-cool-with-youhooking-up-with-my-freshmanfriend breakup; and I’ve even done the he-got-drunk-and-peedon-me-and-now-it’s-awkward breakup. Breakups are something that everyone who has been in a relationship goes through and, if you haven’t, either you should or

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For the rest of you, it’s best to realize that the most effective thing for dealing with a breakup is time. And while you wait, I have developed a method of break up survival that, well, really isn’t all that effective ... but at least gives you something that feels constructive to do while nature takes its course.

For me, the goal of dealing with a break up is not learning to hate the oter person but learning to enjoy your life without them in it.

In most cases, it’s not effective to try to convince yourself to dislike the other person. Yes, you can tell yourself over and over again that they suck or that they’ve gotten uglier since you started dating or that it was all the other person’s fault. But chances are, they had a lot of really good qualities, or you wouldn’t have been so into them in the first place.

So, instead, the first thing to do is establish a routine independent of your ex. You do things for yourself, rather than the other person.

This means that acts of revenge, no matter how small or seemingly innocuous, are strictly forbidden.

Despite how tempting it may be

to key his car, hook up with his even how to make the perfect ombest friend or spread a nasty rumor elet. I figure, if I spend the time about his ongoing battle with the learning to be more domestic, it not herps — not that I would ever think only distracts me sufficiently while of doing anything like that person- I’m breaking up with someone, but ally — you should resist the urge to it also makes me more desirable to do something because the next guy of the other person. who comes aEven if you think they Though I may not knockin’! totally deserve it, you know how to make a Speaking of don’t want to stoop relationship work, I which, I should to their level because certainly know how to probably deyou’ll only end up hatvote at least a end one! ing yourself for it. sentence to the Focus on yourself and your new life without a significant other. I always find something I like to do that I couldn’t while I was with the other person. Maybe you could never watch your favorite show because it was always on at the same time as the show your ex made you watch with him. Or, maybe you had to shave the handle-bar mustache it took you weeks to grow just because your ex was embarrassed to be seen with you in public when you had it.

Now, you can do all of those things ad nauseam. It can also be nice to try something new. I’ve learned a lot of things from breakups, including how to sew, and

rebound guy/ girl. Once you experience a good relationship, it’s natural to want to be in one again.

People tend to think that rebounding is a bad idea, but I think it can actually be kind of helpful. My advice is not to go out of your way to rebound, but if you find yourself with an itch to scratch, avoid doing so with friends, people you work/ live with or anyone with the aforementioned facial hair.

Another question people sometimes have about breakups is whether or not to allow themselves access to their ex’s Facebook profile. I agree that no good can really come from looking, so if you are one of those people with the

willpower to completely resist it, I would. However, you may find this somewhat challenging. Instead of trying to resist, I look at it every single time I want to. Usually, it’s pretty painful to see and I regret looking to the point where I no longer want to. It’s old-fashioned Pavlovian conditioning, except instead of a doggy treat, you get to not be a pathetic stalker.

A big part of getting on with your life is having one. Don’t just sit around feeling sorry for yourself.

Get to the gym, do your schoolwork and get out of the house. You’ll feel better about yourself if you are active and, if you do things that make you happy long enough, eventually you will be. In the mean time, use the support system you have and focus on yourself. The best thing you can tell yourself is that you can get past it. I know I can get through anything in my life that comes to an end, except maybe, for Cornell, which I hope to never get over as long as I live.

Nikki Nussbaum is a columnist for The Cornell Daily Sun at Cornell University.

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By Jack Kelly jack.kelly@marquette.edu

University professors in Wisconsin make less than the national averages, according to a report released last week by the American Association of University Professors.

The national average faculty salary for public and private doctoral universities is $123,800.

Marquette’s average is $112,500,

according to the report.

Marquette’s $11,300 gap ranks between the other two local doctoral universities. The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s average is $6,000 less than other public doctoral universities, while the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is $21,800 behind, according to the report.

The difference in pay is nothing new, according to University of Wisconsin system spokesman David Giroux. Recent attempts to close the gap have met different roadblocks, most recently being the current economic landscape.

“It’s (been) a problem (for) as long as I’ve been with the system, which is eight or nine years,” Gir-

oux said. “We’ve worked with the Board of Regents on a plan calling for a four- or six-year process of building up our pay plans and trying to catch up, but that’s been put on hold because of the current economic recession.”

He said efforts have been made, but the results just have not been what they desired.

“Historically, the pay increases have fallen short of what we have requested,” Giroux said. “I don’t want that to sound like blame, in most cases the legislature, especially in recent years, has been facing some real significant challenges.

The reality is, however, that leaves us further and further behind our peer groups.”

The effect is not only felt by current professors making less money, but the difference in pay hurts the recruiting and retaining of new professors, he said.

“This is where the young upand-coming professors come to learn the business, to get all the mentoring and cultivation and nurturing that goes into making them an associate professor or a full professor, and then they get cherrypicked by others,” Giroux said.

Mark Bradley, the president of the Board of Regents, the governing body of the UW system, agrees. While the UW system is an attractive starting place, qualified See Salary, page 8

Like to Facebook? Watch your grades Study shows Facebook and low GPAs connected

By Matthew Reddin matthew.reddin@marquette.edu

An exploratory study at Ohio State University found a correlation between Facebook usage and lower GPAs, potentially suggesting that Facebook can contribute to lower grades.

The survey, which polled 102 undergraduate students and 117 graduate students, revealed that, typically, students who used Facebook had GPAs that were between a 3.0 and a 3.5, whereas students who did not use Facebook had GPAs between a 3.5 and 4.0.

However, eight out of 10 students surveyed said they didn’t think their use of the site negatively impacted their GPA. The survey also found that 82 percent of the undergraduate students had Facebook accounts, but only 52 percent of the graduate students did.

Non-users also said they studied 11 to 15 hours per week, for roughly 10 hours more than users, according to the survey.

While these results may seem to imply that Facebook directly causes lower grades, Aryn Karpinski, co-author of the study, said the survey does not go any further than showing a connection between lower GPAs and Facebook usage.

“You can see there’s a relationship, but not that one causes the other,” said Karpinski, who is a doctoral candidate at OSU. She and her partner, Adam Duberstein of Ohio Dominican University, presented their findings at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Foundation on April 16.

Karpinski said the number of variables in the situation is too vast for her to adequately study in one survey, and it would also be hard to find a good population of students who did or did not use Facebook.

She said this is why her survey does not prove Facebook causes See Facebook, page 8

Facebook linked to lower academic performance Number of students surveyed: 219 Undergrads: 102

Grad students: 117

Number of students with a Facebook account: 148 Undergrads: 85%

Grad students: 52%

Typical GPA of users: 3.0-3.5 Typical GPA of non-users: 3.5-4.0

Time users spend studying: 1-5 hours a week Time non-users spend studying: 11-15 hours a week

Source: Aryn Karpinski, co-author of the study Graphic by Vincent Thorn/vincent.thorn@marquette.edu

By Kaellen Hessel kaellen.hessel@marquette.edu

The constitutionality of Gov. Jim Doyle’s proposed domestic partnership registry, which would give same-sex couples more rights, is being called into question.

The registry was proposed as part of the 2009 to ’11 budget.

The way the budget is currently written, the registry would establish same-sex domestic partnership and provide partners with certain “rights and benefits” that spouses receive under the current law.

In November 2006, an amendment to the state constitution defined marriage as being between a man and a woman.

Section 13 of the Wisconsin Constitution reads, “A legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be valid or recognized in this state.”

The state constitution is unclear when it says “substantially similar” to marriage, said Ed Fallone, associate professor of law. The language in the constitution “could mean anything,” he said.

It will be up to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide what the constitution means, Fallone said.

When opponents to gay marriage were trying to pass the amendment, they said it would not bar domestic partnership protection, said Paul Cates, director of public education for the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender project for the ACLU. Cates said he hopes they’ll respect that. You can’t take back that promise, he said.

“It’s not surprising to me that after a big hateful amendment, people are taking a step in a direction more fair toward lesbian and gay couples,” Cates said.

There are multiple issues with the governor’s proposal, said Julaine Appling, president of Wisconsin Family Action, an organization working to “(preserve) marriage, family, life and liberty” in the state, according to its Web site.

Something of this magnitude deserves to be taken alone, it should not be in the budget, she said. The government should not be advocating a “social experiment” during an economic crisis, Appling said.

The proposal does have some fiscal impact, said Lee Sensenbrenner, spokesman for Gov. Doyle’s office. Before registering, couples would have to pay the county a fee, he said.

The budget sets a course of action for the state and shows the direction the state is going to move, Sensenbrenner said.

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“It would be very difficult to do this study and prove causation,” said Karpinski.

Karpinski said her interest in Facebook began while she was getting her master’s degree.She was working as a teaching assistant for a professor and noticed her students using and discussing Facebook.

She said she does not personally have a Facebook account, but she thought it would be an interesting subject to look into and turned it into an exploratory study.

While her specialty is not in quantitative studies like this one, she said she plans to continue working on the results of the study sometime in the future.

Some of the areas she is considering studying include looking at how faculty members view Facebook or how different extracur-

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ricular activities affect usage.

The initial survey included many different questions covering numerous variables, said Karpinski.

As a result, she said she had a lot of data to sift through.

Jingyu Bao, a graduate student in the College of Communication, said she doesn’t believe that Facebook has an impact on her GPA or those of other students.

“I know my fellow classmates, who have high GPAs and get straight As, are using Facebook,” Bao said.

However, Nathan Dombeck, a senior in the College of Health Sciences, said he thinks that Facebook likely has a negative impact on his grades.

“Probably, it does,” Dombeck said. “But I don’t think it has that big of an impact. I think it’s just something to kill time.”

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salaries are, in part, vital to the economic recovery and well-being of the country.

“Maintaining an outstanding system of higher education reContinued from page 6 quires investments in the faculty professors might move elsewhere members who cultivate the human if they feel they are not being prop- capital upon which our economy’s erly compensated, he said. recovery and future growth will “Even if you depend,” the have adequate report stated. pay and people “(Faculty migration is) a “Sadly, the retake the job, phenomenon that we’ve seen cord of the last then they look at over the years, but it’s not three decades the data and re- something that we expect to shows that when alize the state of spike any time soon.” measured by the Wisconsin isn’t inflation-adjustDavid Giroux able to give an ed salaries paid University of Wisconsin adequate raise,” to college facsystem spokesman Bradley said. ulty members But in terms … our nation is of faculty turnfailing.” over, Giroux said the UW system Jeff Smith, chair of the state legdoes not expect to see anything out islature’s college and universities of the ordinary in the near future. committee, warned that low sala“(Faculty migration is) a phe- ries could also lead to lower quality nomenon that we’ve seen over the of higher education in Wisconsin. years, but it’s not something that “Hopefully we will be able to we expect to spike any time soon,” recover before our education is deGiroux said. pleted to the degree where we are According to the report, proper catching up,” he said.

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“We don’t make any job reduction decisions lightly,” Ziemer said in the statement.

According to Harley-Davidson’s financial report released April 16, its net income is now $117.3 million (50 cents per share) in its first quarter, down from $187.6 million (79 cents per share) at the same time last year.

According to the report, its U.S. motorcycle sales fell 9.7 percent in the first quarter of 2009 and worldwide fell 17 percent.

Steven Crane, associate professor of economics, said he has kept a focus on the company since it announced its first wave of job cuts in April 2008.

“It’s a classic straightforward example of firms having to adjust when revenue goes down,” he said.

“To try and lower costs, the company has to try to eliminate losses.”

He said since Harley-Davidsons can be considered a luxury good, the demand will naturally go down in times of recession.

“The demand for workers is a derived demand,” Crane said. “This is traced to the final products themselves. When the demands for inputs go down, the demand for labor

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Harley-Davidson sales have decreased over the past year. According to associate professor of economics, Steven Crane, the motorcycles can be considered a “luxury good,” so demand will naturally go down in a recession.

goes down significantly.”

Lee said the company is undergoing a restructuring process, the job cuts coupled with the change in leadership.

According to a Harley-Davidson news release, Keith Wandell, president and chief operation officer of fellow Milwaukee-based company Johnson Controls Inc., will succeed Ziemer.

Kerry Thomas, executive director of Transit Now, an organization dedicated to education on transit issues in Southeastern Wisconsin, said the number of both cars and motor-

cycles on the road has dwindled due to the global economic crisis.

She said a drastic increase in mass transit use has occurred as a result.

“More people than ever in history are turning to transit across the country because it saves them money and gives them more time to spend doing the things they enjoy,” Thomas said in an e-mail.

She said relying on transit is a viable option for commuters, but when demand goes up, costs will naturally increase.

“Unfortunately, at a time when the demand for transit is at an all

time high, in Southeast Wisconsin we have had to raise fares and cut service so much due to insufficient funding that many people do not have the affordable connections that they need,” Thomas said.

Thomas said the investment in automobiles, motorcycles and transit will help with economic growth in the long run.

“Now is a critical time for this region to invest in transit to help get people to jobs, create more jobs and build our economy back up,” Thomas said.

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NYC takes lead in setting next food ban on salt Goal to cut sodium intake by 20 percent

By Stephanie Nano Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) ­— First, it was a ban on artery-clogging trans fats. Then calories were posted on menus. Now the New York City health department is taking on salt.

City officials are meeting with food makers and restaurants to discuss reducing the amount of salt in common foods such as soup, pasta sauce, salad dressing and bread.

About three-quarters of the salt Americans eat comes from prepared and processed food.

“It’s very hard for an individual to do this on their own,” said Dr. Lynn Silver, an assistant commissioner in the health department.

Some manufacturers said getting rid of trans fats took work, and reducing salt has its own difficulties.

Unlike sugar, there’s no substitute for salt.

Cream soups are the biggest challenge, said George Dowdie, head of research and development for Campbell Soup Co. By fall, Campbell Soup plans to have more than 90 lower-sodium soups available.

The industry hopes salt reduction remains voluntary.

“Literally freight cars full of salt have been removed from these products over time,” said Robert Earl, vice president of science policy, nutrition and health for the Grocery Manufacturers Association. “It has to be done carefully.”

A recent analysis showed that for every gram of salt cut, as many as 250,000 cases of heart disease and 200,000 deaths could be prevented over a decade.

The campaign — with a goal of cutting salt intake by at least 20 percent in five years — is modeled on a plan carried out in Britain. That effort set voluntary salt reduction targets for 85 categories of processed foods.

“Companies have been very innovative,” said Corinne Vaughan, of Britain’s Food Standards Agency.

Some foods have been challenging, she said, citing bacon, cheeses and packaged bread. Salt is used mostly for flavoring but can also help preserve some foods and give others texture.

Everyone needs some salt for good health.

The daily recommended amount for Americans is about a teaspoon, or 2,300 milligrams of sodium. But many people consume twice that amount.

A recent government report showed that seven out of 10 adults should be eating even less than the recommended amount — about 1,500 milligrams.

The prospect of government intervention bothers some. A few others contend there is not enough scientific evidence that reducing salt really drives down heart problems or deaths.

But many in the medical and public health field are firmly behind the idea.

“When you’ve got groups ... all saying we need to reduce salt, the evidence is exceedingly strong, you don’t do more trials,” said Dr. Stephen Havas, an adjunct professor at Northwestern University’s medical school

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Herbert Smith Jr., 54, has high blood pressure and needs to limit the amount of salt he eats.

He supports a New York City health department campaign to get the food industry and restaurants to cut back on the salt they put in their products.

and a former American Medical Association vice president.

In the meantime, the Food and Drug Administration is considering a request that the government regulate salt content. An Institute of Medicine committee is also looking at ways to reduce salt consumption. The FDA says it is waiting for that committee report, due next year, before deciding the regulation issue.

Bibbins-Domingo, the University of California researcher, and her colleagues say their findings support efforts to lower salt levels.

She said her patients with high blood pres-

sure struggle to cut down on salt. They end up eating processed foods like soups and pasta that can also have a lot of salt, she said.

“I realized how hard it is for patients who want to make those changes,” she said.

New York resident Kristle Thompkins started reading labels and limiting salt a few years ago because of her high blood pressure. Now she’s adjusted to eating less salt.

The macaroni and cheese she made for an Easter gathering now tastes “too salty.”

“My salt tolerance has lowered,” Thompkins said.

Can Iraqis tweet their way to a state of normalcy?

Technology execs travel to Baghdad

By Kim Gamel Associated Press

BAGHDAD (AP) — “Breakfast time ... Lots of helicopters ... Met the president of Iraq ... Amazing palace.”

The trip to Baghdad by Jack Dorsey unfolded on the Twitter microblogging network he co-founded.

One of his stops Wednesday: A discussion at the U.S. Embassy with executives from other Web powerhouses on the possible high-tech horizons in a place that still can’t guarantee round-the-clock electricity and whose Internet service is lumbering at best.

Their trip to Iraq’s capital, sponsored by the State Department, was billed as a way to assess the faint stirrings of Iraq’s online culture and possibly inspire future Iraqi Web entrepreneurs.

“There’s no question that there are a lot of challenges here ... but there are also a lot of opportunities,” said Jason Liebman, chief executive officer of the how-to video site Howcast.

Also on the trip were executives from AT&T, the networking site

Meetup and Blue State Digital, which had a role in the online outreach of President Barack Obama’s campaign.

Before leaving Thursday, they will have met with government representatives including President Jalal Talabani, university students and representatives of private companies. They also got a tour of the newly reopened National Museum.

They said they found Iraqis more concerned about unemployment than security following a drastic drop in violence. And they were surprised by the scenes of everyday life — such as people buying kebabs — which they said contrasted with the past images of bombings.

The Iraqi government has launched a campaign to attract foreign investment, but the executives said it needs to improve its services and do a better job explaining why companies should come.

“I think it’s proven that the demand will be there once the connectivity and infrastructure pieces come together,” said Raanan BarCohen of Automattic, best known for the blog-publishing application WordPress.

Experts estimate just 5 percent of Iraqis have Web access at home.

However, users can get faster connections at Internet cafes and the Web access on their cell phones.

Zain, one of Iraq’s mobile phone providers, has 700,000 subscribers with Internet-capable cell phones, the executives said.

Many Iraqis — especially the young — depend on mobile service as a more reliable alternative to outdated landlines. Text messages are hugely popular.

“While there are many challenges — and there is definitely a long way to go for Internet access — we were very impressed at how many Iraqis, there is near ubiquity, use mobile phones,” said Richard Robbins, director for social innovation at AT&T. Dorsey said the executives want to figure out “how technologies like the ones that we work with may help the situation here and may help things move a little bit faster and move in the right direction.”

There are concerns that the rise of social networking could also be exploited as another means of contact between militant groups.

In Washington, a State Department policy planning staffer, Jared Cohen, said extremists could use such sites.

“But you know hostile actors can also convene in a coffee shop. They can also convene on a street corner,” he said. “The digital space is merely an extension of reality.”

Meetup CEO Scott Heiferman said there will always be a “rogue element” that could use the new Web tool to cause trouble in Iraq.

Dorsey said he was inspired by the trip to step up efforts to make it easier for Iraqis to access Twitter on their cell phones as part of a worldwide effort.

“We just have to work with the

local carriers here to make sure that all Iraqis can access the service over (their handsets) first because that’s what they’re using every single day,” he said.

At times, the goals got a bit lofty, echoing the State Department’s encouragement of technology as a way to encourage political participation and battle corruption in developing countries.

In one of his tweets, Dorsey wrote: “Talking to Iraqis to figure out if technologies like Twitter can help bring transparency, accessibility and stability to the area.”

But he also learned firsthand how unplugged Iraq can be.

He noted in a tweet that he finally found a wi-fi network in the presidential palace. “Catching up on the rest of the world,” he wrote. “Lots going on out there!”

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isconsin ain’t the Dairy State for nothing.

Milwaukee has the goods to back up that weighty title: frozen custard stands.

Prepare yourself for the effects, because good custard is likely to change your life. It only takes a couple cones to be transformed into an addict, suddenly craving this regional dairy at the most unexpected of times. Afterwards, ice cream will seem grainy and bland cafeteria cones or freezer burned popsicles will just seem like a sign of disrespect.

Luckily, for students, there are many personable establishments — astray from Kopp’s and Culver’s — to choose from, and the pricing is on our side, with most cones costing no more than $3.

Custard stands are a Milwaukee staple, and Gilles Frozen Custard, 7515 W. Bluemound Rd., is one of the town’s favorites and, according to the owner, also Milwaukee’s oldest. It opened in 1938 and is a great example of a little place where time stands still. Above the small shop is a red neon sign reading “Frozen Custard,” and the parking lot is usually where most people

devour cones or sundaes. High school students clad in white pants and blouses will take your order.

Most stands serve up three flavors — chocolate, vanilla, or the flavor of the day — and Gilles follows suit. A regular cone costs $2.90 and portions are pretty generous. This place has the most human element out of any stand in Milwaukee — the custard is the only cold thing about it. It’s also rumored to be Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig’s favorite Milwaukee lunch locale.

Leon’s Frozen Custard,, 3131 S. 27th St., is a Milwaukee landmark.

It’ll feel like you’ve stepped onto the set of “American Graffiti” when ordering from this neon-lit drive-in.

Leon’s always has chocolate, vanilla and butter pecan ready to go, along with a special fourth flavor added on weekends.

It’s been family owned and operated since opening in 1942, with a handwritten menu display board and employees preparing desserts behind steamy windows. This place is timeless — making it great for anyone and everyone on any occasion. Even the lactose intolerant would love this stand from its charming and retro look alone.

Kitt’s Frozen Custard Drive-In is a bit off the beaten path at 7000 W. Capitol Dr., but is worth a visit for both the custard and prices. Kitt’s fast food is as greasy as it is cheap — people leave the old-fashioned stand carrying fast food that is double bagged to prevent the grease from soaking through. A regular cone of custard is $1.99 and is about as big as your head.

Like Leon’s, Kitt’s also offers vanilla, chocolate and butter pecan along with three flavors of the day ranging from banana taffy to Oreo.

The interior of the stand, decorated in a 1950s theme of model cars and Coca Cola paraphernalia, only has a few chairs and tables. It gets hot and there isn’t much circulation, so plan on eating in the parking lot or in your car — which is how good custard should be eaten anyway.

The a d dition of egg yolk distinguishes frozen custard from ice cream, which is usually made with only cream and sugar. It might be a buzzkill, but most custard is made up of about 10 percent butterfat — a statistic that will begin to take a toll on any lean physique. If healthier fare is your style, check out Cold Spoons Gelato, lato, 5924 W. Vliet St. Gelato typically has less butterfat than both ice cream and custard, and the portions are a bit more conservative since the dessert it so dense. Cold Spoons opened in September, and is nestled in an attractive niche in town with free trade and coffee shops.

Half the appeal is in the gelato’s display, since the colorful frozen goodness is heaped into metal tins and sprinkled with chocolate chips, candies or fresh fruit under the glass display case. Almost every fruit flavor under the sun is available as gelato, including pear, mango and even a blue smurfberry flavor that tastes like cotton candy.

If you’re looking for something a bit more decadent, try the chocolate cordial cherry paired with amaretto, or the panna cotta flavor, which tastes like wedding cake. You can combine two flavors into a small for $3.25, or three flavors into a medium for $4.50.

Gelato shakes are also available for $4.75. The prices are steep compared Photos by Molly Gamble/molly.gamble@marquette.edu to Milwaukee’s beloved no-frills custard stands, but Cold Spoons may Photo illustrations by James Molnar/james.molnar@marquette.edu be the place to visit if you’re feeling The needs of both the health conscious and custard worldly or want to celebrate a special fanatics can be met in Milwaukee with places like Kitt’s occasion. and Cold Spoons Gelato (above).

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HighMay brings acoustic indie folk to Annex Andy Berkhout opens for Atto on Saturday night

By John Marston john.marston@marquette.edu

Detroit singer/songwriter Jimmy Atto graduated from Western Michigan University around the same time he got a box of 1000 copies of his first CD he recorded during his senior year. Atto was faced with the dilemma of getting a job working behind a desk or touring to support his new album.

He chose the musical path.

Atto, who tours under the moniker HighMay, returns to campus for the second time this year to play the Union Sports Annex, 804 N. 16th St., Saturday at 10 p.m.

HighMay is acoustic guitarbased music with a heavy dose of soulful attitude. Atto’s soul is less like the energetic type of Stax and Motown groups and more like the heartache of old blues music.

Atto’s vocal delivery is slow and relaxed, which coolly compliments the more dark and serious messages of his music.

“It’s not like I’m a pessimist or anything, but I don’t usually write about uplifting, positive messages too often,” Atto said.

After promising himself to nev-

er be a cover artist when he first tive Detroit to gain a fan base, Atto began touring, Atto has targeted has taken a bold approach by tourthe college demographic with his ing college towns across the counindie-folk songs. All stops left on try. He believes word will spread his current tour are colleges in the and wherever he goes, people will Midwest. start to recognize HighMay. “I think a lot of “It’s hard to play gigs in Detroit college students are into findbecause it’s a ing new and cover band original mucity rather sic,” Atto said. Where: The Annex than for origi“They like to nal music, eshear the songs When: 10 p.m. pecially solo they know, but songwriters,” they go out to Cover: Free with Atto said. “I the club for MU student ID want to build that.” it up to where I Opening: Andy Rather than can play somewhere around staying in his na- Berkhout

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the country and fifty people are yelling out songs of mine to play like Citizen Cope has or like Elliott Smith used to have.”

Atto said that growing up in Detroit has influenced the way he manages HighMay. His blue collar, do-what-you-have-to-do-tosurvive attitude has helped him when he plays shows where the house isn’t quite packed.

“I played for a half dozen people in Minnesota last semester, but I played my ass off,” he said. “I don’t care how many people are there. I drove from Detroit to St. Paul. What am I going to do, just half-ass it? But when I’m done See Atto, page 12

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Australian ďŹ lm highlights struggles with autism Award-winning Luke Ford stars in ‘The Black Balloon’

By Becky Simo rebecca.simo@marquette.edu

Meet Thomas Mollison (Rhys WakeďŹ eld). His mother (Toni Collette, “Little Miss Sunshineâ€?) is pregnant — very pregnant — and ignoring her doctor’s orders for bed rest. His dad (Erik Thomson) is a little preoccupied with work and forced to take over all the housekeeping that his mother shouldn’t be doing.

This leaves Thomas to deal with his brother, Charlie (Luke Ford), who is severely autistic. To make matters worse, his family has just moved to a new neighborhood, and Thomas has had to start at a new high school. And then there’s Jackie (Gemma Ward), the cute blonde girl from gym class. What’s a guy to do? “The Black Balloonâ€? was ďŹ rst released in Australia in March 2008. The ďŹ lm’s co-writer and director, Elissa Down, grew up with two autistic siblings, so the characters and emotions of “The Black

Balloonâ€? are all incredibly raw and realized. While the ďŹ lm’s conclusions may seem tidy and sudden, it also shows just how complicated Thomas and Charlie’s relationship can be.

The whole family is challenged by the stress of Charlie’s disability: he’s prone to running out of the house and lapping the neighborhood in his (monkey-patterned) underpants, he’s been known to break into other people’s houses to use the bathroom and he can throw a temper tantrum to rival just about anybody.

We don’t know exactly how old either Thomas or Charlie is. Thomas is in high school — though we only ever see him in gym class or standing outside the school — and seems to be about 16. WakeďŹ eld, although 20 years old in real life, plays a convincing teenager on screen.

Even more convincing and worthy of praise is Ford’s portrayal of Charlie. Ford’s performance won him an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actor.

It would have been incredibly easy to over-play the role of someone in Charlie’s condition, but Ford’s performance is remarkable. It takes a few minutes with Google to dis-

cern that Ford wasn’t an autism sufferer himself.

Overall, the ďŹ lm’s plot is simple: Boy moves to new town, boy meets cute girl, boy struggles with difďŹ cult family situation.

Eventually, coping with Charlie’s condition proves too much for Thomas, leading to a climactic confrontation. While the ďŹ lm’s ending feels almost too convenient, it offers an honest portrayal of Thom-

as’ complicated feelings about his brother. He is at once frustrated, protective and deeply affectionate toward Charlie, and these feelings are all closely intertwined.

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‘Heroes’ actress talks about her obsessive movie role Ali Larter plays a femme fatale temp in office thriller

By Rincey Abraham rincey.abraham@marquette.edu Photo courtesy Jimmy Atto

Atto, who plays under the moniker HighMay, headlines the Annex Saturday.

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and people are like, ‘We have to have you back.’ That’s when you know it pays dividends.”

Atto’s journeys touring and meeting new people with HighMay have been a dream for him.

He said he hopes to continue to be able to live and survive living the rock and roll lifestyle.

One of the avenues Atto has ventured to support himself is writing original soundtracks for movies.

Last winter, he recorded a few original songs for the upcoming

indie flick, “Losing You.” “I want to make a living playing music and recording,” Atto said.

“I’ve been trying to put my name out there by lending my songs to some indie films because it can lead to something more.”

Atto insists his show at the Annex will be fun and moving. To help out with that, he plans on bringing a Djembe on-stage and let fans bang out additional rhythms to his songs — a somewhat frequent occurrence at his shows.

“Whether or not the fan has any rhythm, more times than not it’s been a pretty fun experience,” Atto said.

It’s one thing to find out someone you work with has a crush on you.

It’s another thing when you find out they are absolutely obsessed with everything you do.

Ali Larter (“Heroes,” “Final Destination”) stars in the new thriller “Obsessed” along with Idris Elba (“RocknRolla,” “The Wire”) and Beyoncé Knowles. Larter plays Lisa Sheridan, the temp who falls deeply in love with Derek Charles (Elba). Larter said she was drawn to this femme fatale character that gets lost in her own psychosis.

“I had a lot of discussions with the producers figuring out why she does what she does and making sure that this character was really believable, that you could understand her point of view, and why

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Larter’s character Lisa Sheridan becomes obsessed with her new boss.

she does the things that she does,” Larter said.

She said that one of the things that makes this character so fun is that Lisa becomes so obsessed that she doesn’t hesitate with her actions at all.

“This woman kind of uses whatever she has to get what she wants, and she’s in love with this man, and she has fun with herself,” she

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said. “She doesn’t take herself that seriously.”

Larter said she feels that the film really explores the idea of imaginary office romance that has disastrous consequences.

“You get to see the three different points of view of people in the same situation,” she said. “So I thought that that was an interesting, fresh take on this.”

With the recent technological advancements, the line between friends and something more can become blurry. A harmless e-mail can turn into a flirtatious exchange.

“It’s the different kind of levels that technology has taken us to, and there’s also a different form of intimacy that has become of them,” Larter said. “People go to work, and they spend more time with their coworkers at the office sometimes than they do with their family, so it kind of draws on those fears I think that live in some of us about what’s really happening when they leave the house and go into that office.”

She also wasn’t afraid to get into the film and do as many of her own stunts as possible.

“I also like to do as much as I can,” Larter said. “I think that you can really tell when the actor is in there, so we spent about a week really breaking it down, and we just had fun.”

Larter describes this film as the typical thriller that audiences can go into expecting to escape for a couple of hours.

“On the whole, I think this movie really delivers,” she said. “I think that when you see the trailer, people know what they’re going to get. There’s a comfort in being able to know I’m going to get my bucket of popcorn, and I am going to go have so much fun watching this movie, and I think it gives you exactly what you want.”

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Second-place Big East finish

Meet me at the Twilight

Haase’s final round steals the show

By Pete Worth peter.worth@marquette.edu

On the night before Tuesday’s final round of the men’s golf Big East Championships, senior Marquette ace Mike Van Sickle had a sit-down with redshirt freshman Matt Haase and redshirt sophomore Ben Sieg. Little did he know how big of an impact his words would have.

Haase set a Big East Championship record-low by firing an 8-under 64, while Sieg shot a 4-under 68 and Van Sickle posted a 2-under 70. The three combined to help Marquette earn a second place finish and the runner-up trophy at Lake Jovita Country Club in Dade City, Fla. Van Sickle, who entered the day tied for the lead, finished runnerup to Louisville’s Adam Hadwin for the individual title. Haase placed in a tie for fifth.

“I tried to give Matt a little tip on trying to stay focused every time he pulls a club out of the bag,” Van Sickle said. “I hope that was a help for him, but he played well whether or not my tip helped him at all. When I got done and found

out he shot 64, I had to triplecheck the scoreboard. I was like ‘Wow, he just went off today.’ ” While Marquette came just five strokes short of Louisville and a second consecutive title, Haase was the story on Tuesday. His record round included nine birdies, six of which came on the back nine.

“I had a really good feeling on the green,” Haase said. “I really didn’t hit a putt off line all day.

The putter was just really going good for me.”

Despite the stage and his experience level, the 6-foot-5 Medford, Wisc. native didn’t seem too surprised about the record.

“It was pretty special,” Haase said. “Birdieing those last three holes was pretty cool to be able to do, especially since it was the Big East Championship. It was just a special feeling.”

Coach Tim Grogan said that he’s seen Haase’s potential before, but never anything like this.

“He’s shown signs of doing it at times,” he said. “The times where he’s focused, he’s as good as anybody. It was great for him to string it together for 18 holes.”

Although Grogan was disappointed the Golden Eagles weren’t able to make it back-to-back See Haase, page 17

Nick Bullock

September meeting and continued her high-scoring ways throughout the season. She finished second in the nation with 24 goals scored and fourth in points recorded with 54.

“Hagen made a huge difference,” Roeders said. “She gave them something that they didn’t have and ended up being a great goal scorer for them.”

In one of the best seasons in UW-Milwaukee history, the

Let’s do a little exercise. By show of hands, how many of you have ever been to a track meet?

For the one person who just raised their hand in class while reading this and was called on by their professor, I apologize.

But you probably should have been paying attention anyway instead of reading some more of my pointless banter.

For the rest of you who didn’t raise your hands, you’re in luck.

The Marquette track and field team is hosting the 2009 Marquette Twilight Meet this Saturday at the Melvin “Bus” Shimek Track & Field Facility (read: Valley Fields).

Home track meets are relatively rare at Marquette. Last spring was the first time in six years the team has even been able to put on the event. One year the track was under construction, and another year it snowed. It’s hard to run on ice and hurdle construction cones, so the meets were cancelled.

This year the Golden Eagles added the UWM vs. MU dual, but it took place on April 10 and most of us had already left for Easter break.

But with the track in great condition, no breaks scheduled and the Saturday temperature predicted to be in the mid-70s according to weather.com (there is a chance of isolated thunderstorms, however), I see little reason why those of you who didn’t raise your hand earlier shouldn’t be down at the Valley.

Need further convincing?

The Golden Eagles have 13 men and 16 women who have qualified for the Big East Championships May 1.

“For the most part, everybody that should be qualified has,” coach Bert Rogers said.

But there are six athletes who are very close to the qualifying marks who Rogers believes still have a good chances of reaching them this weekend. And with the Marquette Twilight meet being the last event before the Championships, this home meet carries extra weight.

The first athlete is sophomore Randey Fisher in the men’s 400-meter. Fisher ran the 400 in 49.15 seconds at the Duke Invitational April 3, in Durham, N.C. The time still stands as Fisher’s best of the season, as he has reverted slightly since April 3. But he is still just 0.11 seconds short of the 49.04 Big East qualifying mark.

Rogers said he plans to have sophomore Tyler O’Brien — already qualified in the 100-meter

See Rivals, page 20

See Twilight, page 20

Photo courtesy Marquette Images

Redshirt freshman Matt Haase, not senior Mike Van Sickle, led the Golden Eagles to second place in the Big East Championships Tuesday.

WOmen’s soccer

Photo by Ryan Glazier/ryan.glazier@marquette.edu

Kelly Wepking (left) was unable to slip this shot past Wisconsin-Milwaukee senior goalkeeper Erin Kane (right) in a hard-fought 1-0 loss last fall. The Golden Eagles will get another crack at the Panthers when they play their only home game of the spring season tonight at Valley Fields.

Eagles, Panthers return to Valley Fields Cross-town rivals square off tonight

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

A loss is disappointing regardless of the situation, but when it comes at the hands of a crosstown rival, it strikes a team a little harder than usual.

Last time the Marquette women’s soccer team played Wiscon-

sin-Milwaukee, on Sept. 3, 2008, over 900 fans witnessed a 1-0 Panthers’ victory.

“Against a rival team you always want to compete well, and I don’t think we played as well as we could have that game,” freshman goalkeeper Natalie Kulla said. “The most disappointing part is knowing we could have done better.”

The Golden Eagles seek redemption tonight against a talented Panther team, and Marquette coach Markus Roeders is excited

for a chance to retaliate on their home turf.

“We know each other really well,” he said. “We’ll gain as much as we can from the playing standpoint of getting to know each other.

“It should definitely be a good match.”

The Panthers are led by freshman sensation Sarah Hagen, who was named a First Team Freshman All-American after the fall season.

Hagen had the lone goal in the

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MATT HAASE MEN’S GOLF

Redshirt freshman Matt Haase literally came out of nowhere to shoot a final round 8-under 64 to help Marquette capture second place at the Big East Golf Championships. The Tuesday effort alone was enough to boost Haase into fifth place individually.

His sizzling round consisted of nine birdies, including five on the last six holes.

The lighter side of sports with Eric Grover Sitting in front of the TV Tuesday night, I was eating dinner (because that’s where the only table in my house is located) and wondering what to write about. The basketball game on-screen breaks to commercial, and all of a sudden, there’s Marquette hero Dwyane Wade!

So naturally, I was excited to see where this was going. The phone rings, and he answers.

“My idol!” Wade professes gleefully.

Cut to Charles Barkley, dressed in one of those goofy

motion-capture body suits.

“Hey man, I’m getting ready to…” blah-blah whatever.

I couldn’t believe what Wade said! It was one of those moments when you just shake your head, like when someone mismanages lifelines on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

All right Flash, you’re forever the big man around this campus, and please, feel free to keep Sir Charles high up in the speed dial, but maybe pick a different person to idolize than the Round Mound of Bodysuit.

Who? I don’t know — maybe

someone who’s avoided jail time in the last six months. I mean, sure, DUI’s and call-girl solicitation look cool in the movies and are great conversation starters at family gatherings, but consider using a different word choice next time.

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triumphs, he was thrilled with Marquette’s charge in the final round. Each Marquette scorer finished under par to help the Golden Eagles make it close after being 22 strokes down to Louisville. “Overall, it’s a disappointment.

Our goal was to win the Big East and every tournament we compete in,� Grogan said. “But I was most definitely happy with how we played (in the last round). I just wish it was five strokes better.�

The second-place finish likely signifies the end of the season for the Golden Eagles, as they are a

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long shot to receive an at-large bid for one of six NCAA regional sites. However, with Van Sickle currently placed in the top-10 of the Golfstat.com rankings, he will almost assuredly earn an at-large individual invite.

He admitted he still has plenty to work on as his Marquette career comes to a close. “My wedge game isn’t where it needs to be,� Van Sickle said. “I made some critical errors, so that’s one thing I need to continue working on. But the more you practice, the more comfortable you feel and the more confident you get, so I just need to spend some hours chipping and putting and hitting those wedges, and I think that will be a big improvement for me.�

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Without Robin Metzler, the women’s tennis team’s only senior, Marquette will look for other players, such as current upperclassmen Maggie Wilson, Elly Strother and Kylie Moore to take over leadership roles.

A couple of bad breaks Young team needs more experience

By Eric Grover eric.grover@marquette.edu

For a team loaded with inexperienced talent, the Marquette women’s tennis team wasn’t expected to be a world-beater this year. It fought hard, won the matches it was supposed to and dropped a few to the teams it was, well, supposed to.

A record of 17-10 means that it was a good year for coach Jody Bronson’s squad. A few bounces of the ball the other way and it could have been an outstanding year. “I’m really happy with how (the season) went,� Kylie Moore said. “We got ranked for the first time in a while, so that was nice.

We were in and out of the rankings, but it’s nice we’re starting to show our improvement.�

The team wavered back and forth all year long in the top-75 before peaking at No. 69 in late March. Heading into last week’s Big East Championships in Florida as the fourth seed in conference, Marquette met an anti-climatic end with losses to Rutgers and South Florida. A consolation win in between those matches against Syracuse provided some relief but not enough as the team limped to a sixth-place finish.

“We were disappointed,� Bronson said. “I think we were better than how we finished. We learned a lot from this experience this year and we’ll be better prepared for next year.�

Despite the late-season struggles, the team was not without its successes. Arguably the biggest victory for the team was a 4-3 come-from-behind thriller against then-No. 42 ranked and conference rival Louisville at home on February 6. After dropping the doubles point, four of Marquette’s strongest players took singles matches for the win — freshmen Paola Calderon and Olga Fischer, Moore and senior Robin Metzler.

The upset generated a lot of momentum as the Golden Eagles moved through the season. “The Louisville win was a great motivator for the team,� Bronson said. “We hadn’t beat Louisville for a long time, and they were nationally ranked. I think it helped propel us and instill confidence in us.�

Marquette graduates just one senior this year in Metzler, whose strong 3-0 singles performance in the conference tournament was the exclamation point of a productive career. With her departure, the team must now look to new avenues for leadership in current juniors Maggie Wilson, Elly Strother and Moore, who is an academic senior but still has two years of eligibility. “I think they’ll step up and be

leaders,� Metzler said. “Freshmen need a lot of guidance, but they’ve been around. They just need to be strong in what they believe in.�

Looking forward, Marquette returns Calderon and Fischer, who as freshmen held down the No. 1 and No. 2 singles spots all season rather successfully. Calderon was probably the most consistent player for the Golden Eagles all year and Fischer managed to accumulate a 10-game singles win streak by mid-season. Now that they have a year of tennis under their belts, Bronson wants them to continue improving and find that killer instinct. “Obviously, experience is key,�

Bronson said. “Having gone through the first year, they understand — having played at the top of the lineup — what it takes and how many good players there are and the little things that separate winning and losing matches.�

While this season has come and gone, the training for next year begins right away for Bronson’s team. “It’s up to everyone to make the commitment to make themselves better so they can make the team better and they can push their teammates,� Bronson said. “You can’t just take the summer off and pick up where you left off. If you want to do well, you’ve got to commit and be working on it all the time.�

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By Erik Schmidt erik.schmidt@marquette.edu

Teamwork, preparation and passion have been the things coach Steve Rodecap has stressed all season long. His team â&#x20AC;&#x201D; fueled by the talent of junior Dusan Medan and the experience of senior Trent Hagan â&#x20AC;&#x201D; responded by posting a 17-9 record and protecting its home court like it was in an Under Armor commercial.

Incidentally, the team that prided itself on fundamentals and team unity ended with a sixth-place finish at the Big East Championships, because it forgot a simple age-old clichĂŠ; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; mind over matter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have the talent to compete with anyone, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve said that all year,â&#x20AC;? Medan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we really struggled with pressure as a team, and every time we faced a ranked opponent we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t show up mentally.â&#x20AC;?

Mental toughness proved to be the Achilles heel of an otherwise very strong Marquette team. Medan was brilliant for most of the year, racking up a 31-9 record in singles play and ending the season on an 11-match winning streak.

But what stood out about the team the most was its overall suc-

cess as a collective unit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In tennis you need good efforts from everyone, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we had success all year,â&#x20AC;? Rodecap said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the Big East Championships we played well in doubles, but unfortunately we struggled in singles, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we lost to DePaul.â&#x20AC;?

Marquetteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s narrow loss to the Blue Demons in the opening round of the tournament also closed the book on two of the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most storied players â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hagan and fellow senior Stephen Shao. The two both rank among the school leaders in singles wins, and they have left an undeniable impression on the remaining members of team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trent and Stephen both did a great job leading the team,â&#x20AC;? Medan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be hard to replace them.â&#x20AC;?

Rodecap remarked on how profound Haganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s improvement was from freshman to senior year. As he grew in age, he also grew significantly as a player and more importantly, as a person. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell you how great my experience at Marquette was,â&#x20AC;?

Hagan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come a long way, and not just in tennis. Coaches Rodecap and Martinez have been great role models and have helped me so much. This program is spectacular.â&#x20AC;?

With the departure of two of the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most reliable and hardened players, some glaring holes and

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Junior Dusan Medan and the menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tennis team finished sixth at the Big East Championships over the weekend.

Medan, 31-9 on the season, figures to play a prominent role in next seaonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lineup for coach Steve Rodecap.

questions must be addressed for next yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season.

Rodecapâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position as the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s influential and motivating force is unquestioned. The young coach has improved the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s record every year like clockwork until this seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s minor hiccup.

But what next seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Golden Eagles really need is a player to carry the burden of the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past failures and help the team overcome the final hurdle in Rodecapâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brief tenure â&#x20AC;&#x201D; beating

an elite team. Without question, that responsibility will pass onto Medan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think myself, as well as Mark Rutherford and Niko Boulieris, are ready to step up,â&#x20AC;? Medan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We also have a lot of freshmen who played well this year who will be big factors next year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The main thing will be believing more that we can win the big matches.â&#x20AC;?

While the team did deliver an impressive regular season en

route a No. 4 seed in the conference tournament, this season will ultimately be summed up by the mental mishaps and lack of energy that knocked the Golden Eagles down to sixth-place. In the end, it was their inability to back up their talent with production. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think that sums up our year pretty well,â&#x20AC;? Rodecap said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No matter how talented you are and no matter what seed you are, you need to go out and prove yourself.â&#x20AC;?

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Both rosters however took major hits as the Golden Eagles lost three key defenders and the Panthers lost two starters in goalkeeper Erin Kane and midfielder Sarah Teegarden.

“Teegarden was the heart and soul of that squad,” Roeders said.

“Both of them are gone, so just like us, they lost some key players. We’ll just have to see what we’re like now.”

Marquette comes home after splitting a pair of matches in Texas last weekend. The Golden Eagles handily defeated Stephen F. Austin 3-1 and dropped a hard-fought match to Texas A&M, 1-0.

“We definitely progressed from one game to the next,” Kulla said.

“Texas A&M was a really good team. We definitely held our own and had some opportunities late

meters in the long jump is just short of the 5.60-meter qualifying mark. Freshman Stephanie Grant needs to shave just 0.96 seconds off her 400 time, while freshman Jenny Zahn needs to cut 1.94 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles to qualify.

“If it doesn’t rain, and it’s supposed to be warm and we have a nice day, they very well may make those,” Rogers said.

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Marquette will play at Valley Fields for the first time all spring and eagerly awaits the opportunity to match up against the Panthers.

“Of course the cross-town rivalry will always be a good game no matter if it’s here or there,” junior midfielder Michelle Compty said. “So we’re really excited about it.”

“Playing at home is always going to give you an advantage. Just to be at home under the lights against UWM, it’s always going to be a good match.”

Although the fall season is months away, Roeders looks at tonight’s game as a tune up for the fall, hoping his squad can win when it counts, too.

“The result Thursday ultimately is secondary,” Roeders said.

“If you give me a choice — beat them Thursday or beat them in the fall — I’ll tell you, let’s beat them in the fall.”