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Letter from the Editor:

The Arches staff is pleased to bring you our first feature magazine. This format allows us more creative opportunity than ever before. On pages 26-30, find our first Creative Works section, where Mount Mary University students showcase their talents. The student pieces were selected using an anonymous jury process. This issue features two short stories from the flash fiction course on campus. In addition, two poems were also chosen that explore the conflict in Gaza and what it means to be a woman.

Learn about the riveting personal stories of some of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, whose order founded Mount Mary. By pure chance, Sister Maureen Riley spent years in Ghana and ultimately helped establish a school for girls, while Sister Michael Marie Laux worked in Kenya for 15 years, fostering the education of young girls. Find their stories on pages 13-15.

How does your major rate with the current job market outlook? Be sure to read pages 4-6 to find out.

We’re always looking for new ideas and want to know the issues that matter to you. What’s on your mind? We are listening. Email us at MMU-Arches@mtmary.edu or visit us at archesnews.com. 

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Editor-in-chief Brittany Seemuth Art Director Rennie Patterson-Bailey WebSITE/SOCIAL MEDIA Manager Natalie Guyette/Alli Kelly

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Section Editors Leea Glasheen Shannon Molter Joan Mukhwana Rennie Patterson-Bailey Sara Raasch Rachel Schneider Brittany Seemuth WRITERS AshLeigh Brown Emily Chapman Leea Glasheen Natalie Guyette Alli Kelly Shannon Molter Joan Mukhwana Sara Raasch Rachel Schneider Brittany Seemuth Shannon Venegas Designers Natalie Guyette Joan Mukhwana Rennie Patterson-Bailey Sara Raasch Rachel Schneider Brittany Seemuth Sheila Suda Photographers Rennie Patterson- Bailey Maria Perea Faculty Advisers Linda Barrington Laura Otto Arches is written and edited by the students of Mount Mary University, who are solely responsible for its editorial content. Arches is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press.

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Catherine Swick and Madeline Wray, Mount Mary University 2013 grads, were both hired at Jockey International, Inc.

Jockeying for Jobs: Market Outlook Fluctuates

BY LEEA GLASHEEN

When Catherine Swick, a 2013 Mount Mary University graduate in merchandise management and business management, entered the job market, she never expected to find her dream job working with a clothing wholesaler that specializes in undergarments. But after doing extensive research on local companies and her industry, she landed her dream job and is back at Mount Mary to earn her graduate degree in business administration.

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ome might say she is one of the lucky ones, but her fortune is a combination of in-depth research, hard work and a keen awareness of the opportunities available to her in her industry.

“To be honest, I was quite intimidated with searching, applying and interviewing for jobs right after college,” Swick said. “However, I did extensive research on companies and my industry, which helped me be wellprepared and more confident with myself. All of that led me to landing the job I have today.”

Job Market Outlook in Perspective

The Job Market Outlook is a projection of the growth in numbers of jobs that will be available in a given field in the near future and the salaries those positions will earn.

Knowing the job market outlook can help students tailor their experience and skills to positions with opportunities for growth. The Occupational Outlook Handbook, published every year by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, can give students general information about the job market for specific careers while they are still in college and making career decisions.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ website, http://bls.gov, reported that the labor force overall is not projected to grow o be honest, I was quite as fast in the next 10 years as intimidated with searching, applying it did in the 10 years prior to Though that might be and interviewing for jobs right after 2012. scary for those entering the college. However, I did extensive job market, it may not be all bad news. There are certain research on companies and my fields that will grow and other industry, which helped me be well fields that will need to replace retirees with new hires. prepared and more confident with A 2013 study by Met Life Mature Market Institute said myself. All of that led me to landing that baby boomers have already begun retiring, and many plan the job I have today.” to retire earlier than expected.

Cathrine Swick Kathy Reid Walker, career counselor for the Academic and Career Development Offices at Mount Mary, said that though she would pay more attention to job market outlook if she were searching for a career, she does not hear many students talk about the job market outlook as a factor in their choices.

“Income is one of the factors, but it’s not everything,” Reid Walker said. “You have to take into account your values, your interests, your skills. For some people, flexibility is important. You should think about what type of lifestyle you want to have.”

Chioma Ugochukwu, dean of the School of Social Sciences, Business and Education, noted that parents are typically more concerned with job market outlook than students.

“It is not necessarily a bad thing that the students are not as concerned only because I think sometimes if you focus too much on the job outlook, you might miss out

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on your own passion,” Ugochukwu said.

Many students enter college with a particular major in mind, but change their minds once they discover something they are passionate about.

“Students figure out that their passions and abilities are elsewhere,” said Kathleen Dougherty, dean of the School of Humanities. “I hope that students are choosing something that they love and that they are good at.”

Sources for Job Market Information

Though finding out information about potential careers might seem overwhelming, there are simple sources available, besides the Occupational Outlook Handbook, to learn job market and salary information for various careers in Wisconsin.

Reid Walker urges students to visit Worknet.wi.gov; students can also visit her office to get a password to use the Career Locker (formerly Wiscareers).

Many departments at Mount Mary also devote seminars or capstone courses to career exploration or preparation. Some instructors also post job market information on bulletin boards outside of their offices.

Be the Best Job Candidate

Although having an understanding of the job market can help you target industries that are projected to grow, it is also important to know how to market yourself and convince potential employers that you have the skills necessary to be successful in any field.

Armstrong said that marketability comes from how you present yourself overall, including the soft skills, such as showing up for the interview on time, dressing better than the person who is interviewing you, good etiquette, good communication and being a good employee. of 2014 Mount Mary “The way you presgraduates said they are in ent yourself is almost as a job related to their career influential as what you are goals, according to a poll presenting,” Armstrong taken by the Alumnae said. “It is the whole packOffice and the Office of age.”

Institutional Research Paul Kilt, CEO of Elite Human Capital Group,

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a staffing agency in Brookfield, said the biggest complaint that he hears from employers is that the communication skills of recent graduates are far inferior to those of the previous generation.

“There is so much social media, they are afraid to pick up the phone and just talk to people,” Kilt said.

Both Kilt and Dougherty encouraged students to get experience through on-campus jobs or internships.

“A student should take advantage of every opportunity to improve her professional skills – the internships, seminars and workshops,” Doughtery said. “We have four students graduating with communications majors who were hired on where they have their internships.”

Ugochukwu explained that

students think that if they do too much that it might detract from their education.

“We have the data to show that the students who are more engaged do better academically and are more likely to get more jobs and better jobs,” Ugochukwu said.

Students who take their job search seriously should monitor their Internet presence. Kilt said they have chosen not to hire people because of what they have found on social media, including personal Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Choosing your career path can be challenging. Madeline Wray, a Mount Mary 2013 grad who double majored in merchandise management and business administration, is also working at Jockey International, in a different division than Swick.

Wray said there were surprises on her journey, so she advised grads to keep an open mind.

“A year ago, I never would have guessed that I would be working in men’s underwear at Jockey International,” Wray said. “However, as you start your career and take on new and different opportunities, you realize that you can become passionate with just about anything, including men’s underwear!”  LEEA GLASHEEN, writer, editor, is enrolled in the English graduate program with a concentration in creative writing.

Creative writing is her existential imperative. She teaches Spanish, Japanese and English and is currently teaching online.

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JOB OUTLOOK Employment by major occupational group, 2012 and projected 2022 (numbers in thousands) 2012 Employment

2022 Employment

Management Occupations

8,861.5

9,498.0

7.2

$93,910

Business and Financial Operations Occupations

7,167.6

8,065.7

12.5

$62,500

Computer and Mathematical Occupations

3,814.7

4,500.5

18.0

$76,270

Architecture and Engineering Occupations

2,474.5

2,654.0

7.3

$73,540

Life, Physical and Social Science Occupations

1,249.1

1,374.8

10.1

$60,100

Community and Social Service Occupations

2,374.7

2,783.4

17.2

$40,400

Legal Occupations

2,570.9

1,379.9

10.7

$75,270

Education, Training and Library Occupations

1,247.0

10,131.7

11.1

$46,020

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media Occupations

2,570.9

2,751.6

7.0

$43,930

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

8,049.7

9,782.6

21.5

$60,200

Healthcare Support Occupations

4,110.2

5,266.0

28.1

$25,550

Protective Service Occupations

3,325.3

3,588.3

7.9

$36,620

Food Preparation and Serving-Related Occupations

11,780.1

12,882.0

9.4

$18,930

Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations

5,522.3

5,522.3

12.5

$22,690

Occupational Groups

Change in Percent

Median Annual Wage in 2012

Personal Care and Service Occupations

5,375.6

6,498.5

20.9

$20,840

Sales and Related Occupations

15,105.0

16,200.5

7.3

$25,120

Office and Administrative Support Occupations

22,470.1

24,004.1

6.8

$31,510

947.2

915.0

-3.4

$19,370

Construction and Extraction Occupations

6,092.2

7,394.1

21.4

$40,120

Installation, Maintenance and Repair Occupations

5,514.8

6,046.0

9.6

$41,020

Production Occupations

8,941.9

9,017.5

0.8

$30,920

Transportation and Material Moving Occupations

9,245.7

10,036.4

8.6

$28,960

Farming, Fishing and Forestry Occupations

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Declining enrollment belies economic importance

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raduate enrollment at Mount Mary University is down 7.6 percent since last September, reflecting a trend in declining graduate school enrollment across the country.

Last year, there were 550 students in Mount Mary’s graduate programs; this year, there are 511.

In September, the Council of Graduate Schools in Washington, D.C., reported in its annual Survey of Graduate Enrollment and Degrees that graduate programs are currently experiencing slower than typical growth; total graduate enrollment nationwide fell 0.2 percent between fall 2012 and fall 2013, following a 2.3 percent decline the previous year.

Although Mount Mary’s overall decline in graduate enrollment during the past year is greater than the national average, it is not indicative of a recurring trend.

According to Douglas Mickelson, dean of the graduate school at Mount Mary, “there are a lot of challenges in higher education today.”

A decline in the number of high school graduates could be one of the factors, Mickelson said. Fewer high school graduates means that colleges and universities compete for a smaller number of applicants.

Although the number of Mount Mary graduate students declined from fall 2013 to fall 2014, previous years showed a steady rise in graduate student enrollment.

Mickelson said that from fall 2007 to fall 2014, there was an increase in graduate enrollment, from 377 to 511. First-time graduate student enrollment for the same period increased from 81 to 122 students.

In addition, “There were more graduate degrees awarded in the spring, summer and fall of 2013-14 than undergraduate degrees,” Mickelson said.

Economic Importance of a Graduate Education

Suzanne T. Ortega, president of the Council of Graduate Schools, emphasized the importance of graduate degrees

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to the economy.

“People with graduate degrees are driving growth and innovation in our economy, and graduate-level skills are in higher demand every year,” Ortega said.

Ortega explained that while there are more jobs that require advanced degrees, there are not enough opportunities for students to earn graduate degrees.

“To meet the needs of our economy, we must invest in graduate education and better support the students who enroll in master’s and Ph.D. programs with more grants and fellowships to reduce their reliance on loans,” Ortega said.

Stritch, but she chose Mount Mary for graduate school for many reasons, including school size and the number of credits required for the program.

“I decided to come here because the CMHC degree is 60 credits and if I had to move to a different state, some states require you to have a 60-credit degree,” Seidel said. “Also, I wanted a more established program.”

Enrollment Challenges, Areas of Growth

One of the smaller graduate programs at Mount Mary is the English program.

According to the Mount Mary Fact Sheet, Graduate Education the program had 60 students in the fall of at Mount Mary 2009. Last year it had 38. Currently it has For some students, a graduate educa33, according to Ann Angel, director of tion is an opportunity to improve upon the English graduate program. or develop new skills. For others, it’s a job Angel said although numbers are lower requirement. than in years past, “the quality of the proAmani Asad, a language arts teacher gram is still very, very strong.” at Salam School in Milwaukee, is curAngel also said she understands the difrently a student in the graduate English ficulties students have with educational exprogram at Mount Mary. She was drawn penses in a time when there is little grant to the writing concentrations that are money or government help. Also, teachers not offered at other universities in the don’t have an incentive to obtain a second Milwaukee area. master’s degree. However, she remains “I couldn’t find optimistic. a grad program “Companies still that I liked,” Asad need good writers,” e can’t put more qualified Angel said. “Listensaid. “And I knew I wanted a smaller American workers into these high-level ing and communisetting.” cation skills are still jobs until we create more opportunities valued.”

Sarah Bauer, an Illinois native, plans Other programs, for them to earn graduate degrees.” such to be an art theraas the graduate Suzanne T. Ortega, Council of Graduate Schools president counseling program, pist. She came to Mount Mary immeare on an upward diately after earning trend in terms of her undergraduate degree. A graduate enrollment. According to Mickelson, the degree is necessary in her field, according counseling program has the largest numto Bauer. ber of students this fall with 137 students.

“I will have a better job because of it,” He projects this to grow to 160 students Bauer said. next year.

Graduate student Diandrea Seipel is in For the past five years, the graduate Mount Mary’s Clinical Mental Health counseling program has maintained or Counseling program. A master’s degree is exceeded expected enrollment. Four required to become a licensed professional years ago, the 60-credit Clinical Mencounselor, which is her goal. Seipel earned tal Health Counseling concentration her B.A. in psychology from Cardinal replaced the 48-credit Community

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Counseling concentration.

According to Carrie King, director of the M.S. in Counseling program, “The School Counseling concentration has consistently made up approximately 15 percent of our counseling student enrollment.”

If the counseling program receives accreditation from the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Program, “we expect enrollment to be positively impacted,” King said.

In addition, a new concentration in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling is being developed.

“We will be accepting the first group of students in fall 2015,” King said. “This will positively impact our enrollment.”

Mickelson also reported growth in the occupational therapy program, which is now being offered as the first 100 percent online program at Mount Mary. As of late September, Mickelson reported enrollment of 118 students, with a projected enrollment of 150 by next fall.

Kari C. Inda, chairperson of the occupational therapy program, confirmed the growth.

“Our enrollment has been at capacity for the last few years and the number of applications for our program has grown steadily,” Inda said. “OT has received a lot of national press from entities such as U.S. News and World Report, CNN Money, and the Bureau of Labor and Statistics as a career that is recession-proof, is in high demand, and is a rewarding career. Therefore, I believe that has contributed to the increased attention of our major by students.”

In addition, Inda said the university’s first doctoral-level courses are now being offered as part of its new Professional Doctorate in Occupational Therapy.

Mickelson expects that the small decline witnessed in fall of 2014 will trend upward by next fall with the expansion of these programs, including the Professional Doctorate of Art Therapy, which was the first program of its kind in the nation.

Mount Mary President Eileen Schwalbach is optimistic about the potential growth of the school’s graduate programs.

“We have initiated undergraduate degrees in marketing and interior merchandising this fall and a doctorate in occupational therapy,” Schwalbach said. “We anticipate that we will offer a Bachelor of Science Nursing Completion Program, beginning next fall.”

According to Ortega, “we can’t put more qualified American workers into these high-level jobs until we create more opportunities for them to earn graduate degrees.”

Mickelson projects that Mount Mary’s new graduate offerings will help reverse the decline in graduate enrollment.

“The growth of Mount Mary will be connected to its grad programs,” Mickelson said. 

Mount Mary University Graduate Majors by Term Fall 2009

Fall 2010

Fall 2011

Fall 2012

Fall 2013

Doctorate in Art Therapy Graduate Art Therapy

53 -53

57 -57

72 8 64

83 16 67

88 17 71

Business Administration

42

39

29

36

39

Counseling

95 -87 1 7

120 -91 4 25

141 27 87 2 25

146 58 69 1 18

151 84 40 -27

Dietetics

33

30

32

36

33

Education

61

52

56

54

32

English

60

64

56

48

38

Occupational Therapy

98

113

109

113

118

Art Therapy

Clinical Mental Health Community Counseling Pastoral Counseling School Counseling

Source: Mount Mary University Fact Book, Fall 2013, published by the Office of Institutional Research, http://www.mtmary.edu/_pdfs/about/Factbook.pdf Fall 2014 data not yet available

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Campus

BACKGROUND

Classrooms closed at midnight

BY BRITTANY SEEMUTH

Two years ago, Mount Mary University security put into place an after-hours policy, eliminating student access to classrooms after midnight. With the policy now in full effect, some students are left without access to the resources needed to complete assignments.

According to Paul Leshok, director of public safety, there are some exceptions to this after-hours policy.

“At the end of each semester, specifically the week before final exams, we allow students to use labs and other project rooms 24 hours,” Leshok said. “If a student has an assigned numbered key to a specific computer lab, it also can be used 24/7.”

Leshok said the policy was an internal public safety procedure and isn’t available to view online or in print.

Outside of the fashion lab on the fourth floor of Notre Dame Hall, however, a neon orange sign reads, “Everyone works better after a good night’s sleep. All fashion department labs close at midnight.”

Senior fashion design major, Emily Ristow, said students, especially in arts and design, need access to resources that they cannot easily get elsewhere.

“The fashion computer labs have the Adobe programs we need for the majority of our assignments,” Ristow said. “The sewing lab not only gives us access to the sewing machines we need, it is where we

store our supplies and the projects we are working on. ... [the policy] doesn’t give students enough time to access these resources.”

Michelle Dabel, senior fine arts major, said the policy does not consider the schedules of non-traditional students. She is starting a student petition to get the policy overturned.

“I would have transferred to UWM if I had known it would have been an issue for me to be in here at night as a non-traditional student, mom and working woman,” Dabel said.

Barbara Armstrong, dean of the School of Arts and Design, is currently looking for an alternative way for students to use the software outside of the labs, such as loaner laptops that students can check out.

“We don’t want to deny people the opportunity to use the equipment that we have,” Armstrong said.

Armstrong emphasized the importance of students learning to work more efficiently with the time they are allotted in order to be more successful employees after graduation.

“Closing the rooms might cause people to actually work smarter,” Armstrong said.

“It forces you to be more efficient – that’s not what’s driving the policy at all, but that’s why I would support the policy.”

Armstrong also acknowledged the effect that the policy will have on the schedules

of non-traditional students.

“Let’s be realistic – people have busy lives,” Armstrong said.

“They have families, jobs, so maybe the 7 p.m. - 2 a.m. shift is the only time that they have, so how do we do that while also supporting students and safety? We are looking at whether technology can help do that … If you’re a person that needs to learn to really concentrate and focus, maybe if you’re only going to have the software until midnight, you’re going to not stop and get that extra cup of coffee.” 

What do you think? Should labs and classrooms close at midnight? Take our poll at archesnews.com!

BRITTANY SEEMUTH editor-in-chief, is an undergraduate student in the English program with a concentration in writing for new media.

STAFF EDITORIAL In light of the recent enforcement of classrooms closing at midnight, the Arches staff implores Mount Mary University administrators to give students an alternative to complete their work or to overturn the policy.

As members of a school organization who are quite familiar with working into the early hours of the morning to meet a publication deadline, the Arches staff knows that sometimes, meeting a deadline means sleep must be forgone.

It does not mean we are working inefficiently; rather, we are aware that the quality of the work we are trying to achieve has to work in tandem with our class hours, work hours and time with our families.

We are fortunate that we have advisers that allow us access to the Arches newsroom 24/7 in order to access Adobe InDesign and PhotoShop, pricey software that we need to utilize in order to publish our magazine.

As we try to imagine ourselves in the place of other students on campus, where our access to the newsroom would close at midnight, we realize that most of our work would not get completed in time for our printer deadline.

We praise our administration and technology department, including Barbara Armstrong, for their efforts to look into providing students with alternatives, such as loaner computers, but we ask that the alternatives be implemented soon.  PAGE BY BRITTANY SEEMUTH

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IN-DEPTH ART

Artists:

• Emily Chapman • Emma Gabor • Lauren Nitka

The Menlo Project: Art with Heart

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uring the 2014 spring semester, the art department began a collaborative project with General Electric’s Menlo Studio called the Menlo Project. The Menlo Studio is a design think tank and corporate leadership training site located in Waukesha, Wisconsin, that focuses its work on design empathy.

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According to “Empathy on the Edge: Scaling and Sustaining a Human-Centered Approach in the Evolving Practice of Design,”

by Katja Battarbee, Jane Fulton Suri, and Suzanne Gibbs Howard of IDEO, a global design firm, design empathy is “an approach that draws upon people’s real-world experiences to address modern challenges. When companies allow a deep emotional underPAGE BY RENNIE PATTERSON-BAILEY

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ART standing of people’s needs to inspire them — and transform their work, their teams, and even their organization at large — they unlock the creative capacity for innovation.”

General Electric uses design empathy by creating themed environments for MRI scanners, which makes the experience for children who are scanned much less upsetting, according to Josh Anderson, Mount Mary University art instructor and Marian Art Gallery director.

“By creating a themed environment, the rate at which children used to be sedated (80 percent of the time) for scans has been reduced to almost 0 percent,” said Anderson. “This is called humancentered design – making the user’s experience a top priority.”

Students in Mount Mary’s art department classes are creating a number of projects that incorporate design empathy, inspired by the Menlo Studio’s work.

“Each class will be working in a direction that is specific to their discipline,” Anderson said.

The project began in Anderson’s three-dimensional design class.

Four different groups with three students in each group focused on how design empathy can be shown through storytelling.

Their designs began with a large, three-dimensional vignette.

Then students could use any other materials of their choice to create a story. Each group had to incorporate a live model as part

of the finished piece.

“The result was a fantastic variety of directions that hopefully give tangible form to what many viewers have experienced in their own lives,” Anderson said.

The completed designs were photographed; the images will be displayed in the long hallways of the Menlo Studio.

Sophie Beck, a Mount Mary undergraduate who worked on the project, said the experience was challenging.

“I am a graphic design major and am used to working with 2D pieces, so I was definitely out of my comfort zone when working on the structure,” Beck said. “It challenged me to look at shapes and the way they are perceived through a photograph differently.

It was interesting to see how our work translated into photographed scenes.”

Art classes, such as two-dimensional design and fiber fabric design, will complete the Menlo Project later this semester.

Michelle Dabel, a Mount Mary senior double majoring in art therapy and fine arts, said she was struck by the project’s recurring theme of empathy.

“It’s a part of who I am,” Dabel said. “It’s a part of what I think we all need to be more aware of.”  PHOTOS BY PAUL CALHOUN

Artists:

• Lauren Kidd • Heidi Howard • Lydia Ferraro

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“We decided that storytelling is a fundamental

way to discuss empathy. Each group was charged with creating an environment that communicated a narrative or fragment of a story.”

Josh Anderson

Artists:

• Michelle Dabel • Sophie Beck • Arlena Jozwiak

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EMILY CHAPMAN, writer, is an undergraduate majoring in English with a writing for new media concentration and minoring in fine arts and Spanish.

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Photographing a Soul A collection of photos and life stories as told by School Sisters of Notre Dame Part I

Sister Maureen Riley

Photographed and interviewed by Rennie Patterson-Bailey

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he School Sisters of Notre Dame are known for their dedication to God and to educating women for the betterment of the entire world.

What is not so well known is that they carry a treasure trove of stories and experiences. Four advanced photography students were each paired with a sister or two, or three. The assignment: to interview these remarkable women, transcribe and edit their stories, and photograph them.

Part One of this three-part series features work done by Mount Mary seniors Michelle Dabel and Rennie Patterson-Bailey. 

Sister Maureen “Meaux” Riley Sister Maureen Riley became a Franciscan sister in her early 20s. She has always felt connected to her Franciscan family even though she is now a member of the School Sisters of Norte Dame. As a School Sister, her first adventure out of the country not only remains close to her heart but also exemplifies the mission of the School Sisters of Notre Dame.

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n Twi, the name ‘Ama’ means Saturday-born. I know this because I am an Ama. I picked up some of the native Twi language while I was in Ghana. I had never been out of the country. I never went to Rome because I was originally a Franciscan sister, but I was asked to go, and so I went.

One of the sisters from my province was in Africa, and when it was her 25th jubilee, she wanted to come home for sabbatical. We were talking over dinner one night, and the idea of me going to Africa to take her spot was brought up, and I thought, well, I can do anything for a year. I was there for three.

The first year it felt like I was at camp, learning to watch for snakes, boil water and put it through a crock, dealing with the heat and learning all kinds of different things. The second year, it was beginning to become a nuisance; why do I have to do this?

The third year, you started feeling at home.

First, I wound up in Ghana at a children’s orthopedic center for kids who were neglected or just left in the bush because they were handicapped or had polio or were amputees from snakebites.

It was the site where the shoes and braces were made, and we would teach these young children how to walk again. One of our charisms is ‘women and children first.’ The women there really work very, very hard, doing all the labor, while the men kinda sat around, and you know, that didn’t sit well.

I had a chief that was after me once. Nana Dukaka was his name.

He sent his linguist up. He wanted to know why Catholic nuns didn’t marry. Well, every time he came up the road, the women who took care of the children would warn me, ‘Nana’s coming, Nana’s coming,’ so I had a chance to, you know, get out of the way.

Well, I did that for a year. Towards the end of that year, Sister Elizabeth, whose place I took for that year, wound up elected

Sister Michael Marie Laux Sister Michael Marie Laux grew up in Menasha, Wisconsin, where she chose her vocation. She traveled extensively around the world in devotion to God. Spending 15 years in Kenya, Africa, she helped to construct a boarding school in dedication to her calling. Her mission experience includes teaching in Wisconsin and the Island of Guam. She also traveled to Alaska, performing Catechetical ministry. Sister Michael Marie is truly dedicated to helping enhance the lives of women worldwide.

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Provincial Superior and, well, she didn’t come back. So, I was in contact with my superiors here in the States, and they asked me to go to Sunyani, and so I went and we, the School Sisters of Notre Dame community, started a school for young girls there.

We had an abandoned building and 34 girls between the ages of 12 and 21.

Now they have four or five permanent buildings, around 600 students and about 80 new sisters; three are now at Mount Mary. The state schools, the ones run by the government, there may have been 2,000 kids and maybe out of those 2,000, a very minor group, a very, very small group, of women tried to get an education. They would be ridiculed or harassed or raped or whatever, so the chances of women getting an education were minimal. That was one of the main reasons we started the high school, to educate women. If you educate the women, the world has a better chance.

You know we didn’t have anything, but we were happy. At Sunyani, we had oil lamps and a tin roof like everyone else. At the orthopedic center, they had been there for many years and had been able to build and make things more comfortable, but it was still rough.

When I came back to the States after being in Africa for those three years, I was told I couldn’t go back. I had malaria while I was in Africa, and when I came back to the States, for what was only supposed to be a few months, I had malaria again. I had the chloroquine-resistant malaria, so they had to treat me with the next step up in medication and then I had pneumonia, too.

The doctor said I had to wait a year before I could go back, but I thought, what good am I going to be if I get sick again? I think I had malaria four or five times in total. Otherwise, I probably would have gone back. That was in 1992 or so, but I would have to check my passport to be sure.”

Sister Maureen went on to receive her Master’s of Science in art therapy from Mount Mary while in her 50s, graduating in 1998, finished her career working as the director of therapy and psychology at a hospital in Chicago for 15 years.

She retired to Elm Grove to be with her community and those sisters whom she is especially close to, including a few from her time in Ghana. 

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grew up in Menasha, Wisconsin, in the 1930s during the time of the Great Depression. My father worked in the paper mill, and my mother stayed at home to raise the children.

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ried and had five children. One brother became a priest, and the other brother became a Benedictine brother. Our family lived a religious and pious life, not extreme, but we were a good family.

Based on my family and my early years as a student, it was natural for me to become a nun. My high school and elementary school were combined and run by the School Sisters of Notre Dame. I identified with the School Sisters of Notre Dame my whole life. The order was founded in 1833. In the very beginning we taught only girls in Germany, where we were semi-cloistered. In 1847 Mother Teresa and Sister Caroline came to the United States in answer to the bishop’s request for the education of immigrant children.

You can look at the pictures from 50 years ago and see how times have changed. Times are different now. That’s what our culture does; it responds to the needs of the times. I personally feel education is the basis for all needs, and as sisters, we constantly have to be aware of and respond to those particular needs. The history of the school and of Mother Teresa and Sister Caroline is fascinating. The spirit is fascinating!

I came to Mount Mary after I got home from Kenya in 1995. I was told that Mount Mary was looking for an English tutor. I came to the school, interviewed, and have been

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happy ever since. I spent 15 years in our boarding school for girls in Kenya, helping to pioneer education for girls. My mission experience included teaching in Wisconsin and the Island of Guam. I also spent some time in Alaska doing ministry. Much of my early education was gained while I was teaching. I taught during the week and came to Mount Mary on Saturdays and during the summer. I earned my first degree at Mount Mary in English and Latin history. We are School Sisters of Notre Dame, and our mission is to teach.

What drives me is the dedication to our mission. Our mission was and still is education in its broadest sense. We are especially dedicated to women, children and the poor. That is what we were founded upon. We believe that the world can be changed through education, and that is our mission.

Justice and oneness can come through education. Using the words of Jesus, ‘that all may be one …,’ we use the saying to help people, but we’ve expanded to help people reach the fullness of their potential. Now that’s a driving force!”

Sister Michael Marie continues to work tutoring students in English at Mount Mary University in the Student Success Center. She continues the time honored tradition of helping to educate women, children and the poor. She proudly said, “I am School Sister of Notre Dame and our mission is to teach.” 

Sister Michael Marie Laux Photographed and interviewed by Michelle Dabel

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IN-DEPTH Fashion

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Dream Alumna Fashions Her Future

BY RACHEL SCHNEIDER

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atie Schuppler, a 2009 Mount Mary University graduate, is living her long-time dream as a fashion stylist in Chicago. Schuppler doublemajored in fashion merchandise management and business administration at Mount Mary to achieve her goal of becoming a fashion stylist.

Katie’s Tips for Your Closet Overhaul

1. Throw out anything that is boxy, dated or worn.

2. Organize tops by sleeve length (sleeveless, short sleeve, long sleeve and sweaters); this way nothing gets lost.

After moving to Chicago less than a year after graduating, Schuppler was ready to start her own styling firm, KS Style Consulting.

“I wanted to do something in fashion and I wanted it to be my own,” Schuppler said.

KS Style Consulting offers its clients, both men and women, a variety of services: closet clean-out, personal shopping and lookbook sessions. Schuppler also styles clients for special occasions, maintains a fashion blog, and styles Whitney Reynolds, host of “The Whitney Reynolds Show.”

“I choose various designers or boutiques in Chicago to pull from to style Whitney for the show,” Schuppler said. “I bring her anywhere from one to five options per week to wear on set.”

To get KS Style Consulting started, Schuppler placed an advertisement on http://ChicagoNow.com, a community blogging site, but waited a couple months for a call from her first client.

“It was quite a challenge to start my business,” Schuppler said. “Not having a storefront and being a service business that comes to the client, it takes double the effort to reach potential clients.”

Schuppler continued to work to grow her business. Now KS Style Consulting grows its client list every year. Schuppler now has more than 50 consistent clients. Although she manages the business on her own, in the future she hopes to hire an intern or assistant.

To get her career started, Schuppler worked for Fred, the trendy boutique in downtown Milwaukee, while studying at Mount Mary. Schuppler started out as a sales associate and worked her way up to style director for the boutique by the time she graduated.

“I had a blog for [Fred] and wrote style reports and also helped style clients, fashion shows, and various window displays,” Schuppler said.

She continued to work at Fred a few months after gradation, and then moved to Chicago to pursue her dreams.

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Fashion A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FASHION ST YLIST Owning a styling firm means no day is ever the same. Schuppler could be working with clients on closet clean-outs, styling clients for special events, or selecting outfits for “The Whitney Reynolds Show.”

For her clients, Schuppler has a variety of styling packages from which to choose.

One package includes the closet cleanout, which consists of “pulling any pieces that are worn, dated, or might not be right for the client’s body type,” Schuppler said.

The process takes about 45 minutes.

The next level package includes Schuppler and the client making a shopping list of pieces missing from the wardrobe.

Schuppler also takes the unwanted pieces from the closet clean-out to Goodwill or consigns the designer items.

“I have the clients fill out a style assessment beforehand,” Schuppler said. “Based off that, we pick affordable boutiques to shop at, to give the client a more unique personal style.”

In the final level package, a lookbook is made, which Schuppler says is her favorite part. “[I] take pictures of outfits, mixing the old and the new pieces, and organize them by category (casual, travel, work, date night, etc.),” Schuppler said. The client keeps the images to look back on for inspiration.

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3. Organize bottoms and dresses together. Hang pants first, skirts next and then dresses (according to sleeve length).

4. Place pairs of shoes opposite each other so that one shoe has the toe facing the wall and the other shoe has the heel facing the wall. It saves a lot of room for more shoe space!

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ents are the closet clean-out and lookbook sessions.

Schuppler continues to reach her goals by pursuing a career she loves and is passionate about.

“It is the best feeling when you have made a difference in [the client’s] dayto-day just by putting them in a cute and flattering outfit,” Schuppler said.

Her advice to students choosing careers is to chase their dreams. “Don’t let anyone tell you what they think you should do on your career path or which direction to take,” Schuppler said. “In the end, you know yourself best and you know what will make you happy.” 

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PERSPECTIVES ALLI KELLY, social media manager, blogger, is an undergraduate student in the communications program. Alli is pursuing a career in marketing upon graduating this December.

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OPINION

ALMOST HIRED:

INTERNSHIPS PUT EDUCATION INTO PERSPECTIVE

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used to feel as though my destiny in life was to be permanently lost. It was as if I would spend the duration of my life wandering aimlessly. When I transferred into the communications program at Mount Mary, I felt more lost than ever. I had no idea what I wanted to do in terms of a career and honestly hadn’t put in much time thinking about it.

Choosing communications as a major was a quick decision made after taking an interest in marketing and advertising. Problem was, I had very little knowledge about either field besides ads in magazines. I figured there was only one way to gain knowledge of my interest: pursue an internship.

The summer between my sophomore and junior year, I interned at Marcus Corporation in downtown Milwaukee, as their marketing intern. It was then that I was truly exposed to the world of marketing and what it meant to be in a communications field. I obtained so many useful skills that I had not learned in school and found that every once in a while I was able to bring my classroom knowledge to the boardroom. I felt accomplished and motivated. I no longer felt lost.

Mount Mary requires students to have an internship and there is obviously a reason for it. According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers’ “2014 Internship & Co-op Survey,” employers made full-time offers to 64.8 percent of their interns. If that doesn’t motivate you to look for an internship, I don’t know what will!

My first summer at Marcus was an experience I will never forget and still reference today. The skills I learned then still apply to internships and projects I do now. I am pleased to have the same understanding that longterm professionals do when attending conferences or networking at events. My internship experiences have turned me into a person who decided on a path and is excited to take it.

Having an internship also showed me that I should take a serious interest in my education rather than listen to every step I am told to take. When I was able to take electives, I stopped wasting them on things my friends suggested were “easy,” but instead looked at the skills I needed and took classes that built upon those skills.

Since having that realization, I have molded my educational experience into something that I know is valuable.

I am happy to have learned early on that we go to college to learn more about our fields of interest, but it is in the professional experience that we truly acquire the skills we need in order to be successful in our careers. 

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This Brown Life

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am 28. I feel 28, I think I look 28, and I hope I exhibit the maturity implied at 28. That being said, I find myself in a crisis of age: when I shop for clothes I start in the juniors’ section, then find myself checking out with an armful of ladies’, women’s and petites’ clothing. How did I get there? And when did I leave the juniors’ section?!

When it comes to fashion, I just want to look presentable and age-appropriate. I don’t want to be the woman driving a minivan in a mini-skirt. I also don’t want to wear lounge pants to a cocktail lounge.

But for once, it’s not me I’m worried about; it’s the clothes.

More importantly, it’s how the clothes are divided by age and segregated accordingly. If I’m willingly leaving the juniors’ section, suddenly I’m not just buying a shirt anymore. Suddenly, I’m giving in to a subconscious self-observation of maturity and existence!

As I mentioned, I always start in the juniors’ section because it’s always in the front of the store. Even at predictable big box retailers, I’m still thrown for a 20-something loop. I certainly don’t want to see a 14-year-old with her backside peeking out of a pair of shorts — and I sure as heck wouldn’t try it myself. Not only do the shorts get shorter, but the tops get shorter too. I think there is a time and a place for a crop top, which is Jennifer Grey’s dance practice montage in “Dirty Dancing.”

Try going to a mall or boutique shop and it’s even more of a mystery. Unflattering shapes, bizarre designs, and crazy patterns that invite more motion sickness than fashion inspiration. It’s not just the clothes, either – Tootsie Rollscented body sprays, 5-pound, gelfilled bras, silver-sequined UGG

boots … who are these things for?

In all honesty, I know I’ve worn plenty of hideous things in the name of expressing myself. Now, though, I don’t mind letting my voice and body language do the talking. Maybe not needing to express yourself in a superficial way is just part of being an adult, and maybe clothes are just clothes.

Though I’ve graduated from junior, I’m a long way from senior, and so I still visit from time to time. So how do you know when to leave the juniors’ section behind? Here are some indications you may experience: »» You find shirts with messages that don’t apply, such as “Here to Party” or “I Love Dorks.” »» You can’t tell if what you’re holding is a dress, a skirt or a tube top. »» You remember wearing the 90s comeback clothes you find, such as overalls, platform shoes, acid wash denim or flannel prints. »» If the other shoppers, the cashiers and even the mannequins look younger than you.

Until the CEO of “Forever 21” responds to my request by introducing “Forever 30,” I’ll just have to wish all of you shoppers good luck in navigating the age barrier. There are plenty of stylish, appropriate options for all – you just can’t expect to find them in the same places.  ASHLEIGH BROWN, writer, blogger, columnist, is a graduate student in the English program with a concentration in creative writing. She works in Web communications at UWM and is an educational assistant at MATC. BROWNA@MTMARY.EDU PAGE BY BRITTANY SEEMUTH

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he “little” moments.

Every little girl wishes for a pony. They cross their fingers and beg mom and dad. Then they write countless letters to Santa every Christmas in hopes of a bushytailed little horse to show up under the Christmas tree.

Most, however, find a furry little horse head on top of a wooden stick.

My 3-year-old daughter Isabella, however, is very lucky. This summer, she got her first horse. Yes, a “real horse,” I tell everyone who inevitably asks.

We were blessed with the gift of an older miniature horse named Monte. Belle of course calls him her “pony” (I decided not to waste my time explaining to a toddler the difference between a pony and miniature horse. To us, he is her pony).

I promised myself if I took the summer off school I would have more time to spend with my own horse to start preparing him for showing next year.

However, I also found myself drawn to this little creature with a face so cute, you couldn’t help but smother it with kisses. Even the full-grown women at the barn were jealous — “pony envy,” one lady called it.

I spent half the summer trying to track down a saddle that would fit him without having to special order it. Surprisingly, many people were reluctant to part with the few I could find in the Waukesha area.

They are fairly rare, I guess.

I finally found one a friend was willing to sell for $50 (what a deal) and had a bridle and halter custommade by a friend. With her helmet, jeggings and pink cowboy boots, Belle looked like a pro.

When we finally started trotting (faster than a walk) after a few months, my daughter — always the fearless one — could not get enough. One day, she finally got down on the ground, grabbed the lead rope from me and decided she wanted to trot him around herself.

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Monte is a 17-year-old sweetie pie, no larger than a St. Bernard, with a chocolate brown coat, a flaxen (blonde) mane and a small streak of naughty in him once in a while. While sleek and beautiful in the summer, at this point in the year he looks a bit like a woolly mammoth.

She’d go running ahead, dragging Monte behind her, and he just followed along, picking up a little trot. Then she would, inevitably, get the lead rope tangled in his legs and try to pull it out, finally figuring out how to untangle it. He would just stand there like a little saint!

The best moments, however, were spent cleaning out his paddock.

While I cleaned his “droppings,” Belle would cling to him, carrying around his bucket of salt and minerals, trying to get him to eat his “vitamins.” Then other times she would just stand there, leaning

her head against his belly, soaking up the sun. Of course, I also had to stop and soak up the sun, along with this moment of calm and motherhood bliss.

I found myself looking forward to these little outings: Monte meeting us at the gate, immediately knowing he would get treats no matter how much riding was involved; Belle always wanting to clean out his feet first with her sparkly hoof pick; and Belle’s determination to use the mounting steps to get on him all by herself.

I understand now why my mom took a break from riding while she raised us. It was so much fun for her to enjoy our own little riding moments. She was able to sit back and observe the joy and fear (watching your little ones jump on a horse is always scary) and excitement that the girls in my family have always experienced from riding.

That part of the day when we went to play with Monte became the highlight of my summer, better than any festivals or vacations we took. It was literally the “little” moments that counted.

I think that’s what people are missing right now in their lives. We are so busy, so full of big events, we miss the little things that count, the little things people used to have more time to enjoy. Without Internet, TV, Facebook and Twitter, they were able to catch those rare pieces of time, the ones that make us stop and thank God we are alive. 

SHANNON VENEGAS, columnist, is a graduate student getting her master’s in writing and her certificate in secondary English education.

She works part-time as a copy editor at Journal Communications.

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CUISINE

Jake’s Deli: The Modern Diner

REVIEW

BY BRITTANY SEEMUTH

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PHOTOS BY RENNIE PATTERSON-BAILEY

ake’s Deli, located at 1634 W. North Avenue, looked like a typical diner, except the soulful voice of R&B artist Miguel was playing from the radio overhead. As I stepped in, the cashier was hollering a farewell, “Good-bye Ms. Beth, see you tomorrow!” It seemed all of the employees took the time to get to know the customers, always a good sight to see.

A cashier was just off of the main entrance to the left, with two chefs working away behind a deli counter to the right of the entrance. The two chefs, stationed across from each other, were working together, constantly shouting back-and-forth to each other about quantities of food inventory, “Six pastrami left!”

I walked up to place my order.

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off-putting to the eye. We set those aside and immediately he menu itself was not very extensive, just a few sanddove into the sandwiches. wiches and soups, so it was not very difficult to choose my corned beef sandwich and matzo ball soup, while my guest y corned beef sandwich, perfectly toasted on rye bread, ordered the pastrami dog with the corned beef and cabbage was so tender and juicy, it absolutely stole my heart. soup. The menu at Jake’s Deli is kosher; dairy products are not I sampled my guest’s pastrami dog, which was a beef hot dog mixed with meat, so I was surprised that the cashier offered split down the center and layered on top with pastrami, a cheese on every sandwich. popular Jewish beef brisket, smoked in peppercorns, all inside We noticed a plain-clothed police officer just to the right of of a pretzel hot dog bun. I thought it was tasty, but needed the main entrance with his badge and gun in tow. I wondered more of the spicy brown mustard to kick up the flavor. about the need for that, especially in the middle of the afterNext came the matzo ball soup, the “ball” being a sticky noon. I wasn’t concerned, though, because it seemed he was Jewish dumpling, which was at a temperature of a blazing simply relaying messages between the work stations and greet- inferno, but I was too impatient to wait for it to cool. The soup ing customers, rather than acting as a form of security. Anyway, was made with what tasted like homemade chicken stock; it I was there for the food. was perfect for this chilly fall day. The corned After we placed our order, I got a beef and cabbage soup was also tasty, with mild good look at the industrial interior. flavors perfectly blended, but a little too mild was there for the food.”

Old-timey light fixtures, reminiscent for my taste. of the 1940s, hung from the ceiling. There were five booths Midway through our meal, as in the style of the deli, a chef along the western wall and five tables in the center, all with yelled out to us from across the restaurant, “Is everything comfortable seating for four. We walked in roughly around good?” We replied with two thumbs up and mouths full of 3:30 p.m. on a weekday and were told waitress service ends at delicious deli bites.

3 p.m. daily. The deli closes at 5 p.m., so it is intended to be a After finishing up our sandwiches and repackaging our late lunch or early dinner. leftover soups, we got up to leave and were asked again if our I inquired about our orders about 15 minutes after they were food was good. We nodded and said our goodbyes. Our meals placed and was told the food was at first made incorrectly. were tasty and warm on that cold fall day, and were also easy After finally getting our orders, we received our soups wrapped on the wallet.  in aluminum foil-covered plain Styrofoam containers, slightly

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BRITTANY SEEMUTH, editor-in-chief, is an undergraduate student in the English program with a concentration in writing for new media.

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What’s Happening

The ARTery

Connecting Milwaukee through Creativity

BY SHANNON MOLTER

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ecycled railroad ties, vibrant, graffiti-style paintings and automobile tires were collaboratively used to refurbish and decorate the five donated shipping crates that sit along a gravel trail. Across from industrial buildings a unique sign made out of stacks of wood and metal stands reads: “the ARTery.”

The ARTery is an abandoned railroad corridor that has been transformed into a linear park that spans two-thirds of a mile.

It is located at the intersection of Keefe Avenue and Richards Street. This linear park has not been created to be a typical park, but rather a creative space for the community.

This unique area has been brought to Milwaukee by the organization Beintween, a network of people with the objective to “improvise space to build community,” according to http://www. thearterymke.org.

To create the ARTery, Beintween worked in partnerships with the Greater Milwaukee Committee, Riverworks and the City of Milwaukee through the support of an ArtPlace America grant known as Creational Trails.

“Creational Trails is taking a unique approach to developing interactive art projects in targeted neighborhoods with the aim of raising visibility of those areas and activity within, such as increased foot and bike traffic,” according to http://www.creationaltrails.org.

Keith Hayes, founder of Beintween and project directer of The ARTery, said, “With the capacity of a project like the ARTery,

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it could bring people together to reduce the perception that negatively affects the ability of neighborhood integration.

The ARTery is to bring people together around things that withstand cultural, economic and social boundaries by infusing a space with creativity, art and performance.”

Along the ARTery Trail are five shipping containers, a handcrafted basketball court and benches created out of recycled automobile tires. Each shipping container has a different purpose.

One is used for storage and one is an insulated classroom with wireless Internet, tablets and an office space. The other three are stages. One of the stages is called “Center Stage” and has tire benches placed in front of the stage for an audience.

Four main event series have taken place at the ARTery since opening to the public in early summer 2014. Season One Performance Series, Be On Stage, Community Potluck Series and ican2labs have brought hundreds of community members to the park.

Season One Performance Series included three different showcases that took place on the last Saturday in June, July and August. An open call went out to performers in December, asking, “How do you want to perform in public spaces?” According to Hayes, 116 ideas were submitted, 55 auditioned, and 20 were selected to help define space through performance. Each of the 20 winners were given $500 for being in the top 20 and a budget PAGE BY SARA RAASCH

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“When does a space become a place?”

of $1,000 – $1,500 to carry out their ideas in one of three showcases hosted in the summer “One performer danced with paint on a canvas and created art with his feet. One did a poetry showcase. Another did African drumming,” said Ashley Oberst, intern at Beintween.

Be On Stage open mic was held at the center stage from 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday nights and was open to the public. A free film was screened from 9-11 p.m.

The Community Potluck Series consisted of four different potlucks hosted at the Artery for the whole community to come and share food.

Ican2labs was an event hosted at the Artery every Saturday from 1-4 p.m.

This took place in the classroom lab and had a youth focus to provide educational resources outside of school.

“The Martin Luther King Library [the closest library to the ARTery] is closed on Saturdays, so we wanted to create an alternative place for kids to go that need to do homework," Hayes said. “We work with kids to see what they want to build, provide them with toys, and have Samsung

Keith Hayes, Founder of Beintween

tablets for them to do research or play games on.”

The sharp divide of the neighborhood inspired Hayes to conceptualize the idea of the ARTery. After moving to Milwaukee to get his master’s degree in architecture from UW-Milwaukee, Hayes studied the perimeter of Milwaukee and the boundaries within the city.

“There are very distinct lines drawn, and Holton street is very vividly the line on the North side," Hayes said. "The length of the ARTery connects the two neighborhoods of Riverwest and Harombee, so I wondered, ‘could the ARTery be the stitch between the neighborhoods?’”

Keith’s master’s program at UW-Milwaukee focused on leftover people, leftover space and leftover materials.

“Beintween became the thing that connected those three things and the ARTery is our first large-scale attempt to use those three things,” Hayes said.

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The ARTery is always open, but according to Hayes, not many community members spend time there when there is not an event going on.

“A lot of people either don’t know about it, don’t feel safe back there, or don’t know what it is,” Hayes said.

Since the ARTery is outdoors, there are no plans yet for events during the winter.

“Our mission is to improvise spaces, so there are endless possibilities for the winter," Hayes said. “We do have electricity in three of the shipping containers, and have plans to get heating in the classroom.”

In 2015, the gravel trail at the ARTery will be paved with asphalt, and the linear park will gain a sixth shipping container that will be turned into a greenhouse. 

SHANNON MOLTER, reporter, editor, is an undergraduate student majoring in communications with an emphasis in public relations and minoring in writing for new media .

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Finding Her Way In a Home Far Away

BY JOAN MUKHWANA

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aureen Fatima, born and raised in Pakistan, moved to WisFatima said. “I also like the diversity at Mount Mary; I think it consin seven years ago. Although she has lived here for years, makes learning a rich experience.”

Fatima still considers Pakistan her home.

Her advice to students who would like to study in Pakistan as “I like it here, but the feel is different,” Fatima said. “I always an exchange student is to get firsthand information from students feel that my past memories are living in my present. I am physiwho are in Pakistan. cally here, but mentally I reside in Pakistan.”

“Talk to people who have lived in Pakistan beFatima said that there is a lot of media fore you buy into the media hype,” Fatima said. hype about Pakistan being unsafe. According Fatima is working to shape her career with a alk to people who have to Fatima, the media’s portrayal of Pakistan is major in health communication. She hopes to lived in Pakistan before you buy return to Pakistan when she completes her studnot accurate.

“If one person from a certain group does to help people with health-related issues live into the media hype,” Fatima said. ies something unacceptable, the media portrays a healthy life.  the whole group as bad and that includes the country too,” Fatima said. “I know Pakistan is not as unsafe as depicted by the media.”

Fatima would like to see the media focus more on Pakistan’s amazing tourism sites, its historically rich culture and great hospitality.

Fatima chose to study at Mount Mary University because of JOAN MUKHWANA, the diverse and supportive community. Two of Fatima’s close writer, editor, designer, is a graduate friends who are graduates of Mount Mary greatly influenced student in the English program with a concentration in creative writing.

Fatima’s choice to study here.

MUKHWANA@MTMARY.EDU “I like the small classes because they provide for interaction,”

“T

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Review

Fantasy fiction or fulfilling a prophecy?

‘The Circle’ by Dave Eggers

BY NATALIE GUYETTE

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anta Claus might not be the only one who knows when you are sleeping and knows when you’re awake. With inventions like Google Glass and the self-driving car, there are certainly days when it seems like Google might be on-board for world domination. Google already serves as an information highway for email, photos, websites and more. We subconsciously allow Google to influence what we purchase, the knowledge we acquire, the people we communicate with and the ideas we feel passionate about. How much of a stretch would it be for Google to consciously dictate our lives?

David Eggers’ “The Circle,” published in 2013, plays on the paranoia and hype of social media in our modern culture. The book pulls you in with curiosity but snags your full attention with its suspense.

Although the cover art resembles design work from Kate Spade, the book’s genre is hard to place. It’s fiction with a splash of suspense, mystery, fantasy, futuristic technology and just enough romance to keep you hanging on.

The story begins as main character Mae Holland scores a job at the most innovative and highly-respected company of the time. The company, deemed The Circle, is founded and run by the “three wise men,” each who has his own eclectic personality and aura of mystery. The best way to describe “The Circle” is as if Google and God decided to start a business.

Despite its similarities, the book is not based on any existing tech company. “I’ve never been to Google or Facebook or Twitter or any other Internet campus, actuPHOTO BY RENNIE PATTERSON-BAILEY ally … I didn’t want to be influenced by any one extant Natalie Guyette, Arches writer and layout artist, enjoys a cup of tea while company or any actual people,” Eggers said in an interreading “The Circle” by Dave Eggers. view with McSweeney’s Publishing Company.

The concept of “The Circle” is to subsume the work of every tech company, including integrating the following life, social life and eventually your only life? Is transparinto one account that is visible to all: every human’s email ency simply about honesty? His blend of realistic ideas accounts, banking accounts, social media links, online with those that seem extreme create an interesting state shopping and any other activity. From the click of your of mind for the reader as you tear quickly through the profile, the viewer will be able to see what you’re allergic book. This book made a nightly reader out of me, despite to, every song you’ve ever listened to, any content you’ve a heavy homework load. If you’re into thought-provoking, ever posted or commented to online, and ultimately your detail-intensive plot lines, you might want to give “The entire life story. The claim is that this transparency of Circle” a read.  everyone will be beneficial to all.

To the public eye, the company is a buzz word and an obsession. The company’s campus could pose as competition to even the most elite of college campuses: organic gardens, a mini-golf area, movie theaters and bowling alleys. Employees reap all the benefits the campus has to offer, including extravagant parties, world-famous speakers, huge music acts every night, extravagant dining NATALIE GUYETTE, options, and even condos to stay the night in for free. Of writer, designer, is an undergraduate student course, there is a catch — it is so easy to feel at home that hankering for a degree in English with a writing for new media concentration. When she’s not it’s hard to feel good leaving. working on Arches, she’s actually still working on Eggers draws attention to the “what ifs” of the technoarchesnews.com as the website manager. logical world and implants thoughts that will occupy your GUYETTEN@MTMARY.EDU mind for days to come. Is it really better to know more?

What happens when your work life becomes your home

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Creative Works

This section is where we feature the creative work of Mount Mary University students.

To learn how to submit your writing or artwork, visit archesnews.com.

The Fire Tender

BY DANIEL K. KIM

“How are the dead fish?” she asked between hits. We lay on our stomachs on her bed, side by side, passing a joint. “Teach Your Children” floated in the air. Her knees were bent, feet crossed and toes pointed upward.

“Can’t you smell them?” I exhaled and rolled over on my back.

Beads hung from the ceiling light. Beads were everywhere; it was her thing. One long strand connected the posters of her bed; more hung down from that on every side.

She studied the canoeing joint. “I was thinking about having some friends over, you know, a bonfire, but not until the smell is gone.”

“Give it a week, maybe two,” I assured her. “Or, you can just tell them it’s a sweet midwestern sea breeze.” Every August, millions of alewives washed ashore along the Wisconsin side of Lake Michigan. The stench of rotting fish carried in the wind for weeks.

She coughed out a lungful of smoke.

“How many people?” I asked.

“Um, the class?”

“Your whole frickin’ class?”

“You know, to kick off senior year.”

Sandy attended the public high school. It was enormous by my standards, about twice the size of the private school I attended some twenty miles away. Most of the town kids were a mystery to me, but I guess I was just as mysterious to them. That suited me just fine.

“Sandy, you’re stoned.” I said, putting the joint in the

bronze Buddha incense burner on her night stand. I nestled back into her pillow.

“I have zero interest in getting busted for that. You shouldn’t either,” I said, tapping my finger to her forehead.

“Look, I’m no numbers guy, but high school parties have something like an eighty percent attendance rate.” I stared at the beaded ceiling light and sighed. “With a class size of, what, 310 kids? 248 will show. You won’t be able to control that.”

“Maybe not, but, you know that bluff better the anyone. I know you could figure out a way. You saved me remember?”

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DANIEL K. KIM “Sandy, we is currently enrolled in the were what, ten?”

Master of Arts in English program. He has an interest “Oh, what in writing both fiction and does that matcreative nonfiction. ter? I fell, you popped up out of nowhere!” She propped herself up with an arm and slid her knee over my chest, her skirt slipping dangerously high. “I can barely see the scar, you cleaned me up.”

Taking her knee in my hand, I gave it a squeeze until she laughed.

“If anyone can get everyone up and down, and keep them all together on the beach, I know it’s you.”

She leaned over me, smiling. I saw my reflection in a widening blackness, the pupils of her hazel eyes. Green flecks encircled me like the necklace hanging on the wall. She once gave me a jar of glass-rocks, collected along the beach, asking if I would drill holes in them. That necklace hung on a wall, framing a poster of Peter Frampton, her latest heartthrob.

“Did you know the difference between love and rape is a single letter?” I asked her.

“Where ya going with this Bobby?”

“Really, that song, ‘Volare,’ it’s all about a man flying high because of the love he feels for this woman. So, the word has come to mean that. But, violare, is Latin for violence, or violation, or rape.”

“Now who’s stoned?” she said as she reached over me for the joint. “’I’, it’s the only difference. The ‘I’ makes it my choice to be loved or violated.”

“I don’t think a few friends…” she began.

“A few? They aren’t even my friends! I don’t know them and I don’t trust any of them.” I couldn’t match her smile. “Half the chicks will fall off the bluff and die just getting down there in the dark. Half the guys will die like the drunken idiots they are trying to climb back up. No way – I’ll be picking up condoms and bodies up for weeks!”

“Oh, stop it. If you’d come out with us once in a while you would. It’s all school, or your friends from Wherevers-Ville with you!” she said, jabbing at my chest. “Oh Bobby, have a little faith in me. I know what it means to you, I wont let anything happen,” she began, but my mind floated elsewhere.

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She knew my feelings for that setting, the bluff, the beach, and the endless lake. It was the world I created where secrets could be buried on the bluff, my soul cleansed in the frigid waters, and countless dreams built on endless shores.

Sandy never knew that the lilies she picked on the bluff were planted by my mom just before she died, less than two years before Sandy moved in next door.

They had spread throughout the lightly wooded parts of the bluff, and were the only living remembrance I had of my mother. When the pain of the loss of my mother, and the blind indifference of my self-absorbed father were too much, these frigid waters welcomed, washed, and invigorated me. How many beach fires did I light afterward to warm myself, dreaming of how life may have unfolded differently? Now, she wanted to turn it into a drunken nut house. I’d seen those parties, and didn’t want any of it, not in my sacra refugium.

I stood and turned the window fan on in reverse to suck out the stifling air. “What about beer?” I mumbled.

She shrugged as she sat up on the bed’s edge. “I was kinda hoping that you would figure something out… right?” she said as she circled the little scar on her knee with a finger.

I told her, back when we were ten, that the bluff was my house. I invited her in. If it wasn’t for her, I may have drifted out into the lake on some driftwood never to return. She understood me. There was never doubt between us, just faith. The “I” did make it my choice to feel violated or not. She, knowingly or not, was just helping me see that.

“Right?” she repeated.

I felt the wisp of a plea embedded in her demand.

She relied on me for things like this, solving her problems that somehow I always felt became mine.

Strands of auburn hair crested her sinking shoulders and hung limply as she looked to the floor. She had flipped the album, and “Our House” drifted from the speakers. I didn’t notice her take the glass-rock necklace off the wall and slip it around my neck.

“Hello?” She whispered in my ear.

“Have a little faith in you,” I muttered.

“What?”

I cleared my throat, “Twelve…half barrels…I mean. If everyone drinks a sixer, we’ll blow through a dozen.”

“Then, we’re together Bobby?” she asked smiling.

“Yea,” I said, turning to take her hand. “I got it all figured out. I’ll light the fire, you put the flowers in the vase.” 

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GAZA 2014

BY AMANI ASAD

Mama won’t get up; she’s on her back crying.

Mama? I say, but no response – I think she’s dying.

She touches my face, and I stare into her eyes Mama, please, I beg as she says her goodbye.

Baba isn’t here. He’s been gone a long time.

Mama said they took him, but we never knew why.

I hear the hum outside.

Now what? I have nowhere to hide.

Flying low and close, they’re trying to find the next place.

I lay next to mama and cover my face.

That sound they make – swoosh – as they go over our heads.

That sound they make – KABOOM – as they take away our beds.

Screams and yells come after.

They take the place of our missing laughter.

No one’s helping; I don’t know what to do.

I stay next to Mama and start screaming too.

Ya Allah, help us please.

We’re stuck between the border and the sea.

I hear them again, I have nowhere to go.

The planes hum as they fly really low.

Ya Allah, I’m only ten, I never got a chance to live.

How much more blood do we have to give?

We have nothing; I don’t know why they attack.

Ya Allah, we are dying, why is the world not fighting back?

We didn’t do anything to make them mad.

But everyone thinks it’s us who are bad.

Ya Allah, I know they want us to leave.

Bas Falasteen baladna wu rayha tetharar wu ilna bi seer. 

AMANI ASAD is a Palestinian-American who was born and raised in Milwaukee and is working towards her M.A. in English.

She is slated to graduate in May of 2015. Amani works full-time as a middle school English teacher at Salam School, an Islamic School in Milwaukee.

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Orphan Train Rider: 1893

BY MAUREEN CIGANEK

He blinked in the sunshine and

shaded his brow with his free hand.

A sign overhead welcomed them to Grand Junction.

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he engineer sounded the whistle and slowed the train to a stop. In the passenger car, nine-year-old August rubbed his fist against a grimy windowpane and stared out. Other children leaned over to take in the view. Walls of cornstalks grew side by side, reaching up to a wide-open sky.

“Where are we?” one of the older boys asked.

“Middle of nowhere looks like,” said redheaded Sammy.

Freckles covered his face and arms. He tossed a ball from hand to hand. When August smiled at him, Sammy winked and passed the ball of cloth scraps to August.

Miss Finch, the chaperone from the Children’s Aid Society, rose from her seat near the front of the passenger car and smoothed her gray wool suit.

“Children, please. Remain seated until it’s time to leave the train,” she said. “We have arrived at another town in Iowa. This stop will be much like the others.”

Miss Finch surveyed her fidgety charges. “Many of you will find new homes here. Some of you may find room and board with the opportunity to learn a trade.”

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tossed the ball back to Sammy, looped his arm around the cardboard suitcase he had been given at the Children’s Aid Society in New York, and followed the other children down the steps to the station platform.

He blinked in the sunshine and shaded his brow with his free hand. A sign overhead welcomed them to Grand Junction.

August took inventory of his surroundings. He drank in the light and sky until they filled all the dark places inside his body. It was all so different from the dirty, crowded streets of New York City, with its tall buildings and tenements that blocked the sun and cast long shadows. There was no stink of garbage or rotting fish from the East River, although August detected a pungent animal smell from a distant farm.

On the station platform, August noticed a crowd of farmers and townspeople gathering. Miss Finch hurried the children past the onlookers and into a room in the whitewashed hotel next to the station. In close quarters, she directed the children to wash their hands in the basin, tie their shoelaces, and tidy their clothes. Then she wiped jelly from the corners of mouths, dragged combs through snarls, and tied ribbons on the ends of braids.

August rubbed his damp hands on the new clothes he wore.

“Now children,” Miss Finch said, “You must be on your best behavior. These people are here to welcome us and should be treated respectfully. Any Questions?”

August kept his hands down and his mouth closed.

Nobody dared to ask the question foremost in many minds: What if no one wants me?

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They knew from the last two stops that children who were not placed here would get back on the train and travel to the next stop.

Finally, the children were escorted into the hotel ballroom and introduced to the waiting crowd. They followed Miss Finch’s orders and put on their best behavior, hoping to attract the attention of caring couples. Babies and toddlers were usually the first children claimed.

Brown-haired, blue-eyed August had a tag pinned to his jacket that identified him as “Boy, Schroeder.”

A well-dressed man with a moustache pulled August aside. The man poked August’s arms and probed his belly before moving on to examine another boy. Next, a farmer in overalls instructed August to open his mouth. He stuck a calloused finger inside to check August’s teeth and gums. August wanted to bite down, but knew better, and was relieved when the farmer left him alone.

From a distance, August watched an older man and woman moving through the crowd. The man held the woman’s hand.

At one point, he leaned over and spoke into her ear.

The woman laughed and patted his arm. August spied a tin pail swinging at her elbow. A red handkerchief peeked out of the pail. The couple circled around, bypassed a group of people admiring some of the younger girls, and headed toward August.

“Hello, son,” said the man. His gray hair contrasted with his dark gray suit.

“Hello.”

“My name is Mr. Vaughan and this is my wife.”

August shook the man’s hand. “Nice to meet you.”

Mrs. Vaughan, a plump, pleasant-looking woman, smiled at August. A cameo decorated the crocheted collar of her cotton, floral-print dress, and her salt and pepper hair was pinned into a loose bun at the nape of her neck.

August answered questions about his past and his health, and the couple talked to him about his future.

Then Mrs. Vaughan pulled at the red handkerchief in the pail.

“Are you hungry?” she asked August. “I made sandwiches. Brought apples from our orchard.” She handed

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August a large red apple.

“Thank you.”

Mr. Vaughan clapped him on the shoulder. “We’ll have ourselves a picnic before heading home. Got to get chores done before dark. Animals’ll need tending.”

August nodded.

Riding home in the back of the horse-drawn wagon, suitcase by his side, August thought about his dearest Mama, dead from consumption, and his beloved Papa, dead from the flu. He thought about itchy straw in the wooden box that had once been his bed in a New York City alley and how the rats scurried around him and sometimes over him while he slept at night. He thought about the orphanage he had lived in before the Children’s Aid Society representative told him that he might be able to find a new family in the west, and he thought about the train trip. Seeing Lakes Erie and Michigan from soot-stained windows, changing trains in Chicago, helping older children in his group care for the babies and toddlers, joking around, watching landscapes whiz past.

Mr. Vaughan promised August that he’d have a room of his own, and that he’d get to attend school. He’d have sisters, too, Mrs. Vaughan told him. The Vaughans would provide him with a good Christian upbringing in exchange for his help on the farm. That was the deal August had agreed to. August didn’t know a thing about farming, but he would learn.

The wagon wheels bumped over the country road, kicking up a trail of dust. August’s eyelids drooped, but he pinched himself to stay awake. He didn’t want to miss one bit of this adventure.

“Sit tight, son. We’ll be home soon.” 

MAUREEN CIGANEK is a graduate student in the English department. As part of her creative writing focus, she has also attended workshops at the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, University of Iowa. Her work has been published in School Arts Magazine and in the anthology, “Silent Embrace: Perspectives on Birth and Adoption.”

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A Woman Is Never Just One

BY ASHLEIGH BROWN

Somewhere in between a hero and a villain, between life and death, is woman.

She is praying in China and she is studying law in Montreal. Never once has she been singular. Never just a woman, but a collection of one.

Between honey and vinegar, someone in 1591 experienced a side of one woman. Just one side of just one woman. One facet of one lady.

She’s always on because she’s never off.

Her identity throughout time is evolving yet constant. From birth she is innocent, each moment she grows by one.

One moment in one mosaic you’ll never see because it burned to ashes in a forest fire. Each child has had a mother who surrendered part of her body just to keep life going, whether it was justIfied or not; and every mother is an intricate machine called a female.

Every cell must sing with another one to nurture a heartbeat to become a fresh person. And she can cry when ever she must without judgment, but she never cries for the wrong reason. And tears are just a tiny salty waterway down a cheek in a grayscale photograph that is aging in a damp basement of someone you know. Somewhere in between a school girl

ASHLEIGH BROWN, writer, Arches columnist, is a graduate student in the graduate program in English with a creative writing concentration. She works in Web communications at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and is an educational assistant at Milwaukee Area Technical College.

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and a matron is one side of one her, one face of one diamond that will never be extracted from one chip of one stone buried five hundred feet deep. Each side just a glimpse of the whole, just as each whole is a glimpse of what is woman. She is a book that misses its title, because just one title never captures all she is, someone in between zeta and alpha.  PAGE BY NATALIE GUYETTE

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Creative Works We are pleased to bring you the first full-color issue of Arches in a feature magazine format. This format allows us to include a new Creative Works section, showcasing creative writing, photography, art or other creative pieces by Mount Mary University students. We are currently accepting submissions for creative pieces for our winter 2014 and spring 2015 issues. Any current MMU student may submit visual or written work for consideration for publication.

Requirements: • Work must be an original piece that was authored, designed or created by a current MMU student. • All entries must be submitted digitally via email to glasheed@mtmary.edu.

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