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‘It’s foundational education’ Limited Indigenous courses frustrate MU community By Megan Woolard
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Marquette University lies on the homelands and waterways of the Sauk, Ojibwe, Fox, Ho-Chunk, Potawatomi, Mascouten and Menominee nations. However, for students who wish to engage in the history and culture of the nations that lived, and continue to live, on the land where the university resides, their options are limited. Marquette has one class, ENGL 4825, solely dedicated to Native American literature that is taught every semester by assistant professor of English Samantha Majhor. There is also ENGL 3780, Water is Life: Indigenous Art and Activism in Changing Climates, ANTH 3350 Native peoples of North America and HIST 4155 A History of Native America. In addition, there are certain sections of classes such as ENGL 4810
Marquette University does not currently have a major or minor specific to Native American and Indigenous studies. Photo by Collin Nawrocki collin.nawrocki@marquette.edu
and ENGL 4820 that may touch on Indigenous issues. However, there’s currently no program in Indigenous studies at Marquette. “Learning about Native American people and history and learning about Native ways of knowing and philosophies I think really opens up to students
different ways of thinking and that’s really what we’re here to do here in college,” Majhor said. Even with a lack of a major, there has been progress in increasing Indigenous education and representation at Marquette. The Center for Race, Ethnic and Indigenous Stud-
Worship continues amid COVID-19 concerns St. Joan of Arc Mass requires pre-registration By Julia Abuzzahab
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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Mass and church services on Marquette University’s campus have constantly evolved to keep up with COVID-19 mitigation guidelines — whether service be held virtually or in-person in smaller numbers, students are still able to experience church services on Marquette’s campus. Tuesday and Thursday 10 p.m. Mass services, held at the St. Joan of Arc Chapel, only allow 49 people in the chapel during the service. Participants have to
pre-register prior to Mass. Sunday Mass is held either at 6 p.m. at Church of the Gesu or at 9 p.m. at the Chapel of the Holy Family in the Alumni Memorial Union. In the 2020-2021 academic school year, Ana Aguilar, a sophomore in the College of Nursing, said participants had to preregister for Mass and show their COVID Cheq at the door. Only students were able to attend the student masses and attendees were not able to use the books. As an usher, Aguilar said last year one of her job responsibilities entailed walking parishioners to their seats. However, this school year is different for Aguilar and other ushers at Marquette. “Now I greet them and give them a book, I also hand out masks to whoever needs one,” INDEX
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Aguilar said in an email. “I also help with the collections and help to collect all the books at the end of mass.” Gabby Chun, sophomore in the College of Engineering, said she typically attends Mass either at the Chapel of the Holy Family or at Church of the Gesu at 9 a.m. or 6 p.m., and the St. Joan of Arc Chapel for daily Mass on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. “I go to Mass on Sundays for the Sunday obligation as a Catholic, and I attend daily Mass because it’s a time I use for selfreflection and to find peace in my busy schedule,” Chun said in an email. Chun said she prefers in-person Mass versus virtual as she said it See WORSHIP page 2
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ies was developed within the past academic year. “There are projects taking off, and I think this is only the beginning of Marquette’s expansion in this direction,” Tara Daly, co-director of the REIS program said. Daly said that there are faculty who
MUPD adds hybrids to fleet Energy-efficient move inspired by Milwaukee Police By Timothy Littau
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Hybrid squad cars are the latest trend among police departments in Milwaukee. Marquette University Police Department recently acquired two hy-
brid Ford Explorers that are being outfitted with police equipment before they go into use later this week, according to MUPD fleet manager Kevin Walz. Hybrid vehicles are mobilized by both an internal combustion gas engine and at least one battery-powered electric motor. Walz hopes that every year MUPD gets three hybrids and retires three non-hybrids, so that in three years all nine patrol cars are hybrid. “I’m thrilled that [MUPD] has the foresight to move in this direction. Hybrid vehicles are more efficient, they’re more economical,” Stefan Schnitzer, Marquette University’s director of environmental science and studies, said. MUPD conferred with the Milwaukee Police Department before making the change to a fleet of hybrid squad cars. The 10 hybrids Milwaukee Police Department purchased last year are already saving the department money. See FLEET page 3
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wish to develop a minor in Native American and Indigenous studies and eventually a major. “REIS is in dialogue with the Haggerty Museum as well to plan an exhibit highlighting Native American and global indigenous arts for the Fall of 2023. We also are organizing a student-led mural project this spring and hope to collaborate with local Native American artists and students,” Daly said. Marquette adopted a land and water acknowledgment and professor of history Bryan Rindfleisch worked on a map with students about the Indigenous history of Milwaukee. “We have many affiliated faculty doing work on Native and Indigenous cultures, both in and outside the classroom,” Daly said. Last semester, Nov. 5 Marquette hosted the Critical Indigenous Symposium. The event featured faculty from Marquette and the University of Minnesota, as well as a group of undergraduate students from the Indigeniety Lab. The lab was a research See EDUCATION page 2
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allows her to get into a headspace of worship and prayer in a church/ chapel environment. Chun said she still felt that she was able to safely worship at in-person Mass during the pandemic. “Surprisingly, I think it was safer last year with the social distancing protocols and extra sanitization the school was enforcing,” Chun said in an email. Similar to Chun, Aguilar also said she feels she is able to worship safely despite the pandemic and said it’s important to see God’s light through difficult times. “The importance of power is not diminished during an online mass, but I personally get more distracted and am not in the same mindset I am when I am at an inperson mass,” Aguilar said in an email. “I also miss getting communion when it is virtual.” Chun, however, said she feels the importance/power of worship diminishes in virtual Mass only because the communal aspect of service is not easily preserved. Sarah Haus, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she attends Sunday Mass off campus at St. Monica’s in Whitefish Bay and attends Saturday Mass at the Basilica of St. Josaphat. “Before the pandemic, I went to Sunday Mass on campus at Gesu/AMU,” Haus said. “I made the switch because I was looking for a faith community that could offer the wisdom of the older community and the innocence of the younger while still being
welcoming.” Haus also agrees with Chun and Aguilar and said she feels she is able to safely worship through the COVID-19 pandemic. Haus said this is because she wears a mask, socially distances and does what she can to minimize the risks by following the recommended procedures established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But Haus said she still prefers to attend Mass in person.
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“I like being able to come together and share my faith with strangers. The fact that people from all different walks of life can come together and share one faith solidifies the universal aspect of the Catholic church and there’s a certain power in that,” Haus said.
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group with a focus on understanding Indigenous roots and culture. Additionally, some students worked on ecological issues, such wild rice species identification to see if it could be reintroduced into the Menominee River Valley. “The high attendance of this event attests to the growing interest in this topic and the dedication of Marquette to doing more work in this arena,” Daly said. These developments are steps in increasing Indigenous education at Marquette, however, the university has not revealed any plans to change the university seal. The university previously said in July of 2020 that there were plans to change the seal and a seal redesign team was created in March of 2021.Though the seal has not been changed. The seal inaccurately depicts Father Marquette leading Indigenous people, when in reality it was the other way around. This issue has been shown to
the university by various members of the campus community. Majhor said that increasing Indigenous education and representation is a “two-fold” issue. “It’s about having a robust program where someone could build their knowledge about Native American history, arts, literature and issues. It’s also about having that faculty representation who are Native American and our Native students can see themselves reflected in them,” Majhor said. Senior in the College of Education Rebecca Deboer is one of those Native students who saw herself reflected in Majhor’s class. “Personally for me, I know that having an Indigenous curriculum and classes that talk about Indigenous topics and issues is incredibly important. I have never really been in places where any type of Native American or Indigenous experience was talked about until I got to school here. Even though there is such a lack of curriculum at MU,” Deboer said.
Masses on campus have been held in person since last year, however there have been many changes.
Deboer was one of the students who studied in the Indigeneity Lab and said that through her time at Marquette she has learned the “verbiage” to make sense of her experience as a minority on campus. “Learning about Indigenous people and that for me was incredible because I never had felt like I was kind of validated in my experience because I wasn’t raised in Native American culture. I just was. It was something that I felt like I was,” Deboer said. But studying Indigenous cultures and issues has benefits for non-native students and Native students alike. “If you don’t understand Native American history, you don’t understand U.S. history. I think it’s very hard to be a good student without understanding our collective history. To me, it’s foundational education,” Majhor said. While Marquette doesn’t currently have an Indigenous studies program, neighboring institution UW-Milwaukee does. “I think it is important for all students to take an American Indian Studies
class so they can learn about the people who have long called this land home. A history and contemporary presence that has always been challenged, hidden, ignored, overlooked, and erased,” Kasey Keeler, associate professor of English at UW-Milwaukee, said in an email. But teaching these courses doesn’t come without its challenges. Both Keeler and Majhor said that the majority of students come in with very little knowledge about Indigenous history and contemporary issues. “Though this isn’t necessarily bad, it does show me how little education students have had about American Indians, American Indian history, and American Indians today in their K-12 education. There is a big gap in knowledge and awareness. So, it is difficult, if not impossible, to fill that gap in one 15-week college course,” Keeler said in an email. Here at Marquette, Majhor said that students’ lack of prior education can cause certain reactions, but is generally a positive experience.
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“The difficulty comes when students learn about these histories and sometimes there’s an emotional reaction of guilt or wondering, ‘why wasn’t I taught this?’ There’s sort of a disappointment in their own education that has left these gaps on racial and ethnic issues, but that’s also rewarding because you see real growth,” Majhor said. Though challenges may arise when teaching on these topics, Keeler said it helps students to gain new perspectives that they may have not prior to taking such classes. “By examining Native history and contemporary issues, students are provided a more well-rounded education. Centering Native voices provide a more nuanced and accurate history than what many grew up with, often a very whitewashed version of history,” Keeler said in an email. “By taking classes that focus on contemporary issues American Indians face, it reminds students that Native people exist contemporarily, not just has historical figures.”
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Continued from page 1 Hybrid vehicles will cut down on both departments’ fuel expenses. Non-hybrids averaged 8.8 miles per gallon while hybrids averaged 13.2 miles per gallon, according to MPD fleet manager Brian White. White said there are about 400 squad cars in the MPD fleet, and he anticipates that 40 hybrids will be purchased each year so that the entire fleet will be hybrid in 10 years. Walz estimates that MUPD’s nine squad cars will save the university $25,000 annually in fuel expenses. A 54% reduction in fuel comes with a 35% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, according to a telematics report White received from Ford. The biggest savings for both the environment and departments’ gasoline budgets is the hybrid car idling on the electric engine, according to White. The lights, radio and computers are powered by the electric engine rather than the internal combustion engine. “This is environmental advocacy in action. The police department
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The new push for hybrid vehicles comes after the Milwaukee Police Department added several hybrids of their own.
has seen that not only can they save money, but they basically sacrifice nothing. They can get vehicles that are the same size, that have better performance and use far less fuel,” Schnitzer said.
There’s more power because in a hybrid vehicle due to there being two sets of motors, gas and electric, according to Walz. The extra motors do not require extra maintenance for the vehicle: In
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Unknown subject(s) detached and took a license plate from a Marquette student’s vehicle on the 900 block of N. 17th St.
Five Marquette affiliated students were acting in an undisciplined manner in the 700 block of N. 16th St. The Marquette University Police Department distributed citations to the subjects.
After inspecting a traffic accident in the 2400 block of W. Wisconsin Ave, a non-Marquette affiliated subject was discovered to have an outstanding warrant. The subject was then taken into custody and eventually to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility.
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fact, it’s just the opposite. White said that when an engine is running for one hour, it’s the equivalent of driving 30 miles. Because the hybrids idle on the electric motor, the internal combustion engines have about 25% fewer engine hours. The fewer the engine hours, the less servicing is needed for an engine because the parts are not getting as worn out, according to White. “Those things are run 24/7, pretty much. It’s a 12 hour shift. As soon as one cop gets out from the night shift, the day shift [officer does their] walk around, checks that vehicle, gets right back in it. So basically, a lot of these vehicles are running nonstop,” Walz said. It is unlikely that fully electric cars would be put to use by police departments because this rigorous schedule does not allow for charging, according to White. Conversely, hybrids use a regenerative braking system, so the battery can recharge when not in use. “Even if it’s just our nine vehicles for the university, it shows to the community what a difference you can make,” Walz said.
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Campus re-evaluate mask choices as spring begins K-N95 deemed most effective at protecting from Omicron strain By TJ Dysart
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The CDC has stated the the KN95 mask is the most effective. Throughout the past few weeks, the Centers for Disease Control and prevention have clarified numerous speculations, predictions and questions regarding masks. The CDC stated that people can choose between N95 and KN95 masks as means of protecting themselves although Additionally, the CDC has stated that concerns over supply shortages of N95s can be lessened after the Biden administration had made a pledge to send 400 million N95 masks to distribution sites nationwide. Similarly, universities across the country, including Marquette, enforced a mask mandate on campus requiring masks be worn in all shared indoor spaces and campus facilities “I don’t see masks going away anytime soon,” Rylee Strick, a first-year student in the College of Communication, said. “Maybe next year they won’t be mandated but instead strongly recommended, but otherwise I really do not see them going away any time soon.” Because of recent surges in the Milwaukee area due to the omicron variant of COVID-19, some students have mentioned the idea of upgrading their mask. There has also been a recent mask mandate that has been implemented in the city of Milwaukee although it will not be enforced. “I currently wear the regular cloth masks at the moment,” Alyssa Tobisch, a senior in the College of Communi-
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cation, said. “I probably should move to a higher grade quality mask, but you know, I just wear a mask to keep people safe.” The CDC has stated that the surgical N95s should be reserved for health care workers, but KN95s, which have a more relaxed fit, are effective as well. Last semester, some locations on campus such as the Alumni Memorial Union and the recreation center distributed surgical masks to students who needed them, but not KN95s. However, as new information comes out regarding the effectiveness of N95 and KN95 masks, students, faculty and staff have demanded a change. Earlier this month a petition was posed by Marquette Academic Workers Union after there was no mention of Marquette providing KN95 masks to students returning to campus. The petition was sent to University President Michael Lovell and the Marquette University Board of Trustees. Though it has not been confirmed if they received it. demanded students and staff be provided with free KN95 and N95 masks as well as free at-home
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Marquette’s academic senate met on the first day of classes, Jan. 24 By Connor Baldwin
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The first Academic Senate meeting of the 2022 calanderyear was hosted Jan. 24, and as students get back into the groove of things, so do the inner workings of campus. The meeting kicked off with reflections from Paul Gasser, associate professor of biomedical sciences, who talked about how he communicated with alums from Marquette and discussed how the students had been prepared for interacting and working in the real world outside of the classroom. Alums said they were “very well prepared” and mentioned that classes outside their major, such as philosophy and theology, really aided the graduates in how to approach the world. “We are trying to prepare these students to think outside money values in life. A quote from W.E.B. DuBois says ‘The true college will ever have one goal: not to earn meat but to know the end and aim of the life which meat nourishes.’” Gasser said. The Senate then moved on to discuss the delay to the start of classes and talked about how the Marquette COVID Response Team decided to make the decision after the turn of the new year. The team also decided to add two days to the academic calendar. “It is nice to see students return to campus. It’s nice to reflect on our mission and what we are doing [as an institution].” Provost Kimo Ah Yun said. Discussions continued regarding the availability of masks for students and faculty on campus. Matthew Paulus, director of risk management, said “Last week, we ordered 50,000 surgical masks and 6,000 KN95 masks. We also have cloth masks available but there has been a lack of inquiry for those. We have also asked the library and Alumni Memorial
Union to stock up on masks.” Marquette has also requested 10,000 masks from the city, but is yet to receive a response. College departments have also taken their own initiatives on purchasing masks for their colleges. Academic Senate discussed the reimbursement for the purchases by the university. While distributing these masks, the university will also be distributing information sheets on how to reuse the masks. “You can reuse the N95 masks up to five times if they are stored in a paper bag for 72 hours.” Keli Wollmer, executive director of the Medical Clinic, said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the masks be stored for a minimum of five days before use again. Although information on how to preserve and reuse masks will be provided, the paper bags for storage will not be provided. In another technique to prevent the spread of COVID around campus, the ventilation of campus has been updated. “We checked all our vents for bypass and improved ventilation. When we can, we will over-ventilate but that cannot be done in the current outdoor temperatures. We also are using ionizers to prevent germs and COVID spread,” Mike Jahner, director of facilities management and university engineer, said. Marquette is constantly referring to the ever-changing CDC guidelines; with this, there has been an update in policy on quarantine precautions. Students living on campus will still have to quarantine for 10 days but off-campus students and staff will
have their quarantines reduced in compliance with the CDC. Stricter restrictions for nonvaccinated and non-boosted students are in place for when they come into contact with the virus. “We are trying to find a balance in the speed of information and the quality of information. We always follow CDC guidelines. We could not have made a statement a week ago because the conversation is forever changing.” Provost Kimo Ah Yun said. Ah Yun also addressed the plan for the upcoming academic year with the incoming class. So far, 12,608 students have been admitted to the university and the target is to take in 1,843 students. At the moment 120 students have already deposited and the university is “on pace to hit our target.” For the graduate school there has been an increase in applicants, but there has been less acceptance into the programs. The meeting ended with John Su, vice provost for academic affairs and student success, continuing with the student success initiative. This program is to help students get the most out of their experience and be the best they can be. “Many colleges have their own initiatives, this program is used to amplify the needs of students… How do we balance campus life and college initiative?” Su said. The meeting then concluded with all the faculty separating into breakout rooms as they talked about how students can improve their experience to flourish while at Marquette.
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United States, Canada, among countries to forgo By Clara Lebrón
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The Winter Olympics will take place in Beijing from February 4th to February 20th. However, not everyone seems to embrace the collaborative spirit that is usually fostered before these games. This is due to the multiple human rights violations that the Chinese government has sanctioned, and the possible limitation of free speech athletes might experience. The most prominent of these violations is the detainment and enslavement of Uyghur Muslims within the country. In 2021, these infractions were made apparent to many through the use of social media. Amnesty and Human Rights Watch have both accused China of committing crimes against humanity, and the United States has accused China of committing genocide in Xinyang (where most of these Muslims reside). Additionally, many of these people are being trapped in “re-education camps” where they are allegedly forced to eat pork, used as slave labor, and sexually harassed constantly. Many countries, such as the United States, the United
Multiple countries have put forth diplomatic boycotts to the 2022 winter games in an effort to protest China’s violation of human rights.
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Kingdom, Canada, and New Zealand, have decided to boycott these Olympics due to the aforementioned political standings of the Chinese government. It should be noted that diplomatic boycotts do not bar countries from participating, it just means that important political figures hat typically are present alongside their athletes at Olympic games will not be attending. “It is unlikely the diplomatic boycotts will do anything to alter China’s behavior related to its treatment of the Uyghurs or its respect for human rights
in general, which are the stated justifications for the boycotts. The Chinese government is aggressively opposed to what it sees as an attempt to interfere in its domestic affairs, and rarely make concessions to such pressure,” Mark Berlin, a professor in the College of Arts & Sciences. The United States has not boycotted (diplomatic or other) any Olympics since 1980, when the Soviet Union was hosting. “I think it’s good that they’re [the countries] boycotting. I don’t think countries should want to
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support the kind of stuff [referring to Uyghur camps] China is doing,” said Conrad Armijo, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences. However, boycotting these Olympics might lead some countries into conflict. “Some smaller countries that have announced boycotts, like New Zealand and Estonia, are more vulnerable to Chinese retaliation. By boycotting the Olympics, these states certainly do risk more aggressive responses by China, such as by restricting trade in certain ways,” Berlin said. Picking another country to host the games could be seen as the most logical solution, but this could heighten hostility. “Changing the location of these Olympics, especially at such a late stage, would be guaranteed to infuriate the Chinese government (and probably any government in such a position). It’s hard to predict what types of broader effects such a move would
have on international relations, especially since it doesn’t seem like a realistic scenario at this point”, Berlin said. Additionally, there might be more direct responses from China. “The Chinese government would certainly seek to retaliate, but the question would be against whom and to what extent. It may retaliate against the International Olympic Committee itself, by boycotting the organization in response or boycotting the next Olympics altogether,” Berlin said. China continues to provoke controversy with its humanitarian policies and restriction of rights. A member of the country’s Olympic committee decided to advise foreign athletes. The warning stated that “non-Olympic speech” will not be protected, which has left athletes and supporters worried as to what could be considered unprotected speech.
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Marquette greek life strides to break stereotypes ing our GPAs.” Orihuela said that the stereotypes that most people think of when it comes to Greek life are not the true reality of the experiences that members of fraternities and sororities at Marquette have. “You get more of the Marquette culture incorporated,” Orihuela said. “At state schools it’s like Greek life versus the school; versus here it’s like Greek life is a part of the school, and we are here to help enhance the community.” Alicia Anderson, a junior in the College of Health Sciences and a member of Alpha Omega EpGreek life organizations on campus are continuing to work on community outreach at Marquette. silon, said that she has met some Photo by of Josh Meitz joshua.metiz@marquette.edu of her closest friends through recruitment and joining Greek life. change the way students see Milwaukee as a whole. “I love having a support sysGreek life on campus. “We’re trying to change the “I went from not being interest- culture and perception of Greek tem of like-minded women on ed in the organization to running life specifically at Marquette to campus,” Anderson said in an it which has been a very interest- be more positive for when (first email. “(My sorority) has proing experience,” Contreras said. years) come onto campus (so vided me with opportunities to By Kim Cook During her first year, Contreras when) they see us they’re just not get more involved in community kimberly.cook@marquette.edu signed up for sorority recruit- thinking of those stereotypes,” service and as stereotypical as it When Andrea Contreras start- ment with her then-roommate Orihuela, a junior in the College sounds, it has helped me find my ed her college career at Mar- who didn’t want to go through of Arts & Sciences, said. place at Marquette.” quette University, she was sure the process alone. And that community starts on “I think for the most part peoof one thing: she wouldn’t join a With the experience of living ple just watch movies and see campus. This semester, Orihuela sorority. in the Kappa Delta sisterhood, party animals and ditzy women and Contreras are most excited Now just four years later, the Contreras and Nick Orihuela, who don’t have any ambitions, for the sororities and fraternisenior in the College of Arts & president of the Interfraternity which couldn’t be farther from ties at Marquette to host an event Sciences is the president of Mar- Council and member of Delta the truth,” Contreras said. “What called Airband in which Greek quette University’s Panhellenic Chi fraternity, are looking to people don’t really see is all the chapters from across campus Association — the governing build stronger ties between work that we do... we’re not only get together for a sort of dance body for the university’s social Greek life on campus, the Mar- focusing on our social events but marathon. The proceeds raised sororities — and is working to quette community and the city of prioritizing academics and rais- through the event will benefit
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Milwaukee Public Schools. “We’re looking forward to having a more impactful stance on that kind of stuff in terms of not just holding these events on campus and then donating the money... but also being more engaged [and] actually going out to meeting the people that we are helping,” Contreras said. Both presidents also hope that a new partnership between Greek life and Marquette Athletics will encourage more student engagement with those in fraternities and sororities. By attending sporting events like men’s and women’s basketball games, Contreras said they want to promote the culture of their organization and build stronger bonds with Marquette students. “Being about able to support Marquette’s women’s sports teams is really impactful for us because that is what we’re about — empowering other women,” Contreras said. Overall, Orihuela and Contreras both agree that a large aspect of Greek life is the connections made and the personal growth that takes place. “You get to see a lot of different perspectives of things that you never would have learned before,” Orihuela said.
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Voices Included for People of Color Theatre launched Created to provide more opportunities for racial minorities By Izzy Fonfara Drewel
isabella.fonfaradrewel@marquette.edu
This year, Marquette’s theater department is launching Voices Included for People of Color Theatre. The VIP Theatre was created to provide an opportunity to minorities and people of color involved in the theater industry. A study done by the Asian American Performers Action Coalition concluded that in the 2018-2019 season only 41.4% of actors on New York City stages were people of color. The VIP Theatre has been created to increase diversity onstage within Marquette University. Stephen Hudson-Mairet professor in the College of Communication and associate professor of digital media and performing arts submitted a proposal for this new theater and received the university’s Explorer Challenge Grant which he used to jumpstart the program. “I think it’s critical that Marquette has an opportunity for people of color to have both projects that are for people of color but also have opportunities within the theater program,” Hudson-Mairet said when explaining the theater. VIP Theatre seeks to amplify the presence of people of color within theater, and their mission statement states that they desire to “provide performance and career building opportunities for the Marquette and Milwaukee communities while also providing role models of professional artists of color for our students and alumni.” The first play from the VIP Theatre will be “The Light.” This show features only two actors; Martilia Marechal, a junior in the College of Communication, as Genesis and Joseph Brown Jr., a junior in the College of Communication, as Rashad. Genesis and Rashad are romantic partners and the play takes place on the night of their engagement, but things end up going awry. “[The engagement] gets derailed when they spark up a conversation about one of
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“The Light” is going to premiere in April 2022. The show was pushed back due to COVID-19 concerns.
Rashad’s favorite artists who has a problematic past,” Brown said. “It spirals into this whole big argument … that stems from separating the artist from the art.” While the show was set to begin performances at the end of January, they have now been pushed to later in the semester due to concerns about COVID-19. The cast and crew are hoping to perform April 2224 and 27-30. Most of the play’s cast, crew and production staff identify as people of color. The students are taking this show as an opportunity to put their message
out there. “I do think that this is a good thing we are integrating into the theater because I do think that not only should we expose ourselves to shows that are written and acted by a diverse set of people, but I also think these stories are important because they very much relate to today and I think that we can start good conversations,” Marechal said. The director, Marti Gobel, who also identifies as a person of color, said she has done her best to make sure the cast and crew feel appreciated and accepted for everything they do. With her, the students felt
welcomed, and they trust her to help them create a show they can be proud of, said Nathan Berry, a sophomore in the College of Communication and co-stage manager of “The Light.” “We had a good bonding moment in one of the last rehearsals where we just showed pictures of family and just laughed and cracked a lot of jokes. We shared a lot of personal stories for some nice team bonding,” Berry said. Gobel has an extensive background in the industry, she has both acted and directed for Next Act Theatre, Renaissance Theatreworks, Forward Theatre
and Milwaukee Chamber Theatre. Gobel has also directed three previous shows with the Marquette Theatre program. Her experience means she knows the importance of having a supportive environment to work in while also pushing others toward high goals. “I think that (support and appreciation) comes from being in a room of people like you, people that look like you, people that want to see you thrive, and how can we not in a place like that?” Marechal said. All the support has given the students high hopes for the show, and they want to reach as many people as they can with a range of different dreams. Brown said he wants to inspire change within the theater industry. “I hope it brings interest to minority-told stories,” Brown said. “I think VIP is a very good step in the right direction to integrating the theater world because I think there is a lot of gatekeeping in the entertainment industry in general, and I think piquing interest in stories like these are how we are going make sure we get to that overall goal of having stories like these be told at a mainstream level.” Carlos Alba, a junior in the College of Education and costage manager of “The Light,” said he wants to shed light on overlooked individuals. “The hope for this show that I have is for people to realize and see how talented the underappreciated people are … because I feel so often like we are always just pushed to the side or doing things that aren’t shown as much,” Alba said. The cast and crew ask that the audience comes in with a willingness to listen to their message. “I hope that everyone who sees (the show) comes into it with an open mind and open heart and actually gets the awareness it’s trying to push onto the audience, and that they walk away from it taking away a new perspective,” Berry said. The later performance dates are not fully set, but stay updated with VIP Theatre and the work they are doing within Milwaukee and the Marquette community by following @mutheatre on Instagram.
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REVIEW: Alex’s Book Cave - ‘Project Hail Mary’ Author Andy Weir wrote award winning novel “The Martian” By Alex Wagner
alex.wagner@marquette.edu
Ryland Grace is Earth’s last hope. He wakes up twelve light years from Earth with no recollection of his name, identity or why he’s even there. With his two crewmates dead and memory slowly returning, he comes to the realization that he has to stop a mysterious intergalactic space microbe from causing the sun to dim which will wipe out humanity if unchecked. No big deal right? With fuel, food, water and a science lab that any scientist would die for, the only thing he’s running low on is time. Not one to back down and with the help of an out-ofthis-world-friend, Ryland Grace may just save us yet. Review and Rating: “Project Hail Mary” by Andy
Weir was my favorite book from 2021, and everyone should read it going into 2022. Weir’s previous work includes “The Martian,” which was made into a movie with the same name starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain and Sebastian Stan in 2015. I rented this book from the Marquette Raynor Library Dec. 19, 2021. I binge read it in two days, finishing all 476 pages well before my January 2022 return date. No joke. Weir just has this gift of making his characters likable to the average reader and making science digestible to the most scientifically illiterate person. The main character, Ryland Grace, is full of optimism and charisma. Even in the face of this monumental obstacle, he maintains his humor and is dedicated to the task. I did struggle with understanding the science, but to me that’s because Weir is working with more assumptions in this book than in “The Martian.” Unlike “The Martian,”
we know our red neighbor very well thanks to numerous rovers and other unmanned missions. “Project Hail Mary” takes on a lot of educated guesses about science. While all of it is grounded in real facts, some liberties had to be made. Liberties such as alien life, where Ryland meets a five-legged spider-like creature named Rocky because he looks like a rock. Rocky has no vision and is from a planet with 29 times the atmosphere of Earth. Interstellar space travel is another issue entirely. In the book Ryland and his crewmates are asleep for decades, and seemingly have no mental gaps or regressions when they wake up. I can’t fault Weir for trying. We just don’t know the effects of long term space travel on the human body or what form alien life comes in. The main reason I want you to read this is simple: it shows the best of humanity, even if it’s fictional. When the threat of extinction looms just beyond the horizon, traditional adversaries such as China and the United
States share resources, and shows me. Africa is lifted out of poverty by I give “Project Hail Mary” by mass producing Astrophage, the Andy Weir five out of five stars. very alien microbe threatening humanity, for fuel. Finally, the novel acknowledges our finite and fragile life on a pale blue dot in the black sea of the cosmos. If I may digress for a moment, humans are not inherently evil. One of the first signs of civilization is a healed femur. Usually a death sentence in the wild, a healed femur shows someone Project Hail Mary nurtured and loved another person just as much — if not more — than their own. We are creatures of love, empathy and kindness — that’s what this book Graphic by Lily Werner elizabeth.werner@marquette.edu
Marquette shares shows, movies watched over break Favorites included “Death at a Funeral,” “The Unforgivable” By Rashad Alexander
rashad.alexander@marquette.edu
The extra week of winter break gave students and faculty time to prepare themselves before the spring semester. But the additional week gave some the chance to catch up on some movies and shows that they might not have been able to watch during the fall semester. Here are some movies that members of the Marquette community may have had the chance to look at over the winter break. Death at a Funeral – Netflix You know those movies and shows that you watched as a kid, where you never really understood some of the jokes until you watch it when you’re older? This movie was one of those for me. “Death at a Funeral” features a plethora of comedic stars, including Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence, Tracy Morgan and Kevin Hart. The 2010 movie is about a funeral orchestrated by Rock’s character, where things go awry very quickly, as a stranger
(played by Peter Dinklage) comes to the funeral with a big secret that could tear the family apart. The World – YouTube Dinesh Sabu, a digital media professor in the College of Communication, saw the 2004 film over break. “Set in a theme park in Beijing, the film follows the lives of the workers who live there. The film is a neorealist depiction of these workers lives, but as it progresses, it really turns into a heartbreaking meditation on globalization, loneliness, and desire during a period
when China’s place in the world,” Sabu said in an email. Sabu highlighted the film’s visuals and characters as the things that helped him enjoy “The World.” “The film really balances individual characters’ desires and motivations with these larger themes and ideas (globalization, simulation, etc.), without being too heavy-handed or too conceptual. It’s also at times
just beautifully shot,” Sabu said in an email. Sabu, a filmmaker himself, said he believes that when it comes to determining if a film is worth watching, the filmmaker has to tell the story without being too obvious. “A good movie or show is one in which the filmmaker is both fully using and also expanding this language, one that doesn’t necessarily spell things out or insult our intelligence as an audience,” Sabu said. “You can usually tell within the first five to ten minutes of a show or movie if the filmmaker has what it takes.” BMF – Starz Based on the real life events of the Black Mafia Family in Detroit, the series “BMF” explains the story of Demetrius and Terry Flenory, two brothers who became part of one the biggest drug syndicates the country has ever seen. In the show, we see the repercussions of their dangerous lifestyle and how it affects their friends and families. du .e e tt e u marq .werner@ Demetrius Flenory lizabeth e r e rn We by Lily Graphic (known as Big Meech), is played by his actual son Demetrius
Flenory Jr. (known as Lil Meech), which I thought was one of the coolest aspects of the series, considering how well he plays his father’s role. The Unforgivable – Netflix Joe D’Aloia, a senior in the College of Engineering, enjoyed the film, which starred Sandra Bullock, whose character tries to get her life together after a 20 year prison sentence. “Bullock in the movie was just released from prison, and she becomes determined to find her little sister, who witnessed a murder that Bullock went to prison for,” D’Aloia said. “Just a heartwarming story.” My Octopus Teacher – Netflix Kristin Holodak, a digital media professor in the College of Communication, said it took a while for her to watch the show, but she enjoyed it when she gave it a chance. The documentary highlights a filmmaker who goes freediving and develops a relationship with the octopus in a South African bay. “I was late to the party on that one because I had heard that it gets super sad at the end and I didn’t want that,” Holodak said in an email. “But it wasn’t really. Give it a try if you like natural history documentaries, you won’t be disappointed.”
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Editorial Board
Alexandra Garner, Executive Opinions Editor Hope Moses, Assistant Opinions Editor Aimee Galaszewski, Executive Director Benjamin Wells, Managing Editor of The Marquette Tribune Skyler Chun, Managing Editor of The Marquette Journal
Megan Woolard, News Executive John Leuzzi, Sports Executive Randi Haseman, A&E Executive Lelah Byron, Projects Editor
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STAFF EDITORIAL
Students are not security guards. Marquette University needs to reconsider its safety protocols for university housing in order to protect students’ safety and rights as student workers. Humphrey Hall and Carpenter Hall were open over winter break, but were staffed 24/7 by either desk receptionists or Safety Security Officers, university spokesperson Lynn Griffith said in an email. Students would enter the unlocked doors and swipe their IDs under the supervision of the staff at the desk. Griffith also said that when students return to campus, all of the entrances to the residence halls will be unlocked and staffed 24/7 by DRs or SSOs. While DRs often receive Title XI, Red Watch Band and FERPA training to become a DR in residence halls, the training is minimal and does not include active shooter training. DRs also often don’t receive retraining on a yearly basis.
Student safety at jeopardy
MUPD does offer active shooter training to those who request it on campus. This should be mandatory for students and SSOs working in university housing. This is an issue. Students should not be the last line of defense between an intruder and getting into the building. DRs are not security guards. Recently, two people were hurt after an active shooter fired multiple shots at a fight that broke out in a gymnasium at Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina. Although the incident didn’t occur in a residence hall, it showcases that college campuses are not exempt from active shooter threats. Many front desks have panic buttons that DRs can press in case of an emergency, which would call the Marquette University Police Department. While this is an important safety measure, there should be more lines of defense. Rather than having to call MUPD after an incident has already occurred,
Marquette should implement more proactive and preventative measures. Additionally, not all of the panic buttons are in close reach to where the DRs sit, such as in Humphrey Hall. This inaccessibility makes the panic buttons largely ineffective if a threatening person were to enter the building. Students should not have to choose between their safety and having an on-campus job. Moreover, many of the SSOs don’t receive the same security training as security guards. Their duties consist of communicating which students are past visitation hours and assisting resident assistants with their final night tours. SSOs also talk with DRs when they transition at midnight about anything that needs to be addressed in the building. In addition to staffing the front desks with student workers or SSOs, Marquette should keep all residence hall entrances locked, requiring students to scan
their MUIDs to gain access. Other universities such as the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have several residence halls locked 24 hours a day. Residents living in these buildings either have to scan in with a key fob or their student IDs. While transitioning students out with SSOs during late hours of the night is helpful for making sure only residents are in the building after visitation hours, they deserve to be protected as well. Some academic buildings like Engineering Hall and Johnston Hall are locked after a certain time during the night, so students, faculty and staff who have connections to these buildings have to scan their MUIDs after they lock. Additionally, there is inconsistency across university apartments. Some are locked at night while others are not locked, and some are staffed while others are not. The Marq apartment building
also has a broken front door. Student safety cannot be left up to chance. Marquette students and families deserve better. Taking a serious look at Marquette’s safety measures is especially important with the recent increase in crimes on Marquette’s campus last semester. While MUPD and safety measures like the LIMO van services and BlueLights around Marquette’s campus are often main focuses of safety conversations, implementing simple changes to residence hall safety is essential. Having several and diversified lines of safety could protect students and SSOs in a preventative way as well. Safety should be a top priority for Marquette across all areas of campus. Preventing these issues from falling through the cracks could be the difference in protecting someone’s life.
COVID-19 safety measures cannot be performative again Laura Niezgoda Since the official start of the COVID-19 pandemic, universities across the United States have gone through transformations in the hopes of providing a “safe” environment to educate students. Over 68 million COVID-19 cases have been reported in the U.S. since cases first started being tracked in the country two years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Jan. 19. As undergraduate students begin a new semester this week, Marquette University has taken action against COVID-19 in an effort to create an environment that protects the “health, safety, and well-being” of its students. However, instead of ensuring the health and safety of the students, Marquette’s actions appear to be performative and regressive. In the COVID-19 climate that students now find themselves in due to the omicron variant, the return to a normal, in-person college experience seems far away. These actions consisted of delaying the start of a second semester, canceling in-person retreats such as
the LeaderShape Institute and requiring all students to upload proof of COVID-19 booster by Feb. 1. Along with these measures, Marquette extended its mask policy inside the classroom, residence halls and other public spaces across the university. The self-reported symptom tracker, COVID Cheq, must be shown in order to enter spaces such as the dining halls and library. Contract tracing, which tracks COVID-19 exposures in classrooms and extracurriculars, and different modalities for classes, such as the option to go online for a class, are also aspects of Marquette life that supposedly help to protect students’ safety. Every action that Marquette attempts to take in ensuring the safety of its students is not actively enforced or effective on campus and is merely a performative act of public statement. These protocols include the mask mandate, COVID Cheq and delaying the start of the spring semester. In its most recent announcement on COVID-19 protocols for campus, the university did not specify if students who fail to comply with these policies will receive any punishments. Last semester, the measures that Marquette took against COVID-19
were minimal in comparison to the previous academic year. Social distancing protocols were done away with, allowing students to sit next to their friends in the dining hall, library and other locations. Masks were worn irregularly by residents in residence halls in the fall semester, despite constant encouragement and non-punitive documentation by resident assistants. This also occurred in public spaces like the library, where there was little direct enforcement by staff and instead passive reminders like signs and announcements. COVID Cheq was often seen as a joke by students, as memes came out on the Barstool Marquette Instagram page. It showcased the inefficiency of the COVID Cheq, as a student just responds “no” to a question asking whether or not they are diagnosed with COVID-19. The hope of delaying the start of the spring semester was to provide more time to students to get the booster shot, as well as allow time for the omicron variant to pass its peak. The omicron variant, while it will infect most of the vaccinated, is a less severe version of COVID-19 in comparison to the delta variant. This knowledge presents hope, but frustration as well.
Photo by Josh Meitz joshua.meitz@marquette.edu
Marquette University is requiring everyone regardless of vaccination status to wear face masks in shared indoor spaces on campus during spring 2022
Omicron infects many, but the level of hospitalizations and deaths have been lower in comparison to the caseloads. Along with this, those who do reach that severity of illness with omicron are largely unvaccinated. Along with this, COVID-19 largely does not hospitalize or cause death in the majority of cases among college-aged students, despite being the group that accounts for most of the cases, per the CDC. In the U.S., people ages 18-29 only account for .61% of total deaths from COVID-19. Enforcement is not a priority to neither Marquette nor Milwaukee. The City of Milwaukee issued a mask mandate Jan. 18 that lasts until March 1, but acting Mayor Cavalier Johnson said that enforcing it is not a priority. These performative measures not only cause discord among
the divided groups but also do little to stop the spread of COVID-19. With 117 confirmed COVID-19 cases last week, and the university classifying cases as “red” in the status on the COVID-19 Dashboard, it is essential Marquette takes real action. If Marquette’s values lie in protecting its student body, it must uphold that through enforcement of its COVID-19 protocols. This semester already looks different from the last and time will tell if Marquette will stop being performative.
Laura Niezgoda is a sophomore studying communication studies and criminology and law studies. She can be reached at laura.niezgoda@marquette.edu
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Bullying impacts linger, lead to issues later in life Krisha Patel Bullying is a prominent issue in grade schools across the United States that can have lasting effects throughout someone’s life. According to stopbullying.gov, over 20% of kids have reported being bullied or picked on during their grade school years all the way through the end of high school. Students who are bullied can experience negative impacts later on in their lives, especially in college. Some effects of bullying could be struggling with mental health, getting involved with crimes or engaging in substance abuse. No matter the circumstances, there is no excuse for bullying. According to American Addictions Center, long-term impacts of bullying can cause mental health issues such as anxiety and depression. It can also decrease selfesteem. These factors can impact a college student, making them feel isolated. They may struggle
with living on their own or with a roommate for the first time, making new friends and meaningful relationships and asking for help in their classes. Furthermore, prolonged anxiety and depression can lead to substance abuse. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, about 53% of college students admit to underage or excessive drinking. In addition, according to Turnbridge, a mental health and substance abuse addiction treatment program, 43% of students reported doing “illicit” drugs. While most of these high numbers come from peer pressure, this can also be a way to cope with their emotions and unresolved trauma by altering their emotional pain. However, they are not familiar with the repercussions. Bullying may also lead to unresolved anger issues which can cause harm to others. Many school shootings have occurred when the perpetrator was a victim of bullying. Adam Lanza, who was the shooter in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting that resulted in 28 deaths and 2 injuries went to school there
as a child and was reported to be bullied. Similarly, Nikolas Cruz, the shooter in the 2018 Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School shooting who killed 17 and injured 14 people, was also reported to be bullied while he was a student there. While bullying is not an excuse for these tragedies or these people’s actions, it may be an explanation, as bullying may have exacerbated personal and mental issues they were already dealing with. While students’ actions cannot be monitored 24/7, bullying could be prevented by schools instilling preventative measures. Teachers can constantly remind students of how to treat others with respect, Also, they can foster better communication skills in all the students involved so that they can better express their feelings rather than resort to unhealthier ways, such as bullying. They can also take proper discipline methods for students that instigate bullying. For example, Jane Addams Middle School in Lawndale, California, enforces an anti-bullying program for students. The program encourages and teaches them to stand up for themselves and each other.
Additionally, the school has a counseling and group mediation program that helps both students who are victims of bullying and the students who bully. Other grade schools should implement similar programs. Some examples can be therapy and group mediation. Both are methods for students to express their feelings with a certified therapist and learn ways to manage their emotions. With group therapy, students can lean on each other to talk about difficult experiences and share techniques. It can also be a way for the person doing the bullying and the victims to talk with a supervising professional. Even universities can offer programs to deal with the after effects of bullying, such as therapy and group meditation. Marquette offers both of these resources through Holthusen Hall. The emotional violence and trauma that victims of bullying experience can lead to mental health issues, engaging in drugs and alcohol and expressing their anger in an inappropriate way. To prevent bullying or help victims cope, teachers and educators should encourage bet-
ter discipline to prevent bullying. They should also encourage therapy for everyone involved to better express their feelings and emotions and learn how they can cope in a much healthier way. Schools could even adopt practices and suggestions from anti-bullying programs such as STOMPoutbullying.org and Stopbullying.gov that aim to put an end to bullying. If we work to address bullying at a young age, long-term effects that drastically and negatively alter the course of someone’s life could be avoided. This could help to prevent mass tragedies, drug addictions and mental health issues, allowing people to live freely from these struggles.
to overturn Roe v. Wade. This law makes providing an abortion a felony in the state with a penalty of up to six years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Many Republican politicians who support restricting or overturning abortion laws remain unable to put their money where their mouth is and can more fairly be regarded as “pro-birth” or “anti-choice” than “pro-life.” As the fight continues to slash reproductive rights in America, we see a paralleled fight to pull away support for mothers and children, making it seem that they are not pro-life at all. Republican lawmakers have put forth more restrictive policies to qualify for food stamps, opposed access to citizenship for “Dreamers” and the foster care system is still in shambles with little government support. Yet, Republicans’ fight to put an end to safe abortions as quickly and carelessly as possible looms large.
It is difficult to stomach how much they seem to care about restricting women’s rights and how little regard they have for the actual result of that. Fighting for restrictive laws to pass and then dismissing children’s access to food, housing, schooling, safety and quality of life is vile. There is also another half of this whole conversation: the mothers. Women who are not granted safe and accessible abortion health care are in danger. Unlike what Republicans and pro-lifers think, abortions will still happen even if they are illegal, just as they did before Roe v. Wade. Unsafe abortions are significantly higher in countries with restrictive abortion laws and these can result in serious injury such as organ failure or even death. In addition to this, women are often ignored, dismissed as the carrier of a life and not a life herself. It is dehumanizing to leave women with no choice if they be-
come pregnant considering they could be victims of rape, suffer from life threatening pregnancies or be unable to provide for a child due to their life circumstances. With abortion being such a highly emotionally charged conversation, as a country we often find ourselves, pro-life and pro-choice alike, arguing. Fighting rather than aligning; shouting rather than listening. As difficult as it can be, sometimes we need to take a moment to look into the eyes, read the words or listen to the voices of people we disagree with and understand their perspective; even if it does not change our own, at least we are making a conscious effort to empathize and even learn. As a pro-choice woman, I will never look at somebody “pro-life” with judgment and hatred but instead seek to understand their perspective. There can be endless contributing factors to how and why somebody
thinks a certain way: religion, family influences, their education or life events that have shaped them. The rhetoric surrounding abortion has become so intense, it seems we have turned our minds off to opposing arguments when instead we could consider and make progress. Choice is an important word to me and it should be an important word in America. We have the choice to believe as we wish and vote as we see fit, I have the choice to share this with you and hope you can understand why the pro-choice movement must stand strong and fight to see positive changes. Women deserve to have choice, control over their bodies and confidence that they will be protected in the event of pregnancy.
Krisha Patel is a junior studying nursing and Spanish for the health professions. She can be reached at krisha.patel@marquette.edu
Protect women’s right to autonomy, choice
Grace Cady “Choice” is an important word that is often abandoned in the volatile arguments we see in the United States today regarding abortion laws and rights. Women having the right to choose whether or not to have an abortion and how to handle pregnancy is important and should not be overlooked. We see people of all genders vocalizing their distaste for recent legislation aimed to undermine or abolish safe access to abortion care. It isn’t necessarily because these people wish for women to have abortions, it’s because they wish for them to have the choice. However, the prospect of choice for women in America is growing slim. It has become increasingly apparent that Roe v. Wade is under attack in the United States. The Supreme Court upheld a Texas law Dec. 2021 that will ban abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy. And it seems that this is only the beginning of a reignited movement against women’s reproductive rights. Soon, a decision will be made on the pending court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. This case is regarding the constitutionality of a 2018 Mississippi state law which prohibits abortion operations following the first 15 weeks of pregnancy. This is the law that will challenge Roe v. Wade and perhaps threaten its existence entirely. Wisconsin could see a 172-yearold abortion law go back into effect if the Supreme Court were
Grace Cady is a sophomore studying Journalism. She can be be reached at grace.cady@marquette.edu
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Former Marquette men’s basketball head coach Tom Crean was inducted into the Marquette Athletics M Club Hall of Fame Jan. 23. Crean rebuilt program to the national stage.
Broeker, Chapman, Diener and McNeal reflect on Crean By John Leuzzi
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Travis Diener was sitting and quietly listening to a young head coach present his vision for a program he grew up watching. It was a vision that hit the Fond du Lac, Wisconsin native “right on the head.” And that head coach? Former Marquette men’s basketball head coach Tom Crean. “He had this vision that he was going to help bring Marquette back to those days of the ’70s
and compete for championships,” Diener said. “As farfetched as that idea was at the time because Marquette wasn’t on that radar at that point, it was a middle-of-the-road program when he took over.” Crean was right. Four years into his tenure, he would get there. He led the 2002-03 Golden Eagles to the program’s first NCAA Final Four appearance since 1977. With Marquette, Crean finally had an opportunity to lead a group while establishing himself as one of college basketball’s biggest names. While it has been nearly 13 years since he last coached the Blue and Gold, his impact
on 12th Street and Wisconsin Avenue still lasts, as he was inducted into the M Club Hall of Fame last Sunday. Building a culture The Crean era began March 30, 1999, when then-University President Rev. Robert A. Wild, S.J. named the former Michigan State associate head coach the 18th head coach in program history. “He had a lot to prove and he came from a program that was establishing itself and had a lot of success in Michigan State. (Tom) Izzo was very demanding,” Diener said. It is common for coaches to bring bits and pieces of their past stops to their new program.
Crean was no exception to that as he brought Izzo’s culture of demanding excellence from East Lansing to Milwaukee. Deputy Athletic Director Mike Broeker joined Marquette’s athletic department following the 2003 Final Four season, after nearly four years with the NBA. Broeker said the first thing he noticed about Crean was the command he had on the program. “In my experience over the years with first-time head coaches, that’s the thing they struggle with the most,” Broeker said. “It’s not the basketball piece, it’s just that program management and coach’s ability to be engaged in multiple things
and his appreciation for how all those things impact winning was evident from the get-go.” Crean’s program management was clear to his players, including Joe Chapman. “He’s a player’s coach but also he’s not a coach that’s going to sugarcoat anything,” Chapman said. “He’s a coach that’s going to demand things from you and is going to bring the best out of you, regardless if you like it or not. “He’s that type of coach who’s going to push you to be the best version of yourself. You either can take it on the chin or you can leave. A lot of us who fought through those four years are See LAYING page 16
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Smart’s squad earns first national ranking of the season Team ranked No.22 in latest Associated Press Top 25 Poll By Matt Yeazel
matthew.yeazel@marquette.edu
After picking up its sixth-straight win Sunday against then-No. 20 Xavier, the Marquette men’s bas-
ketball team earns its first national ranking since the week of Feb. 10 and 17, 2020 and first under firstyear head coach Shaka Smart. The Golden Eagles made a showing at No. 22 in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 Poll. It is the first time since week’s four and five of the season that Marquette received any votes, now being in Week 12 of the season. The Golden Eagles have won
three contests in a row against opposing nationally ranked teams and have five wins on the season against ranked opponents including Illinois, Providence, Seton Hall, Villanova and Xavier. Based on the NCAA’s Net Rankings, Marquette is tied with Wisconsin for the second most Quadrant One — wins vs. Top 30 teams in the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) at home, Top 50 on neutral courts
and Top 75 on the road — victories in the nation with six, trailing only No. 5 Baylor with seven. Marquette currently stands third in the BIG EAST behind No. 17 Providence (6-1) and No. 14 Villanova (7-2) with a 6-3 BIG EAST record after it 0-3 start. The Golden Eagles are 14-6 overall on the season. Smart’s squad has defeated both teams in front of them, dominating
Providence at Fiserv Forum 88-56 and picking up their most prominent win of the season this past Wednesday on the road at Villanova 57-54. The upcoming two weeks pose more challenges for the Golden Eagles as they have an east coast road trip at Seton Hall on Wednesday and at Providence on Saturday. Following that, Marquette will host the rematch with Villanova at Fiserv Forum the following Wednesday.
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Bode departs for head coach gig Road trip sweep Spent 2019 season with Ramblers before joining Golden Eagles
Head coach Megan Duffy earns 100th career victory
By John Leuzzi
By Jackson Gross
john.leuzzi@marquette.edu
Women’s soccer assistant coach Steve Bode is leaving Marquette to take a men’s soccer head coach position at Loyola University Chicago, the Ramblers’ Director of Athletics Steve Watson announced in a statement Thursday afternoon. “We couldn’t be more excited to welcome Steve back to Loyola,” Watson said in the statement. “Over the course of his career he has accomplished so much as a coach by developing his student-athletes both on and off the field. We’re confident he will lead this program to even greater heights.” The 2021 fall season was Bode’s second year with the program and head coach Frank Pelaez after spending the 2019 season as an assistant coach at Loyola. “I couldn’t be happier to accept the position of head men’s soccer coach at Loyola University Chicago,” Bode said in the statement. “I want to thank Steve Watson and
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Bode (left) spent two seasons as an assistant coach on Pelaez’s staff.
Holly Strauss-O’Brien for believing in me and giving me this opportunity. The culture they’ve created in the athletic department drew me back to Loyola and to this opportunity. It is truly a special place that aligns with my core values. I am excited and eager to build on the existing relationships that I have with the administration, coaching staff and student athletes.” Over his tenure with the Golden Eagles, he helped Marquette rebuild its stature within the BIG EAST conference. Marquette went 15-12 overall and 9-9 in BIG EAST play the last two seasons. Bode played an instrumental part of the team with
the Ramblers in 2019 when they won the 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Championship and earned the program’s fifth bid to the NCAA Tournament. Bode, a native of Milwaukee, was also a four-year player on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men’s soccer team under nowMarquette men’s soccer head coach Louis Bennett. With the Panthers, Bode was a three-time captain while also earning multiple All-Horizon League honors as well as receiving CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team honors. Pelaez will now look for a new coach to join his staff for the 2022 season.
The Marquette women’s basketball team was back in action Sunday afternoon taking on the Butler Bulldogs and came away with the 78-48 victory at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The Golden Eagles’ 13th win of the season marked the 100th career victory for head coach Megan Duffy. The 2019-20 BIG EAST Coach of the Year became the fastest to reach 100 career wins in just 140 games amongst active BIG EAST coaches. Graduate student guard Karissa McLaughlin fueled Marquette’s strong start in the first quarter, as she went for 17 of the Golden Eagles first 20 points in the frame. After owning a 26-13 lead heading into the second quarter, the Golden Eagles continued the hot hand in the second as they began the frame 5-for-5 from the field. The Bulldogs would then pick their intensity on both sides of the ball. Butler then finished the half on a 6-2 run over the final five minutes to
trim Marquette’s lead to 41-27 at halftime. Duffy’s squad turned up its defense in the third quarter, as they held the Bulldogs to just eight points in the quarter. Butler shot 25% from the field and 0-for-4 from the 3-point line in the frame. Graduate student forward Lauren Van Kleunen dished out four points, two rebounds and two assists in the third quarter alone. Marquette would continue controlling pace in the fourth as its offense went into cruise control, shooting 50% from the field in the quarter alone. McLaughlin led the way on the afternoon for Marquette, finishing with 20 points on 7-for-11 shooting. It is the the Fort Wayne, Indiana, native’s 19th career 20-point game and seventh of the season. Sophomore forward Liza Karlen set a career-high 19 points while also contributing seven rebounds and two assists. Graduate student forward Celena Taborn led the Bulldogs with 14 points in 26 minutes of action. Taborn also had five rebounds and one assist on the afternoon. Marquette (13-5, 6-3 BIG EAST) will return to the Al McGuire Center Wednesday to host Seton Hall at 7 p.m. CST.
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Marquette captures sixth-straight BIG EAST win Lewis, Morsell combine for 39 of crew’s 75 points By Sam Arco
samuel.arco@marquette.edu
Coming off its biggest win of the season upsetting No. 11 Villanova on Wednesday night, Marquette men’s basketball team continued its winning ways Sunday afternoon defeating No. 20 Xavier by a score of 75-64. It was a special game on and off the court, as the team honored Marquette President Dr. Lovell in support of his battle with Sarcoma Sunday afternoon as fans wore gold throughout Fiserv Forum in honor of #LovellStrong. “My family and I are so grateful and humbled by the overwhelming support of the @MarquetteU community,” Lovell said on his personal Twitter account. Marquette’s balanced scoring and stifling defense has led the Golden Eagles to six-straight
BIG EAST wins and threestraight wins over an AP Top 20 opponent. “What won us the game was defense down the stretch,” head coach Shaka Smart said. “We really played well on the defensive end from an aggressiveness standpoint, getting our hands on the basketball and then Justin Lewis grabbing the ball for us, 13 defensive rebounds is probably the most important stat of the game.” In a back-and-forth first half, which saw Marquette lead by as many as nine points, the Golden Eagles led 33-29 after 20 minutes of play. After hitting the game winning 3-pointer last time out, redshirt first-year forward Justin Lewis continued his stellar play in the first half as he poured in 13 points and five rebounds in the half alone. Lewis finished the game with a game-high 20 points on 7-for14 shooting, including 4-for-7 from deep, to go along with a game-high 13 rebounds. In the last two games, Lewis has gone 9-for-15 from beyond the arc, which is a stat that might
surprise a few, but not Smart. “You got to give him credit for his work ethic,” Smart said. “I’m not surprised at all that he’s made nine threes in the last two games because his teammates are doing a great job finding him and he’s shooting with a lot of confidence.” The Musketeers stayed in the game in the first half by the play of senior guard Adam Kunkel, who poured in 10 points off the bench in just eight minutes. Marquette would put the clamps on Kunkel in the second half however, holding the guard to just a pair of free-throws in the final 20 minutes of the game. As a team however, Xavier would come out hot to start the second half, going 6-for-6 from the field to begin the period. The Musketeers would take a 53-48 lead with 14:05 left in the game after a Jack Nunge 3-pointer. Marquette would respond with catching fire from deep themselves after triples from Darryl Morsell and Greg Elliott gave Marquette back the lead 56-53 at the 12:22 mark. The Golden Eagles would not trail again after that, extending
Redshirt first-year guard Tyler Kolek defending a Xavier men’s basketball player in Marquette’s 75-64 win Jan. 23.
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their lead to 68-60 with just over four minutes left to play. After both teams went cold for a few minutes down the stretch, Kam Jones would seal the deal on the Musketeers with 38 seconds remaining by hitting a 3-pointer over the outstretched arm of seven-foot center Jack Nunge. Jones finished the afternoon with 12 points off the bench on 5-for-9 shooting and two steals. Despite being just a first-year, Jones said he has the confidence of a veteran player when it comes to taking the big shot. “I know my teammates trust me to make my shot, so that boosts my confidence, always knowing every time I shoot my teammates and myself think it’s going in,” Jones said. Fellow first-year guard Stevie Mitchell attested to Jones’ ability to make any shot when on the court. “You should see the shots he makes when we’re playing 1-on1,” Mitchell said. Mitchell said he has earned the trust from Smart for his efforts on the defensive side of the ball. “I don’t really go in and try to
score the ball necessarily, I just go in and try to make an impact on the game,” Mitchell said. “Coach Smart really emphasizes deflections, so that’s something I try to do as well.” Mitchell finished the afternoon with five rebounds, two points and two steals in 16 minutes off the bench for the Golden Eagles. Xavier closed the game going 1-for their last-11 from the field and went just 6-for-23 from deep throughout the game. Morsell finished with 19 points on 6-for-13 shooting and a season-high seven assists. “Darryl’s just playing with great aggressiveness,” Smart said. “When he’s focused on the right stuff and attacking and staying aggressive, he’s hard to deal with. He was able to get high-quality looks and he passed the ball well.” Marquette (14-6, 6-3 BIG EAST) will now travel back to the east coast for a matchup with Seton Hall Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. CST.
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Theis names former player as new assistant coach Gilleland arrives to Milwaukee after stint in Storrs, CT By Ben Schultz
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Marquette volleyball head coach Ryan Theis announced Monday afternoon that Abby Gilleland will join the coaching staff as an assistant coach, replacing Meghan Keck who left in mid-January after eight years. “Meghan and I had the great pleasure of recruiting and coaching Abby while at Ohio University,” Theis said in a statement. “It is very fitting that Abby take over Meghan’s spot.” Gilleland comes to Marquette after three seasons at UConn, where she was an assistant coach and worked closely with the team’s setters. As a former setter, Gilleland was an instrumental part of the coaching staff at UConn and was a factor in McKayla Wuensch being named BIG EAST Setter of the Year this past season. Wuensch ranked second in the conference in assists per set (9.65) and upped her average
to 10.20 in BIG EAST matches. With the Golden Eagles, Gilleland will serve in a similar role helping in recruiting and working with the setters. “Abby is loyal, hard-working and very intelligent,” Theis said in the statement. “She was an AllAmerican setter and an even better competitor. She is the perfect fit for our program.” Prior to her time at UConn, Gilleland served as an asPhoto Courtesy of Marquette Athletics sistant coach at Abby Gilleland (center) spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Conneticut. the University of Tennessee at Ohio, Gilleland had an illustri- games in conference play. Gille- along with director of volleyball Chattanooga for both the 2017 ous career as she earned Mid- land has her name etched in the operations Kelsey Lahey and and 2018 seasons. With the American Conference Player of Ohio University volleyball re- volunteer assistant coach Peter Mocs’ she helped with their the Year and Setter of the Year in cord books, ranking third in total Netisingha on Theis’ staff. setters, overall offense, recruit- addition to being a two-time All- assists (4,702), second in assists Marquette finished with a 26-6 ing, in-match strategies, opera- American Honorable Mention. per set (10.45) and third in hit- overall record this past season. tions planning, and served as the In her playing days with the ting percentage at 31 percent. academic liaison. Bobcats, Ohio amassed a 93-33 Gilleland now joins RJ As a player under Theis at overall record and lost just seven Lengerich as assistant coach
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better now in our adulthood.” Diener said off the court Crean was demanding two things: how they were going to act as a program and how people would view them. “We were going to handle ourselves the right way, we’re going to go to class, we’re going to sit in the first few rows,” Diener said. “On the court, we’re going to sacrifice for one another. His demand and how hard he was on us made us collectively come together because a lot of the times we weren’t very happy with him. So, it naturally brought our team together because he was the common enemy in a way. That made us better as a team.” Grueling practices One area where Crean brought out his demanding presence was in practices. “To put it in one word, intense,” former guard Jerel McNeal said. Chapman said practices would go anywhere from two to three hours with nonstop basketball. Diener recalls them being “down to the minutes.” what does this mean? “We practiced long, we practiced hard, we practiced tough,” Diener said. McNeal said Crean’s practice created a saying among the team which has lasted through today with professional players. “We had this saying of ‘Marquette guys are built differently,’” McNeal said. “We got guys that guard, guys that compete, guys that know basketball, understand the game and know how to make winning plays. It’s been beneficial for so many guys that come through our program.” Chapman recalls a practice heading into the week of the UConn game his senior season, which served as Marquette’s first year in the BIG EAST in 2005. “He had us diving for loose balls,” Chapman said. “It was just an intense week that really prepared us to face what the BIG EAST was going to be about.” The intensity of that practice, along with the ones that would follow, would translate into a fourth-place finish in the conference after being picked 12th in the preseason poll. In addition to having Crean as a mentor, Chapman said he has incorporated a lot of his old coach into his routine today with the Chapman Basketball
Academy and the Golden Eagles Alumni Team in The Basketball Tournament. “From intense practices to two to three-hour practices of not allowing guys to take a day off,” Chapman said. “I’m very intense with my practices with my guys and I build relationships with them. That’s all the stuff I learned from Coach (Crean).” Diener said those who stuck it out for all four years and graduated from Marquette, including himself, are “having successful lives outside of basketball now that it’s over” thanks to Crean and how he prepared them for battle. “That’s a real tribute to how he ran his program and how he helped develop us into young men,” Diener said. X and O’s Broeker said when he thinks of Crean as a basketball person, he thinks of one thing: preparation. “Of the coaches I’ve had the opportunity to work around, he is at the top of the pyramid when it comes to preparation,” Broeker said. “There’s nothing that he wouldn’t do to try to put our kids in a position to be successful.” Crean was seen as a creative basketball mind by those around him. “He was married to one thing in particular: trying to find ways for guys to score, put guys in a position to be successful and do it easily based on the personnel we had,” Broeker said. “He recognized how we could win, even as a first-time head coach, (by) just recognizing we can win here this way, recruiting these types of kids and that’s how we’re going to do it.” McNeal called Crean a “student of the game” who “never stops learning.” “I tell people we used to put in two to three more offensive plays before every game in shoot around,” McNeal said. “He (would) always tell us at the NBA level, you have to be able to put in a play the day of the game and be able to execute.” Chapman said he learned how to become not just a one-dimensional player but instead “how to play every spot on the court” under Crean’s inspiration. “He is a motivator,” Chapman said. “He motivates us to be the best versions of ourselves every day and that’s something that (happens) as soon as he walks into practice. You’re ready to go because he puts a belief in you that you can beat anybody,
anytime as long as you’re working hard for it.” Relationships “It’s actually difficult to kind of put in words what coach Crean has meant to me,” McNeal said. “Without his relationship, without his guidance, the basketball program wouldn’t look the same. It would look different than what it is right now.” As all four reminisced, camaraderie and relationships were at the forefront. During his recruiting process, McNeal was able to see Marquette transcend as a program. He said he attended between four and five games during the 2002-03 season with his dad. While he was able to envision himself playing with Golden Eagles’ talent on the court, he said what really drew him to Marquette was the relationship he built with Crean. “He was the only coach that took advantage during those times,” McNeal said. McNeal said he was able to build a special relationship with Crean as it was during the time texting became popular. “I used to text him after every one of my high school games and it was so intriguing to me because he would always ask me weird things,” McNeal said. “He didn’t want to know how many points, assists or rebounds. He was like ‘did you get a lot of deflections? Did you play good defense?’ He struck a great interest from me because he was doing things differently from the way the rest of my recruiting process was going.” For Diener, it was Crean’s ability to make him believe that helped build their relationship. “That’s a powerful thing and belief he had,” Diener said. “From my own personal viewpoint, he had a belief in me as a player, as a person to potentially play in the NBA. That is something I never thought about until he brought it up to me and he was the driving force behind helping me achieve my dream.” Diener would go on to be selected in the NBA 2005 Draft by the Orlando Magic with the eighth pick in the second round, playing five seasons in the NBA. Whether you were a player, an assistant coach, staff member or administrator, Broeker said Crean treated everyone with loyalty, honesty, care and love. “To give that amount of time to people invested in the
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Tom Crean (right) speaking to former guard Travis Diener (left) in 2002.
program, when really your focus should be those kids as you are their lifeline while they’re here, but to have the time, the willingness and the compassion to invest in others is something I’ll always carry with me in my career that I learned just working around him,” Broeker said. Legacy Whether it be the totality of his resume or who he is as a person, Crean’s legacy is still felt to this day. In Broeker’s eyes, Crean’s legacy is that “he made the program relevant again.” “He invested in the community here, not just our Marquette community, but the Milwaukee community,” Broeker said. “He did it in alignment with who we are as an institution and I don’t think that’s unimportant either. He never strayed a single day with the people in the program, the people around the program or the way he ran the program from the values of the institution, and at a place like Marquette University that is so meaningful.” Diener shared similar remarks, mentioning that Crean was “the driving force” of bringing Marquette into a basketball-heavy conference like the BIG EAST. “One of the greatest things he did when he got to Marquette was he made the campus life and the students very involved in basketball games and got them
back into the fold,” Diener said. “Coming to basketball games was exciting again, we were going to have an exciting product and he just built that with his vision that he had that I don’t know if many people believed in.” During his time in Milwaukee, Crean led the Golden Eagles to a 2003 Conference USA regular season title, five NCAA tournament appearances and three NIT appearances while compiling an overall record of 190-96. He coached three players who were drafted to the NBA — Wade, Diener and Steve Novak — and three All-Americans — Wade, Diener and Dominic James — during his nine-year tenure. Broeker said he’s been an advocate of Crean’s Hall of Fame induction and is pleased to see it is happening this year. “The accomplishments on the court speak for themselves, but I really believe that the totality of Coach (Crean)’s time here, what he did for the program and how much he invested in the program both on and off the floor, that’s why he’s a Hall of Famer.” And while there have been three new head coaches at Marquette since Crean left for Indiana, Chapman is still set on one thing remaining the same. “He goes down as one of the best coaches that ever came through here,” Chapman said. Graphic by RJ Siano
