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“Marquette does these socalled safety alerts, but at the same time, if they’re not immediate responses to the students, it doesn’t really give the students on campus a feeling of what really
Officers closed off streets in the Marquette area while the scene was being investigated
is going on,” Daniel Liao, a senior in the College of Communication, said. Following an incident on campus last Thursday, concerns about communication from Marquette University Police Department have arisen from the campus community. A Milwaukee Police
Department officer was shot Jan. 27 shortly after receiving a call about a sickly man in a vehicle at 6:27 p.m. at 21st Street and St. Paul Avenue. The officer approached the suspect, who was in a vehicle, for a welfare check requested by community members, said Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman at a press
conference Jan. 27. The suspect then exited the vehicle and revealed he had a firearm, the police officer and suspect exchanged fire before the suspect stole the police officer’s vehicle. The suspect then drove off and crashed into another See SHOT page 2
Spreading the ‘buzz’ about bees MU Pollinators raise awareness about one major insect By Bailey Striepling
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On the rooftop of the Opus College of Engineering building you can hear the buzzing of bees from one of around 50 beehives located in southeast Wisconsin. “A number of students
would come up to the roof where I had bees and started to fall in love with the bees and thought it was really cool,” Charlie Koenen, director of BeeVangelists and supervisor of MU Pollinators, said. MU Pollinators was formed by Koenen in 2017 in order to “raise pollinator awareness.” The club works with BeeVangelists to “spread the gospel of abundance as taught by the bees” through advoINDEX
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cacy, education, products and practice. “We want people to become a little more aware of the role that pollinators play, not just honeybees but all insect pollinators, in how the world runs because these vital members of Earth’s society need a little bit more care,” Koenen said. BeeVangelists, along with MU Pollinators, hosts activities such as spinning honey, honey tastings, candle NEWS
dipping, making lip balms and wax melting. Students can come see movies, talks and workshops regarding pollinators as well. Koenen said students even have the opportunity to hold and work with the bees. “What’s interesting is that everybody, at some point in time, loses their fear and starts to embrace the bees,” Koenen said. “And that’s kind of the whole point that
Jordan Bennett, a first-year in the College of Arts & Sciences, was walking through Straz Tower when she found water all over the first floor. She soon realized that the water wasn’t from a spill in the dining hall, there was water gushing from the ceiling. The reason for the sudden accumulation of water on the first floor was a burst pipe in the Straz dining hall. “I actually walked in on it when I was coming out of the gym and my initial reaction was ‘I am standing in a puddle,’ and someone to my left just slipped and fell,” Bennett said. Though the pipe burst last Wednesday, the dining hall just reopened its services for students yesterday. Students were unable to eat at the facilities while the pipe was being fixed. “Initially my jaw dropped because I was so shocked to see water coming out of the ceiling,” Bridgette Lindell, first-year in the College of Arts & Sciences, said. See STRAZ page 2
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Lindell was working the desk at Straz Tower Wednesday afternoon when the pipe suddenly burst during the middle of her shift. “I noticed the pipe burst because I heard a bunch of water coming down from the ceiling in the cafeteria. It sounded like a fountain but way louder,” Lindell said. Many Straz residents eat in the dining hall in the building, as the other dining options are at least a block away. The closest other dining hall being Cobeen Hall. On the weekends dining options in the Alumni Memorial Union are
limited, as Marquette Place is closed on the weekends. The Brew cafe is open for students on weekends, though. “I can confirm the burst and the dining rooms were expected to open again this morning,” Kevin Conway, university spokesperson, said in an email. “One change to Straz as a result of the pipe bursting is that the dining hall was closed until everything was able to be fixed. This was an inconvenience to residents who regularly eat in that dining hall,” Lindell said. Bennett was one of the
Straz residents who had to adjust to the dining hall closure. “It takes little bit longer from getting to class because now I have to take the stairs, but also eating because the cafeteria is closed. Now I have to walk in the cold or take a LIMO, but it could be worse,” Bennett said. This is not the first instance of a water pipe bursting in Straz. Last year, in the middle of February, a fire alarm was set off as a result of bursting water pipes. Residents were then forced to evacuate in cold temperatures. There were also issues of snow being found in
stairwells on the 18th floor. “I didn’t know at the time but I overheard that a pipe burst and that was the reason for all the water. I wasn’t specifically told what to say but I just told everyone that a pipe burst and that they should be careful of where they were walking,” Lindell said. The university started leasing space from the presentday Straz Hall back in 1974 and eventually purchased the building in 1993. It was most recently renovated by Marquette back in 2000, which is now over 20 years ago. Straz has had other problems
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vehicle on 17th and Clybourn. The suspect then fled the scene and was taken into custody by MPD on 17th Street and Wisconsin Avenue, which is near McCabe Hall, Humphrey Hall and The Commons. Those three buildings all house Marquette students. There was no formal communication from MUPD until 7 p.m. when a safety alert was sent out that said “situation stabilized, no threat to campus.” “I feel like the lack of response time is the majority of the problem…. 20, 30 minutes after an incident has occurred is a little too delayed, especially if an incident isn’t contained. God forbid you run into a situation where [an assailant] and you are in the same area, but you are not informed of the situation by MUPD or Eagle Eye,” Liao said. Another MUPD alert was sent at 7:16 p.m.: “MUPD assisting MPD. No active threat to campus. Stay away from police investigation west of 16th Street.” The third MUPD alert was sent at 8:29 p.m.: “Continued police presence on campus due to MPD investigation of non-MU incident. Situation is stable and no active threat to campus.” There was no additional information about what the “situation” was. Nathan Koch, a first-year in
the College of Engineering, said he was confused about what was happening due to the large police presence. “It was just a crazy experience … Hopefully it doesn’t happen again,” Koch said. Marquette University Police Chief Edith Hudson sent out a statement to the Marquette community Jan. 28 to address “rightful concern” about the situation that occurred the previous evening. “First, I want to assure you that there was never an active threat to campus, and no one from the Marquette community was involved,” Hudson said in the statement. Hudson said that caution tape remained at the scene after the suspect was taken into custody as it was an ongoing investigation. The suspect has been identified as 22-year-old Jetrin Rodthong. This is the third shooting of a Milwaukee police officer in the past two weeks. “Knowing that officers are getting into situations like this, [adds] more stress and anxiety when you are coming home from classes in the afternoon,” Liao said. Hudson also asked the Marquette community to keep the injured officer in their thoughts and prayers. “Unfortunately, the incident involved the shooting of a Milwaukee Police Department officer, and I ask that you join me in praying for the injured officer and his family,” Hudson said in the statement. Officer Davis was released
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The suspect crashed into a car at 17th Street and Clybourn Ave.
from Froedtert Hospital in the afternoon of Friday, Jan. 28. Davis sustained gunshot wounds to the stomach, chest and shoulder. Despite the event, Joshua Ryan, a sophomore in the College of Engineering, said he is grateful for police protection. “[It was] just once in a lifetime — hopefully, a oncein-a-lifetime experience,” Ryan said. Marquette University Police Department assisted MPD at the crime scene. MPD is currently investigating the incident. Sarah Richardson contributed to this report.
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with its dining facilities within the past year. Cases of norovirus were confirmed in the dining facilities and throughout the residence hall. Norovirus is a highly contagious stomach virus that can result in diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and stomach pain. Currently the dining hall is back open and serving its famous stir fry and other foods to Straz residents and the greater Marquette community. Julia Abuzzahab and Connor Baldwin contributed to this report
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The hivemind of honeybees on top of Engineering Hall is maintained by the campus community. Bees are important parts of the agricultural process
I’m trying to make with bee-vangelizing is that bees aren’t the scary things that everyone thinks they are. When you get up close to them, they’re actually pretty awesome.” A pollinator is any animal that moves pollen from the stamen of the flower to the stigma, which fertilizes the plant. There are approximately 200,000 different species of animals around the world that act as pollinators and over 4,000 species of native bees in the United States. Bees play an important role in maintaining healthy ecosystems through pollination. They pollinate 70 of the around 100 crop species that feed 90% of the world and are responsible for $30 billion a year in crops. Researchers have also noted claims that honey has
antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties. “I’m an avid gardener and bees are important. I would say that not only students but humans need to be aware how important bees are,” Jill Schuettner, mechanical engineering office associate
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Jill Schuettner Mechanical engineering office associate.
MUPD REPORTS January 28 An unknown subject intentionally damaged a tire belonging to a Marquette student on their vehicle in the 1200 block of W. Wells Street. January 31 An unaffiliated Marquette subject was making threats to a Milwaukee County Transit
System bus driver while the bus was in the 1000 block of W. Wisconsin Avenue. The Marquette University Police Department was then contacted and took the person into custody as he resisted and threatened the officers. After looking the subject up, it was discovered he was bail-jumping. The subject was then taken to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility.
and a volunteer for the MU Pollinators, said. In 2020, Marquette welcomed bee researcher Chelsea Cook to campus as an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. Cook is also the faculty advisor for the MU Pollinators. Cook created The Cook Lab to explore the behavioral, neurological and genetic basis of collective cognition. The research lab seeks to answer questions about how societies are organized and perform important jobs. “We use honeybees as our model society to explore these questions, and we study how they work together to cool their colony,” Cook said. “We seek to understand behaviors related to this cooling at every biological level: genet-
CORRECTIONS In Jan. 25ths “It’s foundational education” stated that Kasey Keeler is a professor at UW-Milwaukee. She is a professor at UWMadison The Tribune regrets this error.
ics, physiology, individual behavior, group behavior, society, and reproductive success and the overall impact on the ecosystem and agriculture.” Through BeeVangelists and The Cook Lab, MU Pollinators hope to shift the community’s thinking about bees. “Regardless of what course or direction students choose to take in their lives, we want them to embrace the importance of pollinators so they can make changes to how they do what they do,” Koenen said. “I’m not saying become a beekeeper but just saying think about things that can affect pollinators and keep this stuff in mind.”
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Service learning pivots, adjusts for COVID-19 pandemic Community outreach still remains priority for volunteers at MU By Phoebe Goebel
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In order to follow the Jesuit mission that Marquette thrives on, the university encourages students to give involved in and out of the classroom. Kim Jensen Bohat, the director of the Service-Learning Program, advocates for students’ participation in service learning projects on campus. Bohat said that there are three main service programs in which Marquette students can get involved. They include The Service Learning Program, the Center for Community Service and Midnight Run, which is a part of Campus Ministry. Bohat said some departments organize service trips based on their specific disciplines. The law school and other professional schools have their own independent outreach programs that they run. On a campus where serving the needs of the community is so important, Bohat said that the COVID-19 pandemic has
made service learning much more difficult. “It is difficult to engage the community when you can’t really be physically in a community,” Bohat said. Bohat said the biggest issue was finding enough service placements for classes. This is especially true for students involved in the medical fields, due to the people they serve. The people who are high at risk are the elderly and unvaccinated young children. Students were not allowed to participate in clinics that involved high-risk patients. Not only was the safety of the people served in concern, but also the students at Marquette. Bohat described the many safety precautions taken to make sure service projects were safe “At the beginning of the pandemic, we were able to switch some of our services online. But now for the most part, our community partners are open for face-to-face services,” Bohat said. “So, this semester we are requiring students to follow MU and Milwaukee protocol around masking, social distancing and quarantine.” One of the service organizations on campus is Marquette MARDI GRAS, Which stands for “Making A Real Difference
In Gulf Regions and Areas Surrounding,” and is an organization that focuses on disaster relief, especially the destruction following hurricanes. Joe Hennessey, the vice president for research and development for MARDI GRAS and senior in the College of Health Sciences, said that the pandemic has caused more caution within the club. Typically, the club takes trips to New Orleans, Panama City, Florida, Rosharon, Texas and other coastal cities. They were able to hold service trips this past August, October and January, but certain precautions were taken. “Forty-eight hours before a trip is scheduled to leave, all participants must take a COVID-19 test and they must show proof of a negative test to a trip coordinator before they are allowed to travel,” Hennessey said. “A detailed safety plan was shared with all participants with information about what steps would be taken in the case that a group member was to become infected.” In some classes at Marquette, students are required to participate in service learning, such as EDUC 1001, Psychological Development: Children and Adolescents. Ben O’Brien, a first-year in the College of
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Masks are still requred on service learning sites.
Engineering, said he was enrolled in this class during the fall semester of 2021. O’Brien said that he worked at City on a Hill for his service project, which aimed at educating people about poverty and injustice in America. O’Brien worked with children of families who are in poverty and said that even though slight modifications were made due to the pandemic, he was still able to participate. “I was able to work with kids and complete activities with the only thing being different were wearing a mask and checking temperature before going into
the building,” O’Brien said. “When Covid is in the rearview mirror we will have to do some rebuilding, but my goal right now is to continue to facilitate transformational learning experiences for our students that are central to a Jesuit education and to meet critical volunteer needs,” Bohat said. “We will continue to pivot and adapt so that we can provide a mutually beneficial experience for our community, students and faculty.”
COVID-19 testing guidelines updated for semester Unvaccinated students to be tested weekly, not bi-weekly By Julia Abuzzahab
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As the spring semester begins, and the COVID-19 omicron variant continues to be a major health concern, Marquette University adopts new COVID-19 testing strategies on campus. “Unvaccinated students are now tested weekly, as more frequent testing identifies cases quicker, which allows quicker isolation and contact tracing to decrease transmission,” Keli Wollmer, executive director of the Marquette Medical Clinic, said in an email. Marquette required students to upload proof the COVID-19 booster vaccine and strongly encouraged faculty to receive it by Feb. 1. Those who do not upload proof of receiving the booster are subject to weekly surveillance testing. “If eligible and booster is not received, then individu-
als are subjected to testing protocols and must quarantine if exposed,” Wollmer said in an email. “Details of this testing have not yet been announced but will be in the near future.” A walk-in vaccination, booster and flu clinic will be held on Marquette’s campus Feb. 1 for all students, faculty and staff to receive vaccines. The clinic will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Union Ballrooms. Although individuals do not need an appointment for the clinic, one may pre-register online if desired. Marquette Today released Jan. 18 that all COVID-19 doses of Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson will be available, which will include first, second and booster vaccines. Individuals are only required to bring their Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 vaccination card if they have their first dose already. Last semester unvaccinated students were required to be tested for COVID-19 every other week, and this semester those who do not upload proof of COVID-19 vaccinations or the booster
will now undergo weekly COVID-19 testing. Currently, Wollmer said only symptomatic students, faculty and/or staff or those who have been in close contact/identified as a close contact from a positive individual can be tested for COVID-19 at Coughlin Hall. Those who are asymptomatic or curious would have to go to an off-campus location, the City of Milwaukee has several locations for those to receive a free polymerase chain reaction test. A PCR test is used to “detect genetic material from a specific organism, such as a virus. The test detects the presence of a virus if you have the virus at the time of the test. The test could also detect fragments of the virus even after you are no longer infected,” the Cleveland Clinic said on its website. Wollmer also said the federal government purchased 500 million rapid COVID-19 tests, and individuals are able to order them online. “All individuals on Marquette’s medical plans can purchase over-the-counter COVID-19 tests authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration that will be covered at a reimbursement rate of up to $12 per test,” Wollmer said in an email. Allison Abbott, associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and chair of the University Academic Senate said in a perfect world, every student at Marquette would be able to receive even 10 rapid tests a month from the university. “I don’t think that’s Marquette failing not to be able to get those tests. That’s a bigger problem than Marquette, so I would love it if … we are all able to sort of have access to those tests whenever you know we wanted one, I think that would help us,” Abbott said. “But I also recognize that’s not where we are in our country’s supply of rapid tests.” Abbott said that as a country, utilizing rapid testing as a tool not only for individual diagnostics but also for public health is an area we could do better in. Zoe Hammer, a sophomore in the College of Nursing, said she believes Marquette should be supplying some amount of free and accessible tests for every student. “When students need test-
ing, it should be easy for students to receive a test in the easiest way possible,” Hammer said in an email. Because Marquette’s campus is 94% vaccinated, Abbott said Marquette will not only be mostly vaccinated, but mostly boosted as well— which she said puts the university in a better position than it was a year ago when vaccinations were not available, so she said becoming infected with COVID-19 may not be associated with that same level of danger as it was last year. “But that’s not true for everyone, right? … Our president is undergoing treatment for cancer, so we need to protect him. [We need] to protect, you know a lot of people on our campus that are more vulnerable,” Abbott said. “It’s sort of making sure we’re doing everything we can to keep each other safe, but also kind of recognizing that we are in a very different place than we were a year ago.”
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Sleeping for the week Marquette students comment on their sleep patterns By TJ Dysart
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Sleep can either be a big or little part of a student’s transition to college, depending on the student. However, first-year students especially have said that their sleep schedule has become inconsistent since arriving to campus. When coming to college, some people are focused on academics and social life, but some forget about the concern of sleep. As reported by a study from Harvard University, 70-96% of college students get less than eight hours of sleep a night “I definitely think my sleep quality has had its ups and down since I got (to college),” Ram Sonani, a first-year in the College of Health Sciences, said. “You know, in high school I was able to get a solid eight hours of sleep and now in college I am happy if I get anywhere from six to eight hours.” In a report by the Cleveland Clinic, some of the symptoms associated with lack of sleep are poor alertness, impaired memory and relationship stress. As the second week of the spring semester is underway, Sonani said that a big goal for him this semester is to focus on not only sleep quality, but sleep duration. “I think last semester I definitely had a lot going on and was still getting used to things but this semester I feel like I have a solid understanding of a college schedule and am definitely going to work to manage my time to get better and more sleep,” Sonani said. Marquette University students need to enroll in at least 12 credits to be considered a full-time student, which is common through-
out thousands of universities and colleges. Additionally, students who have any scholarship have to take 12 credits in order to keep that scholarship. Students can take more than 12 credits and some take as many as 19 a semester, leading to lots of homework and assignments outside of the classroom. On top of that, some students work campus jobs, which can take up as many as 20 hours a week, leading to lack of sleep. “You know, I am fortunate enough that I didn’t have to work a job last semester, but I feel bad for the students that do because I cannot imagine working on top of my classes,” Sonani said. As reported by a Georgetown report, 70% of college students work a job on top of their academic workload. Sonani isn’t the only person in the Marquette community who said that being busy can effect a student’s sleep schedule. Jacklynn Fitzgerald, an assistant professor of psychology, said that based on students’ social lives and academic lives, the lack of sleep doesn’t surprise her. “I think the lack probably comes from just the multi-faceted demands that students have. Going from coursework to extracurriculars and then obviously making time to be social as they should and then put that together with the fact that maybe for many students this might be their first opportunity to make their own schedule, they are likely using routines for good sleep less than we know is needed.” Fitzgerald said. The average person sleeps for a total of 33 years in their lifetime, but Fitzgerald said that understanding the science behind it is crucial to getting more sleep “We know that the function of sleep has more to do with giving your brain rest. You spend a lot of your waking time pumping
nutrients to your brain to keep things running and sometimes you need a break from that,” Fitzgerald said. Full-time academics can play a role in sleep deprivation, but so can the reality of a college social life. “I mean, I can’t lie, my academics definitely play a big role in me not getting enough sleep, but we all know that most college students like to go out and stay up late on the weekends,” Seth Krakow, a first-year student in the College of Business Administration, said. “I am definitely a victim of this but I definitely am trying to cut back.” While there are ways to get more sleep by cutting back on social time, there are also ways to adjust your environment to get better sleep. “Part of this comes in the late afternoon when twilight is starting which is when melatonin will start secreting in your brain which helps to decrease neurotransmission and you can do this by keeping the room dark,” Fitzgerald said. A common method used by many college students to get better sleep is the use of supplements. Over the counter melatonin is used by many to get a better sleep. “I have these gummies that I typically take to make me sleepy but sometimes they make me drowsy in the morning,” Krakow said. While melatonin can be a good way to get a better night’s sleep, experts say that the timing of taking them needs to be adjusted. “A lot of students take supplements in the middle of the night, but things like that do not work well so you have to start building those habits earlier in the day like in the late afternoon and minimizing distractions,” Fitzgerald said.
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Organization Fest inside, in-person for Spring 2022 Student groups to meet in Alumni Memorial Union By Hannah Hernandez
hannah.hernandez@marquette.edu
The Office of Engagement and Inclusion invites students to explore the different student organizations on campus at the Winter Organization Fest, which is happening Feb. 3 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Alumni Memorial Union on the first through third floors. Lizzy Ibitoye, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said that she is planning to attend OFest this year. She said she believes that it is a great opportunity to support other people of color. “After being trapped at home for what seemed like forever because of COVID-19, I think O-Fest is a great opportunity to see what initiatives other Black students are taking on campus,” she said. Demetria Bell Anderson, the director of the Office of Engagement and Inclusion, is part of the staff who organizes both the fall and winter O-Fests. She said that O-Fest is important for building community and involvement. “The event provides our student organizations and campus offices and departments an opportunity to engage and connect with students who may be looking for ways to enhance their campus involvement. Having students engaged in the campus community, and attending events and activities will definitely continue to cultivate a vibrant campus experience,” Anderson said in an email. O-Fest can be an opportunity for students to find organizations and a community to be a part of after many events were limited due to COVID-19. “I think it is important to have winter O-Fest because many people might have a change in passions or an expansion in what they want to do in their lives. I believe that having more than one O-Fest helps students to learn and connect with people from diverse backgrounds and stories which will be beneficial for them throughout the world,” Jillian Haygood, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said. Matthew Trecek, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, is president of the Chinese Culture
and Charity Club. When reflecting upon the protocols in place for O-Fest, Trecek compares the space in the AMU to that of the classrooms. “Three times a week, I sit next to 29 other students in a classroom the size of my apartment. All things considered, it is not the most ideal situation; however, we have to trust that our fellow students and instructors are all either vaccinated or not lying on their COVID Cheq,” Trecek said in an email. Trecek said that the Chinese Culture and Charity Club will not attend O-Fest this year because the annual Chinese New Year event is days prior. They have decided to focus on planning for that event. Haygood said that she is unsure if she is attending O-Fest at the time because of COVID. However, she said she urges students to be mindful because the protocols cannot be enough to keep everyone safe. “I also believe that it is the students’ responsibility to want to keep others safe as well. It is both the students and the health protocols that will ensure the physical health and longevity of others around them,” Haygood said. The Winter O-Fest is indoors, but the Fall O-Fest is outdoors and being outdoors would better slow the spread of COVID-19. To keep students, faculty and staff safe, COVID-19 protocols are being put in place. “At this time, in compliance with our campus COVID-19 protocol, all attendees are required to wear appropriate masks and will show their green daily COVID-Cheq,” Anderson said in an email. The Winter O-Fest is indoors, but the Fall O-Fest is outdoors and being outdoors would better slow the spread of COVID-19. Anderson said he encourages students to attend O-Fest. “We look forward to seeing students at the event and invite folks to attend, get know what opportunities for engagement are available this semester, including a few newly established student organizations, and also enjoy a few bonus surprises as well,” Anderson said in an email.
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Pro bono legal work helps refugees find asylum in U.S. By Bailey Striepling
bailey.striepling@marquette.edu
Marquette University Law students and faculty traveled 150 miles northwest to Fort McCoy over winter break to provide pro bono legal services to Afghan refugees. “I saw an opportunity to help people and welcome them into our country,” Abigail Aswege, a secondyear student in the law school and one of 51 students who went to Fort McCoy, said. “They were facing some crazy life experiences and I wanted them to see some friendly faces when they were coming into a new country.” During the U.S. military’s two-decade-long stay in Afghanistan, roughly 75,000 Afghan refugees arrived in the U.S. Since August 2021, when the U.S. military left Afghanistan,
thousands still remain in U.S. military bases working to obtain asylum. Asylum is a form of protection granted to individuals who can demonstrate that they are unable or unwilling to return to their country because of persecution or fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion. Marquette law students were invited to volunteer by a member of the U.S. State Department who is part of the resettlement efforts. “Marquette law students are no strangers to public service. Most of the student body participates in pro bono service,” Angela Schultz, Marquette University Law School’s assistant dean for public service, said. “I knew this would be a unique opportunity to serve others impacted by a current humanitarian crisis.” Volunteers assisted Afghan refugees at Fort McCoy with
their asylum paperwork in order to aid in the asylum process prior to meeting with a lawyer. Ali Mahmood, a third-year student in the law school, is a child of immigrants and said that once the opportunity presented itself, he knew he had to help. “I’ve been keeping up with what’s been happening in Afghanistan and I knew that this was something where I wanted to help out where I could,” Mahmood said. Applicants must complete the asylum application and submit three copies of supporting documentation, including passports, travel documents and identity documents. They must also include a marriage certificate if their spouse is included in the application and birth certificates for children under 21 included in the application. The asylum application also requires three copies of any medical reports, evaluations or assessments and a passport-style photograph for
the applicant and each family member. Form G-28 (Notice of Entry of Appearance as Attorney or Representative) is required to be included in the application and must be signed by both the applicant and the attorney or accredited representative. The last part of the asylum application requests documentation of country conditions. While assisting with the asylum application process, what stood out most to the volunteers was the different stories from every person they met. “Every single story was just crazy powerful,” Aswege said. “Many of them could give me multiple instances of when they were threatened or when a family member or friend was harmed or when they were exploited for money.” Aswege said the experience was eye-opening for her as a woman in the U.S. “Sometimes I forget how big of a blessing it is that I’m a woman pursuing higher
education,” Aswege said. “The women in Afghanistan don’t have rights, they can’t leave the house without a man, none of them had any work experience and they had very little education, if at all.” Mahmood said the hardest part was hearing the stories of people who hadn’t seen their family for a long time. “There was this one individual whose entire family is still in Afghanistan and he came thinking that it would be an easy process for him to come into the country and try to bring his family over after he came here,” Mahmood said. “But the refugee and asylum process is very intense. It takes anywhere from six months to several years. “I felt helpless,” Mahmood said. As of Jan. 21, more than 6,000 refugees still remain at Fort McCoy.
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Over 6,000 current Afghan refugees are seeking asylum in the United States. Many of them received legal help for free in order to attain their status.
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Students dream of the slopes The hobby of skiing has many Marquette students nostalgic By Connor Baldwin
connor.baldwin@marquette.edu
As campus life returns, students may be reminiscent of their winter break. Winter’s frigid temperatures and snowstorms bring niche recreational activities. Snowshoeing, sledding and ice fishing are frosty fun for the frozen fans but skiing might be the preeminent winter activity. Caleb Kwasigroch, a junior in the College of Communication, has only recently picked up skiing but is a big fan of winter activity. “My whole life I have been sledding, tubing. I love those good old winter activities.” Kwasigroch said, “With skiing there feels like there is much more skill involved … I always thought skiing was some really difficult sport but going for the first time it was maybe 45 minutes to an hour before I got the hang of it and it was so much fun.” Ancient cave paintings show that skiing has been around for thousands of years. In early modern times, farmers in Scandinavia used skis to get around and even used them in military practice. Sweden was first noted for militarized skis as far back as the 12th century during the Norwegian civil war. This hybrid of skis and riflery invented a new winter sport, the biathlon, where athletes navigate a crosscountry course while taking intervals to shoot targets.
Miranda Hunt, a senior in the College of Communication and native to popular ski destination Colorado, has been skiing since she was two years old. She remembers going to the mountains every weekend with her family in middle school. During World War II, America trained troops in Colorado for skiing in preparation for the intense terrain of the Alps along Germany’s border. These men were part of the 10th division and battled with Germans for six months on Mount Belvedere. Although not to enroll in the 10th division, DJ Lenius, a sophomore in the College of Engineering, went out to Colorado for skiing with friends during the break and has been skiing for a decade. “We [my friends and I] like side country skiing, really like the powder, some people call us powder chasers. So we try to get up as early as we can and get early tracks down the mountain. We like skiing glades too, pushing ourselves and the limit of our skis.” Lenius said. Currently in the U.S. there are more than 400 ski resorts, with Wisconsin housing 35 of them. The closest resort to campus is The Rock Snowpark in Franklin, Wisconsin, just 15 minutes away from downtown Milwaukee. Lenius said he is thankful he grew up with Midwest skiing, but is happy to be branching out to more trying terrain. “I would say learning in Wisconsin helped me become a better skier because I was able to focus on the fundamentals. Where as when you are out west there is a much more expansive expert area.” Le-
nius said. The Winter Olympics have visited the United States four times, with the most recent being in 2002 in Salt Lake City, Utah, which saw a record total of 18 nations awarded with gold medals. Skiing events in the Olympics have been around since the beginning in 1924 when it was hosted in Chamonix, France. A variety of ski disciplines and events are performed during the Olympics, including alpine, cross-country, jumping, Nordic and freestyle, each with their own history and champions. All events will return for the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Hunt said as a kid she watched Lindsey Vonn, the all-time leader in women’s World Cup race victories (82) and three-time Olympic medalist in alpine skiing. “She redefined competitive skiing.” Hunt said. “She just kept pushing the time faster and faster and getting tighter turns…when I was in middle school she won a big championship and I watched her ski and was like, ‘Oh that’s how you’re supposed to do it’ and I know that that was the same for a lot of girls my age.” Freestyle skiing is the newest skiing event in the Olympics and made its first appearance at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games as a demonstration sport where athletes would perform stunts and maneuver through moguls. In 1992, at the Albertville Winter Games, freestyle skiing would have its first recognized event in moguls, and Donna Weinbrecht from the United States became the first gold winner in the women’s event. “It taught me a lot about my own personal strength and my willing-
ness to do crazy stuff. It made me a lot more confident in my own life, like if I can jump off the top of this cliff and ski down it, I can give a presentation.” Hunt said. Freestyle skiing started as “hot dog skiing” when crowds gathered and watched athletes perform acrobatics and stunts. Crowds particularly enjoyed when participants were able to recover from a grand wipe out. The first notable hot dog skier to was two-time gold champion in alpine skiing Stein Eriksen of Norway. His acrobatic exhibitions dazzled spectators so much that he was able to charge $1,000 for a show. Freestyle skiing is said to have
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been conceived in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, which became the first place to offer freestyle ski instructions in the 1970s. Soon after, the resort hosted the first Freestyle National Championship and the rest is history, as Waterville Valley ski resort claims to be the “birthplace of freestyle skiing.” Kwasigroch said after some time and practice he was soon hitting the jumps and sticking the landings which he said was very satisfying. He encourages everyone to try skiing and give it a chance, even if there is some fear that obstructs your slopes.
Milwaukee’s rivers continue to face pollution problems Oil spill impacts MKE waterways, more issues surface By Connor Baldwin
connor.baldwin@marquette.edu
When word broke from Komatsu manufacturers that there was oil leaking out through a stormwater outfall into the Menomonee River, Komatsu initially thought it was a small leak. But it was soon understood that this leak was a spill of 400 gallons of oil into the Menomonee River. David Strifling, Director of Water Law & Policy Initiative at Marquette Law School, said Komatsu is required to contact state and federal agencies. “The first calls have to be to the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Agency, there is a law in Wisconsin called the Spills Law. But in terms of notifying the city and the fire department … I am not aware that that is required under any local laws,” Strifling said. Strifling said along with con-
tacting officials they also have to financially be responsible for cleaning it up under Wisconsin law. Komatsu has sent out multiple boats along the river with booms, which are tied to the back of the boats and absorb the oil. Komatsu reports that they have been able to recover 80% of the oil. In a statement released from Komatsu Dec. 13, the way the events unfolded was a used transfer oil error where “the used oil that was spilled is reported to be a combination of spent cutting, hydraulic and lubrication oils generated from our manufacturing process.” link this statement Russell Cuhel, senior scientist for University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s freshwater sciences, said that although these types of oils are bad, they are not as bad as crude oil like the ones released in the Exxon Valdez oil spill. “People typically associate oil spills with fuel oil and/ or crude petroleum products. Where this oil is actually highly refined and contains far less environmentally isolating components,” Cuhel said. This means that eventually
the oil will biodegrade, Cuhel said. Bacteria that exist in the water will eventually break down the oil. But the issue with the winter is that the bacteria works slower than it would in the summer. The freezing cold temperatures also affects the fluidity of the oil. Cuhel said the oil is much like Crisco, in the sense that when it is cold it becomes thick but when it is warm it flows like water. Cheryl Nenn, Milwaukee riverkeeper, is concerned with the oil that will sink to the bottom of the river. The organization, Milwaukee Riverkeeper relies on the people of the community to report spills and river pollution. Nenn said that because the spill was on a Friday, there weren’t many eyes on the river which meant they didn’t start getting calls until Monday. “We are a relatively small staff and really do rely on others to solve these problems,” Nenn said. “This time of the year it’s a little bit harder because things are frozen. In some cases, there still are storm water issues but less eyes and ears means we might not be picking
up on some of the issues that are happening.” Nenn said much of this could’ve been avoided had Komatsu immediately called local authorities. “Had they called 911 immediately or the City of Milwaukee, they would have sent the fire department or Milwaukee has emergency oil response plans and materials for this type of event. There could’ve been a more coordinated and effective response that would’ve minimized the damage to water quality and water life,” Nenn said. The quicker the response, the easier it is to effectively take action. The slower the response, the larger impact it has on the environment, Nenn said. Images and videos surfaced on the internet of the oil sheen in the water. Then when Milwaukee Riverkeeper released a statement on the spill was when media coverage really took off. Seiches, which are events that occur on Lake Michigan when winds push around waters, moved the oil from the Menomonee to other areas of the Milwaukee River Basin. This oil eventually ends up in
Lake Michigan, where Milwaukee gets its drinking water. Wildlife has also been affected by the spill. Dec. 8, a snowy owl was found saturated with oil and recovered by the Wisconsin Humane Society. “The Snowy Owl continues to recover from her injuries at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center. She is making a slow but steady recovery. While we are hopeful she’ll be releasable, it’s still too early in her healing process for us to know for sure. We expect her to be in care at least until late February if all goes well, as she’ll still need flight reconditioning,” Angela Speed, vice president of communications at Wisconsin Humane Society, said in an email. Nenn recommends students volunteer to help out and keep track of the river. She also is hoping for more transparency from large companies when it comes to these types of accidents. Milwaukee Riverkeeper is scheduling a cleanup in the spring on April 23, where people can me out to help clean and make our waterways safe. For more information visit the Milwaukee Riverkeeper.
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Students give suggestions for on campus food options Previous home of Burger King looking for new royalty By Rashad Alexander
rashad.alexander@marquette.edu
The food options on a college campus can be important for some students. The Marquette community received a change to its fast food options when Auntie Anne’s and Jamba Juice opened in the 2021 spring semester. And earlier last month, the Jimmy John’s on Wells Street reopened after renovations to the sandwich restaurant were completed. But one on campus restaurant, the Burger King on Wells Street, closed back in 2019. And for Kennedy Moore, a junior in
the College of Arts & Sciences, it was hard to see the fast food joint go. “I was there like four times a week probably, cause it was cheap,” said Moore. “I did get that feeling like ‘Man, I gotta go somewhere else to get food.’ And it made me realize how expensive other restaurants were. I was sad to see it go.” Moore also said a lot of campus restaurants don’t stay open late enough for him. “They close pretty early and some of them don’t open that soon. If you’re an apartment student and don’t live in the dorms, then it’s a little tougher to get a quick snack before you go to bed.” said Moore. Recently, there has been some activity in the space where the Burger King was, as people have been seen on the inside doing work.
With activity in the building that has sat empty for over a year and a half, students like Moore had ideas for what the new space could be. He suggested a locally owned Mexican restaurant, rather than big fast food chains. “Those (local) businesses need help too. And being on a college campus, having those type of food options for people that want to try something, it’s the perfect place for it, cause then they’ll start looking for those places wherever they go,” Moore said. Alanna McKenna, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, suggested a healthier fast food option to replace the Burger King. “Personally, I feel like an option like a Chick-Fil-A would be enjoyable,” said McKenna. “Plus I know a lot of people on Marquette’s campus really enjoy Chick-Fil-A.”
McKenna also mentioned her thoughts on the campus food options within the Alumni Memorial Union, like Brew Café and Marquette Place. Even though she is right across the
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. . . maybe something a little healthier would be cool.” MIA CINQUINI Junior in the College of Nursing
street from the AMU, she would travel farther for good food. “Personally, if I’m going to get fast food, I would rather make the drive to somewhere else that I would enjoy. Plus, the portion
sizes (are different) depending on what you get. Like, it’s easier to spend a little bit of money or take a drive somewhere where you know you’re gonna get more for your money,” Mckenna said. Mia Cinquini, a junior in the College of Nursing, agreed with McKenna that having a healthier food option would be a good idea for the empty space. “It’s (campus options) all pretty much just fast food, which is good, but maybe something a little healthier would be cool,” Cinquini said. While it’s unknown what will happen with the old Burger King location, it’s possible that there is something new coming to the Marquette campus in the future. Randi Haseman contributed to this report.
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Burger King, on the corner of Wells Street and 14th Street, closed down in 2019. The storefront remains empty, but some people have been seen in and out of the building.
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REVIEW: Are you hypnotized by ‘Light Switch?’ Charlie Puth’s newest single released after his Tik Tok blew up By Kim Cook
kimberly.cook@marquette.edu
What if there was a song whose creation was documented on social media for nearly five months before its release? And what if that song, upon its release, received nearly 18 million Spotify streams in just over a week of being dropped to the public? Well, meet singersongwriter Charlie Puth’s newest single “Light Switch.” The energetic, fun and almost ’80s reminiscent pop tune released Jan. 20, accompanied by the song’s music video. The song was a long time coming, as viewers of Puth’s TikTok profile would attest. The initial video which introduced the song’s inspiration (yes, the sound of a light switch being flicked on) was posted Sept. 16, 2021. The TikTok in question boasted 20 million views in less than
24 hours, and was immediately followed by another TikTok Sept. 17, 2021, in which Puth teased releasing the song if it received 100,000 pre-saves on Spotify. Over the next couple of months, Puth documented writing different sections of the track, including humorous calls from his record label hurrying him to finish the song. The videos soon took on a life of their own as other creators on TikTok took to duetting Puth’s content, using other everyday noises to make sound effects for songs, some even poking fun at Puth’s process of producing “Light Switch.” But “Light Switch” wasn’t the only song that Puth documented on TikTok. While he mostly covered the production of his newest single, the artist also sprinkled in snippets of other new songs that may be featured
on his upcoming studio album, “CHARLIE,” that will be released later this year. Dec. 13, 2021, Puth updated fans when he posted a TikTok captioned, “Light Switch is done. If this song gets 250,000 more pre saves, I’ll drop it January 1st.” But that didn’t happen. Instead, viewers received another video of Puth on New Year’s Day announcing the release of the official TikTok audio for the song. Then, just six days later, a challenge: the “One Call Away” singer wanted to see people’s best uses of the “Light Switch” audio. The prize? To hear the song in its entirety before anyone else. The popular hashtag #lightswitchchallenge on TikTok has received 13 million views since Puth’s initial video. One submission to the challenge that caught the attention of Puth was
one created by Alex Wong (@ alexdwong), which ended with the creator kicking and shattering the lamp of the ceiling fan in his bedroom. After a series of videos featuring glimpses of the new song’s music video, Puth once again took to social media to announce that fans would finally hear the song Jan. 20. And this time, it actually happened. “Light Switch,” for the most part, sounds similar to other music that listeners of Puth’s have heard before. But the upbeat tempo and catchy lyrics make it stand out among his previous works. While those who watched the track’s production on social media heard different sections of the song, nothing new is really left to hear for the first time. Puth sings “Why you always
Graphic by Lily Werner elizabeth.werner@marquette.edu
wanna act like lovers?/ But you never wanna be each others’.” This is one of the few lyrics that are new to people hearing the song at full length. The song’s video begins with Puth in a fat suit, heartbroken and unshaven as he is flipping television channels from a recliner. The music video, released the same day as the single, added a bit of comedy to the song and has received over 16 million views on YouTube. Overall, Puth’s new single was a satisfying listen, but wasn’t worth the five month wait. I appreciated the beat and idea behind the song, but Puth’s use of TikTok to get more people to save the track before hearing it was both smart and a tad manipulative. While I have enjoyed some of his other singles more (namely “Attention,” “Mother” and “How Long”) “Light Switch” is too similar to those other releases. I’m Looking forward to the release of “CHARLIE” later this year, and hopefully some more TikTok coverage of the album, and I rate “Light Switch” a 7.5 out of 10.
REVIEW: “tick, tick… BOOM!” explodes in popularity Andrew Garfield gives brilliant performance in this Netflix musical By Izzy Fonfara Drewel
isabella.fonfaradrewel@marquette.edu
Winter in Milwaukee has me staying inside and watching movies to avoid the icy sidewalks and slushy streets. My latest movie marathon featured a lot of musicals, much to the dismay of my roommate. “tick, tick… BOOM!” debuted on Netflix in November 2021, and it is Lin-Manuel Miranda’s directorial debut. Among his other works, Miranda developed the soundtrack for Disney’s “Moana” and he wrote the Tony Awardwinning musical “Hamilton.” Miranda’s first appearance as director thoroughly impressed me. Andrew Garfield stars in the film alongside Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesus and Vanessa Hudgens. The film is an autobiographical musical about Jonathan Larson (Andrew Garfield), an aspiring theater director dealing with the highs and lows of an artist’s life in New York City. In the days leading up to a crucial performance, Larson’s
relationships become strained, and he begins doubting himself, all the while living within a community devastated by the AIDS epidemic of the ’90s. In addition to “tick, tick… BOOM!” Larson also wrote the award-winning Broadway musical “Rent.” The production has a runtime of nearly two hours but it didn’t feel that long. It features original songs all written by Larson. Throughout the film there are cameos from Broadway stars including Philippa Soo, who played Eliza in “Hamilton,” Chita Rivera, most famous for the role of Anita in “West Side Story,” and famous composer Stephen Sondheim. Their appearances were mostly background characters, but it was a great scavenger hunt for Broadway super-fans. Larson wrote all the music for “tick, tick… BOOM!” but it didn’t reach the stage until 2001. His first show was called “Superbia,” he worked a version of it in 1990 that never was professionally performed, but Larson is most recognized for “Rent.” Larson revolutionized musical theater with rockinspired music in “Rent” but unfortunately, he never got to see it on the big stage. The night before it was premiered off-
Broadway, Larson died of an aortic aneurysm in his home at the age of 35. After an emotionally charged preview, the show went on to have a successful run and moved to Broadway in April 1996. To honor Larson’s memory, Garfield dedicated himself to the role before production even began. Aside from bearing a striking resemblance to the late composer, Garfield spent over a year taking vocal lessons and learning how to play the piano to embody his character. I was impressed with his Photo by Randi Haseman randi.haseman@marquette.edu performance and “tick tick…BOOM!” debuted in November 2021 and features songs by Jonathan Larson. the time he spent on the role paid off in the final production. In addition Garfield insisted on singing Overall, I greatly enjoyed to “tick, tick… BOOM!” the emotional pinnacle, the song learning about a young artist Garfield has spent more time in “Why,” live to properly capture who only wanted to make art the spotlight because of the latest the hopelessness. When I was in a hostile world. The film is Marvel movie “Spider-Man: No watching the scene I could feel emotionally charged and had me Way Home” where he reprised the pain and anguish coming shedding more than a few tears his role as Peter Parker. through the song. by the end.
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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
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MUPD must do better, promptly inform campus
Marquette University Police Department has a responsibility to promptly inform the Marquette community of incidents on campus, regardless of their threat status. A Milwaukee Police Department officer who responded to a welfare check of an individual sitting in a car at 21st Street and St. Paul Avenue was shot during the evening of Jan. 27. The officer and the suspect exchanged fire. Then the suspect stole the officer’s car, drove it and crashed it into another vehicle on 17th Street and Clybourn Avenue. The suspect fled the scene, but was taken into custody by MPD on 17th Street and Wisconsin Avenue near McCabe Hall, Humphrey Hall and The Commons, where many Marquette students live. Many MPD and MUPD vehicles lined up on 17th Street near these buildings, red and blue lights flashed and caution tape was strung up. Students were alarmed and panicked as they looked out of their residence hall and apartment windows. With no information from MUPD, students were left to speculate about what was happening and potentially spread misinformation to other students. Many sent
text messages to their friends and peers trying to figure out if it was safe to go outside. MUPD did not send out any information to students at the beginning of this time. Police officers were dispatched around 6:30 p.m. and arrived on the scene before 7 p.m. However, the first communication from MUPD was a safety alert at 7 p.m. Jan. 27 that said, “Situation stabilized, No threat to campus.” MUPD sent a safety alert at 7 p.m. Jan. 27. There was no information about the “situation,” leaving students and parents who have opted into safety alerts confused about what situation had been stabilized. One student said they saw someone getting put into an ambulance; another student said they saw someone carrying an assault rifle. Not providing adequate and timely information can create just as much panic as keeping students informed if there was an active threat to campus. The next MUPD alert was sent at 7:16 p.m.: “MUPD assisting MPD. No active threat to campus. Stay away from police investigation west of 16th Street.” The third MUPD alert was sent at 8:29 p.m.: “Continued police presence on campus due to MPD
investigation of non-MU incident. Situation is stable and no active threat to campus.” If MUPD would have sent out this information when they first arrived on the scene, students could have been put at ease and not left wondering about the safety of their friends and themselves. Students deserve to know what is happening on campus, even if there is not an active threat. When people see over a dozen police vehicles and caution tape, it is not unreasonable for them to think there is a threat on campus. MUPD could have easily said that they were assessing a situation when they arrived on the scene. Marquette University Police Chief Edith Hudson released a statement Jan. 28 to discuss the situation that happened Thursday night. Hudson assured the Marquette community that there was no active threat to campus, and that MUPD was assisting MPD with an investigation of the shooting. “During an active investigation, ensuring the safety of our community and the accuracy of information is critical,” Hudson said in the statement. “We communicated as soon as we could through social media and text that there was no threat to campus and that we were
assisting MPD.” Later in the statement, Hudson advised students, faculty and staff to opt into text messaging safety alerts, download the Eagle Eye app and follow the MUPD Twitter account for updates. The statement said that MUPD posts updates on Twitter “in real time.” However, the tweet had the same message verbatim as the safety alert and was sent out on Twitter at the same time as the text message at 7 p.m. MUPD needs to consider how students are feeling, and not leave them in the dark. Instead, they should be proactive rather than reactive with their communication. Additionally, failing to be transparent can cause parents to panic. With no information and many not being near Marquette, parents don’t have insight into what’s happening on campus and they will likely worry about the safety of their children. MUPD’s lack of transparency has been an ongoing issue. MUPD sent a safety email March 14, 2021 about a male individual who was threatening and striking women in the Marquette area. The March 14 message was the first direct communication with the Marquette community, despite the individual engaging in
more than one violent incident on campus prior to the MUPD safety email; the individual was also seen in Mashuda Hall the week before where he threw a water bottle at a desk receptionist. MUPD also failed to provide timely information Feb. 16, 2020 when a bullet entered a study room of Wells Street Hall in The Commons. A safety alert was sent to students nearly 40 minutes after the incident, merely saying that shots were fired near North 17th Street and West Highland Avenue. MUPD did not say a residence hall had been affected until nearly an hour and a half later. Another incident occurred October 2019 when MUPD and Marquette failed to provide information about a Marquette student who was missing for five days. Although the university said the incident was a family matter and wasn’t supposed to be public, the missing student’s friends did not keep the incident private, so MUPD should have communicated with the Marquette community to seek involvement in locating him. MUPD needs to reassess what they deem necessary to share with students. Failing to provide information in a timely manner is putting the safety of campus at risk, not protecting it.
guidelines. Some theaters require masks and/or proof of vaccination, while others don’t. And even when theaters check COVID-19 vaccination proof or negative COVID-19 tests, they often don’t o verify the information with a form of ID. Many also don’t implement social distancing in the theaters, making it easier to spread COVID-19 if people aren’t wearing masks to eat and drink, or at all. Additionally, for such an anticipated movie as “SpiderMan: No Way Home,” many theaters were likely packed to capacity. The movie prior to “No Way Home,” “Spider-Man: Far from Home,” came out in June 2019 and left off on a cliffhanger, making fans more excited to see the next movie which was still slated for its original December 2021 release date. And with the movie coming out during the holiday season, there
was likely to be a high viewership in the theaters. Social media was also not a huge help during this tim. Instead of encouraging people to stay home and wait until it was safer to see the movie or even wait until the movie could be streamed or bought at home, lead actors of the movie Tom Holland and Zendaya encouraged people to buy tickets early and see it in theaters. With the current rise of COVID-19 cases and a lack of enforcement of health guidelines in theaters, “SpiderMan: No Way Home” should’ve been pushed to a later release date. Being flexible and cognizant of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the rise of omicron cases, would have been a safer choice for a lot of people and could have led to possibly even more anticipation of the release; with omicron cases expected to plateau or decline in the near future, more people may have felt
comfortable going to movie theaters and there would be less spread of COVID-19. Postponing movie release dates is not a new adjustment. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, “A Quiet Place Part II” was held and released in May 2021, instead of its original release date in March 2020. Another popular change has been sending movies straight to streaming services instead of movie theaters at all. The live action Disney remake of “Mulan” was originally slated to come out in March 2020, but because of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the movie came out on instead Disney+ in August 2020. If movie theaters were determined to have “Spider-Man: No Way Home” released in theaters, they should have enforced COVID-19 precautions. To help prevent the rise of
COVID-19 cases, movie theaters could have better enforced social distancing and face masks and verified proof of vaccination status and negative COVID-19 tests. They should continue these practices in the future, as big blockbuster movies like “The Batman,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Avatar 2” are expected to come to theaters this year. Movie theaters need to take higher precautions instead of solely focusing on the revenue the movie is going to make and be advocates of people’s health and safety. While a new and exciting movie is always fun to look forward to, the changing COVID-19 pandemic should be central to industry decisions as well.
Movie industry must be mindful of ongoing pandemic
Krisha Patel Although it seems the world is returning to a sense of normalcy, large industries like the film industry have a responsibility to take into account a changing COVID-19 landscape when deciding on movie releases. The most recent Marvel Studios movie, “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” was released Dec. 2021 grossing $1.6 billion and ranking as number six on the box office list. Although it was the highest grossing movie yet to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, its release during the height of the omicron variant may have contributed to a rise in cases. Movie theaters play a key role for not adhering to COVID-19
Krisha Patel is a junior studying nursing and Spanish for the health professions. She can be reached at krisha.patel@marquette.edu
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Rethinking New Year’s resolutions, mental health Grace Cady The new year can be an idyllic opportunity to have a fresh start and set new resolutions. Especially with challenges like the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a heated political climate, persisting social injustices and a worsening climate, reflecting can be important to personal growth and health. However, sticking to resolutions can be difficult. We are almost one month into 2022, which means it’s likely that about 80% of resolutions have already failed. This number may seem disappointing, but it’s important to understand why so many resolutions fail in order to make them succeed. Some of the most common resolutions include exercising more, being more organized and living life to the fullest. These can mean largely different things to different people. One main
issue with these resolutions is that they’re so generalized. When we aspire to “exercise more,” the “more” is very relative. More could mean five days a week, once a month or one more hour a day than one normally does. The same idea applies for being “more organized.” Even more so, “live life the fullest” can mean a million different things. Instead, we should focus on setting concrete, tangible goals rather than resolutions. This can come in many different forms. Whether it be writing down how many days of the week specifically we want to workout, aiming to organize particular areas of our life and accounting for how we can do that or making a list of things that make you happy which we can commit to doing in order to live your life to the fullest for you. That’s where the process to make resolutions more positive and achievable can begin. Author and journalist Ashley Stahl wrote an article for Forbes about setting goals in the new year. Five specific tips that she
them, tell a friend and be flexible with ourselves. It is important not to attach our self-worth or contentment to whether or not we follow through on our resolutions and goals. Although self-growth is important, in the event that we fall behind on our to-do list or are not “making every
moment count,” we should also give ourselves grace and move forward. Additionally, if we set a goal that isn’t serving us anymore, we should feel free to let go of it. Another element that comes into play with the progress of our goals is how it affects our mental health. If there are setbacks or we fall short of what we want to achieve in the year, it can create phases of anxiety or depression. Instead, we should strive to set goals to improve our mental health so that these kinds of setbacks do not affect us as strongly. In an article from the Priory Group, a private mental health and addiction organization, there is some advice for how to focus on our psychological wellbeing and mental health in the new year. It is important for people to limit alcohol intake and avoid drugs; This may seem glaringly obvious, but especially for college students alcohol and drugs can go hand in hand with socialization and party culture.
Another important step is to take care of ourselves physically. Physical and mental health can have direct connections, so we should strive to incorporate some of those stereotypical exercise and diet goals into our 2022 in order to look after our mental state. Another goal to make in the new year could be to cut back on our use of social media. This can help us all focus on ourselves and not be strained by comparison. All of these issues are important to consider. Being nearly a month into the new year, it is a good time to reflect on resolutions we’ve made and consider turning them into measurable, positive goals if they are not already. In order to keep consistency and contentment, we should also not put too much weight on whether or not we achieve everything we have in mind for this year; but let’s do what we can.
and inequality displayed in Congress, and 27 lawmakers have signed a letter to ban owning and
stocks, as they have access that the average citizen lacks to sensitive information and can
American people gain trust in their lawmakers again, as it could bring bipartisan approval. The disparity between the American people and Congress is apparent, as Congress seems to favor the need for business and their profit over their responsibilities as public servants. We, as Americans, should be able to trust our lawmakers and have faith that they are advocating for issues that would benefit the people, not themselves. They are public servants to the American people. They work for the American people. They are the voice of the American people. Congress’ actions must reflect that.
gave to achieve our 2022 goals are to reflect over all areas of our life, write down our goals, post goals where we can see
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Although self-growth is important... we should also give ourselves more grace and move forward.”
Grace Cady is a sophomore studying Journalism. She can be be reached at grace.cady@marquette.edu
Congress profit privilege unethical
Laura Niezgoda Five hundred and thirtyfive members of the United States House of Representatives and the Senate are supposed to speak for the American people as Congress, but most do not truly represent the people they claim to speak for on the political stage. Seventy percent of congressional members attended graduate schools, 95% worked white-collar jobs and 80% possessed previous political power before joining Congress. Many of these opportunities are out of reach of everyday Americans, therefore determining Congress as the unofficial ruling class of the American people. America deserves public servants who are competent, but currently most of those in power abuse it and focus on their personal pursuit of profit. Congress has the duty to debate and negotiate policies that affect everyday life, including economic policies. Like every American, members of Congress also have the opportunity to engage in the free market, more widely known as the stock market. These practices pose a problem, as Congress knows when or if specific policies would be put into place that would affect the stock market before the general public does, giving them an unfair advantage. This practice is called “insider trading,” which is illegal in the U.S. and has seen multiple revisions to expand its enforcement. First
with President Ronald Reagan in 1988, and then with President Barack Obama in 2012 with the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, otherwise known as the STOCK Act. The STOCK Act prohibits Congress from using non-public information for their personal gains, thereby requiring members of Congress and their immediate families to disclose their trades on the stock market within 45 days of making them. Recently, it seems as though some members of Congress have been violating the terms of the law. Fifty-four Congress members were found to violate the STOCK Act due to oversight and error by accountants or clerks throughout 2021. Some of these “errors” amass to millions of dollars worth of stock trades. Members of note include Senator Rand Paul, whose wife bought into Gilead Sciences, a company that now makes a COVID-19 antiviral drug, and Senator David Perdue, who bought into Pfizer and Netflix. Both of these exchanges happened early on in the COVID-19 pandemic or before. Representative John Yarmouth bought cannabis stock while promoting bills that would support the budding industry. Congress sold more than $364 million worth of assets last year. The punishment for violating the STOCK Act is only $200. This $200 fine is barely a dent into their salaries, as a congressional member has an average salary of $174,000. Some members of Congress, such as Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have spoken out against the unfairness
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The STOCK Act has been a recent topic of discussion in Congress.
trading stocks while in office. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke out against this in December, saying that America is a free market and Congress should be able to participate in that. However, it should be noted that TikTok users watch Pelosi and her husband closely to follow their stock market exchanges, calling her a “psychic” and the “queen of stocks.” After criticism, Pelosi recently said she’d be open to negotiation regarding changing the law but stressed that she trusted her fellow lawmakers. The congressional approval rating is currently low, according to Gallup, as 73% of Americans disapprove of how Congress is handling its job. Congress members are not above the law and their financial practices should be dealt with differently regarding
push for different policies that would positively affect their stock profits. Simply giving their financial holdings over to an independent third party that would make the Congress members’ financial decisions for them would not fix the problem and have no communication regarding their stocks, as the current system of disclosure is not working. How can Congress be expected to obey this no communication if they cannot disclose their holdings now? Members of Congress should not be allowed to own or sell stocks and instead should focus on their governmental job of serving the people. According to The Economist, 70% of Democratic voters and 78% of Republican voters believe that Congress should be banned from trading individual stocks. This change could help the
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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Nkumu ‘Buying in’
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Sophomore Rose Nkumu (center) celebrating after a basket from the bench in Marquette women’s basketball’s 88-85 overtime win over DePaul Jan.12 at the Al McGuire Center.
Iowa City, Iowa, native, earned first career start Jan. 12 By Kelly Reilly
kelly.reilly@marquette.edu
If you ask Marquette women’s basketball head coach Megan Duffy what she thinks of sophomore guard Rose Nkumu’s latest success, she’d tell you she is someone who has “bought in from day one.” “For her, it was getting to know the college game, the grind of it and get some experience. She has been someone over these last
couple weeks where it’s all starting to click,” Duffy said. Nkumu said she has been playing basketball since second grade. “Once I got to middle school and started taking basketball a little more seriously, I was really motivated to use that as an opportunity to go a really well-known university with a great basketball program,” Nkumu said. “Thankfully my AAU (amateur athletic union) circuit helped me to accomplish my goals of playing Division I basketball here at Marquette.” Nkumu, who hails from Iowa City, Iowa, said she chose Marquette for its com-
petitive and winning culture along with the proximity it provides her family with to attend games. “I wanted to make sure that they had access to me,” Nkumu said. “It was a great distance for me and for them.” The adjustment period from high school to the Division I level posed a challenge for Nkumu last season as she averaged 0.7 points, 0.7 assists and 0.3 rebounds in 15 games played. Nkumu told the Marquette Wire in November there were two big things that she saw at the forefront in her adjustment period. “Coming in from high
school last year to college, it’s a different mindset of how fast the game is and how much you have to control on the court,” Nkumu said. Nkumu said following the season she spent time learning from former Marquette guard Selena Lott, junior guard Jordan King and Duffy, who was a point guard herself. “Getting the opportunity to watch them and learn from them was really essential for me to get my mindset for the summer, of knowing when and where I need to get the ball to my teammates,” Nkumu said. Nkumu has worked a lot on moving the ball around the court and her
play-making skills. “When we played pick up (basketball) it was a lot of chemistry that was forged over those few weeks (as well as) just working on my own game of being able to knock down shots when I may not be guarded as heavily as some of the other teammates.” Now in her second season in Duffy’s program, the 5-foot-7 guard has seen a bigger role in the guard rotation with King and graduate student Karissa McLaughlin. After coming off the bench in 11 of the team’s first 12 games, Nkumu earned her first collegiate start Jan. 12
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Team shifting focus to field events ahead of postseason Crew set to head to South Bend, Indiana for Meyo Invite By Johnnie Brooker
johnnie.brooker@marquette.edu
With the BIG EAST Championship less than a month out, the Marquette Track and Field teams are set to have a full and healthy squad. “Teams that are winning are going to be well rounded in most respects,” head coach Bert Rogers said. Rogers said as Marquette has built up its team, there has been a focus on the field events, as these events can end up being the difference in winning or losing a meet. “There have been some other teams that have been composed of all track events and almost nothing in the field and they scored a ton of points on the track and lost,” Rogers said. “When you’re leaving out almost half of the events you know it’s hard to win. The teams that are well represented usually win.” Fifth-year pole vaulter Brielle Buechler will be looked at to hold a big role on the team for the duration of the season. At the Blue Demon Holiday Invite in Chicago Dec. 10, Graphic by John Leuzzi
Buechler opened up at 3.80 meters, which is off her personal record, by 0.8. Currently, the school record stands at 3.93 meters. Buechler said a goal of hers is to surpass her personal record at every meet. “I want to continue to build off of what I did at the beginning of the season,” Buechler said. Senior high jumper Harry Blake is off to a strong start this season after dealing with injuries the last three seasons. “For the first time in four years, I have managed to jump two meters, which is good,” Blake said. “I’m very excited for the rest of the season because the pain is slowly going away so I’m excited to see what I’m actually going to do in my final year.” With the start of February coming up, so is the start of meets for the field events team. “All these individuals came together to form a team and to compete in meets,” Rogers said. “It’s a unique situation. (Almost like a) little bit of track and field magic.” Rogers said this year’s team is compiled of “bunch of good athletes and a good group of seniors” in addition to its depth. Senior multi-athlete Joe Keys brings versatility to the unit,
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Junior Mia Ketelthon partaking in the hammer throw event at the Blue Demons Holiday Invite Dec. 10.
Rogers said. “He can hurdle, throw and pole vault,” Rogers said. “He almost won the BIG EAST in the long jump last year, he’s right up there in the javel and he’s an All-American so he gets a lot done.” Graduate student Megan Wallace joins the women’s side after transferring from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. “Last year she set the Division III national record in the heptathlon so she’s pretty
pretty talented,” Rogers said. According to Rogers, additional names to keep an eye on include Brielle Buechler, Sam Johnson and Lindsey Murchison. Additionally, Rogers said first-year triple jumper Kaylee Hopp is someone who will be used in upcoming competitions. “She jumped really far in high school and we’re looking forward to her making it an impact (here),” Rogers said. “(Plus) she has the great name
to be a jumper.” While field event athletes might not be sprinters or middistance runners, these athletes will be needed in the team’s pursuit of reaching its season goals and success. “I am always trying to do the best I can in order to score points for the team, especially when we get down to the conference meet when every point really matters and we’re all fighting together for the BIG EAST title,” Buechler said.
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Marquette snaps seven-game winning streak Friars outscore Golden Eagles 22-1 on second chance points By John Leuzzi
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Coming off their seventhstraight win Wednesday night at Seton Hall, Marquette traveled to the Ocean State to battle BIG EAST foe No. 17 Providence. And despite a Nor’easter delaying the game by a day, the Friars defeated the Golden Eagles 65-63. It is the first loss since Jan. 1 for Marquette, ending its sevengame winning streak. The contest was tight throughout the opening minutes but Marquette held a 10-7 lead into the under-16 media timeout after hitting four of its first six shots. Both teams would then have shooting slumps over the next few minutes as their defenses took charge.
The Golden Eagles took a 1911 lead at the 7:39 mark after graduate student guard Darryl Morsell stripped the ball from Alyn Breed, leading to a layup from redshirt first-year forward Olivier-Maxence Prosper. Then Providence went on a 7-2 run to inch closer and trim the Marquette lead to 21-18. Redshirt first-year forward Justin Lewis made his first basket from the field at the 2:48 mark of the first half. Lewis previously was 0-for-6 from the field. Lewis added another basket in the waning seconds of the half to give Marquette a 29-23 lead at halftime. On offense, Marquette shot 40.6% from the field in the first 20 minutes while Providence shot just 33.3%. Marquette rolled their strong first half offense into the second, increasing their lead to 33-26 after hitting their first two baskets of the half forcing Providence head coach Ed Cooley to burn an early timeout.
Redshirt first-year forward Justin Lewis (10) drives to the rim in then No. 22 Marquette’s loss Jan. 30
Coming out of the timeout, the Friars found their offense as they cut the deficit to 37-33 at the under-16 media timeout. Meanwhile, the Golden Eagles were held scoreless for two minutes during this run. The Friars got within one at 40-39 after senior forward Ed Croswell put the offensive
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rebound back in, forcing Marquette head coach Shaka Smart to call a timeout. On their next possession, Providence graduate student guard Al Durham hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 42-42. Durham would then give Providence their first lead since the 17:56 mark of the first half on a layup with 4:35 left to go in regulation at 55-54. Morsell then answered with a jumper to put the Golden Eagles back up. The next two minutes led to four lead changes with both teams exchanging buckets. Providence fouled Lewis with 57 seconds left, sending him to the line for free throws. He converted on both to put Marquette up 62-61. Friars center graduate student Nate Watson then grabbed an offensive rebound and was fouled while putting down a dunk. He made the free throw for a 64-62 lead. After Providence graduate student forward Noah Horchler went 1-for-2 at the charity stripe,
Smart called his final timeout with 14.8 seconds left. The Friars’ defense forced Kolek into a contested jumper that was missed. Lewis then had an opportunity to put the rebound back in but it did not fall, moving the Friars to 13-0 at home this season. It is the first time this season Marquette has lost a game after leading at halftime. Smart’s squad previously was 12-0 when leading at the break. The Golden Eagles were outscored by the Friars 22-1 on second chance opportunities. Morsell led the way for Marquette on the afternoon with 14 points, six steals, five rebounds and five assists. Kolek, a Cumberland, Rhode Island native, finished with 13 points on 5-for-10 shooting from the field with six rebounds and a steal. It is the first time this season he did not record an assist on the afternoon. Lewis added 13 points, six rebounds and two steals. Watson led Providence with 17 points on 7-for-10 shooting along with six rebounds and a steal. Providence committed 13 turnovers, with Marquette scoring 10 points off of those. The Friars out-rebounded the Golden Eagles 40-31, including getting 14 offensive boards compared to Marquette’s seven. Sunday afternoon was the 34th matchup between the two programs of all-time. With the loss, Marquette leads the all-time record 21-13. The Golden Eagles now sit fourth in the BIG EAST behind Providence, Villanova and UConn. Marquette (15-7, 7-4 BIG EAST) does not have much time to dwell on the loss, as they are set to host No. 14 Villanova Wednesday night at Fiserv Forum. That game is scheduled for a 9 p.m. CST tip-off on FS1.
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Runners getting feet set with indoor conditions Gargiewicz, Burns, Birren reflect on adjustement stage By Johnnie Brooker
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As the indoor track season is beginning to move as quickly as a locomotive, the men’s and women’s distance squads will be tasked with being assets to the team during the remaining stretch. “Everybody is at a different place coming out of cross country and going into the track season, however, we are ready to compete,” senior mid-distance runner Grace Dargiewicz said. In track and field, the makeup of a team — sprinters, jumpers, throwers and long distance runners — mainly comes from the team’s cross country team from the fall. With three meets already under their belt in South Bend, Indiana, Chicago and Kenosha, Wisconsin, Dargiewicz said those on the distance squad embrace the simplicity of the transition from outdoors into indoors. “The transition from cross country to track is theoretically pretty simple,” Dargiewicz said. “It’s laid out for us and we kind of know
when we’re going to race if we want to race and what kind of training we’re going to need to be doing or what kind of breaks we’re gonna need to be taking.” With an abundance of indoor events to compete in, not every member on the team trains for the same event. During the cross country season, the men’s training might be geared to compete on five to 6.2 mile courses, while the women’s training was targeted at 3.1 to 3.7 miles. In indoor track, some athletes run as low as the 400-meter dash compared to a senior, who might run in a three kilometer race, which is equivalent to almost two miles. Senior long distance runner Patrick Burns mentioned there is an adjustment to the running aspect of competition. “While there might be a difference in the length or distance of a track, it doesn’t really make that much of a difference,” Burns said. “I’m one of the people that do the long races and there are usually not very long races offered during indoor, so for me, it’s big and there’s less pressure.” Head coach Sean Biren said running in an oval track compared to the competition in wideopen outdoor environments is a tremendous difference.
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Junior sprinter Julian Wright participating in the Blue & Gold Invite Dec. 3 at the University of Notre Dame.
“It is a gear shift for those kids who race farther down,” Biren said. “You can’t get into an indoor 800-meter race and take those two laps to warm up on an indoor track”. Due to running on a more open plain for a longer period, cross country runners are used to pacing themselves and timing their positions, while those who run indoor track in the oval become tighter, and one mistake can cost an event. “You don’t have that time to maybe start off in the back and have a long amount of miles to come back and work your way up to the front, especially in the 400,
or 600 or 800-meter dash. You have to be with the pack the whole time, and there’s a very small margin for you to make your move,” Dargiewicz said. Different strategies come into balance when it comes to cross country runners competing on a track. Burns mentioned that he learned that his moves have to be “deliberate” based on the shape of the track. “Since you’re turning half of the time, you always being on the inside versus the outside is a huge difference. You don’t want to be putting in all that extra effort,” Burns said. “I’d
say it’s a lot more timing focused versus in cross country where it’s when you have the opportunity, you go and it doesn’t make that much difference when it happens.” At the end of the day, Birren said the distance crew is a part of the full makeup of the program and helps the team embrace being with one another at events. “We have 92 kids on the team (in the program) and that many kids, sitting up in the stands, screaming and yelling for you, there is definitely a different vibe to indoor,” Birren said.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Duffy’s squad earns 15th victory of season on road MUWBB goes 6-for-6 down the stretch from free-throw line By Ava Mares
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Marquette women’s basketball picked up its 15th win of the season Sunday afternoon defeating the St. John’s Red Storm by a score of 70-65 at Carnesecca Arena. “I’m so proud of our team,” Marquette head coach Megan Duffy said in a statement. “In that fourth quarter, we knew it was going to be a flat-out battle. Overall, there was a lot of grit by both teams. I loved our execution down the stretch in getting a few big stops.” It was a slow start for Marquette’s offense, as St. John’s jumped out to an early 11-6 lead following senior guard Kadaja Bailey’s basket at the 5:16 mark. The Golden Eagles then responded with a 6-0 run to take a three point lead with 1:33 to go in the frame. Behind sophomore forward Liza Karlen’s eight points in the first quarter, Marquette took a 20-16 lead into the second frame.
Despite shooting an efficient 50% from the floor and 40% from the 3-point line in the second quarter, St. John’s trailed by two at halftime with Marquette heading into the locker room with a 36-34 lead. After marking a season-high 35 points on Friday against DePaul, Marquette held St. John’s junior guard Leilani Correa to just eight first half points. Starting out the second half, Marquette stormed to a 40-32 lead after baskets from junior guard Jordan King and graduate student forward Lauren Van Kleunen on its first two attempts. St. John’s defense kept them in the game as the Red Storm held the Golden Eagles to just seven more points in the frame. Offensively, the Johnnie’s sparked a 8-0 run to tie the game at 40-40 with 5:05 left to go in the frame. Red Storm senior forward Rayven Peeples cut the Marquette lead to 47-46 heading into the final stanza after driving through the lane for the layup with 52 seconds left. The teams traded blows in the fourth quarter, with neither one able to create a lead more than two. With 1:37 remaining, senior forward Danielle Cosgrove hit a
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Sophomore forward Liza Karlen (32) attempts a pass in Marquette’s 62-43 win Jan. 26 against Seton Hall.
3-pointer to give the Red Storm a 63-62 lead. Graduate student guard Karissa McLaughlin then responded with a jumper to put Marquette back up by one, 64-63. The Golden Eagles would pull away with the 70-65 road victory after going 6-for-6 from the free-throw line down the stretch. On offense, Marquette shot 42.9% from the field on the afternoon while St. John’s shot 50%.
It is the first time since Jan. 27, 2021 that five or more MU players scored in double-figures in the same contest. McLaughlin led the way with 18 points, six assists, three rebounds and two steals on the afternoon. Both Karlen and Van Kleunen added 14 points a piece while senior forward Chloe Marotta and King both contributed 10 points. Along with her 14 points, Karlen put a balance stat line together once
again with eight rebounds, three assists, three blocks and two steals. As for St. John’s, Correa finished with a team-high 17 points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals. Marquette finished with 21 assists on 29 made shots, including 10-for-12 in the second half. With the win, the Golden Eagles extends its winning streak to four games. Marquette (15-5, 8-3 BIG EAST) will now return home to host
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BUYING: Point guard takes on bigger role on team Continued from page 12
against DePaul. In the Golden Eagles’ 8885 overtime win, Nkumu logged a career-high in points and rebounds with eight and seven, respectively. She said it was a matter of preparation and being ready for any opportunity when your name is called. “Coach Duffy always talks about having the confidence to be ready whenever your name is called in whatever situation that the team may need,” Nkumu said. “I think that is the biggest thing she has instilled in us this year, strength in numbers.” Nkumu would go onto earning starts in each of Marquette’s next two game, averaging 5.5 assists, 4.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 4.0 steals. Sophomore forward Liza FOLLOW ALONG FOR MORE SPORTS CONTENT
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Karlen said she has seen Nkumu grow both on and off the court from a player and leader standpoint. “She has definitely taken on a more verbal role just in helping out her teammates. This year she has a better handle on just what it really takes to be a point guard for our program, she knows what she has to do to be on the court and have a huge presence,” Karlen said. Karlen said she believes Nkumu taking on a more vocal role among the team has helped first-year forward Makiyah Williams and the rest of the sophomores. McLaughlin said Nkumu is up there for being one of the more passionate players on the team. “She is the perfect image of buying into what her role is on the team and what Marquette needs from her,” McLaughlin said. “She wants this team to be successful more than anyone. I am super proud of her for stepping up and filling that point guard role for us.” As for Karlen, she said she is not surprised to see Nkumu having success.
“(After) not playing a ton of minutes last year, then coming in this year and getting a starting position, she has been through it all and stayed true to the process through the ups and downs,” Karlen said. Karlen said Nkumu’s loyalty is seen at all times. “Rose is a super loyal person and it stands to her personality more than the basketball side,” Karlen said. “She is always staying true to herself, to her friends and us as teammates.” With the second half of the BIG EAST regular season beginning, Nkumu said her goals for the remainder of the season are continuing to grow closer with her teammates and honing in on their “strength in numbers.” “Every season is a great opportunity to work on my own game as well as help my teammates work on theirs. It has been really great during practice for all 13 of us getting to build that chemistry,” Nkumu said. “Just keeping that winning culture here at Marquette and the success of our postseason runs as well.”
Nkumu came off the bench in 11 of the team’s first 12 games. Photos by Isabel Bonebrake isabel.bonebrake@marquette.edu
