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educators available Some excited for return to normalcy, others uncertain

By Claire Driscol

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This year’s holiday will look different, as bars and restaurants follow health protocols for COVID-19.

Amid pandemic, bars, restaurants have restrictions

By Claire Driscol

claire.driscol@marquette.edu

A “cluster” of COVID-19 cases were found on the third floor of O’Donnell Hall last Friday.

A day later, which marked National Marquette Day, many students were found in large, not socially distanced gatherings for the celebration.

As St. Patrick’s Day

approaches, which takes place March 17, university spokesperson Kevin Conway said that Marquette University Police Department will be bringing in additional officers on the holiday in order to intervene on large See PROTOCOLS page 2

‘No one gets fired’ Community holds protest outside Zilber Wednesday

By Benjamin Wells

benjamin.wells@marquette.edu

A group of about 100 staff members, faculty and students gathered outside Zilber Hall March 3 to protest the university’s ongoing layoff process Marquette set forth since the fiscal year 2022 budget was approved.

Protestors demanded the reinstatement of the 39 staff members who had already lost their jobs and the immediate halting

of any more personnel reductions and budget cuts, so that “no one gets fired.”

“We’ve been doing this since the fall, and I got to say, solidarity is a beautiful thing,” Sarah Kizuk, a graduate student of philosophy, said.

The group stood at the corner of 12th Street and Wisconsin Avenue on the sidewalk near Zilber Hall to start the protest, where speakers voiced their displeasure with the university’s handling of the budget.

Besides protests that started in the fall, Kizuk said she has also been actively fighting as part of the Marquette Academic Workers Union to get an official workers union at Marquette.

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University has yet to officially recognize a teacher union.

“In the fall ... some concerned folks came together to advocate around safe and fair working conditions around COVID-19,” Kizuk said. “We demanded through a series of rallies ... that Marquette takes the safety of all of its workers seriously.”

Kizuk said that some faculty have had to “risk their lives” while they were forced to teach in person over the fall semester.

“Because of the agitation of many of you here today, this semester a far greater number of instructors are able to teach in the modality that is safest for them and their families,” See FIRED page 3

Beginning March 1, Wisconsin expanded eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine to educators and childcare workers. Before this date, eligibility was granted to health care providers and individuals in long-term care facilities.

Eligibility also expanded to individuals enrolled in Medicaid, long-term care programs, some public-facing essential workers, residents and staff of congregant living facilities and nonfront-line essential health care personnel.

With this expansion, 700,000 Wisconsin residents are now eligible to receive the vaccine.

Lexi Beaver, a teacher’s assistant in the College of Communication, stands as one of these 700,000 individuals and said eligibility for the vaccine feels bittersweet.

“It feels really good, kind of relieving,” Beaver said in an email. “If I’m being honest though, I feel kind of bad somehow. I’m just a TA who sees groups of students once a week, so I feel bad for taking up a vaccine.”

However, Joseph Borchardt, an adjunct professor in the College of Business Administration, said he is excited for the new changes vaccines may bring.

“I’m excited because it’s a major step in a return to normalcy,” Borchardt said in an email.

“We’ll eventually be able to meet, socialize and collaborate without needing to be six feet apart or in masks and that will improve the educational experience for sure.”

Borchardt said he also feels better knowing that he now has a “place in line.”

“Late last year The NY Times had this interactive tool that could help you ‘find your place in the vaccine line’ by entering some key details,” Borchardt said in an email. “When I did it, I was something like 150 millionth in line, so this just feels better.”

For Marc Whitney, adjunct professor in the College of Communication, eligibility for the vaccine also seemed to be something of a distant dream.

“Even watching the positive steps around the country this year, getting the vaccine for myself always seemed distant,” Whitney said in an email. “Then, it all came together quite quickly, which was great.”

Whitney received his vaccine March 3 — two days after he was granted eligibility from the state — and said he was amazed how quickly the U.S. has ramped up vaccine production.

“It was a bigger deal, to me, than I expected,” Whitney said in an email. “It amazes me that 12 months ago we were being told to expect 18 months or so before a vaccine would become available, and now we are quickly approaching 100 million doses administered in the United State alone.”

According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, the United States has administered 90 million doses of See VACCINES page 2

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PROTOCOLS: O’Donnell Hall quarantines floor Continued from page 1 gatherings earlier in the day.

St. Patrick’s Day will also take on a different form this year for bars and restaurants across Milwaukee, as they must abide by strict COVID-19 regulations in order to stay open.

Within these restrictions, customers are unable to get up while seated — unless going to the restroom — and must wear face masks when not at their given table.

However, some restrictions, like capacity limits, are dependent on whether a restaurant or bar has an approved COVID-19 Safety Plan from the Milwaukee Health Department.

A safety plan outlines areas from workplace policies and practices that protect employee health to measures that ensure physical distancing.

If a plan is submitted and approved, the establishment is able to operate at full capacity.

If the plan isn’t approved, the establishment must stay at a 25% capacity limit.

Trevor Johnson, general manager of Irish pub The Harp, said the bar is currently operating at around 25% of its normal capacity due to lack of space.

“To me, we’re not busy and it’s been a struggle,” Johnson said. “We’re down in not just numbers (of customers) but we’ve had to lay off a lot of people. The service industry hurts.”

However, Johnson is expecting every available seat to be filled on St. Patrick’s Day. The Irish pub will host a variety of specials on the holiday including a live performance from Irish punk rock band “The Scrubbers,” green beer and

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Some are concerned that holidays, such as Halloween or St. Patrick’s Day, lead to a spike in COVID-19 cases. After Halloween, there were more cases on campus. O’Donnell Hall recently quarantined the third floor in the building following an outbreak in the hall.

Irish breakfast.

In order for the bar to do their part in mitigating the spread of COVID-19, Johnson said The Harp has implemented a COVID-19 plan.

“Our staff is always wearing masks, and there is a protocol for how we clean and turn the tables,” Johnson said. “I put on more staff to tell people to sit down and put on their masks.”

Jeremy Strutzel, a senior in the College of Communication, said he appreciates the initiatives bars continue to take in order to make their customers feel safe.

“Every bar I’ve been to has

enforced their rules and haven’t let up,” Strutzel said in an email.

“It’s good to know they’re trying to make everyone feel safe while enjoying their time out.”

Although Strutzel is limiting his St. Patrick’s Day gathering to only close friends this year, he said in past years he has celebrated with friends, family and even “complete strangers.”

“I love the atmosphere on every St. Patrick’s Day,” Strutzel said in an email. “Everyone’s always in a great mood and willing to celebrate no matter what day of the week it lands on.”

Despite the spike in COV-

ID-19 cases over holidays — like Halloween — this past year, Strutzel said he doesn’t see St. Patrick’s Day being as detrimental.

“There might be a spike, but I don’t see it being as big as past holidays,” Strutzel said in an email. “People are more in tune with taking precautions and following the rules set by bars, restaurants, etc.”

Matt Jones, a senior in the College of Business Administration, also said he’s not worried about a surge in cases after St. Patrick’s Day, as warm weather brings more oppor-

tunities for outdoor, socially distanced gatherings.

“I intend on spending a weekend with friends, family and roommates celebrating the holiday while safely socially distancing and drinking beer,” Jones said in an email.

Jones also said Marquette should give its students more freedom in their ability to make informed decisions regarding COVID-19.

However, Jone’s said he appreciates the university’s efforts in providing a safe and healthy campus amid the holiday.

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the COVID-19 vaccine, making up a total of 18% of the population with at least one shot in their arm.

With production ramping up quickly, President Joe Biden said that the United States is on track for every adult to be vaccinated by the end of May. However, Whitney said opening up the vaccine to teach-

ers now will send a positive message, specifically to the younger generation.

“Anyone working with young people should want to receive the vaccine, if only to set a proper example,” Whitney said in an email. “Here at Marquette there is an expectation of how teachers and students act and interact because of COVID, but for younger children, to see teachers and others getting the vaccine is a positive message to send.”

Despite being vaccinated, Whitney said he will continue to

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Anyone working with young people should want to receive the vaccine,” MARC WHITNEY Adjunct Instructor

implement the same COVID-19 precautions in his classroom; some being initiatives he may carry out post-COVID-19.

“How many people caught a cold or had the flu this winter?” Whitney said in an email.

“Why not wear a mask when you are in a classroom or close quarters during cold/flu season moving forward?”

Following the adoption of community mitigation measures to reduce COVID-19, the percentage of U.S. citizens submitted for influenza testing

that were found to be positive dropped from 20% to 2% and has remained at a historical low, indicating measures — like face masks — may be effective in containing the flu.

In total, Whitney said he is thrilled to have received the COVID-19 vaccine and looks forward to others getting the shot as well.

Those who are now eligible for the vaccine can schedule their appointment at the City of Milwaukee Health Department website.

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FIRED: Concerns about layoff process Continued from from page 1 Kizuk said. “We did that, not the administration.”

But since the protests at the end of August, the fight has shifted into one to protect those who are at risk of losing their jobs and to bring back those who already have.

Kizuk said that MAWU demanded more transparency of the FY22 budget and make a commitment to shared governance for faculty and staff.

Kizuk then introduced someone she called her hero: recent graduate Brooke McArdle.

McArdle has been active in pro-

tests against the university since last fall semester and received multiple student conduct violations. Since then, she has been exonerated of all charges.

“I’ve been disappointed in this university in more ways than one, recently,” McArdle said.

“But perhaps the biggest blow has been the realization that I’ve been committed to Marquette because I believed the lie that they deliberately sold to prospective students.”

McArdle said that the university’s dedication to teaching students to “be the difference” has not been upheld with the recent layoffs and budget cuts.

“The truth is, we haven’t been

modeling our motto, not just recently but for a lot of our history,” McArdle said.

She said that the administration has failed to address the financial shortfalls in a way that reflects the university’s values and that the current steps taken by the university have made a bad situation “so much worse.”

“We know that we are facing tough times. We’re not ignorant of the problems that the pandemic has caused,” McArdle said. “The university has adapted a Machivalian motto: ‘The ends justify the means. If my pockets are full at the end of the day, I can move forward without thinking about those who have lost

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their livelihoods.’”

Following sets of speeches on the corner of Zilber, the crowd moved out into the intersection of 12th Street and Wisconsin Avenue.

After moving on to the street, professor of political science Philip Rocco gave a speech from the intersection right in front of the Church of the Gesu.

“We’ve been told ... that when the university lays off 39 valuable staff ... while we’re running a budget surplus that’s for the purpose of sustainability,” Rocco said. “I may not be Merriam-Webster, but maybe you can define for me what exactly ... we’re sustaining.”

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Some protest attendees brought signs expressing their disgust and displeasure with recent actions from Marquette administrators.

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Two vehicles crashed in the intersection of N. 16th Street and W. Clybourn Street. One of the two drivers fled the scene prior to MUPD arrival.

A staff member in Straz Hall found drug paraphernalia belonging to a Marquette student in one of the residence hall rooms.

The student was cited by MUPD.

A person unaffiliated with Marquette removed merchandise without consent from a business in the block of 2300 W. Wisconsin Ave.

A Marquette student was found consuming alcohol while walking on the 1900 block of W. Kilbourn Ave. The student was cited by MUPD.

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Fossil Free Marquette meets with MUSG Group displeased with university fossil fuel investments

By Megan Woolard

megan.woolard@marquette.edu

Fossil Free Marquette presented at Marquette University Student Government’s weekly senate meeting March 8.

The organization presented the goal of getting MUSG to have a student referendum on the March ballot, getting a proposal/recommendation to administration and continuing to encourage conversations around sustainability.

MUSG elections will be March 26, and Fossil Free Marquette wants a student referendum to encourage Marquette to divestiture funds from fossil fuel companies. A student referendum is a public question that would gauge student support on whether or not they support Fossil Free Marquette’s movement to have Marquette divest from fossil fuel companies.

“Our biggest goal is to educate the

student body and bring awareness to this issue and encourage others to use their voices to stand up to the university about their unethical investments,” Maddie Kuehn, coleader of Fossil Free Marquette and sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said.

Marquette has a nearly $700 million endowment fund, part of which is invested in fossil fuel companies. Fossil Free Marquette wants the university to divest, or sell off, their investments in fossil fuel companies.

“Our campaign is specifically focused on pushing for fossil fuel divestiture, we also advocate for broader environmental action, both on local and global scales,” Joseph Miscimarra, co-founder of Fossil Free Marquette and senior in College of Arts & Sciences, said.

If Marquette were to fully divest from fossil fuel companies it would be following other Jesuit institutions such as Seattle University, Georgetown University and Creighton University. Fossil Free Marquette put a large emphasis on Creighton as it is a similar institution to Marquette in size and location.

“Creighton’s student government was able to conduct an undergraduate referendum on this issue in order to amplify students’ voices and concerns: If MUSG were able to do the same, we’re fully confident that students would overwhelmingly vote in line with our campaign, indicating that they don’t want their tuition fees to support an industry jeopardizing our future,” Miscimarra said.

Creighton committed to divesting from fossil fuel companies Dec. 31 2020, after pressure from the student body that started with a student referendum.

If the referendum gets on the ballot at the end of the month it would be a way to show student support for the divestiture, if it passes. However, all final decisions about the endowment fund must be made by University President Michael Lovell and the Board of Trustees.

“It is crucial that the university listens to the student body and the concerns we have for our communities and our futures,” Kuehn said.

Fossil Free Marquette said that the investment in fossil fuels is against the university’s values. The organization cited Marquette’s mis-

sion statement which says “ ... all this we pursue for the greater glory of God and the common benefit of the human community.” Their argument was that by supporting an industry that takes part in climate change, Marquette isn’t living up to those ideals.

“Climate change hurts the most vulnerable communities,” Bruce Deal, sophomore in the College of Business Administration, said. Supporting fossil fuel industries doesn’t align with Marquette’s mission,” Deal said.

Climate change can cause extreme weather events. In these situations vulnerable populations such as children, the elderly and people with disabilities can be especially affected by the climate change.

Fossil Free Marquette also brought up Lovell’s 2015 signing of the St. Francis pledge. Part of that pledge states that Marquette will “ ... act to change our choices and behaviors to reduce the way we contribute to climate change.” The pledge details Marquette’s commitment to sustainability and environmental justice.

However, Fossil Free Marquette believes that Marquette isn’t staying

true to the pledge.

“In order for Marquette to follow this pledge, they must be held accountable for their investments in corporations that put the most risk onto communities that are most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change,” Kuehn said.

In addition to the student referendum, Fossil Free Marquette asked MUSG for assistance in drafting a resolution or recommendation to the administration about its investments in fossil fuels.

The resolution would encourage the university to “be transparent about fossil fuel investments, update investment policy in line with Jesuit value of ecological justice, commit to full divestiture (with plan to fully divest from fossil fuels within five years) and utilize shareholder engagement to promote decarbonization until fully divested.”

At this time Fossil Free Marquette has a petition to Lovell, the Board of Trustees and the endowment office encouraging them to divest from fossil fuels. It currently has just under 250 signatures.

Fiserv Forum takes precautions for NMD preparation and prep work.

They’ve had eight games, I think, to kind of run through all of this. They’ve given us protocols and guidelines to follow for our game, just making sure it’s being done from a health and

By Bryan Geenen safety standpoint,” Morgan said. bryan.geenen@marquette.edu Morgan mentioned some of For the final Marquette men’s those protocols and guidelines home basketball game, Fiserv that Marquette fans had to folForum allowed fans to enter. low for the National Marquette With the current restrictions, Day game.

Fiserv Forum is able to hold “Obviously, face coverings 1,800 students, which is a 10% are a must. When you come in, capacity, according to their there will be screening queswebsite. In mid-February, the tions that will be asked of you. home for Marquette’s men’s As you come in, everybody will games was approved by the City be assigned 20-minute entry of Milwaukee to allow fans. windows. Doors will essentially The first game Marquette was be opened at 90 minutes (before able to have fans in was also game time) but everybody who their last of the season. Their has a ticket will be assigned a match-up against Xavier was specific 20-minute window Senior Night, as Marquette’s se- to come into the facility,” niors were honored at home.

Morgan said.

In addition to the 10% capacThe tickets handed out for ity, Marquette and Fiserv Forum Marquette’s game were decided have put precautions in place to via a lottery selection process. keep the fans safe. Their plan Morgan said somewhere around was approved by the City of 65-70% of the tickets went Milwaukee after the arena sub- to students. mitted their plan.

“We took care of seniors who Fiserv Forum is also the home had season tickets in the past to of the Milwaukee Bucks, who have the opportunity to claim a began playing games with fans ticket first. Then the other (secin mid-February. Brian Mor- tions) were seniors as a whole, gan, the assistant athletic direc- past season ticket buyers, and tor, said Fiserv has taken the the freshmen class,” Morgan right steps. said. “(The students) have “They’ve done a ton of been through a lot in the last

1,800 given tickets to attend in-person basketball game

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National Marquette Day was Saturday, March 6. Some students were able to attend in person.

year now. We’re really excited to create this opportunity for the students.”

In addition to students, the players’ friends and family were given a certain amount of tickets.

“For their families to come on Senior Night and see them being recognized and not watching it virtually, that will be a special moment for them. So we’re excited for that opportunity on Saturday night,” Morgan said.

D.J. Carton, sophomore

guard for the men’s team, explained prior to the game what it would be like to have 1,800 fans screaming in the matchup against Xavier.

“It’s really exciting. It’s been a weird season and it’s been different with no fans; just trying to find your own energy on the court. We’re very excited to come home on senior night and play for the seniors that are leaving and also the fans that are coming in with our family. It’s definitely going to be a different

type of energy in that building and we can’t wait to play,” Carton said.

Steve Wojciechowski, Marquette’s men’s basketball coach, also said Fiserv Forum was much different with fans.

“It’ll be great to be home at Fiserv (Forum) and have fans there. Obviously, it’s Senior Night for us and having fans there, there’s a lot to look forward to,” Wojciechowski said prior to the game.

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Some struggle with food security on campus Backpack Program aims to provide groceries, essentials

By Megan Woolard

megan.woolard@marquette.edu

According to a 2018 study by doctoral student Noreen Siddiqui, about one in five Marquette students experience food insecurity. Before the pandemic food insecurity rates were the lowest they had been in 20 years. However, as a result of the pandemic, food insecurity levels have risen.

“Things have probably only gotten worse with the level of food insecurity students are experiencing since we’ve seen food insecurity just skyrocket in the U.S. since the pandemic,” Siddiqui said.

Food insecurity isn’t just the lack of food, it’s not having enough or the proper food to meet an individual’s nutritional needs. So, someone could be

eating three meals a day, seven days a week, but they could still fall under the umbrella of food insecurity.

While there are many federal and statewide programs to address food insecurity, many students aren’t able to access these programs.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is the program that helps provide a food budget for individuals in need. College students aren’t normally eligible for federal programs like SNAP, and Wisconsin’s foodshare has only recently increased eligibility to some students.

However, this new eligibility is only temporary as a result of the pandemic. Normally, many of these programs require participants to be working at least 20 hours a week.

“If you go talk to anyone on campus, that’s the absolute most that students are working a week,” Siddiqui said.

Siddiqui also explained how there is a stigma surrounding food insecurity in the United States.

“America is a highly

individualistic culture.

As an individual you should be able to provide for yourself, and if you can’t, you’re not working hard enough,” Siddiqui said.

“That’s just not true, especially when talking to students almost everything that they talked about as what caused their food insecurity most things were completely out of their control,” Siddiqui said.

Another obstacle that prevents students from obtaining available resources is believing that they would be taking resources away from others.

“We are surrounded by a neighborhood where there is extreme need and so it is very easy for students to say ‘I’m not needy enough,’” Siddiqui said.

While students may not want to take resources away from the community, Marquette has it’s very own resource. The “Backpack Program” is a service at Marquette that provides groceries and other essential household items to students. It’s free to use and all students are eligible without proof of need.

“(The Backpack Program) is a way for students to shift it a little bit to say ‘I’m not taking away resources from the communities. This is something that I can access as a student,’” Siddiqui said.

John Brown, a member of the executive board for the Backpack Program and senior in the College of Health Sciences, said the Backpack Program has received a lot more requests for the use of its services since the pandemic. Between the start of 2020 and the fall semester the number of participants increased by 68. Currently, for the spring semester, there are 160 registered participants.

“As for high demand items, this semester is actually personal products more than anything else. We also get requests occasionally for more fresh produce, but work diligently to provide that as much as we can,” Brown said in an email.

Personal items include products such as laundry detergent, cleaning supplies, body wash, hand soap and dish soap.

While the Backpack Program

is a resource on campus just for students, there are still more ways to change the culture around food insecurity. Part of this would be normalizing resources like the Backpack Program.

“You know at one point having counseling centers on college campuses was a fight that had happened because it was seen as not academic related, and so it’s something that students should go outside of the university to get services and access to,” Siddiqui said.

Now, nearly all college campuses have counseling centers that students can access. Siddiqui hopes that food pantries and other food insecurity resources can be normalized, just like counseling centers.

“The more students that know about the Backpack Program, the better in our eyes,” Brown said in an email. “ No one should ever have to go hungry, student or not, and we hope this will help to shine a larger light on food insecurity and its misplaced stigmas as well.”

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Theatre program debuts play ‘Silent Sky’ Show available to stream, highlights female astronomer

By Karsyn Hartsfield

karsyn.hartsfield@marquette.edu

Marquette’s play “Silent Sky” will be available to stream from March 12 to March 27 for $12.

The play focuses on the real story of Henrietta Leavitt, an aspiring astronomer who worked for Harvard in the early 20th century and made a discovery that led us to believe we are not the only galaxy.

“Silent Sky” was one of many female-empowered plays, as Stephen Hudson-Mairet, chair of digital media and performing arts and scenic designer for the play, explained, each play selected for this year was meant to “highlight women.” “Silent Sky,” along with “Deadman’s Cellphone” and “Antigone,” were all part of these female-written or female-led plays.

Ben Lash, a junior in the College of Communication and the assistant director for “Silent Sky,” said the women-focused theme is “fantastic.”

“The theater industry in general, Broadway or otherwise, it is such a male-dominated industry, with all these historic male playwrights … completely

historically dominating the theater scene. To incorporate a lot more pieces by female playwrights with female leads,” Lash said.

Lash also said Marquette’s current theater company is predominantly female and appreciates that plays have been focusing not just on men from the male perspective.

Emma Knott, a junior in the College of Communication, played the lead, Henrietta Leavitt.

Knott said she enjoyed the overall theme.

“I know so many girls that I think are so awesome and so talented in so many different areas; In areas of design, and all that stuff, and so many female writers that are so awesome.” She felt that the theme was a “beautiful celebration of all that,” Knott said. “It was a really cool year to see all the different types of characters that women can play, because I think a lot of times we’re grouped into a love story or something like that and this was definitely more dimensional.”

Knott said she also enjoys the different roles in the play.

“To see everyone’s different types of characters in different roles that could be played, especially in ‘Silent Sky,’ because there’s (characters) like Annie Cannon and Williamina, and those are both two very different people who do incredible things, each one of

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“Silent Sky” is one of many plays that Marquette theatre performs. All plays this year highlighted women.

them. Margie is Henrietta’s sister and she’s a mother and it celebrates that as well. And then Henrietta, it also celebrates her discovery,” Knott said. “So, I think this (play) was able to encompass more of what it means to be every different type of woman, not just a one-dimensional person.”

Lash also said that this play is

great for sharing the true story of Henrietta Leviette and emphasizing Women’s History Month.

“I think this piece is perfect in that it talks about Henrietta Leavitt, who was actually a very real person. The fact that she has not made all the history books and (she doesn’t) have critical acclaim as a person, prior to this piece

actually being written and being popularized, the fact that we are able to show the story of Henrietta Leavitt and how she contributed to how we understand the universe with her discoveries in figuring out where we are in the universe today, I think that’s a perfect way to accelerate Women’s History Month,” Lash said.

COVID-19 leads to band program difficulties Rehearsal time shortens, group sizes made smaller

By Karsyn Hartsfield

karsyn.hartsfield@marquette.edu

COVID-19 has brought many changes to Marquette’s campus, including Marquette’s music programs.

Erik Janners, director of Marquette’s music program, said the biggest adjustment has been the schedule for band students.

“Normally each student is getting four hours of rehearsal time a week, three days a week for an hour and twenty minutes,” Janners said. “Now they’re getting maybe a half-hour.”

Along with the change in

rehearsal times, the number of students performing together has decreased.

A usual practice takes place on the Varsity Theatre stage with about 55 students. However, with COVID-19, students are now split into groups ranging from six to 10 students.

Janners said this specific change has been both good and bad. On the good side, there is more “one-on-one teaching” resulting in “more contact with each student.” Janners also said that the smaller groups allow for closer connections between students in each group.

Mariam Reichert, a first-year in the College of Health Sciences, said that it “has been a great way to get to know the people in (her) section a lot better than (she) would in a bigger ensemble setting.”

Despite the closer connections

being made, the small groups do limit some social interactions.

Hannah Van Der Karr, a senior in the College of Communication and band president, said the change to smaller groups is hard.

“You only get to see people who are in your group,” Van Der Karr said. “So, for me, I’ve only seen select brass players for the past year. As a president, that’s really hard for me.”

Van Der Karr also said COVID-19 has hindered usual activities that band students do with one another.

“Usually we are doing social events like at least once a month,” Van Der Karr said. “We go ice skating, we do giant bowling parties, we (would) do a lot of big picnics and grill-outs.”

COVID-19 has made it “very very hard” to plan events like those and has forced band to

“find alternatives,” Van Der Karr said.

Even Marquette’s pep band has been affected. The pep band usually travels with Marquette’s men and women’s basketball team to their BIG EAST tournaments in March, performing at the games. With the no-in-person-attendance policy at games this year though, Van Der Karr said there have been “zero performances,” the exception to this being the pep band’s performances outside of Cobeen and Schroeder when both buildings went on lockdown.

Other extra precautions have been put in place. The band department ordered every student a special mask that can be worn at all times while they play. Bell covers are also put on instruments to prevent the spread of germs. Despite these changes, Reichert said “the experience

with band has been remarkably normal; considering the circumstances.”

Van Der Karr said the experience is “disappointing for sure.” Especially as a senior, she knows “a lot of (them) have missed so many ... opportunities of the events ... (they) would usually do.”

Despite the disappointments, Van Der Karr said she hopes that “this hasn’t discouraged new students from joining in the future” and “that students still want to take the opportunity and join us for, you know, our bands or jazz or orchestra, swing choir, all of our music programs.”

Hannah Van Der Karr previously worked for the Marquette Wire. She had no role in the reporting or editing of this story.

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MU holds ‘staycation’ events for days off Activities in AMU include mini-golf, relaxing rooms

By Julia Abuzzahab

julianna.abuzzahab@marquette.edu

During Mental Health Days, Marquette is hosting “staycation” events on campus for students at the Alumni Memorial Union and at other various locations around campus.

Marquette University decided to cancel spring break this semester in order to encourage students not to travel. As a result of this, Marquette has implemented four Mental Health Days throughout this semester to give students the opportunity to rest, recharge and have fun while staying on campus.

The next Mental Health Day is Wednesday, March 10. Marquette is offering water aerobics at the Rec Plex, at the AMU there

is mini-golf, relaxing rooms, roll bounce, laser tag, a wood sign workshop, yoga with Joya Crear, free bowling at the Annex, a firework show later that evening and a food truck food court in parking lot A. In addition to the in-person events being hosted, Marquette will also offer a wide variety of virtual events students can attend such as praying with movement and stillness, which includes participants being guided through easy yoga poses with Ignatian imaginative prayer. Gospel artist Rudy Currence is performing a free concert for Tunes at Noon. There is King of The Hill Trivia where you answer questions to reach the “top of the hill.” Students can enter an origami, balloon animal and towel structures class. There are more virtual activities available for students on Marquette’s website.

There are also several takeand-go opportunities found at the AMU and group fitness classes at both the Rec Plex and Rec Center.

The first Mental Health Day was Tuesday, Feb. 9, and staff members that helped out with the events said they

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I think with COVID-19 it’s hard to have fun and enjoy other aspects of college such as socializing or just enjoying the campus,” ANOOSHA MOUSAVI First-year in the College of Arts & Sciences discovered many students participating and enjoying the

staycation activities.

The staycation events have been found to be extremely popular around campus, Clara Dwyer, the assistant director for peer engagement programs, said in an email that some events that require pre-registration have even sold out.

“Many of our events, both inperson and virtual, sold out and we had several programs that did not require pre-registration for which students could pop-in to participate and did,” Dwyer said.

“We anticipate more students participating this month and the subsequent mental health days in April and May.” Anoosha Mousavi, a first-year student in the College of Arts & Sciences, participated in the staycation events on the first Mental Health Day and said that it was a super thoughtful way Marquette encouraged students to focus on themselves and have fun on their day off.

“I think that the activities were a good idea because they made me enjoy fun activities

that weren’t related to my major/studying,” Mousavi said. “I think with COVID-19 it’s hard to have fun and enjoy other aspects of college such as socializing or just enjoying the campus.

It actually was the first activity I participated in as a freshman.

I think during these hard times, the activities can have a big impact on students safely enjoying their on campus experience.”

Samantha Freisleben, a firstyear student in the College of Nursing, said despite the fact that she did not participate in the staycation events, she believes them to be extremely beneficial toward adding extra fun to our days off while being COVID-19 safe.

“The activities Marquette offers are great because they allow students to get their mind off of school and be able to relax,” Freisleben said. “It’s great to be able to do something that is both fun and safe on campus.”

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Now is the time to come together and forge a path forward. During challenging times, we are at our best when we unite around that which matters most — our Catholic, Jesuit mission. That Marquette’s pursuits are firmly rooted in the Jesuit tradition was underscored recently when the Superior General of the worldwide Society of Jesus, Rev. Arturo Sosa, S.J., affirmed Marquette’s identity as a Catholic and Jesuit university. Father Sosa concluded that Marquette is one of the strongest institutions in the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities network in the United States.

Marquette is part of a 500-year tradition of Jesuit Education that has always been radically student-centered. Since its inception, Jesuit education promised to produce men — and later women — of integrity who would become leaders by their devotion to the common good of society and of the church. Prepared by a rigorous education, they were equipped with the ability to lead and persuade others to share these worthy aims.

St. Anselm famously described theology as “faith seeking understanding.”

We couple that insight with St. Ignatius’ maxim that the Jesuits are “to find God in all things.” Given that orientation, at Marquette University we look for God not only in a theology seminar that explores the problem of evil, but we also see God revealed in the mathematical formulas derived in the biomedical engineering lab, in pediatric nutrition classes taught in our College of Nursing, in a discussion of Tom Stoppard’s

plays in the English Department, or in a class on corporate responsibility in the College of Business Administration. Our aim is to have our students see possibilities for the good of others in the classroom and awaken in themselves a desire to help the poorest among us; when we are successful, our students better society by bringing these values and visions into the marketplace.

That is what we aspire to. Do we have areas where we can improve?

Of course. Do we have students, faculty, research and programs of which we are justly proud? Absolutely. We don’t pretend to have all the answers. That is part of our being human. But humanity in itself confers a sense of dignity, for as St. Irenaeus observed, “The glory of God is the human person fully alive.”

We are confident that as we lean into the twin explorations of God and humanity as the best expression of the Jesuit tradition we have inherited, we can move forward into a future that, though unfamiliar in some aspects, continues to be grounded in the dignity of people and ideas strengthened by those on whose shoulders we stand. While there may be moments when we respectfully disagree, we will be guided by our shared commitment to Jesuit education. The leadership of Marquette University and the Marquette Jesuit Community vow to work together tirelessly to uphold the 500-year-old tradition on which we were founded.

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Seniors claim tickets to National Marquette Day game Marquette beats Xavier 66-59 March 6 at Fiserv Forum

By Charlotte Ives

charlotte.ives@marquette.edu

After some confusion and false starts, this year’s National Marquette Day was March 6, which was also Senior Day. Marquette seniors who held basketball season passes last year were sent an email Feb. 25 about the chance to claim a ticket to the game. Among these students was Devon Plata, a senior in the College of Engineering.

“I think it’s nice that (they gave) select students tickets. If they gave seniors the first pick, it’s nice that we can see a last game,” Plata said.

The Marquette men’s basketball team played Xavier University. Tip-off was at 8 p.m., which Tyler Fairwood, a senior in the College of Engineering, said was not exactly ideal.

“It’s somewhat of an inconvenience given the uncertainty in transportation and just the fact that it’s an 8 p.m. game on a weekend,” Fairwood said. “Just in general, that’s tough and to me doesn’t have as much of an appeal given the situation of the pandemic and stuff.”

For social distancing purposes, students who claimed a ticket were given the opportunity to select one other student they wanted to sit by during the game.

Fairwood said this made him feel better about the COVID-19 precautions that would likely be in place during the game.

“The COVID-19 aspect doesn’t necessarily concern me,” Fairwood said. “Especially because when you went to order your tickets, they give you an option to sit with people you know and you just have to give their name. You can sit by yourself, so no one else around you. Or the third option was that you just didn’t care, so presumably they just put you wherever there is room.”

Plata said she might have gone to a watch party, but not if it were a school-sanctioned event.

“I don’t think I would go to a watch party (hosted by

Photo by Zach Bukowski zach.bukowski@marquette.edu

Marquette seniors who held basketball season passes last year were offered tickets to the game. While the stadium wasn’t packed, spirit was high.

Marquette),” Plata said. “I think I would rather have my own watch party with our close friends at an apartment or go to the game because I think I don’t know if a watch party would even be safer than going to the game because it’s not as spread out.”

Fairwood said he would have preferred a private watch party altogether.

“Part of me would rather spend my last National Marquette Day just hanging with my friends all day than like three of us or four of us being able to go sit at a game and watch some probably extremely average basketball from Marquette,” Fairwood said.

Nicole Tucker, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she also did not feel too worried about COVID-19 precautions for the game.

“I feel like the game is pretty safe with it because everyone’s spread out and then you just have to give them your MUID and name of who you want to sit by,” Tucker said. “So I feel like that’s a safe way to do it and you’re watching the game live. I’d much rather watch a live game than go to a watch party.”

Nonetheless, Fairwood and many other Marquette seniors attended the game against Xavier March 6, mostly for one reason.

“It’s our last opportunity as a student to go to a Marquette basketball game,” Tucker said.

“If I wasn’t a senior, I would feel like I have more time to celebrate with the friends I’ve made here.”

Fairwood and Plata both said they wouldn’t be as interested in going to the game if they were not seniors.

“I would most definitely would feel different about going if I was not a senior,” Fairwood said. “(I) probably would be more inclined not to go.”

These seniors said they were eager to see one last game because they appreciate what NMD means for the Marquette community.

“I think it just represents Marquette pride and a bond that all Marquette students share that can bring us closer,” Plata said.

She said she was most looking forward to experiencing the game and celebrations with some of her oldest college friends. “(I was) very excited for the last basketball game with the same friends I’ve been going to games with since freshman year,” Plata said.

Fairwood said he also values NMD’s ability to bring people together.

“I think National Marquette day represents a personal

holiday that everyone in the MU community can celebrate together,” Fairwood said.

He said although the pandemic made things different this year, he was hopeful for a positive experience. He said all he was looking for was a good Marquette win. Fortunately for him, Marquette beat Xavier 6659 this past Saturday.

“Compared to the other NMDs the atmosphere was definitely a lot more mellow, obviously due to the decrease in attendance allowed,” Fairwood said. “I still had fun though, it was an entertaining game and MU came out with a win, so not much to complain about there.”

Plata said she was glad she went, even though things were not at exciting as they had been in the past.

“It wasn’t as hype as other games because the student section wasn’t packed and we couldn’t stand. It just wasn’t the same,” Plata said. “I’m still glad I went since it was my last chance as a student, but I’m not sure how I would feel if I wasn’t a senior. It just was not as fun as when all my friends and the other students and fans were there.”

Even though the stadium was not packed with fans this year, Marquette spirit was still high at

the game.

“The best part of the game was probably that even though the stadium wasn’t packed everyone was excited to be there and the chants still carried through the stadium since it was only Marquette fans at the game,” Plata said.

Fairwood said his favorite part was seeing the senior ceremony just before the game began.

“It was cool to see the guys in the same class as myself get a formal send-off after watching them play over the last four years,” Fairwood said.

All in all, Plata said this was an experience she was thankful to be able to have.

“I’m grateful Marquette did their best to still have a National Marquette Day and a Senior Day even with the pandemic,” Plata said.

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March playlist: Music to listen to on St. Patrick’s Day Songs include “If I’m Lucky,” “Lucky Strike,” “Lucky”

By Ariana Madson

ariana.madson@marquette.edu

March is the month where the idea of having luck is at its peak.

Here are a few songs to listen to this March that include the word “lucky” and can be played for all different moods.

If I’m Lucky “If I’m Lucky” is a song by Jason Derulo that was released in 2017. The opening of the song hooks you in immediately with a simple, almost muted plucked guitar. Once Derulo starts singing, a deep bass kicks in and adds a consistent beat to the song. The song itself seems to indicate that Derulo misses an ex, but knows that if he is lucky, maybe they will be together in a different life.

His lyrics “If I’m lucky I’ll meet you, flipside of the graveyard / ‘Cause things didn’t work out in this life, but someday” indicate that perhaps they could work in a

different life. It is a perfect song to add to a running playlist.

Lucky Strike This song was released in 2018

by Troye Sivan and comes off his album “Bloom.” The song begins with what sounds like a keyboard, along with vocals by Sivan. The song has a more relaxed vibe, but when the chorus hits, a bass kicks in and makes it more upbeat. The song is happy and describes what seems to be a growing relationship.

With lyrics like “’Cause you’re safe like spring time / Short days, long nights, boy / Tell me all the ways to love you,” it goes to show it’s a love song where the relationship brings about a high like never before. Lucky Strikes, as referenced in the song, are a brand of cigarettes. Sivan sings “Breathe me in, exhale slow / Take me to anywhere you wanna go” which emphasizes the idea of feeling on top of the world in this relationship. This song is perfect for a spring walk outdoors.

You Got Lucky This song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers starts out with a catchy drum opening followed

by a synth keyboard, following a typical 80s tune. Petty’s voice holds passion as he sings about a girl who is potentially going to leave him for someone better. Petty claims that if she wants to go, she can, but she got lucky when she found him. He sings “Good love is hard to find / You got lucky, babe,” insinuating even if she leaves, she should remember she was lucky with him. The song has a good beat and would pair perfectly with doing some busy work or spring cleaning.

Lucky This song is a 2008 duet between Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat.

The opening is a peaceful, spunky guitar tune paired with Mraz’s voice. When the chorus hits, the two voices blend well together, bringing about a comforting vibe.

The song is about being in love, and it being that end all, deep love. With lyrics like “Lucky I’m in love with my best friend / Lucky to have been where I have been / Lucky to be coming home again,” one can feel the love being conveyed. It’s a perfect song for waking up in the morning to cook

Photo by Joceline Helmbreck joceline.helmbreck@marquette.edu

These songs can be found on Spotify and other streaming services.

breakfast and get ready for the day.

Lucky Ones “Lucky Ones” is off of Lana Del Rey’s 2012 album “Born to Die.” The song opens with her raw vocals. In true Del Rey fashion, her vocals sound dreamy, as does her instrumentation. The song reflects a relationship that is passionate and from Del Rey’s perspective, the kind that most people look for. With lyrics like “Every now

and then, the stars align / Boy and girl meet by the great design / Could it be that you and me are the lucky ones?” it is clear that from Del Rey’s perspective, the two are lucky to have found each other. This song is perfect for an early spring walk to class or the library.

These are just a few songs that will give you good luck throughout March.

Several local Milwaukee landmarks will reopen this month Milwaukee Public Museum, Discovery World among places

By Quinn Faeth

quinlan.faeth@marquette.edu

After being closed for nearly a year, students can once again head down to the recently reopened Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee Art Museum and the Harley-Davidson Museum after they received approval from city health officials. A mask will be required for everybody upon entry.

Milwaukee Public Museum The Milwaukee Public Museum offers 150,000 square feet of a variety of different exhibits, including over four million specimens.

The museum reopened March 4 and is open Thursdays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

President and CEO of the museum, Dr. Ellen Censky, said in a press release that they have set up proper precautions in order to ensure a safe experience for both visitors and staff.

Tickets for the Milwaukee Public Museum cost $18 for students and can be

purchased online.

Harley-Davidson Museum As of March 5, the HarleyDavidson Museum is also open.

Fridays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. the museum and gift store will be available to all. The museum has also unveiled a new exhibit called “Off-Road HarleyDavidson,” which tells the stories of people who have ridden HarleyDavidson motorcycles and the good times they had.

Tickets can be purchased for $16 through its website.

Milwaukee Art Museum Students can also head back to the Milwaukee Art Museum,

Photo by Isabel Bonebrake isabel.bonebrake@marquette.edu

The Milwaukee Public Museum is open to the public Thursdays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

which is open to the public Fridays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets for that can be found online, and admission is $17 for students.

“Throughout this pandemic, the Milwaukee Art Museum has learned a great deal from other museums about how to reopen and safely welcome guests,” Marcelle Polednik, director of the museum, said in a press release.

Polednik said their reopening is one more way they can support the community and reflect the importance of Milwaukee’s cultural organizations.

The art museum features 30,000 works of art and has free audio guides you can listen to while on your visit.

All three of these places are subject to close at the order of the Milwaukee Health Department.

Students and other visitors will have access to sanitation stations throughout the museums and are required to comply with standard COVID-19 protocols, including wearing masks.

While these three museums are open now, there are two other attractions that are expected to open very soon.

Discovery World Located right next to the Milwaukee Art Museum, Discovery World will be opening

its doors March 27. President and CEO Bryan Wunar said he’s looking forward to getting back to normalcy.

“It’s time to open our doors so that we can continue fulfilling our missions of connecting families with fun and educational learning experiences,” Wunar said in a press release.

Milwaukee Artist Resource Network The Milwaukee Artist Resource Network announced in a press release last month it will be opening a new arts and culture hub in the Third Ward. MARN has a purpose of supporting the art community around the 414 and in southeastern Wisconsin. This new hub will help the local art market post-COVID-19.

With plans to open sometime this year, MARN CEO Mal Montoya says that the space will feature a coffee and wine bar, a marketplace for artists to submit works for sale, a conference center for different events and an innovation studio that focuses on the collaboration of art and technology.

“Milwaukee is a city of museums, with visitors filling our galleries from all over Wisconsin, the U.S. and even the world,” Censky said.

The re-openings of all of these facilities brings Milwaukeeans hope that things will soon return to normal.

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University must choose students, not basketball

Marquette University’s decisions to sponsor certain in-person student events, like the National Marquette Day men’s basketball game, during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is unwarranted, highlighting a want for profit rather than a safe experience for students.

Provost Kimo Ah Yun announced Jan. 28 that commencement for the Class of 2021 would be virtual this year, rather than in the Fiserv Forum where it was planned to take place.

“In the ongoing interest of public health and safety during the global COVID-19 pandemic, we have made the difficult decision to hold all virtual spring 2021 Commencement events,” Ah Yun said in an email to the Marquette community.

Ah Yun also said this decision was made in consultation with local and national medical experts, and that if there was a possibility

for a hybrid event to be held for commencement, students would receive information about it during the spring semester.

Despite commencement taking place at the end of May, Marquette announced that the celebration would be canceled only three days into the spring semester.

Yet, Marquette Athletics announced Feb. 25 that it would be releasing 1,800 tickets to Marquette students for the March 6 National Marquette Day men’s basketball game.

This decision was made due to the Milwaukee Health Department and Bucks’ plan to allow for 10% capacity for Marquette games, which is 1,800 attendees.

Despite many students not having received COVID-19 vaccines and the ongoing pandemic, the National Marquette Day announcement was made less than two weeks before the event.

Marquette Athletics said

seating during the game would be socially distanced and would have other health guidelines in place, such as mandatory face masks. However, allowing students to attend this game and encouraging this in-person event, but not the in-person commencement, which Marquette seniors have looked forward to their entire academic career this spring shows that the university is not prioritizing the best interest of all students: The university was prioritizing basketball.

As of fall 2020, there are 2,052 undergraduate students for the senior class of 2021, according to the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. With only a roughly 200 person difference between how many people are allowed into Fiserv on National Marquette Day and the 2021 senior class, the university’s decision to let students go to the arena for a game, and not

commencement, was absurd.

Though Fiserv Forum ultimately had the last call on how the arena is used, Marquette’s encouragement of students to attend a game and not find an alternative, safe route for rising graduates is not only selfish, but disheartening.

Additionally, with an outbreak of COVID-19 in O’Donnell Hall March 5, which caused a floor of students to quarantine, the university did not change its decision to allow students to attend the basketball game March 6. This showcases Marquette’s prioritization of profit, rather than students’ health and safety.

If nothing else, the university should be making more of an effort to hold an in-person commencement, as commemorating four years of hard work and memories is significant for graduating Marquette students.

The cancellation of commencement being announced in

January when the event is in May was premature and confusing, as last week, University President Michael Lovell announced that the university is planning for inperson classes as well as on-campus residential living. Lovell said a reason this is a possibility is that access to COVID-19 vaccinations across Wisconsin is increasing.

Lovell’s confidence in hosting an in-person fall 2021 semester and the National Marquette Day game speaks volumes to what the university’s priorities are. If Lovell is confident in the vaccine rollout, and President Joe Biden has just said all adults should be vaccinated by the end of May, the commencement should not have been canceled, at least not yet.

The university’s decision was premature as many large decisions and events are still up in the air as the coronavirus pandemic is ongoing.

interfering with walkways, as the sidewalk along 16th and Wells Streets is now closed.

The new building’s style is also an issue. It is a bit grating,

and biomedical sciences fields as well as take out the Helfaer Rec Center to build an “Innovation Alley” for engineering, science and business collaboration, according to the Campus Master Plan. These buildings will also have a modern look to them.

Avenues West, the neighborhood where Marquette is located, is filled with beautiful, old architecture. In addition to Marquette buildings like the Church of the Gesu and the St. Joan of Arc Chapel, the neighborhood is filed with off-campus gems like the Pabst Mansion and the Eagles/Rave Club.

The new College of Business Administration building, as well as the other new buildings on campus, feel out of place in comparison to their counterpart buildings on 16th Street, Wisconsin Avenue and Wells Street, with some building’s older and sometimes dilapidated infrastructure.

The construction of new buildings for business and STEM fields make it clear where Marquette’s priorities lie. Budget cuts and staff layoffs have been seen in the College of Arts & Sciences, with the language

department becoming vulnerable as faculty members have an overwhelming workload with insufficient compensation. Other colleges, such as the College of Education, have also seen budget shortfalls and are at risk for merging with different departments. Layoffs and budget cuts have been at the center of student protests.

There is a noticeable contrast between STEM and business buildings and those of other academic buildings, which are often more traditional in appearance with lower levels of technology. However, the older buildings give Marquette a more distinct feel, such as the neo-Gothic Johnston Hall and Marquette Hall.

Marquette is a Catholic, Jesuit university that claims to teach a values-centered curriculum and emphasize service. However, big, expensive buildings conflict with the message of striving for personal and holistic development of the student body and living as servant leaders dedicated to the Jesuit tradition.

It seems that flaunting gaudy forms of wealth in the name of “innovation” does nothing more

than give Marquette a more superficial, consumerist persona that which values money and self-image more than a commitment to their proposed values.

While the building is donorfunded, the emphasis on certain academic programs, as opposed to others, is apparent. The university must support all students, not just those in business and STEM fields. It would be more beneficial for Marquette to seek out donors that could channel funds and resources into existing programs that are currently struggling and maintain spaces that could benefit the student body at large.

If Marquette continues to channel funds into expensive, shiny buildings in order to sell itself to prospective students, it will make it clear that like the new building, it is nothing more than a business hoping to generate more money, with no clear loyalty and commitment to current students, faculty and members of the Marquette community.

Board of Trustees’ approval of new business school detrimental Lucia Ruffolo

The approval of the new business school will be detrimental to the integrity and intended mission of Marquette University. Marquette University Board of Trustees approved a new a site for Marquette Business and innovation leadership program at 16th Street and Wisconsin Avenue Feb 25. The building is a $60 million project, and will be the largest donor-funded building in Marquette history.

The building will be built where McCormick Hall stoodformerly, near the Alumni Memorial Union. Since McCormick was torn down, this area has served as a green space for students on campus for study and recreation. In an urban campus like Marquette, green spaces are necessary to compensate for the sometimes overwhelming atmosphere of high density buildings and noisy streets.

The construction of the new building also disrupts the routes of pedestrians and inconveniences both students and the surrounding community by

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The university must support all students, not just those in business and STEM fields.” a sort of modernist and brutalist design, with a boxy external aesthetic. It’s an another addition that shows Marquette’s attempt to include more modern and futurist architecture on its campus, which can be seen through the construction of other buildings with similar looks, such as the The Commons, the Engineering Hall and the Athletics Performance Research Center.

Additionally, Marquette is planning to construct a BioDiscovery District for biological

Lucia Ruffolo is a first-year student and is undecided. She can be reached at lucia.ruffolo@marquette.edu

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Supporting women begins with better representation Hope Moses

While Marquette University is making efforts to celebrate Women’s History Month, it must make efforts to improve women’s experiences and amplify voices on campus.

Women’s History Month takes place during the month of March and seeks to commemorate and encourage the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history. Each year since 1995, the president of the United States has passed a resolution declaring that Women’s History Month take place in March.

Before the U.S. established a national, month-long recognition of women’s roles and accomplishments, Marquette was making efforts to make roots in women’s history.

In 1909, Rev. James McCabe, S.J. was the first Marquette administrator to admit women to the university. With plans in place to open a summer school, McCabe allowed religious women to enroll as well, granting them the education necessary to staff parochial schools throughout the state of Wisconsin.

His bold action in enrolling women – establishing Marquette as the first Catholic institution of higher education to admit both men and women – has been followed by over a century of bold actions on the part of men

and women to further the mission of the university.

This year, the university announced different events focusing on women’s success, such as the Women’s Innovation Center hosting an event for women in STEM and SBE (small business enterprise) fields March 11, as well as the Institute for Women Leadership hosting seminars on “research and resilience” and pay equity. The Center of Engagement and Inclusion is also celebrating Women’s History Month through different events around the theme “Expression of All Womanhood.” Some of these events include moderated discussions, film showings and reflections covering topics like intersectionality in the workplace, stereotypes of women and politics of identity and skin color.

I am proud that Marquette takes the initiative to celebrate Women’s History Month. However, the university can do better.

While hosting different events for Women’s History Month is a positive step toward creating more spaces and conversations around women’s issues, not everyone has to attend these events.

The university needs to make additional changes that will positively impact all women on campus. For example, Marquette should improve upon its female representation among university leaders, as University President Michael Lovell only has two women in his cabinet.

Graphic by Alexandra Garner alexandra.garner@marquette.edu

According to the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis, there are 4,155 undergraduate students who identify as female and 3,414 undergraduate students who identify as male as of the spring 2021 semester.

This trend is similar for students in graduate schools at Marquette, with 2,161 students identifying as female and 1,378 students identifying as male. Considering there are currently more female than male students at Marquette, it is concerning that there are only two women that are a part

of Lovell’s cabinet, as men’s voices are disproportionately represented in the decision-making process for a predominantly female campus.

Part of Women’s History Month is acknowledging all that women do to uplift, protect and strengthen our community. The lack of gender diversity within the president’s cabinet shows that Marquette is not necessarily practicing what they preach.

Additionally, as of 2020, there were 656 faculty or staff members who identified as male, compared

to the 601 faculty or staff members who identified as female.

While male faculty and staff may be just as supportive and helpful as their female counterparts, it is less likely they will be able to share in lived experiences with female students. Being a woman at Marquette, in Milwaukee and in society comes with its challenges. It is likely that a female student has been catcalled on the street, objectified by her peers and even overlooked by a professor in favor of a male student at least once during their time at Marquette.

This inequity is something women have to live with and have to learn to navigate in order to achieve their goals and be successful. This is wrong, and while hosting a few events to discuss these challenges is a positive step, it is not enough.

Women cannot begin to be equitably represented and supported on campus if they are not represented at the administrative and faculty level.

Marquette must be intentional in including women’s voices in issues that directly impact them. This is necessary for students to have their voices and issues advocated for.

Without doing so, the focus on women’s issues will be reduced to a single month, rather than on creating an inclusive environment for women throughout campus.

Hope Moses is a first-year student studying journalism. She can be reached at hope.moses@marquette.edu

Capitalist motives detract from feminist movement Jenna Koch Although third-wave and fourthwave feminism made feminism more accessible, it also watered it down. Mainstream feminism is now more individualistic. Rather than focusing on collective female liberation, it is focused on how each woman can become empowered.

Just because an action is personally empowering to one woman does not mean it is empowering to all women.

The origins of modern feminism started with second-wave feminism, which included a myriad of beliefs. Although it was a diverse movement, Britannica defines it as being started by college-educated white women who were inspired by the Civil Rights Movement. Later on, feminist movements for Black women, working-class women and LGBTQ women arose out of their exclusion from mainstream secondwave feminism.

Its start is often attributed to Betty Friedan’s book “The Feminine Mystique,” in which she showcases how unfulfilling women’s lives are under the patriarchy. In her book, she asks from her perspective as a middleclass housewife, “why should women accept this picture of a half-life, instead of a share in the whole of

human destiny?”

The book was pivotal but is now dated. Women having more freedom in the public sphere is important, but we’ve learned that even with that, women are still oppressed. We can choose any job we want, marry whomever we want, be a housewife, not be a housewife — except we can’t, not without the ever-looming eye of the patriarchy.

Fifty-four percent of women have experienced workplace harassment based on their gender. Additionally, although women ask to be paid equal wages to men, they do not receive them at the same rate. Research has shown that on average women get paid about 82 cents for every dollar men do. Those numbers are even lower for Hispanic, Black, and Indigenous women, who make 54 cents, 62 cents and 57 cents, respectively, compared to a dollar earned by a white man, according to the Center for American Progress.

Gender biases and misogyny inhibit women’s abilities to have equal opportunities in the public sphere. It’s the same old American myth we’ve seen play out time and time again.

Furthermore, the success and wealth of one woman is not inherently feminist. The world does not need more female CEOs because the world does not need more CEOs, period. “Girlbossing,” a corporate-

and individual-focused type of feminism, is not feminist in the slightest.

Finding liberation through capitalism simply cannot happen, especially not with the beauty industry, fashion industry, diet industry and the rising self-care industry. Marketing has caught up with feminism; it’s all about wearing makeup for yourself, eating strict no-GMO clean vegan diets and “treating yourself” to a $28 dollar booty scrub.

One of my favorite examples of this comes from Billie, a razor company “built for womankind.” Their razors are pretty great and inexpensive. The company’s advertisements even show women flaunting their body hair or caring for it with Billie brand oils. At first, I felt immersed in it — body hair? On camera? Revolutionary. It certainly is helpful to portray women in a realistic sense, but there’s just one issue with their ads — they’re ads.

Billie is primarily a razor company. Their main goal is for women to remove their body hair with their razors. A pro-body hair razor company is an oxymoron, plain and simple.

There are billions of dollars currently being made off women’s insecurities, but now the products in those industries are increasingly marketed as tools for women’s selfexpression. There is no doubt that makeup, fashion and self-care can be amazing ways for all people to

explore their creativity. However, with the way they function now, it is hard to differentiate what women do for themselves, and what we do to appeal to the internalized male gaze.

There can be no such thing as feminist makeup, dieting or fashion — especially since 80% of clothing sweatshop workers are female — in an anti-woman world. There can be no real free choices for women in an anti-woman world. Women cannot find liberation through being workers or from being consumers.

These ideas can feel suffocating.

I love the feminist razor ad and I want a ridiculous booty mask and I hate that those things appeal to me.

However, ignoring that these products are made to feed off my insecurities worsens the issue. It may not be inherently feminist to wear winged eyeliner every day, but it is not hypocritical to acknowledge that and continue to wear it.

There’s no issue with women enjoying fashion or make-up or anything of the sort. The issue comes in when their choice to do so is considered feminist on the basis of them being women. Women are not exempt from patriarchal influence, and they are no more virtuous than other genders.

One can and should still do feminist actions while still participating in these industries. All people should better their knowledge of feminism,

especially where it intersects with other forms of oppression. Just as men should acknowledge how they contribute to the patriarchy, women should acknowledge how our choices are influenced by it.

Furthermore, feminism needs to be anti-capitalist in order for it to be pro-woman. The definition of “human destiny” needs to be changed in order for women to be included in it.

Jenna Koch is a first-year student studying journalism. She can be reached at jenna.koch@marquette.edu

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Marquette beats Xavier on Senior Night

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Senior Jamal Cain (23) dribbles the ball in Marquette’s win over Xavier on National Marquette Day March 6. Cain finished with 13 points on 5-for-7 shooting and 7 rebounds.

Ranks 9th in BIG EAST standings, heads to NYC Wednesday

By Nick Galle

nicholas.galle@marquette.edu

The Marquette Golden Eagles (13-13, 8-11 BIG EAST) finished their regular season strong with a 66-59 win over the Xavier Musketeers (13-7, 6-7 BIG EAST) on National Marquette Day March 6.

It was also Senior Day for Marquette. The team celebrated veterans Jamal Cain, Theo John, Koby McEwen and Ike Eke. Cain finished with 13 points, seven rebounds and one steal, John added six points, four assists, three rebounds and two blocks and McEwen tacked on four points and four assists.

“I got really emotional before the game when those guys were being announced,” head coach Steve Wojciechowski said. “I’ve known Koby now for close to four years, but those other guys I’ve known since they were finishing up their sophomore year in high school. It’s a long-term relationship and there’s been great investment made both ways — players and coaches and the people that support them, and they mean a lot to me personally.”

Cain said out of all the moments from Saturday’s game, watching his mother talk on the Jumbotron prior to the game really stuck with him.

“I really wasn’t expecting it and I didn’t know that she made a video like that,” Cain said. “(It) kinda got me emotional and I’m really not an emotional guy, so that’s probably something I would cherish and remember.”

Sophomore guard D.J. Carton aided the seniors in a spectacular manner, posting 16 points, seven rebounds and three assists on a 5-for-11 shooting performance from the field.

“D.J. has gave us a comfortability to know that another great guard has the ball that can make plays and also pass and get other guys involved,” Cain said. “With D.J. being here it’s a stress relief. We have a great player. He’s strong, fast, athletic — he’s all those tools.”

The Golden Eagles got off to a strong start and brought defensive intensity early, as they held Xavier to just five points through the first eight minutes of play. The Musketeers also started the game shooting 1-for-6 from the field.

“We wanted to really crowd Freemantle in the post ‘cause we have a great deal of respect for him,” Wojciechowski said. “And then our

ball screen defense was gonna be huge because after movement they get the ball in the hands of Scruggs, who’s a tremendous player, and I thought our ball screen defense for the first half was really good.”

After scoring 29 points against MU Dec. 20, senior guard Paul Scruggs had 18 points, six rebounds, three assists and went 7-for-14 from the field. Sophomore forward Zach Freemantle was held in check, posting eight points and six rebounds on a 3-for-9 shooting performance.

Marquette had an excellent shooting performance and finished the game shooting 51% from the field and 80% from the charity stripe. They shot 29% from the 3-point range, but Xavier struggled severely from distance, going 4-for-24 from deep.

John has already announced his plans to move on from college

basketball following the end of the season, but Cain and McEwen could both take an extra year of eligibility if they so choose, thanks to the new rule implemented by the NCAA. If they do not plan to do so, their final regular season in a Marquette uniform has ended on a high note.

“It makes me emotional thinking about the type of human beings they are and the type of men they are,” Wojciechowski said. “Whatever community they end up in, that community’s gonna be better because they’re in it.”

The Golden Eagles will travel to New York Wednesday for the first round of the BIG EAST Tournament where they will face the Georgetown Hoyas (9-12, 7-9 BIG EAST) at 2 p.m. Central Standard Time. The game will be telecasted on FS1.

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VOLLEYBALL

Lund proves not all dreams are laid out on clear path Sophomore defensive specialist goes from manager to player

By Molly Gretzlock

molly.gretzlock@marquette.edu

Sophomore defensive specialist Megan Lund is having a memorable college experience. Her own personal drive and determination has allowed her to achieve one of her dream goals. From being a Marquette volleyball team manager to becoming a practice member and now playing in a Division I college volleyball match, her journey has been unique.

“When I was playing club and in high school, playing volleyball in college was always one of my goals,” Lund said. “But my top goal was to go to a good school for academics, somewhere I could see myself academically and if volleyball worked into that equation, then that is where it would kind of end up.”

Marquette University was the exact post-secondary institution she was looking for. She was accepted into the six-year physical therapy program, with aspirations of opening her own physical therapy practice.

With her decision to attend Marquette, she reached out to Marquette

volleyball head coach Ryan Theis to discuss possibilities of joining the team.

“Megan originally wanted to come to Marquette to play volleyball as a freshman,” Theis said. “But we already had 16 people, (so) we said, ‘listen, it doesn’t make much sense for us to carry 17,’ and we met with her.”

While the roster was already filled up, Lund was still offered a position as a team manager her first year. Her chemistry with the players on the team allowed her to easily make the transition to the practice squad.

Due to COVID-19 postponing the regular start of the 2020-21 season, from the fall to spring, the squad’s seven seniors were left with decisions to make regarding their last season of play.

Four seniors decided to graduate early, and one picked up an internship that did not allow her time to finish out the season. With the team down five players, Lund officially got the opportunity to be added to the active roster.

“She’s just great,” Theis said. “So we said ‘hey, sorry we were full as a freshman, but we could use you, do you want to do it?’ She said ‘absolutely,’ and has been with us ever since.”

With the official welcome onto the team, Lund said she, sometimes, still cannot believe the reality of

actually suiting up in a Golden Eagle jersey.

“When I started out, I was just thinking I was going to be a manager and that was kind of it. Then the same thing when I was a practice player,” Lund said. “Now that I am on the team, it is still very surreal. I kind of have to remind myself before game day (that I’m) actually on this team right now.”

Although the Pasadena, California native said she thought her volleyball career had come to a close when she entered into college, she still took up the opportunity to join the club volleyball team along with going outside to volley for fun with her friends.

“I have always been a hard worker. I’ve been playing volleyball since I was nine years old, so it’s kind of part of who I am, (I) give my all and always try to be my best,” Lund said. “It was interesting, because my freshman year I kind of said goodbye to volleyball and was on the club team here, but this door has been opened back up for me.”

The 5-foot-11 defensive specialist said she had tremendous support from her family and friends back home on the West Coast. Despite over 2,000 miles being between Wisconsin and California, Lund’s family has a soft spot for Marquette, as they are big fans of the school, which has made the journey a lot easier for her.

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Megan Lund attempts a serve in Marquette’s sweep over DePaul Feb. 12.

“Megan Lund is a terrific kid, from a volleyball family,” Theis said. “… (and) just a great family. Her dad is a huge supporter of Marquette.”

Lund has only been wearing the blue and gold jersey for a limited time. However, she has been able to make her way onto the court on gameday, including the team’s lateJanuary sweep over Drake University in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

When she gets the opportunities to get into the game, those moments are nothing short of heartwarming, as her relationships with her coaches and teammates go far beyond just the sport itself.

“I have been in for a couple points,

usually when we are winning by a lot,” Lund said. “They call me Lund, so they go ‘Lund, you’re in! You’re in!’ It’s nerve-wracking, but at the same time it’s exciting and fun. I love playing and being in that position to be called upon and deliver for the team.”

With the underclassman’s demonstration of persistence and optimism through the process of where she has ended up, Lund said she just goes with the flow and focuses on what she can do to become be better in all aspects of life, which has not gone unnoticed by her coach.

“We just loved her, she’s great,” Theis said. “She is extremely mature, (and) easy to talk to.”

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Goalies use position to compete, push one another Juliana Horning, Sophia Leva split time between the pipes

By Jackson Gross

jackson.gross@marquette.edu

Four games into the season, the Marquette women’s lacrosse team has a record of 2-2 and is now on a two-game win streak with the team’s wins and losses finishing in rather similar ways. The goaltending distribution between redshirt senior Juliana Horning and senior Sophia Leva has also been pretty even. They both have made appearances in every game thus far for the Golden Eagles.

While Horning and Leva’s play time has been somewhat equal, head coach Meredith Black noted that they each have different strengths in different areas of the game.

“They’re both top quality so they can handle any situation, but …

Sophia is better at eight meter goal, so if we are fouling a lot that’d be a situation where she’d be the go to,” Black said. “Jules is more

active outside of the cage, her clear is a little bit more consistent, so if we needed to push the tempo of the game or take some risks Jules would be the better option.”

Coach Black said that since both goalies are equally as good with handling situations, the plan is to play who is “hot,” meaning that

whichever goalie is playing better gets more playing time.

While Black said it can be a challenge choosing who to play, she also said that this “problem” is a coach’s “dream.”

“The amazing part is that it’s every coach’s dream to have two goalies so that in any given day if

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Senior goalkeeper Sophia Leva practices with the team at Valley Fields.

you need to switch one, if one’s having a bad day, you have an equal, if not better goalie to put in. So having those options, one’s a righty (Horning) and one’s a lefty (Leva), having those options has just been amazing,” Black said. “The tough part is they both deserve quality and significant playing time and only one goalie plays at a time. That part definitely makes our jobs difficult, as coaches, to decide when and who should be playing ... They could both be 60-minute players for any Division I team.”

While Horning and Leva are competitive with each other, they both agreed that they have a good relationship with each other. Leva even said that they like to call their time in practice as “goalie world.”

“It can be a lonely place because you’re the only people on the field that understand what the other one is going through, so I think we formed a really tight bond from the beginning and that’s only grown over our four years together,” Leva said.

Horning sees this situation as an advantage for her team both during games and during practice by not only having two

really good, but two different types of goaltender.

“Having the ability to change one for the other is an advantage that some teams might not have … because we have different playing styles from a strategy standpoint it can be useful as well because I’m a righty, she’s a lefty (Leva), that in and of itself is gonna give attackers different looks, so I think that’s good for us to have and also for our teammates to see, because when they face opponent goalies they are well prepared to seeing a lefty and a righty,” Horning said.

Besides making their teammates better, Leva said that the two of them make each other better in net.

“We’re pretty similar in personality off the field so we get along really well and that’s helped us translate on how to push each other because we know how to get the best out of one another,” Leva said. “So I think on and off the field we have just been really helpful to one another to give feedback and push one another and we’re also super competitive so we’re always trying to push the other one (to be better).”

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MEN’S SOCCER

Fitzgerald, Chrapcynski build bond prior to college First-years spent time together on Sockers FC in Illinois

By Nick Galle

nicholas.galle@marquette.edu

First-year defender Joey Fitzgerald, who is a Liverpool fan, showed up to a soccer tryout one day with a Manchester City jersey on. Firstyear forward Kacper Chrapczynski, who was already a member of the team, found it both ironic and funny that Fitzgerald had pulled up to practice supporting something other than the Premier League club out of Liverpool, England.

Little did they know, that one interaction would make for a great story in their first year of collegiate soccer together.

Fitzgerald and Chrapczynski were teammates on Sockers FC, a Palatine, Illinois-based U.S. Soccer Development Academy team. Since the two played their last season in 2019-20, the Development Academy ended all operations due to

unanticipated financial circumstances that stemmed from COVID-19.

Despite the Academy’s untimely end, Fitzgerald and Chrapcynski’s careers kept moving forward, and both made their way to Milwaukee to play college soccer at Marquette.

Chrapcynski said the two never initially had plans to play together in college.

“I don’t think we knew we were going to play together. I committed quite early (and) just kind of stayed with it,” Chrapcynski said. “And then Joey decided later on, too, that he would come, so once that hapPhoto courtesy of U.S. Soccer Development Academy pened, it was cool.”

Chrapcynski (far left) celebrates a goal.

Chrapcynski started playing with Sockers FC during the 2016-17 sea- for tryouts for Academy and then son as a member of the U-14 team. from there, I made the team.”

Fitzgerald played in 37 games for He was the fifth-highest goal scorer in the country in 2018-19, scoring 20 Sockers FC and started in all but goals in 23 games. Fitzgerald joined three of them. Even though he was the U-16/17 team during the 2018- playing on the defensive side, he also 19 season after playing 27 games posted two goals.

Through team trips, practices and with FC United.

“First I had to play on the MBL rooming together, the two were able team, which is kind of like the step to build a tight-knit relationship durunder Academy for that half year,” ing their time in the program. ChrapFitzgerald said. “And then they cynski said chemistry was also built brought a few people up on my team outside the lines of the pitch.

“Overall we were just a really close team, on and off the field,” Chrapcynski said. “So it was easy for us to have a good bond.”

For the program’s Florida showcase, the team would rent out an apartment complex and had the opportunity to spend time with each other for about a week. Fitzgerald said they would always go to the beach, since they were so close, and it was always one of his favorite memories.

Making the move to college soccer is often not only a physical challenge, but a mental one as well. Players are introduced to an entire roster of new faces from all around the country and a brand new system. But after building chemistry and playing a couple of years together, the two first-years from Illinois were able to find some level of comfort knowing they were able to still play alongside each other.

“For me coming in, it was good because I always had someone I could talk to after practice,” Fitzgerald said. “It was also good to have someone I already knew socially so it was easier to get to know

the other freshman with Kacper there because he’s probably a little more comfortable.”

Chrapcynski said the program also got the duo ready for the workload that Division I BIG EAST soccer had in store.

“Being on the Academy (team) kind of playing at a higher level already, when you come into college you already know what the demands are and what to expect,” Chrapcynski said. “So you kind of come into college knowing what to do.”

Both have yet to make their college debuts, but said that they have been handling the adjustment well as they look to make future impacts within the program.

“I think it wasn’t that big of an adjustment for us because we had coaches, we had two coaches, that were really involved with us and really helped us out a lot,” Fitzgerald said. “I felt like the main difference was that our head coach — he wasn’t as vocal as … Louie is and I thought it was just better getting more opinion from everyone.”

MEN’S LACROSSE

Devon Cowan steps up following redshirt season Attackman leads MLAX in goals, shots through first 3 games

By Jack Lewandowski

jack.lewandowski@marquette.edu

The Marquette men’s lacrosse team may be 0-3 on the season, but for redshirt first-year Devon Cowan, things are beginning to look up.

The attacker has come out on fire offensively, as he is leading the team in nearly every offensive category statistically with 21 shots, 14 shots on goal, 12 points and nine goals.

Cowan’s love of the game dates back to his younger years of playing lacrosse, which has helped him learn important life lessons as he has gotten older, along with being coached by his dad, Shay.

“My dad obviously played (lacrosse in college) and I grew up with a stick in my hand, but I wouldn’t say officially until third grade that I got into lacrosse,” Cowan said. “(My dad and I) had some arguments along the way but he was always pushing me to be my best and he knew of the potential that I had … because of him I’m able to be the player that I am today.”

After a strong high school career at the Hun School of Princeton, which consisted of being a four-year starter and two-time team captain, Cowan was ready to see where his collegiate years would take him.

“The recruiting process was crazy,” Cowan said, also saying that

“me and my dad laugh because the last college they actually visited was Marquette, and something about Milwaukee and the people in it just did it for me.”

After Cowan made his decision to join the Golden Eagles, many things seemed uncertain for the team, as former head coach Joe Amplo stepped down shortly before Cowan’s first season started.

With the program on the search for a new head coach, a familiar face seemed to be the perfect candidate for the job. Former Marquette defensive coordinator Andrew Stimmel was acquired from Yale to lead the Golden Eagles in 2020.

Cowan spoke very highly of Stimmel when asked about his leadership.

“Coach Stimmel is the man,” Cowan said. “He does so much for us, (and is) always hyping us up.”

One of the more touching things that Cowan described about coach Stimmel is that if “you take lacrosse (out of the situation), you’d want to be his friend” When it came time to participate in the greatly awaited 2020 season, the COVID-19 pandemic had caused Stimmel and Cowan’s rookie campaign to be cut short, as the team only played seven games and finished the shortened season with a record of 3-4.

While the season resulted in an undesired conclusion, there was a silver-lining that came out of the experience for Cowan. In his first game as a Golden Eagle against Cleveland State, Cowan scored five points,

including a hat trick, and he also set a record for the most points scored as a first-year in their collegiate debut in Marquette history.

“The transition was pretty smooth, I played at the highest level my entire life ... it was kind of the same thing I had always done.”

Cowan said.

When it came to preparing for an offseason that would last more than a year, Cowan said he lived by a quote that coach Stimmel would constantly tell the team that entailed that the players should take the process “one day at a time, one week at a time.”

This season, Cowan is making more of an effort to “help the new guys” and “help them be comfortable with this new team” as he later stressed the famous saying that “you’re only as strong as your weakest link.”

When asked about the links that make up the 2021 Golden Eagle lacrosse team, Cowan had nothing but high praises for fellow attackmen Griffin Flemming as well as new transfer Morgan Macko. “(Macko) has been a huge presence and it takes a lot of pressure off (our teammates) because he’s also finishing the ball and doing really well out there,” Cowan said.

Macko was a three-year starter at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky and registered 94 points over the course of his 45-game stint with the Knights. Cowan also had great words to say about team captain Griffin Flemming, another member of the dangerous Golden

Eagle attack line.

“He’s given everything he’s got, we are firing on all cylinders, and it’s really special to see what this attack line will be able to do throughout the rest of the season,” Cowan said.

As for Cowan, the team will continue to rally around the redshirt first-year star who has made a convincing case as to why you should never judge a team by their record.

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Redshirt first-year attacker Devon Cowan (29) hugs teammate after a goal.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Hard work pays off for Lauren Van Kleunen in 5th year Redshirt senior serves as leader for younger teammates

By John Leuzzi

john.leuzzi@marquette.edu

It was the summer of 2016.

Lauren Van Kleunen just graduated from Mason High School.

The Mason, Ohio, native made the roughly six-hour journey to Milwaukee to begin acclimating to the start of her college basketball career.

However, as the summer progressed, Van Kleunen’s path took an untraditional turn.

A health issue forced her to redshirt her first year.

“I was diagnosed with blood clots in both my lungs going into my freshman summer here, it was a big change,” Van Kleunen said.

“I was trying to come back and I think it was a little bit of my competitiveness wanting to come back but I knew I wasn’t ready to play.”

But for Van Kleunen, it was one of many curveballs experienced over the last six years.

After talking with then-head coach Carolyn Kieger, Van Kleunen took the option to redshirt and began working with the practice squad.

“Anytime you have a whole year to develop and just continue to hone in your skills I think is huge, so it was definitely great to have that,” Van Kleunen said.

“Being able to come in my redshirt freshman year, to be able to play and have that confidence was great because I knew I had seen a lot of situations those girls were in when I was on the sidelines.”

In that redshirt first-year season, LVK, one of several nicknames she has on the team, averaged 4.7 points and 3.5 rebounds in 34 games played with eight starts.

It was not until the latter half of her redshirt sophomore season that Van Kleunen began to see an increased role on the team.

With then-senior forward Erika Davenport suffering a lower body injury in February of that year, which kept her out for the rest of the season, Van Kleunen had an increased role to give MU some presence down in the post.

Forming into new role Last season, Van Kleunen experienced several changes. From Megan Duffy becoming the program’s new head coach after Kieger left to be the head coach at Penn State to finding herself in a new role, last year was an adjustment for LVK.

With Duffy’s coaching staff at MU came a familiar face to Van Kleunen in assistant coach Justine Raterman.

Raterman had previously coached against Van Kleunen when she was an assistant varsity coach at Kettering Fairmont High School in Ohio.

The former Dayton standout said from the moment she joined Duffy in Milwaukee and arrived on campus prior to the 2019-20 season, Van Kleunen remained in the team’s offices to offer her help and answer any questions there might be.

“I’ll never forget when Coach Duffy called me to come up here and then when I first got to meet her, I was blown away,” Raterman said. “And that’s kind of just how she lives her life and how she’s been so helpful for us in this transition. It’s not about her, it’s not about two different coaching staffs the whole time, it’s been about Marquette and how she can get this program to the best it can be.”

Raterman mentioned Van Kleunen’s toughness and resilience have stayed the same between the high school version and college version of her forward.

“She just brings that toughness that Marquette basketball right now is all about and that’s something we (have) constantly challenged her with too,” Raterman said. “She wants to be challenged, she loves going one-on-one, loves a shooting challenge. And that’s been really fun for me as a coach. I can give her a little information or I can challenge her in different ways.”

After starting out the 201920 season coming off the bench, Van Kleunen earned her first start of the season Nov. 11 in a nonconference game against Illinois State. In 28 minutes of action, Van Kleunen scored 14 points and grabbed six rebounds.

She would start all the remaining 28 games, which would lead to a breakout season for the Golden Eagles.

In 32 games, Van Kleunen averaged 11.8 points and 5.9 rebounds.

Her scoring and rebounding performances placed her 18th and 16th overall in the BIG EAST in those categories, respectively.

Additionally, she earned AllBIG EAST Tournament Team honors after averaging 15.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.6 assists in MU’s three games in the tournament.

Redshirt senior season Come March 11, it will be exactly one year since the entire country, including the sports world, was forced to shut down because of the emergence of a virus called COVID-19. For many,

including women’s basketball forward Lauren Van Kleunen, they were forced to find new hobbies during quarantine.

For Van Kleunen, it was creating a podcast called “Bucket Talks,” which takes a deeper look into a student-athlete’s life on and off their respective playing fields, which soon became a two-forone deal.

“It started as a threshold project for my master’s but then I decided to take it further especially with the pandemic,” Van Kleunen said. “I had a lot more time on my hands and I was like, ‘let me do something fun that I would have never done before.’ It was just a lot of fun, having conversations with former teammates and I’m going to continue to keep doing it.”

Since the first installment back in April, Van Kleunen has published four episodes with current and former Golden Eagles. These guests have included Natisha Hiedeman, Chloe Marotta, Nirel Lougbo and Izzy Spingola.

On the hardwood this season, Van Kleunen, this season, has not taken a step back. In addition, that confidence she was once learning is now being seen to its fullest.

“I still go back even right now just thinking of how far we’ve come,” Van Kleunen said. “I remember doing workouts on my deck outside my house — different interval stuff and defensive slides — and the fact that how far I’ve come with that is awesome to see.”

Raterman said the biggest area of growth she has seen out of her forward this year has been her ability to use her versatility more and her ability to score in different ways.

“Last year, she had some scoring ability with her strengths that she always relied on and if teams figured out a way to maybe take away her half hook (shot) or kind of her finesse game in the post, she struggled to find the balance consistently to score in other ways,” Raterman said.

Following Marquette’s 68-43 win over Providence in the BIG EAST Tournament quarterfinals, Friars head coach Jim Crowley mentioned it is the energy that Van Kleunen brings that makes her a consistent worry to defend.

“She just plays with ridiculous effort,” Crowley said. “When she sees an early one go in it’s going to be a good day for her. She’s quick in her release on the perimeter to go along with that great after and she just did a really good job defensively as to disrupt our timing of our screens and our ability.

She’s really skilled. I don’t want to sound like she’s not a very skilled player but effort is a skill and to do it consistently as a high level skill, and she has.

After the conclusion of the regular season, Van Kleunen earned several BIG EAST honors. She was named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team and won the BIG EAST Sportsmanship Award.

Through 25 games this season, LVK is averaging 13 points, 5.8 rebounds and two assists per game. In addition, she has scored in double figures in all but five games.

For Duffy, it is Van Kleunen’s consistency in both her work ethic and performance on the court come game day that she respects the most.

“Lauren is a blue collar worker every single day,” Duffy said.

“That statistic of double figures, there’s a direct correlation of the way she works, the way she prepares, the way she keeps her mental side steady. I don’t have to worry about her and I know that there’s going to be a ton of opportunities for her to be successful when you prepare and you work like that.”

Embracing leadership roll

Being a fifth-year and the oldest player on the team brought Van Kleunen a new nickname heading into this season.

Grandma.

It is a nickname that she has embraced to its full extent, from taking players under her wing to creating relationships on and off the court.

Van Kleunen said she never anticipated her leadership role to be as big as it has become at the beginning of her MU career.

“You say you want to be a leader but you don’t really know (how) to be one or you’re trying to balance everything,” Van Kleunen said. “A big thing for me is, creating relationships off the court that will be extremely helpful on the court too.

So just being there for my teammates in any way possible.”

Raterman said it is Van Kleunen’s love for MU and the program that has served as a catalyst for her leadership growth. She also said Van Kleunen has challenged herself to reach her teammates in different ways.

“In the last two years, she’s gotten better not getting frustrated and trying to learn. Everybody reacts differently to every situation and she wants this so bad. So when people react and it might not be with her same reaction, she seemed frustrated,” Raterman said. “Now it’s like, ‘how can I reach them? How can I talk to this person a little bit differently?’ That’s something she puts a lot of her shoulders with because she wants to be great and she truly cares.”

Sophomore forward Camryn Taylor said since she arrived at

Marquette, Van Kleunen and her have had a close relationship.

“I (have) learned a lot from her and she always used to help me out in practice (last year) a lot too,” Taylor said. “But even now just listening to her. She’s been here for five years, she kind of really has a great grasp on what’s going on and stuff like that. So just learning from her is really good.

We just have that good chemistry with each other.”

Van Kleunen’s leadership has been noticed early on by MU’s current first-year class, including fellow forward Liza Karlen.

Karlen told the Marquette Wire in January that she has never seen a player with the IQ Van Kleunen has.

“She has been great, just in the sense of she’s always positive, she’s always working and I think we can relate to that a lot,” Karlen said. “So just a sense that she is consistently a great leader for us and she’s never negative is huge.

It’s been great for me to pick her brain a little bit and add to my game through studying hers.”

Making an impact and building a future Though Van Kleunen’s time in a Marquette jersey has not come to an end just yet, she has accomplished a lot both on and off the hardwood.

The Mason, Ohio, native said when it comes to off-the-court accomplishments, she is most proud of this past year with the movement on social injustice.

“I’ve seen sides of my teammates that I’ve never seen before, and just be vulnerable with one another,” Van Kleunen said.

“I’ve dealt with things that I don’t think I would have ever dealt with. It’s been uncomfortable, it’s been hard but I think that’s what shows growth.”

LVK mentioned the march organized by MU student-athletes in September was big, as it allowed the entire athletic community to be themselves.

When it comes to on-the-court accomplishments, outside of the BIG EAST Championships and NCAA Tournament appearances, she is most proud of continuing to put the program on the national map.

There is a possibility that Van Kleunen returns for a sixth year, as the NCAA has granted an extra year of eligibility to all winter sport student-athletes because of COVID-19, but she hopes to be remembered one way when it is all said and done.

“Just that I gave it everything I had, that’s the biggest thing,” Van Kleunen said.

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The Marquette Tribune

Sports

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

No. 1 UConn defeats Golden Eagles in championship about a week ago when we played them out at Storrs,” Marquette head coach Megan Duffy said. “When you get to the Tournament in March, it’s a whole different level. … That third game in three days, they turned it up and we didn’t have a lot of anBy Zoe Comerford swers with it.” isabel.comerford@marquette.edu In the first quarter, the Huskies got out to a quick 12-2 start. Though After rejoining the BIG EAST the Golden Eagles tried to cut into July 1, 2020, the No. 1-ranked Unithat lead, UConn controlled the first versity of Connecticut Huskies com10 minutes. pleted their undefeated conference They did not stop there, with 1:30 season, winning the program’s 19th remaining in the first quarter, the BIG EAST title and defeating MarHuskies were up by 21 points. That quette women’s basketball 73-39 at led to them outscoring the Golden Mohegan Sun Arena Monday night.

Eagles 29-10 in the opening quarter.

“My first year here at UConn, UConn shot 71% from the floor and that was the goal, to make the BIG was 5-for-6 from three in the first EAST Tournament,” UConn head coach Geno Auriemma said. “To 10 minutes.

“I was pretty shocked with just go from that to then not being in the how our team came out. We’ve been league to being back in the league, it a hard-nosed, tough, relentless team felt pretty amazing (to win).” all year,” Duffy said. “You get down This was the Golden Eagles’ that big in the first quarter to UConn, fifth straight appearance in the BIG it’s uphill the rest of the way.”

EAST Championship game and It was junior guard Christyn Wilthird time facing the Huskies this liams who came out hot for UConn, season. In the latest matchup bescoring nine points in the opening tween these two teams, Marquette quarter on 4-for-4 shooting.

Wilalmost upset UConn, but fell 63-53 liams, alongside first-year guard at Gampel Pavilion. Monday night it was top-seeded UConn who wanted Paige Bueckers, combined for 16 of the Huskies’ 29 points. to show Marquette who was boss.

Even though Marquette outscored “We gained some confidence

Paige Bueckers scores 23 points, leads Huskies to 19th title

UConn 13-12 in the second quarter, it did not necessarily feel like the Golden Eagles were controlling the pace of the game. UConn had its largest lead of the first half during the second quarter at the 4:20 mark as the Huskies possessed the 39-14 advantage.

Slowly but surely, Marquette was able to address its scoring woes to end the quarter on a 9-2 run. The Golden Eagles increased shooting to 35% in the second quarter, however the Huskies went into the break leading 41-23. Both teams had 18 points in the paint during the first half.

Redshirt senior Lauren Van Kleunen led Marquette with six points at halftime. Sophomore forward Camryn Taylor contributed five rebounds. Meanwhile, Bueckers had a team-high 13 points on 6-for-10 shooting, along with four rebounds and two assists.

The third quarter once again did not go Marquette’s way. Though Taylor made an early layup, guard Nika Muhl scored five straight points for the Huskies. UConn continued to dominate for the remainder of the quarter.

With 3:21 remaining in the third, UConn was up 53-28 as Buckers scored her 17th point on a fast break layup, which contributed to the

Huskies’ 6-0 run over the last 2:26.

MU committed three turnovers and went on a 2:49 scoring drought.

In the third quarter, the Huskies combined to shoot 6-for-14 and held the Golden Eagles to a shooting percentage of 23%. Just three Marquette players (Taylor, Liza Karlen and Taylor Valladay) scored in the third. Bueckers scored seven points, the same total as all three Golden Eagles combined.

Both teams struggled scoring to begin the fourth quarter, combining for just five points. The teams combined to shoot 1-for-13 from the field.

But then UConn went on an 8-0 run, holding Marquette to a scoring drought of over four minutes.

That sealed the deal for the Huskies, as Bueckers’ step-back three gave UConn their biggest lead, at 67-35, with 3:58 left in the fourth quarter.

It was Taylor who led the Golden Eagles with a double-double of 11 points and 13 rebounds. Marquette’s leading scorer, Selena Lott, was held to just two points throughout the whole game. Van Kleunen did not score after halftime and went 3-for14 from the floor. Sophomore guard Jordan King also had a quiet night, shooting 1-for-9.

“Camryn Taylor did a great job of

stepping up,” Duffy said. “Her will and relentlessness to try and score the basketball and rebound, definitely (a) bright spot for us.”

Bueckers, the BIG EAST Freshman and Player of the Year, scored a game-high 23 points on 10-for-15 shooting. She also contributed six rebounds, four assists and two steals in 37 minutes.

“Name one player that’s taken a team this young to where we are today. Who’s done more than (Paige)?”

Auriemma said.

The Golden Eagles (19-6, 14-4 BIG EAST) now wait until March 15, or Selection Monday, to find out where they will be seeded for the NCAA Tournament, which begins March 21 in San Antonio, Texas. The selection show will be on ESPN March 15 at 6 p.m. Central Standard Time.

“When you lose and get your butt beat pretty good in the final, you get a chance to reset yourself and reload,” Duffy said. “(I’m) going to turn the page and be excited about prepping our team. … Just be thankful for the opportunity that we’re going to be able to keep playing in March.”