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Students assess MU investment

Fundraising leaders look to Lovell for campaign

By Rob Gebelhoff

robert.gebelhoff@marquette.edu

The arrival of University President-elect Michael Lovell brings the possibility to reverse a decade-long trend of increasingly costly philanthropy to the school. “(Lovell) will have the chance to help us understand what the expression of the strategic plan will look like, which ribune will give us our fundraising oproject p o r t u n i t i e s , ” said Michael VanDerhoef, vice president for university advancement. “I think we’re all interested in launching a new campaign, but we just want to make sure that we’re prepared and that we’ve picked the right priorities for the university.”

Although there is no set timeline for Marquette’s next fundraising campaign, VanDerhoef said he is eager to start the discussion as soon as possible. It certainly will come as a relief to the university, which has not orchestrated a philanthropy campaign since its last one ended in 2006.

Another campaign would also ease the strain on Marquette’s budget, which saw a slowly declining trend in net gain from fundraising efforts between 2003 and 2012, according to numbers collected from the university’s tax records.

However, this trend is not due to Marquette receiving less money from its donors. Instead, net gains are losing steam as a result of the university spending more to fundraise without seeing a substantial boost in returns. Marquette’s fundraising expenditures nearly tripled over the last decade, from $6 million in 2003 to $17.1 million in 2012, the latest data available.

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Marquette’s seniors in the Class of 2013 celebrate at last year’s graduation ceremony held in the Bradley Center. As the Class of 2014 prepares for its own ceremony, Marquette’s was ranked 346th of 1312 U.S. colleges and universities in terms of return on investment by PayScale.

Return on investment ranking system meets criticism for flaws

By Kelly Meyerhofer

kelly.meyerhofer@marquette.edu

Amanda Ambroso, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences, decided to take on

hefty course loads next semes- saving $40,000 a year is worth ter to cut a year off her college skipping my senior year.” career. Although this was not In senior surveys from last her original plan, she year’s graduation class, could still earn a degree ribune 87 percent said they without adding thouroject would choose Marsands of dollars to her quette again if they debt load, which already stands were starting over their college at $18,000 in loans. careers. While this statistic sug“I chose Marquette for both gests a high level of satisfacthe program and the people,” tion, students like Ambroso may Ambroso said. “As much as lead other Marquette students I’ve enjoyed my time here, to wonder if they are getting the

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MKE to host new Cristo Rey school MU alum to take lead of latest addition to Jesuit high schools

By Benjamin Lockwood

benjamin.lockwood@marquette.edu

In 2012, 62 percent of Milwaukee students graduated from high school. Of these students, only 40 percent go to college, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

College of Education Dean William Henk and Marquette alumnus Andy Stith, along with a host of other individuals and organizations in Milwaukee, are trying to change that.

In August 2015, a new Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, which will be the 29th of its kind, will open in west Milwaukee. Stith will be its first president.

The school is designed to help underserved students in Milwaukee’s most educationally barren locales. It will teach collegepreparatory courses to ensure its students are ready for post-secondary education.

College enrollment rates for Cristo Rey graduates are twice that of students with similar socioeconomic backgrounds, sitting at about ninety percent, according to the Cristo Rey Network.

The freshmen class will have See Cristo Rey, Page 6

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most bang for their buck.

These considerations are only after heightened after PayScale, an online salary, benefits and compensation information company that is well-known for its return on investment calculation, ranked Marquette only 346th of 1,312 U.S. colleges and universities in terms of its return on investment.

See ROI, Page 4

MU addresses tech gender disparity Male-dominated field faces lack in resources to high school courses

By Erin Heffernan

erin.heffernan@marquette.edu

When Theresa Le walked into her freshman seminar for computer engineering majors, she realized she was one of just three women out of more than ribune 50 students.

Le, now a roject junior in the College of Engineering, knew before coming to Marquette that the computer-related disciplines were bound to be male-dominated, but

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AN OVERVIEW OF MARQUETTE’S FUNDRAISING

the imbalance became even more clear at that moment.

“I was never one to hang out with the girls anyways in high school and middle school,” Le said. As early as high school, Le said she already had a passion for computers and electronics.

“I was amazed that these tiny little object are so powerful and know how to do so much,” Le said. “It always just blew my mind, so that’s why I decided I wanted to study computers.”

Women like Le are few and far between in the male-dominated — and thriving — high-tech world.

While other science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields are slowly improving the gender

In Fiscal Year 2013, contributions to Marquette made up about a tenth of the school’s total revenues, which stands in contrast to the university’s revenue streams a decade ago. Between 2001 and 2004, contributions consistently made up closer to a fifth of the school’s revenue streams.

It is important to note, however, the university was in the midst of its eight-year Magis campaign during these earlier years. The campaign raised a total of $357 million in new commitment for the school, beginning with a $10 million gift to help build the Raynor Library

See Tech, Page 5

See Fundraising, Page 8

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Religion

Editorial

Killian

Student groups seek class exemptions for religious holidays.

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The Tribune writes an open letter to President-elect Lovell.

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It was an unforgettable four years on the Marquette Tribune.

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Non-Christians hope for recognition Student groups seek class exemptions for religious holidays

By Matt Barbato

joseph.kvartunasj@marquette.edu

Marquette Student Government College of Communication Senator Ely Elizondo, a sophomore, plans to introduce a bill encouraging the university to change the undergraduate attendance policy to excuse non-Christian students from class on days of religious observance.

“We’re trying to include (religious observances) as an excused absence, and for students to be able to reach out to their teachers within the first week of receiving their syllabus and say ‘Hey I’m going to be attending this holiday, and I’m letting you know ahead’,” Elizondo said.

Elizondo built her proposed policy after looking at similar ones at other schools. Specifically, she looked at three other Jesuit universities: Boston College, Fordham University and Georgetown University, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Elizondo said she believes the introduction of the policy could be a step toward increased diversity at Marquette, and fulfilling the university’s goal of inclusion for all faiths, as stated in its mission statement.

“I would really like to speak with any students who feel they aren’t accepted for their religious beliefs,” Elizondo said.

Diversity became an increased topic of discussion at Marquette recently. This year, the Higher Learning Council cited concerns with diversity among university faculty. The report also stated that “individuals on campus who represent various departments and programs charged with implementing campus-wide diversity initiatives, voiced concern that diversity did not always appear to be a priority for the university.”

Religious diversity is especially important as the number of nonChristian students at the university grew in recent years. In 2009, only 1 percent of the incoming freshmen class identified as a follower of a non-Christian religion, according to a report by the Office of Institutional Research Analysis. For the 2013 incoming freshman class, that number increased to 3 percent.

matthew.barbato@marquette.edu

“I think Marquette, as a Jesuit institution, has a good sense of responsibility to be open to nonChristian faiths,” said Dylan Elhai, a junior in the College of Communication and the president of the Jewish Student Association.

“There is a healthy respect for non-Christian faiths. There is a support for Judaism on campus, and the Jewish Student Union has worked hard with various members of faculty and staff to foster this support. I think Jewish students face the same struggles other non-Christian students face, such as the attendance policy.”

Amir Khalil, a junior in the College of Health Sciences and a practicing Muslim, also said the Marquette community is highly supportive of non-Christian students.

“I’ve only heard of one person being rude to Muslims on campus, and that person didn’t even go to Marquette,” Khalil said.

Steve Blaha, the assistant director of Campus Ministry, said encouraging students to explore their faith, regardless of what it is, is part of the university’s mission.

“In the past I’ve really tried to meet with students and say ‘What can we do to foster your prayer life?’” Blaha said.

“This is a community, and we respond to each other’s needs.”

Blaha also said the university took significant steps to ensure that non-Christian students are able to practice their faith on campus. There is a prayer space in the Alumni Memorial Union for Muslim students, and the university

DPS Reports Apr. 28 At 11:10 a.m., a student reported being punched by another student in a business in the 1600 block of W. Wells St. at 1 a.m. on April 23. The subject also threw food items at the victim. No injuries reported.

Apr. 29 At 5:56 p.m., a student reported being verbally and physically abused by

another student at an unknown time and location. MPD was contacted.

Apr. 30 At 4:04 a.m., a person not affiliated with Marquette removed property from a business in the 1600 block of W. Wells St. and left the scene. DPS located the subject, and he was taken into custody by MPD.

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plans on building a larger, more permanent space. The university also works closely with Sodexo to ensure the needs of students with religious dietary restrictions are met. Campus Ministry works with student religious groups to create campus dialogues between different religions. Although all of the employees in the Office of Campus Ministry are Catholic, the office works closely with affiliated ministries to provide students with the resources they need.

Despite the efforts of Marquette and Campus Ministry, many nonChristian students say the university could do more to accommodate their faiths. Both Elhai and Khalil said the inability to be excused from class on religious holidays has caused problems within the Jewish and Muslim communities.

Problems with prayer areas were also cited, although both said the university is taking steps to address those issues. Khalil said the Muslim prayer area is too small – about the size of a bathroom – and that it becomes difficult to reserve a consistent room for Muslims to gather for Friday prayer, a tradition that is similar to Sunday Mass for Catholics. He said he is glad the university is building a larger prayer area for Muslim students, despite the project moving slower than he expected. Elhai said the JSU, Campus Ministry, and MUSG are working closely on developing a Center for Jewish Life on campus.

“Having a specific prayer site, that can also act as a resource center for those who are interested in Jewish Studies, Judaism,

or converting, is a giant step forward in promoting Marquette as a campus who is welcoming to incoming and prospective students who are in any way connected to Judaism,” Elhai said.

Another area where the university could improve includes the dining halls. Khalil said the Halal dietary options provided by Sodexo do not sufficiently meet the strict dietary restrictions required by many more orthodox Muslims.

“The level that the United States federally considers Halal is not the level that most orthodox Muslims consider Halal,” Khalil said. “So there are Halal options available from Sodexo. But I personally don’t choose those options, and a lot of Muslim students don’t choose those options because we don’t think they are up to par.”

Blaha said there are areas where the university can work to improve diversity, emphasizing the benefits brought about by religious pluralism on campus. He said Campus Ministry needs to continue the progress it has made toward religious diversity on campus, and the university needs to continue to hire faculty and staff who are dedicated to the university’s mission of faith, even if they are not Catholic.

“As a Catholic Church, one of our key points is to engage and encounter the world, to see the divine and the sacred in each human person,” Blaha said.

“So if we have a really good student population and faculty staff population that represents the world, that makes us more Catholic.”

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Streetcar project facing delays following PSC ruling $20 million needed to move utility lines in way of proposed rail

By Joe Kvartunas

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Nearly three years have passed since the City of Milwaukee Common Council voted to authorize work on the Milwaukee streetcar, but the project’s future remains uncertain.

The streetcar project took a financial hit last week when the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin ruled the city unable to force utility companies to pay to move underground lines for the system.

This will cost the city about an additional $20 million for the project, which already has an estimated budget of $64.6 million.

“The PSC and State Legislature believe that private investor-owned utilities, which use publicly financed roadways for free, should be given

special treatment when it comes to public improvement projects in Milwaukee,” Mayor Tom Barrett told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “We disagree.”

According to The Milwaukee Business Journal, city officials anticipated the outcome, and the city is expected to appeal the decision.

Dan Reiner, a sophomore in the College of Communication, is conducting research on the project for a class. He said he thinks this decision will make it harder for the city to convince taxpayers to issue more money toward the project.

“A lot of work has been done to educate taxpayers about the streetcar and to convince them that the $9.6 million needed from the public will be worth it,” Reiner said. “Now, that total skyrockets to around $30 million and it’ll take three or four times the effort just to get taxpayers on board with the idea.”

One of the streetcar project’s main goals is to spark commerce and strengthen downtown Milwaukee’s business and entertainment capabilities. The cars will move with the flow of

traffic and are not intended to replace the bus lines and other means of public transportation.

Another chief responsibility of the streetcar system, Reiner noted, is to connect the Milwaukee Intermodal Station, located on St. Paul Avenue, to the rest of the downtown area.

“About 1.4 million people go in and out of the Intermodal Station each year, but there’s only one infrequent bus line that runs on St. Paul,” Reiner said. “The streetcar would provide easy transport to within walking distance of hotels and offices downtown. This can attract thousands more people each year to Milwaukee’s diverse arts and entertainment scene, as well as an expanding business district.”

The inaugural plan does not include Marquette’s campus in the 2.1-mile route. A 1.4-mile extension route, though, was included in the second phase of the project, which goes as far west as Marquette’s campus and also reaches northeastern sections of the city such as Brady Street and the University of Wisconsin– Milwaukee’s campus.

Reiner said he was told the

Now, that total skyrockets to around $30 million and it’ll take three or four times the effort just to get taxpayers on board with the idea.”

Dan Reiner, sophomore, College of Communication finalized project would be completed in four steps. These steps include approval from the Federal Transit Administration, as well as significant progress on design and utility work. He said he believes the extra $20 million placed on the project significantly harms it, but does not rule it out.

There are plenty of rumors about Milwaukee’s development swirling around, but Reiner said the streetcar, if completed, should serve as a start for Milwaukee’s further enhancement.

“I think the success of the streetcar is entirely dependent on how the city progresses over the next decade,” Reiner said.

“The streetcar should be used as a catalyst to develop the city.

Build the streetcar where you’ll have the most ridership and develop the city up around that.

If people see that Milwaukee is

invested in its businesses, hotels and developing modern means of transportation, they’ll start flocking to the city.”

Looking back, DPS reports a normal year Despite high profile incidents, an ordinary year for public safety

By Matt Kulling

matthew.kulling@marquette.edu

The year included a Department of Public Safety officer being assaulted, students being sent to the hospital after taking hallucinatory drugs and multiple cases of sexual assault, but Russell Shaw, the interim director for DPS, said that for the most part, this school year was not out of the ordinary.

Most recently, a string of sexual assaults at fraternity houses and other off-campus neighborhoods caused concern, although Shaw said it mostly has to do with behavioral problems.

“It’s behavior that’s become almost something that people think

is OK to do,” Shaw said. He added that sexual assault is a serious crime, and you can look at it in two ways.

“It’s good people are coming forward, there’s some good seeing that people are brave enough to report those crimes to us,” Shaw said.

“When more people report it, we hope people realize that this has to stop, it’s too serious of an issue.”

The White House even stepped in to combat the issue of sexual assault, releasing a PSA Tuesday to help prevent it, along with a 20page report from the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault that pushes colleges to survey their students about sexual assault and other “campus climate” issues.

Besides sexual assault, Shaw also mentioned robbery and theft, especially theft of cell phones, as a major issue DPS dealt with during the year.

“We went through a spike earlier in the year, with theft from

cell phones,” Shaw said. “(We’ve seen) a decrease in the second semester and that’s good to see.

People are being more cognizant of who’s around them. Any armed robbery is too many, but I think getting the information out to students is important.”

Shaw said the decrease in robberies can be attributed to the increase of ridership on LIMOs. He also said alcohol and drug violations are the most pressing problems affecting students’ health.

“Alcohol is still the drug of choice, the drug we see the most,” Shaw said. “We’ve had some incidents with hallucinatory drugs, but alcohol and marijuana are still the main things we give citations for.”

In January, five students were admitted to the hospital after reportedly ingesting an unspecified illegal drug. As part of the investigation, one female student was also taken into custody by the Milwaukee Police Department for

allegedly distributing the drugs.

Shaw added there were not too many major alcohol problems, although there were multiple alcohol violations.

As the year comes to a close, he said he is pleased with what the department accomplished in his first year as the interim director.

“Overall, you’re never satisfied in this job, any crime is too much,” Shaw said. “But at the same time you have to be realistic by saying ‘Hey, keep it to the bare minimum,’ and I think the department has done a good job. When it’s all said and done, the numbers are similar to last year, save some drug offenses.”

DPS is still looking for a permanent chief—a search which started after former chief Larry Rickard retired in September. Whoever the chief is, Shaw’s advice to students for the rest of the semester and next year is simple: be aware.

“Use common sense,” he said “be in control of yourself.”

Events Calendar MAY 2014

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May 2 Naturalfest Concert, Westowne Square, 8 p.m.

Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents “Mind Over Milwaukee,” Stackner Cabaret, 8 p.m.

MUSG Mardi Gras Magic, AMU, 9 p.m.

May 1

May 3

Sigma Kappacinos, outside Raynor Memorial Libraries, 10 a.m.

“Do it in a Dress” Dance Inc. Showcase, Weasler Auditorium, 12 p.m.

Marquette Faculty/Staff Chorale spring concert, Varsity Theatre, 11:15 a.m.

Kentucky Derby party, Holthusen Hall, 4 p.m.

Wellness Fair, AMU second floor lobby, 12 a.m.

The Meladies Spring Concert: “Come Together,” Varsity Theatre, 7 p.m.

GOOD LUCK on FINALS

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ROI: Alumni stress non-cash returns from investment in higher ed RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR MU STUDENTS ROI scores look at a student’s average net earnings 30 years after graduation by subtracting the cost of both what they would have earned as a high school graduate and the cost of college (tuition, room and board, books and supplies) but also factoring in the average financial aid amount awarded to students.

The current ROI rankings place Marquette in the top 40 percent of universities in the nation for college investment.

Among Wisconsin schools, Marquette ranks eighth of 39 institutions. Marquette was the second highest ranked private university on the list, following Milwaukee School of Engineering, which came in first.

Marquette is also the second most expensive, at $187,200, coming again in second to MSOE at $192,900.

Still, many higher education experts dismiss ROI calculations due to flaws in the measurement.

Data used to calculate a school’s ranking is collected from graduates who successfully complete PayScale’s employee survey.

Laura Kestner-Ricketts, director of Marquette’s Career Services Center, identified PayScale’s self-selecting survey population, which only factors graduates who volunteer their information to the database, as one problem with the system.

The site also lacks a method of verification for people that

utilize the site.

To demonstrate the unreliability of the information, the Tribune entered salary information for a journalist living in Milwaukee with a starting salary $100,000. Despite the average starting salary for journalists being $38,400, according to a study by National Association of Colleges and Employers, PayScale blindly accepted this information. For anyone researching journalism jobs, the data will be skewed because fake information was entered into PayScale’s database.

On top of these flaws, PayScale’s methods are limited to the graduates it includes. Only graduates who are paid with either an hourly wage or salary are included in the calculation, leaving out self-employed, project-based and contract employees who are not factored into a school’s ranking.

In addition, only employees who possess a Bachelor’s degree are taken into consideration, excluding careers that require advanced degrees. Tyler Stewart, a student in the graduate school, is not represented in his alma mater’s ROI calculation. But what irritates him the most is how the ROI measurement depicts a distorted view of education.

“Even if ROI calculations were more accurate, including students pursuing post-graduate work that would ultimately result in higher income, it is still the wrong way to think about the purpose of education,” Stewart said in an email. “It would be like measuring the success of a

parent based on his children’s income or measuring the quality of a party based solely on how many people show up.”

According to undergraduate alumni surveys, 28 percent of 2011 graduates opted for graduate school instead of seeking full-time employment. This means more than a quarter of Marquette’s graduating class was not represented when calculating ROI. Those seeking a higher degree would consider their undergraduate education an investment if they are pursuing academia further, but the ROI calculation does not account for this population.

This explains why schools who produce a large amount of science, technology, engineering and mathematics degrees have higher rankings than even Ivy League schools.

For example, the Colorado School of Mines had a higher ROI ranking than Princeton University, Dartmouth College and Harvard University.

ALTERNATIVE MEANS TO TELL IF MU IS WORTH IT According to the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis, the average Marquette student was awarded $25,023 in financial aid for the 2012-2013 school year. Despite this financial assistance, OIRA reported the average debt of a 2013 graduating senior to be $33,775.

This number only looks at students who borrow money at Marquette, not including private loans, so a student’s debt may in fact be much greater.

TOP 10 SCHOOLS IN WISCONSIN IN TERMS OF RETURN ON INVESTMENT RANKING

20-YEAR NET ROI $536,000

7%

2) University of Wisconsin Platteville (in state)

$407,200

10%

3) University of Wisconsin Platteville (out of state)

$371,000

7.8%

4) University of Wisconsin Madison (in state)

$352,200

8.2%

5) University of Wisconsin Eau Claire (in state)

$350,700

9.1%

6) University of Wisconsin Eau Claire (out of state)

$315,200

7.1%

7) University of Wisconsin La Crosse (in state)

$310,900

8.6%

8) Marquette University

$299,600

5.1%

9) University of Wisconsin - Stout

$292,700

8.1%

10) University of Wisconsin Madison (out of state)

$284,600

5.4%

Infographic by Rob Gebelhoff/robert.gebelhoff@marquette.edu

No matter what the postgraduation outcome is, there is no denying the investment involved in attending Marquette.

Patricia Morrison, a 1972 Marquette alumnae, said she was

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Tech: MU collaborates with UW schools to add resources to IT field DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN OF WOMEN IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

57%

18%

of 2010 undergraduate degree recipients were female

of 2010 computer and information sciences undergraduate degree recipients were female

37%

of 1985 computer science undergraduate recipients were women

Source: The National Center for Women Information Technology

Source: PayScale College return on investment

NON-CASH RETURNS ON INVESTMENT

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ANNUAL ROI

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For the 2012-13 school year, Marquette’s default rate for a one-year Perkins loan was 5.61 percent. While this rate is still below the national average, four years ago the default rate stood only at 3.87 percent, indicating more graduates cannot pay back their loans.

According to undergraduate alumni surveys, 67 percent of graduates in 2009 were employed full-time within a year while 72 percent of graduates in 2011 were employed full-time after 12 months. This suggests an incremental increase in the number of Marquette graduates landing jobs.

It is unclear whether graduates are able to get jobs in the field which they majored in or if they are “settling” out of fiscal necessity. This data has never been collected. To address this, the OIRA is undergoing an effort to gather in-depth postgraduation data. “(With this information), we can finally answer questions about what students do after Marquette,” said Alexandra Riley, director of OIRA, in an email. “We’re hoping to be able to report the data out by college and perhaps even by major for some of the larger majors.”

Riley reported data was collected from last year’s graduates and is starting to gather data for this year’s seniors.

However, she noted the OIRA depends on graduates responding after they leave campus.

“These data are so important to understanding the full experience of a Marquette student, so we can get a complete and accurate picture of post-graduation outcomes.”

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fortunate enough for her parents to finance her education.

“Students should consider (ROI) now more (than I did) because of the increased cost in higher education,” Morrison said.

Even though Marquette student’s average debt remains higher than the national average, students consistently report a high level of satisfaction with their college choice. Last year, 96 percent of seniors indicated they were satisfied with their Marquette education on their senior surveys.

“The people who make these ROI rankings don’t take some things into account,” Kestner-Ricketts said. “When I look back on my college years, I don’t think about the debt I came out with. I think about the friends I made and the classes I took.”

A 2011 study by the Pew Research Center found less than half of survey respondents said the main purpose of college was to learn work-related skills. Among the respondents who graduated from a four-year college, almost three-quarters reported their college education as helping them grow intellectually while only 55 percent reported college being useful in preparing them for a job or career.

“The best thing about Marquette for me was the people I met,” Morrison said. “I learned as much from the friends I made as I did in the classroom. And I’m still friends with them now.”

Her opinion holds true with current students 40 years later.

“I know I’m spending a lot of money to go here,” said Ola Czyzewski, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences.

“But, I think the benefits of the entire college experience, not just my education, outweigh the cost of going to Marquette.”

Infographic by Rob Gebelhoff/robert.gebelhoff@marquette.edu

state,” Brylow said. “There’s 400 some high schools in Wisconsin, only about 32 of them have an AP computer science teacher. It’s terrible. There are 76,000 schoolTHE DISPARITY AND ITS children in the Milwaukee PubSOURCES lic School System, 20-some high According to the most recent re- schools, and only one of them has a ports from the National Center for computer science teacher.”

As part of an aggressive plan Women & Information Technology, women accounted for 18 percent of to improve high school education computer and information-science problems like this across the counbachelor’s degrees across U.S. col- try, the National Science Founleges in 2010 — a 51 percent drop dation spends $15 million each from 1985 when women made up year to develop computing education with a goal to have 10,000 37 percent of high-tech degrees.

The disparity comes at a time high school teachers prepared when tech majors are in incredibly to teach it by 2016.

Beginning this year, the NSF high demand. The U.S. Department of Labor estimates there will be funded the PUMP-CS Project, a 1.4 million computer specialist job collaboration between Marquette and several UWopenings by 2020, schools. Brylow but U.S. universerves as a ringsities will only leader for the progenerate enough gram, which aims graduates to fill to train more than less than a third of 60 high school these jobs. teachers from Dennis Brylow, all different disan associate prociplines in the fessor of computer next three years science and electriso they can bring cal and computer computer science engineering, said into high school he has long been Dennis Brylow, worried about the associate professor of computer classrooms. One gender imbalance science of the courses offered will be in tech fields.

“If you go through and look at the “Exploring Computer Science,” a graduation bulletin, we’ve gradu- course specifically designed to deated about 70 computer science ma- mocratize the subject and focus on jors in the past seven years,” Brylow attracting underrepresented groups into the discipline. said. “Seven of those are women.”

“We’re never going to be able to Typically, Brylow’s classes are made up about 25 students, with fill this job gap if 70 percent of this some including one or even no country don’t even walk in the door female students. “I have had that because they don’t think it’s right happen several times in the last for them,” Brylow said. “Women few years and then there’s noth- are already registering for college ing you as a professor can do classes in 12th grade. By then, it’s to make that not the case,” he too late. It’s got to be early when we said. “She’s always going to be can let girls know that this can be something you’re good at. This can the only girl there.”

Brylow and most experts in be your thing!”

Similar programs for outreach can the field suggest the problem of attracting women begins years be seen in the engineering school before a female student walks including the iHEELS program, an engineering camp exclusively for onto Marquette’s campus.

“Here at Marquette, we get a girls from elementary and middle huge number of white male stu- schools.

Jon Jensen, associate dean for dents from affluent districts that had a computer science course in enrollment management in the high school because that’s where College of Engineering, said the most of those courses are in the iHEELS program began when balance, majors like computer science, computer engineering and IT are actually getting worse.

We’ve graduated about 70 computer science majors in the past seven years. Seven of those are women.”

Marquette received a Motorola’s Innovation Generation Grant. The university continued the classes after the funding ran out.

“I think one of the most effective parts of the program is that the girls get to hear about engineering from some of our best female students,” Jensen said. “These girls love to hear from an actual college kid.”

Le taught in the program the

summer before her sophomore year, and said she plans to pursue a teaching position after a few years working as a computer engineer in the industry.

“I think having professors and female teachers really does inspire women to become engineers,” Le said. “I’m not bothered by the fact that all my professors are male, but anytime I run into a successful female computer engineer later in her career, I want to know what it was like for them back then. I want to have that knowledge passed on so that we can know how you get more women into engineering.”

PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE TECH FIELD Beyond a lack of high school education, social perceptions are also a significant barrier to tech fields for women in Western nations, said Monica Adya, an associate professor in the Information Technology department.

“By the time (women) hit middle school and high school, there is a lot of social pressure that take them out of the math and science careers because they are considered nerdy,” Adya said, who worked in IT for 24 years. “It’s harder to fit in when you’re perceived as such and I think a lot of women get deterred from that perception.”

Adya also said the field suffers from its “boys club” reputation. Adya conducted research that compared women from South Asia working in IT fields to their female counterparts raised in the U.S. “In countries like India, China and Sri Lanka, the participation of women in technology careers has been on the rise,” Adya said.

As a result of interviews with South Asian women, Adya discovered most do not perceive IT as a masculine career, which eliminates a major barrier of entry.

Though Marquette’s IT department faces similar obstacles as the computer science and computer engineering majors, the percentage of female students majoring in IT are significantly higher at around 25 to 30 percent of graduates.

“In the business school we are seeing more participation of women who see it as a good combination with other fields such as marketing or finance,” Adya said. “We try to break down the perception that IT is all about programming and coding and you build computers and laptops and that’s really all you do your whole life. That’s not true at all.”

In fact, Adya noted most students from the IT program are often placed in people-oriented positions and that the field offers flexibility with regard to career paths.

A connection with the business school also helps the IT department because all students are required to take an Introduction to Information Technology course. After taking the course, Kristin San Ramon, a senior in the College of Business Administration, decided to add IT as a second major along with her degree in marketing. She was attracted to the practical and management aspects along with the more technical features of the courses.

“It’s such a growing area and I love it,” San Ramon said. “I found that if you act like a person who loves what they do, that’s the best way to combat any stereotype people might have about who can be in IT.”

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Cristo Rey: 100 freshmen to mark new high school’s first-ever class roughly 100 students, with the same number of students added annually until the school fills its capacity of around 400 students.

A feasibility study is conducted to determine whether a project is financially possible and socially desirable, specifically within the community the project is located.

Henk was one of the many people involved in the feasibility study and said he was naturally drawn to the project.

“As an educator, the idea of a school that could serve 400 or more students who would otherwise not have access to high quality, Catholic Jesuit education was sort of irresistible to me,” he said.

Henk said the move towards affordable, quality education was long overdue.

“There’s been a lot of educational reform since I’ve been here,” he said. “But it’s been at the elementary and middle school level, not high school.”

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When he received the job, he thought he had an opportunity to help provide a quality education to an historically underprivileged area.

“I was happy to be a part of bringing a transformational, educational model to Milwaukee,” Stith said.

One of the deciding factors in establishing the Cristo Rey School was community acceptance of the project. A portion of the feasibility study was devoted to determining whether the city wanted such a school.

The community overwhelmingly supported the project.

Stith was quick to point out Marquette’s significant role in the process as it is the first university to take part in a feasibility study for a Cristo Rey School.

“I can’t underscore enough how important Marquette was at being a catalyst for this school,” Stith said. “It actually walks the walk.”

Cristo Rey uses a work-study

program to help cover the cost of attendance while also providing professional work experience for students at a number of professional partnerships. Marquette will be one of them for the Milwaukee branch.

Stith and Henk worked on the feasibility study together, along with 40 other volunteers from Marquette and the Milwaukee community, creating an extensive report documenting their findings.

“The feasibility study was the width of three dissertations,” Henk said. “If someone was shooting a bullet at you, you’d want to be holding it.”

All of the work aside, they were happy to do it.

“It was an honor – a twoyear-plus honor, though,” Henk said. “It would have been worth it to come to the end of all that work and find that it was completely infeasible, because at least the foundation would have been laid.”

Thankfully for them – and the 100 incoming freshmen for 2015 – it was found feasible.

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Interim president the Rev. Robert A. Wild speaks at Cristy Rey High School. Marquette has been instrumental in creating the new school.

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Fundraising: Advancement gears to reverse trends in philanthropy and concluding with a $28 mil- the Rev. Robert A. Wild back to lion donation from J. William and the helm of the university. VanMary Diederich to transform the Derhoef described this change in leadership as a “real blessing.”

College of Communication.

“He’s got 15 years of fundThe majority of the Magis Campaign was orchestrated un- raising under his belt,” Vander the leadership of Julie Tolan, Derhoef explained. “For me to who served as vice president for have the opportunity to work university advancement from with him as I was getting up to 2002 until her resignation in 2012. speed was something great I Tolan, who is currently CEO of the had not anticipated.”

YMCA of Milwaukee, declined to A RISE IN FUNDRAISING comment on this story.

EXPENDITURES Despite Tolan’s success during her time at Marquette, the school Despite economic interruptions and the rest of higher education came to an unexpected hurdle in the philanthropy sector, universities across the nation continued when the recession hit in 2008.

“The economic environment to increase expenditures for fundreally changed our world,” Van- raising. In a study of 16 four-year Derhoef said. “The philanthropy Jesuit institutions’ tax documents, money going to fundraising at alsector felt the most all schools same pinch as evjumped up ery other part of by millions the economy.” of dollars.

During this peVa n D e r h o e f riod, University emphasized these Advancement expenditures are shifted its focus seen as investfrom organizments for the uniing a new camversity. paign to simply “Universimaintaining the ties and colleges s c h o o l ’ s top projects.

Michael VanDerhoef, are seeing that M a r q u e t t e ’s vice president for this is one of University Advancement the most imporcost to raise a tant sources of dollar substantially increased, while the school’s return on ad- revenues,” he said. “Enrollment vancement investment dropped to drives everything, but second to less than $3 gained every dollar that is advancement.”

According to the tax docuspent in fiscal year 2012. By comparison, Marquette made more ments, this trend is really isolated than $9 for every dollar spent at to the past decade.

“It’s kind of a chicken and the height of its Magis campaign.

VanDerhoef effectively took egg thing,” VanDerhoef exover university advancement in plained. “We saw more potenSeptember 2013, a month before tial, so we starting spending the Rev. Scott Pilarz left his role more money to chase more poas university president, bring- tential — and that’s been across ing Interim University President all higher education.”

We would have been in a campaign long before now had the economy stayed strong.”

Still, fundraising expenditures do not always track one-to-one in terms of the funds a school receives in return. VanDerhoef said an increase in investment is not always going to show an improved ratio, mostly because there are too many variables at play, including the economic environment.

As a result, schools like Marquette spend millions more each year without a necessarily impressive yield. For example, in 2009 Marquette spent $15 million for advancement and collected $38 million in revenues. By comparison, in 2004 it spent half the amount and pulled in $65 million.

“I think what has happened is advancement has taken a bigger and bigger role in student financial aid,” VanDerhoef said. “If I look at this year and what we have been able to accomplish, we really focused on how to produce better results. So when we get done with the year, we will see better results than what we’ve seen over the last handful of years.”

University Advancement set a goal to raise $40 million and it surpassed that amount in March. Susan Teerink, director of the Office for Financial Aid, said $14.5 million was raised so far since July specifically for scholarship aid.

The university spent a total of $109 million last year for student financial aid, discounting about a third of all tuition fees charged to students, according to data from the Office of Finance.

“University leadership continues to be focused on making a Marquette education as affordable as possible,” Teerink said in an email. “Father Wild has consistently encouraged alumni to donate towards scholarship aid,

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Part of the rise in costs for direct fundraising, VanDerhoef explained, went to cover the costs of new technology and innovative methods to capture contributions.

“Fundraising is more sophisticated now than it was 10 years ago,” he said. “We need to allocate resources into areas of opportunity that we did not have before. We need to invest in advance to make sure that we are raising money in new ways.”

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Michael Vanderhoef, vice president for University Advancement, said he is excited to work with President-elect Michael Lovell on fundraising.

which will continue to benefit students into the future.”

WHAT IS THE MONEY USED FOR? Investment in advancement at Marquette has a variety of uses, covering all costs related to soliciting, receiving and processing all contributions from individuals, foundations or corporations. Salaries and human resources taking up a huge portion of resources for the Office of University Advancement. The department currently houses 125 staff members with 10 vacant positions, making it one of the largest non-faculty staffs in

the university.

“We spend a lot of our resources on engagement activities,” VanDerhoef said. “We want to start our young alumni in that pattern of giving back to Marquette. We know that some of them will be our major donors for future deals, so we cannot neglect the relationships we form with students when they are here.”

He noted, though, the largest expenditure in the department went to direct fundraising activities. The Council for Aid to Education, which collects data on philanthropy in higher education, reported that in 2012 alone, Marquette spent $7.8 million

Despite the recent lull in higher education philanthropy, there are signs that the sector is slowly regaining traction. The Council for Aid to Education’s most recent “Voluntary Support of Education” report, which surveyed 1,048 institutions, found that gifts to higher education in the last year finally surpassed pre-recession levels.

“2013 was a great year,” said Ann Kaplan, a data miner at the council and director of the survey.

“Between 2009 and 2012 was a really tough time for everybody, but a lot of institutions did very well this time around.”

The survey found the colleges and universities took in about $33.8 billion combined in contributions during the last year with three institutions — Columbia University, Stanford University and the University of Southern California — raking in nine-figure gifts.

The concentration of contributions, however, does not delegitimize the industry’s progress.

“Even in the pre-recession era, giving was concentrated in a small number of schools,” Kaplan said. “We’ve got a pyramid where there’s a few at the top that make the most money. They always did and they probably always will.”

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VanDerhoef expressed optimism for Marquette’s future fundraising efforts, even despite the school’s recent string of resignations in key administrative positions. “(The change in leadership) hasn’t proven to be an obstacle to us in producing fundraising results, because we’ll have better results this year than in the last several,” he said. “As you would expect, it’s a part of the conversation that we have with alumni and donors in particular. What’s really been remarkable from my perspective is that people really are attached to the institution. They know that leaders come and go, and the attachment remains strong.”

And as the economy gets back on track, VanDerhoef said he expects philanthropy at Marquette also to pick up speed, just in time for a new university administration.

“We would have been in a campaign long before now had the economy stayed strong,” he said.

“It is better this year than last year for sure, and I expect it will continue to improve.”

Still, Kaplan warned there is

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Not everything’s awesome – and that’s perfect

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Live version of reality show exhibited talents of many drag queens

By Erin Heffernan

erin.heffernan@marquette.edu

“RuPaul’s Drag Race: Battle of the Seasons” brought everything fans love about the Logo reality show to Turner Hall Tuesday night (minus RuPaul herself). Show judge Michelle Visage and a selection of a few favorite queens from past seasons delivered a variety show performance that was odd, impressive, entertaining and a little baffling at once.

The thing about the contestants on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” that the live performance made clear, though, was that what these performers do really does take the show’s signature skills: charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent. Interspersed with little videos, mostly themed around the show “American Horror Story,” the queens made jokes, sang live and even walked on stilts, all while looking fierce as hell.

But the queens have a singular kind of talent, the kind that veers far left of normal, for better or worse—but mostly better.

There were several stand-out moments among the acts, so here are some of the most memorable moments within a show chock of them.

Jinkx Monsoon

Serving: Broadway broad realness Jinx Monsoon, winner of the season five title of “Next Drag Superstar,” gave a powerhouse live-singing performance dressed like an old-western redhead. She called two “go-go boys” from the crowd on stage to sing a suggestive rendition of “Everybody’s Girl” from the musical “Steel Pier.” She also reminded everyone how she charmed the crowd with her natural sense for physical comedy as she danced with the two (shirtless) crowd members.

At her request, they promptly picked her up, with layers of her dress flying. By the end of her performance, most of the crowd jumped to their feet.

Bonus Points for: A perfect delivery of the line: “It’s so

nice to be back in Wisconsin. I love cheese!”

Sharon Needles

Serving: Hail Satan Realness Sharon Needles, the season four winner, was the only other crowned queen in the house and is arguably one of the most famous winners with her alien, gender-bending look that is instantly memorable. After a performance of “Ouji Board” by Morrissey that was fairly conventional, she gave the crowd a throwback favorite, singing “Sweet Transvestite” from Rocky Horror Picture Show dressed in a leather corset that gave a nod to Tim Curry’s original creation. You could feel her true admiration for the film, and the crowd loved the reference.

Later, though, she came out in a simple floor-length black dress and hellacreepy goblin mask. She did a slow, emotional

number in which she did not, as fans of drag queens could naturally expect, rip off the dress or the mask. It was totally bizarre in the saddest and eeriest way possible — but that’s why she is one of the most memorable queens in the show’s history: She knows how to shock.

Bonus Points for: Being unconventional, even for a drag show.

Carmen Carrera

Serving: Britany Spears in the Lucky video realness Carmen Carrera, who recently came out as a transgender woman after her time on the show, was the seductive act. She basically just showed off how flawless she looks, but it was still one of the most memorable acts of the night. After sporting an outfit that was essentially just glitter and giving out a few lap dances, Carrera later came out between acts with signs of the different queen’s faces like a boxing ring girl. The only real purpose was so everyone could see her in the world’s smallest bikini, but color us

all impressed.

Bonus Points for: a heartfelt thank you to everyone who supported her through her transition into a transgender woman.

Pandora Boxx

Serving: Flawless Ice Queen realness Pandora Boxx had quite a few different acts throughout the night, but hands down her best moment was when she came out dressed as Elsa from “Frozen” and performed “Let it Go.” She had the character’s “I don’t care what you think, peasants” power walk down and proved that the song was pretty much made to be performed by a drag queen with all the drama, key changes and attitude. Then, being the comedy queen that she is, she was joined by Olaf the Snowman as the song abruptly switched to “Hot in Herre” by none other than Nelly himself for a fun surprise.

Bonus Points for: Coming out as a stand-up comedy unicorn earlier in the show. She worked that horn.

Ivy Winters

Serving: Maleficent realness Ivy winters was the biggest surprise of the night. Her final act was the true showstopper.

Though she isn’t one of the most popular queens from the show, if this performance really was a battle, she won. For her final appearance of the night, she came out onstage in a huge black cloak that stood about ten feet tall. When a dubstep remix cut into her music, La Roux’s “Bulletproof” she grew about another 5 feet to gasps from the crowd. She was on stilts! She then threw off her hood to reveal fierce sparkly Maleficent (from “Sleeping Beauty”) horns and a matching outfit. She looked great! If that wasn’t enough she then Pulled.

Out. Some. Knives. What is she going to do with those knives?

Juggle them and then swallow them, of course. It’s surprising she didn’t end by exploding into glitter and flying away. She was the last act of the night before all the queens returned to sing “Hey Big Spender” from “Sweet Charity” and served to end the show on a bang.

Bonus Points for: Surprising everyone as the best act of the night.

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I am a fairly adventurous person.

I will try any and all exotic foods, though the ones from dining halls are a bit less satisfying than others. I have sung in front of hundreds of people without imagining them in their underwear. For my own personal merriment, I jump out of airplanes and pray the parachute opens so I can avoid plummeting to my death and repeat the cycle all over again.

There are few things I will not try when I set my mind to it. So when the opportunity presented itself, I took my adventure-seeking to a new level. I decided to go tailgating.

As a lifelong Brewers fan, I took tailgating for granted. My parents always grilled the hot

dogs and set up the chairs while my siblings and I played catch or chatted with other fans about our favorite players. But the tailgate before the Brewers-Cubs game last Friday was my first without parental supervision. I did, however, recruit a friend from Illinois to join in the fun (because no Brewers fan passes up the chance to bring a Cubs fan to a game).

With a few hours to kill before the first pitch, we figured, why not?

What could possibly go wrong in a Miller Park parking lot?

I’m gonna break the suspense – Everything. Everything could go wrong.

We began the escapade pretty well prepared. My gourmet chef of a father – in spirit, if not profession – donated a mini-grill, an individually sized charcoal bag, food and recipes to our cause. Putting them to use became more of a challenge than we anticipated.

The single-use charcoal bag, which featured the instructions “Just light the bag,” would not light. An entire box of matches, a stranger’s lighter and a good 15 minutes were sacrificed before we just opened the bag and lit the charcoal the normal way. The simple game of ladder ball had

too many pieces to even attempt putting together, but it couldn’t be saved from the large, crushing feet of another fan who happened to be stumbling past. There was also a mysterious lack of buns, so we ate the slightly — or in some cases, more than slightly — burned brats bunless.

It was nothing like the tailgate we hoped for, and I wouldn’t have changed a thing.

We made stupid mistakes and hit some bumps in the road. But once the embarrassment subsided, it turned into a hilarious and entertaining afternoon. We laughed at the ridiculousness of our situation and how amateur we looked to the tailgating pros around us. We silently judged the strange, potentially drunk conversations from other tailgaters. In those few hours, we talked more than we ever had previously.

It was by no means the ideal tailgating experience, but we made memories. That’s more important than the edibility of our food or an unorthodox manner of eating brats.

Obviously, you can’t have an outrageous experience and not tell people about it. I needed to incorporate that story into this, my last column of the school

year, but how could I do it skillfully? Tactfully? So after much deliberation, I came up with this: Tailgating was a lot like my first semester as editor.

No, wait, don’t put the paper down! I promise this will make sense if you hear me out. You can call me crazy after you’ve read the whole thing.

I was not planning on becoming Marquee editor this semester. When the job was offered to me, I was simultaneously thrilled and surprised at the confidence everyone had in my abilities to take it on. I decided to view it as a new adventure and accepted the challenge.

Truth be told, I really had no idea what to expect. I knew there would be editing, planning out stories for the week, writing this column — a daunting task coming after the two talented editors before me. But I could not have expected it to turn out the way it did.

Stories fell through. I broke my coffee celibacy in efforts to stay awake during multiple late nights in the newsroom. Occasional cockroach sightings in the Johnston basement frightened me and will continue to haunt me long after I graduate.

Sometimes, the combination of editing and homework was simply overwhelming, and I wondered why I took the job in the first place.

But when I think of all the positive things from this past semester, those mishaps don’t even seem that bad in retrospect.

I made new friendships and rekindled old ones. I wrote about topics I’m passionate about on a public platform. The Tribune staff even discovered that I will laugh at virtually anything past 11 p.m. — and every other hour of the day.

As you leave campus for a long, hopefully relaxing summer break, be adventurous. Try something new. Take a risk. The outcomes are not guaranteed to end up the way you originally envision them, but you will definitely make memories that you can laugh about years later.

Don’t be afraid of your next metaphorical tailgate. Dare to expand your horizons. But do not under any circumstances – literal or figurative – forget to pack your buns.

Claire Nowak is a sophomore studying journalism and writing-intensive English.

Contact her at claire.nowak@marquette. edu or @TheClaireNowak with comments.

First Stage brings Nancy Drew to MKE theater Musical debuts with new take on Keene’s classic mystery stories

By Hannah Byron Special to the Tribune

In celebration of the theatre company First Stage’s 50th Anniversary, iconic teen detective Nancy Drew will leap out of the pages of her beloved books and onto the stage in the production, “Nancy Drew and Her Biggest Case Ever,” directed

by Jeff Frank.

Based off the series written by Carolyn Keene, this world premiere features an original score by Willy Porter and opens Fridy at the Todd Wehr Theater in the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.

Set in the 1930s in the small town of River Heights, Drew embarks on her biggest adventure yet and solves the greatest mystery of her young detective career. With hidden passages, cryptic clues and secret identities, Frank, also First Stage’s artistic director, said “Nancy Drew and Her Biggest Case Ever” is a suspenseful mystery that will keep audiences guessing.

To capture the iconic female

character’s essence, Frank and John Maclay, the writers of the play, read through the first 30 Nancy Drew books in the series. The production mainly derives from “The Bungalow Mystery” and “The Quest of the Missing Map.” Erica Davis, the communications manager at First Stage, said the writers manage to bring the Nancy Drew avid readers know from the books to life.

“The play stays true to Nancy’s character and voice,” Davis said.

The premise of the play revolves around the suspense of Drew uncovering another one of her cases, so the quest to bring the action and mystery visually to the audience became a first priority.

“We’re pulling out all the stops to bring the world of Nancy Drew to life as theatrically and vividly as we can,” Frank said.

Maclay, also the First Stage associate director, said the production brought forth visual challenges.

However, the challenge of visually exciting the audience is also his favorite part of the play.

“I think (my favorite part) is the attempt to create a ski chase or a car chase or an exploding boat on stage,” Maclay said.

Frank said his favorite aspect of the production is the visual

effects and set design, which makes Drew’s world a reality and brings the action close to the audience.

“The design team has also done some incredible work,” Frank said.

“Martin McClendon’s set is almost a museum to Nancy — but also allows us to move swiftly from location to location by utilizing key elements in and about the set. The

costumes by Kimberly O’Callaghan are inspired by the original illustrations and ground us firmly in the late ‘30s.”

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Our view: After a year of administrative changes and negative public events, Lovell has to fill an important role and is tasked with bringing positive stability and a fresh perspective to Marquette.

Dear President-elect Michael Lovell, Amid all the disruptions this school year, we at the Tribune thought we should welcome you to the show. May your arrival mean the long string of scandals, departures and general bad publicity is ending. You are coming into a position where you’ll need to answer for a few things and re-instill a transparent university administration.

The university saw 10 resignations of high-ranking administrators in the past school year. With departures at varying levels and departments – ranging from the iconic men’s basketball head coach position to the university president – there was a pressing need for strong leadership and answers to the questions left in their wake. Unfortunately, there was no progress in the search of a permanent dean of the College of Business Administration, and other vacancies inhibited possible movement. These vacancies affect students as well as university departments, and going into the next year, it will be important to fill these positions rather than try to function without them. Actions toward a full staff should follow your new appointment and will hopefully last.

Along with the vacant leadership positions affecting students, the administration at times ignored their voices.

After the university’s cancellation of the FemSex program in October, there was a lack of discussion and justification voiced from the administration which reflected poorly on its relationship with students. The academic freedom of Femsex coordinators and voices of students were not heard. We are interested to see how you will handle such situations and hope you will open doors that allow students to fully enter the university’s discussion of sensitive topics like sexuality. There is room for a stronger communicative relationship between administrators and students regarding university values.

The administration hasn’t been at its strongest this year, and students fell short in expressing their views on the university. Former student athlete Charley Gargano’s physical assault on a DPS officer and subsequent arrest, transgressions associated with the club hockey team’s buses and recent reports of hazing and sexual assault in the Greek Life community reflect some student misconduct.

The rest of the university cannot help its indirect association with these incidents. There needs to be a reaffirmation of what is expected of students attending this institution. As our incoming leader, you have the opportunity to reassert what the university stands for and establish new policies to address misconduct amongst students.

The university also implemented budget cuts to different departments this year, including the complete elimination of the Office of Administration. Job responsibilities shifted to different departments and the chain of command was altered. Some of these cuts were necessary, we understand,

to work toward a more sustainable model for the university. Others were counterproductive to the university mission we all share. The layoff of Social Innovation Initiative founder Jeff Snell eliminated one of the university’s strongest connections to the social innovation world beyond Wisconsin Ave. This lead to the loss of a highly prestigious partnership with the New York Times and the university’s most inventive entrepreneur in residence. Even afterward, the SII was not given the appropriate attention to thrive in Snell’s absence.

We know you haven’t let these negative stories keep you from joining the Marquette community, so it might also be nice to also recognize some high points. As we emphasized in Tuesday’s editorial, people at Marquette have been busy achieving in different areas. Upon receiving substantial donations for its construction, plans are underway for a new Jesuit Residence on campus. Nancy Snow, professor of philosophy, received a research grant of $2.6 million, the largest humanities grant in Marquette’s history. Marquette was recognized for the third consecutive year as a green campus by the Princeton Review for its sustainability, and many organizations are gaining national recognition. This is the kind of attention the university needs and the success of those who work so hard on campus deserve.

Your appointment is also on the list of good press for the university. As our first lay president and advocate for social innovation, your new ideas as a non-ordained Catholic will surely shake things up a bit. We are eager to be a part of all the productive changes you will bring to Marquette moving forward. Hiring a new university president and coach Steve Wojciechowski in a two-week span brought a sigh of relief that had long been missing from recent conversations about the university’s well-being.

Though there were innumerable positive moments at Marquette this year, it is important for you as our new president to come in with helpful solutions to the problems we face.

All these negative events portray Marquette as a university in regression when most of the community is trying to push us forward. On your end, we need to move toward greater transparency and progressive leadership. We need to be reminded the reason this university exists in the first place is to educate, to allow a space for students to grow, for professors to conduct research and to open avenues for us to leave a greater impact on society. You have the task of bringing this commitment back into focus.

This year, our moments of concern overshadowed our accomplishments on campus. We hope your arrival will prove to be a major turning point for the university that weathered a long year of ups and downs. We hope you will emphasize the potential this university has from the moment you begin your new role.

We at the Tribune implore you to take into consideration the events of this year, to find new ways for us to productively move forward and to carry your brand of leadership to this institution. We look forward to working with you in next year and joining you in finding new ways to let Marquette grow and prosper.

The Marquette Tribune Editorial Board:

Sarah Hauer, Managing Editor

Tessa Fox, Editor-in-Chief

Patrick Leary, Sports Editor

Joe Kaiser, News Editor

Tony Manno,Viewpoints Editor

Alec Brooks, Copy Chief

Rob Gebelhoff, Projects Editor

Elena Fransen, Assistant Editor

Maddy Kennedy, Visual Content Editor

Rebecca Rebholz, Photo Editor

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Thursday, May 1, 2014

An open letter to Presidentelect Michael Lovell

Claire Nowak, Marquee Editor

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Editor says farewell after a hectic year

Tessa Fox If you asked me how my time as the Editor-in-Chief of The Marquette Tribune affected me, I would have an endless number of answers.

This position turned me into a better

journalist and a stronger leader. It made me eat a lot of pizza, lose countless hours of sleep and skip far too many classes. This job gave me experiences, memories and friendships that will last the rest of my life.

Above all, my tenure at the helm of this 98-year-old publication made me proud.

I’m proud of the thoughtfulness put into this year’s paper. I’m proud of the dedication and growth of all the reporters and editors on staff. I’m even more proud of the patience and positive attitude the staff continued to display during a year of transition in student media.

It’s been a crazy news year plagued by major resignations, layoffs and budget cuts, all under an administration of interims.

Along with these issues came the exciting

announcements of a new men’s basketball coach and the first layman to ever be elected as university president.

Along with these events came an increase in attention paid to the Tribune by media professionals, bringing a national focus to the quality of work we do at the Tribune.

This attention to our hard work was rewarded when we were named as the Society of Professional Journalists’ Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper in our region.

This group of student journalists gave more to this newspaper than I have witnessed in all four years at Marquette, and it shows. Even with all the effort they put in, I like to think they got even more out of the experience.

With the start of the next school year comes

a new student media model structure. It is one that will take some getting used to, but one that I know will continue to let the students cultivate more than just their journalism skills.

I will leave this university knowing that my successors will continue to strive for and attain the high standard this paper has proven student media is capable of.

What a long strange trip it’s been in the basement of Johnston Hall. Here’s to many more years of successful student journalism at Marquette.

Thanks for the wild ride.

best solution to the continuing disparity between caucasians and minority groups.

A recent study by the Annie E. Casey Foundation found that of all 50 states, Wisconsin was the worst in the nation for providing opportunities for children of color and Milwaukee continues to be ranked the most segregated city in the United States.

Recently, Wisconsin Sen. Glenn Grothman, a Republican from West Bend, introduced legislation to ban affirmative action policies in Wisconsin.

“The average person does not realize how extensive race and gender preferences are in our society,” Grothman said.

He’s right. Race and gender preferences influence modern society. However, government programs like affirmative action seek to remedy these ingrained injustices society promulgates.

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Grothman also said the best way to improve lagging levels of minority income, employment and education is to improve schools. Again, he is right. Greater access for minorities to better schools would remove the need for affirmative action if the playing field were leveled.

But to remove affirmative action policies

before improving Wisconsin’s ailing school system would be irresponsible. It would remove a stopgap measure, though imperfect, without anything to replace it.

Janet Napolitano, president of the University of California system and former governor of Arizona, wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post in favor of affirmative action policies but acknowledged there are other ways to diversify campus.

“Race, ethnicity, gender or any other cultural or biological trait should never be the sole criterion for admission to any public university,” Napolitano wrote. “By the same measure, they should not be singled out for exclusion.

Race, for example, still shapes how people experience and react to the world.”

Affirmative action policies have a place in higher education, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t other ways to achieve diversity.

These could include expanding financial aid to low-income students (who are disproportionately minorities), partnering with under-funded schools (that disproportionately serve minorities) or having guaranteed admission to the top students at all private and public high schools. If the UW system were to implement these changes and Wisconsin were to double down on its ailing inner-city

schools, affirmative action could be ruled obsolete and individuals of all races and ethnicities could have an equal shot.

It may be ironic talking about diversity at Marquette, given the last five incoming freshmen classes ranged between 75 and 84 percent white. If anything, that means we as a university should be at the heart of this conversation about diversity. Marquette has a number of programs in place to encourage diversity, but the school suffers from a lack of it. Partnering with inner-city Milwaukee schools to provide scholarships and academic support should be at the top of Marquette’s admissions priorities.

Diversity in higher education improves learning for all students, not just those of color. It allows us to transcend stereotypes and assumptions and instead fosters a climate of understanding and justice. Affirmative action may not be the best answer to achieve diversity, but until diversity can be achieved through more natural means, it shouldn’t be thrown by the wayside.

Tessa Fox is a senior majoring in journalism and minoring in French and anthropology. Email her at tessa.fox@marquette.edu with any comments or suggestions.

Affirmative action necessary with today’s social dynamics

Seamus Doyle The United States Supreme Court decided last week in a 6-2 ruling that Michigan’s ban on racial preferences in university admissions is constitutional. The ruling allows the eight states that already ban affirmative action to continue to do so but does not outlaw affirmative action in general.

Affirmative action policies have long been the subject of heated partisan debate.

They are essentially positive discrimination, providing special opportunities for groups disadvantaged by discrimination.

Common arguments against affirmative action are that it unfairly benefits under-qualified candidates and that racism is no longer a significant issue. Neither of these is an adequate reason to end affirmative action, but that does not mean affirmative action is the

Seamus Doyle is a junior studying international affairs and writing-intensive English. Email Seamus at seamus.doyle@marquette.edu with any comments or suggestions.

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Men’s basketball’s worst season in over a decade

Exit Buzz Williams, Enter Steve Wojciechowski

In October, optimism ran high for Marquette men’s basketball.

Buzz Williams’ squad entered the 2013-14 campaign as one of two favorites to win the new Big East alongside Creighton.

To say expectations were not met would be a major understatement. The Golden Eagles failed to get into any sort of rhythm, winning three consecutive games only once. After a season of brutal inconsistency, they finished 17-15 and 9-9 in the weakened Big East.

Without a dominant backcourt scorer like Vander Blue or Darius Johnson-Odom, the team’s poor outside shooting was exposed all season and led to periods of complete offensive ineptitude.

Junior guard Derrick Wilson did not make the transition from backup to starter, and senior Jake Thomas and junior Todd Mayo proved an inconsistent platoon at the shooting guard spot.

Senior center Davante Gardner had a few stellar games, but the weak guard play made it difficult for him to get consistent touches. He performed well enough to earn second team all-Big East honors. Besides Gardner, front court players like senior Chris Otule, junior Juan Anderson and sophomore Steve Taylor did not make the impact expected of them.

The biggest player failure came from senior forward Jamil Wilson, who Marquette needed to take his game to the next level. Wilson would vanish at times, could not stay out of foul trouble and relied heavily on long twos and ineffective three-point shooting.

With the 2014 recruiting class gutted, and returning players no longer accustomed to a culture of winning, new coach Steve Wojciechowski has his work cut out for him to return the program to prominence this winter.

The end of the Marquette basketball team’s season was a roller coaster ride for Golden Eagles fans. As if missing the postseason for the first time in more than 10 years wasn’t bad enough, head coach Buzz Williams announced he would leave the program for Virginia Tech and the Atlantic Coastal Conference March 21.

In the wake of Williams’ departure, a muddle of baseless rumors and sourceless social media posts led to a great deal of confusion. Shaka Smart was infamously mistakenly identified as Williams’ successor by several local news outlets.

Interim Athletic Director Bill Cords brought an end to the chaos by officially dispelling the claims and announcing he would remain at his position for another year at a news conference March 27.

Then, on April Fools’ Day, Marquette announced it would hire longtime Duke assistant Steve Wojciechowski as the new men’s basketball coach.

In his opening news conference, Wojciechowski promised he would build an atmosphere of trust at Marquette, leaving a great impression on local media and the student body. Coming from a school where basketball is held in such high regard, Wojciechowski looks like a great fit. He will have plenty of pieces to work with, but still has some holes to fill.

Despite losing two major recruits to Williams in Ahmed Hill and Satchel Pierce, Wojciechowski locked up BYU transfer Matt Carlino, who will join Marquette for his senior season.

Wojciechowski completed his coaching staff Wednesday with the hiring of Brett Nelson as an assistant coach. Nelson joined the list of newcomers Mark Phelps, Chris Carrawell and Director of Basketball Operations Justin Gainey.

While the departure of one of the most successful coaches in Marquette history left many fans with a bad

- Patrick Leary

taste in their mouths, the hiring of Wojciechowski during a major transition period for the university should provide a golden chance to restore stability to the program and improve the product on the court.

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- Trey Killian Undefeated Big East season for women’s soccer The Golden Eagles’ firstround exit from the NCAA College Cup did not do their season justice. Marquette flourished in the Big East’s inaugural season, finishing 10-0-0 en route to winning the regular season and conference tournament titles.

Defense was what helped Marquette stand out from the pack; the Golden Eagles allowed a mere 0.72 goals and 7.63 shots per game. They reeled off five straight shutouts in the heart of the Big East schedule. Sophomore goalie Amanda Engel had seven clean sheets for the season.

Any skepticism of Marquette’s hot start was quickly silenced when the Golden Eagles humiliated No. 8 Georgetown 4-0 to win their seventh straight and create much-needed breathing room in first place.

Marquette’s offense clicked throughout the campaign, and although the Golden Eagles racked up 52 goals in total, senior Maegan Kelly was the only player to score double-digit goals. Fifteen players scored overall, with 10 having multiple goals. Having the luxury of an abundance of weapons has been a Marquette staple for many of coach Markus Roeders’ seasons at the helm.

As a No. 2 seed in the College Cup last December and having home-field advantage guaranteed until the Sweet 16, Marquette seemed poised for a deep run. The Golden Eagles were flustered by underdog Western Michigan in the first round and suffered a stunning 1-0 defeat, bringing the squad’s historic season to an unforeseen early close. It snapped a 21game winning streak at Valley Fields, and it was Marquette’s first scoreless match since its season opener.

That should not take away from the extraordinary effort the seniors displayed throughout the fall. Kelly, Taylor Madigan, Cara and Emily Jacobson, Katie Hishmeh and Kate Reigle each made impactful contributions over their four years to get the program where it is today.

- Kyle Doubrava Mitchell and Summitt’s departures leave women’s basketball in limbo The Marquette women’s basketball team came into the new Big East as a basement-dweller, expected to not be very successful. But the team took everyone by surprise, going 9-2 through the nonconference schedule and getting as high as No. 28 in the

national rankings. But the team couldn’t keep the momentum going, sputtering to an 11-7 Big East record, good enough for a fourth place finish.

The Golden Eagles went 1-1 in both the Big East and WNIT, which was better than in years past, but still not as good as the NCAA berth Marquette received in 2010.

In the offseason, coach Terri Mitchell surprised everyone by resigning from her position.

Speculation is that Marquette forced her out of the position after poor postseason finishes in recent years or that the school didn’t want to renew her expensive contract.

Naturally, the most likely person to take over the head coaching position was assistant Tyler Summitt. But one week before Mitchell’s resignation, Summitt became the new head coach of Louisiana Tech, the second most successful program in women’s basketball.

The search for a new women’s head coach continues, and it just adds to the questions Marquette already has. With leading scorer Katherine Plouffe and key player Katie Young both graduating, the Golden Eagles will have big spots to fill. Junior Arlesia Morse, the team’s sixth player and big spark plug off the bench, will most likely be able to fill in for some of the scoring Plouffe leaves behind, but there’s no single person that sticks out in the mind after her.

Junior Apiew Ojulu will most likely be the fifth member of the starting rotation.

But Marquette has to hire a new head coach and at least one more assistant and get comfortable with whoever it is before the season starts. And for a team with the top two scorers graduating, Marquette will most likely be in for a rough season again.

- Jacob Born Historic men’s soccer season paves way for future glory With the World Cup just more than one moth away, one cannot help but think of the historic teams that have won the title. For Marquette, the men’s soccer team made history of its own: its first NCAA Tournament win, its first share of the Big East regular season title, its first Big East Tournament win among others, all culminating in one of the most exciting seasons for Marquette soccer.

A star-studded cast, led by coach Louis Bennett, was

destined for a greatness from the start. However, the team was slow out of the gate early in the campaign. The squad went 4-3-1 in nonconference play and was struggling to score.

When Big East play arrived, though, something just seemed to click. That was particularly the case for striker C. Nortey, who netted four game-winners in as many Big East games. A 6-2-1 record later, the team won a share of the regular season league crown. Then in the conference tournament, Adam Lysak lifted Marquette in overtime in the semifinals and the team won its first tournament title, defeating Providence 3-2.

While watching the selection show awaiting the team’s drawing, expectations were great and spirits were high. Then Marquette drew a nine-seed against 2010 national champion Akron in what appeared to be a group of death. Luckily, the team had the home field advantage and in the 100th minute, a magical play started by a back heel from Lysak ended with a Coco Navarro volley that sent Marquette to the round of 16.

In the round of 16, Marquette looked like it would advance after Virginia earned a red card in the opening minute. But the Cavaliers played smart and eliminated the Golden Eagles, ending the historic campaign.

It was a season that will go down in the history books. A lot of talent graduated this year, but next year is sure to bring the s a m e excitement as the team builds on its success.

-Andrew Dawson

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MU to face Villanova in semi-finals Men’s lacrosse team the No. 2 seed in Big East tournament

By Andrew Dawson

andrew.dawson@marquette.edu

After being picked to finish last in the Big East this preseason, the Marquette men’s lacrosse team enters the conference tournament as the No. 2 seed.

This is Marquette’s first year in the conference and will be the team’s first tournament appearance. The Golden Eagles will face Villanova in the semifinals tonight while Denver, ranked No. 2 nationally, faces Rutgers.

At 6-9, the only way Marquette can reach the NCAA Tournament is winning the league tournament.

“We are confident we can play with anybody if we play our game,” said Joe Amplo, Big East Coach of the Year.

Despite being the No. 3 seed and technically the away team, Villanova hosts the tournament at its home field in Philadelphia.

The teams met earlier this season in Milwaukee when the Wildcats pulled away midway through the game. Despite a late rally, Marquette was unable to overcome the deficit and fell 10-8.

Even with the Villanova home field advantage, Amplo believes his team is up for the challenge.

“We’ll play on Mars, I don’t

really care,” Amplo said Monday.

“We have a chance here to extend our season and play against a great institution for the right to play in a championship two days later.”

The Wildcats boast one of the best defensive units in the country.

Led by Big East Defensive Player of the Year John LoCascio, who ranks 6th in the country in caused turnovers with 2.29 per game, the defense ranks 3rd in the nation in caused turnovers. LoCascio and fellow defensemen Chris Conroy were named to the all-Big East first team on Tuesday. The third of the defensive trio, Chris Piccirilli, was named to the second team.

Offensively, Marquette needs to rebound from last weekend’s setback against Denver. Scoring nine goals is not a season low, but going nearly 30 minutes without scoring is one of its worst scoring droughts this season. Redshirt senior Tyler Melnyk, All Big East first team selection and leading scorer, and second team redshirt sophomore midfielder Kyle Whitlow need to have big games to keep Marquette alive.

What the Golden Eagles lack in offense, they make up in defense.

Sophomore defenseman BJ Grill was a unanimous selection to the all-Big East first team while redshirt sophomore defender Liam Byrnes was named to the second team. They will have to contain the Villanova offense for the full 60 minutes if they want to avoid letting the Wildcats run away

Photo by Valeria Cardenas/valeria.cardenas@marquette.edu

The Marquette offense will look to bounce back after a 30-minute scoring drought against Denver.

with the game again.

“It’s going to be a good game,” Amplo said. “It’s two very similar teams that, at times, play very well and, at times, play very poorly.

We’re streaky during our 60-minute games and we’re streaky during our seasons It’s a matter of which team can prepare the best and play as close to 60 minutes as possible.”

If Marquette advances, it will play the winner of the Denver-Rutgers game.

Last weekend against Denver, the squad psyched itself out. Playing one of the top teams in the

country is intimidating, but the team must relax and play its hardest if it draws Denver in the final.

Against Rutgers, Marquette led for most of the game. This was not a position the Golden Eagles are used to being in and they nearly let the game slip away from them late. But a Conor Gately goal with 16 seconds remaining sealed the deal and Marquette earned its first Big East win ever.

The Pioneers would be the tougher match-up of the two, but both teams stand in the way of Marquette and the NCAA Tournament.

“Now it’s about winning,” Amplo said. “This is what guys sign up for. They want to win a meaningful game right before May to have a chance to play in the NCAA Tournament.”

Face-off is set for 6 p.m. as Marquette faces Villanova in the semifinals of the Big East tournament.

Denver and Rutgers will face off at 3 p.m. Both semifinal games will be streamed on BigEast.com and Sunday’s championship game will be on Fox Sports 1.

The Tribune defines my college experience Trey Killian Before I even set foot in a college classroom, I covered my first Marquette sporting event as an employee of the Tribune.

I was a nervous freshman from Florida who’d been asked countless times why I’d chosen frigid Milwaukee as my collegiate destination rather than somewhere warmer and closer to home.

But after that game, a women’s soccer match between the Golden Eagles and Auburn, I felt a profound reaffirmation of my decision that reoccurred after every story I posted on WordPress.

Four years and 269 articles later, to say my time at the Trib dramatically

influenced my life and career would be an understatement. I’m proud to say I’ve never known a school week without writing for the Trib, and in many ways, it became just as important to me as my education.

I never had much interest in joining a fraternity, but in a sense, the Trib became my fraternity. It was remarkable to be in constant contact with so many people who shared a common, deep-rooted passion for journalism.

There are many I’d love to thank

individually, but based on the limitations of my column space I can’t come close to naming them all.

I will be forever grateful to Andrei Greska and Jeff Engel for giving me that initial opportunity to start right away. Working on the Trib as a freshman gave me a firm foothold to base the rest of my college career off of and plenty of opportunities to be the bane of managing editor Derrick Chengery’s existence.

Jeff and Derrick’s excellent leadership taught me a lot about what

it takes to run and work in a newsroom. More specifically, a newsroom that produced the SPJ’s Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper of 2010.

Covering my first men’s basketball game, I remember feeling awestruck watching Darius JohnsonOdom throw down a tremendous dunk five feet away from me. I remember former Trib sports editor Mike Nelson telling me I’d get used to it. He was right, and it was one of many tips and tricks of the trade he passed along to me.

Along with basketball, I had a great time working with Coach Steve Bailey and covering the men’s golf beat. Since Bailey’s hiring my freshman year, it’s been a lot of fun watching and reporting on the team’s development into a top Big East program.

Finally, my coworker and former roommate Joe Kvartunas was always available for some harsh yet constructive criticism. Constantly competing with him over who the better writer was made both of us better as a result, and for that I am very thankful.

From watching courtside as the Golden Eagles fell one step short of the Final Four in 2013 to sitting in on head coach Steve Wojciechowski’s opening presser, it’s been truly special to report on some of the biggest Marquette sports events in recent history.

Wherever the Trib is headed in the future, I hope that it will continue to set a standard for college newspapers across the country.

It’s going to be weird never seeing my name appear as a Trib byline again, but all I can say is I’ve enjoyed the ride and will never forget my experiences in the basement of Johnston Hall.

Trey Killian is a senior from Tampa, Fla., majoring in journalism. Email him at robert.killian@marquette.edu.

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Thursday, May 1, 2014

Cloete leads team Women ends 2nd season 5-12 to 2nd place finish Black says lacrosse Men’s golf lose by 10 strokes to Big East Champion St. John’s

By Trey Killian

robert.killian@marquette.edu

The Marquette men’s golf team began its spring season with the lofty goal of winning the Big East Championship. On the final day at Callawassie Island, it nearly did.

After falling behind St. John’s by 14 strokes heading into the back nine of the third round, the Golden Eagles rallied to dramatically close the gap to two shots with three holes to go.

The Red Storm, led by Ryan McCormick’s stellar firstplace effort, ended up winning the event with an overall score of 882, while Marquette finished in the runner-up spot with an 892.

After coach Steve Bailey disappointedly watched Marquette’s chances of achieving its ultimate objective slip away late, he was, as always, proud of his team’s accomplishment.

“It’s unfortunate, but we’re going to take a lot of experience from this,” Bailey said. “I thought collectively our guys handled the pressure well, and everybody that traveled here is coming back next season.

Looking at the overall season, we were ranked 180th at the start and now we’re at 110th.

I’m proud of that progress.”

Bailey always preaches consistency from the top to the bottom of his lineups, and that came to fruition at the championships.

Led by junior Brandon Cloete, three Marquette golfers placed in the top 10 individually. Cloete scored a 5-overpar 221 to tie for fourth place, while sophomore Patrick Sanchez finished right behind him in sixth with a 222.

“We felt good because all we asked for was a chance to win it, and we gave ourselves a really good chance on the final day,” Sanchez said. “It showed that all of us have the potential to shoot some of the top scores in the conference.”

CJ Swift finished two strokes behind Cloete in a tie for seventh place, capping what was a standout year for the redshirt sophomore.

“If you look back at where CJ was his freshman year to now, he’s made huge strides in development as a player and a more mature person,” Bailey said.

Sophomore Zach Gaugert finished fourth for the Golden Eagles and 13th on the individual leaderboard, while fellow sophomore Nick Nelson rounded out the scoring for Marquette with a 232, good for a tie for 21st. “(The solid top-to-bottom effort) is just a testament to the contagious atmosphere we’ve created, and the competitive nature of the tournaments we’ve played this year,” Bailey said. “Our whole theme was to create positive energy, and the program has grown because of it. We’re excited to get

back to work.”

The Golden Eagles played one of the toughest schedules in program history this season, and as a result, upped their level of competition both amongst each other and against their opponents.

But aside from taking steps on the golf course, Bailey is equally, if not more impressed, with his team’s growth as human beings.

“Ultimately I look for our guys to grow as people and as players, and they grew in both of those areas this season,” Bailey said. “The continued accountability of all our guys and the leadership they’ve shown has a lot to do with where we are now. I don’t know that I had a bar set for this point when I started my Marquette career, but we’ve progressed as a program.”

team vastly improved, built foundation

By Deny Gallagher Special to the Tribune

In a season where Marquette women’s lacrosse went 5-12 overall, the team built the foundation for the entire program.

“We improved vastly from our first year to our second year,” coach Meredith Black said. “The message I left my team with was that we need to come back better next year.”

The 2014 campaign saw steady improvements for coach Black’s side, which led to individuals and the team making history. This season, fans witnessed the program’s first conference victory, the first win streak and the first conference player of the week award.

Wednesday afternoon, the team added another first as Amanda Bochniak, Claire Costanza,

Elizabeth Goslee and Sarah Priem were named to the AllBig East Second Team in the Golden Eagles’ first season as a full member of the Big East.

The highlight of the season was a two-game win streak in late March, where the Golden Eagles ousted both Cincinnati and Winthrop, notching a 27-12 scoring advantage between the two games. During that stretch, the club held a significant advantage on draw controls and loose balls.

Unfortunately, when the calendar turned to April, the results were not nearly as kind, as the Golden Eagles lost the last seven games of the season.

It wasn’t all bad news, as Marquette put some great stretches of play together against the likes of Georgetown, Louisville, Connecticut and Notre Dame.

“We competed with some of the top schools in the country and that was the plan for year two,” Black said.

With the 2014 season in the books, offseason workouts

begin. In the coming weeks, the team will head home for the summer and begin polishing its game for the fall camp. Black stressed the emphasis of getting better individually before meeting back on campus next fall.

“The intensity and the competition is going to pick up (in the fall),” Black said. “I’m telling the team that this summer, they are going to have to work harder (individually) this summer than they ever have before.”

With the program’s foundation becoming stronger by the day, those involved know they have the potential to build something special at Marquette.

However, the only way that the Golden Eagles can continue the expected success through hard work, just as was demonstrated throughout the team’s 2014 campaign.

“We are established, we’re still growing and we still have a lot of room to improve and a lot of things we need to work on before we get to where we want to be,” Black said.

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