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“Campus housing is super com petitive … My roommates and I are already talking about ‘What do we want to do next year?’ and I don’t even know what I’m doing next year.” Nora Graham, a se nior in the College of Arts & Sci ences, said, as they are beginning to look for housing in Milwaukee after graduation. “Our landlord is already showing our apartment … It’s just so stressful, that as pect of how quickly you have to decide everything.”
“The exciting news in the community is that my work is helping to show that that technique is duplicatable by a hobbyist in terms of trying to get this to happen in captiv ity. Meanwhile, the hobbyists are excited because they end up with a pet frog and when I sell them to a pet store or com munity they get a frog that is used to being with humans,” BoydBoydsaid.said that his discovery came after a period of trial and error. In the wild, female frogs wait until the rainy season to breed. In Costa Rica, where the frogs are most native, this is between the months of May and November. Creating this natural phenomenon in an artificial environment was a tricky step in endeavor.Boyd’s “It turned out that granulosa glass frog females apparently do not even ovulate until the second month of the rainy sea son. So I’ve had to rotate these in and out, in and out every day for weeks at a time, but it worked,” Boyd said. At first, his efforts were fruitless. Millie, Boyd’s only female, wasn’t showing any signs of ovulating and Boyd was stumped. Going out on a limb, he turned to the Face book group where he re preparation for the new school year.However, while many students are just beginning to adjust to and reflect on their new living situa tions, for some, it’s already time to start thinking about signing leases for the year ahead.
By Skyler Chun skyler.chun@marquette.edu ingjumpout of their cages greet ing him. And the poi son dart frogs lounge with their brilliant colors, warn ing those to stay away. Fortu nately for Boyd, the dart frogs are only poisonous because of the fire ants they eat in the wild, so he has no trouble handling them. But the one that is catching the most attention is his efforts with the granulosa glass frog. Boyd is only the second per son in the United States to suc cessfully breed the granulosa glass frog, a frog with a translucent stomach found in the humid lowlands of Central Asia. This trait makes it possible to view the glass frog’s in testines from the outside looking in. His feat was con firmed after his tad poles had climbed out of the water with their newly developed legs, turning into froglets, the next step in the frog metamorpho sis. Boyd’s achievement has some of the frog community jumping for joy.
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The schools compared in this story are Marquette University, Creighton University, Rock hurst University, Xavier Univer sity, John Carroll University and Loyola University Chicago. Saint Louis University and University of Detroit Mercy are also part of the eight AJCU schools in the Midwest but did not give separate rates for room andAnboard.analysis of residence hall rates for the 2022-23 school year at the six schools where data was collected showed the following:
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The average pricing rates of residence hall housing (per term): $3,631 at Creighton, $3,916 at Rockhurst, $4,041 at John Car roll, $4,103 at Xavier, $4,795 at Loyola University Chicago and $4,857 at Marquette. The average pricing rates of residence hall housing (per year): $7,263 at Creighton, $7,831 at Rockhurst, $8,081 at John Car roll, $8,206 at Xavier, $9,589 at Loyola University Chicago and $9,714 at MarquetteMarquette.andLoyola Univer sity Chicago both offer the most Photos courtesy of Rick Boyd
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Marquette University wel comed 1,990 first-year students to campus Aug. 24 for move-in day, the largest first-year class since 2018. Returning graduate and transfer students also con tinued settling into their dorms, apartments and off-campus hous ing throughout the summer in Marquette is one of eight AJCU schools located in Midwest
Just north of Milwaukee, Rick “Rainforest” Boyd, ad junct instructor in the College of Arts & Sciences, is making leaps and bounds over his lat est accomplishment in the frog breederWalkingcommunity.intohis lab feels like venturing thousands of miles away from Wisconsin and into the rainforests of Cen tral America. Boyd is greeted with the croaks and calls of multiple species of frogs. Red-eyed tree frogs watch with their beating eyes on when feeding is next. White tree frogs are practically See FIRST page 3 Marquette Lunabotics team takes third at national competition at the Kennedy Space center
The Marquette Wire collected data to compare on-campus resi dential housing prices and leas ing processes for Jesuit universi ties in the Midwest, which are a part of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Je suit colleges and universities that comprise AJCU are located in 17 states, including the District of Columbia and Belize. Eight are located in the Midwest.
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The university did not respond to multiple requests for comment when asked if this was true, or if they expect prices to continue ris ing in the future.
This does not include the cost of dining or meal plans. In addition, the data also found that: For a standard single dorm room, Marquette costs an aver age of $10,920 per year. For a standard double, Marquette costs an average of $9,893 per year.
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“I would describe (Dupre) as like similar to the vibe and rep utation of Abbotsford Hall (at Marquette),” they said. “Not the nicest dorm, not the most wellknown, but it has really good communal spaces and a good sense of Grahamcommunity.”saiditwill be inter esting to see what their brother’s experience will be like, as it seems very different from their dormMacalesterexperience.College is not eli gible for free tuition, as it is not a Jesuit University, and Graham mentioned it is less affordable for their family because of that. Maddie Barry, a senior in the College of Business Administra tion, lived in Cobeen during her first year and Schroeder during her sophomore year. “I really found a great group of people in Cobeen across multiple floors,” she said. “We all ate in the dining hall together and grew into a cool community.” Barry also has a sister at Gon zaga University, a Jesuit institu tion in Spokane, Washington.
“In general, there are so many people who are like ‘I picked Marquette because they offered me the most money’ and I know from talking with my dad that a lot of times private schools are able to offer more money than state schools,” Graham said. So although the sticker price at private universities will be a lot higher, they said these insti tutions often offset a lot of those costs to make it more affordable than going to a state school.
“I enjoyed having dinner with my roommates and beginning to get to know them,” they said. “I am most excited for O-fest next and to start getting involved.”
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“I know everyone says public schools are cheaper but for me with merit scholarships and instate schools being expensive, private was the right choice for me,” Barry said. Barry went abroad during her junior year, so she said she chose to live in her sorority house for the ease of not having to find a sublease. Now, for her senior year, she is living in a house off campus with seven friends.
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housing options with 22 types of rooms in nine and seven resi dence halls, respectively. Xavier University had the least amount of options with seven types of rooms in five residence halls. Overall, Marquette is the most expensive institution for housing, while Creighton is the cheapest.
This is the most expensive in bothForcategories.astandard single dorm, Creighton was the cheapest, with an average cost of $7,505 per year. For a standard double, Rockhurst was the cheapest at $6,120 per However,year.for Graham, family connections to a Jesuit Universi ty allowed them to attend college without worrying too much about the“Becausecost. my dad is a profes sor at Creighton, there is a spot for me to go for a full ride,” Gra ham said. “But because I didn’t want to go there, there are also Marquette professors whose kids have a spot for a full ride … so we’re kind of just exchanging spots.”Yet, while tuition is free for them, they still had to compete for that option, and still have to pay for room, board and addi tional fees at Marquette, so the cost of living was still something for them to consider. Graham lived in Cobeen Hall during their first year and Straz Tower during their sophomore year. “I really learned a lot about myself (my first year), that I re ally need my living space to be quiet, so I did appreciate that about Cobeen,” Graham said. “My floor wasn’t super social, but I learned that having a good roommate is what’s most impor tant because you don’t necessar ily have to be best friends with everyone on your floor.” In contrast, they said living in Straz Tower was more social, despite the dorms being at half capacity due to COVID-19 pre cautions that year. “I definitely saw the other side of what it’s like to be really good friends with everyone on your floor and enjoyed that so much,” they said. “For me, that was per fect because we just hung out with each other and it was safer … That’s how I made some of my best Grahamfriends.”said they genuine ly enjoyed their experience in the“Bydorms.the time I moved out it was definitely time to do that, but overall not a horribly negative experience,” they said. “It’s nice for the first few years to help you adjust to college and what living alone is like. I don’t think I would have been ready to just jump in, even sophomore year, to having to buy my own groceries, make my own food.” Sean Clancy, a first-year stu dent in the College of Arts & Sciences, is just beginning their dorm experience, as they moved into Straz Tower last week.
“Move-in was smooth and ev eryone was really friendly,” they said. “I’m enjoying it here so far.” Clancy is now living in a quad and shared their favorite moment during their first week of school.
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Marquette requires all first-year and sophomore undergraduate students to purchase an “anytime dining” meal plan for $2,515 per term and $5,030 per year. Marquette has six on-campus university apartments: the Marq, Campus Town East, Campus Town West, Frenn Building, Gilman Building and McCabe Apartments. All apartments have monthly payments per apart ment, except for the Marq, which is paid for monthly per person. For the 2022-23 school year, the average monthly rate per uni versity apartment at Marquette is $1,440. The average monthly rate per person at the Marq dur ing the academic year is $1,071. According to data from the 2021-22 leasing contract, the average monthly rate per uni versity apartment at Marquette was about $1,411. The average monthly rate per person at the Marq during the academic year was about $1,051. “I know last year (Marquette) raised tuition a certain amount, and that was talked about in some of my classes … people having frustration with that, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it had been raised this year as well with inflation and everything,” Gra hamAccordingsaid.
to College Fac tual, there has been an average 4.7% cost increase each year for the past five years in Marquette housing and dining costs, com pared to a nationwide average change of 2.4%.
Now in their senior year, Gra ham lives in an off-campus apart ment. While they said there were pros and cons to both options, living off campus has been more affordable.“Justgiven Marquette’s meal plan and how expensive that is with the unlimited swipes, I’ve spent so much less on groceries,” Graham said.
Just last week, Graham’s brother, Daniel, moved into Du pre Hall at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
“There are so many aspects of being at Marquette and at a private school that make it more worthwhile for me, regard less of the finances, there are just so many more things that I appreciate about Marquette,” Graham said.
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A non-MU victim and her non-MU boyfriend engaged in a verbal argument in their shared residence in the 1400 block of W. Highland Ave. The altercation turned physical and the boyfriend fled prior to MUPD arrival. The victim reported physical injuries but did not accept medical attention. An investigation is ongoing.
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At the moment Boyd’s gran ulosas have grown into frog lets. At this stage, all they do is lay around and absorb their tail and develop frog traits such as lungs and front arms. All this requires very little supervi sion, so there isn’t much Boyd can do on this end. In the meantime, Boyd plans on hopping onto his next proj ect, growing a different spe cies, the polka dot frog. A frog is known for its natural fluo rescence, the first kind in the frog kingdom.
An MU student had their buttocks slapped by an unknown subject at 16th and Wisconsin Ave. The incident was reported to MUPD by an Office of Residence Life staff member as the student did not wish to report the incident to MUPD directly. The incident was reported to MUPD by the ORL staff member. MUPD has not been able to reach the student. An investigation is ongoing.
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A light pole was set on fire near a business in the 1500 block of State St. by an unknown subject. The fire was put out by the Milwaukee Fire Department. The investigation is ongoing.
A MU student was approached by a non-MU subject at N. 13th and W. Wells Street. The non-MU subject raised their fists and swung at the MU student’s face. The victim feared for their safety but no physical injuries were reported. An investigation is ongoing.
Simon Glarner, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sci ence, took Boyd’s Earth and Environmental Physics class. “Pretty frequently he would give us updates on what was going on with the frogs, and he would show pictures of how they were doing … he’s ridic ulously knowledgeable and re ally personable,” Glarner said. The class is not just lim ited to environmental studies majors, it is open to all nterested Marquette students. “The students were all over the place, but it was definite ly an interesting class,” Allie Plante, a sophomore in the College of Engineering, said. “He is always trying his best to keep everyone engaged. There were some classes where he would just talk about his frogs. But it was a good mix of ev erything, we were still able to learn everything.”
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FROGS: pairing hobby and conserva tion ceived insights from fellow hobbyists on what he should try“Thereadjusting.isa glass frog com munity, it’s a public group … and we compare notes back and forth. One of the other gentlemen who was success ful with this a year ago in California said you need to experiment more with the rain chamber you are using,” BoydAftersaid.tweaking his rain schedule and some patience, Millie’s stomach wasn’t just showing her heart. It was also showing her eggs. His work is all in an ef fort to save the frogs in their natural habitats, a con cept he calls “conservation through BoydserveBoydtradethempeopleofforandthat“Everycommercialization.”oneofthesefrogsI’mgrowingincaptivitysellingtootherhobbyistspetshopstakesthepressurethewildpopulation,havinglegallyorillegallygrabandputthemintothepetworldwideworldwide,”said.Inadditiontohelpingconthefrogpopulation,isalsotakingwhathe learns and applying it to his classroom. For instance, he is able to teach his classes about the nitrogen cycle while applying it to the frogs. When working with the granulosa tadpoles, he had to experiment with the water conditions and the quality of nitrates and nitrites in the wa ter, which helps starve harmful bacteria in the glass frog tad poles’ stomachs.
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At this point in time Boyd’s frogs have grown into froglets . He hopes to continue breeding other frogs.
Cindy Burzinski, director of Wisconsin Voices for Recovery, said it’s important that community members have access to Narcan, especially with the presence of fentanyl. Over the past two years, fentanylrelated deaths in Wisconsin have increased by 97%.
However, in some cases, just first responders carrying Narcan is not enough. Last year, two UW-Milwaukee students died from overdoses in Sandburg Hall, the same building that houses UWM’s police department. Narcan is used when someone is overdosing and should only be administered after calling 911 or other emergency personnel.
“The simplicity of it is amazing and that it saves a life immediately. You never know what dosage could take you over, you just never know when someone is using opioids,” Brunzelle said.
One refugee family, the Bita family, became part of the Marquette community, Basir Bita’s daughter, Mahdia, will go to Mount Mary University and his son, Barbod, will attend the Notre Dame School of Milwaukee.
“We encourage people to use them in the case of emergency, but we also encourage people to take them out of the box just to have,” Burzinski said.
Currently, the Bita family is stuck in Canada waiting for their United States visa where Basir Bita said they are still trying to settle in. “Life in Canada is chilly and nice. My daughter started her college online,” Basir Bita said in an email. “My wife goes to community college to improve her English and my son goes to school.”Despite Basir Bita saying life is going generally well, he said his family still experiences unconscious flashbacks and nightmares.Thejourney from Afghanistan to Canada wasn’t easy, Bita said. Although the Bita family had their Canadian visas approved, Bita said they could not get out after the Taliban’s takeover. Bita said they traveled by land to another Afghan city and after a week, they flew to Pakistan where they had to wait for 47 days until the Canadian government issued an updated visa, booked flights and waited to connect with the the International Organization for Migration- who Bita said were in charge of onboarding Afghans. This isn’t the only time Bita has coordinated with Marquette’s Center for Peacemaking though. Bita said his contact with the Center dates back more than a decade ago when Kennelly visitedSinceAfghanistan.Kennelly’s visit, Bita has attended virtual workshops from the Center discussing peace activism and has helped with translation whenever Kennelly and his colleagues visited.
“I am more concerned about the LGBTQ+ community in Afghanistan as they are being oppressed under the Taliban regime,” Bita said in an email. Helping this family come to Marquette and escape Afghanistan, Altenburg said, is a great example of how several different people quickly came together to help make something momentous happen. Altenburg said her role in this process was behind the scenes since she normally collaborates with Kennelly on more local issues.“However, we talked through how to best approach Marquette’s leadership and key decision makers, and Pat [Kennelly] skillfully took it from there,” Altenburg said in anNow,email.Altenburg said the public affairs office has been helping to connect people with those who work in Wisconsin’s congressional delegations office for visas. Kennelly said they’re hoping that the Bita family will arrive at Marquette by next semester. Kennelly also said that Marquette is lucky they have the Center for Peacemaking, which really emphasizes applied peacemaking and“Itnonviolence.reallyiswhat a Marquette education is about when you think about ‘Be the Difference’ or living lives of faith, service, excellence and leadership,” Kennelly said. “Projects like this are just applying a peacemaking lens about how can we use our talents and our resources to make the world a little bit easier for other people to live — it’s almost intuitive.”
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“In recent years, MUPD has not responded to any opioid overdose deaths for students,” Kevin Conway, university spokesperson, said in an email.
“It was difficult leaving my dreams of establishing the first nonviolence institute there; however, I am determined to go back there and run the institute,” Basir Bita, graduate student at Marquette’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling masters program, said in an email. Marquette University’s Center for Peacemaking director, Pat Kennelly knew that as the Taliban took over Afghanistan, the Center for Peacemaking felt an obligation to help as Kennelly calls them, the center’s partners overseas.
Kennelly said some families left the country on flights, like the Bita family, others left on land through bus convoys and some families weren’t able to escape.
Narcan, a nasal spray form of naxalone, is an opioid overdose reversal medication that has been making its way across Wisconsin at various universities as a way to fight the opioid epidemic. Narcan boxes have been installed at 11 out of the 13 UW system schools, but there hasn’t been an installation at Marquette University .
In Afghanistan, Bita works and advocates for LGBTQ+ rights, women’s rights, democracy, nonviolence, peace and more. Prior to leaving, he was working to create the first nonviolence institute in Afghanistan. After the Taliban took over Afghanistan, Bita was targeted by them and received death threats. His car was shot at as his family was returning home one night. Bita said this is all due to his activism.
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“When you have Narcan posted up, that’s an awareness campaign in itself and … having that anywhere posted publicly really gets the message out there that this is a huge issue that we’re all dealing with,” Peter Brunzelle, executive director of WisHope, a recovery nonprofit, said. Last year there were over 1,400 opioid deaths in the state of Wisconsin and over 4,200 opioid-related hospital visits. Milwaukee county also saw a record number of overdose deaths last year with 643. Marquette doesn’t have any Narcan boxes on campus though MUPD police officers has been carrying Narcan since 2017. Narcan is also on hand at the MUPD station on campus.
Wisconsin Voices for Recovery has installed Narcan boxes in over 23 counties and installed their first Narcan box on a college campus last November at UW-Oshkosh. Narcan boxes have also been installed in other public places such as gas stations, hotels, probation offices and libraries.
Wisconsin colleges make Narcan publicly accessible Center for Peacemaking hosts Afghan Refugee families
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“In terms of the Bita’s, one of the things we knew is … if one student was enrolled in a United States university, all of their dependents could come too,” Kennelly said. In late August or September, Kennelly called Rana Altenburg, associate vice president for public affairs, to tell her about this opportunity and a donation that came in to cover tuition and asked if they could make this happen. Kennelly said Marquette eventually ended up opening their doors by helping prepare their home in Milwaukee, cover tuition, helping with visas and more.
simplicityThe of it is amazing and that it saves a life immediately.”
Even if you are unaware of what drugs a person may have been taking, Brunzelle said it’s smart to administer Narcan regardless. Administering Narcan to someone who was not using opioids will not harm“It’sthem.nota harmful drug in any way, it’s a blocker. If you don’t have opioids in your system it just won’t do anything. It’s better to give them the Narcan than to not,” Brunzelle said. UW-Milwaukee is the most recent school to install Narcan boxes when. The boxes were installed in high–traffic areas around campus such as the library and residence halls. Wisconsin Voices for Recovery provided the boxes for free. It currently gets its funding through the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. “We want to support Wisconsin communities, increase access for safety, and it’s really great that this program can be offered for free and so we’re trying to do as much as we can,” Burzinski said.
“The Bita family was selected because … the Americans only evacuated folks who had been connected to the military, and being a center for nonviolence, we had only worked with partners who were pursuing nonviolent tactics of peacemaking, so none of our partners were eligible to be evacuated despite some risk of having worked with foreigners and in particular, Americans,” Kennelly said. Prior to the Bita’s evacuation, Kennelly said a small group from the United States who had been working in Afghanistan came together to help refugees escape from the country. Kennelly said they had a list of about 90 families that needed to be evacuated.
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Narcan replacement is also free through Wisconsin Voices for Recovery. Burzinski said that many installations have been made when organizations and businesses reach out throughNarcanemail.needs to be stored indoors as it needs to remain between 68 and 77 degrees Fahrenheit. It is becoming more widely available across the state through programs like Wisconsin Voices for Recovery andNarcanWisHope.is also available without a prescription at various pharmacies throughout the state. However, Brunzelle said Narcan can be expensive. Both WisHope and Wisconsin Voices for Recovery give out free Narcan uponNaxalonerequest.access is becoming increasingly common at other universities outside of Wisconsin. Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts made kits available across campus in 2017. Other universities such as University of Texas at Austin and Colorado State University have also made Narcan available onAtcampus.Virginia Commonwealth University, one professor rides a bike around campus while giving out doses of Naxalone to“Tostudents.doall this and make it deliverable to the community at large and have it in people’s hands and ready and accessible, it may seem like a nuanced thing but with how often overdoses happen there’s a real need for these things,” Brunzelle said. For those looking to get Narcan training Daily Bird Cafe is hosting a training at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Bita said he wants to help more refugees still stuck in Afghanistan. He said there are many of his friends, brothers, his parents and other relatives who cannot get out of the country.
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Marquette isn’t the only university in Wisconsin with an increased class size in 2026.
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“We’ll start having a better sense after that,” Quade said. Baworowsky said that 92% of the Class of 2026 decided to live in Marquette’s residence halls. Both Baworowsky and Quade said that this increase was intentional. Baworowsky said that the university
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Quade said after looking at the student numbers at Summer Priority Advising & Registration Kick-Off, the university knew they would have to hire more orientation leaders and resident assistants, and fully staff every other student leadership position on campus.
Quade also said that despite this being a significant priority for the university, it’s been a huge challenge since it’s been difficult to fill those“Forroles.instance, I served on the President’s Safety Task Force last year, and one of the big concerns had been limo drivers, and there was just really a dearth of students applying to be limo drivers. And so there [was] kind of this ripple effect of places that we would normally have students working and applying to do things … that has been a challenge across campus,” Quade said.
This is the largest first-year class at Madison in the past 20 years, enrolling 8,465 students. Madison’s Class of 2026 increased by 1,159 students compared to their current sophomoreUW-Madisonclass. has had to house students in a nearby hotel- the Lowell Center and convert residence hall study rooms to dorm rooms for six or four UW-Madison’sstudents. Housing FAQ page said that all of their converted spaces have been looked into to make sure there’s adequate space, similar furniture and amenities for each students as they would find in other dorm rooms.
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This comes nearly seven months after MUPD announced they would be moving to all hybrid squad cars by 2025 — continuing their leading efforts in Lieutenantsustainability.BillWalz of MUPD was the leading project manager on getting the LiveWire motorcycle on campus.
Erin Warner, program administrator at UW-Madison posted on the UW-Madison parent page that the university was also offering free meal plans to students who lived off-campus instead of in residence halls.
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UW-Madison also took in more first-year students, but they do not have enough room to house them all normally. However, this isn’t the case at Marquette.
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“It certainly looks like everybody was able to get schedules that they wanted, nobody likes all of their schedule, but I did not hear that we had big swaths of things that students couldn’t get into classes,” Quade said.
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Marquette has enough room to accommodate more. Baworowsky said first-year classes could contain up to 2,000 students. There were 2,027 first-year students who committed to Marquette by National Decision Day last year on May 1.
An issue the university has faced, though, is hiring more students for student leadership positions throughout campus.
on the “Aftermotorcycle.weget done with it, I think they are going to give it to other campuses and other police stations so I’m fortunate that they have entrusted me with giving the feedback on how it operates,” WalzNotsaid.only is Lieutenant Walz the person giving the feedback to Harley, but he is also the only one that will be able to ride it since he is the only member of MUPD trained to ride a motorcycle. “I wish I could get some other officers out there on it, but it is a pretty intense training course that not everyone has been through just yet,” Walz said. The training course is approximately 80 hours and since the school year has just begun many officers are already preoccupied with their day-to-day tasks. In terms of sustainability, some have applauded MUPD for its“Fromleadership.my purview, MUPD is doing a phenomenal job,” Chelsea Malacara, sustainability and energy management coordinator for Marquette,Malacarasaid.highlighted the fact that MUPD already has been doing a great job in its sustainability efforts and hopes that their efforts motivate other departments across campus to consider sustainability in their decision“MUPDmaking.has taken it upon themselves to move forward with these initiatives completely on their own, and it not only exhibits innovation and leadership but will help us reduce emissions from our fleet vehicles which includes MUPD vehicles,” Malacara said. Malacara said that these sustainability efforts don’t come easy and that they require lots of planning and intent. While sustainability efforts like this are a start, some students say this should only be the beginning. “I really value sustainability,” Carla Macias, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said. “I am a vegetarian and am always thinking about how sustainability can be continued at Marquette. I think this is a start, but there definitely should be more efforts continued across campus because sometimes I think Marquette doesn’t do enough.” For MUPD, one might say they feel the same way. “This is an exciting thing for us and we hope to motivate other departments to increase their sustainability efforts as well,” Walz said.
“I thought it was pretty cool that we were to be on loan directly through Harley-Davidson,” WalzHarleysaid. happens to be directly in “IMilwaukee.justthink it’s so cool,” Walz said. “I think it’ll be unique that you might see the bike before you hear it and usually you would be used to hearing one before seeing it.” Walz also said that he hopes the new bike will open up new types of conversation about sustainability on“Icampus.hope when I pull up to an intersection some students come up to me and say something like ‘Why is that motorcycle not making any noise,’” Walz said. “We love talking to students and especially with MUPD continuing their sustainability journey we also love to talk to students aboutWalzsustainability.”hasbeenin direct contact with Harley and LiveWire and continues to give weekly feedback has been able to plan for this over the past eight months, so there were many meetings when it came to discussing the right amount of class sections to support the increase of students and therefore avoid registration issues.
Students and families moved into their residence halls last month. Photo by Keifer Russell keifer.russell@marquette.edu
“I started talking to the manager of the LiveWire program and I let him know who I was and where I worked,” Walz said. “I was looking at his bike and he asked me if I had ever ridden one to which I said no.” Eventually, the manager offered Walz a chance to pilot the bike on Marquette’s campus this year.
Students may be used to Marquette University Police officers riding in squad cars, but now they may need to get used to something different. Something that may be familiar to Milwaukee natives – that is, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle on campus. The Marquette University Police Department is piloting an all-electric motorcycle. The Harley-Davidson LiveWire is just the second of its kind in the United States as of now and was “specially developed for MUPD.” as reported in a recent Marquette Instagram post. Marquette University and the Vermont State Police are the only organizations that are currently piloting the program.
“Bringing students to see our exciting campus and personally experiencing Cura Personalis helped us reach our larger goal,” Baworowsky said in an email.
“Housing is one of the many offices that I would guess is scrambling to make it work right now [with the increase in first-year students],” Warner said on the parent page. “So don’t blame housing and honestly don’t blame UW admissions either, perhaps it was your child who came in on the overage number and if UW had stuck to the target, you wouldn’t be stocking up on badger gear.” UW-Madison students living in residence halls also may have had to wait until a few days before move-in day to receive their housingAlthoughassignments.UW-Madison is faced with an increase, Baworowsky said this isn’t a Marquette issue. Even with the 20% increase in class size, Marquette didn’t have to open O’Donnell residence hall that was shut down last year. “It’s actually because of the smaller sophomore class,” Stephanie Quade, dean of students, said. “So the vacancies are across the system, and they [the university] were able to move on all of that without having to reopenQuadeO’Donnell.”saidthat from her understanding when the fall semester started residence halls were at capacity, so there may be challenges if someone wants to switch rooms. However, Quade said in any year there will inevitably be some students who do not show up to campus that the university anticipated or eventually drop out.
At Marquette University, firstyear students moved into their residence halls starting Aug. 24, but at the University of WisconsinMadison, some students moved into a nearby hotel. Despite welcoming 1,990 firstyear students to the Marquette University campus this fall, a 336 student increase compared to the Class of 2025, John Baworowsky, vice president for enrollment management, said this was a deliberate decision to boost the class size to pre-pandemic numbers.
At Marquette Central, manager Deanna Davis said they also haven’t had any issues with the increasedclass“Wesize.have not had to adapt as our contact volumes have not drastically increased from the past few years,” Davis said in an email.
“We had the robot broken down into subsystems and we assigned people to certain subsystems, but we consistently had people completing their work and then going to help other people to get their subsystem working. I think that definitely made a huge difference,” Jill Steinhart, first-year graduate student at Marquette and former Lunabotics team member, said. The team placed just behind Iowa State and the University of Alabama, making this Marquette’s highest-ranking team. However, the winning robot still sits in a classroom, ready to be remade once again.
A Systems Operation Paper is a very detailed outline of the makeup and design of the robot. It follows specific scientific guidelines and usually requires constant editing.
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The Artemis Program is a multifaceted program where many efforts are being made to start moving more people and machinery toward the moon and Mars.
“You know, I was asked what I did differently this year, and I answered honestly, ‘I don’t know.’ But after thinking about it, I think it was the attention to detail that really helped us [the team] this time around,” Voglewede said. The challenge consists of building a robot that is capable of functioning on the moon and Mars. The functionality of the machine is determined by five tests, including a Project Management Plan, a Public Outreach Project, a Proof of Life Video and the System Engineering Paper. The different categories allow the teams various ways of proving the robot’s functionality while also helping evaluators have the best understanding of the contraption possible. Each of the categories is scored separately and then brought together to create the final score.
The robots these teams create are studied by NASA to help them gain new perspectives and ideas to create their own lunar mining robots. The Lunabotics competition is a part of the many components that make up NASA’s Artemis Program.
The Marquette Lunabotics Team took third place at the national event.
By Clara Lebrón clara.lebron@marquette.edu other Marquette teams. This robot is technically the fourth iteration Marquette has sent into competition, and the highest ranking team to date. “Since we inherited their [previous team members’] robot, we had to consult them to help us decide what we should keep and what we should change. Throughout the project and especially towards the end, we often talked about what we wanted to tell the next team,” Cheryl Holl, a 2022 graduate of the College of Engineering and former Lunabotics team member, said. The team of alums that created the robot won not only third place overall in this year’s competition, but also won third place on their Systems Operation Paper.
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“One of my favorite parts of working on the project was seeing each robot subsystem actually work for the first time after spending so much time designing, manufacturing and assembling it. That was really exciting and rewarding,” Holh said. The main event, however, consists of two days of competition in the Kennedy Space Center in Daytona, Florida, where the robots compete against each other in an arena coated in BP-1, a substance meant to replicate the look and feel of regolith. This round is meant to showcase the robots in what would be the closest to their intended purpose.
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On the fourth floor of the engineering hall, you can see a gray robot, alone and powered off, waiting to be unassembled and remade. It stands on a conveyor belt and stands approximately three feet tall. This apparatus is Marquette’s third-place Lunar Mining robot ranked by NASA. In 2010, NASA created the Lunabotics Challenge. Robots in this program help researchers develop data for regolith collection. Regolith is a region of loose, unconsolidated rock and dust that sits atop a layer of bedrock. Lots of it is found on the moon’s surface. It’s often used to help store heat, conduct electricity and it is being developed as building material for LunarPhillipfacilities.Voglewede, associate professor in the College of Engineering and Marquette’s Lunabotics team advisor, has previous experience advising these robotic teams. The professor Voglewede traveled to the Kennedy Space Center previously with MU’s Lunabotics team takes third in NASA competition
“They [the Lunabotics team] worked for about nine months. They started the team in the summer, but they got the official team prepared in late August. Together, they worked for nine months, right until the competition in May,” Voglewede said. The Lunabotics challenge was created specifically to help researchers develop data for regolith collection through the robots.
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place is awesome.” Even though some of the attendees were longtime Shrekfest enthusiasts, some people were there for the first time. Josie Balcerzak, a festival attendee, was at Shrekfest for the first time and was not disappointed with the event’s offerings. “We have a friend who has been going for years and he’s recruiting all of us. Finally, this year we could make it,” Balcerzak said. She said that Shrekfest is so appealing because of how much everyone loves the movie. Shrek, Everyone in Humboldt Park stood up, removed their hats and prepared for the national anthem. But this wasn’t your typical “StarSpangled Banner” event. Instead, a woman sat with her ukulele and began to play “All-Star” by Smash Mouth. The crowd joined in by humming and singing the lyrics, and a moment of peace and acceptance overcame the festival. Although a narrow interest, Shrekfest Milwaukee was filled with different people from all walks of life. For every medieval villager couple wandering the grounds, there was a group of 18 to 24-year-old males cracking open a case of beer and taking in the live music. The only thing everybody truly had in common at Shrekfest was that they were at Shrekfest.
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Milwaukee celebrates beloved green ogre Shrek place at Humboldt Park Sept. 3. The festival began at 3 p.m. and consisted of activities, vending stands, food trucks and more until 9:30 p.m. The festival is hosted by 3GI Industries, which explains Shrekfest as “an annual celebration of love and life featuring the main ogre himself, Shrek.” Anthony Livingston, a Shrekfest attendee, came to the festival in costume covered in green paint. Livingston has been a longtime fan of Shrek and has shown his support for the movie through his yearly trip to Shrekfest. He said that he found Shrekfest through 3GI’s social media platforms and couldn’t resist attending the first ever“TheShrekfest.people who run it, 3GI, have a cool YouTube channel and that’s how I found out about it. It was niche, and only 20-ish people went to the first Shrekfest. It’s grown so much since then. It’s crazy to now see all the food trucks and tents that come to this event,” Livingston said. The first Shrekfest was in 2014, and took place Humboldt Park serves as swamp for 8th annual Shrekfest
For its first appearance in Milwaukee, Shrekfest took place in Humboldt Park Sept. 3. The crowd participated in Shrek-centered activities and bought Shrek-related goods.
Shrek must be on the top 15 list of greatest movies of all time.”
Livingston explained how what started as an online viral sensation in honor of a beloved cartoon character, became a family-friendly celebration of local business, music and art. At one area of the festival, crowds stood in long lines outside of tents to visit the vendors. There was a variety of products and art that the vendors offered, both on and off the Shrek theme. One of the vendors, Albert Fortnint, sat at a stand where he was selling products such as stickers and pins, all which featured his own artwork. Fortnint said that this was both his first time at Shrekfest as well as his first time ever vending at a festival. Before the event, Fortnint only sold his merchandise online. He said that he really enjoyed being able to sell to people in person, especially with the environment that the festival provided. “One of the organizers reached out to me and asked if I wanted to booth here. I went for it. Shrekfest as my first is a good time,” Fortnint said. “If I’m allowed to come back
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Photo by RJ Siano ryan.siano@marquette.edu the movie industry by storm. It became the fourth-highest grossing film of 2001 and grossed over $487 million worldwide. Even after 21 years, the movie is still a fan favorite, as seen through the number of attendees at Shrekfest. “I mean it’s a classic. Shrek must be on the top 15 list of greatest movies of all time,” Balcerzak said. “The people are committed and it’s awesome to see. You’ve got the ears; you’ve got the paint. People are going all out.” Although not everyone at the festival was costumed, and even less ready to step on stage for the onion eating contest (a whole raw onion at that), Balcerzak said that there was not a frown in sight. While some came in groups and some came alone, she said the crowd gathered at Shrekfest Milwaukee was as welcoming as any you could find across the whole country. 3GI said that Shrekfest will continue happening, no matter the circumstances. “This is only the beginning,” it says on the Shrekfest
Multiple mediums of art were on display at the Third Ward Art Festival. Photo by Will Eikenbary will.eikenbary@marquette.edu
Artists from 21 states make their way to Cream City Sept. 3-4
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with it during August of 2021. Despite his health complications, Lovell still used music to help him venture through his journey with this form of cancer. “When I’m down the most, I think New Order is probably my go-to group. I saw them when I was a sophomore in college. It kind of takes me back. I find it to be inspiring,” Lovell said. included in the festival. “We have artists of all different identities,” Amdur said. “Some of the art is traditional but there’s a lot of the art that is very cutting edge and current in terms as far as making statements about where the world is today.”
Bruce Furlin, a sculptor and assembler at the festival who creates art out of recycled garbage, said his art is created with a specific purpose in mind. “I like to try to save as much stuff from the landfill as I can,” Furlin said. “I don’t like seeing stuff get thrown away. I’d [rather] put stuff together and make something useful out of somebody else’sFurlintrash.”said his unique style of mixed media sculpting comes with its own brand of problem solving. “I take the eyes out of all of the dolls that I use, so at some point I had all of these doll eyes and I had to figure out what to do with them,” Furlin said. “So that’s when I came up with this little ‘eye-pod’ thing. I figured Apple wasn’t using the word iPod anymore, so I could.” Similarly to Furlin, Lea Alboher, a collage artist from San Francisco who has been attending festivals for almost 30 years, said she uses her art as a means to look on the brighter side of life. “My art is just light-hearted pieces that make you smile,” Alboher said. “I just think that lately we need to have things that are more fun. We don’t have enough nowadays.” Alboher said a specific theme of her artwork didn’t stand out until she saw all of her pieces together. “It’s funny, I use a lot of animals in general, but I use a lot of animals in the tub for some reason,” Alboher said. “I really like two pieces [I’ve made], the ‘panda in the tub’ and the ‘zebra in the tub.’ They look very nice together as a couple.” Regardless of the reason behind the art, Amdur said the most important goal for the festival is to allow citizens of Milwaukee the opportunity to interact with artists“We’rethemselves.all hungry for experiences,” Amdur said. “Whether [you] have an interest in making art or just looking at it, it’s a really great experience to be able to talk to the original makers of art and find out what their inspiration was.”
Photo by Isabel Bonebrake isabel.bonebrake@marquette.edu
This past Labor Day weekend, 143 artists from 21 different states lined up in booths along Broadway Street to display their artwork for the 11th year of the festival. Their tents featured everything from oil paintings and collages to jewelry andAmyphotographs.Amdur, founder and president of Amdur Productions, the company that produces the Third Ward Art Festival, said the artists featured in the event were from all over.
Lovell also recommended an audio book that he listened to over the summer, “Why” by Simon Sinek. “I’ve read some of his books before. He speaks with great leaders that have a real optimism to them. Often times when I read, I read about leadership, or something about how I can be a better leader myself,” Lovell said. Lovell also said he enjoyed the book, “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Victor Frankl, which was recommended to him by a “Forstudent.me,it was a very powerful book. The student, he knew what I was going through. One of the things that you find meaning in life is through suffering. With the health challenges I had, he was very thoughtful, the student,” Lovell said. His health challenges refers to his battle with sarcoma, which he announced he was diagnosed
Former President of the United States Barack Obama has a yearly tradition where he shares a list of songs and books he’s listened to or read during the summer since 2015. It’s a way for him to not only share his interests with people, but to connect with his followers and to bring themInspiredtogether.by Obama’s summer time tradition, Marquette University Radio interviewed University President Michael Lovell to showcase his favorite songs of the summer. His playlist includes songs from The Killers, Imagine Dragons, The 1975 and The“YouStrokes.can probably tell from my playlist, I’m a big fan of alternative music,” Lovell said. “In the 1980s, I was very much inspired by groups like The Smiths and New Order. I’ve continued over time to follow the alternative music scene.”
President Lovell shares his favorite songs and podcasts during an interview in the Marquette Radio studio.
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Lovell said his favorite era of music is the 1980s, which brings back old memories from when he was younger whenever he listens to“Whenthem. I hear that music, it takes me back to when I was a teenager and maybe I was struggling with things and it helps me think through. There’s a song called ‘Life In A Northern Town,’ it’s a little bit of a sad song but it reminds me of what it was like to grow up,” Lovell said.
Playlist suchalternativeincludesartistsasThe1975
“In the fall, we do a ‘Call for Artists’ where we let anyone submit images of their work as well as an image of their booth,” Amdur said. “A group of art professionals review their work and score that and the top scoring artists are invited into the show.” Amdur said she was inspired to produce the festival after visiting the Third Ward district a few years“Theback.way [the festival] started was that I had been to the Third Ward and it was, head to bones, so to speak, exactly what we look for in a show,” Amdur said. “By that, I mean, it had restaurants and stores and an interesting atmosphere. We look for those kinds of things so that when the public comes they end up supporting the localConhgbusinesses.”Lopez,a painter featured at the festival, said getting to be a part of the festival this year was an“Manyhonor. talented artists want to be in this show because it’s so well known,” Lopez said. “This is my first year but it’s a really good show [to be a part of].” Amdur said one of the main focuses for the festival is accessibility and inclusivity, demonstrated through its wide variety of art shown, as well as the festival’s free admission and handicap accommodations. Amdur said the diversity of art featured in the show is due to the diverse backgrounds of all of the artists
President Lovell shares his favorite songs from summer State of the Art(s): 11th Annual Third Ward Art Festival
For some, Labor Day weekend evokes the thought of outdoor barbecues, parades and spending time with family. For others, particularly those in Milwaukee, Labor Day weekend is prime time to celebrate the Third Ward Art Festival, the city’s annual multimedia art showcase in the historic Third Ward district.
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The SOF website notes that they anticipate having $140,000 to provide support for student organizations – and that roughly half of that will go to club sports, the other half to non-club sports. This leaves very little money left over to provide funding for any non-sports related student orga nizations. It gives students the right to question why only sports related clubs are being prioritized when there are a plethora of other notable organizations that need and deserve funding.
MU needs to provide support for student organizations
One of the most important as sets student organizations provide is helping give people a place on campus. Entering college can be intimidating, and without out lets for students to seek support from their peers, they can be left toMarquettestruggle. often recognizes the growing diversity of their student body. As they have not ed, this school year will be the “most diverse incoming class” that the university has ever seen before. Although this is positive and a step in the right direction, Marquette needs to consider how their student organizations contribute to bringing in and retaining a diverse student body.
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Laura Niezgoda is a junior studying communication studies and criminology and law studies. She can be reached at laura.niezgoda@marquette.edu
There are roughly 300 stu dent organizations at Marquette University. There is plenty for students to get involved with at the university, but the support they have in sustaining these organizations is selective andAlllimited.recognized student orga nizations at Marquette have the opportunity to apply for funding through Marquette University Student Government using the Student Organization Funding process, but there is no assur ance that these requests will be granted. If organizations are se lected to have funding support, this will occur on primarily a reimbursement basis rather than upfront coverage.
As humans, we live in a world that is far from aesthetically per fect, and yet we go against nature in an effort to become perfect. People undergo surgeries such as breast augmentation, face lifts and liposuction to appear more youthful, appealing and beautiful. But these procedures fail to understand the impact that these beauty standards have onTheindividuality.American Society of Plas tic Surgeons defines cosmetic plastic surgery as “surgical and nonsurgical procedures that en hance and reshape structures of the body to improve appear ance and confidence.” An aspect that it fails to mention is that it erases features of the human body that are just as beautiful and unique in their individuality should they not have undergone that procedure.
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In 2020, 15.2 million cosmetic procedures were conducted in the United States. This number dropped from the previous year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the number is still substan tial. Nose reshaping, otherwise known as rhinoplasty, and breast augmentation ranked in the top five most performed procedures. Cue my first experience with plastic surgery. I was eighteen years old the first and last time I went to a plastic surgeon. I have to confess my reason for this visit: I have a strong and pointy nose that I have always referred to as my “big Polish nose.” So my big Polish nose and I walk into the office, meet with the doctor regarding rhinoplasty and the doctor takes one look at me, before stating that there was nothing wrong with myExceptnose. that I had a bump. A bump that could use a little filler. A bump that I had not noticed before, creating insecurity that I was previously unaware of before that day. I want to preface this by say ing I am not against plastic sur gery, but widespread use and nondisclosure have become an exceptional issue starting with Hollywood and social media.
With famous figures that have a massive following on social media, such as Kim Kardashian, a 21st-century sex icon and Dove Cameron, a former Disney star, the acknowledgment of their procedures should be disclosed to the public. The before and af ter pictures of Kardashian and Cameron show their transforma tions over the years that cannot be written off as just make-up tricks orFromFacetune.notacknowledging their use of cosmetic plastic surgery to downright denying filler, these actions mislead millions into thinking that transformations like this are natural and easily attain able without thousands of dollars and a good doctor. In a 2020 Girl’s Attitude Sur vey, 80% of girls aged 11-21 have thought about changing their appearance, with 32% say ing they would do so in order to fit in. This is an issue as internet users aged 16-24 prefer Insta gram to all other social media, a main stage for these undisclosed cosmeticCosmeticprocedures.plastic surgery is a gendered issue, as 92% of cosmetic plastic surgery are women and as of 2020, 13 to 19-year-olds had 229,000 cosmeticDespiteprocedures.theseissues, cosmetic plastic surgery is not completely malicious. The history of mod ern plastic surgery dates back to World War II, when soldiers had facial deformities from war complications, like a missing nose or bodily burns. Techniques like skin grafting helped soldiers feel more acclimated to society without a bodily trace of war. Even today, studies have shown that cosmetic plastic surgery has the ability to improve a person’s confidence after surgery. However, cosmetic plastic surgery is known to promote multiple procedures. Once a per son gets a tummy tuck, which improves their confidence, they go in for another procedure that alters their normal and perfectly imperfect face and body. This cycle cannot and should not continue.Ipropose that we take a more holistic approach toward the standard of beauty. There is no one standard for perfection, espe cially when it comes to us as hu mans. There is perfection among differences because we can ap preciate the perfection embedded in individuality. There is no one mold for the human face, so each face is perfect due to the inability toWecompare.donot go into nature look ing for a perfectly straight tree or a completely round pond, but we can still appreciate the individu ality that we find. We need to be gin to appreciate the differences between individual features and move away from attempt ing to emulate an unachievable standard of beauty.
Cosmetic plastic surgery blurs individuality
Andrew Amouzou, Executive Director Megan Woolard, Managing Editor of The Marquette Tribune Kimberly Cook, Managing Editor of The Marquette Journal ediTorial board Julia Abuzzahab, News Executive John Leuzzi, Sports Executive Izzy Fonfara Drewel, A&E Executive Skyler Chun, Investigative Executive Emily Reinherdt, Copy Chief RJ Siano, Design Chief Izzy Bonebrake, Chief Photographer Nancy Flaherty, Social Media Executive Sarah Richardson, General Manager of MUTV Emily Bittman, General Manager of MURadio Hope Moses, Editor of Diversity and Inclusion organizations at Marquette Uni versity include the Black Student Union, Arabic Culture & Lan guage Club, Bangladesh Student Association, Black Mindz, Chi nese Culture and Charity Club, and the African Students Asso ciation. All of these organizations provide safe spaces for students of color and provide them with a place to connect and create. They are essential to the retention of students of color at Marquette –not only that, but essential to pro viding a quality experience at the university for students of color. The issue that students face is the lack of university support for their organizations. Although students have the opportunity to apply for funding, the chances of them receiving anything s ubstantial or even sufficient areTheslim.implications of student organizations being left without any university funding cover a broadOrganizationsspectrum. that do not re ceive funding and support have less opportunity to host speakers, travel for events, cover operating expenses, purchase equipment and more. This leaves the stu dent organizations with far less resources and can lead to a lack of motivation to continue. The consequence of this is that the organization is dismantled and where students once found sol ace, found opportunity and found fun is Marquettegone. University needs to prioritize their student orga nizations. Much of what keeps student body motivation alive is involvement, and without organi zations that can support students’ interests, make them feel safe and secure on campus and promote collaboration, students and the university will suffer.
The process to apply for fund ing is not extensive, but there is also little upside. The SOF web site explicitly says that there are little funds to go around and that funding is never guaranteed. Once students fill out the required forms to apply for funding, they must wait and see if their or ganization will be provided withThereanything.isalso a modest list of what is qualified to be funded for each student organization. For instance, a very specific require ment to meet for event fund ing for a student organization is that the event must be “open to all undergraduate students and must enhance the greater Marquette community.”
Investigators continued to work and communicate with the Justice Department expressing their concerns regarding the clas sified documents and in Febru ary a criminal investigation was launched.June3, three FBI agents and a DOJ attorney collect material from a Trump attorney as a result of a subpoena. The material be ing a single Redweld envelope containing only several docu ments.Where that leaves us now is in a world of political chaos. The thought that a President and his team could be so reckless — or calculated — to make an exten sive effort to hide classified docu ments that were not intended to be in the confines of the former president’s home is harrowing.
Aug 8., the FBI executes an extensive search of former Presi dent Donald Trump’s Mar-aLago property in Palm Beach, Florida. This is where it all began in the public eye, but in reality, this investigation was a long time coming.Acommon theme of Trump’s presidency was dishonesty. His campaign was built on it, his sup porters demanded it and his iden tity ensured it. One fact checker for the Wash ington Post kept track of Trump’s false or misleading claims made over the course of his presidency – which totaled out to be over 30,000.Even long after he has been out of office, his deceit and dishon esty outlive his reign as chief of state.Before there was the raid on Mar-a-Lago, there was a lot of leg work put in by the FBI and Justice Department to recover the classified documents in Trump’s possession. Together, they put in a lot of effort to make it a peace able and dignified process — as much as it could be. Dating all the way back to May 2021, there were requests for transparency from the former president. The National Archives Statement of Opinion Policy
One of the most concerning aspects of this discovery is that the documents were found in termixed with a variety of other items such as magazines, photos and personal correspondence –which speaks to a lack of respect for the sensitive documents’ sig nificance.
Trump must answer for classified documents
The former president struggled with accountability throughout the duration of and following his time in office. Whether it be for the Jan. 6 insurrection or now for the slew of classified documents found in his possession long after he was meant to return them.
My fear, and what should frighten other American citizens, is how he will spin this. This will become another conspiracy thrown into the political battle ground and potentially cause more outbursts similar to the Jan. 6 insurrection we saw after Trump lost the presidency and insisted it was due to voter fraud. Former president Donald Trump must answer for his crimes. He must stop playing the blame game in order to avoid any sense of responsibility. We as American citizens must hold him accountable for his actions and quit this game of hide and seek out of fear of the repercussions.
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CadyGrace Grace Cady is a junior studying Journalism. She can be be reached at grace.cady@marquette.edu
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Jan. 2021, the NARA receives 15 boxes of presidential records which had been kept at the Mara-Lago property. Investigators know now that 14 of those 15 boxes contained classified docu ments. Of the 184 classified doc uments found within the confines of those boxes, 67 were marked confidential, 92 marked secret and 25 marked top secret.
The danger in this is the power that he holds over his supporters and members of Congress.
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and Records Administration discovered that there appeared to be documents missing from the materials they were given as Trump exited office. May 6, 2021, the agency requested the records from Trump and contin ued to make requests all the way through Dec. 2021.
Every year, the NCAA Woman of the Year Award recognizes women athletes for these im portant aspects of their lives: academics, athletics, service and leadership throughout their college careers. This past year’s winner was Lia Thomas, a Division I swimmer from the University of Pennsyl vania. While she exuded every aspect of a winner in the catego ry, there was one part of her that many people did not agree with: She was transgender, assigned male at birth. Lia Thomas first came out as transgender to her family in the summer of 2018 after her fresh man year of college. Toward the end of her sophomore year, she began hormone treatment. During her junior year, she of ficially came out as transgender to her coach and teammates. For the first three years of col lege, Lia competed on the men’s swimming team, but following her senior year, she was on the women’s team. While on the men’s team, she managed to win awards and vari ous records and placed among the national top 100 her first year. She ranked 554th in the 200 free style, 65th in the 500 freestyle and 32nd in the 1650 freestyle dur ing her sophomore year. When she competed as a transitioned female, those ranks would were fifth in the 200 freestyle, first in the 500 freestyle and eighth in the 1650Thomasfreestyle.had to report levels of testosterone throughout her train ing to qualify for competition in the female category. After start ing her hormone replacement therapy, Thomas’ testosterone levels would decrease and there fore she would lose muscle and strength. As a result, her swim times would Testosteroneincrease.isahormone that biological males have an increase of. It causes puberty and changes in males. When males transition to females, as Thomas did, they take hormones to suppress testos terone and will experience physi ologic changes including loss of male puberty characteristics. Despite Thomas meeting all the guidelines the NCAA had required of her to compete as a transgender woman, she was still met with a lot of backlash, especially when she was nomi nated for the NCAA Woman of the Year. People took to social media to make offensive and transphobic statements aboutSomeThomas.ofher teammates were also affected by this nomination as well. A female teammate of Thomas’ attacked the Univer sity of Pennsylvania for allowing Thomas to compete stating that it was “unfair” and how Thomas had the advantage. What people fail to recog nize is Thomas’ talent rather than her gender. She had placed in the top 100 when she com peted in both the male and female competitions. After this controversy, FINA, the International Swimming Federation, voted to ban trans gender women from partici pating in women’s swimming competitions after a 71.5% ap proval. In order to be eligible to compete, the women must show that that they didn’t go through male puberty by the age of 12 or beyond Tanner Stage 2, a scal ing system to measure stages ofTopuberty.truly respect transgender athletes and their talents, com petitions need to stop separating competitions by just male and female genders. A better option is to have two separate transgen der competitions — one for male to female transgender people and the other for female to male transgender people. In total, there would be four separate competitions, but this would overall ensure that trans gender people get the chance to compete and display their tal ent with similar people with the sameDespitestrength.allof this controversy, it was Thomas’ talent that ulti mately got overlooked. Had she not been transgender, people would’ve focused more on her talent as a swimmer. Thomas does not deserve the hate she received for competing. Most of these were geared to wards her identity and talent and it was ultimately the choice of the committee to let her compete and not Thomas. While there need to be more competition categories, Thomas serves as an example to transgender athletes everywhere wanting to compete professionally and not have their identity as a disadvantage but as anTheinspiration.committee needs to do bet ter and let athletes express their gender identity instead of forc ing them to compete in a gender category in which they no longer identify with. It is disrespectful and doesn’t draw enough focus to their Imaginetalent.not being able to com pete because of how you express yourself. The problem is with the correct competition category and not gender identification. Not be ing able to compete because of your pronouns is talent wasted. Krisha Patel Krisha Patel is a senior studying nursing and Spanish for the health professions. She can be reached at krisha.patel@marquette.edu
Following last month’s search of Mar–a–Lago, the Justice De partment released this statement: “That the FBI, in a matter of hours, recovered twice as many documents with classification markings as the ‘diligent search’ that the former President’s coun cil and other representatives had weeks to perform calls into seri ous question the representations made in the June 3 certification and casts doubt on the extent of cooperation in this matter.” What may even be considered the most appalling aspect of this entire situation is the former president’s response – not shock ing, but appalling. “Terrible the way the FBI, during the Raid of Mar–a–Lago, threw documents haphazardly all over the floor (perhaps pretending it was me that did it!), and then started tak ing pictures of them for the public to see,” Trump responded.
Agents noted that some of the documents had markings that could suggest they contained information from highly sensi tive human sources — which, if discovered by some, could have detrimental consequences. Con sequences including the leak of important classified information, endangerment to people involved in government affairs and more.
Donald Trump once said, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.” This was to reflect on his immense and in satiable support system through out his 2016 campaign trail, but the frightening part is that he may just be right. Maybe not in a literal sense, but in the overall reflection of his die-hard support system.Trump’s power is in his “peo ple.” His staff and supporters are willing to follow him to the ends of the earth and the brinks of in sanity. There is no denying what Trump did, what he had in his possession and that he is respon sible for — at best — the reckless handling of classified documents.
He stepped onto the court not knowing how to handle the ball or get the perfect arc on a shot. But as soon as Five years ago, the Marquette women’s soccer team was in the final stages of one of the greatest stretches in program history. From 2009 to 2017, the Golden Eagles were 134-54-18 overall, winning 80% of their matches in the Big East. Additionally, Mar quette earned five conference regular-season titles, two league tournament titles and five NCAA Tournament appearances. From 2010 to 2013, out of 41 Big East games, they only lost once and only tied once; every other game was a win. There also was a pair of appearances to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tourna ment during that span. Markus Roeders was the pro gram’s guiding force. Then something switched in 2017. Suddenly, the Golden Eagles slid from dominating the Big East to winning five conference games in two years, which handed Ro eders his only two losing seasons in his career. After the 2019 sea son, he abruptly stepped down after 24 years. The Golden Eagles have not appeared in the postseason sinceWith2017.Roeders’ hurried depar ture, Frank Pelaez stepped in. Pelaez, who served as a long time assistant coach under Ro eders for 19 seasons, returned to Milwaukee as the program’s fourth head coach in December 2019 after a five-year stint as an associate and assistant coach on the Loyola University Chicago women’s soccer staff. Now in his third season, the narrative has yet to change under Pelaez. But the greater context matters. Each of the last two sea sons, Marquette has knocked on the door in hopes of breaking its drought but has missed the post season by one game each year. And yet, one core piece of Pelaez’s philosophy keeps building: culture. In sports, no one can predict the future. The same can be said for a program’s rebuild – it is like an experiment. Each year the experi ment is tested by bringing in new Amadou put his hand on the basketball, he found a love for the game. “I remember coming home and starting to like it more,” Amadou said. Fast forward to the present day, the now 6-foot-9 power forward is set to play Divi sion I basketball over 800 miles from that very play ground after committing to the Golden Eagles Aug. 18. Amadou joins Zaide Lowery in head coach Shaka Smart’s 2023 recruiting class. Amadou recently spoke to the Marquette Wire follow ing his commitment to the Golden Eagles. Here is more on Mar quette men’s basketball’s newest recruit: Learning the Basics Prior to Amadou becoming a four-star recruit, he had to work on his craft from the groundGrowingup. up in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, Amadou spent most of the summer before his first year of high school at the local YMCA.
Photo courtesy of Al Amadou
“I made sure he was doing everything the guards were doing because if he could be at that height handling the ball and shooting the ball, it just opens up more opportuni ties for him,” Joseph said. Over the course of the next year, Joseph and Ama dou worked on improving his“Hisfundamentals.strength was still a work in progress, but any drill we started doing, he went 100%. He really focused and never joked around, was always serious,” Joseph said. “So we did pace drills, guard drills, hammering the ball and shooting the ball. He really tookAfteroff.”competing for Run nin’ Aces for a year, Joseph brought Amadou to the at tention of Philly Pride AAU. It was a move both thought would allow Amadou’s de velopment to advance to the nextBut,level.in 2018, Amadou’s progression was hit with two unexpected roadblocks. Within a span of 14 days, Amadou was faced with the loss of both his father and un cle. He lost his father due to a heart attack while his uncle died from an illness.
“It was definitely more streetball,” Ama dou recalled of his earliest basketball memory.
“He really helped his mom out and (has) been there for her. His mom and dad have such a great relationship,” Joseph said. “He’s been fan tastic as far as being able to juggle basketball, AAU and dealing with loss. He’s been such a strong kid and hasn’t really lost a step on the court or in the classroom.” As Amadou’s game contin ued to progress, a move for stiffer competition was in LEUZZI ON WSOC Amadou is a four-star recruit in the class of 2023 out of Philadelphia. He plays for Philly Pride on the AAU circut.
Amadou joins Lowery in Shaka Smart’s 2023 recruiting class
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Joseph said, along with the support staff that Philly Pride Director Kamal Yard and himself created for Amadou, he has seen him become “as strong as a kid he is.”
From Novice to Division I Prospect
By John Leuzzi john.leuzzi@marquette.edu
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Four years ago, when eighth-grader Al Amadou stepped onto a basketball court in a Southwest Phila delphia park, he was far from the basketball player that he is today. In fact, he had never touched a basketball before thatThatmoment.was until he played against his cousins.
It was there that Amadou crossed paths with Jay Jo seph, the Director of the PA Runnin’ Aces AAU program. “He had the size, length and everything so you could see the potential,” Joseph said. “But it was a lot of YMCA playing with friends, throw ing up half court shots and a lot of nothing real serious.” Shortly after that first en counter, Joseph had Amadou return to the YMCA on a dai ly basis to train and “work on every part of his game.”
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While Amadou tried to cope with these losses, he had his moments of grieving and breaking down. However, he had an escape: basketball. “It took my mind off of it and at the same time, it helped me manage it better (which) I had not noticed until a while after,” Amadou said. “Obvi ously it hurt because I under stood what happened but I got to process it and got over it.”
HAMILTON BRINGS TALENTS
Twelve combined current and former Marquette men’s golfers competed in the 102nd annual Ward Wisconsin State Open at Ozaukee Country Club thisSophomoreyear. Patrick Adler said competing in his first Wis consin Open helped him gain more confidence. “I played in the Illinois Open a couple weeks before the Wis consin Open and didn’t play that well,” Leach said. “So (now) knowing that I can compete on a tougher course and compete with a lot of the best players in Wisconsin, it’s a really good confidence booster heading into the college season.”
Moving up the left sideline in front of the Green Bay bench, sophomore defender Mia Haertle sailed a pass into the box in which senior midfielder Alex Campana headed home to put Marquette up early 1-0. It was Campana’s first goal of the season. “We’re all super hungry for a goal. We came out locker room ready to go and I saw Mia’s head up,” Campana said. “We have done that a couple times in prac tice and I just went for it. Super happy to see it go in the net.” A few minutes later, the Gold en Eagles expanded their lead. Junior forward Elsi Twombly spun past the Phoenix back line on her way to putting a shot past Green Bay senior goalkeeper An nie Mason for her first goal of theMarquetteseason. went up 3-0 in the half in the 23rd minute on a score from sophomore forward Kate Gibson.
Green Bay’s best scoring op portunity in the first half came in the 28th minute on a breakaway opportunity but Marquette soph omore goalkeeper Chloe Olson made a sliding save. The Golden Eagles tacked on two more goals, from sophomore midfielder Julia O’Neill and firstyear midfielder Cate Downs, in the second half cementing its statement win. Olson finished with two saves on three shots faced in her first collegiate career start. Pelaez said the decision to start Olson over senior goalkeeper Mikki Easter was more to give Olson an opportunity to gain some experience than a change in the“Iposition.havetwo really good goal keepers and I got to constantly think of the big picture when it comes to getting into the Big East,” Pelaez said. “Chloe did an outstanding job. I knew Chloe would and she’s a good leader out there. You just got to find the right time to put them in.” Meanwhile for Olson, she said “it felt great” seeing her name on the lineup card when she arrived at the field.
Adler got out to a strong start on day one, hitting a birdie on
“We preach shutouts,” Pelaez said. “Clean sheet is what we worked for and that is what I said at halftime. I said I don’t care what the score is, but do not al low them to score and we have to be able to have that presence.”
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“Marquette was a major step ping stone in my development,” Eichhorn said. “I definitely improved in some areas that needed to get better at, but men tally and emotionally on the golf course is where I grew the most in my time there.”
Campana (19) scored first goal of season in 5-0 win over Green Bay Sept. 4.
Five different players score in first clean sheet of season
Olson finished with two saves in first career collegiate start
“I wanted to come out confi dent because I know that what we do in training and what (assistant coach) Erin (Scott) has put us through sets us up for suc cess,” Olson said. “It felt good to like step on the field and put some of that work to use.” Block recorded a career-high two assists on the afternoon. The Wisconsin native has shown her versatility on the pitch this sea son, playing both midfield and defense, which has impressed her“Haileycoach. is the kid who is such an ultimate competitor,” Pelaez said. “She will do whatever it takes to be on the field and help her team out. I talk to her and tell her I need you there and she just gives me that stern look, nods and goes ‘I am good wherever you wantMarquetteme.’” will now begin its two-game Minnesota road trip Thursday at the University of St. Thomas at 4 p.m. CST. “Today was really important. We have a hard five day road trip ahead in Minnesota so we need to keep the momentum going,” Campana said. “We need to keep getting those goals in the back of the net and just put our head down because we got Big East play coming real soon.”
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Eichhorn finished as run ner-up and shy of the $12,000 grand prize after one of his putts reached the hole and spun away without dropping in as daylight disappeared. “I hit some good putts in the playoffs that unfortunately just missed by a small margin but that’s how it goes sometimes,” Eichhorn said. “I’ve played plenty of rounds later in the day in my lifetime so it wasn’t any thing unfamiliar to me, it just didn’t work Marquetteout.”kicks off its season later this week when it travels to Madison for the Badger Invita tional at University Ridge Golf Course Sept. 11-13. Adler said competing in the Wisconsin Open was a benefi cial experience as he heads into his final year of eligibility.
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“Not many (professional) players in the field other than the very few college guys play 36 holes that often,” Adler said. “And in most tournaments in college, you’re always playing 36 holes so having the endur ance really is something that’s prettyMeanwhile,understated.”for graduate student Tyler Leach, this year marked the fifth time he com peted in the oldest and largest major golf event conducted by the Wisconsin PGA. Leach first competed in the event in 2017, when he still was at Spring Valley High School. He said his preparation has changed from his first year to “Inow.just (have) become much more methodical in how I prac tice and prepare prior to the event,” Leach said. “Back then I didn’t have a very scheduled out practice plan. And as I’ve gotten older, I’ve started to re alize that you need to have that scheduled practice and need to have certain measurable drills that you’re doing” Leach extended his streak to four consecutive years of mak ing the cut between the second and third day of competing. He said he credits that methodical practice routine he established to his “Mysuccess.maturity in my practice has allowed me to see a simi lar trend in how I play,” Leach said. “It’s one of those events I play in every year that I always want to win, I haven’t been able to do it, but I’m knocking on the door.”Recent Marquette golfer Hunter Eichhorn also competed in the open. The three-time Big East Player of the Year turned pro this summer and said he credits Marquette head coach Steve Bailey for preparing him for the next chapter of his career.
Former, current MU golfers compete in state open Eicchorn finishes as runner-up and shy of winning $12,000 the 410-yard par four first hole. On day two, he set himself up for the second half of the event with a two under 68, his low round for the week. He said he noticed the dif ferences between playing on college and pro courses. “Even though (college and professional) courses play simi lar, our college courses are usu ally longer, but have more open fairways, unlike the narrow Ozaukee,” Adler said. Additionally, Adler said for those that made the final day of competing there was an advan tage for the collegiate players such as himself.
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It was also the first shutout win of the season for Pelaez’s squad.
“It’s a really good reassur ance to know that I’m on the right track because I have as pirations of playing profession ally,” Adler said. “Knowing that I have the game to do it now and able to compete with profes sional players, I can only go up from here.”
Thirty-six holes on the final day were not enough to crown a champion, as Eichhorn and Daniel Mazziotta went an additional three playoff holes.
Everything seemed to have clicked in place for the Mar quette women’s soccer team SundayDespiteafternoon.itsup-and-down of fensive start to the season, the Golden Eagles seemed to have all cylinders working in a 5-0 win over the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay at Valley Fields.
It did not take the Golden Ea gles long to get on the board, in fact, it took just 57 seconds.
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“It felt good,” Marquette head coach Frank Pelaez said. “They’ve been really wanting to explode and today they were able to do that, right from the start. They want it more than I do and that’s the cool thing. They keep telling me, ‘Coach, we’re getting better, we’re getting better, we’re not getting the result, but we’re getting better’ and we are.” For Marquette, it was the first time since its 5-0 win over Chi cago State University Feb. 15 2021 where five different players scored goals.
“We’ve been teammates for about seven years at Chicago Fire,” Alvarado said. Just recent ly, Alvarado and Bebej talked about how they will be side by side for the years to come. “It re ally is crazy that we ended up at the same college, that we get to pursue our goals together.” With an established history as teammates, Bennett said the acclimation period to collegiate play was a smooth one for Bebej and Alvarado. “At Marquette, it’s that pursuit of excellence and lack of entitlement, which they understood from their Alvardo, Bebej are latest to join lads in Milwaukee from CHI previous training.” Also from their previous train ing as teammates, Bebej and Alvarado developed the skill of effective havedo)Soteammatessoccer,“Whenevercommunication.you’replayingchemistrybetweenyourisreallyimportant.justknowinghim(Alvaraforthatlong,wealreadychemistry.We’realways on the same page on the field,” BebejBebejsaid.and Alvarado both bring their own style to the field. “I’m not the biggest, most in timidating player on the field. I’m pretty short, so my strengths are my soccer IQ and being tech nical on the ball,” Alvarado said. As for Bebej, his mindset and knowledge of the game set him apart. “It comes from the willingness to work and learn,” BebejBennettsaid. praises both players for their strong determination. He said he has been impressed by Bebej’s personal goals. “Every day he comes to work. He loves it. It’s the best kind of work when it’s your sport. He shows that desire and that drive, he really wants to be here,” Ben nett said. “His brother was on the championship runner-up team that beat us (Marquette) in the quarter-finals of NCAA tour nament in the past, so Bebej de cided to come here (Marquette) so he could forge his own path.” Just like Bebej, Bennett rec ognizes the intense work that Alvarado displays day in and day“Diegoout. didn’t have to tell us what he would do or what he could do. He told us what he wanted to do better. That’s a big thing for someone to say be cause not a lot people are con fident enough to say and realize what they want to improve on,” Bennett said. Three matches into the 2022 season, Alvarado has started each game, totaling 157 minutes. Bebej, on the other hand, has made an appearance in two of the three games, at most clock ing in 20 minutes against Utah Tech, where the Golden Eagles wonOne6-1.factor, Alvarado said, that has led to both first-years’ early success at Marquette is credited to the similarity of values shared by both CFA and Marquette. Despite being roughly 105 miles apart, the two share close missions. Marquette puts much significance into the Jesuit con cept of “cura personalis,” which means “to care for the whole person.” CFA’s philosophy is noted as “the principle of the developing the whole player, within a stable and holistic envi ronment.” The connection is evi dent to both Bebej and Alvarado. “Both organizations preach similar things. Both want you to be the best version of your self, and neither want you to be content with where you are at,” Alvarado said. “Fire wants you to leave as a better person both on and off the field, and I know that is something Marquette emphasizes too.” As for the style of play, Bebej shared how both programs play “real football.” Yet a player can not rely on mere talent alone. “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard, that’s what both places make known,” BebejThoughsaid.Bennett said the pro cess of recruitment is always changing and developing, the main objective to find wellrounded players is constant. “The talent is pretty much ob vious, but it’s the ability to be a great college player. It’s per sonality, it’s character, and it’s tough to find, yet I believe we (Marquette) have,” Bennett said.
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Bennett’s recruiting history runs deep with Chicago Fire have got great character,” Mar quette head coach Louis Bennett said. “Obviously if you look at programs that play at the highest youth level in the country, you’re more likely to find players that have been under pressure.” Bebej and Alvarado are not the first Golden Eagles by the way of Chicago Fire Academy, as current senior midfielder Alan Salmeron and senior forward Christian Marquez both played for the Bennettacademy.saidthe relationship between Marquette and CFA has deep roots. “Our relationship has always been a close one. It started off because two of the first direc tors (of Chicago Fire Academy) were both roommates of mine, so I had a personal connection with them,” Bennett said. “That was 10 or 15 years ago, and obviously as the personnel has changed, and now a lot of their coaches come up and watch us (Marquette) play, so it’s become a two-way street relationship.” Beyond the relationship be tween the two programs, there is also a strong relationship be tween Bebej and Alvarado.
No. 23 Golden Eagles tops Panthers in four sets
Graphic by John Leuzzi john.leuzzi@marquette.edu
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out to a 5-0 run which forced High Point to call a timeout. Out of the timeout, Mar quette kept its foot on the gas en route to a 25-10 set win. Sophomore setter Yadhira Anchante finished with three service aces in the set alone. Additionally, the Golden Eagles held the Panthers to a -.121 hitting percentage in theMarquetteframe. began the third set in a similar fashion to the second, getting out to a 5-1 lead. High Point then battled back capitalizing on Mar quette’s 12 attack errors to take the set 25-19.
The fourth and final stanza was more contested, as both sides exchanged the lead ear ly on. Late in the frame, the Panthers brought the score within two, 20-18, before the Golden Eagles went on a 5-0 run to take the set and match.
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No. 23 Marquette beat the High Point Panthers in four sets (25-23, 25-10, 1925, 25-18) Sunday night in Madison at the UW Field House. The prospects for the Golden Eagles looked grim in the first set as the Panthers led 10-6 early on. Then Mar quette fought its way back on an 8-1 scoring run to take a 17-13 lead. Though High Point used a 6-2 run to tie it at 19-19, Marquette held its ground taking the set 25-23. Madison native Ella Foti led the Golden Eagles with five kills in the frame, as they outhit the Panthers .314 to .297 in the stanza. Marquette seemed like a completely different team in the second frame, getting Ella Foti alongcareer-highrecorded14killswithsixdigs
If one were to drive approxi mately 105 miles down I-94 east from the heart of Marquette University’s campus, then con tinue on IL-43 South Harlem Avenue, they would eventually arrive at a vast concrete park ing lot and long red-tone brick building. Large royal blue let ters that form the words “Seat Geek Stadium” hang above theTheentrances.building and surround ing soccer fields were once the stomping grounds for Marquette men’s soccer’s newest addition to its defensive line, first-years Diegoarmando Alvarado and KyleFormedBebej.July 13, 2007 by the Chicago Fire Football Club, the Chicago Fire Academy is known to be an “elite player development initiative” that is “designed to identify and devel op the best young talent within the Chicagoland area,” as stated in the initial Chicago Fire FC press release. In the 15 years since that press release, Chicago Fire Academy has done just that: developed the best young talent, and Mar quette has reaped the benefits from the initiative as evidenced by not only Alvarado and Bebej. “In the recruiting process there’s a big emphasis on how a lot of people can find talent, but it’s a character and personal ity that makes a great player. At Marquette, we find people that
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On the night, Marquette hit .178 while High Point hit .112. The Golden Eagles finished with nine aces compared to the Panther’s four.Foti finished with a match and career-high 14 kills while hitting .433 to go along with six digs. Sophomore outside hitter Sydney Palaz zolo led the Panthers with 12 kills and 12 digs. Marquette (3-1) now returns home to the Al McGuire Center to host the Loyola University Chicago Ramblers Tuesday in its home-opener at 7 p.m. CST.
Women’s club soccer ready to kick off 2022 season
Amadou’s fit with Marquette With Amadou’s commit ment to the Golden Eagles, Smart has secured a key piece for his front court in the comingAmadou,years.who is the No. 103 recruit on the 247Sports list of recruits for the class of 2023, was a top target for the Golden Eagles’ coaching staff, which made a difference in Amadou’s recruitment. “It was crazy,” Ama dou said. “They actually cared about me and came down to my school a cou ple times. They had a coach at every game at the last (NCAA evaluation) session.” He said it was “easy” to build a relationship with Smart and assistant coach Cody Hatt, who served as the “main guy” for Amadou amongst Smart’s assistants.
On a chilly Friday night along side the Menomonee River, sets of light towers illuminate themselves on the turf as a large group of college students step on in hopes of making this year’s Marquette women’s club soccer team. The team held tryouts Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 from 7-8:30 pm on the field. Co-club treasurer Cami Malak, a junior in the College of Nursing, said a lot of work was done behind the scenes that went into preparation for tryouts. “Mainly it was getting field time,” Malak said. “We’re meet ing again, as an e-board and coaching staff, tomorrow night to further finalize, but mainly it was getting field time and like pro moting tryouts honestly was the biggest part of it.”
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Malak said as co-treasurer, her two main duties include run ning the team’s social media and completing logistical tasks for tryouts. But she also aims to be a figurehead for the team as the season progresses. “As the season goes on, just also stepping into more of that leadership role on the team. Set ting that good example, staying focused in practices, making sure everyone shows up,” Malak said. She said in order to reserve a field at Valley Fields the team needed to apply through Mar quette while the coaches got the necessary supplies to run tryouts smoothly. It took some creativity to re cruit and find new members for the“We’veclub. been really promoting on the Instagram, we have fliers up around campus and we tabled at the Rock-the-Rec event (dur ing orientation),” Malak said. “Word of mouth too, if anyone on the team knows of any incoming Freshmen or players who didn’t make the team last year and are interested, to encourage them to comeHeadtryout.”coach Michael Swee ney, who is in his sixth year as the guiding force, said his ex pectations were exceeded when over 40 students showed up and participated in tryouts. “We were actually kinda sur prised this year because we weren’t able to do O-Fest. O-Fest is usually before our tryouts,” Sweeney said. “(So), we were pleased (as) we weren’t sure what the numbers would look like but we were very pleased with what weThisgot.”year the team is led by co-captains Savanna Winiecki and Emma Armbrust, who are seniors in the College of Health Sciences and College of Arts & Sciences, respectively. Tess Huhn, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, was not hesitant to praise the work Winiecki has done as co-captain. “(Winiecki) has a lot of great communication skills, and al ways makes sure we know what’s going on and that we’re well prepared for what comes next,” Huhn said. Malak also had positive words for both Winiecki and Armbrust. “They’re very communicative, they like to know that everybody else knows what’s going on, not just them,” Malak said. She later described them as “being willing to be the ones who are doing all of the work and helping everyone out on the team.” Malak noted an important piece of the team’s identity is building a positive culture with in the team as talented players aren’t“We’reeverything.looking to go into try outs with building a really good team energy because I think we found last year that if we don’t play well together, no matter how many gifted people we have on the team, it’s not gonna go our way,” Malak said. The team begins its season Sept. 11 at Iowa, before playing all but one of its remaining games at Valley Fields. “I’m so excited for that because last year we had so many away games and it was like we were gone every single weekend,” Huhn said. “This year, it’ll be great because we can still be on campus once our game is over, so it’s gonna be really good.” Malak said the goal of the team this year is simple; to make it to regionals.
Continued from page 12 store. He transferred to Bishop McDevitt of the Phil adelphia Catholic League for his sophomore year. It was with the Lancers that Amadou said he experienced his biggest jump in his game due to battles with talents like Jalen Duren, who is now with the Detroit Pistons, and University of Miami guard Isaiah Wong. But the Archdiocese of Philadelphia closed McDe vitt, forcing Amadou to transfer to Springside Chest nut Hill Academy. Ama dou also decided to re-class into the Class of 2023 after transferring to SCHA. “After McDevitt, I kind of changed,” Ama dou said. “There was a lot more I was able to do with my game (and) I was way moreLastconfident.”summer, Amadou started turning heads on the AAU circuit with Philly Pride. It was also at this time that he experienced a “turning point” in his career. “That is when I really be came versatile,” Amadou said. “I started doing a whole bunch of different things, put ting the ball on the floor, get ting past defenders and (with) rebounding I just became super aggressive.”
Photo courtesy of Women’s Club Soccer Marquette women’s club soccer kicks off the season Sept. 11 at Iowa.
Amadou said Smart and his staff differentiated them selves from other coaches in conversations which allowed Amadou to build personal relationships with them. “Other coaches were like, ‘Come to Georgia Tech just because it is Georgia Tech, we will do this for you.’ It wasn’t about that with Coach Smart,” Amadou said. “It was, ‘What’s up? How was your day? How are you do ing?’ It was different. They (Smart’s staff) were calm about it, I don’t know how to explainAmadouit.” said he created a close relationship with Smart over the process. “He spent time with me when he came to my house and talked to my mom,” Amadou said. “We talk a lot about life in general, bas ketball too, but those talks built kind of the relationship of me feeling comfortable to call him anytime and say ‘What’s up?’” As for the type of play er Smart is receiving off the court, Joseph said a mature“Talkingone.to Al is like talk ing to a son,” Joseph said. “You are talking to a really educated kid. He understands being coached and can take being criticized constructive ly. Real tough kid, great kid off the floor whose kids just gravitate to. “He has that type of en ergy and that type of cha risma about him that I know coaches like. As a high char acter kid (like him), what he brings to the locker room is positive energy (which) is justAmadouremarkable.”isthe type of big man that Smart likes to cater toward with his length, ath leticism and versatility. He said the Marquette coaching staff has compared him to junior forward Oso Ighodaro and Justin Lewis, who is now with the Chicago Bulls. “That’s the thing, I was kind of a mix of both,” Amadou said. “I would say I am more like Oso because he puts the ball on the floor and blocks shots. (However) the plan was that they had me a little bit like Justin as a big running the floor but also from time to time come off the screen for a shot.”Amadou made his official visit to Marquette last Sep tember. He said attending a historic basketball school like Marquette was important for“Therehim. was a lot about Marquette that screamed to me to go there,” Amadou said. “D-Wade (played there in) 2003, I was born in 2003 so there were a lot of little things that were really cool.” In fact, his first name will even appear on the front of the jersey, as the Golden Eagles wear an “Al” logo honoring Coach Al McGuire. “To just have my name on the jersey, I know it’s not mine but it’s still cool to me,” Amadou remarked. Reuniting with Mitchell Amadou is the second Mar quette player to come out of Philly Pride in recent years. While the two weren’t team mates on the AAU circuit, Amadou will team up with sophomore Stevie Mitchell, who played for Philly Pride when the program claimed a national championship in the summer of 2019. “It’s funny because of how bad I was, so now (that) we’re both at the same school it’s like ‘damn,’” Amadou said. “It’s going to be dope because I like Stevie, that’s my boy. It is going to be my first time playing with Stevie too which is going to be pretty cool.”
By Jack Albright jack.albright@marquette.edu
Photo by Isabel Bonebrake isabel.bonebrake@marquette.edu Marquette celebrates after a goal in its 5-0 win Sept. 4 at Valley Fields.
WOMEN’S SOCCER across five graduating seniors was perhaps most vividly dem onstrated by the talent and depth he brought in through the NCAA transfer portal. There have been signs of progress made.
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Hamilton’s mom won four Wisconsin state titles at Pius XI before finishing in the Top Five at the University of Notre Dame in career points and rebounds per game from 1985-89 under head coach Muffet McGraw. Though neither of her parents played volleyball, Hamilton said having their support to play the sport she loved was something she“Ivalued.absolutely loved it, since none of my parents played vol leyball, they didn’t know much about it, so they were supportive and they weren’t really coach ing me which I loved,” Hamilton said. “In basketball all they did was coach me, but they are very supportive, and they give advice here and there.” In 2019, Hamilton helped lead Arrowhead High School to a state title. She then followed in her mom’s footsteps, taking her talents to Notre Dame to begin her collegiate career.
Across her two seasons with the Fighting Irish, Hamilton racked up 511 kills, 136 digs and 80However,blocks. it didn’t feel quite right for Hamilton at Notre Dame she said. This led her to return to her home state and transfer to “IMarquette.choseMarquette because I liked (head coach) Ryan (Theis) and his philosophy and the cul ture here,” Hamilton said. “(Also) I wanted to be closer to home be cause I experienced already three and a half hours away, so it’s nice being home now.” Hamilton will get to see her friends and family a lot early in the season, as the Golden Eagles kick off a 10-game home stand Tuesday night against Loyola University Chicago.
The junior outside hitter watched from the bleachers as her mom, Heidi Bunek-Hamilton coached basketball at Arrowhead High School in Hartland, Wis consin. As she got older, she went from the bleachers to the court playing basketball and volleyball.
Outside hitter looking to make impact with new squad early on
“I think there was a day in prac tice where I think she jumped in and blocked three balls in a mat ter of five minutes and I think she was 1-on-1 in two of them, that kind of stood out,” Theis said. “I don’t know if we’ve had a physical left side blocker likeTheisher.” said he can see both the short-term and long-term of Hamilton’s impact on the team and where she could be three years down the road in the“Theprogram.initial impact will be point scoring and efficiency, she doesn’t make a lot of errors,” Theis said. “Her all around game is developing and can we get her to be an elite back row player? Attacking out of the back row as a significant part of her game, I’d like to see her expand that back rowHamilton,part.” along with senior outside hitter Hannah Vanden Berg, are the only two upperlevel players at the outside hitterVandenposition.Berg said that while she is still sidelined after her season-ending injury last season, Hamilton has taken up the role of leading by example. “She’s (Hamilton) kind of showing them how it should be done, even if she said she might not be the most vocal,” Vanden Berg said. “She’s doing stuff right and it sets a good example for all the other players.” Hamilton said that she hopes the rest of the team will see how she is trying to be a leader. “Hopefully the girls will pick up on that, the younger girls will just kind of follow along and know that I’m trying to lead, but not by voice but by example,” Hamilton said. While most of the time on and off the court, Hamilton is a direct and serious person, Theis said that there is another side to her the more time you spend with her.
His search for replacing a combined 326 appearances, 243 starts, 24 goals and 25 assists By Jackson Gross jackson.gross@marquette.edu
“It’s awesome, ” Hamilton said. “Now I have so much sup port and everyone cheering me on. It makes me feel like I can do it and play well.”
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Ever since Hamilton arrived at Marquette, head coach Ryan Theis noticed a unique aspect of her game that he hasn’t had in his time with the Golden Eagles.
Hamilton leaves South Bend to be closer to home
Ever since Aubrey Hamil ton could crawl she has been in the“Igym.just lived in the gym since I was a baby and I just never left,” Hamilton said.
“As (you get to) know her and see her interact with her peers, she’s got a little bit of silliness to her that once and a while I can see from a distance, she doesn’t do a lot of it with me,” Theis said. With that personality, Vanden Berg said it has been good for the team to have her.
“Aubrey’s great, she’s a great teammate, a great person,” Van den Berg said. “Her coming in with her personality has been really good for the team and the teamHamiltondynamics.”was able to get a jump start with her new squad as she transferred in for the spring 2022 semester. While most of the team was new for Hamilton dur ing the spring, she did have some familiar faces going back to her time with the Milwaukee Sting Volleyball club. “I played in the same club with Samantha Naber, Caro line (Dragani), Adriana (Studer) and I played against Ella Foti in some club games and tourna ments,” Hamilton said. “It’s just nice knowing that someone else coming into this.”
And one controlled variable in Pelaez’s roster makeup is “home owners” and not “renters.” For each of the 29 members on the team, the players are liv ing on here campus at Marquette and not simply renting Valley Fields, whereas if you’re owning it, you’re going to take care of it more, you’re going to put more effort into it. To the Golden Eagles, who were picked to finish eighth in the Big East Preseason Coach es’ Poll, building success on the pitch is as important as impact in the clubhouse. There is no hand ing out keys to just anyone ei ther. Entering this season, Pelaez added five first-years and five veteran transfers to his already 19 returners from last season.
Theis said with Hamilton be ing able to get a few extra months of practice last spring, has been one of the “biggest keys” to her success and transition with theInteam.Marquette’s season opener 3-2 win over then-No. 11 Ken tucky, Hamilton put up a healthy stat line of 18 kills, seven digs and two blocks. As Hamilton begins her Mar quette career, she said she hopes to bring an impact in the short term and long term.
“I hope to bring another strong front row player, bring a good asset in the back row too with attacking and just be a great allaround player,” Hamilton said.
LEUZZI: Pelaez has program heading in right direction
The first example of seeing the light at the end of the tunnel came last season. Under Pelaez, the Golden Eagles had its second straight winning season finish ing with a 9-8 overall, 5-5 Big East record. Midfielder Katrina Wether ell earned her third all-time and second straight All-Big East Sec ond Team selection after lead ing the Golden Eagles in goals (five) and points (12). Forward Maggie Starker netted a pair of game-winning goals while re cording four total on her way to being named to the All-Big East Freshman Team. In her second consecutive season where she started every game, Rachel Johnson had anoth er breakout season under Pelaez as she finished with a career-high in goals (four), assists (three) and points (11). And perhaps more important ly, it has been well documented there is a “team first” mentality amongst each of the 29 members on the team. Midfielder Hailey Block is a prime example of that. Block, who is in her third sea son playing for her hometown team after transferring from Southeast Missouri, finds herself in a new role on the team this year. After two seasons on en tirely on offense, Block has shift ed to a more defensive role on the“Sheteam.will do whatever it takes to be on the field and help her team out,” Pelaez said follow ing his team’s 5-0 win over the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Sept. 4. “I talk to her and tell her I need you there and she just gives me that stern look, nods and goes ‘I am good wherever you wantHavingme.’”the luxury of a ver satile roster also has its ben efits, perhaps most notably with team“Nonechemistry.ofus are just an out side right back, none of us are just a forward,” midfielder Alex Campana said. “Frank put us in whatever position, and we can all adapt to Again,it.”the Golden Eagles en tered the season without high expectations from those within the conference. They play in a conference that currently has two ranked teams and a third receiv ing votes in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll. But if there is one thing that I have picked up the last two sea sons covering Pelaez’s squad, the outside noise is blocked from within and not something that will become a roadblock to their goals. After all, they do play in a blue collar city like Milwaukee. So it is time to acknowl edge and believe that Pelaez has this program heading in the right direction and back to its winning traditions. parts until the experiment cre ates fantastic results: a winning women’s soccer program.
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