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Diversity and inclusion efforts continue University administration introduces new programs to create a more diverse campus

By Hannah Hernandez

hannah.hernandez@marquette.edu

As a Jesuit university, one of Marquette’s guiding values is to “nurture an inclusive, diverse community that fosters new opportunities, partnerships, collaboration, and vigorous yet respectful debate.” The Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion has been working to increase diversity and inclusion through organized dialogues, online programs and critical hires.

Joya Crear, acting vice president of inclusive excellence with the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion at Marquette University, said she is responsible for leadership in setting a strategic direction focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion.

Crear said a diverse campus allows community members to learn from others who have different perspectives.

“Exposure and interactions with a range of people, scholar-

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University administration has said that a diverse campus leads to higher-quality education.

ship and experiences increase our intellect, ethical decision making, critical thinking and problem-solving and writing

skills. We are limited by our experiences and learning about other experiences cultivates understanding, compassion and

Fraternity life turns a new leaf Greek life at MU works toward safe environment

By Claire Driscol

claire.driscol@marquette.edu

As Greek life chapters begin recruiting for new members, Kappa Sigma and Triangle Fraternity reflect on their past suspensions and discuss the implementation of new initiatives to prevent history from repeating itself.

Sorority and fraternity life coordinator Zachariah Pfeifer said Triangle was placed on suspension from 2018-2020 due to an unregistered party that took place in the chapter’s fraternity house. There, they were charged with violating multiple categories of the alcohol policies and

disorderly conduct.

At the time of the unregistered party, Triangle was already on probation — which is what led the chapter to suspension.

However, this was not the first time the fraternity, along with others, were condemned by the university.

In 2014, Triangle and Delta Chi were issued an “official warning” from the university due to “alleged incidents of sexual misconduct that took place at their fraternity houses.” Sigma Phi Delta was also issued the same charge along with a hazing violation.

As a result of these “official warnings,” the fraternities were subject to suspension if there were any additional violations of chapter, Greek life policies or the student code of conduct.

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while on probation. As a result, the chapter’s suspension wasn’t lifted until the beginning of 2021.

In an effort to prevent another suspension, senior in the College of Arts & Sciences and president of Kappa Sigma Fraternity Sam Nenning said the fraternity’s executive committee is now trained to “educate and enforce the policies of Marquette.” “[Enforcing policies] is to protect the members of the Greek community from immature and irresponsible decisions that could derail an individual’s future,” Nenning said.

Following their return to a “good standing” on campus, Nenning said those remaining within the chapter are now “well aware of the seriousness of Marquette’s policies surrounding fraternity life on campus.”

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develops equitable communities,” Crear said.

The Urban Scholars Program welcomes a 45-student group, its

first group since the expansion with 40 additional full-tuition scholarships last fall. Urban Scholars is a Marquette program that offers scholarships to highachieving low-income scholars from urban high schools, targeting the Milwaukee area. Among the 45 students, 34 are students from Milwaukee.

Crear said that a more diverse campus gives students the opportunity to interact with people from different cultures and backgrounds. By understanding and interacting with other cultures, people are less likely to discriminate against one another.

Crear quoted from the American Council on Education. “Education within a diverse setting prepares students to become good citizens in an increasingly complex, pluralistic society; it fosters mutual respect and teamwork, and it helps build communities whose members are judged by the quality of their character

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Faculty budget input committee passes Academic senate pushes shared governance motion

By Megan Woolard

megan.woolard@marquette.edu

The University Faculty Committee on Budgets and Financial Planning was unanimously approved by the University Academic Senate at their Sept. 20 meeting After a year-long battle between administration and Marquette community members that resulted in a series of protests, over faculty input surrounding the university budget, shared governance is closer to become a reality at Marquette.

This is a step towards achieving shared governance. In this case, shared governance means meaningful faculty input on how the university budget will affect academic affairs.

Before it’s officially adopted, the committee still must be approved by both Provost Kimo Ah Yun and University President Michael Lovell.

The committee would review the administration’s proposed budget each fiscal year prior to its adoption by the board of trustees. It would be tasked with identifying, “… critical budget or financial planning matters for examination or review.”

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Continued from page 1 and their contributions.”

Marquette University has also taken steps to increase diversity and inclusion among both faculty and students.

“Several critical hires have occurred over the past year; Marquette employees will participate in an online program entitled ‘Faculty and Staff: Personal Skills for a Diverse Campus’; New undergraduate students participated in ‘Brave and Bold Dialogues,’” Crear said.

“The Office of Diversity and Inclusion partnered with the Department of Human Resources to create a diversity hiring toolkit; Expansion of Urban Scholars Program; and Maamawi Abiwin Room dedication in the Alumni Memorial Union (Room 157),” Crear said.

“Brave and Bold Dialogues” is a one hour interactive online course that undergraduates participated in before new student Orientation. Then a live workshop was facilitated by Rasheed Ali Cromwell, founder and president of Harbor Institute. Harbor Institute is the premier educational consulting firm committed to partnering with institutions to achieve a shared mission of student success and diversity.

Marquette has put in place

initiatives like “Brave and Bold Dialogues” to continue conversations regarding diversity.

“Making sure we are continually working on our climate.

The ‘Brave and Bold Dialogues’ initiative was put in place as a structure where we’re talking about diversity and inclusion more. Mainly talking about multicultural and intercultural competency,” Cole said.

As vice president of student affairs at Marquette, Xavier Cole works with students to connect their lives out of the classroom to their experiences in the classroom.

At student affairs, “we provide leadership opportunities and support services, from clinical and medical to academic and leadership support. We house and feed students. We are all about ‘cura personalis,’ the holistic care for the students,” Cole said.

Cole used a biology analogy to demonstrate the importance and value of diversity. He said that if everyone in the world was a replica of one person, life would not be interesting. He also points out how even flora and fauna are diverse.

“Research shows the more diverse your community, the more

fruitful education becomes.

Having diverse viewpoints, having viewpoints that clash and interact with each other, and having different for thinking about things beyond how you were raised, broaden your horizons,” Cole said.

Cole said that when students study abroad, they are immersed in a different culture that allows them to compare and contrast their own.

“Diversity makes our lives more beautiful, more interesting, more complex. It is essential to us having a more enjoyable life,” Cole said.

Through the creation of the Hispanic Serving Institution Initiative and the expansion of the Urban Scholars Program, Marquette has intentionally invited students from diverse backgrounds. Marquette’s webpage has been translated into Spanish (Marquette en Español).

The HSI Initiative was created in 2016 to “create a student, faculty and staff to be more Spanish speaking and from more indigenous, Latinx Hispanic backgrounds,” Cole said.

Through the expansion of the Urban Scholars Program, more students are able to afford and attend Marquette.

“The Urban Scholars Program is helping Marquette be more affordable for populations that may have chosen a more affordable option. This is intentionally done through intentional recruitment and intentional focus on populations,” Cole said.

Cole said that measures have been taken to increase diversity and inclusion to Marquette’s Jesuit mission.

“By diversifying our population and inviting a population who may not have thought about us or think that this is the place for them, we’re meeting our mission more directly. Jesuit, Catholic schools were built in urban cities to serve immigrants and working poor first,” Cole said.

This online course allows students to have discussions to make Marquette’s campus more inclusive for people of color.

Not only are students participating in such courses, but so are faculty and staff.

“The Center for Teaching and Learning has sessions for faculty around diversity, equity and inclusion topics and how to make their classroom more welcoming, how to make their curriculum more diverse and engaging for a broader cohort of people.

Getting things that speak to

voices that may have been previously excluded from the conversation,” Cole said.

To continue these progressions, Crear said that the curriculum needs to be reexamined.

Cole urges students, faculty and staff to give one another grace and respect.

“The university has made significant progress on campus and in the Milwaukee community. Areas where we could grow is to revisit our curriculum across colleges and departments, through and equity and anti-racism lens and revise as needed,” Crear said.

Cole said that grace is assuming that someone had good intentions until they are proven otherwise.

“Think first good intentions about the other is extremely important. This is an intentional act that can be executed by every living member of this community. How do we treat each other with respect? How do we treat each other with grace? How are we open to something that may be different from our own experience to help us grow?”

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Continued from page 1 pressed he and Chief Financial Officer Joel Pogodzinski’s support for the committee.

“I endorse and am in support of the committee. I’m aligned with Joel in that as well. I’ve been in favor of better ways of getting aligned since the beginning,” Ah Yun said.

However, as this was just a verbal endorsement at the meeting, both Ah Yun and Lovell will still have to officially approve it. To pass through UAS it needed two-thirds approval, which it recieved with the unanimous vote.

“Marquette University remains committed to shared governance and is hopeful that the new University Faculty Committee on Budgets and Financial Planning will work thoughtfully and collaboratively with the university’s existing Financial Planning and Review Committee, which includes faculty representatives,” Kevin Conway, a university spokesperson, said in a statement.

Though the committee had support from multiple parties in the form of the unanimous vote by the Academic Senate and Ah Yun’s public approval, there were still some concerns raised. Particularly about the involvement of students, both graduate and undergraduate, in the budget review process.

“Students have been forgotten about in this. It’s only a mechanism for faculty to have a greater voice.

Students should be the most important thing that we’re talking about,” Timothy Houge, a graduate student

in the College of Arts & Sciences, said.

UAS chair and associate professor of biological sciences Allison Abbott said that there was incredible “spirit” from both the administration and faculty in developing the proposal for this committee.

“We were able to find compromises where we didn’t see eye to eye and get to a middle ground for the proposal that we all can make work,” Abbott said.

The committee would be comprised of a faculty representative from each college, one representative from the full-time participating faculty librarians, one faculty member who serves on the University Financial Planning and Review Committee and the vice president for finance, or another representative from the Office of Finance.

Committee members would serve three staggered terms. For the inaugural term committee members would be randomly assigned to two, three or four year terms.

“We’ve done a good job of finding a balance with openness and transparency while acknowledging the need for confidentiality regarding sensitive information,” Abbott said.

Abbott did note that they hope to keep confidentiality to a minimum.

The committee proposal was put together with feedback and collaboration from both the UAS and administration.

The committee would then be expected to report their findings to both the UAS and the Univer-

sity Financial Planning and Review Committee. The proposed committee would also be allowed to offer advice directly to either the provost or president and additionally would respond to requests from them.

This is an entirely new committee though, and Abbott noted that it would be a “work in progress” and there may be items that would have to be revisited if needed.

The committee would be chaired

by an elected tenured faculty member and meet monthly. An annual report would also be delivered to UAS. Although prior to presenting to the entirety of UAS the committee would need to receive approval from the Vice President for Finance “to ensure the protection of sensitive information.”

Such “sensitive information” would be specified to the committee members at the time of its

presentation. But, any information that is only connected to Academic Affairs would not be considered sensitive and therefore would not require this same type of approval.

“Our goal is responsible and judicious fiscal management that is forward-looking and ensures that we can deliver Marquette’s transformational Catholic, Jesuit education for generations to come,” Conway said.

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Continued from page 1 alcohol violations, Nenning also said it’s important to discuss the prevalence of sexual misconduct, as silencing the conversation can “lead to a persisting issue.”

Sexual misconduct in fraternities has remained a long-standing issue across the United States, as two Eastern Michigan fraternities, along with Eastern Michigan University, are facing lawsuits from 24 victims that alleged they were sexually as-

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Triangle Fraternity is also taking several initiatives to instill trust within the Marquette community.

Executive director of Triangle Tom Pennington said the fraternity will be recruiting all new members who are required to take an online risk education program and refresher course, along with developing a three-year plan for restructuring programs, policies and overall expectations.

will be adopting a policy prohibiting “hard alcohol,” will have a graduate advisor or house director living on the property and work on improving the study space to encourage a stronger focus on academics.

The Triangle Fraternity house currently resides on the corner of 15th and Wells Streets, however, it is not yet occupied.

In an effort to earn the support and trust of women’s fraternities

group they would feel comfortable recommending to friends and where they would feel safe as guests.”

Looking forward, Pennington said the goals of Triangle’s return to campus are simple. “[We will] announce our return, rebuild relationships with the campus community, and recruit an initial group of strong students with leadership potential who want to create a fraternity experience worthy of

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The Triangle Fraternity house currently sits on the corner of 15th and Wells Street. It has yet to be occupied by any members of the fraternity.

saulted in incidents dating back to 2016. Nineteen of these victims reported assaults that were connected to the two fraternities.

“There have been far too many incidents of sexual misconduct stemming from fraternities across the country,” Nenning said. “We have a zero-tolerance policy for any sort of sexual misconduct.”

Two subjects unaffiliated with Marquette were involved in a verbal altercation in the 900 blocks of N. 15th Street. When MUPD responded, they found both subjects in possession of Marijuana. They were then issued a citation and released.

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Pennington said the three-year plan will specifically rebuild “a close alignment with Triangle national policies, expectations for undergraduate and alumni members and a range of education and programs to address campus risk issues.”

When the fraternity house is open again, Pennington also said they

on campus, Triangle also met with leaders of sororities on campus and the Panhellenic council.

“It was invaluable to hear of their concerns and discuss ideas about how we can earn the support and trust of their members,” Pennington said. “It was an important first step in re-establishing Triangle as a

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An unknown driver struck a non-mu subject’s vehicle at N. 17th and W. State Street. The driver then fled the area and the subject refused medical attention.

September 15 An unknown subject touched the buttocks of a Marquette student in the 1400 block of W. Wisconsin Avenue and

Marquette and Triangle,” Pennington said.

At this time, the only Greek life organization currently suspended from campus is Delta Sigma Theta sorority due to violations of the university and national sorority hazing policies. They will return to campus in May of 2022.

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September 14 A Marquette subject posted threatening messages on social media directed towards another Marquette student in the 900 blocks of N. 15th Street.

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St. Joan of Arc Chapel centerpiece of restoration Oldest building on campus gets a make-over this fall

By Hannah Hernandez

hannah.hernandez@marquette.edu

The St. Joan of Arc Chapel, a center piece of Marquette University’s campus, is the oldest structure in Milwaukee and dates back to the early 15th century. However, the chapel is currently a large construction zone.

For Jillian Haygood, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, the chapel represents faith and hope. She said it is crucial to restore the chapel because of its history and what it represents for the Marquette community.

“It is important to keep the legacy and history alive. It is a symbol of hope and long-suffering. It signifies that hope is never lost,” Haygood said.

Although it is a construction zone and she cannot visit the chapel currently, Haygood said “Faith and hope is something I take with me everywhere, and the chapel is a good reminder

of that.”

Lizzy Ibitoye, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, sees the chapel as a symbol of unity across different religions and faiths.

“I feel as though St. Joan of Arc’s Chapel has become a staple of the Marquette campus.

Whether or not you practice the Catholic faith, it’s a place that everyone has access to for peace and quiet,” Ibitoye said.

Ibitoye said she misses being able to sit in the garden of the chapel throughout the day and experience nature.

“Its outdoors space had a beautiful garden with seating that I took advantage of in between classes. While I know the construction is temporary, I look forward to the day when we can get back to the space,” Ibitoye said.

As of today, the St. Joan of Arc Chapel is still under reconstruction.

The chapel originated in France, specifically in the village of Chasse in the Rhone Valley. After many centuries, the chapel deteriorated. Gertrude Hill Gavin, the daughter of an American railroad mag-

nate, acquired the chapel and shipped it to Long Island.

Gavin, being devoted to Joan of Arc, named the chapel St. Joan of Arc. Joan of was a French heroine of the Hundred Years War. She was convicted of heresy and burned at the stake at 19 years old.

In 1962 Marc Rojtman and his wife, Lillian, bought the chapel from Gavin. Almost destroyed by a fire, the Rojtmans gifted the chapel to former Marquette president Rev. Edward J. O’Donnell, S.J. The Rojtmans believed that at Marquette the chapel would be “appreciated for its historical and artistic value functionality, and unique status it would confer upon the university.”

When Marquette received the gift, workers spent nine months carefully dismantling the chapel and shipping it to Milwaukee. When the stones arrived in Milwaukee, the chapel was reassembled and given modern updates such as radiant floor heating and electricity.

By 1966, the chapel was open on Marquette’s campus.

A historic structure report was conducted spring 2020

“I started as a board member during COVID so we’ve never had an event like this with my time as a board member, so I’m really excited for this year,” Abukhamireh said.

The first meeting included activities for students that were culturally interactive. In the back there was a henna table. Henna is a temporary body art traditionally used for holidays or special occasions. Students could fill in stencils to give themselves temporary markings on their body.

Abukhamireh said she hopes that many students come out and learn something new. She hopes that students speak up for those who don’t have the ability to speak up for themselves.

“I want more than anything, to educate students. I want them to look at the occupation, the genocide and the human rights injustices that is happening in Palestine and understand that this is happening to people. We have to stand up together,” Abukhamireh said.

Dia Shammout, a senior in the College of Health Sciences, said it’s good for students to reach out and attend something they aren’t familiar with.

“I think it’s really important for students to be involved in organizations that go out of their comfort zone. Not only does it help you gain knowledge about stuff that is going on outside of your circle … it’s important for us as conscientious human beings to be able to learn about events like this,” Shammout said.

Recently, six Palestinian prisoners escaped from an Israeli prison. They escaped through a tunnel they dug with a rusty spoon. In a way of being aware of the efforts of the men, Abukhamireh played the card game spoons with the students that attended the SJP meeting.

The big winner of spoons won a hatta, which is a black and white scarf worn around the neck. A hatta symbolizes the support and freedom for Palestine.

Isabella Alansari, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, is the events manager for SJP. This organization is very important for her because she has family living in Palestine.

“It’s really special [to be a part of this]. I still have family that live in Palestine. It’s scary, sometimes you see every day

on the chapel which intended to conserve it. The report revealed that the roofing, security and temperature control — which is vital to the longevity of the structure, needed immediate repair.

“St. Joan of Arc Chapel is a historical treasure and the spiritual centerpiece of our campus,” University President Michael Lovell said.

Father Michael Maher, an associate history professor at Marquette University, said the chapel is valuable to Marquette University and reflects its values.

Prior to the restoration, the

chapel hosted regular masses, tours, candlelit vigils and political protests.

“It supports the religious identity, it is a place of community and is a gathering place,” Maher said.

Marquette is accepting donations toward the restoration of the St. Joan of Arc Chapel.

Gifts of $25,000 or higher are eligible for recognition in the newly installed Gratitude Garden on the chapel grounds.

there is a boy killed on his way home from school … it can be like ‘when am I gonna wake up and see someone that’s in my family,’” Alansari said.

In October 2020, an Israeli court ruled that seven families were to be evicted from their homes by May 2021 in Shiekh Jarrah – a neighborhood in east Jerusalem. Protests ensued and in May 2021, violence broke out on the Al-Asqa compound and Gaza. More than 200 Palestinians were killed and over 2,000 were wounded.

Over 5,000 Palestinians have died in the conflict from 20082020, and 251 Israeli people have also died in the conflict.

Alansari reflects on how she is doing her part.

“It’s nice that I get to be a part of something that can spread awareness. Get more people talking about it because the more

people know and talks about it, change can be made” Alansari said.

Abukhamireh said over the summer she had many people reaching out to her to learn more about the organization and about Palestine. She encourages other students to do the same and get involved in the participatory culture.

“Educate yourself, learn more about the issue but also educate those around you. More often than not you find that people don’t know enough about the issue and that’s why they don’t take action,” Abukhamireh said.

Abukhamireh tells students to stay tuned for more events and opportunities with SJP. For more information and to get in contact visit their website, Students for Social Justice of Palestine or find them @sjpmarquette on Instagram and Twitter.

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Student organization springs back after COVID-19 halts plans

By Connor Baldwin

connor.baldwin@marquette.edu

Social Justice for Palestine is an organization at Marquette that brings informational awareness to the ongoing crisis in Israel-Palestine. SJP hopes to educate Muslim and non-Muslim students on events while making sure it is interactive and for the culture.

In 2019, Israeli authorities destroyed 504 Palestinian homes, displacing 642 people. In 20192020, 32 housing permits were approved for Palestinians in Area C – located in the West Bank. Compared to over 1,800 housing permits and plans being approved for Israelis in Area C. The first SJP meeting was held Sept. 16 and brought students of different backgrounds together to get informed on the situation in Palestine.

Lena Abukhamireh, a senior in the College of Health Sciences, is president of SJP and planned for the first meeting with her EBoard and said she is ecstatic to be hosting in person.

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MUSG still seek Civic dialogues bring new thoughts residential Campus group senators for year aims to bridge the Multiple positions remain available even after elections

By TJ Dysart

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It has been three weeks since the start of the 2021-22 academic year and Marquette University Student Government has just wrapped up their semesterly elections. This past week’s elections were held for 2021 residential senators.

Senators are in charge of coming up with legislation to be presented to administrators. They also meet with faculty and administrators to discuss concerns, plans and facilitate events.

Adeel Raza, a first-year in the College of Business Administration who won the position of commuter senator, shared his thoughts heading into the election.

“I am excited about the elections and running for the commuter senator position. I know that members of student government in Marquette make important decisions and I am happy that I can get involved on campus and represent other commuter students,” Raza said.

Elections took place Sept. 16. and results were certified and announced Sept. 17. Nicole Laudolff, legislative vice president of MUSG, talked about the process that goes into elections as well as the main objectives of student government.

“The way that elections work with senators is through residential senator positions and academic senator positions. Residential seats represent residence halls, off-campus students, and commuters while academic seats represent colleges.

In the fall, we elect residential senators and in the spring we elect academic senators,” Laudolff said.

One thing that is different about this year’s elections is there are many vacant seats for multiple positions. While their were 19 residential senator seats available, 13 seats remained vacant after election results were announced on Thursday. Members of MUSG emphasized the fact that your major or goals don’t matter and that anyone who wants to make campus a better place is right for any of these residential senator positions.

“When we look for senators and

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when we encourage people to run, the main thing they need to be is passionate about representing students. A lot of people when they think of student government they think that it is about politics but it is really about improving campus for everyone.” Laudolff said.

Some members of MUSG have suggested that reason there are still 13 open seats available is because of the shift back to in-person practices.

“We had a similar issue last year.

I imagine part of the reason we have so many vacant seats is because of a product to the pandemic.

A lot of this year’s seniors chose not to run and I imagine it is because how MUSG will be ran this year. We are back in person and following a more parliamentary meeting procedure.” Laudolff said.

While a shift to in-person practices seems to have driven a lot of people away from running for residential senator seats, current members of MUSG feel that this shift will make things more exciting and even motivate MUSG more than ever in their efforts.

Katie Breck, president of MUSG, noted the changes that are going into MUSG this year to bring some normalcy into their operations.

“I would definitely say even being in the office again and having our in-person meetings brings a new renewed sense of energy and community which has pushed us to work for these events. We are looking forward to seeing many people in person safely,” Breck said.

After election results were certified by Nicole Laudolff, MUSG executive vice president and Dr. Jennifer Reid, acting assistant vice president of student affairs, they were announced to the community.

William Reames will serve as Abbotsford Hall residential while Adeel Raza will be serving as a commuter senator. Bennet Raasch and Grace Thompson will serve as off-campus senators and Sean Martin will serve as the Straz Tower senator.

For any current students who still want to get involved in Marquette University Student Government, please visit MUSG’s website.

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Marquette Civic Dialogues describes themselves as “encouraging the deliberative and honest exchange of ideas about what we should do about the public problems we face in our world today.”

Amber Wichowsky, associate professor of political science, said the program focuses on the idea of increasing opportunities for students to practice their debate skills and to bring speakers to Marquette’s campus who model civic dialogue.

“The program itself is based around one very simple question, ‘what should we do?’”

Wichowsky said.

Riley McAdams, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Scienc-

one stood politically to ensure that there were diverse beliefs at every table during the event.

“We had some information provided for people about climate change to base their conversations off of, and we had facilitators at each table to help guide the conversation, get certain people involved in the discussion or maybe play devil’s advocate so it wasn’t all a one-sided conversation,” McAdams said.

At the end of the dinner, McAdams said participants had a group discussion focusing on what the consensus was regarding climate change. A short survey about the participant’s experience at the event was sent out for the program to understand if people thought they had meaningful conversations and if they enjoyed the event or not.

Savannah Charles, graduate student research assistant for Civic Dialogues, said the program is important because

In the future, Civic Dialogues hopes to have conversations about homelessness, gun control, the declining trust in science and a follow-up conversation about climate change.

“There’s a whole wide range of topics that we could be exploring, and so our first event … was our dinner dialogue series.

We just figured coming off of last year’s really difficult year being socially isolated from one another, so what better way to bring people together over a meal outside,” Wichowsky said.

Charles said that Civic Dialogues hopes to help students learn how to gain new perspectives on issues happening in the world around them, and to learn how to respectfully engage with people who have different beliefs.

Wichowsky said the program wants to establish more opportunities to deepen civic engagement — especially when it comes to topics that can be

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Future conversations will be held on topics such as climate change and gun control

es and undergraduate student research assistant for Civic Dialogues, said the program aims to approach civic engagement and conversations since she said it can be a problem having civil conversations about political topics.

Civic Dialogues hosted their first kick-off event at the Henke Terrace Sept. 15. Participants joined the program at dinner to discuss and debate what to do about climate change.

McAdams said that those who pre-registered for the event had to complete a survey so they could understand where every-

it promotes an opportunity for people to become more informed about topics happening in the world today.

“No matter what perspective or opinion you’re bringing to the table, if you can walk away having learned something new, having considered another perspective — I think that’s my main goal, and really just bringing students with different ideas together,” Charles said.

Charles also said that having a respectful and informative conversation is a really important skill to have versus two divided sides who aren’t willing to engage with another.

debated and can be politically contentious and divisive.

“I want students to just have opportunities to develop those skills — the speaking, the listening, that argumentation, and these are skills that have to be practiced just like any other skill. The second piece is to really showcase Marquette as a place where we’re doing this to highlight our students who are civic leaders, and to think about how they can take those skills into their professional lives, post graduation,” Wichowsky said.

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Sickle Cell awareness takes stage at Marquette September raises information about blood disorder

By Bailey Striepling

bailey.striepling@marquette.edu

September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, which was created to garner attention on the need for research and treatment of sickle cell disease.

MedlinePlus, an online information service by the United States National Library of Medicine, defines sickle cell disease as a group of inherited red blood cell disorders.

Those diagnosed with sickle cell disease have a defective gene, called a sickle cell gene. In sickle cell disease, red blood cells become shaped like a crescent moon or “sickles” and get stuck in small blood vessels, which cuts off the blood flow.

Those with sickle cell disease are born with two sickle cell genes, one from each parent. Those born with only one sickle cell gene have the sickle cell trait and are generally healthy, but can pass the gene on to their children.

In 1976, the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America launched a

national awareness month in September due to growing concerns regarding the spread of misinformation about sickle cell disease.

One of the most common misconceptions is that people living with sickle cell disease exaggerate pain for access to drugs because treatment requires opioid medication.

In 1983, the Congressional Black Caucus of the House of Representatives passed a resolution that asked President Ronald Reagan to proclaim September National Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month.

Sickle cell disease is the most common hemoglobinopathy in the United States and the world.

Symptoms can start as early as four months of age. Early symptoms include swelling of the hands and feet, fatigue, stunted growth, dark urine and a yellowish color of the skin and the whites of the eyes.

Those with sickle cell disease may also experience severe pain, anemia, organ damage, strokes and infections. The disease can be fatal.

“Living with sickle cell can be a challenge at times because the nature of this illness is very unpredictable when it comes to the pain and going through a crisis,” James Griffin, who lives with sickle cell disease and is the author of

“Breaking Silence: Living With Sickle Cell Anemia,” said. “It can interrupt and affect all areas of your life and a lot of times you can have pain daily, so you have to learn to live with the pain.”

Griffin’s book discusses what it’s like to live with this chronic illness by allowing readers to learn about his experiences with sickle cell anemia.

“I wanted to let people know what sickle cell anemia was and the things someone living with it would go through,” Griffin said.

“Too often I felt like it was an illness that was continually being swept under the rug and getting little to no attention, so I wanted to change that.”

Early diagnosis is important for best treatment options. Sickle cell disease is diagnosed through a blood test.

“By sharing my experiences, I hoped that I could help give medical professionals a better understanding of my illness from my perspective which could ultimately lead to better care and treatment for all those living with sickle cell,” Griffin said.

Though the only cure for sickle cell disease is a bone marrow or stem cell transplant, this procedure is rarely done because of the risks involved.

The main risk associated with a bone marrow or stem cell transplant is graft versus host disease, which is a life-threatening problem where the transplanted cells start to attack the other cells in the body.

Treatments can help relieve symptoms, lessen complications and prolong life.

These treatments include antibiotics, pain relievers, vaccinations to prevent infections, blood transfusions and Hydroxyurea, a medicine that has been shown to reduce or prevent several sickle cell disease complications.

“Greater awareness sheds light on the importance of knowing your sickle cell trait status, the impact of sickle cell disease and the need to improve care and advance treatments for those living with sickle cell disease,” Dora Clayton-Jones, president of the International Association of Sickle Cell Nurses and Professional Associates and assistant professor in the College of Nursing, said.

The Marquette University College of Nursing faculty and students will participate in a webinar Sept. 28 titled “Nurse Champion Model for Group Reproductive Genetic Counseling for Sickle Cell Hemoglobinopathies: Reverse Innovation from Africa to the USA.”

The purpose of this webinar is to provide a touchpoint for all interested to learn more about sickle cell disease in a global context.

The webinar will be hosted by the International Association of Sickle Cell Nurses and Professional Associates. The speaker will be Stephanie Ibemere, an assistant professor in the College of Nursing at Duke University.

“My hope is this seminar will show attendees that it is possible to create a clinical model for sickle cell disease that is not only appropriate even in resource limited settings, but also inspiring and motivating,” Ibemere said.

The International Association of Sickle Cell Nurses and Professional Associates and the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America work to advance research to improve care and quality of life in those living with sickle cell disease.

“I really want people to know that sickle cell pain is very real and not exaggerated by any extent. I believe our illness is one that has been misunderstood for a very long time,” Griffin said. “However, I want people to know every day I fight hard to stay healthy and out of the hospital and I fight even harder to receive quality care within the medical systems.”

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Women in STEM get support from eachother Marquette group of engineers offers advice, mentorship

By Phoebe Goebel

phoebe.goebel@marquette.edu

At a recent officer meeting, the Marquette Society of Women Engineers’ organizers discussed the importance of female representation in male-dominated fields.

Marquette Society of Women Engineers is a service organization that has been around for more than 71 yearss which strives to help females advance their academic and leadership skills.

The recently elected officers described the many plans for the 2021-22 SWE group, which included both educational and social events.

The SWE board consists of Katie McGrath, Gabby Chun, Kelsey Hughes, Guadalupe Domingues, Davina Lettau, Marissa Dauner, Gretchen Geiser and Sarah Ernst.

SWE received 29 applications from new students this year, excluding those who wished to participate via Microsoft Teams.

The group plans to attend an international conference in Indianapolis sometime this semester.

Members have high hopes for this event. By attending, they hope that members will experience what it’s like to be in the business world.

Another program SWE runs is the Mentorship Program, which many of the officers described as being an impactful participatory event.

The program consists of groupings of underclassmen and upperclassman and professional mentors. Gretchen Geiser, a senior in the College of Engineering, explained what the mentor program is and why it benefits the members.

“The goal is to allow students to gain advice from mentors and find guidance,” said Geiser. “Students really enjoy this and look forward to meeting their mentors on a regular basis.”

As for the social side of the organization, SWE has many events coming up this year, including movie nights, pumpkin carving, an ice cream social and spa nights.

Katie McGrath, social director for SWE and a senior in the College of Engineering, described the importance of social events beyond the educational aspects of the club.

“This is a good place to be,” McGrath said. “We always say you’ve got your built-in besties.

These are very hard majors that we’re in, so we want to have some fun too. Just different things to come together and take a break from school and just hang out and forget about classes for a while.”

Not only did the group discuss the future of the organization at Marquette, but they also dove into the importance of students having access to an organization like this on campus. Many members mentioned that typically they are one of four females in their classes, which can make them feel discouraged or unrepresented.

“Being a part of SWE helps members overcome the fear of gender bias” said Sarah Ernst, SWE president and a senior in the College of Engineering. Ernst gave advice for females pursuing heavily male-dominated fields: “Just stand your ground and be

confident. You are as smart and as qualified as the boys who are in the same classes as you,” Ernst said.

The lack of female participation in STEM-related fields has been an issue for a long time. This has been a result of the notion that females aren’t smart or qualified enough to pursue these occupations according to AAUW, an organization striving to help this problem. On their website, they mention that females only make up 28% of occupations in STEMrelated jobs.

Dr. Kristina Ropella, Dean of the Opus College of Engineering, described her own troubles with the pursuit of her career and the journey she had to take to reach her current position.

“There were some professors who spoke outwardly about how women getting engineering degrees was a waste of time because they were just going to go and get married and have families,” Ropella said.

Even though Ropella faced difficulties, she has high hopes for not only the future of the Opus College of Engineering, but also

the diversity within the college itself. She believes in the importance of including all walks of life within the college and wants to create a safe space for ideas to be shared and transformed, “seek people who support you,” Ropella said.

Allie Plante, a first-year in the College of Engineering, said she plans to pursue a job in government doing environmental engineering with hopes to improve sustainability.

When Plante would describe to people her aspirations back home, she was overwhelmed with judgmental looks and responses.

Even though Plante saw discouragement in this, it didn’t stop her from following her dreams.

Now, Plante is an engineering student and is already starting to see success within her studies.

“It’s a lot of work, but it’s nothing unbearable. Nothing will beat the feeling of empowerment by getting good grades in a maledominated class.” Plante said.

O’Donnell dormant until further notice First-year residence hall will not house students this year

By Bailey Striepling

bailey.striepling@marquette.edu

O’Donnell Hall has been closed down for the 2021-22 school year and is no longer housing students due to a lower percentage of students living on campus.

“It isn’t exactly true that it is closed due to low admission numbers. The number and percentage of commuters is higher, so while we will have roughly the same number of new students as we did last year, less of them will live on campus,” John Baworowsky, vice president for enrollment management, said.

O’Donnell Hall is located on the west side of campus on 18th Street and Wisconsin Avenue. The residence hall typically houses around 300 first-year students.

The residence hall was open over the summer for housing the New Student Orientation program staff, Ready to Inspire Success and Excellence pre-Orientation program students and staff, Sodexo staff and Alumni Memorial Union student staff who were training on campus before residence halls opened in

order to open facilities as students arrived.

During the 2020-21 school year, O’Donnell Hall was one of three residence halls that were required to quarantine after a “confirmed cluster” of COVID-19 cases from the third floor of the hall. Students living on the third floor were moved into off-campus spaces to quarantine for 14 days.

“While it may not have been the best living space, everyone on the floor was super friendly, kind of like this shared, unmentioned experience bonded us together, which I think residents of previous years prior could say the same,” Trevor Tosto, a former O’Donnell Hall resident and a junior in the College of Communication, said. “I definitely think it’s unfortunate others won’t be able to experience that.”

O’Donnell Hall was built in 1952 from funds raised by the Association of Marquette University Women and originally was a women’s residence hall. It became a maleonly residence hall in 1990 and coed in 2017.

During the 2015-16 school year, O’Donnell Hall had a vacant wing after the university received a smaller first-year class than it aimed for.

The residence hall was also scheduled to close during the 201617 school year and at the time, was

either supposed to be closed permanently or renovated.

However, in 2016, O’Donnell Hall underwent renovations and transitioned from a male-only residence hall to co-ed. The hall then reopened due to increased enrollment.

Over the summer of 2019, the residence hall was renovated again, getting new furniture, carpeting, painting and stair treads.

“O’Donnell Hall is closed for this current academic year, and we will evaluate each year as we determine class size,” Mary Janz, executive director of residence life, said.

Fall 2021 census data has not been released yet.

“The university has not finalized enrollment numbers for the 202122 academic year. We expect those figures to come a little later this month,” Brian Troyer, dean of undergraduate admissions, said.

However, fall 2020 and spring 2021 data show a decrease in enrollment beginning with 11,550 students enrolled in the fall and transitioning to 11,108 students enrolled in the spring. Around 88% of those students were enrolled full-time.

“I will forever miss that ‘murder hallway’ in the basement. I actually filmed a short film down there due to the eeriness.” Tosto said.

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Music raps up at Summerfest Headliners included Jonas Brothers, Luke Bryan, Miley Cyrus

By Emily Bittman

emily.bittman@marquette.edu

As the lights dimmed late Saturday night in Milwaukee, Summerfest 2021 memories flickered through minds, such as Miley Cyrus sporting an old Hannah Montana shirt, Kesha nearly crying onstage during her performance of “Praying” and Quinn XCII excitedly clothing himself in a fan’s customized Brewers jersey that read “Quinn 92.”

Saturday, Sept. 18 marked the final day of the three-week-long 2021 Summerfest music festival in Milwaukee. As clean-up begins on the Summerfest grounds, we take a deep dive into who the best performers were, important changes to the festival, and take a glimpse at what Summerfest 2022 has in store.

Following a three-week format has allowed a multitude of artists to attend the fest. Top headliners included Megan Thee Stallion, Luke Bryan and an emo concert consisting of Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer. However, fans and Marquette students alike flocked to a few performers specifically.

One of the best performances by far was Kesha headlining at the BMO Harris Pavilion Sept.

11. Despite a 40-minute wait for the concert to begin, Kesha absolutely blew the crowd away with her massive inflatable props, brilliant costume changes and set of her best hits from throughout the years. The 34-year-old pop star had the audience obsessed with her every move.

Kimberly Cook, a junior in the College of Education and one of the Arts & Entertainment assistant editors, wrote a concert review of the Jonas Brothers. Cook detailed that the brothers “came out in style” and “kicked off their set with ‘Remember This’” which led to a memorable night.

Greg Zupek, another Summerfest attendee, thought American roots reggae band Iya Terra was the best.

Additionally, many students were in favor of the pushedback September dates because much of the student population is currently living on or off campus in Milwaukee now that classes have returned to an in-person setting.

However, the festival will return to its late June to early July format in 2022.

Despite the excitement for the festival’s return, attendance is down significantly due to a variety of factors. Later summer dates restricted many students, and other

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attendees, from traveling during the school year and increased COVID-19 infection rates deterred many individuals from taking a risk of becoming ill. Although the festival’s organizers knew numbers may be down, they put restrictions in place to ensure festivalgoers felt safe.

Upon entry, Summerfest staff required visitors to provide proof of full vaccination status or a negative COVID test taken within 72 hours prior to entry. Due to the outdoor nature of the festival, most attendees were unmasked or only wore their masks when near others and at Summerfest stages.

Currently, there are no known major COVID-19 outbreaks related to the festival. This has been a trend with many other music festivals and larger concerts in the past few months such as Lollapalooza in Chicago.

Summerfest attendees are already

starting to look forward to next summer’s festival. The dates for Summerfest 2022 are June 23-25, June 30-July 2 and July 7-9. The only performer announced so far is Justin Bieber, who will play at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater June 24.

Based on late 2021 and early 2022 album release schedules, there are a few artists I predict will be at Summerfest next June and July. I suspect Summerfest will be headlined by Coldplay and Lana Del Rey, in addition to smaller artists such as Alessia Cara, Brockhampton, Young Thug, Parquet Courts and The War on Drugs.

Overall, it is a triumph that Summerfest was able to return to Milwaukee this summer. The festival ultimately encapsulates the culture of Milwaukee and gives us reason to celebrate music, and life itself.

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Students for Justice in Palestine host first event Food, music and card games made for a fun night at the AMU

By Randi Haseman

randi.haseman@marquette.edu

An hour early, members of the organization Students for Justice in Palestine began trickling into the Alumni Memorial Union to set up for their first event of the year, titled “SJP’s Welcoming Dinner.”

Suddenly, the plain interior of AMU Room 163 sprung to life with white tablecloths, Palestinian flags and decorative flower petals. Henna ink and designs sprinkled a table in the back for any attendees to adorn their hands. Three longer tables sat in a row supporting drinks and catered food from Al-Yousef Restaurant such as hummus, falafel and Basmati rice.

After new members and friends filled their plates, board members of SJP began a presentation about their club, their cause and upcoming activities.

“We had a really big summer,” SJP President Lena Abukhamireh, a senior in the College of Health Sciences, said. “I think it’ll be a good year to come.”

Abukhamireh introduced SJP’s Vice President Leya Rizeq, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Rizeq summarized the events that transpired in Palestine from April to August of this year. Rizeq highlighted illegal annexation of Palestinian land and Gaza bombings in May 2021 which killed 67 children.

Photo by Isabel Bonebrake isabel.bonebrake@marquette.edu

Members of Students for Justice in Palestine play Spoons to represent six prisoners who escaped imprisonment with only spoons.

To continue raising awareness for Palestine, Rizeq noted SJP’s upcoming events.

Bake Sale This event will be held Oct. 7.

The location is to be announced at a later date. More information to come from SJP’s Instagram.

Educational Event – What’s Going on in Palestine?

Another event occurring in October is the educational event cosponsored with the Center for Peacemaking. Here, the two organizations hope to inform the

public about what’s happening in Palestine.

“I encourage everyone to educate themselves and read all kinds of news articles and media … because there’s a lot of bias,” Rizeq said.

Movie Night In November, SJP will host a night of cookies and shai, or tea. “[SJP] offers a community … people coming together to support a cause,” Nada Elnatour, the organization’s media outreach ambassador and a sophomore

in the College of Arts & Sciences, said.

For more information about

SJP’s events this year, follow their Instagram @SJPMarquette.

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“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” review Mainly Asian artists were featured on the movie’s soundtrack

By Izzy Fonfara Drewel

isabella.fonfaradrewel@marquette.edu

The beginning of this month welcomed a new superhero to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Marvel released “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” into theaters Sept. 3. The film, starring Simu Liu, Awkwafina and Meng’er Zhang, rose to popularity despite previous apprehension from fans.

This newest production from director Destin Daniel Cretton tells the story of Shaun

(Simu Liu), a millennial living peacefully until his past catches up with him. After a harrowing escape, he and his best friend Katy (Awkwafina) set off to dismantle his father’s organization, The Ten Rings. During their journey they recruit Shaun’s (an alias for the character’s real name of ShangChi) sister, Xiajing (Meng’er Zhang). Everything culminates in a battle for humanity’s survival, during which Shang-Chi finally confronts his father.

Marvel’s newest piece lasts 2 hours and 12 minutes, and it’s full of well-choreographed fight scenes interspersed with flashbacks explaining ShangChi’s past. Throughout the movie, Awkwafina excels in playing the goofy sidekick with

a script full of one-liners and perfectly timed jokes.

While the film relies on some Marvel staples, the audience loves it. The movie seems to be a success after receiving a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, and, according to Forbes, grossing over $257.6 million worldwide, as of a Sept.

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The soundtrack features Asian and Asian-American musicians from the label 88rising, similar to how “Black Panther” featured African and African-American singers. The album features artists such as Swae Lee, NIKI, Jhene Aíko and more.

Marvel is known for their elaborately linked universe, and this production is no exception.

The film is carefully weaved into

the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s intricate web with appearances from well-known characters such as Wong (Benedict Wong) from “Doctor Strange” and The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) from “Iron Man 3.”

This film situates itself in the middle of Phase 4, which is the continuation of the MCU following a new set of superheroes as they navigate the universe in the aftermath of “Avengers: Endgame.” This next wave of movies continues

with releases including “Eternals” Nov. 5, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” Dec. 17 and “Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness” Mar. 25, 2022.

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Food insecurity persists on, near campus

Marquette University must make more efforts to ensure that students and members of the Milwaukee community have access to affordable and healthy food options near campus.

Hunger and access to food is a pressing issue in the United States.

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, someone experiencing food insecurity, or very low food security has “… multiple indications of disrupted eating patterns and reduced food intake.” Additionally, according to the USDA’s 2020 “Household Food Insecurity in the United States” report, 38 million Americans experienced hunger last year.

Unfortunately, the reality of hunger is also very prevalent in Milwaukee.

According to Feeding Wisconsin, a local food distribution organization, the greater Milwaukee area — that encompasses the city of Milwaukee and the majority of Milwaukee County — 22.1% of the population, or approximately 157,890 people, experienced food insecurity in 2018.

In comparison to other areas in Wisconsin, which experienced a

9.9% to 12.2% food insecurity rate, the Milwaukee area had the highest percentage of food-insecure Wisconsin residents in 2018, even though it didn’t have the highest population.

Additionally, with the challenges in the last year and half due to the COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity has increased across the country, with more than 42 million people possibly experiencing food insecurity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Feeding America.

Access to healthy and affordable food options should be a right.

Gaining access to healthy and affordable food options is a challenge for many Milwaukee residents and Marquette students, and the university should play a bigger role in assisting them. Marquette is located in the Avenues West neighborhood in Milwaukee. Directly on Marquette’s campus, there is a Sendik’s Fresh2Go on 16th Street that was built in 2017.

“For many years, Marquette and NWSP (Near West Side Partners) had been having conversations with multiple grocers about opening a location on campus to serve the

campus community and the Near West Side,” Kelsey Otero, associate director of social innovation at the Office of Research and Innovation at Marquette, said in an email.

“As a local, family-owned business, Sendik’s is committed to Milwaukee and providing access to fresh foods, which has made them a great partner. Sendik’s has truly become a part of the University and the fabric of our community.”

Otero also said that Sendik’s gave free breakfast to students on the first day of fall classes. While offering students breakfast is a generous gesture, this may not be enough.

Otero said there are two other grocery stores in the nearby area, Mo’s Food Market on Clybourn Street and the Market AB Asian Food near 27th Street and Vliet Street.

“Additionally, we (Near West Side Partners) have worked with convenience stores in the area to incorporate more fresh foods and launched a successful farmers market on Vliet Street, called the Vliet Street Oasis Market,” Otero said in an email.

These are beneficial initiatives to support the Milwaukee community,

and the university should continue taking similar actions to address food insecurity. Food insecurity not only exists in the Milwaukee community but also within the Marquette student population as well.

According to a 2018 study, one in five students reported experiencing food insecurity in the past school year. Of students who were surveyed in the study, nearly two-thirds of the students didn’t have a dining hall plan. This may be because some students, especially juniors and seniors, cannot afford to have a meal plan. For the fall 2021 semester, the meal plan costs $2430 for students.

First-year students and sophomores are required to have the Anytime Dining Plan, which is built into the cost of residence hall payments. The only other meal plan option for Marquette students is the commuter plan, which is 50 swipes, or about three swipes per week, and currently costs $450 per semester.

Marquette students who cannot afford the university meal plans may need more flexible options than an Anytime Dining meal plan or a 50-swipe plan.

Additionally, junior and senior students who do not have the meal plan may have a difficult time adjusting to securing food for themselves.

This is exacerbated by the lack of close and affordable options to go grocery shopping.

Securing healthy food may also be difficult for students if they do not have cars on campus, as there are only three stores that sell groceries near campus. This makes establishing more affordable food options especially important.

To aid students who are experiencing food insecurity on Marquette’s campus, there is the Backpack Program, which provides free and confidential services to students. This is a beneficial service to students, considering that food insecurity is still very stigmatized in society.

There is still so much more to be done to address food insecurity on and near campus.

To follow through with its Jesuit values of “cura personalis” and being men and women for others, Marquette should play a bigger role in ensuring that right for Milwaukee community members and students.

unvaccinated does not exclusively affect them. Something evangelical Christians may strive to keep in mind is that instead of practicing a “love thy neighbor” mentality, they are endangering those around them by not getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Although the COVID-19 vaccinations have been very effective, if an unvaccinated person contracts the disease and spreads it to a vaccinated individual, there is still risk for them to become infected.

People citing religion as a means of political or medical intervention is not exclusive to COVID-19 and nothing new to our country. Recently, the Supreme Court upheld a new Texas law banning most abortions as well as punishing anyone who may be involved with performing or being aware of an abortion.

The pro-life versus pro-choice conversations we see amidst abortion law debates follow a common trend. Many pro-lifers tend to reference their religion as a means to argue that abortion is impermissible and should be illegal in most if not all instances. A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center seeking out connections between strong

religious affiliation and anti-abortion views found that 73% of those who believed abortion should be illegal in most or all cases also claimed to be absolutely certain they believed in God. The reason this argument is insufficient is that someone citing their religion to impose upon another’s bodily autonomy is a severe overstep of boundaries. Controlling a person’s decision whether or not to carry a child should be a decision left up to the mother. In cases of high-risk pregnancies, rape, incest, severe poverty or any matter, nobody should be forced into a birth.

Another time we see an overreach of religion is regarding the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. Gay marriage was legalized in the U.S. June 26, 2015. This was a monumental step in the right direction, however, the struggles of this community do not begin and end with marriage.

Religion has played a pivotal role in the arguments against same-sex couples’ adoption rights.

As of June 2021, there are still 11 states that allow state-licensed adoption and foster care agencies to use religious exemptions in

order to reject same-sex couples from adopting a child. There are another 18 states that offer no clear protections for same-sex couple applicants. The Catholic Social Services had filed a lawsuit that probed the Supreme Court case Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, regarding whether or not religious exemptions were viable in the adoption process.

It is heartbreaking to find qualified, prospective parents or fosters faced with discrimination at the hands of a religion that they may not even practice. Religion has no place in a foster care and adoption system that is already treading water to keep kids alive and well and find them homes. The Wisconsin foster care system alone has approximately 7,000 children in it. In order to take steps to repair this system, it is vital that we take out personal politics or religious beliefs when considering child welfare because a family who will love and protect a child is one that deserves the chance to.

Religious integrity is upheld by allowing people to practice their own religions to the fullest extent they see fit in a way that does not hinder other members of society.

As much as you may feel called by God to strive against the progression of society and strive for traditionalism, humans’ rights need to be prioritized. What someone believes and practices in their daily life and in their homes should be so intrinsically important to them that they do not need to step on other peoples’ rights to uphold their own principles.

I urge everyone to practice the most core principles of religion, being to love and accept one another as we are not the divine figures in anyone else’s life. There is a middle ground that can be struck between our personal beliefs and the rights of others. As much as we may each think we have the right idea of how someone should be or live, we do not have the power to enforce that upon others. Religion is supposed to be a beautiful community that is welcoming to others. What it is not supposed to be is a controlling entity that makes itself known in political policies.

Religion should respect autonomy, strive for understanding Grace Cady

The concept of religion can be an ambiguous one when we consider how much it varies from person to person.

To some, being a religious person is defined by how often you go to church, if you are baptized, if you pray to God or a god; to me, it is defined by how you use the love your religion empowers you to give to others. Unfortunately, religion has all too often become a pawn in the game of political battleground.

For example, one major issue in the country is that only 54.6% of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated as of Sept. 19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A survey found 40% of evangelical Christians said they weren’t likely to get vaccinated, ever.

Religion should not be a barrier for vaccination.

With respect to the medical freedom all citizens deserve in this country, unfortunately being

Grace Cady is a sophomore studying Journalism. She can be be reached at grace.cady@marquette.edu

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Lack of MUPD transparency ongoing issue Nora McCaughey “Is campus safe?” is a popular question for prospective Marquette students and parents. Unfortunately, it is a question with no definite answer, especially with the lack of transparency from Marquette University Police Department.

The fact that Marquette has its own police department has become a common accolade from tour guides and administration since its inception in 2015, after an agreement with the state of Wisconsin’s Department of Justice and Attorney General’s office. However, a police department is not useful if it fails to warn students of potential dangers on campus.

Last Tuesday, Sept. 14, two safety alerts were sent out to students on campus detailing dangerous individuals to look for, one for “inappropriate touching” and one for trespassing.

According to MUPD’s website, “the university’s policy is to issue a safety alert text message when there is an active threat to campus.”

But there is no further explanation as to what actually constitutes an ongoing threat to campus, leaving it up to the discretion of MUPD, since every situation is different and requires individual evaluation.

This lack of clarity can lead to MUPD failing to send out alerts for incidents that may

impact students simply because they did not see it as an active threat, such as street harassers and violent threats. This could leave students anxious and worried about their safety.

MUPD updates a daily log with incidents that are not constituted as dangerous enough to send out a safety alert. But these logs are filled with incidents that are sometimes included in safety alerts, such as trespassing, theft and harassment.

Marquette community members are not told what separates these trespassing incidents from, for example, the trespassing incident that warranted a safety alert earlier this week.

Last week, from Sunday, Sept.

12 to Sunday, Sept. 19, there were 14 thefts reported in MUPD’s daily log. No safety alerts were sent out, even though in the past there have been safety alerts for theft.

While it makes sense that MUPD only reports incidents that happen within the campus boundaries, this also can directly harm Marquette students. MUPD’s patrol borders of what they consider to be under their jurisdiction is posted on their website, but these patrol bounds may not be what students expect.

The random jagged squares across Avenues West do not match up with the posters that Marquette plasters within dorms and buildings: It encompasses a few blocks further in every direction, such covering the south end of Highland

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Marquette University Police Department is located on 16th Street.

Avenue all the way to 27th Street and St. Paul Avenue.

MUPD should be commended for extending their services beyond the immediate campus, but there are still issues regarding how the department handles incidents.

There are over 450 BlueLights on campus, which can be pressed to alert to MUPD if you are in trouble.

These BlueLights are common on Wisconsin Avenue and Wells Street, but they pop up less frequently the farther you get off campus. Even within MUPD’s boundaries, BlueLights are difficult to find along State Street and Clybourn Avenue, forcing students residing on these streets to take extra precaution walking to and from class.

Some parts of streets are within the borders, but others seem to jet out and then exclude a few blocks

for seemingly no reason. For example, on the west side of campus on Kilbourn Avenue after 23rd Street MUPD’s jurisdiction ends. This is unfortunate because Kilbourn Avenue is a very popular street for Marquette students to reside, and the safety of these students is jeopardized without access to MUPD. Eleven25 at Pabst is another favored location for Marquette students to live. Located just north of the Milwaukee Courthouse, the apartments are neither on campus nor within MUPD’s boundaries.

Despite this, the LIMO shuttles, which take students from one location on or near campus to another, do serve students living at Eleven25 after its private shuttlestops operating after 7 p.m.

Despite the LIMO shuttle serving students outside its boundaries, like

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those living at Eleven25, students living off campus often have to call Milwaukee Police Department, not MUPD. The issues with these boundaries don’t stop there. When incidents happen just outside these boundaries, MUPD has no obligation to get involved, even if it involves Marquette students or staff. So, dangerous incidents can happen in locations directly adjacent to campus and therefore around upperclassmen housing, but MUPD does not have to send out alerts just because it happened across the street from where their boundaries end.

Gunshots or robberies on campus are reported in safety alerts, but they also make campus appear unsafe and less desirable than other university campuses. However, the university taking responsibility and doing its best to address these issues would show new students and parents that it wants what is best for us, not just what is best to make more money. Students need to be aware of all safety issues on and around campus in order to make informed decisions such as not walking alone at night and always being aware of their surroundings.

MUPD needs to address the surrounding area and make all students, not just those who live close to or on campus, a priority.

Nora McCaughey is a senior studying English. She can be reached at eleanor.mccaughey@marquette.edu

Menstrual conditions deserving of more accommodations Jenna Koch Menstruation is a regular occurrence for 26% of the world’s population, which are femalebodied people of reproductive age.

At Marquette, that percentage is at about 54.8% for undergraduate students. An estimated 14-25% of people who menstruate have irregularities in their cycles, and another 71% of people under 25 have experienced pain while on their periods.

These can be anything from bad stomach cramps to chronic illnesses. All irregularities can leave people with severe pain and fatigue, making it nearly impossible to continue on with their everyday life. These conditions must be taken seriously and accommodated to in a college environment.

Many menstrual irregularities can be alleviated with hormone treatments such as birth control, according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

However, some conditions, such as endometriosis, when the uterine lining that is shed during menstruation grows on the outside of the uterus and can lead to pelvic pain and heavy bleeding, as well as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), which results in cysts

forming around ovarian follicles and can make it difficult for egg cells to reach the uterus and can lead to irregular and painful periods, will not always go away with hormonal treatment. Hormone treatment itself can cause unpleasant side effects like indigestion, mood swings and feeling sick, according to the National Health Service.

For PCOS specifically, people in a NCBI article describe going to multiple doctors before getting a diagnosis, and that the process of doing so is “exhausting” and “devastating.” An estimated 6-12% of people who menstruate have PCOS. Even if only 6% of women at Marquette had PCOS, that would still be 115 students.

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Menstrual health should be treated just as any other aspect of the human body”

More severe or chronic conditions like diabetes, thyroid problems or mental health disorders can have a major impact on the menstrual cycle, as well.

The Office of Disability Services exists on Marquette’s campus to help students who need accommodations in the classroom such as extensions on schoolwork or excused absences. In an email, ODS said that they identify a disability as “a physical or mental health condition that substantially limits one or more major life activity.”

For menstrual health issues, getting accommodations are on a case-bycase basis. Fortunately, this means there’s a much more individualized approach to accommodations. As long as one has a proper diagnosis, recieving accommodations should be no issue.

However, getting a diagnosis for menstrual health conditions in the first place can be difficult and expensive.

Many menstrual health problems are brushed off as overreactions due to medical misogyny as well. Both male and female doctors’ internal misogyny can affect the way they treat female-bodied people.

The ODS requires a diagnosis by a medical professional before allowing for accommodations. This should not have to change due to our misogynistic medical field.

However, the ODS should encourage students without a diagnosis to reach out regardless. They should help students navigate their potential disabilities and reach out

to professors on behalf of students if needed.

Professors need to have a more unified consensus on accommodations, and while they work hard enough to support students, coming together and reviewing accommodation policies would be an immense help to students who have menstrual cycles. It can be anxiety-inducing going into a class not knowing if a professor will have a strict attendance or late work policy, or if they will be flexible and understanding.

For those with menstrual conditions, these worries increase tenfold. In general, one-third of female students have missed class due to painful periods, and many are reluctant to be honest about their absence. The stigma surrounding periods makes it so students are ashamed to give a valid excuse for missing class. Even if they were to be upfront, there is no guarantee that professors will be understanding of their issues.

The stigma around periods needs to change at the personal level, but it would be more effective if the rules of universities were to change first. Receiving more support and understanding from the institution they attend can help people with menstrual conditions feel secure and understood while navigating their health.

Menstrual health should be treated just as any other aspect of the human body. Treating it as a taboo or as a non-legitimate health concern will only lead to more people feeling lost within their own bodies.

Starting a conversation with administrative powers like the ODS, being honest about our own menstrual health and encouraging others to educate themselves on menstrual health are some initial steps we can all take to begin empowering people who menstruate.

Jenna Koch is a sophomore studying secondary education and English. She can be reached at jenna. koch@marquette.edu

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Fiserv Forum before Marquette men’s basketball’s 67-42 victory over the UMBC Golden Retrievers Nov. 6 2018. Arena has been the home of the Golden Eagles since the 2018-19 season.

As of July 1, athletes can profit off of name, image and likeness

By John Leuzzi

john.leuzzi@marquette.edu

Since the NCAA’s inception in 1906, student-athletes could not earn any profit off of their performance or popularity.

But two years ago, that all changed.

Marquette law professor Matt Mitten, who also serves as the executive director of the National Sports Law Institute, mentioned the change took place when an NCAA Working Group proposed that all three divisions should have a name, image and likeness policy, commonly referred to as NIL. Through the mixture of new state laws and NCAA rule

changes, this significant shift in the college sports empire was etched into its 115-year-old history July 1 of this year.

Marquette athletic director Bill Scholl said it didn’t come as a surprise when the NCAA moved forward with NIL plans, but the uncertainty of specific guidelines leaves a complex situation.

“It was hard to be ready for our student-athletes on July 1 because as of June 30, we didn’t know what the rules were going to be,” Scholl said. “It’s a significant change in direction and to have that change occur with very little time to react was just more frustrating than anything else.”

No state guidance As of Sept. 18, 28 of the 50 states in the United States have passed NIL legislation. Out of those 28 states, only 14 went into effect directly July 1.

Wisconsin falls into the minority category of no state law for NIL. Mitten said per the NCAA Board of Governors’ policy, the states with no NIL law enforce the policy on a school-byschool basis.

Due to this, Scholl said Marquette had to adopt the NCAA’s Emergency Legislation.

Scholl said the legislation that was announced June 30 was not the only plan the NCAA originally proposed and the one that he and his team were preparing for.

He said the main difference between the two was the original version consisted of more guardrails and principles to help give an athletic department direction on how to handle certain situations if they came up.

Within the legislation that was passed, there are just two guidelines — athletes can’t be paid to play, and NIL cannot be used as

a recruiting inducement — that need to be followed.

Scholl said that although state direction would have made the initial transition smoother, it is only a short-term solution.

“In all honesty, the long term is some kind of a national solution so all 50 states are playing by the same rule,” Scholl said.

“I hope we can get to a spot where we maybe have congressional legislation so that we’re not all playing by different sets of rules.”

Mitten said the focus of a national solution or national NIL rights law was a topic of conversation when he spoke in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee in July 2020.

Executive associate athletic director Danielle Josetti, who in charge of Marquette’s NIL policy, said although a state law would have given her some framework to work with, she prefers the way it currently stands.

“I feel like our policy is more student-athlete friendly than some of our peers with state legislation because we don’t have the same parameters that they do,” Josetti said.

Do’s and don’ts In addition to the two rules set by the NCAA, Josetti said there are some additional excluded categories in Marquette’s policy that coincide with being a Jesuit university.

“They also can’t use Marquette’s mark and logo without entering into an agreement with the university,” Josetti said.

“They can’t miss class and they can’t miss team activities for NIL activities.

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MEN’S SOCCER

Lads look to repeat last year’s success in conference Squad picked to finish fifth in BIG EAST coaches preseason poll

By Sam Arco

samuel.arco@marquette.edu

With high expectations after last season’s Cinderella run into the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament, the Marquette men’s soccer team started the 2021 campaign off strong with three consecutive home victories.

At 3-0 to begin their season, the Golden Eagles were ranked as high as No. 10 in the country before losing their final three games on the nonconference slate, removing them from the Top 25.

With BIG EAST play now on deck, the team is looking to get back on track and replicate its success in conference play from last season.

“We play in one of the best conferences in the country, so it’s very exciting for us to get back into BIG EAST play,” head coach Louis Bennett said. “As for our recent play, if we want to start winning again, we have to be more us.”

Last season, the Golden Eagles went 5-1-1 during BIG EAST play as they went on to win the conference’s Midwest Division in a shortened schedule. This year, the conference is back to one division and Marquette is set to face the entire

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Forward Lukas Sunneson (9) earned All-BIG EAST First Team and United Soccer Coaches First Team Scholar All-American Honors last season.

BIG EAST again, including NCAA soccer powerhouses No.1 Georgetown and No. 19 Seton Hall.

“Georgetown is the best team in the country and we get to play them at home in our last conference game of the year, so we’re just really excited for the opportunity,” Bennett said. “As for our goals for the season, that game will play a big part on accomplishing those goals.”

This season, Marquette was picked to finish fifth in the BIG

EAST Coaches Preseason Poll behind Georgetown, Seton Hall, Creighton and Providence.

With all of those teams being in the EAST Division last year besides Creighton, the team is excited to face the BIG EAST juggernauts again this season.

“There are plenty of brand new opportunities for us again this season and we all feel like we need them to push us through,” redshirt sophomore forward Christian

Marquez said. “It all comes down to being confident, this year we aren’t the underdogs and we think we’re capable of repeating our success from last season.”

Having the right mentality is something that has been preached all season long by the coaching staff and has been reiterated in the locker room and on the pitch despite the team’s three-game skid before the start of BIG EAST play.

“No one’s throwing in the towel,

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Marquette men’s soccer celebrates after redshirt sophomore forward Christian Marquez’s goal in its 2-1 win over Kansas City Sept. 3 at Valley Fields.

we have 31 guys that are managing to come out every day and give it their all at every practice,” Bennett said.

Often sporting the captain’s armband on the pitch, redshirt junior forward Lukas Sunesson tries to lead by example.

“I just try to be a good leader and lead through my actions,” Sunesson said. “I want to show the team that I want to get better and that I want them to get better with me.”

Sunesson is coming off one of his best seasons in a Marquette uniform in which he tallied six goals and two assists while starting all 13 games. For his efforts, Sunesson was named to the ALLBIG EAST Preseason Team for the 2021 season.

“The BIG EAST is fun, it’s always fun,” Sunesson said. “I love the competition but now we just need to work as hard as we did last year and focus on ourselves to improve every day.”

After going 3-3 during nonconference play, the team will now look to have a strong campaign during league play to make a case for themselves for postseason contention for the second year in a row.

“We have a chance to make a significant run with five home games and five away games,” Bennett said. “There’s not one bad team in the BIG EAST, so if we win anywhere from 7-9 games we’ll be in good shape for the postseason.”

However, the Golden Eagles’ hopes of getting back on track will have to wait a bit longer, as the team dropped their opening game of BIG EAST play 1-0 against Villanova Sept. 18 at Valley Fields.

Marquette will now look to get its first BIG EAST win against Seton Hall Sep. 24.

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VOLLEYBALL

Koontz back to 2019 form after injury last season T

Redshirt junior looks to finish off college career healthy

By Jackson Gross

jackson.gross@marquette.edu

Four games into last year’s volleyball season, redshirt junior outside hitter Ellie Koontz was handed an unexpected setback.

Over a span of 12 weeks, Koontz watched her teammates compete in every game and every practice as she recovered from a torn abdomen injury.

Considering the nature of the injury, Koontz said the recovery time was difficult to deal with.

“It was challenging because the only thing I did was rest my ab, I just sat out for six weeks first and just gave it as much rest as possible,” Koontz said. “It was frustrating seeing all my teammates out there and to know that I really couldn’t do anything.”

While Koontz couldn’t physically take part in practices, she said going to practices every day, supporting her teammates and doing whatever she could to improve her injury helped keep her engaged with the team.

Koontz said keeping a positive mindset helped in her recovery.

“It’s obviously hard to be patient and wait it out,” Koontz said.

“That’s all I could do at the time and show up for my teammates and be as supportive as possible.”

Now in the fall 2021 season, Koontz has had a strong start for the Golden Eagles.

Through 11 games, Koontz is amassing 1.67 kills per set, 11 digs and 16 total blocks while also hitting .308%.

With the current pace Koontz is on, she would break her career-high in kills of 169, with 181 kills.

While that is a possibility, Koontz is more focused enjoying the season and being with her teammates.

Redshirt sophomore Hannah Vanden Berg said Koontz’s strong start to the season is proof of how good she is as a player.

“Coming off an injury is always hard, so I think the fact that she showed up this year has really proved to everyone how good she can be. I think her just coming back from that (injury) and just showing off her talents,” Vanden Berg said.

Head coach Ryan Theis said he is glad to see Koontz back on the floor healthy after missing most of last season. Additionally, he said he has already noticed her impact early on

in the season.

“I’m happy she’s able to be back out there on the court. She had a really productive first weekend, it was pretty impressive,” Theis said. “(She) slowed down a little bit last weekend (against Kentucky and Wisconsin), but it’s definitely nice to have her back. We didn’t get to use her at all last year and I think that hurt.”

Beyond her play on the court, Koontz’s personality has rubbed off on the coaching staff over the years.

“If there’s a player on our team that doesn’t get too high or too low and doesn’t ride emotions on her sleeve or get too distraught as COVID is bringing down their world, it’s Ellie,” Theis said. “She is remarkably steady, incredibly cool, calm and collected all the time and it’s one thing that our staff loves about her. You know you could hang out with that kid all day long and enjoy yourself the whole time.”

Vanden Berg backed this up as she said that Koontz is a good friend off the court and a good roommate.

“I love having Ellie as a teammate, she’s a good friend off the court and friend on the court. She’s always super positive ... it’s fun to have a friend on the court and off the court that’s always looking out

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Ellie Koontz (15) finishes a kill in Marquette’s 3-0 win over UTSA Sept. 17.

for you.” Vanden Berg said.

As Koontz’s final year at Marquette continues, she said she is focused on just having fun and ending her Marquette career on a high note.

“Just finishing my senior season with a bang, just finishing it as

strong as possible ... I think no matter what my stats are,” Koontz said.

“Knowing that I have my teammates’ support, family’s support and coaches’ support while staying as positive as possible would be a good finish to my book.”

ATHLETICS

Seven new members set to be inducted into HOF Six student-athletes, former head coach headline 2021 class

By Hannah Freireich

hannah.freireich@marquette.edu

Marquette University announced in a press release Sept.

14 that there will be seven new inductees to the “M Club” Hall of Fame this year.

This year’s class includes six student-athletes — Liam Byrnes, Emily Goslee, Dominic James, Charlie Lyon, Ally Miller and Axel Sjöberg — and former men’s basketball head coach Tom Crean.

Byrnes served as a founding member of the men’s lacrosse team from 2012-16. In 2016, in his redshirt senior season, he helped guide Marquette to defeat No. 1 Denver for its first ever BIG EAST Championship. For his efforts that season, he earned BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year and USILA Second Team All-America honors. The 2019 MLL Defensive Player of the Year is the lone player in program history to combine for over 200 ground balls and 100 caused turnovers as a Golden Eagle.

Goslee earned All-BIG EAST team honors three times over her four-year Marquette career, including first team honors in 2016. In 2014-15, Goslee was selected to the U.S. Women’s National Lacrosse Team. She ranks second in caused turnovers in a single season (30), fifth all-time in ground balls (106), second alltime in caused turnovers (88) and tied first in games started (68) in program history.

James put together one of the best first-year seasons in men’s basketball history earning both BIG EAST Rookie of the Year and All-BIG EAST Freshman Team honors after averaging 15.3 points,

5.4 assists and 4.5 rebounds per game. In 2006-07, he earned AllBIG EAST First Team and AP All-American Honorable Mention Honors in 2006-07. During his time as a Golden Eagle, James appeared in four NCAA tournaments and currently ranks second in assists (632), fourth in steals (129) and fifth in points (1,749) all-time in program history.

Crean spent nine seasons at the helm of the Golden Eagles, where he compiled an overall record of 190-96. In 2003, he led Marquette to its first trip to the NCAA Final Four since Al McGuire did in 1977. Crean, a Naismith Coach of the Year finalist, recruited and

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coached six All-Americans in Dwayne Wade, Travis Diener, Dominic James, Jerel McNeal and Lazar Hayward. Lastly, he had four players — Wade, Diener, Hayward and Steve Novak — during his tenure.

Sjöberg and Lyon led men’s soccer to even higher levels including the program’s first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 1997 in 2012 and the first ever BIG EAST Tournament title in program history in 2013.

During his redshirt junior season, Sjöberg was recognized as one of the “10 best defenders in college” soccer by TopDrawerSoccer.com. He also

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is the first Marquette player to be selected in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft, by the Colorado Rapids.

Lyon, the 2013 BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year, was a part of the Golden Eagles’ first BIG EAST regular season title team in 2011. He holds the single most season victories (16), first in shutouts (29), third in victories (37) and eighth in saves (227) in program history.

During her time in Milwaukee from 2009-13, Miller was a part of one of the best four-year runs for any Marquette team, as women’s soccer finished 67-19-9, 37-7-3 BIG EAST during her career. In that span, the program won four BIG EAST American Divisions titles, a BIG EAST Tournament Title and made four appearances in the NCAA Tournament.

Individually, Miller became only the third player in program history to earn NSCAA All-America Second Team and CoSIDA Capital One First Team Academic All-American Honors in 2012.

Per the release, the date and time of the induction ceremony will be announced at a later this fall but the intent is for it to take place during one of the men’s basketball conference home games.

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CROSS COUNTRY

Team handles being away from home for competiton

Foley sees situation as opportunity to build character

By Johnnie Brooker

johnnie.brooker@marquette.edu

The Marquette cross country team participates in meets all around the country, but not in Milwaukee.

With leaving campus for various practices and meets, the opportunity for Marquette fans to watch the team is slim to none. The closest meet for the Golden Eagles is in Normal, Illinois.

“It’s hard but I think it makes us tough,” senior Emily Foley said.

“It would be fantastic to have a fanbase and funding that rivals that of the basketball team, but that would not be the true nature of cross-country.”

Cross country is noted to be a traveling sport with athletes on the move for not only meets, but for practices as well.

Head coach Sean Birren said the team takes vans to practice sometimes depending on the distance.

“We want to simulate a cross country course and it’s easier to travel now because of the

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Emily Foley participates in 2019 BIG EAST Cross Country Championship.

lessened COVID-19 restrictions,” Birren said. “We can get the vans and not have to have 18 feet of space between everybody.”

Senior August Beyer embrac-

es practicing and racing away from everybody.

“We’re all friends, we have a tight group and it’s really fun,” Beyer said. “We look forward to

getting off campus and running somewhere new because we are still with each other.”

Beyer explained that the closest meet is approximately 45 minutes away from Marquette’s campus at University of Wisconsin - Parkside. Furthermore, he said that the farthest location where they will compete this year will be in Louisville, Kentucky, which is about an eight-hour drive from Milwaukee.

Marquette is known to compete for the NCAA mostly in the states of Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois.

If they make regionals this year, that will take place in Florida.

Foley said at the same time, the cross country team is a non-revenue generating sport.

“We don’t get the attention and support that most other sports receive. We don’t have fancy locker rooms or top of the line facilities or home courses,” Foley said. “We do what we can with what we have and it’s not even about what we don’t have. More or less it would be amazing for people to recognize what we are accomplishing as a team, as well as what we are contributing to Marquette both athletically & academically.”

With that in mind, Birren said it is important to keep his

team motivated.

“The biggest thing is letting them know that the hard stuff we do as athletes on the practice field is going to get them ready to race,” Birren said. “Then, hopefully having their competitive juices flowing that they’re ready to plug in a go after it.”

Foley said it would mean a lot to have a strong fan appearance such as can be seen at basketball, volleyball and soccer events.

“Honestly, I know that cross country will never be at the same level as a lot of other sports such as basketball and volleyball,” Foley said. “I think it would be amazing to have a fanbase that sees us as a really cool sport and respect us as athletes on campus and I feel we do get a lot of respect.”

Foley said being a runner has made her a better person and she is better for it.

“I feel like not having certain facilities builds character,” Foley said. “We are usually the underdogs, and I think we like it that way.”

At the end of the day, cross country remains a sport and Birren said his athletes have just one job: run.

“Running is a different beast when it comes to athletics. There are no timeouts.” Birren said.

GOLF

Golden Eagles look forward to return to invitationals Golf professional and former NCAA All-American Jace Long is joining Bailey’s coaching staff as an assistant coach after spending the last two years as an assistant golf professional and player developBy Matthew Valente ment coach in The Colony, Texas at matthew.valente@marquette.edu the Golf Clubs at the Tribute.

Following an unusual year last “Jace’s resume as a golfer initially season, the Marquette men’s golf garnered my attention, but what ulteam looks to jump back into some timately stood out was his positive normalcy this season. energy, his passion for teaching and Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing his experiences to help dethe team was unable to play in tour- velop our student-athletes,” Bailey naments or outings last fall. In the said in a statement Aug. 6. spring Marquette participated in Besides the coaching addition in tournaments across the country in- Long, Bailey will add three first-year cluding The Prestige, Valspar Colle- players to his roster: Patrick Adler of giate, Hootie Intercollegiate, Calusa Winnetka, Illinois, P.A. Kilburn of Cup and the Hawkeye Invitational. Monroe, Georgia and Max Lyons of In the BIG EAST Tournament, Phoenix, Arizona.

Marquette finished second overall Lyons headlines the first-year out of seven teams. Redshirt se- class. He is one of the highest-ranked nior Hunter Eichorn led the Golden recruits in program history, sitting at Eagles as he tied for first with a No. 14 among all senior golfers in score of negative seven. the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings at Head coach Steve Bailey said, the time of his signing of a National regardless of the results, he saw last Letter of Intent. season as a positive one.

Eichorn, who enters his fourth “It’s a testament to our guys,” year with the team, said he is lookBailey said. “The positive perspec- ing to leading by example for his tive they take on things with what’s team with a balance of hard work going on in the country.” and enjoyment.

Bailey, a four-time BIG EAST “Despite playing golf at a high Coach of the Year, will return for his level, it is also supposed to be fun,” 11th season as head coach.

Eichron said. “That is something I

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try to do while playing.”

Eichorn said another thing he tries to do while playing golf is keep a strong and positive attitude on the course regardless of how a shot goes.

“I take everything one shot at a time,” Eichorn said. “If I hit a bad shot I don’t focus on that, I just try to move on.”

Like Eichorn, redshirt junior Nicolas Evangelio said he doesn’t try to think much about the future or the past on the course.

“It’s important to focus on every set and not overwhelming what you did or what you’re doing,” Evengelio said.

Evangelo said with playing over the summer, he saw it as a small season and way to get himself into the right mindset before the fall campaign.

“When I played over the summer back home, I think of that as preseason for me to come here and be ready for the season in the fall,” Evengelio said.

Marquette opened the 2021-22 campaign with the Marquette Intercollegiate at Erin Hills, Wisconsin, where they placed 14th. Lynons led the Golden Eagles in the three-day event with a 2-under 214, while posted even-par 72s on the last two days to close out play with a 1-under 215.

The Golden Eagles then finished seventh overall at the Gopher Invitational. Lynons tied for 13th place in the event after posting a final round 1-under 70 to put him at 2-under for the overall tournament.

Next up for Marquette is a trip to

Northwestern’s Windon Memorial Classic, followed by the Rich Harvest Farms Intercollegiate.

The Golden Eagles will wrap up the fall season in West Lafayette, Indiana for the Purdue Fall Invitational.

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Max Lyons ranked No.14 recruit in Class of 2021 by Golfweek/Sargarin.

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Most notably, the involvement of the BIG EAST was for the use of the conference-owned intellectual property, specifically with Fox Sports footage.

Using footage from a broadcast or sporting event for revenue was one thing Mitten spoke against in front of the Commerce Committee this past summer.

“That would be a revenue sharing model,” Mitten said. “I don’t believe in that and don’t want to see college sports professionalized. If student-athletes were given a share of the broadcast revenues or any other revenues, that would cross the line.”

When an athlete does make an NIL deal, Josetti said they need to report it, but it is not mandatory to do it in advance.

“It’s pretty liberal,” Josetti said. “(It is) pretty student-athlete friendly because we want them to be able to take advantage of it knowing that it could get tightened up a year or so from now.”

Mitten said schools like Marquette can implement a rule restricting a student-athlete from entering an NIL deal with a particular company.

An example would be a sports gambling company.

Coinciding from the NCAA rule of no pay to play, Mitten said a school can’t enter a deal with their student-athlete(s) as the money is supposed to come from third parties.

“What the NCAA would like to do is let student-athletes earn as much income as they can subject to the parameters of their respective state law … to maintain the amateur nature of college sports,” Mitten said.

Education Mitten said there is a fine line regarding the amount of involvement a school can have with an athlete when making a deal.

“The school is not supposed to be in the middle of arranging things because once they start doing that, then that would violate one of the guidelines,” Mitten said.

Scholl said the fine line of not giving advice to their athletes is a tricky situation for universities to find themselves in.

“We’re not telling them to do one thing and the other, we’re just telling (them) please be strategic and be thoughtful,” Scholl said.

One way Marquette Athletics has approached being involved is providing resources and education to their student-athletes.

“From a student-athlete’s perspective, if you’re suddenly

getting paid to do something, there’s taxes, there’s contracts, there’s duties you have to honor and fulfill. There’s a lot of things that 18-to-22-year-olds might not have thought about,” Scholl said.

Scholl said with the department getting a head start on educating their student-athletes by partnering with Influencer last summer, it gave everyone a head start.

“Companies like Influencer have been very valuable in terms of helping to educate

but equal treatment and benefits,” Mitten said. “That’s where the education, the branding and how to build a social media presence comes into play.”

Branding These days, one’s presence on social media is sometimes all it takes to become famous. For college student-athletes today, they can cash in on their fame and brand for NIL deals.

“This is something that should have been passed a long time

well for the nonbasketball student-athletes due to the university’s alumni base.

“At a place like Marquette, which has a very loyal alumni base, for the alumni who played sports other than basketball, this is an opportunity for them to really provide a level of measure of economic support directly to student-athletes that they couldn’t do in the past,” Mitten said.

Scholl acknowledged when it comes to an athlete’s brand, there might be a gender inequity favoring male student-athletes,

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student-athletes (with) a lot of the issues, the legal ramifications and tax ramifications of how to build a brand,” Scholl said.

Josetti mentioned along with Marquette’s sports properties group, Learfield, the department is providing resources like Lammi Sports Management, a Milwaukee-based national sports marketing agency.

“Marquette Athletics is not going to pay anybody for an appearance; however, we are able to provide that service to our athletes,” Josetti said. “It doesn’t benefit our department, but it’s a service we can provide to them.”

Mitten said that while schools aren’t forbidden to be in the middle of organizing deals, it is a dangerous area to become involved in.

“What Title IX requires is not only proportionate equal athletic participation and opportunities,

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ago, even probably pre-social media,” Josetti said. “But now in the social media area with influencer lifestyle, it’s awesome.”

Athletes can now use platforms like TikTok or promoting brands and clothes on Instagram, which Josetti said will help Marquette’s non-basketball student-athletes.

“It’s awesome they can profit off of being who they are on social media,” Josetti said.

Clemson football tight end Braden Galloway is an example of an athlete using his social media following to create a brand.

Galloway, who has 161,000 Instagram followers and more than 412,000 followers on TikTok, signed a significant deal with The Familie, an agency working across sports, music, art and media, based on his influence across social media.

Mitten believes this will bode

but he hopes NIL is an opportunity for the lesser-known sports to have an opportunity to gain recognition.

College of Communication associate professor of strategic communication James Pokrywczynski said understanding if one has a brand and what it looks like is a key first step for athletes.

Mitten said he believes NIL will play a bigger role in the NCAA transfer portal, especially with the NCAA passing a one-time transfer waiver this summer.

Pokrywczynski echoed Mitten’s thoughts, emphasizing that a state’s NIL condition and conference TV coverage can impact a student-athlete’s decision to transfer as it can impact their brand.

“Visibility is everything in your brand,” Pokrywczynski said. “It gets back to what’s the

audience of followers that you are attracting and it’s the same thing with being on TV.” He said there are pros and cons to being seen on TV, as an athlete’s brand can be impacted negatively if they don’t perform at a high level.

Josetti said in terms of releasing when and if Marquette will publicly release their NIL policy, it will depend on how the national landscape plays out.

As for the number of deals already done, Josetti said it isn’t in the hundreds just yet.

“We do have a couple of high profile student-athletes that have really big deals, which I’m envious of for them, but it’s more trade right now,” Josetti said.

What’s to come come When asked what the impact of NIL can be five or 10 years down the road, Mitten circled back to one thing.

“I would hope that college sports doesn’t shift to a professionalized minor league sports level,” Mitten said.

Mitten said he hopes there isn’t a loss in focus on earning a degree from the NIL. “That is one of the things traditionally people would say distinguishes NCAA football from NFL football,” Mitten said.

“They have a unique opportunity to earn a degree that is probably going to help them earn an income stream much higher than the small handful of athletes who could by playing a professional sport. So I hope that doesn’t go away.”

Mitten said otherwise, he can see NIL becoming a positive thing, most notably with those athletes who are in the bubble of whether to stay in college or pursue a path of having a professional career.

“Let’s say you’re a year away from your degree, you played three years of football and you’re eligible to go into the NFL but you might be a late round draft check or free agent,” Mitten said. “Those athletes will hopefully have the incentive to stay in college one more year, develop their skills, get a degree, and earn some extra money from NIL rights. So I could see that as a real positive thing there.”

While Marquette does not sponsor football, the principles remain the same across the entire sporting landscape.

Until there is a national solution from Congress, Mitten has one additional hope.

“It’s an entirely new world and I hope we can keep the best of college sports without losing the best of college sports,” Mitten said.