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MUSG investigates uncollected funds Ad hoc committee meets for first time in SOF process review

No plan in place to address $250,000 held in MUSG reserve

By Joe Kvartunas

By Alec Brooks

Marquette Student Government held the first of a series of meetings to review the Student Organization Funding process Wednesday night. President Sam Schultz, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, formed the Ad Hoc Committee on Student Organization Funding Review in November after pledging SOF reform in the 2013 spring MUSG elections.

“We ran on making SOF changes,” Schultz said. “After most of the semester, I figured that the best way to go about this was to have a group of interested people from all different parts of MUSG come together and take a look at all the rules.”

The ad hoc committee will not have the power to unilaterally change the SOF process. Instead, it will review the SOF process and recommend changes to the Senate. The

Marquette Student Government has more than $250,000 in its reserve fund — more than five times times the amount required by MUSG’s financial policies — with no plans in place to use it.

The reserve, which is MUSG’s largest account, holds almost double the annual budget appropriated to student organizations. Although plans for the reserve have been suggested, Legislative Vice President Kyle Whelton said MUSG’s primary focus is limiting the money going into the fund.

“Our main concern is that that number doesn’t increase substantially,” Whelton said.

“We’re constitutionally stipulated on how we can spend it …

There’s quite a bit of red tape before we can spend it.”

When student organizations do not collect money awarded

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MUSG President Sam Schultz (right) and Executive Vice President Zach Bowman (left) speak with one another during an MUSG meeting early last semester. Schultz created the ad hoc committee to investigate SOF.

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McCormick illegal narcotic incident under DPS review

MU alum achieves millionaire status

Students await action from university and MPD after treatment

Penny-stocks help ‘11 MU finance graduate pay off personal debt

By Matthew Kulling

matthew.kulling@marquette.edu

The investigation continues following an incident Sunday in which five students were brought to the hospital after reportedly ingesting an unspecified, illegal narcotic.

Russell Shaw, Interim Director for the Department of Public Safety, said an officer arrived on the scene at McCormick Hall Sunday, and due to medical and safety concerns, the students involved were taken to Milwaukee’s Sinai Samaritan Hospital for treatment and evaluation. Shaw noted that DPS only enters residence halls when responding to calls.

“We spend very little time in

residence halls, we’re not just of different severity. patrolling through residence Category A offenses are the halls looking for things going least severe, and are categorized on,” Shaw said. “We assume as the use of illegal, synthetic that people who are in the resi- or counterfeit drugs or prescripdence halls betion medication long there, and not prescribed to most of our job the individual. is a safety and It is also a catsecurity issue, egory A offense so unless we if a student is get called to a found in possesresidence hall, sion of equipit’s because ment, products someone from or material that the residence is used or inhall staff has tended for use in notified us.” manufacturing The students or using drugs.

Brian Dorrington, senior director The await both unipenalties of university communication for these ofversity conduct and legal acfenses are $100 tion, and one female student and university probation, was taken into custody by the and after the second offense Milwaukee Police Department the fine is doubled and the for allegedly distributing the student is suspended. drugs. University drug protocol Offenses are considered is divided into three categories, each with different punishments See Drugs, Page 4

We take the safety and wellbeing of our students very seriously and expect all of our students to uphold Marquette’s values.”

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DPS REPORTS......................2 CALENDAR...........................2 MARQUEE......................8

VIEWPOINTS...............10 SPORTS.......................12 CLASSIFIEDS......................15

By Matt Barbato

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When Tim Grittani’s pennystock trading hobby landed him in $1,300 worth of debt in August of 2011, his first reaction wasn’t to cut his losses and rely on his finance degree to find a job in the real world.

Instead, the now 24-year-old Marquette graduate decided to give the financially unpredictable craft another go.

“I needed to give it one more shot first,” Grittani said. “I felt like I had a good handle on the mistakes I made, and I did want to put in a little more money and give it that one more try. That was the last shot in my mind, where I could either

improve myself or fail again and say ‘It’s time to do something with my degree.’”

That second try ended up getting Grittani out of his hole and then some. By December, Grittani turned his original $1,500 penny-stock investment into a $1 million portfolio in just two and a half years.

Grittani began trading in May of 2011, five months before his graduation. His motivation for opening a penny portfolio was to display his experience when looking for a job in the stock market after leaving Marquette.

“I was a finance major at Marquette, and I realized if I was going to do something with it, I wanted to go into the stock market,” Grittani said.

After losing half of his original investment in a matter of two weeks, Grittani said he needed some outside help. He scoured the internet looking for See Alumnus, Page 6

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News in Brief MUHS alum killed in Purdue shooting The victim of a shooting at Purdue University was identified as 21-year-old Andrew Boldt, a 2010 graduate of Marquette University High School and former resident of West Bend.

Boldt, a senior majoring in electrical engineering at Purdue, was shot by a fellow engineering student, 23-year-old Cody Cousins.

Boldt died at the scene and Cousins was apprehended shortly afterward as he tried to escape, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Although a motive has not yet been disclosed, it appears Boldt was targeted by Cousins, as no one else was hit or wounded during the incident. Purdue was put on lockdown for about an hour after the shooting, though the electrical engineering building, where the incident took place, remained closed until Wednesday. Cousins is scheduled to appear in court Thursday.

Bucks the NBA’s least valuable team The Milwaukee Bucks are the least-valued team in the National Basketball Association, according to a Forbes magazine ranking released Monday.

At No. 30 on the list, the Bucks’ current value is $405 million, with a total revenue of $109 million and a profit of $11 million.

The low ranking of the team comes amidst a push by team owner Herb Kohl for partners to invest in a new Bucks’ stadium. Their current arena, the 26-year-old BMO Harris Bradley Center, is criticized being as outdated compared to other NBA venues.

The New York Knicks placed No. 1 on the Forbes list, followed by the Los Angeles Lakers at No. 2 and the Chicago Bulls at No. 3.

Facebook to lose users, study claims Facebook will lose 80 percent of its peak user base by 2017, researchers at Princeton University forecast. The study was based on the amount of times “Facebook” was searched on

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Milwaukee Bucks’ Brandon Knight drives against Detroit Pistons’ Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (right) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday. Forbes ranked the Bucks the NBA’s least valuable team.

Google, which peaked in December 2012 and has since declined, according to The Guardian.

Facebook reported roughly 1.2 billion monthly active users in October, with 870 million people accessing the site through mobile devices, which may partially explain the decrease in Google searches.

Facebook’s chief financial officer, David Ebersman said the site experienced “decrease in daily users, specifically among younger teens,” over the past three months during an earnings call with investors. However,

DPS Reports Jan. 18 At 2:51 a.m. a student was in possession of a controlled substance, drug paraphernalia and alcohol in Abbottsford Hall and was taken into custody

by MPD. The student was cited and released.

Jan. 19 At 3:08 a.m. a student was in possession of drug paraphernalia in McCormick Hall and will be cited by MPD.

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At 7:36 a.m. an underage student in McCormick Hall consumed alcohol at an unknown location.

Between 7:30 p.m. and 10:53 p.m. five students ingested a controlled substance in McCormick Hall. MPD and MFD were contacted, and the students were transported to a hospital for evaluation. MPD took one of the students into custody.

Jan.20 At 12:20 a.m. a student was in possession of a prescription drug not proscribed to him in McCormick Hall

and was taken into custody by MPD. At 3:44 a.m. an underage student was in possession of drug paraphernalia and alcohol in O’Donnell Hall and was taken into custody by MPD. Jan. 21 At 9:05 p.m. a student was in possession of drug paraphernalia in O’Donnell Hall and was taken into custody by MPD. The student was cited and released.

At 9:05 p.m. a student was in possession of a prescription drug not proscribed to him and another person’s identification card in O’Donnell Hall.

MPD was contacted.

Jan. 22 At 12:22 a.m. a student was in possession of drug paraphernalia in Schroeder Hall and admitted to distributing drugs to students. MPD took the student into custody. The student was cited and released.

Facebook shares reached their highest point ever at $59.31 this week, more than 50 percent higher than its initial offering of $38 in May 2012.

Speech regulated in most universities

A majority of colleges have policies severely restricting their students’ free speech on campus, a report found Friday.

The report, released by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, examined administrative policies at 427

colleges and universities in the U.S. The group gave 58.6 percent of these schools a “red light” rating because they have rules in place that FIRE believes restrict free speech. Additionally, FIRE issued a “yellow light” rating to 35.6 percent of schools because their policies over regulate speech on campus.

Wisconsin ranked No.1 as the state with the highest percentage of “red light” ratings. According to FIRE, 100 percent of the Wisconsin colleges and universities surveyed in the study had policies severely infringing on free speech.

Events Calendar JANUARY 2014

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Friday 24 Alumni Speaker hosted by the Interfraternity Council, Weasler Auditorium, 6 p.m.

Featuring “Captain Phillips,” Varsity Theater, 8 p.m.

Saturday 25

Recruiting for Hunger Clean-Up Committee members, Lalumiere 216, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee Bucks vs. Atlanta Hawks, Bradley Center, 7:30 p.m.

The Last Lecture Series featuring Dr. Michael Browne, Beaumier Suites B and C in the Raynor Library, 7 p.m.

Natalie Noone & The Maybes, Route 20 Outhouse, 8:30 p.m.

Translating Broadcast to Print, Johnston Hall, 7 p.m.

Hollywood Boulevard, Cudahy 114, 8 p.m.

Annex Pop Quiz, Union Sports Annex, 9 p.m.

Hunger Games Faceoff - Open Recruitment Event, AMU 163, 10:30 a.m.

Annex Acoustic Night featuring Simple Summit, Union Sports Annex, 9 p.m.

Monday 27 Open House and Wings, Sigma Chi Fraternity House, 5 p.m.

Thursday, January 23, 2014

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Drugs: Student taken into custody for allegedly distributing drugs category B when a student is in possession of illegal drugs or prescription medication not prescribed to the individual, or involved in the manufacturing or selling of drug paraphernalia.

The penalty for the first offense is $200 and university probation, and after the second offense the fine is raised by $100 and results in a suspension.

Category C offenses are the most severe and occur when a student is involved in providing or selling illegal or prescription drugs to others, manufacturing of illegal substances, or possessing an illegal substance with the intent to distribute it. The penalty for the first offense in this case is immediate expulsion.

Brian Dorrington, senior director of university communication, said the university is mostly concerned with students’ health when it comes to drug policy violations.

“We take the safety and well-being of our students very seriously and expect all of our students to uphold Marquette’s values,” Dorrington said in an email. “The university is grateful for the swift action our Department of Public Safety, residence hall staff and law enforcement partners who immediately responded to the students. The university has extensive drug and alcohol educational programs, including a dedicated coordinator who works to educate students about associated risks.”

Shaw said students are taken to the hospital on a case by case basis, and in this case, all five students were taken to the hospital as a precautionary and safety measure.

Last week, there were five separate instances of drug violations in McCormick, O’Donnell, Schroeder and Straz Halls.

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

National survey questions longevity of MOOCs in the delivery of higher education.”

Jacob Ruegger, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, did not take the MOOC in applied investing but feels it would be a worthwhile investment.

By Benjamin Lockwood benjamin.lockwood@marquette.edu “I’ve been looking into it because it will give me a sort-of Marquette’s first Massive head-start into my other busiOpen Online Course enrolled ness classes,” Ruegger said. more than 3,000 students “Plus it’s free.” from 45 different countries, Krause is equally excited but a recent survey ques- about the course costing nothtions whether such courses are ing. He said offering more effective or sustainable.

MOOCs to people all over the The survey, published by the world may be a solution to the Babson Survey rising rich-poor Research Group, gap. found that many “One of the academic leadmajor reasons ers are skeptifor the improvecal about the ment in income sustainability of equality near the MOOCs, where end of the Indusonly 23 percent trial Revolution of those surwas because veyed believed public education such a course was provided could be offered to all citizens,” in the long run.

Krause said.

David Krause, “Who According to knows, Professor of finance the official surmaybe MOOCs vey, “The chief for everyone academic officers at institu- will prove this time around to tions with the greatest experi- be a key in equalizing global ence and exposure to traditional incomes.” online instruction are the least According to the official likely to believe in the long- survey, though, most MOOCs term future of MOOCs.” do not offer college credits, David Krause, a professor which may lead to confusion of finance and the creator of about higher education degrees.

Marquette’s first MOOC, In- Sixty-four percent of those surtro to Applied Investing, is a veyed were concerned about little more optimistic than those such confusion. polled in the survey. Krause Still, Krause sees a legitimate said he was pleased with the reason to offer MOOCs, since if first MOOC and hopes to offer nothing else, they at least offer others in the near future. a departure from traditional in“I believe the market is cast- class learning. ing its vote on MOOCs, and “We need less rote learning the exit surveys are indicating and more critical thinking, and I it is a winner,” Krause said in believe that in-class instruction an email. “I’ll step out on a coupled with online technology limb, but I believe we are on is the answer,” Krause said. the verge of a dramatic change

Professor expresses optimism in MOOCs after pilot MU course

I believe the market is casting its vote on MOOCs, and the exit surveys are indicating it is a winner.”

Infographic by Ellery Fry/ellery.fry@marquette.edu

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Ad Hoc: Committee heads expect to change to SOF meetings are not open to student student organizations in this participation. process it won’t be legitimate The ad hoc committee will be and it won’t be as effective as chaired by Executive Vice Pres- we want,” Bowman said. ident Zach Bowman, a junior in Schultz and Bowman both the College of Arts & Sciences said they do not expect a comwho also serves as the chair plete overhaul of the process, of the SOF committee. but changes will be made.

Including Bowman, five Schultz said he expects prelimimembers of the ad hoc commit- nary recommendations to come tee are also current members at the end of the semester. of the SOF committee. Two Also on the committee will be other members sat on the SOF Financial Vice President Cole committee in the past.

Johnson, a junior in the ColSchultz said he thinks the lege of Business Administraheavy presence of SOF com- tion, and his successor, Nick mittee members on the ad hoc Ciccone, a junior in the Colcommittee will be advanta- lege of Business Administrageous, rather than create a bias tion who will take over Johnwithin the committee. son’s seat as FVP in February.

“Purely because (SOF) is Program Board Assistant Emily kind of a complicated pro- Wulfkuhle, a junior in the Colcess, and the ins-and-outs of lege of Education, and Commuwhat we can and cannot fund nications Vice President Alex and all that kind of stuff, we Lahr, a senior in the College wanted the most people as up of Communication, will be on to speed as possible,” Schultz the committee as well. said. “Because those meetings Commuter Senator Aliya aren’t public, only people with Manjee, a freshman in the a knowledge of sitting in those College of Arts & Sciences; committees know what kind of Off-Campus Senator Brittany problems they run into.”

Riesenbeck, a senior in the Bowman said he has not de- College of Business Adminisfined what the committee will tration; College of Arts & Scilook at, but said multiple times ences Senator Zack Wallace, a that “everything sophomore; and is on the table.”

Schroeder Hall “One of the Senator Matc o m m i t t e e ’s thew Walker, a main goals,” sophomore in Bowman said, the College of “Will be to inArts & Sciences, crease the efwill be the four ficiency of the representatives SOF process in from senate. order to reduce Bowman, the amount of Johnson, Wulmoney that goes fkuhle, Manjee into the MUSG and Wallace are Zach Bowman, Prior Year ReMUSG executive vice president among the ad serve Fund, hoc committee which presently members also on has more than $250,000.” the SOF committee. Riesenbeck Bowman said the com- and Walker are former members mittee will meet about five of the SOF committee. times throughout the semesMatt Lengen, coordinator for ter. He also said he wants to student organizations and leadinvolve student organizations ership, will sit on the committee in the review process. in an advisory role.

“I think if we don’t involve

I think if we don’t involve student organizations in this process it won’t be legitimate and it won’t be as effective as we want.”

Photo by Xidan Zhang/xidan.zhang@marquette.edu

Marquette Student Government members meet in the Alumni Memorial Union early last semester. MUSG holds over $250,000 in a reserve fund, which is five times more than what is required by its financial policies.

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Reserve: MUSG leaders place emphasis on preventing future reserve increases from student government, which was the case for 26 percent of the money awarded last fiscal year, their allocation goes into the reserve fund.

These uncollected grants and other surpluses grew to roughly half of MUSG’s annual budget. Nearly one third of this is from the last four years alone, and 8 percent of the fund comes from unreimbursed groups from the past year.

MUSG has various options for spending the money. Its financial policies state that it can be used for office equipment, like the $1,739 the senate voted to spend in October 2013 to replace three of its computers.

MUSG can also sponsor “a qualifying student service,” although there are some limits on what services it can sponsor. Services running for more than a year must not be entirely sponsored by the reserve fund, for example.

In the past, MUSG has fully or partially funded the flagpoles outside Raynor Library for $9,000, TV screens around campus for $10,000 and the e-Limo

project according to Jon Dooley, former senior associate dean of student development who advised MUSG from 1998 to 2013.

Besides these funded projects, MUSG also tried to use its reserve more ambitiously.

MUSG considered a bill to spend $100,000 of the $185,000 then in the fund in order to renovate the first floor of the Alumni Memorial Union in 2007. The bill never came to a vote, as the project was canceled by the university, the Tribune reported in March 2007. Then-MUSG President Dan Calandriello meant for the project to fulfill his campaign promise to spend MUSG’s growing cash reserves.

MUSG’s financial policies mandate the reserve fund be at least 10 percent of the annual operating budget to cover budget deficits. In 2011, for example, $7,000 was pulled from the reserve, making up 1 percent of that year’s revenue.

Schroeder Hall Senator Matthew Walker, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said many senators were interested in making use of the

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money. He said several ideas were proposed, such as partnering with someone to equip drinking fountains with water bottle refillers. The cost to MUSG would be around $3,000 to $4,000, Walker said.

Walker, who is also a member of the ad hoc committee that is investigating the SOF process, said he was interested in increasing how much student organization funding actually reaches organizations, which would limit the amount going into the reserve fund.

“The reserve fund is only going to get bigger and bigger unless we fix SOF,” Walker said.

Allocations from the reserve fund require that the budget committee first approve a bill, which then needs the votes of two-thirds of the senate. The vice president of student affairs, L. Christopher Miller, must also sign off on the allocation. This differs from the routine allocations to student organizations, which only appear before the senate when they are larger than $2,500 and never require more than a simple majority.

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Alumnus: Marquette grad makes $1 million out of $1,500 in 3 years moguls in this obscure field. His basic strategy package onsearch led him to Tim Sykes, line in 2011. After making who has an intriguing success about $100,000 using Sykes’ story of his own. counsel, Grittani upgraded Sykes got involved with pen- to a more expensive packny trading in his senior year of age and began working more high school. Upon entering col- directly with Sykes. lege, he already made $108,000 But what exactly is pennyand by the end of his fresh- stock trading? Sykes says it is man year at Tufts University similar to a video game. in Boston, accumulated about “Instead of trying to get the $800,000 before taxes. high score, you’re trying to “I had figured out a pattern to grow your account,” Sykes keep growing it,” Sykes said. said. “It’s a cool, real-world “I didn’t know video game that if I was lucky or I think more kids smart. I was in should play.” the right place at Although the the right time.” comparison Sykes began makes it seem his own hedge light and easy, fund in 2003 and penny-stock formed his own trading is a cutpublishing comthroat field that pany in 2007, requires a lot of where he posted learning on the blogs and gave fly. Penny stocks real-time advice. are defined by Tim Grittani, He even started 2011 Marquette alumnus the SEC as those making televithat trade at unsion appearancder $5 per share. es on a show called “Wall Street Because of their highly specuWarriors” on the now-defunct lative nature, they can quickly MOJO HD network. rise in value, or lose it.

Sykes said he wanted to share “A lot of it is risk-reward,” his wisdom with others because Sykes said. “Back then I didn’t of his desire to help fellow trad- have rules, but no one had rules. ers find their way.

I didn’t know what to do versus “It just gets boring,” Sykes what not to do, so I just learned said. “You’re making this mon- the hard way and refined ey, you can’t explain this job it ever since.” and when ‘Wall Street WarGrittani’s typical day conriors’ started airing, I really sists of staring at his portlearned how confused people folio, focusing on his trades were out there. I couldn’t ig- from that day and those before. nore them because they had the When trading, Grittani tries to worst assumptions.” stick to what he knows and he Grittani signed up for Sykes’ is comfortable with.

Don’t feel like you have to go along with this pre-conceived idea of what’s normal or what you should do.”

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Tim Grittani, left, poses with Tim Sykes, whose financial strategies helped Grittani make $1 million in penny stocks.

Many outsiders view penny-stock trading as a lottery with one big winner and many empty wallets. Grittani and Sykes said they understand this notion, but refute it.

“I’m not surprised to see a lot of people saying that because that is what the general impression of penny stocks is,” Grittani said. “Many people do

it wrong, and so many people buy them as lotto tickets. Then they lose everything and they’re confused and pissed off.”

“You’re free to doubt it all you want, but in a few years we’ll look back and this is just the beginning,” Sykes said.

As for Grittani, he said he doesn’t have a long-term plan, other than to keep trading the

stocks that turned him into a millionaire. One piece of wisdom he gave outside of his career was to never fear stepping out of one’s comfort zone.

“Don’t feel like you have to go along with this preconceived idea of what’s normal or what you should do. If there’s something you want to try, give it a shot.”

How does MU’s Raynor Library actually stack up?

By Erin Heffernan

erin.heffernan@marquette.edu

Any freshman who has gotten lost somewhere on the fourth floor of Marquette’s Memorial Library can tell you that the building is both big and a little mysterious. At any given time, the library plays host to students sleeping in leather chairs, ingesting muffins on the bridge, viewing the Tolkien manuscripts in the archives and, sometimes, actually studying.

But to answer some of the burning questions behind all the books, the Tribune decided to take a look into numbers submitted by Marquette’s Raynor Memorial and Eckstein Law libraries to show how the funding,

staff and materials compare to other schools across the country.

The National Center for Education Statistics provides some answers in its biennial survey of academic libraries, supported by the United States Census Bureau.

According to Emily Laws, an assistant librarian and coordinator of marketing and outreach for the Raynor Memorial Libraries, the survey provides the most upto-date published data for the library since 2011.

“The (Academic Library Survey) data represents all libraries on a given campus, which may or may not include a medical library, a law library or any type of department library,” Laws told the Tribune in an email.

That discrepancy can make

entirely level comparison difficult, Laws said. But using the numbers can still give insight into the scope of Marquette’s libraries both for students and as nationally recognized institutions.

How much does Marquette spend on our libraries?

In fiscal year 2012 the library reported spending $1,364.55 in expenditures for every full-time student enrolled at Marquette, well above the average of academic libraries at the state and national averages at $522 and $530 per student, respectively.

The majority of the expenditures went to acquiring and managing academic resources.

Purchases of books and other materials made up about 26 percent of the total; subscriptions to electronic serials made up 27 percent; and subscriptions to print serials, made up about 34 percent of the total expenditures.

On top of these expenditures, salaries for the libraries amounted to $5,198,297 for all staff members, well above the national average. Which leads us to …

How many people work in our libraries?

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For every 1,000 full-time students at Marquette, there is a little more than 10 library employees. At the time of the survey, Marquette’s libraries employed 114 people including 42 librarians.

“Instruction and reference

librarians provided nearly 13,000 reference transactions over the 2012-2013 academic year, helping students locate and access electronic or print material, use software and digital media equipment, or identify appropriate databases for their research,” Laws said. “ T h e s e same librarians provided over 500 oneon-one student research consultations and nearly 400 class instruction sessions — over 6,000 students in attendance — for all departments on campus.”

The libraries affect every student on campus. Students and faculty alike visit for many reasons — physical space (group study rooms, the bridge for coffee and socializing or meetings with TAs), collections (databases, E-books, print material, archives and digital technology), or research support (reference desk, one-on-one consults or group instruction).

How many books do we actually have in the libraries?

It’s no wonder it’s easy to get lost in the stacks of material in the library because for every fulltime student at Marquette there are about 125 printed materials,

including books and serials.

This again puts us well above the national average of about 91 materials per student.

In total, Marquette’s Raynor Memorial Libraries hold 1,124,472 print volumes, 18,977 audio and video unit and 434,699 E-books.

Many print items are recently been digitized as well. In the 2011-2013 academic year, “the resource management staff acquired and cataloged thousands of new volumes ... adding to our over 1.8 million total volumes,” Laws said.

And though, like all libraries, there is a slight decrease in circulation of print monographs, physical resources still make up a significant part of the Raynor Memorial Libraries’ work with 154,000 items circulated in the last academic year.

Though “no one metric can attest to the strength of a library,” Law said, all the impressive numbers behind our libraries, might make you appreciate all that goes into making your next all-nighter study session possible.

“The libraries impact every student on campus,” Laws said.

“Being a librarian, I am very passionate about our role in higher education.”

Thursday, January 23, 2014

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Rock band formed by freshman to give acoustic performance

By Kevin Ward

kevin.ward@marquette.edu

With only 15 public performances under its belt, the trio Simple Summit gained more than 4,000 “likes” on Facebook and won the 2013 Eagle Fest Battle of the Bands at the Annex.

Now, the alternative-rock band will return to the Annex for an acoustic performance at 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25 as a part of the Late Night Marquette activity series.

“We have an interesting sound,” said Phill Ghuneim, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences and the lead guitarist. “We’ve been

practicing for a long time for this show, so we’re excited to finally get onstage and perform.”

Ghuneim and lead vocalist Zak Kloes will perform acoustic versions of songs from their album, “Your Hero,” including “No Love” and the title track. They also will perform covers of songs by artists like Third Eye Blind, The Lumineers and Anna Nalick.

“When people come to our performance, they can expect great food, a fantastic show and terrible jokes,” Kloes said.

“We look at music as much more than sounds,” Ghuneim said. “We really want our words to connect with the audience. It’s all about good vibes.”

The idea of forming a band came in 2011, when Ghuneim started hosting “jamming sessions” at his house for friends.

“Phill brought a bunch of us together in high school to work on

Photos courtesy of Phill Ghuneim

Freshman Phill Ghuneim practices in his dorm room in O’Donnell Hall.

Photo via Facebook

Simple Summit had five members when the group was first formed. Only three of the original musicians remain.

their music,” said Kloes, a freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

“Although the people that would come to those sessions changed, the music never did.”

As the frequency and intensity of the practices increased, Ghuneim noticed the sessions were turning into something more.

The group had a lead guitarist, a bass player, a drummer and even back up vocals, but no one to fill the role of lead vocalist. Ghuneim had no idea he would find his lead singer in the most unlikely place.

“I remember I was in the boys’ locker room, jokingly singing ‘Lonely No More’ by Rob Thomas, when Phill came up to me and asked me to join his band,” Kloes said. “I was thrown off ’cause I was just fooling around, but I decided to show up to one of their practices and never left.”

The band started meeting weekly in an attempt to find its sound, which they admit still

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student Zak Kloes performs tracks from the band’s latest album, “Your Hero.”

changes from time to time. Ghuneim decided to share some of the songs he was working on since eighth grade, and then Kloes said he “knew things were going to get serious.”

“Now that things were really on a roll, we wanted a cool sounding name for the group, but we were struggling to pick one that worked,” said Ghenuim. “Finally, our piano player recommended that we start calling ourselves Simple Summit, and it just fit. I really liked the idea because it represented like a mountain of success, and we started developing music around the name.”

Later that year, the members of Simple Summit finally found themselves out of Ghuneim’s house and in a recording studio working on their music. After three years, they released their first album, “Your Hero,” in 2013 right before the band took a break, since they were all leaving for college in different areas.

“The group changed up a lot throughout the years, and it was hard to rely on the stability of the band,” said Ghuneim. “Any rock ‘n’ roll band is not the most stable group.”

Kloes explained that Simple Summit never actually broke up, but the distance makes it hard for the band to work on music together. Fortunately, Ghuneim and Kloes still live close enough to keep working on their passion.

“We play in different styles, so that we can continue to play music even when were missing people,” said Kloes. “Although as a whole were alternative rock, Phill and I are doing acoustic rock right now, because we are the only ones in Milwaukee.”

Ghuneim admits that it has been an eventful ride for Simple Summit, but despite changes in sound and band members, the group will continue to focus on its passions for music and performing.

The cover of “Your Hero” depicts the mountain referred to in the band’s name.

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Thursday, January 23, 2014

‘Comedy Arcade’ to spotlight local stand-up talent 2 comedians credit MKE audiences for bringing them to show

and comedic sketches. After realizing his work had no audience, he started doing open mics and picked up shows from there.

“Stand-up performances are like being on a date,” Lowe said.

“Some nights there are chemBy Stephanie Harte istry with the audience, some Special to the Tribune nights there aren’t.”

Setting out to bring a mix of Lowe is most well known fresh comedic talents and styles, for the Moby Dick film he cre“The Comedy Arcade” deliv- ated using puppets. He wanted ers a different showcase of acts to find a way to animate the to the people of Milwaukee classic novel and eventually every month. decided to use a more creative, The Underground Collabora- mobile medium. tive, located on Wisconsin Ave“I enjoyed taking classic novnue under Grand els and turning Avenue Mall, them into comewill host its next dic adaptions,” Comedy Arcade Lowe said. “After Showcase Jan. adding audio and 24 at 7:30 p.m. recording voicefor audiences overs, the film 18 and over blew up into a full who apprecifeature film.” ate all forms of Steve Breese comedy. also contributed Showcase atone of the voicetendees can overs for the film expect to see a Ryan Lowe, to help Lowe, wide range of Milwaukee comedian who serves as a improvisationmentor to him. al, sketch and In preformstand-up comedy acts from co- ing stand-up comedy, like the medians all around the Midwest, upcoming Comedy Arcade including Milwaukee locals show, Lowe believes one-linSteve Breese and Ryan Lowe. ers are the best way to get an Breese got his start with audience laughing. the Underground Collab“The best feeling is when orative after meeting owner you can give people a one of a Matt Kemple through Com- kind experience, one that could edy Sportz classes. Kemple ap- have only happened that night,” proached Breese about the UC’s Lowe said. monthly showcases and recogLowe and Breese both agree nized Breese’s potential as a that the hardest part of a career stand-up comedian. in comedy is getting out there for “My comedic style is absurd the first time. and dark,” Breese said, “I fo“Get on stage, but don’t expect cus on basic problems through a the best show ever,” Breese said. unique perspective.”

“To be successful in comedy you Breese’s friend and fellow have to get out there every day, Milwaukee native Ryan Lowe network, talk to other comediwill also perform in the event. ans and learn everything you can Lowe got his start in comedy af- about comedy.” ter two years of writing scripts “You will suck the first time,

The best feeling is when you can give people a one of a kind experience, one that could have only happened that night.”

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Milwaukee comedian Steve Breese gives comedy a dark twist in his shows at the Underground Collaborative.

but sign up again to help get over the fear of preforming,” Lowe said. “Learn how to write bad jokes and work from there, look at jokes and pick them apart and don’t be afraid to ask for help.”

Lowe also praises Milwaukee’s comedy scene for making it so easy for comedians to get on stage, “because anyone is welcome to sign up and get on stage.”

That atmosphere is what will make Comedy Arcade such a diverse show, giving audiences a taste of everything on the comedy spectrum.

“This show is not exclusionary, and appeals to anyone who Photo via onmilwaukee.com likes to laugh,” Lowe said. “It is not politically slanted, but clean The Underground Collaborative office is Milwaukee’s comedic headquarters. and edgy.” the show,” Breese said. “All After years in the field, performances.

“We are just grateful if any- lovers of comedy enjoy the both comedians still attribute their success to the fans who one shows up in order to pay shows, (and they) can’t go wrong continually support their for the time and effort put into with the sketches.”

Appeal of British TV a simple deduction

Claire Nowak I’m about to make a statement that will put me in an extreme minority among college students.

I rarely watch TV shows. Even on Netflix.

It’s not that I have anything against the great American pastime; I just always find some excuse not to sit down and become completely indulged in one show to the point where I feel obligated to catch up on a new episode every week. The last time I did that was for “Monk,” and I have all eight seasons on DVD and undiagnosed OCD to prove it.

For the most part, I just don’t have the time, but there’s also a lack of interest in the material.

Nearly all American TV shows

revolve around the same storylines – solving murders, dealing with humorous, yet familiar family issues or bragging about a glamorous lifestyle to make the rest of the country jealous (I’m looking at you, reality TV).

The plots continually recycle throughout the seasons with little at stake for characters we don’t care that much about anyway.

Common themes even jump between shows on completely different channels, keeping you in a state of déjà vu every time you hold the remote.

Of course, there are times when I’ll flip on NCIS — my absolute guiltiest of guilty pleasures — for background noise while I’m doing something, but I rarely follow an entire series. Unless I’m watching “Sherlock.” Nothing can tear me away from a screen showing Benedict Cumberbatch in a deerstalker cap.

Since its 2010 debut, the BBC One crime drama quickly became one of the network’s most popular shows. Based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic novels, it features Cumberbatch as consulting detective

Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as his trusted friend and sidekick Dr. John Watson, who solve modern versions of Conan Doyle’s crime mysteries.

The stories have been retold in countless stage, film and television adaptations, and yet the season three premiere of “Sherlock” on Sunday drew more than 4 million viewers to PBS, in addition to 10 million from its UK debut. Just two weeks earlier, British period drama “Downton Abbey” set its own record with 10.2 million viewers tuning into its season four premiere, making it the highest-rated drama in PBS history.

So, what’s the appeal with British television that makes these PBS Masterpiece shows such masterpieces?

For starters, they look and feel like feature-length films.

Each episode of “Sherlock” is close to 90 minutes long. Until season three, “Downton Abbey” episodes took 75 minutes.

The time slot allows writers to develop the plot and characters over the course of one episode, instead of an entire season. This is only possible with the lack of

commercial breaks during shows (brought to you by the contributions of viewers like you. Thank you). Even shows with a halfhour time slot fill out the entire time. The additional five minutes of content may not seem like a lot, but that’s more than enough time to make a striking plot twist.

In order for those twists to affect the audience, you need smart writers to write smart scripts, and the UK has no shortage of those. Stephen Thompson and “Sherlock” creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, both of whom wrote for “Doctor Who,” chronicle the detective’s adventures with a wit and humor no American writer can duplicate. They somehow develop gripping plot twists at the end of every season, and since the seasons only have three episodes, they pop up a lot more frequently than those in most American shows. Having fewer episodes per season also improves the quality of each. In American TV, there’s always that point in the season where you know the writers were struggling to get something out.

Even the cinematography feels like a movie, with a wide variety of camera angles and effects to keep the audience attentive without distracting from the story.

While these qualities are found in exceptional American shows, like “Breaking Bad” or “The Walking Dead,” they are just a few in a pool of otherwise mediocre entertainment. British shows give American audiences a chance to get away from that and see something that keeps them thinking and wondering what will happen next.

To be fair, no one should expect American producers to create a show like “Sherlock” just as British producers cant be expected to make another “Breaking Bad.” The cultures are just too different, but that doesn’t mean we should deny our fellow Americans the genius that is British television.

That’s elementary, my dear reader.

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

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

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The Marquette Tribune Editorial Board:

Tony Manno,Viewpoints Editor Elena Fransen, Assistant Viewpoints Editor Tessa Fox, Editor-in-Chief Sarah Hauer, Managing Editor Joe Kaiser, News Editor Rob Gebelhoff, Projects Editor Claire Nowak, Marquee Editor

Patrick Leary, Sports Editor Alec Brooks, Copy Chief Maddy Kennedy, Visual Content Editor Rebecca Rebholz, Photo Editor

Thursday, January 23, 2014

In MLB, big stats should equal big paycheck

STAFF EDITORIAL

MUSG needs to overhaul reserve fund rules Eric Oliver

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

Our view: MUSG should draft legislation to stop additional money from entering its inflated reserve fund and set a course for returning that money to students.

Unbeknownst to many students, Marquette Student Government accounts for a 10 percent cushion each time it establishes its budget in case of shortfalls – a minimum of $47,175, given the current budget. This reserve fund, it turns out, is also uncapped.

By October 2013, this money ballooned to $254,493.56, a cushion over five times the percentage of MUSG’s total budget required to be placed in the reserve. MUSG has failed to give students a reasonable explanation for sitting on a mattress fund this large.

MUSG needs to draft legislation dealing with the massive reserve fund soon so students can reap the benefits of money designed for them in the first place.

The reserve fund has remained hidden to many students, and student organizations are left to assume MUSG is experiencing a budget shortfall. Considering the size of the reserve, last semester’s denial of Student Organization Funding becomes all the more puzzling.

But the current reserve is actually a surplus. With that said, underfunded student organizations are left to wonder why they were denied allocations in the first place. MUSG should not spend its time deliberating over which projects deserve funding over others when the money is available to fund all of them – with quite a lot still left over.

Hypothetically, given all applications for funding complied with MUSG’s regulations for funding, $254,493.56 could have easily funded the $31,802 of denied allocations to student organizations for the fall. Funding all requests from student groups in full would have amounted

to just 12.5 percent of the reserve.

After establishing a basis for preventing the reserve fund from growing even larger, MUSG should bring some of that money back to students, whether through SOF allocations or separate projects.

If MUSG revamps the rules for SOF to prevent rampant growth of the fund, they will make a step in the right direction. After that, legislators should continue to take down the roadblocks that leave the reserve fund impenetrable – what MUSG Legislative Vice President Kyle Whelton referred to as “quite a bit of red tape” – and start bringing that money back into the fold.

The student activity fee alone accounts for more than 90 percent of MUSG’s total revenue. In theory, students who have been paying into MUSG the past four years as the cushion adjusted should see that money reinvested while they are still on campus – about $100,000. We understand this probably will not happen, especially because MUSG doesn’t have much time to put together a bill addressing the reserve fund before the new budget is implemented in February.

The SOF Committee’s interest in reforming rules for the reserve fund is as encouraging as it is overdue. However, rule reforms will only be adequate if that money can come full circle to fund the student organizations and university projects it was designed for.

MUSG’s 10 percent budget regulation for the reserve fund is by no means outrageous – the cushion is designed to prevent the ramifications of a budget shortfall, which is a perfectly acceptable approach to student funding allocations. But close to 80 percent of the current cushion is extra padding, on top of the minimum reserve, means legislative change is long overdue.

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In case you missed it, Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers recently signed a seven-year $215 million contract, which is about $30.7 million a year or $189,506.17 a game and that’s just if the Dodgers don’t make the playoffs.

That’s more money a day than I will make in a year, most likely for the rest of my life. Here is why this is a good thing for America’s favorite pastime.

Kershaw has seen his earned run average drop on a yearly basis. It makes perfect sense for the Dodgers to sign Kershaw to a long option now to secure him before he could inevitably leave for another team. It’s not necessarily a team friendly option, but they still locked up arguably one of the best pitchers in the game right now.

But baseball business aside, the fact that truly dominant and talented players are getting the money they deserve is something to celebrate. Stats dictate salary, and Kershaw has the stats that require a big contract.

The Dodgers as a team are worth $1.615 billion as of March 2013. They are second only to the Yankees, making around $245 million last season while only spending $137 million on players’ salaries and $3 million on operating costs.

So to see some of that money go to the players who make this whole sport possible is a great thing.

People undervalue the profitability of baseball because its popularity is falling.

They believe the game reached its peak and that something should be done to make the flow of the game faster.

I think that’s ludicrous and the simplicity of the game is being taken for granted. In baseball, the way that talent doesn’t necessarily equate success amazes me. On any given day a player can go 0-4 or give up multiple runs; just because you’re considered an ace doesn’t mean you won’t have an off day.

Kershaw could go out on the mound this season, get rocked by each batter and the money is still his. Do I think that will actually happen? No. I think the Dodgers, with their extravagant payroll and arms and hits for hire, are in the place to make a deep playoff run. If they win the series even once, it’ll make the money they dropped on their ace worth it. I don’t think ownership will be happy with just one, and the roster they’ve built is equipped for multiple playoff runs.

Some people will look at the amount Kershaw is getting paid, scoff at it and challenge it as unnecessary, but when you look at the amount these teams take in per season and compare it to how much the critical players are getting paid, I think you’ll notice one is considerably less than the other.

So Mr. Kershaw, enjoy your money, have another stellar season and for the sake of baseball, thank heavens for big contracts, big arms and big bats. Opening day is almost here.

Eric Oliver is a senior studying journalism and writing-intensive English. Email Eric any comments or suggestions at eric.oliver@marquette.edu

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Thursday, January 23, 2014

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Technology is getting in the way of our real relationships

Elena Fransen You’re waiting outside a class or for an elevator by yourself when, suddenly, another person comes up. You haven’t spoken to them before and don’t really know what to say to them. So what do you do?

If you said you would strike up a conversation with them, you’re an anomaly and probably don’t have a smartphone. The impulse reaction for most is to pull out whatever electronic device

we have to check Facebook, pretend to text or flip through the same emails for the millionth time.

It’s great that we can do these things any place we go that has WiFi, but it seems as though we resort to them too often. We now use our electronics when it’s unnecessary to avoid the threat of uncomfortable human contact.

As we get more caught up in technology, it becomes more of a barrier to our interactions with other people.

Spike Jonze’s new film, “Her,” starring Joaquin Phoenix and the seductive voice of Scarlett Johansson, depicts an antisocial writer who engages in a romantic relationship with his new operating system in the not-so-distant future.

The human characters isolate themselves from each other, attached instead to their artificial intelligence and other newfangled forms of technology.

Everyday interpersonal communication becomes a burden with technology doing most of the work.

Looking around campus and noticing how attached we’ve become to the security offered by technology, I think this may not be so far off from reality.

I was freaked out by this hypothetical future, and I am taking some time away from Siri, who, before seeing the film, I had changed to have a male voice. I wonder if we are really becoming overattached to technology while falling short in our attachments to other people.

Smartphones, tablets and laptops may make life easier, but there are noticeable drawbacks to our technologically proficient generation. Texting and emailing are becoming the preferred means of contact, while face-to-face interaction (with eye contact), can be a challenge.

I too am guilty of relying on technology, but I still maintain some trust issues. I try not to get too attached to my computer and IPhone as I know someday they both may spontaneously crash. This wouldn’t be a precursor to the apocalypse, but for some people, it’s pretty close.

It might be good for us to distance ourselves from technology. Maybe then we can work on communicating with others and focus on real relationships.

We should remember how technology can help us but is not a substitute for our family and friends. While Skype, email and texts help us stay connected, they are no replacement for human contact.

Hopefully we won’t come to having relationships with artificial intelligence and can use the hypothetical foresight of “Her” as a wake-up call to curb our over-dependence on technology. So try talking to that person by the elevator rather than reaching for your phone. It beats falling in love with a computer system.

Though I don’t think that will be a problem with my Siri; I could never make it work with someone who has never seen the “Princess Bride.” Yes, I asked.

Elena Fransen is a junior studying history and philosophy. Email Elena with any comments or suggestions at elena.fransen@marquette.edu.

READER SUBMISSION

Leadership remains firm foundation for university

In a recent editorial, the Tribune staff raised questions related to the departure of various high level leaders at Marquette. More specifically, they state: “Speculation is circulating about what is really happening among top tier administrators, leaving staff, students and alumni who are concerned about the university’s future assuming something is not right.” The editorial goes on to suggest that the seeming instability creates the illusion of aimlessness and threatens the institution’s public image. Fair enough.

As an academic dean here, though, I’d like to offer my own perspective on one important aspect of the leadership situation at our university. In doing so, I’m not trying to

dismiss the departures, as the editorial asserts, as “coincidental and of little importance to the institution’s operations.” However, since I know only a modicum about the departures themselves, I can’t speak to the reasons or to the timing of the announcements with any credibility. I apologize in advance to readers who seek that clarity.

But I can share a telling anecdote related to the university’s reaccreditation effort, a notable aspect of any institution’s health, which along with the University Leadership Council were referenced briefly in the editorial.

As it turns out, the academic deans and vice provosts were the first group to meet with the Higher Learning Commission accreditation team on their October visit, bright and early Monday morning. Understandably, the team probed at considerable length about the leadership situation because, among other developments, the presidency was vacated just the week before.

The accreditors were merely doing their jobs. Like the Tribune editorial staff and no doubt many others, they had their suspicions, and in their roles, they were obliged to explore what looked like red flags.

What happened during that exchange honestly stands out to me as

one of the highlights of my decade-long service at Marquette.

In effect, our group of academic administrators stood firm, almost universally, that the institution remained in a strong leadership position. Our earnest stance centered largely on the extraordinary level of experience, skill and commitment that existed both within our group and within our university vice presidents, our University Leadership Council colleagues.

You see, it’s probably not common knowledge in the Marquette community, especially among our students, but the members of the University Leadership Council enjoy a significant level of trust and respect for one another. And when the deans testified to the Higher Learning Commission, it seemed to me we were maintaining the institution’s infrastructure could withstand nearly any measure of uncertainty that might exist around our executive leadership circumstances.

Don’t get me wrong. Our beliefs were not borne of conceit or arrogance. We’re human, we make mistakes and our interrelationships aren’t perfect. Moreover, we all believe that institutions benefit immensely from having exceptional presidents, provosts and other senior

administrators who endure in their roles. But in the collective, we simply knew our respective and fellow academic colleges would continue to run well and that Marquette’s administrative offices would do the same.

In other words, what could have been regarded as a leadership vulnerability by our accreditors became instead a catalyst for their confidence that our university was in good hands moving forward – a strength, if you will.

For what it’s worth, and at the risk of sounding either self-serving or stretching to provide reassurance, I believe that Marquette rests on solid ground. Why? Because of the character, strength and talents of our full complement of people – certainly not just our University Leadership Council, but also our remarkable faculty, students, staff, alumni and friends. Fact is, I’ve been in higher education for over 35 years and have never seen anything like it. Nor probably have our accreditors. Our level of connectedness, camaraderie, collaboration and common purpose is why, leadership departures notwithstanding, Marquette will not only persevere, but flourish.

William Henk is dean of the College of Education

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Thursday, January 23, 2014

MU rebounds against Friars Women’s basketball gets first home win of the Big East season

By Matt Barbato

matthew.barbato@marquette.edu

The Golden Eagles struggled against the Providence Friars through the first 10 minutes of the first half in Tuesday night’s game at the Al McGuire Center.

Leading 24-22 at the eightminute mark, the Golden Eagles (13-4, 4-2) went on a 22-7 run to close out the first half and catapult the team to its first Big East victory of the season at home, winning 87-79.

Coach Terri Mitchell said the key to the dominant eight minutes was an emphasis on attacking the defense and spreading the ball around.

“I think you look to attack, but we got many people involved,” Mitchell said. “We never can be a team that has two people in double figures, we need to have four or five every game.”

The Golden Eagles had five players in double figures Tuesday night. Senior Katherine Plouffe led the team with 23 points, junior Arlesia Morse scored 13 points on 5-of-13 shooting, sophomore Brooklyn Pumroy and senior Katie Young both chipped in with 12 points and junior Apiew Ojulu contributed 11 points.

Despite notching its first conference victory of the season at home, Young said the win doesn’t mean much for the team’s long-term goals.

“We have a long road to go,” Young said. “We have a bigger goal at hand and we have a tough game coming up at Creighton so that’s what we’re focused on.”

Mitchell said she was pleased with her team’s response after a

tough loss to St. John’s last Saturday and was especially proud of the mentality in practice.

“No one felt sorry for themselves, we made a choice to get better and we did,” Mitchell said. “Now we have to do that Thursday and Friday to go to Creighton.”

One problem Marquette faced in its last two games is turnovers. The Golden Eagles turned the ball over 43 times combined in their last two games against St. John’s and Providence.

“I think it’s the team’s focus,” Young said of the turnovers. “We’re just going to come together and go back to the drawing board. We’re going to make that more of a focus in practice.”

Mitchell wasn’t happy with her team’s sloppy play but mentioned that Tuesday’s turnovers were more manageable than last Saturday’s miscues.

“Part of it was being too aggressive, but I’ll live with those turnovers,” Mitchell said. “I don’t want to turn it over, but I’d rather turn it over knowing that we were trying to do something positive with it, versus sitting back and having a soft pass.”

Marquette’s next game is on the road against second place Creighton. The Golden Eagles have posted a 5-0 record in true road games this season.

Mitchell said she is excited for her team’s first conference game against the Bluejays in Omaha, Neb., and said she expects her team to continue to improve as the conference schedule trudges on.

“I’ve coached there before, it’s new to this team, not new to me,” Mitchell said. “It’s just another battle in the Big East and it’s a great opportunity to get better. When you are six games in the conference and you have 12 left, you have to keep building on each experience.”

Photo by Rebecca Rebholz/rebecca.rebholz@marquette.edu

BIg East leading scorer and senior Katherine Plouffe led the Golden Eagles with 23 points against Providence.

Exhibition games kickstart men’s lacrosse season Matches agianst Michigan, High Point prep team for opener

By Andrew Dawson

andrew.dawson@marquette.edu

For the first time since May, the men’s lacrosse team will see an opposing jersey in exhibition games against High Point and Michigan in the preseason.

After taking the fall off from competition, acquiring game experience will be vital entering the regular season. The two matchups are perfect for Marquette to gain confidence as the season approaches.

Marquette, High Point and Michigan have a combined four seasons of experience with no winning seasons or NCAA Tournament berths among

them. However, the Golden Eagles are ranked highest of the group in Inside Lacrosse’s 2013 Preseason rankings.

None were big scorers or defenders last year. All were in the bottom quarter of Division I for scoring defenses last year with Marquette and High Point as the third and fourth worst teams in Division I in terms of goals against. Offensively, Marquette was 48th with 8.85 goals per game while High Point tied for 56th with 8.13 and Michigan was last overall with 6.43.

For the preseason, coach Joe Amplo wants to see his team mesh together and start the season off on a good note.

“I’m expecting a bunch of mistakes, I’m encouraging mistakes; I don’t want them to be afraid to make mistakes because that’s how we’re going to grow,” Amplo said. “I’m really curious

to see how we compete, how the young guys play against outside competition and how well we play together as team.”

Last season in the battle of the new programs, Marquette defeated High Point 14-6 in one of its highest scoring and best defensive performances.

A big difference from last year is the size of the High Point squad. It added a lot of depth, growing from 35 to 50 players on the roster and will use this depth to run more midfield lines and keep players from becoming fatigued over the season.

The Panther’s sophomore attackman Dan Lomas presents the biggest threat on offense.

Lomas had an impressive freshman year, leading the Panthers with 36 goals and was 28th in the nation in goals per game.

Marquette’s top defenseman, redshirt sophomore B.J. Grill,

will most likely draw the assignment and will get some quality experience against a skilled attacker.

“I don’t think we have huge expectations in the scoring category,” redshirt senior midfielder Andrew Smistad said. “Win or lose it doesn’t matter, we just get a chance to go out and play and work on our systems.”

Michigan struggled in its first two seasons, going 2-26 to open the program. A team that was almost unstoppable in the club scene quickly learned that going from club to Division I is a difficult transition.

The Wolverines’ attacking trio only has one returner with double-digit goals and the midfield has scattered production throughout the top two lines. A lack of a scoring threat gives the Marquette defense an easy day around the crease,

but gives the defensive middies good practice against a midfield-focused offense.

With sophomore goalie Gerald Logan, a 2013 All-Eastern College Athletic Conference rookie team selection, out for the season, the Marquette offense should gain confidence shooting against the backup before the regular season and post good numbers.

“Michigan’s a lot of fun to play it because they have a great venue,” sophomore midfielder Jacob Richard said. “People compare us because we’re both in the Midwest so its always fun playing (Michigan).”

Only 17 days separate the squad from the season opener Feb. 8 against Lehigh. There’s a lot to look forward to in year two for Marquette lacrosse and it all starts this weekend against High Point.

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Thursday, January 23, 2014

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Big east notebook

By Jacob Born

jacob.born@marquette.edu

DePaul’s Crowell officially enlists in US Army Freshman guard Madeline Crowell has already had a very unique experience at DePaul. Crowell is a member of the basketball team, as well as the Army ROTC. Before the Blue Demon’s 91-65 victory against Villanova, Crowell took the U.S. Army Oath of Enlistment in front of her teammates, family and friends. Crowell comes from a line of military members, as her father, grandfather and two uncles are members of the Army. Crowell said she wishes to become a Medical Corps officer after graduation.

St. John’s takes over first place in Big East St. John’s overtook the top spot in the Big East after a big road victory against Marquette. Poor shooting and turnovers plagued Marquette,

but the Red Storm couldn’t pull away from the home team. With just six seconds left in the game, sophomore guard Danaejah Grant hit a clutch free throw to put the game out of reach for the Golden Eagles. Wednesday night pitted the Red Storm against Villanova, where St. John’s squeaked out a 5952 victory. With the win, St. John’s moves to 6-1 in Big East play.

Player of the Week Brittany Hrynko Junior DePaul

Trey Killian

Zero Big East teams in Top 25 Yet again, there are no Big East teams within the top 25 of either rankings for college basketball.

The last time the Big East Conference had a team in the Top 25 was when DePaul was ranked No. 25 in Week 4. The only teams receiving votes this week were St. John’s and DePaul. St. John’s received seven votes in the AP Poll and none in the coaches poll, while DePaul received one in the AP poll and four in the coaches poll.

game of the Week Marquette at Creighton Jan. 25, 4:05 p.m. CT

For the second straight Saturday, Marquette will face the second-best team in the Big East.

The Golden Eagles are coming off two home games, where they fell to St. John’s and defeated Providence. Creighton enters the

game after being handed only its second loss of the Big East season, coming at the hands of sub.500 Butler. This matchup will feature Marquette’s No. 2 offense versus Creighton’s No. 2 defense in the conference.

MU still has a chance to right the ship

Hrynko is one of DePaul’s leaders on the team, and this week showed just what she could do. Hrynko helped push the team to two wins last week. In the team’s game against Seton Hall,

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Hrynko notched 13 second half points. In Sunday’s tilt against Villanova, Hrynko shot 70 percent and had her third 20-point game of the season.

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When the final buzzer sounded late Monday night, the previously raucous Verizon Center fell eerily silent. Then a chant began that started as a whisper from the corners of the arena and grew louder until it was audible from the floor to the rafters: “We are Marquette.”

It brought back memories of the last time those three words were heard in Washington. It was nearly 10 months ago, right after the Golden Eagles knocked off Miami to advance to the Elite Eight.

Marquette’s start to its Big East season can be likened to a whisper.

A quiet 3-3 record is not what many fans and sports media had in mind when they picked Marquette to win the newly aligned conference.

“A lot of people had already counted us for being done,” coach Buzz Williams said in his postgame press conference. “A lot of longtime followers of our program had already given up.”

Williams’ Marquette teams have faced their share of uncertainties.

Back in 2011, some fans were bold enough to brandish “Fire Buzz” signs after a disappointing 80-68 loss to St. John’s on Al’s Night.

That was before three straight trips to the Sweet Sixteen solidified Williams’ status as a top-tier coach who gets the most anyone could out of his rosters.

Over the last three years, Marquette gave its fans plenty of reasons to doubt with head-scratching losses. A rout at the Bradley Center

by Vanderbilt in 2011. Road losses to Florida and Green Bay in 2012.

Practically every loss this season.

But as consistent as these frustrations have been, even more consistent is the Golden Eagles’ ability to right the ship and win when it matters most.

Was the Golden Eagles’ first road victory against the Hoyas since 2009 a turning point? Not even Williams knows yet.

“I hope that it helps,” Williams said. “I think how we handle this will determine how we handle the next test we get. It’s hard to win here, it’s hard to win at Creighton, hard to win at Xavier, hard to win at Butler. But then we’ll play the fourth ranked team in the country at home on Saturday. You can’t get too high. You can’t get too low. Just get to the next one.”

Villanova already looks poised to drop in the rankings after making Marquette’s performance at Creighton look passable by comparison.

Nevertheless, a Golden Eagle victory would be an affirmation that Monday’s overtime magic wasn’t a fluke.

Beat the Wildcats and those “We are Marquette” chants might get even louder. Maybe loud enough to eventually be heard in the NCAA Tournament.

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

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Thursday, January 23, 2014

Ciesiulka selected by Chicago in MLS SuperDraft Naperville Ill., native will play for his hometown team

By Andrew Dawson

andrew.dawson@marquette.edu

Former men’s soccer midfielder Bryan Ciesiulka was drafted by the Chicago Fire in the fourth round of the Major League Soccer SuperDraft Tuesday afternoon as the 75th overall pick.

Ciesiulka is only the second player in program history to be selected in the SuperDraft.

The Montreal Impact selected Calum Mallace in 2012 as the 20th pick overall.

After graduating in December, Ciesiulka hired an agent and entered the pool for the draft. Even as a Chicago Fire Development Academy product, the Naperville, Ill. native said it was still unexpected that the Fire took him.

“It’s a dream come true for me,” Ciesiulka said. “It’s something I’ve wanted to do since I was little kid learning how to play soccer so it was really happy time for me and my family. It was a pretty big surprise (to be drafted by the Fire) but I’m glad they did because I grew up going to these games and it’s great I’ll have a chance to play for the team I grew up watching.”

Ciesiulka had a difficult start to his senior season. He suffered a head injury in the home opener against Wisconsin-Milwaukee and missed the next six matches. Despite missing the matches and not scoring a goal the entire season, Ciesiulka earned co-midfielder of the year honors in the Big East.

A captain on and off the field, he was part of the historic squad that brought Marquette from a losing record to one of the top teams in the country. He played a key

role in the team’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1992 in 2012 and the team’s first Big East Tournament Championship in 2013.

Despite not being much of a scorer in his four seasons, the midfielder posted 35 points on nine goals and 17 assists. Former coach Louis Bennett still believes Ciesiulka is one of the most tactically sound players he’s coached and is excited to see where he fits in the MLS. “His body of work that he has exhibited since he’s been at Marquette has been fantastic,” Bennett said. “I think he’s one of the most talented midfielders in the country … I thinks it’s a great opportunity and it’s also good for the program and good for him. We’ve managed to place another person in the MLS which is fantastic.”

Ciesiulka’s MLS career begins this weekend as he heads down to Florida for the start of preseason and training.

Photo by Marquette Images/Maggie Bean

Ciesiulka becomes only the second player in MU history to be drafted.

MU faces toughest opponent of season No. 4 Villanova is last ranked team MU will face at home this year

By Kyle Doubrava

kyle.doubrava@marquette.edu

Don’t expect Marquette to make 21 three-pointers Saturday against Villanova à la Creighton, but perhaps the Golden Eagles can use their momentum to finally earn a high-profile win.

The Golden Eagles and No. 4 Wildcats meet at the BMO Harris Bradley Center, marking the first time Marquette hosts a top-five opponent in three years. Villanova is recuperating after an embarrassing 96-68 home loss to Creighton Monday, a game in which the Bluejays shot 21-of-35 from behind the arc.

A dogged effort by the Golden Eagles Monday at Georgetown yielded their first Big East road win, evening their record to 3-3 and finding the rejuvenation they desperately sought.

Ranked 82nd in the RPI rankings as of Wednesday, Marquette is 1-6 against schools slotted 1-50 and 2-2 against teams ranked 51-100. A win over Villanova would hand the Golden Eagles their second RPI top25 victory and raise hopes for an atlarge bid in the NCAA Tournament.

“If you look at what they’ve done this year, obviously it’s remarkable the accomplishments they’ve had up until this point,” coach Buzz Williams said in a teleconference.

“We have to play our absolute best just to have a chance. We’ll have our hands full for sure from the very beginning.”

Despite the shellacking Villanova endured, it still has the power to dismantle teams on both ends of the floor. The Wildcats are ranked first in the league in steals, second in scoring, second in three-pointers made and third in blocks.

JayVaughn Pinkston (15.3 ppg) leads the offensive front as the Wildcats’ starters average 57.6 points per contest. Their versatile three-point attack features four players who have made 20 or more long balls.

Center Daniel Ochefu will present issues for Marquette post players Chris Otule and Davante Gardner.

The 6-foot-11-inch sophomore is

beginning to establish himself as the Wildcats’ defensive anchor, averaging 1.7 blocks and 5.8 rebounds in only 19 minutes per game.

“I think that’s why Villanova has had the success they’ve had because they stretch you with the matchups that they play,” Williams said. “I think that their fiveman has improved tremendously over the last year, and I think JayVaughn’s always been kind of a mismatch nightmare.”

On Marquette’s end, the duo of Steve Taylor, Jr. (14 points, eight rebounds Monday) and John Dawson (12 points, four assists) may be a critical facet for success. Dawson asserted himself as a reliable backup point guard to Derrick Wilson Monday, making a key three-pointer in overtime to stretch the lead to seven.

Taylor has seen limited minutes this season due to injury, but his efficient rebounding effort - eight in 23 minutes - showed he too can make his mark on the game when called upon. Taylor will have his hands full with Pinkston if Williams decides to play man-to-man, but he has stayed out of foul trouble this season, which should merit trust from the coaching staff.

As always, turnovers must not let the Golden Eagles get the best of them. Villanova forces opponents into 14.8 turnovers per game. Marquette did a commendable job of committing 11 miscues when considering the overtime period. Derrick Wilson and Dawson displayed some of their best control and movement all season, making only two turnovers combined in 43 minutes.

This will be the last ranked opponent Marquette faces at home, unless Creighton returns back to the polls in time for its trip to Milwaukee next month. Despite the uneasy start to the Big East slate, the atmosphere should be considerably more intense with tournament implications potentially on the line.

If it cannot escape with a win, Marquette may find relief in its short-term schedule. The Golden Eagles’ next four opponents have a combined league record of 7-16.

Villanova is at the start of a threegame road trip that will also send it to Georgetown and crosstown rival Temple before returning home to face Xavier.

Photo by Marquette Images/Maggie Bean

Senior Chris Otule will have a difficult matchup vs. Daniel Ochefu of ‘Nova.

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Former guard Blue makes NBA debut with Celtics Blue played 4 minutes, scored 2 points in premiere

By Jacob Born

jacob.born@marquette.edu

Former Marquette guard Vander Blue made his NBA debut when he suited up for the Boston Celtics Wednesday night against the Washington Wizards. Blue played four minutes and made his first career basket, brought down two rebounds and had one assist.

Blue signed a 10-day contract with the Celtic Tuesday, according to Yahoo Sports, because of injuries to guards Avery Bradley and Jerryd Bradless.

Blue spent three years at Marquette, where he served as a role player for his first two seasons but took on a key starting position his junior year. In his junior season, Blue averaged 14.8 points and 3.2 rebounds per game.

Blue led the Golden Eagles to a share of the regular season Big East Conference Championship and to an Elite Eight finish in the NCAA Tournament.

Blue decided to forego his senior season and declare for the NBA draft, where he went unselected. He played for the Memphis

Photo by Marquette Images/Maggie Casey

Blue left MU his senior year to enter the NBA draft. Unselected, he had stints in the Israeli Super League and D-League before making it to the NBA.

Grizzlies and Houston Rockets in the NBA summer league, but was not offered a contract by either team at the end of the session. He signed with the 76ers Sept. 27,

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but was waived by the team Oct. 25. Blue then traveled to play in the Israeli Super League when he signed with Maccabi Rishon LeZion Oct. 25, but was again waived

by the team in December 2013.

The Delaware 87ers of the NBA D-League acquired Blue Jan. 14, where he played until he signed this most recent contract.

Because of the nature of his contract, Blue will only play with the Celtics for five more games, the last being against his former team, the 76ers.