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Sanders supports Demonstration policy updated workers’ movement Final document expected next month following feedback By Kelli Arseneau
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The finalized university demonstration policy will be released the week of Feb. 10, along with a signage policy and a university credit card policy, Provost Kimo Ah Yun said at the monthly University Academic Senate meeting yesterday. An updated draft of the university’s demonstration policy was reviewed at the meeting. Marquette announced in September that it would revise its
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Non-tenure track faculty and graduate student workers rally in the spring for fair process to unionization.
University has not formally recognized fair union process By Annie Mattea
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A group of non-tenure track faculty and graduate student workers at Marquette who are involved in unionization efforts received a letter from Bernie Sanders, a Democratic presidential candidate Jan. 20. “I want to commend you and your colleagues on your vigorous movement to organize non-tenure track faculty and graduate workers
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demonstration document in response to the feedback of faculty, staff, students and the community. The demonstration policy has gone through a process of changes over the past few months, facilitated by the University Academic Senate with input from the Faculty Council, University Staff Senate and Marquette University Student Government. The review process began after the demonstration policy was updated in August 2019 and faced criticism from the Marquette community. The university previously told the Marquette Wire in August that the policy had been updated See POLICY page 2
LGBTQ+ Center hires new leader Assistant director hopes to promote inclusive culture
2020 semester. Mentley studied student affairs at Eastern Michigan University, originally motivated by her work as a resident assistant working on education outside the classroom. She also added that she was really active in her sorority. The hiring process involved both students and faculty. Mentley participated in a video interview with the search committee as well as in an all-day, on-campus interview during which she engaged with several students, faculty and staff. Zelda Kieser, a program assistant in the LGBTQ+ Resource Center and a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she and several other students were involved in the
into a union to collectively bargain for better wages and working conditions,” the letter reads. The letter provides statistics regarding the conditions of employees who are unionized versus those who are not. It states that union workers earn 27% more on average than non-union workers and have better working conditions and benefits. According to the Bureau of Labor statistics, non-union workers had weekly earnings that were 81% of what workers who were union members earned. “I stand with you in this fight as do millions of Americans across this country. Your critical work to create a democratic workplace
where workers have a voice is an inspiration to us all, and I look forward to the day when Marquette contingent faculty can sit at the bargaining table with the university administration,” the letter concludes. Sanders, along with Representative Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, recently introduced a bill to support graduate workers’ right to unionize. The Respect Graduate Student Workers Act prohibits the National Labor Relations Board from enacting a rule that would not allow graduate workers the right to unionize.
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Emma Mentley was hired in December as assistant director in the Office of Engagement and Inclusion, filling a gap created last summer by the departure of the previous position-holder, Elizabeth Stigler. Her primary responsibilities are to help run the LGBTQ+ Resource center and provide support and education to the Marquette community. Though she was hired in December, Mentley said she truly began working at the start of the spring
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UNION: Goals for 2020 remain uncertain Continued from page 1 “Thank you, @SenSanders and @MarkPocan for relentlessly fighting for grad student workers! University administrators have been happy to let the Trump (National Labor Relations Board) carry water for their anti-union tactics. So good to see that we have you fighting for us in Congress!” Thomas Hansberger, a lecturer in the College of Arts & Sciences, said in a tweet in response to the act’s introduction. NLRB is an independent government agency that focuses on rights of employees, according to its website. The group has also been reaching out to other politicians, such as Elizabeth Warren, a Democratic candidate for president, to garner support, Hansberger said. Marquette University has not formally recognized fair process to the union formation of non-tenure track faculty and graduate student workers, Chris Gooding, visiting assistant professor of theology and Hansberger said. “Marquette greatly values the
contributions of our faculty — both tenured and non-tenure track — who are core to providing a transformational education rooted in our Catholic, Jesuit mission,” university spokesperson Chris Stolarski said in an email. Stolarski said Provost Kimo Ah Yun met with leaders of the union campaign following rallies last spring. At the time, union members rallied at Zilber Hall and other locations across campus to call on the administration to recognize a formal process to unionize. Since then, Hansberger said meetings have not continued. “It’s been very clear that (President) Lovell does not want to meet with us,” Hansberger said. He said Lovell has evaded appointments and meetings and has not shown up in the past. Although Hansberger said meetings have not continued, Stolarski said the university has implemented various developments in response to feedback from nontenure track faculty. These developments included a non-tenure track compensation that will be delivered to the provost by September, committing
more than $10,000 for professional development funding for non-tenure track faculty this semester and making up to $25,000 available for the 2020-21 academic year. There are also social hours for non-tenure track faculty with the president and provost, where ideas and feedback can be discussed. Stolarski also said the university has begun evaluating criteria for paying cancellation fees to part-time faculty whose courses are cancelled shortly before the year begins and that it has begun reviewing the policy on multi-year contracts for certain non-tenure track faculty who meet requirements in length and service. Gooding said the university’s efforts toward non-tenure track faculty are due to the public pressure that occurred in April and May from the rallies. Despite lack of public rallies in the fall semester, the union campaign has continued to gather support by reaching out to people in the Marquette community and discussing goals, Gooding said. Group members have discussed concerns such as health care, living wages and job security with
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members of the community, Susan Giamo, an adjunct associate professor of political science, said. The group’s plans for 2020 are still uncertain, Hansberger said. Gooding said they intend to
continue gathering support in order to call an election to have an official union. “We’re continuing to campaign, and we’re not going away,” Hansberger said.
POLICY: Draft presents inconsistencies Continued from page 1 from applying solely to students to applying to faculty and staff as well. However, Cindy Petrites, assistant provost and chief of staff, said the first demonstration policy that applied to all members of the Marquette community was a document released in May 2019. It is unclear whether the university demonstration policy was expanded to include faculty and staff in May 2019 or in August 2019. The Marquette Wire does not have access to the May 2019 document. It does have access to four separate demonstration policies that were released in August 2019. After the university updated its demonstration policy in August, it received backlash from the Marquette community. Some considered the policy update to be objectionable, as it was released shortly after a faculty unionization strike and communicated within a university newsletter among other links, as previously reported by the Marquette Wire. Multiple members of the Marquette community, including faculty and staff, had issues with the policy itself, expressing concerns that the policy was against the spirit of the First Amendment
and the principle of free speech. Following reactions, the academic senate reviewed feedback from the three campus bodies and worked to edit the policy throughout the fall semester. An updated draft was created with that feedback and revealed at the meeting in September. The academic senate provided further feedback to create the most recent draft that was discussed at Monday’s meeting. According to the current policy on Marquette’s website, every demonstration must have a designated student, faculty or staff member to serve as “Organizer/Liaison” and meet with the dean of students to receive permission. Additionally, demonstrations may not occur inside any buildings other than pre-approved areas of the Alumni Memorial Union. Academic senate chair and associate professor of digital media/performing arts Sumana Chattopadhyay said the current online policy was last publicly updated in August 2019. However, the current version differs from the most recently released demonstration policy document, dated Aug. 27. It also differs from the other three policy documents released in August. Differences between the current online version and the August versions include the addi-
tion of the requirement that a potential demonstration’s “Organizer/Liaison must meet with the Dean of Students or designee to coordinate the planned Event.” Chattopadhyay reviewed the most recent changes to the document at Monday’s meeting, reading each individual change aloud. Several of the changes that Chattopadhyay said were additions are not present in the current online version of the policy but are present in the Aug. 27 version. For instance, Chattopadhyay said that where the policy previously said “the organizer must contact the Dean of Students office” to coordinate a demonstration, the updated draft now specifically lists the different individuals a demonstration organizer must email depending on whether they are a student, faculty or staff member. However, the Aug. 27 version contains the exact instructions that Chattopadhyay said were new additions to the draft. Monday’s draft does contain changes that differ from both the online and Aug. 27 versions. For example, the draft eliminated a statement that university representatives may take video of demonstrations and that their presence must not be viewed as actions to deter any demonstration. The draft also provides a
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definition of public property, an addition that Chattopadhyay said was added for clarification. Additionally, underneath the category listing prohibited actions, there was formerly a statement mentioning “disrupting order” that has now been replaced by a statement that says an action is prohibited if it “fails to respect the human dignity of participants and non-participants.” After explaining the changes made to the current draft, Chattopadhyay informed members of the senate that they have one week to email any concerns they
have or edits they wish to make on the document to be taken into consideration. Petrites said final input on the draft is due Feb. 3. Chattopadhyay emphasized that this draft was the result of a culmination of three different bodies on campus with different ideas. “I know that there was a general idea that some people didn’t want the policy at all — a lot of faculty didn’t — but right now … this is the policy that has come out of feedback from everybody,” she said.
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CENTER: Mentley to ‘act as link’ Continued from page 1 interview process, providing feedback to the rest of the committee. Kieser said she is really excited to have a director again because last semester the center was running a little bit of a “skeleton crew.” Kieser is one of the two program assistants at the center. The center has a director, graduate assistant and two program assistants. Responsibilities include making posters and showing up to events, Kieser said. Demetria Anderson, director of the Office of Engagement and Inclusion, led the hiring process. Anderson said the search was nationwide, aiming to attract the best person for the role. Anderson also said that the search committee included members of the Division of Student Affairs. “Students’ participation in this process is important as the position interfaces with students and has the fundamental responsibility to them,” Anderson said. Danielle Del Conte, a junior in the College of Engineering and president of the Gender and Sexuality Alliance, said that a lack of educa-
tion among faculty surrounding LGBTQ+ issues has led to some negative interactions between members of the LGBTQ+ community and their professors. “A big component of the assistant director position is educating staff and faculty on campus that are not super educated on LGBTQ issues that may be perpetuating homophobia on a Jesuit campus,” Del Conte said. “Emma is supposed to be an advocate for the LGBTQ community on campus if students are facing any sort of discrimination. Having that role gone meant that a lot of students were having to advocate for themselves in a hierarchy that’s rigged against them.” Kieser only works 10 hours a week, and Jennifer Perdomo, a graduate assistant and a graduate student in the College of Health Sciences, works 20 hours, so the center needed someone in the position of director. “I feel like everything is going to be brought together now, and Emma seems wonderful,” Kieser said. “Part of what Emma does is act as a link to a lot of the people who work in the more administrative roles and
being able to work with professors and departments and people in campus ministry.” Mentley said she has experience working with members of the LGBTQ+ community and would like to continue doing so. “I applied for this position specifically to work with LGBTQ student services because I have experience doing that,” she said. “I have a passion to serve students who have marginalized identities. I’ve done this at previous institutions where I’ve worked with students with gender and sexuality and romantic minority students.” When working previously at Clark University in Dubuque, Iowa, Mentley said she learned a lot about getting to know individual students and assessing and meeting their needs. “In addition to helping facilitate events, it’s really nice to have a presence in the space because a lot of queer communities tend to skew very young,” Kieser said. “It’s nice to have a mentor figure beyond just a graduate assistant, someone who people can come to if they have problems and to serve
as an advocate.” Del Conte said that Mentley has been communicating with a lot of students about what sort of challenges they face on campus and the spaces where they feel safe or unsafe in order to spread positive education and create more safe spaces for members of the LGBTQ community. “Emma brings a wealth of knowledge and experience working with college students and has created and provided many successful programs and valuable trainings,” Anderson said. “We are truly fortunate and extremely excited to have her as a member of the OEI team and Marquette University family.” As for her goals, Mentley said she is motivated but can’t quite identify specific goals until she gets to know the students, who she said seem wonderful. “I’m excited to be here,” Mentley said. “I’m honored to be hired. I’m really motivated to help contribute to a culture of inclusion on campus.”
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MUPD REPORTS JANUARY 25 A non-MU subject damaged a non-MU victim’s unattended vehicle in the 2200 block of W. Wisconsin Avenue. MUPD cited the subject. JANUARY 24 MUPD responded to Carpenter Tower for a report of an odor of marijuana. An MU student was cited. An unknown subject forcibly entered MU student victims’ secured and unattended garage without consent in the
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JANUARY 28 Strengths Finder Workshop AMU Henke Lounge 4:30-6 p.m. JANUARY 29 Study Abroad Fair AMU second floor 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Soup with Substance Talk, Jamie Lynn Tatera from Wholly Mindful Haggerty Museum of Art Noon-1 p.m.
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CORRECTIONS Jan. 21’s “Gaps in Knowledge” incorrectly referred to former university spokesperson Chris Jenkins as “former university spokesperson Chris Stolarski.” The Tribune regrets this error.
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Group allows discussion of identity, spirituality ‘Coming Out to God’ gives LGBTQ+ voices space for reflection By Emily Rouse
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A new campus group called Coming Out to God will begin its meetings in February, providing attendees with the opportunity to discuss the intersection between faith and identifying as part of the LGBTQ+ community. Bernardo Ávila-Borunda, assistant director for multicultural student ministry, said the group will meet the first and third Thursday of every month for 45 minutes to one hour. The idea for the group was a result of conversations with students identifying as part of the LGBTQ+ community as well as consultation with the LGBTQ+ Resource Center, Ávila-Borunda said. “We were talking about the need to explore spirituality within the experience of LGBTQ+ students,” Ávila-Borunda said. “Just like with any demographic group, there are very particular experiences that shape and color the way in which we experience our spiritual life.”
Ávila-Borunda said churches may have caused people to feel hurt in the past, and the group aims to help people find healing and move forward in their relationship with God and the community. Campus Ministry founded the group and will organize events, but will continue to consult with other offices and departments in the future, Ávila-Borunda said. The LGBTQ+ Resource Center supports the group’s formation, the resource center staff said. “Although the LGBTQ+ Resource Center is not presenting the (group), we support this opportunity for a safe space for exploring spirituality, identity, intersectionality, and healing from LGBTQ+ perspectives, offered to students,” the LGBTQ+ Resource Center staff said in an email. The session structures and topics will be catered to the group in attendance, Ávila-Borunda said. “Within (the) time, I would like us to take a moment of silent reflection first, some meditation and then address one of the Ignatian values, given that we are in a Jesuit institution and then open the conversation up to, ‘How does this value play into our lives?’” Ávila-Borunda said. “The rest of it will depend a lot on
who is there.” not want to make something speÁvila-Borunda said the group was cifically Christian if some of the designed in such a way to accom- people there do not identify as Chrismodate students who may have busy tian or any other particular faith,” schedules. Ávila-Borunda said. “I know student life is busy,” ÁviHe said said that there will be la-Borunda guidelines for dialogue said. “(The and everything that is group) has discussed in meetings to be in such will be confidential, a way that if besides any content somebody that would require can come mandated reporting. every other “That’s a very impormonth, they tant thing: that there’s a can feel as trust built among the comfortpeople are there,” Áviable and as la-Borunda said. part of it as Part of creating the somebody safe space is not pubwho goes licly advertising where to all the the group will meet. sessions Students interested in that we joining the group can have — that email Ávila-Borunda Bernardo Ávila-Borunda at they don’t bernardo.borunfeel like they Assistant director for multicultural da@marquette.edu. student ministry have missed “The other thing something.” is just making someThe group is not exclusive to thing that is not terribly visible or people of a particular faith, Ávila- flashy, or calling attention to, ‘Look, Borunda said. we are right here,’” Ávila-Borunda “There are students coming from said. “There are other spaces where different faith provisions, so I do we can do that if that is what the
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group decides, but this one I want to have something that is private enough for people that might not yet be too outspoken or too open about their sexual identity.” Supporting the intersectionality of faith and possessing a LGBTQ+ identity is consistent with Jesuit values, Ávila-Borunda said. “If you’re caring for the entire person, we cannot say, ‘Okay, we are not going to talk about certain aspects, but we are going to talk about others,’” Ávila-Borunda said, referring to Marquette’s value of ‘cura personalis,’ or ‘care for the whole person.’ “We cannot really be people for others as the Ignatian principles invite us to be if we first do not know what it means to be that man, that woman, that trans person, fully, so that I can fully be there for others also.” In the end, how a person understands intersectionality is up to them, Ávila-Borunda said. “I cannot tell anybody what to do,” Ávila-Borunda said. “I can walk with them, I can help them into discernment. I can present what are the teachings of the Church for those who are part of Roman Catholicism, but ultimately, Ignatian spirituality is about discernment, and the discernment takes place in the heart.”
Organization calls on MU to divest in fossil fuels Students claim investments contradict values By Annie Mattea
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A student group is calling for Marquette to end its investment in the fossil fuel industry and go carbon neutral. Fossil Free Marquette claims that the university uses part of its $700 million endowment to invest in the fossil fuel industry, according to the group’s Instagram page. Sean Gissal, the university’s chief investment officer, told the Marquette Wire that he was off campus and unable to confirm the alleged investment. The group was formed last semester and currently has three members: Maddie Kuenn, a firstyear student in the College of Arts & Sciences; Miriam Schwabe, a first-year student in the College of Arts & Sciences; and Joseph Miscimarra, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences. Schwabe and Kuenn said the group began largely due to Miscimarra’s meeting with Gissal to discuss university investments, which Miscimarra then brought up to Students for an Environmentally Active Campus, a Marquette student organization that promotes
environmental activism. At the time of the meeting, Miscimarra said Gissal confirmed the university’s investment in fossil fuels. The members of FFM said they felt concerned for Marquette’s investment in fossil fuels because of the industry’s impacts on climate change. The members all said they also felt that such an investment does not align with the university’s mission. “Marquette University claims they are dedicated to the ‘common benefit of the human community,’ but their support for the single industry that has contributed the most to the climate crisis proves otherwise,” a post on the group’s Instagram page reads. Kuenn said climate change primarily affects developing countries, while people in Milwaukee might not be affected. “Looking out for your neighbors is one of the biggest responsibilities of Christians and Jesuits,” Kuenn said. Therefore, she said, investing in an industry contributing to climate change does not align with the values emphasized by the university. Schwabe said most people in positions of power are driven by money. This includes the university’s investments. “Investing in fossil fuel industries is hugely profitable,” Schwabe said. “But in the future, investing in green energy will
bring us out ahead.” She said investing in fossil fuels only leads to short-term profits. Kuenn added that it is more important now than ever to be aware of climate change. “As young people, it’s directly affecting us so much,” Kuenn said. “This is our future that we have to look out for.” The group is encouraging university divestment from fossil fuels, with Miscimarra citing actions that other universities have taken. “It might seem like it’s not making a difference if an institution were to divest, but tons of universities have done so already to put pressure on the fossil fuel industry,” Miscimarra said. He said the University of California divested from fossil fuels last year due to economic reasons. An article from the Nation states that the university’s divestment was due to the financial risks in its fossil fuel stocks. In November, Yale and Harvard students, alumni and faculty demanded divestment from fossil fuels and a cancellation of holdings in Puerto Rican debts by storming the field at a Yale and Harvard game, according to a tweet from Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard, a similar group at Harvard. FFM is involved with the Catholic Divestment Network, a coalition of Catholic and Jesuit universities that run campaigns to divest
in fossil fuels, Kuenn said. Schwabe and Miscimarra said they conducted a group call last semester with members from Creighton University’s campaign to divest. Creighton University said that in November the university will not divest in fossil fuels, according to the Creightonian, the university’s student media organization. Although the group has not begun discussion with administration members, they said they are mainly prioritizing awareness this semester. The group plans to partner with various organizations on campus, including SEAC, Mardi Gras and Campus Ministry, Kuenn said. Schwabe said although the group is non-partisan, it also plans to reach out to College Democrats since climate change is a political issue and a part of Democrats’ concerns. Fossil Free Marquette also wants to arrange a panel or event through Marquette University Student Government where ideas about investment and climate change can be discussed, Kuenn said. Currently, Schwabe said the movement is in its early stages, but the group has been gathering interest and has about 40 people on its email list. It hopes to spread awareness across the university, Kuenn said. “I think the biggest step right now is to make more students
aware of it,” Kuenn said. “Before (Schwabe) brought it up to me, I had no idea we had investments in fossil fuel industries.” “We want administrators to know that people are starting to get concerned about it,” Schwabe said. The group is launching a petition on its Instagram to encourage the university to halt investment in fossil fuels. Kuenn said that if the university were to halt investments, Fossil Free Marquette would hope to encourage the university to invest in environmentally responsible industries such as renewable energies. Another group of students delivered a letter to university officials during a demonstration last semester that called on the university to end investments in fossil fuels and in a hedge fund known as Baupost, which owns nearly $1 billion in tax bonds of Puerto Rican debt. The Marquette Wire could not confirm whether the university is invested in the hedge fund. “We are demonstrating today because you are not staying true to the Jesuit values you so proudly espouse,” the letter to Marquette administrators said. “Your investments in fossil fuels and Baupost are in direct contradiction to the Jesuit Mission.”
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Annual March for Students protest Marquette Life takes place funding of trip to march Jesuits released in 2018 that condemned abortion, stating that it is “part of the massive injustices in our society.” “We try to be very holistic in our approach to questions of justice on By Nicole Laudolff campus and beyond,” assistant dinicole.laudolff@marquette.edu rector of Campus Ministry Stephen Blaha said. “Many of those quesA group of 16 Marquette stu- tions right now surround women dents marched amidst thousands and men experiencing crisis pregof pro-life demonstrators in Wash- nancies, unborn children and that ington, D.C., Jan. 24. The students natural gift of human life.” were participating in the March Blaha is responsible for organizfor Life, a rally and protest held ing the Campus Ministry’s annual annually since 1974 condemning Washington DC trip to take part in the practice and legality of abor- the March for Life. tion in the United States. In commemoration of the Day This year, Donald Trump at- of Prayer for the Unborn, Camtended the March for Life, becom- pus Ministry in partnership with ing the first sitting president in Marquette for Life hosted Masses history to do so, according to the at St. Joan of Arc Chapel on camNew York Times. In his speech pus. These Masses were open to at the National Mall, President the public and were scheduled for Trump endorsed the pro-life dem- noon and 10 p.m.. A third mass onstrators’ mission. was held Jan. 24 at noon in sup“Unborn children have never port of the March for Life. had a stronger defender in the “The march itself looks not just White House,” Trump said. at legal protection for unborn chilJan. 22, two days prior to the dren – which it certainly does — March for Life, marked the 47th but also the fundamental needs anniversary of the of women Roe v. Wade ruling, experienca 7-2 Supreme Court ing crisis decision that legalpregnancies ized the practice of before, durabortion in many ining and after stances. Since then, pregnancy,” Jan. 22 in the CathoBlaha said. lic liturgical calenThis indar has been known c l u d e s as the Day of Prayer healthcare, for the Unborn. education, Hannah Barth, a employment first-year student and housing in the College of needs for Education, has been women and going to the march their partsince high school. ners. Fixat“Being pro-life ing on one isn’t just being antiHannah Barth aspect of abortion,” Barth said. First-year student in the College a complex “It’s being anti-death of Education matter is penalty, anti-euthana“unbelievsia — against anything that threat- ably short-sighted,” Blaha said. ens human life from conception to Despite events held on and off natural death.” campus by the ministry and MarThe students’ three-day stay in quette for Life, not all members Washington was sponsored in part of the campus community agreed by Campus Ministry and Mar- with this advocacy of a pro-life quette for Life, a pro-life student message. A protest was organized organization located on campus. by members of the student orgaAccording to the ministry’s web- nization Marquette Empowerment site, interested students must have Jan. 24 from noon to 1 p.m. registered and paid a fee of $200 Margaret Cullinan, a senior in before Nov. 1 to attend. The re- the College of Health Sciences and maining expenses of the trip were march attendee, said: “It’s imporcovered by private donations tant to remember (Marquette Unimade to the Campus Ministry and versity) is a private institution.” Marquette for Life. The website She emphasized that every pricalled the trip a “pilgrimage de- vate institution holds certain besigned to help students grow in liefs which its members respectrelationship with God.” fully acknowledge before joining The website also linked a that establishment, Cullinan said. statement the United States
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Concerns arise over partial coverage of traveling fees By Alexa Jurado
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While Marquette University’s student organization March for Life took to the streets of Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, as many as 15 students took to the streets locally, marching on Wisconsin Avenue in front of Raynor Memorial Libraries. Roe v. Wade, a Supreme Court case which ruled that women in the United States have the fundamental right to choose whether or not to have an abortion, had its 47th anniversary Jan. 22. Beginning at noon, the students protested Campus Ministry’s, and consequently the university’s, funding of the trip. While the local protest was not officially sponsored by any Marquette student organization, leaders of the Marquette College Democrats and Marquette Empowerment were in attendance. Marquette Empowerment is an intersectional feminist organization which strives to combat injustices concerning all people, according to its Facebook page. Morgan Knigge, a junior in the College of Business Administration and president of Marquette Empowerment, said she organized the protest after learning about where the funding for the March for Life trip came from. “I learned that trip is partially funded by campus administration, which means that as students, our campus dollars are funding a group of kids going to a political march in D.C.,” she said. “I think regardless of your political affiliation, that’s not a proper use of our money. I don’t think that’s a good way to be using students’ money, especially
when so many students and faculty members here do not agree with the movement.” Maria Bunczak, a senior in the College of Nursing, said after looking into how Marquette’s March for Life organization was funded, she thought it “wasn’t right.” “Marquette tuition dollars do not fund clubs like Empowerment, so why should they fund people going and marching in D.C. against abortions?” Bunczak said. Bunczak said she further disagrees with the March for Life trip because she believes abortion is health care, and that health care is a human right. “We believe very strongly that in civil rights and civil liberties … health care is a human right, and abortion is health care,” Eric Rorholm, junior in the College of Arts & Sciences and chair of the Marquette College Democrats, said. “Marquette likes to pretend they don’t take sides, but they do,” Shannon O’Connor, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said. “If they’re gonna play sides, they should play both sides.” Morgan said the main goal of the protest was to raise awareness about what the university is doing in regards to funding the March for Life trip. “My goal today is to let people know that this is going on,” Knigge said. “I think a lot of people don’t know that this trip is happening … and that it’s being funded partially by the university. I want to motivate people to take action on that and speak out against it.” “I’m hoping this brings more attention,” O’Connor said. O’Connor said she hopes to get the attention of the administration in addition to the general Marquette community. “I’d love for them to defund the trip, but I don’t think it’s going to happen because March for Life is in their pockets,” she said. Knigge said she hopes the univer-
sity stops funding this trip, or gives equal funding to every political group on campus. “I think we would all like a trip to D.C. to do various protests and marches,” Knigge said. “It’s kind of unfair (for) the university to pick and choose whichever ones they personally agree with.” “It’s frustrating because Marquette is wasting a lot of money on a lot of anti-scientific propaganda,” Rorholm said. “It’s a waste of our money, and we as students do not consent to our money funding students protesting civil rights and civil liberties. It feels very anti-democratic.” Protesters also emphasized that the protest, which was on the sidewalk on Wisconsin Avenue, was on public property. Bunczak said this was in order to appease Marquette’s demonstration policy, with which she expressed disagreement. Marquette’s demonstration policy, which was last officially updated in August, concerns restrictions on demonstrations by students, faculty and staff. “Marquette claims to be about dialogue, yet when College (Democrats) and Empowerment tried to have a speaker last year from a prochoice organization come, they shut that down,” Bunczak said. Last April, Marquette University’s Division of Student Affairs did not allow Marquette Empowerment and Marquette University College Democrats to host a speaker from the Women’s Medical Fund, an organization which provides financial assistance to people in Wisconsin who need abortions and cannot afford the full cost. Bunczak said the organizations aren’t asking for funding. She said that they were simply registering the event when Marquette said it went against its Jesuit values. “Marquette is stifling our freedom of speech,” Bunczak said.
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Students protest Campus Ministry and Marquette for Life’s involvement in the annual pro-life march in D.C.
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Club helps smooth adjustment for transfers Senior experiences limited advisers, admissions resources By Kelli Arseneau
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When Liz Trump, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, transferred to Marquette last spring, she had a difficult time adjusting. “It was really a very difficult process because I was used to being an independent student … and showing up to class and going directly home, so transferring into this environment where we’re meant to really be more of a community was a challenge for me,” she said. After meeting other transfer students, Trump learned that her difficult adjustment experience was not unique. She recognized a need for a community for transfer students and worked with other students and staff to establish the Transfer Student Organization, of which she is president. Trump transferred to Marquette from College of Lake County, a community college in Grayslake, Illinois. She said because she transferred in the middle of an academic year, there were even fewer welcome opportunities for new first-year and transfer students to learn about the university. Additionally, Trump said she worked about 20 hours a week and did not have much time to get
involved in clubs and activities outside of class, making it especially difficult to find people to connect to. “I’m an older student,” Trump said. “I’ve always lived in an apartment by myself, so I never had that kind of bonding experience that you have moving as a freshman up through the ranks, and that’s how you kind of get to know students, how you get to know professors, you all kind of see each other over and over again.” Trump said the Transfer Student Organization aims to provide a community and support system for transfer students who are not as comfortable and familiar with the university as those who began attending as freshmen. Even if students are not regular, active members of the organization, Trump said they want the organization to establish familiar faces so transfer students do not need to feel alone during a time that can be lonely and difficult. “We want to be able to make this transition to Marquette as light and enjoyable as possible in order to set these students up for success,” Trump said. Trump said her most helpful resource during her own transfer experience was the transfer counselor at the time, Laura Schram. Trump came to Schram for help with establishing the Transfer Student Organization and asked her to be the faculty adviser. Now director of student success and recruitment in the College of Communication, Schram was
previously the transfer student admissions counselor. She attended college fairs at community colleges to recruit students earning their twoyear associates degree to transfer to get their bachelors at Marquette. Schram first met Trump while visiting College of Lake County, which she said is the top feeder community college into Marquette. A former transfer student to Marquette herself, Schram said she loves the opportunity to help transfer students adjust and find their fit at Marquette. She said that while the university is improving its initiatives to integrate transfer students, there is more that can be done. “I think there needs to be more resources, and I think Marquette is doing a great job,” Schram said. “It’s a little slower maybe than what we could be doing, but definitely I think transfer students flourish here. They just sometimes need a little bit (of) extra resources to fully take advantage of everything.” Trump said she initially sought to establish a transfer student ambassador program, where students that transferred to the university could be hired to act as a mentor and guide for incoming transfer students. Universities across the country have similar programs in place, she said. However, Trump said she learned that a transfer student ambassador program would be university-run. It is currently a concept the university is considering to implement, but Trump decided to create a studentrun program for transfer students, by
transfer students. Meghan Werner, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences and vice president of the Transfer Student Organization, was in a class with Trump during Trump’s first semester. Werner had transferred to Marquette the previous semester, in the fall of 2018. Werner came to Marquette from Indiana University-Bloomington, a four-year university with a total enrollment of 43,503 students in 2019. She said coming to Marquette, where, according to Marquette’s website, the total enrollment number in 2018 was 11,605, reminded her a little of high school. Werner said she and Trump shared many frustrations with the transfer process: Werner said it was difficult to be in core classes that other students her age did not have to take or had already taken, and Trump said she did not know what D2L, the platform the university utilizes for professors to share course content, was until a graduate student explained it to her. Additionally, the team of admissions faculty in charge of transfer students is not very extensive, Werner said. There is one transfer student admission counselor – previously Schram, now Fr. Malik Farr – an assistant director of transfer admissions, Margo Leone, and an undergraduate student transfer adviser, Florie Greenhill. Werner said there are not many admissions resources for the large number of transfer students, so it can take some time
before students get their questions answered. “When you transfer here, you get a basic adviser, but they basically just tell you how to sign up for your classes, but then they don’t go over things like how to transfer from your old school … and a lot of times based on the titles of your old school’s classes, they don’t transfer and so then you have to go talk to the dean,” Werner said. Werner said students do not receive enough advice on how to then speak with the dean and ensure that classes transfer. She said everything can seem very intimidating, and so members of the Transfer Student Organization want to help answer common questions. The organization’s first official meeting will be Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. in room R221 of Raynor Library, with subsequent meetings the final Thursday of every month. Trump said the meetings will consist of informational panels, providing transfer students with information that other transfer students wished had been made more easily available to them when they first came to Marquette. Some topics covered will be bus routes, safety tips and housing options. Additionally, the organization plans to organize study sessions for midterms and finals. Werner said the Transfer Student Organization will put out a newsletter on the first Monday of every month.
the end of the calendar year,” Strigens said in a 2019 press conference. “That site will remain green space until a capital project is approved to move forward in the future.” McCormick Hall was demolished summer and fall 2019 after being a staple on Marquette’s campus for 53 years. Its demolition was announced in March 2019 and efforts began late May. Its demolition is a part of the university’s master plan, a long-term development plan for Marquette’s campus. The new project is an example of ongoing construction at Marquette, as the University continues to put into place its Master Plan. The Master Plan’s goal, according to Marquette’s website, “integrates academic, physical and financial priorities and serves as a road map for Marquette’s capital projects during the next 10 to 20 years.” It has has multiple areas of focus, including plans for future projects as well as the campus environment. McCormick’s demolition mainly centered around financial reasons. Joel Pogodzinski, senior vice president and chief operating officer of the University Leadership Coun-
cil, said in March that the costs of maintaining McCormick were no longer “economically prudent for the university.” Marquette’s website states how new developments that have recently opened and were recently prioritized besides the new green space include the new Physicians Assistant Studies building, the Athletic and Human Performance Research Center, and the Ray and Eckstein Common. Strigens also said in an email that demolition costs had been favorable in recent years. The residence hall stood vacant during the 2018-19 school year as it awaited its demolition. Anthony Borgonzi, a first-year student in the College of Communication, said he was surprised at how long the demolition of the residence hall took. “It was cool to see the construction that went into knocking down the building,” Borgonzi said. “However, I wish that they had knocked it down much quicker. Also, the constant construction noises became very annoying and the air quality wasn’t good around the site.” Borgonzi said he enjoys the current state of the space where
McCormick once stood. “It’s kind of nice to have the open space,” Borgonzi said. “However, I think that they should speed up the process, as it would be great to be able to utilize this expansive, new space.” Steven Beugnet, a sophomore in the College of Nursing, said there is
a lot of potential for the new space. “I like the green space especially for summers in Milwaukee,” Beugnet said. “There’s a lot that you would be able to use it for. I think that the space should be a rec center but the green space itself will be very nice for students to utilize.”
Former McCormick location to be green space Future plans remain unknown, approval needed By Nick Magrone
nicholas.magrone@marquette.edu
A green space is anticipated to be completed this spring where McCormick Hall once stood at 1530 W. Wisconsin Ave., Lora Strigens, vice president for planning and facilities management, said. Strigens said the green space will be completed as soon as conditions allow. “As we’ve talked about through master planning and subsequent dialogues with the campus community, this is an important site on our campus for future development,” Strigens said in an email. “Any green space created at the site will remain open and flexible to allow for future development.” Strigens said specific future plans will officially be shared “when planning or funding are aligned, and when approval to proceed is granted from our Board of Trustees.” “The site will be restored before
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Activist’s granddaughter emphasizes education Dorothy Day impacts Hennessy’s advocacy, work By Zoe Comerford
isabel.comerford@marquette.edu
Martha Hennessy, granddaughter of social justice activist Dorothy Day, doesn’t like the word legacy. “When people say to me that I’m following in Dorothy’s footsteps, that just makes me really nervous,” Hennessy said. “My family has been hit really hard with the whole legacy, and it’s not easy.” Hennessy visited multiple theology classes at Marquette Thursday. Visiting assistant professor of theology Karen Ross found out about the visit from David Mueller, cofounder of Dorothy Day Canonization Support Network, two weeks prior. “I was so excited,” Ross said. “It’s a big deal.” Hennessy also visited the Catholic Worker House in Milwaukee Thursday night. Dorothy Day was a social justice activist and started the Catholic Worker houses and Catholic Worker Movement with her partner Peter Maurin. Though Straz Tower doesn’t have the Dorothy Day Social Justice Living Learning Community anymore, the library still houses the Dorothy Day archives with her diaries and writings. Ross said Marquette’s archives are known across the country, and there is even a librarian in charge of archiving the files and talking about some of Day’s writings. Hennessy talked intensely about her transition into activism and her grandmother’s journey of faith and her own. Day began as a journalist and converted to Catholicism later in life. Hennessy spoke about Day’s devotion to the Catholic Worker Movement and her commitment to nonviolent resistance. “(Day) was the head of a movement,” Hennessy said. “She had to go out and speak. She had to write. She had to bring in the people, the money. That was pretty significant for her. I don’t necessarily carry that burden.” Hennessy, her eight siblings and her mother Tamar had left the church in the 1960s. “It was a very difficult time,” Hennessy said. “I spent probably 30 years of my adult life trying to understand where I stood in terms of Dorothy’s intense conversion to Catholicism and my mother leaving the church.” In 2002, Hennessy received a medal for Day, who had been inducted into the 2001 National Women’s Hall of Fame, which
was postponed due to the events surrounding Sept. 11. Hennessy said she had prepared a three-minute speech with the premise of invading Iraq would not be what Day would want. “With that speech, I instantaneously polarized the audience,” Hennessy said. “It was in that moment that I gave that speech that I realized I had to come out. … With that event, I understood that my life would not be the same.” After Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Rosalyn Carter showed their appreciation for Hennessy’s speech. Hennessy knew it was a necessity to come out and start advocating for nonviolent resistance, ending her career as an occupational therapist working with learning differences. “We have created a system that just doesn’t allow for discernment, democracy,” Hennessy said. “The other thing Dorothy really made clear to young people was choose a vocation that doesn’t support the killing. That is a really hard thing to do. So much of our research and development is embedded in the war machine.” Hennessy said how people live must reflect what they want to create in the world. “How do we bring heaven to Earth? It’s not by preparing for war,” Hennessy said. Hennessy stressed the importance of students reading alternative media and learning about these injustices outside of the classroom. “Education is critical,” Hennessy said. “You’re going to have to educate yourself in ways that you’re not going to get (in the classroom). … You have to walk a line of being part of the establishment but not being so complicit that you lose your relationship with God and to each other.” One of Hennessy’s points was that educational institutions do not teach enough about indigenous cultures. She posed the question, “How do we create a more multiracial truly democratic society?” Though Hennessy emphasized that she doesn’t hate her country, she said apartheid is still prevalent today and has gotten worse over the past 20 years. “We live in a white supremacy,” Hennessy said. “Things are very controlled. We can’t even begin to comprehend the realities of what goes on underneath the facade of our so-called democracy.” After years of activism and numerous arrests, Hennessy and those who protested with her were convicted in October 2019 of 24 counts including conspiracy, duplicity and trespassing. The protesters broke into a naval submarine base in Kings Bay, Georgia, according to America Magazine. They face up to 20 years in
prison as a whole. The hearing is Feb. 9, and if the current ruling holds, Hennessy will spend 18-24 months in prison. Meanwhile, Day’s first arrest was when she was fighting for women’s suffrage. Day never voted. “Phil Berrigan had a saying: ‘If voting mattered, they would outlaw it,’” Hennessy said. Hennessy said the beauty of what Day was trying to do was integrating mind, body, soul and spirit. The way Day integrated all those facets of life was through her focus on voluntary poverty. “Voluntary poverty subverts capitalism,” Hennessy said. “If you’re willing to not have the goodies held over your head to control you, and if you study journalism and if you have a real understanding of what journalism requires … you have to be willing to step out of (centralized media) risking your livelihood, risking your personal safety even, to report.” However, Hennessy said this proves to be difficult for some today. “It’s very hard, especially when you’re accustomed to the comfort,” Hennessy said. “We’ll have to be forced to give it up. Climate disruption is certainly one of those things that is going to force us to give up all of this … excess. We waste two-thirds of what we get. The globe can’t sustain that.” Hennessy said Mueller plays a big role in Day’s canonization process. Mueller said he appreciates Day because of her advocacy for the unpopular opinion. One of those unpopular opinions included her opposition to World War II and support of conscientious objectors. Out of the 30 Catholic worker houses in United States, Mueller said half closed because people disagreed with the stance and the other half went to war. According to Mueller and Hennessy, Day was the only Catholic leader in the 20th century that opposed every war from the Spanish Civil War on. “For me, Dorothy Day, what stands out is her promotion of nonviolence and she opposed all the wars including World War II,” Mueller said. “She paid a great price within her own community for taking a stance.” After Hennessy’s speech, Ross said her biggest takeaway from Hennessy was her speaking against governmental norms. “Taking a look at how our governmental systems and the systems that we participate in, how we’re affecting the rest of the world and what call is ours as a Christian to do anything about that,” Ross said. “What’s at the end of the road is the cross,” Hennessy said. “How many of us can actually say, ‘OK,
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Hennessy focuses on Day’s activism and the Catholic Worker Movement.
this is what I’m going to do with my life?’ We can’t both pray for peace and bless the bombs, it’s very obvious.” Evelia Guerrero, a junior in the College of Nursing, said the most impactful point Hennessy had was of finding the truths of the world. “(That means) going into our community and being generally involved with our community because that’s where we see the issues, the hardships, but also the successes,” Guerrero said. Ross didn’t know Day personally, but she said Hennessy has similar qualities in terms of her advocacy. Ross said the idea of radical nonviolence and ability to critique systems that are corrupt is a large part of Dorothy Day’s message. “She’s not afraid to speak that even if it’s radical or can marginalize her. Dorothy Day definitely was very vocal. That’s a positive quality to not be afraid to speak the
truth,” Ross said. Father Joe Mattern, founder of a Catholic worker house in Omro, Wisconsin and former parish minister, said the answers lie in this generation. “What is your attitude about climate breakdown and what are your hopes?” Father Joe Mattern said. “You’re the ones who are going to fill us with hope in our movement forward in doing something to this bad news.” Even though Hennessy said her children will not be as involved in this type of activist work, she said God is the one who plants these seeds. “Dorothy said, ‘The work will continue if God wants it to, it will continue. If it is good. If it makes sense.’ So we have to trust in that,” Hennessy said.
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Winter weather affects multiple aspects of daily life, such as a walk to class. Service events can bring the Milwaukee community together during the harsh months of the year.
Opportunities to help those in need continue throughout winter By Skyler Chun
skyler.chun@marquette.edu
Winter can be a harsh season for all living in the Midwest, but it is the actions of those willing to serve others during the freezing winter months that continue to keep hearts warm. Griffin Knipp, campus minister for social justice and community outreach at Marquette, said he values the importance of giving back to the community. Knipp is also the coordinator for Midnight Run at Marquette, an organization that allows students to engage with the community through service. He said Midnight Run usually helps nonprofits working to solve hunger and homelessness. “Volunteers will go to different sites once a week for about two hours and serve alongside the
community, all in an attempt to give some dignity to those in our community that maybe haven’t received dignity often,” Knipp said. With diversity in Milwaukee’s cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds, Knipp said one of the main goals of Midnight Run is to bring people together. “(Midnight Run) is an organization that is reaching for solidarity with our community,” Knipp said. “It’s an attempt to live out the gospel and Matthew 25, kind of living with those who have less.” Matthew 25 highlights the importance of giving to others, especially at one’s lowest points in life. Amalia Liguori-Coneff, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said she tries to make the community feel more connected during these difficult times. She said she really got to know the community better through her service at Marquette, participating in events like
Midnight Run, Mardi Gras and Next Door Literacy Fellows. “I think one of the reasons that I went to a Jesuit school is because of its mission and how it’s based in places where you can have access to service,” Liguori-Coneff said. “Coming from a place of privilege, I think it’s important to recognize … and use your privilege to help others who might not be as lucky as you are.” Liguori-Coneff was able to see firsthand what happens in the lives of those less fortunate. She said that getting off campus allowed her to feel a lot more connected to the community outside of Marquette. “I think that service shouldn’t be about you,” Liguori-Coneff said. “There’s always something to learn in all the different people within the community, and I’ve never regretted talking to the ones who I met through service.” Knipp said that at many of the Midnight Run sites, students are not always just behind the counter but also have the opportunity to
have meals alongside and get to know the people they serve. “I would say first of all, people experiencing homelessness, they’re more complex than just ‘homeless,’” Knipp said. Service is not the only way that Milwaukee organizations are trying to help the community, despite the gloominess that hovers in the winter air. Burnhearts, a bar located in the Bay View neighborhood in Milwaukee, will be hosting its eighth annual Mitten Fest Feb. 1 from noon to 8 p.m. Aly Santiago, a bartender at Burnhearts, said that although events like this are typically meant for the warmer summer months, she said Mitten Fest began as a way to bring Milwaukee together during the harsh winter season. Santiago said Mitten Fest will have live music, food, drinks and a table for selling Burnhearts merchandise. A portion of its profits will go toward benefiting Milwaukee’s Hunger Task Force. She said people are
encouraged to bring canned goods and clothing. Although Midnight Run does not work directly with Hunger Task Force, the two organizations assist one another through the work that they do. “(Hunger Task Force) is more thinking about it in terms of the advocacy, peace and the systems in place to get food to people, whereas we are kind of helping more on the ground level,” Knipp said. “We don’t directly partner with (the task force), but we support the work they do. A lot of the places that we partner with couldn’t do the work they do without the Hunger Task Force.” Aside from attending Mitten Fest or helping at Hunger Task Force, there are many opportunities to get involved with service both on campus and in the community. Other organizations include Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Neighborhood House of Milwaukee and Capuchin Community Services.
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Marquette Radio’s National holiday encourages fun at work Weekly Staff Playlist Students find enjoyment in everyday employment By Ariana Madson
ariana.madson@marquette.edu
Sitting at your job while staring at the clock, counting the seconds and watching the minutes go by may not be considered a “fun” activity. But today, Fun at Work Day, encourages everyone to have fun at work. With a plethora of jobs on campus, the Marquette Wire talked to various students to find out how they might find the little things to enjoy or have fun with during work. Daniel Dewald, a junior in the College of Health Sciences, is in his second semester working as a graduate information assistant at one of the desks in Raynor Library. “I’m a (biomedical sciences) major, so I’m always doing homework and doing stuff here, so I figured I might as well as apply for a job in the library and get some money for it,” Dewald said. “Books have always interested me, so it was a good opportunity.” Over time, Dewald said he came to find fun in spending time with his co-workers, with whom he eventually became friends. They make small talk and have bonded over the shared experience of working at the desk. He recalled a time where someone was having trouble with a color printer, which he considered a funny experience. “The whole problem solving we thought was kind of funny,” Dewald said. “We didn’t know what to do but the librarian was busy, and we were trying to figure it out.” To celebrate Fun at Work Day, he said he’ll try to wear a funny hat. Lexy Bauernhuber, a junior in the College of Health Sciences,
said she had a job when she was 15 years old that she still considers the most fun job she has had. It was for a company that printed Culver’s apparel, and she had to order the plush toys and all the Culver’s swag and send it to different Culver’s locations. “I was a shipping queen,” Bauernhuber said. “I felt like Santa.” She said the job was fun because it was so random, and every day was different — and they always got Culver’s food. Bauernhuber is also a resident assistant. She said that the job is fun because she gets to work with people and make the underclassmen feel more comfortable. The resident assistant position is a little more unconventional than a normal job given that she lives where she works. Another unconventional workplace on campus is a gross anatomy lab, where Rachel Knorr, a senior in the College of Health Sciences, works as a teaching assistant. “I really like anatomy. It’s one of my favorite subjects, and usually with anatomy, people want to learn about it more, and I like teaching and passing on knowledge,” Knorr said. For Knorr, teaching in the lab is always fun. Part of that is because she can listen to music, which brings about a relaxing atmosphere. Bauernhuber said he recommends listening to music. Dewald and Knorr offered further advice for those trying to have more fun at work. “Lighten up a little and live in the moment,” Dewald said. “Try to find joy in everything you do.” Knorr said she thinks an actual celebration should be in order for Fun at Work Day, specifically adding food into the celebration. “We should make a Fun at Work Day cake with party hats and stuff,” Knorr said.
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – “Red Right Hand” Alec Fischer, Assistant General Manager
Bakar – “Hell n Back” Reese Seberg, Music Director
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Maggie Rogers – “Light On” Maria Crenshaw, MUR General Volunteer
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Daniel Dewald, a junior in the College of Health Sciences, and Katie Ruszkowski, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, interact at the library.
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Absence of varsity esports unfair to current, future students
University President Michael Lovell announced in his 2019 presidential address that Marquette University would be the first Division I athletics program to have varsity esports, or competitive video gaming. Lovell said the club would transition to a varsity sport during the fall 2019 semester. One year after the address, esports has yet to become a varsity sport. Lovell previously said it would be “fairly easy” to find a corporate sponsor for the club, but the transition has been pushed back twice due to the inability to find a sponsor. Associate athletic director Scott Kuykendall said Jan. 19 the current goal is to have an identified sponsor by the 2020-21 academic school year. Unfortunately, Patrick Glogovsky, the esports club president and senior in the College of
Communication, and Riley O’Brien, the esports club vice president and senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, will not be able to see the club’s transition into a varsity sport. The two started the club together in 2015. They will graduate this spring. Glogovsky said it’s disappointing that the university is struggling to find a sponsor. “It was only disappointing because my understanding was that if it wasn’t going to be starting this fall, it would be this semester, but now that’s not a thing,” O’Brien previously told the Marquette Wire. Other Marquette University DI varsity sports are sponsored by companies like Pepsi, Aurora Health Care and Midwest Foods. The university’s inability to follow through with its promises is unfair to club members.
Lovell said establishing esports as a varsity sport would help strengthen the university’s “student recruitment prospects in an increasingly competitive environment.” But without establishing esports as a varsity sport after a year of false promises, it is unclear whether students are choosing Marquette for esports. Prospective students who may be interested in a varsity esports team may be discouraged from enrolling given the setbacks. Total enrollment for the Class of 2023 was down 225 students from the previous year, according to the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. This may be due to demographic changes facing higher education. The amount of college-age students is expected to decline by 15% to 25% beginning in 2026, which Lovell previously said is noted in the book “Demographic and the Demand for Higher Education”
by Nathan Growe. To stay competitive with other universities, the university should consider investing in an emerging area like esports. Marquette is falling behind the 175 colleges and universities that have established varsity esports teams, according to Next College Student Athlete. By not having an established varsity esports program, Marquette is missing out on an opportunity to recruit potential esports players. Despite decreasing overall enrollment, Glogosky said there has been a rise in popularity and student interest in esports. He also said the club had 100 members at its first meeting for the fall 2019 semester, which is significantly more than the past few years. With increasing student interest, the university should make more deliberate efforts to meet its goals and ensure students are able to take advantage of the opportunities
esports has to offer. An estimated 194 million people viewed esports events in 2019, surpassing the 98.2 million 2019 Super Bowl viewers and 14 million 2019 World Series viewers. Additionally, League of Legends tournaments incurred 58 million viewers, surpassing the 38 million MLB viewers, 32 million NBA viewers and 11 million NHL viewers. The university should take notice of esports’ rapidly growing profitability across the world. Esports was estimated to generate $1.1 billion in revenue by the end of 2019, according to Forbes. With worldwide growing popularity and revenues, the university cannot afford to miss out on the opportunity of expanding the esports program — and students must be the priority.
being unbiased. In recent years especially, with the rise of both “fake news” and public distrust with the media, it seems unwise for The Times to continue with this tradition. The news is supposed to be a source for the public to know what is going on in the world through honest journalism. So, when news organizations try to “help” the public decide who to vote for, it can come across as a way of using their power to swing votes toward candidates the news organizations themselves support. No other major news organization endorses candidates due to the fact that it is unethical. The Society of Professional Journalism, with which The New York Times is associated, states in its code of ethics that journalists should “avoid political and other outside activities that may compromise integrity or impartiality, or may damage credibility.” According to The Times’ own ethics code, “No one may wear campaign buttons or display any other form of political partisanship while on the job.” This
section of its ethics code shows a vast amount of hypocrisy in keeping alive the tradition of e n d o r s i n g candidates. The tradition has a long history. In the past 20 years, The Times has endorsed Al Gore (2000), John Kerry (2004) and Hillary Clinton (2008, 2016). Aside from the fact that all of these candidates were in the DemoPhoto via Flickr cratic party, all of The New York Times released its endorsements for presidential candidate Jan. 19. these nominees either lost the presidential election preserve a professional detach- to try to help Americans decide or the primary, so it seems that ment, free of any whiff of bias.” for whom to vote — but this viothe “help” The Times provides Once again, the hypocrisy within lates journalistic integrity and The falls on deaf ears. The Times can’t the organizations’ own ethics Times’ own ethics code. claim to be unbiased if it only sup- code arises; it is impossible to be ports one candidate, let alone just unbiased when only one group Kevin Schablin is a first-year studying biological sciences. He is represented. one party. can be reached at The Times’ says it publishes The Times’ ethics code also kevin.schablin@marquette.edu states “it is essential that we its endorsement every few years
The New York Times’ endorsement violates journalistic ethics Kevin Schablin
The New York Times released its endorsements for the upcoming presidential election in its FX documentary series “The Weekly” Jan. 19. Keeping with its tradition of providing party nomination suggestions, The Times selected two candidates, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), for its editorial recommendation. The decision to endorse a particular candidate is made by The Times’ consensus among its editorial board. However, this year it decided to endorse two candidates instead of one — Amy Klobuchar, who is currently polling at 7%, and Elizabeth Warren, who is currently polling at about 15% — for the Democratic primary election. Regardless of party lines or political ideology, no accredited newspaper or major media outlet should endorse a candidate for political offices, especially if that newspaper or media outlet wants to maintain the appearance of
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The loss of a legend
Joseph Beaird Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. We lost a legend. I will never forget where I was when I heard the news. I was just barely getting ready to start my day after a late night of studying. As I began to wake myself up on the couch in my small dorm room, I heard the news. A swarm of Twitter notifications, and I’m already texting my brothers, “Guys, oh my God. Kobe Bryant died.” These things never seem real. Kobe Bryant was among the nine passengers who were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. Bryant was on his way to a youth basketball game with one of his daughters, Gianna, when the helicopter crashed. Whatever you remember him for, you can’t deny that Kobe Bryant was a legend — in every sense of the word. Whether it be for his five championships, hundreds of 40-point-plus games or the fact that during his last game before retirement, he came back and scored 60 points — and that’s barely scratching the surface. Even for people who don’t follow
basketball, he defined a generation that shouts “Kobe!” when shooting garbage into a trash can. And, as silly as it seems, you really did feel like Kobe any time a crumpled-up napkin sank perfectly into that bucket. My family has been following Kobe Bryant for as long as I can remember. Ever since I was a kid growing up in Portland, Oregon, and rooting for the Trail Blazers, my brother recalled the days he spent shooting hoops in the rain reenacting Brandon Roy and Kobe Bryant buzzer-beaters. The “Mamba mentality” only grew for my family when we moved to Southern California and got to be there to experience the last five years of his NBA career. But Bryant wasn’t just a world-class, astonishing athlete. He was an inspiration for us all. There are new record-breaking athletes every year, but the world might not ever see another one like Kobe. The man carried an unbeatable mindset as if nothing could stop him when he got the ball. He inspired every young basketball player to get a taste of that infectious “Mamba mentality.” And his influence didn’t stop at basketball. Bryant was a generationdefining figure who made creative
efforts through many different platforms, most notably his media company, Granity Studios. He even won an Oscar for his 2017 film “Dear Basketball,” in which he reads a love letter to the sport that “gave a 6-yearold boy his Laker dream.” The hardest part is knowing that we won’t be seeing any more from Bryant. He was a great father to his four daughters. After retirement, Bryant said stopped watching basketball — until his daughter Gianna expressed an interest in playing in the WNBA. From there, Kobe would break the game down to her, coach girls basketball and start Mamba Sports Academy for young athletes like her. No greater pain was felt after Bryant’s death than in the city of Los Angeles. Fans flooded LA Live, the space outside of the Staples Center where the Los Angeles Lakers play. Thousands gathered to mourn the loss of Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others who died in the tragic helicopter crash. Words are never enough for times like this. Whenever the world loses iconic figures like Kobe, everyone stops to reflect on their lives. Realistically, that is the best thing we can do. I’m reminded of how the city of
Minneapolis reacted to the passing of Prince back in 2016. Of course, there were countless tears, but also a massive celebration of life. So how do we process all this? The same way. While there’s never a wrong way to grieve the death of someone, don’t just dwell on it — celebrate life. Hold your loved ones close and recognize the legends in your life. Keep taking your trash can shots and shouting “Kobe!” Because legends never die. And in the words AP Images/Jae C. Hong of Kobe, from a 2008 interview for Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant gestures during the first half of Bryant’s last NBA basketball game, CBS: “Have a good against the Utah Jazz, on Wednesday, April 13, 2016, time. Enjoy life. … in Los Angeles. Life’s too short to get bogged down and be discouraged. You have to Joseph Beaird is a sophomore keep moving. You have to keep gostudying journalism and digital ing. Put one foot in front of the other, media. He can be reached at joseph.beaird@marquette.edu smile and just keep on rolling.”
Academy, Stephen King disregard diversity Aminah Beg Movie fanatics and entertainment fans went online to watch the live Oscars nominations Jan. 13 with curiosity and excitement, hoping to see their favorite movies and actors get picked for the prestigious awards. Quickly, minorities were disappointed when they saw that nobody like them was given a chance at this year’s Oscars ceremony. Despite hoping for some kind of improvement, the same white men were highlighted in the reel. The nomination list faced backlash by the American public for being very white-dominant and not inclusive of the diversity of actors and movie creators. More specifically, there was a lack of nominations for female directors and actors of color. Famous director Greta Gerwig did not receive any nominations for her directing work in “Little Women.” “Harriet” actress Cynthia Erivo was the only actor of color nominated despite outstanding performances by Lupita Nyongo in “Us,” Jennifer Lopez in “Hustlers” and more. Lack of diversity is not new for the Oscars. In 2015, the hashtag #oscarssowhite went viral on social media and was used by the public to voice dissatisfaction with the celebrities the Oscars choose to highlight. The viral hashtag soon became more than a popular post on the trending page. It became a social movement that showcased the need
their work has value. to have more discussions about Diversity and quality can be synthe lack of diversity in the enteronymous. They can coexist in art tainment industry and the need to without having to be thought of build up the people of color already as different entities to be judged in the industry. separately. Quality can be found After the hashtag went viral, in all art, no matter who creates it. heavy criticism of the ceremony inThe problem comes when those in creased and the academy was forced power believe that quality content to respond. It told the public that it can only be delivered by one group: made changes to its membership white men. White men like Stephen and voting rules in order to “make King cannot ignore the privilege the academy’s membership, its govthey hold and continue to perpetuerning bodies and its voting memate the flawed system that they bers significantly more diverse.” created. It is, in fact, their responThis clearly did not have a lasting sibility to fix it with the privilege impact on the Oscar nominations they hold. and winners because five years latPhoto via Flickr er, the academy continues to leave Stephen King said he didn’t consider diversity when voting for Oscar nominees. out people of color and diverse Aminah Beg is a junior studying backgrounds in its nominations. voice and shine a light upon those is what they are familiar with. public relations and cognitive Creators of color are not even givStephen King’s recent comments who do not have the same authorscience. She can be reached at aminah.beg@marquette.edu made it clear that the academy has ity because of the structural and en the opportunity to be put on the no real intention to change its vot- systematic challenges that prevent same pedestal as their white couning members to be more supportive them from possessing it. This same terparts, so they are forced to work Statement of of diverse creators. phenomenon is not exclusive to the twice as hard to be seen at the same Opinion Policy King is a part of the voting com- entertainment industry. For exam- status with the same credibility. The opinions expressed on the mittee for the award show and gives ple, in the civil law sphere, African King speaks with privilege when he Opinions page reflect the opinions of the input on Best Picture, Best Adapt- Americans are a minority that con- claims that he would not consider Opinions staff. The editorials do not represent the opinions of Marquette University ed Screenplay and Best Original sistently face higher discrimination diversity in matters of art. nor its administrators, but those of the editorial board. King’s perspective is not realisScreenplay. He took to Twitter Jan. and punishment because of the way The Marquette Tribune prints guest 14 after the Oscar nominations were in which the American legal system tic. From his perspective as a white submissions at its discretion. The Tribune strives to give all sides of an issue an released to respond to the criticism was built. It is the responsibility of male, he does not understand the equal voice over the course of a reasonable time period. An author’s contribution of the nominations. their white counterparts who have obstacles and barriers that people of will not be published more than once in King tweeted, “For me, the di- higher positions to use their power color and minorities must overcome a four-week period. Submissions with obvious relevance to the Marquette comversity issue — as it applies to indi- to fight for the injustice among to be successful in the entertainmunity will be given priority consideration. Full Opinions submissions should be ment industry. vidual actors and directors, anyway African Americans. limited to 500 words. Letters to the editor Nobody believes that a woman — did not come up.” He added, “I The way the entertainment indusshould be between 150 to 250 words. The Tribune reserves the right to edit submiswould never consider diversity in try was set up allows white people director should be nominated simsions for length and content. Please e-mail submissions to: alexmatters of art. Only quality. It seems to consistently be at the forefront ply for being a woman. People with andra.garner@marquette.edu. If you are to me that to do otherwise would and be given the most attention. The King’s position must look beyond a current student, include the college in which you are enrolled and your year in be wrong.” academy and those who agree with what they already know to give a school. If not, please note any affliations to Marquette or your current city of It is the responsibility of those in its choices believe that the “white chance to those who are systemresidence. higher positions of power to give a way” is the right way because that atically ignored and recognize that
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Marquette mourns Kobe Bryant
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Marquette men’s basketball head coach Steve Wojciechowski poses with Kobe Bryant. Wojciechowski coached Bryant in both the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics.
Wojciechowski, players reflect on abrupt tradgedy By Zoe Comerford
isabel.comerford@marquette.edu
For Steve Wojciechowski, Kobe Bryant’s death Sunday struck him harder than most. The Marquette men’s basketball head coach worked with Bryant from 2007-12 as the duo helped lead Team USA to a gold medal at both the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Wojciechowski was a scout and court coach for the USA Basketball Men’s National Team, working with players like Bryant, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James. “We were playing Venezuela in our first exhibition game in the Thomas & Mack Center, and he came in wanting to be a defensive stopper,” Wojciechowski said. “He was put on Greivis Vásquez, and the very first possession of the game, he picked him up full court and knocked
the ball away from him for a loose ball. That really set the tone, not only for those championships, but the entire time I was with him.” Wojciechowski said Bryant always wanted extra film, especially on players no one knew about. “He always wanted to be at his best. He wanted to give his team the best chance to win,” Wojciechowski said. “That was the competitive edge that propelled him to being one of the greatest players of all time.” Millions of people around the world are still mourning the death of NBA superstar Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and the seven others that died in a helicopter crash. The two were en route to a travel basketball game when the helicopter crashed. In his 20 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers, Bryant compiled a multitude of accolades. The 6-foot-6 guard was a fivetime NBA champion, two-time NBA Finals MVP, the 2008 NBA MVP, 18-time All Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team and 11-time All-NBA First Team
honoree. He also won two Olympic gold medals playing for Team USA. Bryant is considered one of the greatest athletes of all time and was named to the AllDecade Third Team. “Everybody’s still kind of in shock. He was such a polarizing figure, not only in basketball, but in all sports,” Marquette senior guard and the nation’s leading scorer, Markus Howard, said. “I know for people in my generation, he was our GOAT. It’s a terrible event that happened, not only for him and his daughter, but all the families that were involved. I can’t do anything but pray and ... hoping they’re doing alright.” The news came hours before the Grammy Awards were to take place at the Staples Center, the place where Bryant spent his 20-year NBA career. Crowds gathered around the arena to memorialize the star guard. “There’s few things that are as bipartisan as people’s love for Kobe Bryant,” James Wong, a professor in the ROTC department, said. “It’s something to unite behind.” However, it was not just the
basketball community or NBA greats who have posted to social media expressing their shock and sadness. Famous athletes across the NFL, MLB, NHL, WNBA, NCAA, MLS, USTA and prominent television and movie actors, singers and celebrities across all platforms have also voiced their condolences. Arenas and iconic buildings across the country, including Fiserv Forum and the Empire State Building, are lit up in purple and yellow in memory of Bryant’s career with the Los Angeles Lakers. “I couldn’t even imagine it would be this big,” Nathan Marzion, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said. “No matter where you go, everyone’s talking about it and remembering him and his legacy. You can just see the impact he had on everything.” Many students in the Marquette community said they couldn’t believe it when they saw the news of the crash. “I just did not believe it at first, and I started seeing it on Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, everywhere,” Miracle Faller, a
junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said. “He was just a good role model for the younger generation. Even my cousin (is) younger, like 10, and looks up to him. I cried all day.” Coaches from across the nation have voiced their heartache on Bryant’s passing. In a press conference Sunday, current Los Angeles Clippers head coach and Marquette basketball alumnus Doc Rivers was in tears when he commented on the loss of Bryant. He said Bryant had DNA that only athletes like Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods have. “The news is just devastating to everyone who knew him,” Rivers said. “He means a lot to me, obviously. He was such a great opponent, it’s what you want in sports. ... Looking at my younger players and seeing how emotional they are. They didn’t even know him. It just tells you how far his reach was.” That reach includes Marquette coaches. “Those who died yesterday had plans for this morning & those who died this morning See KOBE page16
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Team hopes for winning season with new leader Golden Eagles picked fifth in BIG EAST Preseason Poll
By Dan Avington & Molly Gretzlock
daniel.avington@marquette.edu molly.gretzlock@marquette.edu
There is a new regime in the Marquette lacrosse program. After ending the 2019 season with back-to-back losing records, the squad also lost its first-ever head coach Joe Amplo when he left to coach at Navy lacrosse. The team is also without longtime stars Noah Richard, Tanner Thomson and John Wagner, who all moved on to the professional ranks. Now, there’s a new man at the helm - head coach Andrew Stimmel - and an almost entirely new starting lineup. “We’re a different team this year,” sophomore attackman Holden Patterson said. “We’re excited for what that brings us. (We’re going to) continue to work and see what we develop into.” Even though the team lost its entire defensive unit and a number of offensive dynamos, its expectations have not lowered. “I expect this bunch to play a style of lacrosse that we haven’t seen here before,” assistant coach Jake Richard said. “It’s going to be highpaced, it’s going to be a lot of fun and it’s going to be a team-oriented style, sharing the ball. I have high hopes for the group.” With a stacked BIG EAST once again, Marquette was selected to finish fifth out of six teams in the 2020 Preseason BIG EAST Coaches Poll and had zero players selected to the preseason all-conference team. Senior midfielder Luke Anderson said the players are looking forward to show that this team will not be a pushover. “(People) should expect a bunch of guys that are hungry to not only prove themselves but to prove what this team can be made of,” Anderson said.
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Men’s lacrosse celebrates a goal against Denver in the team’s 9-8 loss April 27, 2019. The Golden Eagles scored five goals in the first quarter.
opportunities. Meanwhile, Cowan is a New Jersey native who tallied 110 goals in his high school career. The 6-foot-1 first-year attackman was a fourstar recruit coming out of the Hun School, and both Patterson and Stimmel said he will be a big factor in the lineup this year. Stimmel said he expects junior Keaton Thomson and redshirt sophomore Garrett Moya to rotate between the attack and offensive midfield positions as needed. Midfield
“The midfield is definitely led by (Peter) Henkhaus and Connor McClelland, two seniors who have done a really nice job,” Stimmel said. “We’re really going to rely on them heavily this year to lead us offensively. We really feel like they have a two-way game: they can play defense, they can ride well, they’re really good in the middle of the field.” Henkhaus tallied 17 goals and four assists a season ago, starting in all but one of his 13 appearances, but will be leaned on more heavily after the graduation of Tanner Thomson, Bob Pelton and Jack Zerrillo. McClelland, a 6-foot native of Ontario, started 10 games last year while notching 12 goals and nine assists. The Canadian lefty played for the Brampton Excelsiors of the Major Series Lacrosse league this summer and was able to work on becoming a two-way midfielder. First-year midfielders Jake Stegman and Chris Kirschner will have the chance to prove themselves in the MU midfield early on this season. “I really like Kirschner,” Henkhaus said. “He’s a freshman on Attack the offensive midfield that’s moving fast, shooting a lot and looks really “It’s a deep group at attack for good out there.” us,” Stimmel said. “We’re really exJunior Anthony Orsini and secited about this unit. It’s young … nior Tommy von den Benken are but they’re really playing freely and also expected to see some time on playing with each other well.” the field after spotty appearances in The group will be led by senior recent years. Ryan Fazio, a 5-foot-11 California native. After scoring seven goals Short stick defensive and notching six assists a season midfielders ago, Fazio will serve as the squad’s primary X attackman this season. “This is a position that we’re rePatterson and first-year Devon ally excited about,” Stimmel said. Cowan will round out the starting “These guys make a deep unit, and attack lineup. we’re really excited to see what type Patterson appeared in 14 games of athleticism they can add in the last year, earning four starts and middle of the field, not only playing putting up six goals and one assist defense but pushing from (defense) while primarily playing on man-up to (offense).”
Anderson will spearhead the unit after totaling 28 ground balls, nine goals, seven caused turnovers and three assists last year. The Minnesota native is a strong, physical SSDM who can blow by his defenders in transition. Redshirt sophomore Jordan Schmid made the shift from offensive midfielder to SSDM this season. Off the field, Schmid is the president of the Marquette Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, went on the Marquette Athletics Puerto Rico service trip this summer and is coleading the Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter at MU. But on the field, he will likely fill the spot left by Nick Singleton’s graduation. First-year midfielder Max Kruszeski is going to crack the rotation right away. Kruszeski was a threetime team captain throughout high school and played club lacrosse for Team Long Island and Long Island Express. Sophomore Logan Kreinz played in nine games last season, tallying one goal and five ground balls on the year. Junior Jacob Hallam appeared in just two games last year before suffering a season-ending injury but will be back in the rotation this year. “Hallam is going to step up this year after missing some time last year with an injury,” Anderson said. “Kreinz is going to be back as well, Jordan Schmid also. We’re going to have a good, well-rounded group.” Long stick midfielder
After the graduation of USILA All-American Noah Richard at LSM, there was speculation over who would take the mantle as the Golden Eagles’ long-stick mid fielder. “(We have) three LSMs who we feel can play up top or down low,” Stimmel said. “But they’ve really established themselves this year as guys that we’re going to depend a lot on.” Junior Moey Lardy was the second LSM a season ago, seeing action in 14 contests, picking up seven ground balls and causing one turnover. Redshirt junior Anthony Courcelle played in all 14 games last season as a short-stick defensive midfielder, but has switched back to his normal long pole and will be a major force at whatever spot the team needs. “(Courcelle) playing short stick last year was more of a testament to him as an athlete — fulfilling a need
we had,” Jake Richard said. “His true home is at long-stick midfielder. He has some great ability to make plays in the middle of the field, he’s probably the best athlete we have and he’s fun to watch.” Redshirt first-year James Amorosana is the other option at longstick midfielder. The 5-foot-9 New York native earned a number of regional awards in high school while playing in one of the biggest lacrosse areas in the world, Long Island, and Stimmel said he expects him to serve an important role when he steps on the field this spring. Defense
Last season, Marquette had a veteran defense spearheaded by Brendon Connolly, Jackson Ehlert and Nick Grill. Fast forward to a year later, and the unit looks completely different. Due to the graduation of Ehlert, the transfer of Grill and the end of Connolly’s eligibility, it will be a much different look for the Marquette close defense. “It’s been a lot of fun to have those guys trying to figure it out on the fly with each other,” Stimmel said. “We feel like we have a number of guys that are in the mix. We’re looking forward to seeing what combinations work for us.” Mason Woodward, a first-year close defenseman, will lead the defensive group. The 6-foot-2 player from Maryland is the No. 99 overall player in his class and brings a physical presence to MU’s backline. Redshirt sophomore Zach Granger will fill another one of the starting roles after sitting out last season with a leg injury. Granger is officially listed as a long-stick midfielder, but Stimmel said he will play down low for this year’s squad. Senior P.J. Cox, first-year Noah Verlinde and Courcelle are in the mix for the third starting spot and will likely all see time on the defensive unit. Cox, a 5-foot-9 senior, played in 11 games last year mainly as the substitute defenseman in man-down situations and earned two starts when Connolly was hampered by injuries. Verlinde is a 6-foot-3 defender and will push for time right away. The Michigan native was a threetime team MVP and captain in high school. Goalie The Golden Eagles are going into
the 2020 season with a familiar face as the starting goalkeeper. Junior John Hulsman will be the starter between the pipes this spring. Hulsman had instant success following his transfer from Bellarmine last year, making 113 saves and allowing 11.32 goals per game. Stimmel expects the junior to be a leader for the team and make big plays on the field. “(Hulsman) has been consistent since day one,” Stimmel said. “He has years of experience and has shown that through making incredible saves. We need a leader, and he will be someone we look to rely heavily on.” Senior Chris Rolfing and junior Gabe Stein are goalkeeper contenders as well. Each made appearances in the cage last season and will serve as backups to Hulsman once again. Sean Richard, a first-year from Northville, Michigan, is a new addition to the goalkeepers and may see some reps. Faceoff As for the faceoff position, Stimmel said senior Jared Hershman and sophomore Thomas Washington have shown the ability to be strong when put to work against opponents. “They are two guys that battle it out and will be an effective force for us,” Stimmel said. “They do a nice job when it comes to pushing each other. They better the unit as a whole.” Hershman is projected to see a consistent amount of time at the faceoff X. The 5-foot-10 senior won 100 faceoffs last year for a 52.6% at the dot and has international experience competing with the Puerto Rican men’s national team. Washington will be another familiar face for MU fans this year. The 5-foot-6 sophomore proved to be a force in his first season, winning 49 faceoffs. His successful first year gives promise for an impressive sophomore season. Sophomores Jack Devine and John “Parker” Underwood, as well as first-year Luke Williams, will also see some reps at the X. Injury report Redshirt sophomore SSDM Aaron Joseph and redshirt junior attackman Griffin Fleming both suffered leg injuries in the fall and will likely be out for the entire season.
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Young squad seeks first BIG EAST Tournament title Vivano, Horning strive to implement selfless defense By Tyler Peters
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After losing in the semifinals of the BIG EAST Tournament last season, the Marquette women’s lacrosse team has high aspirations heading into the 2020 spring season. Last year marked the second year in a row the Golden Eagles made it into the conference tournament, hosting last season’s league championship.
Marquette will look to utilize a more complete team effort. “When you lose your two key players, you lean on everybody else,” Black said. “This year, every single player will contribute and bring a lot to our success. It creates a higher sense of urgency for everyone else.” The Golden Eagles nonconference schedule features four returning NCAA tournament teams, including No. 4 Northwestern and No. 9 Notre Dame, according to the IWLCA Top-25 poll. “It’s tough. We like it that way,” Black said. “We know we have to play the best to be the best. All those top schools ...
on the team in scoring last year with 44 points. Garcia, the reigning BIG EAST Freshman of the Year, placed sixth on the team in scoring with 37 points. Both players combined to score 61 of the team’s 242 goals last season. “(Menzuber) is an outstanding leader. She makes everyone around her better,” Black said. “She will do whatever it takes (to win). She puts work into her weaknesses and maximizes her strengths. She’s going to be responsible for a lot of the stuff that happens on the offensive end.” Outside of those two, Black said she believes firstyears Emma Soccodato and
son Kane will take charge of the group. “(Kane) brings a lot of athleticism to the midfield,” Black said. “She’s really standing out. She’s good on both sides of the ball, which is what you need to be a great midfielder. She’s a stud.” Last season, Kane finished seventh on the team in scoring with 23 points, 14 of those being goals. Along with Kane, the Golden Eagles will look to sophomore Ellie Henry to lead the midfield group, especially on defense. “(Henry) will win a lot of draw controls for us,” Black said. “She’s going to be a big presence on the field.” Defense
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Grace Gabriel (left) goes to scoop the ball in the team’s 14-12 win against Georgetown April 27, 2019.
“We want to win the BIG EAST Tournament,” head coach Meredith Black said. “We want to win a national championship. We’ve made it to the tournament. We know what (it) entails, so now it’s like ‘Let’s go.’” The Golden Eagles enter the season featuring a relatively young roster with nearly onethird of the team being firstyear players. “Our (first-year) class is talented,” Black said. “I believe we have a lot of potential.” Perhaps the bigger storyline, however, is the loss of BIG EAST Co-Midfielder of the Year Grace Gabriel and Charlotte McGuire, who finished first and second on the team in scoring last season, respectively. “We’ve lost a huge chunk of scoring ... (we) can no longer rely on one person,” Black said. “In a pinch, we could rely on Grace. We could give her the ball, and she would probably score.” Gabriel concluded her time at Marquette holding the program record for most points, goals, shots and draw controls. Meanwhile, McGuire tallied nine hat tricks in 16 games with the Golden Eagles last season. Without their contributions,
Graduate student Kaitlyn Viviano leads the way as captain for MU’s defensive unit. Viviano redshirted last season due to injury. The Golden Eagles aren’t as experienced on defense compared to last year. Four of the eight defensive players are underclassmen. Last year, Marquette wasn’t a particularly sound defensive team, finishing third to last in the BIG EAST with 14 goals allowed per game. For comparison, Denver finished first in the BIG EAST last season with
“We have some tough kids coming in with Miller leading the way,” Black said “We have the right mentality, it’s just a matter of executing the physical part of it. We’re going to adjust a little bit, and I think we’ll find some success.” Goalie Julianna Horning enters her senior year as the starting netminder for Marquette after starting all 18 games last season. She currently holds the program record for saves in a season with 153. “(Horning) is someone who has gotten better every single day,” Black said. “She’s a very smart player. She’s one of the easiest goalies I’ve ever coached. She gets it.” The Berwyn, Pennsylvania, native ranks first all-time in MU history in wins with 20. She also leads the program with saves per game (7.76) and is currently second in saves with 376. Horning looks to cap off her senior season as the best goalie in program history. As Horning enters her second season as captain, she said she doesn’t plan on changing her leadership style. “Being a senior, it’s a little bit of a different role as opposed to a junior,” Horning said. “Just staying true to what I know I’m
they really challenge us. They show us where we have to be.” The team has never earned a victory against a ranked nonconference opponent. Black said she hopes to change that this season. “That’s a super big goal for us,” Black said. “It’s something we really want to do.” In the BIG EAST, Denver, Georgetown and Villanova are likely to be the three powerhouses of the conference. Black said those matchups will be key games to win. MU finished fourth in the BIG EAST last season with a 3-2 record. Attack Marquette will rely upon sophomore Shea Garcia and senior Megan Munzuber to facilitate its offense. “For me, I’ve been working on becoming more dynamic and trying to fill the shoes of the girls that left last season,” Menzuber said. “We’re shaping our offense a little differently than last year so we can use each and every player. Overall, we’ve been working well with each other.” Menzuber, who was named as one of three team captains, is the leading returning scorer for Marquette. She finished fourth
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Marquette fights for a ground ball in the team’s 14-12 victory over the Georgetown Hoyas April 27, 2019.
Hannah Greving are poised to have breakout campaigns this season. Soccodato is the younger sister of Cate Soccodato, who played for Marquette from 20162019. She played in 65 games and tallied 142 points in her collegiate career. Midfield Although there is no assigned captain for the midfielders, Black believes junior Madi-
seven goals allowed per game last season. This season, Viviano said the defense plans to play more together rather than individually. “Last year there were some points where we were focusing more on the individual play rather than the entire team,” Viviano said. Black expects junior Jocelyn Miller to play an integral role in the Golden Eagles defense. Miller was named to the All-BIG EAST First Team in 2019.
good at, like being active outside the cage and being patient on shots. I really emphasize the mental aspect of the position.” Injury Report First-year midfielder Leigh Steiner and first-year defense Kate Pearson are currently working their way back from injuries, per Black. Black said she’s hopeful Steiner and Pearson will be ready to go for the season opener Feb. 9 against Notre Dame.
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Menzuber, Garcia replace program’s leading scorers Black’s group aims to avenge losses of Gabriel, McGuire By John Leuzzi
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For the first time in three years, Marquette women’s lacrosse team will enter the season without a definitive go-to scorer. Grace Gabriel had taken on that role since her sophomore season playing at Valley Fields. She has now graduated after making all 52 possible starts over the last three seasons, finishing with 175 career goals. Gabriel did not start any games in 2017. “We lost our Markus Howard, it is simple as that,” head coach Meredith Black said. The Lancaster, New York, native was a Second Team All-American, three-time All-BIG EAST First Team honoree and the 2019 BIG EAST Co-Midfielder of the Year. She also set the single-season record for goals in program history during her time as a Golden Eagle. Gabriel is not the only top scorer the Golden Eagles will be without this year, as Charlotte McGuire is
no longer around either. The pair finished as the Golden Eagles’ top two scorers and in the top four in the BIG EAST last season. “We have lost a huge chunk of our scoring, but when you lose your two key players you have to lean on everybody else and every single player will be playing a big role, and that is pretty cool,” Black said. “Even in the past without even saying it, we relied on those two ... to get those points.” With the loss of Gabriel and McGuire, one of the players the Golden Eagles will rely on this season is senior attack Megan Menzuber. In her junior season last year, Menzuber finished third on the team in goals with 32. Black said she has high confidence that Menzuber will make a big impact this season. “Her impact will be with goals of course and numbers on the board, but I just think she is an outstanding leader,” Black said.”She is one of a kind.” Black named Menzuber one of three captains for this season Dec. 18, along with senior goalie Julianna Horning and graduate student defense Kaitlyn Viviano. Menzuber said her leadership among the other attackers off the
field is as important as on the field. “One of the big things is to build up their confidence off the field,” Menzuber said. “Something that I like to do is build a foundation and good relationship so that gives them the connection with me and the other attackers.” Preparing for her senior season, the Chanhassen, Minnesota, native has been working on developing a different side of her play. “For me, I have been working on becoming more dynamic and trying to fill the shoes of all the girls that left last season,” Menzuber said. “Just working on becoming more of a scoring threat this year.” Despite Menzuber wanting to be that scoring threat, Black said she sees her senior captain making an additional impact in another way. “She is going to make everyone around her better,” Black said. “So if she is putting the ball in the back of the net, great, but if not, she is probably having an impact on the person who put the ball in the back of the net.” Aside from Menzuber, there are five other potential key players Black believes will help fill the shoes of Gabriel: sophomore attack Shea Garcia, first-year midfield Hannah Greving, junior midfield
Madison Kane, first-year attack Mary Schumar, junior midfield Caroline Steller and first-year attack Emma Soccodato. Garcia, the reigning BIG EAST Freshman of the Year, scored 29 goals and collected 38 points last season for the Golden Eagles. Meanwhile, Kane returns as a starter from last year’s team. The Chicago native totaled 23 points notching 14 goals and nine assists along with 12 ground balls and five forced turnovers. Black believes Kane will make a big impact this season. “She brings a lot of athleticism to the midfield,” Black said. “She is a stud. She is a great athlete and really good on both sides of the ball. She is a strong 1-v-1 driver.” Steller, the Havertown, Pennsylvania, native, finished sixth on the team in goals with 15 and appeared in all 18 games for the Golden Eagles last season. Menzuber sees Stellar having a crucial role in her junior campaign. Greving, Schumar and Soccodato have all stood out in offseason training, both Black and Menzuber said. Horning said she sees the squad’s draw team playing a big part for Marquette’s offense this season
as well. “Our draw team like Ellie Henry, Emily Cooper, Erin Dowdle have just formed really great connections, and I think that is going to be very helpful because Grace was a great contributor on the draw as well which made it part of our offense,” Horning said. Menzuber said this year’s offense is a little different from past years. “All of us attackers this year are more dynamic, so we will have to do different things,” Menzuber said. “We are shaping our offense to run a little different to use each and every player. I believe all seven players on the attack at a time will be crucial for us.” Uncertainty aside, Black said she has optimism for her attackers’ and midfielders’ scoring abilities even with Gabriel and McGuire gone. “It is amazing how the team has responded without playing a game yet,” Black said. “You no longer can rely on a specific person in the pinch, so everyone will have to step up, and they have and they will in various ways. It creates a higher level of a sense of urgency for everyone else, and they will do it and rise to the challenge.”
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2nd head coach in MU history brings two-way mentality Former Ohio State captain returns to MKE with fresh start By Dan Avington
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After the departure of the program’s first and only head coach Joe Amplo, the future of Marquette lacrosse was in question entering the 2020 season. But in stepped Andrew Stimmel, a former Ohio State captain and midfielder, who has taken the reins of the MU program. “Andrew is one of the rising stars in the lacrosse world and we are thrilled to know that he will be leading the men’s lacrosse program,” Marquette athletic director Bill Scholl said in a statement upon Stimmel’s on Jun. 14. “He has been a winner at every stop along the way and we expect that to continue in Milwaukee.” Stimmel quickly rose through the coaching ranks, first serving as an undergraduate assistant at Ohio State after the end of his eligibility before moving on to being the head coach at Grove City College in Pennsylvania. Following his successful stint at the Division III level, he took on a volunteer job at Yale University
before coming to Marquette as the defensive coordinator in 2016, helping lead the Golden Eagles to a BIG EAST championship and to the No. 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament. After his year in Milwaukee, he returned to Yale as the offensive coordinator and led the Bulldogs to an NCAA Championship in 2018 and an NCAA runner-up trophy in 2019. “(My time at Yale) was surreal,” Stimmel said. “It’s a dream come true to win a national championship. I’ll never take that lightly.” Now, he has become the second head coach in Marquette lacrosse history and aims to turn around a program after back-to-back losing seasons. Stimmel said leaving Yale was both the easiest and hardest decision he’s ever made. “It was never going to be easy to leave Yale,” Stimmel said. “But I just knew that Marquette and everything they had to offer was a really easy place for me to say yes to.” For Stimmel, Marquette’s dedication to lacrosse was one of the biggest reasons why he made the transition from New Haven to Milwaukee. “Marquette is a national brand. The support they have here for lacrosse is very evident,” Stimmel said. “The program has gotten to a place where it’s good, it’s respected. You roll all those things up, and it makes a really easy decision.” Stimmel is highly valued by
players and coaches around the country, including Yale head coach Andy Shay and Ohio State head coach Nick Myers. “I couldn’t be more excited for Andrew,” Shay said in the Marquette press release in June. “He has aggressively honed his craft at Yale and Marquette, coaching both sides of the ball with incredible success, and now he’s ready to be a head coach.” “Andrew is not only an amazing
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Stimmel (right) coaches with Amplo.
coach but will be a one-of-a-kind mentor for young men,” Myers said in the release. “I have no doubt he will make an immediate impact on both the Marquette program and Wisconsin lacrosse community.” Stimmel’s former player Ben Reeves, who was recognized as the best player in college lacrosse with the 2018 Tewaaraton Award winner, echoed the two coaches’ sentiment. “Marquette is getting one of the
best coaches in the game,” Reeves said in the same press release. “It’s been both an honor and a privilege playing for Stimmel during my time at Yale. … He’s one of the most deserving in the game — not only a great coach but an awesome guy.” Stimmel said he draws pieces of his philosophy from each of the different coaches he has worked with, including former MU head coach Joe Amplo as well as Myers and Shay. “Those guys have been incredible influences for me,” Stimmel said. “I don’t think I’m like any particular one of them, but to be able to pull a lot of those things from those guys, they’ve taught me a lot. I’m sure I’ll still learn from them, still calling them a lot as I’m trying to figure this out as a new head coach.” Stimmel has taken many things from Shay, his most recent boss, but one of the biggest is his willingness to do anything for the team. “(Shay) is one of the most unselfish people I’ve ever met,” Stimmel said. “He’s very much a servant leader. He moves cages, he picks up balls, he picks up trash at the facility. There’s nothing that’s beneath that guy, and that’s something I’ve tried to emulate.” By coaching with Amplo for a year, Stimmel has picked up a new dedication to the game. “His passion for the game, his passion for people is something that’s
always stuck with me,” Stimmel said. “It’s undeniable how much he cares … and having that mentality is huge.” One of the main things Stimmel said he took from Myers is the attention to detail. “How they scheme and how they practice (at Ohio State) is incredibly precise,” Stimmel said. “Practice is always on time. If this drill is eight minutes, it’s eight minutes. My drive is always to emulate that.” Stimmel has experience on all sides of the ball, having played as a defensive midfielder before being in charge of the offense, defense and faceoffs at separate times of his career. “Having both of those mentalities helps me be able to morph into either side of the ball,” Stimmel said. “That’s prepared me to be a head coach because you have to watch the entire game as a head coach and adjust on both sides of the ball.” Looking forward to his first season, Stimmel said he knows his players have their backs against the wall, but he still has high hopes for his squad. “I’m really optimistic,” Stimmel said. “(Our players) know what people are saying. We don’t talk about it much, but they know that we’re going to be an underdog in a lot of these games, that teams are going to look at us as, ‘They lost all these guys, they won’t be any good.’ I’m excited about that challenge.”
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KOBE: NBA legend leaves lasting impact on, off court Continued from page 12 had plans for tonight. Don’t take life for granted. In the blink of an eye, everything can change. So forgive often & know what’s truly important,” Marquette associate head coach Stan Johnson said in a Jan. 27 tweet. “Kobe Bryant’s impact on the game has inspired the world. His work ethic and focus to be the best was inspiring,” Marquette head women’s basketball coach Megan Duffy said. “It was amazing to watch after his basketball career was over how players still wanted to have a Mamba Mentality. His work to promote
basketball, it left a hole in my wanting to play. When I came into the league, I chased him. ... I wanted to be respected by him and once I had reached that level, I knew I did something,” Wade said. “These tears that we crying, we’re going to miss you and it’s not going to go. It’s not leaving today, a week from now, a month from now, a year from now, we’ll forever forever miss you man.” Bryant retired in 2016 after leading the league in scoring during the 2005 and 2006 seasons. He scored a career-high 81 points against the Toronto
perfect his craft, no matter how hard he has to work or no matter what he has to do,” Marzion said. “In whatever you do, if you work hard, you can do this. With focus and hard work, you can do anything.” Wojciechowski said Bryant mastered putting in “unrequired work.” “The unrequired work is what makes people great, and he took that to the ultimate level,” Wojciechowski said. “It wasn’t just the physical work, it was also the mental and emotional investment that he put into the game. ... It certainly separated
right now.” It was announced Monday afternoon that Tuesday’s LakersClippers game has been postponed. When Wojciechowski first got the news, it was hard to believe. He said it was a tough day for the basketball community, including his players. Howard was with Brendan Bailey when he found out because the team had a mandatory off-day yesterday. “Our whole mood kind of just changed. It was like a punch in the stomach,” Howard said. “A big piece of basketball is
the ball is something that I try to emulate in my game. There’ll be no one like Kobe. He’s one of a kind.” His work off the basketball court, along with his prowess on it, is why so many people consider him a legend. The college-aged generation is the one who grew up idolizing Bryant. “Even when I played basketball, my friend would throw a basketball and say ‘Kobe.’ I didn’t really know what it meant, but I just say it because that’s what everyone says,” Natalie Kalinowski, a senior in the
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Wojciechowski (second row, second from the right) and Bryant (second row center) pose with fellow players and coaches for Team USA’s photo ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games.
and support women’s basketball was tremendous.” Golden Eagle athletes, like women’s basketball guards Selena Lott and Isabelle Spingola, have also expressed their sorrow on social media. “Kobe’s death is an example of you never (know) when time is up. Tell all your people you love them no matter what (cause) this thing called ‘life’ is unfair,” Lott said on her Instagram story. “This doesn’t even make sense. My heart hurts right now,” Spingola said on her Instagram story. For Wade, he said on his Instagram story that Sunday was one of the saddest days of his lifetime. “It seems like a bad dream that you just wanna wake up from. It’s a nightmare,” Wade said. “I know we all feel the same way about such a great leader, such a great champion, such a great person.” The Marquette basketball alumnus said Bryant was one of his favorite players, and he’s going to miss their friendship. “I said it many times, (when) Kobe retired from the game of
Raptors Jan. 22, 2006, which marks the second-most points scored in a single game since 1962 with Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game. This week is the 14th anniversary of Bryant’s 81-point performance. “He came right out of high school and was a pretty high draft pick, but he still had to work so hard to keep that and win championships. He did, and he showed everyone that with hard work you can do that,” Marzion said. The Lower Merion, Pennsylvania, native became the youngest player in NBA history to achieve the 30,000 career points mark and is currently No. 4 on the all-time scoring list with 33,643 points. “After his playing career was done, he was thriving,” Wojciechowski said. “Not only did he seemingly transition smoothly, but he was excelling in so many areas.” Also known as the “Black Mamba,” Bryant stressed the importance of a strong work ethic. “The Mamba Mentality is just, he’s going to do whatever it takes to win and to get better or
him as a champion.” Despite Bryant’s death, Rivers’ Clippers, along with 15 other teams, were expected to compete last night. “I have to go talk to a team before a game and tell them to play. I can’t,” Rivers said. “He had so much more left to do, and he was starting to do it. Never seen him happier. ... Sometimes things don’t make sense, and there’s times you should feel, just ... you just feel sad, and this is one of them.” Marzion said the NBA should have canceled the eight games. “I know people say Kobe would’ve wanted them to play, but you can’t do that to the players,” Marzion said. “How could you make them play when their friend just passed away?” In memory of Bryant, the teams took 24 and eight-second violations at the beginning of the games to represent Bryant’s jerseys, No. 8 and No. 24, that the Lakers retired in 2017. “We’re all Lakers today,” Rivers said. “We all have to be strong. We laughed and joked about the Mamba mentality, and we’re all going to need it
definitely missing. ... It’s definitely something that will take time to get used to.” However, it’s not just the basketball world having to deal with the loss of a competitor. “Everybody — even if you don’t know him as a basketball player — everybody knows the name,” Gabrielle Prehn, a first-year in the College of Health Sciences, said. “Americans are really good at rallying behind a certain cause. ... They’re good when something devastatingly happens.” Howard’s words echoed Prehn’s sentiments. “Everybody’s grieving. Even though you don’t know him personally, you feel like you know just with his impact that he’s had on the game,” Howard said. “He was just the ultimate competitor. Night in and night out, no matter what the circumstance was, he always gave his all.” Bryant’s impact on the sport of basketball was more than just his Mamba mentality. It is also his attention to detail. “It was something that really made him special,” Howard said. “His pursuit for trying to score
College of Engineering, said. “Everyone growing up would watch Kobe,” Marzion said. “He was a great scorer, a great clutch player, had so many iconic moments. He won so many championships and had so many iconic moments, he just became a legend.” Bryant’s controversial past has also come to light, as he was charged with one count of felony sexual assault in 2003 after an allegation. The charge was dropped in 2004, and the case was settled in a 2005 civil suit. Now Howard said what’s important is embracing time with love ones because that one moment could be the last. “When you have an event like what happened yesterday ... you come to realize that there are so many more important things than the game you play. Just putting into realization that what’s really important is the people you impact each and every day and people you’re around and the relationships you build,” Howard said. “Basketball: We treat it as life and death, but really it’s just a game.”