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By Abigail Ng

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From left to right: Pastors Jerome Smith, Antong Lucky, Omar Jahwar and Republican Sen. Ron Johnson discussed the film “Comeback.”

Candidate addresses violence, poverty in MKE community

By Abigail Ng

abigail.ng@marquette.edu

In the midst of his re-election campaign, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson made a special visit Monday to campus to discuss poverty

and violence in urban areas.

The event included a panel led

by Johnson and a screening of the film “Comeback,” a documentary featuring Paul Ryan and social justice advocates working to eradicate poverty. Marquette chapters of Turning Point USA and Young Americans for Freedom hosted the event in the Alumni Memorial Union.

Johnson attempted to keep the

focus off of his campaign, never mentioning his senate race opponent, Democrat Russ Feingold.

Instead, he focused on the other guests of the night, poverty fighters Pastor Jerome Smith of the Joseph Project and Pastor Omar Jahwar and Antong Lucky, leaders of Urban Specialists who were also featured in “Comeback.”

Both the Joseph Project and Urban Specialists

organizations promote empowerment and help fight social justice issues such as poverty, gang violence, drugs and abuse in struggling urban neighborhoods.

Johnson specifically endorses the Joseph Project, and said at the event that doing so has been one of the most rewarding things he has done as senator.

Sobelmans Pub and Grill may be opening two additional Wisconsin locations in attempts to franchise.

Owners Dave and Melanie Sobelman opened their first Sobelmans 17 years ago on St. Paul Ave., and due to popular demand, it has been growing ever since. The restaurant came to Marquette in 2011, and just this past February a third one opened in Mequon.

Now the Sobelmans are stretching their business even further to Richfield and downtown Waukesha. Over the summer, they were also considering a West Bend location, but the deal fell through.

“It was probably good for me,” Dave Sobelman said. “The two potential owners wanted to See SOBELMANS page 7

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New banking program set to launch spring 2017 MU only private school in Midwest to offer specific track

By Kristina Lazzara

kristina.lazzara@marquette.edu

The university is launching a new banking program in the spring of 2017 in hopes to offer students unique opportunities within the industry.

Marquette is the only private

school in the Midwest to offer this type of program. Community and corporate banks previously had specific in-house programs to train their employees to become banking executives as they worked their way up. Recent economic crises forced banks to cut such programs, leaving less qualified people running banks.

Kelly Brown, chairperson of the banking program advisory board, began working in the banking industry 20 years ago

and eventually started her own bank in 2006.

“We’re not training students to be tellers,” Brown said.

“These students are going to be future bank presidents.”

Planning began about a yearand-a-half ago. Kent Belasco, assistant professor of finance and banking and program director, developed the curriculum and plans on teaching many courses himself.

The track offers nine banking classes and will require at

least two internships. The internships will give students the opportunity to build a network of professionals already in the business and hopefully have a job lined up after graduation.

A dilemma in the banking industry, Brown said, is most bank presidents are baby boomers and retiring. The lack of proper training for successors led to an increase in mergers and acquisitions within the banking industry. Smaller community banks merge with larger

corporate banks such as Bank of America or JP Morgan Chase Bank, which ultimately leads to a decrease in higher positions available for future bankers.

“My goal is to go into investment banking,” Jack Senft, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration and future program applicant, said.

“I want to gain as much experience and knowledge about the banking industry before I

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MU professors research ‘detracking’ Freshman students being placed all on same level in class

By Matthew Harte

matthew.harte@marquette.edu

Researchers in Marquette’s College of Education are looking into how a local high school is adapting some of its freshman classes to combat what the superintendent saw as institutionalized racial inequality.

In many American high schools, students are placed on tracks based on a standardized test given in eighth grade. Based on the results of the test, students are typically placed in an above-average, average, or below-average track which is called “detracking.” This test can have long-term implications, such as what type of colleges students are accepted to based on the difficulty of their high school classes, said Sharon Chubbuck, a professor in the College of Education.

Chubbuck and her College of Education colleague,

Cynthia Ellwood, are working on finding out what the classroom experience is like in the detracked freshman classrooms, where all students start on the same level.

“We are going to be looking at several classrooms and doing a lot of interviews with those teachers to understand what the experience has been like for them,” Ellwood said.

“We want to know what challenges and dynamics they’ve had to face in this redesigned classroom setting.”

Chubbuck said she can’t reveal the name of the high school as part of research protocol. The school began detracking in 2010 and Chubbuck and Ellwood have been working with the school for the past two and a half years.

A major effort in detracking is combatting racial inequality. “When students are tracked, white kids fill the highest classes,” Chubbuck said.

According to the researchers, it all began in 2007, when the school’s new superintendent made an impassioned speech to the entire staff addressing the lack of diversity in classrooms.

“He felt frustrated that the diversity he witnessed in the hallways, which included all races interacting with one another, went away inside the classrooms,” Ellwood said. “He argued that the school contained a form of institutional racism because you could determine a class’ academic status just by looking at the faces of the students.“ The reason advanced classes are predominantly white can be tied to the principle of social reproduction, said Marcia Williams, a professor in the College of Arts & Sciences. “(Social reproduction) basically says that people, when they’re in a particular class, tend to have the resources, skills and knowledge to pass on to their children so that will allow them to be in the same class as their parents,” Williams said.

“For instance, people in a middleclass background often will be able to live in a neighborhood or afford a school that will provide a certain level of education that will allow a child to pursue college and allow them to get a particular kind of job that oftentimes is middle-class.”

However, this creates a conflict because of the disproportionate number of African Americans and Latinos from lower income backgrounds, said Williams.

“Structural and institutional racism has kept these groups in the lower classes,” Williams said.

“Even if they go to a school of a higher income background, assumptions are made about their intelligence or their academic

prowess. Teachers and maybe even principals may assume that they’re not as smart as some of the upperclass students going there.”

What’s more, classrooms also don’t always reflect the results of the standardized test due to parental intervention, said Chubbuck.

“White parents are often more likely to call the school and argue that their student’s placement wasn’t accurate,” she said.

“They argue that their student is a bad test taker and the district will often move the student to the higher level class.”

Minority parents are often less likely to call the school and argue that their student deserves to be moved up.

“There are first-generation Hispanic students with parents that may not understand the system and the long-term trajectory,” Chubbuck said. “There are also a lot of African American parents that trust that the educators’ decision in placement is best. I don’t want to make big generalizations about what each race is like, but there are trends that come up.”

Hugh Mehan, a professor of sociology at the University of California, San Diego has been researching detracking efforts for the past 20 years. He said that students on a lower track don’t receive the same educational opportunities as students on a higher track.

“The curriculum for lower track classes is taught at a much slower pace,” Mehan said. “The

curriculum can be seen as watereddown (compared to classes for a higher track).”

Chubbuck said the high school hopes that detracking the freshman classes will give all students the chance to experience a classroom that is as challenging, or more challenging, than the typical honors class.

“Every student comes in on equal footing with a chance to earn honors,” she said. “If the student performs well on a cumulative test at the end of the year, they will receive an increase in their GPA. Even if students don’t receive that increase, they are given the experience of a classroom with the challenges, opportunities, and expectations of an honors class.”

Under the new system, the school has experienced an increase in students that pass AP tests and an increase in ACT test scores.

However, there is more to successfully detracking than just putting everyone on the same level. Mehan said that while detracking is a positive change in theory, there needs to be measures in place to ensure that students can benefit from the change.

“Careful selection of teachers, administrators and counsellors is essential,” Mehan said. “The people hired need to believe that black and Latino students have the same ability to learn.”

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Ron Johnson, pictured, criticized government spending and its programs throughout his talk.

“This is how you solve problems,” Johnson said. “You can try doing these massive government programs, but that hasn’t worked.

What actually works is renewed faith, strengthened families, stronger communities and work. We have to make those opportunities available, and programs like the Joseph Project and Urban Specialists, that actually works.”

The panelists, as facilitated by Johnson, touched on topics like the root causes of poverty, rehabilitation and student involvement.

Johnson encouraged students to

get involved with the Joseph Project and Urban Specialists.

Although the event primarily focused on poverty and social activism, Johnson’s conservative values were still present. He criticized government spending and programs several times, at one point addressing an audience question about how to help the community without large government.

“When you outsource your compassion to a federal government, it never works,” he said.

“I continue to preach that compassion is best demonstrated and implemented in your communities.

You can turn people’s lives around one person at a time, so this doesn’t require government.”

The audience, composed mostly of Marquette and University of

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Wisconsin-Milwaukee students, as well as some community members, appeared to be in agreement with Johnson.

“I think we as millennials can make a huge impact, so I think it’s really important that we are reaching out and getting people involved,” Abrianna Koenig, a sophomore at UWM and a member of Turning Points USA, said.

Students expressed their interests in social justice, echoing Johnson’s push for community interaction.

“We are at the age now where we can elect officials and take a stand in our society,” Nick Valentino, a Johnson supporter and sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said. “Ron Johnson is here to hear our concerns, and I think we, and Ron Johnson, can work together to make Wisconsin a better place.”

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Black Angel Memorial releases balloons Men, women from law enforcement deaths honored

By Alex Groth & Brittany Carloni

alexandra.groth@marquette.edu

As the sun set on the evening of Oct. 18, approximately 225 balloons were released over Westowne Square to commemorate black men and women who lost their lives due to law enforcement this year.

Approximately 150 people gathered for the Black Angel Memorial, organized by Marquette’s Black Student Council, the Marquette National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Marquette University Gospel Choir.

“We’ve asked for the university to take actions and make a statement about what is happening to our community because this is traumatizing to us and it makes us uncomfortable,” Akila Coleman, BSC social event chair coordinator and junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said. “So what we wanted to do is get a message out and it was like, ‘How can we get that message out peacefully?’”

University President Michael Lovell attended the memorial and

said the event was a great way for the Marquette community to come together.

“I was here to help provide my support for those in our community that are facing difficulties right now,” Lovell said. “I want them to know that certainly we want them to feel like they have a family here at Marquette to help them through some of these difficult times.”

Participants received a black balloon on a red string, symbolizing the color of skin and blood shed, Coleman said.

Each balloon corresponded with a name and age of a black man or woman killed by law enforcement this year. As a microphone was passed around the circle, participants read the name and age while releasing the balloon. “(I’m here to) pay homage to those who were unlawfully killed by the police and just making sure that they are recognized and that their names are said,” Juwana Kujjo, a junior in the College of Communication, said.

Participants stood in silence following the balloon release, soon linkin arms until the circle was connected.

Coleman said the large turnout was unexpected.

“To see people from campus ministry here, our president, people who sit on the highest floor of Zilber

By Kristina Lazzara

kristina.lazzara@marquette.edu

Marquette’s Center for Peacemaking received a one-year, $240,480 grant from Milwaukee Public Schools to include three additional “behavioral reassignment schools” to its Peace Works program.

These schools are institutions for students expelled from other MPS schools. “Two years ago MPS and Marquette began collaborating to address violence and increasing the protector factors of young people from violence along with their academic success,” Patrick Kennelly, director of the Center for Peacemaking, said.

Peace Works is a non-violence education program operating in Catholic and public schools in Milwaukee and Chicago. It is eight years old and utilizes games, role play and reflection for students grades 6-12.

Since the initial collaboration, MPS nearly doubled the size of the program, extending it to all of their behavioral reassignment schools.

By January, the program will operate in five separate schools within the Milwaukee community.

In a study done with Milwaukee’s Washington High School, there has been an 80 percent reduction in expulsion referrals and a 77 percent decrease in suspension or discipline referrals since the program’s implementation.

“We work with small groups of students once a week,” Pam Stahler, the Peace Works coordinator, said.

“Each lesson has a different focus such as positive thinking, empathy,

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The balloons honored those who died because of law enforcement.

Hall, for them to be here tonight on a Tuesday night at 6 p.m., midterm week, to see that many people was just an awesome feeling,” she said.

Nick Jenkins, counselor and coordinator of mental health advocacy, said he talks to students some who said they feel marginalized or like their voices are not heard.

“It’s the unrest in Milwaukee, but it’s also just on a much larger scale in terms of what’s happening,” Jenkins said. “In some ways I think that this does connect the Marquette community to the outer community and that’s helpful and powerful.”

During the service, the Marquette University Gospel Choir performed two songs, “Overcome” by Tye Tribbett and “Better is One Day” by Trey McLaughlin.

At the end of the service,

participants were asked to share thoughts and emotions. Several people came forward and shared personal experiences and challenged participants to speak out against violence and hatred.

One of the participants who spoke was Brianna Hawkins, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences and member of the BSC. “I think nothing has happened this year so far to commemorate all of the black lives, all the people that were killed this summer and in the past few months at the cause of police brutality,” Hawkins said.

“If the university isn’t going to do anything, then as students we are going to stand together and do something for our community and for each other.”

decision-making, gratitude or managing emotions.”

The Center for Peacemaking staff also works with the teachers on incorporating the lessons students learn into their style of teaching and classroom management.

“By involving the teachers and administrators, it helps to change the school’s culture,” Sherri Walker, the program coordinator, said.

The center is designed for academic research. Students help with the data collection and evaluation of Peace Works and the program’s participants. The faculty aims to provide Marquette students with skill sets to go out and find jobs.

Most of the Marquette students that work with the center are employed under the grant alongside volunteers. Students from a variety of disciplines work for the center, including fields like education, psychology, peace studies and economics.

“That’s a really critical component to the program because it is an applied educational experience for Marquette students and it is also a great way that Marquette is engaging in the community,” Kennelly said.

The center works to disseminate knowledge on how non-violence can promote peace within Milwaukee and with the youth population.

Marquette students and faculty work directly with the younger students to teach non-violence as a way to resolve conflict.

The goal of the program is to give students the skills to resolve conflicts, demonstrate compassion and promote peace in their communities.

“The youth of Milwaukee are our future,” Stahler said. “We’re all concerned about what’s happening in our city and our world. This is a really tangible and effective way to take action and to create change.”

MUPD REPORTS OCTOBER 24 A person not affiliated with Marquette reported that unknown person(s) has been removing cash from a business in the 1600 block of W. Wells St. between Monday, Aug. 1 and Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 8 a.m. Est. loss is $2,000.

An intoxicated juvenile not affiliated with Marquette threw a rock at a glass door in Engineering Hall, causing an est. $2,500 in damage. The subject fled from MUPD but was located and detained. The juvenile resisted arrest and spit at officers at 11:36 p.m. MUPD took the juvenile into custody and transported him to the Milwaukee

County Criminal Justice Facility for an open warrant.

MUPD stopped a driver not affiliated with Marquette for a traffic violation in the 1300 block of W. Wisconsin Ave. and determined that the vehicle was reported stolen at 12:34 a.m. The driver was transported by MUPD to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility for an outstanding warrant.

OCTOBER 23 At 2:12 p.m., a student reported that unknown person(s) attempted to remove his unsecured, unattended vehicle in the 1900 block of W. Kilbourn Ave. between Saturday, Oct. 22 at 7

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p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 23 at 2:10 p.m. There was an est. $500 in damage to the vehicle.

OCTOBER 21 A student reported that unknown person(s) removed the student’s secured, unattended vehicle between 7:30 p.m. and 9:17 p.m. in the 500 block of N. 8th St. Est. loss is $1,000.

OCTOBER 20 An employee reported that unknown person(s) removed the employee’s unsecured, unattended property est. at $158 in the 707 Building between 12:45 p.m. and 1 p.m. A university credit card was also removed.

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EVENTS CALENDAR OCTOBER 18 A student reported that unknown person(s) smashed a window of his secured, unattended vehicle in the 2100 block of W. Michigan St. between Monday, Oct. 17 at 10 p.m. and Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 10 p.m. Est. damage is $360.

An unidentified subject exited a vehicle in the 500 block of N. 17th St. and demanded a student give up her cell phone at 5:26 p.m. The subject then sprayed the student with OC Spray, removed the phone and fled in the vehicle. Est. loss is $599.

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Survey reveals advising satisfaction unchanged Results reported to various offices for improvements

By Jackson Dufault

jackson.dufault@marquette.edu

Marquette’s senior survey found the satisfaction with academic advising on campus sits at 66 percent—the same percentage as last year’s survey.

Sharron Ronco, Marquette’s assessment director, encourages senior students to take the survey because the information gathered in the survey is sent to offices on campus so they can improve.

“The purpose of this survey is to get student perspective,” Ronco said. “We constantly look for ways we can get better.”

Some students, like Lindsey Scanlan, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, are satisfied with the advising program. She said her adviser has helped in place her on a pre-pharmacy path.

Scanlan said she has met with her adviser twice, and her adviser called her multiple times during the summer as well.

“She made my job a lot easier,” Scanlan said.

Sebastian Becerra, a junior in the

College of Communication, also has had a good experience with his adviser, but is not surprised by the low satisfaction rate.

“I’ve heard from students that their advisers don’t really care about advising and just tell them what classes to take without giving them many options,” he said.

“Some advisers just don’t provide any good suggestions or alternative classes for students if they want to try something different,” he said.

Anne Deahl, associate vice provost for academic support programs and retention, said the unsatisfactory rate was not what the university was expecting to hear.

“I wouldn’t say the rate (for satisfaction for academic advising) was expected,” Deahl said in an email. “Because many of the new strategies impact students starting freshman year and since some of these new initiatives are just one or two years along, they haven’t yet had a chance to impact seniors.”

One of the initiatives Deahl noted was the advising center in the College of Engineering, established two years ago when the university hired professional advisers to help with course selection and scheduling.

Deahl said the College of

Communication specifically appointed an individual to work with undecided students. The school also added a pathways course, that trains students on the advising process and helps them establish a relationship with their adviser. It is three years old and is now required for first-year students.

Deahl also highlighted some changes that the university will be making with the Preview program.

“These will include an added emphasis on helping new students understand the advising relationship, and their responsibility within that relationship, to come prepared to advising sessions and to utilize the resources and tools available to explore their skills, abilities and interests as they plan their academic path at Marquette,” Deahl said.

The report states that while all graduating seniors were invited to partake in the survey, about 832 students responded.

Other statistics that stood out were the 94 percent satisfaction rate with undergraduate education, the 88 percent that were satisfied with the quality of instruction within their major and 32 percent of students who said they had seriously considered transferring at some point in their academic career.

832 seniors responded 66% satisfaction with advising

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BANKING, from page 1

New track to specialize in banking leadership, real experience choose the path I want to take.”

Senft previously worked for Walworth State Bank, now First National Bank and Trust Bank Limited. He started as a teller and worked his way up to an account manager.

The program hopes to reach an enrollment of 20-25 students in the first group. The College of Business Administration begins taking applications in January and those chosen will officially be on the track by March 2017.

“The program at large really gives the students an opportunity to get a firsthand view of what corporate banking is all about,” Brown said.

Belasco believes the new program is going to give students more opportunities than imaginable.

“Most times when I ask people how they got into banking they respond that they just ‘ended up here,’” Belasco said.

“This gives students a way to be more directed. There are so many opportunities in banking to build a robust career.”

The advisory board for the banking program will host a Careers in Finance event on Nov. 4 from 1:305:15 p.m. in room 227 of the Alumni Memorial Union.

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Kent Belasco, director of the banking program, said the program will give students a more direct path.

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Cyber security club holds first campus meeting Discussion, tours, competitions all part of activities

By Matthew Harte

matthew.harte@marquette.edu

Marquette launched a cyber security club which explores issues like internet privacy and will compete in national competitions.

The club held its first meeting in Cudahy Hall Friday Oct. 16 and was led by adviser Drew Williams, a graduate student in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Williams said cyber security is a growing field due to the rapid growth of computers.

“With rapidly growing technology, there is also rapidly growing ways to break things,” Williams said. “It’s a race. The people that are building programs to fix things need to be faster than the people building ways to break things.”

The club decided to start meeting in October to coincide with National Cyber Security Awareness Month, said Tom Kaczmarek, a faculty adviser to the club and professor in the department of mathematics, statistics and computer science. He said the club wants to include students from varying majors, not just computer science.

“Engineering certainly has students that are aware of computing technology, especially in the electrical and computer engineering

programs,” Kaczmarek said.

Kaczmarek added cyber security can be valuable for various fields of study.

“Cyber security isn’t just a technical issue, it’s also an issue for people that are very interested in privacy,” Kaczmrek said. “That could be philosophy majors or students in nursing, where there’s a lot of privacy regulations these days.”

Williams said the club will discuss breaches in cyber security regarding the internet of things which is the idea that more objects and appliances are implementing features that involve internet use.

“Last year, there was an incident where hackers remotely disabled a Jeep while it was in motion,” Williams said. “They were able to hack in because the Jeep had a feature that allowed it to connect to the internet. We can discuss attacks like this and how to prevent them.”

The club will also discuss laws that involve cyber security, Williams said.

“Because the internet has grown so quickly, we’re still trying to figure out good policies,” Williams said. “There’s still conflicts over international laws.

There have been lots of incidents recently where America has experienced cyber-attacks performed by other countries.”

Williams said the club plans to go on tours of local tech companies, such as PKWARE, which provides data compression

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Cyber security is a growing field because of the rapid growth of computers, Drew Williams said.

software and was the creator of the ZIP file format.

The club can also participate in cyber security competitions hosted by the National Cyber League.

Competitions are hosted in the fall and involve cash prizes.

The club missed this fall’s season, but the NCL has a spring training session that gives students training on wireless security, cryptography and ethic analysis. Williams plans

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to use the sessions to get a team together and prepare for competitions next fall.

Accommodating both undergraduate and graduate students is one of the challenges the group faced in its attempt to become a formally recognized club.

“Both clubs would still meet together and interact, but there’s regulations on campus for formally recognized student organizations that we need to comply

with,” Kaczmarek said.

Kristen Kozmary, a graduate student in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she is excited to attend future meetings.

“I’m brand new to computer science and cyber security really piqued my interest,” Kozmary said. “(The club has) a variety of opportunities. I thought the spring training for competitions sounded really interesting.”

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Senatorial candidates debate on campus

Discussion avoided personal attacks, focused on policy

By Abigail Ng

abigail.ng@marquette.edu

While national attention is primarily on the general election, Wisconsinites, including some Marquette students, still have their eyes on the Wisconsin senate race between Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and Democrat Russ Feingold.

Oct. 18 at Marquette University Law School, voters

gathered in Eckstein Hall to watch the candidates debate for the last time before election day.

Before the debate, groups backing Johnson and Feingold rallied outside of Eckstein Hall.

Feingold supporters chanted, “Russ for us,” as Johnson supporters flashed signs with sayings such as, “Ron grows the economy, not the government.”

The rallies were filled with Milwaukee residents and students passionately expressing support for their respective candidates.

“He believes in freedom and supporting the economy in a natural, organic and open way.

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I as voters hear think he has the some meat heart to actually make a difference in our com- about the substantive things munity. I can look at him versus that each of these candidates Mr. Johnson and see sincerity. plan to do if elected.”

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Students also pointed out that they wanted to hear more about specific issues including climate change, fiscal policy and foreign affairs, particularly in the Middle East.

For the most part, Johnson and Feingold fulfilled debate watchers’ hopes of a discussion focused on policy, not personal attacks. They covered issues of economic security, college affordability, trade, foreign policy, immigration, medical coverage, opioid and heroin addiction and the current presidential election.

Cole Altman, a first-year law student, said he usually votes down the ballot on the Republican side, but may reconsider because of the debate.

“Going into it, I thought I would be voting one way, but now I think I have to do a little more research,” he said. “I guess I’m a little more undecided now, not only for this race, but for the presidential race as well.”

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Students pay it forward for MU employee University guiding principles put to use by lacrosse athletes

By Jackson Dufault

jackson.dufault@marquette.edu

Two lacrosse players, John Wagner and Zach Melillo, recently helped a Sodexo employee move in to her new apartment, sparking a discussion about the value of community service at the university.

The action occurred a little more than two weeks ago, starting at Cobeen dining hall. Wagner, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, and Melillo, a sophomore in the College of Communication, overheard Sodexo employee Ruby Brown talking to a coworker about moving.

According to Brown, Melillo and Wagner asked if they could help her. She said that the players then gave up a Saturday to help her out.

Brown commented on the significance of community service in general and at the university.

“Community service is very important and a lot of kids do a lot of things that they don’t get noticed for,” she said.

“Some kid somewhere has done

something even more impactful than this.”

Melillo credited head coach Joe Amplo and the lacrosse program for the motivation to do community service.

“Marquette Lacrosse is all about (helping out),” Melillo said. “That’s how our coach continues to raise us as a program. The people here, you get to know them and you want to help. Everyone here has a good heart and is genuine.”

Melillo acknowledged that there are plenty of other Marquette students that participate in community service every day. He mentioned the lacrosse team hosts an event that helps wounded war veterans learn how to play lacrosse.

Melillo said Brown was just one of many Sodexo employees he knew on a more personal level, and would be willing to help out.

The university Twitter account shared an email Gilligan sent to Marquette lacrosse coach Joe Amplo.

Gilligan said the two players were, “fine young men” and, “the best of what I have come to expect at Marquette.”

Gilligan echoed these statements to the Tribune. “I view the ideal Marquette student as one that strives to follow the

Photo by Austin Anderson austin.anderson@mu.edu

Zach Meilillo said head coach Joe Amplo motivated him to practice the university’s guiding values.

guiding principles of the university,” he said in an email.

“Excellence, Faith, Leadership and Service. In this instance, these two gentlemen exhibited all four principles. Whether they realize it or not, through

this story, they may have inadvertently inspired others to be better servants to each other.”

Gilligan said that the action inspired the development of a Twitter campaign entitled “MU Selfless Saturday,” which will

encourage Marquette students to share their acts of kindness. He said the campaign will be launched within the next few weeks.

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Waukesha location set to open in Dec., Richfield to be determined do their own thing and I wanted to do mine. It was disappointing, but for the better.”

In franchise partners, Dave said he looks for experience, passion for business, compatibility and financial capability.

“Growth is not up to me. It all depends if I meet the right people,” he said.

Those right people may be Al and Nancy Hochmuth, owners of the Richfield location, and Jimmy and Alison Dakolias, owners of the Waukesha location.

Al Hochmuth has years

of experience in hospitality and administration at Cousins Subs corporate office in Menomonee Falls and several Burger Kings, but after some time away to be a stay-at-home dad, he wanted to get back into the restaurant business.

“I’ve always been interested in franchising, but most importantly it’s Dave and Melanie (Sobelman),” Hochmuth said. “It’s what they stand for and what they’ve built over the years. Sobelmans is a winning concept.”

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will be located in the building that previously housed Amici’s Italian Restorante on 1872 State Road 175, which closed in 2013. Built in the late 1800s, the building’s history and iconic feel will play a huge role in the new restaurant’s success, said Hochmuth, who just signed off on the purchase of the building this week.

The opening date for the Richfield location is to be determined, but Hochmuth says that once it opens he hopes to not only make customers happy, but also to give back to the local

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community as the Sobelmans have done.

“I want to become ingrained in the Richfield community,” Hochmuth said.

As for the downtown Waukesha location, its opening will most likely be this December.

“We’ve always really liked Sobelmans and wanted to bring it to Waukesha,” Alison said.

Before pursuing a Sobelmans franchise, Alison and her husband Jimmy Dakolias owned Boscos Social Club on 260 W. Main St. for six years and Spurs Saloon on 332 Williams St. for

the past three, which they will now be turning into Sobelmans.

“I hope Sobelmans brings people to downtown Waukesha and they enjoy coming to it,” Alison said.

Dave Sobelman said he has high hopes for both new locations.

“If the restaurants succeed, if the customers like what they’re eating, that would be rewarding. If most customers are happy I’d feel pretty good about myself and I’d be pretty happy too,” he said.

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Ringing doorbells with satirical message ‘Book of Mormon’ stirs up conflict, generates smiles

By Aly Prouty

alyssa.prouty@marquette.edu

White collared shirts, religion and music come together to create a one of a kind classic.

“The Book of Mormon” opened at the Marcus Center for Performing Arts today and will run through Oct. 30. The Broadway tour features a seasoned cast, including Cody Jamison Strand, who plays Elder Cunningham. He was a part of a previous Broadway cast.

While the show remained the same, Strand said he had to adapt to a new lifestyle.

“When you’re doing a show on Broadway you have an apartment to go home to, but when you’re on tour you’re with this one group of people all the time,” Strand said.

“It’s like a second family.”

Strand said that he has performed “The Book of Mormon” roughly 1,300 times.

Even after so many performances, Strand works hard every day.

Despite how well he knows the show, he said “Man Up,” a song from the show, proves challenging.

“It kicks my butt every day,” Strand said. “It’s the dance number and you have to sing a solo ... like a rockstar and the body can’t take it.”

While Strand got an A in ballet in college, he does not consider himself a dancer. However,

he said that he thinks the dancing and singing play big roles in the appeal of musicals.

“In real life people don’t burst into song, but there’s something so magical about that idea,” Strand said. “There’s a reason everyone goes to see a musical.”

The magical moments from Broadway are appealing to Marquette students, who have the opportunity to purchase discounted tickets through MUSG or on the day of the show at the Marcus Center for Performing Arts.

Cassie Lecinski, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, purchased tickets to see the show during its Milwaukee run.

She discovered the Book of Mormon soundtrack over the summer but has yet to see the whole show put together.

“Seeing the songs performed live with all the dialogue in between so you get the whole story is going to be wonderful,” Lecinski said.

While Lecinski is ecstatic to see the show in its entirety, not everyone shares the same perspective. “The Book of Mormon” has brought a bit of controversy to its audiences.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone, two of the playwrights, also co-created “South Park.” The cartoon series is known for its dirty humor.

Strand said that while there are humorous moments, the show often surprises audiences. He said it is often wrongfully categorized as being exclusively dirty humor, but does not think that is the case.

“(The show has) unexpected amounts of heart,” Strand said.

“There are moments that make you feel a lot of emotion. It has such an amazing message at the end.”

However, Strand admits there are some people who overlook what the show truly means. It is a show about believing in yourself and not changing what you think, even when others disagree with you.

“If people aren’t listening to the message, they’re not gonna listen to the message, and the haters gonna hate,” Strand said.

With such a positive attitude, Strand finds fun even in the physically and mentally demanding parts of the show.

“The show starts off with one of these big dance numbers and it’s so funny,” Strand said. “It’s not difficult; it’s just fun.”

Strand also finds the fun in his character through embracing him and relating to him. To get ready for the show, Strand drinks a Red Bull and goes full out.

“My character is the wrench thrown in the Mormon engine,” Strand said. “He’s a looney tune.

He’s a cartoon brought to life but he’s so lovable.”

While Strand is getting into character, audience members are ready to sit back and absorb the details of the musical. Lecinski has high expectations.

“I’m mostly excited for the experience,” Lecinski said. “Seeing a musical is always fun. I love all of the songs.”

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Mixture of movies spices up spooky season Students weigh in on favorite films for Halloween festivities

By Duncan Schneider

duncan.schneider@marquette.edu

If every horror film fan’s favorite holiday is Halloween, it is important for him or her to have a list of scary movies to check out this time of the year. From spooky flicks that are skin-crawling, to heartwarming family classics to gory, this season is an opportune time to browse through Netflix.

Here is a list of movies that embody the spirit of the spookiest season of the year.

“Halloweentown High” Daniel O’Keefe, a freshman in

the College of Communication, recommends this Disney Channel classic about a town full of monsters interacting with the mortal world. This rollicking good time includes witches, monsters and early-2000s special effects.

“It just puts me in the mood for Halloween and it has some fun and funky costumes,” O’Keefe said. “Also, it features an original song by Jesse McCartney, whom I love.”

“The Nightmare Before Christmas” Dylan Maslowski, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, suggested this stop-motion picture as a must-watch around Halloween. It’s a dark, charming and clever musical tale about the King of Halloween, Jack Skellington,

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by Tim Burton.

Maslowski plays the video game “Kingdom Hearts,” which is where he first discovered the Burton classic.

“I’m a big fan of stop-motion films, and ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ is the perfect mix of spookiness and goofiness,” Maslowski said. “I checked the film out because of (‘Kingdom Hearts’), and I loved it. The songs are great, the animation is great- it’s easily my

It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

favorite Halloween film.”

“It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” An unforgettable Halloween classic, “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” brings back memories for many students. Lauren Wolf, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, considers the film a childhood favorite.

“I don’t think I’ve seen it in years, but I always remember that bit with Snoopy and the pumpkins,” Wolf said.

This film is built upon the popularity of the Peanuts comic strip back from the ‘60s and features the entire cast of characters many have come to love. It is lighthearted good fun and teaches lessons along the way about acceptance and being with your friends

around the holidays.

“When I think of fall, that’s the first film that pops into my head.

It’s iconic,” Wolf said.

“Tucker & Dale vs. Evil” If you are looking for a scary movie that only has half the spooks of a regular horror film, this one is for you. The satirical film, “Tucker & Dale vs. Evil” is perfect for the easily frightened.

Kelsey Adams, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said it is her favorite choice. The story lampoons classic horror tropes in many ways, featuring cliche plots done in a humorous new way.

“Its satirical element helps me be less scared of it,” Adams said. “It has that scary element without the gore.”

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Complete jack-o’-lantern creations guide Pumpkin projects in dorm rooms prove messy, add spirit

they cannot be carried around as weapons, but there’s no rules against using them for food or pumpkin carving,” Reed said.

“I think if the resident was

By Hailey Richards carrying around the knife in a hailey.richards@marquette.edu manner that concerned me, then With Halloween just around I’d have to talk to them about the corner, decorations are a it. But there’s no problem with great way to get into the holi- carrying one around safely to day spirit. From skeletons, to carve a pumpkin.” goblins, to jars full of candied Once a pumpkin is carved, the eyeballs, Halloween has a lot to only thing left to worry about is offer in the world of decoration. the seeds and flesh that need to One of the most tried and true be pulled out of a pumpkin, othdecorations is the jack-o’-lan- erwise known as the guts. The tern, which can be a great way guts have a strong smell that (if to decorate a dorm while enjoy- left out) can smell up a room. ing a fun Halloween activity.

“What we had to do is double Eliana Reed, a resident assis- bag the exploded guts in gartant and a sophomore in the Col- bage bags then toss them in the lege of Communication, clari- basement trash can to avoid the fied that students are allowed to strong smell,” Keyes said. display real pumpkins outside For Reed, the messiness might their dorm room be a deterrent “Last year, my on Oct. 26 for from carving.

HALLoween, “I was roommate in Cobeen but that is the thinking of only day they doing somebought a pumpkin may do so. thing where “If you want we could and left it on her desk to keep them indraw on side your room p u m p k i n s, for about a month, (afterward), that or I saw a is totally up to really cool and it eventually you,” Reed said. idea on FaceIdeal places book where exploded all over her to purchase a you can use pumpkin on a chalkboard desk and the bottom college budget paint on your are from stores pumpkin and of her lofted bed, It such as Target, decorate with Pick ‘n Save and chalkboard was overwhelmingly Metro Market. markers,” Each store ofReed said. “I disgusting.” fers a variety of think that’d CLAIRE KEYES pumpkins, rangbe something ing from small to Sophomore in the College of Arts fun to do & Sciences large, for about and it’s less $5 to $10 each. messy.”

After purchasing a pumpkin, Once carved to perfection, storing it until it is ready to carve small battery-operated candle can be difficult. Living in a dorm lights from Target are cheap, can make storing a pumpkin an cost $6 and illuminate the inespecially difficult task. side of a jack-o’-lantern.

“Last year, my roommate Whether outside the dorm in Cobeen bought a pump- room, in front of the door or on kin and left it on her desk for a window ledge, pumpkins are about a month, and it even- a great way to spice up a dorm tually exploded all over her room for the Halloween season. desk and the bottom of her lofted bed,” Claire Keyes, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said. “It was overwhelmingly disgusting.”

The best way to store a pumpkin is to keep it in a cool, dry place, away from the sun and covered with a towel.

According to allaboutpumpkins.com, an informational website from Jack Creek Farms, a pumpkin should never be placed directly on a wooden table or carpet.

For dorm living, place a pumpkin under a bed on top of cardboard in order to keep it preserved.

Once the pumpkin is ready to be carved, tools like stencils, Sharpies and carving knifes are essential to begin carving.

Carving tools can be purchased in packs of three from stores such as Party City, Walmart and Target for around $10.

Carving knives and items of that nature can be tricky when living in the dorms.

“The only rule against knives in the residence halls is that

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Social media lessens celebrity obsessions

Abby Vakulskas

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Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon pose as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in SNL’s debate sketches.

Baldwin plays a near-perfect Trump, sniffling and repeatedly yelling “wrong” throughout the act.

Political comedy more essential than ever this election season Elizabeth Baker The biggest October audience for “Saturday Night Live” since 2008 tuned in to this weekend’s episode. Host Tom Hanks, acting as Chris Kelly of Fox News, moderated the final presidential debate between Donald Trump, played by Alec Baldwin, and Hillary Clinton, played

by Kate McKinnon. With the 2016 campaign season’s frontrunners acting more and more like caricatures on a stage than worthy government leaders every day, the late-night comedy show didn’t have to stray far from reality to spur audience laughter. A few mentions of “bad hombre,” “nasty woman” and “Trumped-up trickle down economics”— yes, all Trump or Clinton originals — were the highlights.

Then, Hanks delivered a lighthearted, funny and even touching monologue that addressed the underlying fear that the ridiculousness of this election season has instilled in the American people. Dubbed “America’s dad” by Esquire last month, Hanks said, “America is feeling a little nervous these days, and I’m a responsible father, so I thought maybe it’s time we had a little chat.” He sat down, looked into the camera, cracked a few dad jokes and proved that this country, like a depressed and confused teenager, needs laughter now more than ever.

Since 1975 when Chevy Chase played President Gerald Ford in SNL’s first season, to the iconic duo of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler as Sarah Palin and Clinton in 2008, the NBC show has always found its biggest success in political humor. By using comedy TV — a strong uniting force — to address

politics — a strong divisive force — SNL has a unique ability to bring Americans together, all in the name of laughter.

During presidential election seasons especially, the American public craves this form of entertainment, and not just on late-night television shows. We see it in newspapers, in political cartoons, and in 2016, we see it on social media in memes, tweets and videos.

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When Alec Baldwin gets into his Trump character, pursing his lips and styling a ‘yuge’ yellow hairdo, we’re all on the same team.”

Both Trump and Clinton’s approval ratings are embarrassingly low, with far more people viewing them as unfavorable than favorable potential presidents, and the hatred, vitriol, petty insults, lies and divisiveness are both saddening and maddening. It’s unlike any election Americans today have ever seen and for this reason exactly, humor is more important than ever.

When Alec Baldwin gets into his Trump character, pursing his lips and styling a “yuge” yellow hairdo, we’re all on the same team. Both Clinton and Trump haters alike laugh at the “Hillary Shimmy Song,” a YouTube video with over two million views.

The public is not so divided on laughing at the candidates as they are on the issues they support and values they represent. Unlike the 2016 rallies,

debates and media coverage, there is no room for mean-spirited interruptions and yelling on the comedy stage.

Accentuating and exaggerating quirks and flaws of powerful politicians both criticizes and humanizes them, bringing a very separated pool of voters together, even if it is just for a second, under the spell of humor. When our politics and politicians seem too big to grasp, we find we still have some sort of control in laughing at their ridiculousness together as the ones who aren’t in the limelight.

In an article about political humor, Indiana University journalism and political communication professor Jason Peifer writes political comedy “can defuse harsh discourse in society by making palatable what is hard to swallow.” By dissipating tension, humor fosters understanding and peace. Trump and Clinton are both like pills “hard to swallow” for the American public, but our timeless talent to enjoy jokes that make light of any political circumstance proves true what Tom Hanks assured us in his monologue: “You’re scared about what’s gonna happen next. Well, you are gonna be fine.”

Late on Saturday nights, at the end of a long week, America turns on its TVs. Laughing out loud at irreverent, bold, raw and classic humor with family and friends is the best kind of relaxation. So as we approach the eleventh hour of this long and tiring election season, amidst the anger, frustration and fear we may feel, let’s not forget to keep laughing.

Elizabeth Baker is a senior studying journalism and Spanish. She can be reached via email at elizabeth.e.baker@marquette.edu

Feb. 9, 1964, the Beatles debuted live on “The Ed Sullivan Show.”

It’s estimated that about 73 million Americans tuned in to watch the quartet — three-fourths of the adult audience in the United States.

Mass hysteria over celebrities was a phenomenon that swept through young adults and adolescents in the age of Elvis, the British Invasion and boy bands. In a sense, celebrities were placed on pedestals; they were perfect, unreachable figures a cut above the rest of ordinary, humdrum Americans.

But somewhere along the way, have we lost this hysteria, this overwhelming adoration for the rich and famous?

Thanks to social media, fans now have the ability to actually interact with celebrities in real life, in real time. Celebrities will tweet back, do live video chats and post updates on Snap stories. A sense of mystery has been lost here.

Fans in the ’60s may have considered themselves lucky to catch a glimpse of their idol once a week on television or read a carefully edited article in the press, but now that filter has been taken away. We have access to everything from Kylie Jenner’s closet to what Taylor Swift’s cat eats on a daily basis.

And this, in turn, welcomes intense scrutiny from the general public. Political and religious views, income, relationships and parenting choices are all on display and fair game to come under fire. Our virtual proximity to celebrities opens them up to a great deal of criticism.

For instance, this past February, when John Legend and Chrissy Teigen announced they had chosen the sex of their unborn baby girl through in vitro fertilization, many went immediately to Twitter to criticize the decision to have a girl over a boy, or to criticize the use of in vitro fertilization in general.

And we don’t have to scroll so far down our newsfeeds to find personal opinions about sexual partnerships in Hollywood or the body shaming of celebrities.

Part of this, perhaps, has to do with the element of anonymity that the Internet provides. Any formal criticism that would have actually reached a group like the Beatles had to be done very deliberately — people had to take responsibility for their opinions. Even though commenters can be identified by their usernames, they are easily lost in the sea of followers.

There also seems to be an interesting dichotomy forming that challenges celebrities’ rights to wealth and status while simultaneously idealizing it. The classic dream of being rich and famous has arguably shifted to include being responsible and intelligent as well.

Elites, such as Kim Kardashian West, have routinely come under attack for living excessively, with many responding callously to reports of her recent robbery at gunpoint. Others, such as Emma Watson, have been lauded for continuing their educations throughout their careers.

However, despite the occasional malicious troll posts, I believe it is generally beneficial to place celebrities under the scrutiny that we do. It requires those under the public eye to take responsibility for their actions, and allows the public to debate what qualities should be present in someone we look up to.

As college students, we are on the forefront of the generation that dictates what is popular. It is crucial to continue to challenge our idols and demand that they represent the values we need as young people. Like it or not, we come to resemble those we look up to, and it is valuable to make sure they pass the test first.

Abby Vakulskas is a sophomore studying psychology. She can be reached via email at abby.vakulskas@marquette.edu

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People took to social media to bash Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s decision to choose the sex of their unborn baby with in vitro fertilization.

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Lessons from good cop, bad cop Swipe right to find fairytale true love Morgan Hughes

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Ryan waited for what seemed like an eternity when not the first, but second cop of his 12-hour road trip to Syracuse pulled him over and approached his window for surpassing the speed limit.

Ryan McCarthy

I knew I had been caught barely 40 minutes out of Milwaukee.

My friend Steve and I had just crossed over the Illinois border at a steady 80 mph on our road trip to Syracuse when the blue and red lights started flashing in my rearview mirror.

The Illinois patrolman who stopped us was young and seemed inexperienced. He asked us some questions you would expect to hear when you get pulled over after midnight on a Wednesday: “Have you guys been drinking?,” “Where are you two heading?,” “Is this your first time being pulled over?”

He explained why he pulled me over and that he wasn’t giving me a ticket. He talked about decreased visibility at night, higher accident fatality rates occurring at higher speeds and the significant impact of fatigue on reaction time. This encounter forced me to evaluate the consequences of speeding and the minor convenience it offered.

On our way back from Syracuse we were pulled over again, this time when the speed limit dropped to 60 mph right outside of Cleveland. The Ohio

patrolman who stopped us followed us closely for a couple miles before finally flicking on his lights and pulling us over. After what felt like a small eternity, he got out of his car and walked over to the passenger side. He asked if we knew why he had pulled us over, took my driver’s license and walked back to his patrol vehicle.

When he came back after another small eternity, pink ticket in hand, he asked for the last four digits of my social, my height, hair and eye color in an annoyed, bureaucratic tone usually reserved for DMV employees.

He handed me the ticket and told me to sign it.

“What’s the signature for?” I asked, “Am I legally obligated to sign this?”

“Well, if you don’t I’m going to take you to jail,” he replied with an attitude that suggested nothing would’ve made his night better. When pushed for more information, he explained that the signature was a promise to appear in court and I promptly signed.

Don’t get me wrong, I totally deserved to get a fine and maybe even a point or two on my license. Not only did I drive over the speed limit but did so after I had been pulled over just a few days before. For that, no column

about a police officer’s attitude can paint a picture in which I’m not in the wrong.

For a lot of people, however, traffic stops are their first confrontational encounter with members of law enforcement.

Police interactions with the public shape opinions not only of the officer involved, but of law enforcement in general. When an officer seems bored, unprofessional and rude it reinforces the trope of the lazy cop. When an officer is helpful, professional or even generally courteous it rejects this stereotype and goes a long way to increasing public faith in the police.

The officer in Illinois left me feeling if not remorseful, at least understanding that what I was doing was dangerous and irresponsible. In Ohio, however, I was bitter about the way I was treated. My experience wasn’t even that bad, but the stark difference between the two patrolmen really highlighted that it only takes one bad apple to skew a person’s perception of law enforcement.

Ryan McCarthy is a senior studying journalism. He can be reached via email at ryan.w.mccarthy@marquette.edu

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I wish I could remember exactly why I signed up for Tinder in the first place. Thinking back, I’m sure it had something to do with a “Sex and the City” and junk food binge. Regardless, I spent a few weeks swiping through potential soul mates and decided it just wasn’t practical. It was harder to connect with internet strangers than I thought it would be.

Long story short, I got bored and deleted the application from my phone. Fast forward two months to last Saturday at The Rave. While standing in the audience to see Modern Baseball, I turned around and recognized someone from my online-dating past life.

Maybe the universe was telling me something, maybe this was fate.

Just kidding. This isn’t a story about waiting patiently for love and finally finding it at a poppunk show at the Eagles Ballroom. This is a story about the exact opposite, actually. Unsurprisingly, nothing happened with the expired Tinder match.

It did, however, inspire me to re-download the matchmaking software, which then inspired my roommate to do the same. At 20 and 21 years old, it’s hard to imagine how we will ever find love. By “Little House on the Prairie” standards, we’re already spinsters.

What followed was two days of internet strangers validating our existences, and reactive selfloathing for needing the validation in the first place.

In an attempt to save the souls of anyone who may have been considering downloading Tinder, I’ve recorded the real-life testimonies of two current users (my roommate and myself) who are ultimately unsatisfied with the experience.

The first thought we shared out loud was, “Why are these people on Tinder? There has to be something wrong with them.”

Oh wait, we are on Tinder.

Another noticeably sketchy trend: It’s difficult to trust any of the pictures people use for their profiles. I’ve taken plenty of selfies. I know how to fake a “good angle.” There’s a reason Instagram has only ever seen the left side of my face. Maybe this app would be more realistic if people would stop trying to put forth their best self and instead put forth their true selves.

Tinder is intrinsically shallow. But then again, maybe so am I. It’s really hard to swipe right when I’m not 100 percent certain the potential match is taller than I am.

Really, this app just reminds me that we live in a painful “hook-up culture.” I want someone to ask me my middle name, not my Snapchat name.

On the other hand, I wish people would stop pretending Tinder can form long-term relationships.

Can’t we just keep things casual?

One of the features offered by Tinder is the ability to choose the age range of potential matches. My roommate, for whatever reason, refuses to lower the age range, so she keeps getting matched with 35-year-olds who, for whatever reason, refuse to raise their age range.

Tinder isn’t all bad. The newest feature allows users to connect their Spotify accounts.

And it’s really encouraging to see that adult men actually do love Justin Bieber.

I’m still waiting for that one special “match,” but maybe fairytales do come true, and maybe Tinder can pave the way for a love pure enough to overcome the awkward first “Hey” message.

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Perseverance powering Powell Top offensive threat returning for sixth season

By Grant Becker

grant.becker@marquette.edu

Darian Powell looked at her left wrist and smiled as she ran her fingers over the tattoo just below her palm. The word “persevere” is printed in small black letters next to a cross. She just scored a goal and assisted the game winner in Marquette’s overtime win over Butler Sunday afternoon, but there was a time three years ago where it looked like she may never have a chance to star for Marquette.

“Back then I had a lot of injuries. It was very hard to go through that stuff but, I mean, I overcame it,” Powell said.

“It’s part of life.”

Two years ago, as a redshirt sophomore, Powell made her debut for Marquette women’s soccer in the season opener against Loyola-Chicago. After missing her first two entire seasons due to injury, Powell scored two goals in a 3-0 win.

“It was a blur,” Powell said after her debut.

She went on to lead the team in goals that season, and then she did so again last year.

This year started off slow though, as Powell suffered a setback at the end of last season.

“It’s been hard for her since about this time last year when she wasn’t 100 percent,” head coach Markus Roeders said.

“You know the offseason was pretty much all about just trying to scratch and claw and trying to get better and getting healthier.”

Now, as a redshirt senior, Powell is tied for the team lead in goals and she’s just two shy of joining Marquette’s top 10 all-time goal scorers.

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Redshirt senior Darian Powell scored a goal and assisted the game winner in Marquette’s overtime victory against the Butler Bulldogs.

again today, she’s got that knack,” Roeders said. “She’s got that killer instinct and I couldn’t be happier for her.”

Any time an athlete is unable to compete for two years, doubt begins to creep in about what the future holds. Powell had all the pedigree and talent to succeed at a high Division I level, but her health stood in the way. How does a young athlete cope with that level of adversity?

“A lot of prayer, honestly,” Powell said. “I didn’t know what was going to happen.

The injuries really took a toll on me mentally, but just turning to God, basically, was what got me through it.”

Though Powell is designated as a redshirt senior, you won’t find her among the 10 seniors on the team’s poster – that’s because her Marquette career won’t end in 2016. Powell applied for and was granted a sixth year with the team through the

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team,” Roeders said. “I’m just really grateful for her, too, after everything she’s been through … to go out there everyday and plug away.”

“We’re going to have to continue to rely on her. …

Hopefully, maybe, her best days are still ahead of her.”

As Marquette’s first ever sixth-year player, Powell will play an important role on next year’s team.

“It’s a little bit like what she’s already doing now,” Roeders said. “She’s a senior now and she will be a senior again. … She will have to play a huge part.”

Roeders struggled to recall who played the ball through to set up Carrie Madden’s game winner Sunday afternoon. He looked down at the box score and turned to Powell who was walking his way.

“Hey Dare, you played that final ball?”

Powell responded with a smile, “Yeah.”

“Nice.”

Then they hugged as Powell congratulated her head coach of five years on his 300th win.

She credits Roeders’ positivity as one of the keys to her success, especially during the low points. “(He’s) honestly one of the most influential people for me,” Powell said.

“Even when I was injured, he kept encouraging me, ‘It’s going to get better, just keep working.’”

With one regular season game left in 2016, Powell has a chance to be part of a title winning team. Marquette takes on DePaul Friday night with a chance to split the BIG EAST regular season crown.

She’s preparing for the big game the same way she’s battled for her entire collegiate career.

“Just never giving up, you know. I have ‘perseverance’ tattooed on me, so it’s just like, ‘Always keep going.’”

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Because Powell missed two complete seasons due to “circumstances beyond the student-athlete’s and the institution’s control,” she is allowed to compete for a fourth season.

Powell’s original application was denied due to a clerical error, but after a second submission she was quickly granted a sixth year.

The La Porte City, Iowa, native knew immediately after her second year of injuries that she wanted to apply for an extra season.

“I was like, ‘I want four years,’” Powell said. “I don’t want to cut it short. I want to get everything I can out of this place.”

And now she can. As appreciative as Powell is of having another season to compete, her head coach may be even more so.

“She’s a leader for our

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Lineup shift rights the ship Grant Becker

One month ago Marquette women’s soccer went to Creighton and blew a two-goal lead for the third game in a row, coming up short in a 3-2 overtime loss.

During that three-game stretch the offense had suddenly come to life, but the defense was sputtering. 11 games into the season the Golden Eagles had yet to earn a shutout and the old cliche that a two-goal lead is the worst lead in soccer was starting to look like fact.

Next up was a home contest against Seton Hall and it came with a big shift in the lineup. Redshirt sophomore Ryley Bugay was inserted into the starting lineup in place of Caroline Fink, Liz Bartels moved up the field to a forward position and Darian Powell became the starter in the attacking midfield. These three moves

completely changed the direction of Marquette’s season.

Bugay slotted in next to Morgan Proffitt in defensive midfield, creating a shield in front of the defense. This allowed Proffitt, the strongest midfielder in the BIG EAST, to roam around the midfield breaking up attacks before they start.

Since adding Bugay to the mix, the Golden Eagles have allowed just four goals in seven games, picking up four shutouts in that time. In the previous 11 games the team allowed 18 goals. Two of the goals scored against the new look defense came from top10 Georgetown, and the other two were rather fluky. Suddenly, Marquette has one of the stingiest defenses in the BIG EAST. Often, a formational shift like this trades offense for defense, but in this case the change produced more reliable possession, allowing the offense to flow naturally. The other important move was adding Darian Powell to the midfield and moving Liz Bartels forward. Powell, who spent most of the season working her way back to full health, led the team in goals the past two seasons as a traditional hold up striker, but her skills translate to central midfield well. She became the link

Four-star French opts for Saint Louis MU was in top four for 2017 power forward

By John Steppe

john.steppe@marquette.edu

Marquette men’s basketball will wait a few more months to fill its final commitment, as four-star power forward Hasahn French picked Saint Louis over Marquette, UNLV and UMass.

“Thankful for God guiding my path it’s just the start of new beginnings and I am proud to be a part of the SLU family,” French tweeted.

French proved his ability to score down low during his time on PSA Cardinals, one of the best AAU programs in New York. The only major recruiting site to not have French ranked in the top 25 among power forwards is 247Sports, which ranks him 40th.

The resident of Springfield, Massachusetts, had offers from several high-majors like Arizona State, Virginia Tech, Minnesota and Vanderbilt before announcing Sept. 24 his final four schools: Marquette, UNLV, Saint Louis and UMass.

He took official visits to all four schools, starting with Marquette Sept. 9 and ending with UNLV Oct. 8. He visited Saint Louis Sept. 30.

French is the second consecutive 2017 power

forward to turn down Marquette.

Fellow power forward Xavier Tillman picked Michigan State over Marquette at the end of September.

French would have helped fill the void from Luke Fischer’s graduation. Marquette’s attention is now expected to be redirected to Australian center Jacob Epperson and elite power forwards in the class of 2018. However, with the early signing period looming less than a month away, Marquette’s final commitment is not expected until the spring.

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Redshirt sophomore Ryley Bugay has started all seven matches since being inserted into the MU lineup.

between the defense and the offense.

Playing Powell in “the hole” allowed Bartels to move to the front line, where she’s thriving. The senior is one of the premier on-ball players in the conference, taking on defenders with shifty moves and tight dribbling. As a forward, she has the opportunity to run at defenders more frequently and she starts higher up the field with the ball. Bartels has scored two goals and notched two assists in the seven games since the move

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after scoring just one goal in the previous 11 matches. Her form continues to improve, as she was the most dangerous player on the field in each of the last two contests.

“This formation really helps us connect better. She (Bartels) likes to go forward more and dribble, dribble, I like to create and shoot and stuff like that,” Powell said.

“It really works to our strengths.”

Head coach Markus Roeders is 6-1 since he shook things up, rising to second place in the BIG EAST. In a matter of three

and a half weeks, his team has gone from NCAA bubble team to near at-large bid lock in. On Friday night they have a chance to earn a share of the BIG EAST regular season crown and earn the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament when they host firstplace DePaul. If Marquette maintains this level of play the Blue Demons will be in trouble.

Grant Becker is a senior studying journalism. He is reachable by email at grant.becker@mu.edu

MARQUETTE SPORTS CALENDAR

FRIDAY 10/28 Men’s Tennis Redbird Classic Friday-Sunday Men’s Golf Price’s Give ‘Em Five Invitational Friday-Sunday

MEN’S SOCCER (BIG EAST, Overall) Creighton 4-1-1, 8-3-3 Butler 4-2, 9-4-1 Providence 4-2, 9-5 Villanova 3-2-1, 8-5-2 Xavier 3-2-1, 7-5-3 St. John’s 2-2-2, 6-4-4 Georgetown 2-3-1, 5-8-1 DePaul 2-4, 7-6-2 Marquette 1-3-2, 4-5-4 Seton Hall 1-5, 3-10-1

Cross Country BIG EAST Championships 10 a.m.

Volleyball at Villanova 6 p.m.

SATURDAY 10/29 Hockey vs. UW-Milwaukee 12:40 p.m.

Volleyball at Georgetown 5 p,m.

Women’s Soccer vs. DePaul 7 p.m.

Men’s Soccer at Butler 6 p.m.

Hockey at UW-Milwaukee 7:30 p.m.

BIG EAST STANDINGS

WOMEN’S SOCCER (BIG EAST, Overall) DePaul 7-1, 10-5-2 Marquette 6-2, 10-6-2 Georgetown 5-1-2, 13-2-2 Providence 5-2-1, 11-5-2 St. John’s 4-2-2, 9-3-5 Creighton 4-4, 9-5-2 Butler 3-4-1, 10-6-2 Xavier 1-7, 7-10-1 Seton Hall 1-7, 5-10-1 Villanova 1-7, 3-14

VOLLEYBALL (BIG EAST, Overall) Creighton 10-0, 16-6 Marquette 8-3, 18-5 Xavier 7-4, 13-11 Villanova 6-4, 15-8 DePaul 6-5, 12-11 Butler 5-6, 16-11 Seton Hall 5-6, 11-13 St. John’s 3-8, 12-12 Georgetown 2-8, 6-17 Providence 1-9, 13-13

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Volleyball taking advantage of new challenge system MU one of two teams in BIG EAST with replay

By John Hand

john.hand@marquette.edu

There is a running joke among the Marquette volleyball team that whenever they win a challenge, they are on a two-point swing.

“Two points is a big deal in a race to 25,” redshirt senior Meghan Niemann said.

Those two-point swings are possible because of an NCAA rule change that allowed women’s volleyball teams to implement a challenge review system in the 2016 season. During 2015, the Big Ten and Big 12 conferences each used instant replay on a trial basis. This season, Marquette and Creighton are the two schools from the BIG EAST implementing a challenge review system.

“Internationally they have been using it for several years,” Marquette head coach Ryan Theis said. “Typically, we are three, four, five years behind what the pros are doing in Europe.”

Once permission was granted to schools to apply the instant replay technology, they had to figure out if their facilities could handle the advances and if they could afford to do so.

Marquette felt they were able to use instant replay and hired the company DVSport to run their system, which is the same company that the BIG EAST uses for women’s basketball.

One reason that Marquette was able to use the technology was because women’s basketball and volleyball both share the Al McGuire Center.

Coaches are allowed three challenges per match. None of the challenges are tied to a team’s timeouts. Challenges can only be made by the team that lost the rally and before the referee extends his or her arm to start the next point. When one coach decides he or she would

like to challenge a call, they place a green card on the scorers’ table to indicate that they would like to challenge and the head referee will review the play.

So far, instant replay has been a success for Theis and the Golden Eagles. Theis estimates that he has gotten roughly 10 challenges correct and only two wrong, but what is most important is that the right call is made.

“We joked as coaches that you have been in big games and calls have been missed in and out and touches have occurred and you feel like you have gotten hosed. To be honest, what we realize now is that we did,” Theis said. “The human element is expected; you can’t expect officials to be correct a hundred percent of the time.”

Marquette has the luxury of using instant replay at home.

Prior to the start of BIG EAST play, they were able to use challenges in 12 straight matches.

This has allowed Theis to get used to calling challenges at the appropriate times.

“Your team is a huge part of it. … If our hitter hits one off the block and all six of them go ‘touch, touch, touch,’ odds are there was one and the officials missed it,” Theis said. “Now if one kid does it, we call that begging for a call. They have learned to be honest and quickly give me feedback. … I’ll look in the crowd and see if someone I know calls a ball in or out if it’s on the far sideline. You are looking for people you trust or might be right in those situations. It is a total guessing game.”

It’s not always easy to spot a play Marquette should challenge.

“For me it is difficult because I always think our team should win the point,” Niemann said.

“I want to challenge everything, but we have a couple of girls who are really really good at it.

So, Ellen (Hays) has a great eye.

If Ellen says it is in, I believe it.”

While other teams may have experience using instant replay, few get the opportunity

to use it as often as Marquette does. This presents unique challenges for those visiting the Al McGuire Center.

“I actually like it,” Butler head coach Sharon Clark said before a game against Marquette. “The delay is different and you need to get your team prepared for it and understand that type of slow down and stop in the match, but I like anything that is going to be more accurate.”

Butler is hoping to adopt the instant replay system. Many of the volleyball teams in the BIG EAST, including Butler, have the same technological advantage of playing in the same facilities as women’s basketball.

However, there is a separate cost for each sport to use DVSport software, even if the cameras and infrastructure are already in place.

“I have talked to administration and right now it is just finances and that cost of having folks working the camera,”

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Volleyball head coach Ryan Theis talks to his bench during a timeout.

Clark said.

Replay will be used at Butler this year for the BIG EAST volleyball championship, as well as in the NCAA tournament.

“I don’t know if we will get to a point to where our conference will make it mandatory,” Theis said. “ With the DVSport renewal that is occurring with women’s basketball, I think it makes some sense that next year as a conference we try and

make it mandatory. I don’t know if administrators will approve it because it costs money.”

Currently, the DVSport software allows for Marquette to use three cameras for instant replay, but next year Theis is hoping DVSport will have the software to expand to have six cameras.

For now, Marquette is just going to take it one two-point swing at a time.

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Pothast giving it all for final BIG EAST Tourney push

Redshirt senior has started 67 of 67 career games

seasons, the loss of Pothast will leave a huge hole. He’s become a quiet leader of the team and a vital piece on a youthful back line, which often features three defenders who hadn’t played a full collegiate game until this

By Jack Goods jack.goods@marquette.edu season.

Men’s soccer only has three This season he’s played out of regular season games left this position, moving to right back year, meaning redshirt senior when head coach Louis Bennett defender John Pothast is facing needs him. At one point, he even something every Marquette ath- played for a few minutes at forlete does eventually. His colle- ward. giate career is coming to an end.

“It doesn’t matter where he When your career starts to plays,” said forward Daniel wind down, every second starts Szczepanek, who knew Poto feel more valuable. For Po- thast before college due to thast, a push to get into the BIG playing with his brother. “You EAST tournament isn’t just could put him in at goalkeepabout enjoying success — it’s er and he would do the best about extending his time as a job possible.”

Marquette soccer player just a To say Pothast is valuable bit longer. would be an understatement.

“For me personally, there’s “Johnny is the core of our no holding back,” Pothast said. team,” Szczepanek said. “He “These are the last couple games sees the whole field so he can I have. … You never want to go very easily tell us what to do. home early.”

He’s a key piece to the puzzle.”

Although this year’s squad He stepped up to the plate won’t lose many players to grad- Saturday against Xavier, a uation, as only Pothast and goal- team placed second in the BIG ie Mac Wheeler are in their final EAST at the time. He helped

Marquette hold the heavily favored Musketeers to one goal despite the Golden Eagles playing without their other center back, Danny Jarosz, due to injury.

“This may have been one of the best games of his career,” Bennett said. “He was really calm. He was really focused. I thought he was really the glue. … I thought he was the man of the match.”

After the Xavier upset, Marquette sneaking into the conference tournament isn’t enormously far-fetched. The Golden Eagles now have five points, three points behind the team currently holding the sixth and final spot for the tournament, St. John’s.

“It’s definitely a goal of ours,” Pothast said. “The table is so tight. It’s a matter of one or two wins. In the BIG EAST on any given night a team can beat another team.”

“Hopefully we can play for guys like him,” Szczepanek said.

However, the Golden Eagles will need Pothast to play as well

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Redshirt senior John Pothast played in numerous positions this year.

as he ever has. Marquette faces Providence, currently third in the conference, on the road on short rest Wednesday. Bennett said after the Xavier game Marquette will likely be without Jarosz for a second straight game, too. Saturday Marquette faces Butler, the top-scoring team in the conference.

“To be great, we have to live in that uncomfortable zone,” Bennett said. “That’s OK. That’s what we trained for.”

If the Golden Eagles fall short, Pothast’s career will still have a memorable ending. He’d end with one final game at Valley Fields and one final game against his brother Caleb, a junior defenseman at DePaul.

Something a bit more trivial than Pothast keeping his jersey for a few more weeks will be on the line.

“Bragging rights over the holidays,” Pothast said.

Annual Halloween hockey game heads to new venue UWM Panther Arena hosting rivalry tilt Friday

By Thomas Salinas

thomas.salinas@marquette.edu

The annual Marquette-UWMilwaukee Halloween hockey game has become one of Marquette’s largest athletic traditions. That custom will be taken to a whole new level Friday night. The Golden Eagles will play their first-ever game at UW-Milwaukee’s Panther Arena Friday, the venue’s first hockey game in nearly three decades.

The arena is now the fulltime home of the Milwaukee Admirals, Milwaukee’s American Hockey League team. The Admirals previously played their home games across the street at the Bradley Center, but plans for the new Milwaukee Bucks arena did not include a hockey team. The team also invested $6.3 million in arena upgrades, making the venue more hockey friendly.

Marquette’s head coach Will Jurgensen saw an opportunity with this move and reached out to Admiral executives. Jurgensen and UWM club hockey coach Tom Roberston collaborated to work out a deal for the clubs to play a game Halloween weekend, one day before the Admirals’ home opener. Marquette’s Halloween game draws the biggest crowd every year.

“Everyone is just really excited for this game, it’s such

a great opportunity for our program,” Jurgensen said. “I know I am excited to coach in an arena like that.”

Panther Arena can hold about 8,500 fans, a major upgrade from the team’s normal venue at The Ponds of Brookfield Ice Arena. Entry to the game will cost $20, but will also include entry to the Admirals’ home opener Saturday night. Students can buy $10 tickets at the door and buses will be provided to and from Marquette’s campus.

Jurgensen said one reason the club pushed for this game was for more exposure and support. He knows there are a lot of hockey fans in the area, but there isn’t a lot of hockey.

“Our level of play is really good,” he said. “A lot of people will be surprised of our talent level when they come out.”

Senior forward Adam Benkovich hopes the game will draw an even bigger crowd than it usually does.

“It’s a lot closer to campus so hopefully we get a lot more students,” he said.

Playing a game of this magnitude, in front of a bigger crowd could generate extra pressure for the team to perform well.

Jurgensen said the Golden Eagles must remain focused when preparing for the game.

“We aren’t going to approach it differently, we are going to play our style of hockey,”

Jurgensen said. “We don’t want to change anything, but I’m sure people are going to be nervous.”

Newly named team captain Brian Kennedy admitted he will feel some pressure on Friday.

“When you get out on the ice you get butterflies in front of all those people,” Kennedy said.

“But I don’t think it’ll affect my game. I’m just going to try to do the same thing I always do.”

The Golden Eagles swept Aurora University this past weekend. This year, Marquette is showcasing its depth with multiple players producing on the ice. Jurgensen said the team’s early high level of play can be attributed to the players working hard in practice

and games.

“If you look at our stats, we are playing very consistent all across the board,” Jurgensen said. “There’s not a single guy who hasn’t gotten better. I think it shows a lot of character that our guys are doing that.”

Jurgensen understands the intensity of Friday’s game. He said if they play their game, everything will take care of itself.

“There is going to be a little bit of added pressure,” he said.

“I hope our guys enjoy it, take it in and enjoy the moment because it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity.”

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Former men’s lacrosse players adjust to new roles

Richard, Grill joined Amplo’s staff this summer

By Jack Goods

jack.goods@marquette.edu

When Marquette men’s lacrosse had coaching positions to fill this summer, Joe Amplo looked in-house. He brought in two of the best players in the program’s young history, hiring Jake Richard as a defensive assistant coach and B.J. Grill as the director of lacrosse operations. Who better to be an advocate for the program than those who have been a part of it?

“I always say to parents and players if they have any questions about the student athlete experience, I just graduated,” Richard said. “We don’t try and hide anything. … We want them to love this place for what it is and for what it’s not, and I’m able to say

exactly what that is because of my experience.”

Richard wasn’t planning on becoming a coach straight out of college. He was set to head out to California to search for a sales job, and planned to build up his coaching resume through playing professionally.

Then he got a call from Amplo.

“He said, ‘I’ve interviewed a ton of guys. They’ve been good, but none of them have really compared to you. Do you want to coach here?’” Richard said. “I never thought I’d get a job this young.”

As for Grill, he has one year left in graduate school, so he was going to be on campus anyways.

“I thought I would have a role with the staff no matter what,” Grill said. “I just didn’t think it would be a full-time position, which makes this so much better. This is something I can put on my resume and gives me legitimate experience rather than just being a guy who volunteers sometimes.”

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Marquette assistant coach Jake Richard works with a defenseman during an intersquad scrimmage.

Both Richard and Grill face challenges as they adjust to their new roles. Richard is working with a rather inexperienced group. With the graduation of Grill, Liam Byrnes

and Tyler Gilligan, the only player on the defensive group with any game experience is Nick Eufrasio.

He’ll also be replacing last year’s defensive coordinator,

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Andrew Stimmel, who led the Golden Eagles to a top-10 scoring defense last season. He left to take a job at Yale.

However, Richard won’t have to put together all the pieces by himself. Amplo is a defense-first coach himself, and Richard expects he’ll be running Amplo’s defensive scheme. “(We’re) absolutely continuing what we have,” Richard said. “Defense is best when it’s simplified. To complicate it would just cause more headaches than we already have.

Everything I know about defense is everything Amplo has taught me.”

While Richard’s job is on the sidelines, Grill is doing his work behind the scenes. His duties include things like booking the flights and setting up everyone’s calendars.

“The back end stuff is humbling,” Grill said. “It’s different not being out there every day and competing. … It’s offering me a new opportunity to see what kind of person I have to become if I want to make this my career.”

Grill doesn’t know how long he’ll be in his position, or working in lacrosse at all. Although he thinks he’d be a good coach, he doesn’t want to take what he feels is the easy way out. He’s currently going for his MBA, and once he gets that he’ll have a decision to make.

“I think I would be successful as a coach, but I think it would just be easy for me to do that,” Grill said. “I don’t want to say it would be easy for me to do that job. I just think that it would be a natural flow into it. I’ve got to find something that is the most intellectually stimulating to me.”

It’s traits like that that made Grill and Richard a fit for Amplo’s program as players and now on his staff, too.

“It’s the best thing that’s happened to us,” Amplo said.

“In transition, we’ve come out golden.”