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Former basketball player arrested Arrest in Hawaii over fraudulent COVID-19 test

By John Leuzzi

john.leuzzi@marquette.edu

Former Marquette men’s basketball and NBA forward Lazard Hayward Jr. was arrested Sept. 28 in Hawaii in conjunction with uploading falsified COVID-19 negative test documentation.

Hayward, 34, along with Raven Randle, 33, were traveling from Los Angeles International Airport to Lihue Airport in Kauai via American Airlines.

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Lovell has received support from colleagues, family, friends and the Marquette community.

By Julia Abuzzahab

julia.abuzzahab@marquette.edu

University President Michael Lovell posted a photo on Instagram embracing his hair loss by showing off his new mohawk with his daughter, Anna.

“Publicly, I praise the mohawk: If you have it, show it. Secretly, I see the bitter resentment that I cannot have a mohawk because I don’t have enough hair,” Ryan Duns, assistant professor of theology, said in an email.

Despite being diagnosed with sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, Lovell has been active around the Marquette University campus where the phrase “Lovell strong,” created by his daughter Anna Lovell, has gained momentum.

Lovell visited Duns’ Foundations in Theology class Sept. 8 to say hello to the students while

thanking them for their support. .He gave Duns a “Prayers Up #LovellStrong” bracelet. “#LovellStrong is an invitation.

It is, first, an invitation to rethink what is most important in our lives. Dr. Lovell and I share a love for our Catholic faith and for our community at Marquette, so this is an invitation to come together as a community — a faith and school community — to support and encourage our President,” Duns said in an email.

There are two types of sarcoma cancer — bone and soft tissue sarcomas. They can be further classified depending on what is found within the tumor. Soft tissue sarcomas are seen more frequently and contain approximately 50 different subtypes. Bone sarcomas, or bone cancer, has fewer subtypes.

Treatment options for sarcoma vary depending on different

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factors involved, such as which type, stage, grade, potential side effects, patient preference and their overall health; however, treatment typically includes either chemotherapy, radiation therapy and/or surgery.

Lovell announced that he would begin chemotherapy treatment the following week after his address to the university.

Duns said he was happy that Lovell felt comfortable enough to visit his classroom, and has noticed Lovell around campus more frequently now that the university has returned to an in-person learning experience.

Instructor of practice Kurt Gering’s Introduction to Information Systems class decided to surprise Lovell’s running group to present him with a “Marquette cap” to prevent him from getting sunburnt See LOVELL page 3

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Unvaccinated student tells their side Bi-weekly tests, daily COVID cheq are still required

By TJ Dysart

theodore.dysart@marquette.edu

Religious, medical or personal conviction. Those were the reasons that students could opt out of Marquette’s requirement for students to submit proof of COVID-19 vaccination.

Those who do not submit proof are required to undergo other COVID-19 prevention measures such as bi-weekly surveillance

testing and completing the daily COVID Cheq.

Marquette informed students in early June and announced that there would be a vaccine requirement for all students. However, it offered the opportunity for students to request exemption from this requirement for reasons such as religious, medical and personal convictions.

Because the vaccination rate at Marquette is high, some of the unvaccinated students have said that “they feel like outsiders and uncomfortable sharing their See SIDE page 2

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the Kauai Police Department, which was sent to the Marquette Wire from Hawaii News Now, the arrest came at noon last Tuesday for “uploading falsified documents into the Hawaii Safe Travels portal in an attempt to avoid the state’s travel quarantine requirements.”

A visitor information representative from Lihue Airport told the Marquette Wire that unvaccinated travelers have to upload a negative COVID-19 test from a Trust Testing and Travel Partner 72 hours upon arrival or quarantine for 10 days.

Before arrival to Hawaii, those who chose to bypass the 10 day quarantine period with pre-travel test will receive a QR code to be scanned once at their destination.

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reasons for not getting the vaccine.”

An anonymous unvaccinated student shared their decision on why they didn’t receive the vaccine. The student requested to remain anonymous out of fear of judgement and resentment which was granted by the Marquette Wire.

“I know I am influenced by my family. For me, I never got sick since the pandemic started so I just look at it as if I am not sick, why would I get it? Maybe my opinion would change if that were the case,” the anonymous student said.

The student explained that before arriving on campus, they had three categories to choose from in order to request to be unvaccinated.

“One was religious reasons, the other was health reasons, and the

last was personal (conviction).

Mine was under the category of personal conviction which basically involved refilling out this form and writing a letter to the university why I didn’t wish to be vaccinated,” the anonymous student said.

While this particular student didn’t feel comfortable receiving the vaccine, they highlighted the fact that they are in no way against other students receiving the vaccine, or otherwise popularly referred to as an “anti-vaxxer.”

“Personally, I don’t have a problem with anyone that did get the vaccine. I am not going to look down on someone who got the vaccine or try to change their opinion on it because I think that is just ridiculous. In the same way, I would hope people don’t look down on me for not receiv-

ing the vaccine. I think it’s really upsetting that society has really put a bad reputation on people like me without even questioning our perspective,” the anonymous student said.

When asked about how they feel about the ability to be exempted from the vaccine, the student referred to their value of free opinion and free choice.

“Everybody is entitled to their opinion, and the fact that people criticize you for these opinions, I don’t think it’s okay,” the anonymous student said.

Because this student is unvaccinated, they have to go through many different protocols that are different than for vaccinated students.

They are required to fill out a three question survey regarding their symptoms before receiving their green “Covid Cheq”

which is an email from the university showing that students are not showing symptoms of COVID-19, therefore allowing them to enter certain buildings.

They are also required to get biweekly tests to ensure that they have not contracted the virus.

Carolyn Smith, a clinical assistant professor, spoke about the difference of COVID-19 protocols for unvaccinated students, and how this includes having to be tested every two weeks.

“The mandatory testing program on campus this semester applies to unvaccinated students.

We communicate via e-mail on the Friday prior to that week they are scheduled to test. The message is consistent as are the two follow-up emails they receive.

In the emails they are asked to schedule a testing appointment on the clinic patient portal,”

Smith said.

While this testing runs for unvaccinated students, there is also a separate testing program that is strictly for students who are feeling symptomatic.

“We have two testing programs on campus. The symptomatic testing program is run by the medical clinic. The testing for unvaccinated students is under my direction,” Smith said.

Sarah Wehse, a first-year student in the College of Business Administration, said “I don’t think it is selfish to not get the vaccine as long as you are being more careful and cautious about your social and health decisions.”

Whese said she feels comfortbale knowing that a majority of students on campus are vaccinated.

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Hayward Jr. ranks third all time in program history in scoring (1,859) and fifth in rebounds (910)

Hayward and Randle’s documents were flagged before arrival by the system. After Hayward and Randle’s documents were flagged by the system, the Attorney General’s Investigations Division conducted an investigation and collaborated with Kaua’i police who made the arrest for disobeying Hawaii’s falsified documentation policy.

“The Department of the Attorney General values its partnership with the Kauai Police Department and the Kauai Emergency Management Agency and appreciates their collaboration in enforcing

COVID-19 rules and efforts to keep Kauai communities safe,” special assistant to the Attorney General Gary Yamashiroya said in the release.

Following the booking for their charges, both were released pending an investigation and driven back to the airport where they took a direct flight back to Los Angeles.

“These arrests highlight the continuing efforts between the Attorney General’s investigators, other State officials and County law enforcement to keep Hawaii safe,” Patrol Services Bureau Assistant Chief Mark Begley said in the release. “We also want to thank the vast majority of our visitors and residents who respect and follow the safety protocols that are in place during their travel to Hawaii.”

According to KTLA 5, a CW-affiliated television station in Los Angeles, Hawaii authorities have been arresting people who violate travel rules, including a woman from Illinois investigators said uploaded a fake vaccination card that misspelled Moderna as “Maderna.”

Hayward has not respond to comment from the Marquette Wire.

Additionally at the time of this release, the Kaua’i Police Department’s public information officer did not return a phone call to the Marquette Wire for further comment.

In four seasons at Marquette, Hayward averaged 13.5 points and 6.6 rebounds. The two-time All-BIG EAST Second Team honoree sits third in program history in scoring (1,859) and fifth in rebounds (910).

A court date has not been announced.

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Gering said when Lovell informed him of his diagnosis he was shocked. He said the two of them have spent more time cycling together than ever in the past three months.

“On the morning of his first chemotherapy session, I texted President Lovell: ‘Today the battle begins. So onward, Christian solider, marching as to war. With the cross of Jesus, going on before!’”

Gering said in an email.

Also after hearing of Lovell’s diagnosis, Gering shared with him some of his own experiences with coronary artery disease, and undergoing quintuple bypass surgery. #LovellStrong has been a common phrase for many people close to the University President Quintuple Photo by Collin Nawrocki collin.nawrocki@marquette.edu bypass surgery is an on his runs after his students no- management class every semester. open heart surgery performed to ticed his mohawk post.

Gering said once Lovell’s visit operate on critically blocked arter“I first met Mike Lovell eight was scheduled on his birthday, so ies going into the heart. years ago, and since then he one student baked him a birthday “There was a moment of introhas become one of my closest cake and the class sang to him. spection that caused me to start friends,” Gering said in an email.

“I have never met an individual living in the present and focusing Gering said that a Marquette with more grit and determination on the things that bring joy into Class of 2021 graduate who is also than Mike Lovell. And when you my life. And with time I came to undergoing chemotherapy got the add in all the prayers from the realize that having bypass surgery cap and drove up from Chicago to community, as well as the support was indeed a blessing,” Gering help give it to Lovell. and joy he has received from fac- said in an email.

Gering said that over the years ulty, staff and students, it becomes Gering said what stuck him Lovell has presented to his project an unstoppable force, he will beat

MUPD REPORTS October 2 An unknown subject intentionally removed a catalytic converter from her parked, unattended vehicle in the 2200 block of W Clybourne Avenue with consent.

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ed a fabricated emergency to MUPD with the hopes of retaliating against his ex-girlfriend.

The subject was later mailed a citation.

An unknown subject entered into a student victims apartment in the 2000 block of West Wisconsin Avenue and removed property without consent.

the most was the amount of support from the community once Lovell informed the public of his diagnosis.

In his project management class, Gering said a group of his students planned a fundraiser for the Sarcoma Foundation, and another group has been handing out #LovellStrong bracelets.

“I wear a Marquette Cycling Team Jersey when I am out riding. After President Lovell’s announcement, I had cyclists come up to me as I was riding, introduce themselves and ask me to please relay their best wishes to President Lovell. I have ridden past groups of individuals, walking, or running, who have shouted LovellStrong!” Gering said in an email.

Gering said that Lovell has told him his journey with cancer has really opened his eyes as to how many other people on campus are undergoing cancer treatments or enduring other personal battles.

Gering said that he knows Lovell is praying for them all.

University spokesperson Kevin Conway said that Lovell is extremely touched by the astounding amount of support from both the Marquette and Milwaukee communities. He said that as Lovell started treatment, Lovell continues to “engage fully in campus life and attend all of his scheduled meeting and events.”

Conway said Lovell has frequently reported that he gets most of his energy from interacting with Marquette’s students, faculty and staff who Lovell said makes Marquette a genuinely special place.

“Since the fall semester started, he [Lovell] has dropped by several classes to talk with students and faculty, participated in O-Fest and a study abroad fair, received pies to the face for a Best Buddies fundraiser, logged miles with the President’s Running Club and hosted a thank you event for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions student tour guides,” Conway said in an email.

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University opens new bike repair stations Various locations accross campus for bikers to use for free

By Phoebe Goebel

phoebe.goebel@marquette.edu

With the rising demand for the implementation of sustainable options on college campuses, Marquette University recently opened four new bike repair stations.

The stations are located at the Alumni Memorial Union walkway to Weasler Theatre, the Olin Engineering overhang, outside of Eckstein Hall and on the first floor of the 16th Street parking structure.

In 2018, the first Campus Sustainability Plan was released, and it included sustainability goals and priorities for the university.

Chelsea Malacara, sustainability and energy management coordinator at Marquette University, explained the motivation behind opening the bike repair stations on campus.

“One point to make note of in that plan is our goal to reduce fossil fuel emissions by 25% by 2025,” Malacara said.

To accomplish this goal, Marquette is encouraging students to support commuter emission reductions by use of cleaner modes of transportation, like taking the bus, walking, carpooling and, of course, biking.

Malacara wanted to make this dream a reality, and she said the bike stations are a step toward a more sustainable campus. Over the summer, Malacara hosted sustainability

intern, Miriam Schwabe, and together they created a proposal for the Residential Life Leadership Board, which purchased one station.

The other stations were purchased

by Facilities Planning and Management.

Schwabe, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she is very passionate about the installation of bike repair stations. She has high hopes for the impact of the bike stations on campus and sees them bringing a lot of improvement in sustainability on campus.

“The short-term goal with bringing these bike stations to campus is to encourage alternative forms of transportation. The long-term goal is to help Marquette become a leader in campus sustainability. I hope that we can become a model of a great sustainable campus for other universities, instead of waiting for others to take the lead,” Schwabe said.

Sustainability on college campuses is now a deciding factor for students when choosing a college. The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education recorded in a survey that “current freshmen are two times more likely to choose their school based on sustainability concerns than the entering freshman class just three years ago.”

In order to encourage students to attend Marquette, Schwabe mentioned that actions like the bike repair stations will create a more welcoming campus.

Malacara explained how the bike stations work; “The bike station has two primary functions. The first is that they come equipped with a manual air pump. The second is that each

Photo by Josh Meitz joshua.meitz@marquette.edu

Each location includes a manual air pump and a set of tools to perform bike maintenenance

station also has a set of tools to perform basic bike maintenance,” she said.

To make these bike stations available to more people, they aren’t just for Marquette students, anyone has access.

“The great thing is, all the stations are free to use by anyone, Marquette community member or not. If you have absolutely no clue what you’re doing, they also have a QR code on them that is linked to a Dero site with a series of easy-to-use tips, manuals, and videos on how to perform some of the fixes,” Macalara said.

Hannah Mauch, a graduate student working as graduate assistant for Residence Life Programs, also participated in making the bike repair station idea a reality. She helps promote campus sustainability in the form of programs through the Residence Life Leadership Board.

“In order to maintain RHA’s mission from Sustainability Week, RLLB may look into partaking in a campus clean-up, or a similar service event geared toward environmental awareness,” said Mauch.

“Additionally, we encourage each

Residence Hall’s Community Programming Council to plan programs to spread awareness throughout the school year.”

Through both the bike repair stations and other sustainability programs, Marquette has started to make progress at accomplishing our goals, but more work still needs to be done. “The Office of Sustainability and Energy Management is doing some great work at the moment, but we have a long way to go before we reach our 2025 goals,” said Schwabe.

Law school poll shows declining approval in courts

Supreme Court, Afghanistan among major topics polled

By Claire Driscol

claire.driscol@marquette.edu

After surveying adults nationwide, a recent Marquette Law School poll found a mixed set of views on topics ranging from Supreme Court job performances, withdrawal from Afghanistan, COVID-19 policies and election results.

Director of the Marquette Law School Poll, Charles Franklin, said out of the 1,411 adults surveyed for these polls, 27% of participants were Republican, 42% Independent and 30% Democratic.

In regard to the Supreme Court’s job performance, university spokesperson Kevin Conway said in a Sept.

22 press release that the poll found a “sharp decline since July” in public opinion of the Court’s performance.

Approval ratings of the Court’s performance fell from 60% in July to now 49% in September. This is also down from last year’s approval ratings, as 66% approved of the Court’s performance and only 33% disapproved in September 2020.

This decline approval ratings of the Court’s performance stems primarily from Independents and Democrats.

Franklin said he believes the decline in the Supreme Court’s

approval ratings is due to the Court’s “substantial rulings” between July and September, a few of which go against the Biden administration’s initiatives.

“Whatever people might have seen as moderation on the Court for the past year was followed by three rulings right in a row and close together which all took a conservative tilt,” Franklin said.

One of the rulings Franklin correlates to the decline in Supreme Court approval ratings was in regard to Texas’s new abortion laws, which bans abortions once a cardiac activity is detected. This time period is usually around six weeks, before some women know they’re pregnant.

Support for overturning Roe v.

Wade, which established a right to abortion, remains a minority view as 20% favor overturning the case while 50% oppose such a ruling.

Twenty-nine percent said they don’t have an opinion.

“That 29% is kind of striking as that’s a lot of people without an opinion on this issue that has been so controversial for so long,” Franklin said.

Robert Miller, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said the decline of Supreme Court approval ratings is most likely due to their evolvement from “interpreters of the law,” which is what the Constitution intended, to now “creators of the law.”

Miller also said the low approval

ratings could be due to partisan divides on the Court.

“The most moderate justice we have seen, with respect to court rulings would be Justice John Roberts,” Miller said. “The urge to create partisan judges has increased, unfortunately.”

The poll also found “strong partisan divides” on U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as 36% approved and 63% of participants disapproved. Within these statistics, more than 90% of Republicans disapproved.

In regard to COVID-19 policies, a majority of respondents supported efforts requiring teachers and students to wear masks while 30% opposed such mask mandates — Republican parents of children under 18 being the most opposed.

Izzy Osbourne, a junior in the College of Arts & Science and political science major, said she believes Republican parents are the most opposed to mask mandates because they perceive it as an infringement on their individual rights and want their children to model these same ideals.

“Especially in cases where behaviors symbolize political beliefs, parents want their kids to reflect their own morals and kids learn from watching their parents model these ideals,” Osbourne said.

Election results also continue to be a topic of debate, as 40% of participants said they were either “not too or not at all confident” about the

election results. These results are also along partisan divides, as the proportion of those doubting election outcomes fall 9 in 10 among strong Republicans.

Miller said partisan divides on topics like Afghanistan, COVID-19 policies and election results are due to the “dishonorable rhetoric by all

leaders of both parties.”

Rather than creating free-thinking politicians, Miller said the ostracizing of party members deemed “disloyal” have been at an overdrive for the last decade.

“These elected officials appear to care more about making headlines, instead of headway,” Miller said.

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Volunteer group helps kids Flu vaccine available at MU Walk-in clinic at AMU, administered by student nurses

By TJ Dysart

theodore.dysart@marquette.edu

For many, COVID-19 and the COVID-19 vaccine have been focused on throughout the year.

As flu season approaches, Marquette University will offer free flu shots to full-time undergraduate students. Employees and dependents who particpiate in the Marquette medical insurance plan can also get the vaccine for free from now through Oct. 27.

For all others, there is a fee of 25 dollars.

Main locations for the vaccine will be at the Alumni Memorial Union Lunda Room as well as in the Dental School.

Similar to last year, juniors and seniors in the College of Nursing will be administering the vaccines.

Donald Miller, a clinical assistant professor, spoke about the training protocols that are essential for nursing majors to safely and effectively administer these vaccines.

“When they become juniors, that is when we will offer them the opportunity to volunteer to give the injections of the influenza vaccine in the fall. We will then review with them how to give an injection before the clinic starts.” Miller said.

One of the differences between this year and last year’s flu clinic is that COVID-19 has not impacted the ways in which the clinic is organized. This year, because social distancing is no longer in affect on campus, it will be an open clinic like in years past.

“It will be an open clinic this year. On our first day, we had around 300 members of students and faculty come in and get their vaccine. Typically it is announced through the medical clinic and then there is a sign in the AMU that says flu clinic and you just walk in and identify if you are a student of a faculty. After that you will receive. verification form and then you will receive your vaccine,” Miller said.

While flu shots on campus are an opportunity for students to get their shot without having to pay or go off-campus, it is also an opportunity for third and fourth-year nursing students to get hands-on experience in their field.

Julia Dedic, a junior in the College of Nursing, spoke about her opportunity to administer the vaccine.

“For the past few years, I have gotten my flu shot at Marquette.

However, it is definitely a little

bit nerve-wracking to be administering the vaccine because I don’t have too much experience administering vaccines, but to be honest, it is really exciting that we get this opportunity to get this experience, and I really trust myself to do it,” Dedic said.

Dedic also mentioned that she feels prepared because she has been training for this opportunity since the end of her sophomore year.

“We already had our medication training at the end of my sophomore year which includes certain injection training. So we got a chance to practice administering the vaccines on mannequins, which was really helpful,” Dedic said.

As reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “every flu season is different, and it can affect people very differently, but millions of people get the flu each year.”

Dedic said it’s crucial students get their vaccines because of the the ever-changing COVID-19 pandemic.

“I hope there will be a large turnout. All the experts are saying it is important to get your flu vaccine, but especially during COVID it would be nice to prevent any confusion or illness,” Dedic said.

The CDC conducts yearly studies on the effectiveness of the flu vaccine each year. As reported by the CDC, the flu vaccine lowers the chance of flu illness 40 to 60% when the flu viruses are matched similarly to that of the vaccine.

Miller also mentioned the idea of nursing students administering COVID-19 vaccines if booster shots are needed.

“When we had the original COVID-19 vaccine, nursing students administered the the vaccine under supervision. So, I don’t see why, if the booster shot was offered on campus we wouldn’t follow that same process and let those nursing students administer the vaccines as well,” Miller said.

Students on campus spoke about their appreciation of the convenience and care that Marquette has provided by offering the vaccine for free.

Maryclaire Toomey, a first-year student in the College of Business Administration, spoke about how she feels about the clinic heading into the flu season.

“I think it take a lot of weight of the shoulders of students to be able to get their vaccine on campus and not have to worry about paying,” Toomey said.

To learn more about the influenza vaccine, students can visit the CDC website to learn more.

For dates, times and locations of vaccination sites on campus, students should visit the Marquette Medical Clinic website.

414 fellows work with children in the Milwaukee area

By Bailey Striepling

bailey.striepling@marquette.edu

Marquette University’s community service program, 414 Fellows, uses Marquette’s missiondriven education to help students make a meaningful difference in the lives of Milwaukee’s youth through service.

The 414 Fellows is an AmeriCorps program offered through Marquette in partnership with Next Door, a Milwaukee-area nonprofit organization that supports the intellectual, physical and emotional development of children.

AmeriCorps is a network of local, state and national service programs that connect thousands of Americans with service opportunities to meet community needs in education, the environment, public safety, health and homeland security.

AmeriCorps defines the 414 Fellows’ mission as “to further advance the literacy acquisition and neurodevelopment of predominantly low-income youth in Milwaukee to address the achievement gap often observed after comparing socioeconomic status.”

The Fellows work to learn about and take steps to address issues in Milwaukee including educational inequality, poverty and segregation as well as to become more informed about the importance of brain development in infants.

414 Fellows serve specifically at Next Door Milwaukee in early childhood classrooms.

“It’s impossible to overestimate the value that the 414 Fellows bring to Next Door,” Tracey Sparrow, president of Next Door Milwaukee, said. “Their enthusiasm for working with our youngest learners and their fierce commitment to social justice and equity is inspiring.”

This year, there are 21 undergraduate Marquette students in the program.

To be eligible to become a Fellow, students must be 18 years or older, a U.S. citizen, a full-time undergraduate Marquette student, maintain a cumulative 2.75 GPA or higher and be in good standing, both academic and disciplinary, with the university.

This is a paid position through Marquette University student payroll and fellows also receive Segal AmeriCorps Education award of $1,250 after their completion of service.

“I initially joined the 414 Fellows because neurological and childhood development sparked my interest,” Mia Gleason, a 414 Fellow and a sophomore in the College of Education, said. “I am also an education major, so the position seemed fit for me.”

Fellows are assigned to one of two Next Door locations in Milwaukee, on either Capital Drive or 29th Street. They work in one specific classroom for the entire year with mostly the same eight children.

Fellows deliver intensive literacy and educational services working specifically with children zero to three years old in Next Door’s early Head Start program.

“I hope to make an impact on the students I serve and return with,” Gleason said. “I have made great friends within the program, and I hope that we can all generate a kind, loving and educational community for the students we interact with.”

Fellows engage in one-on-one serve-and-return interactions that are developmentally appropriate for the age of each child.

Serve-and-return is an interaction that helps shape brain architecture. The child serves by reaching out for interaction, with eye contact, facial expressions, gestures, babbling or touch and a caregiver will return the serve with an engaging response.

“I’m a strong believer that what our community wants from us and what is most educational for our students is not superficial service involvement but it’s things that are deep and relationshipbased,” Kelly Walker, director of community service, said.

Fellows typically participate in activities such as book reading, narrating actions, rhyming, identifying and naming letters,

writing, fine and gross motor play and musical activity.

“Our students benefit from increased one-on-one interactions with the 414 Fellows that support their development of language,” Sparrow said. “At the same time, teacher stress is reduced as they count on the Fellows to be an additional support to children in the classrooms, especially as the relationships develop.”

Fellows serve 300 hours of service over the fall and spring semesters, usually about eight to ten hours per week.

They are also required to attend mandatory meetings and trainings one to two hours per week which prepare, support and improve their effectiveness as a 414 Fellow throughout the year.

Fellows attend retreats and biweekly reflections in order to reflect on service, systemic inequity, identity, vocation and justice.

“It’s our expectation that when we’re together, we are really conscious of how we treat each other,” Walker said. “We have conversations about hard things, about our own role in the world, our identities, injustice, race, all of those things that are hard to talk about if you don’t have trust with each other.”

Fellows are required to participate in service projects as well.

These may include Make a Difference Day, MLK Day of Service and Hunger Clean-Up. Fellows will also work together to coordinate and execute a day of service at Next Door.

“We are confident that the Fellows will complete their service with an increased understanding of a multitude of issues that impact children and families and that this understanding will influence their lives in the future,” Sparrow said.

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MU Professors host panel on new A24 film “Green Knight” brings film adaptation of medieval poem

By Hannah Hernandez

hannah.hernandez@marquette.edu

Raynor Memorial Libraries and the Marquette Core Curriculum are co-sponsoring a screening of A24’s “The Green Knight” and a panel discussion Thursday, Oct. 7 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Weasler Auditorium.

“The Green Knight” is a film that discusses King Arthur’s nephew going on a quest to confront the Green Knight ­ — who is a giant in Camelot. Risking his own life, his nephew goes on an adventure to prove himself to his family and court.

The film “The Green Knight”

by David Lowery is an adaptation of the 14th-century medieval poem, “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.”

Liza Strakhov, assistant professor of English, organized this event after seeing another school post about it on Facebook. She then reached out to representatives at

A24, the studio behind the film, and humanities and humanitiesadjacent departments at Marquette about funding.

Raynor Library and the MCC Curriculum agreed to co-sponsor the private screening.

After the screening of the film, university professors are holding a roundtable comprised of Liza Strakhov, Jacob Riyeff, Gerry Canavan, Lezlie Knox and William Fliss.

They will discuss their reaction to the film and compare the film to the original poem.

“Half of my medievalist colleagues think it’s an atrocity because it changes so much of the original work, and the other half, myself included, are obsessed with how well researched the movie is and how it expands the King Arthur and the Round Table universe and riffs off the poem’s themes,” Strakhov said.

Strakhov said she loves that the movie does not focus on typical themes seen in pop culture today.

“What I love about it is that it departs so radically from the sex and violence we’ve gotten way too used to in our medieval pop-cultural fare, in my opinion, to show you

a very different side of medieval thought,” Strakhov said.

Noah Smith, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, is attending the screening because “The Green Knight” is related to the time period that he is studying with Strakhov.

“I love the literature of the medieval ages, so I am interested to hear more about it, to learn more about it and get a historical understanding of this cool and interesting time that is hard to study sometimes,” Smith said.

Jacob Riyeff, visiting assistant professor of English at Marquette, said this event is important because it’s a chance to focus on how the past is a part of the present.

“The screening and discussion are a chance for the Marquette community to face this nature of story head-on, and again, have fun watching a new movie at the same time,” Riyeff said.

Riyeff said that the panelists will have various perspectives on medieval material and how the stories are retold today.

“We’re hoping that the panel discussion will give the audience a deeper appreciation for what films

like ‘The Green Knight’ try to do and the variety of responses an audience can have to the same work,” Riyeff said.

Evy Molebash, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she decided to attend the screening after talking Strakhov’s medieval literature class.

“I am attending this panel because we briefly talked about ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’ in class, but never dove into it. I am excited to hear Dr. S talk again about something she is so passionate about because she is the reason I know what avenue in history I want to study, History and International Affairs,” Molebash said.

Lezlie Knox, chair of history at Marquette, said she sees this as an opportunity for students to learn more about the medieval period.

“As director of the Interdisciplinary Minor in Medieval Studies, it’s a great opportunity to interest students in learning more about this period and its sources, as well as the ways the Middle Ages is currently perceived in popular culture,” Knox said.

Through this screening, Knox said that the audience will have the

opportunity to have a medieval experience.

“Where we might think of reading as sitting down with a book or tablet, medieval audiences often experienced texts orally, adding details and embellishing stories for each other. In a way this screening and the panel will engage that medieval experience,” Knox said.

Jack McMeen, junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, has seen “The Green Knight” film before and has read the poem twice. He hopes to get better insight into the parts of the movie that he had trouble understanding.

“I am interested in seeing it again to hopefully some better understanding of certain aspects of the film that I missed the first time around and having dedicated class time to discuss the poem,” McMeen said. “I am looking forward to seeing other people’s opinions about the film.”

The event will start at 5 p.m. and after the movie, the panel discussion will last until 8 p.m.

“It should be a fabulous time, and I’m looking forward to sharing a very enjoyable evening with students and colleagues,” Riyeff said.

Students struggle to find dietary specific options Marquette Dietitian offers help to Marquette community

By Phoebe Goebel

hannah.hernandez@marquette.edu

Most students find it easy to access food that they both want to eat and feel comfortable with, but with the rising numbers of dietary restrictions among youth, there are differing opinions of whether Marquette’s campus has the proper accommodations to reach their needs.

Leah Beardsley, a first-year in the

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Sodexo’s “Simple Servings” prepares allergy friendly options for students.

College of Arts & Sciences, said she is struggling to find enough options on campus. Due to a medical diagnosis, she is choosing to stay gluten and soy free. Beardsley explained that when she goes into the dining halls, options typically contain both soy and gluten.

“Most of the time it contains one or the other,” said Beardsley. “For a week straight, I was mostly eating salads, which is really frustrating.”

Beardsley is not alone in her struggle to find accommodations in the dining halls. The Food Allergy Research and Education organization, an organization that seeks to empower and educate people with dietary restrictions, noted that food allergies have significantly increased.

Over the last 20 years, food allergies in children have increased by 50%.

Beardsley also mentioned she gets anxious going into dining halls because she feels as though she is bothering the staff every time she eats.

“I feel so guilty every time they have to change gloves. I also don’t enjoy asking them what food is free of what because they seem to get annoyed,” said Beardsley.

Not all students with dietary restrictions feel this way. Some stu-

dents with more common allergies, such as dairy or nuts, feel like they have access to plenty of food in the dining halls. Maggie Carroll, a firstyear in the College of Nursing, is lactose intolerant. Carroll feels as though there are plenty of options in the dining halls.

“There are definitely enough options for me in the dining halls, so I can’t complain about it,” Carroll said. “Dairy is an easy and common thing to avoid, and the chefs here at Marquette do a good job with labeling what I can and can’t eat.”

Even though Carroll and Beardsley differ on their feelings toward the food accessible to them in the dining halls, they agreed that there are not enough sweets free from allergies.

“Most of the dessert is not labeled, so I am not sure if I can eat it or not,” Carroll said.

One of the newer features of the dining halls is the Simple Servings stations, which are areas where students can get food that is guaranteed to be free of seven out of the eight top allergens, which are eggs, cow’s milk, tree nuts, peanuts, soy, wheat, fish, and shellfish.

Lucas Flaherty, the dietitian on

campus, explained the importance of these Simple Servings stations as well as the process it takes for a campus to have them in the dining halls.

“It needs to be managed by a dietitian,” said Flaherty. “We do extensive audits to ensure that we are not bringing in a product that is not supposed to be in that area. We go through the coolers and make sure that there is no sort of cross-contamination.”

Flaherty believes that there are plenty of options available to students with dietary restrictions on campus, but the main issue is that students aren’t educated on what they should be eating, which can cause their nutrition to spiral out of hand. To prevent this from happening, Flaherty encourages students to reach out if they are struggling to find options.

“Let someone know that you are having issues because students have so much other stuff going on so dining halls are probably one of the last things on their mind,” Flaherty said.

“I’m here to support the students, but I can’t do that without knowing who is struggling.”

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Marburg Memorial Lecture returns to campus Stanford economics professor, Matthew Jackson, to lecture

By Bailey Striepling

bailey.striepling@marquette.edu

The Marburg Memorial Lecture is an annual economics-based lecture given by a distinguished economist and sponsored

by Marquette’s College of Business Administration.

The lecture is named after the late Theodore F. Marburg, a long-time Marquette faculty member of the economics department, and was created from funds donated by the Marburg family as well as through the support of the Center for Applied Economics.

The first Marburg Lecture was in 1995 and it has been occurring annually since 2004.

This year’s speaker will be Matthew Jackson, the William D. Eberl professor of economics at Stanford University.

“We’re really proud of being

able to bring together a whole bunch of people,” James McGibany, chair of the economics department at Marquette, said.

This lecture series works to provide a forum for the discussion of the moral, philosophical and social dimensions of economic issues as well as to continue Marburg’s commitment to the economic aspects of peace and justice.

“Economists don’t only care about maximizing economic growth or controlling inflation,” Walter Melnik, assistant professor of economics, said.

“We also consider how institutions like markets or social networks influence the way we interact with each other at the individual level, and the implications for how our society functions.”

This year’s lecture was organized by professors Walter Melnik, Ethan Schmick and Andrew Smyth of the economics department.

It will be held Friday, Oct. 15 at 3 p.m. at the Alumni Memorial Union Ballroom.

The lecture will focus on dynamics of social networks and their implications for inequality and economic mobility.

“This is a burgeoning field that has revolutionized our understanding of inequality and social mobility, financial markets, the political process, crime and many other social phenomena,” Melnik said. “The Marburg Lecture presents a remarkable opportunity to learn about this field of research.”

Matthew Jackson is a leading scholar in the fields of game theory, microeconomic theory and the study of social and economic networks.

Jackson is also an external faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a fellow of the Econometric Society, a Game Theory Society Fellow and an Economic Theory Fellow.

He has served on the editorial boards of Econometrica,

Games and Economic Behavior, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Review of Economic Design and as the president of the Game Theory Society.

Jackson has published many articles in various economic fields, as well as two books: “The Human Network” and “Social and Economic Networks.”

His other honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Social Choice and Welfare Prize, the von Neumann Award from Rajk Laszlo College, an honorary doctorate from AixMarseille University, the JeanJacques Laffont Prize from the Toulouse School of Economics, the B.E. Press Arrow Prize for Senior Economists and various teaching awards.

“Professor Jackson was ultimately chosen because of the relevance of his research on social networks and inequality to current events,” Andrew Smyth, assistant professor of economics, said.

Past lecturers have includ-

ed Eric Rosengren, president of Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Esther Duflo, professor of economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Devin Pope, professor of behavioral science and economics at the University of Chicago.

Topics discussed in previous years include economic fragility, behavioral economics, the global energy challenge, the impact of economics on other disciplines, why cities are crucial to economic development and the use of field experiments in economics.

“We already have our speaker for next year. That person is going to talk about poverty issues and topics related to that,” McGibany said.

The Marbug Lecture is open to the public and free to attend.

Anyone wanting to attend must register on the Marquette University Business website.

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Join us for this FREE, fun for all ages exploration of the María Magdalena Campos-Pons exhibition “Sea and Self” and Hispanic Heritage Month.

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Sean Kingston headlines homecoming concert DJay Mando opens the show with help from hype-men

By Kim Cook

kimberly.cook@marquette.edu

The early 2000s made a comeback this weekend as certified platinum recording artist Sean Kingston took the stage in Varsity Theatre for Marquette’s Homecoming Concert.

When doors opened at 7 p.m.

Saturday night, the small crowd of students that had gathered outside in the rain made their way into the theater for a fun night of throwback hits with their friends and fellow students.

While the free tickets for the concert sold out before the event took place, the show struggled to fill the seats of Varsity Theatre and was barely at half capacity when the Marquette University Office of Engagement and Inclusion set an email advertising free admission, no tickets necessary. Despite the size of the audience, which to my estimate was about 150-200 people, those in attendance were excited and ready for what was in store.

DJay Mando, the opening act of the night’s events, pumped up the crowd with the assistance of his hype-men. Students left their seats and made their way into the aisles for a chance to get a closer look at their crazy dance moves.

Songs like Icona Pop’s 2014 hit “I Love It” and Pitbull’s “Give Me Everything” were instant crowdpleasers and kept the energy through multiple, what DJay Mando deemed, “vibe checks.”

Alicia Anderson, a junior in the College of Health Sciences, enjoyed Mando’s performance more than she thought she would.

“I wasn’t expecting him to be as good as he was,” Anderson said. “My favorite part of his set were his hype-men. Their energy was insane, and they were amazing dancers.”

In between sets, Marquette’s Homecoming Royalty was announced, crowning Nora McCaughey, a senior in the College of Education, and Lisset Perez-Jaramillo, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, as this year’s winners. Both received a crown and sash before exiting

the stage to make room for the main event.

After letting the anticipation build for almost 15 minutes, Kingston finally kicked off his nine-song set with a track off his self-titled 2007 album entitled “Me Love.” While the audience was dancing and singing along to the chorus, it was pretty apparent that many in attendance weren’t familiar with the song, and it may not have been the best choice for the artist to open his performance with.

Things start heating up though as the night continued. After performing “Letting Go (Dutty Love)”, Kingston surprised the audience with a cover of Iyaz’s 2009 hit “Replay,” a song that proved that small could be mighty in terms of the audience. Fans were not afraid to be heard during this song, especially when Kingston let the crowd sing the chorus and parts of each verse.

And the crowd didn’t relax anytime soon. From “Replay,” Kingston jumped into his trio of songs that the audience was the most familiar with: “Beautiful Girls,” “Fire Burning” and the popular Justin Bieber collaboration “Eenie Meenie.”

While most of the setlist was composed of songs from the 2000s and 2010s, the headliner performed his new single “Love is Wonderful,” a song that is more mature than his older material but still has the same influences of R&B, reggae fusion and hip hop that fans of Kingston’s music love.

Megan Lombardo, a junior in the College of Health Sciences, said that she had never really listened to Sean Kingston before attending the Homecoming Concert, but enjoyed the atmosphere.

“I really only knew his popular songs,” Lombardo said. “I thought [the concert] was good!”

But just as the night was getting started, it came to an end. Kingston ended the night with his 2013 Chris Brown collaboration “Beat It.” While the audience ebbed and flowed with the music, the closing song seemed to lack in terms of the “big finish” that most concerts have.

Sierra Cruz, a sophomore in the College of Education, said that she really enjoyed the concert with the

exception of the end of the show.

“I wish he had ended on something like ‘Fire Burning,’” she said. “The vibe of the concert definitely went down after he played that.”

All in all, Sean Kingston delivered a concert for Marquette Homecoming that lacked endurance and left students with mixed feelings. While the venue wasn’t packed with students and the setlist included only a few songs that excited fans, Cruz still enjoyed spending the time with the people she came with.

“I think a lot of the problems fell on the organization of the event. I understand most of them, and

(they) didn’t interfere with my enjoyment of the event. I had a really good time,” Cruz said.

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The MIC speakers lab introduces open mic nights Open to all Marquette students, welcome to talents, performances

By Izzy Fonfara Drewel

isabella.fonfaradrewel@marquette.edu

The MIC Speakers Lab is on the fifth floor of Johnston Hall.

Offering brainstorming sessions, public speaking tutoring and speech advice, the MIC can be a useful resource for students.

But this semester, the team of tutors wants to introduce something new.

They are hoping to begin a sequence of open mic nights and mixers held within the lab: As of right now, there are no events scheduled, but the team is hoping to host events on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

The open mic nights will be open to all Marquette students, but the MIC is trying to get into contact with clubs on campus and encourage them to participate.

“We really want to feature different Marquette voices, so we’re just trying to find the best way to do that,” Katie Darragh, a sophomore in the College of Communication and tutor in the MIC Lab, said.

Public speaking can be nervewracking, but the MIC staff want

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The MIC speakers lab is located on the fifth floor of Johnston Hall. Dates for open mic nights are to be decided.

students to feel comfortable and they are doing their best to make it so.

Professor Tracey Sturgal, Interim Chair of Communication Studies and Strategic Communication and Director of the MIC Speakers Lab, hopes to bring in students with various backgrounds and stories.

“A true open mic night is where you can do anything,” Sturgal said.

“We want to allow it to be organic and what people want it to be. We are here to help you tell your story

and if you want to be heard, come to the MIC.” The mixers were developed to help students create connections and meet others within the college.

After Sturgal received many comments about these concerns from students last year, she and her team worked together to devise this idea.

All of these events will take place against a backdrop of various paintings from current Marquette

students. Jordyn Vena, a first-year in the College of Arts & Sciences, painted a mural displayed on the MIC’s wall.

Her piece, titled “Smile for Me,” features four regal women who, coincidentally, are not smiling.

However, Vena has a reason behind her artistry.

“I thought [the title] was kind of ironic, partly because none of the women in the portrait are smiling but it ties into the fact that that’s

a common phrase that men use to catcall women … [and] I wanted to show a sense of empowerment in that picture with the fact that they’re not [smiling],” Vena said.

Each canvas has an intense story behind it that Sturgal hopes the artists will share. To encourage this, Sturgal has asked each student to write a summary about their inspiration that they can share at an open mic night.

“Personally, I’m very inspired by feminism, diversity, unity and I wanted to tie those elements into my piece, and I feel like that’s also part of Marquette’s main mission statement, is to incorporate those things into conversations and our lives,” Vena said. “That was a huge part of the reason I made it, was to start conversations.”

While nothing is set in stone yet, keep an eye out for information about any of the events happening.

For now, be sure to stop by the MIC to view the art, attend some tutoring or even just do some studying.

NBA Youngboy returns in a big way with new album No features from self-titled project, “Sincerely, Kentrell”

By Rashad Alexander

rashad.alexander@marquette.edu

The term “Youngboy Better” has had Twitter in a chokehold over the past year, thanks to the dedicated fanbase of Youngboy Never Broke Again (popularly known as NBA Youngboy). And despite constantly seeing it pop up under random threads, after listening to his new album, they might actually have a point.

Titled after his real name, “Sincerely, Kentrell” is Youngboy’s first album since being arrested for gun charges in March 2021. The project is 21 songs deep with no features and it showcases the pain and love Youngboy experiences. On songs like “Break Or Make Me,” we see the battles he goes through behind closed doors. “I’m gon’ be Maybach riding / World War III inside me, tryna see why nothing I do ain’t right,” raps the

Baton Rouge native.

For an album that had to be made without his presence, Youngboy’s team put together an album that really shows who he is and what he experiences. The opening track “Bad Morning” sees Youngboy showcase how his lifestyle is luxurious, yet dangerous. The 21 year old raps, “I don’t need her hand when I’m runnin’ up Benji’s, real deal business, this real Blood business.” Songs like “All I Need” and “Life Support,” however, shows he still has a soft spot through it all.

Along with the musical variety, Youngboy also impressed me with his voice on this album, as his ability to change the pitch of his voice in the middle of songs was very impressive. It kept me engaged during the album, as nobody wants to hear the same sound for 21 songs. “I Can’t Take It Back” is a perfect example of this ability, as he was able to change his voice up three times in the first verse alone. I see a lot of Young Thug in Youngboy when he does this, considering Thug has a very iconic voice in the rap scene and they’ve worked

together on previous songs.

As far as complaints go, a lot of the production sounds similar to each other. The beats aren’t bad, but it can get a little repetitive at times, as I’ve seen this similar style on previous Youngboy projects. However, his versatility on the songs make up for the production. His voice and the way he switches flows in the middle of a song keeps listeners engaged.

Aside from this, there were little

to no flaws on this album.

Overall, “Sincerely Kentrell” is arguably one of the best albums of 2021. And I hope that with this album, people realize just how talented this young man truly is.

The world saw a glimpse of what he is capable of when he was featured on “WUSYANAME” with Tyler, The Creator on “Call me if You Get Lost,” but this new project shows just how diverse Youngboy is as an artist.

For his album to go #1 on the Billboard charts while he’s in jail shows the talent and support Youngboy has around him. And while it’s unknown when his trial will begin, it’s obvious that the world is missing out on a superstar in the moment.

I rwate “Sincerely Kentrell” a nine out of 10. My favorite songs were “Baddest Thing,” “No Where” and “On My Side.”

Sincerely, Kentrell

By NBA YOUNGBOY

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Editorial Board

Aimee Galaszewski, Executive Director Benjamin Wells, Managing Editor of The Marquette Tribune Skyler Chun, Managing Editor of The Marquette Journal

Alexandra Garner, Executive Opinions Editor Hope Moses, Assistant Opinions Editor

Megan Woolard, News Executive John Leuzzi, Sports Executive Randi Haseman, A&E Executive Lelah Byron, Projects Editor

Eleanor McCaughey, Copy Chief Grace Pionek, Design Chief Izzy Bonebrake, Executive Photo Editor Kate Hyland, Social Media Executive

Andrew Amouzou, Station Manager of MUTV Reese Seberg, Station Manager of MURadio Alex Rivera Grant, Editor of Diversity and Inclusion

STAFF EDITORIAL

Marquette Wire must stay committed to inclusivity

The Marquette Wire launched a new position this year called the Editor of Diversity and Inclusion to lead our organization in making intentional efforts to connect with students on campus through our reporting and ensure that we are being inclusive within our own organization.

Every summer before the beginning of the fall semester, we also have a week’s worth of training to equip staff members with the necessary information to begin the school year. This year, staff members attended two sessions led by our Editor of Diversity and Inclusion, Alex Rivera Grant: a conversation focusing on diversity and inclusion, as well as a session titled “The Importance of Diversity and Inclusion in the Newsroom.”

There, staff members discussed implicit biases and ways that we can be intentional about our reporting on campus, making sure that we are striving for inclusivity and not tokenism when deciding to interview students for stories.

Additionally, staff members can reach out to her to check in about their stories, such as making sure we use people-first language and inclusive languages like womxn

and mxn. She also attends all MUTV shows and gives critiques, as well as gives weekly feedback from the week’s published content at our all-staff meetings to the four branches of the Wire: Tribune, Journal, MUTV and MU Radio. Additionally, she leads community outreach and is planning a panel with leaders of multicultural organizations.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion as an organization, which means holding ourselves accountable and receiving feedback from the Marquette community when people believe we’ve made a mistake.

Recently, we published a story that focused on how the campus is celebrating Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month this year, which is from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. While the story included staff members at Marquette who focus on cultural engagement and diversity initiatives, we failed to include voices from Latinx or Hispanic students on campus.

We didn’t find this error internally until after the story was published. It was brought to our attention by a student from the Latinx community, which we are

thankful for.

We made a mistake by failing to include student voices in our stories that could shed light on how the campus is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month.

According to data from the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis, as of fall 2021, 1,170 out of 7,660 undergraduate students and 327 out of 3,660 graduate students on campus who are identified as Hispanic.

We should have made a larger effort to connect with students on campus for this story.

Moving forward, we will continue working to avoid another error like this one.

For Marquette community members interested in getting more involved with Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month, Marquette has a web page of events. A couple of these events include a showing of “In the Heights” at the Varsity Theatre at 8 p.m. Oct. 8 and at 1 p.m. Oct. 9 hosted by Marquette University Student Government and Cafe con Leche discussion Oct. 12 at 11 a.m. in Room 111 of the Alumni Memorial Union hosted by the Center for Engagement and Inclusion to support

Spanish-speaking communities.

During the past few weeks, Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity and Late Night Marquette have also hosted Fiesta de Noche, and the Latin American Student Organization and Center for Engagement and Inclusion hosted a Loteria Night, which is similar to BINGO. Other Hispanic and Latinxfocused student organizations include Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Paso a Paso, Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee and Society of 0Hispanic Professional Engineers.

There have been intentional efforts to become a more inclusive environment for Hispanic and Latinx students across campus.

In 2016, Marquette launched the Hispanic Service Institution Initiative, which would require the full-time undergraduate student body to be 25% Hispanic.

At the beginning of the fall 2018 semester, 13% of the undergraduate student population was Hispanic, which has steadily increased to 15.3% as of the fall 2021 semester, according to the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis.

Striving for Marquette to become an HSI would improve diversity of thought and understanding, as well as support Hispanic and Latinx students at a predominantly white institution.

As an organization, the Marquette Wire will also continuously work to improve and strive for more inclusivity with the Hispanic and Latinx communities, as well as other communities on campus.

This means recognizing, appreciating and uplifting Hispanic and Latinx voices year-round, not just during Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month or in regards to Marquette’s HSI initiatives.

We welcome thoughts from the Marquette community. If students, faculty or staff members believe that the Marquette Wire has made an error in our reporting that has excluded or misrepresented someone or a group on campus and would like to bring it to our attention, please reach out to the Editor of Diversity and Inclusion Alex Rivera Grant at alexandra. riveragrant@marquette.edu and the Executive Director of the Marquette Wire Aimee Galaszewski at aimee.galaszewski@marquette.edu.

Fall has arrived at Marquette.

The air is getting colder, the days are getting shorter, and the changing seasons offer us a chance to take stock. For students returning to campus, some for the first time in a year and a half, what kind of university do you see? For new first-year students and transfers, what kind of school have you just joined?

While magazine rankings are a limited way of measuring anything, the university administration is proud of its standings, and those standings are dropping.

Over the last year, Marquette’s US News and World Report has dipped from #13 to #58 in the nation for undergraduate teaching.

Clearly, something has changed.

Have you noticed this change?

If you are a returning student, you might notice that you can no longer access a favorite research database from the library. You might notice that it’s harder to get an advising appointment, or that an advisor you’ve worked

with is gone. You might be in a program whose future seems increasingly uncertain — Education, for instance, or Engineering, or Languages. These kinds of problems were exacerbated by last year’s budget fights, which resulted in the firings of more than 50 faculty and staff plus cuts to programs and resources.

Maybe you remember the Race, Ethnic, and Indigenous Studies job searches that were canceled and wonder what that means for the university’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the future. Maybe you remember how the university administration demonized faculty and students who disagreed with their plans and wonder whether you will have the freedom to speak up on other issues and be heard.

But you don’t have to be a returning student to sense that something is amiss. Every student who passes through Marquette will be taught by graduate and non-tenure track instructors

whose jobs are still in danger.

Even before the cuts, those instructors were overworked and underpaid. Some teach the same amount of classes as tenured professors for four to eight times less pay; others teach double the classes for two-thirds to three times less pay; graduate and part-time instructors teach without employer health insurance.

On top of this, all instructors face firings and the further erosion of their working conditions.

If your teachers seem exhausted, stressed, or frustrated, you can bet these issues are at the root of it. If they don’t seem exhausted, stressed, or frustrated, know that they are making a heroic effort to protect your learning environment, perhaps at their own expense.

This doesn’t have to be Marquette’s reality. The University’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors commissioned a financial audit that showed that Marquette’s

finances are stable and that the firings and program cuts weren’t necessary. It also showed that the university administration is pursuing risky investment strategies that have made the university less money than they’d make by more straightforward means. To the degree that Marquette’s finances are actually under threat, choices like this are to blame.

If you take stock of this situation and see a problem, there are several ways you can act. The first is to pay attention to your learning conditions and ask questions when you see them changing.

The second is to understand that your learning conditions are connected to the working conditions of Marquette’s faculty and staff.

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Halloween cult classic provides LGBTQ representation, spaces Abi Benjamin A film about a transgender alien who eats people doesn’t seem like a source of positive representation, but the film “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” provided representation and validation to young LGBTQ people in the mid-1970s. October is LGBTQ History Month, and there is no better time to watch an erotic rock musical that doubles as a Halloween movie.

“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” started as a stage show in the early 1970s, but was then filmed and premiered Sept. 25, 1975. At first, the movie got terrible reviews and was put up on a shelf to be forgotten. Renowned film critic Roger Ebert gave it two and a half stars and said that “the choreography, the compositions and even the attitudes of the cast imply a stage ambiance. And it invites the kind of laughter and audience participation that makes sense only if the performers are on the stage, creating mutual karma.”

Sal Piro, author of “Creatures of the Night: The Rocky Horror Experience,” a book about the cult following the film, said, “On April Fools’ Day in 1976, Tim Deegan, a young advertising executive at 20th Century Fox, persuaded Bill Quigley of the Walter Reade Organization to replace the midnight show at the Waverly Theater with the Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

This started the phenomenon of midnight showings.

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This show helped the queer community forge connections together...”

Slowly, fans in the audience started to talk back to the movie, came up with lines to “call back” at characters, and eventually this caught on with the regulars.

“I was ready to try my hand at an original line,” Piro said.

“When Frank asked, ‘Whatever

happened to Fay Wray?’ I answered, ‘she went [expletive]!’

– exactly what the audience did when they heard me. This was the first of dozens of lines that I created,” Piro said.

“Some of them were forgotten, but plenty of them are still shouted out in theaters across the country today … Audience members started to come to viewings dressed up as the characters, which included fishnets, corsets, and over the top makeup, and some places had costume contests, especially around Halloween time,” Piro said.

Some fans would also perform a floor show before the movie began, which eventually led to the whole movie being acted out and lip-synched to with a shadow cast. This show helped the queer community forge connections together and find a place to express themselves without being judged.

Having been released soon after the Stonewall Riots in the summer of 1969, which was a catalyst for LGBTQ equality, this movie provided a space for celebration of sexual awakening, gender fluidity

and pansexualism.

Dr. Frank-N-Furter, played

by Tim Curry, is a mad scientist making a man of his own to “play” with. He has a party of fellow “transsexuals” from Transylvania (Frank-N-Furter’s home planet) to introduce his monster, Rocky, and things go slightly awry. Through all his faults, like being a murderer, cannibal and alien, he was a beacon of “transsexual” light.

Instead of creating a one-dimensional character, the movie poses Frank-N-Furter as the anti-hero, he does awful things, but you like him and you want him to be happy in the end. In this era, media representation for transgender people was limited and because the only was that cisgender people could accept it on screen is if it was seen as a negative trait. But this movie celebrated queerness and transgender-ness.

Frank-N-Furter’s introduction song, “Sweet Transvestite,” says “don’t get strung up, by the way I look / Don’t judge a book by its cover / I’m not much of a man by the light of day / But by night I’m one hell of a lover.”

This kind of representation and celebration were needed to give hope to young members of the LGBTQ community, and it gave them something that was their own. Audiences idolized his confidence and swagger. FrankN-Furter was a pro-sex icon in a time when sex was still considered pretty scandalous, especially for gay people. The movie slowly spread across the country, and there is even a “Transylvanian Institute” on the fan club’s website with details on how to go about starting your own shadow cast in the city you live in.

“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is a perfect example of people coming together to create a subculture of their own through expressing themselves in an authentic way. Especially coming out before the Internet, the rise of this movie’s popularity and culture proves just how needed it was and how influential young people can be when they need a space to express themselves.

Powered station in The Commons, which a plant-based food station with options such as ‘chick’n tenders,’ ‘incogmeato burger’ and tofu steak, all of which are sourced by MorningStar Farms, which is a food company that specializes in vegan and vegetarian food products. MorningStar is also popularly known for providing plant-based variations of traditionally meat products like chicken nuggets and patties.

The Plant Powered station became available to students at the beginning of the fall 2021 semester, and largely serves students with vegetarian or vegan diets because, as much as salad bars can be a hot commodity, they need other healthy options too.

Supporting these kinds of diets is important because it includes vegetarians and vegans in the traditional dining hall experience and it is also good for the environment. Eating a vegetarian diet alone leads to 2.5 times less carbon emissions than a meat-based diet.

There is also inclusivity at the campus’ coffee shops’ options.

The Brew, a Starbucks-serving café located in the Alumni Memorial Union, the Raynor Library, David A. Straz Jr. Hall, the School of Dentistry, and the basement of Cudahy Hall also promote food inclusivity. Coffee drinkers everywhere can rejoice knowing they will have their choice of milk in their beverage, whether they want to diverge from cow’s milk due to preference, allergy or veganism. For only a 75 cent upcharge, students can choose to have almond, coconut or oat milk

in their drinks.

An area Marquette can improve with access to food on campus is providing more takeout boxes at dining halls. Whether it be due to severe allergies, discomfort eating around others, or a hectic schedule, many students would benefit from having the option to take their dining hall food to go.

Marquette should provide this option in each one of the dining halls just as it does in the Annex.

Colleges everywhere can learn something by listening to their students and following the upward trend of food inclusivity.

Students should not consider a wide variety of dining options that fit their needs a privilege, but a standard. If universities fail to adapt to the growing dietary restrictions of students, they will likely lose money made through dining plans and also disappoint the students they want to care for.

First- and second-year students at Marquette are required to have a meal plan; So, this could cause issues if a student is not provided the proper food options. A recent survey found that 57% of individuals said they would be more likely to eat on their college campus if there were a broader selection of options.

Food inclusivity is important to increase students’ food options but also to protect them from potential exposure to allergens or foods they exclude from their diet.

Not only should students’ needs be addressed out of care and concern, but also safety. Young adults seem to be at higher risk for fatal food-related allergic reactions.

Colleges should prioritize the welfare of their students and attend to their needs for inclusive food options.

I grappled for a long time with the decision to become vegetarian myself largely out of concern that there wouldn’t be enough options of food for me to eat in college. Luckily, the world is adapting, and as we see an increase in vegetarianism, an increase of plant-based options have come with it. Marquette has made mine and many other students’ dietary restrictions less stressful through their efforts to provide a wide variety of dining options. Colleges everywhere should strive for food inclusivity and prioritize their students’ dietary needs.

Abi Benjamin is a sophomore studying sociology. They can be reached at abigail.benjamin@ marquette.edu

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Grace Cady Food inclusivity has become increasingly important as dietary restrictions among people have increased. About 26 million U.S. adults have food allergies along with 5.6 million children, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.

In addition to allergic restrictions, many Americans are also choosing to eliminate or reduce animal products such as meat or dairy from their diet; we see a jump from 1% to 6% of people following a vegan diet from 2014 to 2021. Recently, Marquette University has made significant efforts to address the needs of students’ growing dietary restrictions.

Students with dietary restrictions may find it difficult in traditional college dining halls, as they are unable to consume a lot of food staples part of the American diet like burgers, pizza and chicken do not adhere to students who have dairy or gluten allergies as well as vegans or vegetarians.

Marquette has addressed the need for more food inclusivity by expanding the campus’ dining hall options. One of the more recently added food stations on campus is Simple Servings in The Commons which excludes the eight most common allergen ingredients according to the United States Food and Drug Administration: milk, eggs, wheat, soy, shellfish, peanuts, tree nuts and gluten. This station helps ease students minds since there is no concern for their health.

Another addition to Marquette’s campus dining is the Plant

Photo by Hope Moses hope.moses@marquette.edu

The Plant Powered and Simply Servings stations are in The Commons.

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

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Photo by Isabel Bonebrake isabel.bonebrake@marquette.edu

Marquette women’s basketball team poses for a picture in front of fans at Marquette Madness. The team was introduced to fans while also competing in the skills challenge Oct.1.

Marquette Madness returns to campus for first time since 2019

By John Leuzzi

john.leuzzi@marquette.edu

With Marquette Madness coming and going, a new season for Marquette men’s and women’s basketball is blossoming upon Marquette Nation.

“Last year was extremely difficult,” Marquette women’s

basketball head coach Megan Duffy said. ‘’l’ll never forget our first game coming out here [Al McGuire Center] and there was nothing but the sound of basketballs and that’s about it.

So to have our alums, our fans, our family, our friends back in just as kind of a kickoff to really just a couple days of practice it’s pretty exciting just to know basketball season is right around the corner.”

Here are some takeaways and updates from Friday

night’s event: New format, new faces This year’s Marquette Madness featured a new format of events, with the biggest change perhaps being there was no concert that followed the event like in years past.

Instead, it was an opportunity for both teams to use the event as a meet-and-greet with fans.

The night consisted of team introductions and videos, T-shirt

tosses, skills competitions, performances from the Marquette dance team/cheerleaders and a dunk contest.

It was also the first time since his press conference back in May that new men’s basketball head coach Shaka Smart was able to introduce himself to the hometown faithful.

“The biggest thing is just being back around some fans and students,” Smart said. “Being at Marquette, obviously, there’s a passion here for basketball and

with us being new, really 90 some percent of us in our program, including me, we’re just excited about building. And so hopefully, our guys can continue to keep getting better and we can build some great moments as we go and continue to get better.”

Including Smart and his coaching staff, there are nine new players — four transfers and five first-years — within the men’s program this year.

One of those first-years is See SEASON page 15

MEN’S SOCCER

Kash finding his footing with bigger role this season Defender earning more minutes after sitting out first year

By Matt Yeazel

matthew.yeazel@marquette.edu

The defensive side of the ball has been where the Marquette men’s soccer team has seen a lot of success in the last two seasons, and one reason for that is due to the work of redshirt junior defender Gabe Kash.

Kash, who redshirted his first year back in 2018, has seen more playing time on the pitch

this season than in the previous two seasons.

“I started off not playing as much and they just told me to put in the work,” Kash said. “They told me if you keep the work ethic up you’ll get the minutes and that’s shown this season.”

Head coach Louis Bennett said that both as a person and a player, he has a lot of respect for Kash.

“We don’t give anyone minutes, he’s earned every single minute he’s gotten,” Bennett said. “He’s been built off of blood, sweat and a few tears.”

Kash, who is originally from

Ethiopia, came to the U.S. when he was seven years old when he was adopted with two of his sisters and a brother.

In the States, Kash has spent time in multiple cities within the Midwest, including St. Louis where he led his U14 team to a national premier league championship.

“Coming to the U.S. was totally different than what I had experienced, but obviously I was very young and didn’t have much idea what was happening,” Kash said. “I was able to stick with my siblings and as I grew up I understood what happened

and why I’m here.”

While living in Kansas City, Kash played for Sporting KC’s youth program. This is where Bennett first discovered Kash and where he decided Kash was a player that would fit well into the Golden Eagles’ program.

“He was quick, has good understanding of the game, had a lot of good tools,” Bennett said.

“I knew the characteristics he had back then would only have to grow a little bit with experience for him to have a big impact on the team.”

Kash was brought in and then had to redshirt his entire

first year as he adjusted to the college game, which was a bigger change than anticipated.

“I sat back and saw how things played out and then once I understood how they wanted to play, they let me come in and show them what I got,” Kash said.

Bennett thinks Kash’s redshirt season helped him develop into the player he is today.

“When he first came in he was a little naive to what college soccer was,” Bennett said. “In our society now it’s harder for people to be patient. Gabe was See KASH page 16

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Friars spoil Golden Eagles Homecoming match Lads concede twice in final five minutes of regulation; earn draw

By Sam Arco

samuel.arco@marquette.edu

In their return to Valley Fields for alumni night, the Marquette men’s soccer team drew with No. 22 Providence 2-2 in an intense overtime matchup Saturday night.

“We knew they were going to be a really good team, you’re not in the top-25 at this time in the year for no reason,” Marquette head coach Louis Bennett said. “Providence is always resilient and a well-coached team so we knew they would be difficult.”

Nothing could separate the two sides in the first half as just one shot on target was recorded which came off the head of Providence forward Davis Smith, whose header hit off the top post before Marquette was able to clear the ball out of the box and avoid danger.

The Golden Eagles wasted no

time in the second half, however.

In the 47th minute redshirt junior forward Lukas Sunesson found redshirt junior midfielder Zyan Andrade right outside the box, where the Brazilian native would make no mistake, striking one past Providence goalkeeper Lukas Burns to give Marquette a 1-0 lead.

Andrade’s first goal of the season couldn’t have come at a better time, as it put the ranked Friars on the ropes on the road.

For the next 30 minutes, both sides had their fair share of chances, but nothing to show for it on the scoresheet.

Marquette redshirt junior goalkeeper Chandler Hallwood did his best to limit the Friars’ attack as he had a season-high eight saves while facing a total of 20 shots on the night.

With the game coming down to a close in the 85th minute, Marquette won a set piece outside the box after a foul from Providence defender Miguel Candela Bravo.

First-year midfielder Edrey Caceres sent in the free kick into the

box which found the head of redshirt sophomore defender Harvey Read. Read’s header deflected off Providence sophomore goalkeeper Lukas Burns before Sunesson was there to fire home the second chance from close range to give Marquette a 2-0 lead.

With just five minutes left in the contest, Sunesson’s third goal of the season to double Marquette’s advantage seemed to seal the victory for the Golden Eagles, but the Friars had other plans.

In the 87th minute, Providence junior midfielder Gage Raftery found himself with the ball right outside Marquette’s box. Raftery fired a shot past Hallwood into the top corner to cut Marquette’s lead to 2-1 with just less than three minutes left to play.

About 90 seconds later, Providence would do the unthinkable and tie the game 2-2 after Christopher Roman’s header from a cross sent into the box sailed over Hallwood into the back of the net to stun the Marquette faithful.

The contest would then go

into extra time where both teams had few chances to win it, but with both sides suffering from fatigue the match resulted in a draw after two periods of extra time, earning both teams one point in BIG EAST play.

“We’re going to sew up our wounds and take the positives out of the game,” Bennett said. “We have a point against a top-25 team and we will move on. We’re firmly fixed in the middle of the (BIG EAST) table, and we have a great chance to move on up going forward.”

Marquette (4-4-1, 1-1-1 BIG EAST) won’t have too much time to dwell on the result however, as the team has a short turnaround with the Xavier Musketeers coming into town Wednesday night.

“We’re going to work on what we can do to improve these next couple of days to prepare for Xavier,” Sunesson said. “Hopefully we will be able to get a home win for our fans.”

The Musketeers come into Wednesday’s matchup with a 6-4 overall record but are 0-3 to start BIG EAST play. Kickoff at Valley Fields is scheduled for 7 p.m. CST.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Conference regular season schedule announced League play starts Dec. 3 with home game against Xavier

By Jackson Gross

jackson.gross@marquette.edu

placing third in the conference with a record of 12-5. In the most recent matchup on date, Seton Hall defeated Marquette 77-66 behind the efforts of graduate student Andra Espinoza-Hunter’s 25 points.

Graduate student forward Lauren Van Kleunen led Marquette with 13 points.

Two days before New Year’s Day, Marquette will travel back

east to Storrs, Connecticut to face the UConn Huskies. In their first season back in the BIG EAST last year, the Huskies went undefeated in conference play. UConn defeated Marquette 73-39 in the BIG EAST Championship Game.

Marotta said that the game against UConn is one that has been circled on the calendar already.

The Golden Eagles’ first game

following the New Year will be a trip to Omaha, Nebraska Jan. 7 to face the Creighton Blue Jays.

Last season, Marquette went 3-0 against Creighton, including a 6459 win in the second round of the BIG EAST tournament.

After the road trip, Marquette will return home for a three-game homestand, including their first meeting of the I-94 rivalry DePaul

After finishing runner-up in BIG EAST play last season, Marquette women’s basketball received its new slate of conference games for upcoming season.

The announcement came in a Oct. 1 press release from the BIG EAST. Redshirt junior Chole Marotta said that she and the rest of her team are excited to play the BIG EAST this year.

“We’ve been waiting to play the BIG EAST for a long time now, it kind of got cut short a little bit last year, so to have a full season and schedule come out was great, I’m really, really excited,” Marotta said.

Marquette will open conference play with a two-game home stand against Xavier Dec. 3 and Butler Dec. 5. Last year, Xavier finished in ninth place in the BIG EAST with a 2-8 conference record and am overall record of 5-10. Meanwhile Butler, finished with a record of 3-17, 3-15 in BIG EAST play and placed tenth in the standings.

The Golden Eagles’ first road game is against Seton Hall Dec. Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics 19. The Pirates finished behind Chloe Marotta (52) takes a jump shot in Marquette’s 70-63 loss to Virginia Tech March 21 in the NCAA Tournament. the Golden Eagles last year,

Jan. 12. Both teams split the regular season series last year, each winning on the road.

Georgetown and Villanova will round out the home stand Jan. 14 and Jan. 16 respectively.

Marquette’s biggest stretch of road games will come from Jan. 21 through the 30th when they visit Xavier, Butler and St. John’s with a home game against Seton Hall mixed into the nine-day stretch.

To round out the regular season, Marquette will play three of their last five games on the road with trips to DePaul, Georgetown and Providence.

The Golden Eagles will conclude the season with a game at home against St. John’s Feb. 27.

Head coach Megan Duffy said she is ready for the season to get rolling and is excited for some of the signature matchups this year.

“We’ve got a couple of big marquee matchups that will be on FOX against UConn, DePaul will be reloaded and back at it right down the street from us. Just excited to see it on paper ... we got some great challenges going down (this year),” Duffy said.

The Golden Eagles will play in seven nationally televised games this season across the Fox Sports Networks.

Marquette will open up the season in 35 days against Alcorn State Nov. 9 at the Al McGuire Center.

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Volleyball middle setters connecting on and off court Wolf on pace to break her own career-high for assists in a season

By Jackson Gross

jackson.gross@marquette.edu

When attending a NCAA volleyball game, fans can expect seeing one setter per side. But a hallmark of Marquette women’s volleyball head coach Ryan Theis’ program has been utilizing a 6-2 system that consists of six hitters and two setters.

“Middles have to hit off of two setters in practice and in games, so you can have really good chemistry with one of them and not as good chemistry with the other,” Theis said.

“Outsides, similarly, it is coming out of Taylor’s hands and Claire’s hands, it comes out different, it does.”

In this current iteration, those two setters are graduate student Taylor Wolf and redshirt junior Claire Mosher.

The two up to this point in the season have amassed 549 assists.

While Mosher has been a setter her entire college career, Wolf didn’t start setting in college until she arrived at Marquette last season and only amassed 207 assists in her three years with the Green Bay Phoenix.

“It’s definitely been different from my experiences at Green Bay before coming to Marquette. I hadn’t really set since high school, so it’s been a couple years, but I think I always missed it (setting) at Green Bay,” Wolf said. “I think

(coming to Marquette) just really allowed me to take the next step and enjoy playing another position.”

While moving back to playing setter, Wolf used Mosher as inspiration to improve her setting ability.

“Having another setter around, like Claire, who has had experience and has done it since she was very young, just gave me another role model to continue to improve on my skills and how I can always do better on different things like my hands or my positioning on the court each day,” Wolf said.

Wolf has had a strong run in her two years playing setter for the Golden Eagles, as she had more assists last season (256) than she had in her previous three seasons at UW Green Bay. As of the time of this article, the 2020-21 AllBIG EAST Team Honoree is on the verge of breaking that mark this season.

But beyond the stats for these two players, Wolf said that the two have developed a relationship on and off the court.

“Claire and I have a pretty good relationship,” Wolf said.

“We’re pretty similar in some aspects, we both have tough majors right now so we can kind of connect in that aspect, but on the court I think that when we’re in our drills and sessions, we just go for it.”

Mosher said that in high school she played with her sister, Madeline, in the 6-2, and while this isn’t with her biological sister, Mosher said Wolf is like playing with a sister.

“From high school it’s not my sister setting, but I like to think

Photo by Collin Nawrocki collin.nawrocki@marquette.edu

Wolf (10) sets up redshirt first-year Carsen Murray (12) during Marquette’s 3-0 loss against Wisconsin Sep. 12.

of Taylor as a sister. We’re very similar, just like how me and my sisters are,” Mosher said. “I definitely think we mesh well together, I think me and Taylor have that special connection of being that similar.”

Beyond volleyball, Mosher & Wolf have been able to build that bond. Mosher agreed that the

two related over tough majors.

“We both have similar majors, so we can bond over that. I think that we are both very soft spoken and kind of shy at times and she’s also from the Midwest and we both love the outdoors,” Mosher said.

Mosher said these little connections have helped build trust

between the two, on and off the court.

“It just develops that trust between two people,” Mosher said.

“I know I can trust Taylor on the court to get a kill when I’m setting her, and then I feel supported if I need help in any situation I know Taylor will always be there to help me.”

Photo by Isabel Bonebrake isabel.bonebrake@marquette.edu

Redshirt junior setter Claire Mosher (1) sets up her teammates during Marquette’s 3-1 win over UConn Oct.1. The Waterloo, Wisconsin, native has played in every set this season.

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SEASON: Fans introduced to new squads for first time Continued from page 12 forward Keeyan Itejere. The Knightdale, North Carolina native is one of Smart’s three recruits from Texas who flipped their commitment and followed him to Milwaukee.

“First time very exciting, just seeing the energy around here especially after COVID,” Itejere said. “After coming to this event and really just in the practices, I know what this program is about, the togetherness [and] the unity in this program.

Honestly, I’m just really excited for this first year.”

Kolek standing out Smart said newcomer Tyler Kolek’s ability to shoot and his work ethic have stood out through summer practices and now official practices.

“He can really shoot,” Smart said. “He’s the hardest worker on our team from the standpoint of extra work. One of the hardest workers I’ve ever seen. He’s a guy that can really become a fanfavorite in time. In short order, they’re not going to be saying ‘who is that,’ they’re gonna be saying, ‘we want him shooting open threes.’”

Kolek transferred to Marquette and the BIG EAST after one season in the Atlantic-10 at George

Mason University where he was named the conference’s Rookie of the Year after averaging 10.8 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.

The Cumberland, Rhode Island native is one of only 11 first-years in the A-10 to average a state line of 10.0 ppg./2.4 3-pt.

FG/2.0 apg./.350 3pt FG%.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Ben Steele reported that the 2020-21 BIG TEN Defensive Player of the Year had shoulder surgery in August.

“He will be back playing live for the first time since last season next week,” Smart said. “He’s been working out and been doing a bunch of stuff but not live basketball so it’s gonna be literally his first time playing in several months.”

McLaughlin mixing in Last season, women’s basketball sat 10th in the BIG EAST in 3-point field goals made, averaging 4.1 per game. During the off-season, Duffy went out to sign graduate student Karissa McLaughlin in hopes of improving the Golden Eagles’ shooting from beyond the arc.

McLaughlin, who transferred to Marquette this summer, is the all-time 3-point shooter in Purdue women’s basketball program history (244) and is a career 35% 3-point shooter.

“We need more three-point shooters for sure,” Duffy said.

“Karissa brings that instantly.

We’re going to try and get as many touches from there as possible but she can also play some point for us which is nice. We can move Jordan King around so (I) really like that dynamic. I think she’s going to only get better and bring a lot of experience on the court.”

Preseason sightings Smart announced there will be two opportunities for the Blue and Gold faithful to catch a glimpse of this year’s team before the season opener Nov. 9 against Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.

The first will be an open practice Oct. 14 for season ticket holders. Then on Halloween, Photo by Isabel Bonebrake isabel.bonebrake@marquette.edu there will be an open scrimmage Keeyan Itejere takes off for a dunk in front of fans at Marquette Madness. inside the Al McGuire Center for got veterans, they don’t need to all fans.

Health updates practice that much and they know the expectations. She’s been a Next up Duffy mentioned graduate great voice. She’s always been student forward Lauren Van a calming influence. So that’s Both the men’s and women’s Kleunen is still getting back into what she’s going to bring to basketball teams open up their shape after recouping from an in- some of this blend of new talent season in 35 days against SIUE jury after last season. Duffy did coming in.” and Alcorn State, respectively. not mention if Van Kleunen is Meanwhile on the men’s side, Make sure to follow @MUWirerecovering from a specific injury. Smart said graduate student Sports on Twitter for updates “She’s just steady for us,” transfer Darryl Morsell will be throughout the seasons.

Duffy said. “One thing when you cleared by doctors this week.

CROSS COUNTRY

Grad transfer looking to make most of new opportunity Newcomer hopes to break personal best set with former school

By Johnnie Brooker

johnnie.brooker@marquette.edu

Marquette’s newest cross country addition Zak Kindl is racing the clock as his eligibility is winding down.

With the COVID-19 pandemic raging during Kindl’s senior year, he knew that he wanted to continue his running career. With the NCAA granting athletes an extra year of eligibility due to the coronavirus, many athletes took advantage of that decree. Lucky for Kindl, he has two years left.

“Having been able to run for four years and these two more years have definitely been a blessing. I’m excited to see what I can do in the last few years, but I’d definitely say slow and steady improvement so I’m happy that I still get the chance to do some more,” Kindl said.

Kindl is a graduate transfer out of Washington State University.

After redshirting his first year and a combined three races during his tenure at Washington State, Kindl said he has something to provide this year for the Golden Eagles.

“I dove in head first to a little bit of uncertainty. Just wanted a new adventure in a new city, with a new team. So, I committed like sight unseen and I didn’t get to

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Kindl is a native of Spokane, WA.

visit campus at all or anything because of COVID-19. However, it’s worked out great so far so it’s a leap of faith. So far it’s really been paying off,” Kindl said.

In the team’s most recent meet Oct. 2 at the Louisville Classic, Kindl posted a time of 25:35.4.

Kindl’s personal record is 24:40.

Head cross country coach Birren mentioned that it’s early.

“As it starts to get colder out, I expect times to start dropping,” said Birren. Birren mentioned that runners love the cold weather. Cold weather is usually when runners drop their times and that is what is expected from Birren.

Sophomore runner Dan Weizeorick mentioned that Kindl’s high level of experience not only helps the Golden Eagles on the course but also has been a useful resource at practice.

“He’s a good runner and an even better guy,” said Weizeorick.

Birren said he has enjoyed getting to know Kindl since joining the program.

“He’s really humbled and excited to be on a team where he

gets to be a contributing factor,” Birren said. “I just think he’s staying a little bit more motivated knowing that he’s gonna be able to race from week to week.”

Birren explained that in a short period of time, Kindl has been a difference-maker and a positive light for the team.

“He’s a contributing factor and he’s staying motivated knowing that he gets to race week to week,” said Birren.

As an elder statesman on the team, his teammates look to him for his experience and his mentorship for younger athletes on the team.

“I learned from a running perspective the purpose of relaxing and understanding the long haul of the season. Also, not to put much pressure on myself on one day or race,” Weizeorick said.

Birren echoed the sentiments from his runners on Kindl’s experience being a used as a resource.

“I expected him to fit in well with our group of guys as far as having been plugged in with a group of guys for training is

right where we need him to be,” Birren said.

Birren was referring to the other top six guys. In cross country, only the top seven scores place.

Kindl said one of the main reasons why he chose Marquette was for the academic rigor that is offered.

“Knowing that I wanted to go to grad school, I kind of threw a Hail Mary to Coach Sean Birren at Marquette, knowing that school is the priority,” said Kindl.

Birren said that Kindl is “definitely plugged into his school work and he’s excited about his major.”

Following college, Kindl said he hopes to get a job within athletics either at the professional or collegiate level, something which he believes Marquette will help him achieve.

“Working with teams on how we can get them just even those tiny little games to give him the extra edge over the competition these days because that’s what really comes down to,” Kindl said.

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MEN’S SOCCER

KASH: Redshirt junior hopes to reach next level and dominate.”

Kash, who Bennett said had patient, and how he’s really filled the potential that he the possibility of going pro rather than going to college, also showed back then.”

In addition to growing as a said that he has high aspirations player on the pitch, Bennett has for himself for the rest of his cabeen impressed by the person reer at Marquette and beyond.

“I want to Kash has become keep improvoff of it. ing myself and “I have a lot of my game here at respect for Gabe.

Marquette and Especially when then just keep you consider his making it to the story and where next level,” Kash he’s come from,” said. “Whether Bennett said. “He’s it’s USL (United tough and he’s a Soccer League) quiet workman which I like. He’s Louis Bennett or MLS (Major Socgrown into even Marquette men’s soccer League more than I thought head coach cer) or wherever, I just want to he would.” keep moving up With all the hard work it took to get to this point, Kash is try- in my career.”

Bennett said that he is proud ing to take advantage of more playing time and help his team of the player Kash has become and quite often uses him as an achieve big things this season.

“My main thing I want to example for his teammates as work on myself is my one-on- someone who works hard and one defending, but as a defense finds success.

“Gabe to me is a fantastic we just want to play with unity and defend as a group,” Kash American college success story,” said. “Our biggest goal is to Bennett said. “No matter what he win the BIG EAST and from has never given up, and now he’s there make it to the NCAA again seeing the fruits of his labor.”

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Gabe to me is a fantastic American college success story,”

Photo by Collin Nawrocki collin.nawrocki@marquette.edu

Redshirt junior defender Gabe Kash (2) goes to make a first touch on the ball in 1-0 loss to Wisconsin Sept. 13.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Block’s goal leads Marquette to third-straight victory Easter earns first BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week award

By John Leuzzi

john.leuzzi@marquette.edu

For the first time since 2017, the Marquette women’s soccer team earned its first three-game winning streak in BIG EAST play Sunday afternoon after defeating the Seton Hall Pirates 1-0.

“They’re (Seton Hall) a good team. They’re well coached. I really respect their coach and what she’s trying to do,” Marquette head coach Frank Pelaez said. “It’s Sunday and Sundays are a grind, every coach in the country will tell you that, and (the) kids found a way to grind today.”

As it has been a season-long trend, Marquette controlled possession of the ball right out of the gate.

In the 19th minute, redshirt junior midfielder Rachel Johnson placed a corner kick from the left corner giving the Golden Eagles a scoring opportunity but Pirates goalkeeper Grace Gordon grabbed it in the air.

Seton Hall’s best scoring opportunity in the first half came in the 27th minute when they took two shots on goal in a span of 17 seconds, but Marquette redshirt first-year goalkeeper Mikki Easter

saved both.

Then in the 39th minute, the Golden Eagles would have one more opportunity to break the silence before halftime when Maille McDermott was booked for a yellow card just outside the 18-yard box, giving Marquette a freekick opportunity.

Johnson fired one down broadway from 20 yards out but Gordon pushed it over the net at the last second.

Marquette went into halftime tied

with Seton Hall.

In the 65th minute, the Golden Eagles looked to put one in the back of the net but was waved off after they were called for a foul during the build-up.

Four minutes later, redshirt sophomore midfielder Hailey Block put one in the back of the net to break the silence. Redshirt first-year forward Elsi Twombly and Johnson were awarded the assist.

“Elsi and I have a really great connection. I have played forward

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with her a few times and she’s always been really great sharing the ball and has laid a ton of opportunities for people,” Block said. “And so today I saw when she got the ball, I saw that opportunity and she gave me a great ball and just was there to finish it.”

Block’s first goal of the season came in front of alumni and both her parents.

“It’s really exciting,” Block said.

“It’s been awesome. This season’s the first time playing at Valley for me so to have them out watching the games and being in the stands has been like beyond fantastic for me. They just bring me so much love and energy especially so close to home.”

Marquette outshot Seton Hall 17-8 on the afternoon. Block said Marquette’s approach continues to be consistent game in and game out.

“We always are constantly giving each other opportunities to score goals,” Block said.” We’re really focused on making sure we take advantage of those opportunities and finish them. So we’re still building off of that, but it’s awesome to get a few goals last few games, so just keep it off that.”

In the 11th minute, Wetherell suffered an injury to the face off a ball deflection. Wetherell was taken out of the game to be attended by Marquette’s training staff but would return in the second half.

“Katrina is a woman who will not stop and if I keep her on the bench, of course safety first, but if I keep her on the bench, it doesn’t help us on the field. She’s a soccer player and you’ve got to want those type of people around you at all times.”

In conjunction with Marquette’s 2021 Homecoming Weekend, the team paid tribute to 18 former players during halftime.

“It’s the only reason I do what I do,” Pelaez said. “For the people that helped me through my process, this win is for them. I do appreciate them at all times. It’s very important, it’s what Marquette is (all) about.”

Easter earned her fourth clean sheet of the season, finishing with three saves.

The Culpeper, Virginia native was named BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week after posting back-to-back clean sheets against Creighton and Seton Hall last week.

Marquette (7-4, 3-1 BIG EAST) will now head to Storrs, Connecticut to open a two-game road trip against the UConn Huskies Thursday at 6 p.m. CST. “We haven’t been on the road like that since since Utah, when we’re on the road for five days and that takes some getting used to,” Pelaez said. “I think we learned from the past and we’re going to try to do our best against a really tough UConn team .... And hopefully we can do some damage out there.”