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Marquette achieves ‘Emerging HSI’ status 15.4% of undergraduate population identify as Hispanic, Latinx

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Marquette community hopeful to receive COVID-19 booster shot Additional dose of vaccination approved by CDC

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By Phoebe Goebel

A quick glance at Eastern Michigan University professor of accounting Howard Bunsis’ staff profile showcases accolades such as a doctorate from the University of Chicago and EMU’s Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award from 2002. Bunsis, who in the past has served as an attorney and certified public accountant, is no stranger to diving into the details of a group’s finances.

Recently, however, Bunsis has done financial analyses of institutions across the country including Arizona University, Stony Brook University and University of Buffalo. These reports analyzed each institution’s financial situation following many universities — including Marquette — that were facing budget shortfalls because of the COVID-19 pandemic or due to other financial complications.

And in August, Marquette’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, who are not formally recognized by Marquette, published a

al development of the university and can be used for a wide range of things to benefit all students, including educational materials, improved facilities, faculty development, tutoring or counseling programs and other student support services,” the Marquette Diversity and Inclusion webpage said.

Over the past 10 years at Marquette, Latinx undergraduate enrollment has doubled.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention recently endorsed or approved a booster shot for all three vaccines; Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson and Johnson.

The Milwaukee Health Department is endorsing the booster vaccine and is currently distributing it at health clinics for those eligible.

The booster shot is the same dose as the previously given dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and is first being given to those who are at higher risk for hospitalization or death. This constitutes individuals 65 or older, or those working in long-term care facilities who are 18 or older.

The goal of the booster shot is to boost immunity that could have faded over time since the last vaccination, and will restore full protection against the virus.

Pfizer and BioNTech, the companies behind the vaccine, said that in recent trials “the additional shot was 95.6% effective against the disease.”

Marquette University took precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 for the 2021-22 academic year. Before coming on campus, proof of

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Hispanic-Serving Institutions must have a certain percentage of students identify as Hispanic/Latinx individuals.

By Julia Abuzzahab

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Marquette University has earned an “emerging HSI” status designation since 15.4% of undergraduate students are Hispanic/Latinx.

A Hispanic-Serving Institution is a federal classification decided by the Higher Education Act. To become a HSI, it is required the institution be a two or four-year certified college, have a certain percentage of students be low-income and INDEX

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have at least 25% of full-time undergraduate students identify as Hispanic. Once the institution meets this criteria and meets HSI status, they can apply for federal Title V funding.

On Marquette’s Diversity and Inclusion webpage, it is stated that the university will be able to apply for this funding once it becomes a HSI. However, that isn’t why it decided to achieve HSI status.

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HSI: ‘..It’s more about where we are now’

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In 2016, Marquette first announced that it would aim to become a Hispanic-Serving Institution; Hispanic/Latinx undergraduate enrollment was at 9.7% at this time.

To become a HSI, 25% of the undergraduate population at Marquette would have to identify as Hispanic, and half of those students would have to be lowincome.

Low-income students are generally classified by their annual income and family size. To be recognized as a low-income student by the federal government, one’s family’s taxable income would not surpass 150% of the poverty level amount.

15% is required to achieve emerging status.

Although there is no federal definition of “emerging HSI status,” Excelencia in Education defines it as “institutions with an undergraduate FTE Hispanic enrollment between 15 and 24 percent. While emerging HSIs do not have the critical mass of Latino student enrollment required to meet the definition of anHSI, these institutions may soon meet the criteria as their enrollment grows and Latino representation increases.”

In 2021, first-year students accounted for 18% of Hispanic/ Latinx students at Marquette.

This helped increase Hispanic/ Latinx enrollment, and ultimately pushed Marquette over the 15% threshold.

“This is an exciting milestone that demonstrates the progress we are making with the initiatives

put in place to attract and retain Latinx students at Marquette University,” Provost Kimo Ah Yun said in a statement. “We have made an ambitious commitment to serve one of the fastest-growing segments of the population. Achieving ‘emerging HSI’ status is one step on that path.”

Julia Basurto-Gutierrez, a junior in the College of Engineering and co-president of Marquette’s Latin American Student Organization, said she believes Marquette is attempting to become a more inclusive campus.

She said although the university is on the correct path, she hopes Marquette will continue to host opportunities that allow all students to find their place on campus.

“Diversity at the university level is important … with Marquette declaring emerging HSI status, they are making a decision to focus on its students that are a minority,” Basurto-Gutierrez said in an email.

In the 2020-21 academic year, Marquette granted Latinx students $33 million in financial aid.

The university also raised more than $250,000 for the Ellacuria Scholarship, which goes to undocumented students, and $30,000 for Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee scholarships.

Clarissa Martinez, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences and member of the Sigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, said it was upsetting

when Marquette announced it was going to put becoming anHSI on the “backburner” when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

“It’s nice to see them turn back around right away even though we’re in the midst of COVID-19, I see that they didn’t give up in those efforts,” Martinez said.

Provost Ah Yun said Sept. 29, 2020 that becoming a HSI would not be a part of Marquette’s strategic plan, Beyond Boundaries.

“Marquette I am sure lost a lot of enrollment the past couple years because of the pandemic, so I do not mind they took a ‘pause’ in their process,” David Castillo, a senior in the College of Engineering and president of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, said. “I think it’s more about where we are now, and that Marquette only had a hiccup and did not stop completely.”

In 2021, Provost Ah Yun announced to Marquette in a letter to the campus community that they re-committed to becoming a HSI, and said “this endeavor is about making Marquette a more welcoming and inclusive space for all our diverse stakeholders.”

Basurto-Gutierrez said it’s important to recognize where Marquette is located. She said that many students have only been a part of a “Marquette bubble” and haven’t made an effort to go outside of that bubble.

“It is difficult to dedicate oneself to others, if one is unaware of the challenges that exist in the surrounding communities,”

Basurto-Gutierrez said in an email. “In becoming a HSI, hopefully Marquette will encourage students to participate in the surrounding communities. Also, students will be more willing to participate throughout campus if they feel like their presence is appreciated/ noticed.”

Basurto-Gutierrez also said that being a student at a predominantly white institution, minority students don’t feel like they’re being recognized or that their voices are being heard.

She said by becoming a HSI, Marquette is allowing Hispanic/ Latinx students to help make important decisions at the university level that will hopefully benefit them.

“An important part of choosing a college is that one wants to go to a college where opportunities will be plentiful. Hopefully, with Marquette working to become a HSI, incoming Hispanic/Latinx and other minority students will deem Marquette as a place full of opportunities for everyone,” Basurto-Gutierrez said in an email.

Castillo said becoming a HSI will help the culture at Marquette since it will draw people in from different backgrounds which will help students find a community on campus.

“As a freshman, I was worried about how my culture as a Mexican would fit in at my dorm or even at Marquette. But I feel with more Hispanics at Marquette, freshmen now do not have to worry about such an issue because there are more of

shot on campus. Even though students currently do not have access to the shot, she looks forward to it hopefully decreasing the number of recorded COVID-19 cases on campus.

Data shows that within the past month as compared to September, cases have begun to decrease on campus both for students and for faculty. Within the week of October 14 to October 20, only eight cases of COVID-19 were recorded among students and faculty.

“Our focus remains on primary COVID vaccination series and annual flu shots,” Wollmer said. “Students have the ability to register and schedule an appointment for these vaccinations online.”

Wollmer said she believes that once students have access to these booster shots, they will

be willing to get it.

“I believe, when eligible for boosters, most who are vaccinated would elect to receive a booster,” Wollmer said.

Wollmer said her goal is for people at high risk to get the booster first and then hopes students will be able to due to its reported effectiveness.

Overall, Wollmer said she views the precautions Marquette has taken to be very effective in keeping students healthy.

“Marquette has an overall high vaccination rate of 93% of all students, faculty and staff.

The high vaccination rate, coupled with our indoor mask mandate and other mitigation strategies, has helped us to keep case numbers and transmission rates significantly lower than last academic year,” Wollmer said.

Anna Ring, a first-year in the College of Nursing, sees potential for the vaccine making students feel more comfortable.

“I think offering the vaccine on campus will make students feel more comfortable,” Ring said.

Dr. Robert Beatty, a 50-year neurosurgeon and former professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, does not think that getting the booster will necessarily hurt but doesn’t know how effective it will actually be.

“The virus is not as dangerous as the original one, so determining whether or not to get the booster is really up to the person who is getting it.

Cases have been statistically going down. Older people over 65 probably should do it, but younger people most

us,” Castillo said in an email.

Martinez said in order for Latinx/Hispanic students to succeed, we need to recognize many students are originating from a place where they may be the first person attending college in their family.

Martinez also said in becoming a HSI, Marquette is taking a step to recognize the needs within the Hispanic/Latinx community.

“In order to push Spanish students and students of color in general, there has to be that support system, because it’s not always coming from home,” Martinez said.

BOOSTER: 93% vaccination rate on campus Continued from page 1 vaccination was required for students. If a student is granted exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine, regular COVID-19 testing is required.

Students also have to show COVID-19 Cheqs upon entry to some Marquette services such as dining halls and when using the LIMO service.

The Marquette University Medical Clinic has also been offering chances for students to get vaccinated. The clinic itself hosts regular vaccination clinics, but also offers students chances to get vaccinated offcampus. The locations are the Wisconsin Center and nearby high schools.

Keli Wollmer, the executive director for the Marquette University Medical Clinic, said she is hopeful for the booster

likely don’t need it as much,” Beatty said.

Beatty is eligible for the booster vaccination due to his age and said he does plan on getting it in the near future. As an older person, he said he believes he needs the booster just as a precaution.

“It hasn’t been an easy decision to get the vaccine, but as always, my wife has the final say. I will be getting the booster in a week, and I do hope it is effective,” Beatty said.

The Milwaukee Health Department lists locations and time slots on its website for people who are interested in both COVID-19 and booster vaccinations.

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Continued from page 1 blog post showing Bunsis’ own analysis of Marquette’s finances on the organization’s website. A group of 53 Marquette faculty members contributed to the funds for the analysis to take place.

In AAUP’s summary of the report, they claim that any additional cuts to the FY23 budget are not justified by Marquette’s current financial situation.

“The bottom line for us is that Marquette’s finances are not now in a crisis, nor were they when the university initiated its initial proposals to cut faculty positions and restructure academic programs,” professor of political science and member of Marquette’s AAUP chapter executive committee Philip Rocco said. “As faculty continue to be asked to do more with less, the evidence in the Bunsis report.”

Rocco said that Marquette’s own audits, along with the Bunsis report, suggest that cashflows have remained positive and that unrestricted reserves have continued to grow.

In AAUP’s summary of the Bunsis report, Bunsis determined the university is nowhere near being in any financial distress. The report claims the $52 million operating cash flow in FY21 was “more than sufficient” to offset any financial loss in tuition and other revenue in the FY21.

“Bunsis’s analysis shows that Marquette’s financial situation is stable: There is not a pressing need for major across-the-board cuts or layoffs,” Gerry Canavan, associ-

ate professor of English and member of Marquette’s AAUP chapter executive committee, said. “(I)t shows that faculty salary has not kept pace with our peers … it shows a significant imbalance between administrative and instructional spending at Marquette.”

Aside from the university’s financials, AAUP’s summary of the analysis also calls on the statutes for the university’s Academic Senate to be changed to provide “real shared governance” in any university decisions that involve academic programs, including budget-making decisions.

“Shared governance isn’t just a buzzword,” Rocco said. “The point of shared governance is that, because faculty are deeply involved with students’ experiences in the classroom and the research functions of the university, their voices need to carry weight when the university make(s) decisions — including fiscal decisions — that will affect the quality of education students receive and the research that faculty do.”

However, after the report was published on AAUP’s blog, the university responded to several statements within the report AAUP and Bunsis presented on a “rumors vs. reality” webpage on Marquette’s website.

The university’s “rumors vs. reality” webpage has said that the AAUP report has many claims that are “misleading or factually incorrect” and have stated that the independent analysis is actually an “advocacy piece” on behalf of AAUP. Part of the university’s reason-

ing behind this claim is Bunsis’ involvement, past and present, with AAUP. The university claims that since Bunsis was the former president of AAUP at Eastern Michigan that he is not an “independent” source as Marquette’s AAUP chapter claims.

“I am currently a member of the AAUP. However, I have not been a local leader since 2016, and I have not been president of the local chapter since 2014,” Bunsis said in an email.

In addition to questioning Bunsis’ credibility, the university has also responded by saying some of the claims in his analysis are actually factually incorrect.

In his report, Bunsis made a claim that the university generated positive operating cash flows of $52 million in FY20 that could have offset financial challenges, such as those that arose from the COVID-19 pandemic. Marquette has stated that this is false.

Marquette claims that the $52 million was not calculated accurately within “generally accepted accounting principles.”

The university said that no one year of positive cashflows could account for financial shortfalls due to lower enrollment, tuition discounts and higher operating costs.

The university also has its own independent annual analysis done by KPMG, an independent global accounting firm.

That process is overseen by the Finance and Risk Committee of the Board of Trustees.

Marquette is also in the 35th percentile on 10-year endow-

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ment returns when compared with institutions that reported to the National Association of College and University Business Officers industry standards.

The university said that Bunsis’ comparison of Marquette’s endowment to the S&P 500 index of large-cap stocks is an “unacceptable benchmark for any endowment.”

“In my opinion the endowment is managed professionally with the proper risk-return profile to serve the long-term goals of Marquette. The performance has been better than our peer group average. This is a well-managed portfolio,” David Krause, member of the endowment investment committee, said in an email.

Krause is also the director of Marquette’s applied investment management program and an associate professor of practice in the College of Business Administration.

However, Krause said the endowment itself is overseen by its own separate committee that is independent of the Board of Trustees.

“I know that the Chief Investment Officer and the Investment Committee are independent of the Board of Trustees, in that we do not take recommendations from individual board members or parties they would forward to us. We specifically attempt to avoid all conflicts of interest,” Krause said in an email.

The proposed budget for FY23 will be presented to the Board of Trustees in December.

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‘The Great Resignation’ at Marquette Campus feel effects of nationwide labor, supply shortage

By Bailey Striepling

bailey.striepling@marquette.edu

Millions of people are saying “I quit” after the COVID-19 pandemic started what is being referred to as “The Great Resignation.”

Anthony Klotz, an organizational psychologist at Texas A&M University, coined the phrase “The Great Resignation” to describe the ongoing trend of employees voluntarily leaving their jobs.

The COVID-19 pandemic led to the worst U.S. recession since the Great Depression, leaving many still out of a job due to layoffs, budget cuts, pay cuts and hiring freezes.

As of October 2021, the unemployment rate is 4.8%, which is the lowest it’s been since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Back in April 2020, the unemployment rate reached 14.8%, which was the highest rate observed since 1948.

Yet employers are now struggling to fill staffing shortages.

“Why work for corporations in a time of crisis when your time isn’t being valued enough?”

Sarah Lessila, a senior in the College of Health Sciences, said. “Most people came to the conclusion that collecting pandemic unemployment and stimulus checks were more sustainable than working.”

There have been three rounds of COVID-19 stimulus checks, money sent to taxpayers by the U.S. government to stimulate the economy by providing consumers with spending

money. The most recent check was in March 2021 where individuals or head of household filers could receive $1,400 and married couples filing jointly could receive $2,800.

Families with dependents were also eligible for an extra payment of $1,400 per dependent.

Gross income could not exceed $75,000 for individuals, $112,500 for head of household filers, and $150,000 for married couples filing joint returns in order to be eligible.

In Wisconsin, unemployment benefits range from a minimum of $54 to a maximum of $370 a week.

At least one in four people have quit their jobs this year.

The rate that people quit at is normally around 2% whereas now it is at nearly 3%, higher than any time in recent history.

The number of job openings is also about double the usual.

The main causes behind “The Great Resignation” include burnout and people experiencing major shifts in identity and purpose that led them to pursue other opportunities. There is also a backlog of workers who wanted to quit before the pandemic but waited, and people not wanting to go back to the office after over a year of working remotely.

“Attitudes toward work are shifting since the pandemic,” Courtney Hanson, director of the Career Services Center, said. “Many people were forced to work from home and when this happened the meaning of work-life balance changed for some of them. Other essential workers faced burnout and left their jobs to recover and find different work.”

Many are suffering from burnout or fatigue in their current positions due to a fear

of personal safety, a lack of fair treatment or an inequitable work-life balance because of poor working conditions and low pay.

Because of this, staffing shortages are at a record high.

This includes businesses on Marquette’s campus.

The Starbucks on Marquette’s campus has recently changed its hours to 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Monday-Saturday and are now closed on Sundays in response to shortages in staff and to avoid overworking their partners.

“It’s horrible,” Katherine Fitzgerald, a senior in the College of Nursing, said. “As a caffeine-addicted nursing student, I go to Starbucks for coffee when I need to run to my next class.”

For recent and upcoming graduates, however, “The

Great Resignation” could be good news.

“The job landscape is much more open than it was for our 2020 graduates,” Hanson said.

“We are also seeing employers adding benefits to attract workers such as increasing pay, sign-on bonuses and considering greater flexibility with work schedules and remote work.”

Fifty-seven percent of CEOs say attracting and recruiting talent is among their organization’s biggest challenges and 35% say they’ve expanded benefits in the past 12 months in order to strengthen their ability to retain talent.

Due to “The Great Resignation,” 30% of the entire workforce have updated their resumes on public job boards and there are still over four million open job postings in the

United States.

But the federal minimum wage has yet to increase from $7.25 while the cost of living has continuously gone up.

“The job market is intimidating to me naturally just because I’ll be entering it so soon. But in light of ‘The Great Resignation,’ I’m more worried to enter it now because of the realizations I’ve made about the system that is the job market,” Lessila said.

Currently, the hardest industries to fill include health care, government and nonprofit sectors.

“I feel like most people I know don’t enjoy their jobs and that scares me. I don’t want to work a job I’ll hate just so I can barely live,” Lessila said.

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“The Great Resignation” refers to the large ammount of people who quit their job after the COVID-19 pandemic

Unpaid Internships remain inaccessible for some students

The payment of experience isn’t enough, for some

By Bailey Striepling

bailey.striepling@marquette.edu

The phrase “internships are paid with experience” is commonly used to justify the lack of pay for interns.

“I personally feel that unpaid internships take advantage of young professionals and disregard their personal need for income,” Rachael Beech, a junior in the College of Communication and a marketing intern for Marquette Dining, said.

For Marquette University students, internships are either required or strongly recommended prior to graduation. Many internships, however, are unpaid.

“I think that it it super important for companies to keep in mind that just because someone is in college, it

doesn’t mean that they don’t have financial needs like housing expenses and school expenses,” Beech said.

Students majoring in advertising or public relations are the only majors in the university required to complete at least one internship prior to graduation.

All other College of Communication majors are strongly recommended to complete an internship but not required. This does not apply to other colleges throughout the university.

As the internship coordinator for the College of Communication, Sheena Carey helps students find internship opportunities to allow them to meet this requirement.

“I post internship opportunities on social media, share with college faculty and students and work with students to identify specific opportunities based on their career interests,” Carey said.

“I also work closely with the Career Services Center to ensure students are accessing

internship information through Handshake and career fairs.”

Even though internships are required for some majors, students still have to pay tuition on their internship credits in order for them to count for credit towards graduation.

The tuition is charged during the semester that the internship is completed. Internships for credit completed during the fall and spring semesters are part of full-time tuition fees and those completed during the J-session or the summer session are separately billed at summer tuition rates.

In the College of Arts & Sciences, internships are not required for graduation.

However, there is a grant funded by the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation that provides financial support for up to 30 undergraduate students in the College of Arts & Sciences per semester to participate in unpaid internships.

“We’re able to really bridge that gap with the equity issue

and give options or assistance to students who normally wouldn’t have the opportunity because of needing to work to fund school,” Alexis LockettGlover, internship coordinator for the College of Arts & Sciences, said.

Giana Cacciato, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, is an Arthur Vining Davis Foundations grant recipient.

“This program really helped me because my internship was not paying me, and I was not receiving credit for it over the summer. I really wanted to accept the opportunity but because I needed to have some benefit for it, I was going to turn it down,” Cacciato said. “After I found out about the grant, I was able to participate as an intern and I have continued to do so into this semester.”

The internship program works to help low-income and first generation students participate in internships to improve their career readiness.

“Having an internship this

summer drastically changed the trajectory of my career future,” Cacciato said.

In the College of Engineering, students who are in the construction engineering and management program must complete a co-op prior to graduation, but internships are not required for any major in the college.

A co-op is a program that balances classroom theory with periods of practical, hands-on experience prior to graduation.

All co-ops are paid positions.

In the College of Education, service learning and field experience is required for all teacher certification candidates and educational studies majors. A community-engaged internship is required for educational studies candidates only.

Students in the College of Business Administration are not required to complete an internship prior to graduation but it is strongly recommended.

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University Faculty Filipino American History Committee on Budget and Financial Month at Marquette Planning approved by President Lovell Faculty to give input on finances of academic affairs

By Megan Woolard

megan.woolard@marquette.edu

Marquette University has approved the new University Faculty Committee on Budgets and Financial Planning in an effort to improve shared governance. The approval was announced by University Academic Senate chair and associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences Allison Abbott in the Oct. 18 Academic Senate meeting.

“The change to the academic statutes to form the University Faculty committee on Budgets and Financial Planning was supported by Provost (Kimo) Ah Yun and approved by President (Michael) Lovell,” Abbott said.

The committee, composed of faculty, will review the proposed budget prior to its adoption by the board of trustees each fiscal year. This is a step toward shared governance, meaning there will be faculty input in relation to how the university’s budget and financial planning would affect academic affairs.

This committee comes after a yearlong battle between the administration and Marquette community members surrounding the university’s budget. Specifically, the budget in relation to academic affairs and faculty salaries.

The UAS executive committee will work on finding faculty to fill the committee immediately. “(The committee) will be most effective and successful if we can identify colleagues who are interested and passionate about budget and financial planning,” Abbott said.

The official approval from Lovell and Ah Yun came after unanimous approval by the Academic Senate at the last meeting Sept. 20. Ah Yun also expressed his verbal approval for the committee at that meeting. The proposal was first introduced back in August.

“We need to be very mindful that we’re doing our part in shared governance, and this includes our role in terms of providing feedback, opinion, analysis and shaping our budget and our budget priorities going forward,” Amber

Wichowsky, associate professor of political science and Academic Senator, said.

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

Committee members will serve three staggered terms.

For the inaugural term committee members will be randomly assigned to two, three or four-year terms.

Ah Yun assured senate meeting attendees there have been faculty who have seen the budget as a part of the University Financial Planning and Review Committee, which is directed by the budget office.

“The University Academic Senate recommended a faculty member who serves as a representative to serve on UFPRC, Gary Adams. I know that he has talked to the Academic Senate and others as well. So, yes there’s faculty eyes, in addition to that there’s another, Lisa Theimann, a nontenuretrack faculty member who also sits on UFPRC and also sees the budget,” Ah Yun said.

Adams is a professor of management in the College of Business Administration and Thiemann is a clinical associate professor and director of the nurse anesthesia educational program in the College of Nursing.

The committee will also be allowed to offer advice directly to either the provost or president and will respond to requests from them.

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

Such “sensitive information” would be specified to the committee members at the time of its presentation. Any information that is only connected to academic affairs will not require such approval.

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October becomes a month for cultural celebrations, pride

By Phoebe Goebel

phoebe.goebel@marquette.edu

Filipino American History Month is celebrated in October, and is a chance to share Filipino culture.

October represents Filipino American History Month and marks the first recorded presence of Filipinos in the United States from the Philippines in 1587.

Currently, more than four million Filipino people live in the United States, making this culture the second-largest Asian American group in the country.

In order to introduce Filipino culture further into American society, some groups and organizations are integrating Filipino cultures into society.

One of these organizations is Meat on the Street, which is a Filipino food truck and catering service.

Alexa Alfero, co-founder and owner of the business, believes that one of the best ways to get people familiar with other cultures is through food. Before she decided to open this business, she viewed Filipino culture as being underrepresented in American society, which she still sees as a problem.

“Introducing Filipino food was very difficult during our startup. Being a foodie was not a thing, and people were hesitant from trying our food,” Alfero said.

Even though she faced challenges during their startup, Al-

fero said she didn’t let these setbacks hurt the business. With a lack of Filipino food options in Milwaukee, Alfero continued to promote the food and encourage people to try new things.

“It’s important to share our culture so people understand who Filipino people are and what they embody,” Alfero said.

“This is a month to celebrate our heritage and culture, and the best way Meat on the Street can do that is through food.”

Calvin Carlos, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, believes that Marquette is a place he feels accepted through its multicultural community, which allows for him to meet people with similar backgrounds to him, as well as different ones.

“This is something that some colleges can’t offer,” Carlos said. “When befriending other people who understand my culture and can relate to me on how I grew up, it makes Marquette really feel like home.”

Carlos, like many other Filipino students on campus, views October as a month to commemorate some of his favorite parts about the Filipino culture and spread them to others.

“Some of my favorite parts of the Filipino culture are food, boxing and basketball,” Carlos said. “This month gives me a chance to share this and feel like I’m in the spotlight for a change.”

“Bayanihan Student Organization is a cultural organization on campus that aims to promote, educate and celebrate the Filipinx culture within Marquette University and the Milwaukee community,” Stephanie Villaceran, a senior in the College

of Nursing and president of the Bayanihan Student Organization for the 2021-22 academic year, said.

Within the school year, BSO hosts two main events for students in and out of the club to explore Filipino culture.

In October, BSO plans to host a retreat for the members to celebrate Filipino American History Month. The goal of the retreat is to allow students to build deeper connections with one another while also learning more about the Filipino culture. They also have a Halloween social planned for the end of the month, where students wear costumes and play games throughout the night.

Other events throughout the year include a fashion and cultural show.

The first is the fashion show, and this year marks the 25th anniversary of the show itself.

The proceeds of this event go to a charity chosen by the fashion show coordinators.

The second event BSO hosts is a cultural show. The annual cultural show showcases Filipino culture through traditional dances, acting and modern dances which are organized by the cultural show coordinators.

Villaceran is hopeful for the future of BSO and has set more goals to educate the Marquette campus about Filipino culture.

“Goals and aspirations I have for BSO in the future are that we can continue to cultivate an atmosphere where people are comfortable to be who they are,” Villaceran said.

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Voting Rights goes ‘On the Issues’ with Gousha Law School hosts discussions on democracy, voting

By Hannah Hernandez

hannah.hernandez@marquette.edu

The Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education hosted “On the Issues with Mike Gousha: Changes to Election Laws – Is Your Right to Vote Secure?”

Wednesday, October 20.

“On the Issues” is Marquette Law School’s conversation series that is hosted by Mike Gousha, a distinguished fellow in law and public policy at Marquette University Law School.

Gousha spoke with Atiba Ellis, professor of law and Molly McGrath, an American Civil Liberties Union voting rights attorney.

The topic of this conversation was the changes to state elections laws and how that might impact future elections.

“Supporters of voter restrictions say that it is in response to questions about election integrity and questions about voter fraud.

Voting rights advocates say that there is no evidence for widespread voter fraud and these are

attempts to suppress voter turnout, largely democratic turnout,” Gousha said.

Ellis said that the COVID-19 pandemic caused questions surrounding voter accessibility after the pandemic prevented people from voting in person. During the pandemic, there was an expansion of voting accessibility via mail-in ballots.

Ellis said that since the previous election, there has been backlash about voter accessibility.

“Nineteen states have enacted 33 laws that make it harder to vote. We are seeing another wave of what folks might call voter suppression in terms of the narrowing of access and how that might impact vulnerable communities,” Ellis said.

McGrath said that some of the common issues in pushing voter restriction legislation is that it will make it more difficult to vote through limiting votes by mail, increased identification requirements and smaller time windows to return ballots.

To vote in Wisconsin, one must be registered to vote in Wisconsin and have an acceptable photo ID. McGrath said that some of the laws passed in Wisconsin took away the ability for people

who were indefinitely confined to vote by mail due to illness or age, and required them to get an ID. Both Ellis and McGrath agreed that the conversation surrounding voter fraud and election integrity was accelerated due to the rhetoric of former President Donald Trump and his allies. Ellis said that the rhetoric has also accelerated the claim that elections need to be further secured.

“There is this threat to our democracy and all of this is being brought forth in the name of election integrity. In the name of preserving election integrity we are actually degrading it,” Ellis said.

McGrath defines the claims of voter fraud and election integrity as the “big lie,” because none of the claims have been legitimized.

She said that the “big lie” has caused a deteriorating faith in democracy which has led to the attacks on voting rights.

Ellis said the “big lie” is a distraction from doing the right thing like solving policy problems.

Ellis said that voter fraud disinformation is a danger to the American republic and has been around for a long time, with few answers and little evidence. He referenced a study conducted

by Justin Levitt, a professor at

Loyola Marymount University Law School, in which he found 31 irregularities out of close to one billion votes cast over elections for nearly a decade.

“We’ve had recounts, we’ve had audits, we’ve had canvases, we’ve had court challenges but what we don’t have is evidence of widespread fraud yet there is belief and we see this is our polling here at the law school amongst the 35%-40% of the people we talk to have doubts of the election results,” Gousha said.

McGrath said that the goal of these allegations is to cast doubt on the election system which will cause others to feel like there need for more restrictions. She said that instead of focusing on the allegations, legislation needs to be passed.

“We could be doing things like passing legislation that would prevent foreign interference in our elections or passing national standards like early vote standards for all so that it’s equal across states,” McGrath said.

Every state except North Dakota requires citizens to register prior to voting.

Some states request or require voters to show a photo ID, for example, a driver’s license. Ex-

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amples of these states are Arkansas, Tennessee and Georgia.

Other states like Arizona and Ohio accept non-photo identification such as a bank statement.

Instead of focusing on bills that make voting more difficult, McGrath said that politicians should focus on pro-voting bills and ways to make voting more accessible.

“The pro-voting bills that we see make voting more accessible and ensure every voice is heard, like access to voting by mail, access to same-day registration, and early voting. These are the things that are incredibly popular, these are the things that our politicians should be focusing on,” McGrath said.

Ellis said he thinks about the historical view of voting rights and how civil rights activists across American have died in the name of the right to vote for all. He said that these laws look like an effort to disconnect people from what brings them together, voting.

“The Supreme Court has repeatedly said throughout American history: ‘The vote is the most important of all our rights because it is preservative of all other rights,’” Ellis said.

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Devil’s Lake: A haunting historical landmark A popular spot for MU students holds a pletheora of creeps

By Connor Baldwin

connor.baldwin@marquette.edu

In Sauk County, in the western part of Wisconsin, lies a lake with history and tales. Located in Baraboo, Wisconsin, Devil’s Lake is a State Park that welcomes about three million people every year.

Taking up 27,000 acres of land, Devil’s Lake State Park contains a variety of trails ranging in difficulty.

The lake came into formation about 100,000 years ago.

At this time, the last ice age period was ongoing - known as the Wisconsin Glaciation.

This resulted in the Laurentide Ice Sheet covering all of North America. It would take over 50,000 years for the sheet to retreat towards northern Wisconsin.

While the glacier moved and melted, it ripped up land and created mounds in the earth, which are called terminal moraines. Devil’s Lake is one of the terminal moraines that was filled with glacier melt, but

nowadays it’s filled by rainwater and local springs and streams.

Devil’s Lake was first discovered and mostly visited by local Native Ho-Chunk Tribes.

Ho-Chunk tribes refer to the lake as Tewakącąk which translates to Sacred/Spirit Lake. While Nakota Sioux call the lake something close to Mystery/Bad Spirit Lake.

When white settlers arrived and learned about the area, many names were created but the one that stuck was Devil’s Lake.

Keli Borem, a sophomore in the college of Engineering and a Wisconsin native visits the lake frequently with friends and family.

“It’s a great place to go during all parts of the year. Over the summer I go there at least once a week. It’s so pretty and there is so much to do,” Borem said.

The park holds natural attractions such as rock formations in Balanced Rock and Cleopatra’s Needle. Most of these rock formations are made out of a specific crystal called Baraboo Quartzite which has been around for more than a billion years.

The rocks rest on bluffs

which outlooks the lake and the surrounding park. There are trails that cover many distances and camping grounds for outdoor activity. Recreational actives for every season are offered.

“We do the hiking trails, we bring our hammocks, we read books, eat lunch. It’s really nice. And in the summer you can rent out kayaks to bring out on the lake,” Borem said.

How has it earned the name Devil’s Lake? Rattlesnakes have been spotted on the trails and for four weeks, swarms of midge flies occupy the lake. In 1901, The Milwaukee Journal wrote a story of how one man swore he saw an alligator.

Besides real animals, the lake has tales of cryptid encounters.

Sightings of Thunderbird — a large spiritual bird big enough to pick up killer whales — have also claimed to have been seen flying overhead. In Native mythology, Thunderbirds are powerful beings responsible for thunder and lightning but also great wisdom.

According to the legend of the Sioux Natives, the Thunderbird is a noble spirit that protects humans from reptil-

ian monsters known as Unktehila — also known as Horned Serpent. There are many legends of the fights between the two.

The story goes that Unktehila fought against the Thunderbird and was pushed into Devil’s Lake, where it now lives. There have been sightings of the fish-like creature that closely resembles the Loch Ness Monster. Native Sioux were said to have seen the creature during a bad drought.

As for the supernatural, ghost stories do not resonate with the lake. But heading into the city of Baraboo, there have been plenty of ghostly sightings.

Sara Van Gheem, a sophomore at Florida Gulf Coast University, is a native of Baraboo and heard many haunting stories. Buildings such as the The Old Baraboo Inn, The Baraboo Asylum, Al Ringling Theater and The Circus World Museum are all claimed to be haunted said Van Gheem.

“While in the buildings people will always tell you to not look at a window too long or you will see a ghost,” Van Gheem said. “While at Circus World people have reported to

hear elephant stomps.”

Stories from Fate Magazine and the Chicago Tribune have also reported on these elephantoms how it got so bad they rattled houses and even knocked down a barn.

There are also stories of a phantom hitchhiker in Baraboo known as the “Highway Man.” Highway Man has been seen walking along Highway 12 at night dressed in camo with a backpack. However, if a driver pulls over to the side of the road and offers him a ride, he will vanish.

Van Gheem said, in a place like Baraboo, it is hard to escape the spooky happenings, but she enjoys every second of it.

“I’ve loved growing up in Baraboo, although it is a small town there is something so interesting about it.

There are so many things to do and interesting stories,” Van Gheem said.

Whether it is to look at views of the lake and foliage from the bluffs of Devil’s Lake or if it is to look for supernatural creatures, there is sure to be something in Sauk County that will attract travelers.

Former Marquette professor appointed to the Board of Trustees Reverend Nicholas Santos to join key decision makers

By Claire Driscol

claire.driscol@marquette.edu

Former Marquette business professor and reverend Nicholas Santos was recently appointed to the University Board of Trustees.

The Board of Trustees is responsible for “preserving and enhancing Marquette’s mission and ensuring that long-term planning and goals are defined and executed by the university community.”

The board is also responsible for electing new members, who serve for three-year terms and may be reelected to serve for a maximum of 12 years. Members are not compensated for their service. With Santos’s recent addition to the team, the board now consists of 30 members.

Prior to his teaching career, Santos built up his credentials at Marquette, earning both an MBA and an interdisciplinary Ph.D. Santos later went on to work as an accountant in a chemical transportation company, a treasurer in two of the major trusts of the Pune Province of the Society of Jesus, a teacher at an evening commerce college in Pune India, a visiting

scholar at Santa Clara University and then served as a professor in Marquette’s College of Business Administration for eight years.

Santos now serves as the rector of the Jesuit Community in Omaha, Nebraska, and is an associate professor of marketing in the Heider College of Business at Creighton University.

University spokesperson Kevin Conway said the university is pleased to welcome Santos back into the Marquette community.

“In his time at Marquette, he demonstrated a commitment to our mission, vision and guiding values,” Conway said. “We are thrilled to add his expertise and passion for Marquette to our talented and dedicated group of trustees.”

During Santos’s time as a professor in the College of Business Administration, David Clark, a professor of economics, said his interdisciplinary work helped shape the college’s thinking on how to pursue scholarship and teaching in traditional business fields.

“He speaks the language of business, with undergraduate and graduate training in traditional business disciplines but he also understands what distinguishes Jesuit education,” Clark said. “I am certain his perspective will be valu-

able as the board charts a course for the university.”

Clark’s relationship with Santos went beyond academics, as he was not only a colleague during his time at Marquette, but a friend. With this in mind, Clark knows Santos’s unique and holistic perspective will also be an asset to the Board of Trustees.

“Santos knows Marquette University very well, from the perspective of a Jesuit, a student and a faculty member,” Clark said. “His Jesuit faith intersects with teaching, scholarship and service.”

Vice President for Research and Innovation Jeanne Hossenlopp also said it is Santos’s global perspective based on life experience and research interests that will bring value to the board, as he has insights from his time at Creighton and Santa Clara University, which are two other Jesuit universities.

Hossenlopp got to know Santos when he served as a member of the extended research and innovation team at Marquette. There, Hossenlopp and Santos were asked to work together to lead the university’s Social Innovation Initiative back in 2014.

Marquette’s Social Innovation Initiative “supports students, faculty, staff and community members to effectively solve problems at what-

ever scale is needed in their community, city, field, industry or country.”

It serves as an extension to the 707 Hub, which is a space designed to foster collaboration and innovation.

Beyond the 707 Hub, Hossenlopp said Santos has impacted the Marquette community by serving as a frequent celebrant of Tuesday night Masses, bringing to life Ignatian values through the integration of teaching and research issues and was also an avid soccer and tennis player

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who always encouraged others to join him.

“He interacted with many different areas of campus during his time here,” Hossenlopp said. “I look forward to having Fr. Santos’s voice at the table as the Board of Trustees carries out their fiduciary and governance responsibilities, which are grounded in supporting and enhancing Marquette’s mission.”

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Events to explore around Milwaukee this spooky season Activities include The Hill Has Eyes, The Milky Way Drive-In

By Kim Cook

kimberly.cook@marquette.edu

Said by locals to be crowded with its fair share of ghosts and haunted history, Milwaukee is sure to be full of tricks and treats this Halloween. From late night drive-in movies to candlelit afterdark mansion tours, here are a few events taking place around the city that are sure to give attendees the heebie-jeebies.

The Hill Has Eyes – Franklin, WI

Located 20 minutes from Marquette’s campus by car, The Hill Has Eyes is a popular haunted attraction that expands over 45 acres and offers four different haunts for those brave enough to

enter. Anna Schuster, a junior in the College of Health Sciences, ventured to the attraction in 2019 with her friends and said that it was scarier then she thought it would be.

“The scariest part of it was when they put a bag over your head,” Schuster said. “When you lose one of your senses, that is when it is the most terrifying.”

General admission tickets for The Hill Has Eyes vary in price depending on the time that you attend, ranging from $35-$44.

While that may seem like a steep price to pay for a night of chills and thrills, that admission price allows customers access to all four of the haunted excursions … if they dare.

Pabst Mansion “Illuminating the Dark Tours” – Milwaukee, WI

A little closer to campus and riddled with a haunted history of its own, the Pabst Mansion offers a spooky Halloween twist on its

normal guided tours. During an “Illuminating the Dark Tour,” guests are led on an after-hours candlelit tour of the mansion’s lower levels. The Pabst Mansion website boasts that tour attendees can expect to see the Pabst in a ‘new light’ while exploring the unseen spaces and hidden compartments that the nearly 130 year-old building has to offer.

This special tour runs exclusively on Fridays and Saturdays at the end of October, with hour-long time slots offered at 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Admission costs $20 at the student rate and is the perfect way to start your “Hallo-weekend.”

The Milky Way Drive-In Fright Nights – Franklin, WI

While a little farther away from campus, the Milky Way Drive-In Fright Nights are a great way to spend time with friends and catch a horror flick at the same time.

Showings run Thursday through Sunday, featuring titles such as

“Zombieland,” “Lights Out” and “Silence of the Lambs.”

“There’s nothing like a scary movie at the drive-in and every Halloween season this is our specialty,” Mike Doyle, vice president of ROC Ventures, said in an email. “Since we introduced Fright Nights last year, it has been a hit — moviegoers of all ages come to catch their favorite spooky film at the drive-in.”

Late Night Marquette Halloween Headphone Disco – Milwaukee, WI

For those not looking to travel far from campus this Halloween, Late Night Marquette is hosting a Headphone Disco Oct. 30. A headphone disco is an event where instead of using a speaker system, each person who attends the event will be listening to music through their individual pair of wireless headphones.

The event will take place in the Alumni Memorial Union

Ballroom and starts at 8 p.m. and ends at 10 p.m.

“My favorite thing about the event is that you dance around with no music going on in the room — it’s all in the headphones,” Megan Collier, a senior in the College of Business Administration and a Late Night Marquette programming assistant, said in an email. “It honestly sounds so weird, but when you’re dancing around with your friends, you have so much fun.”

With these events, and so many more to choose from in and around Milwaukee, this Halloween is sure to be fun, freaky and festive.

“Lately” Hosts, TJ and Ahmoni, ghost hunting at Marquette.

Photo by of Isabel Bonebrake isabel.bonebrake@marquette.edu

The Pabst Mansion “Illuminating the Dark Tours” run exclusively on Fridays and Saturdays at the end of October. During these tours, guests are guided through the mansion’s lower level.

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A guide for throwing a haunting party this weekend Food, drinks, music, costumes are vital for a good time

By Izzy Fonfara Drewel

isabella.fonfaradrewel@marquette.edu

As the leaves turn colors and the temperature drops, Halloween makes its way closer.

With the arrival of this holiday comes exciting Halloween and costume parties. Here are some suggestions to help you throw the spookiest celebration this season.

Diabolical Decorations

Aside from the normal jack-o’lanterns and cobwebs, decorations are a great way to set the mood of the party. Some stores, like Michaels and Target, do specific Halloween collections to help create that eerie atmosphere. Feel free to go all out with spiders, skeletons and ghosts. Another great place to go would be your local Spirit Halloween. This seasonal store has everything you need for Halloween, from costumes and creatures to demons and decorations.

Creepy Costumes

This year, since the pandemic is ongoing, consider a costume with a mask. Of course, there

are the normal superheroes, but get creative and try to think of something outside of the box. It can get kind of awkward when you’re wearing the same costume as someone else. Also, go all out on your costume! Having a detailed disguise shows people you are dedicated and can strike up lots of conversations.

Costumes can be found at Target and Spirit Halloween, but to make something unique go thrifting or revamp your own closet. If you’re having trouble coming up with an idea turn to your favorite TV shows or movies for inspiration, or you can look at Pinterest and YouTube to get some ideas.

This can guarantee your outfit is exclusively yours.

Frightening Food and Drink

Food and drinks are great to have at parties, but it can’t just be the normal options for Halloween.

Feel free to get spooky with your spread. In my family, one of the things we like to do is freeze water inside of latex gloves and then put the ice into the punch bowl. Then we have creepy severed ice hands in our punch. You can also use olives and cheese to create creepy eyeball snacks, gummy worms and Oreos to make dirt cups and

Photo by Sarah Kuhns sarah.kuhns@marquette.edu

Festive decorations are important for the party mood. Shop at classic stores like Michaels and Target.

there are plenty more creepy snacks out there. If you’re feeling brave enough you can even order food-grade dry ice for your punch to create a witch’s brew. The dry ice will the give the illusion that your drink is smoking throughout the night.

Morbid Music

Keeping guests entertained is

crucial to throwing a great party.

Using apps like Spotify and Apple Music to create playlists is a good way to ensure the atmosphere maintains a creepy but festive vibe. On both of those platforms you can also listen to premade playlists from other users to save some time, but make sure to include the classics: “Thriller”

by Michael Jackson, “Monster Mash” by The Crypt-Kickers and “I Put a Spell on You” from the popular Halloween movie “Hocus Pocus,” to name a few.

Hopefully these tips help you throw a creepy costume party that everyone will be talking about for weeks.

A&E desk’s favorite Halloween shows and movies Dive in to our team’s top picks for festive must-sees this month

Christmas,” a film surrounding Jack Skellington and his attempts to bring Christmas to Halloween Town.

“I can recite most of the movie because I watched it so many times,” Fonfara said.

Izzy’s favorite Halloween song is “Werewolves of London” by Warren Zevon.

“Such a good subtle Halloween song,” Fonfara said.

By Rashad Alexander

rashad.alexander@marquette.edu

As Halloween approaches, television channels and streaming services begin promoting holiday themed specials that are near and dear to our childhoods. So with the weather getting a little colder and the spookiest night of the year approaching, why not stay in for a night and turn on something to get you into the Halloween spirit?

Rashad Alexander, A&E Assistant Editor

One of my favorite movies to watch around Halloween was “Twitches.” I will admit that part of the reason I liked this movie was because I used to have a crush on Tia and Tamera, the stars of the movie. Regardless, it was a fun movie to watch as a kid. Fun fact: Tia played Tamera’s character for a few days of filming due to a scheduling conflict with Tamera. Makes me wish I had a twin!

Kim Cook, A&E Assistant Editor

Photo by Josh Meitz joshua.meitz@marquette.edu

Streaming services like Hulu offer special topics that highlight their Halloween movies and shows.

One of my favorite Halloween episodes had to be “Ed, Edd n Eddy’s Boo Haw Haw” on Cartoon Network. I just remember all the freaky scenes where Ed was imagining things he saw as horror-like beings. But the show was always one of my favorite cartoons growing up so I had to tune in.

Randi Hasemen, A&E Executive Editor

Randi’s favorite Halloween movies are “Twitches” and “Twitches Too.”

“When I was younger and watching the movies every October during Disney’s Halloween specials, I remember Alex and Camryn were born on Halloween and I was like ‘oh my God, I’m born on Halloween, they’re just like me,” Haseman said.

She also likes “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” a movie where a couple’s car breaks down and they end up in a bizarre and scary castle.

“It’s super absurd but so fun,”

Haseman said.

Julianna Okosun, A&E Audio Producer

Julianna’s favorite Halloween movies are the Twilight series.

While technically not a Halloween movie, the series still has its scary moments.

“I just rewatched all the Twilight movies. They are horrible but I love it,” Okosun said.

Izzy Fonfara Drewel, A&E Reporter

Izzy’s favorite Halloween movie is “The Nightmare Before

Kim’s favorite Halloween song is “Thriller” by Michael Jackson.

As of now, the music video for the song has over 796 million views on YouTube.

“The music video for that song is a film within itself and it is the perfect vibe for Halloween,” Cook said.

Patrick Curran, A&E Assistant TV Producer

Patrick’s favorite Halloween episodes are the ones from “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” a comedy that stars Andy Samberg as a detective in New York.

“They have one every season and I watch them every year,” Curran said.

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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

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STAFF EDITORIAL

MUPD must make safety resources reliable, accessible

With an increase in reported robberies on Marquette University’s campus, it is imperative that Marquette University Police Department ensure it is prioritizing the safety and well-being of Marquette students.

During the week of Oct. 11, there were three safety alerts from MUPD regarding reported robberies on campus: A robbery near 18th Street and Kilbourn Avenue Tuesday, Oct. 12, a robbery near 18th and Wells Streets Wednesday, Oct. 13 and a robbery near 17th Street and Kilbourn Avenue Thursday, Oct. 14. The locations of these recent robberies are near offcampus apartments where students live.

Edith Hudson, MUPD police

chief, issued a statement Oct. 15 responding to the increase in the recent reported robberies on campus. The statement outlined ways in which MUPD is planning to take action, such as adding patrols within the MUPD patrol zone, especially during the night, creating a “directed patrol mission” that adds MUPD officers near the impacted areas and working with Milwaukee County law enforcement groups to gather information about the recent robberies throughout the Milwaukee area.

In her statement, Hudson also advised members of the Marquette community to take several safety measures such as using the LIMO van services whenever possible, especially at night, walking in groups and

being aware of surroundings at all times and using the blue light phones on campus to call for assistance. Hudson also advised students to download the EagleEye app that has a BlueLight feature and can connect students to MUPD and to immediately report suspicious behavior to MUPD. While MUPD should be commended for communicating with the Marquette community about how it’s responding to these robberies, many of these resources are not sufficient enough.

For example, LIMO van services can be a great resource on campus to prevent students from walking by themselves, but it is not always a reliable alternative. The wait time for a LIMO can often be unpredictable.

In the time that they have to wait for a LIMO, many students may feel it is just easier and quicker to walk back to their homes. Students shouldn’t have to choose between waiting or walking; they shouldn’t have to decide b e t w e e n prioritizing their safety or compromising their time.

A reason for the inconsistency in pick-ups by the LIMOs could be due to a lack of drivers. Student drivers run the LIMO services, operating from from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. every day of the year, according to the Department of Campus Safety webpage.

Students may not want to work for the LIMO services due to the late hours, and they may not want to risk Photo by Alex Rivera Grant alexandra.riveragrant@marquette.edu their own safety A notice listed on the fifth floor in McCabe Apartments, an on-campus apartment while driving building on 17th Street, informs residents that the Blue Light phone is out of order.

and opening the van doors to people on the street — they don’t know who is going to try and get in the vans, even though students are only supposed to be allowed in the LIMOs and have to show identification through their COVID Cheqs, not all drivers follow the protocol.

On the other hand, students may not feel comfortable taking the LIMOs due to some of the inconsistencies with drivers.

According to the Department of Campus Safety webpage, “All student drivers undergo an intense training process to ensure passenger safety. We strive to provide speedy service, but our priority is your safety.

Therefore, LIMO’s do not simply drop off passengers, but wait until they’ve arrived safely in their home, car, or building.”

While LIMO drivers are supposed to follow these protocols, it is inconsistent, as not all drivers wait for students to enter their buildings — some drive off as soon as the student exits the van.

Additionally, not all LIMO drivers are following COVID-19 safety protocols, such as wearing a face mask to stop the spread of COVID-19 on campus. One member of the Wire editorial board got on a LIMO last week and was frustrated because the LIMO driver wasn’t wearing a face mask. Students shouldn’t have to feel unsafe or worried about their health and well-being while in the LIMO because the student-driver is not following COVID-19 guidelines.

MUPD must ensure studentdrivers are following the protocols that they are trained to fulfill in order to protect the safety of their peers. If MUPD cannot do this, it should consider hiring more nonstudent-drivers, as it did with the GoRiteWay coach van services last year that were used to adhere to COVID-19 guidelines to ensure social distancing on campus.

Hiring more nonstudentdrivers could be an alternative to not only increase the number of LIMO employees but also hire Milwaukee community members who could prioritize the job.

Another resource that MUPD suggested students take advantage of if they feel unsafe on campus are the Blue Light phones. Although there are over 450 Blue Light phones on campus and off campus within several

neighborhoods near Marquette’s campus, they are also not a reliable resource for students.

Many Blue Light phones are broken, such as the one on the fifth floor of the McCabe Apartments. Blue Light phones are also not in all areas that students live in. MUPD should check all the Blue Light phones on a frequent basis to make sure they work and can be accessed by Marquette students.

MUPD must also make sure that their actions don’t make students feel uncomfortable during their patrolling, especially because MUPD is adding more officers near the “impacted” through its “directed patrol mission.” Communicating with students and members of the Marquette community about what they’re doing in those areas is important, as being too present in these areas may make students feel tense or anxious. There is a difference between being present and too present.

While these resources are often unreliable and need attention and updating, MUPD has provided resources to the Marquette community in the past to respond to robberies on campus.

In July, MUPD offered 10 free steering wheel locks to students, faculty and staff who owned Kia or Hyundai cars, which were targeted across Milwaukee over the summer. MUPD should be commended for offering these preventative resources to members of the Marquette community.

Another helpful resource that MUPD provides is the EagleEye app, which is intended to connect students to several MUPD resources like emergency contacts on campus, a mobile BlueLight, a campus map and a safety toolbox. The EagleEye app also can contact students directly with MUPD if they feel unsafe, and an officer can walk with them to their destination.

Moving forward, MUPD should continue to take provide accessible resources and implement preventative measures to ensure that members of the Marquette community are not only equipped with the resources to feel safe on campus but also with the knowledge to be preventative and aware of their surroundings.

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Modern horror movies desensitize audiences Laura Niezgoda Halloween is the best time to turn on a horror flick, and with around 95 years of horror cinema, there are plenty of choices to choose from.

From 1925’s “Phantom of the Opera” to the 2021 remake of “Candyman,” horror has progressed over the years from suspenseful storytelling art to shock factors, blood baths, and horrific violence.

However, modern horror has capitalized on the desensitization of violence in the media, leading to movies that attempt to make their audience uncomfortable through gore and jump factors.

The rise of the horror genre largely began with the rise of the “Universal Studios Monster” films, first releasing “the Hunchback of Notre Dame” in 1923. It was popularized for a growing moviegoing audience with “Dracula”(1931) and “Frankenstein” (1932). By 1958, Universal Studios had made “the Invisible Man” (1933), “The Wolfman” (1941), “Bride of Frankenstein” (1935), “The Mummy” (1932) and the “Creature from the Black Lagoon” (1954) as well several sequels and spin-offs.

Cultural ideas and clashes between the rise of modernity versus orthodox practices in the 1970s brought in a new era of horror films that moved focus less on storytelling and more on the shock factor. Movies like “The Exorcist” (1973) and “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (1974)

pushed the boundaries of what could be shown in the film.

Beginning with films like these and continuing through the 1990s, this new horror genre introduce “slasher films,” where a masked psychopath graphically murders groups of teenagers. Other popular slasher films include “Halloween” (1978), “Nightmare on Elm Street” (1984) and “Scream” (1996).

As the horror movie genre has evolved, they have reflected the ideas that scared people during their time: The Universal Monsters spooked people with simplistic monsters and movies like “The Exorcist” that terrified people through a turn toward religious themes.

However, horror movies have become increasingly violent, with movies like “Saw” disgusting people through gore and violence.

This could be due to an increase in violence in other forms of media, such as video games and the news.

An international study conducted between 2010 and 2017 looking at more than 17,000 adolescents between the ages of nine and 19 found that those who played violent video games were more likely to display physical aggression.

Additionally, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, exposure to violence in the media has been shown to desensitize adolescents, which can decrease levels of empathy and emotional reactance. Repetition of this exposure to violence desensitizes audiences further, as constantly seeing something shocking will not

horror to be relevant need to storytelling to terrify their be surprising anymore.

Unfortunately, this phenomenon revitalize the genre. Movie audiences. of more violent images and studios should break away from Laura Niezgoda is a sophomore stories has permeated into horror the overdone effort to shock studying communication studies films. Instead of finding new their audience through obscene and criminology and law studies. ways to keep the genre authentic imagery and focus on suspenseful She can be reached at laura.niezgoda@marquette.edu and original through storytelling, cinema has instead escalated the level of violence on-screen to keep the audience engaged.

Oftentimes, people watch movies to escape reality, and if these movies continue to use excessive gore and violence, it could lead to more violence in real life.

This desire churned out cheap and lazy movies, such as “Saw” (2004) and “The Human Centipede” (2009) that relied on excessive gore, jump scares and expensive CGI, or computergenerated imagery, to tell the story.

However, recently horror experienced a renaissance with films like “Get Out” (2017) and “Midsommar” (2019) that move away from gore and jump scares to more psychologically disturbing themes and stories.

Today, film studios should emphasize this new way of storytelling with purposeful gore to bring back the original spooky themes of horror, not the insistent violence. The creative Photo via Flickr means that have been destroyed by modern A poster for the original slasher film “Halloween” that was released in 1978.

inside the residence hall. The basement and upper levels have no elevator access, and even on the first floor, student rooms and the mailroom are both situated at the top of a small flight of stairs. While there are currently no students living in this residence hall, there is potential that the building will house students in the future.

enough to walk through, much less wide enough for a wheelchair to go through.

While the lack of accessibility of Helfaer and O’Donnell is lamentable for many, the university is under no legal obligation to update the buildings. The Americans with Disabilities Act, which declared all colleges in the country must provide accommodations to students with physical disabilities, was passed in 1990. O’Donnell Hall was built in 1952, and Helfaer in 1977. The ADA requirements grandfather in structures made before the law went into effect: Therefore, while many universities and businesses opt to make the changes as a matter of civil rights, technically Marquette is not breaking any laws or rules.

That doesn’t mean the university gets off scot-free. As a Jesuit school that claims to educate “men and women for others,” it’s hypocritical for Marquette to ignore an entire population of people who need assistance just to attend class or work. The university claims to be focused on diversity and inclusivity, and while steps such working to be a Hispanic Serving Institution and the creation of the LGBTQ+ Resource Center are moves in the right direction,

Marquette abiding by law, not Jesuit values Nora McCaughey Walking into the Helfaer Theatre on Marquette’s campus can be an everyday occurrence for many, but for some it is more than just entering a building.

With no easy accessibility for people with physical disabilities, the theater remains a remote location to many. Although there is an accessible entrance around the back of the building, it is long and arduous, and may not be comfortable for people with chronic pain or the elderly.

Additionally, people with physical disabilities are already oppressed in America; mostly through mindlessness rather than actual malice, but it still affects people’s lives every day.

Forcing patrons of the theater to struggle up the stairs or take the long route away from their families and friends is not an ideal situation.

Helfaer is not the only structure on Marquette’s campus that is unavailable for people with physical disabilities. O’Donnell Hall has a back entrance that is wheelchairfriendly, but no accommodations

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As a Jesuit school ... it’s hypocritical for Marquette to ignore an entire population of people who need assistance...”

Similarly, there are smaller, less noticeable obstacles across campus. While Cudahy Hall does have an elevator, the bathrooms on the basement floor pose their own dilemma: They’re barely wide

people with physically disabilities people must also be part of the conversation.

I am not the first student to bring this issue up: Indeed, as early as 2016 there have been multiple Marquette Wire articles urging the university to solve this problem.

Unfortunately, there haven’t been any concrete moves to make the building more accessible despite the attention it’s gained. It’s been up to the workers in the theater to make sure those who wish to enter the building can do so.

This is unfair to the staff of the Helfaer Theatre and Marquette Theatre faculty and staff, who have already endured strife this year.

Chester Loeffler-Bell, the former technical director for the theatre department, was a part of the group of nontenure-track faculty whose contracts were not renewed back in March.

In addition to teaching students and caring for the theater, faculty and staff do not need the added pressure of figuring out how to make a non-ADA compliant building as accessible as it can be. With all the aesthetic changes being made to campus, such as the new business building and the new student lounge in Lalumiere Hall, ramps and elevators may not add to

the beauty of the campus but will benefit many.

The university should be doing its best to make everyone feel welcome on campus, and the first step should be making all buildings fully accessible for all.

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

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First-year forward Kate Gibson (10) travels to gain possession of the ball in Marquette’s 1-0 win over Seton Hall Oct. 3. Gibson earned BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors Sept. 20.

First-year forward chooses soccer over basketball and softball

By Kelly Reilly

kelly.reilly@marquette.edu

It is common for high school athletes to play multiple sports during their four-year career.

Marquette women’s soccer first-year forward Kate Gibson is no different, as she was a tri-sport athlete at St. Teresa Academy in Gibson’s hometown of Kansas City, Missouri.

But when it came time to pick

which sport she would stick with at the collegiate level, Gibson chose soccer over basketball and softball.

“Soccer was always what I wanted to do, I had always wanted to play in college. I loved playing sports and being busy over the years,” Gibson said. “They all add different things and I think that helped with soccer, having arm strength for basketball and softball, where as I am not really going to get that in soccer practice.”

Gibson said she has played soccer for her entire life.

St. Teresa girls soccer

head coach Emily Welch said Gibson’s best stretch as a trisport athlete was her being an ultimate teammate.

“She played three team sports and was a leader on each of the teams,” Welch said. “Two of the sports struggled at times to be consistently competitive, but I think it made her stronger mentally as well. It would have been easy to quit or get down during those seasons but I never saw that from her.”

Additionally, Welch described Gibson as a player who like to have fun, and as a hardworking leader.

“She’s been a verbal and physical leader since her sophomore year, I’d say. She is always the first to practice and one of the last to leave, she knows the balance of working hard and being productive on the field with having fun. (She) has a great sense of humor,” Welch said.

Gibson earned multiple accolades during her senior season including the region’s offensive player of the year and All-State First Team Honors.

Welch said if Gibson was able to have a junior season, which was canceled due to COVID-19, she would have ended her high

school career with more awards.

Fast forward a few months to this past August, when Gibson began her career with the Golden Eagles.

The 5-foot-8 forward earned her first collegiate start Sept. 2 at Brigham Young University where she recorded a shot in 28 minutes of action.

Gibson scored her first collegiate goal Sept. 17 in the 106th minute to lift Marquette to a 1-0 double overtime win over over North Dakota State. She also posted a career-best six shots in the match.

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Red Storm hands Golden Eagles 2nd straight loss Bennett’s crew closed first half with nothing to show on stats sheet

By Ava Mares

ava.mares@marquette.edu

Marquette men’s soccer dropped its third match in a span of fours games Saturday afternoon in Queens, New York falling to the St. John’s Red Storm 4-0.

“We had a tall order at the end of this six-game concession of games,” Marquette head coach Louis Bennett said in a statement. “We had to reform our personnel, and without Alan (Salmeron) and Zyan (Andrade) we’re a different team. We tried to make adjustments in the second half, and we actually had a couple of chances, but I don’t think we had enough in the tank.

Now we need to re-tool and prepare ourselves for a true test against Georgetown.”

For the second straight game, the Golden Eagles found themselves in a deficit.

In the 25th minute, St. John’s graduate student defender Lucas Bartlett put one past Marquette

redshirt junior goalkeeper Chandler Hallwood to put the Red Storm up 1-0. Junior defender Jared Juleau had the assist.

The Red Storm were not done scoring.

In the 40th minute, the Johnnies continued pressuring the Golden Eagles defense. On a give and go with senior midfielder Einar Lye, junior forward Wesley Leggett sailed one past Hallwood from the top of the six-yard box into the right corner of the cage.

Marquette closed the first half with nothing to show on the stats sheet besides a singular yellow card booked on first-year defender Josh Hewitt.

As for St. John’s, they outshot Marquette five to nothing and had five corner kicks to Marquette’s none in the first half.

The start to the second half would not be much different for the Red Storm.

Marquette’s first shot of the game came in the 47th minute from redshirt first-year defender Jonathan Robinson but it was saved by St. John’s redshirt junior goalkeeper Luka Gavran.

Robinson’s shot began some momentum on offense for the Golden Eagles as a

corner kick and shot from redshirt sophomore forward AJ Franklin followed.

Marquette’s momentum stalled when St. John’s put an end to any hopes of a Golden Eagles comeback with two goals in the span of seven minutes.

First in the 65th minute, junior forward Adrian Roseth placed a shot just below the post extending the Johnnies’ lead to three nil. It was Roseth’s first goal of the season.

Then in the 72nd minute, Hallwood was caught down on the ground outside the box allowing Lye to tap the ball pass the goal line with an open net goal on the rebound attempt.

St. John’s outnumbered Marquette on the night in nearly every category, including outshooting the Golden Eagles 18 to 5.

With the loss, Marquette moves out of the top six in the BIG EAST. If the season ended today, the Golden Eagles would miss out on the BIG EAST Tournament.

Marquette (6-8-1, 3-5-1 BIG EAST) will conclude the regular season at Valley Fields Saturday at 7 p.m. CST when they host No. 2 Georgetown.

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Hewitt (29) takes on a DePaul defender in Marquette’s 1-0 win Oct. 16.

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‘Peaking at the right time’ ahead of BIG EAST Meet Head coach sees rest, fine tuning as keys to success versus rivals

By Johnnie Brooker

johnnie.brooker@marquette.edu

Racing an exhibition meet is one thing, but competing in a championship meet is another.

And for the Marquette cross country team, preparation is underway and anticipation of competing against the rest of the BIG EAST is building up ahead of this upcoming weekend conference championship meet at the Northview Church in Carmel, Indiana.

“Our team is definitely getting excited to race,” sophomore David Zeller said. “I think we’re peaking at the right time. The volume of our workouts is starting to go down and everybody is starting to feel really fit so this weekend should go really well.”

Junior Laurel Moneysmith said the women’s team is healthy and ready to compete in a race that counts.

“It’s really fun knowing that this meet is coming up,” Moneysmith said. “I mean overall, we are in really good shape, so it’s really

fun to finally have a really big race that counts.”

Head coach Sean Birren said he is not taking this meet for granted, mentioning that he is thankful to have this opportunity with his team after not having it last year due to COVID-19.

Both the men’s and women’s teams have been producing quality times through their five meets thus this season.

And as Oct. 29 looms into the present, both squads know what they have to do to be successful.

“We need to move up, we had a great 1-5 split this past weekend,” Zeller said. “We need to move our pack up to be competitive because even though we are super close together if we are towards the middle of the race, that is not going to get us that far up in the team standings. We need to take a

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Junior Laurel Moneysmith runs in the 2019 BIG EAST Championship Meet.

couple of seconds off the time and keep that pack tight in order to be successful.”

Moneysmith backs Zeller’s thoughts if Marquette wants to come out of the weekend victorious.

“We have to make sure that we are close to each other in the race. That is number one because it makes it a lot easier in a race when you see your teammates,” Moneysmith said.

In cross country, the top five runners on an individual team are very essential. Where they place individually equates and adds up to the overall team score.

On the men’s side, the top five runners competing this weekend are sophomores David Zeller, Dan Weizorick and Patrick Hetlage, alongside senior Jordan Janusiak and graduate student Zak Kindl.

The top five runners on the women’s team have not been announced. For now, the team has been working out, resting, eating healthy and making sure they are in shape.

Birren mentioned that he has been preaching the importance of resting.

“Physically and logically, there is not much that we can get out of any real workout,” Birren said.

“So, it is just a little bit of finetuning to keep our bodies moving toward something. We will do

strides, then three rest days will follow, then its conference.”

As both teams are resting and tuning their engines, Zeller mentioned he is looking forward to facing rivals such as Villanova, Butler, Georgetown, Xavier, DeP aul and Providence.

“I missed out on the Track and Field Outdoor Championships so I’m really excited to have a chance to race a lot of the guys out there,” Zeller said. “I’m friends with a lot of the guys in the BIG EAST too so it is going to be nice seeing them after the competition.”

Moneysmith said he is confident the team will be able to accomplish their goals at the meet.

“We will definitely go in ready to give it our best shot,” Moneysmith said.

Birren explained that the goal of this meet is to not win it, but more so where the team is going to place.

“We want our athletes to have better performances than they had all year. We want them to compete well as a team and compare that to past seasons. Having everybody compete well is the goal,” Birren said.

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Easter keeping it simple with approach in the net Virginia native has complied five shutout victories thus this year

By Matthew Valente

matthew.valente@marquette.edu

The message inside the Marquette women’s soccer goalkeeper unit is straightforward: Do simple, do great.

“When they do make a big save or that upper 90 save(top corners of the net), that’s awesome but every save is important,” Marquette women’s soccer assistant coach Erin Scott said. “I told them from the very beginning of season I wanted to go into things thinking that the most important save is the save you’re currently making, because if you don’t do the simple well then the goal is a goal at the end of the day on the scoreboard.”

Redshirt first-year goalkeeper Mikki Easter, who is in her first season as the Golden Eagles’ starting goalkeeper, said she takes this phrase to heart each time she is in the net.

“You can’t make the upper 90 save if you let in a goal that was between your feet, so a simple scoop could be as important as the upper 90 that looks amazing,” Easter said. “So just keeping

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Redshirt first-year Mikki Easter has complied five shutout victories this season during her first as Marquette women’s soccer’s starting goalkeeper.

everything clean that should be clean and then pulling out the upper 90 save when you need to.”

Easter’s path to the starting goalkeeper spot hasn’t been a straight one.

In her true first-year season in 2019, Easter was behind the program’s all-time saves leader in Maddy Henry. This gave her the opportunity to take a redshirt year.

Then last season, in a condensed season, she saw time in five of the team’s 10 games as she split time with redshirt first-year goalie Lauren Schill.

Scott said one of Easter’s best qualities that has helped her to be in the position she is now is her work ethic.

“She has a very good mentality and approach toward goalkeeping.

It’s a very hard position mentally because you can get really hung up on the one thing that went wrong rather than the 10 things that went right,” Scott said. “But I think Mikki does a good job of that and pushing those around her.”

With three goalkeepers on the team — Easter, Chloe Olson and Lauren Schill — Scott, a former Division I goalkeeper herself, said since she arrived in Milwaukee in January 2020 she has coached the unit the same.

“We wouldn’t be as good as our weakest link because in trainings that comes down to the service, it comes down to details,” Scott said. “They all have such high standards, not only for themselves but each other. Mikki knows she has two very skilled goalkeepers that push her to be her best every single day and that she wouldn’t be able to do everything she’s able to do without the entire ground around us. And that’s what makes trainings fun, it’s supposed to be enjoyable as well.”

Easter said Scott’s approach with the unit brings out the best among herself and the other keepers.

“She is always looking for each one of us to up the intensity and bring a high-level of training every single day that we go out there,” Easter said. “She is the one who strives to push us to be the best we can be and I feel that is the reason why we have such a strong unit.”

Easter said there is one big lesson she has learned from Scott that has stuck with her thus far.

“She really stresses the fact that each save that we make, the one that we’re making in that moment is the most important save that we’re ever going to make,” Easter said. “Just focusing on doing the simple things great and having the next save be the most important save of your career so that you can focus on the next one after that.”

Unlike previous years, last season’s competition for fall sports took place in the spring due to COVID-19. With the

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season happening closer to the summer, players went right into playing with summer teams before returning to campus in August to gear up for a new year of competition.

Scott said with Easter continuously playing, it allowed her to stay active and in the right mindset heading into this season to compete for the starting goalkeeper position.

“It was the first time anyone ever had to go from playing pretty intense spring season to then going and training with summer teams and then coming back for full fall,” Scott said.

“Goalkeeping is something that if you don’t kind of practice at least a little every single day, then you take a couple steps back. But I think that getting those touches on the ball is really important for her and helped her set her up to be able to be successful.”

Through 15 games this season, Easter has compiled a record of 8-8 and a save percentage of .729.

Additionally, Easter has five clean sheets on the season, which Scott said is impressive by itself.

“At the end of the day, I would love a clean sheet but essentially it’s winning and we’re doing that and we’re also getting clean sheets,” Scott said. “When she’s doing her job and doing simple great then it pays off. When she has to be called upon to make that big save, I think being able to establish that camaraderie and trust with her backline and with the rest of her teammates, it’s always important to be able to be successful in those moments.”

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New school, new position for Minnesota native Garrison adjusting to life in the classroom after virtual learning

By Jackson Gross

jackson.gross@marquette.edu

Being a first-year college athlete can be challenging, between having to manage classes while also trying to play a sport at a high level.

For first-year defensive specialist Jadyn Garrison, there was another challenge she dealt with when coming to Marquette; actually learning to be a defensive specialist. For most of her high school career, Garrison was an outside hitter.

Garrison went to East Ridge High School in Woodbury, Minnesota, which stands just 30 minutes outside of downtown Minneapolis.

While there, Garrison led the Raptors to a conference title and was named as an honorable mention twice to the All-Conference team.

Garrison also played for Kokoro Volleyball on the club side and and earned 2018 AAU All-American Team in 2018.

While a majority of Garrison’s time was spent as an outside hitter, she said she did have some

experience in high school that helped prepare her for this new role.

“I was a six rotation outside hitter in high school and then my sophomore year I actually had to play libero,” Garrison said. “So that helped me prepare a little bit, but I think mostly just being a six rotation outside hitter, being able to play defense and hit kind of prepared me for this too.”

Garrison said despite some frustrating moments in switching positions, the transition as a whole has gone well.

“At first it’s always a little frustrating, changing positions, but I was up for the challenge,” Garrison said. “I think defense is super fun and I also get to learn from two amazing liberos (Katie Schoessow and Carly Skrabak).”

Garrison said part of the reason defense has been fun for her is that she is now able to be on the other side of where she used to play.

“Getting a save or setting a hitter up, I was always on the other side so I would be the one getting kills or getting blocks, but it’s kind of fun to have a different perspective,” Garrison said. “I love pursuing balls, diving, getting pancakes (a onehanded diving dig), everything about it is super fun.”

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Garrison (11) gets ready to serve the ball in Marquette’s 3-1 win Oct. 20.

Outside of the adjustments on the court, Garrison said she had to adjust to being back in the classroom after spending most of last year in virtual learning at her high school due to COVID-19.

“Just getting back into school,” Garrison said. “During COVID-19, I was online for probably a year and a half, so just that transition and switch has been a little hard to get back into, but it’s getting better.”

While Garrison was off to a slow start in her career on the court in nonconference play, only playing eight total sets and only notching one dig.

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GIBSON: Acclimating to college Continued from page 12 “In that situation, it was Elsi Twombly who really took the ball,” Gibson said. “She really did all the work, I just timed my run off of her.”

This feat earned Gibson BIG EAST Freshman of the Week honors for the week of Sept. 20.

Welch said she was not surprised to see Gibson earn this award.

“I’ve kept up with how Marquette’s season is going and I’ve watched a few games.

She’s a contributing factor every time she comes into a game,” Welch said.

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playing at the collegiate level, especially at the Division I level.

This has been no different for Gibson.

“At first the transition was a bit rough, not bad but just so different. I knew how much higher of a level college soccer was but you do not really realize until you are physically in that position,” Gibson said. “... When you come here you kind of have to work back up that chain and reprove yourself. I think that’s a great thing because it makes you work that much harder.”

Welch said Gibson’s adjustment seem natural for her based on the way she plays with confidence when she watches a game or a highlight on social media.

“She’s adjusted very well. She plays with confidence and isn’t timid on the field which isn’t always easy as a first-year player,” Welch said. “The transition from playing at the high school level to the collegiate level has seemed natural for her.”

Gibson mentioned upper-level teammates like graduate student defender Kylie Sprecher have helped with the transition for not just herself but also the other firstyear players on the team.

“She really came to all the first-

years and talked to us before we even got here and individually reaches out to us all the time.

Even now, being like very well into our season, she still is very active reaching out and helping us,” Gibson said. “She is just very nice about those things and has definitely helped me. She’s really helped me shift into the college soccer life.”

With the Golden Eagles still on the verge of making the BIG EAST Tournament for the first time since 2017, Gibson said she is hopeful of her team’s chances of making the big dance with the right preparation and mindset heading into Thursday’s regular season finale against DePaul.

“What has been seen in the BIG EAST for so long is that anything can happen, upsets are very common in this conference.

I think we have everything that it takes to beat any team in this league, it’s just if we decide that day we are able to do that and we really get in that mindset,” Gibson said. “At the end of the day, it’s a total mental thing that we have to put ourselves together.

It is a total team sport, we together collectively have to decide to put our bodies on the line for this game.”

Conference play has been a different story for Garrison, as she has played 23 sets in all ten conference games and has nine digs.

While the stats haven’t shown it yet, head coach Ryan Theis believes the switch has gone well for Garrison saying she is one of the team’s best athletes.

Theis said it was Garrison’s athletic ability that first drew him to her in 2018 on the recruiting trail.

“We actually started recruiting her after we lost in the Sweet 16 to Illinois (in 2018). I thought it was pretty distinct that their (Illinois’) back court defense was

significantly more athletic than ours at the time, and I went to Megan (Keck) and said ‘I want us to get more athletic in the back row,’ and Megan said within a month that she thought Jadyn was the perfect recruit to go after,” Theis said.

Theis said another reason why Garrison’s switch has worked is because of Garrison’s mentality toward the change in order to play at the highest level.

“Jadyn will do whatever you ask of her, which is one of the reasons she’s great. When she started wanting to play college volleyball, she had options: she could play at a lower level and be an outside hitter, or she could try and play high level volleyball and be a DS (defensive specialist) or libero,” Theis said.

“The level of volleyball changed her position to something she could be really good at this level.”

Though the switch has gone well up to this point, both Theis and Garrison know there will be continued improvement as the season continues to move along.

“Some goals that I have for the end of the season is to be more consistent all around, like serve-receive and defense, and just continue to be consistent off of the bench and hopefully score a few points every time I can get in,” Garrison said.

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Marquette has arrived, so why can’t others see that?

Duffy’s crew picked to finish fourth by conference coaches

By John Leuzzi

john.leuzzi@marquette.edu

Editor’s Note: This sports column contains opinionated statements.

It is no secret that the partnership between Marquette University and women’s basketball head coach Megan Duffy has been a winning one. But just how successful are the Golden Eagles under Duffy?

Through her first two seasons at the helm of the women’s basketball program, Duffy has compiled the best two-year start of any coach in program history.

During that span, the Golden Eagles have gone 43-15 (.741) and 27-9 (.750) in BIG EAST play. In addition, Marquette has finished as runner-up in both the regular season and conference tournament the last two seasons.

Marquette’s team numbers have also seen substantial growth from year one to year two under Duffy.

Duffy has helped improve her team’s scoring averages (69.0 to 70.5), scoring margin (+8.0 to +8.8), field goal percentage (.454 to .460), free throw percentage (.697 to .710), assists per game (18.1 to 19.3), 3FG percentage defense (.313 to .295) and turnover margin (-3.1 to +0.46).

The 2020-21 season turned out to be a historic one for the Golden Eagles, earning a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in the Duffy era.

Marquette set a new school record with 11 true road wins, which finished top five in the nation.

Of their 19 wins, 13 came away from the Al McGuire Center, including a decisive 85-71 victory over then-No. 24 DePaul at Wintrust

Arena that helped the team lock an NCAA Tournament bid.

After defeating Providence and Creighton in the first two rounds of the BIG EAST Tournament, Marquette advanced to its fifth consecutive conference championship game.

Making five consecutive conference tournament appearances is a tough feat. In fact, UConn and Maryland are the only other high major programs to make five straight conference tournament title games between 2017 and 2021.

But prior to BIG EAST Media Day at Madison Square Garden this past week, Marquette was picked to finish fourth in the BIG EAST Preseason Coaches Poll.

Though the preseason poll is composed of votes from the conference’s 11 head coaches, there remains one question that can be said

throughout the entire conference and perhaps country: Why is Marquette not receiving as much attention, credit and respect on a consistent basis?

There is no question that national powerhouse UConn should be projected to finish first once again with the talent they return and bring in such as the reigning AP Player of the Year Paige Bueckers and Preseason BIG EAST Freshman of the Year Azzi Fudd. However, the problem lies with Marquette being projected to finish behind DePaul and Seton Hall, two teams Marquette finished ahead of last year.

On a statistical basis, Marquette is the better team coming out of last season in comparison to DePaul and Seton Hall.

The Golden Eagles ranked as one of the top teams in the country

of leading scorer Selena Lott and transfer of All-BIG EAST forward Camryn Taylor almost certainly played a factor in coaches’ minds.

But it can certainly be argued that Marquette has filled those holes through the transfer portal, adding former Big Ten players Karissa McLaughlin and Kennedi Myles.

McLaughlin arrives to Marquette by way of West Lafayette, Indiana, where she spent four years as a member of the Purdue Boilermakers.

The graduate student guard is a sharpshooter whose ability to shoot the 3-pointer will be a huge addition to the team’s offensive game plan.

McLaughlin, a three-time All-Big Ten Selection who started in 98 of the 105 games she appeared in, holds the program record for 3-pointers at Purdue (244) and ranks in the

was one of three Illini to start in all 23 games, leading the team in rebounding (8.0) and ranking third in scoring (8.7).

Taylor was critical to MU’s success last year, and Myles is hopeful to fill a similar role in the Golden Eagles’ frontcourt.

On top of the two transfers, an unexpected return to the roster is forward Lauren Van Kleunen. Van Kleunen will be coming back to MU for her sixth year due to the extra year of eligibility given by the NCAA due to COVID-19.

Van Kleunen provides veteran experience both on and off the court for the Golden Eagles.

The Mason, Ohio, native is coming off one of her best seasons donning the blue and gold where she averaged 13.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 26 games. This stat

Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Marquette women’s basketball gathers in a huddle during its practice Sept.15 at the Al McGuire Center. Marquette finished 19-7, 14-4 BIG EAST last season.

in a number of different categories last season.

Marquette was No. 17 in the nation in field goal percentage, making 46% of its shots on the year.

Additionally, the team ranked in the top 20 nationally in assists per game (19.3, 7th), assist to turnover ratio (1.27, 14th) and rebounding margin (+8.1, 18th).

In comparison to those same categories, DePaul and Seton Hall finished nowhere close to Marquette.

DePaul finished 96th in field goal percentage (42%), 17th in assists per game (6.6), 29th in assist to turnover ratio (1.17) and 296th in rebounding margin (-5.3) in the country.

Meanwhile, Seton Hall finished 61st in field goal percentage (43%), 69th in assists per game (14.7), 43rd in assist to turnover ratio (1.11) and 207th in rebounding margin (-1.4).

Now, it could be argued that Marquette’s losses are the reason for the low ranking. The graduation

program’s top 25 with 1,308 points in her career.

During her four-year career with the Boilermakers, McLaughlin notched 66 games in double figures, 12 games with at least 20 points, 34 games with at least five assists and 30 times as leading-scorer.

Those offensive abilities will easily make an impact and attempt to make up for the loss of Lott in the backcourt.

Meanwhile, Myles arrives to Milwaukee after two seasons at the University of Illinois where she started in all 52 games.

Myles’ experiences with the Illini will bode her well as she is perceived to fill the role of Taylor in the starting lineup for the Golden Eagles.

The 6-foot-2 forward averaged 8.8 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.3 assists during her two seasons at Illinois while shooting 37.4% from the field.

As a sophomore last season, she

line earned her a spot on the All-BIG EAST Second Team.

On the offensive end, Van Kleunen creates mismatches due to her outside shooting ability. But if she takes on a guard, she has the size and post moves to back them down for an easy layup from the block.

All of these players provide Marquette with a rather deep roster, which is a luxury they have been able to boast for the past few years as well.

While the Golden Eagles like to use the mentality of being an underdog and blue collar team, it is time for the rest of the league to take note of the success Duffy and her team have built in the last two seasons.

It’s clear that Marquette might not contend for first place in the BIG EAST, as UConn practically has that on lock, but the preseason poll ranking DePaul and Seton Hall ahead of MU is turning a blind eye to just how good Marquette is.