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Drug task force forms Initiative to promote healthy student decisionmaking By Alexa Jurado
alexa.jurado@marquette.edu
University President Michael Lovell commissioned a new task force this semester to analyze the impact of alcohol and drugs on campus. The initiative, named the Task Force on the Impact of Alcohol and Other Drugs on the Marquette University Community, is a “crosscampus group” that includes faculty, students and staff who will develop recommendations for alcohol and drug prevention,
By Andrew Amouzou
andrew.amouzou@marquette.edu
Marquette University celebrated National First-Generation College Celebration Day Nov. 7-8 by hosting several activities for first-generation students on campus. The Council for Opportunity in Education along with the Center for First-generation Student Success, launched the inaugural First-Generation College Celebration in 2017 and set the annual date for Nov. 8, according to the center’s website.
Student pleads not guilty Ricchio to refrain from social media until pre-trial conference
intervention and recovery services at Marquette, according to an Oct. 30 university news release. The task force is also meant to establish the university as a local, national and global leader in student well-being. “The university leadership saw a need for a community-based review of alcohol and other drugs within the Marquette community through the investment of time, staffing and research to offer best practice moving forward to capitalize on (work) being done in this area,” Sara Smith, director of alcohol and other drug prevention programs, said. In 2018, there were 147 See DRUG page 3
‘We took a big step’ Events celebrate first-generation student experiences
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The university hosted events such as a Free Application for Federal Student Aid meeting, a graduate school informational meeting, an event called Pizza with the Provost and a stress-relieving craft night. Having been a first-generation student, acting provost Kimo Ah Yun said these events are important. “I understand that when you first attend a campus, you don’t necessarily know where to find where all the resources are,” Ah Yun said. “The event helps to pull people together … and allows students to connect and be support systems for each other.” Clara Dwyer, assistant director for the Office of Engagement and
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Ricchio (right) had his preliminary appearance last Tuesday, and he pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor.
Joshua Ricchio, a sophomore in the College of Education, pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge at his preliminary court appearance Nov. 5. He was charged Oct. 30 for uploading a Snapchat video Oct. 25 that featured rifle magazines with the caption, “Don’t go to school today.” Marquette University Police Department arrested him the same day he uploaded the video and alerted the campus community. His original bail was posted
at $2,000. However, because the maximum for a misdemeanor charge is $1,000 and cannot be exceeded by bail, the state prosecutor agreed to lower bail to $500. The remainder of the bail will be returned to the poster. Defense attorney Jonathan Smith, a 1995 Marquette Law School graduate, reached an agreement with the state prosecutor over the conditions for Ricchio’s bail. Ricchio is to refrain from posting, commenting or liking on all social media platforms until the pre-trial conference at minimum. The state requested Ricchio
be banned from all contact with weapons. However, as Ricchio is part of Reserve Officer Training Corps, a caveat was added by Smith that he be allowed to handle weapons under direct supervision by the United States Military. Smith, a private criminal lawyer, has worked in his profession for 24 years. He said he was not surprised with the outcome of the hearing. A pre-trial conference will be held Dec. 5 at 8:30 a.m. in the Milwaukee County Circuit Courthouse.
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BIG: ‘We did not do it alone’ being given away. Ah Yun said the university has Inclusion, was also a support for first-generation scholarfirst-generation student. ships and for the Ready to Inspire She said the number of first-genSuccess and Excellence program. eration students attending college is The program serves as an orientation growing nationally. for multicultural and underrepresentAmong the first-generaed students. tion students are freshmen “We just received a $5 in the College of Arts & Scimillion gift from an alum,” ences, Paige Stoeffler and Ah Yun said. “$4.5 milIvan Moreno who spoke lion will go to our first-gen about what its like being a scholarships, and the other first-generation student. half will help support the “It is empowering honRISE program.” estly,” Stoeffler said. Dwyer had some final “We have worked hard to advice for first-gen students get this point.” who may be hesitant about Stoeffler said there are taking the big leap to college. pressures of being a first“There are people here that Photo by Elena Fiegen elena.fiegen@marquette.edu generation student. She said care who may be first-gen she did not know as much as Kimo Ah Yun hosted Pizza with the Provost last week. themselves,” Dwyer said. other students about college, but said day for school. “It’s a big transition to college, and it makes her work harder to succeed “I just want to be a good role mod- regardless of your background, anyrather than give up. el and example for them,” Stoeffler one can do it. If you have the will to “Since I do not know as much as said. “By me going after what I want, do it, then you can do it.” others (about the college process), I will inspire them to push forward Ah Yun added that students I have to try even harder,” Stoef- and not be afraid of taking chances.” should discover their passions fler said. “However, (the pressure) Dwyer said many clubs and or- and follow them. makes me work harder to succeed ganizations collaborated to plan the “Do not be hesitant,” Ah Yun. “At rather than give up.” event festivities for the event. She the end of the day, it’s about finding Moreno said being a first- also said clubs that were not part of a place to get an education to make generation student is something the planning process still wanted to your life better and also to grow he uses as motivation. be part of the celebration by asking as a person.” “We took a big step, but we did not for first-generation buttons that were do it alone,” Moreno said. “Some people do not get these opportunities, so when it was my time to go to college, my family sacrificed everything.” Stoeffler said her younger sisters play a role in motivating her every
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Forum includes various voices in strategic plan Beyond Boundaries addresses issues facing higher education By Nick Magrone
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Marquette University held “Think Different, Act Different to go Beyond Boundaries” in the Monaghan Ballroom in the Alumni Memorial Union Monday, hosting more than 450 Marquette faculty, staff and students. The community members were brought together to reflect on issues facing higher education and to envision possible solutions and strategically planned themes within Beyond Boundaries, a strategic plan that outlines the university’s options for the Campus Master Plan. The master plan serves as a roadmap for Marquette’s capital projects. Beyond Boundaries is a plan built around the six themes the university is continuously working on, which are Pursuit of Academic Excellence for Human Well-Being, Research in Action, A Culture of Inclusion, Social Responsibility through Community Engagement, Formation of Hearts and Minds, and Sustainability of Valuable Resources.
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The event hosted over 450 faculty, staff and students. It was held in the Alumni Memorial Union Monday.
Attendees heard from Beyond Boundaries leaders Jeanne Hossenlopp, vice president for research and innovation, and Lora Strigens, vice president for planning and facilities management, about breaking down barriers between the strategic plan themes and ensuring Beyond Boundaries continues to adapt to change, according to the event description. An Oct. 14 university news release stated the “think different” slogan was a “reverent nod to one of Apple’s more famous
ad campaigns about being innovative and pushing boundaries.” The “think different” campaign was initiated by the late Steve Jobs in 1997, with Apple using it until 2002. Kyle Rotunno, a freshman in the College of Business Administration, said the event was important for the future of the university. “Marquette is a fine institution, and I commend President Lovell, the faculty and staff for the hard work they are putting in as well as being willing to make
important changes when needed,” Rotunno said. On one of the walls of the Monaghan Ballroom, numerous pictures were hung, each of them representing a strategic planning theme. After Hossenlopp and Strigens, Lovell offered his own remarks, focusing significant changes facing higher education. Jennifer Vanderheyden, an assistant professor of French and francophone studies, said Hossenlopp and Strigens were thoughtful in their future plans
for the university. “I thought that they gave a good overview and direction on innovative ideas,” Vanderheyden said. Vanderheyden also spoke about the purpose of the pictures the faculty came up with as well as the purpose of the activities that the faculty participated in. “We did a lot of discussing and brainstorming topics in groups regarding issues such as sustainability and academic excellence,” Vanderheyden said. Mark Konewko, a professor of music, said the Beyond Boundaries will help students succeed as the university continues to address the issues that were brought to light at the event. “It is important because Marquette wants its students to succeed and it doesn’t always happen. So, we are trying to fine-tune the good work Marquette does,” Konewko said. Konewko said he appreciates that Lovell included Marquette staff in the campus conversation surrounding Beyond Boundaries. “President Lovell is a man of vision and humble enough to realize the potential of the staff,” Konewko said.
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DRUG: Officials aim for prevention Continued from page 1 on-campus disciplinary referrals related to drugs and 1,035 related to alcohol, according to the 2019 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report. “The President’s Task Force on the Impact of Alcohol and Other Drugs on the Marquette University Community aims to address the problem that too many students drink to excess, which results in significant academic, social, financial, perceptual and physical consequences,” Chris Stolarski, university spokesperson and member of the task force, said in an email. Stolarski added the university sees the behavior manifesting in a variety of ways, including negative effects on academic success and enrollment, influencing retention of diverse students and students in recovery, damage to property and other effects. The task force’s steering committee, which is co-chaired by Smith and Xavier Cole, vice president for student affairs, is comprised of Kate Braasch, chief presidential liaison, Susan Cushman, campus alcohol and other drug coordinator at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Dan Hanahranof Marmon Holdings Inc., Erin Lazzar, associate dean of students, Brenda Lenz, associate director of the Counseling Center and Kimberely Timpf, senior director of Everfi. The task force also includes over 60 Marquette community members representing students, faculty, staff and alumni, Smith said. “The goal was to have participation from a diverse group of constituents to see a variety of perspectives and promote university buy-in and connections. Education, outreach and engagement are key to task force success,” Smith said.
The task force also consists of four subcommittees: policy and enforcement; communications and messaging; prevention, intervention and recovery; and institutionalization, according to the news release. Each subcommittee is tasked with research and analysis to make recommendations to the steering committee, which will make final recommendations to president Lovell by the end of the calendar year. This is done through Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats analysis and best practice work, Smith said, which entails research, literature and best-practice review, data review and collection, and interviewing referent institutions of higher education. “The task force and its four subcommittees … are designed in such a way to be inclusive and representative,” Stolarski said in an email. “If we are to make real strides toward a culture shift at Marquette, we must engage many stakeholders from varied disciplines, and address the different ways alcohol and other drug abuse impacts our campus.” Smith said recommendations are already underway and they are looking to present them Dec. 11. After the presentation, she said, the steering committee with compile all the theme recommendations into an executive summary and offer them to the university leadership for action in January 2020. The task force’s stated goal reads: “We aim to create an environment at Marquette that supports the decision to not drink, as we feel it is in the best interest of our community and closely aligned with our mission. Alcohol prevention should be framed as an academic success issue. When Marquette addresses the misuse of alcohol in our
community, our academic profile will rise, we will recruit a more diverse and higher achieving student and our campus environment will be more welcoming and inclusive of students of color and other marginalized identities,” according to the news release. Stolarski said the task force was not set out to address any specific behaviors or substances, rather to ensure that the university is living out its mission and commitment to “cura personalis,” or “caring for the whole person.” He said the health and emotional well-being of students, and the entire campus community, must remain a top priority. “Unfortunately, too many students look to alcohol and other
drugs as easy ways to cope with stress and anxiety and other unaddressed mental health issues,” Stolarski said. “It’s our responsibility as a university community to foster an environment where such dangerous behaviors are rare.” Smith said alcohol prevention concerns academic success. By addressing alcohol misuse at Marquette, the university’s academic profile will rise, and it will recruit a more diverse and higher achieving student body while being more inclusive. “We aim to create an environment at Marquette that supports all members, as we feel it is in the best interest of our community and closely aligned with our mission,” Smith said.
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MUPD responded to a business in the 1600 block of W. Wisconsin Avenue for a report of a disorderly nonMU subject. The subject was located after panhandling at several area businesses. A check of the subject revealed a temporary restraining order that needed to be served. MUPD served the TRO and transported the subject to a location off-campus.
A non-MU subject removed merchandise from a business in the 1600 block of W. Wisconsin Avenue. MUPD apprehended and cited the subject.
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MUPD responded to a singlevehicle traffic accident in the 800 block of N. 11th Street. The non-MU driver admitted to smoking marijuana. MUPD transported the driver to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility.
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CORRECTIONS Nov. 5’s “Political Super Bowl to come to MKE” incorrectly stated Liz Gilbert was the executive director of the Host Committee. Gilbert’s correct title is the president of the Host Committee. The Tribune regrets this error.
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Yearly vigil remembers, honors Jesuit advocates Campus Ministry connects Jesuits’ beliefs, DACA By Beck Salgado
beck.salgado@marquette.edu
Marquette University held its yearly vigil Monday to honor six Jesuit priests who were killed Nov. 16, 1989, by the Salvadoran Military at the University of Central America in El Salvador. The priests were killed because they spoke out against the government and advocated for the poor. The event, put on by Campus Ministry, included a gallery in Alumni Memorial Union 157 where individuals could learn about the events through text, images and paintings. Ann Mulgrew, assistant director for campus ministry, said the event is intended to shed awareness on martyrs and to honor them in remembrance. She also said their stories can apply to the sacrifices that modern Jesuits make today. “If these people can say and do what they did, then what little I have to sacrifice is definitely worth it,” Mulgrew said. She added that vigils honoring
these martyrs have been in tradi- who sacrificed so much for what sacrifices, but in your heart, you tion for more than seventeen years, they believed was right. will know you are doing what is Frank said she had heard about the right and that is what is important,” and they are being practiced at most Catholic schools. Mulgrew said it is martyrs but didn’t know their story, Frank said. important to continue traditions that and she found that going to the vigil Griffin Knipp, assistant director of honor the dead, and remind Campus Ministry for social people emphasizing how justice and community outtheir memory inspires othreach, said Marquette’s comers with their defense of the memoration of the martyrs cause they believed in. was followed by a vigil for “I think it’s important for Deferred Action for Childstudents to know who our hood Arrivals recipients. heroes are in the Jesuit comKnipp said the priests are munity, and I think students remembered for their courcan relate to an injustice age in standing up for what where people are killed or they believed in, and as the murdered for what they be30th anniversary of their lieve in,” Mulgrew said. death approaches, he felt it Mulgrew said she believes Photo by Jordan Johnson jordan.d.johnson@marquette.edu was important Marquette students can connect to the The gallery at the vigil displayed paintings and texts. acknowledged that DACA Jesuit martyrs in ways that is going in front of the U.S. are applicable to today. She said it is and getting the chance to learn about Supreme Court this week as well. important to take risks when it is for them was great for her. “So our hope is to look at the ex“I knew very little about the story ample of these martyrs, and to think something one believes in, and feels that it is an important message for but by walking through and reading about what that would look like in about these priests I was able to learn our own context, so we have tied students to learn. Morgan Frank, a junior in the Col- a lot,” Frank said. these two prayers together today so She said she felt that she could that Marquette University can also lege of Education and assistant to the liturgical director for Campus Min- learn from the martyrs and how they be a witness to those on the margins istry, said she attended the vigil be- lived out their lives with the goal of and be prophetic in our support for cause she just happened to be in the achieving their mission through acts Dreamers,” Knipp said in an email. area. Nevertheless, she said she was of social justice and a willingness to Knipp said over the past several happy that she stopped by and took risk for positive change years, Marquette has actively lob“You might have to make some bied to support the Development, the time to learn about these priests
Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act and bipartisan Bar Removal of Individuals who Dream and Grow our Economy Act. The DREAM Act was a bill in Congress that would have granted legal status to certain undocumented immigrants in the United States who were brought to the U.S. as children and then were schooled here. Several versions have been introduced to Congress since 2001, but none have passed, according to the AntiDefamation League. The BRIDGE Act was introduced in 2017 with the intent to allow people who are eligible for or who have received work authorization and temporary relief from deportation through DACA to live in the U.S. with permission from the federal government, according to the National Immigration Law Center. Knipp added that Marquette’s leaders have publicly addressed the campus community in letters written both in English and Spanish in support of our students affected by DACA legislation, and Marquette annually celebrates the resilience and accomplishments of its undocumented/DACA students with the Dreamers Gala.
Clinic fulfills mental, developmental needs Psychology faculty co-directs service for marginalized By Nick Magrone
nicholas.magrone@marquette.edu
Next Step Clinic is a clinic serving socioeconomically marginalized minorities in Milwaukee. The clinic, which opened its doors in mid-October, is located in one of Milwaukee’s once-industrialized neighborhoods. Amy Van Hecke, associate professor of psychology and co-director of the clinic, won the Marquette University’s President’s Challenge in January 2019. The clinic was the first winner of the award. The President’s Challenge provides a $250,000, two-year grant for one proposal that seeks to change the community by addressing one or more of the critical areas in which neighborhood inequities exist, according to Marquette’s website. Milwaukee activists received funding to start the clinic and acquired the rights to locate the clinic at 2545 N. 29th St. within a repurposed wing of the Next Door Foundation, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The activists were inspired by the strong autism rights movement that has arisen over the past
few years in Milwaukee and the United States. Marquette University is cosponsoring the clinic along with nonprofit organization Mental Health of America Wisconsin. “My role is important to me because I have worked with families of children with developmental delays in Milwaukee for 12 years and have seen the needs they have and the barriers they experience,” Van Hecke said. “I aim to direct the clinic to help families overcome barriers and access care for their children.” Van Hecke said the clinic is bringing about social change for families affected by mental health. “The clinic has three main purposes: to help families navigate the maze of seeking care for their children, to help families access the medical diagnosis of autism for their children with developmental concerns and to help families access mental health care for themselves and their children,” Van Hecke said, “especially regarding therapies for trauma they have experienced.” In an email, University President Michael Lovell praised Van Hecke for her work at the clinic. “I couldn’t be more pleased with the incredible work Dr. Van Hecke and her collaborators did to make the Next Step Clinic a reality, and it was truly my honor to announce the project as the first-ever
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Marquette University awarded Next Step Clinic a $250,000 two-year grant for a proposal in January 2019.
winner of the President’s Challenge,” Lovell said in an email. Lovell said the trauma epidemic in Milwaukee is near and dear to him and the work of the clinic aligns with Marquette’s Jesuit mission. “The Next Step Clinic will seek out and serve Milwaukee families adversely impacted by racial and socioeconomic health disparities with an additional focus on families who have been affected by Adverse Childhood Experiences,
trauma or chronic toxic stress and developmental delays,” Lovell said in an email. The clinic screens children as young as two for signs of autism, according to the the Journal Sentinel. Norah Johnson, a pediatric nurse practitioner at the Next Door Foundation and associate professor in Marquette’s College of Nursing, highlighted the tremendous need for these services in Milwaukee. “In 2014, the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention estimated that one in 59 children qualify for an autism diagnosis,” according to the Journal Sentinel. “There is no autism clinic in the metro Milwaukee area. Children go undiagnosed, and my past qualitative research and involvement in the Urban Autism Summit and the Autism Society of South Eastern Wisconsin and past grant work established a great need for this kind of clinic,” Johnson said.
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Milwaukee native seeks City deemed mayoral title in next election global water hub Williams runs to better hometown, decrease poverty By Beck Salgado
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Ramone Williams is one of several candidates running for mayor of Milwaukee in 2020. Williams said he is running as a Republican, and while he does not hold any current offices, he does have a background in economics and entrepreneurship. Williams said as a Milwaukee native he believes Milwaukee can be a top destination for opportunities with the proper leadership. He said he wants Milwaukee residents to know that he loves the city through his campaign. Williams said he decided to run for mayor because of his immense love for his hometown, which he has seen change while growing up and living here. Williams said living in Milwaukee can be hard for people of color, which he said is another reason he is running. Williams said he plans to realize the change that he wants to see in Milwaukee by bringing more jobs and lowering crime. He added he is in conversations with companies in different states to come to Milwaukee as a partnership if he were to be elected. “Never has there been equality for me and others that look like me. Justice and opportunities have been scarce, but I believe I can bridge the gap and bring unity to a
segregated city,” Williams said. The candidate is very active on social media and uses Facebook to keep his voter base informed on his positions. He has coined the hashtag #underdog4mayor as an online motto for his campaign, and he said he plans to accrue votes by being active in the community and using social media to his advantage. “I represent strong, fearless, ambitious black people with integrity and a relentless belief in self,” Williams said. Williams also said he wants to emphasize the importance of equality and diversity in his campaign. One of his main goals is to create a diverse community and be transparent with voters during the process of making a better Milwaukee, Williams said. Shanquil Bey, treasurer for Williams’ campaign, believes Williams encompasses the ambition and qualities needed as a prospective mayor. Bey said Williams’ campaign is focused on exacting real change that the people in the city of Milwaukee will see. She said Williams will bring change Milwaukee has not seen under current mayor Tom Barrett. Bey said that Williams believes focusing on better education and poverty initiatives are imperative. She said Williams wants to build an environment where the revenue that Milwaukee makes is used to benefit the people that reside in the city. Bey said this is unlike past years where the residents have very little access to capital or opportunity.
Bey added that Williams represents young leadership. “(He) is committed to positive change for the entire city. He is hardworking and dedicated to his mission to be a mayor with solutions and proactive measures.” Bey also said students should vote for Williams because he is relatable and will listen to them in order to create a better student experience here in Milwaukee. She said if students are looking for a highly motivated candidate who is running for positive change then they should vote for Williams. Renina Walton, Williams’ campaign and media organizer, said she wants people to know that Williams’ campaign is working diligently for him to become the next mayor of Milwaukee and she believes he is the change Milwaukee needs. “Williams represents culture, diversity and change I would vote for him due to his stellar leadership and his motivation to bring something new to the table to change Milwaukee as a whole,” Walton said. Walton said Williams can relate to the working class through virtue of being in the middle class, providing him great insight, which he plans to use in conjunction with his leadership and ideas to give Milwaukee the change it needs to become a better place to live. This article is part of a Marquette Wire series featuring the candidates for Milwaukee’s 2020 mayoral election.
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Milwaukee native Ramone Williams said he is passionate about enacting real change the community can see.
for water, water innovation and water technology. They were able to develop new talent to help their cause through academic institutions, Stifling said. These institutions By Matthew Choate include the University of Wismatthew.choate@marquette.edu consin-Milwaukee’s School of Freshwater Sciences, programs Milwaukee is situated right at Marquette such as the Water next to a large freshwater re- Law program and the program source, Lake Michigan. Ten for Water Business at University years ago, the Marquette Univer- of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Stifling said it was the prosity Law School decided to look for ways Milwaukee could take gram’s goal to help develop advantage of this resource. The Milwaukee’s economy as the Law School held a conference region continued to grow as a called “Milwaukee 2015: Water, result of becoming a worldwide water hub. However, work reJobs and the Way Forward.” The participants of the original mains to be done as a result of conference shared ideas, trying the economic development, such to figure out ways that Milwau- as job creation. Paige Peters, a speaker and kee could emerge as a worldwide water hub by the year 2015. Ten CEO of Rapid Radicals Techyears later, the Marquette Law nology, said her MilwaukeeSchool held another conference based company has contributed called “Milwaukee 2025: Water, to the goal of the event by usJobs and the Way Forward” Nov. ing a waste water treatment system to prevent problems like 5 at Eckstein Hall. The event was built off of what sewer overflows during wet weather events. was accom“At the end plished at the of the day, peofirst conference ple are behind ten years earlier. these causes It looked at how because we’re the region had doing someachieved the thing for the goal of becomenvironment ing a worldwide and protecting water hub and at public health,” how the people she said. and organizaThe role tions involved her company in Milwaukee Paige Peters played at the 2025 could conCEO of Rapids Radicals Technology conference tinue to develop was to provide the region and an example of further achieve how different facets of developthis goal. The conference included many ment come together, she said. For example, Peters said she is different speakers, such as Marquette University President Mi- an entrepreneur and a graduate chael Lovell, Milwaukee Mayor student funded by the National Tom Barrett, deans and profes- Science Foundation and worksors from Marquette and Uni- ing with the Milwaukee Public versity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Stewardship district. Kris Ropella, dean of the Opus and other speakers such as chief executive officers of companies College of Engineering at Marquette, was another panel memfrom the area. David Strifling, the director of ber. Ropella said the College of water law and policy initiative at Engineering is supporting the the Marquette Law School, was Milwaukee 2025 program by one of the speakers and panel helping to prepare a work force and preparing engineers to “meet members at the event. Strifling said that at the con- the challenges of the future.” The College of Engineering ference they were examining the Milwaukee region’s growth as a played a role in the research and work force development for worldwide water hub. Strifling also said they the Milwaukee 2025 program, were taking a look back at Ropella said. She said it also the progress made since the played a role in developing technologies for water treatments, 2009 conference. He said he believed the big- distribution, management and gest achievement of the confer- providing clean water for everyence was marketing the Milwau- one to consume. kee region nationally as a center
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J.R.R. Tolkien collection travels to France Exhibit shows nearly 300 of author’s manuscripts By Nicole Laudolff
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Pieces from Marquette University’s J.R.R. Tolkien collection will be on display in Paris until mid-February at the Bibliothèque nationale de France as part of an exhibition entitled “Tolkien, Journey to Middle-earth.” The exhibit opened in late October and is comprised of nearly 300 authentic manuscripts and drawings from the British author, known best for his world famous fictional classics. Eighty of such items belong to Marquette’s of over 11,000 piece collection. Marquette’s vast selection includes original manuscripts and working drafts for three of Tolkien’s most celebrated books, “The Hobbit,” “Farmer Giles of Ham” and “Lord of the Rings,” according to Marquette’s website. The university has owned the collection since 1957. The BnF exhibit immerses
visitors in the fictional world of Middle-earth, a fantastical place with its own language, landscape, art and history — all imagined by Tolkien himself, an Oxford University professor of medieval languages and literature. According to the BnF website, this project was organized to “provide a context for (Tolkien’s) literary and artistic creation.” Within the past few years, Marquette University has loaned pieces of its collection to various institutions around the world including the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford, England, the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City and most recently, the BnF. The BnF exhibit is unique in that it marks the first time Marquette’s manuscripts have been on display in France, William Fliss, archivist and curator of Marquette’s Tolkien collection, said. Although Marquette’s collection has traveled around the globe, the university remains a popular destination for Tolkien’s robust following. “There’s always this element of surprise when people realize that a place like Milwaukee, so far removed from where Tolkien lived
and worked, would own such a Marquette’s website, no other inbody of material,” Fliss said. stitution had even expressed interMost of the university’s collec- est. The university now owns one tion was obtained when William of the largest bodies of TolkienReady, the associated then-library works. director at “What’s Marquette, remarkwas tasked able of with gathTo l k i e n ering new is that he material kept most for the reeverycently built thing he M e m o wrote,” rial Library, Fliss said. completed “Therein 1953. fore, this Having reccompreognized the hensive expertise of collection To l k i e n ’s really alwork belows one fore much to see how of the world … Tolkhad, Ready ien’s most Photo courtesy of Tobias M. Eckrich f a m o u s contacted the author The Tolkien collection will be displayed in France. w o r k s , though Berloved by tram Rota, millions an acclaimed book dealer. This led and translated into many languagthe university to purchase the col- es, were created.” lection for a sum of £1,500, less Brendan Pinto, a graduate stuthan $5,000 today. According to dent in the College of Arts &
Sciences, said he has been an avid fan of Tolkien’s novels since childhood. Since enrolling at Marquette, he has visited public showings of the manuscripts on numerous occasions. “What makes Marquette’s collection so amazing is really the story of Tolkien himself and how he wrote,” Pinto said. “His entire thought process is laid out on paper … ideas and drawings scribbled on the backs of students’ exams, military forms and handedited drafts from his typewriter.” Beyond providing entertainment, Pinto said Tolkien influenced him as a student. At a younger age, Pinto said that he, like many people, found writing intimidating but seeing Tolkien’s extensive edits and drafts gave him new inspiration. “I … used to think that good writers magically created perfect stories and books from their infinite imagination, but that’s not true. Every writer has a process,” he said. “It has impacted me to discover that even some of Tolkien’s best works were slow and arduous, full of twists and turns, which is equal parts fascinating and encouraging.”
River Mason performs poetry, shares meanings Writer’s work features themes of queerness, identity By Kate Hyland
katherine.hyland@marquette.edu
River Mason, a queer Latinx writer, poet and performer, recited original poetry on the first floor of the Alumni Memorial Union Nov. 5. Mason is a poet featured on SlamFind, an online platform for spoken word poetry. They are an alum of Babel Poetry Collective, which is part of Temple University and is composed of poets, singers and musicians, according to its website. Some of the poems featured topics such as queerness, identity, social justice, solitude and mental health. “We don’t get a lot of speakers like this at Marquette. This kind of representation is important,” Areli Herrera, a junior in the College of Education who attended, said. The event was sponsored by The Office of Engagement and Inclusion. It was the first of a few events The Office of Engagement and Inclusion are holding to raise awareness of Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Awareness Month held in November, Jennifer
Perdomo, graduate assistant of the LGBTQ+ Resource Center, said. Nationally, Transgender Awareness Week is held the second week of November, leading up to Transgender Day of Remembrance, which is a day to honor transgender individuals who have been killed as a result of transphobia, according to Glaad. Glaad is a media organization that works to create cultural change. Many of their stories promote LGBTQ acceptance, according to its website. There will be a learning session in the AMU to talk about domestic violence awareness and prevention in the LGBTQ community Nov. 12, Perdomo said. Additionally, there will be an interactive Transgender Day of Remembrance event Nov. 20 in the AMU, aimed to raise awareness of the violence surrounding transgender women of color in particular, Perdomo said. Cory Forbes, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, said he attended Mason’s poetry performance because he heard it was an interesting event for Transgender Awareness Month. “I think it is important that Marquette shows … the importance of queer students and queer poetry and art and literature,” Forbes said. At the performance, Mason talked about the meaning behind their poems and the overall writing
process in between reading pieces. Herrara said Mason’s commentary was one of her favorite parts about the performance because she enjoyed hearing about their life and what inspired them to write poems. She also said having that dialogue with the audience made it more engaging. Forbes said he could not choose a favorite poem at the performance, but the dialogue in between was one of his favorite parts as well. Perdomo said the OEI wanted to book someone to come and speak at Marquette for Transgender Awareness Week, but they were not sure exactly what they wanted. Eventually, the office found Mason’s booking agent, and they thought Mason would be a good fit because of the topics they cover, such as mental health, social justice and what healthy and unhealthy LGBTQ relationships look like, Perdomo said. Mason is a college student at Temple University, so Perdomo said she thought it was a good opportunity for students to relate and resonate with their work. “Having speakers like this just makes it that much clearer that marginalized communities can be seen here because sometimes when you are a minority on campus … you can feel marginalized by administration and event programming,” Herrera said.
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River Mason performed original poetry on the AMU’s first floor.
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Inclusive hiring awarded Spirit Shop, Rec Center hire adults with disabilities
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Offices combine Officials said not part of cost management By Sarah Lipo
sarah.lipo@marquette.edu
By Beck Salgado
beck.salgado@marquette.edu
Marquette University received Creative Employment Opportunities’ 2019 Employer of the Year Award Oct. 10 for its work to diversify the workplace by hiring adults with disabilities. CEO is a private company that assists individuals with disabilities in obtaining and maintaining employment in community institutions and organizations according to its website. Larry Birkett, associate director of the Marquette Spirit Shop, was one of the individuals honored by CEO. In 2007, Birkett hired Craig Zientek as a stocker and to be one of Marquette’s part-time employees placed by CEO. Birkett said Zientek started working at the Marquette Spirit Shop shortly after he graduated from high school. Craig’s job duties include dusting and sweeping, restocking merchandise and pricing merchandise. He works Monday, Thursday and Friday mornings. One of the things Birkett said he wanted to emphasize is the joy Zientek’s love for music and the joy it brings. “He loves music, and we and our customers can usually hear Craig singing about a block away before he arrives at work each day,” Birkett said. “Some of his favorite artists are Carrie Underwood, Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Nettles and Mariah Carey— but his all-time favorite is the incomparable legend, Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac.” Birkett said that this was
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the first CEO Inclusive Employer Leadership Award Marquette has been given, and it was great to be recognized for an ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion. “It was important to me because everyone deserves the right to have a chance at finding meaningful work and also to feel like they are included in the communities that they live in,” Birkett said. Birkett said he feels CEO has been a great business partner, as they provide funded jobs and coaching as needed to help Zientek adapt his unique abilities to his working environment. Julie Mikolajewski, senior merchandise coordinator for the Marquette Spirit Shop, said it was an honor for the Spirit Shop to receive the award. She said hiring Zientek embodies the Ignatian value of “cura personalis,” which in Latin means “care for the entire person.” “Giving Craig a chance at meaningful work, a chance to be a part of a team, to be a part of the community,”
Mikolajewski said. Mikolajewski said Zientek is a joy to work with. She said he always arrives with a smile on his face and is usually singing. Mikolajewski said she cannot speak for the university’s hiring policies, but she said she hopes the award leads to other inclusive hires on campus. John Sweeney, recreational sports director at Marquette, was also honored by CEO for his hiring of Ivan Lopez, who has cerebral palsy and is an employee at Marquette’s Helfaer Tennis Stadium and Recreation Center. Sweeney said this was the inaugural employer of the year awards for CEO, and he is thankful Marquette was recognized for its work with individuals with special needs and to be included in this great honor. Sweeney said the positive social interactions Lopez has with everyone are nice to have around. “Ivan is very much a part of our staff, wears our rec sports staff shirts, punches in and out and is treated as any other employee. The joy that he brings
University President Michael Lovell announced Monday that the Office of Community Engagement and the Office of Corporate Engagement and Partnerships will combine to create the Office of Economic Engagement. Maura Donovan, previously the vice president of the Office of Corporate Engagement and Partnerships, will assume the same position in the OEE, and Dan Bergen, previously the executive director of the Office of Community Engagement, will retain his same title in the new office. Associate director of university communication Chris Stolarski said this decision was not made due to the university’s cost management review process, and no positions will be eliminated. “While this does provide an opportunity for the university to increase operational efficiencies so that we can be the best possible stewards of our resources to benefit our students and their families, combining these two functional areas was really about making sure that our external partnerships are holistic and inclusive,” Stolarski said in an email. President Lovell said the goal of the combined office is to amplify each and every day to our staff is priceless,” Sweeney said. Sweeney said Lopez, who coworkers call the “Human Zamboni,” cleans the wood courts in the multi-purpose room/gym. He said the task is important due to the hundreds of students who use the courts daily. He said it is imperative that the courts are clean and safe to use, especially
Marquette’s vision to develop more holistic off-campus collaborations and partnerships for community impact, according to a Nov. 11 university news release. The office combination will also allow the university to address economic disparities in the community, Lovell said. “This sort of partnership allows the new Office of Economic Engagement to bring together all the pieces — corporate, nonprofit, civic and university — to forge new partnerships that seek to address the economic disparities in our community,” Stolarski said in an email. The Office of Corporate Engagement and Partnerships was formed to create relationships and develop partnerships across campus. The office also helped companies engage with the university to address business challenges, according to its website. Established in early 2016, the Office of Community Engagement reached out to partners to tackle challenges in the surrounding Milwaukee community, according to its website. The name change and combination are effective immediately, according to the news release. Stolarski said he is not aware of any plans to combine other offices.
during the winter months with all of the dirt and salt brought into the facility. Sweeney said he hopes Marquette’s work in the Spirit Shop and recreational sports department will serve as a role model for other departments.
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‘Nunsense’ defies conventional humor MU-affiliated creatives give engaging performance
By Kelli Arseneau
kelli.arseneau@marquette.edu
This winter, the Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents irreverent comedy with the musical “Nunsense,” featuring a creative team that includes Marquette faculty and alumni. “Nunsense” officially opened Sunday after preview performances Friday and Saturday, and will play at the Stackner Cabaret Theater — one of the Rep’s three performance spaces — until Jan. 12. Director Malkia Stampley, who studied theater at Marquette from 1999-2002, said that while she did not want to give too much of the plot away, “Nunsense” is a comedic story set up as a show within a show. It features a group of five nuns in Hoboken, New Jersey, putting on a variety show in a desperate attempt to raise money after disaster befalls their convent. “It’s a fun, quirky musical but with a lot of heart. … It’s not your typical comedy in that you get to see the heart in people that we usually only see in one way, in one religious, holy way,” Stampley said. “But all these holy people are human — they’re very human. And I learned that at Marquette.” “Nunsense” is performed by a cast of just five female actresses. Stampley said she made sure to recruit a diverse cast and creative team in terms of race and age. The musical, which was written by Dan Goggin and first came out in 1985, traditionally features a predominantly white cast, but Stampley said she wanted to change that for this production. While she has performed in multiple shows at the Rep throughout the years, beginning with a yearlong post-college acting internship at the theater, “Nunsense” is Stampley’s first time directing at the Rep. Stampley said her career had always been focused on acting — such as in roles in “Empire,” “Chicago PD,” “Shameless” and “The Chi” and the film “Native Son.” — until four years ago when she began directing shows. Stampley’s creative team includes costume designer Deb Krajec, an associate
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The cast of nuns includes, listed from left to right, Kelley Faulkner, Lachrisa Grandberry, Melody Betts, Veronica Garza and Candace Thomas.
professor in the College of Communication. Krajec was one of Stampley’s professors during her time at Marquette. Krajec said she was thrilled to take on the position when she heard that one of her former students was the director. “You don’t often have an opportunity to work with your students after they graduate, so this was really cool,” Krajec said. “You always hope as a teacher that they’re going to go on and do things above and beyond anything you ever taught them, and Malkia certainly has. I mean, she’s terrific. She’s a fabulous actress, a director and I’m tremendously proud of her and so tickled that I got to work with her.” “Nunsense” was Krajec’s first time in 22 years designing costumes for the Rep. She said she was a costume designer at the Rep for a few shows back in the ’90s. While Krajec designed the costumes, a team of artisans at the Rep created them. Draping, or creating patterns and basic construction, was completed by a freelance artist named Emily Wille Bustamante, another
Marquette graduate, Krajec said. The creative team’s process began in early spring, and the cast was finalized in August. Rehearsals began Oct. 15. I saw “Nunsense” on opening night. The Stackner Cabaret is built in a way that made it natural for the performers to interact with the audience, creating an intimate setting. According to the Rep’s website, the Stackner Cabaret is not a dinner theater in that dinner is not served during the production, but when I was there, waiters brought drinks and small desserts to those who ordered them before the show and during intermission. My initial impression of the show was that it was comedic but mainly geared toward an older audience. Many of the jokes that evoked a smile from me caused the mostly older audience to roar with laughter. However, it did not take long until I was laughing out loud with everyone else. “Nunsense” features five incredibly talented actresses with extraordinary voices and impeccable comedic timing. The humor is irreverent, clever and offers a variety of jokes referencing religion, musical
theater and pop culture. The absolutely unrealistic absurdity of the nuns’ predicament and the show’s randomness — for example, the set is decorated for an eighth grade performance of “Grease,” which is explained at the beginning but never again mentioned — sets the tone for the entire show. Each of the five sisters has her own distinct personality and brand of comedy, displayed in outrageous, over-the-top acts. The show involved lively interactions from the audience, from an audience quiz in the first act to a lively gospel-style finale number that caused the audience to clap and sing along. I’ll be honest: “Nunsense” was funnier than I expected it to be. The actresses blew me away, and I would recommend the show to anyone looking for a good laugh. Tickets can be purchased through the Milwaukee Rep’s website, or by calling or visiting the ticket office. The Milwaukee Rep is Wisconsin’s largest repertory theater, Milwaukee Rep public relations and content director Tegan Gaetano said. A repertory theater is a type of theater where
a company, often with resident actors, presents various works throughout a season. Multiple works are often shown at the same time. In the Milwaukee Rep’s case, each year, 15 productions play across the venue’s three theaters, Gaetano said. “At any one given time, we could potentially have six shows here,” Gaetano said. “We (could) have three in rehearsal in our three different rehearsal rooms, and three onstage — which is a massive amount of people and variables to coordinate.” The Rep’s three theaters include the Quadracci Powerhouse, the largest of the theaters, but still relatively small and intimate, housing 750 people; the Steimke Studio, a small black box theater with a little over 200 seats that Gaetano said often houses “premieres and more politically, socially critical and probing theater”; and the Stackner Cabaret, which features 186 seats in a dinner theater-setup with a bar in the back and small tables and chairs surrounding a stage.
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Students share tips following Halloween snowfall Freezing season causes tribulations, trials, tripping By Ariana Madson
ariana.madson@marquette.edu
When Monica Dreesen, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, woke up on Halloween morning, she didn’t think to look out the window. It was only after her roommate told her it had snowed that Dreesen made the decision to break out her winter coat and boots. Because Dreesen is from San Antonio, Texas, she said she wasn’t prepared for her first Wisconsin winter when she first arrived on campus in fall 2017. “I had to buy a pair of snow boots January of 2019 because I didn’t have any freshman year,” she said. The junior said she tried out her hiking boots, combat boots and rain boots before giving in and purchasing boots built for snowy weather. After Dreesen bought her first pair of boots, she experienced her first winter wipeout. “I had to cross 12th Street and
they never cleared it, but there were footprints I was trying to follow. … I was wearing my new winter boots and I was like, ‘Oh I am prepared for this,’ and I put my foot down and I fell with my backpack on. … I rolled myself over and laid there for 15 seconds,” Dreesen said. Despite how tough winter can be, Dreesen said she recalls her joy during the first snowfall of her freshman year, as it was her first time seeing snow since she was 10 years old. Dreesen said she was so excited that she took her time walking to class. Kevin O’Reilly, a junior in the College of Health Sciences and San Francisco native, said winters where he is from consist of temperatures in the low 40s, which only necessitate a mere sweatshirt. He said he knew the weather in Milwaukee was going to be different than he was used to — but he could not have imagined the full extent of Wisconsin winters. “I knew there was different weather. I just didn’t know how cold it got,” O’Reilly said. He said he would call winter in Milwaukee “bone-chilling cold.” O’Reilly said he remembers living in Straz Tower and being late for
a chemistry lecture in November 2017. He decided to grab a banana from the cafeteria to eat on his way to class, and as he was walking, his hand started freezing. After this encounter with the cold, O’Reilly said he decided he had to change how he operated, specifically when it came to clothing. “You need boots, warm socks, you need some sort of headgear and make sure to get a nice down jacket and then layer up with a sweatshirt,” he said. “Just make sure you have enough layers.” This year, O’Reilly said he was shocked that it snowed so early in the season. “The temperature dropped pretty quick, and then all of a sudden I saw a snowflake on my (weather) app, and it said it was going to snow overnight. Then all of the sudden the snow just kept coming,” O’Reilly said. For many students born and raised in the Midwest, winter extremes are not shocking or uncommon occurrences. Wisconsin native Clarice Michalski, a junior in the College of Health Sciences, said the Halloween snowfall was not surprising. She said
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Students suit up for cold weather in hats, hoods and warm jackets.
she simply thought “Mother Nature got real spooky this season.” Michalski had a different childhood winter experience than Dreesen and O’Reilly. She specifically remembered a time in fifth grade when school was cancelled for a snow day. “I couldn’t open the door unless we shoveled it out because it was completely covered,” Michalski said.
Michalski’s best advice for surviving the winter is to get a scraper for your car and to not be afraid to wear heavy-duty winter gear. “Don’t go the whole winter with tennis shoes because my friends have done that before, and I don’t recommend it,” Michalski said. “I feel like people get embarrassed to wear big coats sometimes, but I’m just like, ‘Go for it.’”
‘Crumbs from the Table of Joy’ portrays, breaks reality Play teaches lessons integral to increasing diversity
By Emily Rouse
emily.rouse@marquette.edu
Giorgia Cozzo said it is important that Marquette continues to put on plays that feature casts predominantly comprised of people of color. Cozzo, a freshman in the College of Communication, said that is why she wanted to be in Marquette Theater’s upcoming production of “Crumbs from the Table of Joy.” The show will run at the Helfaer Theatre Nov. 8-17. Set in the 1950s, the play follows Godfrey Crump and his two daughters, Ernestine and Ermina, as they migrate from Florida to New York City following the death of a loved one. Central themes addressed in the play include grief, migration and racism, according to the program’s event page. Katie Markle, a sophomore in the College of Communication and stage manager for the production, said she was attracted to Marquette’s performing arts program when she found out that at least one performance per semester was centered around social justice themes. Markle said she knew she wanted to be in “Crumbs from the Table of Joy” in any way possible once the program announced it would be staging it.
Kelsey Harlow, a senior in the College of Communication, and Will Knox, a junior in the College of Communication, are lighting designers for the production. Harlow said the lighting helps to define surreal moments of the show, while Knox said the show’s lighting makes other scenes seem more realistic to the audience. “It’s like, ‘How do we do a lot of human things?’” Knox said. “’How do we show we’re at a park? Or how do we show we’re at the movie theater without just blasting light on (the cast)?” Harlow said the goal of being realistic is a challenge. “It’s hard to be human. It sounds so silly, but it’s hard to make something real,” Harlow said. “You’re really playing pretend, and that’s what’s really fun about theater, but for a show like this where you have to be so human and real, it’s hard even from a design standpoint.” Knox said producing the show is a “very collaborative process.” He said Harlow had a lot of visions for the design, and he translated those visions into the t echnical aspects. Cozzo, who plays German immigrant Gerte Schulte, said her favorite scenes are those that involve the dreams of Ernestine, the older of the two sisters. “It’s really fantastical and magical and sort of breaks the reality,” Cozzo said. “But also there are parts where it gets really real that are also so heartbreaking to portray and to watch.”
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Malaina Moore, senior in the College of Communication who plays Lily Ann Green, and Mario Walker, junior in the College of Communication who plays Godfrey Crump, interact onstage.
Although “Crumbs from the Table of Joy” is set in the ’50s, the messages of the play continue to resonate today, Markle said. “It definitely fits nowadays with the way people put their hopes and dreams on things, and also we bring up drug issues, heroin addicts and alcoholics, which seem to be lasting forever,” Markle said. “(There is a) need for understanding and also a wanting for your voice to be heard.” The play also touches on what it means to live in a diversifying community. Markle said Marquette’s campus is not as diverse as it could be, and because
of this lack of diversity, the university as a whole and thus the theater program are limited in the discussions that can be had both on campus and onstage. “I think there’s a difference between racially diverse, diverse in ideas, diverse in religions and cultures — and we haven’t reached a high level of diversity, and I’m not afraid to say it,” Markle said. “We have one African American male in our entire theater department. … We have less than 10 African American females. … We aren’t diverse enough to do a lot of pieces of theater.”
Markle said lessons learned from the play can be applied through an improvement in diversity in the classroom. “I go into classes where I only see one type of person,” Markle said. “We don’t have to have different skin tones to get different takes on a subject matter, but I’d like to see different backgrounds.” Above all, Knox said he hopes attendees both enjoy the show and take time to think about its message. Tickets can be bought online at varying prices. Student tickets are $10.
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University connects students to DNC, campus to Milwaukee
As Milwaukee prepares for the Democratic National Convention happening this summer, Marquette University is prioritizing student involvement in the event. The United States Democratic National Party hosts the convention every four years to elect the party’s candidate for the upcoming presidential election. Previously, the convention was hosted in larger cities, such as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 2016 and Charlotte, North Carolina in 2012. But Milwaukee was selected for its location in America’s heartland and history as a Democratic state. Marquette faculty held an informational meeting for students Oct. 22 to learn about ways they can get involved with the convention, which will take place July 13-16, 2020, at Fiserv Forum. Students were provided with opportunities to volunteer or apply for various convention jobs. Convention internship opportunities are also being posted on Handshake, Marquette’s online career search service. The university’s communication and engagement with this historic event gives students the necessary
resources to get involved. The university’s proactive planning allows students time to secure optimal positions and plan for ways to achieve their goals in those roles. Marquette’s initial efforts not only assist students in participating in a once-in-a-lifetime experience but provide them with the opportunity to connect with Milwaukee. The university is effectively encouraging students to not only be engaged at Marquette, but to also be engaged in the wider Milwaukee area. To further bridge the gap between the convention and campus, the university is providing its own opportunities for students through the Internships as Field Experience course being offered summer and fall 2020. Students can receive course credit for convention internships. The university will provide accommodations for students taking the summer course, offering instructors the option to utilize the Summer 51 Session, which begins a week before the regular Summer 2 Session. This session gives instructors following the Summer 51 session the option to cancel classes during
convention week and still end at the same time as the Summer 2 Session. Making efforts to alter summer class sessions showcases the university’s recognition of the importance of students’ ability to prioritize the convention experience. Moreover, the university’s Convention Steering Committee will market university residence hall rooms and event spaces to the public during the convention. “We are renting very specific campus events and residence hall spaces to law enforcement, media outlets, corporations and nonprofits who are going to be in Milwaukee for the convention,” Chris Stolarski, associate director of university communication, said. Stolarski said the committee is working to ensure that students staying on campus for the summer won’t be displayed or disrupted by guests renting on campus. The funds raised from renting to the public will go towards “unrestricted” scholarships, which can be given to any Marquette college or program, according to a recent Marquette Wire story. Stolarski said university-owned
apartment housing may utilized for public or MU staff rental, but decisions on this have not been finalized because students have not signed leases yet. He said students will always have first preferences when leasing with the university. Any revenue gained from nonstudent rentals will be funneled back to students, showcasing the university’s commitment to invest in itself Photo via Instagram and students. Milwaukee will host the 2020 Democratic The university’s National Convention at Fiserv Forum July 13-16. active role in involving students to be part of the convention as well as their prioriti- Party’s selection, the opportunity zation of the student experience is to participate in the convention very important to the enhancement will give students an incompaof their time at Marquette and their rable experience and possibility to witness history. relations with Milwaukee. Regardless of the Democratic
switch tables. “It was not OK that a person of management was willing to move six adults and 12 children versus two grown adults who are uncomfortable sitting by black folks,” Vahl said in her Facebook post. The group members eventually left because they did not accept the wrongful treatment. Buffalo Wild Wings fired two managers, and the Naperville Police Department did not recognize the incident as a hate crime. The FBI defines a hate crime as a “criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity.” Although no violence ensued from this conflict and it may not be classified as a hate crime, the minority customers still lost the right to feel
comfortable and safe because the managers asked them to move tables to protect the comfortability of the white customers. It is not the job of minorities to make white people feel comfortable. We should not have to sacrifice our own basic rights for the sake of Caucasians. There is no reason that a white person should receive priority over a non-white person. Instead of asking Vahl’s party to move, the Buffalo Wild Wings employees should have asked the people who requested it to leave or told them the other party had a right to be there as well. When frequent customers’ attitudes are hurting and inhibiting other people due to racism, they are the problem. No matter how regular those customers are, they have no right to be served and even respected when their values disrespect others. If white people feel
uncomfortable during real conversations with people from various backgrounds, that means they are learning from minorities and taking action to be less ignorant. Those uncomfortable conversations are what allow people to grow and understand how they might have been wrong in the past. There has been enough time wasted making minorities feel wrong for actions that are not their fault. We must not apologize for who we are or where we come from. White people do not need the safe spaces that minorities do because they are the ones who hinder and restrict minorities from feeling safe and free. As a minority, I understand that it is not every single white person who is responsible for oppressing minorities. Rather, it is the historic and systematic institutions that created the current societal American values that give more benefits to white
White people’s comfort not responsibility of minorities
Aminah Beg
Mary Vahl accompanied her family and friends to a Buffalo Wild Wings in Chicago suburb Naperville, Illinois, Oct. 26 where they were met with blatant ignorance and racism. Vahl’s viral Facebook post outlines the series of events, noting how her group was comprised of “minorities, mostly consisting of African Americans.” As the group arrived and took their seats at the restaurant, the hostess told them that a frequent customer at a table of two seated near Vahl’s party did not want them there because of their races. The group sat down anyway to not give the intolerant customer the satisfaction of their compliance to their racist values. After the group ordered a few items, a manager asked the party to
people. It is then the responsibility of white people to use that privilege they’ve received to help prevent future American generations from perpetuating oppression of minorities. White people with outlooks similar to the ones who mistreated Vahl and her party at Buffalo Wild Wings are doing the exact opposite. They are normalizing racist and biased attitudes so they, as white people, can continue to feel comfortable and in power. Minorities inherently hold the same rights as white people. Caucasians must change their ways and take action to give minorities those rights.
Aminah Beg is a junior studying public relations and cognitive science. She can be reached at aminah.beg@marquette.edu
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Twitter blocking infringes on First Amendment rights Kevin Schablin Twitter is known to be a prominent platform for political discourse. Its blocking feature can limit public relationships from elected representatives to the people who elect them through a decrease in direct communication about new policies, laws and announcements. According to Twitter’s help page, the blocking feature allows users to “restricting specific accounts from contacting them, seeing their Tweets, and following them.” While this can be a great tool for reducing cyberbullying and harassment online, when a public official blocks someone due to criticism, this infringes on a First Amendment right. A federal appeals court ruled that the president, and all presidents after, are not allowed to block people on Twitter because of criticism July 9, according to AP News. The court stated that if President Trump announces policy changes on his personal Twitter, not allowing the blocked members of the public to see them is unconstitutional. The First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the
right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Regular citizens block people to ignore others who they might dislike or who are harassing them. However, government officials block someone for the same reasons, it is a way to silence those who disagree with them. If the public is not allowed to criticize the government or able to see what is happening in the world around them, the government may begin to turn authoritarian, limiting and controlling what the public sees. It is not just the president who is eager to press the block button. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York’s 14th Congressional District finds that the easiest way of dealing with harassment is to ignore. Ocasio-Cortez has become a somewhat controversial figure in Congress because she is young and has democraticsocialist views. Following her election, her young age meant that she would be dealing with lots of opposition, both from the public and her colleagues due to a lack of respect. Instead of trying to fit in with the status quo, she made it her goal to fight for her earned congressional status through arguments with fellow congressmen and introducing new laws right away. While some appreciate what
she is doing and encourage her to keep going, her actions have invited plenty of critics who spend their time replying to her tweets with their disapproval. Some become aggressive and harass her, which results in Ocasio-Cortez blocking them. However, sometimes Ocasio-Cortez blocks people who argue their criticism is not harassment, such as former Brooklyn assemblyman Dov Hikind, who recently tried to sue Ocasio-Cortez for violating his First Amendment rights after she blocked him on Twitter. Hikind believed that she blocked him Photo via Flickr due to his criticism of Public figures’ attempts to block people on Twitter is proving to be problematic. her comparison with the southern border deIf public officials announce tention camps to “concentration public policy as the president public policy through social camps.” Since then, Ocasio-Cor- can through executive orders. media as the president has done The public deserves to know tez has unblocked Mr. Hikind with Twitter, blocking someone what laws their elected leadand apologized. simply because they disagree While Ocasio-Cortez was ers create and why. Now it violates the first amendment and wrong to block Hikind in this seems that Twitter has become has to stop in order to preserve a particular case, she does not a primary source for this and successful democracy. need to be held to the stan- when someone gets blocked dard that the president does. for non-harassment reasons, Whereas Ocasio-Cortez blocks it limits the public’s freedom Kevin Schablin is a freshman studying biological sciences. He people who sometimes disagree of speech and right to express can be reached at with her, as the president does, disdain for things they don’t kevin.schablin@marquette.edu she is not able to tweet out the agree with.
Immigration crisis requires education, smart voting in 2020 Sheila Fogarty Immigration has been on everyone’s minds with the 2020 presidential election looming ahead, and it feels like a terrifying case of deja vu. The recurring feeling isn’t just because of hate crimes or xenophobic rhetoric — two things that precede the founding of the U.S. — but rather a combination of the two and their correlation with the possibility of Donald Trump’s second term as president being on the horizon. Life for the majority of white, U.S.-born Americans will remain largely unaffected if Trump is reelected. White Americans need to educate themselves on the faults of the immigration system and the narrative of immigrants. Doing so will ensure that citizens conscientiously use their vote in the 2020 presidential election. The nation’s eyes were on Milwaukee last week after Clifton Blackwell, a local 61-year-old white male, was charged with a hate crime against 42-year-old Mahud Villalaz, a PeruvianAmerican citizen. Blackwell
called Villalaz an invader, an “illegal,” and told him to go back to his country before he threw acid on Villalaz’s face. The left side of Villalaz’s face is now marked with second-degree burns. Villalaz has been living in the United States for as long as I have been alive: 18 years. He is as “American” as I am, if not more, as he has been a participating, adult member in society all the while. Labeling this hate crime as “xenophobic” is, for lack of a better term, generous: it was unambiguously racist. The day after the attack on Villalaz went viral, I went to an event held at Nō Studios, a creative arts space in Milwaukee. At the “Coming to Milwaukee: Immigration Stories,” several Milwaukeeans shared their experiences being an immigrant, being related to an immigrant or working with an immigrant in Milwaukee. Each individual spoke for about five minutes. The stories were triumphant, heavy, admirable, sad and everything in between. Some of the speakers talked about their first days at Milwaukee Public Schools, their relatives being forced to leave or their struggles of obtaining an
affordable college education without citizenship. Other speakers emphasized asylum seekers’ lack of rights in the U.S., the success of immigrants as active participants in the Milwaukee community and the value of freedom over wealth. Despite each speaker having completely different experiences, I found a thread of commonality among almost all stories, including themes of dedication, oppression and pride. Looking someone in the eye and hearing an explicit, personal testament to their parents’ devotion to securing life in America for their child is as close as I — a white, born and raised U.S. citizen — can ever get to understanding the strength of an immigrant. The bigotry under Trump’s administration will continue to test this strength as long as he is in office and as long as citizens continue to ignore the immigration crisis. Citizens’ civic duty to vote include educating themselves on the issues facing our nation. The immigration crisis — a human rights crisis — from the travel ban to living conditions in detention centers, to immigrant communities’ imperative
contributions to U.S. society is essential to talk about. The best way to do this is to become aware of events such as “Coming to Milwaukee” in one’s community. As Marquette students, we have easy access to related events because we are living in a metropolitan area. We must utilize them in order to use our vote wisely in the coming election. As stated by one of Nō Studio’s speakers, “Your one vote stands for millions of voiceless, undocumented individuals.” Those millions have no say in a decision that will impact them as one of the groups most affected by the election. We as citizens must educate ourselves on the immigration crisis by listening to the experience of immigrants, specifically here in Milwaukee, and voting for a presidential candidate who will work for the rights of those whose voices are stifled. Villalaz himself said that he feels supported nationally after the incident, stating that “it has been wonderful to see that there are many people who worry about others, not only Latinos but white people ... everybody.”
To truly be supportive, these people that Villalaz mentions cannot only verbally accuse others of racism and xenophobia. They must actively work toward further educating themselves on all aspects of the immigration crisis, educating others, and (most importantly) voting for a candidate that will advocate for immigrants. Sheila Fogarty is a freshman studying anthropology and Spanish. She can be reached at sheila. fogarty@marquette.edu
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Howard becomes all-time leading scorer
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Markus Howard (0) takes a 3-pointer in Marquette’s 88-53 victory against University of Loyola Maryland at Fiserv Forum Nov. 5. He shot 55% from the field and 70% from three.
Veteran guard totals game-high 38 points in season opener
By Zoe Comerford
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Tuesday’s win over Loyola Maryland was the Markus Howard show in his final home opener, as the senior guard totaled 38 points to surpass Jerel McNeal as Marquette’s all-time leading scorer with 1,993 points. “Markus has, in three years and a half a semester, created an incredible legacy at Marquette,” head coach Steve Wojciechowski said. “For him to be the all-time leading scorer at this program with all the greats that have played here after his first game in his senior year is just mind-boggling.” Prior to Tuesday night’s game, Howard needed 30 points to tie McNeal’s 1,985-point record. “It wasn’t something I had in mind,” Howard said. “Guys like
Greg (Elliott) and (Sacar Anim) were telling me, ‘You’re getting close, you’re getting close.’ … I was playing pretty free just because my teammates were believing in me that much.” Howard said he’s developed a relationship with McNeal during his time at Marquette. “He’s come to be like a big brother to me in terms of guidance,” Howard said. “He’s been such a great help to me for my development. To be in a conversation with him is just a blessing and honor in itself.” Howard is 211 points away from becoming the Marquette basketball all-time leading scorer. Class of 2019 women’s basketball graduate Allazia Blockton currently holds the record with 2,204 points. Wojciechowski said Howard’s legacy at Marquette will extend past his scoring ability. “He’s an outstanding student, he’s engaged in the community, he uses his platform to make our community better and he represents himself on the basketball court as a player
in the finest possible manner,” Wojciechowski said. Meanwhile, Marquette had no problem defeating the Loyola Maryland Greyhounds 88-53 Tuesday night. In the first seven minutes of play, Howard had 19 of MU’s 21 points, including five 3-pointers. “When he gets going, I’m not sure I’ve seen anyone that can be a one-man wrecking crew like he can offensively,” Wojciechowski said. “His ability to make difficult shots is beyond what I’ve ever seen.” Aside from Howard, Anim and redshirt junior Koby McEwen were the only other players to score in double figures. “Our guys were really anxious,” Wojciechowski said. “When you’re anxious offensively, you can try to force things that are not there and you can put yourself in bad positions.” By the end of the first, Howard totaled 30 points, including shooting 6 of 9 from beyond the arc. That was twice as many points as Loyola
Maryland scored as a team. He almost had 31 in the first half, but he missed a free throw that would’ve passed McNeal’s record. “I thought he had a shot (passing McNeal) if he would’ve made the darn free throw,” Wojciechowski said jokingly. “He needs to work on his free throws more apparently.” The Golden Eagles held the Greyhounds to 16% shooting from the floor in the first half, which is the lowest in the Wojciechowski era. Junior forward Theo John shined on the defensive end, recording a career-high eight blocks and adding eight rebounds. “Theo’s got a chance to be a defensive player of the year in our league,” Wojciechowski said. “Nationally, I don’t think there’s anybody that protects the rim better than he does.” “I’ve never seen anything like that,” Howard said. “I’m glad he’s on our team and I’m not playing against him.” Similar to last season, the Golden Eagles struggled with ball-handling,
giving up 21 turnovers. “Obviously not happy with that,” Wojciechowski said. “We’re not a team that’s going to win with 21 turnovers. … The other guys who are (in) new roles, turnovers aren’t acceptable, but you can expect them. With Markus and Sacar and Koby, they had 11 of our 21 turnovers. ” Marquette was sloppy defensively during the second half, allowing Loyola Maryland to score 38 points and go on a 10-0 scoring run. “We let up a little bit and that’s something we have to get better at,” Howard said. Wojciechowski said the biggest lesson to learn from the home opener is to play a full 40 minutes. “I don’t think our guys maintained the intensity for the second half that we brought to the first half,” Wojciechowski said. Marquette (1-0) will next take on the No. 23 Purdue Boilermakers Nov. 13 at Fiserv Forum as part of the Gavitt Tipoff Games. Tipoff is at 8 p.m.
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Program’s winningest coach resigns after losing seasons Markus Roeders steps down following 24th year at helm By John Leuzzi
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Women’s soccer head coach Markus Roeders stepped down after 24 years, vice president and director of athletics Bill Scholl said in a statement Wednesday morning. Roeder’s departure comes after the only two losing seasons in his career. The Golden Eagles went a combined 10-22-4 (5-103 BIG EAST) and missed the BIG EAST Tournament during that stretch. “I would like to thank Markus for his years of valued service, not only the department but the
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Markus Roeders is one of three coaches to guide the Golden Eagles in 27 seasons as a Division I team.
University as a whole,” Scholl said in the statement. “He led the team to an extended period of success on the field and in the classroom during his tenure
and we appreciate all the program has accomplished under his direction.” Roeders joined Marquette in 1996 as the program’s third head
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coach when the program was still a part of Conference USA. He is the longest-tenured coach in program history and posted an overall record of 325-148-51 over 24
seasons. He also was a six-time BIG EAST Coach of the Year. The University of North Carolina-Asheville graduate coached 128 all-conference, 67 all-region and 12 All-America selections players. His teams have won 10 regular-season conference titles, including five consecutive BIG EAST regular-season crowns from 2009-’13 and four tournament championships, including back-to-back titles in 2012 and 2013. Assistant coaches Ashley Bares and Nick Vorberg still remain on the coaching staff, athletics spokesperson Mike Wittliff said. “Marquette will immediately begin a national search for a new head coach,” the statement said. Bares declined to comment on the coaching transition.
Personality helps Johnson on court, recruiting trail Colleagues in NBA, NCAA rave about character, optimism By John Steppe
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When Jim Boylen, the University of Utah’s head coach at the time, was in San Antonio in the spring of 2008 looking for an assistant coach, one thought kept on creeping into his head: He needed to hire Stan Johnson. “(Johnson) just rose to the top of those guys,” Boylen said. “Every time I talked to a different person, I kept on thinking about Stan. I kept thinking about how he would be (working) with me.” Boylen interviewed 17 candidates, including assistant coaches at PAC-12 and Missouri Valley
schools, but Johnson, an assistant at a school that has never won a Division I postseason game, stood out. Standing out is nothing new to Johnson, who is now in his fifth season as an assistant coach at Marquette and third as MU’s associate head coach. His recruiting prowess has helped Marquette men’s basketball rebuild itself into a borderline top-25 program. “He’s one of the best recruiters in the country,” said Ryan Silver, the head coach of Under Armour-sponsored travel team West Coast Elite. The reason? His personality. Just ask the people around the 40-year-old coach. “He’s just a people-person and enjoys talking to people,” Long Beach State assistant coach Bobby Braswell said. “That put recruits
and parents at ease when you have a guy like that on your staff.” At a cafe about 10 minutes away from Los Angeles International Airport, Johnson’s recruiting prowess was on full display. There, he met Silver, who coaches for West Coast Elite. The club has produced some of the best talent in the Under Armour summer basketball circuit. Members of last year’s WCE team have committed to Arizona, South Carolina, Buffalo and DePaul. Alumni from the previous class went to Oregon, Utah and Ole Miss. When Johnson walked into the beach-themed cafe, Silver listened. “He builds trust with the kid because he cares about their lives,” Silver said. Boylen, now the coach of the Chicago Bulls, pointed to one specific aspect of Johnson’s
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Associate head coach Stan Johnson (far left) guides Marquette in its win over Xavier at the Cintas Center.
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Johnson coaches Markus Howard in Marquette’s loss to Murray State.
personality: his character. “Character is what really matters in these positions,” Boylen said. “If you have character, you can learn. If you have character, you can build relationships. If you have character, you can honor the head coach.” At Utah, Boylen said Johnson served as an excellent recruiter and basketball coach, fulfilling two important needs. “I needed a recruiter and a coach,” Boylen said. “I wanted (an incoming player) to go into (an assistant’s) office for basketball too. Sometimes when the recruiting process is over, he might not go into that guy’s office.” Boylen said Johnson’s selflessness stood out during the interview in San Antonio. “He didn’t talk about himself,” Boylen said. “It was what we were going to do, how we were going to do it. He was very ‘we’ and ‘us.’” Johnson’s personality meshed well with Boylen’s personality. While Boylen prided himself on being great at “closing the deal,”
Johnson helped set Boylen “set the table.” Much of this came from Johnson being “great on the phone,” as Boylen described it. “He was way better of an overthe-phone guy than I was,” Boylen said. “He just has a feel for it. … He asks the right questions.” After Johnson found out the three or four factors influencing a recruit’s decision, he would focus on those for the rest of the recruitment. That way, he said, it goes beyond just, “How are you doing?” “Who’s involved with you?” Boylen said. “Who are you leaning toward? What’s important to you? Who’s going to make the decision with you? Who’s going to make your decision for you?” By the time Boylen came to a recruit’s school or house, Johnson already told the prospect relevant information about Boylen. Boylen said that’s not always a guarantee in the college basketball world. “If the dad asks a question like, See JOHNSON page 15
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Barber ties Theresa Coughlin as all-time kills leader Theis’ squad sweeps DePaul for second time in one weekend
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Less than 24 hours after thenNo. 10 Marquette swept DePaul at the Al McGuire Center, the Golden Eagles traveled to McGrath-Philips Arena in Chicago and once again swept the Blue Demons (25-21, 25-22, 25-21). Senior outside hitter Allie Barber led all hitters with 12 kills on an uncharacteristically-low .156 hitting percentage, tying Theresa
Coughlin’s record of 1,733 career kills. Barber needs just one more kill to become the program’s alltime kill leader. “If you ask her, she probably doesn’t think much of it. If you ask her about it, she’d probably say something about other people. That’s just who she is, she’s so humble,” senior setter Lauren Speckman said. “She’s a great player, and with that comes record breaking. I don’t know if she’s striving to break records — I think she’s striving to help her team, and she does that better than anybody else.” Similar to Friday night’s opening set, DePaul had a productive
start and claimed a 9-5 advantage. However, the Golden Eagles tied the score 9-9 and went on an 11-6 run to maintain a 20-12 lead. From then, MU never relinquished the lead, finishing the first set easily 25-21. Despite the Golden Eagles’ four service errors and the Blue Demons’ four service aces, Marquette hit at a .257 clip and held DePaul to just a .034 hitting percentage. Much of the second frame was back-and-forth action, including five ties early in the set until the Golden Eagles built a 17-14 advantage. Even though the Blue Demons saved three set points and were hitting the best of the night at
a .235 clip, DePaul couldn’t regain enough momentum and fell 25-22 in the second set. In the final set, the Blue Demons acquired their first significant lead of the match at 12-8. However, following a Marquette timeout, MU attained a 4-0 scoring run to tie at 12-12. DePaul saved four match points, but the Golden Eagles secured the victory with a 2521 third set win. Junior Hope Werch added seven kills and five digs on a .417 clip. Sophomore Ellie Koontz totaled six kills on .429 hitting percentage while freshman Hannah Vanden Berg contributed four aces. Speckman dished out a match-high 17
assists, and graduate senior Gwyn Jones added three solo blocks. Junior libero Martha Konovodoff ended with a team-high 13 digs. Brittany Maxwell, Donna Brown and Emma Price led the Blue Demons with seven kills each. Brown had three blocks, Katie Dolan added a team-high 16 assists and Elena Brueggemann finished with a team-high 11 digs. Marquette (24-3, 13-1 BIG EAST) will host Georgetown and Villanova next weekend. The first matchup is set for 7 p.m. Friday against the Hoyas.
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Golden Eagles overcome slow start in ‘ugly’ win over ISU Van Kleunen’s hot shooting in second quarter aids team By John Leuzzi
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Marquette women’s basketball defeated the Illinois State University Redbirds 5841 Sunday afternoon at the Al McGuire Center. “I am most proud of this win out of our first three games because we did it a little ugly and relied on our defense,” head coach Megan Duffy said. “We did a great job defensively, making it difficult and taking away some of their initial actions and using some of our athleticism.” The Golden Eagles had a slow start in the first quarter for the third straight game. Despite shooting 54.5% from the field, it took MU almost five minutes to establish a lead. Marquette had six turnovers but still finished the quarter with a 16-10 lead. “I don’t get too concerned with the first few minutes of the game. It wasn’t like we were down. It was just a little ugly matchup,” Duffy said. “Yes, we would love to get out to a 10-2 start, but part of it is settling into our game plan.” The second quarter saw a different Marquette team, despite the Golden Eagles shooting worse than the previous quarter. MU only gave up 10 points in the frame and went into halftime with a 32-20 advantage. A big reason for the Golden Eagles’ lead was redshirt junior forward Lauren Van Kleunen, who finished the second quarter with six points and three rebounds. “Once I got going and stuff, realizing how the defense was playing me, I just took it and
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Sophomore forward Chloe Marotta drives against Illinois State Nov. 10.
went with it,” Van Kleunen said. “A lot (of my scores) came off of passes, so my teammates really did a good job finding me.” The Golden Eagles limited the Redbirds to just eight points in the third quarter and headed into the fourth with a 45-28 lead. Duffy said she was very excited to see what the third quarter showed about her team’s defense. “I am thrilled about our defense. I wasn’t just a few days ago,” Duffy said. “It was really cool to just win in different ways. That third quarter is where we were able to get some more of those steals and turnovers compared to the first half.” Senior forward Altia Anderson, freshman guard Jordan King and junior guard Selena Lott all combined for five steals
and blocks in the quarter. At one point, MU had a 21-point lead in the fourth quarter before cruising to a 58-41 victory. Van Kleunen put up a gamehigh 14 points on 6-for-8 shooting while adding six rebounds in her first start of the season. “Lauren has the experience, and I am big on what you do in practice affects your minutes in the game. Over the course of the last couple of days, she earned the right to start,” Duffy said. “She had some great composure and really finished her ball on those layups. She was a real solid presence and locked into the game plan.” Van Kleunen said earning the start came because of Duffy’s confidence in her. “Coach put a lot of confidence in us each day in practice. I have been working on my post moves. I don’t just want to be known as a shooter, so that is something I have been working on,” Van Kleunen said. “We really want
to have an inside presence this year, so I have been working on that a lot.” For the second straight season, the Golden Eagles have started their season 3-0, which Van Kleunen said is a big milestone for the young squad. “It was a tough stretch we went through. It shows our maturity as a young team, getting through three games in six days, learning three different scouts,” Van Kleunen said. “It will be a big help in the future and down the line with BIG EAST games.” Marquette (3-0) will return to action against Big Ten foe Northwestern University at the Al McGuire Center at 7 p.m. Thursday. “They are talented and a good defensive team. It will be great to just play a team like that who can really test our team,” Duffy said. “It will be cool to play a Big Ten team and see where we are after that. That is really what nonconference is all about.”
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Senior Altia Anderson passes the ball in Marquette’s 58-41 win over the Redbirds at the Al McGuire Center.
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JOHNSON: San Antonio experience changes trajectory Continued from page 13 ‘Did you ever coach in the pros?’ Well, yeah I did. He should know that already,” Boylen said. “I never had that situation (with Johnson), where a parent or a coach didn’t know who I was as a head coach.” Boylen was certainly not the only one to benefit from Johnson’s time at Utah. Johnson described the experience as the “cattle pull” to his career. “I took so many things away from (Boylen) that today are maybe some of my strongest beliefs,” Johnson said. “It has been one of the great blessings of my life.” Johnson also said coaching alongside Boylen taught him how to prepare for games. He compared Boylen’s preparation to that of a football team with late offensive countermoves and a “solid, firm foundation” on defense. “How to prepare offensively for a game, how to prepare defensively for a game,” Johnson said. “And how to take that preparation that you have as a coach and make sure your guys understand it. … It’s not what we understand (as coaches). It’s what your players understand.” Coaches saw Johnson’s character much before his time with the Utes. Braswell was one of the first coaches to see it, hiring Johnson in 2007 for an assistant coach position at Cal State Northridge. It was Johnson’s first Division I coaching job. “He just impressed me with his work ethic and just overall how he carried himself,” Braswell, now an assistant at Long Beach State, said. “Being the first guy in the gym watching games and being one of the last guys to leave.” Johnson also brought muchneeded positivity to Northridge, a program that Braswell admitted does not necessarily sell itself. “One of the other assistants, Louis Wilson, looked at him and said, ‘Man, why are you so positive? Why are you always smiling?’” Braswell said. “He brought in a positive energy that was infectious, to say the least.” Johnson also remained realistic at Northridge, even if a recruit or fellow coach did not necessarily want to hear it. “Stan’s a guy that’s not always going to tell you what you want to hear, but he’s a guy that is going to tell you what he thinks,” Braswell said. “As a head coach, you always appreciate that.” Johnson’s impression on Braswell was in spite of a relatively short stay at Cal State Northridge. One season after getting his first Division I coaching job, Johnson got the call from Boylen for the Utah job. Braswell said the staff jokingly
calls Johnson “Bagger Vance,” a reference to the 2000 sports drama starring Will Smith and Matt Damon. “I tease him and say, ‘Do you have your bag ready?’” Braswell said. There are no hard feelings between Braswell and Johnson, though. “He wanted to be there longer, but shoot, that was his dream job. He grew up in Utah, and that’s where his family was,” Braswell said. “I would’ve been angry at him if he didn’t go after that. … It was God’s plan.” All jokes aside, even in just one year, Braswell said Johnson recruited the necessary talent for Northridge to win its conference and appear in the 2009 NCAA Tournament. Braswell said he is hardly surprised to see Johnson at a program like Marquette. He said he knew Johnson was a special coach in their first month together at Northridge. Now as he turns on his television 12 years later, he sees the assistant he hired at age 27 go on 12 years later to coach in March Madness games. “I’m so happy for him because I know how hard he’s worked,” Braswell said. “I knew he was going to be successful.” Fast forward about a decade, and that character helped Johnson bring senior guard Markus Howard to Marquette. Howard is now a consensus second-team AllAmerican and Big East Player of the Year. Howard initially committed to Johnson at Arizona State before reopening his commitment. When Johnson took the Marquette job, Howard was his first call. “(Johnson) was the main rea-
son why I committed (to Arizona State) so early in my recruiting, so he’s like family to me,” Howard said at his first media day at Marquette. “Even as I’m here now, he’s really been that one guy I can go to with anything I have.” Johnson said his relationship at Arizona State with Howard was key to re-recruiting Howard. “I’ve known him forever,” Johnson said in 2016. “Dating back to my time at Arizona State, we developed a great relationship to the point where he allowed us to recruit him when I got to Marquette.” Freshman forward Brendan Bailey said Stan Johnson played “a big role” in his decision to come to Marquette. “Stan’s like family,” Bailey said. “Stan is also an amazing guy. I know that he would do anything for us in the program, and that’s something that I always look for.” That helped with Bailey’s particularly unusual path to becoming a Golden Eagle. After graduating high school in 2016, he went on a two-year Mormon mission. He heard from coaches via email, the only allowed form of communication — which he said helped through the process. He said it was good to come back to the same support he had two years ago. Johnson’s close misses also tell a story about his ability to recruit. In the pursuit of five-star guard Nico Mannion, Johnson used his long relationship with Mannion to keep Marquette in the running with Arizona, Duke and Kansas. “He built a relationship with Nico when Nico was really young,” Silver said, “and just maintained that relationship all the way through.” Mannion emphasized this in an interview with the Marquette Wire a couple months before making his decision. “I’m actually really close to Stan,” Mannion said last August. “I talk to him all the time. Sometimes not even about basketball, he’ll call and check in.” Mannion eventually picked Arizona, but Marquette put up a much better fight than almost anyone expected. “Stan, you are a great coach but you are a better person!” Nico’s father
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Stan Johnson poses at Marquette men’s basketball’s media day.
Pace Mannion tweeted at Johnson. “Thanks for recruiting Nico and pushing to the end! I know it didn’t work out but our respect for you and Marquette will always be there. I wish you and Wojo all the best. Class Program!!!!” Johnson said he does not like being described as an excellent recruiter. “I just don’t really love the label,” Johnson said. “Being a good recruiter is something that all of us have to do in college basketball, but for me, it’s always been important in my career to be a coach. That’s the title I want. Being a college coach. Looking forward, Johnson is well-positioned to eventually take a head coaching job. “I believe he’ll be a head coach soon,” Silver said. “He’s just a really good guy and a fantastic recruiter.” The guy who chose the then 28-year-old coach in San Antonio 11 years ago does not have many doubts, either. “He’s an unbelievable head coaching candidate … He doesn’t have to jump at a job, but if the right one comes along, I think he’d be great at it,” Boylen said. “His opportunity is coming, and in the meantime, Marquette is really fortunate to have him.” Johnson said becoming a head coach has been on his radar and something he has dreamed about since he was a kid. “Maybe that’ll happen. Maybe it won’t. Only God knows that,” Johnson said. “I pray every day that God will open the right door, wherever that is, but my purpose is not to be a head coach. It is to be a coach.” Johnson is not in a rush out the door partly due to how special Marquette is to him. He said the quality of people and support from administration at Marquette is unmatched by other schools he’s worked at. “I can be a little more selective,” Johnson said. “I love being here. Every year, there are always opportunities that come by, like it does for any other assistant around the country. This is home for me. This is home for my family. It would take something unbelievably special for us to leave what we have here.” If a situation like San Antonio emerges again, there’s even less doubt about what Boylen will decide. “The biggest compliment for a guy is if you want to work with him again,” Boylen said. “He’s a guy that would be great to work with again.” This is the first part of a threepart series profiling Marquette’s assistant coaches.
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The Marquette Tribune
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
VOLLEYBALL
Senior provides constant presence at setter position Lauren Speckman reflects on playing with two best friends By Dan Avington
daniel.avington@marquette.edu
For the past three years, any time a Marquette volleyball fan looked at the court, there was one constant: setter Lauren Speckman. Now in her senior season, Speckman is one of the most accomplished setters in program history, ranking fifth all-time with 2,556 assists.
for the good.” Her time with Marquette volleyball will come to an end after the fall semester, though. In the spring, Speckman will begin a master’s program at the University of San Francisco, where she committed to play beach volleyball. “I’m really excited to go contribute elsewhere while continuing to get my education,” Speckman said. “It was kind of impulsive, but I’m really glad that I’m going to do it.” Theis said he and the rest of the coaching staff fully support her decision.
goals next,” Speckman said. “It takes a special type of person to (play professionally), and I applaud everybody who does, but it’s not for me.” As far as career aspirations, Speckman has the simple goal of getting a job. “Something that makes money, I don’t know,” Speckman said with a laugh. The setter has 2,556 career assists, but Nov. 8 against DePaul, she finally got to take a stab at being an outside hitter. Up two sets, the match was all but decided. Senior Allie Barber went into the usual setter’s
my life without either of them. Watching them grow as people has been really cool, to go back and look at freshman year and how they both were, they’ve grown tremendously.” The trio shares an apartment, and the players even invited the coaches for a welcome party when they moved in. “When we went over, they had a fruit tray that they were cutting up,” Theis said. “Last year, they did Christmas cards, and I still have it over on my table.” Theis said the three seniors have been the team’s core throughout their time at MU. After their
going to grad school,” Theis said. “It’s kind of sad that the band’s getting broken up pretty soon, but they’re sure enjoying their time together as best they can.” Theis said Speckman is “very time-sensitive and highstrung when it comes to knowing answers,” but he loves that about her. “She’s a huge Type A time-wise. Instant feedback, instant gratification, got to know what she’s doing the next minute, hour, week, year, five years,” Theis said. He said the team enjoys making fun of how “she is all about the plan.”
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Senior setter Lauren Speckman (5) attempts a set in Marquette’s three-set sweep over DePaul Nov. 8 at the Al McGuire Center. She finished the match with 18 assists and one kill.
While Speckman’s on-court talents have gotten her far as a Golden Eagle, she has made a difference away from game days at the Al McGuire Center as well. “She’s kind of just the model citizen, setter and kid that you want in your program,” head coach Ryan Theis said. “She can help set a mood as a reflection of what the staff wants. She’s a great relay between the staff and the team.” Between arriving on campus and now, Speckman said she has undergone a huge transformation. “I was just thinking about how much I have changed as a person, just in handling things, and as a player,” Speckman said. “I’ve definitely grown a ton, hopefully
“We’re very happy for her,” Theis said. “I encouraged it, if she can get a master’s degree paid for. She handles the stresses of school so well, so to finish in 3 ½ (years) was no problem.” Speckman said primary reason for committing to San Francisco was simply to keep playing volleyball. “A lot of it is not wanting to end yet,” Speckman said. “I don’t want it to end, and I think beach is a good way to transition out of it.” While she has the potential to play professionally overseas, Speckman does not plan on pursuing that. “I’m ready to start my career and start working towards those
rotation, and Speckman lined up at the net. After libero Martha Konovodoff received the serve, Barber set one up for Speckman, who slammed it down onto the floor, giving Barber an assist and Speckman a kill. “They have begged for that for a long time. Speck has every day at practice been talking about hitting. She’s going to go play beach, so she’s been doing hitting stuff in practices,” Theis said. “I told them they could have one try, and they took advantage of it.” Two players Speckman has spent the past four years alongside are fellow seniors Barber and outside hitter Madeline Mosher. “They’re my two best friends,” Speckman said. “I can’t imagine
freshman season, seven seniors graduated, two players transferred and an assistant coach left, so the coaches called on Speckman and her peers to be leaders. “Those guys have been the heart and soul of this team,” Theis said. “We really started over and rebooted (during their freshman year), and they’ve really taken the leadership role and made everyone feel at home.” Theis said since they arrived on campus, he always sees them hanging out. Now that they’re all departing from each other for the year, he thinks they’re cherishing their time together. “Madeline’s in the (physical therapy) program, Allie’s applying to med schools and Lauren’s
In her final months at Marquette, Speckman said she wants to win, but that’s not her only goal. “Obviously the goals are going to be winning BIG EAST Championships and the regular season and all that jazz,” Speckman said. “But really, I just want to make more memories because it is coming to an end soon.” Looking back on her time at Marquette, Speckman said she has cherished her Marquette experience alongside her teammates. “I love these girls,” Speckman said. “It’s been a blast, it’s been a great four years. I don’t know if I have words to describe it. It’s been nothing but fun.”