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A deep dive into service ‘Adaptive Abilities’ offers a rare chance to go under the water

By Connor Baldwin

connor.baldwin@marquette.edu

Watch as the Marquette Recreation Center’s pool transforms into a synthetic ocean experience.

Thanks to Adaptive Abilities and Diveheart, Milwaukee community members have the chance to take a deep dive on the scuba diving experience.

Adaptive Abilities at Marquette gives people with disabilities or injuries the chance to experience something they never would’ve been able to on their own. Adaptive Abilities works with Diveheart, a non-profit organization on giving participants the chance to scuba dive all while remaining comfortable.

Academic Senate meets for November

University President Michael Lovell helps start off meeting

By Julia Abuzzahab

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Kicking the Academic Senate meeting off, University President Michael Lovell thanked the entire Marquette community for their continuous support through his diagnosis with sarcoma, and said it has helped him stay positive during these times.

The rest of the Marquette

Together they work to build confidence, independence and self-esteem all through going scuba diving. Scuba therapy provides rehabilitative and therapeutic benefits.

Scuba therapy can improve the mental and physical conditions of people. Diving can help improve state-of-mind and our self-perception. Diving can also improve social skills as they are working with others in making the opportunity possible.

“This opportunity give people a chance to step out. It’s a huge quality of life or a lot of people and it builds a huge community. Not just through volunteers but through the participants,” Kristen Jordens, a graduate student in the College of Health Sciences, said.

Being underwater puts divers all on the same wavelength. Going under the water can release the pressure and gravity of the world outside the pool. This allows people with

University’s Academic Senate meeting consisted of a variety of campus-relating topics while mainly focusing on fall 2021 faculty statistics and fall 2022 student projections.

Lovell said he was proud of how the university was handling the COVID-19 pandemic, especially with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the 2021-2022 academic year requiring all students on campus to receive the vaccine unless granted exemption for personal, religious or medical reasons.

Lovell also strongly encouraged faculty and staff to be vaccinated and said he does not see the mask mandate changing anytime soon.

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disabilities the chance to try a new range of motion that wasn’t possible on land.

First, it starts with plenty of time for preparation and organizing, John Lighthart, a senior in the College of Health Sciences, said. This includes reaching out to Diveheart and finding volunteers who are interested.

“We have been here for about a couple of hours making sure everything is ready to go,” Lighthart said. “We’ve unloaded the truck with all the equipment and now we are laying out all the gear and tanks for use.”

Volunteers at the event had a variety of tasks to carry out. Some prepared equipment, some helped transfer participants into the water and others got to dive down into the water with them.

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All scuba sessions are in the Rec Center pool. The next session will be Dec. 4.

‘Run, hide, or fight’ MUPD helps prepare campus in the case of an active shooter

By Megan Woolard

megan.woolard@marquette.edu

In the event of an active shooter situation on campus, the Marquette University Police Department has a short set of instructions consisting of three words: run, hide or fight.

“Unfortunately there are harsh realities, such as an active shooter situation, that we must be prepared for. Thankfully these instances are rare but understanding the best way to protect yourself and others, should an active shooter situation

arise, can save lives,” Edith Hudson, chief of MUPD, said in the introductory active shooter training video.

Last year, Wisconsin had 10 mass shootings resulting in the death of 11 individuals and injuring 42.

MUPD offers two forms of active shooter training, one online or one in-person presentation. Both forms of training are designed in line with the Department of Homeland Security’s recommendations.

“The online training provides the information and strategies we want students, faculty, and staff to have to reduce the danger of these events but it is not as collaborative as an in person training session.

When we present in person, it allows attendees the opportunity to

ask questions and personalize the training for their specific needs,” Jeff Kranz, assistant chief of MUPD, said in an email.

Presentations are currently done

by MUPD lieutenant Kevin Walz and are available to all members of the Marquette community. These presentations are done by request.

MUPD’s training goes through three different options for an active shooter situation. This is where “run, hide or fight” comes into play.

“The information we provide in our active shooter training (run hide fight) provides some of those tools. If we do not provide this strategy, people could freeze or make uninformed choices under stress that increase their danger

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instead of reducing it,” Kranz said in an email.

Run: this option states that you should evacuate the area if possible and leave any possessions behind. The training said evacuation should only be done if there is a “considerable” amount of space between yourself and the armed person. In addition, you should also alert authorities when it is safe to do so and not assume someone else already has.

Hide: this option should be used when you cannot evacuate safely.

Instead, obscure yourself from the armed person’s vision. You should lock doors, turn off lights and silence any electronics. The training also instructed individuals to

barricade the room with furniture, if possible, and make efforts to not be seen from outside the room.

Fight: this option should only be taken as a last resort and should only be used when one’s life is in immediate danger. In this event, one should attempt to incapacitate the shooter by using physical aggression or throwing objects.

“MUPD sees it as part of our responsibility to provide our community with tools needed to help them keep safe in the event they find themselves in dangerous situations,” Kranz said in an email.

Despite the positive impact MUPD claims this training will provide the Marquette community, active shooter training made

available by MUPD is not required for all members of campus. It was required training for first-year students back in 2018 as a part of Orientation. The first-year class of 2019 also received this training. No first-year class since then has undergone mandatory active shooter training.

Current desk receptionists in residence halls receive active shooter training as part of their training. This began about six years ago, though resident assistants had been receiving the training for about two years prior to the implementation for desk receptionists.

Active shooter training isn’t the only resource desk receptionists

have in the event of an unforeseen emergency or threat.

“We also get training on using the visitation system to know who is in the building as well as scanning people in. For anything else we just call MUPD. There is a handbook at the desk where a (desk receptionist) can look if anything happens. There is also a panic button at the desk,” Ana Aguilar, a sophomore in the College of Nursing and Schroeder Hall desk receptionist, said.

The panic button acts similarly to the Blue Light system available on campus. When the button is pressed it automatically alerts MUPD. Then, squads are sent to that exact location.

Kranz used to be the officer to give active shooter presentations.

Although he no longer does, he said the experience allowed him to help connect further with members of the Marquette community.

“While it is a difficult topic to talk about, I enjoyed the opportunity to work with the Marquette community in developing safety plans. It allowed me the chance to get into people’s space on campus and work together to create solutions to this challenging issue. It also opened doors to other discussions related to safety and policing at Marquette,” Kranz said in an email.

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‘Making sure people are comfrotable is the most important thing. Giving people this opportunity is an amazing experience...” Audrey Duetsch, a first year in the College of Health Sciences, said about the program.

lationships with them. You get excited when they come back into town,” Jordens said.

Not only does this offer an opportunity for the divers to learn about the experience, but it also offers volunteers firsthand experience in working with those that have disabilities.

“Getting an exposure to different sort of neurological injuries

and presentations has helped me as I’ve gone through school. Also some of the hands-on skills, like learning how to talk to people and asking people how we can help,” Jordens said.

When doing things out of people’s comfort zones it is important to have as much communication as needed, whether through verbal or non verbal language, Jordens said.

The communication starts from the moment they walk in the door until they exit the event.

“Making sure people are comfortable is the most important thing.

Giving people this opportunity is an amazing experience, but if they aren’t comfortable with it, it’s not worth it. So the number one priority is that they are safe and having a good time,” Audrey Duetsch, a

first-year in the College of Health Sciences, said.

Jordens said that making sure the participants are safe is the most important part, and Adaptive Abilities does a lot of work to make sure.

While going into the water they are slowly lowered through a chair on the side of the pool. While entering the pool they are greeted by volunteers who catch them and get

them situated with the water. Then they are taught the submerging technique, and before you know it they are underwater.

“Anyone can do this event, that’s what I tell all the participants that are nervous ... everyone that goes down goes with a dive buddy. Anyone can learn how to breathe and scuba dive, I believe that strongly,” Jordens said.

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Continued from page 1 and ... (in) the students’ perspective — they’ve experienced the campus ... (in) the way they want to and that’s with each other,” Lovell said.

Lovell also acknowledged Marquette’s COVID-19 response team for meeting on a daily basis at first and now meeting weekly “to position the campus for being successful in the midst of the pandemic.”

Provost Kimo Ah Yun then provided the Senate with his provost report.

He first informed everyone about executive searches for a library dean, nursing dean and vice president for inclusive excellence.

“We have three search groups that are working actively. They are finished with the listening sessions. All three are in the process of putting together the profile and opportunity challenges.

That’s ongoing, and we expect that to be done sometime soon.

It looks very likely that they will be posted sometime next month,” Ah Yun said. “Which would give us a period of time to be able to

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collect applications.”

Ah Yun then said the university has over 9,500 students who have submitted their undergraduate applications to Marquette. Unlike years before when Marquette had rolling admissions, the university is now employing a singular application deadline of Dec. 1. Decision Day for Marquette will occur Tuesday, Dec. 21.

“That’s up single digit percentage above where we are (were) last year ... but we also know that we want to get a larger class. We ended up around 1,660 or so, and we’re looking to get a class about 1,843,” Ah Yun said.

The faculty council had a meeting Nov. 9 where Amber Wichowsky, associate professor of political science, said the council voted and appointed Kristin Haglund, pediatric primary care nurse practitioner program director, as the vice chair of the faculty council.

Alexandra Riley, director of institutional research and analysis, then gave a presentation on the analysis of fall 2021 faculty statistics.

In the presentation, Riley said undergraduate enrollment has been on a decline throughout the past two fall terms because the incoming classes have been smaller. Similarly, all undergraduate colleges have also displayed a decline in enrollment since 2019 except for the College of Nursing; however, graduate full-time equivalency has been steadily increasing since 2017.

In 2021, Riley said the studentto-faculty ratio is at its second lowest point throughout the past 10 years. While student FTE is at its lowest in Marquette’s 10-year history, Riley said faculty FTE is much higher than previous years.

The fall 2021 student-to-faculty ratio is 13.4.

“FTE of tenure and tenuretrack and full-time nontenuretrack faculty declined while the number of part-time NTT faculty increased,” Riley said in her presentation. “T/TT faculty declined by 35. FT NTT faculty declined by 15. Part-time NTT increased by 10.”

Riley said that the combination of faculty by type has also fluctu-

ated over time, for tenure/tenuretrack faculty declined by around nine percentage points and full time nontenure-track faculty increased by around 10 percentage points. Overall, Marquette has a greater percentage of tenure/ tenure-track faculty than a typical private four-year R2 institution — while Riley said the average institution has 50% of faculty FTE as tenure/tenure track, Marquette has 55%.

Marquette’s faculty also varies by college. In the colleges of Arts & Sciences and Engineering, tenure/tenure-track consist of over 50% of faculty FTE. Tenure/ tenure-track are about equal at 50% in the College of Business Administration, Communication and Education and Health Sciences and Nursing have a majority of nontenure-track faculty.

Furthermore, the number of faculty members who identify as persons of color is also increasing.

Riley said in 2021, Marquette has the highest percentage of faculty of color for tenure/tenure-track and full-time nontenure-track ranks, and the second highest percentage in part-time faculty— making this percentage of faculty members of color the second largest in Marquette’s past.

Riley said that the percentage of female faculty is the highest it’s been in Marquette’s history, at 48.2% as well as tenure/tenuretrack faculty — which is also the highest percent in Marquette’s history.

Riley then went on to present about fall 2022 student projections.

“Student FTE will likely decline again in fall 2022 in the undergraduate population. Expect a larger first-year class, similar second-year and similar third and fourth-year classes,” Riley said in her presentation.

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November recognizes Indigenous history

Many Indigenous people have used this month to work toward being accurately recognized in society.

“There’s not a lot of talk in our education today about the people who were here first in America,” Rebecca DeBoer, a senior in the College of Education, said.

Many Indigenous people finThanksgiving controversial. By some, it’s recognized as a day of mourning to educate Americans about the history of Thanksgiving.

The National Day of Mourning is a day of remembrance as well as a protest of the oppression Native American people face. It works to honor Native American ancestors and raise awareness of the struggles of Native people.

“It’s hard to hear people talk about and believe that Thanksgiving was when the Native Americans and pilgrims became friends when so many Indigenous lives were lost at the hands of the colonists,” Fronczak said.

The story people are typically told is that friendly Native Americans

taught the colonists how to survive in the New World and they sat down for a peaceful dinner. But many see it as the day the colonists stole the land from the Native Americans.

“No matter the month, Indigenous concerns weigh heavy,” Jacqueline Schram, director of public affairs and special assistant for Native American affairs, said. “There isn’t nearly enough room in one month out of the year to tell all these stories in a meaningful way.”

Wisconsin is home to 11 federally recognized tribes: Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, HoChunk Nation, Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin, Oneida Nation, Forest County Potawatomi, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, St. Croix Chippewa, Sokaogon Chippewa and Stockbridge-Munsee.

DeBoer believes this month gives these tribes the opportunity to be proud of their culture.

“People have started taking hold

of being Native American and trying to correct history and also just trying to be proud of who they are and where they came from,” DeBoer said.

0.2% of undergraduate Marquette students enrolled full-time for the fall 2021 semester are Native American.

The Marquette Indigeneity Lab was created “to support the experiential learning of Marquette’s Indigenous undergraduate students through high-impact, faculty-mentored interdisciplinary undergraduate research.”

Marquette’s Soup with Substance, a lunchtime speaker series on topics of justice and peace, showcased the research projects of five undergraduate students in “The Marquette Indigeneity Lab – Making the Invisible Visible” Nov. 10.

The lab allowed students to shed light on Indigenous issues such as Catholic Indian boarding schools.

From the late 1800s to the 1970s, Native American children were taken from their homes and placed in boarding schools by religious organizations to assimilate Native American children into American culture.

“I know this is a hard topic to talk about for some people because of all the generational trauma but I’m trying to look at the positives of how we can use this information at Marquette to be better for Indigenous people because this concerns us all,” DeBoer said at the panel.

One of the research projects by Fronczak and Clare Camblin, a junior in the College of Communication, worked to create a data visualization map of Indigenous Milwaukee.

“Students picked a site that interested them and wrote about it and its history and depth and then that’s what we broke down and took the Indigenous parts of their essay and

only for Thanksgiving, but also for other holidays and break periods at Marquette such as St. Patrick’s Day, National Marquette Day and during finals week.

“I am not a fan of the overnight guest rules being changed for Thanksgiving break and I feel like we should still be able to have overnight guests over,” Jane Endeley, a first-year in the College of Arts & Sciences, said.

“I feel the same with fall break.

A lot of people went home for fall break and I feel like for students who were still on campus should have the ability to check in people overnight.”

When overnight visitation is allowed, students are required to check them in at the front desk of their residence hall before 10 p.m. Additionally, the guests staying overnight must be that of the same gender unless they are immediate family members of the resident.

If the overnight visitor is

under the age of 18, they are also required to fill out an under 18 overnight guest form along with the normal overnight slip.

The Office of Residence Life did not respond to the Wire’s request for a comment about the reasoning behind these restrictions.

However, some students have suggested it is because of safety reasons, but others have said that the entire idea of not allowing overnight guests creates a safety problem in itself.

“Maybe instead of having two guests overnight, we should be able to have just one guest,” Seth Krakow, a first-year in the College of Business Administration, said. “For safety reasons, I believe people should be able to have overnight guests overnight during Thanksgiving because some students who don’t attend Marquette may not have a place to spend the night.”

ORL did make a slight change

in the rules regarding regular visitation. Originally, both regular and overnight visitation were not going to be allowed but that was changed to allow regular visitation.

“At least they are letting us have regular visitation,” MaryClaire Toomey, a first year student in the College of Business Administration, said. “Especially for Thanksgiving I think some students might be lonely if they aren’t going home to their families,” Toomey said.

Some also mentioned their emphasis on safety specifically relating to the robberies that occurred throughout the past month.

With Thanksgiving break on the horizon, residence hall staff have said that students across campus will be expected to follow these rules as well abide by the normal policies and procedures of Marquette University.

While many students have

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Students will get the chance to attend “Menominee Black Ash Basketmaking: Voices, Traditions and Preservation” Nov. 22

As Thanksgiving nears, campus looks to reeducate

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“This month is finally some recognition of the culture that was here long before what we have today,” Cameron Fronczak, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences and a Marquette Indigeneity Lab research student, said.

November is Native American Heritage Month, which was adopted in 1990 to acknowledge Indigenous people’s ancestry, traditions and contributions made throughout history.

“There is a need for Native American Heritage Month because so much of Native heritage has been intentionally destroyed, yet we proceed to preach inclusivity and diversity and claim to uplift everyone’s cultural background,” Fronczak said.

wrote it down into a readable page so it would be easy to reference in the map,” Camblin said at the panel.

Danielle Barrett, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, and Will Egan-Waukau, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences and president of the Native American Student Association studied the potential for reintroducing wild rice seed varieties to the Menomonee River Valley.

“Wild rice was a sacred finding of Native people because they followed a prophecy where they knew they were in their homeland when they found food that grew in the water. From there, it became a very sacred and precious food to them and then colonizers came and found it and they decided to domesticate it,” Barrett said at the panel. “Because of this wild rice has disappeared for native people.”

Marquette has two more events planned for the remainder of Native American Heritage Month.

Students will get the opportunity to attend “Menominee Black Ash Basketmaking: Voices, Traditions and Preservation” Nov. 22 where two basket makers, who are leading the effort to harvest black ash trees to preserve materials for their community’s future generations, will lead an in-person demonstration.

Marquette men’s basketball has partnered with N7, an organization committed to getting youth in Native American and aboriginal communities moving so they can lead healthier, happier and more successful lives. At the men’s basketball game Nov. 27, players will wear turquoise jerseys because turquoise holds symbolic prestige and power in many Native American communities.

argued against the visitation rules, some have also suggested that ORL should be more focused on safety than visitation.

“I find it quite interesting that we have to deal with all these rules relating to visitation. I understand where the Office of Residence Life is coming from but I feel like they could be using their time to address safety as opposed to visitation,” Jocelyn Hernandez, a first-year student in the College of Health Sciences, said.

Hernandez mentioned her concern on safety over students who are staying on campus for the holiday.

“I mean, our main doors don’t even lock when it gets dark. So, while I understand the rules, I think ORL should prioritize safety over a friend coming over,” Hernandez said.

Limited visitation over Thanksgiving break Students living in residence halls upset with guidelines

By TJ Dysart

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Throughout Halloween weekend, overnight visitors were not be allowed in residence halls.

The same rules will be enforced for undergraduate students through the entirety of Thanksgiving break.

Normally, students are allowed to check in three guests per resident into their room during visitation hours. Students are also allowed to host up to two guests overnight if they are over the age of 18 and have their roommate’s approval. However, students cannot have the same overnight guests for more than two nights in a row.

This rule will be in place not

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Campus members address issues around masculinity, health

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“I have met so many men throughout my life who have grown up in families that are very old fashioned,” Ram Sonani, a first-year student in the College of Health Sciences, said. “There is definitely a stigma surrounding mental health and how men communicate their feelings.”

Marquette University, through the Student Wellness Center, has initiated a men’s discussion group that aims to “bring together male-identifying students across campus and from different backgrounds to discuss how societal expectations and ideations around masculinity have impact on them.”

“It is definitely nice to see Marquette offering this program to students. I always thought it (mental health), especially for men, is a topic that people don’t talk about unless they have to and the fact that our school takes that first step in introducing a discussion group is something that I think the students should applaud,” Nate Moodie, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, said.

Additionally, November is Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month.

The group meets at the Alumni Memorial Union twice a month.

The next sessions for the fall semester are Tuesday, Nov. 30 and Tuesday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m.

“In my research into masculinity and some programs being done on campuses across the country, I have found that one of the best ways you can connect with maleidentifying students is through a discussion group discussing topics related to masculinity,” Chris King, director of the program and senior intern at the Student Wellness Center, said.

Due to the nature of the group, the Student Wellness Center must keep all participant information confidential and declined to release the topics of the discussion.

However, many students, including Sonani, have suggested that the group aims at targeting topics surrounding mental health and the stigma men face when talking about how they feel.

“I feel like men really face a different experience when talking about their feelings. It feels

like we are discriminated against if we shed a tear, and it almost seems like we are supposed to bottle our feelings up, and I just think that is messed up,” Sonani said.

As reported by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, in 2019 men died by suicide 3.63 times more often than women.

“I genuinely think the rates of suicide are higher for men because we are somewhat trained to not show our feelings the same way girls are. I feel like because men bottle up their feelings more, they sometimes look to suicide as an unfortunate option to get rid of their problems,” Moodie said.

This is not the first mental health initiative Marquette has rolled out. Last year, throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Marquette initiated Mental Health Days, which were random days off throughout the year which gave students a chance to take a mental break and check in with themselves throughout COVID-19.

“I am actually a transfer student from Xavier University and I have noticed that the mental health resources at Marquette are way more emphasized and highlighted here than they were at Xavier. Even the fact that we get COVID Cheqs every day shows that the school cares,” Moodie said.

As reported by King, it is very open-ended and challenges students to question the norms of masculinity.

“Society teaches men that masculinity means you cannot show or talk about emotions or feelings,” King said. “I ask them about their thoughts on masculinity, and how those beliefs have impacted them throughout their life.”

While the participants weren’t allowed to share their comments with the Marquette Wire, many students mentioned the fact that the discussion group does indeed have an impact across campus and is something that they are grateful to have as an option for mental health resources.

Students who are interested in the discussion group should email Chris King at christopher. king@marquette.edu and students can also learn more about mental health resources on campus by visiting the Student Wellness Center website.

The Milwaukee River has winded through the city’s streets since the cities founding in the 1800s.

A standout landmark of the city, the Milwaukee River has been a benefit for people living in the area for hundreds of years. Providing resources, economic commerce, recreational activity and transportation.

The Milwaukee River has a deep history of that has flowed alongside the city.

Currently the Milwaukee River grades a D+ in water quality, states Milwaukee Riverkeeper. Milwaukee Riverkeeper has been working for over a decade monitoring pollutants in the Milwaukee River Basin and is a licensed member of the Waterkeeper Alliance.

Marquette is working with universities, non-government organizations and local government in trying to improve Milwaukee’s freshwater system, David Strifling, director of Water Law Policies at Marquette, said.

The clean water movement was kickstarted by the Clean Water Act of 1972, which set the standard for water pollution control. This was expanded upon in 1988 by Mayor John Norquist, who launched the Riverwalk Initiative.

“The Clean Water Act has done a lot to change water quality, our waters are much cleaner. It [the act] essentially regulates the amount of pollutants discharged from factories … those kinds of discharges are heavily regulated by the Clean Water Act,” Strifling said.

These efforts led to a large improvement in the quality of the river, which in turn increased the attraction of the waterway. The 3.1 mile Riverwalk provides a trip around the river and rentals for kayaks and paddle boards are available.

“I think when you’re in the city or just walking around it is really nice to look at. There is a lot to do, I see people on boats and kayaks… it’s a nice feature to the city,” Russel Sanchez, a senior in the College of Nursing, said.

The main reason for its lack of improvement is because of pollutants

from non-point source runoff. This includes run-off from agricultural and urban areas, such as fertilizer and road salt, which channel into the Milwaukee River.

In the past, because of the the growth of industrialization in the area, pollutants like bacteria from human waste, organic materials and chemicals from manufacturing all reduced the quality of water, bringing down oxygen levels and depleting nutrients in the river. Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxic substances found in the river and are linked with a variety of health concerns.

PBTs require special attention because of the way they break down.

Short-term solutions in the 1920s were initiated which opened the river up for recreational activity. However, this did not last long and in the 1930s the river’s beach had to be shut down for public health concerns.

“I personally don’t think I would swim in the river. Just from the looks of it it doesn’t look very clean,” Paige Gjermstad, a senior in the College of Business Administration, said. “I’ve swam in (Lake) Michigan a lot and done open water training, but I haven’t swam in the river myself.”

In it’s older history, 1830s and onward, it all started as a rivalry between the East and West. The Milwaukee River was the line that divided the two settlements of the area. To the east side of the river was Juneautown and to the west was Kilbourn Town.

In 1837 both towns were known as two separate entities, governed with their own presidents and boards of trustees. However, in 1839 a legislation passed that conjoined the two villages to be one city, Milwaukee.

This announcement did not come without resentment from the locals. Villagers living on both sides of the river were reluctant to come together. So when informed they would have to collaborate to build bridges over the river, many towns-

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people started to actively express their discontent.

Byron Kilbourn, the founder and financier of Kilbourn Town, protested the construction by creating a street pattern that didn’t align with Juneautown, which is why modern bridges on Wells Street, Juneau Avenue and Wisconsin Avenue run diagonally.

At the time, the bridges were constructed crudely and in poor conditions which added fuel to the fiery rivalry between the two sides.

The feuding reached its peak in 1845 when a boat crashed into the bridge on Wisconsin Avenue, which sparked the events known as the Bridge War. Kilbourn Town residents, worried about tax increases, demanded that some bridges be unused. After a vote against the proposition, a West mob took matters into their own hands and destroyed the Chestnut/ Juneau Avenue Bridge and damaged Oneida/Wells Street Bridge, making both unusable. Juneautown residents responded by destroying their side of the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge. Fines of $50 for destroying a bridge were used to deter rebels, but saw no resolution to the conflict. Feuding lasted until February 1846 and a referendum was passed in support of financing new bridges, which then ended the “Bridge War.” The end of the conflict connected the two sides and brought economic and social growth.

By the 1850s, industries like farming, tanning, meat production and brewing had all grown and set up factories along the rivers. In the 1860s there were 558 factories, which grew to 2,879 in the 1890s.

“Continuing the dialogue of water quality, getting educated and going out and volunteering are the most important steps we can take in improving our water systems. This is how we can get back to using it recreationally,” Strifling said.

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Trans* Compassion Week comes to Marquette Resources for all students to educate themselves, others

By Randi Haseman

randi.haseman@marquette.edu

“It all started one night when I spoke with a few other transgender people about the murder of Rita Hester in November 1998,” Gwendolyn Ann Smith, an activist for transgender rights, explained in a Huffpost article about Transgender Day of Remembrance. Smith brought up Chanelle Pickett. Pickett was a transgender woman of color living in Massachusetts who was last seen alive at a neighborhood club before dying in mid-November; all of which is extremely similar to Rita Hester’s murder.

Anti-transgender violence has not decreased since 1998. As of Nov. 4, 2021, the Human Rights Center reported at least 44 known deaths of transgender people in the United States, the most reported since the center began tracking this data in 2013. The previous high was 37 in 2020.

“It’s important that we take time to not only acknowledge and address anti-transgender violence and its plague on our society but to celebrate trans* joy and increase the spaces for genderdiverse individuals at Marquette,” Emma Mentley Weutrich, the assistant director of the Office of Engagement and Inclusion for the LGBTQ+ Resource Center, said in an email.

Celebrating trans* joy is what Trans* Compassion Week at Marquette is all about.

“We use the umbrella term trans* to best include various communities and individuals with nonconforming gender identities and/or expressions,” Mentley Weutrich said via email. “The asterisk is explicit communication that gender-diverse folx are included.”

To educate students who are not transgender or maybe uneducated about LGBTQ+ spaces, Chelsey Tennis, the LGBTQ+ RC graduate assistant, led Trans* Ally Training Nov. 10.

“There is no end to learning when it comes to sexual orientation and or gender identities.” Danny Tsolak, a first-year graduate student and First Year Representative for the Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Graduate Student Organization, said via email.

Tsolak hopes to work with people in the LGBTQ+ community as a mental health professional because he’s gay himself. “This training would help me very specifically toward my goal of being a great clinical mental health counselor.

Additionally, I stress the importance of this topic for all mental health

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Many of the events were held at the Alumni Memorial Union, including a field of flags in support of Trans* students

professionals, no matter the specialization.” Tsolak said in an email.

“Therapy was certainly a tool I used a lot in my coming-out journey. It was something that I took advantage of almost immediately,” Roselia Aguilar, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences and treasurer for MU Gender & Sexuality Alliance, said. Aguilar talked about her supportive therapist who helped her become more comfortable with herself and her gender identity.

Trans* Compassion Week will take place Nov. 15 through Nov. 20, and it will be only the second one the RC has presented.

“Chelsey (Tennis) created a committee of staff and students to collaborate. They also administered a weeklong student call out (in person in the center and virtually on Instagram) to gather requests and interests, which is what led to the decision to host an open mic night,” Mentley Weutrich said via email.

“Gender Out Loud!” was the open mic night held Nov. 15. The RC will

host four more events this week.

Today, the RC will have “Gender ‘Espress-ion’” at noon, specifically “for fellow trans*, nonbinary and other gender diverse students, faculty and staff to build community with one another,” according to their Instagram @LGBTQMU. Following that, the RC will team up with Campus Ministry for Trans* Day of Remembrance Vigil Nov. 17. The vigil will start with a brief presentation by Mentley Weutrich; this will be accompanied by a prayer and an Ignatian examen, each read by Bernardo Ávila Borunda, the assistant director of Campus Ministry. Ávila Borunda’s prayer of choice is a short passage in the Gospel of Mark immediately before the Last Supper.

“What we want to do is to invite people to just engage in this story in what is called an Ignatian contemplation, putting ourselves inside the story either as an external observer or taking the role as one of the characters,” Ávila Borunda said.

But Ávila Borunda won’t be focusing on Jesus. He instead will ask attendees to concentrate on the man that is carrying the pitcher or jar of water. Jesus tells the disciples to follow this man and prepare the supper where he goes.

“The interesting part of him is that he was doing the work that there is no man in the entire Bible that does that because that was the task of women,” Ávila Borunda said.

“So he’s, in a certain way, crossing the gender barriers of his time. And of all the people that Jesus could have chosen to say, ‘This is the man that you will follow to prepare the supper?’ He decided to choose someone that is crossing the barriers of gender, or at least the gender expectations of this time.”

Then, names of victims of antitransgender violence from the past year will echo through the Alumni Memorial Union, room 163.

“It should be powerful, mournful, but also full of hope of a healing future,” Mentley Weutrich said via email.

The next day, Nov. 18, the RC will present their “Found Family Dinner,” an event that will mirror Thanksgiving meals as well as the Last Supper. This fact is another reason Ávila Borunda chose that exact prayer. A “found family” is a chosen support system who offer meaningful relationships, usually outside of biological family members. This can be common among people in the LGBTQ+ community due to not all biological families accepting relatives who fall under the LGBTQ+ umbrella.

“I’ve had friends who have to go back in the closet when they go home or they’re not as open, and they don’t express themselves as much because of the fear of backlash from some of their family members who may not be on board,” Aguilar said.

The week will be rounded out with “Crafting with Compassion,” co-sponsored by Late Night Marquette Nov. 20.

“One hope with Trans* Compassion Week is to contribute to the support and validation felt by trans* students at Marquette,” Mentley Weutrich said via email.

“I hope that it will be a safe space for people, maybe some people who aren’t out either. As far as my experience goes, I came out while I was here at Marquette and having those safe spaces was incredibly important,” Aguilar said. “The Resource Center really helped me get to know my community, and I hope the Trans* Compassion Week will do the same.”

The weeklong activities lack a Friday event, but MKE LGBT Community Center fills that gap with a virtual event Nov. 19 in tandem with Forge in Wisconsin.

“The event will be an array of pre-recorded speeches, music, grounding, and community connection,” the website said.

During the afternoon of Nov. 20, there will be a rally at the Madison Capitol building to protest anti-transgender legislation and mourn victims of anti-transgender violence.

And the RC is continuing its support for the transgender community. Tennis will facilitate another Trans* Ally Training session Nov. 23 at 5 p.m. at the AMU.They hope to teach “more about gender, self-expression and how to support trans* students at Marquette!”

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November marks National Career Development Month Marquette offers services, set up students for future

By Phoebe Goebel

phoebe.goebel@marquette.edu

November is recognized as National Career Development month.

Marquette University celebrates this through the Career Services Center, which is a tool students can use to prepare them for their futures in the workforce.

The mission of the National Career Development Association is to “provide professional development, publications, standards and advocacy to practitioners and educators who inspire and empower individuals to achieve their career and life goals.” They aim to allow all people to achieve strong careers and pursue passions.

Marquette University follows this vision through its Career Services Center. The center offers many opportunities for students to explore resume-building,

mock-interviewing and other career-related experiences. They offer in-person and virtual visits for students.

Courtney Hanson, the director of the Career Services Center, has been a part of the department for 15 years. Hanson said that she is excited that November is a chance for the Career Development Center to get a chance in the spotlight.

Hanson said that the Career Services Center is a service students have access to from the moment they start college to the moment they graduate, and beyond such as by using the website Handshake, which is a career management platform. She heavily encourages students to become involved in the Career Services Center and take advantage of the opportunities it has to offer.

“We encourage all students to take advantage of something offered by our office — that could be an individual appointment for a specific reason or just to checkin. Students should be engaged

with coming to drop-ins, attending our annual events and/or career fairs, taking a career course, using Handshake, requesting a career workshop for your student organization,” Hanson said.

The Career Services Center at Marquette welcomed National Career Development Month by organizing opportunities for students to explore what the center has to offer. It hosted two open house events for students to see the center.

Hanson said she is excited to celebrate National Career Development Month and hopes that it will encourage students to be more engaged with Career Services Center.

“It is also a time that students can set aside time to intentionally consider what they hope to do after Marquette, and if they are on track or would benefit from checking in with Career Services,” Hanson said.

Even though the Career Services Center makes itself available to all students, some students

are still unaware of what it is and what it does. Josh Ryan, a firstyear student in the College of Engineering, said he wasn’t exactly sure what the Career Services Center was.

“I would definitely consider using the Career Development Center at Marquette sometime in my future. As of right now, I know I want to pursue some sort of engineering, but I am not exactly sure what. It would definitely be nice to have someone help guide me,” Ryan said.

Ryan said that being a first-year student is already very overwhelming and having to find a job in the future makes it hard to handle the stress of school.

“It is very difficult to keep up with all of the work without knowing exactly what it entails, and I feel like the Career Development Center would help me see that that the ends justify the means and keep up my motivation,” Ryan said.

Selee Olmen, a first-year student in the College of

Communication, agreed with Ryan that she wasn’t very aware of the center but would take advantage of the opportunities it offers.

“It’s hard not knowing exactly what I want to do in the future,” Olmen said. “Getting a good internship and job is just as important as getting good grades, so I would use the career center to help me find experience.”

Hanson hopes that students will utilize the center if they are unsure of what their future holds. The COVID 19 pandemic has shifted the ways people apply to jobs through more online interviews and emphasis on resumes. The Career Services Center hopes to guide students of our generation through this.

“Students don’t have to struggle with major and career discernment alone,” Hanson said. “Figuring out next steps after college is a process that takes time and career counselors are here to help guide students.”

Marquette University recognized as a green college MU rated 88 out of 99 on ‘green scale’

by Princeton Review

By Phoebe Goebel

phoebe.goebel@marquette.edu

The sustainability efforts of Marquette University have resulted in The Princeton Review adding Marquette to its list of green colleges. Marquette received a rating of 88 out of 99 on the green scale rating in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2022 Edition.

The Princeton Review lists three key factors to determine a green college. The first is whether students have a quality of life on campus that is both healthy and sustainable. The second is how well a school is preparing students for employment in an increasingly green economy and the last element is how environmentally responsible a school’s policies are.

The Princeton Review defines healthy and sustainable as not only referring to the environmental efforts on campus such as water clarification and greenhouse admissions but also the education students are getting in environmental sustainability.

In April of 2018, Marquette released its current sustainability plan which includes ways Marquette aims to maintain a sustainable campus as well as goals for the future of an environmentally friendly campus.

Under the Marquette

sustainability vision, Marquette says that “Marquette in the future is a world-class ecouniversity in the eco-city of Milwaukee, reaching beyond boundaries to transform our social, environmental and economic influence — today and for future generations.”

Chelsea Malacara, the sustainability and energy management coordinator at Marquette University, has put in a lot of hard work and effort to keep Marquette on its sustainability plan. Malacara started her position in 2020, and first looked at Marquette’s attempts to create a sustainable campus.

“The intent there was to understand what is going, what opportunities exist to advance sustainability at Marquette, and what obstacles exist or have existed to progress and how I could help facilitate change,” Malacara said.

By doing this, Malacara was able to push for more sustainable efforts on campus where it was lacking. Then, the numbers and statistics were submitted to The Princeton Review, where Marquette received its rating.

Kevin Conway, university spokesperson, said Marquette is making a great effort toward reducing fossil fuels on campus and creating a carbon-neutral environment. Conway said that Marquette does not invest in any companies that produce fossil fuels to avoid supporting them.

There is also a student-run effort on campus to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on campus. Fossil

Free Marquette is a campaign that is “promoting climate justice by advocating for environmentallyresponsible investing.”

“The endowment continues to avoid investment managers that are not embracing the transition to carbon neutrality,” Conway said. “Over time, we have shifted our holdings to cleaner energy investments based on market trends and opportunities, while also upholding our fiduciary responsibility to our endowment.”

Conway said that by avoiding investment in nonsustainable companies, Marquette can maintain financial health while also supporting environmentally conscious companies.

However, Fossil Free Marquette is still calling on the university for full divestment from fossil fuel companies.

Josh Ryan, a first-year student in the College of Engineering, was originally unaware of Marquette’s status as a green college.

Ryan said that having a sustainable campus was not his priority when choosing a college but knowing his campus is trying to be environmentally friendly is very encouraging.

“I do notice a lot of things on campus that seems to be helping the environment. A lot of students bike and it seems like recycling is heavily encouraged for students,” Ryan said.

Just because Marquette received this title doesn’t mean it is done furthering sustainability on campus. Malacara said that there is still a lot of

improvements Marquette can make to create a more environmentally friendly campus.

“For me, this work isn’t about maintaining a title, it’s about improving our community, our planet, and putting our students first every day which means preparing them for a world that is faced with a major climate crisis and helping them see that their gifts are valuable in building communities that thrive, not just survive,” Malacara said.

Malacara has many goals for the Marquette University campus, including a new and more advanced sustainability plan to be implemented.

“As far as goals go, over the next 18 months I’ll be leading an effort to develop a new Campus Sustainability Strategic Plan; identifying opportunities to reach our 2025 energy reduction targets; and continuing to support the sustainability champions across campus in the work they do,” Malacara said.

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Indian Student Association celebrates Diwali Night This holiday notices the triumph of light against darkness

By Kim Cook

kimberly.cook@marquette.edu

While the Diwali holiday took place last week from Nov. 2 to Nov. 6, the party continued Nov. 12 as the Indian Student Association hosted Diwali Night for the Marquette community.

The event took place in the Alumni Memorial Union Ballroom and was a night of food, laughter and dancing.

Parvathy Nair, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences and vice president of ISA, said that her organization organized the event with more than just Indian students in mind.

“We just want to create a fun environment for everyone to celebrate Diwali,” Nair said. “We

want it to be an open and warm celebration, it doesn’t matter if you celebrate it or not, this event is open to everyone.”

The event proved to be warm and open because when 8:30 p.m. rolled around, people started pouring into the ballroom from the chill of the cold November night for a celebration of light and community.

Diwali, or the Festival of Lights as it is also known, is a five-day celebration from Indian culture that extends through the Indian New Year. Over each of the five days, families gather to honor each other and the gods and goddesses of their religions. The holiday is celebrated by multiple religions – Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and some forms of Buddhism – each one marking a different historical event or story as the reason for the festivities.

“We want everyone to be able to take part in our culture,” Telsy Stephen, a junior in the College of Health Sciences and

co-president of ISA, said. “It’s not just for us, it’s for everyone to enjoy.”

For Nair, the event was an exciting welcome back after having to host events virtually last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“This is our first big event, so we’re all pumped up. Even if it is with masks and regulations, the fact that we are able to celebrate it in person and jam to good music, even just get to hang out with each other, I think we’re all really excited about that,” Nair said.

Vraj Patel, a junior in the College of Health Sciences and Stephen’s fellow co-president of ISA, loved the huge turn out at the event, as it reminded him of his first Diwali Night and the infectious atmosphere he experienced.

“As soon as I walked in the room, the energy was completely different.

Everyone was accepting, willing to learn and

excited about what was about to happen,” Patel said. “My goal as co-president is to create the same exact feel that we had freshman year, this year.”

After a brief introduction of the night’s events and a performance

by Bollywood Fusion, a group that both Patel and Nair are members of, the roar of conversation and laughter filled the room as authentic Indian foods like samosas proved Diwali Night to be a success.

“I think it’s really important to celebrate Indian culture on campus because I think there is always something new that you can learn from a different culture whether it’s music or art or a new perspective, there is always something new that you to learn,” Nair said.

Nair and Patel shared the sentiment of community and culture that makes Diwali special.

Patel went even further and noted his favorite thing about Diwali Night is the wide range of students

and faculty it attracts.

“I feel like sometimes on campus we can fall into our cliques and our groups but when everyone is here together and we’re all having a good time I feel like it encourages and facilitates open conversation,” Patel said.

Nair said she loves Diwali because she gets to spend time with the people she loves.

“You don’t see everyone every day and this is one of the few chances you get to, so you get to chill, party, dance, have fun and I think that is my favorite part,” Nair said.

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Bollywood Fusion kicked off the event with their dance performance at Diwali Night in the AMU ballroom. Authentic food like simosas followed with a DJ and more dancing.

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‘This 13-year-old pug from TikTok controls my life’ Noodle, an internet sensation, predicts bones or no bones

By Caroline Bennett

caroline.bennett@marquette.edu

Rolling over in my twin XL, I smack around my bedside table for my screaming phone, trying to turn the alarm off. As I finally manage to hit the snooze button I don’t try to get just five more minutes of sleep as I usually do, but open up TikTok. With one eye open, the other embedded in my pillow, I search “Is it a bones day?” This, I’ve found, is a better prediction of how my day will turn out than the weather app, Co-Star, if a groundhog sees his shadow, or any impending alien invasion.

But, what is a bones day?

TikTok account @jongraz is the owner of a 13-year-old pug named Noodle, who I’m naming my first-born after, and in his own words: “Bones or No Bones is the game where we find out if my 13-year-old pug woke up with bones, and as a result we’ll find out what kind of day we’re gonna have.” To prepare Noodle for his

daily bones reading, Jon starts off with some mandatory belly rubs.

Each morning Jonathan wakes up his pug and sees if he has bones, Jon plants Noodle’s paws down for him, standing him straight up, and then lets go. If he is able to stand up right away he has bones, but if Noodle just flops back down to bed then it’s a “no bones day.”

On a bones day it’s time to treat yourself, do the things you’ve been meaning to do, or just have an adventure. A day to really be kind to yourself and take it easy comes on those no-bones days, so when Noodle flops back into his bed, so can you. Soft pants and soft lights are a must for no bones days.

Jon details some very specific suggestions for what you should do on your days. Some examples for your bones days are that you should go have Greek food by the river, get those rollerblades, buy all those festive gourds, go on a hay ride, get the curry for that Japanese fried chicken you were going to order for lunch and ask for that raise that you deserve.

When Noodle doesn’t have bones you should get out the jade roller, bust out the heated blanket, burn the incense you bought at the

fair trade market last weekend, commit to a broth-based meal at some point today or just lay down in bed with some headphones and listen to an album. On a personal note, please don’t listen to “Red (Taylor’s Version)” on a no bones day unless you want to relive the emotional turmoil caused by the relationship you made up for yourself when you were in middle school so you could relate to her music.

Jonathan and Noodle’s videos rack up millions of views each day, with 4.5 million followers and 53.5 million likes. On every social media platform you can find references back to Noodle and his predictions. There’s even a whole Twitter account dedicated to updates on Noodle, called “Does Noodle Have Bones.”

Upon a deeper dive into this internet rabbit hole, I found he has a whole website “The Noodle No Bones Boutique” which has everything from tote bags to sweatshirts and holiday merch, all featuring my favorite wrinkly dog.

That’s why I was so confused when “Rolling Stone” put out an article officially canceling the iconic duo, calling them “cheugy.”

Cheugy, a term also coined by TikTok users, is when someone is trying too hard or is just uncool.

Which, when Noodles and Jon were featured on “Today” and I got a text from my mom asking if I knew about the “cute internet dog” I did internally cringe just a bit. But I think that has to do more with the cheugy-ness of “Today” and my relationship with my midwestern mother ’s disconnect

with the internet than Noodle.

Granted, I never saw myself scheduling my life around what a pug tells me to do, but that doesn’t mean it’s lame. “Rolling Stone” can’t take away my pure joy of seeing that little pug uneventfully fall back into his plush pet bed, and Jonathan’s giggle each time.

Sometimes having someone give you permission to take care of yourself is exactly what you need during a stressful week.

When all is said and done, let’s pray that Noodle gives us some “bones days” leading up to finals, my grades depend on it.

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REVIEW: Summer Walker proves she is ‘Still Over It’ New album released after two years with feature from SZA

By Rashad Alexander

rashad.alexander@marquette.edu

I remember first hearing about Summer Walker when Drake hopped on the remix to her platinum single, “Girls Need Love” back in the winter of 2019.

While I mainly checked the song out because I’m a huge Drake fan, I fell in love with Walker’s voice and the emotion she puts into it.

Later that year, she released her debut album, “Over It,” which featured a track titled “Stretch You Out,” that had one of my favorite artists, A Boogie – wit da Hoodie.

When I first heard the song, I was of course excited to hear A Boogie’s verse, but it was Walker who blew me away. Her verse was so addicting to me, I would replay it when A Boogie’s part was about to start. That was when I realized Walker was definitely someone I needed to keep my eye on in the future. After a few years of hearing her on different features with rappers like 21 Savage and Toosii, I was excited to see she

was returning with her sophomore studio album.

“Still Over It” brings listeners a little closer look at Walker and her relationship with the father of her child, producer London On Da Track, which became very messy on social media. We see this in the first song on the 20-track project, “Bitter,” which features narration by Cardi B. and one thing about Walker, she’s gonna get personal when it comes to her music. “But why these h**s all in our business? How he don’t care ’bout his children,” sings the Atlanta native. In a message she provided to Apple Music, Walker told fans to use her album as an “opportunity to learn from my mistakes.” And with the energy she’s directing toward London she definitely wants people to avoid what she went through.

Walker’s new album has a lot of differences from her 2019 debut

project. Something I noticed was how this project included more female features, with help from SZA, Cardi B, JT from City Girls, Ciara and Ari Lennox. Her debut project only had one female feature, Jhene Aiko. I liked this touch because I feel like having an album about unfaithfulness and heartbreak from the female perspective needed some assistance from women who have made music about those same things, like SZA’s “CTRL” and Cardi B’s “Invasion of Privacy.”

SZA’s verse on “No Love” was one of my favorite moments on the album, as she sings about her believing she deserves more from the person she is with. SZA and Walker on a song together was definitely much needed for the R&B world.

Another major noticeable difference from this album compared to her first was the

production. “Over It” was executive produced by London On Da Track. For obvious reasons, London wasn’t included on her new album. Despite production credits being given to London, Walker said he had no involvement. Regardless, the production on “Still Over It” felt a little boring to me. Her first album had a great variety of beats with good samples to go along with it.

This album, though, featured a lot of slow beats making a lot of the songs sound the same. While I get that’s the whole vibe of the album, her first album still had a lot of diverse production, despite speaking on similar subjects. And I am not saying that Walker needs her ex to produce every song she makes, but she definitely needs to look into other producers, as songs like “Ex For A Reason” and “Dat Right There” shows how she can perform well on a more

fast-paced beat.

Summer Walker’s new album definitely has its flaws, but it’s still a memorable album. It had the biggest 24-hour debut for a female artist in Apple Music history, while also having the biggest debut for an R&B album on the music streaming service. The R&B genre has been overcome with a lot of great female artists in recent times, like Jhene Aiko, SZA, H.E.R. and Walker is without a doubt on that list. Her new album had social media going nuts and will for sure start some arguments within intimate relationships. And regardless of how her personal life can sometimes overshadow her musical life, Walker is a rising superstar and will be keeping R&B in good hands for years to come.

I rate Summer Walker’s “Still Over It” a 7.5 out of 10. My favorite songs were “No Love,” “Toxic” and “Session 33.”

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Editorial Board

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

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

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

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Editor’s Note: As an executive board, we acknowledge that the Marquette Wire is registered as a student organization in MARQUEE. However, the Marquette Wire is still considered a student-run independent media organization.

With over 300 student organizations at Marquette University, students have the opportunity to get involved with causes and groups that they’re passionate about. However, with new changes to the organization renewal process, the university is severely stifling organization autonomy and student voices.

Recently, the Marquette Center for Engagement and Inclusion informed undergraduate student organizations on campus that it would be moving the organization renewal process from the spring semester to the fall semester, starting in the 2021 fall semester.

The renewal process for student organizations requires leaders to update their constitutions if they are two years old, update their MARQUEE pages — a website to connect students to organizations and on-campus events — as well as

University stifling student organizations complete several training sessions.

These training sessions are related to navigating Marquee, learning about resources for student organizations, becoming informed of how to be a lifesaver and understanding Title XI, hazing, and being a bystander, as well as transition the elections of officers to the fall semester.

In the email announcement sent out Nov. 1, CEI announced “Student organizations should have had or should be currently in the process of elections and transition of officers for the Spring 2022-Fall 2022 semesters by the time of renewal.”

Apart from completing the scheduled training sessions throughout November, student organizations have until Dec. 6 at 11:59 p.m. to complete the renewal process. If student organizations fail to complete all the steps in the renewal process this semester, they will not be eligible to request and receive student organization funding allocations between January 2022 and December 2022, according to the email from CEI. While much of the renewal process for student organizations is the

same, changing the time of elections is new and can harm some groups.

Oftentimes, student organizations follow the academic calendar and hold elections in the spring to elect leaders for the following school year.

Doing so allows officers who are elected in the spring to hold their position for the entire academic year beginning in the following fall semester. Now, however, with organizations being forced to hold elections in the fall, student leaders who hold positions for a year will hold it from the beginning of the spring semester to the end of the following fall semester.

Before the Nov. 1 email announcement, CEI did not give any prior notice to student organizations that it was implementing this change; this gives organizations only about a month to change their constitutions and hold elections. Expecting groups to implement this change within such a short time is unfair.

Additionally, requiring all student organizations to make these changes in order to be approved for organization renewal significantly stifles the autonomy of organizations to

implement processes and rules that are best suited for their unique group.

Student organizations are very diverse, having different ideas and processes that work best for them. For small organizations with low memberships, it may be difficult to have such a quick turnover of officers.

Additionally, making student organizations change their timing of elections forces older students out, as they won’t be able to hold a position for the entire term if they graduate in the spring. This may propel younger students into positions they may not be ready for, or may not want to hold.

Not everyone wants to be in a leadership position, but CEI’s required change restricts older students who do want to be in leadership roles from the same opportunity.

The impact this change has on smaller organizations, such as organizations with less than 10 students, is exacerbated by the university’s lack of support and dedicated promotion of them. Without helping to promote smaller organizations, these groups have more challenges in recruiting students to join; this leads to

‘Cancel culture’ should be canceled

Laura Niezgoda J.K. Rowling, Kevin Hart, Ellen DeGeneres, Chris Pratt and most recently Aaron Rodgers are some of the many public figures that have been called out for their problematic behavior by the media, resulting in the phenomenon known as “cancel culture.”

Cancel culture calls out problematic behavior but does so at the loss of our humanity, widening the divide between people in our society. As a tool to bring questionable behavior into light, conversations stop at the problematic idea without any talk of redemption. This is done so by equating incredibly problematic and immoral people to uneducated and ignorant people, condemning them both equally to forced silence.

While it is hard to characterize cancel culture, it is most notably known as the mass public’s unfollowing of an influential person due to sexist, homophobic, racist or conservative behavior.

The term originated through the break-up song “Your Love is Cancelled.” The term then circulated through movies and television throughout the 1990s and 2000s, finding prevalence on the internet.

On Tumblr, blogs such as Your Fave is Problematic exposed qualities about public figures that were seen a problematic. One of the most notable instances was a post about John Green in April 2013, where the bloggers called him out for being fatphobic and misogynistic and using the r-word. During that time, Tumblr began to circulate rumors that Green was a pedophile because he wrote books for young girls.

Cancel culture has also had a significant presence in the mass YouTube following since beauty guru James Charles’s scandal in 2019, preceding the unfollowings of Shane Dawson and Jeffree Star in 2020.

Most recently, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been canceled due to his misleading comment about being “immunized” against COVID-19. Since he was immunized, but unvaccinated, he was later diagnosed with

COVID-19. He responded that while he was “immunized,” he did not receive the vaccine, claiming he has an allergy to an ingredient in the vaccine. In a May 2021 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, 58% of U.S. adults who know recognized the term “cancel culture” said that cancel culture serves as a way to hold people accountable for their actions. Almost all instances of cancel culture draw on this desire to hold people accountable for their problematic beliefs, meaning people take action against these famous figures.

However, the action becomes a mob mentality in which people boycott public figures because of the trend, without actually knowing what happened, or looking into the situation themselves.

Canceling someone brings attention to social issues but creates a sensationalized show in which people disconnect the reality of another human being on the receiving end of death threats, publicized massive unfollowings on social media and the isolation that follows. The internet allows people to decide when and why they

wish to stand up for an issue. Still, it also allows them to sensationalize media issues and have a voice in something popular.

Monica Lewinsky was a former White House intern who had sexual relations with then-president Bill Clinton. She has become a public voice against cancel culture in the years following the public humiliation and shaming by the national American public, saying, “we’re in this culture of humiliation now.

And, along with attention and outrage, public shaming, piling on people, doxing, all of the different things that can happen to tear someone apart online, they all make people money.”

The public wants to hold famous people accountable, but there is little power to ignore them and take away their platform. Mob mentality forgets empathy and ignores the search for truth in pursuit of profit and popularization. Taboo issues like the subject of vaccination and sexual relations get conflated with amoral views like homophobia or racist remarks, silencing the discussion that could be beneficial in addressing why people have

issues with larger departments, such as changing the timing of elections.

Smaller organizations involved in Multicultural Student Council especially feel these effects, and they have to fulfill other requirements from CEI to maintain status as an organization, such as hosting multicultural events. Additionally, many multicultural organizations have had to use other routes to get recognition from the university due to the lack of support, such as the Native American Student Association and the Black Student Council leading protests to Zilber Hall last year, demanding the administration make changes to support Indigenous and Black students on campus.

In order to uplift student voices the university must take into account the diversity across organizations, and acknowledge that they have differing needs. Students should have the ability to make decisions about rules that are appropriate and effective for themselves. They are the ones leading the organizations every day, and should have the right to make decisions that are best for their organizations.

different viewpoints.

People like John Green have addressed the criticisms and responded to them, actively trying to be a better person by apologizing for using the r-word and condemning the false pedophilia accusations.

He commented on the issue, saying “sending hate to people who say this stuff is counter-productive and only continues the outrage cycle.”

Our words have power on the internet, and we get to decide who deserves a following and who doesn’t. When different issues are only viewed as a singular way of responding, it becomes hard for people to challenge what they believe and how they perceive an issue. To bring change to taboo topics, multiple viewpoints must be addressed before making an informed decision.

Voices become overwhelming on the internet but it is important to know the distinction between making a positive difference or furthering the divide.

Laura Niezgoda is a sophomore studying communication studies and criminology and law studies.

She can be reached at laura.niezgoda@marquette.edu

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U.S. perpetuating colonialism, failing Indigenous women

of Indigenous women experience sexual violence and more than half of Indigenous women have been physically abused by their intimate partners.

Indigenous women and girls are Moreover, in some Indigenous 10 times as likely to be killed than communities, Indigenous women other ethnic groups, according to face murder rates that are 10 times Native Women’s Wilderness, a higher than the national average, nonprofit organization that uplifts according to the U.S. Department voices of Indigenous women. of Justice.

While violence against women Despite the disproportionate increased during the COVID-19 violence Indigenous women expandemic and led to a concurrent perience, there is no comprehen“shadow pandemic,” according to sive federal database for cases of the United Nations, the violence missing and murdered Indigenous against Indigenous women has women in the U.S. The lack of been a national crisis in the United data can be attributed to several States for years. The U.S. governreasons, one of them being that ment must take immediate action Indigenous communities someto address the disproportionate vitimes have a persisting distrust of olence against Indigenous women. police due to a history of racism The U.S. Government Accountand violence against them. This ability Office released a report can lead to unreported cases, the Nov. 1 outlining the absence of a U.S. Department of Justice and the comprehensive federal database U.S. Department of Interior failing to set up a joint commission to investigate the issue and an inconsistency in reporting requirements for different agencies.

The U.S.’s lack of dedicated resources toward cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women is unacceptable. Being extremely vulnerable due to their intersectional identities, as well as a history of government sanctioned violence against Indigenous women.

Considering Indigenous communities have been the target of U.S. government sanctioned assimilation through boarding schools, diaspora, cultural and ethnic genocide and treaty violations throughout history, there needs to be more immediate action to investigating Photo via Flickr cases of MMIW. A protestor at a 2018 march in Minnesota wears a red handprint on her face, One source of the increase in

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for cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women. This report came two years after more than a dozen members of Congress wrote a letter to the agency calling for an investigation into missing and murdered Indigenous women due to a persisting concern about their safety from communities, grassroots organizations and politicians.

Hundreds of organizations across the U.S. and Canada have emerged as part of the missing and murdered Indigenous women, or MMIW, movement. These organizations are calling attention to and demanding the end of the disproportionate violence against Indigenous women.

The violence against Indigenous women is severe, startling and sickening.

More than four out of five Indigenous women experience violence in their lifetimes, more than half

a symbol of the MMIW movement for the women who have been silenced.

MMIW can be attributed to the rise of “man camps” at pipeline construction sites. Man camps are temporary settlements of male workers that spring up near the construction sites of pipelines, which are often near Indigenous communities and reservations. One example of this near Wisconsin was the arrest of employees of Enbridge, a pipeline company, for sex trafficking in July. The Enbridge employees were working on a tar sands pipeline called Line 3.

Another source of MMIW is the government’s lack of resources and consideration under the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, which was the first federal law to criminalize domestic violence. While this led to the allocation of federal funding for both sexual assault and domestic prevention and services for women in the U.S., Indigenous women were not included at first.

Indigenous women were not specifically named in the 1994 VAWA until its 2005 reauthorization. This ultimately aimed to dedicate funding to tribal governments to support people who have experienced sexual assault, provide access to national criminal justice data and mandate research on violence against Indigenous women.

Still, the VAWA has failed Indigenous women, as they experience higher rates of sexual assault, domestic violence, intimate partner violence and stalking compared to women part of other racial and ethnic groups.

Indigenous women have also been failed by the U.S. due to its settler colonial history that has persistently sexualized and objectified them. As Europeans, especially men, came over to the

Marquette needs to freeze tuition costs

Grace Cady Despite the financial difficulties universities are facing, they must prioritize their students.

Marquette University released a statement Nov. 1 that a 2% increase to undergraduate tuition will go into effect for the 2022-2023 academic year. This new tuition increase, approved by the Board of Trustees, will raise the total undergraduate tuition cost to $45,860 — this academic year the tuition is $44,970.

The tuition and fees for the university have increased about 33% over the last 10 years.

Annual tuition increase is a trend we’ve seen at Marquette and various other universities in the country; especially amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Colleges have seen the largest downward trend in enrollment in about 50 years. Additionally, many people lost jobs and were put under financial strain as a result of the pandemic. According to the College Board, tuition across universities has historically risen about 3%

each year. Steady increases in tuition costs for students already enrolled in the university are inequitable, and Marquette should consider implementing a tuition freeze once again, as they did last year. Implementing a permanent freeze would help relieve some of the financial stress that comes with paying for college.

We have all been forced to adjust to life in a pandemic and the struggles that come with it; however, in the face of these struggles, Marquette should offer its students more financial relief, following other universities’ actions. In 2020, the College of William & Mary, located in Williamsburg, Virginia, decided to roll back a previously approved 3% tuition increase and keep all tuition for students unchanged for the 20212022 academic year. This decision was received well by many; In 2020, executive committee chair member John E. Littel said “I am grateful for the work of the president and the leadership team to consider the impact of this pandemic on our community and how we can navigate these challenges together.”

Another university that made the decision to implement a tuition freeze program is Drake

University — a private institution in Des Moines, Iowa. It is made clear to prospective students that Drake’s tuition is locked and will not change during their four years at the institution. The current tuition at Drake is $47,564.

One big question for Marquette regarding the tuition increase pertains to where the money is going.

Right now, the university said it allocates $170 million in financial aid to Marquette students each year. This sounds positive on paper as financial aid is crucial for many students; however, Marquette should consider cutting back on or freezing tuition overall. Although it is promising to hear that Marquette hopes to make improvements to the university’s access to technology and campus safety resources, there are many student needs still not being addressed despite the perpetual increase in tuition.

Improvements to some on-campus buildings would be a good start.

Buildings like Helfaer Theatre, David Straz Jr. Hall and Cudahy Hall have very limited accessibility to people with physical disabilities.

It should be a top priority for Marquette to make changes to these

buildings to promote inclusivity and offer accessibility to anyone.

Another way student needs could be prioritized would be to improve the frequency and quality of oncampus events. The university has sufficiently hosted events for students, but with the resources available there should be more done to engage and include the student body.

For example, resident assistants at various halls should be allocated more than the current $50 per semester to host events and gatherings for their residents.

Marquette ranks 83rd in the 2022 U.S. News edition of Best Colleges.

Marquette students deserve to benefit more from the school when they are spending more money on tuition to attend here. Although the tuition has increased, layoffs and an increase in classroom sizes continue. Part of Marquette’s appeal is the small class sizes that allow for more hands-on class experience and feedback from professors; but if we keep seeing a higher ratio of students to professors in class, that positive element may go away. There is no question that the university offers students a quality education and a positive college experience that will last beyond

United States during early settler colonialism, Native women were often stereotyped as being welcoming hosts and sexual entities; this has evolved into pop culture representations today like Disney’s 1995 “Pocahontas” and provocative Halloween costumes.

It is clear why MMIW has been deemed a national crisis. The violence against women needs to stop everywhere and that includes paying specific attention to Indigenous women who are more likely to experience violence in their lifetimes.

Recently, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul attributed jurisdiction issues, human trafficking and drugs as potential contributors to murdered and missing Indigenous people. Kaul created a MMIW Task Force in Wisconsin that is dedicated to investigating the issue in an effort to provide recommendations for legislators and law enforcement.

Indigenous researchers have identified 22 cases of missing and murdered Indigenous people going back to 1980, even though there is no formal state data existing on the issue. The lack of comprehensive data on the state and federal level is atrocious and unjust.

Unless government agencies at every level take immediate action to collect data and actually follow through on investigating cases of MMIW, all levels of governments will continue to violate and disregard Indigenous women, continuing to support a pervasive colonial history.

Alexandra Garner is a senior studying political science and environmental studies. She can be reached at alexandra.garner@ marquette.edu

the years spent here. But Marquette must consider implementing a tuition freeze in order to make itself more accessible for prospective students and must also use the money it does receive to make changes that benefit all students.

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

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Marquette volleyball volunteer assistant coach Peter Netisingha talks to redshirt first-year middle blocker Carsen Murray prior to Marquette’s 3-2 win over DePaul Oct. 20.

Previously served on Theis’s coaching staff at Ohio University

By Jackson Gross

jackson.gross@marquette.edu

Splitting time as a coach at the Milwaukee Sting Volleyball Club and an assistant volunteer coach with the Marquette women’s volleyball team has been a

challenge for Peter Netisingha, not being able to give all of his time to one team.

One thing that has made that challenge a little easier for coach Netisingha is that it feels like he’s been with the program for years, even in his first year.

“When you feel like you are already part of the program and you’re a week in, that’s a unique thing. It does not happen everywhere,” Netsinga said. “It’s not necessarily that it happens at the nicest or fanciest places or

biggest places, it happens where there are good people.”

Reuniting with familiar faces Even though this is Netisingha’s first year at Marquette, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t a few familiar faces.

Netisingha met head coach Ryan Theis back in 2008 while Theis was an assistant coach at the University of Florida. One of their first interactions was

during a sand volleyball game in between camp sessions at Texas State, where things took an odd turn.

“He (Theis) got bit by a bug he’s allergic to, he couldn’t breath very well. He started getting a little sweaty, well sweatier than 100 degrees in Texas,” Netisingha said. “I did not stick him with the Epi-Pen but I was right there when we did and sent him to the hospital.”

Both would cross paths next in 2013, when Netisingha was

a volunteer assistant coach and undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It was at this time Netisingha said he was looking to get into coaching after graduating from Madison the year prior with a degree in sociology.

Theis said he was impressed with some of Netisingha’s abilities as a coach and brought him onto his staff at Ohio University.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

‘Havoc defense’ stands the test against Fighting Illini Shaka Smart earns first significant win with Golden Eagles

By Sam Arco

samuel.arco@marquette.edu

Despite trailing by 12 with just over 10 minutes left in the game, the Marquette men’s basketball team secured its first signature win in the Shaka Smart Era, defeating the No. 10 Illinois Fighting Illini 67-66 Monday night at Fiserv Forum.

“The theme of this game was audacity,” Smart said.

“Not a lot of people outside our locker room gave us much of a chance to win this game playing against a top 1o team, but the guys believed and stayed together.”

Marquette forced a total of 26 turnovers to help propel the upset victory over the Illini, who were without their star forward Kofi Cockburn, as he was serving the last of his three-game suspension.

Despite being without their star player, Illinois head coach Brad Underwood had no excuses on his team’s performance.

“Out of character is the only way to describe it,” Underwood said. “Really alarming the amount of turnovers and the lack of ball movement.

Give Shaka and his kids a ton of credit.”

Marquette ended the game on a 10-1 run in the last 5:33 of the game, with the last

Photo by Collin Nawrocki collin.nawrocki@marquette.edu

Redshirt first-year guard Tyler Kolek (22) celebrates after a go-ahead basket in Marquette men’s basketball’s 67-66 win over No. 10 Illinois.

points coming off a steal from redshirt first-year guard Tyler Kolek with just 18 seconds left in the game to give the Golden Eagles a 67-66 lead.

Kolek finished the night with 12 points, five rebounds and five assists.

“I just tried to make a play, but that wasn’t the play that won us the game,” Kolek said. “We were down eight with five minutes left and we just fought, I’m so proud of these guys. We’ve been so close with each other and that’s all that really matters in a game like this, just caring about the guy next to you.”

The Illini would play the remaining seconds out without calling a timeout. It was

here redshirt first-year Andre Curbelo would commit his seventh turnover of the night, allowing Marquette to run the clock out and celebrate the upset victory.

Graduate student guard Darryl Morsell led the Golden Eagles in scoring for the thirdstraight game, as the veteran guard scored 21 points on 7-for-12 shooting from the field which included 3-for-4 from the 3-point line.

After the game, Morsell reiterated the theme of the week inside the locker room.

“I just liked how we had the audacity to stay confident and find a way to get that win today,” Morsell said. “I knew coming out of the second half they were going to make a

Photo by Isabel Bonebrake isabel.bonebrake@marquette.edu

First-year David Joplin (23) celebrates with Marquette nation after taking down one of the nations top teams.

run, it was just about how we responded to it and I thought we responded very well.”

The Golden Eagles struggled shooting from the field from the start as the team went just 10-for-29 (34.5%) in the first half, but it was their defense that kept them in game for the full 40 minutes.

Despite their cold shooting performance in the first 20 minutes, Marquette forced 15 turnovers in the first half to give them a 28-27 lead at halftime.

Redshirt first-year forward Justin Lewis scored 17 points for the third-straight game for Marquette as he went 5-for-10 from the field and shot 7-for-8 from the free throw line.

The Illini were a force on the board throughout the game as they out-rebounded the Golden Eagles 50-30 on the night.

Despite the height advantage for the Illini, Illinois only outscored Marquette 26-24 in the paint.

Senior guard Trent Frazier had a game-high 23 points for Illinois as he went 7-for15 from the field and 6-for-10 from the 3-point line.

Redshirt sophomore Coleman Hawkins complemented Frazier’s game as he had 13 points on 6-of-12 shooting and eight rebounds for the Illini.

Overall, both teams shot significantly better in the second half, as the Illini went 14-for32 from the field and 6-for-11 from the 3-point line.

As a team, the Golden Eagles would shoot 12-for-25 (48%) from the field in the second half.

Graduate transfer student Kur Kuath came up huge for the Golden Eagles on the defensive end late in the game as the forward had a game-high five blocks and four rebounds on the night.

“Having a guy like Kur on the back end cleaning up everything is phenomenal, he played great in the second half,” Morsell said. “Being a veteran guy he just has to keep playing with confidence so it was just great to see him play that way today.”

Marquette struggled from the free-throw line late in the game, as the Golden Eagles shot a season-low 18-for31 (58.1%) from the charity stripe, but were able to overcome these setbacks with their defense down the stretch.

Marquette (3-0) will now travel to Charleston, South Carolina Nov. 18 to take on Ole Miss in the Shriner’s Childrens Charleston Classic.

Thursday’s contest is set for 6 p.m. Central Standard Time.

“I’m just grateful to be here at Marquette and to have the opportunity to coach these guys,” Smart said. “This is just the beginning for us, there’s going to be twists and turns and up and downs, but I think this is a really good step for us and our guys to understand we can win a game down double figures against a good team.”

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Guards looking to put lessons from last year into action Middleton, Nkumu seeking bigger roles in Duffy’s program

By Hannah Freireich

hannah.freireich@marquette.edu

For many first-year studentathletes, the transition to college can bring challenges. For some it is living away from home for the first time, while for others it is adjusting to the difference in level of competition between high school and college.

Marquette women’s basketball redshirt first-year guards Rose Nkumu and Danyel Middleton are no exception to that.

“Coming in from high school last year to college it’s a different mindset of how fast the game is and how much you have to control on the court,” Nkumu said.

Nkumu has worked a lot on moving the ball around the court and her play-making skills.

“Rose brings a lot of intangible things that are unseen, she’s going to do some good things for us and we’re excited to see Rose play this season,” Taylor said.

Like Nkumu, Middleton saw limited action in her true first year

with the Golden Eagles. improved from last year.

Middleton, who saw eight min“She’s practicing better and just utes across five games off the focused on this team,” Duffy said. bench last season, said she is ea- “Whatever role we give her, she’s ger to show her game and skills really excited about it.” this season.

In Marquette’s 96-35 win over “The biggest lesson I learned Alcorn State Nov. 9, Middleton last year was to wait for my time,” finished with two points, four reMiddleton said. bounds, two “Time always s t e a l s comes and just and a block. (from) working “Thought hard, you will she played exstart to see the tremely hard hard work on the and did a lot floor. I want to of intangibles,” be a role model Duffy said. to our freshman “When I looked and am lookat the stat sheet ing forward to I was surprised supporting the she didn’t have girls throughout more numbers the season.” but her voice, Taylor said she took a Middleton is a ROSE NKUMU charge and had huge competitor.

Redshirt first-year guard some deflec“Danyel will get tions. Those litout there, fly around, tle things with get deflections, she plays hard role players if we can buy into that, but she’s going to be special we love that about her.” for us,” Taylor said. “We need Taylor said on the offensive end, her competitiveness.” she has worked with both Nkumu Marquette women’s basketball and Middleton on passing and comhead coach Megan Duffy said ing open for shots. among the team’s redshirt firstMeanwhile on the defenyear class Middleton is the most sive side, the focus has been on

“

Just continuing to build on my leadership skills and communicate with my teammates are some of my main goals this season.

movement and communication.

“The last thing is defense. We’re improving tremendously as a team defensively so that’s something we’re building on this year up until the end of the season,” Taylor said.

Middleton worked a lot last season on waiting her time and staying out of her head. She aims at staying patient this season to improve her playing time while encouraging the others.

“Staying out of my head was a huge growth I’ve made from last season and believing in what I can do,” Middleton said. “I plan on putting it all out there on the floor and forgetting everything that goes on in life and making sure I do what’s necessary for the team and myself.”

From the sideline last season, Nkumu plans on executing what she has learned in practice and applying it into games.

“Last year I wasn’t very vocal and got talks with Coach Duffy and Jordan on how important it is for a point guard to be vocal,” Nkumu said. “Just continuing to build on my leadership skills and communicate with my teammates are some of my main goals for Photo by Collin Nawrocki collin.nawrocki@marquette.edu the season.”

CLUB SPORTS

‘Bad News Bears’ of Intramural Kickball Tournament Crew crowned champions after 1-5-1 start to season

By Hannah Freireich

hannah.freireich@marquette.edu

3 Dub, an intramural kickball team made up of 13 Marquette seniors, outkicked all other teams to win the 2021 Intramural Kickball Tournament at Valley Fields Nov. 7.

Senior captain George Wong said the team was determined to pull it together over the course of the two-weekend tournament after starting out the season 1-3-1.

“We’re a great team, all of us are seniors and were definitely hungry to win,” Wong said.

The regular season consisted of five games before the playoff bracket was created, which featured a small tournament field of three teams.

The playoffs began the weekend of Oct. 30 and ran through the weekend of Nov. 7.

3 Dub defeated Kicking Balls Kickball 5-0 in the championship game Nov. 7.

“We played the team we lost to earlier in the season so it was like

Photo courtesy of George Wong

Team 3 Dub after winning the Fall 2021 Intramural Kickball Tournament Nov. 7 at Valley Fields. The team began the season 1-5-1.

a revenge game. We dominated the game and won 5-0. We did really well on defense throughout the game and our pitches and hits were really good,” Wong said. “We were the first intramural champion to be crowned this year.”

The team consisted of a bunch of different personalities but it worked out for the team in the long run.

“We definitely are the ‘Bad News Bears’ of intramural kickball but overall the team is very happy about

it,” Wong said.

If there happens to be a spring season for intramural kickball, the team has high expectations for themselves and are looking forward to repeating the championship title in hope of ending their senior year on a high note.

“The Bucks aren’t the only reigning champions in Milwaukee, we’re out here winning championships too,” Wong said.

Besides winning, the kickball

team became a family where everyone got to know each other and just had fun.

“We were able to celebrate as a team over at Potawatomi afterward which was really fun to be all together and have a little team bonding,” Wong said.

The team came up with their own traditions and mottos. Before every game they would do smelling salts and the team motto they always repeated was “locked in.”

Calling him the “right hand man,” senior Matt Benigni is happy about his experience as a senior being a part of something and meeting new friends.

“Coming on the team I only knew four out of the 12. It was a meshing of friend groups but we were that big melting pot. We all became friends or at least all became closer, “ Benigni said. “What we got out of that season outside of kickball definitely exceeded expectations.”

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Kuath brings knowledge, experience to Marquette 6-foot-10 forward follows Smart to BIG EAST from Big 12

By John Leuzzi

john.leuzzi@marquette.edu

Graduate student forward Kur Kuath’s introduction to Marquette men’s basketball head coach Shaka Smart began even before this spring when he decided to transfer to Milwaukee.

Kuath matched up against Smart at least twice per season for the last three years when both were in the Big 12 Conference at Oklahoma and Texas, respectively.

The 6-foot-10 forward said once Smart took the head coaching job at Marquette, he and assistant coach Cody Hatt reached out to him through the NCAA Transfer Portal saying they were interested in him.

Kuath said the decision to join Smart’s program was an easy one.

“Them being opposing coaches over at Texas when I was at Oklahoma, I was playing against them and really liked their style of play and everything they did about their program,” Kuath said. “I felt really comfortable in the relationship with them.”

Last season for the Sooners Kuath started in 15 of the team’s 27 games and averaged 5.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocked shots in 17.1 minutes.

While Kuath continues to learn Marquette’s style of play, he said Smart’s defense —which features intense full-court pressure that rattles the opponent’s options and causes turnovers— fits with his own style of play.

“He’s got a big emphasis on defense and that’s what my game is (surrounded) around a lot,” Kuath said.

Smart said heading into the season, Kuath’s role is set as the team’s starting center.

“I want Kur to walk around like he’s 10 feet tall in terms of the mindset that he has and the confidence he has in who he is as a player and the way he impacts his teammates,” Smart said. “The role for Kur is to protect the rim, spread the floor, rebound, block shots and get in and out of screens very fast.”

Meanwhile Kuath said he envisions his role as a team-minded player. “(To) play hard,” Kuath said.

“I try to play my hardest on both sides of the ball to help my team get a win. I do whatever it takes to help my guys out in any ways I can.”

With being the lone

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Graduate student forward Kur Kuath dunks in Marquette’s 98-40 exhibition win over Bowie State Nov. 4. Kuath transferred from Oklahoma.

upper-level player among the team’s forwards, Kuath said he is looking to bring his experiences from the Big 12 and NCAA Tournament to the unit.

“Being a young team, there’s a lot that they can learn and a lot I can teach them,” Kuath said. “I feel like I’m bringing that go hard everyday mentality because it is my last year and I want to bring out the best in my team to help everybody have a successful season.” The South Sudan native brings versatility to the center position for Smart as he is able to block, shoot and pass.

“I’ve always been taught to have a good shot, pass it up for a better shot but I’m always just trying to help my teammates get in better position to score as well,” Kuath said. “I feel like with my skills and things that I’ve learned throughout the years is that as a post (player), when you get the ball in the paint, it tends to collapse the defense and usually the weak side. It’s always (been) something I’ve worked on.”

Kuath racked up four blocks, six defensive rebounds and a steal in Marquette’s 98-40

exhibition win over Division II Bowie State Nov. 4.

Redshirt first-year guard Tyler Kolek said Kuath’s blocking ability is huge to what the Golden Eagles hope to accomplish this season.

“His shot blocking really helps us,” Kolek said. “I can pressure the ball, maybe I’ll get beat (but) I know he’s back there ready to protect the rim. He defends really well. It’s great to have him back there.”

Redshirt first-year forward Justin Lewis said going up against Kuath in practice is challenging.

“Kur is tough,” Lewis said.

“You can try to dunk on him as many times as you want (but) it won’t end up good.”

With the 2021-22 season starting up, Kuath said he has sights on silverware for the Golden Eagles, and maybe even himself.

“My biggest goal is trying to win BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year. Also winning the BIG EAST Championship and (then) a March Madness Championship because that’s always something that has been my main goal,” Kuath said.

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Kuath attempts a layup in Marquette’s 88-77 win over SIUE Nov. 9.

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

VOLLEYBALL

NETISINGHA: Reunites with former club player Continued from page 12 assistant, student assistant, manager or assistant coach, the ability to control the ball, manipulate (it) and make your players better is a coaching gift,” Theis said.

Netisingha said he began to cultivate that “coaching gift” during his youth while growing up in Hinsdale, Illinois.

“Coaching came super natural to me because that’s what I did,” Netisingha said. “When I was 15 years old, they asked me to help work some camps at the club I played for. That was my summer job for the rest of my life, essentially.”

Before coming onto coach Theis’ staff in 2013, Netsingha played a year of volleyball at St. Ambrose University, before transferring to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to become a volunteer assistant coach for the Badgers from 2009-2011.

Netisingha would earn his Bachelor’s degree in sociology in 2012 while in Madison.

Following the 2013 season, both went their separate ways.

Theis left Ohio to become the head coach at Marquette while Netisingha headed to the University of Nebraska to be a graduate assistant before becoming an assistant coach at Illinois State from 2016-2018.

Then after the 2018

season, Netisingha left the collegiate level as he and his wife moved to Milwaukee so she could finish her Ph.D in Kinesiology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Despite leaving the college coaching ranks, Netisingha found a new opportunity to coach with the Milwaukee Sting

for him.

“It was awesome. There’s a lot of ups and downs with coaches and many players like different coaching styles, but everyone on our team loved playing for him,” Naber said. “Everyone was committed to what he was doing, what he was saying and so I thought that really brought our

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Netisingha ahead of Marquette’s 3-0 win vs St. John’s Oct. 15.

Volleyball Club.

It was with the local club that Netisingha met future Marquette first-year defensive specialist Samantha Naber.

Naber said she first met Netisingha while trying out for the U16 Gold team.

She said in the time she played under Netisingha with Sting, she and her teammates loved playing

team together.”

Then this past summer, Netisingha and Theis would rejoin forces on the bench as he joined the Golden Eagles.

Naber said she was hoping as the process was playing out that her former club coach would be joining her at college.

“The whole time I was like ‘Is it going to happen? Are you

gonna come?’ and for a while it was kind of iffy,” Naber said.

“I was on him ‘You’re coming, you’re gonna make this work’ and so when he did it was pretty cool because I knew that if I had any concerns, any questions or wasn’t quite comfortable with the new coaching staff, I had him.”

Energy Naber said one of the things she expected from Netisingha was his energy.

During their time with Sting, Naber said that after a win, Netisingha would allow them to show their excitement in a unique way.

“After big games, we would always do something,” Naber said.

“If we won, we would look into each other’s eyes and just scream our heads off. It was so cool because everyone was involved.”

Naber said that Netisinga is expressive on the bench and she loves that he matches their energy.

“He’s in it with us and he shows that emotion,” Naber said.

“I love that he’s helping us get energy and is bringing energy.

Some coaches they like to stay level; I like that they are in it with us.”

Theis said Netisingha’s energy is seen in games and practices.

“He’s animated, he gets into it, he’ll throw out the obligatory

‘Let’s go’ and the fist pumps and the high fives,” Theis said. “It’s wonderful, it’s terrific. It is not my style but that’s on purpose so to have staff doing that stuff is great.”

Netisingha said being an energetic person has always been a part of him.

“I’d like to say it’s something that I worked really hard at, but I think it’s part of who I am,” Netisingha said. “I enjoy it, I build off the enthusiasm the players have when they do something well or have been working on it.

There’s not a much better feeling than that and I think it’s the same for them.”

Plans for the Future Beyond this season, Netisingha said he is hoping to continue coaching, whether it be at Marquette or elsewhere.

“If I am at Marquette, then I will know that I have done something right and if I’m not, then I think I’ll land on my feet somewhere else: Be it a college assistant coaching job, in the future maybe head coach somewhere,” Netisingha said. “And I’m not opposed to any level of coaching, I think it’s a great privilege to impart knowledge and mentor and be a leader and I think you can learn so much from doing that.”

Graphic by Kayla Nickerson