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25 MU staff members receive layoffs Cuts made as part of effort to reduce future increases in tuition

By Joe Kaiser

joseph.kaiser@marquette.edu

Marquette is eliminating 25 staff positions in an effort to cut costs, announced Interim University President the Rev. Robert A. Wild in a letter to faculty and staff Wednesday. No faculty positions are affected.

Andrew Brodzeller, associate director of university communication, said he could not provide specific details about the positions being cut, but did confirm that supervisors were in the process Wednesday of informing the 25 employees their time at Marquette is ending.

“Decisions such as these are among the toughest we face as university leaders,” Wild said in the letter. “Although Marquette has operated with positive margins for the past 16 years, they have remained thin. The decisions announced today are steps we must take to ensure the university’s long-term fiscal health.”

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Interim president the Rev. Robert A. Wild said in a letter to faculty Wednesday the layoffs were necessary to prevent a large increase in tuition next year.

Recent seasons see slip in men’s basketball crowds Number of students at games decreasing since 2006-07 season

Poor attendance at games hitting home for MU SuperFans

By Andrew Dawson

By Patrick Leary

National Marquette Day drew a crowd of 18,644 fans, the second largest crowd of the season, to watch the men’s basketball team defeat Xavier, according to Marquette Athletics.

But this is not the norm.

The average attendance for Marquette’s home games stands at 15,255 for the 2013-14 season so far, with Wednesday’s Creighton game attracting 15,539 fans. While the number is a slight increase from the 14,778 mean last season, average attendance for men’s basketball experienced a 9 percent drop between the 2006-07 and 2012-13 seasons.

Moments before Marquette’s basketball game against Providence Jan. 30, Spencer Bonahoom looked behind him, and what he saw from his front row seat was disappointing.

“You just turn around and you see that the lower bowl’s not even full in the student section,” Bonahoom said.

“We sort of laugh it off, but it’s kind of frustrating. It’s like, ‘Well, should we even be yelling as loud?’”

Bonahoom, a senior in the College of Business Administration, is the president of SuperFans, a student organization that works “closely with

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CALENDAR...........................2 DPS REPORTS......................2 CLASSIFIEDS........................5

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So far, this year saw a slight increase in average attendance, but not enough to match numbers seven years ago.

MARQUEE...................6 VIEWPOINTS..............8 SPORTS.......................10

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eLIMO

Fransen

Killian

MU students work to create electric-powered LIMO. PAGE 4

Malicious protagonists are an unsettling trend in television.

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U.S.-Canada matchup could be best game of the Olympics.

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Bowman announces presidential run Colleagues describe MUSG EVP as ‘fiery,’ ‘extremely passionate’

By Joe Kvartunas

joseph.kvartunas@marquette.edu

On most days, MUSG Executive Vice President Zach Bowman can be seen through the window to the Marquette Student Government offices working at his desk, past the room where senators work, his left foot tucked under him on the chair.

The junior in the College of Arts & Sciences spends at least 20 hours a week in his role as EVP, working with senators, meeting with administrators and chairing the Student Organization Funding Committee and the ad hoc committee reviewing the SOF process.

This spring, the busy Bowman will add even more to his plate when he runs for MUSG president.

“I’ve always been one that wants to get involved,” BowPhoto by Xidan Zhang/xidan.zhang@marquette.edu man said. “I think I could point to my mom and say that she’s al- MUSG Executive Vice President Zach Bowman will begin campaigning after all the tickets are finalized Feb. 28. ways been one that took on way more welcoming to all kinds of too many things. She was always Marquette community comes of Schultz.

This was illustrated best, Schul- different people. He tackled this super involved in my high school from his fiery personality.

“I think that Zach is an ex- tz said, when Bowman and he met issue in his standard zealous way, things and my grade school things and in the community. I guess her tremely passionate individual,” with Marquette Board of Trustees helping to create and distribute example led me to want to get in- said Off-Campus Senator Mary Chairman Charles Swoboda to a gender and sexuality survey McCarthy, a senior in the College discuss including a student on the last semester, taking part in a volved at a similar level.” university climate study and now The Millstadt, Ill., native had a of Arts & Sciences. “Everything presidential search committee.

“There were three of us in that working on a gender and sexualsimilar level of involvement be- he does – no matter how it comes off – he’s always meeting,” Schultz said. “The ity action group. fore he became thinking about questions I was asking were more The senators who took the EVP . As a freshthe bigger pic- about the logistics of the president lead on the issue were thankful man, he joined ture and how he search and how this was all go- for his help. the Marquette can help things. ing to go down, and how we were “Knowing he was the person College DemoAnd I think that going to move forward. And then who was in those conversations crats and the passion goes into Zach was like ‘I’m going to call was reassuring for me,” McCarResidence Hall other aspects of you out on this. We really need thy said. “I knew that even though Association. As his life.” to have a student on this thing.’ It I couldn’t be involved in some of a sophomore, he B o w m a n provided a good balance there.” those conversations, I knew that served as presidescribes himself MUSG was ultimately denied he could be a voice for students dent of the Colas headstrong, a student seat on the presidential who felt there was a lack of clarlege Democrats and others in search committee, despite Schul- ity on the administration’s part.” and a senator Marguerite Biagi, a junior in from the College Mary McCarthy, MUSG say this tz and Bowman’s efforts. aspect of his But this is not the only issue the College of Arts & Sciences, of Arts & Scisenior, College of Arts& Sciences personality gives Bowman undertook.

Last sewill join Bowman’s ticket as his ences, as well as Off-Campus Senator the organization mester, Bowman began working executive vice president in the taking on the adheavily with McCarthy and Off- spring elections. ditional senate role of president an advantage.

MUSG President Sam Schul- Campus Senator Natasha Hansen The duo will begin campro tempore for a time. He even tried his hand at being a resident tz, a senior in the College of on issues of gender and sexuality paigning after all the tickets are finalized Feb. 28. assistant—a job he decided did Art & Sciences, certainly feels on campus. that way. The spirited Bowman As a gay man at a Cathonot fit him.

Those who know him well say often provides a stark contrast to lic university, Bowman said he his drive to be involved with the the even-keeled leadership style wants to see the campus become

Everything he does – no matter how it comes off – he’s always thinking about the bigger picture and how he can help things.”

Events Calendar FEBUARY 2014

MXMU Student Showcase, AMU first floor, 8:30 p.m.

S M T W T F S 1 Annex Pop Quiz, Union Sports Annex, 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 p.m.

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Thursday 20

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Alpha Phi Puppy Chow sale, Straz Business Hall, 10 a.m.

Hot Chocolate Sale, Under Raynor Bridge, 10 a.m.

MAM After Dark: MKE Cocktails and Crafts, Milwaukee Art Museum, 6 p.m.

In Living Color: Commemorating Black History, AMU Ballrooms, 5 p.m.

Nawao! It’s time for Africa!, Weasler Auditorium, 7 p.m.

LGBT in the Media, Johnston Hall, 7 p.m.

Brewcity Bruisers Home Season Bout, U.S. Cellular Arena, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee Bucks vs. Denver Nuggets, BMO Harris Bradley Center, 7 p.m.

The Meladies at the Annex, Union Sports Annex, 9 p.m.

DPS Reports Saturday 22 Dance Marathon, Union Sports Annex, 4 p.m.

Brew City Stomp Down, Varsity Theater, 5 p.m.

Bucks vs. Indiana Pacers with Coolio halftime concert, Bradley Center, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday 23 Wind Ensemble Concert, Varsity Theater, 2 p.m.

Monday 24 Yoga Class, AMU, 5 p.m.

“When I was losing, they called me nuts. When I was winning they called me eccentric.”

–Al McGuire

Feb. 19 At 12:26 p.m., a taxi cab driver reported that a student left a taxi without paying the full fare in the 700 block of N. 16th St.

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Attendance: Fans have increased television, streaming alternatives Other than the Ohio State and National Marquette Day games, attendance has kind of been lame.”

Ryan Woo, Sophomore, College of Business Administration

Infographic by Maddy Kennedy/madeline.kennedy@marquette.edu

Kimberly Mueller, associate athletics director of marketing and sales, remains confident the average will increase from years prior. A final average will be available after the final home game March 8.

Mueller did not comment on why attendance slipped at Marquette, since she did not have final numbers for the current season. The decrease in attendance, however, is a national phenomenon. Attendance for Division I men’s basketball across the country dropped by nearly half a million over the past four years, according to the NCAA. A common speculation as to

the reason for the drop is an increase in television and online viewership. Ohio State athletics director Gene Smith told USA Today, “People are different now. They cherrypick. They won’t go to every game because you have all these other options to see the games. That’s hard. That’s what’s hurting us.”

But television viewership is not the only factor. This is the first year Marquette basketball games were broadcasted on FOX Sports 1, following a deal between the Big East and the broadcast company.

It may also help to consider that Marquette games still draw

sizable crowds, but only for the better quality opponents. With the formation of the new Big East, the departures of national powerhouses Notre Dame, Syracuse and Louisville mean fewer high-attendance games.

The Notre Dame game last year alone drew a crowd of 19,093.

The Ohio State game in November boasted the highest attendance this season with a fan count of 18,756. The Xavier game was the only other time this year the attendance number came close.

Some student section ticket holders like Ryan Woo, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, said the

eLIMO progress still charged Nearly 50 engineering students involved in fuel efficiency project

By Matt Kulling

matthew.kulling@marquette.edu

The College of Engineering and the Department of Public Safety are working on fixing problems with the ongoing program to create an electric-powered LIMO to be used in place of the current gas-powered vehicles.

The project has been developing for seven years, taken up by each successive class in the College of Engineering senior design class.

George Corliss, professor emeritus in the College of Engineering, said nearly 50 students are in the class, contributing to the project.

According to the project’s website, the final goal is to have a fullyelectric Ford E-350 van, which is the standard van used for the gas-powered LIMO. The second goal of the project is to demonstrate the viability of electric vehicles and promote interest in such technologies.

“This (project) was intended as a demonstration,” Corliss said. “The first of something can be built with enthusiasm, volunteers and much donated equipment; the second instance needs to be purchased.”

Corliss added he and the team are aware there are already commercial electric vehicles available, but the university does not want to take any risks with them.

“Marquette is a careful steward of your tuition dollars,” Corliss said. “The university prefers to be conservative, using standard, easily serviced vehicles rather than aggressive choices that could prove difficult and expensive to maintain.”

Lt. Dan Kolosovsky, the manager for Student Safety Programs, said in an email that although he thinks eLIMOs are a great concept, it might be a while before it becomes a viable option.

“While the concept of an electrical vehicle is great,” Kolosovsky said, “there is yet much work that needs to be done before the eLIMO, let alone a fleet of them, can be fully functional and practical to utilize for LIMO transports.”

Kolosovsky added that other factors like the length of the charge for an electrical LIMO, would not allow them to be driven for a normal 10-hour shift.

One of the reasons the project started is because the current LIMOs are not fuel efficient. According to the website, it may cost as much as $1,000 per night to operate the LIMOs. The transformation process from gas to electric involves removing unnecessary components

like the engine, transmission and fuel tanks and replacing them with electric components.

Corliss said the program is making progress.

“Our eLIMO saw intermittent service in the LIMO fleet during the 2011-2012 academic year,” Corliss said. “The 2012-2013 senior design teams made major upgrades, allowing me to drive the eLIMO to Madison for an alternative fuel vehicle show.”

Corliss added that by the end of the 2012-13 academic year, the van stopped working and the goal of this year’s class is to get it running again.

Mike Whittow, university sustainability officer, said the eLIMO program sets a good example for students.

“We thought it was a great example of our students researching ways to use technology to help the University be more sustainable with the use of mass transit on campus,” Whittow said in an email.

Corliss said the eLIMO project received support from several groups across the state, including Marquette Student Government, Rockwell Automation and the World Wildlife Fund.

Corliss added the estimated fair market value for the goods and services in the current project is at $100,000, not including the thousands of hours of work by students.

games are just not as appealing.

“Other than the Ohio State and National Marquette Day games, attendance has kind of been lame,” Woo said.

Not only is the lack of big games hurting attendance, but the dates of the games also play a factor. This year, many of Marquette’s home contests fall on weekdays, which typically draw smaller crowds.

“It’s harder to get fans excited for a weekday game against Creighton versus a weekday game against (Syracuse),” said Peter Fiorentino, a sophomore in the College of Communication.

For the Wednesday Creighton game, some fans sold their tickets for very little — some even giving them away for free — on the Marquette Ticket Exchange Facebook page throughout the week. Student section tickets, especially for games against nationally-ranked opponents like Creighton, typically sell from anywhere between $10 and $50, sometimes even more.

Owen Sutton, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences and season ticket holder, said the exchange process feels different this year.

“Last year, you could sell your tickets for any game and there was for sure people willing to buy them,” Sutton said.

“This year, however, I’ve found that a large sum of people are simply giving their tickets away for free on the ticket exchange. For the most part, if you didn’t want to buy season tickets this year, you would have

been able to go to at least half the games for free.”

It is also important to note that despite, the attendance decline, Marquette consistently placed in the top 25 for national men’s basketball average attendance since 2002.

“More than 18,600 fans were on hand for the Xavier game last weekend and large crowds are expected for the stretch run in the Big East, which should place Marquette among elite company in attendance,” Andrew Brodzeller, associate director of university communications, said in an email.

Brodzeller also said declining attendance is not affecting team revenues.

“Beyond attendance, ancillary revenue streams attributed to men’s basketball have grown incrementally in each of the last six years, which is a trend we expect to continue,” Brodzeller said.

The men’s basketball team generated more than $16 million in the 2012-13 season, and $5.3 million in profit, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics report.

For many students, though, the men’s basketball games are more than revenues and attendance rates.

“I find the games incredibly exciting,” said Hannah Podvin, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences. “It’s not just about winning, it’s about seeing the Marquette community come together, from alumni to students.”

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Layoffs: 105 staff positions to be gradually eliminated Each laid off employee will receive a severance package that includes extended pay and benefits, and is being offered “spiritual and career transition assistance.” Brodzeller said the university contracted Lee Hecht Harrison, a worldwide career transition firm, to provide career coaches with knowledge in the job market, strategies for job searches and polishing communication skills, among other services.

Wild said these 25 staff reductions combined with future employee turnover, retirements and not filling some current vacancies would total in 105 staff reductions from the total employee base of 2,800. Brodzeller also noted that the budget process is “ongoing.”

In November, Wild asked each dean and vice president to conduct a financial review of their colleges and operating divisions and then propose three budget cut scenarios to the President’s Advisory Group.

Wild also outlined goals for the university for the 2015 fiscal year, including creating a balanced budget that includes a contingency fund, decreasing tuition, providing a merit salary pool and creating a Strategic Initiatives Pool.

The university announced two months later tuition would increase 3.7 percent, or $1,280 more, for the 2014-15 school year, which

is the smallest increase since the 2009-10 school year. This continued a trend of Marquette’s tuition growth slowing over the past four years, which Wild attributed to examining the budget and making “cost-reduction initiatives.”

“My top priority since October has been working with the university leadership team to take a proactive approach to reduce costs and improve efficiencies across campus,” Wild wrote in his letter announcing the tuition increase.

“This fiscal focus recognizes our need to control costs for students and parents, while continuing to provide a Catholic, Jesuit education steeped in excellence.”

Nearly a year ago, Marquette asked departments to reduce or return 2 percent of the 2013 budget.

That request followed a report in which Moody’s changed its projected shift from a “stable” to “negative” growth for the higher education industry. According to a survey conducted by Moody’s then, 18 percent of its private university and 17 percent of its public university respondents projected a decline in net tuition revenue.

According to Marquette University’s Financial Statements, about 58.5 percent of the university’s total operating revenues comes from tuition and room and board fees.

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Annual Greek life competition heats up Varsity’s dance floor

By Kevin Ward

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The largest and most energetic step show in Wisconsin, the National Pan-Hellenic Council’s Brew City Stomp Down, returns to the Varsity Theatre Saturday at 5:30 p.m.

For $20, spectators will see nine sororities and fraternities compete in dance battles to music from local DJ Poison Ivy. Comedian DUKK, star of the YouTube series “N.A.P.S.” will host the event.

The National Pan-Hellenic Council started the Brew City Stomp Down in the mid-1990s to

showcase Black Greek Letter organizations and traditions, like the art and energy of stepping. The group also wanted to establish a Black History Month program that could continue year to year.

“This show is getting extremely popular,” said sophomore Trevon Wesley, a member of Kappa Alpha Psi. “We have had people from all over the country travel to Milwaukee to see this event because it is extremely entertaining, and the competiveness is at an all-time high.”

The show is currently the largest Greek step show in Wisconsin.

“It is a very competitive show, which each fraternity and sorority organization begins preparing for months and months ahead of time,” Wesley said. “Each organization practices at night multiple times a week where they put together their original and complete show piece.”

TJ Bowden, the vice president of the National Pan-Hellenic Council and member of Kappa Alpha Psi, described the high energy expected at the event. “(It) is the hallmark event of the year for the Divine Nine to come together, perform, compete and celebrate a fun stepping tradition here on campus and in Wisconsin,” Bowden said. “The audience will be exposed to an incredible production of fraternity and sorority teams stepping, performing and competing for first place.

Teams will all have a variety of themes to their performances with tons of fun lights, music and videos.”

Marquette’s competition will feature themed performances from members of the Divine Nine, nine historic African-American fraternities and sororities that have chapters on hundreds of campuses around the world. This year’s

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“The Brew City Stomp Down is a competition that all fraternities and sororities in the Divine Nine take very seriously,” said senior Tamiah McCoy, member of Zeta Phi Beta. “All organizations work extremely hard to put on a great show.”

Fraternities will compete against fraternities, and sororities against sororities. Last year’s reigning champions, the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity and the Zeta Phi Beta sorority, hope to defend their titles.

“There are more competitors this year who want to win just as bad as we do, but we’ve been practicing really hard to ensure we defend our six-year winning streak,” said McCoy. “Creating a show and practicing gives us a chance to display our talents outside of academics. It is also a

great opportunity for us to bond, as one of the principles we hold high is sisterly love.”

Bowden said his fraternity’s high energy and astronaut-themed routine was an audience favorite, and he expects a similar response this time around. The Zeta Phi Beta sorority, however, isn’t letting any secrets out about its performance.

“All I can say is that you’re in for a surprise,” McCoy said, “and we have a great show prepared for you guys.”

After the show, spectators can continue the festivities at the annual after party in the Alumni Memorial Union Ballrooms from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Students must bring their Marquette I.D.s to get in and can bring one guest.

“At the after party, we have an abundance of Greek attendance (with) special strolls and dances,” Wesley said. “Strolling includes a variety of unique dancing that each fraternity and sorority takes part in. All the fraternities and sororities have their own unique form of strolling.”

Audience members are encouraged to talk with the dancers and connect with fraternity and sorority alums while enjoying refreshments and listening to more music from Poison Ivy. “Although this show is big on competition, it also brings together all different organizations and forms Greek unity,” Wesley said. “(It) sheds a positive light on the Milwaukee area and brings a vibrant culture to Marquette’s campus.”

But the Stomp Down is more than just an entertaining performance; it is an opportunity to connect with diverse Marquette groups and see Greek life in a new light.

“Every year, the Brew City step show sells out and packs Varsity Theatre with a full crowd of Greeks, non-Greeks, college students, non-college students and families,” Bowden said. “It is an event students on this campus should experience. It truly is the most talented and eventful step show in Wisconsin, which is why the show is so successful and fun to watch every year.”

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Milwaukee zoo to host first Zumba fitness program Dance fans invited to exercise, support animals’ well-being

By Hannah Byron Special to the Tribune

The Milwaukee County Zoo will host its first Zumba Fitness Party Saturday from 6-8 p.m.

The zoo may have a lot to offer its guests during the day, but for $15, visitors can gain admittance to one of the zoo’s more original after-hours events. All proceeds will go to the Zoological Society’s Sponsor an animal program benefitting the zoo’s animals.

According to Becky Lusp, the sponsor animal marketing assistant, the inspiration behind the Zumba Fitness Party is multifaceted.

“We basically were looking for an event to benefit the animals at the Milwaukee County Zoo,” Lusp said. “A couple of my coworkers and I took Zumba classes, and we know that there are Zumba zoos out there, so we started to make this an event for the zoo.”

Zumba Jammer Rachel Beimel and other Zumba instructors from the area will lead the group in popular cardio dance routines to turn up the heat as if they were dancing in the warmth of an exotic jungle instead of the cold Midwest winter. In addition to Zumba dancing, attendees will be

able to purchase Zumba apparel provided at the event.

The dance party will take place at the Zoo’s Peck Welcome Center. All participants 14 and older are welcome to bust a move, show off their skills and dance the night away.

For those who have never done Zumba before, no worries; experience is not necessary. Lusp encourages male and female participants to attend the event regardless of their previous knowledge of Zumba. Participants are welcome to dance and take breaks as often as they please.

“Anyone can do it,” Lusp said.

“Go your own pace.”

Lusp said she hopes the Zumba Fitness Party will have a big turnout so the event can become an annual tradition at the zoo. She looks forward to dancing and creating a fun-filled environment for Zumba and animal lovers alike.

“For us, (the best part of the event is) to have a big ole dance party here at the zoo,” Lusp said.

“It’s going to be very exciting, very high energy. It’s just going to be a great time.”

Party animals wanting to register for Zumba at the zoo can sign up online or call (414) 258-2333.

Walk-in registration is available, but priority will be given to participants who pre-register if spaces become limited. Registration ends Feb. 20.

Get ready to let loose, take a break from the books and get your jungle boogie on.

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Dancers cannot exercise with the tigers or any other animal, but the entrance fees will help pay for animals’ care.

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The Marquette Tribune Editorial Board:

Tonny Manno,Viewpoints Editor Elena Fransen, Assistant Viewpoints Editor Tessa Fox, Editor-in-Chief Sarah Hauer, Managing Editor Joe Kaiser, News Editor Rob Gebelhoff, Projects Editor Claire Nowake, Marquee Editor

Our twisted appreciation for television’s antiheroes

Patrick Leary, Sports Editor Alec Brooks, Copy Chief Maddy Kennedy, Visual Content Editor Rebecca Rebholz, Photo Editor

STAFF EDITORIAL

Courses with community interaction benefit students

Photo via Marquette Images

Meg Kissinger (right), a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter, received the national Polk Award for her “Chronic Crisis” project that Marquette journalism students contributed to.

Our view: Classes with pragmatic project components rooted in the community offer perks to students’ experiences at the university.

Certain courses offered at Marquette continually engage students in hands-on coursework that extends learning benefits outside the confines of the classroom.

Sunday, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Meg Kissinger was given the Polk Award for her “Chronic Crisis” series that investigated mental health care in the Milwaukee area. The Polk Award is one of the highest honors in journalism.

It’s worth noting that students from the College of Communication worked with Kissinger on the project. This is the kind of opportunity Marquette colleges should look for to add to the curriculum: projects that not only allow students to work in the field, but also put them in close dialogue with Milwaukeeans outside of campus.

A group of students in a journalism course taught last year by then professional-in-residence Herbert Lowe worked on small contributions to the Journal Sentinel’s mental health coverage. Students interviewed a social worker, an attorney, a mental health patient, a police officer and more, putting together videos detailing their subjects’ experiences.

This is the type of hands-on experience many programs on campus should be promoting. Too many courses attempt to teach skills internally, relying on activities like interviews with fellow students or mock presentations that try to mimic real experience. These activities do not replicate how students will handle their work in the field after graduation.

Instead, the university should continue to base intermediate and upper-level

courses on tangible, meaningful projects.

There are two advantages to this practical learning. First, students are able to contribute to projects that are aimed toward wider audiences and, as seen in the case of “Chronic Crisis,” sustain a wide impact that extends beyond campus to Milwaukee and beyond. Second, students are allowed the real world experiences akin to an internship. Working these skills into everyday coursework means better practice for students who are moving to work on such projects after their years at Marquette.

The Journal Sentinel’s success with the “Chronic Crisis” series is a testament to the connections Marquette has to different groups in Milwaukee. The College of Communication students involved in Kissinger’s project now have the advantage of association with a major national award-winning investigative project. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. One of the greatest benefits of this and similar projects is not just being able to put it on a resume, but working with and learning from professionals along the way.

Beyond coursework, Marquette offers other opportunities for interactive learning as well. Tuesday at noon, Marquette will host a Panel on Homelessness in the AMU Ballrooms, where four formerly homeless men and women will provide a Q&A session for students. Marquette Tribune staff and students studying social welfare and justice organized this event. Projects that involve direct interaction with the greater Milwaukee community are available, the city, university and students all stand to benefit.

Professors and administrators should continue to seek out new avenues to make this possible.

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Elena Fransen Netflix released its second season of “House of Cards,” last week, a political thriller series following the despicable dealings of fictional Congressman Frank Underwood. While he is marked as a scoundrel, there is something about Underwood that keeps one intrigued and waiting to see what he’ll do next. He’s not the only one caught up in a fictional game of deception and manipulation.

Evident in television series’ such as “Mad Men,” “Breaking Bad” and “The Sopranos,” villainy has become a trend for male protagonists. In their fictional worlds, they appear to be average men, but what they do behind closed doors is deplorable – and usually illegal. These antiheroes lie, manipulate and ruin lives, but we raise them up as unlikely models for society.

Suave ad director Don Draper, chemistry wizard Walter White, social butterfly Frank Underwood and “family” man Tony Soprano all have this in common. Yet that doesn’t keep us from enjoying their exploits.

Their misdeeds are intoxicating. Draper is a favorite of mine, and with each of his dalliances and corporate power-plays, I get so caught up in this crazy fictional life

that I don’t consider the morality of his actions. He is fictional, after all, but if I knew a real-life Don Draper, I would run out the door rather than sitting still and eagerly awaiting another obscure preview for the next episode.

With this thought in mind, I wonder why these antiheroes are still appealing to a mass audience when we denigrate their actions. Do we envy these enthralling and charismatic fictional men and long to be them? Do they contribute anything positive to society, or are they cautionary figures?

Anyone who has loved one (or more) of these shows and watched an entire series in Netflix binge sessions knows the thrill that comes with each new episode and wondering how these guys will handle the hot water they got themselves into. Usually they get out of whatever mess they’re in, but it’s troubling that we celebrate when they one-up an adversary and, once again, come out unscathed.

As someone honest who actually cares about people, I feel like a saint after watching Draper or Underwood for a few episodes. But I am a little uncomfortable with my ability to sympathize with these maleficent protagonists and brush it off by saying “Frank is making things right” and “Don … had a rough childhood.”

These antiheroes are fictional, but we need to be careful about who we portray as models of our time. It is easy to be sucked into the drama of these shows, but we can’t get too involved to the point where we forget these men are not who we want to emulate. I guess we can all enjoy their escapades while they last, remaining cautious of the Don Drapers in our real lives.

Elena Fransen is a junior studying history and philosophy. Email Elena with any comments or suggestions at elena.fransen@marquette.edu

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With internships, lazy days of summer are no more

Seamus Doyle During the short, dark days of winter, it may be hard to remember there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, a season of warmth and sunshine. Summer has always been a sacred time for me, a time of freedom, ease and adventure. This summer, that’s all changing.

Throughout my earliest years – growing up on Milwaukee’s north side in the Washington Park neighborhood – summer was ignorant bliss. I was too happy with my big wheel tricycle and popsicles to worry about the crime and violence that slowly infiltrated my neighborhood.

By the time I turned six, my family moved to the west side of Milwaukee, a mere stone’s throw from the suburbs.

The summers there were sweet relief from the anxiety of school and my juvenile responsibilities. Armed with a new best friend and a great big park, the possibilities were limitless. Riding my bike down to the lake every July 3 to see the fireworks, game nights with my older sisters and their friends, the backyard barbeques and occasionally getting into – and out of – trouble.

Then along came high school and with it “the summer job.” My first at the Wisconsin State Fair, working in food prep and

busing tables for Saz’s, a BBQ ribs joint, I later worked as a Milwaukee County Lifeguard. It was there that I learned about a real work ethic, seeing a job through and always giving it my best. But even with the added responsibility, those summers brought safety, familiarity and, beyond all, fun.

I wouldn’t trade my time lifeguarding at inner city Milwaukee pools for the world because of the people I met and the experiences I had.

Yet, as a junior in college, I have come to the stark realization that lifeguarding experience won’t find me a job, and my mother is quick to point this out anytime the word “internship” is mentioned.

Making difficult decisions has never been my forte. Taking the easy way out can be too, well, easy. I studied abroad in Rome because most of the people there speak some English. The apartment my roommate and I live in is the only one we looked at, so I said “why not?” Even Marquette was the easy choice, being from Milwaukee with two parents who are alumni, a sister who was a senior here, and a slew of classmates from my high school planning on attending. Today, however, I still believe Marquette was the right decision.

I’ve already applied to a number of internships – most having to do with public policy, government, economics, democracy and conflict resolution – all topics that I am deeply interested in and excited about. I have grand plans for changing the world, no matter how foolhardy they might be. As sad as I am to be leaving behind the simplicity of past summers, I’m excited for the challenges ahead.

Seamus Doyle is a junior studying international affairs and writting-intensive English. Email Seamus at seamus.doyle@marquette.edu with any comments or suggestions.

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MU win streak snapped at 3 Missed free throws allow Bluejays to run away in second half

By Trey Killian

robert.killian@marquette.edu

Marquette tried its best to hold off No. 11 Creighton in front of a raucous home crowd. However, stretches of poor defense and key missed free throws doomed the Golden Eagles’ chances at a much-needed RPI boost in the 85-70 loss.

The game felt like a repeating cycle in which Marquette cut the deficit to two or three possessions only to miss chances at the charity stripe and allow Creighton to answer with a run.

The Golden Eagles missed 16 free throws to shoot a measly 55.6 percent from the line. In a game Marquette lost by fifteen, every brick went a long way.

“That’s one of our priorities,” coach Buzz Williams said. “If we shoot around 70 percent from the free throw line, our points per possession numbers are much better. We’re built to shoot free throws in the same manner that they’re built to shoot threes. You have to make more than 56 percent of your free throws.”

Defensively, the Golden Eagles struggled to get consecutive stops and had a difficult time capitalizing on opportunities.

Marquette corralled 12 offensive rebounds and scored 15 second-chance points, but appeared to leave even more second chance points on the floor. The Bluejays grabbed just one offensive board, but coach Greg McDermott said he was more concerned with getting his team’s defense set each possession.

One way or another, Creighton’s offense flowed through Player-of-the-Year candidate Doug McDermott. In the first

half, McDermott scored just eight points but skillfully passed out of double teams to the Bluejays’ open, ice-cold shooters.

He picked up the slack in the second half with 17 points, including a three-pointer with about six and a half minutes left that served as an early dagger.

“He’s constantly moving,” Marquette point guard Derrick Wilson said. “He’s maybe the most active player in NCAA basketball. That’s probably why he gets so many shots.

That constant movement is really tough to guard, especially when a guy that size can both shoot and play inside.”

Wilson also praised McDermott’s supporting cast, most notably its ability to knock down three-pointers seemingly at will.

The Bluejays knocked down 12 of their 23 attempts from beyond the arc, which accounted for over half of their total field goal attempts. They announced their presence from downtown early as five of their first six field goals were 3-pointers.

“They put you in a lot of situations where you have to pick your poison,” Williams said. “We tried a lot of different things, weren’t successful at many. They’re really good, all credit to them. They beat us, straight up.”

While the emergence of a hot hand is a common factor in Marquette’s wins this season, the Golden Eagles couldn’t find a consistent go-to guy in the second half Wednesday night. Four Marquette players reached double-digits, but no one scored more than Todd Mayo’s 13 points.

Despite the loss, Wilson said the team’s confidence has grown and defeat won’t put them back into a slump.

“I think we are really good,” Wilson said. “Sometimes we have lapses, but I feel like we’re starting to put it together. It’s hard to beat teams like Creighton, but I think we’re starting to pull together.”

Photo by Amy Elliot-Meisel/amy.elliot-meisel@marquette.edu

Junior Derrick Wilson shoots a layup versus Creighton. Wilson was one of four MU players to score 10-plus points.

Women’s basketball upsets Blue Demons 55-point second half halts DePaul’s ninegame winning streak

By Matt Barbato

matthew.barbato@marquette.edu

The Marquette women’s basketball team didn’t have an answer for the DePaul Blue Demons’ suffocating defense in the first half of Tuesday night’s game at the Al McGuire Center. The Golden Eagles trailed 35-25 at halftime and committed more turnovers (13) than they made field goals (10).

However, thanks to a 55-point second half, the Golden Eagles stormed back to knock off the Blue Demons 80-74, snapping DePaul’s nine-game winning streak.

“It feels good to beat them,” senior forward Katherine Plouffe said. “I think coming in and focusing on how we play and our principles are what we have to get back to.”

Five Golden Eagles scored in

double figures, with junior Arlesia Morse leading the way with 17 points, 12 of which came in the second half. Plouffe added 14, junior Cristina Bigica scored 12 and sophomore Brooklyn Pumroy and senior Katie Young both chimed in with 11 points.

The Blue Demons force 20.8 turnovers per game because of their high-pressure trap and full court press. Despite Marquette’s early inability to handle the pressure, coach Terri Mitchell assured her group at half time that the game was still in reach.

“DePaul has the amazing ability to make you play their style,” Mitchell said. “What I told the team at halftime was ‘Don’t sell yourself short. It’s a 10-point game, we could overcome that.’ I think their enthusiasm coming out in the second half really turned the tables.”

Mitchell said her team needed to keep the ball moving against a team that attacks as aggressively as DePaul, in order to overcome the pressure.

“You’re in your press break the entire game,” Mitchell said.

“It became very clear to us that the game was going to be reverse and attack.”

Although the Golden Eagles turned the ball over 21 times, Plouffe said she liked facing DePaul’s suffocating defense, as it spurred Marquette in transition.

“Once we get into the flow of the game, we like the pressure,” Plouffe said. “When teams trap us, it gives us an advantage on the weak side.

I’m a fan of people trapping us, I like the pressure and I like scoring layups so I think it works for us.”

The comeback win was Marquette’s fifth victory in six games, which could be a strong catalyst for the final four games of the season.

The Golden Eagles embark on a two-game road trip, starting with Seton Hall Saturday.

“They’re all must-wins this time of year. When you’re going down the stretch like this, you have to learn from your mistakes,” Mitchell said. “When you have five players score in double figures and rebound the way we did, we’re going to be in every game.

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U.S. hockey MUBB: High-ranked opponents still can’t bring out fans uniting the nation again

Trey Killian Whether Saturday morning was the first hockey game you’ve ever seen or the 1,000th, it could end up being one of the best you’ll ever see. That is, unless, Friday’s semifinal game against Canada lives up to the hype.

The United States’ 3-2 shootout win against Russia in pool play captured national interest like never before through social media.

St. Louis Blues forward T.J. Oshie, became an American hero in a matter of minutes, and his deflection of the “hero” title out of respect for service men and women made him that much more of a role model.

The U.S. rewarded its old and newfound fans with wins over Slovenia Sunday and the Czech Republic Wednesday. But Friday provides an opportunity for something truly special.

Hockey is Canada’s game— a claim Canadians have every right to make. But the sport holds its own unforgettable spot in American history.

The ‘Miracle on Ice,’ when the U.S. beat the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics, is often considered the single greatest moment in U.S. sports history. It brought the country together during a time when victory on the ice meant much more off it, and it became a source of national pride for years to come. Not to mention that 23 of the NHL’s 30 teams call the U.S. home.

Every U.S. hockey fan who watched 2010’s gold medal match against Canada remembers the elation of Zach Parise’s gametying goal with 24.4 seconds left in regulation.

Unfortunately, it’s the memory of Canada’s chosen one, Sidney Crosby, scoring the game-winner in overtime that has stayed most poignant four years later.

It was a great moment for Canada to take home gold in front of a home crowd, but that heartwarming element isn’t possible this time. The host country was already eliminated from medal contention by Finland Wednesday, ending a catastrophic campaign by a talented Russian squad.

The 2014 Russian team was like the 2004 U.S. Olympic basketball squad. Both offered star-studded lineups featuring the greatest players in world, but failed miserably to live up to expectations.

Russia exiting so early has admittedly sucked a lot of energy out of the games, but the Canada-U.S. matchup alone could be more than enough to make up for it.

There’s no longer a cold war between Canada and the U.S., but that doesn’t mean a U.S. victory wouldn’t carry massive implications.

For a new generation of American hockey fans and a sport that still sits on the fringe of American professional athletics, Friday could allow hockey to again showcase its ability to unite the nation.

Trey Killian is a senior from Tampa, Fla., majoring in journalism. Email him at robert.killian@marquette.edu.

Marquette Athletics to promote awareness, involvement and excitement at Marquette athletic events,” according to its Marquette Involvement Link page. He and a few other students, including Greg Ideran, a senior in the College of Communication, get in line several hours before home games to secure their front row spots.

Both Bonahoom and Ideran notice a significant decrease in enthusiasm for Marquette basketball on campus this year. Bonahoom said that was especially evident against Villanova Jan. 25.

“Villanova was the number four team in the country coming into play at the Bradley Center,” he said. “Last year, same situation, number four team coming into play, the line would’ve been 1,000 students long an hour before the doors were opening. For the Villanova game there was probably 50 people there up until probably a half hour before they started opening the doors.”

Ideran thinks last summer’s Big East Conference realignment has something to do with the sudden lack of support for Marquette basketball.

“Because of the conference switch, we’re not playing those rivalry games like Notre Dame and Louisville and Syracuse that usually

draw the big crowds,” Ideran said. “But we’re still playing teams that are ranked.”

Ultimately though, the decline in excitement stems from Marquette’s inconsistent performance on the court this season. In the past two years, the Golden Eagles lost just one game at home, and it came against Vanderbilt while most of the students were home for winter break.

The campus came out in droves Nov. 16 for a game against Ohio State and watched Marquette’s offense stall completely in a 52-35 drubbing. Fans also saw the team stumble through the nonconference schedule with a disappointing 8-5 mark.

Following a 74-59 blowout loss at Madison Square Garden to St. John’s, Marquette opened Big East play at 4-5. Three days later, just 14,479 people attended the home game against Butler. That marked Marquette’s lowest attendance at a conference game this season, including the DePaul game that took place without school in session.

Many people, including Marquette coach Buzz Williams, think the fans and players were spoiled by three straight trips to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 and an Elite 8 trip in 2013.

“There’s been an adjustment in that,” Williams said

following Marquette’s win over Xavier Saturday. “Talk about Davante. He’s been to Sweet 16, Sweet 16, Elite 8. He doesn’t even know what fighting is.”

Redshirt senior guard Jake Thomas transfered to Marquette before the 2011-12 season and has never experienced a struggle for an at-large bid.

In his first two seasons on campus, Marquette earned a No. 3 seed. He said he feels as if the Golden Eagles turned the corner after early struggles.

“It did feel different a couple of weeks ago, but ever since, it seems like a long time ago, with the Butler game, ever since then, we’re kind of back on the right track,” Thomas said.

“We’re getting our confidence back. Right now, it’s starting to feel how it was last year.”

Williams agrees, and made qualifying for another NCAA Tournament his team’s priority.

“I am trying as all I can to help our group play as hard as possible to see if we can fight another day,” Williams said.

Unfortunately, it might not matter as far as the students are concerned. Before Wednesday night’s game against Creighton, hundreds of ticket holders took to the Marquette Ticket Exchange Facebook group posting messages such as “Selling my Creighton ticket. Message me.”

While this happens to a certain extent every game, the sheer number of people selling tickets for a vital game against the No. 11/12 team in the country surprised Bonahoom.

“I was on the Facebook page (Monday), and there was like, 70 people trying to sell their tickets for the Creighton game,” he said. “In the past, at least when we’re playing ranked opponents, everyone’s there. The place is packed.”

Marquette plays Georgetown and St. John’s in its final two home games of the year.

Georgetown, Marquette’s most bitter rival, should provide a good barometer for student support when it comes to Milwaukee Feb. 27. Unfortunately, Senior Day against the Red Storm takes place March 8, the first day of spring break.

Ideran hopes the Georgetown game will be well-attended despite the break. Regardless of how the team performs, traditional rivalries should put a trip to the BMO Harris Bradley Center at the top of Marquette students’ priority lists.

“I think Georgetown’s going to be big,” Ideran said. “They are one of the teams we’ve played for a while. We beat them at their place, we want to beat them again.”

Track ready for Big East Championships Men’s, women’s teams PR in last event before final event

By Ryan Patterson Special to the Tribune

The men’s and women’s track and field teams set many personal records while competing in the Grand Valley State University Big Meet Friday in Allendale, Mich. This was the final competition before the Big East Indoor Championships in New York City this weekend.

Along with the abundant personal records, many of Marquette’s top finishers were underclassmen. Both teams finished eighth in the team standings, with the women accumulating nine points and the men amassing eight.

Senior Spencer Agnew had the best individual race for the Golden Eagles. Agnew finished second in the men’s mile run with a personal best time of 4:05.38, good enough for the third best-time in program history.

In the women’s mile, sophomore Kayla Spencer claimed

sixth place with a personal record of 4:51.91, while fellow sophomore Kellie Greenwood also ran her best time and placed 14th in 4:57.16.

Marquette had some significant finishes from some younger athletes in the field events. Sophomore Tatyana Pashibin finished third in the women’s high jump with a height of 5-feet, 5-inches, and sophomore Jordan Smith was sixth in the men’s long jump with a leap of 19-feet, 8-inches.

Additionally, freshman Joel Swanberg took ninth in men’s pole vault with a career-best

vault of 14-feet, 10-inches, while sophomore Vinny Martello placed 11th with a height of 13feet, 10-inches.

In the middle distance area, redshirt freshman Michael Corr set a personal record and placed 12th in the men’s 600 meter run with a time of 1:23.07. Junior Brendan Franz recorded a personal best time and took 18th in the men’s 800 meter run in 1:54.09.

Both teams return to action Friday and Saturday at the Big East Indoor Championships.

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Big east notebook Player of the Week Natalie Butler Freshman Center Georgetown

Freshman Natalie Butler has not had her share of the spotlight due to Georgetown’s lessthan-successful season, but her achievements last week speak plenty about her potential.

The freshman averaged 11.7 points and 13.7 rebounds in her team’s three games as the Hoyas finished the week 1-2.

Butler averages 14.4 points and 13.2 rebounds per game

Photo via www.thehoya.com

overall while shooting 49.7 percent from the field. She recently broke the program’s record for rebounds in a season, and was named the Big East’s Rookie of the Week an incredible 10 times. Georgetown has a special talent in Butler, who has tremendous upside and will undoubtedly be one of the Big East’s premiere players in the coming years.

By Kyle Doubrava

kyle.doubrava@marquette.edu

Red Storm’s 11-game win streak snapped

In a David vs. Goliath contest, the Georgetown Hoyas just barely upended the Big East’s most talented team.

The Hoyas upset No. 22 St. John’s Tuesday 60-57 in Washington. Georgetown improved to 3-12 with the victory, while the Red Storm, still one game ahead of DePaul for first place, slipped to 12-2.

It was Georgetown’s first win against a ranked opponent since November 2012. The Red Storm committed 20 turnovers and shot a measly 36.5 percent from the field.

It seems, however, that it is too little, too late for Georgetown.

Although St. John’s is ranked

12th in the most recent RPI poll, Georgetown simply lost too many winnable games to even be considered for any postseason appearances. The Hoyas sit in ninth place after being predicted by Big East coaches to finish sixth.

St. John’s will need to get back on the right track when it travels to battle 10-4 Creighton Sunday.

The Bluejays won three of their last four games and are certainly in the hunt to snatch the top overall seed from the Red Storm.

Marquette earns impressive win against DePaul This season has been a monumental turnaround for Marquette, which moved to 9-5 after an 8074 win against DePaul Tuesday.

The Blue Demons could have tied St. John’s for first place with a win. Marquette’s many scoring

options out-dueled DePaul’s; five Golden Eagles scored in double digits, with junior Arlesia Morse’s 17 points leading the way.

Marquette outrebounded the Blue Demons 53-35 and overcame 21 turnovers to eke out the win.

Senior Katherine Plouffe is on a remarkable tear this season and again demonstrated her post dominance with a 14-point, 12-rebound effort. Plouffe averages 17.2 points and 9.5 boards per game this year.

The Golden Eagles must be thankful for having a much healthier season than last year, which played a pivotal role in their 7-9 Big East performance. The team has a chance to pick up two more resume-boosting victories when it plays at St. John’s next Wednesday and hosts Creighton March 1.

game of the Week

The concern for St. John’s will be how it responds to a heartbreaking upset loss to lowly Georgetown. The Red Storm has been shooting the ball well all season (44 percent) while holding opponents to under 39 percent. St. John’s

St. John’s at Creighton Sunday, 2 p.m. CST found great success despite averaging less than four threepointers per game.

Creighton averages 7.8 threepointers per contest, and with the Red Storm surrendering only 3.6 long balls per game, an interesting battle on the

perimeter will take place.

The Bluejays are in thirdplace in the Big East, and a win against first-place St. John’s will strengthen their tournament hopes and put them in a better position for the Big East Tournament.