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Volume 98, Number 35
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014
MU kicks off forgiveness-themed week Mission Week to feature survivor of Rwandan genocide By Natalie Wickman
natalie.wickman@marquette.edu
The 14th annual Mission Week, “The Art and Practice of Forgiveness,” started Sunday morning with a mass at the Church of the Gesu presented by the Rev. Doug Leonhardt, Associate Vice President of the Office Mission & Ministry. For Leonhardt, forgiveness is relevant to the Marquette community – especially after the resignations of key campus leaders, including the president, executive vice president, Department of Public Safety chief and athletic director. “In times of transition like Marquette is experiencing this year and the uncertainty it causes, it is easier to blame rather than forgive,” Leonhardt said in an email. The week runs from Feb. 2 to 7 and includes book discussions, Soup with Substance talks, a keynote speech and lectures featuring prominent religious figures. Any student can attend, regardless of their religious background. “Forgiveness is a common concern in all world religions and the reflection on this can draw on what is common in all of the faith traditions present in the Marquette community,” Leonhardt said. Stephanie Russell, vice president of the Office of Mission
Photo by Xidan Zhang/xidan.zhang@marquette.edu
The Rev. James Voiss, assistant vice president for mission at Gonzaga University, speaks at a Mission Week event titled “Rethinking Christian Forgiveness” in the AMU Ballrooms Monday night. Voiss is one of many contributors to the week, which focuses on the theme of forgiveness.
& Ministry, said this year’s Mission Week uses a different approach and one she wants the university to build upon in the future. “We are digging deeper on a single topic this year by examining forgiveness from
many points of view,” Russell said in an email. In addition, Pope Francis’ sermons heavily emphasize performing forgiveness, love and mercy as a Catholic individual. “(Pope Francis) has said,
again and again, that the joy of God is to forgive,” Russell said. “This year’s theme was chosen because our world is deeply in need of people who can exercise forgiveness – personally, in their families and communities, and globally – and because
Marquette’s mission as a Catholic university invites us into the kind of love and forgiveness that Jesus exemplified.” Keynote speaker Immaculée Ilibagiza, a survivor of the 1994 See Mission, Page 4
MU eradicates mice problem in McCormick Hall Administration says dormitory pests not a structural issue By Matt Barbato
matthew.barbato@marquette.edu
Multiple findings of living and dead mice in students’ rooms were reported at McCormick Hall at the end of the fall semester, with more incidents occurring early this semester. Rick Arcuri, associate dean for administration, said the university took the problem seriously immediately after the first finding was reported. “As soon as we knew there was
a mouse in the building, we called our pest control company,” Arcuri said. “It turned out that we had several different incidences. When you first get them and it’s on the same floor, you start thinking it might be the same mice. When they show up on a couple of different floors, then you understand that it’s a little bit more than one mouse and you go after it.” Maggie Griffith, a freshman in the College of Communication and a McCormick resident, said she saw a mouse in her room about two weeks ago, but other residents probably had it worse off. “I only saw one,” Griffith said. “You could hear (more) squeaking around in the vents. A room at the other end of the hall had them in their closets.”
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Arcuri said there were no mice found inside the dining hall, which is open until midnight throughout the entire week. “We trap in that area and there’s no activity whatsoever,” Arcuri said. ”All of it has been in the tower of McCormick.” Though critters were found on six different floors, Arcuri said he believes the problem is resolved and the university constantly keeps tabs on pest control in campus residences. “We’re proactively treating for all kind of pests, and they monitor that throughout the course of the year,” Arcuri said. He also said the small infestation did not stem from any structural issues, but rather from open containers and bags of food on the floors
where mice were found. “It’s not a structural problem,” Arcuri said. “Mice are opportunistic, and if they find something to eat, they know they’ve found a home. What we found in almost all instances where we were seeing mice was that there was some type of food in the room either opened or on the floor.” The mice may be gone for now, but Arcuri said the university will continue to look for any further infestations.
“We’ve eliminated the issue,” Arcuri said. “We will continue to monitor it just to make sure, but I think we’re on the front end of it.” Acuri and McCormick Hall Director Jennifer Steiner advise students living in McCormick not to leave any food or crumbs on the floor and to vacuum or remove anything from the floor that could attract more mice. Steiner also suggests that students properly seal all food items.
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I only saw one.You could hear (more) squeaking around in the vents. A room at the other end of the hall had them in their closets.” Maggie Griffith, Freshman, College of Communication
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