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Lovell becomes MU’s first lay president

UWM chancellor takes office as 24th president this summer

By Joe Kaiser

joseph.kaiser@marquette.edu

When Michael Lovell, university president-elect and chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, was introduced to the Marquette community Wednesday, members of the board of trustees gave him a strong endorsement.

“I’m really convinced we have something that is the closest thing, in Mike Lovell, to Superman as possible,” said John Ferraro, chairman of the Presidential Search Committee and member of the board of trustees, to an audience in the Alumni Memorial Union.

Lovell, who made his introductory statements on campus just hours after his hiring was announced by the board of trustees, is set to become the 24th president of Marquette in August, making him the university’s first lay president in its 133-year history.

“If you told us that when we started this search six months ago, that we would find someone who See President, Page 4

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University President-elect Michael Lovell addresses the Marquette community for the first time Wednesday hours after the announcement of his hire.

Vacancies remain in MUSG Poor publicity of availiable positions to blame for empty spots

By Joe Kvartunas

joseph.kvartunas@marquette.edu

The official outcome of the Marquette Student Government spring elections will not be announced until Thursday afternoon, but the results for the Senate’s academic positions were inevitable before polls even closed.

So few people ran for the Senate this spring that most of these spots were filled by default, but four academic senate seats are still vacant. These spots will be chosen by the corresponding college’s Student Council.

MUSG President Sam Schultz, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said it is normal for seats to be left open every year.

“Some of the smaller

colleges have been difficult (to fill),” Schultz said. “Historically, the College of Nursing and the College of Education have had higher rollover – or just no one runs.”

This year, no one ran for the College of Nursing’s seat in the Senate, but the College of Education did have one candidate.

Sophomore Amanda Stolz, who was tapped by the College of Education Student Council to fill the vacant seat last year, said she was not sure why other people didn’t have an interest in the seat, but suggested there might be a lack of interest in the university’s smaller colleges.

“I don’t think that there is a high enough interest that (students) would run,” Stolz said. “I think they are more interested in, ‘What is MUSG doing for me?’ Like, a general student interest.”

Only one of the College of Communication’s two seats were filled through the election. Incumbent Ely Elizondo, a sophomore, will remain a

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senator next year. She attributes the other vacant seat to the college’s insufficient advertising of the open MUSG position.

“Furthermore, in addition to being the only candidate this year – running both unopposed and unaccompanied – the College of Communication did not use its media resources (such as Facebook or Twitter) to promote students getting involved with MUSG nor to get to know the current candidate,” Elizondo said in an email.

The College of Engineering has an open seat following the election as well. Nicolas Schmidt, a freshman, will transition from his current role as parliamentarian to become the new College of Engineering senator. Schmidt took over the role from freshman Courtney Guc when she became a College of Business Administration senator earlier this semester.

The College of Business See MUSG, Page 5

MU campus dense in parking citations Tribune statistical analysis pinpoints most ticketed blocks

By Alec Brooks and Erin Heffernan

alec.brooks@marquette.edu erin.heffernan@marquette.edu

Justin Peters parked on 16th Street in front of Cramer Hall two weeks ago. His plan: to deliver cupcakes ribune to two of his roject favorite professors.

“I just wanted to run in and leave,” said Peters, a senior in the College of Health Sciences.

“I was going to be quick, so I didn’t pay the meter. But when I came out two minutes later, there was already a ticket waiting on my windshield. I couldn’t believe it.”

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Peters, who collected more than 10 tickets during his time at Marquette, has a typical experience with parking violations on campus. In 2012 alone, parking enforcement officers issued 15,390 parking citations on campus, making it the most heavily cited school campus in the city.

Marquette is located in one of Milwaukee’s densest areas for parking citations, along with the east side and areas downtown, especially those close to Lake Michigan.

The Tribune analyzed a list of every parking citation issued in Milwaukee in 2012 provided by the Milwaukee Data Initiative, a group that advocates for the release of data collected by the city. Two computer programs categorized the 743,832 citations issued, amounting to 1.2 tickets per resident.

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Poll shows Burke still relatively unknown Walker remains in favor with 49 percent of poll respondents

By Matt Kulling and Melanie Lawder

matthew.kulling@marquette.edu melanie.lawder@marquette.edu

Most of the state remains stable in its opinion of Gov. Scott Walker and his presumptive Democratic opponent, Mary Burke, according to a Marquette Law poll released Wednesday that previewed the state’s gubernatorial election.

Walker leads Burke 48 percent to 41 percent among potential voters, which is not much of a change from January when Walker was up 47 percent to 41 percent. The results of the poll, which surveyed 801 voters between March 20 and 23 via phone calls, were revealed by the poll’s director Charles Franklin during a session of “On The Issues” with host Mike Gousha.

The poll touched on the release of thousands of emails sent by Walker during his 2010 campaign as part of the longrunning John Doe investigation. According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Walker aides set up a private router in the county executive’s office that they used to perform campaign duties while working for the county. It is illegal for Wisconsin public employees to work for a political party or campaign while on duty, and six former aides were convicted as part of the investigation.

Sixty-seven percent of those surveyed said they had read or heard about the release. Though Walker was not charged with any wrongdoing after the probe was closed last year, 43 percent of respondents said the emails gave them a less favorable view of the governor, while 53 percent said it had no effect on their opinion.

Respondents were also asked about their evaluation of Walker’s first term, and his campaign pledge of creating 250,000 jobs. Only 13 percent of respondents said Walker would fulfill that promise, with

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80 percent saying he would not.

“Walker might be somewhat vulnerable on jobs creation,” Franklin said during his presentation of the poll results.

Twenty-nine percent of those polled said Walker’s ability to fulfill his pledge was “very important” to them, while 44 percent said it was “somewhat important.” In terms of job creation, 45 percent of respondents said Wisconsin lags behind other states, 37 percent say Wisconsin is even with other states, while 12 percent said Wisconsin is doing better.

Mary Burke discussed her newly-released Wisconsin jobs plan to combat Walker for the first time during an earlier episode of “On the Issues” Tuesday.

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Thursday 27 “Living Under Apartheid: Universal Struggle, One Local Solution,” Cudahy 001, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee Bucks vs. Los Angeles Lakers, BMO Harris Bradley Center, 7 p.m.

Annex Sports Trivia, Union Sports Annex, 9 p.m..

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The plan, titled “Invest for Success,” emphasizes Wisconsin’s need to invest in an entrepreneurial culture and center the state’s economic development around strongly established industry “clusters.”

The plan was released Tuesday, five months after Burke announced her candidacy.

“Every good business person knows that if you want to grow, you want to make investment,” Burke said of her plan.

However, Burke’s plan might not matter if voters do not know her. While respondents’ views of Mary Burke were 19 percent favorable and 22 percent unfavorable, 59 percent of respondents had no opinion of her or did not know enough about her to have an opinion.

Franklin said this is an improvement, however, because when the same poll was conducted in January, 12 percent found Burke favorable, 18 percent unfavorable and 70 percent did not know enough to comment.

“While this is hardly a deluge on knowing who she is, it will probably take the rest of the summer to get name recognition,” Franklin said. “We’re starting to see more people who know who she is, even though it’s still a net negative.”

Walker, on the other hand, has a 49 percent favorable rating, with 47 percent viewing him negatively and 5 percent having no opinion or not knowing enough to comment.

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Exhibition: Milwaukee Brewers vs. Kansas City Royals, Miller Park, 1:10 p.m.

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President: Lovell values connections with students

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University President-elect Michael Lovell speaks exclusively with the Tribune after his Wednesday introduction.

The Tribune sits down with MU President-elect Lovell

By Joe Kaiser

joseph.kaiser@marquette.edu

Minutes after his address to the Marquette community Wednesday, University President-elect Michael Lovell sat down for an exclusive interview with the Tribune, in which he talked in more detail about his vision for the university.

Marquette Tribune: As the first lay president at Marquette, how do you plan on upholding and continuing the Jesuit tradition here on campus?

Michael Lovell: Someone on the search committee actually said I was the most Jesuit in my approach and my style, so it comes very natural because it is what I value and believe in. But that being said, really the traditions, the pedagogy of the Jesuit community is something that I want to become better versed in just so I’m leading the institution in the way that it was meant to be led.

MT: What are some of the biggest changes for you in transitioning from a public university to a private, Jesuit one?

ML: A public university is much different. In some respects, being at a private school, you have much more flexibility because you’re not bound by the state process and the state law when you’re trying to accomplish things, and so I think that one thing that I’m looking forward to is that we can be a little more agile and dynamic when trying to move the mission of Marquette forward.

MT: How difficult was the decision to leave the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and what factors did you weigh in that decision?

ML: It was the most difficult decision of my life – actually probably my professional career – just because of the fact that I was very happy there, things were going well. That’s initially when they approached me. I wasn’t really interested in the position. Over time, I realized that this is something I was being called to do. I love UWM. I have tremendous respect for the people that are there.

The hardest part is leaving them and feeling in some respects like I’ve let them down. But this is a great university, and it’s going to continue to do great things.

(Being able to practice my faith in my job) was the biggest factor. Some of the other things that were appealing to me is at a

The hardest part is leaving (UWM) and feeling in some respects like I’ve let them down. But this is a great university.”

Michael Lovell, Marquette president-elect private university, it is a little bit easier to work out your vision because you have more flexibility.

MT: Is there a timeline you are going to be following for filling vacancies in leadership on campus?

ML: The academic positions and athletic positions are on two different time scales. In athletics, you have to move very, very quickly to get head coaches. It’s very competitive. On the academic side, there’s a traditional timeframe where you would advertise in the fall, and you would try to get the hires done early in the winter. So we will be on that, and try to speed up as much as we can but we would hope within a year to have all the major leadership positions on campus tied down.

MT: What are you going to consider in searching for candidates to fill those vacancies?

ML: Part of it is assessing what campus leadership is here day to day, what they think, and faculty and staff on campus, what they think the most critical hires are first. I know there are several things (needed), including someone to head up enrollment. These are all things that we need to determine – which is most important and which we would fill first. Obviously, a provost is very important because they run the academic side and the institutions, and we have got to make sure we have that person in place as soon as possible.

MT: Interim University President the Rev. Robert A. Wild changed the leadership structure to a strong provost model a few months ago. What do you think of that structure?

ML: Every institution that I’ve been in previously had the strong provost model. For me to do my job effectively, you need a strong provost to be running the academic affairs on campus so that my role is really setting a vision for the university, helping execute that vision and getting resources to execute it, whether it be fundraising or partnerships or other things.

MT: You mentioned fundrais-

ing. You are switching to a different fundraising culture here at Marquette. How do you assess how to fundraise here?

ML: I’m very excited. I actually enjoy fundraising. In my time at UWM, I raised about $100 million. That’s partly through relationships with donors and finding what they’re passionate about and how that aligns with the mission of the university. I’m very excited about meeting many of our potential donors. One of the great things about meeting these successful individuals is you learn a lot from them, particularly at a place like Marquette where there is so much passion around the university, around the basketball program. They already have a strong connection to the university. It makes it easier to get them to commit to providing resources for the campus.

MT: You were very involved in social innovation projects at UWM. Do you see any of those efforts translating to Marquette?

ML: There are a lot of things we can translate. One of the things that drew me to Marquette was their focus on the social aspects, and social innovation is something I think can make a great impact here in Milwaukee. And one of the things we developed at (UWM) was the App Brewery where we developed apps specifically for social purposes. Actually, I just met with Michael Hostad, who runs that for UWM. We talked at length today about the partnerships that we could create and helping the ideas of the students at Marquette and help them be developed and actually have a city-wide effort rather than something that is just based at UWM. MT: While you won’t take office until Aug. 1, how often do you plan on being on campus before then?

ML: I’m gonna start slowly transitioning over – (I’ll be here) probably one day a week over the next month or so. I’ll probably spend about 25 percent of my time over here after the dust settles the next three or four weeks.

was a chief executive, a researcher, a scholar and a leader all in one person, I didn’t think it would necessarily be possible,” said Charles Swoboda, chairman of the board of trustees. “But we did, and I am proud and confident that we have found the person who will lead Marquette into its next chapter in its storied history.”

Lovell said he never imagined becoming Marquette’s president, in part because the university bylaws were not amended to allow laypeople for the job until 2011. He told the audience, however, the chance to implement his Catholic faith in his professional life ultimately attracted him to the job.

“If you’re open to God and you follow his path other than your own he will take you to remarkable places, and that’s why I stand before you today,” Lovell said.

He reiterated his position in a letter to the UWM community explaining his departure.

“Several months ago, when I was approached by Marquette about its presidency, I declined because I could not imagine leaving UWM at that time,” Lovell said in the letter.

“But in recent weeks, as several people asked me to keep an open mind, I began to hear a calling to serve at an institution where I could more openly share my Catholic faith.”

Lovell will have a lot on his plate immediately because of other vacant leadership positions, including provost, athletic director, dean of the College of Business Administration, Department of Public Safety chief, men’s basketball coach and dean of undergraduate admissions and enrollment planning. He will be tasked in the fall with finding permanent hires for the open academic leadership positions, and will be part of the current discussion to find a new men’s basketball coach.

“I want to get up to speed on potential candidates (for the men’s basketball coach), as I read there’s a great pool out there,” Lovell said.

“I’ll tell you one thing — we should get somebody who will be a successful basketball coach on the court, but also fits the values at Marquette and in the Jesuit community.”

Lovell started serving as chancellor of UWM in 2011, previously serving as the school’s College of Engineering & Applied Science dean. Before UWM, he served as associate dean for research at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Engineering for five years, and was a faculty member at Pittsburgh and the University of Kentucky.

In just under three years as chancellor, UWM credits Lovell with pushing forward several university construction initiatives and strengthening partnerships with many Milwaukee-area corporations.

Kelly Kloth, a UWM senior, said she worked with him directly on a chancellor’s scholarship and is sad to see him leave for Marquette.

“It’s really sad that he’s leaving,” Kloth said. “I guess it really hurts that he’s leaving for a school in the same city and leaving for a school UWM sees as kind of a friendly rival in Marquette. So it’s sad, but he’s going to be amazing, I’m sure.”

Lovell noted that leaving the people at UWM was the “hardest part” about accepting this new job, and that nothing at the public university motivated him to want to leave.

Kloth also added that she appreciated his efforts to meet students, something Lovell said he plans to continue with office hours for students at Marquette.

“If I don’t know about problems, I can’t fix them, so one of the things that’s important to me is making sure

I interact with the students, so that I can make this a better campus for them,” Lovell said.

The hire completes a nearly sixmonth search by the Presidential Search Committee, which formed in October after the resignation of former University President the Rev. Scott Pilarz was announced in September. Interim University President the Rev. Robert A. Wild will remain in office until Aug. 1, when Lovell assumes the position.

With the hire, Marquette will also become the eighth school of the 28 schools in the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities to have a layperson as president. In addition, 63 percent of the 194 U.S. Catholic colleges that belong to the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities are led by laypeople.

Lovell is embracing the role and its challenges.

“After hours of meditation and many sleepless nights, it became clear to me that I was being called to Milwaukee six years ago to be Marquette’s first layperson, and it was the plan that God had laid out for me,” Lovell said. “And I’m just really glad I followed it.”

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MU law professor will advise Department of Labor Paul Secunda lends expertise in labor law to vice chairman role

By Benjamin Lockwood

benjamin.lockwood@marquette.edu

The U.S. Department of Labor appointed Marquette law professor Paul Secunda as vice chairman of its Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans.

Secunda, who has served on the council as a regular member since January 2013, will now take a leadership role for an added term. He will be responsible for generating reports for the secretary of labor on policies and regulations that affect employee benefits.

Secunda, whose expertise lies in labor and employment law, said he is looking forward to his new duties as vice chairman.

“I feel great because it gives me an opportunity to contribute to the debate about how employment benefits affect the American public,” Secunda said.

Matt Parlow, associate dean for academic affairs and Secunda’s colleague, said Secunda is nationally recognized for his work.

“It is unsurprising that national leaders turn to Professor Secunda for leadership in this area,” Parlow said in an email, “particularly given how widely published he is and his key role in organizing the national (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) conference being hosted by the law school this year.”

Though his new position will require him to visit the nation’s capital four times per year, Secunda said it will not affect his teaching and research obligations at Marquette.

“This is really secondary to my responsibilities at Marquette,” he said.

Secunda holds a bachelor’s degree in government from Harvard University and a law degree from Georgetown University, where he graduated in 1997 with honors.

From there, he worked as a law clerk for Judge Murray Schwartz in Delaware. After a four-year stint as a practicing lawyer in Philadelphia, Secunda received his first teaching position at the University of Mississippi in 2002.

He remained in Mississippi until 2008, when he was offered a position at Marquette’s Law School.

Secunda now teaches cours-

es in employment law, labor and education law, as well as an introductory class in civil procedure.

Secunda said he was interested in employment and labor law because it was a legitimate avenue to make a noticeable difference in people’s lives.

“I’ve always enjoyed helping people with their real-life issues and this was the way to do that,” he said.

In addition, Secunda is a frequent consultant to the federal government in labor and employment law. He authored many amicus briefs for the U.S. Supreme Court, along with a slew of other published articles and essays in his area of expertise.

Joseph Kearney, dean of the law school, said Secunda’s work was vital to society as a whole.

“The retirement income of American workers is a matter of fundamental importance for our society,” Kearney said in an email, “and I am grateful that Professor Secunda is advancing the mission of Marquette University through not just his teaching and scholarship, but also through his public service in this area.”

US News and World Report honors College of Engineering Dean Bishop says learning takes priority over college rankings

By Andrew Dawson

andrew.dawson@marquette.edu

Marquette’s College of Engineering was ranked 140th out of 193 schools by U.S. News & World Reports annual graduate school rankings released last week.

Other engineering rankings included individual programs, which ranked Marquette’s biomedical engineering program 53rd and the civil engineering program 99th, the first time the program was ranked in the top 100.

Robert Bishop, dean of the College of Engineering, said he believes the rankings are a good indication of the growth and improvement of the college and its programs.

“We are very proud to be among the top engineering programs in the country,” Bishop said in an email. “Keeping in mind that there are approximately 350 engineering programs, we are extremely happy that our college engineering graduate program is in the top half.”

Part of Marquette’s strategic plan calls for the university to rank in the top quarter of U.S. News’ overall school rankings.

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Paul Secunda, who came to Marquette in 2008 from Mississippi, teaches courses in employment law, labor law, education law and civil procedure.

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MUSG: Election results to be announced Thursday

Administration is one of only a senator. The open seat will three colleges be filled in the to fill all of its coming weeks. seats in the elecThe College tion. Guc was of Health Scire-elected afences also filled ter taking her both its seats.

Christopher Foley, professor of engineering seat earlier this Sophomore Marquette is currently tied at Still, many at Marquette believe spring, and the Kate Barelli number 75 with American Uni- they offer some merit. college’s other will continue to “The metrics used in generat- seat was filled versity, Baylor University, Clark serve as senaUniversity, Indiana University, ing these rankings will forever by sophomore tor and will be Miami University and the Univer- be scrutinized and criticized,” Joel Kretz. joined by sophsaid Christopher Foley, professor sity of Delaware.

Only two canomore Richard Andy Brodzeller, the associate and chairman of civil, construc- didates ran for Krajewski, who Amanda Stolz, sophomore, will be switchdirector of university communica- tion and environmental engineer- the three seats College of Education ing from his tion, said Marquette appreciates ing. “Our desire to maintain the from the Colthe rankings and the good public- highest quality undergraduate and lege of Arts & original role as ity, but they are not what the uni- graduate educational programs Sciences. Sophomore Zach Carpenter Tower senator. is not defined by these ranking Wallace was re-elected to his versity focuses on entirely.

Official election results “Marquette’s strategic plan bodies, but having what we do seat and will serve his third will be announced Thursclearly states we want to be rec- recognized by these rankings is year as an MUSG senator. New- day afternoon in front of ognized as one of the most inno- valuable to our degree programs comer Whitney Madeen, also a the MUSG office. vative and accomplished Catholic at both the undergraduate and sophomore, joined Wallace as universities in the country,” he graduate levels.”

Despite the administration’s said in an email. “That reputation is not simply recognized stated desire to place high in the by rankings, but through the rankings, the university says its various ways people encoun- focus is mainly on providing its ter Marquette students, faculty, students a quality education.

“We are not going to change staff and alumni, which I believe how we educate engineers just to are more impactful.”

Though these rankings can please rankings groups,” said Lars be a large part of prospective Olson, the interim chair of the Destudents’ research into poten- partment of Biomedical Engineertial schools, they are often the ing. “Our goal is to make the best subject of skepticism due to biomedical engineers in the country without regard to these rankthe ranking’s criteria.

U.S. News & World Report asks ings. If there is a way to do well schools to send it the data used in and help our rankings, we would the rankings, and so there is con- look into that. In general, though, cern that some schools submit we are focused on excellence in false data or focus just on the ar- engineering, not just rankings.” eas needed to improve their rank.

Our desire to maintain the highest quality undergraduate and graduate programs is not defined by these ranking bodies.”

“Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.” –C.S. Lewis

I think [students] are more interested in, ‘What is MUSG doing for me?’”

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What makes MU residence halls so expensive?

By Kelly Meyerhofer

kelly.meyerhofer@marquette.edu

If McCormick Hall operated like a hotel, how much would it cost to stay the night?

Try $49. With a sticker price for an average double room at $10,500, staying in a dorm room every night that residence halls are open — including fall, Thanksgiving and Easter breaks — can be surprisingly pricey, especially compared to off-campus housing.

Next year, for example, Andrea Bonaccorsi, a sophomore in the College of Education, will pay $520 a month for rent in a threestory house. Compare this to her cost of living in an 11-by-15 foot room in Carpenter Tower, roughly $1,100 per month for a 10-month lease, and she is paying more than twice the rate per night. This calculation does not include the meal plan and accounts for months like August or December when students are only allowed to live in residence halls for a few weeks.

As this year’s freshmen wrap up dorm selection this week, it is clear that dorm life is notoriously expensive. Still, the prices are unusually high at Marquette. University of Wisconsin-Madison students pay, on average, $7,661 for a traditional double. University of WisconsinLacrosse students pay even less, chalking up a meager $3,500 a year for both doubles and triples.

People may cite city living as an explanation for why Marquette’s housing is so expensive, but University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students pay an average of $5,766 a year for a traditional double, just more than half the cost

of a Marquette dorm.

“I think Marquette housing is more expensive because this is a private school,” said Megan McDonald, a freshman in the College of Health Sciences. “They can charge us as much as they want and we will have to pay it because freshman and sophomore noncommuters have to live in the dorms.”

But other private schools in Milwaukee also charge significantly less than Marquette. Milwaukee School of Engineering students pay a flat rate of $5,766 per year.

Rick Arcuri, associate dean for administration, acknowledged that Marquette’s room rates are above the state average, but pointed out the amenities that come with a Marquette dorm.

Bathrooms are cleaned every day. Resident assistants provide developmental programming.

“There’s a reason we require freshmen and sophomores to live on campus,” Arcuri said. “Research shows that those that live on campus have better grades and higher graduation rates. How do you put a price on that?”

Bonaccorsi said what irritates her about the process is not just the high costs of dorm living compared to off-campus housing, but the lack of choice involved in dorm placement.

“With the housing times, you

don’t really have an option,” Bonaccorsi explained. “It’s not fair for someone who can’t afford it.”

Even though students can rank their choices, residence halls are ultimately assigned freshman year.

Going into a student’s sophomore year, the lottery system determines who has first pick, preventing financially strapped students from choosing the cheapest option if stuck with a later housing time.

Bonaccorsi’s first choice for sophomore housing was Schroeder Hall, but a late lottery time landed her in Mashuda, a dorm that costs $450 more for the year. In the next semester, she transferred to Carpenter.

Another common critique of Marquette’s housing system is the price discrepancy among different dorms.

“I definitely think I shouldn’t have to pay as much as the people living in an Abbotsford or McCabe triple because they have way more space,” McDonald said. “McCabe and Abbotsford triples even get their own bathrooms.”

While students in doubles may be upset that those living in a McCabe or Abbotsford triple are paying $1,250 less but enjoying what is essentially an apartment, Arcuri said the Office of Residence Life does not compare varying room types.

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Students pay $49 per night to stay in McCormick Hall. Marquette housing costs are higher than other univeristies in Milwaukee and Wisconsin.

“We don’t compare doubles to triples,” Arcuri said. “We compare doubles to doubles, triples to triples, quads to quads. Students pay less for a triple because even though it’s a bigger room, you have more people to deal with.”

Arcuri pointed out that Cobeen quads do not follow this pattern of costing less because the room is two doubles joined by a shared bathroom. But Arcuri’s logic does not hold true for Mashuda or Straz quads, which are one large room.

Four students must live with each other in a large space yet they do

not receive a cheaper price like triple room occupants.

The Office of Residence Life said it determines the room rates each year, though the proposed rates are approved by the Office of Finance. Arcuri mentioned an initiative to try and flatten room rates over the next several years.

This already happened with the freshmen, who now all have a flat rate of $11,000.

In the meantime, students still need to find ways to finance the high living costs for the first two years of college.

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Tickets on campus amount to $363,146 in 2012 Schroeder and Abbottsford resi- block’s total 1,073 tickets. dence halls. Two-hour parking The top two blocks alone collimits are enforced between 7 lected an average of about six The Tribune then isolated cia.m. and 7 p.m. tickets a day tations issued on campus — deon the block, from parking enfined as between 10th and 20th contributing 698 forcement. streets from Kilbourn to Clyviolations of the But that is bourn avenues. Though the data total 1,102 cinothing cominclude occasional misspellings tations issued pared to the most of city street names, manual on that block in ticketed street and automated checks showed 2012. in all of Milenough accuracy to provide a Just one block waukee in 2012, representative view into one year to the east sits which is located TICKET TRAPS ON CAMPUS of Marquette parking. the second mostone block off The result: a list of the places campus: the 700 For those interested in keeping ticketed campus most often ticketed on campus, block of 9th St. the most common violations and, their parking tickets at a mini- block — the 700 block of 12th St. near the Wismum, the Tribune also identified with reference to a list of fines Emma Weber, senior, College of consin Club, the through the Milwaukee Depart- specific blocks where ticketing in front of the Al Health Sciences Milwaukee PubMcGuire Cenment of Public Works, $363,146 rates were the highest. ter.

The block is lic Library and The single most-ticketed block – the total number of fines issued lined with parking meters that Marquette’s Straz Tower. This on campus is the 700 block of on campus in 2012.

In 1995, the city earned $9.2 13th St., which runs between contributed 985 citations to the single block was the location of 3,658 tickets, averaging more than 10 citations a day.

Representatives from the DPW did not respond to reporters’ requests in time for this story.

Past statements by the instituA) number of citations tion, however, made it clear that B) total amount of money charged for each 1. Meter parking the department denies targeting types of 2012 citations A) 7,799 citations campuses or any specific group C) percentage of total campus citations B) $171,578 charged in orginal fees of people for tickets.

C) 50.675% of total citations CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1:

million from parking citations.

Over the past 20 years, that number has skyrocketed. In 2000, the task of overseeing parking enforcement switched from the Milwaukee Police Department to DPW. The number of parking checkers increased from 40 to 65 and parking citation revenue nearly tripled from 1995 — totaling $25 million in 2010.

The coin meters are way more annoying.

Who carries around a pocket full of quarters?”

Top 5 offenses ticketed on campus in 2012

MOST COMMON VIOLATIONS ON CAMPUS Meter parking violations are by far the most ticketed offense on campus, accounting for more than 50 percent of citations.

Meters are a common feature of many of the most ticketed addresses on campus, many of which are still coin-operated.

“The coin meters are way more annoying,” Emma Weber, a senior in the College of Health Sciences, said. “Who carries around a pocket full of quarters? Most of the time you don’t have enough and you either have to find another spot or just chance it.”

Weber was ticketed several times by the meters near the intersection of Wells and 16th streets. She also was ticketed several times outside her apartment complex on the 2000 block of W. Wisconsin Ave. for exceeding the two-hour street parking limit — the second mostcommonly ticketed violation on campus.

Night parking violations also act as a big contributor, bringing in the third-largest amount of tickets on campus.

3. Night parking 2. Parking in excess of 2 hours A) 2,559 citations B) $63,975 charged in orginal fees C) 6.627% of total citations

A) 2,241 citations B) $44,820 charged in orginal fees C) 14.56% of total citations

4. Parking within 4 feet of drive or alley A) 532 citations B) $15,960 charged in orginal fees C) 3.456% of total citations

Photo by Xidan Zhang/xidan.zhang@marquette.edu

5. Parking prohibited by official sign

The single most ticketed address on campus are the spots in front of Walgreens and Starbucks in the 1600 block of Wisconsin Ave.

A) 500 citations B) $17,500 charged in orginal fees C) 3.248% of total citations

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Source: Information compiled through a Tribune staff statistical analysis of the 2012 list of Milwaukee parking citations from the Milwaukee Data Initiative

Photo by Erin Heffernan/erin.heffernan@marquette.edu

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

Justin Peters, a senior in the College of Health Sciences was cited in the 500 block of 16th St., the third most ticketed block on campus.

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“Night parking is probably the most obvious thing you can do wrong,” Peters said. “They can just look down the street and know you’re not supposed to be there. They’re really strict in the winter too, for snow plows to be able to get though.”

On campus, however, night parking made up a much smaller portion of total tickets than the city as a whole. Parking on the street between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. without a permit or on the wrong side of the street accounted for 14 percent of tickets near Marquette’s campus. Night violations for the city as a whole accounted for 43 percent of total tickets in Milwaukee.

Other common offenses include parking closer than four feet to an alley or driveway, parking prohibited by an official sign and improperly displayed or missing, registration.

CONTESTING TICKETS The majority of fines issued in Milwaukee and on campus range from $20-$30, with additional charges made for late payments.

But just because a ticket is written, though, does not mean the driver will end up paying.

In 2011, Milwaukee canceled more than 38,000 parking tickets that were found to be written in error. Clear instances of mistakes on the city’s behalf, like a broken parking meter or night parking permits that were simply not visible, can be voided with a simple phone call.

When things are debatable, it becomes more difficult for drivers to contest citations. Drivers must schedule an appearance

with parking citation review manager at the Police Administration Building downtown. If an agreement cannot be reached,

drivers can schedule a municipal court appearance.

But for many cases, the effort to contest a ticket is not worth

Photo by Xidan Zhang/xidan.zhang@marquette.edu

the money saved.

“It’s easier just to pay up in the end,” said Peters, who never seriously considered contesting his

campus tickets. “It’s not worth the fight.”

TOP 15 MOST TICKETED BLOCKS ON CAMPUS 1. 700 13TH ST: 1,102 tickets

6. 800 13TH ST: 589 tickets

11. 700 10TH ST: 490 tickets

2. 700 12TH ST: 1,073 tickets

7. 1600 WISCONSIN AVE: 559 tickets

12. 700 16TH ST: 472 tickets

More than 1,000 tickets

3. 500 16TH ST: 875 tickets

8. 800 14TH ST: 555 tickets

13. 800 16TH ST: 473 tickets

Between 600 and 1,000 tickets

4. 1500 WELLS ST: 785 tickets

9. 800 15TH ST: 539 tickets

14. 1400 KILBOURN AVE: 449 tickets

5. 1600 WELLS ST: 631 tickets

10. 1200 KILBOURN AVE: 534 tickets

15. 1400 WELLS ST: 423 tickets

Between 500 and 599 tickets Between 400 and 499 tickets

Source: This information was compiled through a Tribune staff statistical analysis of the 2012 list of Milwaukee parking citations from the Milwaukee Data Initiative.

Infographic by Rob Gebelhoff/robert.gebelhoff@marquette.edu

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In Tandem Theatre brings the Bible to life in colorful musical

By Kevin Ward

kevin.ward@marquette.edu

Tuesday night’s rehearsal for “Jesus Christ Superstar” started like any other. Chorus members took their seats in Calvary Presbyterian Church near Straz Tower and began singing between sips of coffee and making small talk. Lead actors glanced over their lines and traded off the microphone, working on songs and music for the show, opening Friday.

Ryan Charles sang the ballad “Gethsemane” with the confidence of any experienced actor, especially one portraying the Son of God. Tommy Hahn, who plays Judas, came in singing by trading off microphones with Alison Forbes, playing Mary Magdalene, while she jokingly gave him the middle finger.

“You know this is about the Bible, right?” Hahn said.

The In Tandem Theatre Company, located on the side of Calvary Presbyterian Church, also called The Big Red Church, is presenting the legendary opera Friday through Sunday in the church’s sanctuary. While Sunday’s performance is already sold out, tickets for the

remaining shows are available for $25. “‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ is unique because you get to see a very different side of a very traditional story,” Charles said.

“Some people get offended by the show. But it’s the power of theater. It gets you to think. You have to have an open mind.”

“Jesus Christ Superstar” took over Broadway in the 1970s with an unconventional approach to a Biblical tale. It tells the life of Jesus through the eyes of Judas, one of his disciples who later betrays him. But Charles and Hahn said there is a deeper story to be told.

“You see it right away in the first number, ‘Heaven On Their Minds,’ how Judas is feeling,” Hahn said. “It’s more about their friendship and how (Jesus and Judas) are trying and struggling to understand each other.”

“I feel the strongest betrayal is between two people who love and care for each other,” Charles said. “I enjoy the underlying story in this production. You get to hear Jesus’ and Judas’ thoughts, doubts and minds. Judas isn’t the bad guy in the story. He’s just misunderstood and this version of the story really shows you that.”

Hahn and Charles met four years ago through In Tandem Theatre, where they played Jesus and Judas, respectively, for the 2010 production of “Jesus Christ Superstar.” In total, they

Photos by Kevin Ward/kevin.ward@marquette.edu

Members of In Tandem Theatre Company run through the show during a rehearsal at Calvary Presbyterian Church.

have been part of this show eight times, including the two at In Tandem Theatre.

“Since we are good friends and have worked on this show together multiple times in the past, it really contributes to the chemistry we have on stage,” Charles said. Both of our characters are pretty heavy roles

Actors Tommy Hahn (left) and Ryan Charles rehearse an intense confrontation number between Judas and Jesus.

to take on, but when we’re on stage, I can look at him as my friend and use that to make the performance more genuine.”

The actors’ respect for each other is evident during their rehearsals, where they pat each other on the back and shout supportive “Woos” whenever the other hits a strong note.

The cast and crew had only five days to put the entire production together, which is why having committed and experienced performers is key for the production’s success.

“It is a fundraiser for In Tandem Theatre since we are a nonprofit,” said Chris Flieller, who plays Pontius Pilate and serves as artistic director of In Tandem Theatre. “It is a combined effort of actors and people from all over Milwaukee who are graciously donating their time and talent.”

Almost all of the cast and crew are returning actors and crew members who have worked in past productions together at the In Tandem Theatre.

“Theater is a small network, especially in Milwaukee,” Charles said. “Once you’re in, you’re in.”

“It’s nice to be able to bring skills back and see ourselves grow as actors every time we come back,” Hahn said. “The show is a lot of fun. I like to say being a part of productions like this is like going out and doing donuts with your friends or going on a joyride. It’s just fun.”

“Jesus Christ Superstar” is In Tandem Theatre’s third production of the year. After it closes, the production team will cast and begin working on its fourth

and final show of the season, “1959 Pink Thunderbird.”

“We love In Tandem Theatre, and we believe in what they do and how they help actors especially in Milwaukee,” Charles said. “It’s why we keep coming back to do this performance, because we get to work with talented people. Plus, every time I do this role, I find something new in the story and in my lines that I never noticed before that I get to perfect.”

In Tandem Theatre has developed a close connection with Marquette’s theater department throughout the years. Flieller’s wife, Jane Flieller, the managing director of In Tandem Theatre, directed Marquette’s presentation of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” last October.

“We’re really passionate about what we do here,” Chris Flieller said. “And being right

by Marquette’s campus makes it easy for students to come and watch our shows. We even work with the Marquette theater and have had students come over and act in our shows.”

That passion is evident in the energy and talent displayed during rehearsals, and the actors anticipate a promising show this weekend.

“It’s really a fantastic theater, especially for ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ where we get to use the sanctuary in the church,” Charles said. “It just shows that you can really find great theater productions in this town anywhere. It’s literally right across the bridge from Marquette’s campus. I think anyone who likes Jesus, rock and theater is going to really enjoy this show.”

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Tokyo Police Club drops creativity for catchiness ‘Forcefield’ brings pop radio sound, but loses the group’s originality

By Jack Goods

jack.goods@marquette.edu

Tokyo Police Club’s third studio album, “Forcefield,” takes a step away from the band’s usual alternative rock repertoire. It is upbeat, easy to listen to and keeps heads bobbing, but unfortunately, it’s far from groundbreaking.

“Forcefield” is the Canadian band’s first original album since 2011. Its first two

records, “Elephant Shell” in 2008 and “Champ” in 2010, made it onto the Billboard 200.

Most recently, the group worked on the “Ten Songs, Ten Years, Ten Days” project, where band members locked themselves in a room for 10 hours during 10 consecutive days to record a cover from each year between 2001 and 2010.

From the first track on, it is easy to recognize that “Forcefield” leans more toward the pop end of the music spectrum than the previous two albums.

It is still appealing to the ear, but not exactly what one would expect from Tokyo Police Club.

“Hot Tonight,” the first single from the album, is most notable

Photo via exclaim.ca

for its upbeat energy, and it fits very well into the archetype of a radio-friendly single. While it has a catchy melody and solid hook, it can feel a tad “cookie cutter.” It will likely take over the radio waves soon, but some loyal fans might worry what direction the band is going in after hearing it.

The real gem of the album is the first track, “Argentina,” with three parts spanning eight minutes. Of all the songs, this is the one that will remain the album’s most memorable. It has an outstanding progression and, as many songs of this length do, musically expresses the evolution of a certain topic — in this case, love. Though some describe it as an epoch, it is certainly worth the time to sit down and take a listen. As an added bonus, it is just long enough to get you across campus during that leisurely walk or jog.

Unfortunately, the album takes a turn for the boring past “Argentina.” There are no moving ballads that really take hold of the listener. Frankly, none of the songs sound much different from the rest with a similar tempo and style. The members of Tokyo Police Club certainly knew what they wanted this album to feel like and wanted to stick to their gut feelings.

Sadly, that plan may have backfired. Trusting their instincts only makes the album and the band seem one-dimensional, with half of the songs being

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“Forcefield,” Tokyo Police Club’s third album, was released on March 25.

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Ultimately, “Forcefield”’s success really depends on each individual listener. The album could lead to a new demographic enjoying the band, especially since some listeners don’t really care much for variation. It fits with material found on pop radio stations — more than can be said for anything the group has done in the past — which could give the band a wider fan base. On the other hand, it

could alienate the people who already like Tokyo Police Club and desire more from their alternative roots.

Fans open to a pop flair will welcome “Forcefield” with outreached arms. Those who feel strongly about the band having a rock sound will not.

And if you like listening to underground bands with a new, unique sound, this definitely is not what you are looking for.

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Tony Manno,Viewpoints Editor Elena Fransen, Assistant Editor Tessa Fox, Editor-in-Chief Sarah Hauer, Managing Editor Patrick Leary, Sports Editor Joe Kaiser, News Editor Alec Brooks, Copy Chief Rob Gebelhoff, Projects Editor Maddy Kennedy, Visual Content Editor Claire Nowak, Marquee Editor Rebecca Rebholz, Photo Editor

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False coaching announcement offers a lesson in news

STAFF EDITORIAL

Michael Lovell’s openness promising for MU Illustration by Daniel Henderson/daniel.henderson@marquette.edu

Our view: inaccurate information claiming VCU men’s basketball coach Shaka Smart would fill MU’s vacancy indicates flaws in how we produce and consume media.

Photo by Rebecca Rebholz/rebecca.rebholz@marquette.edu

Our view: MU’s choice of Michael Lovell as the university’s 24th president will likely be a postive step in opening up the campus community to the city of Milwaukee.

Marquette’s next university president, Michael Lovell, had a change of heart after being approached by the university’s Presidential Search Committee in February. He had previously established himself as a well-liked chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and in his initial comments to the Marquette community Wednesday, he expressed reservations in leaving UWM behind.

Based on those initial comments, as well as the bridge he said he hopes to build between the two universities, Lovell seems to be a great fit for Marquette.

Lovell will be the first non-Jesuit to lead Marquette in its history, and it seems the transition into his presidency will be a smooth one. Lovell voiced his desire to approach university issues like a Jesuit and is clearly grounded in his Catholic faith. He told the Tribune in an exclusive interview that his decision to come to Marquette was driven by his desire to incorporate his Catholic identity more fully into his work, a task not permissible while working at a public institution.

But the university’s first lay president also has the opportunity to take action on campus issues that may have split our previous presidents between their commitments to Jesuit ideals and student interests. If students lead another effort to bring FemSex back to Marquette, or if new issues regarding sexuality on campus arise as they consistently have for the past several years, we hope Lovell’s position as a layperson will allow him to address student needs more freely.

Lovell has the opportunity to take a progressive stance on these issues as the first Marquette president without obligations to act as a priest.

By all accounts, Lovell has already established his desire to act in the interest of students, to have conversations with them and take their interests into account.

At UWM, he committed to holding office hours and even joined students in a running club on campus with this purpose in mind.

These ideas are great to increase student involvement with university leaders and gain a substantial amount of student input,

and we hope they continue at Marquette.

The Tribune is eager to take advantage of this openness.

The president’s role at a university is to guide the institution toward big-picture goals. Lovell has already offered some of his broad ideas for the long-term, including the construction of new facilities on campus and extending programming for students. But there is lots of work that needs to be done first, including filling four positions on the University’s Leadership Council: one athletic director, one dean of admissions, one business dean and one DPS chief.

During his conversation with the Tribune, Lovell said hiring a coach or an athletic director is a competitive process that requires swift action. Several news outlets noted Monday that the absence of a university president and athletic director might dissuade potential coaching candidates from considering Marquette, so it seems things are falling into place for the job to be filled soon.

And while we understand the immediacy of the basketball coach hire, we hope Lovell realizes how the lack of academic leadership continues to affect students.

The hiring process may be different for those positions, but it needs to be given the same level of attention as the athletic positions to get Marquette’s academic sphere back on its feet.

Lovell also discussed establishing partnerships for social innovation projects between Marquette and UWM. Marquette already has a strong commitment to these initiatives and will benefit from more practical opportunities to implement them across Milwaukee.

The decision was made just ahead of the search committee’s deadline in April, and on paper, Lovell seems like a great fit for the presidential spot. After being chosen as UWM’s chancellor in 2011, Lovell set similar goals for himself and the university and was able to follow through on them.

During his three years as chancellor, he fulfilled many of those promises: staying close to students, fundraising successfully, operating in a strong provost leadership model and reaching out to the many resources Milwaukee has to offer. There is no reason to think that he will not continue to follow through on those commitments while leading Marquette.

Multiple news organizations relayed information Monday afternoon that Virginia Commonwealth University head coach Shaka Smart was coming to Marquette to fill the vacancy at the helm of the men’s basketball team.

The information spread through Twitter, and reporters published stories without verification from any credible source at the university or elsewhere. Local news stations and student journalists even gathered at the Al McGuire Center for a press conference about the coaching situation that wasn’t happening.

The incident, which did not involve the Tribune, was not a hoax, as some media outlets labeled it. Rather, it was the result of unverified reporting in an attempt to break news as quickly as possible.

What it amounts to is a chain of mistakes by journalists who judged that reporting swiftly was more important than reporting accurately.

Often, that’s what the 24-hour news cycle calls for these days. But journalists and readers need to step back and look at the integrity and credibility forgone when we teach journalists the first priority is to break the story quickly.

The false information surrounding Smart and Marquette’s coaching position originated on Twitter – not from the Department of Athletics, not from Marquette administration and certainly not from Smart.

Despite the timeliness of social media journalism, readers and reporters should not rely on tweets to get their news.

The events surrounding Shaka Smart were a textbook example of the paradox the journalism industry has created for itself: The immediacy required to fit the demands of social media and technological platforms sometimes overshadows the need to practice solid reporting.

There is a problem with journalistic practices when an unsubstantiated rumor can pass as good information across so

many news outlets. In many ways, though, this has become the industry standard. Reporters are taught to use the many different tools for getting the story out – especially social media – when they should be focused on gathering credible information and checking their facts.

The amount of time it takes to report a story makes no difference if the information is false, and the push to get a story out as fast as possible can shift a reporter’s journalistic credibility to second priority.

Even at Marquette, journalism training is increasingly erring in the direction of multimedia versatility and increased social media presence. While these skills are necessary for students to adapt to an industry that often demonstrates its dependence on tweet-style news, they should never take time from discussing the fundamental elements of journalism: seeking credible sources and constructing well-informed stories. Journalism can exist without the technology, but not without its fundamentals.

At the very least, professors need to inform students about the potential for error created by Twitter and other modern journalism tools. As the situation with Shaka Smart demonstrates, writers need to strike a balance between this technology and their reporting.

This is a case that professors in the College of Communication should consider analyzing with their students to demonstrate the perils of many modern reporting tools. The announcement proved a point: competition between news organizations does not breed good journalism, solid reporting does.

Despite what Twitter news often suggests, journalism is not a sprint. There is no value in breaking a story if it isn’t first reported meticulously. A well-written story that comes out second will always be more valuable than a poorly researched story that ‘breaks’ the news first. The entire line of information, from source to writer to reader, should never rely on these fragments of information as valid news – unless identified sources are there to support them.

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Buzzfeed quizzes only offer empty validation

Elena Fransen Pop quizzes have never been positive, but Buzzfeed is trying to change that.

With its extensive collection of quizzes, from “What Kind of Sandwich Are You?” to “Are You Going to Die?,” Buzzfeed made itself the new destination for Internet procrastination. One can pass hours going through quizzes, updated daily and relating to just about anything imaginable.

Just answer a few questions, and presto: You provided the proper answers to trigger this variation of the programmed algorithm.

I found out that I am an oatmeal raisin cookie, Wonder Woman, Beatrice from “Much Ado About Nothing” and should live in Croatia. But this all tells me nothing.

Knowing that, I think to myself, “these things don’t really affect me.”

But I can’t stop taking them. There is something about them that is compelling and give people, including myself, an addictive rush. We like having the ability to categorize ourselves and validate who we are.

These types of quizzes hold the promise of revealing more about your character, but answering a few questions doesn’t really prove anything, especially when the results are fictional characters or inanimate objects.

Similar to the Myers-Briggs tests, which ask for responses to 40-plus questions and spit out four traits that supposedly encapsulate your personality, these quizzes come down to subjective opinion. While these tests have been engineered by psychologists to generate accurate results, there’s only so much these

Higher education more than simply attending classes

Seamus Doyle My English advisor gave me homework last week ­– as if I didn’t have enough with three tests and two papers due over the next two weeks.

Despite my excessive reading habits, when my advisor asked, “What book has made you look at international affairs or economics in a different way?” I was at a loss for words.

I mumbled the name of some textbook from my international organizations course that first popped into my head.

If you’ve ever read the tag at the bottom of my column, you know that I’m “a junior studying international affairs and writing-intensive English.” I never really thought about how my two majors interconnect. I decided on my international affairs major because I want to work as a diplomat for the United States government. I took on my writingintensive English major after I didn’t like the journalism classes I had taken up to that point.

My advisor then gave me a couple of books to read over the summer. He thought I would enjoy them, but also said they would be helpful during my time as an international affairs major and for my future aspirations.

I realized that in my political science classes I often read from textbooks that explain theories, but primary sources are either excerpts in said books or simply non-existent.

This is not a dig at the political science courses I’ve had. I’ve enjoyed all of them immensely. However, I realized the need to connect the different spheres of my education. After all, that’s what a liberal arts education is all about: making connections between different disciplines. For myself, one way to do this was to integrate my majors by reading more books dealing with diplomacy, economics and development.

We don’t take two philosophy courses, two theology courses, credits for math, science, diverse cultures, history, literature and social science just to check off our core requirements. The purpose is to gain an appreciation and connect those different subjects to our own areas of study.

My advising meeting reinforced the idea that each of us needs to take our education further. That entails more than merely showing up for classes and turning in papers on time. It involves actively seeking ways to better one’s self outside of the classroom.

Like many cliches, the phrase, “Your education is the work of a lifetime,” stems from an innate truth. Your education does not end when you walk across the stage at graduation and accept your diploma. It is a constant endeavor, a thirst for knowledge, an unquenchable curiosity.

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

psychologists with no knowledge of who you are can tell you. Expressed interest tests and aptitude tests do the same thing.

I don’t think our preferences are the best summation of our beings.

Answering questions with limited context and then taking the results to hold some greater meaning is ridiculous.

Quizzes like Buzzfeed’s remind me of outlandish astrology and horoscopes (in fact, there’s even a new quiz to find out which astrological symbol you should be).

Everyone falls under some already set up category and, based on that, is given some characteristics that are probably not accurate. Horoscopes are just a continuation as they attempt to predict your future based solely on your birth date.

There are still people who believe in what their horoscopes tell them, and I am sure there are those who think their quiz results mean something as well. It is important to keep in mind that they are just programmed to give answers to whomever takes the three minutes to click 12 boxes.

It’s pretty cool that my choices led me to

my favorite cookie and the greatest superheroine ever, but that doesn’t really reflect who I am. Maybe my personality is similar to that of both (though I doubt cookies have personalities), but sadly, I will never be an Amazonian warrior princess or the most delicious cookie and that’s just something I’ve come to accept.

While these quizzes and predictions of the future are great ways to waste time, they don’t have any real basis for who you are. I’ve had a couple results that I disagree with and I have to remind myself that they don’t come anywhere close to summarizing my character.

We are a lot more complex than what Buzzfeed and other generated quizzes give us credit for, so maybe we should lay off the quizzes and look for other ways to understand ourselves. Although, I will definitely consider dressing up as Wonder Woman for Halloween next year.

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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Debate team to discuss minimum drinking age The Marquette Debate Team will host a public forum Friday to discuss the current landscape of alcohol legislation and how it pertains to students.

The forum’s topic will be the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, centering on why the age is set at 21 years of age instead of 18. The public forum will roughly mirror the British Parliamentary Debate style, featuring three speakers on both the propositional and oppositional sides, speaking on the merits and drawbacks of the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) for a total of six, six-minute speeches.

The event will feature six student members of the debate team, and will last for approximately one hour, with much of the time allotted for audience participation. The occasion will be educational and engaging, as the topic should attract members of the student body and faculty interested in the legal and medical implications of the legislation.

Albeit a highly legalistic topic, arguments presented are geared toward the average informed citizen, so legal, medical and philosophical jargon will remain largely absent.

The debate team’s public forum will continue Marquette’s longstanding tradition of collegiate speech and debate. For more than 100 years, Marquette has promoted the advancement of discussion and discourse through its numerous debate programs. Andrew Moffitt, assistant director of debate at

Marquette, said Marquette has hosted and competed at both regional and national debate tournaments, engaging students and faculty alike in the pursuit of knowledge and growth.

“Beginning as the Marquette Literary Society in 1881, we became one of the first post-secondary institutions in the Midwest to organize and participate in large intercollegiate competitions, as well as hold events to discuss events and issues occurring in the Marquette community,” Moffitt said. “Over the last 133 years, our debaters have competed in nearly every type of collegiate debate offered, and the program has also served as a vehicle for students to develop skills they will need and utilize after graduation.”

The debate team is looking to grow quantitatively and qualitatively by bringing together a larger-sized team for students to compete on regional and national circuits. The public forum offers the opportunity to raise awareness of the program and gauge student interest. The Marquette Debate Team wants to engage with students and faculty on a topic that remains daunting for policymakers on the state and national level, yet poignant for all students on campus.

The event will be held in David Straz Hall 105 at 4 p.m. Friday, March 28.

Joe McAdams is a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences. He is a copy editor for the Tribune.

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Head coach search continues

Photo by Rebecca Rebholz/rebecca.rebholz@marquette.edu

Marquette has still not found a replacement for Buzz Williams, who took the head coaching job at Virginia Tech, despite rumors that current VCU coach Shaka Smart would fill the vacancy.

Interim Athletic Director Bill Cords to give update Thursday

By Patrick Leary

patrick.leary@marquette.edu

Marquette’s men’s basketball coach search took a huge step in the right direction Wednesday when the Board of Trustees announced the hiring of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Michael Lovell as the

next university president.

More than anything, Lovell will bring a sense of stability to the process of finding a new basketball coach, since the candidates will know who they will work for if hired. Marquette announced it will hold a news conference at 2 p.m.

Thursday during which Interim Athletic Director Bill Cords will provide an update on the search.

Lovell holds three degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and worked at the university from 2000 to 2008. Media members,

including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Michael Hunt, speculate that this could give Ben Howland an advantage in the process. Howland, who coached at Pittsburgh from 1999 to 2003, emerged as an early favorite for the job over the weekend, which was quickly overshadowed by the speculation of Shaka Smart coming to Marquette.

The former UCLA coach and Marquette have mutual interests, according to ESPN’s Jeff Goodman.

While Howland remains the favorite, other prominent names

remain in the discussion. In a live chat Tuesday, Goodman, possibly the nation’s most connected college basketball reporter, pointed to Howland, Syracuse assistant coach Mike Hopkins and WisconsinGreen Bay head man Brian Wardle as his three most likely candidates.

Hopkins has served as an assistant to Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim for 18 years. Wardle, a former Marquette player and assistant coach under Tom Crean, led Green Bay to a 24-7 season and a regular season Horizon

League title. In early 2013, Wardle faced an investigation into possible mistreatment of players but retained his job.

Other rumors have pointed to Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall and Tennessee’s Cuonzo Martin as potential replacements for Buzz Williams, who left for Virginia Tech Friday. Marquette is reportedly not interested in Marshall, who took the Shockers to the Final Four in 2013. Martin’s Volunteers are currently in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 and face Michigan Friday.

Monday, Twitter exploded with the speculation, prediction, and false confirmation of Smart as Marquette’s next men’s basketball coach.

While there was no confirmation from any reputable sources that Smart to Marquette was a done deal, that did not stop local TV stations like WISN-12, FOX-6 and CBS-58 from reporting it as such.

As of Tuesday morning, though, the frenzy of confidence that Smart would come to Milwaukee died down significantly. Goodman tweeted Monday night that nothing between Smart and Marquette was done or imminent.

ESPN recruiting analyst Adam Finkelstein followed Goodman’s lead Tuesday morning.

“Shaka Smart spoke to VCU commits & their coaches yesterday & assured them he isn’t going anywhere,” Finkelstein tweeted.

That, coupled with Goodman categorizing Smart to Marquette as unlikely in a Tuesday live chat, seems to rule out the coach famous for his Havoc defense as the next head man.

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Women’s soccer opens spring schedule with a win 1-0 victory against Notre Dame starts life without stellar seniors

By Kyle Doubrava

kyle.doubrava@marquette.edu

Although Marquette’s early exit from the NCAA College Cup last November left a sting, the women’s soccer team is more than ready to start its next chapter.

The Golden Eagles are taking part in their annual spring matches, which consist of eight games, primarily against regional schools. Marquette led off its spring slate with a 1-0 win over Notre Dame Saturday.

Coach Markus Roeders said he was anxious to get the players back on the pitch after spending the past several weeks confined to indoor practices.

“It’s not as fluid as you’d like it to be yet, but that’s just part of the process,” Roeders said. “I think this group is really eager and willing, and they’re looking forward to it. What we’re doing right now is building those foundation puzzle pieces toward the fall.”

After an impressive 2013 season that saw Marquette finish 10-0-0 in the Big East and crowned the Big East Tournament champions, the secondseeded Golden Eagles fell to Western Michigan in the first round of the College Cup. The abrupt end to the campaign stunned players and coaches, but in Roeders’ mind,

there is a point when the team should move on.

“I’ve always believed that every year you have to look at it as a new year,” Roeders said. “It’s a new opportunity. The past, we chalk that up, those experiences and memories we have, championships won. Now it’s an opportunity to win more games, to win new championships, take a new path and maybe do some things we haven’t done before.”

While Roeders prefers to let each season be independent from the others, some take a disappointing end to a season and use it as inspiration for the next fall.

“It makes us work harder,” sophomore midfielder Ann Marie Lynch said. “It drives us to be more prepared mentally and physically, because the way it ended last year was definitely a mental loss and also a physical loss.”

Marquette’s senior class was one of its strongest in team history. Maegan Kelly, Taylor Madigan, Vanessa Legault-Cordisco and Cara Jacobson were all important offensive contributors. The four combined to score 20 of the team’s 52 goals. Emily Jacobson, Katie Hishmeh and Kate Reigle were each a valuable factor on defense, allowing 2.95 shots on goal per game.

Roeders knows it will be an uphill challenge, but with incoming seniors Mary Luba (eight goals, five assists), Mady Vicker (six goals) and goalie Sofie Schunk (one goal allowed in 185 minutes) ready to lead an energetic squad, the Golden Eagles could still deal damage

Golden Eagles set to battle Bearcats Teams are playing to raise awareness for cancer research

By Deny Gallagher Special to the Tribune

The Marquette women’s lacrosse team will enter Big East play a game below .500 Friday night, as the it welcomes Cincinnati for the Golden Eagle’s annual game to benefit Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

The Golden Eagles begin conference play against a red-hot Bearcat team that won its last five games. A season ago, Cincinnati defeated Marquette 145. The Bearcats are led by senior Taylor Young, who scored four goals on four shots in Cincinnati’s last game against Detroit to bring her season total to 12.

“I think they’re similar to us,” coach Meredith Black said. “They have a lot of the same strengths that we have.

It’s going to be a tough game.

We’re entering Big East play on Friday, and every single game the rest of our season is going to be a battle.”

Young was named to this week’s Big East Honor Roll, along with Marquette

freshman Amanda Bochniak, who is also coming off a fourgoal game of her own against Winthrop. This is the third time that Bochniak was named to the Big East Honor Roll this season after earning seven points this week for the Golden Eagles.

For the second straight year, Marquette will help spread the word about pancreatic cancer during one of the team’s home games. Last year, the event raised more than $10,000 for PCAN. This year, the team is more than halfway to its goal.

Members of the women’s lacrosse team will be in the AMU during the lunch hour Thursday, selling raffle tickets for various prizes. All proceeds will go directly to the charity. Raffle tickets start at $5 for a single ticket and $20 for eight tickets.

“I am thrilled to continue the tradition of hosting a ‘Pan Can’ game again this year,” Black said. “This cause is so important to me personally, and to many of the players on my team. We love to feel that we can make a difference, even if just by spreading awareness about pancreatic cancer.”

Marquette will wear purple in the pre-game warm ups to raise awareness for pancreatic cancer.

Photo by Maggie Bean/Marquette Images

Junior goaltender Sofia Schunk looks to step up and fill the void left by graduating senior Amanda Engel.

in the Big East. “(The seniors) have been understudies for some time now,” Roeders said. “They will have their chance to have one more final season. We don’t need to compare them to what other groups have done in the past.

They will pave their own way, so to speak. When the fall comes

around I think they will really understand that ‘Hey, we’ve got one more hurrah.’”

Lynch will take her junior year as an opportunity to continue learning from the veterans so she is able to lead in a similar fashion when the time comes.

“I’m really excited because I don’t have any doubt in them,

and I think they’re going to fill the shoes like any other senior class would,” Lynch said.

“Might not notice it as much on the field just because it’s really hard to compete with that strong senior class from last year, but I think they’re doing a great job so far. I’m really excited to see what they can do.”

What I learned from Shakawatch

Trey Killian I’m not proud to admit that I’ve been hesitant to accept and become a regular member of the Twittersphere.

Monday morning showed me how addicting it could be, as I pored over multiple sourceless, baseless tweets spreading rumors about VCU’s Shaka Smart and Marquette basketball’s head coach vacancy. One tweet promised a major announcement from the team at 5 p.m. I was skeptical, but it nevertheless piqued my interest.

By late afternoon, I found myself hanging around outside the Al McGuire Center with local professional TV crews like CBS-58 and WISN-12.

I’ll always remember the little twinge of excitement I felt based on the mere possibility of being amongst the first to see Marquette’s new basketball coach in the flesh.

What if Shaka got the team back to the Final Four? A national championship? Multiple national championships?

At last, at around 5:01 p.m., we were greeted by the men’s basketball team’s sports information director.

“No one calls me. No one emails me. So we’re going off Twitter now? (expletive) ridiculous. There’s no announcement, you can all go home,” he said.

The instant reaction was to feel a little put-off by the dismissal, but the more I reflected on it, the more I realized the truth to it. There I was, amongst respected local TV news teams who were duped and willing to stake their reputation on something that hadn’t even been touched by a single recognizable, reliable source. And in the end, it was all malarkey, and the SID was miffed as any reasonable human being in his situation would be.

I can’t say I regret taking about 45 minutes out of my day to wait outside the Al in hopes of stumbling into the biggest Marquette story since … Friday. I was, after all, on my way to the Marquette Tribune office in the basement of Johnston Hall.

No, I didn’t get to see Shaka Smart emerge from a Go Riteway shuttle, shiny new MU pin adorned to his lapel, brushing off our questions before confirming his acceptance of the Marquette position.

But, I did get a refresher on the importance of using Twitter as it should be used by

journalists: as a tool.

A tool that, when employed with discretion and wisdom, could dramatically enhance one’s career, and with poor management, could destroy it before it begins.

The danger presented by Twitter to a young journalist is substantial. Had I decided to jump the gun and step up from retweeting to reporting, who knows how damaged my reputation might be today.

Twitter revolutionized the way journalists report the news for better or worse, but the same ethical standards and dilemmas remain. They, unlike traditional print journalism, aren’t slowly fading away.

As the Marquette basketball news outlet Paint Touches tweeted late Monday night, “2014 and social media have made being first a competition.

Yet there’s still no substitute for being right.”

The moral of the story is a familiar one. It’s about as timeless as an Aesop fable.

Stick to your trusted sources and don’t even think of clicking that “tweet” button unless you’re willing to bet your career on it. Because that’s exactly what you’ do.

It’s harsh getting cussed at by an SID. But it’s the truth, and that’s what journalism will always be about.

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

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MU prepares for major road match against Rutgers Game will be only time the schools play a Big East contest

By Andrew Dawson

andrew.dawson@marquette.edu

Big East play rolls on for the men’s lacrosse team Saturday, as it travel to face Rutgers in search of its first conference win in program history.

This is the only time the two teams will face each other in Big East regular season action, as the Scarlet Knights move to the Big Ten at the end of the season.

The teams are vying for a spot in the Big East Tournament, and the winner of the conference will be granted an automatic qualifier to the NCAA Tournament.

“It’s going to be a street fight,” coach Joe Amplo said.

“Everybody’s fighting for their lives in our conference. Aside from Denver, everyone else has to win this conference to get to the (NCAA Tournament) and here’s another 60 minute battle for us try and get a victory and hopefully go on a run.”

Rutgers (6-3, 1-1) does not boast the toughest of schedules, but two of the team’s losses came against Top 10 opponents and four of its wins were by more than six goals.

Rutgers attackman Scott Klimchak leads a lethal offense with his 14th ranked 2.78 goals per game and is a scoring threat close to the net. The Marquette defense struggled against many offensive units this year, posting the ninth highest goals against average in the country.

Marquette freshman goalkeeper Jimmy Danaher has to play a big role this weekend and continues to play strong between the pipes. Since replacing senior JJ Sagl in net, Danaher may have the worst save percentage in the country statistically, in large part because of the offensive onslaught from the Duke game, but the defense trusts him in cage.

Photo by Valeria Cardenas/valeria.cardenas@marquette.edu

The Marquette defense will have its hands full against Rutgers’ star attackman Scott Klimchak, who averages 2.78 goals per game.

“(Danaher) only started one game in his senior year (of high school) as a goalie, which is pretty impressive to come in here and make all the saves he should,” redshirt sophomore defender Liam Byrnes said.

“His clearing game has come a long way; he’s a lot more poised. His communication is good and I’m pretty happy with his play overall.”

Offense is the key issue at the moment for the Golden Eagles.

There were not as many turnovers this year, as the team only

has 12.63 per game, which is 12th best in the nation. However, the amount of unforced turnovers and mistakes in the offensive end counteracts that and prevents the team from long offensive possessions and, in turn, scoring.

A bright side to a woeful offense is redshirt senior attackman Tyler Melnyk, who leads the team with 32 points (22 goals, 10 assists) and hold the 15th best points per game average in the country with 4.00.

Faceoffs present an even

bigger challenge, as Rutgers has arguably the best faceoff man in the country. Joseph Nardella has taken 135 faceoffs this year and has only lost 27 of them. His .800 win-percentage presents a major problem for Marquette’s Paul Riportella, who is filling in for an injured Cullen Cassidy.

Riportella, in his first start, won 20 of 24 against Detroit, but struggled last Saturday against Villanova. He went nine of 20 and will have to play above average to

compete with Nardella.

“We expect to win and obviously we know it’s going to be a tight game,” sophomore attackman Conor Gately said. “Every Big East game is going to be a tight game; we know that coming in, and so we’re going to have to prepare, see what they do well, counteract it and see what happens.”

Faceoff is set for this Saturday at 11 a.m. in Piscataway, N.J., as Amplo’s squad attempts to make a statement in the Big East.

Women’s basketball finishes fifth in new Big East Second-round WNIT finish is furthest team has gone since 2011

By Jacob Born

jacob.born@marquette.edu

The Marquette women’s basketball team finished the season 22-11 after a 72-69 loss to Indiana in the second round of the WNIT Saturday. The Golden Eagles went a round further than last season, exceeding expectations in the new Big East.

Marquette opened the season at home against Wake Forest and soundly beat the Deacon Demons 90-71, which kickstarted a four-game winning streak.

Three of the four games were at home, and the Golden Eagles still climbed as high as No. 29 in the polls.

With its 4-0 record,

Marquette welcomed then-No. 2 Duke to the Al McGuire Center. Marquette hung around for the majority of the first half, but ultimately fell to the Blue Devils 78-61, giving the team its first loss. Two more wins at the South Point Thanksgiving Shootout, including one against senior Katherine Plouffe’s sister Michelle’s Utah team, brought the team to 6-1 before it took on Wisconsin.

The Badgers came to Milwaukee and the two teams battled it out all game. Wisconsin needed a layup with .8 seconds left in order to eke out the 6260 victory. Marquette won its next three games to close out nonconference play with a solid 9-2 record.

Marquette traveled to Big East newcomer Butler for its first conference game of the season, and kicked off conference play in a thrilling fashion. Junior

Lauren Tibbs made the final basket of the game with 1:54 left in the game, and the teams traded missed shots, fouls and rebounds until the final buzzer sounded. Marquette followed up the win against Butler with a two-point loss against Villanova in its first conference game at the Al McGuire Center.

An overtime win at Georgetown and a win at Xavier gave the Golden Eagles a 3-0 road record to start the Big East, while a loss to St. John’s and a victory versus Providence resulted in a 1-2 home record. Ultimately, Marquette suffered from inconsistency in the final stretch of the Big East season.

The Golden Eagles had a twogame losing streak on the road before countering that with two consecutive wins. A loss to Butler at home sparked another winning streak before losing in overtime to Seton Hall.

Marquette closed out the season with victories at St. John’s and Creighton before falling in the season finale at Villanova.

The team traveled to Chicago to participate in the Big East Tournament, beating Villanova before losing to DePaul in the quarterfinals. Marquette then participated in the WNIT, where the team beat Indiana State before losing to Indiana.

This year’s Golden Eagles benefitted from experience.

Plouffe continued to be the team’s unquestioned leader as she led Marquette in points, free throw percentage and rebounds.

Plouffe was also the only player on the team who averaged a double-double.

Fellow senior Katie Young stepped up her game this season, averaging 12.8 points and 8.4 rebounds for the season.

Junior Arlesia Morse was the team’s spark plug off the bench,

as she made the most threepointers on the team and averaged double-digit points. Morse also joined the 1,000-point club this season. Sophomore Brooklyn Pumroy continued to grow in her starting role, as she greatly decreased her turnovers and averaged the most minutes of any Golden Eagle.

As a team, Marquette emphasized rebounds and it showed every game. The Golden Eagles averaged 45.3 rebounds per game, compared to their opponent’s average of 32.3. Of those 45.3 rebounds, 16.1 of those were came on offense.

Unlike last season, the Golden Eagles will say goodbye to three players: Plouffe, Young and Courtney Thomas. Plouffe is the only graduating player to score more than 1,000 points in her career.