The Marquette Tribune | March 27, 2014

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Volume 98, Number 48

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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

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

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. See Ticketed, Page 8

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Why are MU dorm rooms so expensive to live in? PAGE 6

Quizzes shed irrelevant light based on particular choices. PAGE 13

#Shakawatch fiasco provides a great teaching moment PAGE 15


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