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windows and doors. However, the metaphorical house is always changing. The FBI was called in to investigate the incident at UWParkside March 27 because of the potential exposure of personal data. UW-Parkside officials first became aware of the situation March 16 when Campus Technology Services staff performing maintenance, found computer hackers installed malware, a computer virus, on one university server. Reportedly, anyone who was admitted to the school, or has attended UW-Parkside since the fall of 2010, may have had their information compromised. The malware did not indicate its source or those who gained access to the school’s servers. Investigators found evidence
indicating the attacker’s motive was not identity theft, and they found no proof of attempts to download names or Social Security numbers. Schools can become targets for hackers because they have important information and can be easier to access than businesses. “As businesses are locking down, hackers go after the next easiest target of opportunity,” said Bruce Boyden, a professor at Marquette’s law school specializing in privacy law in a Feb. 6 Tribune project. Webb said hackers target anything that can be monetized or embarrass an entity or an individual. “Credit cards are the jackpot for hackers, followed by
The national, student-run group Active Minds plans to dismantle stigmas surrounding mental illness on college campuses during this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, running Monday through Friday. Various speakers, including comedian Sara Benincasa and war veteran Bryan Adams, will speak on Marquette’s campus and talk with students during question-and-answer sessions. The week’s events will look at mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, post-traumatic stress disorder and bipolar disorder. Lindsey Peterson, representative of Marquette University’s Student Nurses Association and sophomore in the College of Nursing, provided Active Minds with green ribbons to build support and awareness of mental illness. Students can pick up green ribbons at residence halls and the Alumni Memorial Union to wear or tie to a tree outside of Raynor Memorial Library. One in four adults have some kind of mental illness, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Peterson said symptoms of these illnesses often first appear during college years. She also stressed that the week intends to address the idea that mental illness can always be controlled. “We can’t blame someone for depression any more than we can for heart disease,” Peterson said in an email, adding that stigmas extend to how people refer to illnesses in a casual setting. “Some people find it funny to gesture sticking a finger down their throat or putting a gun to their head, or perhaps calling someone bipolar or OCD just because of their quirks,” she said. “That only furthers the feeling that mental illnesses are merely a joke. My hope is that students will treat these disorders with more sensitivity.” Markie Pasternak, secretary of Marquette’s Active Minds chapter and a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, represented the group on the national
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Marquette Student Government President-elect Kyle Whelton (left) and running mate Natalie Pinkney made using the reserve fund as a top priority during the MUSG presidential debate. Whelton announced a few proposals to tap into the reserve fund going into his inauguration Tuesday.
MUSG president-elect suggests options to tap unused $250,000
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As Marquette Student Government President-elect Kyle
Whelton, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, approaches his inauguration on Tuesday, he announced his first priority will be spending part of the almost $250,000 in the Prior Year Reserve Fund. Every year, students pay $30 per semester in student organization fees. It is the responsibility of MUSG – through student
organization funding, programs and other areas – to spend this money. All unused funds are deposited into the Prior Year Reserve Fund. MUSG’s financial policies mandate the reserve fund be at least 10 percent of the annual operating budget to cover budget deficits, making the $250,000 in the
reserve more than five times the required amount. According to the MUSG Constitution, the reserve fund can be utilized for “capital goods” exceeding $500, or “to subsidize the sponsorship of a qualifying student service.” The Constitution defines a capital See MUSG, Page 4
FBI investigates cybercrime in MKE area UW-Parkside target of latest campus security breach of school data By Matt Kulling
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Bob Shields, the special agent in charge of the Milwaukee division of the FBI, said in a comment to the Associated Press last week that he would like to see Wisconsin develop an advanced forensics lab to fight computer crimes. The same day the University of Wisconsin-Parkside had a cyber-security breach affecting as many as 15,000 students, which Justin Webb, an Information Security Officer at Marquette, said is not
uncommon for universities, including Marquette. “The university is always ‘threatened’ by simply being connected to the Internet,” Webb said in an email. “We have systems in place to mitigate the attempted attacks, and we also harden our infrastructure in various ways to make the attack surface smaller, and harder to get into.” Shields added in his Associated Press interview that he would like to build on cybercrime work as he did as an agent in Chicago. He created an office that investigates hacking, piracy and online terrorism, and he wants a similar organization in Wisconsin. Webb equated cyber security to leaving doors and windows open, and specialists do their best to lock up those
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News in Brief Health insurance deadline ends Monday night marked the deadline for Americans to sign up for health insurance through the new online exchange, HealthCare.gov. According to The New York Times, hundreds of thousands of people tried to enroll in the exchange before Monday’s 11:59 p.m. deadline. The Times reported the site was down twice Monday due to technical glitches stemming from the influx of traffic and a “software problem.” The site was out of commission from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. EST and once later that afternoon. Six million people already signed up for a new health plan through their state or federal exchange, according to an announcement from the president Thursday. The total enrollment number is unknown at this time. These glitches are not a new problem for the Obama administration. Since the site debuted in October, website problems plagued the launch of the healthcare exchange.
Referendum may slash MKE salaries Paychecks for Milwaukee County supervisors are in the hands of voters this week, as a referendum to cut pay in half for the local lawmakers will be included on the ballot for Tuesday’s election, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. The referendum, which would effectively make these positions part-time beginning in 2016, would also eliminate health and pension benefits for supervisors. The measure was authored by state Rep. Joe Sanfelippo (R-West Allis), a former county supervisor. “There just isn’t enough work for a supervisor to sit in an office eight hours a day,” Sanfelippo said to the Journal Sentinel. Supervisors are paid $50,679, with the proposed pay cut amounting to just over $24,000. Sheila Cochrane, the secretary-treasurer of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council, expressed opposition to the legislation, saying it would lower the quality of candidates running for these positions. “Who in the hell is going to do that job?” Cochrane said to
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South Korean marines write their names on passenger passes before boarding a ship leaving for Yeonpyeong Island in the western waters. North and South Korea fired hundreds of artillery shells into each other’s waters Monday in a flare-up of animosity that forced South Korean residents to evacuate to shelters for several hours.
the Journal Sentinel. “We can always look for the market value of a CEO, but when it comes to our public servants, we drive that wage down so low.”
Lawmaker to resign State Assembly If state Rep. Bill Kramer (RWaukesha) is expelled from the state legislature, it would be the first occurrence in nearly 100 years. Kramer is charged with two counts of second-degree felony sexual assault for allegedly sexually assaulting a political aid following a Republican mixer three years ago. Kramer faces $200,000 in fines and 80 years in prison if convicted. Kramer said he is not running for re-election, but Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) said he
finds the charges credible and aides are researching the legal process needed to expel Kramer if he does not choose to resign. If he were booted from the Assembly, Kramer would be the first Wisconsin legislator since socialist state Sen. Frank Raguse was removed in 1917 after refusing to retract statements considered disloyal to the U.S. during World War I.
Tension on Korean border builds North and South Korea traded fire Monday after a North Korean military exercise resulted in more than 100 shells landing in South Korean water just south of the Northern Limit Line on the western side of the peninsula. The South responded
DPS Reports March 27 Between Dec. 19 at 12 a.m. and March 27 at 5 p.m., several individuals removed property from a vending machine in Engineering Hall without paying for the property. Estimated loss is $1,000. At 8:29 a.m., a student reported that unknown person(s) removed her unsecured, attended cell phone estimated at $350 in Cramer Hall. Between 11 a.m. and 11:13 a.m., two people not affiliated with Marquette trespassed in Gesu Church and were cited by MPD. March 28 Between March 18 at 12:01 p.m. and March 28 at 8 a.m., a student reported that unknown person(s) removed a license plate from her secured, unattended vehicle in the 900 block of N. Renee St. MPD was contacted. At 7:23 p.m., a student acted in a disorderly manner in Campus Town West. Between 2 a.m. and 2:15 a.m., an
unknown subject struck a student with a closed fist outside of Schroeder Hall causing injury to the student. MPD and MFD were contacted. March 29 Between 12:41 p.m. and 12:46 p.m., a person not affiliated with Marquette attempted to forcibly remove a student’s property in the 2300 block of W. Michigan St. The suspect fled the scene but was located by DPS and taken into custody by MPD. At 12:52 a.m., a student was in possession of a false ID in Structure One. At 2:05 a.m., a student was in possession of drug paraphernalia in Schroeder Hall and was taken into custody by MPD. The student was cited and released. March 30 At 3:43 a.m., a student reported possibly being sexually assaulted by an acquaintance in the Haggerty House on Feb. 23 between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. MPD was contacted.
by firing 300 of its own shells and scrambling F-15s. Residents on Baengnyeong Island were evacuated as a precautionary measure. The DPRK said its actions were a response to both a condemnation by the U.N. of its missile launches last week and recent military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea, which Pyongyang regards as a threat. In 2010, four South Korean civilians died after North Korean artillery bombarded the island of Yeonpyeong, just south of the maritime border. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel condemned Pyongyang, saying he would bring up the issue of tensions on the Korean peninsula during his trip to China. “The North Koreans have to stop these provocative actions,” Hagel said. “Obviously when I’m in China that will be a subject that I will discuss with my counterpart.”
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Tuesday 1 MUSG Inauguration Ceremony, AMU Monaghan Ballroom E, 4 p.m. Troubled Political Transitions: A Perspective from Egypt, AMU Ballroom D, 5 p.m. Marquette Crowdfunding Launch,
Johnston Hall 104 (the jPad), 5:30 p.m. The Joy of Waffles & The Gospel, Narthex at Chapel of the Holy Family, 5:30 p.m. The Man Who Never Lied: Muhammad, Raynor Basement Conference Room A, 6 p.m.
Wednesday 2 On the Ground in Response to Typhoon Haiyan: Stacy McCoy’s Personal Testimony, AMU Henke Lounge, 6 p.m. Creeping Shari’ah: Misconceptions in Islam, Raynor Basement Conference Room B & C, 6 p.m.
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Tayyebeh Mohammadi (sitting), a graduate engineering student, greets students as she serves traditional Iranian cuisine at the International Day Fair held on the second floor of the Alumni Memorial Union. The annual event, held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, featured food from countries such as Malaysia, Italy, Pakistan and others.
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MUSG: Whelton suggests funds for reusable dining containers, MU fitness
good as “office-related equipment whose useful life is greater than one year.” MUSG accessed the reserve fund twice in the last two weeks. It approved a resolution for adding water bottle fillers to various water fountains around campus and passed legislation to fund a shuttle program to bring students to Target. The combined cost of these two programs is expected to be $14,000, according to MUSG Financial Vice President Nick Ciccone, a junior in the College of Business Administration. The Target shuttle is part of an ongoing MUSG effort to address the food desert problem around Marquette’s campus. “The program that we did in the fall, which Target cosponsored, was really successful for the student body,” said Programs Vice President Ryan Twaddle. “This is just our trial run, and if it doesn’t work, we’ll try and do something different.” Shuttle services and water bottle fillers are not the only current plans to utilize the reserve fund. Whelton and his running mate, Natalie Pinkney,
Clearly we want to see evidence that students want this.That it is going to be something that will benefit all students on campus.” Nick Ciccone, Junior, College of Business Administration campaigned on two ideas to access the reserve fund. Whelton’s first idea is to implement a reusable to-go container system in some of the dining halls on campus. The plan is to use the “Ozzi” system, which is a machine that gives users a reusable container they would have to return to the machine later. The health department approved the system, but Sodexo only afford one machine. Whelton said he would like to access the reserve fund to purchase another machine, which he said would be about $16,000. “At least one more, ideally two, is really needed to get this thing going,” Whelton said. The other plan Whelton championed during the campaign is the replacement of fitness equipment on campus. Whelton specifically
mentioned the Rec Plex “needs some TLC.” He said he does not have specific numbers on the costs to improve workout equipment both in the Rec Plex and in the dorms, but expects it to be substantial. Whelton also said he would be open to hearing proposals from student groups on how to spend the reserve fund. Ciccone, who hears student funding requests as part of his role on the Student Organization Funding Committee, offered some criteria for potential student proposals to MUSG. “Clearly we want to see evidence that students want this,” Ciccone said. “That it is going to be something that will benefit all students on campus.” Ciccone also said he would want to see exact costs for the proposed idea, rather than just generalities.
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Health: ‘Active Minds’ group fights stereotypes Student Advisory Committee Board Saturday, which she said allows Marquette’s group to have more say in the national Active Minds organization. “We need to address populations that wouldn’t normally hear about mental health and that’s why we have the Bryan Adams event, which reaches out to ROTC students,” Pasternak said, adding that other events throughout the week will attract different types of students. “The prayer service reaches out to religious groups, the yoga and tea tasting looks to physical health groups and the Meladies concert reaches students who enjoy arts and entertainment.” Promoting and increasing student use of the Counseling Center’s services is another goal for the week, since Active Minds found negative connotations and shame associated with receiving counseling or therapy. As a result of these stigmas, Pasternak said students often seek help from friends instead of trained professionals. “The counselors ask you questions and make you figure it out for yourself, which is something an untrained individual can’t do,” Pasternak said. She noted that counselors are also under an oath of privacy and can help students get medication if needed. While planning the week, Pasternak received help from Mike Haen, a 2013 Marquette graduate and current graduate student student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Haen worked on Mental Health Awareness Week during his senior year at Marquette.
“We don’t want these events to feel like academic lectures,” Haen said. “We want to look at mental health as an everyday, ordinary issue, rather than something to be studied or researched. This week can be a way for people to connect with each other, and that’s the goal.” Last year the week was hosted by the Kappa Sigma fraternity before its members handed the event over to Active Minds. The week includes a table in the AMU with information on different mental health disorders every day, except Wednesday, in an effort to specifically address students. “Removing the stigma surrounding mental health will help many people, especially college students, seek the treatment they need, instead of living in fear of their diagnosis,” said Abigail Nelezen, co-president of Marquette’s Active Minds chapter and senior in the College of Health Sciences, in an email. This year the week is specifically catering to a wide range of students of different genders and academic pursuits, making it unique from last year’s events. “(Bryan Adams) is a good speaker to have because it brings in the male demographic,” Haen said. “With issues of mental health, it’s hard to reach that population because it’s so culturally stigmatized for men.” Haen said he thinks the week will be well-attended, especially since information about the events has spread to UWM students.
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Cyber: UW-Parkside web attack affects 15,000 people
financial data and informa- and more of a target for attacks tion allowing money transfers to get access to their databasand bank fraud, and personally es of student information. It’s identifiable information capa- something universities need to ble of being used for identity be thinking more about.” fraud is also something sought As a word of advice, Webb after,” he said. said it is important to start with Webb added that intellectual the basics. property can also be a target of “Update your computer and hackers. Webb antivirus, watch also said that alwhere you go though it is difon the internet, ficult to quanbe careful what tify how many you share on attacks there are social media, on the univerbe cautious of sity, the larganything you er, and better receive that you known schools weren’t expecttend to be biging, use comger targets. plex passwords Boyden said and don’t use in February that the same passJustin Webb, Information security word for evit is a challenge officer at Marquette ery site, (and) for educational institutions to stay off public maintain cyber security be- wifi,” Webb said. cause they are not used to takWebb also said that no mating the steps to secure confi- ter what, cybercrime will dential information. continue to grow “as long “A university is supposed to as there are vulnerable sysbe an open exchange of ideas, tems, inadequately protected the ideal of the academy,” Boy- users and a lack of respect den said. “So it’s antithetical to for the scope and impact of their nature to lock down infor- the cybercrime problem.” mation, but I think that universities are going to become more
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Joan of Arc Chapel resigns, moves back to France After 50 years of service, Joan of Arc Chapel announced its resignation from Marquette effective immediately, in order to pursue other “apostolic opportunities.” The announcement came late Monday night before the regularly scheduled 10 p.m. mass. “I believe the time has come to consider other apostolic opportunities for me as a chapel,” Arc said in an email. “I have made this decision after much prayer, discernment and conversation with other churches and my spiritual director, the Father Marquette statue on Central Mall.” The chapel will return to its home in Chasse, France, where it was built in the 15th
century. It began contemplating its resignation when it learned that its mother, the famous Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, contracted a serious case of shingles. In the end, it just wanted to copy the rest of Marquette’s administration. “We thank Joan of Arc Chapel for its accomplishments and dedication to Marquette, its faculty and most of all, its students,” said Hank Charles, Interim Dean of Liturgical Spaces. “I take immense pride and responsibility for ensuring the mission and innovative spirit of our Catholic, Jesuit tradition continues well into the future. As overseer of campus churches and chapels, I assure you that I will work closely with the
Jesuits, university leadership and local contractors to build a new chapel as quickly as possible.” Students said the chapel was a pivotal part of their spiritual life at Marquette, and it will be greatly missed. “I loved going to 10 p.m. mass in Joan of Arc,” said Jeanie Abraham, a junior in the College of Nursing. “I didn’t really sink in until I walked over for church yesterday, and it was just gone. No goodbye note, nothing. It’s like a part of me died, if a part of me were a 500-year-old brick building.” Chapel of the Holy Family will act as interim Joan of Arc Chapel in addition to its current duties.
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Before Monday, Joan of Arc Chapel played a pivotal role in Campus Ministry.
CNN’s 24-hour Smart coverage Doc the ferret to play men’s basketball As rumors circulated last week that Marquette hired Virginia Commonwealth basketball coach Shaka Smart, television crews scrambled to get out in front of the story. For unknown reasons, 24-hour news network CNN decided to dedicate round-the-clock coverage to trying to locate Smart’s plane, which was reportedly on the way to Milwaukee. Sources close to CNN President Jeff Zucker said the decision to focus entirely on searching for a lost plane came directly from the top. “I don’t know man, Jeff was following #mubb on Twitter and decided we could get a huge ratings bump if we covered only this for a couple days,” the source said. CNN broke from its normal broadcasting schedule Monday afternoon when BrewCityBall. com’s Jim Ganzer tweeted that Smart to Marquette was a “#donedeal.” An unnamed source
later told another source that sources said Smart was on his way to Milwaukee. At one point Nancy Grace and Ashleigh Banfield stood on opposite sides of the 12th Street parking lot to report on the events unfolding at the Al McGuire Center. In studio, show hosts dealt with the daunting task of filling a whole day’s worth of airtime talking about Smart’s “missing plane.” CNN started by laying out a grid over a map of the great lakes region and speculating that Smart’s plane “could be literally anywhere in this area.” On “The Situation Room,” Wolf Blitzer stood in front of a life-size holographic model of Smart to explain the different components of the highly successful basketball coach. A cacophony of CNN pundits got in on the action as well, offering viewers as much speculation on the outcome of the
search as their hearts desired. “Is it possible that the private plane could have been caught in a black hole over Southwestern Pennsylvania?” CNN’s Don Lemon asked panelists during his special prime time report on the disappearance. “Is it also possible that the cities of Detroit, Chicago and Indianapolis may have created some sort of ‘Midwestern Bermuda Triangle’ type space?” Lemon further queried. Lemon’s co-host Dick Quest later wondered out loud why a psychic was not being consulted to help find Smart’s missing plane. The whole exercise of finding Smart’s missing plane left many confused, particularly Smart himself. “What plane?” Smart said from his VCU office when asked about his missing plane. “I’ve been in Richmond the whole time.”
Following a 15-loss season that saw the departure of former head coach Buzz Williams, the Marquette men’s basketball team is following the Milwaukee Brewers’ example and signing an adorable animal to distract from its mediocre team. This animal is Doc, a ferret Interim Athletic Director Bill Cords found walking down Wisconsin Avenue. In a press conference Monday, Cords said Doc the ferret would be a good morale boost for the team. “The team struggled this year, and I think Doc would make a good distr… err addition to the team,” Cords said. When asked about how Doc could possibly be academically eligible to play, Cords said the ferret ate his own transcripts. Doc himself took the podium to address the media, accompanied by ferret whisperer Cobb Roman, and then made several laps around the crowded room, urinated on a television camera tripod and yipped at a mustachioed reporter, before adding that he hopes to do whatever he can to help the team win. The NCAA ruled that Doc is in no way eligible to participate in basketball because he is a ferret, but NCAA president Mark Emmert overruled the decision, citing that despite Doc not being a human, he will boost ticket sales and advertising revenue.
Doc will make his Marquette debut in the winter of 2014 and likely start in the backcourt.
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Yet another leadership model Sleepy clone turns down coaching offer
Following a fresh round of resignations, Marquette organized a new organizational chart, which the university later discovered is actually just a circle. Under the new model, the dean of each college reports to Vice President of Planning Tom Ganey, who reports to Interim Provost Margaret Callahan, who reports to Interim University President the Rev. Robert
A. Wild, who reports to Davante Gardner who then reports to each dean of each college, making it a full circle. Marquette changed its organizational chart frequently this year in response to various resignations and layoffs. In January, the university adopted the strong provost model, and is consequently naming this new model the strong circle model.
“Under this model, everyone will report to everyone,” Wild said just before sprinting out of the room. “It works because um, uhh, look over there!” The university said once President-elect Michael Lovell takes over Aug. 1, a new organizational chart will be constructed. The university added that it is considering making the new model S-shaped.
In an attempt to end the men’s basketball coach search, Marquette biology students successfully cloned former men’s basketball head coach Al McGuire, the first feat of its kind in world history. Unfortunately, McGuire declined an offer to return as Marquette’s head coach next season, instead pursuing a better offer. The university’s athletic department recruited the students to bring McGuire back to life since Marquette couldn’t find any living and willing candidates to fill the vacant coaching position. It wanted to keep the endeavor a secret, possibly because the process may not have been legal. “Everyone in my biology class got this weird email right after the Shaka Smart rumors hit Twitter,” said Mark Achmetha, a senior in the College of Health Sciences. “We had to break into the university archives, take hairs off one of (McGuire’s) jackets, and clone him. I gotta say, it seemed kinda sketch, but we’re graduating in a month. What’s anyone gonna do to us?” During an operation in an undisclosed location at an undisclosed time with undisclosed disclosure, the students managed to make a
perfect clone of McGuire, who passed away in 2001. The clone didn’t seem phased by the culture shock of Milwaukee in 2014, saying his biggest complaint was how tired he felt. “It was like waking up from a really long nap,” clone McGuire said, “but it’s probably not healthy to nap for 13 years like I did.” Not long after the cloning was complete, members of Marquette’s athletic department approached McGuire about coaching the university’s 20142015 men’s basketball team. McGuire turned down the offer, instead taking an offer as assistant to the assistant men’s basketball coach at Virginia Commonwealth University. “I love Marquette, and I loved my years as head coach,” clone McGuire said. “But when I saw how much pressure people put on Shaka Smart using – what’s that called, Tweeter? – it just didn’t seem right. I didn’t want to get caught up in that. VCU just seems like the smarter choice.” The university declined to comment, but resorted to crying, undisclosed informants said.
Fr. Marquette still not verified Despite reading Father Marquette’s will, university administrators have not verified the deceased Jesuit’s Twitter account, leaving his one and only dying wish unfulfilled. Marquette pioneered what is now known as Twitter by writing “tweeps,” messages with 140 characters or less, on scraps of paper and sending them to friends via some old species of a blue bird that is now extinct. He called it “Tweener.” “Mes amis, I will always believe that I’ll be known for using Tweener before it was
cool,” Marquette wrote in his will. “It is for this reason that I require a Tweener verification checkmark, which doesn’t exist yet but probably will someday.” 2014 marks the 339-year anniversary of ignoring the university namesake. “The university is too busy with more important things like search committees and chasing the Marquette Turkey around,” said Jane Waxner, head of Marquette social media. When asked about plans to verify the account, Waxner shrugged and grabbed her
turkey-capturing net. Reports from the Vatican indicate that Pope Alexander VII received many of Marquette’s “tweeps” and was royally annoyed by the constant life updates. “Oui, Pope Alexander may find me annoying,” Marquette wrote in his will, “but I know my idea will one day allow the whole world to publically subtweep, share selfies, complain, rant and display romantic affection, among other things. I think that’s a beautiful thing.”
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The Jesuit tweets students from @FatherMarquette, though he died in 1675.
Green concedes from presidential race, but doesn’t
Pete Green Friends, voters, students, random people who pick up the Trib at Marquette Gyro: Roughly one month ago, we embarked on a journey that we thought would change
student government forever. After much deliberation with my family, friends and wealthy, out-of-state donors, I decided to throw my hat in the ring March 3 as a write-in candidate for Marquette Student Government. Now, on April 1, it is with disappointment, but great appreciation, I officially concede from the race. I congratulate Kyle Whelton and Natalie Pinkney on their victory. They ran a decent campaign, despite their inability to get 50 percent of the vote from 22 percent of the student body. I wish them well, but this column is not about them. It is about us, and the message that will continue to live on. We may have lost the election, but we did not lose our hearts, our honor or
our Twitter ratios, the latter of which I dominated. If we proved nothing more in this election, it’s that the MUSG establishment is afraid – afraid of a well-funded, handsome voice of the people challenging the status quo. I ran for the right reasons – to represent the student body, shake up the race, receive a lot of attention and hopefully get free tuition. We accomplished all of those goals, with the exception of the free tuition. While the election may have been rigged to prevent me from winning in a landslide, we should not be somber. This is a time of joy knowing that we did all we could to bring people together for a common cause. I will never forget shaking hands with voters and hearing your
concerns, or watching you tweet your support. I will never forget your generous donations at our fundraisers or your efforts knocking door-to-door, bothering students in their dorms who were likely trying to study – or do hard drugs, if it was McCormick. We did not get the result we wanted, but because of your efforts, we made an impact that will remain forever in the hearts and minds of Marquette students and faculty. Whelton’s term lasts one year, but the Pete Green revolution lives eternally. I think Wikipedia said it best when it said, “An election is a formal decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office.” I couldn’t agree more. But when only 22 percent of the
population votes, the other 90 percent that sits home and struggles with basic math still needs to be represented. I will strive to continue to be that voice. I look forward to being behind the scenes spending more time with my family, but also raising my voice when the MUSG elites are out of line. I will not go away – both because I am still determined to fight and because I really just don’t have enough credits to graduate yet. I hope to see you all again fighting for what we believe in: Me. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. It was an experience I’ll never forget. God bless you, God bless Marquette and for Pete’s sake, go Green. -Pete Green
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Stereotypes unappetizing in advertisements
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MUSG can use reserve funds to host forums please kyle,
no more buzzwords Illustration by Rob Gebelhoff/robert.gebelhoff@marquette.edu
Our view: Many of the goals thrown around by MUSG could be fulfilled by hosting monthly forums with students, administration and MUSG representatives. Marquette Student Government throws around a lot of buzzwords, like “outreach,” “student involvement” and “transparency.” It’s good to talk about positive changes that can be made in these areas, but effective action needs to follow in the new MUSG administration. MUSG President-elect Kyle Whelton said he is interested in spending the Prior Year Reserve Fund in a variety of ways, such as updating gym equipment and exploring green initiatives in campus dining halls. The idea of using the reserve fund to install water bottle filler stations throughout campus was also tossed around by several MUSG senators. But rather than using the reserve fund for cosmetic changes around campus, MUSG should use the money to facilitate a dialogue with students and university administrators to ensure the fund is spent in realistic ways that the majority of MUSG’s constituency wants to see. The student government is elected by students and thus needs to represent their interests and ideas, not just those of MUSG representatives. Rather than acting solely as an intermediary, MUSG should instigate a conversation between students and administrator by hosting forums as common ground for discussions. The money from the reserve fund should support these open forums, which could focus on a specified issue on a monthly basis. It is important for administrators like Interim Provost Margaret Callahan, Vice President of Planning Tom Ganey and Vice President of Finance Chuck Lamb to be invited to these forums so they can answer students’ questions based on the predetermined topic at hand. University President-elect Michael Lovell expressed interest in discussing university initiatives with students, and a series of forums held by the student
government would be a great way for different organizations to form a relationship with their incoming leader. Such forums will create a direct line between the students who have ideas and the administrators who have the power to implement them. MUSG has the ability and resources to bring these two parties together while serving its role of voicing student opinion. The general student outside MUSG may not know how to communicate with the daunting, faceless entity that is “the administration.” Monthly forums could change that relationship between administrators and students and get more voices involved in campus change. Some of the Prior Year Reserve Fund should be used to promote these forums and provide free food for attendees to make these conversations as worthwhile as possible. MUSG would need to use effective marketing and promotion methods, which could include placing ads with student media to reach all parts of the university. These conversations would benefit all parties involved as administrators will have a better idea of what troubles students, students will be able to provide administrators with constructive input, and MUSG could use these discussion to work toward tangible change. As part of student media, we understand the difficulty of incorporating student voices into the work an organization does. We support the development of new avenues for students to bring up their questions and hopefully find some answers. MUSG does not have all the answers or the ability to make all the changes, but it can start the discussion with the resources already available. If the Prior Year Reserve Fund is to be used for the benefit of the greatest number of current students, forums are a good way to open up the process and get as many voices involved in campus change as possible. MUSG has a real opportunity to make a difference on campus with the reserve fund and needs to start acting on the buzzwords it constantly throws around.
Elena Fransen Some days, when all my homework is done and my friends are too busy to hang out, I get to watch television. Generally, I try to catch up with shows online, but if I’m really lucky, I get to watch things in real time. However, that also means lots of commercials, all trying to entertain and mystify me into liking their product. It’s usually a valiant effort on the companies’ end. Sometimes, though, what I see strikes a nerve and actually turns me away from a product. A recent commercial released in Australia shows construction workers yelling empowering comments to women walking by. Comments like: “I appreciate your appearance is just one aspect of who you are,” and “You know what I’d like to see, a society in which the objectification of women makes way for gender neutral interaction free from assumptions and expectations.” The women in the commercial are confused but respond positively. It seems like just another funny commercial. Then it ends with the tagline “You’re not you when you’re hungry.” It was a Snickers commercial all along, in line with those featuring Robin Williams, Joe Pesci and Roseanne Barr. But those commercials depicted a person, acting out of character, who only returns to normal after eating a Snickers. So in this one, the men are respectful toward women; but that’s not who they really are, according to Snickers. I was a bit shocked after my first view. I had to watch it a few more times to see if it was trying to be serious and figure
out the message. The video received more than 2 million views on YouTube; people keep coming back to the commercial as they find it entertaining and pass it around, sharing the implied humor instead of talking about it seriously. Is Snickers making the claim that respecting women is an abnormal action caused by hunger? That builders should be who they are by eating Snickers and treating women badly? Or is the company just trying to shock people into buying its product? Either way – I’m not buying it. What I’m taking away from the commercial is that if I want to be a jerk, I should eat Snickers. While it might be funny to some people, stereotyping a particular group creates a real problem with commercial marketing, all in an effort to sell a product. I don’t see a clear intention to deal with that issue, and it seems like Snickers is just trying to be controversial. Advertising and commercials shouldn’t venture into political topics lightheartedly just for the sake of selling more products, especially if their messages alienate people in the process. Snickers was probably going for the shock factor to attract consumers. Still, I’m left more confused than intrigued. Maybe Snickers was just trying to be funny and have a laugh at the expense of builders and women, but it’s not a goodhearted laugh. While the scene depicted is something to talk about, it’s frustrating that it is just being passed around as entertainment for the sake of selling something. I can’t help but recall the “You think I’m funny?” Pesci scene from “Goodfellas”: Snickers is trying to joke around, but it scares us a little bit in the process. Now, Snickers is a good candy. I’ve justify eating them because they have peanuts, so I’m getting protein along with hundreds of unnecessary calories. But seeing this kind of representation, I think I’ll switch to Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. 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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Student athletes deserve the ability to unionize
Eric Oliver After an extensive search, I’ve found the ultimate unpaid internship: being a college athlete. Athletes put in long hours while the National Collegiate Athletic Association and universities make billions of dollars off their work. The NCAA also likes to sell things that feature their athletes’ likenesses and names, but it doesn’t pay them a cent for it. The athletes do all this, not for the thanks or praise, but for the chance to have something better: a professional, money-laden career. The only thing missing is fetching coffee everyday,
which I’m admittedly very good at. The good news is this might start to change because of a 24-page ruling by Peter Ohr, of the regional National Labor Relations Board. The ruling granted Northwestern University’s scholarship football and basketball players the right to unionize and begin working toward a central bargaining agreement. The university is expected to appeal the ruling, citing its athletes aren’t employees but students with some extra responsibilities, which will add a few more months into the mix before the Wildcats can form their union. But if they win, which I hope and expect them to, this will be a blow to the expectedly disappointed NCAA. The NCAA holds that its athletes are students first and athletes second, and although that’s a cute catchphrase, that’s all it is. On top of their commitment to sports, student athletes have to manage a course load, but the amount of work they put in outside of the classroom can’t be ignored like it currently is. When you’re putting 40 to 50 hours a week into your unpaid internship
and your work is selling for millions of dollars through media contracts, ticket sales and marketing, some of that money should come back to you. After all, without you on the field, universities and the NCAA would make nothing. That’s why the Wildcat’s decision to pursue unionization is important. Even if these athletes make minimum wages, it’s better than making absolutely nothing. What I hope to see is this: Northwestern players get the right to unionize and other teams follow suit, finally compensating student athletes with money, even if it’s just minimum wage. The NCAA devises a new system to deal with equal pay throughout college sports to avoid the creation of a new recruiting system. If that fails, some argue a new athletic association will have to be formed consisting of the unionized schools to avoid an unfair advantage in recruiting practices. Unfortunately, there is one proposed system that I don’t want to see, and that is the contract system. If the unions decide to work on a contracted basis, that changes everything. If schools can
start recruiting on the basis of money alone, say goodbye to the underdog. Big money sports programs find such success because they can lure in coaches, get top prospects with amazing facilities and great training staffs. If we let recruiters buy the future, we might as well eliminate the student portion of student athletics and make the NCAA into a collegiate minor league. Unpaid internships are the worst; unpaid internships where you’re worth millions of dollars but you get none of it, are the worst of the worst. As far as this discussion goes, student athletes deserve compensation, and they deserve it now. Athletes pours their hearts and souls into the game, and although some get a free education, the university and NCAA make a lot more off of them than they get in return. Yes, it’s a shot at the future, but it comes at a cost that is incredibly disproportionate to the present.
Eric Oliver is a senior studying journalism and writing intensive English. Email Eric with any comments or suggestions at eric.oliver@marquette.edu.
Learning does not happen through a screen
Tony Manno The more I use the Internet, the more I realize its like quicksand. The harder you struggle, the further in you’re pulled. More than I’d like to admit, I have gone with the flow as information technology progresses, trading out physical books for the one-click info I can find online. The information age is not in favor of ink-on-paper people. Although there are some advocates out there who favor the old ways – those who read from a physical book over an eReader and understand books as more than just a novelty – we have been put into an age of technological Darwin-
ism. Researchers at the Pew Internet Project have found students who refuse to master the literacy of technology fall behind their peers in their abilities to coordinate assignments and communicate like the digitally literate. Adapt, or you won’t get hired. Experts have a word for this new age of learning: “hyper-connection.” Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center surveyed experts who predict some of its effects. While students may be well-equipped networkers, collaborators and assistants, their attention spans and ability to handle complex tasks have diminished. In short, students can synthesize information, but they can’t understand it. Their ability to think crumbles. There’s simply too much information, and its too easy to find. Society has begun to require this hyper-connection, and we go to the Internet because we couldn’t possibly retain the necessary information ourselves. Even if we could, our brains are filled well beyond capacity. It makes us hoarders rather than thinkers. I think our generation got out of Dodge leaving high school just as classroom
technology was becoming the norm. But today’s kids are in the thick of it: assignments requiring the use of Google research, the info-bombardment of social media updates and conversations occurring exclusively in digital text. Technological literacy has become a demanding reality for kids in the 21st century, from grade school to employment. Specialized schools have emerged steadily on both ends of the spectrum. There are some that embrace technology by sitting students in front of computerized lessons and going through math facts on interactive SmartBoards. And then there are others who reject it, like anti-screen charter schools that ban computers in the classroom and send students to the bookshelf instead. The latter philosophy may be a step in the right direction, but it has only seeped into public schools superficially and is usually reserved for families who can afford private education. Supporters of electronic information only contribute to the “in one ear, out the other” learning strategy. They’re perfect for business presentations and biology exams, but they’re kryptonite for critical analysis and retention of information.
Companies love it. If you have unlimited information at your fingers, you are an incredibly efficient employee. And instant information isn’t going anywhere. As long as a company profits from your clicks and searches, it will make sure you can keep coming back. For all intents and purposes, the Internet is infinite. A human brain couldn’t possibly hold all its contents; it’s always in our pockets or sitting on our desks, becoming a proxy for the brain. Why commit information to memory when you always have a high-capacity external hard drive at your fingertips? It’s utilitarian, it’s convenient and it’s a spectacle to look at. But to use it correctly, we need to go back to old ways of looking at information by a measure of quality over quantity. Sure, the Internet is easy, but maybe it’s too easy. When information can be accessed effortlessly, there’s no reason to think about it. There’s no reason to learn. Tony Manno is a senior studying writing-intensive English. Email Tony with any comments or suggestions at anthony.manno@marquette.edu.
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Head coach hunt continues Tennessee’s Martin, Duke’s Wojciechowski tabbed as favorites By Trey Killian
robert.killian@marquette.edu
Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin and Duke assistant Steve Wojciechowski have been identified as Marquette’s two top candidates to replace Buzz Williams as men’s basketball head coach. ESPN reported that Martin met with Marquette officials Sunday, while sources informed Yahoo Sports of the university’s interest in Wojciechowski the same day. Martin’s buyout with Tennessee will decrease from $2.6 million to $1.3 million today, which would potentially help Marquette’s chances of landing him. This season, the six-year head coach made a statement in his NCAA tourney debut as his Volunteers reached the Sweet Sixteen after opening the tournament with a win over Iowa in the First Four. Martin previously coached Missouri State to a Missouri Valley Conference regular season championship in 2011 and was named the MVC Coach of the Year that season. He was hired by Tennessee as Bruce Pearl’s replacement in 2011 and led the Volunteers to two NIT appearances in his first two seasons in Knoxville, Tenn. While he may lack Martin’s experience as a head coach, Wojciechowski is a part of one of the most successful college programs in the country in the last 20 years. As a player, he helped the Blue Devils to an 87-44 record from 1994-1998, earning NABC Defensive Player of the Year honors during his senior season. After playing professionally for one season in Poland, Wojciechowski began his career as a coach under Mike Krzyzewski in 1999. He was named to his current position, associate coach, in 2008 and works primarily with Duke’s frontcourt, developing recent NBA players such as Mason and Miles Plumlee and Ryan Kelly. During his coaching career at Duke, the Blue Devils won NCAA championships in 2001 and 2010, reached the Final Four three times (2001, 2004, 2010) and secured eight ACC tournament championships (2000-03, 2005-06, 2009-10). Wojciechowski also coached under Krzyzewski at the 2008 Summer Olympics, helping Team USA to a gold medal.
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Tennessee head man Cuonzo Martin was revealed to be the mystery candidate ESPN’s Jeff Goodman reported Marquette was considering.
The interest in Wojciechowski is reportedly due to the success of one of his Duke colleagues, Chris Collins, at Northwestern. However, Marquette interim athletic director Bill Cords has made public his stance that his program is not a “stepping stone” which could play into deciding whether Wojciechowski would be a good fit. Having spent so much time at Duke, Wojciechowski has been speculated as Krzyzewski’s eventual replacement, meaning Marquette could end up being a resume-builder for him rather than a long-term option. Martin could be classified as an up-and-comer, and Marquette would be the most prestigious job he’s had thus far. His achievements may place him above other candidates such as former Marquette player and Green Bay coach Brian Wardle. Martin and Wojciechowski both have developed reputations as high-intensity coaches throughout their careers and accumulated the types of results Marquette is hoping for. Reports maintain that former UCLA head coach Ben Howland is still in the mix and very interested in the position. Another potential candidate, Syracuse assistant Mike Hopkins, met with Boston College Saturday presumably to interview for that job.
Wojciechowski talks coaching position with MU Monday Blue Devils’ 15-year assistant coach could be ready for top job By Patrick Leary
patrick.leary@marquette.edu
Duke associate head coach Steve Wojciechowski emerged as a major player for Marquette’s head coaching vacancy Sunday, according to reports from Yahoo Sports and ESPN. Monday, rumors of the parties’ mutual interest were confirmed when Durham Herald-Sun Duke beat writer Steve Wiseman reported that Wojciechowski was interviewing with Marquette. Wojciechowski, who played
four years at Duke from 199498, started coaching there in 1999 under legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski. In 2008, “Wojo” was promoted to associate head coach. The long-time assistant also has experience coaching in the Olympics as a coach on the 2008 gold-medal winning United States men’s team. He specializes in coaching Duke’s forwards and was known for his tenacious defense as a player. Wojciechowski told CBS Sports that “the time to leave Duke is approaching” in December. “I love Duke,” Wojciechowski said. “I love working for Coach K. But I also want to have my own program. When the time’s right, I’ll know it. And it’ll be right for me.” Recent Duke assistants have
had a mixed bag of success in the head coaching ranks. Johnny Dawkins just finished his sixth year at Stanford and took them to the Sweet 16 in the first NCAA Tournament appearance in his tenure. Tommy Amaker, Harvard’s head man, failed to make the NCAA Tournament at his first two jobs (Seton Hall and Michigan) before finding success in the Ivy League. Chris Collins showed promising signs in his first season at Northwestern and looks the man to take that squad to the NCAA Tournament for the first time somewhere down the road. Marquette interviewed Tennessee head coach Cuonzo Martin Sunday and is expected to choose between Wojciechowski and Martin for the vacancy in the coming days.
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Duke assistant coach Steve Wojciechowski emerged as a candidate for Marquette’s coaching vacancy Sunday.
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Women earn first Big East win Offensive bursts at the beginning of each half lead to 14-6 victory
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Friday night was one for the record book as the Marquette women’s lacrosse team defeated Cincinnati 14-6 at Valley Fields to earn its first conference win in program history. For the second consecutive game, the Golden Eagles came out hot as sophomore attacker Claire Costanza found the back of the cage a little over a minute after the opening whistle. A minute later, redshirt freshman midfielder Taylor Smith gave Marquette a 2-0 advantage. Costanza and sophomore midfielder Hayley Baas scored in rapid succession giving the Golden Eagles a 4-0 advantage at the 24-minute mark. “We’ve been working on just play the game, take risks, make mistakes if you have to, but go out hard and see what comes of it and it’s obviously paid off,” coach Meredith Black said. The next 20 minutes were not nearly as kind, as the Bearcats went on a 3-0 run cutting the Golden Eagles’ lead to one. However, in arguably the most crucial play of the game, Costanza finished off a hat trick by beating the keeper with four minutes to go in the half, giving Marquette a 5-3 lead. “(The goal) was huge,” said Black. “It gave us that two goal cushion which we needed but we went into half time telling our team it was zero-zero.” Much like the beginning of the first half, the Golden Eagles came out of the locker room with an offensive assault as sophomore attacker Kenzie Brown beat the keeper three minutes into the half. This marked the eighth consecutive game in which Brown scored, and she went on to finish the game with two goals. Two minutes later, Costanza scored to bring her total to four on the day. For the next few minutes, Marquette and Cincinnati traded goals until Baas made it 9-5 with a little less than 19 minutes to play. Baas was a
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Sophomore midfielder Hayley Baas scored four goals in the blowout win.
driving force in Marquette putting the game out of reach, as she tallied a hat trick in the last 19 minutes. With 10 seconds to go, the Golden Eagles secured a loose ball in the midfield and dished it back to sophomore goalkeeper Sarah Priem. When the clock hit zero, Priem threw the ball in the air in pure exaltation, as the goalkeeper was rushed by her teammates. The program had secured its first conference victory. “They are committed to pushing themselves in practice,”
said Black. “They buy into everything we ask of them and they deserve it. They deserve it because they’ve earned it and it makes me so proud to say I’m their coach.” With the win, Marquette goes to 1-0 in Big East play bringing its overall record to 5-5 on the year. The Golden Eagles begin an east coast road trip as they head to Georgetown, Rutgers and Connecticut before coming back to the Valley April 18 for a game against Temple.
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The front page of ESPN Monday morning revealed a key piece of information about the teams that make up the Final Four this weekend in North Texas. Each team features a bonafide star, and those four stars who adorned the main page of the worldwide leader’s website played a major role in getting their teams into championship position. For No. 1 overall seed Florida, Scottie Wilbekin embodies leadership, grit and determination. The Southeastern Conference player of the year might not be the most gifted athlete (that’s Patrick Young) or most efficient scorer (that’s Casey Prather) on the team, but when it comes down to it, Wilbekin is by far Florida’s most important player. His defensive intensity can transform any game, and when he’s hot from the outside, good luck hanging with the Gators. Wilbekin fought to get to this point. He earned two suspensions by violating team rules, the most recent of which occurred in June and kept him out of the first five games of this season. He elevated his game in the NCAA Tournament, scoring more than 20 points in the Round of 32 and in the Elite Eight. Florida has won every game by at least 10 points because of Wilbekin’s confidence. Florida’s Final Four opponent, Connecticut, can also count its point guard as its standout performer. Shabazz Napier has arguably been the most outstanding player of the tournament so far, helping the Huskies past four difficult opponents. Three of those teams, Villanova, Iowa State and Michigan State, were title contenders before the tournament began. Napier is college basketball’s ultimate example of a heat check player, a guy who can make any shot on the court when he’s firing on all cylinders. In the NCAA Tournament,
he has played with remarkable consistency, scoring between 19 and 25 points in each game. His free throw shooting makes him elite. He shot 86 percent from the line for the season and is shooting nearly 93 percent in the four tournament games. Wisconsin has struggled in recent NCAA Tournaments, but the reason Bo Ryan’s squad made it to the Final Four for the first time in his tenure is because of superstar Frank “the Tank” Kaminsky. The hulking 7-footer can score from anywhere on the floor and shoots 37 percent from beyond the arc in addition to 58 percent inside. Kaminsky absolutely carried the Badgers past Arizona in the Elite Eight. He scored 28 points on 11for-20 shooting and Arizona’s trio of big men could not handle his ability to step out and shoot and pound the ball inside. Kaminsky represents the ideal college basketball player and has removed Wisconsin’s reliance on the long ball that plagued it in the past. Kentucky has a star in Julius Randle. Kentucky has a star in James Young. Kentucky has stars in the Harrison twins, Andrew and Aaron. Kentucky has more stars than the other three Final Four teams combined, but the Wildcats didn’t get credit for their talent, since the four freshmen took a whole season to get their acts together. However, all that has changed, and Kentucky is the most dangerous team remaining, having beaten three of 2013’s Final Four teams on its way to North Texas. Randle has four straight double-doubles. Aaron Harrison scored double-figures in all four tournament games and hit the shot to sink Michigan Sunday. Andrew Harrison dominated in the Wildcats’ win over previously unbeaten Wichita State. Young has played a complementary role but can still shine when Kentucky needs him to. Kentucky’s four stars will have to add another skill to their repertoire Monday night. They’ll have to work on their net cutting skills when the Wildcats go from No. 8 seed to national champions. Patrick Leary is a junior in the College of Communication. Email him at patrick. leary@marquette.edu. Follow him on Twitter @patrickkleary.
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Late goal from Gately propels men to 14-13 win Late goal gives team first Big East win in history over Rutgers By Andrew Dawson
andrew.dawson@marquette.edu
In the final minute of the Marquette men’s lacrosse game against Rutgers, sophomore attackman Conor Gately scored to lift the team to its first Big East win in program history. Close games have been a struggle for the squad this season, and despite numerous runs and a fourgoal lead, the team was never able to run away with the game. Unlike previous games where the team had to come from behind, Marquette stayed ahead most of the game and held on 14-13. “This is how we’d like to be playing, you know, with a lead the whole time,” redshirt senior attackman Tyler Melnyk said. “We fell behind and we like to battle back but this time we were on top.” The game started with a 3-0 Marquette lead when Melnyk notched two of his five goals on the day. Rutgers crawled back into the game but after back-andforth scoring, the Golden Eagles gained momentum. Entering the third quarter with a 9-6 lead, Marquette extended the lead to four through Melnyk. However, the lead evaporated as the Scarlet Knights tallied five unanswered points to take their first lead of the game with 6:17 remaining. The final minutes saw both teams vying for the game winner, and with a minute and a half to go Marquette appeared to have the game locked up with a two goal lead. However, Rutgers scored twice, the tying goal resulting from a turnover by freshman goalkeeper Jimmy Danaher. Coach Joe Amplo was forced to take a timeout. In the timeout, the coaches formulated a last ditch effort involving Gately finding space and either looking for Melnyk near the crease or calling his own number. When Gately made it to the top, the double team never came and he fired a shot into the back of the net to give Marquette its third
Photo by Valeria Cardenas/valeria.cardenas@marquette.edu
Redshirt senior midfielder Jerry Nobile and the Marquette men’s lacrosse team edged out Rutgers with a goal in the final 30 seconds Saturday.
win of the season. “The last play was intense,” Danaher said. “The plan was to get Gately the ball and he came down the alley and shot low past the keeper and everyone was fired up on our end.” Many players had career performances on the day. Danaher, despite his late mistake, made a career-best 12 saves with 25 shots on goal. Sophomore faceoff specialist Paul Riportella faced arguably the best
faceoff man in the country in Rutgers’ Joseph Nardella and went 13 for 30 at the x, winning important draws toward the end of the game to secure the win. “I’m proud of (Danaher) for winning, I’m proud of him for making those saves and I’m proud of him hopefully for learning from his mistakes,” Amplo said. “(Riportella) was going against one of the best faceoff guys I’ve seen in years so it was a great performance by
him.” The most impressive player was Melnyk whose offensive tear continues. He tallied a career and program best eight points (five goals, three assists) which moved him up the NCAA points per game list from 15th to 9th at 4.44 points per game. He was also named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll. “(Tyler) is such a hard matchup for any team we face,” Amplo said. “He played smart, he played
urgent and he canned his shots. I mean he’s a great player and he deserves all the credit and all the accolades and he performed on a big stage for us.” The team plays its second game in four days when it returns home to face Bellarmine at Hart Park in Wauwatosa Tuesday at 5 p.m. The teams played each other last year and Marquette was victorious in its first overtime game ever.
Tennis teams cruise to 4-0 in weekend homestand Men beat Green Bay, Xavier, women fight past Xavier, Butler
By Hayley Keith
Special to the Tribune
The Marquette men’s and women’s tennis teams dominated the courts of Helfaer Tennis Stadium this weekend. The men started off the weekend by taking down Green Bay in a 5-2 victory Friday. First doubles partners senior Dan Mamalat and junior Vukasin
Teofanovic started off the match with a win. Third doubles team freshman Nick Dykema and junior Cameron Tehrani followed with another win putting Marquette up one. Dykema, Tehrani and freshman Kristiyan Trukov won at No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 singles, respectively. Mamalat clinched the win for Marquette at first singles in a decisive 6-2, 7-5 win over Green Bay’s Michael Tenzer. Xavier was the men’s next opponent of the weekend. Xavier narrowly won the doubles point, winning first doubles 8-6 and third doubles 8-7. Despite the
early setback, Marquette rallied in singles play for the win. Dykema (No. 4 singles) and Tehrani (No. 5 singles) brought in two quick points with easy wins. Teofanovic won at second singles, but it was Mamalat who decided the match again by winning the last point for Marquette in first singles. The men improved their home record to 9-0 and only have three more matches until the Big East championship. Their next match is April 12 against DePaul in Chicago. The women took on Xavier a few hours before the men and
also came away with a 4-3 victory. They won at second and third doubles giving them the advantage to start the match. Junior Ali Dawson (No. 3 singles), junior Vanessa Foltinger (No. 4 singles) and sophomore Aina Hernandez Soler (No. 6 singles) all won their singles matches and brought in the win for Marquette. The Golden Eagles then swept conference rival Butler 7-0 on Sunday. First doubles sophomore Erin Gebes and senior Rocio Diaz, second doubles Dawson and sophomore Laia Hernandez Soler and third
doubles Aina Hernandez Soler and junior Ana Pimienta swept the doubles competition and only dropped five games across all courts. Marquette’s singles play was equally as impressive, as the team won every single court. The winners, in order, were Pimienta, Dawson, Foltinger, Gebes, Aina Hernandez Soler and sophomore Aleeza Kanner. The women will travel to Arkansas State April 4 to take on the Red Wolves.