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Nearly 130 university faculty members are speaking out in an open letter against Marquette’s updated demonstration policy, claiming they were left out of the policy’s drafting and adoption process. The Aug. 16 policy requires students, staff and faculty members to register a group liaison and await an appropriate office’s response to stay and demonstrate in the Alumni Memorial Union. Individuals can also utilize the green space outside the AMU. Other areas on campus require students, staff and faculty members to seek written approval from the university for their demonstration plans. A slew of faculty members feel the policy was updated without sufficient campus input. Acting provost Kimo Ah Yun said in an email that the policy was reviewed and approved by representatives from the Office of the Provost, the Office of Finance, the Office of General Counsel and the Department of Human Resources. He said the process ensured “collaboration” and “consistency in university policy development.” The same approval process is used for all university policies and procedures, Ah Yun said. He added that himself, along
Over the course of two weeks, the university released four demonstration policy documents. Two of the policy documents refer to the demonstration policy itself, and the other two refer specifically to the policy’s implementation in the Alumni Memorial Union. Some of the documents have been removed from the university’s website while others remain. Each document includes slightly different information, with some revisions alluding to potentially substantial changes in meaning. The revisions were not openly communicated with the campus community. “As is our long-standing practice, (university policies and procedures) are communicated to the university community through the university’s internal e-newsletter and are available on the university website,” acting provost Kimo Ah Yun said in an email. The university sent a Marquette Today newsletter email, which is sent to students, faculty and staff Mondays and Thursdays, about the updated demonstration policy Aug. 19. But that version of the policy, dated effective Aug. 16,
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Students, staff and faculty are allowed to protest in the Alumni Memorial Union if they meet requirements.
Permission or not?
The university says individuals do not need approval to protest in AMU, while attorneys claim requirements equate to permission By Natallie St. Onge and Jenny Whidden
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When Edward J. Hunt, Marquette alumnus and local attorney, read the university demonstration policy effective Aug. 16, he said the policy requires permission to protest in the Alumni Memorial Union. The university has said otherwise. In an Aug. 29 email sent to Marquette faculty and staff, Acting Provost Kimo Ah Yun said students, staff and faculty do not need permission to hold a demonstration in the AMU. “In no way does this policy prohibit or interfere with any member of our community’s INDEX CALENDAR......................................................3 MUPD REPORTS.............................................3 A&E..................................................................8 OPINIONS......................................................10 SPORTS..........................................................12
right to demonstrate on campus,” Ah Yun said in an email. However, five attorneys who spoke with the Marquette Wire came to the same conclusion: There are identical requirements laid out in the Aug. 16 and Aug. 27 policy documents that equate to students, staff and faculty needing permission to demonstrate. When the Marquette Wire reached out to Ah Yun about the attorneys’ findings, he asked the following question: “Is it possible that you had the attorneys with whom you consulted review the inaccurate AMU policy that has already been corrected?” The Marquette Wire did not show the attorneys
the AMU policy. “(The policy) does seem to require that you run by the administration what you say and how you’re going to say it,” Hunt said. Hunt is a founding partner and attorney at the Hunt Law Group S.C. in Milwaukee. He graduated from Marquette University in 1976. “It’s hard to ‘Be the Difference’ if you have to ask permission to be the difference,” Hunt said. The demonstration policy, which was previously implemented for students only, was updated Aug. 16 to include staff and faculty. In the See PERMISSION page 2
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PERMISSION: Offices must give approval Continued from page 1 Aug. 19 Marquette Today newsletter, it said the University Policy and Procedure Committee revised the demonstration policy among several other university policies. The Wire previously reported about the demonstration policy, published online and in the Aug. 27 edition of the Marquette Tribune. In reporting for the Aug. 27 article, the Wire sourced from two separate demonstration policies, one dated Aug. 16 titled “6-11 Demonstration Policy” and one dated Aug. 20 titled “Alumni Memorial Union Demonstration Policy.” Since publication, the Aug. 16 policy was updated with a new effective date of Aug. 27. The Aug. 20 policy has been removed from the university website, and a policy effective Aug. 28, also titled “Alumni Memorial Union Demonstration Policy,” was released. According to the Aug. 20 policy, individuals were allowed to protest in the AMU with a registered liaison and space reservation from the university. In the updated Aug. 28 policy, those requirements were removed, in addition to several other changes. In an email to the Wire, university spokesperson Chris Stolarski requested the Wire issue a correction to the original story. He said the Aug. 27 article was “misleading.” “Put simply, no student, faculty or staff group needs permission to hold a demonstration — they only need permission IF they wish to hold their demonstration somewhere other than the public areas of the AMU or, of course, a public sidewalk,” Stolarski said in the email. The Wire asked five attorneys the following: Do the requirements outlined in the demonstration policy equate to needing permission to protest in the AMU? Or does it seem to imply that faculty, staff and students do not need permission to protest in the AMU? Attorney Franklyn Gimbel said the policy appears to require permission from demonstrators. He is a founding partner at Gimbel Reilly Guerin Brown LLP in Milwaukee. Gimbel said page 4 of the Aug. 16 policy includes critical wording that equates to needing permission to demonstrate. Under the subsection, “How Do I Implement This Policy?” there are instructions to email appropriate offices with details for proposed demonstrations. These required details include the time, place, manner and size of the demonstration. Demonstrators are then instructed to wait up to two business days
for the office’s response. “As you’ll see in the document, the organizer/liaison ‘must’ — and I think the word ‘must’ is a critical word — essentially seek to have some authority review and approve of the protest as it relates to all of the other ingredients of the policy,” Gimbel said. He pointed out that in the last sentence of the last paragraph on page 4, “expectations, rights, responsibility and logistical considerations will be considered.” “The word ‘considered’ seems to be in concert with the word ‘must’ to say that there is a screening process before you can (protest in the AMU),” Gimbel said. As an alumnus with 11 years of Jesuit education under his belt, Hunt said he disagrees with the policy. “You’re supposed to be men and women for others,” he said. “Ignatian spirituality is not consistent with a policy that requires permission to share ideas.”
While the policy requires prior approval for demonstrations, it is not a violation of First Amendment protections. Frank LoMonte, director of Brechner Center for Freedom of Information at the University of Florida, said the policy is legal because Marquette University is a private institution. “At a private university, this is completely permissible and they are allowed to do that. They pretty much have a free hand to regulate,” LoMonte said. He said the wording of the policy is confusing. While the first page is unclear in regard to permission to demonstrate in the AMU, the fourth page outlines steps to take in order to protest. “It definitely seems like you would have to wait to get permission. It doesn’t really say, ‘Don’t do without permission.’ It could be interpreted as just notification, but it says to await for that office’s response, so I would equate that to
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wanting permission,” he said. LoMonte said the policy is intended to give the idea that groups should not hold a protest without emailing the appropriate office and waiting two days for a response. Local attorney Bernard Bobber
said the policy has no language that supports an interpretation allowing demonstrations at the AMU without prior approval from the university. Bobber is an attorney at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C. in Milwaukee. He has had a 32-year career in the legal field working with corporate personnel and policies. Bobber pointed out page 1 of the policy requires approval for each day of a demonstration event. He said the last sentence of the entire policy further implies that approval is required for a demonstration in the AMU. The last sentence of the Aug. 16 policy reads, “Following this request, if all parties agree regarding the substance of the proposed Event and the institutional expectations, the Event information will be shared with relevant campus offices.” “What happens if the parties (the student group seeking to demonstrate, and the ‘office’) do not agree on the ‘substance of the proposed Event?’” he said in an email. “I cannot see how the policy could be read to mean that in the event of such disagreement, the student group, without approval, can go forward and demonstrate anyway.” Bobber used a student group as an example, but the policy applies to all students, staff and faculty. He also highlighted that the policy requires prior approval from the university for any location other than the AMU and adjacent green space. “In fact, that prior approval must be given in writing,” Bobber said. A local attorney, who requested to be unidentified because the person’s firm has represented Marquette, similarly concluded the policy requires administration approval to hold a demonstration at the AMU or anywhere else. “In sum, the University must approve any protest or demonstration, even at the Union,” the attorney said in an email.
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WORDING: PDFs’ language varies Continued from page 1 was the first in a round of other policy documents. No subsequent Marquette Today emails were sent about updated versions of the policy, each with later effective dates: Aug. 20, Aug. 27 and Aug. 28. The policy dated effective Aug. 20 included information that was not present in other policy documents, including the fact student organizations and university departments needed to make space reservations for protests through the Alumni Memorial Union Event Services Office. It said space reservations were needed for public areas of the building, including the first and second floor lobbies. It also said the Office of Student Development would need to approve any demonstration events two weeks prior to the event dates. “The Aug. 20 version of the AMU policy document was removed because that version inaccurately stated that approval was needed to use the AMU space for demonstrations,” acting provost Kimo Ah Yun said in an email. “That is not, and never was, the case.” The Aug. 20 policy provisions about designated organizers and approved space reservations were removed in the Aug. 28 policy, which also apply to the AMU. The university also removed a line from the Aug. 20 policy concerning what constitutes a disruptive or unsafe demonstration. The Aug. 20 policy reads that a demonstration is disruptive or unsafe if the following circumstances apply: “Occurs inside university buildings other than the AMU and the groups designated space within the AMU, unless prior written approval by the appropriate office was given to hold the Event elsewhere on campus. The approved Event cannot interfere with the daily business, traffic flow, ingress/egress patterns or scheduled
events in the facility or on campus. The approved Event must cease in the event of an emergency or building evacuation.” Those provisions have been removed in the Aug. 28 policy. Steven Hartman Keiser, director of undergraduate studies and associate professor of English who specializes in linguistics, said it seemed unclear who would determine when a demonstration interfered with daily campus activities. “The very nature of a demonstration is to call attention to an issue, but how is this possible when access to the places where people in power conduct their ‘normal activities’ is restricted?” Hartman Keiser said in an email. Hartman Keiser said he witnessed the sit-ins in Zilber Hall that were part of unionization demonstrations last spring. He said he saw demonstrators argue their case to all who entered the building. “(Did) this make visitors and those who work in Zilber Hall uncomfortable? Certainly. Did it ‘interfere with daily business’? Not to my eyes,” Hartman Keiser said in an email. “But under the new policy, who gets to decide?” The Aug. 16 and Aug. 27 policies also include changes. Those two policy documents are versions of the overarching demonstration policies, which applies to all campus buildings. The first change between the two documents is in the section requiring groups organizing demonstrations to “Maintain Peace and Order” on Marquette’s campus. The Aug. 16 policy said “the right of individuals to personal expression consistent with university norms must not be denied.” “‘Consistent with university norms’ is most naturally read modifying the noun phrase immediately before ‘personal expression,’” Hartman Keiser said. “In other words, the only rights
that are protected are those whose expression is consistent with university norms. This is a chilling restriction on free speech.” The updated Aug. 27 policy now reads “consistent with university norms, the right of individuals to personal expression must not be denied.” Hartman Keiser said in the new wording “consistent with university norms” modifies the entire following sentence. He said the sentence now means it is consistent with university norms that rights to individual expression are allowed. An additional change between the policy documents is shown in the section describing how to implement the policy. The original Aug. 16 policy states “if all parties agree regarding the substance of the proposed Event and the institutional expectations,” the event information will be shared with relevant offices. “It is not clear what it would mean to agree on ‘the substance’ of an event,” Hartman Keiser said in an email. “Does it mean to agree on the topic? The goal? The timing, size, length?” The updated policy states “if all parties agree regarding the Event logistics and institutional expectations,” the information will be shared with relevant offices. Hartman Keiser said the updated wording of “Event logistics” is somewhat clearer. “Logistics suggests that details of event planning are what must be agreed upon. It could refer to timing, size and length of the demonstration,” he said in an email. “But it could also involve more detail, (such as) the nature of signage, path of march, plans to deal with counter protestors, plans to dispose of garbage, etc.” Hartman Keiser said the real issue he sees with this part of the policy is the need for all parties to agree with
“institutional expectations.” “If this policy is an indication of ‘institutional expectations,’ then the host of restrictions that it contains might make it difficult for demonstrators and the university to agree,” he said in an email. Hartman Keiser said he found issue with the need to allow a two-business day advance notice to the university in the Aug. 27 policy. He said this restricts spontaneous demonstrations and prevents demonstrators from being able to respond to an issue in a timely matter. The university said the Aug. 27 updated policy document includes only minor wording changes that do not change the overall message of the policy. “The Aug. 27 policy document includes minor wording tweaks for clarity,” Ah Yun said in an email. “Those tweaks do not in any way change the purpose or intent of the sections/clauses.” Susan Giaimo, an adjunct associate professor of political science, said the policy poses free speech and free assembly issues. “If (the university) wants to keep tweaking the policy, they can. It’s still something that we, the faculty, students and others are concerned about,” Giaimo said. She said the wording differences did not change the substance of the university’s original declaration. Giaimo participated in unionization demonstrations by faculty, staff and students last spring. She has particular concerns over the demonstration policy’s description of disruptive versus peaceful demonstrations. The university allows peaceful demonstrations but prohibits disruptive demonstrations based on its outlined definitions, according to the policy. “(The policy) gives the administration too much discretion to decide what is a disruptive protest,” Giaimo said.
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University blocks dissertation fellow on Twitter University cites harassment, Clapham disagrees By Sarah Lipo
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Last week, dissertation fellow Danielle Clapham realized Marquette University’s official Twitter page blocked her. Clapham was involved with the unionization efforts that took place last spring. “I am an advocate for disability rights and chronic illness,” Clapham said. “I became very active in advocating for insurance for graduate students.” She said that during the demonstrations last spring, she would spend two to three hours a day for about two weeks on Twitter telling the university she did not approve of the way they treated non-tenure track faculty and graduate students. When she went on her social media feeds last week, it was a different story. “I went to my social media feeds … and went to tag Marquette and realized I couldn’t on Instagram,” Clapham said. “I took to Twitter
and tried to tag them there, and it wasn’t working on there, either.” While she guessed she was blocked in May or June when her Twitter was very active, she said she noticed the block this past week since she usually only uses her Twitter for activism reasons. “I used a few strategies, but I would typically reply to tweets from @MarquetteU or anyone who tweeted at them. I would also usually tag (President) Lovell and/ or (Acting Provost) Ah Yun in the same posts,” Clapham said in a follow-up email. University spokesperson Chris Stolarski confirmed Clapham was blocked on the university’s Twitter. While Stolarski did not confirm Clapham was blocked on Instagram, he did say she was also harassing individuals on Instagram. The university supplied a tweet from Clapham May 3 who replied to a Marquette alumna. “Thanks for your passion! But did you know that MU doesn’t offer grad or NTT instructors health insurance or a living wage? Ask MU to live its Jesuit values! #MUnion,” Clapham said in a tweet. “We blocked her because she was harassing other students who were responding to or were retweeted
by the Marquette Twitter account,” Stolarski said. Clapham said she did not attack anyone personally. “The closest I got was to say to President Lovell and Acting Provost Ah Yun that I am ashamed of their actions,” Clapham said. On May 16, Clapham tweeted about the unionization efforts at Marquette. “Apparently this is what “free speech” and looks like at @MarquetteU. A 4×8 ft chained off to confine their employees’ protests. Signs warning visitors to avoid us. @PresLovell and @DeanKimoou should be ashamed. Your fear of us only makes us stronger. #WeAreMarquetteToo #MUnion,” Clapham said in a tweet. Stolarski said the university has a social media policy outlining when it is appropriate to block an individual. “While Marquette welcomes and encourages postings from the community, the university reserves the right to block individual accounts and/or remove comments, links, photos or other content from the social media sites for any reason, including but not limited to, harassment and personal attacks, derogatory or defamatory comments,
vulgarity and profanity (including expletives and letters followed by dashes), commercial promotion, off-topic posts, improper use of intellectual property or copyrighted material, or otherwise inappropriate content,” the policy on the university website stated. Zelda Kieser, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she was not surprised, but disappointed that the university would block Clapham on its social media. Kieser participated in
the Zilber Hall sit-ins and knows Clapham from protesting with her last semester. Kieser said she has also petitioned for non-tenure track faculty rights. “They talk so much about Jesuit values and being open to criticism and being a university with values,” Kieser said. “And yet, when someone is trying to right this wrong within the university, they are silenced.”
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The university Twitter blocked dissertation fellow Clapham recently.
FACULTY: Community addresses protest policy Continued from page 1 with senior vice president and chief operating officer Joel Pogodzinski, give final approval for all policies. “It seems to me that there is a topdown approach,” Grant Silva, an associate professor of philosophy, said of the policy process. “Faculty were alienated from it. Marquette, ideally, is supposed to have power distributed throughout the university to varying degrees.” Silva has previously spoken about why Marquette should support unions. Brittany Pladek, an assistant professor of English, said she felt the university’s announcement of the policy was not done in good faith. “It felt like no one wanted us to know about it until a demonstration happened that violated it,” Pladek said. Pladek attended the unionization demonstrations last spring. Dawne Moon, an associate professor of Social and Cultural Sciences, said the administration should use insight from faculty to run the institution. “They’re treating faculty like we’re getting in the way,” Moon said. In an email to faculty and staff Thursday, Ah Yun said he would ask the University Academic Senate to discuss the policy at its next meeting, which is scheduled for Sept. 16 at 3 p.m. in AMU Ballrooms C and D. Ah Yun wrote that he hopes
communication about the policy “results in a clearer understanding of the intent and specifics of the policy.” Moon said the Senate had already decided the policy was on the agenda before Ah Yun requested it. “We need to have a conversation about the issue,” Sumana Chattpadhyay, chair of Marquette’s Academic Senate, said. Sergio González, an assistant professor of history, said he hopes the faculty members’ request to repeal the policy is addressed sooner than the Sept. 16 meeting. “Many of us who signed the letter are hoping the university administration repeals this policy because of two main points: the process by which the policy was passed, and the content of the policy itself,” González said. “It doesn’t really make sense to me to pass policies that are going to affect people, and the people are never in the room to discuss what that policy actually means.” The open letter from faculty condemns the policy “in the strongest possible terms,” calling for its immediate repeal. The faculty members see the policy as a limit to free expression on campus. Although Marquette’s status as a private institution allows it to limit First Amendment rights to free speech, the open letter says the university “should pride itself on imposing at least equivalent standards upon itself as those that the Constitution imposes upon public institutions.”
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Protests have different requirements for buildings other than the AMU.
“How free is free speech when you have to ask permission?” Silva said. “(Marquette) tells students to ‘Be the Change,’ but ask for permission first.” The letter claims that activism promotes leadership, citizenship and civic engagement in the lives of students, staff and faculty. It says demonstrations can shine light on “grievances that would otherwise be unknown, misunderstood, or de-emphasized.” The university’s demonstration policy originally applied to only students, but was updated in August to include staff and faculty members. “I think this was a problematic policy when it was being applied simply to students,” Silva said. “The administration’s response is that now they’re being fair and applying this bad policy to everyone. I think it’s
important to keep in mind that faculty have a mind of their own and opinions on topics that we’re not often asked about, especially by this current administration.” Pladek said she finds the university’s demonstration policy to be “deeply hypocritical from a Jesuit standpoint” and “very troubling.” “Marquette’s guiding Jesuit philosophy encourages students to live their values by standing up for what they believe in, including St. Ignatius’ (saying), ‘Go set the world on fire.’ I think it really violates the spirit of Jesuit inquiry,” Pladek said. Pladek said she feels the university’s policy serves as a message that the administration wants power to veto any demonstrations it does not want to hear or be seen by the community. “Why else would the policy
demand that faculty, staff and students require authorization for any demonstration that does not occur in a single building and green space on campus?” Pladek said. Moon said the policy is written to make the lives of administrators easier. “It seems like it’s meant to curtail or intimidate people who might disagree with the way things are going,” Moon said. Silva said the updated demonstration policy seems to be a “manifestation of the administration’s worry about the unionization of graduate students and adjunct professors.” The unionization efforts by faculty and staff members occurred last spring. They demonstrated in various areas on campus, including inside Zilber Hall, where administrative offices are located. These faculty and staff members continue to ask Marquette for a fair process to unionize, which they believe would provide non-tenure faculty and graduate students with a track to better pay, job security and health care benefits. Jodi Melamed, an associate professor of English and Africana Studies, said she felt the university enacted the policy to avoid hearing criticism. She said nourishing a democratic culture should be a top value at the university. “Dissent should be welcomed rather than feared,” Melamed said.
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Student Affairs combines three campus offices
Push for diversity and inclusion results in consolidation By Annie Mattea
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The Center of Engagement and Inclusion, the LGBTQ+ Resource Center and Campus Activities and Student Involvement all came together under the newly formed Office of Engagement and Inclusion in early August, Xavier Cole, vice president for student affairs, said. The Center of Engagement and Inclusion was formerly known as the Center of Intercultural Engagement. There were two major contributing forces to the change: the desire for solid leadership and more intentional focus on diversity and inclusion, Cole said. “This change will help students from all backgrounds, all walks of life, experience Marquette in a different way,” OEI director Demetria Anderson said. “We are hoping to create a more vibrant campus experience for (people) who are coming here.” Anderson said she wanted the office to work together between the centers in order to have a more cohesive purpose.
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The spaces for the centers under the new office will stay the same because the change took place recently.
Anderson originally worked in the Office of Campus Activities and Student Involvement which is now integrated with the new office. In her new role, she supervises OEI staff, assists with student programming and engages students. Cole said there was no director for CEI during the last academic year. The change allowed efficiency in management, without reduction in positions, other than directorship being reduced by one. Instead of having a director for the CEI, there is now an assistant
director for the CEI, Clara Dwyer, who filled Gary Cooper-Sperber’s position, Cole said. The LGBTQ+ Resource Center is searching for a new assistant director, following the departure of Elizabeth Stigler, who only began at the end of last February. Marquette does not mirror Milwaukee’s demographics, Cole said. The university is continually responding to how campus has been changing. He said Marquette’s direction and population in the past is different from the current campus, so it
is important to focus on the present population and provide resources. “(The university) is doubling down on inclusion,” Cole said. He said he wants to see more engagement from all students and an increase in multicultural and intercultural competence among all students. Throughout the academic year, the office will focus on engaging students and gaining feedback about the change, Cole said. Max Dixon, a sophomore in the College of Engineering who frequents CEI, said he thinks the
Ivan Moreno, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, said. Raphael Gray, a junior in the College of Communication, was a mentor of the program this year and said his priority was to make sure students like Moreno felt adjusted to campus. “Our job was to get them acclimated to campus and answer any questions they might have been too afraid to ask,” Gray said. Gray said the students responded well, even creating a Snapchat group the mentors and students still frequently use. “I met a lot of people who I still talk to,” Guadalupe Dominguez, a freshman in the College of Engineering, said. “We still hang out almost every day.” Moreno, Gray and Dominguez all said the Snapchat group was very important to them. “It was really nice to be able to have a program to help me be around other minorities and find a group of friends where everybody helps each other out,” Moreno said. In addition to getting used to campus and making friends, the students also got to take part in many activities. “We went to (America’s Black Holocaust Museum), which isn’t open yet, so I think for them it was a treat to see something that the general public has not,” Crear said. The students spent a night
bowling and dancing, too. “We call it ‘RISE Takes Over the Annex,’ so we had dinner over there, bowling, and it usually ends with a little dance party with a lot of line dancing,” Crear said. Dominguez said she also enjoyed the downtime, where they were able to hang out and play hide-and-seek in the basement of Schroeder Hall, where everyone was staying. Gray said one of his favorite events was a scavenger hunt across campus. This game gave students
the opportunity to discover shortcuts and different resources across campus, he said. “We all got into our mentor groups, and we had to compete for about an hour, running across campus, hitting different checkmarks,” Gray said. In future years, Crear said the amount of free time may increase, based on student feedback. “We are now doing a survey to get feedback from the students,” Crear said. “Some of the students have
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change will overall be good for the office. However, he said some students may not feel as home at CEI due to the change. Currently, CEI and LGBTQ+ Resource Center still remain in their own spaces in the Alumni Memorial Union since the change happened in early August. Cole said that whether there are physical changes in the future is still unclear. The only change in space was Anderson’s move to Suite 121 in the AMU, Cole said. OEI will focus on campus-wide programs and supporting students, Anderson said. OEI helped organize Organization Fest, commonly called O-Fest, last Wednesday. The office will also be an organizer for Marquette Homecoming. She said there was a student steering committee, containing 12 to 15 mostly random students, who gave feedback in regards to Homecoming. She said OEI staff took the feedback and made changes, but did not specify what those changes were. However, Homecoming is also part of the Office of Alumni Affairs, Anderson said. Therefore, students cannot create all changes. All of these changes are a part of OEI’s goal to increase student engagement and align with Marquette’s Jesuit values, Anderson said.
RISE program aims to provide community Orientation service helps students form bonds By Jack Aler
jack.aler@marquette.edu
Among the university’s efforts to diversify its student population is the program Ready to Inspire Success and Excellence, otherwise known as RISE. The program serves as an orientation service that helps new freshmen from diverse backgrounds acclimate to the campus environment. “This is our second year really focusing on retention,” Joya Crear, coordinator of the RISE planning team and assistant vice president for student affairs, said. “Definitely, we have had more diverse students this year too, geographically as well as culturally.” The program itself is part of the Office of Engagement and Inclusion, Crear said. This year, RISE ran Aug. 19-21. Crear also said that Xavier Cole, vice president of student affairs, reached out to alumni who are advocates of student equality to fund this program. “Coming all the way down from Guatemala and not knowing how to go around the city or around Marquette and using the resources, it was really nice to be able to have a program to help me with that,”
already said in this past week that they wished they had more free time with their mentors just to be able to ask informal questions and to bond with each other.” Moreno and Dominguez both said they agreed that RISE was an overall better experience than SPARK and freshman orientation because they felt everyone bonded more quickly.
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The RISE program works to help students feel comfortable at their new home by encouraging community.
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Gender Sexuality Alliance rebooted for fall
Individual hopes to make club social space for students By Kate Hyland
katherine.hyland@marquette.edu
The Marquette Gender Sexuality Alliance relaunched for the 2019-’20 school year. It originally started in the late 1990s. However, since the LGBTQ+ Resource Center in the Alumni Memorial Union opened, GSA faded away. Danielle Del Conte, a junior in the College of Engineering and president of the GSA, said there are hopes to make the club a social space with which to interact and hang out with. The year will kick off with a bowling party at the Union Sports Annex today. “I look forward to creating a space on campus where everyone feels welcome because, especially for the LGBTQ+ community on campus, there are a lot of spaces where queer students don’t know if they’re actually safe there,” Del Conte said. Del Conte said she got involved with GSA by visiting the LGBTQ+ Resource Center in the AMU and
talking to the previous officers about rebooting GSA on campus. Since she was the youngest out of all of the previous members, she said that she could take on the responsibility of being president. Though the LGBTQ+ Resource Center in the AMU is different from GSA, Del Conte said that there are already around 30 students who frequently visit the LGBTQ+ Resource Center who are interested in joining. One of GSA’s major goals is to branch out from the center by having their own events and programming, Del Conte said. It also wants to create social events, like beach days and bowling parties, to get its name out and meet new people who do not use the center as often, Del Conte said. “I’m looking forward to all of the new events that they’re putting forward this semester,” said Nick Ansay, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences and member and former president of Gender Sexuality Alliance. Ansay has been the GSA president since fall 2017. However, because he is graduating early, he decided to hand the role over. He said he is currently part of the club to help out and give advice on events.
Ansay also said he pays for most of the club’s events out of his own pocket, since the club is not sponsored by Marquette, but GSA can be reimbursed right after the event through MUSG, Del Conte said in an email. Besides events, the club meets the first and third Tuesdays of the month at David Straz Hall to have open discussions on different topics.
Since October is LGBT History Month, they will be talking about LGBTQ+ history and icons who paved the way for their rights. The group is also trying to collaborate with Campus Ministry to talk about the intersection of religion and queer identity, Zelda Kieser, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences and member of GSA, said. “I’m looking forward to having a
specifically social group for LGBTQ individuals on campus,” Kieser said. Students looking to join can come to any event, visit the GSA website or come to a meeting. The LGBTQ+ Resource Center is also a space where students can access different resources and form a community.
Photo by Elena Fiegen elena.fiegen@marquette.edu
Though the LGBTQ+ Resource Center differs from GSA, many students who frequent the center are interested.
Strategic communication online degree begins University moves toward creating more digital courses By Kate Hyland
katherine.hyland@marquette.edu
The first online undergraduate program for a Bachelor of Arts degree in strategic communication at Marquette University is officially beginning this fall. “I think this really broadens the Marquette Jesuit experience throughout the world,” David Schejbal, chief of digital learning at Marquette’s Center for Teaching and Learning, said. While there are other online courses and graduate degree programs, the strategic communication program is the first undergraduate degree to be offered fully online. Strategic communication, according to Marquette’s website, teaches students “to think critically about the role of the corporation, understand the intersection of advertising, public relations, and corporate communication in a corporate environment, and will practice and develop skills that can be applied across various corporate contexts.” There are several graduate degree programs available online, such as Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, and Health Care Analytics master’s courses, Schejbal said. Schejbal said to be accepted into
the program, students still have to apply and be accepted as a student to the university. The course load and degree requirements are still the same, the only difference is the ability to take it online. He also said students living on campus have the ability to take online courses if there is room available. “I think it allows us to reach students who wouldn’t be able to have access in another way,” Sarah Feldner, acting dean of the College of Communication, said. Schejbal said those who work with family responsibilities, live in another country or are serving abroad in the military are able to word toward their degree without having to be on campus. Marquette is trying to move more into the online space, Feldner said. She said not every major is wellsuited for the online world, but Marquette has been in the online graduate space for a while, and the hope across the university is to look for more options that make sense. “Student interests and demands are always going to be different, so it’s just a way to be responsive to the changing world,” Feldner said. Online classes can be taken anywhere and provide a lot of flexibility, Schejbal said. Feldner said there are some students who would like to have a Marquette University education, but for certain reasons, it doesn’t work out
traditionally. She said with all of the digital tools available, online courses became a good option. Savannah Alcala, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences, has taken four online courses over her first two years at Marquette. Last semester, she took a gender studies class online because she was interested, but couldn’t fit the course into
her spring semester schedule. “I really liked (the online classes). They were pretty convenient, and it helped me build my own schedule,” Alcala said. She said taking online classes requires a lot of motivation because things can easily fall through the cracks, though online classes are convenient.
The new online undergraduate degree promotes Marquette’s Jesuit values, Schejbal said. “It really supports the mission of the university, to provide access to students throughout the country and throughout the world,” Schejbal said.
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Sophomore Savannah Alcala said she enjoyed her four online classes last semester and this summer.
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Student-run shop to open
Vida Coffee to open in coming months after initial setbacks By Alexa Jurado
alexa.jurado@marquette.edu
Students who are a part of Vida Coffee, a student-run business in West Allis, worked tirelessly over the summer to make their first retail coffee shop location a reality. Vida is looking to open officially in the coming months. “We’re trying to get everything started before we really get into the swing of things,” said Rhea Garbis, a sophomore in the College of Art & Sciences and manager of operations for Vida. “It’s looking really good right now. We’re very excited.” Vida is part of Blue & Gold Ventures, Inc., the student-run business program on campus. Owen Raisch, the founding associate director and CEO of Blue & Gold Ventures, said Vida is particularly special because it gives students a chance to see the whole supply chain and better allows for the greater community to interact with the program.
“Vida is really important for the student-run business program because it’s a way for the community to understand what we do,” he said. “Vida becoming retail-centric both makes it easier for the community to understand exactly what our students are up to, and it makes it more accessible to students in general.” Garbis said she thinks what makes Vida unique is the thought and care they put into business interactions with farmers. “We are trying our best to keep (the business) fair and human and really personal,” Garbis said. Raisch said Vida’s partners provided a chance to create retail locations at ideal sites. Starbucks had originally made an offer regarding the development of where Vida will be located. “Starbucks brings a lot of value to a development project, and they’re very trustworthy, but instead they were turned down in favor of our concept,” Raisch said. “That’s an opportunity we had to take advantage of.” Raisch said Vida in Spanish means “life,” and that is a big part of Vida’s identity. The business wants to tell the stories of
the farmers that grow the beans, the students who work in the shop and any other individuals providing products like pastries and artisan goods. While the original opening date was postponed, Raisch said he is not worried about the delay. “These projects are frequently delayed by issues including city permitting and negotiations in terms of lease agreements,” Raisch said. “One of the things that we’ve been focused on over the summer is figuring out which of our various opportunities we’ll take advantage of at various points in time.” He said Vida has also been creating a thorough business plan so that once it launches, Vida can be efficient and successful. It also fundraised to make sure it had the capital to sustain the business and until it is generating a profit. Because fall is the highest traffic season for coffee, Raisch said, it is a great season to launch a coffee business. Raisch said that when Vida opens, it will be hosting events and inviting students to come see what it’s about.
Photo courtesy of Blue & Gold Ventures, Inc.
Vida Coffee, an upcoming student-run shop, aims to tell the stories of the farmers who grow its coffee beans.
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Podcast festival provides multimedia space New, experienced creators connect through radio event By Grace Schneider
grace.schneider@marquette.edu
The Wisconsin Podcast Association will host its first Wisconsin Podcast Festival this Saturday from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. at the Italian Community Center. WPA owner Allison Phillips said the association is a place where podcasters can come together, collaborate and learn. Podcasters can sign up online for free. Phillips’ friend, who also owns a network, was organizing a local event to talk to a handful of people, and Phillips decided she wanted to “one-up him” and create a festival, she said. Phillips said she came up with the idea for the WPA while she was under the effects of post-surgical medication a few months ago. “I got the domain name, I did half of a website, I did a horrible graphic, I announced it and I woke up the next morning to about 200 messages saying ‘Tickets Sold,’
and I was like, ‘For what?’” Phillips said. “I didn’t remember.” While she Adid not remember announcing the festival, Phillips said she does not regret it. The festival has opened doors for the WPA. The WPA recently signed a multi-year contract with iHeart Radio, Phillips said. Phillips added that details about this will be announced Tuesday. The festival will offer a place for both current and potential podcasters to listen, learn and unite. Phillips said attendees get to do more than just “walk around”: Every ticket allows the attendee to either record a 10-minute intro/ outro for their podcast or get a headshot taken. By offering help with intros and outros, Phillips said she hopes podcasters can get comfortable behind a microphone and get a head start on a podcast. Phillips said the festival aims to attract both people that have experience creating podcasts and those that are unexperienced but interested in learning. During the day, there will also be live podcasts on the main stage, breakout sessions, food and refreshments.
Phillips said her path to podcasting was untraditional. She out as an actress and later worked behind the scenes for the Emmy Awards. She said it was there that she realized she loved business more than acting. She later moved back to Wisconsin and started a marketing company. Two years ago, Phillips’ friend Wes McKane led her to podcasting after he was let go from his morning radio show on Milwaukee’s 103.7 KISS-FM. Phillips invited McKane to come work in sales at her company, but she said she quickly realized that while McKane was a great radio host, he was not good at sales. McKane suggested working in podcasting and Phillips agreed. McKane started a show called “Radio Rejects” that turned out to be very successful, Phillips said. “(‘Radio Rejects’) was fun to do, and now, a year and a half later, I do podcasting,” Phillips said. Phillips additionally owns Edge Podcast Network, through which she and her 10-year-old daughter Peyton host a show called “PeyPey the Podcaster.”
Photo by Jordan Johnson jordan.d.johnson@marquette.edu
Audio content for a podcast can be created using technology such as a microphone, a sound board and a pair of headphones.
“She’s really the lead in it, but she lets me be on there once in a while,” Phillips said. In addition to “PeyPey the Podcaster,” Phillips hosts a show with singer-songwriter KatieBeth called the “Pridecast,” where the two women cover LGBTQ+ topics and beyond. Phillips said she enjoys listening to podcasts, especially ones about true crime. Some of her favorites include “My Favorite Murder,” “Serial” and “Dirty John.” Phillips said Edge Podcast
Network is launching a show with Anne Schwartz, the reporter who first broke the Jeffrey Dahmer case. “(Schwartz) was hands-on and did everything,” Phillips said. “Her first guest is the defense attorney of Jeffrey Dahmer. You don’t get better than that.”
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MUSG brings karaoke to MU Saturday night Participants perform without prerecorded audio
By Ariana Madson
ariana.madson@marquette.edu
The lights were low as a group of Marquette students bustled into the Alumni Memorial Union ballrooms, cheering, whooping and dancing up to the stage. Two students belted out “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey. The band was played behind them, the whole room filled with footloose energy. Marquette University Student Government put on live band karaoke with Late Night Marquette last Saturday as part of Mania Week. Mania Week begins each year the first weekend after classes and highlights fun, late-night events for new and returning students at Marquette. Madison Hicks, the programs vice president for MUSG, said this weekend marks some of the highest attendance for late-night events MUSG puts on. This year, Mania Weekend consisted of a Taste of Milwaukee event Thursday that took place in
the Ray and Kay Eckstein Common in front of Schroeder and had food places such as Ian’s Pizza stationed for students to grab food. There was also a comedy show Friday and live band karaoke Saturday. Hicks got the idea to bring live band karaoke to Marquette when she attended the National Association of Campus Activities conference in the spring. NACA is a large convention for campus programming. There she witnessed live band karaoke, a step up from traditional karaoke in which a live band plays music behind the singers, rather than speakers playing a pre-recorded track. “Think karaoke, but full send,” Hicks said. “It’s a chance for you to get up and be up there with the band.” Hicks said MUSG has tried to come up with new programs, and this seemed like a fresh take on karaoke. “I feel like people think of karaoke as a classic (event),” Hicks said. “We’re putting a twist on it with a live band, and I thought … it’s much more interesting.” Along with live band karaoke, the event included a mac and cheese bar with different toppings. There were also different activities for those who weren’t into the singing
scene, like board games. MUSG has put on karaoke before but wanted to make it unique, Hicks said. “We try to offer something for students, end the long week of school and bring the things (students) want to do in the city here,” Hicks said. MUSG President Sara Manjee said she thought live band karaoke would be a good idea as well. “Karaoke is always something really fun and really laid back,” Manjee said. “It’s also a different activity that you don’t tend to see a lot of other college activities put out.” Two roommates, Ana Hudson, a freshman in the College of Communication, and Anna Sniadach, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, waited to go onstage and sing. After a day of exploring the city, the pair decided to explore an event on campus. Both said they were intrigued by the idea of live band karaoke. Hudson said she was excited for the sometimes-awkward atmosphere that karaoke tends to bring but had a positive mentality and was excited to have a blast. “The only thing that worries me
is staying on tempo with the band,” Sniadach said. “We wanted to take advantage of what campus offers,” Sniadach said. “(It’s an) opportunity to meet some people and have some fun.” Hudson, a self-proclaimed bad singer, said she thought it was very endearing to watch people sing, whether or not they have any vocal ability. Sniadach, on the other hand, grew up singing. “My parents used to say my life
was a musical,” Sniadach said. Though neither had ever participated in karaoke, both had songs in mind when they got onstage. “I can either be edgy, or I could (be) funny and do ‘I Need a Hero’ from ‘Shrek,’” Sniadach said. Hudson said she would revert to her childhood, aiming for songs from “Hannah Montana” or “High School Musical.” The setlist had a wide range of music, spanning from Blues Brothers to Taylor Swift.
Photo by Claire Gallagher claire.gallagher@marquette.edu
Students sing a duet onstage accompanied by a live band.
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Haggerty’s unGALA celebrates surrealism
Gala honors museum’s 35th anniversary, raises critical funds By Kelli Arseneau
kelli.arseneau@marquette.edu
In the Haggerty Museum of Art, a piece of art by world-renowned 20th-century Spanish artist Salvador Dalí sits on display. The oil painting, titled “Madonna of Port Lligat,” serves as this year’s inspiration for the Haggerty Museum of Art’s annual gala, which takes place Saturday at 6 p.m., according to a museum press release. The 2019 Fall unGALA: Surrealist Ball will “(celebrate) all things Surreal through an evening that promises to be creative, fun, and deeply impactful,” the release said. Surrealism was an artistic movement of the 20th century that embraced peculiar and dreamlike imagery as a representation of the unconscious mind, according to an article from Park West Gallery, an international art dealer based in Southfield, Michigan. “Madonna of Port Lligat,” was created in 1949. Dalí painted a second, larger version of the painting in 1950, which is located in Japan at the Fukuoka Art Museum, according to Marquette’s website. The Dalí
original has become one of the Haggerty’s most prized pieces of art. This year’s unGALA celebration marks the 35th anniversary of the Haggerty Museum of Art. “We are excited to celebrate this milestone with the vibrant art community that the Haggerty so passionately fosters here in Milwaukee,” event chair Lindsay Ruch said in the press release. Hosted for guests 21 and older at the We Energies Public Service Building in downtown Milwaukee, the Fall 2019 unGALA is meant to be a “modern-day version of Marie-Hélène de Rothschild’s 1972 Surrealist Ball,” according to the Haggerty website. De Rothschild was a French socialite whose lavish party in the early 1970s celebrated surrealism with guests donning “everything from subtle masks and headbands to elaborate makeup and over-the-top costumes.” Although not required, unGALA attendees are encouraged to dress in “creative cocktail attire,” the release said. The unGALA will have food from Milwaukee SpanishPortuguese restaurant Amilinda, live entertainment from Midwestern salsa band Nabori and a silent auction. The annual event, which gives 100% of raised funds to the
museum to support its exhibitions and programs, took the name “unGALA” last year, when the chair of the event decided “stuffy parties were a thing of the past.” “She wanted to make this fun and unlike the traditional ball or gala,” Mary Dornfeld, marketing and developing assistant at the Haggerty Museum of Art, said. Each year, a committee made up of volunteers selects a theme and a venue for the event. In past years, the gala has been held at a variety of locations, including the museum itself, the Alumni Memorial Union, Discovery World, The Grain Exchange and The Wisconsin Club, Dornfeld said. Last year’s theme, Street Party, turned the traditionally black-tie event on its head and aimed to create a more casual, fun atmosphere. This year’s Surrealist Ball theme is following that same design with optional black-tie dress. Individual tickets for the gala begin at $275. But this year, there is a new option: the After Party. The After Party is an included provision for gala attendees, but tickets to solely attend the After Party can be purchased for $50. “This is an opportunity for people who want to support the museum, but may not want to attend the entire evening,” Dornfeld said. “They can
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The unGALA switches venues periodically, and this year the event will take place at the We Energies Public Service Building.
come to just the After Party, and they can be with their friends and still support the museum.” From 8:30 to 11 p.m., the After Party will provide beer, wine and dessert and feature live music from local Milwaukee artists Lex Allen and Immortal Girlfriend, according to the event flyer. A grand prize of $250 will be awarded to the guest with the best Surrealist costume at the After Party. While the event’s 21-and-over requirement and ticket prices may limit attendance by Marquette students, the annual gala provides essential funds from which students are able to reap the benefits. Marion Lewandowski, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, works as a student guard at the
Haggerty, which involves protecting the art and monitoring guests as they walk through the exhibition. She also serves as a friendly face and resource for guests seeking to learn about the art on display, she said. Lewandowski said the Haggerty often acts as an interdisciplinary learning resource, as students come from various classes to view art and connect it to their studies. “(There are) a lot of great curators who give tours (to students) and then help connect (the art) to the class they’re in,” Lewandowski said. “That’s what I’ve done in my few classes. I’ve gotten a lot out of it.” Tickets for the 2019 unGALA: Surrealist Ball and After Party can be purchased by calling the Marquette University Special Events Office.
‘Hot Girl Summer’ more than just a song Hashtag inspires body positivity, empowerment
By Grace Schneider
grace.schneider@marquette.edu
One scroll through social media could have alerted any viewer that this summer was “Hot Girl Summer.” While those three words could be found on Instagram captions promoting self-love and Twitter memes, some students are unaware of the trend’s origin: Megan Thee Stallion. Hannah Barth, a freshman in the College of Education, said she is unaware that “Hot Girl Summer” was started by rapper Megan Pete, known professionally as Megan Thee Stallion, and that the trend later turned into a song. Barth said her idea of “Hot Girl Summer” was pretty girls wearing cute clothes at the beach. “I think people did a lot of stuff for Instagram posts,” Barth said. “If I wore a cute outfit, I thought, ‘Oh, maybe I could take a cute picture and post it,’ … (Instagram) was definitely influenced (by ‘Hot Girl Summer’),” Barth said. In November 2018, Megan Thee Stallion was the first female
rapper to be signed to the record label 300 Entertainment. In May 2019, she released her album “Fever,” followed up in August by the single “Hot Girl Summer.” Megan Thee Stallion will be performing at the Rave/Eagles Club Thursday. Alyssa Lovergine, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said “Hot Girl Summer” is becoming more of a saying than a song. However, she said she is a fan of Megan Thee Stallion’s music. “(‘Hot Girl Summer’) is a really positive and empowering song (about) women (and gets) them to feel confident about themselves, especially in the summer,” Lovergine said. The trend of “Hot Girl Summer” has given many women a reason to be unapologetic. “Last summer, if someone was saying they were having a ‘Hot Girl Summer,’ people would think they’re conceited or that they’re doing too much,” Lovergine said. “But now, it’s normalized for girls to feel good about themselves.” Lovergine said she thought this change in attitude and empowerment is a step in the right direction. Megan Thee Stallion’s music offers themes of acceptance
in more areas than just body confidence. While pursuing a successful rap career, Megan Thee Stallion is also a college student studying health administration. She encourages her followers to pursue higher education in addition to being body positive. “I love that she’s pursuing higher education and that she’s actually a college student herself,” Carson said. “It’s really empowering. She’s pursuing her dreams in college and she’s pursuing her rap career.” Shauntia Carson, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she feels like Megan Thee Stallion is her friend. She added that “Hot Girl Summer” has given people the opportunity to accept themselves and feel confident. She said for her, “Hot Girl Summer” is much more than a social media caption. “’Hot Girl Summer’ to me is like do what makes you happy, be who you are, be your true self and be unapologetically that,” Carson said. “Whatever you stand for, be unapologetically that.” Carson said Megan Thee Stallion encourages women to chase their own success, whether in higher education or in the workforce. She will be seeing
Photo courtesy of Megan Thee Stallion
Female rap artist Megan Thee Stallion is the creator behind the trend.
the rapper at the Rave/Eagles Club Thursday. “I’m looking forward to her choreography and then seeing her in person,” Carson said. “I feel like I know her
almost through her music and watching her different videos and interviews.”
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All voices essential to thriving campus
The university limited free speech, eroded trust with the campus community and neglected transparency in recent weeks. It all comes down to one policy. The policy regulates demonstrations on Marquette’s campus. It outlines an approval process for students, faculty and staff that must be followed before holding demonstrations. The university’s approval protocol is unclear and the policy is poorly worded, leaving room for confusion and differing interpretations. While Marquette administrators claim students, faculty and staff do not need permission to protest in the Alumni Memorial Union, the university’s policy claims that approval is necessary for space reservations and designated organizers prior to demonstrations. In other words, a demonstration in the AMU would not be permitted without university approval. Protests in other spaces on campus need written approval from the university, according to the policy. The words of administrators do not match the words on policy pages. The Marquette Wire interviewed five different attorneys who independently reached the same conclusion: People need permission to protest on campus, even in the AMU. This move to narrow messages on campus is a step in the wrong direction. Educational institutions should serve as breeding grounds for diverse ideas, not places where university administrators can silence certain opinions. Despite the obviousness of the policy’s limitations, the university administration continues to mislead community members with its contradictory messages. “In no way does this policy limit what demonstrators can say,” acting provost Kimo Ah Yun wrote to faculty and staff in an email Thursday. “In alignment with our Guiding Values, the free exchange of ideas is central to our mission and daily life. That will never change.” Regardless of whether the university’s intent is to limit ideas on campus, the policy provides the leniency and opportunity for university administrators to curb protestors. Power can be easily abused.
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Marquette University’s recent demonstration policy is misleading.
Marquette administrators are not immune to this tendency. The judiciousness that the policy grants to the university’s leaders should concern the entire campus community. Mixed messaging and surfacelevel assurances by Marquette should not deter the community from pushing back on these limits to free speech. Not only is Marquette unclear with its demonstration protocol, but it largely shut out faculty, staff and students from the policy’s draft and approval process. Ah Yun recently told the Wire that representatives from the Office of the Provost, the Office of Finance, the Office of the General Counsel and the Department of Human Resources review and approve university policies and procedures. He said he and senior vice president and chief operating officer Joel Pogodzinski determine final approval for policies. This small group of top leaders consistently makes policy decisions without input from the larger campus community. When it comes to policies that directly affect the expression rights of faculty, staff and students, it is unacceptable for university leaders to make top-down decisions without consulting those affected. The university’s future action on policies should rest on a foundation of collaboration and openness. Leaders shouldn’t hide behind veils of secrecy and authority. The predominantly hidden revision process became abundantly clear as the Wire began to collect varying versions of the demonstration policy. In all, the Wire obtained four policy documents, two of which were updates of original policy documents. Each policy document had different effective dates: Aug. 16, Aug. 20, Aug. 27 and Aug. 28.
Each document contains varied information. Some of the documents contain information that is omitted in others. Wording also changes between the documents, which affects the policy’s meaning. The changes appeared days apart without clear explanation. Rather than being honest about initial mistakes in the policy, the university sneakily removed an existing policy document and sent a new one to faculty and staff members. The university asked the Wire to issue a correction based on its reporting of the original policy, although the Wire’s reporting was accurate based on the original policy document. But the document was no longer available online. The university removed it from the website. The Wire’s PDF copy of the original policy allowed reporters to compare the various policy documents for changes. The ambiguous wording and numerous documents convoluted an already complex policy. It left many members of the community feeling confused and frustrated. If Marquette truly values personal expression, it should refrain from limiting voices on campus through its policy content and approval processes. It should encourage feedback and criticism. It should take a serious look at its existing policies and procedures. Without further considerations to the demonstration policy, students, staff and faculty will continue to feel unheard and disrespected. It’s time to lift voices, not stifle them. Editor’s note: The author of this editorial was not involved in the reporting of any stories regarding the university’s demonstration policies.
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Sexual assault justice for victims unrealistic after Epstein’s death Sheila Fogarty
Over 60 women have accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexual assault. Over 60 women. Epstein committed suicide Aug. 10 in prison, only days after being removed from suicide watch. Now, 60 women have lost an opportunity to face him in federal court and witness his almost certain indictment for sex trafficking and conspiracy to sex trafficking, as he was pleading guilty and facing the detailed accounts of 23 women. With Epstein’s account of the crimes gone, the number of powerful individuals in his social circle will no longer be rightfully or thoroughly investigated. Epstein’s youngest documented victims were 14 at the time of their assaults, the majority occurring in the early 2000s. Epstein used his status, the lure of a glitzy lifestyle and his wealth to lure young girls into trusting him, according to an interview with Annie and Marie Farmer, the first victims to report Epstein, on the New York Times’s “The Daily.” He created excuses to spend time with teen girls by falsely claiming to be developing a summer abroad program for high schoolers and making empty offers to pay college tuition for certain victims. Epstein also had several women take teen girls from the streets of New York, bribing them with false promises of a modeling interview with Victoria’s Secret. Epstein’s recruitment created a large sex-trafficking network that is suspected to have been shared with individuals in his social circle. The public has now turned to some of those individuals, questioning how aware or involved they were in Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation. Though many news services have called this “excessive,” the investigations are necessary. Investigation of those associated with Epstein will not only ensure closure and safety for his victims, but it will also set a necessary precedent for protocol when it comes to indicting sex offenders and sex traffickers, no matter their status. Among those scrutinized, Prince Andrew has been accused of raping one of Epstein’s victims, with whom he has been photographed. President Donald Trump, a former friend of Epstein, was also
witnessed by victims in Epstein’s office. Trump said Epstein was “a lot of fun to be with … he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.” Former president Bill Clinton was also suspected to be connected with Epstein’s circle, often times taking international trips with him. Based on several accounts by Epstein’s accusers, his sex trafficking operation nearly coexisted with his work life, as many assaults took place in his own office during office hours. Knowing this, the question arises: if these close colleagues spent time with Epstein, sometimes in his office, how many of them were aware of his crimes? Due to the evidence that suggests individuals in Epstein’s social circle knew about his sex trafficking, his use of business opportunities to lure victims into trusting him and the calamity of these crimes, Epstein’s past and current associates should be investigated. Epstein was able to cowardly escape justice through death, and in doing so he has made the investigation and indictment of others involved in these heinous crimes uncertain. The Epstein case needs to continue to be taken seriously despite his death; investigation of his friends and colleagues, namely President Donald Trump and Prince Andrew, is necessary. The truth is that Epstein’s crimes are in no way unique. Sexual assault is an unpardonable crime. One’s wealth should not influence how its handled in court. However, Epstein’s case has shown society, yet again, that sexual assault is easily concealable for those who have money, power and a higher status. This case cannot go ignored for that reason. Powerful individuals in Epstein’s social circle must be thoroughly investigated in order to get as close as possible to finding justice for his victims and to set a precedent for current and future investigations of sex trafficking. It is the only way to ensure closure and respect for those 60 women while simultaneously taking the opportunity to tighten the grip on sexual assault and sex trafficking no matter one’s status, wealth or power. Sheila Fogarty is a freshman studying anthropology and Spanish. She can be reached at sheila.fogarty@marquette.edu
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Marquette needs football program Trump’s influence on Netanyahu perpetuates widespread hatred Kevin Schablin
As week one of classes ends, week one of college football begins. For most American universities, this means busy Saturdays filled with cheering, tailgating and bonding. Marquette University differs from these universities during this time of year because it has not had a football team in more than 50 years. Mainstream media portrays a close relationship between football and the college experience through movies, television and books, so much so that now it seems almost impossible to not think about football on a Saturday afternoon in fall. College football culture is so influential that it can even have an impact on where students decide to go to college. The university recently released the Class of 2023’s enrollment statistics, which showed that enrollment at Marquette was down from last year. This comes as a shock as the enrollment statistics for the Class of 2022 were record-breaking. What could have led to this diminish and more importantly, what can bring Marquette’s enrollment numbers back up? What is the university lacking? Could the addition of a football program potentially increase enrollment? Founded in 1892, the Marquette University Golden Avalanche, the university’s first football team, achieved a .552 win percentage and appeared in the first Cotton Bowl. Despite all of this success, failings in later years caused Marquette University to cut track and field and football after both of those programs had lost a substantial amount of money the previous years, as football cost the university over $50,000 in 1959. Since then, the university has brought back its track and field program. Hearing that Marquette had a football program in the past is shocking to most students who, including myself, had never heard of a Marquette football program. Marquette is so well known for its basketball program that a lack of a football team goes overlooked, and most students who follow athletics would agree that college basketball will always be second-ranked to football in both popularity and revenue. Once Marquette dropped football, other smaller universities followed by ending their programs as well, such as Pepperdine University in California. Marquette’s lead may have been extremely influential at the time, causing other universities to see Marquette’s experience as a
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Marquette University football team beats Holy Cross 30-12 Nov. 21, 1959.
cautionary tale and pull out of their programs before they lost more money. These universities, however, did not include a few of our BIG EAST counterparts as Villanova, Butler and Georgetown still have programs in the Football Championship Division. Marquette, however, doesn’t even have a club team. When asked about the possibility of a football team, University President Michael Lovell said in a 2014 Reddit Q&A that he didn’t believe the university could support a football program. Lovell said the university didn’t have the resources necessary for student scholarships, fields or a coaching staff. At a glance, this makes sense. Marquette does not appear to own enough land required for a football field, stadium or parking lot. Additionally, finding and hiring a new coaching staff would most likely cost hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars, as the average head coach of a Division I football program’s annual salary in 2018 reached just over 1 million dollars, according to USA Today. Every university with a football program, however, must consider the costs and benefits. In the majority of cases, the investments are returned. With merchandising and ticket sales, the university could generate a substantial amount of money. According to a 2017 Business Insider article, 127 Football Bowl Subdivision universities generated a combined average annual revenue of nearly 32 million dollars. Basketball, however, annually generated just over 8 million dollars. The addition of a football program could also help the Milwaukee community. Not only would the construction of the football field and stadium create jobs, but it would bring in revenue for many Milwaukee businesses. If you need any proof of how well stadium-neighboring
establishments do on game days, take a walk around Fiserv Forum an hour before a Bucks game. Restaurants are filled with happy fans and shops are filled with people looking to buy team apparel before the game starts. This would also contribute to the university’s revenue, as vendors cannot sell copyrighted Marquette trademarks or likenesses without a license. While the initial costs of a football team and its necessities might be unappealing to university officials, statistically speaking it is well worth the investment. And as time goes by, the necessary funding for these projects only increases. It can also be predicted that the majority of Marquette students who go to athletic events would enjoy having a football team. At the end of the day, it is the university’s decision. If it agrees, the essence of school spirit lives on through another sport. If it disagrees, a piece of Marquette history will remain in the past.
Kevin Schablin is a freshman studying biological sciences. He can be reached at kevin.schablin@marquette.edu
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As if the screams of dying children and the smoke clouds of tear gas in front of Palestinian protestors were not enough, Israel has now become Trump’s puppet. Last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu barred two United States Congress members, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, from entering Israeli land. This was a decision that completely overturned the country’s previous decision that allowed the two representatives into Israel. This dramatic change occurred due to Trump’s high influence on the Israeli government. Before Israel made this official announcement, Trump posted a tweet that crossed an unprecedented line. The tweet said, “It would show great weakness if Israel allowed Rep. Omar and Rep. Tlaib to visit. … They are a disgrace.” According to the post, Trump feels this way because apparently these Congress members “hate Israel & all Jewish people.” Their intentions for visiting Israel were clearly outlined in an itinerary. Omar and Tlaib specifically said they wanted to focus on creating a dialogue with Israeli lawmakers and gaining a first-hand account from Palestinian activists. The fact that Trump has spoken and continues to speak so maliciously about two democratically-elected American citizens to the U.S. Congress is completely unprofessional. As the chief of state for a representative democracy, Trump has a responsibility to be respectful, especially to elected members of the government. The expectation of respect from the president has already been eradicated, and this attitude is anticipated. This situation in particular causes racists and bigots to strengthen their discriminatory actions because they see the president heavily attacking people of color. It also further establishes the divide and hierarchy that Trump continues to create between white people and people of color. This is not the first time the president has attacked Congress members of color. Trump completely falsified congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar’s polling approval rating, when as of early August, Trump had lower approval ratings than both congresswomen. Trump also told these congresswomen to go back to the “totally broken and
crime infested places from which they came from.” Additionally, by influencing Netanyahu’s decisions for his own country, Trump’s ignorance and partisan efforts continue to extend beyond national borders. He understands that these congresswomen of color are making an impact and difference by calling out all of Trump’s neglectful decisions. Omar and Tlaib are not afraid of the president, which scares him because they see him for who he truly is. The representatives do not fall under the influence of his hateful propaganda. Omar and Tlaib use their voices to create real change and hold real power in the American government system. With that, they make the president vulnerable. Trump’s immediate reaction is to make them the faces of the hatred he, himself, spews. Trump’s tweet shows the extreme efforts he will make to get what he wants and eliminate his opponents. It also showcases Netanyahu’s lack of strength and backbone. Netanyahu held Trump’s judgment of Omar and Tlaib so highly over his own that he was willing to sacrifice the betterment of his people and not meet with the congresswomen. By letting Trump influence a decision that directly impacts his country, Netanyahu is now another one of Trump’s puppets. Not only were Democrats inflamed with this decision, but some Republican lawmakers and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobbying group, also did not agree with it. The decision was not a bipartisan concern. Even those who support Israel recognized the deep flaw in Trump’s and Netanyahu’s decision, as Netanyahu tried to defend the announcement by saying that although Israel is a democracy, it does not allow entrance “of people who seek to harm the country.” This entry denial showcases Israel’s true cowardice and Trump’s extension of hate and racism. Trump and Netanyahu fostered this alliance and collaborated on this choice to try to showcase how Omar and Tlaib’s opinions on Israel were hateful and wrong. In the end, the barring just makes it clearer that Netanyahu and Trump are cowards, leading their countries with violence and hideous discrimination.
Aminah Beg is a junior studying public relations and cognitive science. She can be reached at aminah.beg@marquette.edu
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MEN’S SOCCER
Weyman, Stern battle for goalkeeper spot
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Redshirt freshman goalkeeper Jackson Weyman fires a goal kick in Marquette men’s soccer’s Aug. 21 exhibition against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Marquette won 2-1.
Bennett, Shaw hope to continue lineage of strong goalkeeping By Tyler Peters
tyler.peters@marquette.edu
Two games into the season, Marquette men’s soccer is still searching for its clear-cut No. 1 goalkeeper after the loss of 2018 BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Year Luis Barraza. He graduated and was drafted in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft by New York City FC. The Golden Eagles come into the 2019 season with four goalies on their roster, three of whom are returning from last season. Sophomore Cedrik Stern and redshirt freshman Jackson Weyman have stood out so far to head coach Louis Bennett.
Last season, Stern was the backup behind Barraza, playing in five matches and posting a .704 save percentage. However, it was Weyman who started in Marquette’s first two regular season games. Bennett said Weyman has impressed him the most. When Stern had an injury early on, Weyman took advantage of the opportunity. “(In the spring), Weyman had that optimism he had when he was a freshman, and then we redshirted him. After we redshirted him we were like, ‘What is he going to act like?’” Bennett said. Weyman has earned the first two starts and posted sparkling stats so far this season. He has a .853 save percentage and 0.42 goals-against average. Weyman also was awarded BIG EAST Freshman of the Week Monday.
“He’s bounced back,” Bennett said. “I like goalkeepers that bounce back like a rubber ball. You throw them down, and they bounce right back.” Bennett said he is using this situation as an opportunity to create the program’s next star goalkeeper. “I’m happy that we’re in this situation, because everyone is looking to see how we’re going to replace Barraza,” Bennett said. “You don’t replace a guy like Barraza. You create another goalkeeper.” Bennett said having volunteer coach Graham Shaw work with the goalkeepers has helped them find so much success. “We’re really fortunate to have a volunteer coach in Graham (Shaw) who comes in every single day,” Bennett said. “He is so dedicated, he helps us make (those difficult) decisions. …
We take our lead off of him.” Shaw said Barraza’s success came from more than just natural talent. “The talent will only get you so far, but it was (Barraza’s) drive and dedication that really got him to the level that he’s at right now,” Shaw said. “Having three goalkeepers returning from last year, they also see what you can do when you have the talent but work hard as well.” For Shaw, working with Barraza showed him what it will take to bring the same success to future Marquette goalies. “Seeing the dedication he puts in … opened my eyes to see what we need for the next generation of Marquette goalkeepers,” Shaw said. Barraza’s strong communication and leadership skills were the biggest thing Weyman took away from playing alongside
him last season. Weyman said he is extremely excited to start games for the Golden Eagles this year. “(I’m) going to keep working hard, keep my head even keel, showing up every day, learning from the coaches and doing whatever I can,” Weyman said. The team hopes to keep a strong pipeline of talent coming through its system. Barraza is not the only one to have recent success. Matt Pyzdrowski and Charlie Lyon have also gone onto professional careers. Bennett said the team will continue to look for the best goalkeepers they can find. “Hopefully they’re right here with us,” Bennett said. “A rising tide floats all boats. If they’re all contributing, the tide will flow, and they will all play better.”
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WOMEN’S SOCCER
Roeders’ squad has 0-3 start for second consecutive year Team looks to stay focused on present, gets first win of ‘19 By John Leuzzi
john.leuzzi@marquette.edu
The start of the 2019 season for Marquette women’s soccer has not gone as planned. After a 5-0 win versus the University of Regina in their first exhibition of the season, the Golden Eagles lost their exhibition to Notre Dame and their first three regular season games. It was almost deja vu because, for the second-straight season, Marquette opened the season 0-3. The Golden Eagles fell 2-0 to Colorado State University, 1-0 to Ball State University and 1-0 to then-No. 15 University of Wisconsin. When asked about the similarities of this fall and last fall, head coach Markus Roeders said the team does not focus much on last season. “It is a new season,” Roeders said. “We are really conscious of living in the present, trying to stay positive regardless of what
happens and get some results. That starts with our attack to our build up for opportunities.” One of Marquette’s biggest challenges so far has been its lack of offensive productivity. Opponents have outshot the Golden Eagles 42-19 to start the season. Despite the early struggle, Marquette has benefited from some newcomers. Graduate student Natalie Yass and freshmen Josie Kelderman and Addie Shock have all made contributions to their new team. Yass and Kelderman have solidified the midfield position while Shock has locked down the defense. The team recently entered the win column with a 1-0 win over Michigan Sunday after going 18 days without one. “This is a huge win for us,” Roeders said. “We weren’t off to a great start in the beginning. (I) think Michigan was playing really well. We had to make those small adjustments. We went toe-for-toe and grinded it out. Roeders said the team hasn’t had consistency in their first three performances like they did against Michigan. “This is what it takes every single day to give ourselves a chance,” Roeders said.
ESPORTS
Michigan, the Big Ten powerhouse, came into the contest on a three-game winning streak. The Golden Eagles went step-for-step with the Wolverines for the full 108 minutes of the game as it went into double overtime. In the 108th minute, junior forward Kylie Sprecher scored the golden goal on a breakaway up the right sideline. Sprecher, a Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin native, has been working her way back from an injury that made her impact on the team drop significantly last season. “I know it has been a long road for her, and it has been hard for her and for me too. I couldn’t be more proud of her,” Roeders said. “As a coach, you want a player with time on the clock to have a mindset of right here right now and to execute. To see that and to come up with the winning goal, I am very proud of her. Now MU will be looking to use this Michigan win as an opportunity to change the team’s mindset. The Golden Eagles have five games left in the nonconference schedule before opening BIG EAST play against Georgetown Sept 29. “I hope it gives us that other lift, that extra belief that no matter
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Graduate student Natalie Yass fights for possession against Michigan.
what, we can do it,” Roeders said. “It is a fun feeling. We haven’t had this in a while,” Sprecher said. “(I) am happy for our team in that matter. We keep saying as a team we need to open the floodgates, and once we get the first one, it will start flowing. So now as a team and as a whole, we can use this first win to build the confidence that anyone can score to win moving forward.” The next stretch of games will continue to test the inexperience
and youth of the team which has nine freshman. MU (1-3) has road games against the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and home games against Utah State University and Northern Illinois University. The next game will be Thursday at University of Minnesota at seven p.m. Central Standard Time.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Esports seeks coach
Wojciechowski reflects on trip
Athletics aims to have facility by start of season in January
Normandy, history lesson from Judson among highlights
By John Steppe
john.steppe@marquette.edu
Marquette Athletics is still seeking a facility and coach for its esports program, athletic director Bill Scholl told the Marquette Wire. School said acquiring the facility remains the top priority. The preference is to refurbish an existing space on campus rather than building a new facility. The goal is to complete the space by the start of the League of Legends season in January, senior associate athletic director Scott Kuykendall said. The athletic department is seeking corporate partnerships and contributions from donors to pay for the facility. Learfield IMG College and Chicago-based marketing agency Intersport are helping Marquette pursue those partnerships. Scholl described Intersport as “the experts in the business right now” for esports. If there still aren’t corporate partners in six months or so, Scholl said the department “might look at other alternatives.” Scholl did not have an estimate of how much the facility will cost, saying the expenses vary “all over the map.”
When asked Aug. 20 about the status of esports’ formation, University President Michael Lovell didn’t have an update. “They are having some significant conversations with some of our partners,” Lovell said. “I wish I knew you were going to ask that. I would’ve gotten an update.” Lovell reiterated that the facility will be available to all students when the varsity team is not using the space. The search for a coach has not started yet, but Scholl and Kuykendall said there has been “a lot of interest” among prospective coaches and players. “I’m not concerned,” Kuykendall said. “We’ll find somebody, that’s for sure.” The athletic directors said a coach is not necessary to start the season, and obtaining a space is more important. “The last few years, we’ve utilized the club team (who) kind of helped us put a roster together,” Kuykendall said. “That’s what we’d do again.” Scholl said the progression of esports gives Marquette an advantage in recruiting many students pursuing career fields in science, technology, engineering and math. “The kind of students it’d typically attract are the kinds of students you’d like to have coming to Marquette,” Scholl said. Kuykendall said the team will have 10 to 15 players.
By John Steppe
john.steppe@marquette.edu
When coach Steve Wojciechowski looked for people to teach the team the history behind D-Day prior to its foreign trip, he didn’t have to look far. A few offices down from Wojciechowski’s own, special assistant to the head coach Rob Judson channeled his past as a history teacher to give Marquette men’s basketball the lesson. “When he was over in Paris (for the foreign tour), he did an amazing job giving a presentation about it,” Wojciechowski said. But history lessons from Judson were far from the only takeaway for Wojciechowski during the team’s foreign trip. Wojciechowski said he was “pleased to see where (the newcomers) are” in their preparations for 2019-’20 and said they all “showed the potential to help our team this year.” Yet, the competition was hardly BIG EAST caliber. In the last game of the trip, MU built a 26-point lead against AK Basket by halftime despite star guard Markus Howard not playing. “You want to see how what you’ve done in practice … translated against
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The Marquette men’s basketball team poses in Normandy last month.
somebody else,” Wojciechowski said. “The competition was not great, but we were able to see some things we did well … and other things that we have to spend more time on.” Visiting Normandy was a highlight for Wojciechowski, who had not visited the historic landmark until the trip. “You hear so much of it. Obviously, this year was the 75th anniversary of the invasion,” Wojciechowski said. “The feeling that you get while you’re there, it brings it to life more so than watching (Normandy from a distance).” While Wojciechowski admitted the competition was not fierce in Europe, the NCAA gave Marquette 10 extra practices before the foreign tour that the team otherwise would not have. All NCAA affiliated teams practice time is usually limited in the summer. “It was a great trip on a lot of different levels,” Wojciechowski said.
“Obviously, the basketball piece was important. The 10 practices prior to leaving were even more important than the games.” Injuries kept Marquette from doing much 5-on-5 until the tour, but Wojciechowski said other than Greg Elliott’s recovery from ankle surgery, everyone is healthy aside from some “bumps and bruises.” Now the team can finally do 5-on5 drills without an assistant coach having to play, which Wojciechowski said was helpful during the foreign tour. “It was very good to be able to do some 5-on-5 stuff,” Wojciechowski said. “And just basically see where we are at this point of the year, what we remember from last year, what tweaks we need to make. … More than anything, it was a great learning experience for our team.”
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MU seniors stand out in Phoenix Open in Green Bay Eagan, McGauley take first-place finishes Saturday By Matt Yeazel
matthew.yeazel@marquette.edu
Marquette kicked off the 2019 cross country season under interim head coach Sean Birren with a dominant showing in the Phoenix Open meet hosted at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. In the meet between Marquette and UW-Green Bay runners, the Golden Eagles had the top 20 finishers on the men’s side and 14 of the top 15 on the women’s side. Senior Marquette runners led the charge. Redshirt senior Brad Eagan
finished first overall in the 5k race on the men’s side, and senior Caitlin McGauley finished first overall in the women’s race. Eagan had a winning time of 15:40.67, and McGauley posted a time of 19:02.50. The seniors weren’t the only ones putting up impressive performances. All but one runner on each side for Marquette finished better than the entire UW-Green Bay team. There was also notably very little separation in posted times between the top runners for the Golden Eagles. Four men’s runners were within 15 seconds of Eagan’s winning time, including redshirt senior Ryan Burd, senior Daniel Pederson, junior Alex Gill and sophomore August Beyer. It was a similar story for the women, with just an eight-second difference between McGauley and the four who
placed after her: freshman Kate Jochims, sophomores Kendall Pfrimmer and Lauren Neiheisel and junior Emily Foley. Birren said in a press release that he typically looks at the first few meets as a “tune-up” or “rust buster.” This meet was no exception, but he was encouraged by how the team ran and said they will work to continue improving as the season goes on. “Our mindset was that we wanted to run together how we have been in practice for the first 3k and really push out for the last 2k,” Birren said in the press release. “Overall, I thought both teams ran great this morning.” Marquette is off next weekend before traveling to Normal, Illinois, for the Illinois State Invitational Sept. 13.
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Brad Eagan runs at the Phoenix Open Aug. 31. His time was 15:40.67.
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MEN’S SOCCER
Cukaj scores winning goal in OT Fatigue causes draw Defender makes big impact in first game since freshman year
Second game to go in double-overtime in 48 hours affects MU
By Daniel Macias
By Daniel Macias
Manuel Cukaj made quite the impact in his regular-season return from injury Friday night, sealing Marquette men’s soccer’s first win of the season on a game-winning header in the 107th minute against University of Alabama at Birmingham. Senior midfielder Connor Alba delivered the assist on the game-winning goal after already scoring a goal in the 23rd minute off a penalty kick. “Just before the assist, (sophomore defender) Josh Hancock had a header almost to win it, so we kind of had a feeling a goal was coming,” Alba said. “So I just tried to put the ball in the box and have someone get their head on it.” Prior to Hancock’s shot, the Golden Eagles did not have a shot on goal for a 75-minute span. The last save UAB keeper Seth Torman had to make was in the 30th minute of the first half. “In the second half, we fought and we tried to patch those cracks,” head coach Louis Bennett said. “We didn’t play our best soccer, but it was a two-way kind of game, which we don’t really like.” The game didn’t always seem so close. At halftime, Marquette had a 1-0 lead and a 7-0 advantage in shots on goal, nearly triple UAB’s shots. “In the first half, we were on the front foot a lot. We won the ball up higher on the pitch after we lost it,” Alba said. “So we were winning it in their defensive third and creating chances off that.” There were plenty of opportunities to expand that lead beyond 1-0, but MU could not take advantage of them.
Marquette men’s soccer had its second double-overtime game in fewer than 48 hours, but unlike Friday night, Marquette could not score in the extra time, tying UC Davis 0-0 Sunday afternoon. “The second game (of the weekend) especially, everybody felt a little tired,” redshirt sophomore Manuel Cukaj said. “The other team also had a game two days ago, so both teams were in the same situation.” Head coach Louis Bennett said certain aspects of players’ games were not as effective because of fatigue. He pointed out examples like the crispness of players´passes. Bennett said the players will do different activities to get rid of the lactic acid and have Tuesday off. They’ll also have a lighter session Wednesday. “You can’t just pound and pound and pound and expect quality (and) excitement,” Bennett said. “We have to get that bounce back to our step, and we will.” Defensively, the Golden Eagles were stout, only allowing one shot out of 15 on goal. “(I’m) very happy … with having a clean sheet in keeping a team … that floods forward and puts a lot of people in the box,” Bennett said. “We played well defensively,” Cukaj said. “We put pressure on them very high up the field, so we limited their chances to play out and come in front of
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Manuel Cukaj (No. 5) and his teammates celebrate his game-winning goal against the University of Alabama-Birmingham Friday night.
“I thought in the first 20, 25 minutes we were poor in front of goal,” Bennett said. “I thought we created enough chances in that to be one, two or three up. When we didn’t go up, they got momentum, and I think the last 10 minutes of the first half they started pressing.” Three minutes into the second half, UAB midfielder Grayson DuPont put one past redshirt freshman goalkeeper Jackson Weyman to tie the game at 1-1. Weyman finished his first career game with five saves. “I’m really proud of our guys hanging in there and just grinding it out and doing those things,” Bennett said. “When you look back, we might not remember how much pain we were in during that game. We’ll only remember that we just beat a team 2-1.” The Golden Eagles also received five yellow cards, which Alba attributed to a mix of smart and unnecessary fouls. “We gave them three or four free kicks right at the top of the box and they could have scored on any of those, so we need to clean that up,” Alba said.
Senior defender Oliver Posarelli went down with an injury in the 38th minute. Bennett said he does not know when he will return, but Posarelli was walking on his own power after the game. The team also did not play with senior co-captain Luka Prpa, who is also battling an injury. Bennett said Prpa is “on his way back” to being healthy. Up next, the Golden Eagles will play University of California-Davis Sunday at noon at Valley Fields.
our goal. That way … we could prevent them from scoring.” Some players, like Cukaj, have played over 200 minutes in a 48-hour period. A normal soccer game lasts 90 minutes. The Golden Eagles are now two games into the regular season with no losses. This is without senior co-captain Luka Prpa for both games and no senior defender Oliver Posarelli for the second game and part of the first game. “I’m not disastrously upset, and I’m also not ecstatically pleased,” Bennett said. “We got a (tie), we’ve got an unbeaten record, we continue to be very difficult to beat at home and I think we found out a lot about ourselves.” The Golden Eagles picked up four yellow cards, including sophomore midfielder Alan Salmeron’s second yellow card of the season. The Golden Eagles (1-0-1) will take on University of South Florida on the road Friday at 6 p.m. CST.
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VOLLEYBALL
Freshmen, transfers bond overseas with rest of team Program trains on trip against Italian U20 National Team By Zoe Comerford
isabel.comerford@marquette.edu
While most students were two weeks into summer vacation, the Marquette women’s volleyball team was traveling around Europe. The team departed from Chicago June 2, landing in Milan, and working its way along the French Riviera to end the trip in Barcelona June 14. “Our foreign tour really brought us closer as a team, being together for two weeks straight in a foreign country,” senior outside hitter Allie Barber said. “For a couple people, it was our first time out of the country, and you kind of go out of your comfort zone. I think we all relied on each other a lot more.” Due to NCAA rules, each sport is only allowed to go on a foreign tour every four years. Despite taking a European tour in 2016 to Italy, Austria and the Czech Republic, the NCAA granted Marquette a waiver so seniors Barber, Madeline Mosher and Lauren Speckman, who were affected by previous summer enrollment rules, could travel in 2019. Head coach Ryan Theis said a big advantage was the two weeks of training the team had before leaving. This year was also the first time
newcomers could go on the tour. The new NCAA rules allow teams to bring their incoming freshmen and any transfers on trips without completion of summer classes. “Our two transfers were eligible to train for (the tour), and then our two freshmen got to go. They actually got here the morning before we left,” Theis said. “For them, it was great to know everybody. The team went out of their way to make sure those guys felt welcome.” Theis said the team split up into different groups every day, so the freshmen could spend time with everyone. Then, when the freshmen showed up for summer school July 5, the newcomers already knew everything that was going on. “That part was huge for them, from a team culture and chemistry standpoint,” Theis said. Marquette practiced at the Italian Olympic Training Center prior to playing the Italian National “B” Team June 4. The next day, the Golden Eagles faced the Italian Under-20 National Team. Theis said the U20 team is one of the best under-20 teams in the world. Less than a week after playing Marquette, the Italian U20 National Team finished as runner-ups in the 2019 Federation Internationale de Volleyball Volleyball Women’s U20 World Championship. “(They) just could do things at a whole different level,” Theis said. “Those (Italian) teams would be in the Final Four here. To play them in their gym, their ball, their environment was a handful. That
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Marquette volleyball poses with the Italian U20 National Team at Centro Pavesi in Milan, Italy, in June.
makes you a little bit tougher.” “The foreign tour was definitely up and down, just being different volleyball,” junior outside hitter Hope Werch said. “They play a lot different than we do and that expanded our game. It allowed us to be able to support each other when things weren’t going right.” Against the Italian teams, Theis said seeing the quicker pace at which the Italians played helped his team get experience that will be helpful when playing elite teams in the NCAA Tournament. “Their libero set it fast when they secondary set (the ball), so Martha (Konovodoff) wanted to
start trying to set faster and see if she could up her game and her tempo,” Theis said. The team had an overnight stop in Acqui Terme, Italy, to play B1 Team Acqui Terme June 6 and then traveled to Montpellier and Toulouse, France. The final match was June 12 against Club Voleboil Sant Cugat in Barcelona. “We saw things we had never seen before and aren’t legal in the U.S.,” Werch said. “I definitely think with us pushing through that, it definitely helps in our preseason.” Following Marquette’s four-set victory over then-No. 9 Brigham
Young University Saturday, the Golden Eagles reached their highest rank in program history Monday at No. 11. Marquette has three ranked teams left to play in the nonconference season, No. 4 Wisconsin, No. 5 Illinois and No. 17 Baylor. Theis said he hopes the foreign tour will help his team fight against the tough competition. “We bonded through playing some really tough teams and having to overcome those mental challenges,” Barber said. “Hopefully that comes through in the season.”
VOLLEYBALL
Golden Eagles shock No. 9 Cougars in BYU Invitational Lines earns MVP of weekend tournament following three wins By Dan Avington
daniel.avington@marquette.edu
After two easy sweeps of Utah Valley and Boise State in the BYU Nike Invitational Friday, No. 16 Marquette faced a tougher test Saturday: Brigham Young University. The Golden Eagles proved to be up for the challenge, toppling the No. 9 Cougars (22-25, 25-16, 2522, 25-12) in four sets on BYU’s home floor. It was the third top-10 victory in MU history and the Cougars’ first loss in Smith Fieldhouse since October 2017. “It’s a great confidence builder,” head coach Ryan Theis said in a statement on Marquette volleyball’s Twitter. “It’s tough to win out here. We had a lot of good performances and hit a lot of really
big plays.” Marquette had a rough start. There were seven lead changes in the first set before a late Cougars rally gave BYU a 25-22 set victory. But the ensuing sets showed a much different Marquette team. “(BYU) started off hitting really well,” Theis said. “We were able to get some stops and apply service pressure. It was just a great team effort.” In the second set, the Golden Eagles went on an eight-point swing and used that momentum to secure a 25-16 win. Marquette then overcame an early three-point deficit to take a 25-22 victory in the third set. The fourth set was all Marquette from the start. The Golden Eagles motored their way to a 25-12 victory with a .455 hitting percentage while holding the Cougars to a clip of -0.040. “We got better as the match went on, especially defensively,” Theis said. “They weren’t able to get any in-system looks, so I thought that made our defense again
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Marquette volleyball celebrates a point in the team’s loss against BYU in 2018 at the Al McGuire Center.
more aggressive.” Senior outside hitter Allie Barber led the way with 19 kills and was named to the All-Tournament team along with junior outside hitter Hope Werch, who had 11 kills Saturday night. Junior outside hitter Kaitlyn “K.J.” Lines was the Invitational’s MVP after putting up 17 kills, five digs and a service ace against the Cougars.
Senior setter Lauren Speckman had a game-high 31 assists and 13 digs, and junior libero Martha Konovodoff recorded 13 digs. For BYU, Madelyn Robinson put up 18 kills, setter Whitney Bower had 26 assists, libero Mary Lake contributed 10 digs and middle blocker Heather Gneiting had 7 total blocks. Next up for No. 16 Marquette (3-0) is another difficult matchup
at in-state rival No. 5 Wisconsin Thursday at 7 p.m. Central Standard Time. “We’ve got a bit of a gauntlet coming up in terms of the schedule, so we’ll take one match at a time,” Theis said. “Everybody we’re playing from here on out is an NCAA Tournament team, or close to it. So it’s going to be a tough road the next couple weeks.”
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WOMEN’S SOCCER
Sprecher comes back from injury, gives team first win Junior forward’s goal in 108th minute is MU’s first of season By John Steppe
john.steppe@marquette.edu
After getting attacked by a mob of joyous teammates Sunday evening, junior midfielder Kylie Sprecher had a moment to catch her breath before 24-year head coach Markus Roeders caught up to the team in the corner of Valley Fields and shook Sprecher’s head enthusiastically. Her game-winning goal in the 108th minute in sudden death against Michigan gave Marquette its first win of 2019. But if someone told Sprecher in March this would happen, she likely wouldn’t have believed it. “That would be nice to hear,” Sprecher said. “But I think I would be like, ‘Wow, that sounds like a big responsibility and a lot of work, and I have a long way to get there.’” Sprecher was not 100% healthy last season after suffering from sesamoiditis, inflammation of tendons in the foot, in March 2018. She still played in 16 games, but her scoring decreased from three goals and six assists in 2017 to one goal and no assists in 2018. Sprecher attributed her decreased scoring production to her injury. Sprecher then needed a second surgery after the season in December and missed spring exhibitions as she recovered. “She worked really hard to get to a point where she could be healthy, but it takes time,” Roeders said. “She stuck with it, and she kept believing.” “It’s been hard for her. It´s been hard for me. It’s been hard for us,” Roeders said after the game while hugging Sprecher. “There (have) been a lot of ups and downs. … I couldn’t be more proud of the journey she’s already had and then being here tonight having the game-winner.” She almost had this moment three days earlier in overtime against Wisconsin, the school where her mother
played soccer. Her missed shot happened a few minutes before Wisconsin’s game-winning goal in the 93rd minute. The win against Michigan and Sprecher’s exciting moment didn’t always seem like a sure thing on Sunday, either. The Wolverines dictated the pace of the game for most of the first half, controlling the ball for 66% of the first half. It led to an 11-4 shot advantage and four shots on goal. Sprecher attributed the lack of MU’s offensive production to Michigan’s success marking and shifting. “They’re super dynamic, and they’re super athletic,” Sprecher said. “As a team, we were trying our best just to possess the ball. … Whenever we would get it forward, me or whoever was the top person, would get it and there was already two or three of them on us at once.” Roeders rotated Sprecher, redshirt junior Abby Hess, sophomore Elaina Eckert and others at the forward position to keep everyone well rested. “We were told every time we were in there (at forward) to give it all you can do, even if it’s only for five or 10 minutes at a time, and (they’ll) rotate you in and out,” Sprecher said. Senior goalkeeper Maddy Henry saved each shot, keeping Michigan off the board. It was the first time a nonconference opponent shut out the Wolverines in over a year. “We’re going to have to keep relying on (Henry),” Roeders said. “And she’s going to keep doing her thing. I think she’s embracing it.” Marquette had better possession in the second half, but it didn’t lead to quality shots. Sprecher’s golden goal was the team’s second shot on goal of the afternoon. “There was three minutes left, and I was like, ‘We just got to send the horses forward,’” Sprecher said. “As I was going down, I looked up and I kind of saw the goalie off her line, so I was like, ‘Well, I might as well try it.’” The Golden Eagles (1-3) will look to continue their momentum against another Big Ten opponent Thursday when they visit Minnesota, who
are 0-2-2. If it’s someone else at Minnesota with the late-game heroics, Sprecher certainly won’t mind. She had her moment. “I’m happy that it was me this time who finished it for us,” Sprecher said. “Hopefully next time it’s somebody else.”
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Freshman Alex Campana fights for the ball in Marquette’s 1-0 win.
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Kylie Sprecher dribbles against Michigan. She scored her second goal Sunday since her freshman year.