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Volume 98, Number 5
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
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MU remembers de la Cruz University mourns former student with memorial service By Caroline Roers
caroline.roers@marquette.edu
He lit up a room wherever he was.” Attendees at the memorial included more than 60 friends, family members and Marquette faculty. “I think the memorial service is a way for his friends and family to come together and to have some closure and healing,” said Tom Koester, assistant director of Campus Ministry and director of music. During this time, the de la Cruz family wishes to remain private; however, Adam Hurrle, a junior in the College of Engineering and close friend of Grady’s, said that the de la Cruz family is very thankful for the outpouring of support from family and friends. Hurrle said he remembers de la Cruz as “having a lust for life that I will never forget.” de la Cruz was swimming in Lake Mendota with two other people when he drowned. According to a Madison Fire Department press release, de la Cruz became separated from the group and did not resurface. de la Cruz graduated from Marquette University High School in 2011 and attended Marquette in the College of Arts & Sciences for two years before transferring to UW-Madison this year. His death comes almost one year after another UW-Madison student drowned in the same lake.
Lourdes de la Cruz (left), Grady de la Cruz’s mother, embraces her friend Rebecca Toledo (right).
A memorial service for Richard “Grady” de la Cruz took place Monday night at the St. Joan of Arc Chapel. de la Cruz, a former Marquette student who transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Madison this year, drowned in Lake Mendota in Madison Aug. 21. The service included readings and petitions from fellow students, as well as a gospel reading from the Rev. Thomas Manahan from Marquette University High School. “This setting and all the people – we couldn’t have asked for a better day,” said Stef Yordan, a junior in the College of Business Administration at Marquette who also knew Grady in high school. “It is like he is here with us. All of his loved ones are here and those that aren’t are definitely remembering him.” “Grady was one of the most kind-hearted people you will ever know,” she said. “He was just a person you wanted to be around.
FemSex workshop returns to campus after challenges from alumni, faculty
Potential new arena could host Marquette, Bucks
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Critics still vocal despite new sponsor for student program By Natalie Wickman
natalie.wickman@marquette.edu
After receiving academic sponsorship from the University Honors Program, FemSex, a weekly student workshop centered on the discussion of female sexuality and reproduction, is returning to Marquette’s campus this fall. The program underwent scrutiny last year and eventually lost support from university administration. FemSex raised controversy last winter after some Marquette donors, faculty and alumni asked University President the Rev. Scott Pilarz why it was allowed on campus, wondering if the workshop’s content was
appropriate for a Catholic and Jesuit university. According to its syllabus, FemSex involves “discussions, activities, and individual exercises (designed to) explore what it means to take ownership of one’s own sexuality, body, pleasure, language, and education.” After reviewing the FemSex syllabus, Pilarz and former Provost John Pauly decided to withdraw university sponsorship in February, prohibiting FemSex from being held in the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center. The decision was met with criticism from FemSex supporters who said that Pilarz was too quick to make the decision and should have consulted more students first. After it was pulled, FemSex finished its run with sponsorship from the University Honors Program. This year FemSex will again be hosted by the honors program, a decision made by its
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director, Amelia Zurcher. The workshop will start with an information session tonight at 7 p.m in Ballroom C of the Alumni Memorial Union. “As an academic seminar, it needs an academic home on campus,” Zurcher said in an email. “I think an academic home for (FemSex) helps show its legitimacy to those who are less familiar with gender and sexuality studies and their place on campuses all over the country.” Zurcher said the University Honors Program provides space and academic support for FemSex as a sponsor, but no funding is involved in their relationship. John McAdams, associate political science professor, is a vocal opponent of FemSex on “Marquette Warrior,” his personal blog. McAdams said “it’s bad judgement on the part of the Honors Program to sponsor it.” See FemSex, page 4
Task force considering new arena as part of upcoming intiative By Matt Barbato
matthew.barbato@marquette.edu
Milwaukee is considering plans for a new basketball arena and putting together a task force to explore the issue, but Marquette does not yet have a position if the hypothetical plans become a reality. The BMO Harris Bradley Center opened in 1988 and plays host to the Milwaukee Bucks, Admirals and Marquette men’s basketball team. Despite being only 24 years and 11 months old, the Bradley Center is one of the oldest NBA arenas, which prompted discussion from Gov. Scott Walker and former U.S.
Sen. Herb Kohl, the owner of the Bucks. Walker said Aug. 28 in an interview with The Business Journal that any public funding plans for the potential construction of a new basketball arena in Milwaukee would have to be voted on by taxpayers. In his interview, Walker stressed the importance of keeping the Bucks in the city, but did not mention the future of Marquette’s men’s basketball team, which is unknown if the construction of a new arena occurs. Marquette basketball played in the Bradley Center since its doors opened, but the possibility of a new arena project raises questions about where Marquette would play if a new stadium was built. Although most discussions right now are hypothetical, Michael Broeker, deputy athletic director, said it is something that could be talked about more See Bradley, page 4
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Homicides in Milwaukee up 19 percent this year. PAGE 3
Syrian conflict reminds us to stay globally informed. PAGE 8
College athletic programs can’t ignore sexual assault accusations. PAGE 11