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Students petition for tuition transparency ‘Grandfather clause’ proposed to maintain steady expenses By Melanie Lawder
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After Marquette announced a tuition increase of $1,390 for the 2013-14 academic year last week, many students are not happy. Tyler Martell, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences,
is particularly upset about the new increase. So upset, in fact, that he decided to create a petition on Change.org, protesting the new increase and calling on the university to instate a “grandfather” clause that would guarantee a flat rate of tuition for current students and only raise prices on incoming Marquette students. “With uncertainty in the economy, uncertainty of what graduates will do after their time at Marquette and uncertainty See Tuition, page 8
Water pipe fixed in Carpenter Tower Photo by Xidan Zhang/xidan.zhang@marquette.edu
George E. Koonce, Jr. speaks Monday about the desire athletes feel to compete despite having concussions.
Former NFL star discusses the danger of concussions Research still unclear about residual effects of the brain injury By Eric Oliver
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Concussions have repeatedly been brought to the forefront of the controversy over sports-related injuries, given recent events in both the National Football League and the National Hockey League. In its second installment of the Marquette Presents series, the College
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of Health Sciences hosted a panel to cover the medical, social and legal effects of concussions. George E. Koonce Jr., senior athletics director at Marquette and a former National Football League linebacker for the Green Bay Packers, was among the featured speakers at the event. Other speakers included Michael McCrea, a professor of neurosurgery and neurology at the Medical College of Wisconsin; David Leigh, a clinical assistant professor and athletic trainer at Marquette; Carolyn Smith, director of Student Health Services and Matthew Mitten, a professor in Marquette’s law
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Students left high and dry for almost 24 hours after burst By Catelyn Roth-Johnson
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A water pipe under the sidewalk on the east side of Carpenter Tower ruptured at approximately 11 p.m. last Wednesday, leaving
school and director of the National Sports Law Institute all presented at the panel discussion Monday in the Alumni Memorial Union. “Everyone has been told that a concussion is a bruise on the brain,” McCrea said. “That was thrown out the window many years ago. This is an injury that happens at a microscopic cellular level. This is an injury that occurs by the virtue of a mechanical force causing disruption of normal neuronal activity.” Koonce said that whenever there were challenges confronting the sport, the leadership stepped up See Concussions, page 7
307 residents without running water for almost 24 hours. After the original pipe burst, a temporary pipe installed by city workers froze Thursday morning, though water was restored to students by around 3 p.m. that same day. Rick Arcuri, associate dean for Administrative Services in the Office of Residence Life, said the pipe was fully repaired as of Monday. See Carpenter, page 7
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More than 300 students in Carpenter Tower were without water Thursday.
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News in Brief Senators propose immigration reform
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Eight high-profile Senators from both sides of the aisle have announced a comprehensive immigration reform bill that would include a pathway to citizenship for almost 11 million undocumented immigrants, the Associated Press reported Monday. The bill also includes provisions for employers regarding verification for immigrants, non-citizen workers and border security. The Senators are Marco Rubio (R-FL), John McCain (RAZ), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Linsey Graham (R-SC) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ). The White House has not yet announced whether President Obama will sign the legislation if it is passed. Obama will travel to Nevada Tuesday to lay out his own immigration reform plan, which is likely to share features with the Senate’s.
The Boy Scouts of America may end its policy banning gay scouts or scout leaders, according to NBC. The consideration follows much public backlash against the organization’s stance. The policy change under consideration would eliminate the ban from the national organization’s rules and leave local sponsoring organizations free to decide whether to admit gay scouts. The policy change could come as early as next week. The Boy Scouts includes more than 2.6 million youth members and more than one million adult members as of the end of 2012. The policy has been controversial both in and out of the organization. In 2000, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the organization could legally ban gays. In July, after a two-year examination of the policy, the Boy Scouts reaffirmed the policy and said it was “the best policy for the organization.” According to Scouts for Equality, 11 councils that serve more than 260,000 scouts have taken a stand against the standing anti-gay policies. In November, UPS announced that it would no longer help finance the scouts because of the discriminatory policy.
Milwaukee sheriff defends ad on CNN Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke appeared on CNN Monday morning to defend his controversial ad telling Milwaukee residents that they should arm themselves because “calling 911 and waiting is no longer the best option.” The ad has received heat from gun-control advocates since its airing last week. During Clark’s appearance on the CNN morning show Starting Point, host Soledad O’Brien asked whether his remarks were brought on by the recent high-profile gun crimes or were meant to scare people. “Once the wolf is at the door, once the intruder is inside your home, once you’re on the street and someone sticks a gun in your face to take your car or your wallet, you don’t have the option of calling 911,” Clarke responded.
Local police chief discusses guns After the mass shooting at the Oak Creek Sikh Temple that killed six people, Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards appeared at the White House to discuss gun violence solutions, CBS 58 News reported Monday. Among the others invited to encourage members of Congress to pass stricter gun laws at the president’s urging were law enforcement officials from Aurora, Colo. and Newtown, Conn. “No group is more important for us to listen to than our law enforcement officials, and so I welcome this opportunity to work with them to hear their views in terms of what would make the biggest difference to prevent something like Newtown or Oak Creek from happening again,” Obama said at the meeting.
DPS Reports Jan. 24 At 2:02 p.m. an employee reported that unknown person(s) removed an unsecured, unattended university credit card from Marquette Hall and used it without consent. The estimated loss is $50. The employee’s unsecured, unattended driver’s license was also removed. At 2:47 p.m. a person not affiliated with Marquette reported that unknown person(s) vandalized a vending machine in Wehr Life Sciences, causing an estimated $300 in damage. At 3:27 p.m. a student reported that
unknown person(s) removed a magnet estimated at $5 from the exterior of her secured, unattended vehicle in Structure One. Jan. 25 At 1:06 a.m. a student was in possession of a fraudulent ID in McCormick Hall and admitted to using the ID to purchase alcohol at an off-campus location. At 12:37 p.m. a person not affiliated with Marquette reported that unknown person(s) vandalized a vending machine in Structure Two, causing an estimated $25 in damage.
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Relatives and friends mourn next to the coffin during the burial of fire victim Tanise Cielo, at a cemetery in Santa Maria, Brazil, Monday.
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Funerals began Monday morning after a deadly nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Brazil, that left 233 club-goers dead and 92 injured early Sunday morning, the New York Times reported Monday. One of the club’s owners and two members of the band playing at the club have been arrested for questioning after the band’s pyrotechnics allegedly started the fire in the windowless club. Most of the victims died due to smoke inhalation. 82 club goers, including 30 in serious condition, were hospitalized. Some of the club’s practices are being called into question, including whether the club was over capacity and whether bouncers were initially blocking the exits due to the policy of paying on the way out of the club.
Last week, Twitter introduced a new video-sharing application called Vine that allows users to share six-second looping videos online and within users’ tweets. Many have speculated that the addition is the next step on the company’s path to an initial public stock offering in coming months. However, it’s likely that Twitter executives expected Vine to make headlines for a more risqué reason – the app has become a popular place to share pornographic videos among users. Twitter released a statement Monday to the blog Techcruch.com, stating “Users can report videos as inappropriate within the product if they believe the content to be sensitive or inappropriate (e.g. nudity, violence or medical procedures). Videos that have been reported as inappropriate have a warning message that a viewer must click through before viewing the video.”
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Tuesday 29 Guest Chef Series: Hinterland, Whole Foods Market, 6 p.m.
“Esta Noche Cantamos” Cabaret, Skylight Music Theatre, 10 p.m.
Wednesday 30 Video Game Night, Triangle House, AMU 380, 5 p.m. Milwaukee Bucks vs. Chicago Bulls, Bradley Center, 7 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs. Rutgers, Al McGuire Center, 7 p.m.
Jack the Ripper: The Canonical Five, The Annex Bingo, Union Sports Annex, 10 p.m. Alchemist Theatre & Lounge, 7:30 p.m.
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Athletic Director Williams goes ‘On the Issues’ Former NFL player says mindset of athletes is a priority By Jason Kurtyka
jason.kurtyka@marquette.edu
Marquette Athletic Director Larry Williams went “On the Issues” Thursday, speaking to Mike Gousha about Marquette’s departure from the Big East and the challenges it faces going forward during conference realignment. Before accepting the job at Marquette last year, Williams was the athletic director at the University of Portland for eight years. During his tenure, the school’s women’s soccer team won national championships in 2002 and 2005. Williams said Portland’s commitment to the growth of young men and women as athletes and students was what he valued most at the university, but he said he felt Marquette also embodied these qualities at an elite level. This mindset and commitment to the growth of student athletes, Williams said, will be the main focus of the athletic department over the course of conference realignment. In an effort to promote this growth, Williams said, the university will pursue the construction of a field house, open to all students, where athletes can train year round. “It’s about combining elite level competition in sports with academic pursuits that are not compromised,” Williams said. Williams said he is unable to offer specifics surrounding Marquette’s departure from the Big East due to legal restrictions. However, he expressed enthusiasm over the Catholic 7’s ability to control its own destiny and its opportunity to redefine itself in the larger NCAA landscape. Despite the excitement, Williams was quick to point to the
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Larry Williams, athletic director and vice president of athletics, discusses challenges that come with creating a new athletic conference last Thursday.
challenges of building a new conference. He noted issues such as the negotiation of assets and marketing rights as hurdles facing the new conference but also acknowledged that the pay out from a new TV deal could be substantial. “It’s remarkable, Williams said. “It’s really an affirmation of what we’re about, and it feels really gratifying to know that these companies want to put us on their programming.” According to Sports Illustrated, Fox has approached the seven schools with a deal that would grant each $3 million per year. One detail was missing from the discussion of legal issues. After initially breaking away from the Big East, the Catholic 7 was
able to hire Joseph Leccese, the chairman of the law firm Proskauer Rose, LLP and co-head of the Sports Law Group. Leccese has previously represented the NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB and Pac-12 and has negotiated the acquisition of the Jacksonville Jaguars, New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Nationals for their respective owners. Proskauer Rose LLP is known for its strong-arm approach, as made evident during the strenuous lockout negotiations it participated in while representing the NBA and NHL. This mentality opens the door to the possibility of the seven schools leaving much earlier than expected. Williams actually hinted at this accelerated timeline, saying that
although the schools have two more years of obligation to the Big East, cooler heads will prevail, and he foresees new conference play beginning in the fall of 2014. Discussion then moved to the possibility of creating a 10 to 12-team conference. When Gousha mentioned the feasibility of adding a school like Butler, Williams smiled. “Although a school like Butler is not religiously affiliated, it holds many of the same values as Marquette,” Williams said. He mentioned Butler’s run to the 2010 NCAA men’s basketball championship game, where it lost to the University of Connecticut. During the week leading up the Final Four, the Butler players
attended all of their classes, including those on the day of the championship. “That’s exactly what college athletics is about,” Williams said. “That’s why Butler fits with the seven schools that decided to withdraw (from the Big East).” Butler’s administration has been relatively quiet regarding talk of leaving the Atlantic 10. However, Butler President James Danko has not ruled out the possibility of joining the seven former Big East schools. “Our administrators, our coaches, our trustees and our team will continue to do what is right for Butler and its students,” Danko said in a statement.
Second dean finalist Muskavitch speaks at forum Candidate addressed need for updated biology building By Melanie Lawder
melanie.lawder@marquette.edu
The second of four finalists for the College of Arts & Sciences deanship visited campus Friday to discuss the role of arts and sciences at a Jesuit university in the 21st century. Marc Muskavitch, a professor of biology at Boston College and an adjunct professor at Harvard University, also addressed topics such as rising tuition prices, the appropriation of faculty salaries and the need for a new life sciences building on campus. “I think at its best, what liberal arts does is that it invites and enables students to understand the past, engage in the present and embrace the future, to think critically and compassionately and act intentionally,” Muskavitch said. Approximately 30 people attended the 20-minute presentation to ask Muskavitch questions about his vision for the College
of Arts & Sciences. Muskavitch emphasized the importance of improving students’ career preparation, noting that the current generation of college students is more likely to have experience with multiple employers rather than just one or two long-term employers like previous generations. He said he believes students can be resilient to the changes of the 21st century through a strong core foundation, a specialized major and a cultivation of the idea of “dynamic vocation.” “I think we have a responsibility to help students find their way into their first vocation and then a path to subsequent vocations,” Muskavitch said. “Marquette and other institutions should be schools that are concerned about vocation but not be vocational schools.” Along with vocational training, Muskavitch also emphasized the importance of strengthening the core curriculum. “If I could wave a magic wand and confer three literacies on every undergraduate – and ideally all of the graduate students – I would say I would like them to be historically literate, scientifically literate and ethically literate,” Muskavitch said.
In light of the newly announced increase in tuition, the candidate discussed rising tuition prices. Muskavtich said he would be open to creating a discussion on campus about the inflation of tuition costs. “We need to raise the resources – find the resources through fundraising – so that no student has to leave Marquette over the matter of one, two, three or four thousand dollars,” Muskavitch said. “I do not want us to be losing students because a few thousand dollars could have kept them.” Muskavitch also briefly discussed topics such as branding, faculty salaries and the College of Arts & Sciences’ interaction with other university centers during the question-and-answer portion of the lecture. “I think we need to make (salaries) competitive,” Muskavitch said, admitting his lack of expertise about salaries at Marquette but saying all faculty should be compensated appropriately. “One of the questions is ‘What are the normative competitive salaries at Marquette?’” When asked about the possible creation of a new biology building to replace the Wehr Life Sciences building, which has had some infrastructural
problems in the form of overheating, Muskavitch said he would suggest the building house multiple disciplines rather than just the life sciences – though with the anchor tenants being the life sciences departments. “In my view, to build properly for the university for this century, we need to build flexible space that can be reconfigured and shared,” Muskavitch said. “I hope that in such a space, the biologists will encounter the chemists and physicists. I actually hope they will encounter the philosophers, theologians, and the political scientists and sociologists. I even have the crazy thought that they will encounter people from nursing and engineering.” Emma Gotter, a sophomore in the College of Communication with a minor in the College of Arts and Sciences, said she was pleased that Muskavitch would be willing to take an active role in fundraising for a new life sciences building. “The fact that he would be pushing to update all these classrooms and raise money for that encouraged me that maybe he might be able to raise money for other areas of the school to update a lot of the facilities that are
lacking,” Gotter said. During the opening portion of the talk, Phillip Naylor, a professor of history and the chair of the dean search committee, said he was impressed by Muskavitch’s founding of the Science Technology and Research Scholars program at Indiana University, which places undergraduate students in research settings during their freshman year. “The search committee learned that Professor Muskavitch likes taking the initiative and being innovative and bold,” Naylor said. “(He) likes challenging himself and others. He not only pursues ideas but implements them.” The third finalist for the deanship, Erik Herron, associate chair and professor of political science at the University of Kansas, will be on campus today at 4 p.m. in AMU Ballroom B. The last candidate, Richard Holz, an associate dean and professor of chemistry at Loyola University Chicago, will visit Marquette Thursday at 4 p.m. in AMU room 227. The forums will be available to watch online once Holz completes his visit.
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Catholic schools to be assessed in 18-month study Archdiocese to partner with Notre Dame consulting group
By Emily Wright
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The Archdiocese of Milwaukee is partnering with the Alliance for Catholic Education, a consulting group based out of the University of Notre Dame, to undergo an in-depth analysis of the 26 urban Catholic elementary schools in the Milwaukee area. The 18-month study, which begins later this month, is designed to assess the schools in five different areas: Catholic identity, academic excellence, governance, institutional advancement and financial operations. Over the course of the study, ACE will send representatives to the schools, and in June 2014 will produce a report with suggestions for improvement and actions that can be taken by the schools and archdiocese to accomplish the recommended changes. Julie Wolf, the communications director of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, said the assessment was designed to help set a course of future actions for the schools and to maximize their capacity to serve the students. “We want to make education available for as many children as possible,” Wolf said. Kathleen Cepelka, superintendent of Catholic schools for the Milwaukee Archdiocese, said the idea for the analysis originated when ACE approached her over the summer. She said local groups such as the Greater Milwaukee Catholic Education Consortium and Partners Advancing Values in Education would also be involved in actions following the report. “The schools will be highly involved in the studies,” Cepelka said. Catholic schools across the country have had recent financial struggles since the schools have limited and overspread resources. Bill Henk, dean of the College of Education, said about 48 percent of Catholic schools across the country have closed down over the past few decades. Henk said funding and resources, especially in urban areas that often serve a less affluent population, are potential explanations for this trend.
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“Everywhere poverty exists, it makes schooling harder,” Henk said. Henk said one of the major changes that has impacted urban Catholic schools is the shift in student population. Where there was once a large Catholic immigrant population that attended Catholic elementary schools, now many of the students are not Catholic. This trend presents challenges for promoting the Catholic identity, one of the five areas that ACE is going to analyze in its study. Henk also said a school’s financial resources can have a major impact on its day-to-day operations and priorities. Making technology available to the students, marketing and recruitment to new potential students, strategic planning, governance, teacher retention and fundraising opportunities can all be more difficult when resources and financial support are scarce. Cepelka worked with members of the ACE initiative in the past and is optimistic about their ability to offer concrete solutions. “The purpose (of the ACE Initiative) is to improve the quality of the urban schools to assist them in areas of need
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Over the past few decades, 48 percent of Catholic schools across the country have been closed.
and to expand the capacity to serve students effectively,” Cepelka said. Henk was also optimistic, saying that Catholic schools need to become more systematic in
their approach to making adjustments to improve the quality of education. He said change will be a slow and steady process, but the local groups and the archdiocese are invested in improvement.
“I think we’re going to turn the corner,” Henk said. “People are passionate about this work.”
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Carpenter: Students find alternative bathrooms
“The workers had to install and will begin their work as soon temporary concrete to the front of as they have approval form the the building because permanent Digger’s Hotline staff.” concrete is impossible to install Ryan Willging, a sophomore in in the winter,” he said. “The main the College of Health Sciences doors of the building were open and Carpenter resident, said the to students at around 7:30 a.m. whole experience was unpleasant. Monday morning.” “I had to go without taking a Without water, the students and shower that day,” he said. “I had hall staff had to trek out into the to rock the smelly bad-hair day subfreezing temperatures to use because I had no other choice.” the bathroom, A junior in the do laundry, wash College of Arts their hands, brush & Sciences who their teeth and just asked not to be about anything named and is a else that involved resident of Carusing water. penter said she Jordan Fye, a had to use Cobeen junior in the ColHall’s bathroom. lege of Business “Thankfully, I Administration, had other friends said he and other from other dorms, students had to so I could use use the south Ryan Willging, sophomore, their bathroom or side garbage enCollege of Health Sciences shower,” she said. trance to access Willging said if the building unthe water hadn’t til Monday, when construction been restored to Carpenter by the was finished. time he got back from class, he “We couldn’t use the front door and his friends were planning on because the pipe broke right in using the Rec Plex showers. front,” he said. “The construc“We had no idea when the tion workers had to put down new water was going to come back cement and let it dry before we on,” he said. could use it.” Fye said when he and his roomAn email sent to residents by the mate woke up that morning, they Office of Residence Life Thursday originally thought it was only their at 9:22 a.m. said water will be out room which did not have water. for an “indeterminate amount of “I tried to turn on the faucet that time” while the workers installed morning, and nothing came out,” another temporary line. Another he said. “I called downstairs and email by the Office of Residence they told me the entire building Life was sent later that day at was having the same problem.” 3:20 p.m. saying the water had The unnamed student in the been restored. College of Arts and Sciences said “A second crew will begin she had the same problem. working within the hour to dig “My roommate woke up earlier up and replace the cracked water than me and was trying to flush line,” the first email said. “They the toilet,” she said. “She later are currently working with the woke me up and told me there was city to identify other utility lines something wrong with the water.” that may be under the sidewalk
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Concussions: Speakers stressed recovery to make sure students and professional athletes were accommodated. In contrast to Larry Williams’ recent comments in On the Issues, Koonce’s statements were quite optimistic. “I think football is a part of our society,” Koonce said. “It’s a part of our fabric. Not just football but sport. Americans truly, truly love sport. It gives you so much. It brings families together, lets you learn a little bit about perseverance, lets you learn a little bit about communication.” Koonce and other panelists agreed the most important thing athletes can do when it comes to recovering from concussions is to take time off from playing. McCrea said that 80 to 90 percent of athletes take seven to 10 days to recover from a concussion, while the remaining 10 to 20 percent take up to 45 to 90 days for a full recovery. He said that 75 percent of all repeat concussion happens within the first seven days, and 92 percent occur within the first 10 days after receiving the first concussion, so sitting out is the only way to assure a player’s recovery. “One of my pet peeves is if you’re injured you can’t play,” Koonce said. “I was all about playing because of the competition. I was trained to do that at a very early age, and I wanted to be with my friends. It’s a personal choice to play through the injury and play when you’re hurt. But I recommend that you just rest and come back when you’re healthy.” “This movement toward a safer environment for athletes is going to be as much about George’s (Koonce) message as it is the science,” McCrea said. “This is where science and culture have the choice to merge or collide. In the past three years we’ve made great progress in convergence between the NFL and culture.” McCrea said concussions have only been brought to the nation’s
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About 3.8 million concussions are reported every year.
attention because of the high-profile nature of athletes in the NFL and National Hockey League. McCrea said the stigma that a concussion only results from being rendered unconscious is fickle, and that if physicians are using that as the primary determinant of whether an athlete has a concussion, they are missing 90 percent of all concussions. Smith, the director of Student Health Services, approached the presentation through the topic of allowing athletes to return to play. Specifically, she spoke of injured athletes at Marquette and how Student Health Services approaches concussions. “Annually, all of our athletes undergo baseline evaluations,” Smith said. “We talk to them about their concussion history, we ask them about their risk factors and what medications they might be on. We do a baseline neurological exam. We do baseline cognitive evaluations. We are able to use a computerized program to talk about this. We do balance testing, and we apply all of this information post-concussion and compare it.”
Smith said athletes who sustain a concussion are not allowed to return to play the same day. She said symptomatic athletes are closely monitored before being allowed to play and that younger athletes often require conservative concussion-management. “Concussions are an inevitable consequence of sport, and they cannot be prevented,” Smith said. The importance of concussionprevention and the scientific advances was presented at the beginning of the panel by William Cullinan, dean of the College of Health Sciences. Cullinan said the human brain has some 86 billion neurons and is responsible for everything from personality to behavior. Therefore, all the recent concerns that have arisen concerning concussions are incredibly relevant today. Cullinan said that up to 3.8 million concussions are reported every year. Players mostly get concussions from contact and collision sports, and there is increasing concern in the medical community about the severity of concussions.
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Tuition: Students seek ways to keep rising tuition manageable in ‘13 about what the future will hold, on a year-to-year basis. Marquette students deserve cerLast semester, Morris began tainty in the cost of their educa- fundraising online at GoFundtion,” the petition reads. Me.com in the hope of accuMartell, who said he is pay- mulating funds for this year’s ing for his university tuition tuition. Like Martell, Morris on his own, crehas a job on ated the petition campus and is last Wedneson scholarship day night. As of at Marquette. Monday night, Though Morthe petition has ris said he ap310 signatures. preciates the Martell hopes to financial aid he gain the support has, the funds of at least 500 aren’t enough petitioners. to cover his tu“A lot of stuition, and he dents secure finds himself loans for what constantly worTyler Martell, junior, College of rying they think the about Arts & Sciences how he is goprice of tuition should be,” Maring to make up tell said. “Those loans (may the difference. not) increase over time, so it “Someone could probably be just becomes more difficult. … in my situation and not have had I’m barely making it by as it is, the blessings that I have,” Morand it’s just really disconcerting ris said, “and (have) just prayed to see that it’s becoming more and prayed and were not able to and more difficult to stay here.” come up with the money.” Terrence Morris, a sophomore Advocates of a fixed tuition in the College of Communica- rate point to its use in several tion, is also concerned with the prominent universities, such state of his finances. Like Mar- as George Washington Unitell, Morris said he is struggling versity, St. John’s University to meet the cost of this year’s and Kansas University. Others tuition and believes there should point to the fact that tuition has be a fixed rate so that students been rising faster than the rate can better prepare their finances of inflation.
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The average rate of inflation in the U.S. in 2012 was 1.7 percent for all items, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Comparatively, Marquette’s tuition will increase by 4.25 percent for the 2013-2014 year. In 2011 and 2012, tuition increased by 4.5 percent. Vice President of Finance John Lamb said the university already tried this fixedtuition tactic during the early 1990s, but it was unsuccessful. Lamb said this strategy puts a large financial burden on incoming students. “We did make a pact with the students at that time that if they came in at a (set) tuition rate, over the next three years, their tuition would never exceed the cost of inflation,” Lamb said in a Jan. 23 interview. “But then we had to hit the freshman with huge increases – like 14 or 15 percent.” Lamb said the university has tried numerous maneuvers to keep tuition low – from charging different prices for different programs to implementing a fixed tuition to giving discounts for families with multiple children at Marquette. But when it came down to it, Lamb said, the current system for distributing tuition worked the most smoothly.
“We probably have tried every possible iteration of tuition increases,” Lamb said. Martell said he knows it is unlikely the administration will change its financial scheme in the short term. The goal of the petition, he said, is to give students a voice to the administration. “At least they know we’re not happy about it,” Martell said. Senior Director of University Communication Brian Dorrington said the university is committed to involving students in the fiscal planning process through their recommendations and through student representation on the University Financial Planning Committee. “Fr. Pilarz is receiving emails from the online petition that was recently started about the tuition announcement,” Dorrington said in an email. “He and the university are committed to engaging our students and being transparent in our decision and welcome their thoughtful insight. A college education is one of the most significant investments our students and families make. We understand that such an investment requires sacrifices for many families, and we value students’ input and suggestion in the process.” Martell said he is frustrated
not only with the tuition hikes but also with the administration’s lack of transparency about the breakdown of the tuition receipt. He said the university isn’t clearly communicating with students about tuition costs. “I don’t need to know where every nickel is going,” Martell said. “But just the general gist of my $34,000.” More than 60 people have commented on the petition, providing the university with arguments against raising tuition. Gisel Romero, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, commented that the university should cut the costs of some student privileges to keep the tuition low. “The struggle to get through college is hard enough,” Romero wrote in a comment. “Why make us pay more? I would rather lose the perks at Marquette and receive a good education than pay more for things that don’t matter.” Martell said he will continue to raise the adequate funds for tuition, but he hopes the university will rethink its financial platform. “Marquette already has my heart,” Martell said. “I shouldn’t have to sell my kidney to stay here.”
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MUSG legislation seeks to improve advising process Survey results showed 25 percent of students unsatisfied By Joel Mathur
joel.mathur@marquette.edu
Marquette Student Government unanimously passed legislation Thursday that aims to improve the advising process at Marquette. The resolution asks the administration to make quality advising a greater university priority, increase communication to students about Marquette’s CheckMarq software, lengthen the advising period beyond one week and increase communication between the multiple advisers
students may have. Sam Schultz, the author of the legislation, an MUSG senator and junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said the legislation was inspired by unhappy comments received in recent MUSG surveys about the advising process. “Typically, from these surveys, we have found that around one fourth of the student population is dissatisfied with their advising experience,” Schultz wrote in an email. “Advising is a central part of the college academic experience, and even if just one out of four kids are dissatisfied with their advising, that number is much too high.” Heinz Schelhammer, a senior MUSG senator in the College of Business Administration, said the administration plays a key role in transforming this
legislation into reality. “We have passed this (legislation), which shows our support of the issue, but it is in the hands of the university’s administration to actually make the needed changes,” Schelhammer said in an email. Provost John Pauly said he has been acting as a communication bridge between the administration and MUSG all year. “What MUSG and I have agreed to is to make a concerted, good-faith effort to improve advising at Marquette,” he said in an email. “Since my meeting with MUSG last fall, I have held a preliminary discussion of students’ concerns with the deans of the undergraduate colleges, raised the issue in a meeting of the executive committee of the Academic Senate and begun brainstorming
with the provost’s office team on strategies.” In the meantime, students must improve the advising process with their own efforts, Schultz said. “Students can come to their advising sessions prepared with a tentative schedule, a graduation checklist printed and some questions prepared about ‘higher order’ things like internship questions and future career advice,” he wrote. “This way, the short time we currently do get for advising is spent in an efficient and productive way.”
Schultz said he has a hard time trying to convince administrators to improve advising when many advisers have their own complaints about students. “I have heard too many professors complain that students don’t even show up to scheduled advising sessions,” he said. “It is pretty hard to convince administrators and faculty to work with us on changes when some students aren’t even holding up their end of the process.”
What MUSG and I have agreed to is to make a concerted, good-faith effort to improve advising at Marquette.” John Pauly, Provost
Metal thief brought to justice Brookfield resident raided more than 50 local bathrooms By Nick Biggi
nicholas.biggi@marquette.edu
A man who has been called Milwaukee’s “bathroom bandit” was arrested last week after allegedly stealing thousands of dollars of plumbing supplies in city bathrooms. Corey Feerick, a 33-year-old resident of Brookfield, is accused of stealing from numerous bathrooms, including some on Marquette’s campus. Feerick allegedly stole flush valves, valued at $400 each, and resold them. Feerick was caught on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus, where police arrested him. Marquette’s Department of Public Safety was not able to find Feerick in person, but DPS was able to spot Feerick with cameras and placed flyers with his picture around campus, specifically on bathroom doors.
Feerick is accused of snatching the flush valves in bathrooms at both UWM and Marquette. Both the Wehr Physics Building and Wehr Chemistry Building were targeted by the thief. Police believe the suspect has some background in plumbing because he was able to turn off the water, take off the valves and leave within just a minute or two. Feerick is also known for carrying a backpack around to perform his robberies. This allowed him to not only transport his plumbing supplies but also to blend in with students around the college campuses in Milwaukee. According to police officials, Feerick was able to reach close to 50 bathrooms around the city. Although his collections are worth thousands of dollars, the bandit was only able to make a few hundred dollars in profit. Some Milwaukee businesses even resorted to putting locks on the valves of the flushers to try to prevent future robberies. He remains out of police custody while the district attorney reviews his case. Charges are expected by the end of the month. Jack Lettenmair, a freshman in
the College of Communication who has a class in Wehr Physics, said he felt uncomfortable knowing the robberies were happening. “It makes me nervous to know someone is stealing items in a building where I am,” Lettenmair said. “It is especially nervewracking to know that items are being taken in a space where I have my own personal items.” According to university protocol, when DPS does catch someone during a robbery, the department immediately calls the Milwaukee Police Department, which then takes the suspect in for questioning. Lexi Tatooles, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she thinks Marquette should have tighter regulations on who is allowed in university buildings. “Campus saftey is one of the biggest concerns of the student body, and allowing for unauthorized (people) to be in buildings is frightening,” Tatooles said. “Hopefully, there won’t be a next time. But the best thing to do would be to enhance safety in classroom buildings like they do in the dorms.”
Photo by Danny Alfonzo/daniel.alfonzo@marquette.edu
The “bathroom bandit” stole flush valves from bathrooms on Marquettes campus and around MIlwaukee.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Sunshine the biggest thing absent from winter
STAFF EDITORIAL
As tuition increases again, so should funding transparency we realize that in these tough economic times, college is difficult on our students' families. so to make things easier, we've decided to lower the amount that we'll raise your tuition.
... you're welcome.
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Our view: We understand tuition increases are inevitable. However, when the price rises, as it does every year, there needs to be an explanation as to why. Last Tuesday, the university administration announced that tuition will increase by $1,390, or 4.25 percent, for the next academic year. Marquette students and students at other universities across the country, private and public alike, have come to expect heavy annual tuition increases. In a letter to parents, university president the Rev. Scott Pilarz said, “In recognition of the many uncertainties facing families during this period of economic recovery, and of our responsibility to contain costs, this increase is less than the last two years of tuition increases.” While Pilarz is correct in pointing out how this year’s increases are slightly lower than usual, the fact that he highlights this point as a positive leads us to believe the issue could be handled with more urgency and a new outlook from the university. Suggesting that the burden could be worse should not be viewed as a huge favor to families, who deserve to know exactly why tuition is and has been increasing each year. Tuition increases this academic year are not only lower at Marquette, as Pilarz said, but are actually the smallest on record for all private universities this academic year, according to the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, which began collecting the data in 1972. Moreover, Marquette’s tuition still remains below the average price of the other 27 Jesuit universities in the country, making Marquette the 50th Best Value College according to U.S. News & World Report. We are grateful for this and commend the university for being able to comparatively keep costs low. However, being among the cheapest expensive schools does not necessarily signify affordability. Without a detailed, available explanation of why the increase is happening, families will not be overjoyed just to know those at similar universities might have it worse. These increases, which seem to continue
with grumbling but not much questioning as the years pass, likely do not have an end in sight. As such, while we are certain the university administration is concerned about the university’s affordability, there should be a better communicated understanding on its end about the effects the increases have on families and the amount of debt being incurred by students, as well as more transparency about how tuition is spent. One priority of MUSG President Arica Van Boxtel and former Vice President Bill Neidhardt’s platform when they were running for their respective offices was to implement tuition receipts detailing where exactly the money goes, with loans and financial aid included. “Tuition is complicated, but we’re all passionate about it,” Neidhardt told the Tribune in March when running for office. “We need facts for it to become fluid and to have cooperation.” Van Boxtel said in an email Sunday that she has had a few converations with members in the university’s finance department and that MUSG has a meeting arranged with members of the department “to discuss steps to move forward in providing students with more information (on tuition).” However, judging from this correspondence and the official MUSG statement on the increases, no specifics seem to be available yet. We hope the discourse between MUSG and the university leads to more transparency and a better overall way of presenting the tuition increases so families can trust that the prices are justified. We know a Marquette education is worth the price and that increases in tuition can be inevitable, but we also hope the price never reaches a point where prospective students and families – or current ones – become unconvinced of the value. If the university clearly outlines why the increases are happening and handles it in a way sympathetic toward families’ budgets, it will be easier for those families to keep believing that pursuing a higher education at Marquette is worth it. We do believe that Pilarz and the university administration genuinely try to control costs, but, as clichéd as it sounds, talk can sometimes be cheap. College is not.
Tony Manno Folks, I’ve got the winter blues. It’s the first time, really. I’m used to bundling up, being pelted with brown snow, peeling skin off my lips – all the fun winter activities. But it isn’t really the freezing rain and sleet that’s getting to me, per se. It’s more a problem of negation: the lack of sunshine. Sunshine is the universal symbol for happiness, a cornerstone of cartoons and a line in many a Beatles song: “I need to laugh, and when the sun is out, I’ve got something I can laugh about.” There’s nothing else on earth that would inspire me to write something that snappy and joyful, except maybe a nice cheese pizza. The sunshine really does give you that bright feeling, whether it’s the bit you can squeeze out in the winter or running through the streets during summer months. It’s cause for the happiest times on the outside (off topic: how can summer 2012 be the best when you already said summer 2007 was the best? A little consistency, man). But when it’s not there, the day seems to stick a vacuum hose into my feelings to suck the joy right out. It’s a real problem – and a global one.
Scotland, Finland and all those other curmudgeonous lands in northern Europe have it especially bad, sometimes making ends meet with fewer than seven hours of daytime. One study I found from the Health Research Forum Occasional Reports – clearly self-employed people, judging by their name – talks about all kinds of diseases that stem from northern Scotland’s lack of sunshine and its resulting Vitamin D deficiency. Heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, several cancers, bone fractures, crying a lot – you name it, and the study has linked it to sunlight deficiency. Poor Scots. Maybe the most glaring problem was a severe increase in the rates of depression and muscle weakness – things I usually feel on a cloudy day but never seriously linked to the lack of sunlight. It’s really strange. I’ve always thought mood was dictated by events, not chemicals, by the guys who cut in line at the sandwich shop rather than vitamin D and endorphins. But I guess it’s a little of both. Ah, the ever-interesting bridge between physical triggers and mental well-being. This is exactly why a robot takeover is much more likely than a zombie one: We can manufacture these chemical processes, and soon enough ... But that’s for another column. For now, just make sure to get a little sun as winter passes through and enjoy what few bits seep through the clouds. And when given the choice of Hawaiian Punch or Sunny D, always go with Sunny D. Tony Manno is a junior in the College of Communication double majoring in journalism and writing-intensive English. He is studying abroad in France. Email him at anthony.manno@marquette.edu.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
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Nature provides value urban environments cannot
Caroline Campbell As college students in a decentsized city, we spend almost every moment of our time in close proximity to other human beings. When I lived in the dorms, I remember realizing that there was almost never a time when there was more than 10 feet between me and another person, whether it was my roommates, classmates or random people on the street. I’ve written before about the importance of a little bit of stillness in daily life, but there is another type of separation from society that we definitely do not get enough of in an urban setting unless we actively seek it out: nature. There is something extremely calming about purposefully removing yourself from the noise of daily life, unplugging from technology and reverting to the basic state of human existence. You don’t realize how different the city can be until you leave it. The air
smells different – cleaner. The sky is clearer. The buzz of noise is still present, but it’s changed. Instead of the humming of voices, car engines, air conditioners and motorcycles, you can hear the constant movement of natural things – tree leaves rustling against one another, bugs humming, water running. Instead of the occasional jarring sounds of sirens, car horns and shouts of friends from across the street, you can hear birds singing to each other, ducks and geese calling to their flocks and the sounds of deer dashing through the foliage of the forest. This may all seem very idyllic and Emersonian, but I think it’s important to remember that much of the world exists in a state relatively unaltered by human development. And I’m not bashing human development or society – I spent the last four days in rooms full of women going through sorority recruitment. I think there is immense value in the company of other people, and I really enjoy things like running water, the Internet and refrigerators. It can be nice to remove yourself from these things for a time. It can also be challenging in ways different from the challenges of society. Two years ago, my dad and I hiked from the south rim of the Grand Canyon down to the northern bank of the Colorado River. The hike down takes about half a day, and we camped two nights at the bottom, spending a day exploring the canyon floor before hiking for a full day back to the top.
Photo by Caroline Campbell/caroline.campbell@marquette.edu
Campbell enjoyed the mental and physical experience of hiking through the Grand Canyon.
Though the distance from rim to floor is about a mile, if you have ever been to Grand Canyon National Park and stood on the edge, the sheer size of it is enough to make you gasp. It is not an easy hike by any means, and to this day it is one of the most challenging things I have ever done, both mentally and physically. It forced me to appreciate the natural power of this planet on which we live. There is awesome human power in the world as well. Revolutions are born
from human thought, and we have found ways to manipulate nature’s power with the force of an atomic bomb. It would do us all well to remember what was here before us, take advantage of the beauty of it and realize that it will be here long after we are gone. Caroline Campbell is a senior in the College of Communication with a major in journalism and a minor in history. Email her at caroline.campbell@ marquette.edu.
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Blue puts on 30-point show
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Junior guard Vander Blue posted a career-high 30 points in the Golden Eagles’ 63-50 win against USF. Blue also extended his streak of games in which he has made a three-pointer to nine.
Gardner ejected in second half, faces possible suspension By Jacob Born
jacob.born@marquette.edu
The Marquette men’s basketball team (15-4, 6-1) pulled out a 63-50 win against South Florida (10-10, 1-7) in a game that featured career-firsts for Marquette’s leading scorers. With 13:46 left in the second half, Davante Gardner was going after a rebound, and caught a USF player with an elbow. Officials watched the play on video and gave Gardner a flagrant 2 foul. Gardner was ejected from the game and could face more discipline from the Big East, whose punishment could be as severe as a one-game suspension, which would make Gardner ineligible for the Louisville game Sunday. Vander Blue was on the court for the foul but said he didn’t think Gardner’s foul deserved a flagrant two call. “I was right there when it happened, but I figured it wasn’t anything intentional,” Blue said. “I thought it would just be a flagrant one, if that … We just had to move on and win the game.” With Gardner out of the game, Marquette was looking for someone to step up. Blue turned out to be that guy, putting up 12 points after Gardner’s ejection
en route to a career high 30. His play balanced the points in the paint Marquette had been relyin on before Gardner’s ejection. “I was just in a really good groove,” Blue said. “I got started early, got my motor going, and I just felt really good out there … I just found my rhythm and kept it.” While his 30 points is a big career mark for Blue, he is looking at the larger scheme of things for the team. “It feels good, especially at a high level like this, in the Big East,” Blue said. “It’s a major accomplishment, but I care more about the wins and losses. I’m just glad we got the win, and I was willing to do whatever it took to get the win.” Coach Buzz Williams has seen Blue grow during his tenure as head coach and credits his attitude for the success on the court. “I think he’s been accountable for his work and his preparation,” Williams said. “And I think that mentally, physically and emotionally, he’s in a really good groove.” Marquette jumped out to a 10-3 run to start the game, and all 10 points came in the paint. Of those 10 points, the first four were thanks to Chris Otule dunks, and Juan Anderson bookmarked the end of the run with a dunk of his own. At the half, 18 of Marquette’s 28 points were from inside. Marquette continued the trend into the second half, finishing the
game with 20 points in the paint for a total of 38. While all the points in the paint indicate consistent Marquette scoring, the Golden Eagles had their own share of miscues that kept USF in the game. Marquette only had 34 rebounds on the day, the second-lowest total for the team in Big East play. They also turned the ball over 14 times for 20 USF points. The 14 turnovers are the most in Big East play for the Golden Eagles, and allowing 20 points off turnovers is also a Big East high. With these rates so high, Williams is looking at how the team responded to the challenges USF presented. “The turnover numbers were the worst we had,” Williams said. “Offensive rebound numbers were the worst we’ve had. Vander had to bail us out in some ways, Trent on the glass and Vander on the glass kept us in the mix … that’s good we had to earn (a win) a different way.” Marquette has five days off before taking on Louisville on Sunday. A win could move Marquette into sole possession of first place in the Big East and into the teens in the polls. “We want to keep it up,” Blue said. “We have a long way to go. The Big East is a long season. We just want to keep it up and take it a day at a time.” Photo by Rebecca Rebholz/rebecca.rebholz@marquette.edu
Sophomore guard Derrick WIlson, seen making his first career three-pointer over Javontae Hawkins, scored three points and had one assist.
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Men overcome bat delays, Providence
The WWE is fake, but I still love it
Matt Trebby
Photo by Vale Cardenas/valeria.cardenas@marquette.edu
Senior guard/forward Trent Lockett, who scored 13 points Saturday, has steadily improved. Buzz Williams says his impact goes beyond the stat sheet.
Referees stopped play three times after bat flew down on court
By Patrick Leary
patrick.leary@marquette.edu
The Marquette men’s basketball team defeated Providence 81-71 Saturday, but its toughest challenge didn’t come from the Friars. That distinction belongs to a bat that flew down out of the Bradley Center rafters midway through the second half and caused three lengthy delays. “That actually was pretty funny,” Providence coach Ed Cooley said. “That was really comical. I think the officials were more afraid than anybody.” The bat arrived on the scene with a little more than 11 minutes remaining, right when Marquette looked to be putting the game away. Davante Gardner’s free throws put the Golden Eagles up 58-42, but the
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bat’s presence rattled the team. “I thought it was kind of funny for a minute, and I thought our kids handled it like kids initially,” coach Buzz Williams said. “They went on a 6-0, I called timeout, and then I thought we kind of got back, a little bit, in a groove. But I don’t think we ever got back to where we were.” With 7:36 remaining, Bradley Center staff turned the lights out in the arena to get the bat to go away. The bat receded into a crevice and never returned to play. By that time, Providence launched an 11-3 run to cut the Marquette lead to eight. “To be honest, that was a once in a lifetime experience,” Trent Lockett said. “It was almost frustrating because we felt like we had some momentum and then every time we got a play going our way, that dang bat came back.” However, after the lights came back on, Marquette (14-4, 5-1) found its second wind and finished off the Friars (10-10, 2-6) for its most-convincing win of the Big East season.
“In a league such as this … the separation is in your preparation,” Williams said. “That preparation is not exclusive to a scouting report. It’s all of it. It’s your preparation emotionally, your preparation physically, your preparation mentally. How you absorb whatever happened yesterday, good or bad, and progress to the next day is key.” Junior Cadougan led a balanced scoring attack (seven players scored at least eight points) with 15 points. Gardner, Lockett and Vander Blue each chipped in 13 points of their own. Lockett also led Marquette in assists (four) and rebounding (six) in Saturday’s game, but Williams says his contribution should be measured outside the stat sheet. “Trent’s value to our team doesn’t always show in his stats,” Williams said. “He just makes winning play after winning play. He’s taken more charges than any player on our team. He’s doing an unbelievable job from a rebound perspective.” Even so, Saturday was one of Lockett’s best statistical outputs for
Marquette this season. Lockett had been under serious scrutiny for his misguided aggressiveness, especially since expectations for him were so high after his solid threeyear career at Arizona State. His ability to rebound Marquette misses helped his stock with Marquette fans on Saturday. “I always try to attack the glass,” Lockett said. “They kind of lost me a couple of times on the offensive end, so I was fortunate enough to get some put-backs.” This Golden Eagles team faced all kinds of adversity in 2012-13, but the bat situation provided a whole new distraction. As Williams emphasized, however, winning is always the most important part of basketball. “It was kind of funny to begin with, but then it was like ‘Damn the bat, we have to win,’” Williams said. “There’s going to be a winner and a loser in the record book, and they aren’t going to put an asterisk saying there was a bat.”
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I still watch Monday Night Raw every week, and I still enjoy it. It’s difficult to explain to people. I hear it all. People tell me “It’s so fake!” and “You like watching grown men wrestle each other in tights?” All of that doesn’t affect me, but it doesn’t help that most of the people I spend my time with don’t watch. I have a group of people with whom I can discuss wrestling, but whenever I tell anyone about my viewing of the WWE’s product, it’s always that same reaction. For me, it is a television show. Last night, after watching Royal Rumble on pay-per-view with other wrestling fans, I tried to explain how it all works to someone unfamiliar with WWE. I know it’s fake. I don’t watch because of how real it is. I watch it to be entertained. I watch to see how storylines progress and how certain characters are used. Most of all, I want to be entertained and as frustrated as I sometimes get, I am. This current brand the WWE has created is not the same as the late ‘90s program that everyone watched. The television rating is TV-PG. It’s not as edgy, and it’s not as mature. The target audience has gotten much younger. That is why shows like the Royal Rumble happen. It was a roller coaster ride. The first two matches were just alright: slow-paced and predictable. Then the Royal Rumble match started – a 30-man battle royal where two men start in the ring and someone new comes in every 90 seconds, give or take 30. The only way to be eliminated is by being thrown over the top rope and having both feet touch the floor. The Rumble itself started off with a bang, the most memorable moment of the show for me. Chris Jericho, one of the best performers I’ve ever seen, made a shock return. The Godfather and Goldust, characters from the ‘90s, also returned, and compelling storylines were told throughout the match. Unfortunately, the end of the Rumble match signaled the end of the night’s fun. John Cena won the Rumble and earned a championship match at Wrestlemania. Then, in the main event, The Rock beat CM Punk for the WWE Championship, which sets up a rematch between Cena and The Rock from last year’s Wrestlemania – the highest selling pay-perview event ever. Vince McMahon is not aiming to please 18- to 25-year-old men. Not all of us necessarily want to see The Rock. But everyone else does. Yes, it is fake – just like any other television show. This part of the show leading up to the WWE’s annual championship is the best. I hope at least some of you join me and give it a chance. It’s just as good as when we were kids. Matt Trebby is a senior in the College of Communication. He works at and blogs about Marquette hoops for 540 ESPN in Milwaukee. Email him at matthew. trebby@marquette.edu.
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Track partakes in record-setting day at Iowa State Schuh sets indoor program record in women’s long jump By Christopher Chavez
christopher.chavez@marquette.edu
Across the country on Saturday, 11 collegiate athletes broke four minutes for the mile, a 16-year-old girl set a new record for the high school mile and Olympians set new records or came close on the track. Marquette was part of the exciting day of action, as one school record, two freshman records, and several Big East qualifying marks were set at Iowa State’s Bill Bergan Invitational. One of the top performances of the day came from junior Carlye Schuh, as she set the indoor program record for the women’s long jump, even after fouling three of her six jumps. The new record of 19 feet, 5 1/2 inches came on her final attempt of the day. “It was pretty awesome – I was excited,” Schuh said. “It’s good to be back to jumping in the 5.90s again, since I haven’t done that in a while after taking off last weekend.” Coach Bert Rogers said there is still more potential for Schuh to better her mark this year and put herself in a position to make noise in Geneva, Ohio, for the conference championship. “I don’t see why she can’t jump farther and move up that list,” Rogers said. “The next
major mark is 20 feet, and she’s jumped near 19-mid quite a couple times in her career here. If she jumps like that when we’re at Big Easts, she will be in contention to win the event.” Molly Hanson also made school history by setting the freshman record in the 800-meter run, and she cracked the school’s top 10 in the event overall. It was her second 800-meter race of the year. After her run at the Illini Classic, there were signs that she could break the freshman record. In the same event, Katie Tolan and Nicole Ethier notched personal bests and set Big East qualifying marks. More runners on the men’s side punched their ticket to Geneva, as senior Kyle Winter ran his first 800-meter race of the season and finished seventh overall at 1:52.88. Winter was running under the weather against some of the best talent in the country, as Iowa State’s Edward Kemboi (1:47.43) and Minnesota’s Harun Abda (1:48.44) ran the second- and fourth-fastest time in the NCAA this year. Seniors Patrick Maag and Connor Callahan and junior Jack Senefeld finished 10th, 11th, and 12th, respectively in the men’s 3,000-meter run. Maag took control of the race for the Golden Eagles as Callahan and Senefeld joined him in a small pack. Maag’s time of 8:22 also lands him at No. 9 on the all-time list, hopping over Callahan’s time of 8:22.97 in 2012.
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Junior Carlye Schuh set a Marquette indoor track record in the women’s long jump, leaping 19 feet, 5 1/2 inches.
Similarly, sophomore Will Koeck passed redshirt sophomore Bret Hardin on the alltime list for the weight throw as they both achieved personal bests. Koeck finished third at the meet with his toss of 18.07-meters, with Hardin
behind him at 18.04-meters. Hardin has taken note of changes in Koeck since they started working together. “He’s matured a lot,” Hardin said. “He’s working on the things that he needs to work on and doing things right.”
Koeck and Hardin will go head-to-head again this weekend at a meet for the throwers at the Parkside Classic. The rest of Marquette’s track and field team will travel to Notre Dame for the Meyo Invitational.
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Women stumble in disappointing road loss to USF MU turns ball over 23 times, suffers major shooting droughts By Kyle Doubrava
kyle.doubrava@marquette.edu
Florida rarely sees any droughts, but the Sun Dome in Tampa was rife with them Saturday night. Marquette struggled to find its offensive groove and fell to South Florida, 58-48. Sophomore guard Arlesia Morse led the Golden Eagles with 15 points, and junior forward Katherine Plouffe chipped in 10 points and nine rebounds. Marquette fell to 2-4 in the Big East and the Bulls improved to 3-3. The Golden Eagles went 4:42 at the end of the first half without scoring, and did not make a field goal for a span of 7:29 in the second half. Associate head coach Michelle Nason said the reason for the lackluster offensive performance was partly due to the team’s one-point loss to Louisville last week. “Our kids felt like they had a great opportunity against Louisville really slip away from us,” Nason said. “I think that psychologically it kind of affected them going into South Florida. “We were just waiting for that one shot to go down, and it never happened. It was really frustrating and a disappointing game for us.” The Golden Eagles trailed 5136 with 3:58 remaining, and the deficit shrunk to 54-46 when Plouffe put back a missed Morse foul shot. Marquette had to chase and foul the rest of the way, and the Bulls converted on all four of
their foul shots. “It just seemed that we were out of sync a bit from the beginning,” Plouffe said. “We couldn’t take care of the ball and we couldn’t get more offensive opportunities out of that. (We knew) that we had to come into the game ready to punch first, and we didn’t.” The Golden Eagles recorded 23 turnovers on the night, resulting in 16 USF points. Marquette ended up shooting 32 percent (16-for50) from the floor, but managed to limit the Bulls to 37 percent shooting (21-for-57). USF had three
players score in double-figures, led by Inga Orekhova’s 15 points and four blocks. The Bulls were not going to be treated lightly by Marquette, since they took No. 2 Notre Dame to overtime earlier this month and also stuck around in their loss to No. 24 Nebraska in December. “They’re a lot of one-on-one basketball,” Nason said. “When they’re hitting, it’s very scary. When they’re not hitting, it’s a little bit more manageable. The thing that stood out to me about them is their athleticism. They’re really fast. Transition-wise,
they’re about as good of a transition team as we’re going to see.” USF certainly employs an uptempo pace - evidenced by its 70plus point scoring outputs in 13 of 19 games this year - and Plouffe agrees with Nason that transitioning will be the Bulls’ main advantage as the season moves along. “We knew that they were going to be a fast team and they were going to push it,” Plouffe said. “That’s what they’re kind of known for this year. They’re known for their transitioning, and we stopped them pretty well, but it was our turnovers
that (gave it) to them.” Marquette returns to action tomorrow night at home against Rutgers, which is coming off a surprising 45-42 loss to 3-4 Seton Hall. Plouffe believes Rutgers will come into this game with much more intensity since it will want redemption after the recent defeat. “We’re both coming off losses that we think should have been wins,” Plouffe said. “It’s going to be a battle of effort and toughness. Rutgers is known for knocking people down and it’s important that we get back up and keep fighting.”
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Junior forward Katherine Plouffe had 10 points and nine rebounds against USF. “It was our turnovers that (gave it) to them,” Plouffe said.
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By Trey Killian
robert.killian@marquette.edu
Orange squeezed by Nova The Big East lost its last unbeaten team in conference play Saturday, as unranked Villanova stunned Syracuse in overtime, 75-71. The third-ranked Orange couldn’t pull out a win in hostile territory, as the rabid Wildcat fans stormed the court following the unprecedented home victory. Just last Tuesday, the Wildcats had knocked off No. 5 Louisville, 73-64, and on Saturday they became the first unranked team this season to beat two top10s in one season. Down 61-58 with 25 seconds left, Ryan Arcidiacono missed a three, but after Syracuse’s Michael Carter-Williams missed the front end of a one-and-one, Arcidiacono got the chance to redeem himself. Mouphtaou Yarou
rebounded Nova teammate James Bell’s three and kicked it to Arcidiacono. The freshman guard buried a 3-pointer to send the game into overtime. In the extra period, a layup from Bell gave the Wildcats a 71-68 lead, which they were able to maintain from the free-throw line to seal the win. While Syracuse still owns the top spot in the Big East, Marquette is now tied with the Orange after beating USF Monday. Cards continue free fall Louisville was dethroned from the No. 1 spot in the nation by Syracuse last week, and now the Cardinals have fallen even further from their perch. Louisville suffered two road losses to drop to 12th in the polls. Villanova ran past the Cards 73-64 Tuesday, and Georgetown survived a Louisville comeback attempt Saturday to eek out a 53-51 win. The free fall has
Louisville on the verge of its worst losing streak in nine years. Louisville didn’t handle the ball well in either of the losses, turning it over 17 times against the Wildcats and 13 against the Hoyas. Poor shooting has also plagued a usually sound squad on offense. The Cards knocked down just 37.5 percent of their shots in both losses combined, and Russ Smith, the team’s leader in scoring, played well below his average of 18.4 points per game. Smith scored just 20 points combined in the losses. The Louisville offense was particularly poor in the Georgetown loss. Peyton Siva was held scoreless for the first time since his freshman season. Louisville did redeem themselves Monday however, beating Pittsburgh 64-61 at home.
Villanova at Notre Dame Wednesday, 5 p.m. South Bend, Ind. This will be a make-or-break game for both teams involved. For Nova, it’s a chance to continue an improbable hot streak
against a tough road opponent. For the Irish, it’s a statement of Big East strength. A win would keep Notre Dame
within two games of the conference lead and keep it rolling after a 73-65 win against South Florida on Saturday.
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PLAYER OF THE WEEK Darrun Hilliard Sophomore guard Villanova
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Many people may not have heard of him coming into this week, but the sophomore was a key piece to both of Nova’s big upsets. Hilliard scored 11 points in the 73-64 win over Louisville and then exploded
for 25 points, seven rebounds and six assists to lead the Cats to the 75-71 win over Syracuse. He played well above his average of 10.8 points per game and will likely make a big difference going forward for Nova.
Catholic 7 holds uncertain future for lacrosse teams Division I lacrosse has different conferences than other sports do By Ben Greene
benjamin.greene@marquette.edu
After years of working to attain varsity men’s and women’s lacrosse programs, Marquette announced it is leaving the Big East to form a new conference with the rest of the Catholic 7. That decision could mean that the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams will be out of the Big East before ever playing their first conference games. Both teams will compete as independents during their inaugural seasons this spring, but they are slated
to play in the Big East in 2014. However, Vice President and Director of Athletics Larry Williams said in an interview earlier this month that he wants to strike a deal with the Big East that would allow Marquette to leave the conference by July of this year. Such a deal would take the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams out of the Big East before they become official members. Despite the uncertainty, both teams are still preparing for their rapidly approaching seasons. Women’s coach Meredith Black has already named sophomore Jenaye Coleman, graduate student Lisa Beltramello and sophomore Emily Donovan as the program’s first ever team captains. Coleman, Beltramello and Donovan will lead their team into its first game on Friday, Feb. 15 at Winthrop.
The men’s team will see its first action this weekend in scrimmages against Michigan and Denison. Once the real season is underway, the Golden Eagles will play only two of their 13 games at home and end their daunting schedule by taking on perennial power Duke at Valley Fields. Since there are only 63 schools in the country with varsity men’s lacrosse programs and 100 with varsity women’s lacrosse (compared to 347 with men’s basketball and 345 with women’s), lacrosse conferences differ from many other sports conferences. Not including Marquette, the Big East has seven men’s lacrosse teams, four of which are Catholic 7 schools, and nine women’s lacrosse members, only two of which are among the Catholic 7.
Once the Catholic 7 institutions break away and Marquette’s lacrosse teams are included, the new conference will have five men’s teams and three women’s teams. Since NCAA rules require at least six members for a conference to be considered for automatic qualification to the national tournament, the Catholic 7 will likely look to pick up at least one more men’s lacrosse team and three women’s lacrosse teams to fill out the conference. Virginia Commonwealth, Creighton, Dayton, Xavier, Butler, Gonzaga and Saint Louis have all been discussed as good fits for the Catholic 7, but none of those schools play men’s or women’s lacrosse. Instead, Detroit, Saint Joseph’s and Hofstra could work as either full members or lacrosse-only additions, since all three schools fit geographically,
play Division I basketball and do not have football programs. Also, men’s lacrosse coach Joe Amplo got his start at Hofstra, so yearly games against the Pride would surely yield a few headlines. If Hofstra, Saint Joseph’s and Detroit were added, both the men’s and women’s lacrosse conferences would be eligible for automatic qualification to the NCAA Championship after a two-year waiting period. The eight teams in the men’s lacrosse conference, when listed by their performances in 2012, would be Villanova, St. John’s, Georgetown, Hofstra, Saint Joseph’s, Detroit, Providence and Marquette. The six women’s lacrosse teams listed in the same way are as follows: Georgetown, Detroit, Hofstra, Saint Joseph’s, Villanova and Marquette.