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MU alum keeps House seat Status quo as Moore outraises opponent in 4th District race

By Alexandra Whittaker

alexandra.whittaker@marquette.edu

U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore (DMilwaukee) was re-elected to Congress Tuesday, where she sits on the House Budget Committee alongside fellow Wisconsin Rep. and former GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan.

Moore, who represents Wisconsin’s 4th District, beat out Republican challenger Dan Sebring and Independent candidate Robert R. Raymond to keep her seat,

which she has held since 2005.

Moore is the second woman and first African-American elected to Congress from Wisconsin Despite being the least wealthy member of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation, according to her filed financial disclosure report, Moore had a fundraising advantage in her re-election campaign, raising more than $750,000 by October in comparison to Sebring’s $26,000.

Moore spoke at the Democratic National Convention earlier this year, delivering a defense of President Barack Obama’s record and highlighting the role of women serving in Congress.

“I’m working hard to end violence against women,” she said at the convention.

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Moore was the only person on the ballot aside from the presidential and Wisconsin senate candidates who was running opposed.

Candidates running for other local offices in the Milwaukee area did not have challengers.

The state senate seat in the 6th District was won by Nikaya Harris (D). The state house seat in the 16th District was won by incumbent Leon Young (D), who ran unopposed. Incumbent John Chisholm (D) won the Milwaukee County district attorney race. Joseph Czamezki (D) ran unopposed and will remain the county clerk. Voters re-elected Daniel Diliberti (D) as county treasurer. John La Fave (D) ran unopposed and was re-elected as the register of deeds.

Election canvassing draws spotlight Law poll could see return for midterm elections in 2014

By Alexandra Whittaker

alexandra.whittaker@marquette.edu

Marquette Law School was brought into the national spotlight this election season in a growing effort by the university to highlight and discuss public policy matters by providing extensive information of public views in Wisconsin through its statewide political poll.

Dean of the Law School Joseph Kearney said that while “most pollsters report the data once and move on to the next poll, we will ask the news media, ‘What else would you like to know?’ And we will answer it for them based on the data.”

Much of the attention Marquette received from releasing the law poll, went to how it was conducted and how its samples were gathered.

Assistant professor of political science Amber Wichowsky was a contributor to the law poll, writing questions that See Law Poll, page 9

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Corrections The page three photo accompanying the article entitled “MU, New York Times forge new journalism partnership” in Tuesday’s Tribune was incorrectly attributed to “INC Marquette.”

The photo is in fact courtesy of the Marquette IMC. The Tribune regrets the error.

The page eight photo accompanying the article entitled “Romney: Governor makes case for change” in Tuesday’s Tribune was incorrectly attributed to Rebecca Rebholz. It was in fact taken

by Claire Nowak. The Tribune regrets the error.

The page seven headline for the article entitled “Non-resident students hope to make voices heard in swing-state Wisconsin” in Wednesday’s Tribune incorrectly statesd that students not native to Wisconsin are non-resident voters. Students must in fact be at least temporary residents in order to vote in Wisconsin. The Tribune regrets the error.

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News in Brief Puerto Rico seeks statehood

Two states legalize recreational pot

After multiple times on the ballot, Puerto Ricans voted in favor of statehood in a nonbinding referendum Wednesday, CNN is reporting.

The island’s referendum included two parts. The first asked about status as a U.S. commonwealth, Puerto Ricans rejected 54 to 46 percent. The second question asked for an alternative to commonwealth status, with a majority – 61 percent – choosing statehood while 33 percent voted to be a semi-autonomous “sovereign free association,” and 6 percent wanted outright independence.

Referendums for statehood were also on the ballot in 1967, 1993 and 1998 but failed.

According to the Associated Press, President Barack Obama previously said he would support the decision of the Puerto Rican people. The results will now be sent to the White House and congressional leadership, which will decide how to proceed.

In addition to the candidates themselves, numerous referendums and initiatives were also on ballots in multiple states Tuesday, ranging from the legalization of marijuana to same-sex marriage.

Three western states held referendums on the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes, with voters in Colorado and Washington approving the measure and Oregon residents striking it down. A fourth state, Massachusetts, joined 17 other states in allowing medical marijuana, while Arkansas voters rejected a similar proposal. Under federal law, all forms of marijuana usage remain prohibited, leading to a likely conflict between the Justice Department and states.

Voter turnout down from 2008

Early figures from Tuesday’s election show a slight drop in voter turnout from 2008, when voters broke records electing President Barack Obama the first time.

According to the director of American University’s Center for the Study of the American Electorate, Curtis Gans, voter turnout in 2012 was also lower in most states than in 2004.

“There was a major plunge in voter turnout nationally,” Gans told the Huffington Post Wednesday. He estimated that about 126 million Americans voted, bringing the overall turnout rate as of Wednesday to about 57.5 percent.

The Associated Press showed that about 119.5 million votes were cast in the race for the White House, with 99 percent of precincts reporting Wednesday.

This number will increase once the remaining votes are counted in the coming days.

According to the Federal Commission, 131 million people voted in the 2008 presidential election.

Man disrupts Cudahy class MUTV News reported yesterday that a man not affiliated with Marquette was arrested in Cudahy Hall around 11 a.m. The man was sitting in on a class, and a faculty member contacted the Department of Public Safety.

Students said that after DPS was called, the man went up to the third floor. He then sprinted down to the first floor before coming up to the second floor. DPS officers were quickly behind him and apprehended the man. The African-American man, approximately 19 years old and 5 feet 8 inches tall, was wearing a gray hoodie with a blue-grey baseball cap and tennis shoes.

After DPS subdued the man, officers called the Milwaukee Police Department to the scene. MPD took the man to a police station, where he was cited for disorderly conduct.

‘Idiot’ driver punished by judge An Ohio woman was sentenced in a Cleveland Municipal Court Monday to wear a sign that reads “only an idiot drives on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus” for two mornings next week.

Shena Hardin, 32, was caught on camera by school bus driver Uriah

Events Calendar NOVEMBER 2012

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Fall Bowling Open, Union Sports Annex, 12 p.m.

Thursday 8

Women’s Basketball vs. Butler, Al McGuire Center, 7 p.m.

Jazz Band Concert, Varsity Theatre, 7 p.m.

Bob Dylan with Mark Knopfler, Bradley Center, 7:30 p.m.

Friday 9

Wind Ensemble Concert, Varsity Theatre, 2 p.m.

Annex Acoustic Night featuring Elizabeth Carol K., Union Sports Annex, 9 p.m.

Sunday 11

Milwaukee Admirals vs. Chicago Wolves, Bradley Center, 7 p.m.

Volleyball vs. Notre Dame, Al McGuire Center, 1 p.m.

The Women of Lockerbie, Helfaer Theatre, 7:30 p.m.

Men’s Basketball vs. Colgate, Bradley Center, 3:30 p.m.

Lamb of God, The Rave / Eagles Club, 7:30 p.m.

Dance Inc. Showcase, Weasler Auditorium, 4:30 p.m.

Photo by Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo/Associated Press

Alejandro Garcia Padilla, the winner in Puerto Rico’s race for governor, speaks to supporters in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Herron for pulling her jeep up on the sidewalk rather than waiting for Herron’s bus to drop off students.

Herron said he had witnessed Hardin jump the curb before, and he tipped off police to set a trap.

As punishment, a judge ordered Hardin to stand on the same intersection where she was caught from 7:45 to 8:45 a.m. next Tuesday and Wednesday. Additionally, Hardin’s license will be suspended for 30 days, and she will pay a $250 fine.

Markets drop following election

Stock markets dropped significantly Wednesday in response to the re-election of President

Obama and the looming fiscal cliff both domestically and in Europe, Reuters reported. Dow Jones, Standard & Poor’s and Nasdaq were all down between two and three percentage points.

The term “fiscal cliff” references the $600 billion in spending cuts and tax increases that will set in next year and have the possibility of disrupting the current economic recovery.

While the stock market declined as a whole, energy, banking and defense were the hardest hit sectors. The decline Wednesday was a turnaround from surges during voting on Tuesday when defense and energy industries were leading the market.

DPS Reports Nov. 3 At 8:49 p.m. an underage student was in possession of alcohol in McCormick Hall.

Nov. 5 At 1:08 p.m. a student reported receiving harassing text messages from a person not affiliated with Marquette.

At 8:16 p.m. a student reported that unknown person(s) removed his unattended property estimated at $140 from the Helfaer Recreation Center.

At 11:08 p.m. a student reported being harassed by another student in McCormick Hall.

Nov. 6 At 1:00 p.m. a student reported being sexually assaulted by a known subject in McCormick Hall. MPD was contacted.

At 4:54 p.m. a student reported that unknown person(s) removed her unsecured, unattended property estimated at $570 from the Marquette Gymnasium.

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Graduate school enrollment sees downward trend Marquette’s programs not immune from nationwide losses

By Elise Angelopulos

elise.angelopulos@marquette.edu

Graduate schools across the country have seen declines in enrollment with the struggling economy, and Marquette’s Graduate School is no exception.

The school has experienced a slight downturn in enrollment but is still maintaining high interest among prospective students.

Marquette’s notable programs include advanced degrees in Dentistry, Professional Studies, Criminal Justice Administration and Nursing.

Although strong interest remains, Jay Caulfield, associate dean and associate professor of leadership and ethics, said the graduate school has 57 fewer enrolled students this year compared to last.

“If we look at the trend nationally, graduate school enrollments have shown a slight decline,” Caulfield said. “Marquette’s graduate school, as a whole, has not experienced the decline until this fall.”

Assistant Dean Craig Pierce said interest in Marquette’s graduate program has increased about 5 percent between fall 2011 and fall 2012.

Pierce said lower enrollment could be caused by the poor economy. She said recent federal regulations that no longer allow graduate students to delay paying interest on government-subsidized loans could also contribute to the drop in enrollment.

Pierce said the Marquette Graduate School actively seeks to attract a superior group of students.

“We are all competing for many of the same students,”

Pierce said. “But we feel that Marquette has something special to offer students, and that is a Jesuit education that is truly transformational in nature.”

Marquette’s Graduate School attracts a dominantly Midwestern group, as 80 percent of students are from surrounding states.

Such Jesuit ideals may not be influential enough, Pierce said.

He said roughly half of Marquette undergraduates planning to attend graduate school will pursue their degree at another institution.

“We hope to keep the best and brightest of our graduates here if it fits their plans, but we also realize that there are very good and valid reasons that a student might want to attend graduate school elsewhere,” Pierce said.

Caulfield said about 80 percent of Marquette graduate students have completed their undergraduate degrees elsewhere.

Although enrollment appears to be on the decline, Michael Class, a professor in the College of Professional Studies, said his online classes have increased in number. Class said is teaching his largest class ever this semester.

Associate professor Ed de St. Aubin said he has seen an upswing in enrollment in the psychology department.

“The number applying to our program has increased significantly, but we only accept a handful, as that is all our resources will allow,” St. Aubin said.

St. Aubin said this increase may

be caused by the school’s increased national reputation as a quality program over the last decade.

Jean Simmons, associate dean of the Graduate School of Management, said there has been a slight decrease but stressed the value for those who pursue a Marquette masters degree.

“We focus on service to our students,” Simmons said. “They are working full time, going to school part time and typically have families. We do what we can to minimize the administrative hassles that students may run into. They need to focus their time on classwork.”

Simmons said the graduate school has made efforts to better serve students. It recently introduced a new focused recruiting

program that seeks to enroll students from China to further diversify the school’s population.

Pierce concluded that the state of graduate education at Marquette is, nevertheless, a healthy one.

“There is no doubt that the landscape of higher education is changing, especially with the proliferation of online programs and for-profit institutions,” Pierce said. “We don’t want to be chasing the latest fad, but at the same time we need to recognize the changes, challenges and opportunities, and position ourselves to best capture our strengths and the unique nature of a Marquette education.”

Photo by Danny Alfonzo/daniel.alfonzo@marquette.edu

Marquette Law School hosts Marquette’s criminal justice administration program, one of the university’s more notable postgraduate offerings.

Domestic violence handling revisited after shooting Local police districts re-training officers to handle abuse claims

By Melanie Lawder

melanie.lawder@marquette.edu

The shooting at the Azana Salon & Spa in Brookfield on Oct. 21 has brought the issue of domestic violence and the question of whether law enforcement agencies are properly handling and reporting abuse cases into the limelight in Wisconsin.

According to a 2011 report from the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence, deaths statewide resulting from domestic violence have been on the decline since 2009, when 67 deaths were reported, and 2010, when 58 deaths were reported.

Despite numbers improving, the Azana shooting, which left four dead, including the shooter, is a reminder that domestic abuse is still widespread and can escalate to the point of homicide.

“The Azana shooting certainly showed us that this is not a private matter,” said Heather Hlavka, an assistant professor of criminology in the College of

Arts & Sciences, in an email.

The shooter, Radcliffe Haughton, went to Azana Spa in search of his wife, Zina Haughton, a stylist at the salon, following an Oct. 18 hearing in which she asked for a restraining order against her husband.

In the hearing, Zina Haughton testified that her husband had been abusive for 20 years.

The law enforcement agency that has handled the Haughtons’ domestic affairs, the Brown Deer Police Department, has come under fire for its lack of action in the case. According to a Nov. 3 article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the police visited the Haughton household almost a dozen times over a span of 11 years. Seven of those calls were related to domestic abuse, and no arrests were made.

ABC News reported on Oct. 23 that Radcliffe Haughton was seen slashing the tires of his wife’s car in the parking lot of the spa on Oct. 4, several weeks prior to the shooting.

Meghan Stroshine, an associate professor in criminology, said there are a variety of reasons victims don’t report the abuse to the police.

“There may be many reasons women don’t report domestic

violence to the police or other authorities – shame, embarrassment, a desire to keep their families intact or fear of their abusers,” Stroshine said in an email.

“Many abusers threaten their victims with additional harm – or death – if they reach out for help.”

Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced in an Oct. 30 press release that future law enforcement training involving domestic violence would include more specialized education for police departments in the Milwaukee area.

According to the press release, Brown Deer police chief Steven Rinzel has requested training and education pertaining to domestic violence.

“We will work with Chief Rinzel to identify and address the training needs of Milwaukee-area law enforcement and prosecutors in a timely manner,” Van Hollen said. “I look forward to working with Chief Rinzel and his staff.”

Hlvaka said handling a sensitive issue such as domestic violence goes beyond the standardized, bureaucratic nature of police protocol. She said greater collaboration with social service organizations is needed.

“Police departments nationwide have historically resisted these types of collaborations, but they are imperative,” Hlvaka said. “There needs to be a greater coordination of services and communication between police and local social service organizations. There needs to be a better understanding of the problem among first responders including police but also a deeper appreciation for the power of everyday citizens intervening and the willingness of family and friends to reach out to each other.”

Further attention to law enforcement training is not the only result of the Azana shooting. Brown Deer village manager Russell van Gompel announced he would hire an independent reviewer to conduct an evaluation of all the Brown Deer Police Department’s

interactions with Haughtons in a Nov. 3 press release.

Lt. Lisa Kumbier of the Brown Deer Police Department said the department would not make any statements about the Haughton case until the independent reviewer has completed its evaluation.

“I think the shooting in Brookfield will bring some awareness to the issue, but we need to resist pathologizing the perpetrator or framing this event as an isolated incident,” Hlavka said.

“Instead, we need to focus on domestic violence as assertions of power and control embedded in a larger culture desensitized to violence and largely accepting of violence against women in particular, and control over women and children in general.”

Many abusers threaten their victims with additional harm - or death - if they reach out for help.”

Meghan Stroshine, associate professor, criminology

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Nor’easter blows toward reeling coast More evacuations, lost power plague East Coast after Sandy

By Collen Long and Frank Eltman Associated Press

A nor’easter blustered into New York and New Jersey on Wednesday with rain and wet snow, plunging homes right back into darkness and inflicting another round of misery on thousands of people still reeling from Superstorm Sandy.

Under ordinary circumstances, a storm of this sort wouldn’t be a big deal, but large swaths of the landscape were still an open wound, with the electrical system highly fragile and many of Sandy’s victims still mucking out their homes and cars and shivering in the deepening cold.

As the nor’easter closed in, thousands of people in lowlying neighborhoods staggered by the superstorm just over a week ago were urged to clear out. Authorities warned that rain and 60 mph gusts in the evening and overnight could swamp homes all over again, topple trees wrenched loose by Sandy, and erase some of the hard-won progress made in restoring power to millions of customers.

“I am waiting for the locusts and pestilence next,” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said.

“We may take a setback in the next 24 hours.”

Exactly as authorities feared, the storm brought down tree limbs and electrical wires, and utilities in New York and New Jersey reported that some customers who lost power because of Sandy lost it all over again as a result of the nor’easter.

“I know everyone’s patience is wearing thin,” said John Miksad, senior vice president of electric operations at Consolidated Edison, the chief utility in New York City.

Ahead of the storm, public works crews in New Jersey built up dunes to protect the stripped and battered coast, and new evacuations were ordered in a number of communities already emptied by Sandy. New shelters opened.

In New York City, police went to low-lying neighborhoods with loudspeakers, urging residents to leave. But Mayor Michael Bloomberg didn’t issue mandatory evacuations, and many people stayed behind, some because they feared looting, others because they figured whatever happens couldn’t be any worse than what they have gone through already.

“We’re petrified,” said James Alexander, a resident of the hard-hit Rockaways section of Queens. “It’s like a sequel to a horror movie.” Nevertheless, he said he was staying to watch over his house and his neighbors.

All construction in New York City was halted — a precaution that needed no explanation after a crane collapsed last week in Sandy’s high winds and dangled menacingly over the streets of Manhattan. Parks were closed because of the danger of falling trees. Drivers were advised to

stay off the road after 5 p.m.

Airlines canceled at least 1,300 U.S. flights in and out of the New York metropolitan area, causing a new round of disruptions that rippled across the country.

The city manager in Long Beach, N.Y., urged the roughly 21,000 people who ignored previous mandatory evacuation orders in the badly damaged barrier-island city to get out.

Forecasters said the nor’easter would bring moderate coastal flooding, with storm surges of about 3 feet possible Wednesday into Thursday — far less than the 8 to 14 feet Sandy hurled at the region. The storm’s winds were expected to be well below Sandy’s, which gusted to 90 mph.

By the afternoon, the storm was bringing rain and wet snow to New York, New Jersey and the Philadelphia area and creating a slushy mess in the streets.

Eight-foot waves crashed on the beaches in New Jersey.

The early-afternoon high tide came and went without any reports of serious flooding in New York City, the mayor said. The next high tide was early Thursday. But forecasters said the moment of maximum flood danger may have passed.

Con Ed said the nor’easter knocked out power to at least 11,000 people, some of whom had just gotten it back. The Long Island Power Authority said by evening that the number of customers in the dark had risen from 150,000 to nearly 187,000.

Similarly, New Jersey utilities reported scattered outages, with some customers complaining that they had just gotten their electricity back in the past two day or two, only to lose it again.

On Staten Island, workers and residents on a washed-out block in Midland Beach continued to pull debris — old lawn chairs, stuffed animals, a basketball hoop — from their homes, even as the bad weather blew in.

Jane Murphy, a nurse, wondered, “How much worse can it get?” as she cleaned the inside of her flooded-out car.

Sandy killed more than 100 people in 10 states, with most of the victims in New York and New Jersey. On Tuesday, the death toll inched higher when a 78-year-old man died of a head injury, suffered when he fell down a wet, sandy stairwell in the dark, authorities said.

Long lines persisted at gas stations but were shorter than they were days ago. Ahead of the nor’easter, an estimated 270,000 homes and businesses in New York state and around 370,000 in New Jersey were still without electricity.

The storm could bring repairs to a standstill because of federal safety regulations that prohibit linemen from working in bucket trucks when wind gusts reach 40 mph.

Authorities warned also that trees and limbs broken or weakened by Sandy could fall and that even where repairs have been made, the electrical system is fragile, with some substations fed by only a single power line instead of several.

Photo by Steve Senne/Associated Press

A high-wind warning is in effect in Massachusetts until Wednesday night, with gusts of up to 60 mph expected.

Slight rise in unemployment According to Olga Yakusheva, a Marquette professor of economics, the rise in unemployment can be a positive thing.

“Unemployment is measured as the fraction of people looking for a job in the labor force,” Yakusheva said. “When both employment and unemployment go up, that means that more people start looking for jobs, which is a good sign.

This means that fewer people feel discouraged from looking for jobs and more people feel that there are jobs out there for them. Overall, the most recent job report was favorable.”

Whether the release of the October job report affected election results is debated. Kelsey Evans, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences and a member of the College Democrats, said she believes the job report helped President Obama gain re-election.

“I think gradual improvement (in the economy) has definitely helped Obama,” Evans said.

“For a lot of people, his decision to bail out the banks was a very risky one that wouldn’t necessarily pay off, but it’s showing itself now, and that was a huge factor.”

Zach Pagel, a freshman in the College of Business Administration and a member of the College Republicans, said he does not believe the economy is getting better fast enough.

Oct. numbers show increasing labor force participation recently

By Claudia Brokish

claudia.brokish@marquette.edu

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its October job report last Friday showing that the nation’s unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9 percent, with the economy creating 171,000 jobs.

In the days leading up to its reelection victory on Tuesday, the Obama administration used the numbers to support the president’s economic policies.

“While more work remains to be done, today’s employment report provides further evidence that the U.S. economy is continuing to heal from the wounds inflicted by the worst downturn since the Great Depression,” said Alan Krueger, chairman of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers. “It is critical that we continue the policies that are building an economy that works for the middle class as we dig our way out of the deep hole that was caused by the severe recession that began in December 2007.”

Higher unemployment rates, despite increasing job opportunities, can be explained by more people entering the work force.

“Although job numbers are slowly increasing, they are neither meeting population growth nor showing a healthy economic recovery,” said Pagel. “Voters in this election succumbed to Barack Obama’s divisive ‘class warfare’ tactics while ignoring the simple fact that he promised to cut the debt in half, yet increased it by $6 trillion, and also promised to have unemployment below 6 percent, while it stands at 7.9 percent today.”

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate has been slowly declining since hitting a peak of 10 percent in October 2009. The unemployment rate has not been below 8 percent since January 2009, when it was 7.8 percent, matching September 2012’s rate. According to Yakusheva, this downward trend in unemployment will continue, regardless of who is in the Oval Office.

“Experts agree that most voters do not attribute the recent economic crisis or the slow recovery from it to the Obama administration,” she said. “As much as we all want a quick recovery, this was a bad recession that resulted from fundamental structural breaks in the economy around the world, and these things take time to get better. Regardless of who is (president), things will continue to improve.”

Unemployment Rates (in percentages) for past 5 years in the United States: Month

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5.1

5.0

5.4

5.6

5.8

6.1

6.1

6.5

6.8

7.3

9.9

9.9

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5.0

2009:

7.8

8.3

8.7

8.9

9.4

9.5

9.5

9.6

9.8

10.0

2010:

9.7

9.8

9.8

9.9

9.6

9.4

9.5

9.6

9.5

9.5

9.8

9.4

2011:

9.1

9.0

8.9

9.0

9.0

9.1

9.1

9.1

9.0

8.9

8.7

8.5

2012:

8.3

8.3

8.2

8.1

8.2

8.2

8.3

8.1

7.8

7.9

N/a

N/a

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Study finds link between math and pain for some

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For many students, math-induced anxiety can cause them to struggle with school work and avoid careers in the field or related to the subject.

Math-induced anxiety connected to physical trauma by researchers

By Eric Oliver

eric.oliver@marquette.edu

Even if you aren’t using Dolores Umbridge’s cursed quill, researchers find the anticipation of math can be literally painful.

A study released Oct. 31 in the PLOS One journal shows that mathematics-related anxiety can lead to affected students feeling physical pain when anticipating doing math.

Ian Lyons, a post-doctoral fellow at Western University, completed the study during his time at the University of Chicago.

Lyons said the study showed that when anticipating upcoming math tasks, the level of anxiety the subject exhibited was directly related to the amount of pain experienced.

“We did find it interesting that the results were specific to the anticipation period, that there was no evidence of pain-related activity during the actual math task itself,” he said.

Lyons, who conducted the study with fellow Western University researcher Sian Beilock,

said the pain some students feel in anticipating doing math can impact their academic life.

“There is considerable evidence that students with math anxiety, on average, do perform worse on a multitude of laboratory math tasks, do worse on standardized math tests and tend to avoid math-related career paths altogether,” he said.

Lyons said any treatment of pain-inducing anxiety should try to address the root cause, not simply expose the individual to more math.

“One implication of these results is that simply piling on more math homework is unlikely

to be an effective means of treating math anxiety,” Lyons said.

“Instead, one needs to treat the anxiety itself. In particular, if those with math anxiety view math as literally painful, then it is quite reasonable that they should want to avoid this painful stimulus. By avoiding math, however, they are unlikely to improve their math ability, which simply compounds the problem.

Thus, one needs to go to the root of the problem and and address the anxiety.”

Lyons said, however, that additional evidence shows that highly anxious individuals when anticipating math tests

can perform on a level similar to that of low anxiety individuals. He said that altogether, the pain-related activity isn’t driven by genetic factors.

“Math is a recent cultural invention, so it seems unlikely that this is an evolutionarily adapted response,” Lyons said.

“Instead, this pain-related activity at the prospect of doing math is likely driven by an individual’s specific experiences.”

Lyons said in the future he would like to see whether his results relate to other forms of anxiety or phobias.

John Grych, a professor of psychology at Marquette, said the study is an example of the link between mind and body.

“We’ve known for a long time that the experience of pain is modulated by other psychological processes, but showing that emotional pain has physical correlates is more novel,” Grych said.

Grych said anxiety is treatable and shouldn’t cause problems for students’ future success.

“Students with any kind of academic-related anxiety, such as test anxiety, will find it more difficult to perform up to their potential,” Grych said. “Fortunately, anxiety is very treatable and so students who experience high levels of anxiety can learn how to manage it so that it isn’t so disruptive.”

Gary Krenz, a Marquette professor of mathematics, agreed, reflecting on his experience, that students who experience this type of anxiety often avoid mathrelated careers.

“My experience after many years of teaching (is this): It seems that people who have math apprehension secondguess their math-related efforts or struggle starting math-related work,” Krenz said.

Kristen Strem, a junior in the College of Communication, said she doesn’t understand how anticipating math related events can cause pain.

“I think people can have anxiety about pretty much everything in life, but I don’t understand how they can feel pain when anticipating participating in an action,” Strem said. “They aren’t physically doing the action, they are just thinking about it, which doesn’t really make sense to me.”

Foreclosures a major problem in city neighborhoods Vacant buildings and homes result in lost tax revenue for MKE

By Monique Collins

monique.collina@marquette.edu

Four years after the housing crisis hit, foreclosures and vacant homes are a remaining a problem for Milwaukee’s central city neighborhoods.

Despite signs of a recovering economy, the number of foreclosures and vacant homes in Milwaukee remains high.

According to Michael Murphy, alderman of the city’s 10th district, the North Side and central city has a higher number of foreclosures, and as a result increasing amounts of damage to

the homes.

“These areas are more susceptible to a larger percentage of (foreclosures and vacant homes),” he said.

These vacant and abandoned homes are on a long list of properties to be demolished. Murphy estimates that there are about 10,000 vacant homes that are to be demolished.

Murphy said demolishing these homes is hurting the city and making it more difficult to find a home.

“The city is losing its housing stock,” Murphy said. “As a city, you always want to be growing.”

Jack West, the financial services director of the Local Iniatives Support Corporation, a local nonprofit focused on connecting neighborhood organizations with revitalization resources, said the lack of housing available caused by demolition is also hurting the city’s budget.

“The city doesn’t take demolition lightly,” West said. “They prefer to see a house rather than a vacant lot.”

LISC works with community organizations to identify solutions to problems like foreclosure, he said. The corporation sometimes directly involves itself in the acquisition and rehabilitation of foreclosed and vacant properties, with funds coming from the Department of Neighborhood Services Neighborhood Stabilization Program.

West also pointed out that keeping a large housing stock is beneficial for the city and its budget through taxes.

“The city has trouble making the budget work,” he said.

“There are fewer houses and fewer people paying taxes on those houses, so a smaller number of homeowners are making up for a large budget.”

West said many vacant houses

have fallen victim to theft and vandalism. These houses are stripped of copper piping and wires and furnances in some cases.

Despite LISC and the city’s attempts to save these houses, West said, there is only a limited amount of resources.

“There are few alternatives, other than pouring a lot of money into rehabilitation,” West said. “Sometimes it costs less to demolish (the building).”

Murphy and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett have been

working together with other elected officials to prevent demolishing more homes in recent months.

Murphy said city officials are working to acquire funds for the rehabiliation of vacant and foreclosed homes.

“We’re working with local banks to pressure them into keeping people in these homes,” he said. “We’ve also received some federal aid to get new owners into these houses.”

There are few alternatives, other than pouring a lot of money into rehabilitation. Sometimes it costs less to demolish (the building).

Jack West, financial services director of the Local Initiatiatives Support Coporation

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Watershed victories for same-sex marriage Tuesday For first time, rights issues earn popular support through vote

By David Crary Associated Press

For years, foes of same-sex marriage had a potent talking point: They’d won every time the issue went to a popular vote.

That winning streak has now been shattered in a multi-state electoral sweep by gay marriage supporters — a historic tipping point likely to influence other states and possibly even the Supreme Court.

“It’s an astounding day,” said Kevin Cathcart of the gay-rights group Lambda Legal, recalling that in 2004 alone the gaymarriage movement went 0-13 in statewide elections and was 0-32 overall since 1998.

In Tuesday’s voting, however, Maine and Maryland became the first states ever to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote. Washington state seemed poised to follow suit, although slow ballot-counting there continued Wednesday. And in Minnesota, voters rejected a proposal to place a ban on gaymarriage in the state constitution, a step taken in past elections in 30 other states.

“The anti-gay opposition kept moving the goal posts and had as their last talking point that we could not win a popular vote,” said Evan Wolfson, president of the advocacy group Freedom to Marry. “Last night, voters in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and, all signs suggest,

Washington proved them wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong.”

Heading into the election, gay marriage was legal in six states and the District of Columbia, in each case due to legislation or court orders rather than popular vote.

Activists said Tuesday’s results will likely spur pushes for same-sex marriage in states that already have established civil unions for gay couples — including Illinois, Rhode Island, Hawaii and Delaware.

Democratic takeovers of both legislative chambers in Colorado and Minnesota may also prompt moves there to extend legal recognition to same-sex couples. In each state, the Democratic governors, John Hickenlooper of Colorado and Mark Dayton of Minnesota, would support such efforts.

In Minnesota, state Sen. Scott Dibble, who is openly gay, is among several Democratic lawmakers uncertain if an immediate push for gay marriage makes political sense. But Dibble, who is 47, said of himself and his partner: “We’ll be married in Minnesota in our lifetime.”

Whatever happens at the statehouse level, the U.S. Supreme Court is also likely to become a pivotal battleground in the next phase of the gaymarriage debate.

The justices are expected to confront same-sex marriage in some form during the current term.

Several pending cases challenge a provision of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act that deprives same-sex couples of federal benefits available to heterosexual couples. A separate appeal asks the justices to decide whether federal courts were correct in striking down

California’s Proposition 8, the amendment that outlawed gay marriage after it had been approved by courts in the nation’s largest state.

“The justices now know America is with us. America is ready,” said Brian Ellner, cofounder of a social-media initiative called TheFour.com that was active in the gay-marriage campaigns. He and other activists noted that nationwide polls prior to the election were showing, for the first time, that a majority of Americans now backed gay marriage.

James Esseks, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Project, termed the referendum results “an indisputable watershed moment” that almost certainly would influence the Supreme Court.

“When making decisions on civil rights issues, the court follows the country, rather than leading,” he said. “They don’t make decisions in a complete public-opinion vacuum.”

He noted that if the high court struck down Prop 8, that would immediately add California — with its 37 million residents — to the list of states allowing same-sex marriage.

Had the four measures lost, said Evan Wolfson, justices might have been reluctant to wade in on the side of gay marriage. Now, he said, they could do so “knowing that their support will stand the test of time and, indeed, be true to where the American people already are.”

The chairman of the leading advocacy group opposing same-sex marriage, John Eastman of the National Organization for Marriage, said it was possible that the referendum results might nudge the high court

toward a ruling favoring gay marriage. But Eastman said it also was possible the justices would decide to let the political process play out a bit longer at the state level before intervening.

The National Organization for Marriage’s president, Brian Brown, expressed disappointment at the unprecedented losses for gay marriage opponents, who were outspent by at least 3-to-1 in the four referendum states — all of them won easily

by President Barack Obama..

The results “reflect the political and funding advantages our opponents enjoyed in these very liberal states,” Brown said.

“Our opponents and some in the media will attempt to portray the election results as a changing point in how Americans view gay marriage, but that is not the case.”

For the gay-rights movement, the celebration extended far beyond the groundbreaking ballot measures.

In Wisconsin, veteran congresswoman Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay person elected to the U.S. Senate. At least five other openly gay Democrats were elected to House seats, while Kyrsten Sinema — vying to be the first openly bisexual member of Congress — was locked in a too-close-to-call race in Arizona.

In Iowa, gay-marriage opponents failed on two counts. They lost a bid to oust one of the state Supreme Court justices who ruled in favor of gay marriage in 2009, and they were unable to take control of the state Senate, where Democratic Majority Leader Michael Gronstal has blocked a proposed amendment to overturn that ruling.

More broadly, gay-rights leaders celebrated the re-election of Obama, who had frustrated them early in his term with his sometimes cautious stances.

Over the past two years, he’s become a hero of the movement — playing a key role last year in enabling gays to serve openly in the military and this year becoming the first sitting president to endorse same sex-marriage.

Among the next agenda items at the federal level is the proposed Employment Nondiscrimination Act, which would protect gays and transgender people from workplace discrimination.

The gay-rights momentum even extended overseas. Spain’s top court upheld the legality of the country’s gay marriage law on Tuesday, and French President Francois Hollande’s Cabinet was pushing ahead Wednesday with a controversial bill that could see gay marriage legalized early next year.

When making decisions on civil rights issues, the court follows the country, rather than leading.”

James Esseks, director, , ACLU’s LGBT Project

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Revelers display U.S. and gay pride flags as they celebrate early election returns favoring Washington state Referendum 74, which legalized gay marriage in the state.

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Law Poll: Actual results found to be close to earlier predictions appeared on the survey and integrating it into her research studies as well as the curriculums of her classes.

“I was able to talk to students about how you write poll

questions, some ways that could lead to biased results and how difficult it is, or how you avoid bias or trying to lead respondents a certain way,” Wichowsky said.

“It’s a bit of an art form, too. We

got to talk a little bit about the science of polling, we talked a lot about sampling, and we were able to use the law poll as a good example of some basic statistical concepts that are used in

political science, as well as the art form of how you write survey questions and the difficulties you could confront.”

Wichowsky is also using data from the law poll to research

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Law poll contributor and political science professor Amber Wichowsky has incorporated the poll into her research and the curriculums of her classes.

the question “How much partisan cheerleading is there, and to what extent are voters responsive to real world economic conditions?” She believes the law poll data will be helpful to her studies and that it provided a unique opportunity for her and her students.

On Oct. 31, before the release of the last pre-election poll, the law poll’s director Charles Franklin, a visiting professor of law and public policy, was a guest on “On the Issues” with Mike Gousha, where he delivered the last of the extensive poll results, which predicted that President Barack Obama would win the state by eight points and Rep. Tammy Baldwin would win the Senate seat by four points.

Obama ended up winning by 6.5 points and Baldwin by 5.4.

In September, Franklin talked to The Capital Times about the law poll, citing the difficulty in finding participants willing to do surveys.

“Drawing (an) actual random sample itself is science,” Franklin said. “We know how to do that. Getting people to agree to do a survey, or even to pick up the phone, is not easy, and it’s not science. Younger people are harder to get on the phone in the first place and to recruit to do the survey. For older people with landlines, it’s much easier.”

Wichowsky said she does not know what the future holds for the poll, though there is a possibility of it returning in two years for the 2014 midterm elections.

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The Women of Lockerbie Helfaer Theatre’s new production brings light to dark times

By Claire Nowak

claire.nowak@marquette.edu

“Trouble just doesn’t come to Lockerbie, Scotland.”

This line from the latest Marquette theatre production describes what most Lockerbie residents believed, until it became the site of the first terrorist attack against U.S. citizens. “The Women of Lockerbie,” opening today and running through Nov. 18, is inspired by this first attack, the Pan Am 103 airplane bombing.

On December 21, 1988, a Pan American airplane flying from London to JFK Airport exploded over Lockerbie, killing all 259 passengers and 11 people on the ground and decimating the countryside town. The explosion, caused by a bomb placed under a passenger seat, was activated by a Libyan terrorist targeting U.S. citizens. Most college students have little to no knowledge of the tragedy, but the show’s director, Debra Krajec, has many memories of the incident.

“I remember it really well because it was right before Christmas,” Krajec said. “I remember watching the TV reports at dinnertime. At the time, they didn’t know what had happened – mechanical error or whatever – and it turned out it was a bomb, a terrorist bomb.”

The crash also had an impact on playwright Deborah Brevoort, who was watching a documentary about the event when she heard about how the women of Lockerbie responded.

“They put together what we generically call a laundry project,” Krajec explained. “They decided that they wanted to take all the pieces of clothing – and there were 11,000 pieces of clothing that were found – wash them, pack them neatly and give them back to the families, so that they could have something.”

Brevoort was fascinated by the effort and soon after wrote “The Women of Lockerbie.” In the play, she tells the story of a couple from New Jersey who travel to Lockerbie seven years after the Pan Am explosion looking for any remnants of their son. There, they encounter the women living in Lockerbie who survived the disaster and discover how both parties still feel the grief surrounding the tragic event. Since the event encompasses such strong emotion, Brevoort chose to write the play in the form of a Greek tragedy, which is characterized by devastating events and their effect on women. “(In Greek tragedies) the women are the ones who have to pick up the pieces and keep going,” Krajec said. “That’s what (Brevoort wanted to convey) with this idea of women wanting to help others and make something good come out of something bad.”

The extreme emotions are vital to the message of the play but can be difficult for actors to convey.

“There are several scenes of really deep emotion, and that is hard (for the actors),” Krajec said.

“They all have something in their lives, for good or ill, that’s sad that they can connect to, but something like this? No. They’ve never had a child. They’ve not been married. They’ve never had anything this awful happen to them, but there are certain things that they can hook onto in

their own lives and relate to.”

Amy Burzak, a junior in the College of Communication, knows firsthand what kind of impression such a role can have on an actor. Her character, Madeline Livingston, travels to Lockerbie with her husband hoping she can get a sense of closure after grieving over her son’s death for seven years. Throughout the play, she goes through intense emotional episodes in which she screams, cries, calls to her deceased son and demands to know why he was taken from her. Burzak is currently taking a course on the psychology of death and dying, which she says helps her understand her character’s emotions, but she admits her role is not easy.

“The best part about playing this role is the challenge,” Burzak said. “As an actor, I’m always looking to stretch myself, and this (role) has definitely pushed me places I haven’t gone before.

I would also say it’s the worst part because the heavy emotional states I bring myself into for the sake of the role can be hard to shake.”

In order to get a better understanding of their characters and

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the event itself, the cast researched and discussed the disaster with Krajec. College of Communication sophomore Ava Thomann said this preparation was a major help in portraying her character, an elderly Scottish woman named Hattie.

“We read a lot of testimonials from victims, family members and others who were involved,” Thomann said. “We watched several news stories from when it first happened and also spent a lot of time talking about the psychological effects this event would have on our characters. A lot of dialect coaching was also necessary for my role in order to (master) the Scottish accent, which was rather difficult. The dialect coach, Maureen Kilmurry, did an excellent job teaching not only the dialect, but how to stay true to the meaning behind each and every one of the lines.”

College of Communication junior Katie Callahan can also attest to the amount of work the actors contribute in and out of rehearsal, calling her role as the Scottish woman Olive “emotionally draining.” However, she said the story, no matter how

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“This is a story that is still very important to our lives today,” Callahan said. “Although many (current) Marquette students were not alive at the time of this disaster, there are several parallels (between) this act of terrorism and more recent ones we are more familiar with.”

The play was chosen for this theatre season last December but will no doubt remind audiences of the recent shootings at the Sikh temple in Oak Creek and at the Azana Spa in Brookfield. Krajec said she wishes there wasn’t such a stunning parallel but believes the 90-minute play can help anyone who is grieving – whether over these shootings or a personal loss – find comfort and peace.

“Going through these dark valleys of grief is unfortunately part of the human existence,” Krajec said. “We all go through it one way or another, (but) you don’t have to be alone. If you are sucked into (the play) – and I hope people will be – it takes you on an emotional journey.”

What: Loosely inspired by the Pan Am 103 tragedy, “The Women of Lockerbie” depicts a grieving mother searching for her son’s remains seven years after the crash. The women of this Scottish town defy the government to return the recovered clothing to the victims’ families.

When: November 8-10, 14-17 at 7:30 pm.

November 11 and 18 at 2:30 pm Where: Marquette’s Helfaer Theatre Price: $10 with a student ID. $12 for two on “Date Night,” November 15

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MU author brings big ideas to Boswell Books talk

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Writing process, role of feminine on tap for Baldwin’s discussion

By Peter Setter

peter.setter@marquette.edu

Shauna Singh Baldwin, winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book and the Friends of American Writers Prize and a Marquette alumna, is holding an event at Boswell Books Friday at 7 p.m. to promote her latest novel, “The Selector of Souls.”

Born in Canada, Baldwin publishes her novels in her home country, and Boswell Books is one of the few bookstores in the United States that imports the novel for American readers. A second event

will be held at Elm Grove Library on Nov. 13.

The event will start with an interview with Baldwin, and the focus will then shift to her latest book and questions from the audience.

“I’ll do a reading from the book so that you get a sense of the different voices in the book,” Baldwin explained. “It’s very important to hear the different accents and hear the different funny ways of talking so that you can hear those voices as you read the book.”

Baldwin, who received her MBA from Marquette in 1983, strongly encourages all Marquette students to attend, as college is a time in life when young adults choose the path they want to travel in life. “The Selector of Souls” addresses this issue as a main theme.

“I think we all make moral choices at every moment in our life, and we are all looking for ways in which to think about alternatives and options,” Baldwin said. “It’s only when you think there is no hope, or there are no other ways of looking at things, that you believe that you have to follow exactly what path is laid out for you. This is a book that tells you about different paths that are possible if you just think about alternatives.”

“The Selector of Souls” is a story about two Indian women, Damini of India and Sister Anu. Damini commits a “terrible crime” in the beginning of the novel “and the rest of the novel brings you into her world to understand the crime and how she can balance her karma,” Baldwin said. The lives of these two women cross when Sister Anu opens a clinic in Damini’s village.

The novel deals with the idea that everyone has a masculine and feminine side.

“It’s about the discrimination against the feminine, the symptoms of aversion to the feminine and all the actions and attitudes that we associate with compassion, altruism, empathizing, nurturing and connection with the feminine,” Baldwin said. “In a rapidly masculinizing world, they are considered weakness, but each of us has a feminine side, whether male or female, and you just have to decide which side of yourself to encourage at every moment.”

The novel is set in the 1990s, a time when India is liberalizing, globalizing and, according to Baldwin, masculinizing.

“There are about 3.1 million girls missing in the time period

that I am writing about,” Baldwin said. “Sons and brothers became insufferably spoiled, nationalism ruled and the country went nuclear. Some people want to know why that’s a problem. War against our feminine nation begins when our sons and brothers and the masculine are preferred.

So you can call it a war on compassion and empathy and connection because without these, you just get pessimism, and the world becomes homogenous and you get refinery in thinking.”

Baldwin also pointed to various systems of thinking and how they interact as a main theme of the novel. She said it is about pointing out the absurdities and cultural ignorance that people hold against one another. Baldwin also discussed existing traditions and how they affect people.

In “The Selector of Souls,” the religious conflict is between Hindu fundamentalists and Christians. This novel fits in with other pieces she has written in that they all examine different religious conflicts, whether it be Sikhs and Muslims, Muslims and Christians, or Jews and Christians.

“I’m looking at different religious systems and seeing how they collide and how we can understand each other better,” Baldwin said.

Baldwin, who had Catholic schooling for 17 years – including Marquette – incorporated what she has learned from those years in the novel. Both praise and criticism of the Catholic Church can be found in the novel.

“My admiration for the Jesuits and for the nuns who I have been taught by over the years, and for the Catholics who have done so much for work on social justice,

definitely has entered into the novel,” Baldwin said. “You can feel it with the writing that the admiration is there, also with the understanding that that world view has also done damage at the same time out of ignorance.”

Baldwin’s writing process is unique and somewhat fragmented.

Using images from her mind and voices in her head, she is able to start constructing her story.

“Characters seem to come to me by talking to me in voices,” Baldwin explained. “That’s part of the creative act: bringing these images and voices down to the page and actually bringing something to life from it.”

Baldwin does some outlining, but she notes she never seems to follow it, using the analogy of student writing an academic paper who starts with one idea and ends up with a completely different one.

“I certainly did not start wanting to write about these two women,” Baldwin said. “I began wanting to write about two women, one in Canada, and one in India, but I ended up writing about two women in India.”

Baldwin acknowledges that outlining helps to an extent, but at a certain point, authors need to distance themselves from the outline and let their ideas flow.

“You have to back away from the text and ask what the text wants to be, and that’s just like bringing a child into the world,” Baldwin said. “At a certain point, you expect your parents to back off and ask what you want to be. So it’s the same kind of thing, where you need to take a look at it halfway through and ask, ‘What is this essay really about? What am I really trying to get to?’”

‘Wreck-It Ralph’ a smashing good time for all ages Disney’s latest not quite a high score but charms with nostalgia

By Erin Heffernan

erin.heffernan@marquette.edu

I am sure none of the children who go to “Wreck-It Ralph” know anything about oldschool arcades. The references to pixels, codes and the shots of time passing in the game room must have been lost on a generation who play “Wii Bowling” and “Guitar Hero” rather than Pac-Man and pinball.

But for parents who remember their time as video game geeks and bored preteens lurking in arcades, it is full of nostalgia.

The movie begins in “FixIt Felix Jr.,” a game where the squeakily clean construction worker Felix, voiced by “30 Rock’s” ever-earnest Jack McBrayer, uses his magic fixing hammer to repair damage from the charmingly oafish title character, voiced

by John C. Reilly.

The whole arcade, however, is thrown into a tizzy when Ralph grows tired of his outcast status. He decides to buck the arcade-land system to try to grasp for heroics rather than remain a bad guy, banished to his game’s garbage dump.

In his search for glory, Ralph meddles in other games, finding himself in a violent first person shooter and eventually ending up in a sweets-themed racing game reminiscent of Candy Land. There he meets a wise-cracking little “glitch” named Vanellope von Shweetz, voiced by Sarah Silverman.

The little girl acts like the result of Silverman’s usual sweet-voiced but filthy comedy act brought down to the level of potty humor. She makes several jokes about “duty” that may have little kids going ballistic with laughter, but adults won’t likely be as amused.

The movie is full of clever details playing on the video game theme. Some characters move with jerky pops, there are pixellated squares woven into the animation, and characters see views of the arcade through their sky.

I saw the 3-D version, and though I usually do not think it is worth the extra money, “Wreck-It Ralph” does use the technology more than most movies today, in which the 3-D seems more like an afterthought. The visuals really pop in the racing scenes, with the extra dimension making the whips around corners and incoming obstacles exciting.

The jumping between games brings a great visual diversity throughout the story, ensuring that at some point most

people will find at least one aesthetic to their liking. I never thought I would see a film where one minute you’re being chased by a mutant bug and the next, you are listening to a speech by King Candy.

Audiences get to see the plastic sheen of Ralph’s world, violent monsters, battles, modern-looking soldiers and a bright candy world filled with candy cane trees and pools of chocolate.

But while the film will inevitably be a good choice for families seeking something that can satisfy everyone, “Wreck-It Ralph” is not an instant classic. It is riddled with way too much of a muchness, getting bogged down with plot and too many side characters that add little (with one notable exception: a sardonic sour ball in the candy game whose droll voice is always funny).

With enough plot twists for a Shakespearean comedy of errors, “Wreck-It Ralph” forgets that the best kids movies are the ones that effectively carry a simple story. While Pixar manages to touch audiences with simplicity and character development in “Up” and “WallE,” “Wreck-It Ralph,” a nonPixar Disney movie, spends its time interweaving plots and setting up twists rather then creating a connection to its main characters.

Despite the setbacks, if the

goal is to find a film that will provide some amusement for everybody, “Wreck-It Ralph” is still a good choice. It also comes equipped with a standard heart-warming message and some solid laughs.

Fulfilling the ever-present need for a quality family film,

Disney’s latest project is sure to be a success in theaters, bringing a love of arcades to a new generation and ensuring that dark rooms that fostered the birth of video games are not completely forgotten.

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‘New Plays Festival:’ four plays, one unique night Carte Blanche’s latest show offers surprises for audience, writers

By Eva Sotomayor

eva.sotomayor@marquette.edu

Milwaukee has a lively theater scene many know nothing about. “New Plays Festival,” presented by Carte Blanche Studios, wants to change that. The unique production is set to showcase four brand new plays by local Milwaukee playwrights, all to be directed, produced and performed by members of the local theater company.

Carte Blanche Studios is a multi-purpose “creative space” that hosts cultural events, such as art shows, live music and, of course, theater productions.

The plays that are to be performed are “Turn Around” by Jackie Benka, “Happily Ever After, and Then Some” by Emily Craig, “Under the Bed” by David Kaye and “A Man of Few Words” by Greg Ryan. The festival will take place Nov. 8-10 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15.

There are many expectations for the festival, but one of the most exciting is that the playwrights as well as the playgoers will be seeing the completed plays for the first time.

“One of the coolest parts of this festival is that the writers are not allowed to direct their own pieces,” said Greg Ryan, the writer of the short play “A Man of a Few Words.”

“I know several other playwrights, and I’m excited to see their work. I did meet the director, and although he’s significantly younger than me, I believe he’s going to put on a very interesting show.”

The plays encompass a collection of different topics, including children’s imagination, coping with a close death in the family and modern visualizations of the Brothers Grimm’s fairy tales. For Ryan, writing the play came

as a therapeutic experience.

“My play is about a middle-aged man who is asked to write the eulogy for his newly deceased father,” Ryan said.

“A few years ago, my mother asked me to write the eulogy for my father when he passes away. I’ve been kind of dreading the moment when it happens, but I’ve found that writing a play has made me face the reality of it.”

“Under The Bed,” written

by David Kaye, deals with children’s imaginary creatures crossing into reality. The playwright’s inspiration came after attending the play “Stage Door” at the Sunset Theater.

“My friend Liz Mistele was in the show and using a voice she frequently slips into, which I would describe as overexcited and child-like,” Kaye said.

“I was working on a comedy, but I couldn’t get the voice out of my head and wrote the draft in 10 minutes.”

Kaye’s play “Under The Bed” combines reality and fiction while Emily Craig’s “Happily Ever After, and Then Some,” is a modern take on the Brothers Grimm’s original fairy tales, portraying how the characters would act and talk in the present day.

“I really liked the Brothers Grimm fairy tales, and I just thought to myself, ‘What if they were in modern times?’”

Craig said. “It’s always fun to write and see how people react to it.”

The Carte Blanche Festival will highlight some of the best that the “underground” Milwaukee theater scene has to offer. Craig is part of Milwaukee’s theater scene on many levels, writing plays but also acting.

“I think it’s great,” Craig said. “It’s so diverse and close-knit.

It’s a very positive community.”

Kaye said while many theater goers know of the Repertory and the Chamber, there are many smaller theater groups that aren’t as well known but still put together plays that deserve attention.

“I think Milwaukee’s theater scene is underrated and underutilized,” Kaye said. “There are so many theater companies taking risks and trying new things, you can see something you can barely wrap your head around every week.”

Carte Blanche’s “New Plays Festival” promises to be a memorable experience for both the audience and the writers. The element of surprise, as well as the combination of diverse topics, will give viewers a unique experience and a good introduction into a different side of the Milwaukee theater scene.

“My own experience is more with full length, and this will be my first time even attending a festival of one acts,” Kaye said. “I’m hoping for a very diverse night. I know we have four very distinct and different voices, so playgoers should see a wide range of entertainment.”

Photos via carteblanchestudios.com

Backstage at Carte Blanche What you can expect to see at the theater’s “New Play’s Festival.”

“A Man of Few Words” Greg Ryan A middle-aged man is asked to write the eulogy for his recently deceased father.

“Under the Bed” David Kaye Inspired by the play, “Stage Door,” Kaye’s show discusses the existence of children’s imaginary friends and their connection to imagination and reality.

“Happily Ever After, and Then Some” Emily Craig As a fan of the Brothers Grimm, Emily Craig was inspired by the ancient fables and brings them to life in her modern interpretations of the classic fairy tales.

“Turn Around” Jackie Benka

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‘Star Wars’ strikes back

Matt Mueller A long time ago …

In the galaxy we live in ...

There was a franchise called “Star Wars,” and we loved it. Well, we loved half of it.

George Lucas’ original intergalactic trilogy is one of the most beloved and widely known series of films in the history of cinema. Everyone can quote the original films, and the plot elements and twists (especially Luke Skywalker’s daddy issues) are cultural staples.

It’s not just because the original three films are wildly entertaining adventures that stand the test of time with characters that are charismatic, relatable and memorable. It’s because most moviegoers grew attached to them as children. For many of us, “Star Wars” was the first film we saw. Therefore, it’s not just a film; it’s a part of our lives and the way we view all pop culture. In a way, it raised us.

Then the prequels came out, making only the biggest “Star Wars” apologists happy. There was very little to like (Darth Maul, lightsaber battles) and a whole ton to hate (Hayden Christensen, tiring tax talk, pretty much all of Episode I).

But even though we hate much of what has happened to “Star Wars” – the prequels, the excessive commercialization – we still can’t help but love it. Even when the franchise messes up, we just accept it and hope the next film, video game, television series or toy can make good on our expectations.

Now, with Disney’s recent purchase of Lucasfilm and the franchise’s rights, things may have changed. Cynicism and doubt is running high.

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Expectations are surprisingly low. Audiences aren’t excited to see what new adventures could come from the “Star Wars” universe. Instead, they’re waiting to hate them.

But should we be so skeptical? “Star Wars” history may say yes, but Disney’s history says no.

Remember, Disney is the studio that helped make “The Avengers” one of the most satisfying blockbusters in recent history. They may be money-hungry, and they will certainly wring as many dollars out of the brand as possible. Then again, every studio would (and George Lucas already has), and at least they have a respect and understanding of their franchises’ fans (which Lucas didn’t).

So no, you shouldn’t fear the purchase by Disney. What you should fear is whom Disney will select to direct Episode VII. The right choice could make the movie a fanboy favorite. The wrong choice could be the final strike against the adored franchise.

When the news first broke, a plethora of names were immediately tossed in and out of the ring. The directors whom fans definitely do not want are easy to predict: epic summer schlockbuster master Michael Bay, slo-mo savant Zack Snyder and the creator – as well as the destroyer – of the series, George Lucas (he’s currently a creative consultant on Episode VII, but the reports seem to imply that he will not direct).

A lot of the favorites are easy to pick out, too, especially the main two: Christopher Nolan and Joss Whedon. They certainly sound like good ideas; Nolan transformed the comic book genre for the better with his Dark Knight trilogy, and Whedon helped “The Avengers” come through on years of hype and buildup.

They may sound good on paper, but I’m not convinced.

Do you really want these brilliant cinematic minds bogging themselves down with more franchises, which are

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guaranteed to be under intense scrutiny by fanboys and studio heads alike? It’s great that Nolan’s Batman films were so good, but his solo projects, like “Inception,” “Memento” and “The Prestige,” are just as good and even more imaginative. He couldn’t make revolutionary and mindbinding movies like those in the “Star Wars” universe.

Whedon is too creative as well, but he’s got another problem: He’s already got the Marvel universe to work on.

Working on both at the same time would probably result in a decline in quality and real cinematic inspiration.

My main problem with the Nolan/Whedon argument is the fact that it seems rather childish to give these two men any and all franchises. Why shut out the rest of the creative minds in Hollywood? It’d be like eating a delicious meal at a restaurant and then forcing that chef to take over every other restaurant in the state.

What made the chef unique and fresh will eventually become tired and stale.

I say bring in someone new and unexpected. I’ve heard names like Gore Verbinski and Matthew Vaughn tossed out, and they excite me. They’ve brought fun and energy to genre films before (Verbinski with “Pirates of the Caribbean,” Vaughn with “Kick-Ass” and “X-Men: First Class”), and I think they could do the same with “Star Wars.” Or maybe Disney will find someone completely unanticipated who could bring the same kind of youthful energy that the original films have.

After all, what’s the worst that could happen? Oh, that’s right; it already happened.

It was called “The Phantom Menace.” And “Attack of the Clones.” And “Revenge of the Sith.”

Matt’s movie reviews can be found at onmilwaukee.com.

Contact him at matthew.mueller@marquette.edu.

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Total Recall Varsity Theater 11/9-11/10 There’s a famous proverb that goes “if at first you do not succeed, try, try again.” But what if you totally succeeded the first time, and the results were exceptional and hold up phenominally more than 20 years later? Well, if you’re Hollywood, you try again anyway and make the original look even better in the process.

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The Salford Lads Club Turner Hall Ballroom 11/9 Members of some of Milwaukee’s most popular bands will perform tributes to their musical idols Saturday night. The Salford Lads Club will perform the songs of The Smiths (and the band’s lead singer Morrissey) – perfect for lovers of utterly British pop angst.

Members of Maritime will be playing the songs of REM, their college-rock idols, and Testa Rosa will perform the songs of the Pretenders. All proceeds of the event will go to benefit the Pablove Foundation and Twloha.

Wanda Sykes The Riverside Theatre 11/10 Wanda Sykes will bring her bold, distinctive stand-up comedy to Milwaukee. Best known for her memorable roles on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, “Bruce Almighty” and her comedy stand-up specials. Sykes has a sassy, opinionated outlook and a totally unique delivery sure to make for a fun night audiences.

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Election Day. The Super Bowl for journalists. #Election2012

A call for a conversation about the journalism curriculum We hope you enjoyed the national media’s election coverage Tuesday night.

Amid all the touch screens, virtual Senate chambers and New Year’s Eve-style pollclosing countdowns, it was easy to forget that millions of jobs, same-sex marriage and the rising national debt were on the line. And as we watched the election results holographically roll in, it became increasingly clear to us that something else was on the line, too: the quality of the coverage itself.

Last weekend, four members of the Tribune’s editorial board attended the annual National College Media Convention in Chicago, an event that brings together student media leaders from around the country for one weekend of info sessions and instructional seminars. We learned a lot.

In seminars such as “Narrative on Deadline” and “How to Cover Tragedy Accurately and Ethically,” we were taught practical skills that we’ve already started putting to use. And alongside sessions like “10 Tips for Supercharging Your Personal Brand,” “Dazzle your Digital Resume” and “Don’t Be a Twidiot: 5 Ways to Make Social Media Work for You,” we were pleasantly shocked to find hours of advice on actual reporting techniques, such as making public records requests under the Freedom of Information Act. What struck us most, however, was the sheer intellect of our peers. Other students, often from schools and journalism programs much smaller than ours, asked in-depth, articulate questions on topics we were only being introduced to. We were humbled by the efforts of our fellow journalists, but even more eye-opening was the realization of how comparatively little we know.

To be clear, our intention here is not merely to bemoan perceived gaps in a program in which relatively few students enroll. We recognize, rather, that journalism is changing and that those changes have implications for everyone.

Tuesday night’s election coverage was unfortunately just one symptom of the declining quality of reporting overall, regardless of the form in which that reporting is presented. It’s a trend that even national media figures are picking up on.

“We don’t have experienced reporters.

We get rid of them and get low-priced novices who have never traveled and have no understanding of what they’re writing,” New York City Mayor and Bloomberg

News owner Michael Bloomberg said in an interview published in this month’s edition of The Atlantic. “So I think we’ve dumbed down, and it’s not good for society.”

That dumbing-down is indicative of a fundamental change in focus among media industry leaders, argued Gene Weingarten in a Washington Post column last June.

“Now, the first goal seems to be self-promotion — the fame part, the ‘brand,’” Weingarten wrote. “That’s because we know that, in this frenetic fight for eyeballs at all costs, the attribute that is most rewarded is screeching ubiquity, not talent. ... It is why the media superstars of today are no longer people such as Bob Woodward, who break big stories, but people like Bill O’Reilly, who yell about them.”

Regardless of correlation or causation, we have noticed a similar change in focus in Marquette’s own journalism program.

The journalism curriculum was overhauled last year, and like all curriculum changes, it has not been met with unanimous approval.

Courses that once focused on the nuances of news writing and beat reporting now teach students how to write the most gripping cover letter and create the perfectly polished LinkedIn profile. We were once taught to prioritize context, fairness and critical thinking. Now, retweets, pageviews and self-promotion come before all else.

We do not presume to grade the curriculum’s effectiveness here; that must be done, in time, by administrators and faculty members. We do, however, recognize frustrations among students that cannot be ignored.

This editorial, then, is a call for the start of a conversation. To College of Communication Dean Lori Bergen, journalism department Chair Karen Slattery and the rest of the journalism faculty, we hope to discuss our journalism program and its effectiveness with you over the next several months. Any curriculum change, after all, must be evaluated in terms of the value of a degree, as it applies to not only to a job after graduation but a life-long career and passion.

In a 2009 ad entitled “Jesuit 2.0,” Marquette pointed out the problem of “too much content, too little context” and asserted that “a Jesuit education helps students challenge, analyze, discern.” That ideal, most of all, is our goal, and in the months to come, we hope you’ll join us in making it a reality.

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Discover what it means to be FOUND

Tony Manno Talking to Davy Rothbart was something like meeting Santa Claus. That is, if you’d like a stocking of awkward prom photos and stories about peeing in bottles instead of paying Xbox, like me.

Davy’s the creator of FOUND Magazine, a published collection of all kinds of lost items that people, well, find. From scraped up photos to shopping lists, death threats to “Big Booty” mix tapes, Davy collects all kinds of lost stuff in the mail and publishes it for the world to see. Never again will I pass a dropped note card without checking it out – could be one of those angry-park-job notes.

He and his brother, Peter, are celebrating a decade of FOUND with “My Heart is an Idiot: Found Magazine’s 10th Anniversary Tour” in a whopping 79 cities across the country. Tonight, they’ll be telling stories, playing some music and reading some favorite FOUND notes in Milwaukee at 8:00 p.m. at Boswell Book Company on 2559 N. Downer Ave. Tomorrow they’ll be in Madison for the same deal.

I talked to Davy on the phone as he was stopping by his parents’ house. Peter was walking the dog. He said the tour’s been going really well so far – he and his brother shared a bunk bed before, he said, so traveling in a van hasn’t been so bad.

“Getting up there and reading my favorite FOUND notes is a way to bring them to life,” Davy said. “It’s a way to express what that person may have been feeling.”

His new book, “My Heart Is an Idiot,” caricatures some of the quirky events of his life in a way that is witty, profound and sidesplitting. It’s alternative storytelling at its best. And as someone who’s looking for my niche in the write-o-sphere, I’ve gotten a good idea of how it can be done: two parts

honesty, one strange encounter, a pinch of “wha?” and a few parts hilarity.

I mean, that’s just how Davy’s stories come off. He’s a modern storyteller, able to spin the ordinary into the bold, the personal into the universal. It makes me feel not so crazy about the time I sat in General Mitchell Airport and wrote stuff down about everyone who walked by. That’s right – keep an eye out, kids.

“One nice thing that I’ve been discovering (at the events) – it’s been college kids, people in their 60s and 70s,” Davy said. “It’s the kind of stories that are very plainly spoken.

People have said it’s the kind of book they just pick up and get lost in – I consider that high praise.”

Davy seems like a cool dude. He’s the kind of guy you’d grab a beer with, only for you two to witness the world’s strangest bar fight.

In some alternate life, I’d love to be his pestering understudy.

Davy also pops up on NPR’s “This American Life” a few times a year, telling some of his stories in a way that fits right in with Ira Glass’s program. I listened to it every morning this summer – between that and Radiolab, these kinds of stories are impossible to get fed up with.

Peter will also be playing some songs at the event based on favorite FOUND notes, from the amusing to the solemn.

“There’s a lot of inspiration to be found in the notes, and I’ve written songs from the ones I’ve found most captivating,” Peter said.

“There’s a great range, just like there is in the notes themselves.”

I’ll be bringing along a couple of things I’ve … wait for it … FOUND over the years, and Davy as Peter kindly welcome in-person submissions.

And when it’s said and done for these two, they’ll find themselves with that road movie inspiration.

“Traveling around the country is a meaningful journey – to meet new people, to have new adventures, being in all these cities and seeing the scenery,” Davy said. “It’s a book about being on the road, so to celebrate it by being on the road kind of makes sense.”

The humor’s been lauded by lots, from Jon Stewart to the Los Angeles Times to Tony Manno of the Marquette Tribune. Check out the Rothbart brothers’ stuff if you get a chance, and for the love of love notes, head to tonight’s event at Boswell. anthony.manno@marquette.edu

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COLUMN

Confessions of a Marquette-Ohio State fan

Brooke Goodman Dear Marquette, I have a confession to make. I may or may not commit an act of treason on Friday, and I’d like to explain and apologize in advance.

First of all, I’d like to clarify that I LOVE Marquette University. I love everything about this school – the small campus in a big city, the incredible people, the wonderful opportunities and life-altering experiences that I’ve had while being here. I can’t put into words how grateful I am for the person this university has helped me become, and I’ll always be proud to say I went here.

Moving on from the sappy stuff, I can also

say that I not only love Marquette basketball but college basketball in general.

I have nothing against the NBA, but college basketball is just ... different. For one, there’s defense involved, but that’s beside the point. In college basketball, it’s not about the show, the celebrity status or the individual – it’s about the team, the school and the students being represented. It’s about pride.

Not only that, but it’s also about the atmosphere. College students across the nation bleed their school colors when it comes to sports, especially basketball. Cameron Crazies at Duke camp out for days before big games. The Domers have that energetic little leprechaun to get them pumped. (I dislike Notre Dame as much as the next person, but you can’t deny that the leprechaun is awesome.) And Kansas’ “Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk” has become one of the most famous chants in college sports.

At Marquette, we might not get to participate in college football antics, but college basketball more than makes up for that.

When it was first announced that we’d be opening the season on Nov. 9 against The Ohio State University in the Carrier Classic, I felt a short moment of elation followed by a whole lot of dread.

I may love Marquette and MUBB, but I

also love the Buckeyes.

They’re my team and they have been forever. Not only that, but I’ll hopefully be at Ohio State for graduate school next year.

I get chills when I step on that campus.

Whenever an Ohio State team is in a big game, I create a Buckeyes shrine (complete with a mouse pad that plays the fight song) and put it on the couch next to me as I watch.

I know the Buckeyes are disliked by everyone but those who live in Ohio (and even some who do live there), but I’m not ashamed.

And thus I have a dilemma. It’s that same issue that Marquette students face if they’re Badger fans as well. Or the problem people have in fantasy football when they need their favorite team to lose so they can win their fantasy matchup.

I’ve gone back and forth on what my approach to Friday’s game will be. At first, I planned to lock myself in a room with no access to social media, but that just seemed silly.

In a perfect world, I’d rewrite the NCAA rules to allow ties.

But after much contemplation, I feel at peace with the conclusion I’ve come to.

If Marquette wins, I’ll be happy. If Ohio State wins, I’ll be happy. In the end, the

READER SUBMISSION

Meet your professors outside the classroom You know that feeling when you suddenly realize your parents were right, and you’re not sure if you should admit it to them or not? You fear the dramatic head tilt with the eyebrow raise and those four dreaded words, “I told you so.” Being extremely stubborn and wanting to figure out life on my own, I have had quite a few of these moments.

But before setting off on my journey to college in the summer of 2009, I decided to embrace the fact that 95 percent of the time my parents were right in whatever advice they gave me. I learned to swallow my pride and really listen to what they had to say.

As the oldest in my immediate family and the oldest cousin on both sides, this whole “sending a kid off to college” was quite the voyage. The advice came in full force covering every topic, but the advice I held on to the most related to academics.

The advice came from my mother. She told me me, “Remember, the professors are there to help you, and make sure to utilize their office hours when you need help.”

In the beginning of my first semester after attending a few classes, I was thinking there was no way I would go and talk to the scary professor in a dark closet they called an office.

The truth is, I went back to my stubborn thoughts that my mom did not know what she was talking about. I was certain these professors wanted me to fail out of college. But after reevaluating my thoughts on what my major would be, my second semester was full of different intro classes and other

core classes to help me figure out what I wanted to do.

That was the semester I realized the beauty of office hours. At this point I was still lacking the confidence to ask questions in class, so I would write down my questions that arose in lecture and visit my professors during their office hours to clear up my confusion. I was truly helped by each professor I visited, and I was able to see a different personality from their lecture persona.

Throughout the following semesters, I gained relationships with professors that later helped me with recommendation letters because they actually knew me. I wasn’t just a face at a desk.

I even took my mom’s advice of meeting with my professors abroad when I studied abroad in South Africa. It was especially helpful in a foreign country because they helped me understand the culture on a more personal level.

Now, during my final year at Marquette, I pass through the halls of the academic buildings and different professors know me by name. They ask about my latest adventures, and more importantly, they actually care about my response. These professors helped me decide what I actually want to do in my future (which is fast approaching) and have helped me excel as a student.

So I am passing my mom’s advice to you: Go to your professor’s office hours. Almost all of them authentically want to help you, and the connections you make can help you far beyond your time at Marquette.

Shoshauna Schmidt, Senior, College of Arts & Sciences shoshauna.schmidt@marquette.edu

THANKS FOR READING THIS. WE LIKE YOU.

opportunities involved in this game are more important than the outcome.

Yes, it will be an athletic test and the first real look at the teams for the season, but this game goes further than that. Both of these teams get the incredible privilege of kicking off the college basketball season on an aircraft carrier. More importantly, they get the opportunity to pay tribute to those who defend our country each and every day.

Because of that, and regardless of whether I’m an Ohio State fan or not, I apologize for the fact that I won’t be cheering for one team this Friday, but both teams. I plan to throw up the good old O-H-I-O when the Buckeyes score, and chant some “We Are Marquette” when it goes the other way.

The only way I’ll be upset is if ANYONE disses my boy, Aaron Craft, on Twitter.

Regardless of what happens this Friday, I’ll always be a Marquette fan, and I’ll always be a Buckeyes fan. It’s going to be a great game and an incredible opportunity for both teams.

So Marquette, I apologize for the fact that I can’t say I’m 100 percent behind the Golden Eagles this weekend, but that’s only because I’m cheering not for one team but for college basketball in general and everything that comes along with it. brooke.goodman@marquette.edu

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After the election, let real life continue

By Caroline Campbell

caroline.campbell@marquette.edu

filling up my inbox…). I’m still trying to adjust. It feels like a bad break up – almost hard to believe it’s over.

Like breaking up, we’re going to have to find things to keep our minds off the abrupt end of the election, so I’ve come up with a few suggestions.

When I woke up this morning, I discovered something very strange. Just in case you missed it, the 2012 presidential election ended. Which is weird, right? It felt very weird to me. No more ads, no more campaign emails (Barack can finally stop

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Carrier Classic an honor, unique challenge Game will raise funds for Wounded Warrior Project

By Trey Killian

robert.killian@marquette.edu

The Marquette men’s basketball team kicks off its season Friday in one of the most challenging environments a team can face against one of the most challenging teams in the country.

What better way to honor those who have undergone far more severe challenges for the U.S. The Golden Eagles will take on No. 4 Ohio State in the Carrier Classic aboard the USS Yorktown in Mt. Pleasant SC. Marquette will play before a crowd of active-duty military members, veterans and members of the Wounded Warrior Project.

“The honor of doing something like this is way beyond words,” junior forward Jamil Wilson said. “All the people who fought and served and the veterans at home sacrifice their lives for us to play a ballgame.

To provide entertainment for them, or to be an escape for a couple of hours to get some excitement out of their lives while they don’t have to worry about ducking and dodging bullets, is pretty cool.”

Ohio State presents plenty of challenges for Marquette on its own. The Buckeyes are coming off a Final Four appearance under 13-year head coach

Thad Matta, and under his leadership, the team is 12-0 in season openers.

But playing outside on an aircraft carrier will present a unique challenge for both squads, which coach Buzz Williams believes will level the playing field a bit.

While Williams said he had attempted to set up outdoor practices in preparation for the event, the only surface available was concrete, and Williams decided to err on the side of caution with respect to the health of some of his player’s knees.

“They have to play in that same environment,” Williams said. “I think we’ll be adjusted to the floor and it being outside and all the fanfare that goes with that. But we play the game Friday night, and we’ll be playing under those pop-up lights, and that’s different.”

Wilson said Marquette will do its best to settle down and not let the environment get it out of its element by sticking to the basics.

“It’s basically just like a real game in the Big East,” Wilson said. “The environment is crazy, people are screaming.

Now you’ve got water crashing against something and maybe a few birds. You’re not used to looking at an ocean behind you, but how quickly we adapt to that environment will dictate how the game will go.”

The Buckeyes lost top scorer Jared Sullinger and guard William Buford last season but return junior guard Aaron Craft, who will create a big matchup for senior guard Junior Cadougan and sophomore guard

Derrick Wilson.

“He may be the peskiest defender in the country,” Williams said. “He is tough as nails, he plays to his ability and overachieves within that ability nearly every single possession. I think Junior and Derrick will be able to compete against somebody that they know is going to give his absolute best every possession.”

Junior forward Deshaun Thomas is a preseason first team All-American and was second in scoring for the Buckeyes last season. Thomas will likely bring out the best in Jamil Wilson and junior forward Davante Gardner.

The game will have special importance for Derrick Wilson, as both of his parents served in the Army, his father for 20 years and his mother for two.

“They (the military) do a lot for our country, and I don’t think people realize just how much they do during their service,” Wilson said. “I just think it’s an honor to play for that. My dad is so excited because a lot of people don’t get to experience this.”

Marquette isn’t very familiar with such stiff competition to start the season, and Williams said the decision to participate in the event had more to do with the rarity of the opportunity itself.

“I don’t know if you can turn down an opportunity to play in this kind of event,” Williams said. “Much respect to ‘The’ Ohio State. The first word in their institution’s name is an article, and I prefer to play institutions that have a direction, like ‘Northeast’ or ‘Southwest,’ early

MEN’S SOCCER

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Ohio State will bring on a tough challenge with juniors Aaron Craft and Deshaun Thomas and will be all the Golden Eagles can handle early on.

on, but we’ll be all right.”

The team will take part in a tour of the carrier earlier Friday as part of an experience Williams believes his players will cherish forever.

“We need to learn something other than that they just put a court down where airplanes

normally are,” he said. “I don’t know if they’ve wrapped their brains around it all and I don’t know that I have either, but I think a lot of good things are going to come out of it.”

COLUMN

Venue changes, but not goal Politics suck; let’s Sandy aftermath get back to sports relocates Big East semis to PPL Park

By Matt Trebby

matthew.trebby@marquette.edu

Because of the effects of Superstorm Sandy on the East Coast, the semifinals and championship of the Big East Tournament have been moved from the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey to Philadelphia’s PPL Park, home of the MLS’ Philadelphia Union.

While it was a goal for Marquette to get to the Red Bull Arena and win the tournament, the switch is not an unwelcome one. PPL Park is one of the newer arenas in the MLS and is located right along the Delaware River in Chester, Pa. “It’s another MLS stadium,” freshman defender Adam Hermsen said. “It’s incredibly nice, and the opportunity to play there is what we all really wanted. It’s not like we’re that disappointed we don’t get to play in Red Bull.

We still get an amazing opportunity.”

Senior winger Anthony Selvaggi agreed, saying he would play anywhere in the

Big East semifinals.

“No matter if it’s Red Bull, Philadelphia Union’s stadium or even our home field, as long as we’re getting to play this far into the postseason for the Big East, it’s definitely exciting,” Selvaggi said.

The No. 10 Golden Eagles will take on No. 4 Georgetown Friday, whom they have already played this season. Back in October, the Hoyas handed Marquette its first loss of the season in Washington, D.C. Georgetown scored from two set pieces in a game in which Marquette players didn’t feel they played anywhere near their best. There still were chances toward the end to equalize, however, and the Golden Eagles kept the match close until the final whistle.

“Playing them already this year, we kind of know what they’re going to bring, how they play, and how we’re going to have to play to do well against them,” Hermsen said. “We struggled the first time around, but I think it’s going to help us the second time we play them.”

All four of the teams in the semifinals – Connecticut takes on Notre Dame in the other semifinal – are from the conference’s Blue Division and have been ranked in the top 10 for the

majority of the season.

“It’s crazy the fact we went into the last two games of the year as the top seed of the division, and one little slip-up can move us down to fourth,” Selvaggi said. “I guess it just shows the strength of the division.”

The Golden Eagles have already tied a program record with 16 wins in a season and have moved the program significantly forward. As with its Blue Division title from last fall, the trip to the semifinals of the Big East Tournament this year is another accomplishment the program has never achieved.

Coach Louis Bennett said his team does a good job of maintaining its focus solely on its next game, but he admitted he has thought about what a fantastic season his team has already had.

“As the season is going on I force myself not to reflect,” Bennett said. “In my moments of weakness when I do reflect, I’m really proud of what these lads have done. I really am proud of how they’ve pieced together this season. I’m proud of the game-to-game consistency and the fact that we can put that kind of season together is immensely rewarding.”

Matt Trebby Politics bring out the worst in everyone.

People become stubborn and start to sound like they’re part of some cult.

Watching election coverage on Tuesday night, there were some people I follow on Twitter whom I consider friends but who turned into completely different people.

Some were talking about leaving the country after President Obama’s reelection, and some were ecstatic with his victory, stating the country is still moving “forward.”

This isn’t about whom I voted for, or whom I wanted to win.

This is about us returning to some sense of normalcy and to not being afraid of saying anything related to politics in fear of greatly angering someone.

Our country needs to be brought back together. America needs to go back to its happy and united self.

There is only one thing that can do that: sports.

What else is there? Few subjects in our country are commonly followed by a large number of people, and sports is definitely one of those.

After disagreeing with each other so much during the election, let’s go back to remembering the things that on which we all can agree.

The Atlanta Falcons aren’t that good. There’s no way Matt Ryan can be the Most Valuable Player of the NFL. The guy the Packers embarrassed at the Georgia Dome in the 2010 playoffs will never be an MVP. The only difference is one coordinator. Let’s see them play a good team on the road, and see how “Matty Ice,” or “Matty Meltdown” as I call him, fares.

LeBron James and the Miami Heat are the best team in the NBA, and whether we like James and company or not, we will always watch them whenever they’re on ESPN or TNT. The Heat are the most entertaining team to watch in the NBA, and are also the team to beat.

Whether you’re a Packers fan or not, you have to admit Aaron Rodgers is the best quarterback in See Moving on, page 17

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MU to host NCAA again

Moving on: Everyone can agree on several points Redbirds pose big the NFL. The Super Bowl MVP is having a below-average year in his opinion but is still on pace to match his touchdown totals from last season, during which he had what quite possibly is the best season any quarterback has ever had. Like him or hate him, we all can agree that Rodgers is the best at what he does.

We’re all excited for Marquette basketball to get started. The atmosphere at the BMO Harris Bradley Center is electric when the Golden Eagles are playing. Whether it is to cheer Marquette on again and be part of “the best student section in the country” or to enjoy the wonderful spread of food the Bradley Center provides media members, it’s going to be fun to get back down to the BC. Lionel Messi is the best soccer player in the world. This one is pretty straightforward.

We’ll move on.

And last, but not by any means least, Skip Bayless is a moron.

While the election tore some of us apart, we will quickly be able to unite again as a country. The topics I mention above, at least in my mind, are all things we can agree on, subjects we all can get behind and support.

Sports are so simple that they bring people together. They are the perfect distraction in times of need, whether that is after or during an election, or after something like Superstorm Sandy.

Most of you at least like sports, especially if you’re reading this. No matter whom you may cheer for or support, they can bring happiness, joy and laughter out in all of us. At least if our team loses, we can be sad together.

I just want things to go back to normal, and hopefully it stays calm and fairly peaceful for at least four more years. matthew.trebby@marquette.edu

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ere h W A re Th ey No Most current Marquette students might recognize Terry Sanders, but it might be for other reasons than the part he played on the 2003 Final Four team.

During his senior season, the 6-foot-8 power forward came off the bench and played 15.5 minutes per game for head coach Tom Crean’s Golden Eagles. He was a bruiser down low who only started one game in three years for Marquette but was a defensive presence when he got minutes.

After graduating from Marquette in 2004 with his degree in communication, Sanders taught in the

THE FACTS: Madigan scored arguably the most important goal in Marquette women’s soccer history, a game winner that gave the Golden Eagles the Big East tournament championship. Marquette won the tournament for the first time thanks to Madigan’s clutch strike, defeating No. 13 Georgetown 1-0.

Milwaukee Public School system from 2005 to 2010 and also opened his own smoothie chain, Smooth Drinxx. The business operated from 2006 to 2010, while Sanders taught, and actually had a spot in the Bradley Center during Marquette home games during those years, right outside of section 217.

The Milwaukee Vincent graduate is now an account executive at Clear Channel Outdoor. Fans can stay in touch with Sanders on Twitter, who still follows Marquette, where he is very interactive with his followers at @theSandman40. matthew.trebby@marquette.edu

threat with highscoring offense

By Michael LoCicero

michael.locicero@marquette.edu

Hosting an NCAA Tournament game is an accomplishment in itself. A lot of soccer programs will never even have that opportunity. Hosting an NCAA Tournament game for the third straight season is even more special.

That’s what will happen when No. 4-seeded Marquette hosts Illinois State, the champion of the Missouri Valley Conference, Friday night at Valley Fields.

“It’s definitely a special thing hosting again, and it’s something we can’t take for granted,” junior midfielder Kate Reigle said. “Having the home field, playing under the lights with our home crowd is always special.”

The Redbirds boast the MVC’s offensive player of the year, sophomore forward Rachel Tejada, who scored 18 goals and chipped in 10 assists, both conference highs.

Her 46 points are 27 more than teammate Kyla Cross, whose 19 points makes her No. 2 in the conference.

Cross has also scored eight goals and chipped in three assists.

Marquette has shut down good goal scorers in the past, most recently Georgetown’s Daphne Corboz, who entered the Big East title game with a conference-high 17 goals.

Coach Markus Roeders said goal scorers like Corboz and Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Sarah Hagen, who graduated last year after scoring 93 goals in her career, present different challenges.

“Tejada is a very good goal scorer who likes to mix it up a little and get in there and fight for the ball,” Roeders said.

“We’ll have to be sure of our man marking and keep an eye on her at all times.

“It really depends on the player because you can have someone like Daphne (Corboz), who plays a little more finesse style and then Sarah (Hagen), who would kind of linger and then

all of a sudden she was ripping some ridiculous shot past us that kind of makes you go ‘whoa.’”

Illinois State has not been shut out in a game this season and is outscoring its opponents 45-23 and averaging 2.37 goals per game. Comparatively speaking, Marquette has a 53-12 advantage in goals and averages 2.65 goals per game.

Roeders said he expects some goals to be scored but is confident in his offense’s ability.

“At this point, we know that pretty much anyone we play, we should be able to get at least a goal or two,” Roeders said.

“They’re a talented offensive team, so we’ll have to be ready.”

The Golden Eagles played Illinois State during the spring exhibition season in Chicago.

The match was played about 20 minutes after Marquette played Loyola-Chicago, and junior defender Emily Jacobson said the result was predictable.

“With it being a spring game, it’s different from a fall game,

but any time we can play a team it’s going to help,” Jacobson said. “They have people who can attack you and score goals.”

She compared the Redbirds to Toledo, Marquette’s first round opponent in the NCAA Tournament last year.

“They’re a hard working team, and we can’t afford to take them lightly,” Jacobson said. “We can’t look past them or over them, and we just worry about winning this game.”

If Marquette does beat Illinois State, it would have a chance to take on former Big East rival West Virginia in the second round, should the Mountaineers take care of Princeton Saturday.

Jacobson said there was motivation to play West Virginia, but the team needs to focus on just playing another game.

“We just want to win,” she said. “We have to win to keep our season going, so it’s not just playing West Virginia.

It’s more than that.”

Photo courtesy of Marquette Images

Junior midfielder Emily Jacobson said the team won’t take the Redbirds lightly despite their mid major status.

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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Sports

Tribune 19

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Bulldogs first major test for building team Marquette opens home season with slim advantage

By Kyle Doubrava

kyle.doubrava@marquette.edu

After two relatively simple exhibition victories, the Golden Eagles are prepared to take their play a step further.

The women’s basketball team

opens its season Saturday night against Butler at the Al McGuire Center. Marquette had no trouble trouncing Winona State and Wisconsin-Parkside this past weekend, handily defeating the two foes by a combined 55 points.

“Our season is starting,” junior center Katherine Plouffe said. “It’s a day we’re looking forward to, and this week we’re working on being consistent, our effort, toughness and matching our emotions in practice so we can be

prepared for our game.”

The Golden Eagles will face a Butler squad that struggled somewhat last season. The Bulldogs put together a 1317 campaign in 2011-12, were 3-11 on the road and managed to shoot just 37 percent from the field in road games. Coach Terri Mitchell won’t be letting up on the accelerator, although on paper it appears that Marquette maintains an advantage.

“We’re trying to run a whole lot more,” Mitchell said. “We’re basically telling our players

that you go until exhaustion, and then somebody else will get you. Don’t save it. There’s nothing to save on the court.”

Mitchell said she also hopes her team can improve its shot selection. The Golden Eagles dominated the paint between the two exhibition games, scoring 98 points down low while allowing just 28, but they could only shoot 5-for-25 from long range.

“I don’t, obviously, like our three-point percentage,” she said. “We have to be more

Photo by Vale Cardenas/valeria.cardenas@marquette.edu

Junior forward Katherine Plouffe said the team is looking forward to taking on some tougher competition and working on consistency and effort.

Look, I understand that sports are important, but there are more important things in life.

We just finished up figuring out who was going to lead our country for another four years.

That eclipses pretty much anything else that will happen in sports this year.

But apparently that’s not the case for Nathan Burris.

Burris, who was accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend and another man at the RichmondSan Rafael Bridge toll plaza, just north of the Bay Area in August 2009, reportedly “snapped his fingers as he asked a jury

to find him guilty quickly so he could be back in jail in time for Monday Night Football this past week.”

Apparently Burris was more concerned about seeing Michael Vick and Drew Brees play for three hours than trying to defend himself – yes, he represented himself – and his freedom for the rest of his life.

“I did it. So what?” Burris said. “No remorse, no regrets, no mercy … You want me to draw it out in crayon?”

Somebody needs to get their priorities in line. michael.locicero@marquette.edu

selective. I prefer going to the hoop, and the three becomes secondary.”

Sophomore guard Arlesia Morse, who scored 14 points in the UW-Parkside win, saw plenty to praise about the offense this weekend but wanted to keep that momentum going once the season commences. “(We need to) be more efficient with our plays, learn to be able to read when somebody plans on slipping for backdoor cuts,” Morse said. “Working on things as individual players and as a team, communicating more when we start pressing teams (and) where we should rotate.

At the end of a game, when our opponent is tired, we already know the things we have to do to be efficient.”

Plouffe turned her attention in practice this week to the defensive end of the game. Marquette knows that not all teams will have the same struggles Winona State and Parkside had shooting the ball, so the players are all taking a closer look at what defensive steps need to be taken in preparation for teams closer to their skill level.

“Rebounding and transition is our identity as a team,” Plouffe said. “We just need to keep doing that in practice and getting consistent so that once our real season comes, it’ll be easy for us in the game.”

Butler is transitioning from the Horizon League to the Atlantic 10, a conference that can help make the Bulldogs more competitive and bolster their tournament hopes by allowing them to play tougher teams. The Bulldogs lost two of their top three scorers from last year to graduation, but the team spread its scoring enough to make any player a potential threat.

An interesting scheduling note: this will be the only home game in November for the Golden Eagles. After the Butler tilt, the team will play at Georgia Tech, against Marshall and Texas A&M at the Texas A&M Classic, and at South Dakota State before returning to the Al on Dec. 1 against Fordham.

Sports

20 Tribune

Thursday, November 8, 2012

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Big weekend will decide Big East champs Wins over Fighting Irish, Cards would crown Marquette

By Patrick Leary

patrick.leary@marquette.edu

With two matches left in the 15-game Big East season, Marquette, Louisville and Notre Dame sit atop the standings, each with 12-1 records. Naturally, Marquette closes out the

season Friday at Louisville and Sunday at home against the Fighting Irish.

“It’s a big challenge,” coach Bond Shymansky said. “We know what’s at stake. The regular season title is at stake this weekend. We may not have to win both matches to get it, but if we win both matches, we get it. That’s what we’re preparing to do.”

The deadlock for first place came as a result of three matches in which each team split with the other two teams, with the

visiting team winning each time.

First, Notre Dame knocked off Louisville in five sets on Sept.

23. Marquette then defeated Notre Dame in five sets on Sept.

29 in South Bend. To add to the confusion, Louisville handed Marquette its first Big East loss at the Al McGuire Center in four sets on Oct. 21.

Senior right side hitter Holly Mertens said the way the season has unfolded created a dream scenario for Marquette this weekend.

“It would mean so much for us

(to win),” Mertens said. “That’s what we’ve been working towards this whole season – a Big East title. That this next weekend is going to decide that, it’s huge.”

Shymansky said he’s been anticipating this final weekend for some time.

“It’s going to be fun,” Shymansky said. “This is the part of the season that we look forward to. It’s the part of the season that felt like it never was going to get here. We’re very fortunate that we got here at 23-4 and 12-1 in

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

The women’s volleyball team travels to Louisville Friday and hosts Notre Dame Sunday in two games between teams tied for first place in the conference.

Big East play.”

And as junior setter Elizabeth Koberstein said, the team is excited to have another crack at both Louisville and Notre Dame.

“They’re teams we want to beat,” Koberstein said. “We want to beat them bad. We want to beat everyone, but it doesn’t take much for us to be fired up about those matches.”

As far as how exactly Marquette will go about beating its conference rivals, Shymansky offered a key for each match.

“The simplest key for Louisville is (senior outside hitter) Lola (Arslanbekova),” he said. “She’s an outside hitter who’s just really dominant … we’re going to have to do better against Lola. She tore us up last time. She tears everybody up when she plays.”

While Louisville’s primary offense works through Arslanbekova, Shymansky said preparation for Notre Dame could be more difficult since the Irish don’t have one dominant hitter.

“Notre Dame, as a team, is one of the best, most evenly distributed, balanced teams that we have in our league right now,” he said. “They’re ball control, they’re attacking, they have a lot of weapons, they have great back row play. I really like what Notre Dame is doing as a team right now. In some ways, that could end up being a tougher match than Louisville.”

Koberstein said Marquette’s work ethic got it into this spot and will help it come out triumphant.

“This is what we’ve built all year,” she said, “to be in this position of having it in our hands that we can be regular season conference champions. We’ve worked our butts off to get to this position.”

Marquette is in for a challenge this weekend, but if it meets it head on, the Al McGuire Center could have another banner in the rafters.

“We know that we’ve got our work cut out for us, but we put ourselves in this position, and we’ve worked hard to do it,” Shymansky said. “Now we’ve just got to go for the gusto and bring home a title.”

CROSS COUNTRY

Freshman’s positivity pays off in recovery Greenwood fights, overcomes achilles tendon troubles

By Christopher Chavez

christopher.chavez@marquette.edu

Just days before the Big East Cross-Country Championship, Marquette cross-country freshman Kellie Greenwood was walking around with a boot on her foot due to achilles tendonitis. She posted the second fastest time for the Golden Eagles that day. Her secret was embracing the pain.

“I was going through the race in my head, and I kept telling myself, ‘This is going to be great. It’s going to hurt so bad,

it’s going to be almost funny.

We’re all going to be dying going up this hill.’” Greenwood said. “As soon as you get to the top, you’re just coming all the way down.”

Greenwood made the race a game, and she got that strategy from coach Mike Nelson. Before the race, he tells his runners the way things are going to be without sugarcoating the course.

“I’ll tell them which part of the race is going to suck, and which part of the race is going to hurt real bad,” Nelson said.

“It’s going to hurt bad for everyone. So just know it, embrace it, and go with it.”

Greenwood appreciates that honesty and uses it to push through the mental and physical pain of a race. This is something

she learned to do in her high school career.

Her coach at Two Rivers High School, Amy Gallagher (previously Amy Erickson), ran at Marquette in the 90s. She was one of the first to bring Greenwood to Nelson’s attention after Greenwood was named the Raiders’ most valuable performer three of her years at Two Rivers.

During her freshman year of high school, Greenwood started off running the 400- and 800-meter races. As time went on, she worked her way up in distance to the two-mile and competed at the state championship only having run the race a handful of times.

She admits she did not imagine herself running Division I in college. Now, Marquette could

have a steeplechase runner in Greenwood for the outdoor season. She has the speed and endurance but also brings a skill set from nine years of gymnastics to the race.

“My freshman and sophomore year, I looked at colleges where I could possibly do gymnastics,” Greenwood said. “I battled through some injuries and progressed as a runner more as a result.”

Her gymnastics injuries healed, and she was in top shape coming into Marquette in August. Greenwood was the team’s second best runner at the Alumni Run to start off the season and picked things back up at the conference championship.

She hopes to run just as well in Friday’s regional championship.

Greenwood’s roommate and

teammate Sarah Poirier has seen her develop on and off the field.

She has a good sense of humor even when she gets in the zone on race day. “(Greenwood) is known as the peppy, hyper one,” Poirier said.

“She’s pretty superstitious before a race. She always has to eat the same thing and warm up the same way. She gets in her little moods before the race, but she’s always great.”

Nelson says Greenwood never put herself down or moped about the injury. She kept herself set on getting back to contributing for the team and did everything assigned to being healthy again.

“One of my goals is to maintain a positive attitude,” Greenwood said. “I’ll take the struggles as they come and continue to get better.”