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Benedict resigns, cites health Pope says old age makes him unable to fulfill duties to Church

By Seamus Doyle Spectial to the Tribune

ROME – After eight years as the head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI announced yesterday that he would resign his position on Feb. 28, becoming the first pope to do so since Gregory XII in 1415.

Benedict announced his resignation in front of a gathering of cardinals Monday.

“After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry,” Benedict said.

“For this reason, and wellaware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter, entrusted to me by the Cardinals on 19 April 2005, in such a way, that as from 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of Saint Peter, will be vacant and a Conclave to elect the new Supreme Pontiff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is.”

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Pope Benedict XVI, right, and Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Dean of the College of Cardinals, hug each other after the pope announced his resignation.

Team suspended over hazing Jury selected for Williams inquest OSD to investigate Ski and Snowboard Club over trip to Ill. resort

By Pat Simonaitis

patrick.simonaitis@marquette.edu

The Marquette ski and snowboard club team has been temporarily suspended after accusations of hazing, providing alcohol to minors and disorderly conduct arose surrounding a trip the team took the weekend of Feb. 2 to Chestnut Mountain Resort in Galena, Ill. In a Feb. 11 email obtained by the Tribune and sent from the executive board of the club to its members, club officials wrote that the Office of Stu-

dent Development received a specific complaint stating that one or more club members felt “they were the victim of hazing concurrent of minors being in the presence of alcohol.”

According to the 2012-13 Marquette Student Handbook, hazing involves situations which “do or could result in mental, emotional, or physical discomfort, embarrassment, ridicule or endangerment, whether intentionally, for fun or by consent.”

The accusations come as a result of a club member’s report of the activities to the Office of Student Development, according to a statement released by the club Monday.

Jon Dooley, senior associate dean of the Office of Student Development, said in an

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email Monday that his office and the Department of Recreational Sports “are currently conducting an organization review of the Club Ski and Snowboard organization after receiving a recent report that student organization policies may have been broken.”

Dooley said details of specific incidents and violations are not made public because of the confidentiality of student conduct reports. But, he said, it is “not unusual” for student organizations to be temporarily suspended while such reviews take place.

“We take any allegation of misconduct seriously and expect our students and student organizations to uphold See Hazing, page 7

Court to determine if criminal charges are filed against officers

By Nick Biggi

nicholas.biggi@marquette.edu

Proceedings for the inquest trial regarding the July 2011 death of Derek Williams began Monday with the selection of nine jurors — seven women and two men.

The court called and questioned a jury pool of 32 people.

Williams, 22, was taken as a robbery suspect by Milwaukee police officers into a squad car.

Initially, the medical examiner

ruled the death as natural causes.

However, a video obtained by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel found that Williams had been struggling for life, begging for help from the officers and gasping for air in the back seat for close to eight minutes.

In the days Derek Williams following the release of the video, the examiner changed the cause of death from natural to homicide. Milwaukee See Williams, page 7

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The men’s soccer program is reloading with top recruits.

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

News in Brief Former debate coach dies Former faculty member in the College of Communication and debate coach Joseph Laine passed away Jan. 3. Laine, 88, worked for the university from 1955 to 1963.

After Marquette, Laine worked in the University of WisconsinOshkosh’s communication department. He served as a professor and department chair for 26 years before retiring in 1989. During his tenure as speech department chair, degrees and course offerings grew along with services provided by the department’s hearing clinic. Laine also served as a president of the Wisconsin Speech Communication Association.

Before coming to Marquette, he earned his master’s degree from the University of South Dakota and his PhD from Northwestern.

DWI penalty increases proposed

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Penalties for drunken drivers in Wisconsin could increase under legislation proposed by Republican lawmakers Monday, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

While Wisconsin has one of the highest rates of drunk driving and binge drinking in the nation, its laws are among the weakest.

Assemblyman Jim Ott of Mequon proposed a series of six draft bills to the legislature.

“After much consideration of weakness in our current OWI laws and continued prevalence of repeat drinking and driving in Wisconsin, today I introduced the (bills),” Ott said in a statement, according to the Journal Sentinel.

The new bills would require a court appearance for first-offense drunken driving charges, raise fines for first violations from $300 to $1,100 and second-offense fines from $500 to $1,500, and if the drunken driver kills a person, he or she would be sentenced to at least 10 years in prison.

Irvine, Calif., Mayor Steven Choi, center, talks about the $1 million reward for accused killer and fired Los Angeles police officer Christopher Dorner during a news conference at the Los Angeles Police Department Sunday.

Roggensack leads in money race

The Los Angeles Police Department is offering a $1 million reward for information leading to the capture of accused “copkiller” Christopher Dorner, the L.A. Times reported Sunday.

Dorner is accused of killing

As the Wisconsin Supreme Court race gets under way, Justice Pat Roggensack reported

having more than three times as much money as her next closest challenger, Greater Milwaukee Today reported Monday.

Also among Roggensack’s competitors is Ed Fallone, a Marquette law professor.

Roggensack’s monetary advantage has allowed her to start airing television commercials before any of her opponents.

As of Feb. 4, Roggensack reported that she had $219,000 on hand and had raised more than $201,000 over the last reporting period. Fallone reported nearly $64,000 on hand and raised $75,000 over the reporting period.

WE works to fix underground cable Repairs began Monday to fix a 15-foot hole around a manhole cover caused by an explosion Sunday night near the intersection of Jefferson and Mason streets. No injuries were reported.

A spokeswoman for WE Energies told the Milwaukee Journal

DPS Reports Feb. 8 At 11:09 a.m. a student reported that an unidentified subject removed her unsecured, unattended property from a business in the 1600 block of W. Wisconsin Ave. and attempted to leave with it. The subject returned the property when confronted by the student and fled the scene.

Feb. 9 At 2:02 a.m. DPS observed four students vandalize a parked, unattended vehicle belonging to a person not affiliated with Marquette in the 600 block of N. 20th St., causing an estimated

$1,200 in damage. The students fled the scene but were located and detained by DPS. MPD was contacted.

At 2:08 a.m. a student-employee reported that unknown person(s) vandalized university property in McCormick Hall, causing an estimated $100 in damage.

Facilities Services was contacted.

Feb. 10 At 1:09 a.m. some students hosted a party in Campus Town East where alcohol was served to underage students.

DPS shut down the party.

Sentinel Monday that part of Mason Street between Jefferson and Milwaukee is blocked off for repairs. She said the explosion was caused by a fault in an underground cable.

Firefighters were dispatched to the manhole Sunday evening because smoke was seeping from the cover, according to the Journal Sentinel. The firefighters found smoke and flames inside the manhole at the intersection of Mason and Milwaukee streets. While firefighters began to clear the scene, the other manhole blew up.

About 550 customers lost power Sunday night, and power was restored late Monday morning.

$1 million offered for wanted ex-cop

three people, including a Riverside police officer, sparking the largest manhunt in Southern California history. Police found Dorner’s burned truck 80 miles east of Los Angeles in the ski resort town Big Bear but have since said the fugitive “could be anywhere at this point.”

Dorner is a former Navy reservist who was fired from the LAPD in 2008 for making false statements after he accused a fellow officer of kicking a mentally ill suspect on the ground.

In an online manifesto posted on Facebook, Dorner said his firing was a case of wrongful termination and denounced what he perceived to be a culture of corruption and racism in LAPD. Dorner cited these grievances as among his reasons for targeting LAPD officers and their families in his recent shootings.

Among Dorner’s victims are 28-year old Monica Quan and her fiancee. Quan is the daughter of former LAPD captain Randall Quan, who represented Dorner during his disciplinary review and whom he blames for his firing.

Events Calendar FEBRUARY 2013

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Wednesday 13 Habitat for Humanity Bake Sale, Straz Hall, 10 a.m.

Bayanihan Student Association Bake Sale, Lalumiere Hall, 11 a.m.

Tuesday 12

90s Annex Bingo, Union Sports Annex, 10 p.m.

Fat Tuesday Growler Give-away, Whole Foods Market, 11 a.m.

Thursday 14

Mardi Gras Party, Turner Hall Ballroom, 6:30 p.m

Valentine’s Day Dinner, Brookfield Suites Hotel, 6 p.m.

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Plight of migrants explored in new documentary ‘The Undocumented’ comes as immigration reform debated in DC

By Emily Wright

emily.a.wright@marquette.edu

Marco Williams, a widely acclaimed film director, highlighted the emotional struggles faced by undocumented immigrants and their families in his new film “The Undocumented,” which he showed in Johnston Hall on Monday night.

“The Undocumented” tells the story of those who cross over the American border to find work due to tense financial situations in Mexico. The documentary uses powerful images to humanize the fact that 2,500 human remains have been found since 1998 along the Arizona border.

It follows the work of several organizations, both humanitarian and government, as they do their best to help those who survive the crossing and identify the remains of those who do not so the families can have closure.

“I am profoundly impacted by the human rights crisis taking place along our border,” Williams said, discussing what he sees as a

key piece of the immigration debate that is not displayed in the media narrative.

The movie is relevant given the recent spike in debate surrounding the American immigration policy. One of the first official actions taken by the newly elected Congress was a bipartisan effort to make serious and necessary changes to the current system of immigration.

The documentary also discusses how American policies dating back to the 90s have led to a spike in casualties as individuals are forced into much rougher and far more dangerous terrain while attempting to cross the border.

Karma R. Chávez, an assistant professor in the department of communication arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the modern political and social movement to ‘secure the borders’ has exacerbated the situation for all those involved on both the American and Mexican side of the border.

“So-called border security has only made border communities unsafe, and furthermore, it has led to record numbers of deaths for people crossing as they continue to be pushed into remote parts of the Arizona desert,” she said.

There are also student

driven-efforts to relate the immigration discussion back to Marquette. Youth Empowered in the Struggle is a student group working to try and raise awareness for those impacted by immigration laws.

“The discussions surrounding immigration reform are a huge step forward because it is long overdue, but the plan put forth by the president and the senate is still a sad excuse for reform,” said Francisca Meráz, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences who is a member of the group.

Meráz said she supports reforms that would help protect workers’ rights and create a simple and direct path to allow those already living here to gain citizenship.

Chávez said immigration talks, while somewhat encouraging, are still in the political theater stage, which makes it difficult to know if real reform will be possible.

“Above anything else, and in terms of realistic policy, we need a pathway to citizenship for all undocumented people that is not contingent on militarizing the border,” Chávez said.

Meráz said that many of the current laws have negative effects on the immigrant communities who are impacted

Photo by Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo/Associated Press

Director Marco Williams (left) was on campus yesterday to promote his latest documentary on the dangers facing undocumented immigrants.

by them, often dehumanizing large populations.

“Anti-immigrant laws...make it a point to strip the humanity out of the immigrant community, shaming all of us as criminals and ‘illegals’,” she said.

Williams said that while the

political debate surrounding comprehensive immigration reform has been constant for the past few years, the story of the dead bodies in the Sonoran Desert is often left unsaid.

“The deaths are invisible,” he said.

3 dead following Delaware courtroom shooting Gunman allegedly killed ex-wife before dying in shootout

By Randall Chase Associated Press

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A gunman who spent years in court battles over custody disputes opened fire Monday in the lobby of a Delaware courthouse, leaving two women dead before being fatally shot, authorities said.

“He walked right up the first victim and shot her point-blank right in the chest. He then turned around and shot a second woman who was approximately 10 feet away,” said Bill Heriot, who says he was waiting to enter the New Castle County Courthouse on Monday morning. He said the heavy-set man, who appeared Photo by William Bretzger/The News Journal/Associated Press to be in his 50s, pulled out a Police confer outside the New Castle County Courthouse, Monday morning, semiautomatic pistol and fired in Wilmington, Del., after a man killed his estranged wife and two others. a single shot at each victim.

Heriot said the shooter then exchanged gunfire with police before falling to the floor.

Delaware State Police Sgt. Paul Shavack said the suspect and the women are dead. Mayor Dennis Williams said in a phone interview that one of the women killed was the shooter’s estranged wife, but Shavack said police had not confirmed that.

Shavack also declined Monday night to confirm Heriot’s account of the shooting, or disclose who shot whom, saying investigators were still reviewing surveillance video and taking witness statements. Authorities have also declined to release the names of the deceased.

Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden said at a news conference that the shooting was not a random act of violence.

“It’s developed out of a long — over the course of many years — custody dispute in the courts of this state,” Biden said.

Authorities said two police officers were also shot, but were treated at a hospital and released.

Chief William Jopp of the Capitol Police, which provides security at state government buildings, said they were protected by their armored vests.

Authorities said the gunman opened fire in the lobby of the courthouse, where people line up to go through metal detectors.

“He did not break the (security) perimeter,” Shavack said.

Jose Beltran, 53, an employee at the courthouse, said he heard two shots, “Boom, Boom,” as he was entering the lobby. Beltran said he heard at least three more shots as he turned around and ran.

“It happened so fast,” he said.

Chick Chinski, 62, of Middletown was entering the courthouse to report for jury duty when he heard popping sounds.

“It didn’t sound like gunfire first at all,” said Chinski, adding that the shooter seemed to deliberately target the two women who were killed.

“Absolutely,” he said. “It’s right what he went after when he come in the door. That’s exactly what he did instantly.”

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Job fair to put students’ ‘Marquette-ing’ skills to test Student-organized event to bring 26 employers to campus

By Melanie Lawder

melanie.lawder@marquette.edu

Marquette students will have the opportunity to get a glimpse of Milwaukee’s business world Wednesday at the second-annual Marquette-ing and Networking Event.

The Marquette-ing Club, the school’s student marketing organization, will host the event in the Alumni Memorial Union ballrooms from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

All students are welcome.

Representatives from 26 companies will participate in the event Wednesday, including professionals from Kohl’s, the Milwaukee Brewers, Target, Summerfest, Johnson Controls, Briggs and Stratton, the Sherwin-Williams Company and Regal-Beloit Corporation. The event is sponsored through funding from Kohl’s and Marquette Student Government.

Katherine Cronin, co-president of the Marquette-ing Club and a junior in the College of Business Administration, said the Office of Student Development recognized the networking session as the “Academic Event of the Year” last year. She said the event is similar to a career fair, but less “intimidating” and more focused on meeting marketing professionals in a “conversational atmosphere.”

To promote a more relaxed environment, the event will forgo

Photo courtesy of Katherine Cronin

Last year’s career fair drew approximately 150 students, with over 180 expected to attend this year. The event is sponsored by Kohl’s and MUSG.

the conventional booths typical of a career fair. Instead, it will be arranged similar to a cocktail party to encourage students to mingle with the representatives.

Student attendance is expected to be higher than last year. Approximately 180 students are registered to attend the session Wednesday, as opposed to the 150 students who registered in 2012.

Cronin said she advises students to come to the event with their resume, business card and business attire. She said all students should research their preferred

companies to better interact with the representatives.

“One of the comments from last year was that students weren’t as prepared because it’s a different type of career fair,” Cronin said.

Brian Daley, a senior in the College of Business Administration and a member of the Marquette-ing Club, said he landed an internship at Kohl’s because of the connections he made at last year’s career fair.

“The Marquette-ing Networking Event allowed me to open up lines of communication with

professionals that allowed me to secure a great internship and, ultimately, a job upon graduation,” Daley said.

While many of the event’s representatives will come from recognizable corporations, students will also have the opportunity to meet with spokespeople from smaller companies.

Kendall Bongard, a junior in the College of Communication and member of the Marquette-ing Club, said she is excited to explore smaller, independent companies.

“I’m looking forward to getting

a chance to speak with companies I am not as familiar with, such as Stryker and Runzheimer International, to get advice, tips and possible internship opportunities,” Bongard said.

Other companies attending the event include Aerotek, Archer Daniels Midland Cocoa, Bader Rutter, CC&N, Charter Manufacturing Companies, Focus Training, Jacobus Energy/Quick Fuel, Kahler Slater, McKesson, Styker, Uline, Zywave, GMR, Runzheimer International, Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin and The Ritterbusch Group.

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Economy Obama’s main focus for tonight’s address Foreign policy to play secondary role in State of the Union

By Jason Kurtyka

jason.kurtyka@marquette.edu

Job creation and economic growth are expected to be main topics in President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. Gun control, immigration policy and gay rights are also expected to make an appearance in tonight’s speech.

Obama previewed his address to House Democrats last Thursday, saying he would speak “about making sure that we’re focused on job creation here in the United States of America.” He said he would call for improvements in education, the development of clean energy technology and reducing the deficit.

Marquette College Democrats president Zach Bowman, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said he agrees with the president’s approach and the importance he is placing on the economy.

“I expect jobs to be foremost in that discussion,” Bowman said. “But he’ll also speak to his commitment to investing in our nation’s future.”

He also predicted the issue of sequestered budget cuts as a specific issue Obama will mention.

“He knows that the sequestering will only do additional harm to our fragile economy,” Bowman said. “So we may see

him declare his continued support for an alternative that simultaneously reduces the debt and stimulates growth.”

With millions of Americans still out of work and the unemployment rate at 7.9 percent, the economy is still the issue about which Americans are most concerned, according to a Jan. 14 CNN poll. As a result, foreign policy is expected to take a back seat even as plans for a 2014 troop withdrawal from Afghanistan enter their next phase.

Obama’s focus on the economy and domestic issues during his annual address to Congress should not come as a surprise, as it has been the main topic of his past four State of the Unions. According to the Washington Post, the president has spent an average of seven minutes on foreign policy and 22 minutes on the economy during his four addresses.

Democrats and Republicans have been at odds on how to reduce the deficit. Obama favors a combination of small spending cuts and tax revenue increases, while the GOP favors larger spending cuts.

College Republicans president Patrick Garrett, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said spending is the most important issue Obama needs to address.

“After seeing tax increases on struggling American families and small business owners, I believe it is time for both parties to address necessary spending cuts in order to reduce the deficit,” Garrett said.

Garrett also spoke about the need for bipartisanship in

Photo by Charles Dharapak/Associated Press

In this Jan. 16, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, talks about proposals to reduce gun violence at the White House. Gun control is expected to be one of the address’s focuses.

Congress, as any solution for the struggling economy will require the support of both parties.

“The two most important things are getting the economy

back on track and getting the federal budget under control,” Garrett said. “Republicans at both the state and federal levels have proposed initiatives to reduce

the tax burden and help the private sector recover, while at the same time providing reforms to reduce waste and inefficiency in government.”

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Williams: Police brutality alleged in case Hazing: Club condemns behavior of team members

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Sonya Moore appears in a Milwaukee County courtroom on Monday for the inquest into the death of her son Derek Williams. Williams died in police custody in July 2011 after gasping for breath and begging for help.

District Attorney John Chisholm opened the investigation when the video was released and originally took on the case. Both the Milwaukee Police Department and the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission cleared the officers involved of all wrongdoing.

The inquest will be conducted by special prosecutor John Franke, who will then present his case to the jury. The jury will then deliver a verdict deciding whether formal charges will be filed.

“An inquest is a formal proceeding called by a judge or requested by the district attorney to investigate a suspicious death to see if criminal charges should issue,” said Greg O’Meara, an associate professor at the Marquette Law School.

The inquest is a result of the public’s response to the video,

said Daniel Blinka, another professor at the Law School.

“Initially the medical examiner’s office cleared the police officers, finding no homicide,” Blinka said. “The district attorney concurred, as I recall. When the video emerged, both the medical examiner and the district attorney reassessed their opinions. The inquest jury is part of that process, one that is open to the public and which permits the public to hear and see the evidence that bears on possible charges.”

This case has gotten a lot of attention both locally and nationally. Milwaukee residents have said this case was an incidence of police brutality.

“Regardless of any decision to charge or not to charge, the public will have a better understanding of what happened to

Mr. Williams even if people disagree with whatever decision is made,” Blinka said.

Joe Kvartunas, a junior in the College of Communication who went to the courthouse Monday morning, said the case is important to the city of Milwaukee.

“The inquest will be vitally important to the relationship between the public, especially those in low income areas, and the Milwaukee police,” Kvartunas said.

“It remains to be seen how the inquest will play out, but the ruling certainly has the potential to increase or decrease tensions between the public and the police.”

The inquest is expected to last about a week, or possibly longer. Depending on the jury’s recommendation, there could be a criminal trial in the future.

Marquette’s values by main- against the ski and snowboard taining a high standard of club, the statement released by conduct,” he said. the club Monday said: “The ski While the review process will and snowboard club does not determine whether the team support this sort of behavior and is found to have hazed one or had originally urged its memmore students, bers to report the last publicly such behavior to reported act of the e-board imhazing as demediately.” fined by the uniIt continued: versity involved “The whole the club lacrosse teams’ suspenteam in 2005. sion was the At that time, result of 1-2 some team members’ almembers took leged actions; part in underhowever, the enage drinking and tire club of more . only wore thong than 80 memunderwear at bers is subject an off-campus Brandon Byrne, senior in the to the conseparty. Photos of College of Business Administration quences.” the party were Brandon Bythen posted onrne, a senior in line, and a Marquette alum- the College of Business Adnus sent the photos to local ministration and a member of media outlets, drawing atten- the team since his freshman tion to the situation. This re- year, said he learned of the alsulted in the cancellation of leged incident an hour before the team’s spring season. leaving for this past weekend’s Before the lacrosse incident, trip to Minnesota. the Tribune reported in a Nov. “This was an unfortunate event 15, 2005 article, “the last act for this year’s ski and snowdefined as hazing at Marquette” board team,” he said. “This seahappened in Dec. 1992, when son, the (executive) board put the Tau Kappa Epsilon frater- such a huge effort into growing nity reportedly set an intoxi- the team and promoting a safe cated member on fire. This re- environment. It’s a shame that sulted in second degree burns a few members of the team this to the student on 22 percent year seem to have not followed of his body and the revocation the clear guidelines of the of the fraternity’s charter. club and university.”

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It’s a shame that a few members of the team this year seem to have not followed the clear guidelines of the club and university ”

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Pope: Benedict XVI makes history as only fifth pontiff to resign PAST POPES WHO HAVE RESIGNED

MARCELLINIUS

resigned or was deposed in 304 AD after allegedly complying with the Roman emperor's orders to make sacrifices to Pagan gods.

BENEDICT IX

sold the papacy to his godfather Gregory VI and resigned in 1045.

CELESTINE V

stepped down after being overwhelmed in the office after only five months in 1294.

GREGORY XII

stepped down in 1415 to end a schism within the church.

Infographic by Rob Gebelhoff/robert.gebelhoff@marquette.edu

Elected pope at age 78, Benedict is one of the oldest to hold the office. At 85, he is a year older than his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, was when he died.

The move has come as a surprise to both Catholics and nonCatholics around the world.

Patrick Carey, the Rev. William J. Kelly chairman in Catholic theology at Marquette and an expert in Church history, said he thought Benedict’s resignation was unusual, though not unprecedented.

“Pope Benedict evidently is resigning, as he himself indicated, because his health is failing (which is evident) and he can no longer travel to carry out the missionary functions of the modern papacy,” Carey said in an email. “I see no reason to suspect the reasons he has given for resigning.”

Benedict’s reign as the supreme pontiff of the Church was largely during a time of conflict for the church. Many sexual abuse scandals involving priests came to light during his tenure, and some, like David Clohessy of the Survivors Network of Those Abused

by Priests, celebrated the pope’s announcement, citing his “terrible record” on child sex abuse.

According to Vatican Radio, upon Benedict’s resignation, he will move to the papal residence in Castel Gandolfo. The College of Cardinals will meet shortly after Benedict’s resignation to elect a new pope. Benedict will not participate in the election.

Catherine Shea, a junior in the College of Communication and a lifelong Catholic, currently studying in Rome, said the announcement shocked her.

“Growing up Catholic and

going to Marquette I am very involved with the church community, so this was definitely a shock to me,” Shea said. “Regardless of the outcome, I feel very fortunate to be in Rome during such a historical time.”

HISTORY Pope Benedict XVI was born Joseph Ratzinger in Germany in 1927. He spent his youth being educated in faith and academics at home during World War I, when he often saw the harsh effects of the Nazi regime on the Catholic Church. According to his biography on the Vatican’s website, he witnessed the beating of a Catholic priest

by Nazis as a young man.

He spent a brief time in the military with an auxiliary

anti-aircraft corps, followed by his study of philosophy and theology at the Higher School of Philosophy and Theology of Freising and at the University of Munich. He obtained his doctorate in theology in 1953.

Benedict was appointed Archbishop of Munich and Freising by Pope Paul VI, who later appointed him a Cardinal as well. He was elected Pope in April 2005 at age 78.

Benedict was elected Pope while many sexual abuse scandals and cover-ups within the Catholic Church came to light.

ABC News reported Monday that the Church published “Criteria for the Discernment of Vocation for Persons with Homosexual Tendencies” at the height of the scandal. The piece was widely thought of as the Church’s response to the accusations of sexual abuse.

The Pope said in 2008 that the allegations made him “deeply ashamed.” In 2010, he publicly apologized to victims of clerical sexual abuse and their families in Ireland.

Benedict is known for his conservative views, including a vehement opposition to contraception. He said in 2009 that condoms were not a solution to the HIV/AIDS virus but later revised his remarks, saying they may lead to more responsible sexual behavior.

According to the Associated Press, there have been four Popes in history besides Benedict XVI to step down from the papacy. Benedict is the

first in almost 600 years. Pope Marcellinius resigned or was deposed in 304 AD after allegedly complying with the Roman emperor’s orders to make sacrifices to Pagan gods, Benedict IX sold the papacy to his godfather Gregory VI and resigned in 1045, Celestine V stepped down after being overwhelmed in the office after only five months in 1294, and Gregory XII stepped down in 1415 to end a schism within the church.

While rare, papal resignation is allowed under Cannon Law. “If it should happen that the Roman Pontiff resigns his office, it is required for validity that he make the resignation freely and that it be duly manifested, but not that it be accepted by anyone,” states Canon Law 332, § 2.

While Benedict’s resignation came as a surprise, he had previously advocated for popes to resign if they feel they can no longer fulfill their duties to the best of their abilities, specifically in light of John Paul II’s last months at the Holy See. After Benedict’s official resignation, which will take place on Feb. 28, the College of Cardinals will convene to elect a new pope. While the College usually must wait between two and three weeks to convene after the death of a pope, so as to allow for proper mourning and burial, no waiting period is specified in the event of papal resignation.

Pat Simonaitis and Allison Kruschke contributed reporting from Milwaukee.

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Mission Week brings Opus winners under one roof moment of grace in this institution.”

Neureuther’s sentiments were mirrored in the speech given by University President the Rev. Scott Pilarz at the event, when he said that having the Opus Prize recipients at Marquette

By Eric Oliver eric.oliver@marquette.edu was an inspiration to the student body. Pilarz said it was humPanelists discussed expanding bling and a privilege to share the our comfort zones and why “The stage with them.

World is Our Home” Thursday “Thank you for making the at the Mission Week keynote ad- world your home and for inspirdress. The event was the conclu- ing us to make the world our sion of Mission Week. home,” Pilarz said.

The discussion featured the Sheena Carey, internship coOpus Prize recipients, who spoke ordinator in the College of Comabout Mission Weeks central munication, was emceed the theme “The World is our Home.” event. She said she jumped at The Opus Prize is given annually the opportunity to be a part of to a person of any faith and from another Mission Week. any country who is solving the so“It was very powerful,” Carey cial problems of today, according said. “I wish there had been more to the Opus Prize website. time, because all we were reThe 10 keynote speakers ally able to get were just sort of each conveyed their personal snippets of their biographies. I stories, while calling upon the walked out of there and I told audience to see beyond their somebody that I felt completely own lives and families to see inadequate. I’ve done absolutely the world as their home. nothing with my life when you One of the most powerful sto- put it against the backdrop of ries came from Aïcha Ech Chan- what those people had been doing na, founder and president of the and are continuing to do.”

Association Solidarité Féminine.

Carey said she hopes everyChanna said through a translator one in attendance took away that she declared war on her coun- the same message she did from try in a soft way to help single the speakers. mothers and their children.

“What I hope they took out is Channa won the Opus Prize in the message that I got: You don’t 2009 for founding the organiza- have to be important or powerful in tion in Casablanthe sense that you ca, Morocco that have some sort of fights to give sinpolitical power to gle mothers basic really be able to rights. In Morocmake change, and co, single mothit can start with ers have little to just one other no rights, and a person whose life father doesn’t you can touch,” even have to recCarey said. ognize that a baby Carey said is his because of a that the keynote strong traditionalwas essentially ist stigma. Chana reflection of na said she is Sheena Carey, internship Marquette’s mistrying to provide coordinator in the College of sion statement in the women with Communication action. the most basic “When I think essentials. about that connection that we all Throughout the event, the speak- have, that sense that we are not imers referred back to the reason for potent or powerless, we can do and their work and how those works we have a responsibility to help can make the world stronger. others,” Carey said. “It was a great Don Neureuther, the executive way to see it in action. You get a lot director of the Opus Prize Founda- in terms of the theory, and you may tion, said in his introduction, “You get some opportunities to do things have been welcomed with open locally, but to just see this mission arms this week by the Marquette sort of at large around the globe. community, but your presence I’m hoping that they got a chance and participation this week is a to make that connection.”

‘Powerful’ Keynote discussion focuses on service around world

I felt completely inadequate. I’ve done absolutely nothing with my life when you put it against the backdrop of what those people had been doing.”

Opus Prize Recipients at Marquette The Rev. Richard Frechette, an American priest and physician, began the work of the St. Luke Foundation for Haiti to create opportunities for advancement in Haiti.

The late Lyn Lusi was represented by Dr. Jo Lusi.

She founded the HEAL Africa Hospital to help HIV/AIDS victims.

Sister Beatrice Chipeta, a Roman Catholic religious sister and retired school teacher, was represented

by Peter Diano. She founded the Lusubilo Orphan Care Project in the Karonga district of Malawi.

The Rev. John Halligan is working to help families out of poverty in Quito, Ecuador.

Aïcha Ech Channa, founder and president of the Association Solidarité Féminine, runs an organization that helps single mothers and their children in Morocco.

Maggy Barankitse, founder of Maison Shalom, is working to improve living conditions for all children while enhancing the lives of all Burundians.

Brother Stan Goetschalckx, founder and director of the Africa Health and Development International Institute in Tanzania, is working to give refugees marketable skills they can use when they return to their countries of origin.

The late Dr. Zilda Arns Neumann, founder of Pastoral da Criança, was represented by Dr. Nelson Neumann. Zilda Arns Neumann created a network of volunteers and community leaders that address family issues among the poor of Brazil and Latin America.

The Rev. Trevor Miranda founded the Reach Education Action Programme in India that features an early childhood development program, which he hopes will spur children's interest in education.

Monsignor Richard Albert has helped the people of Jamaica achieve self-reliance, education, empowerment and liberation through a variety of self-help programs. He also has a network of charities and institutions that provide the country’s poor with basic necessities.

Source: marquette.edu Infographic by A. Martina Ibanez-Baldor/angela.ibanez-baldor@marquette.edu

MUSG recommends Arabic curriculum expansion Unanimous vote to create new programs in language, culture

By Sarah Hauer

sarah.hauer@marquette.edu

Marquette Student Government, in reaction to 295 student petitioners and a small contingent of concerned students who attended last Thursday’s meeting, unanimously recommended Thursday that the university adopt an Arabic minor.

The legislation passed unanimously. Currently, students can take classes in Arabic but are unable to work toward a minor or major. The recommendation

also comes as a reaction to a recent trend toward students studying Arabic.

From 2011 to 2012, enrollment in Arabic courses at Marquette increased from 60 to 89 students. A petition circulating among the student body requesting the establishment of an Arabic minor collected 295 signatures.

Nine concerned students also came to the meeting in support of the legislation. MUSG advisor Kate Trevey said the group was the largest she has seen at a meeting in three years.

If approved by the dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, the minor in Arabic would be available for student enrollment starting the 20132014 academic year.

MUSG Senator Kyle Whelton, author of the legislation, said a minor in Arabic would help students find work after graduation.

“Given the state of global affairs in the past decade and the amount of concentration there is on Arabic speaking nations … it is essential that these students have the ability to show mastery in this language to be a viable candidate in the job market,” Whelton said.

In order to implement the minor, Marquette would need to add an advanced-level Arabic course. There are currently four lower-division Arabic courses available.

Whelton said faculty would be able to support an Arabic minor and that no other

major or minor offerings would be reduced.

Alexis Sammarco, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she enrolled in Arabic in order to improve her job prospects after graduation.

“Graduating in two years and not being able to put Arabic on my diploma is really frustrating,” Sammarco said.

She said Marquette needs to improve the Arabic program in order to keep up with higher education trends. Both the University of WisconsinMadison and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee offer degrees in Arabic.

Ayah Sarsour, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she has developed a passion for the language

through her coursework.

“It’s a great program, and I don’t see why we don’t have a minor to show that it’s a great program,” Sarsour said.

The U.S. State Department labeled Arabic as a critical language in 2006. A critical language is a language in which there are not enough fluent speakers in America to ensure continued national and economic security in the country.

Whelton said the Office of International Affairs and the Department of Foreign Languages have explicitly stated their support of the establishment of an Arabic minor as well as the development of a Middle EasternNorth African interdisciplinary studies program.

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Feb. 14 can celebrate all love, not just couples

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Though unmanned and far away, drones still matter

Photo by Scott Olson/Associated Press

In this Dec. 11, 2008 file photo, then-outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates stands by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at Kandahar Air Field in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Our view: It is easy for Americans not to care about drone strikes in the Middle East, but the damage they have caused should be of concern to everyone.

Last week, the Tribune Editorial Board cited Chicago’s homicide rate as something to consider regarding America’s culture of violence and the value of human life.

Since then, news broke of a leaked memo from the Department of Justice justifying the use of drone strikes to kill American citizens suspected of terrorist activity.

Though this story became a mainstream headline only recently, it is not new. The U.S. began using drone strikes in northwest Pakistan in 2004 under President George W. Bush, and strikes have increased significantly under President Barack Obama. The U.S. also uses drone strikes in Yemen and Somalia. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism reported that as of early January, the Obama Administration conducted 310 drone strikes, compared to 52 under Bush.

The use of drones is controversial both because of questions about the constitutionality of killing American citizens without due process and the potential to accidentally kill civilians abroad. Discourse about the precedent set by such a policy is a conversation worth having. However, as students of a Jesuit institution, we are particularly concerned about the use of drone strikes all over the world and the loss of all innocent life in these attacks.

A common argument in favor of drone strikes is that they act as a substitute for using ground troops, but if we accept that killing civilians is a wiser choice in fighting terrorism than risking soldiers’ lives, we accept that American lives are worth more than the lives of others.

Of course, the safety of American troops should be a top priority. However, we are supposedly fighting these wars to achieve peace by defeating terrorism. If our policies take innocent lives, we are not taking productive steps toward that goal. The CIA teaches the concept of “blowback” – the unintended consequences of a covert operation. If our policies anger another nation enough, our troops could end up being hurt as retaliation, or we could see another terrorist attack on our own soil.

The CIA initially claimed that no civilians were killed in the strikes, but those reports have since been disputed by overwhelming evidence to the contrary. On Feb. 6, when White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was asked by a reporter if any civilians had been killed in drone strikes, he replied, “I don’t disagree with that.”

The number of civilian casualties

differs depending on the source reporting the incidents, but it is not uncommon for more civilians to die in these attacks than suspected terrorists. From January 2006 to April 2009, Pakistani authorities told The News International that 14 wanted al-Qaeda leaders were killed compared to 687 Pakistani civilians. On Jan 10. 2013, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reported that between 473 and 893 civilians, including 176 children, were killed because of drone strikes in Pakistan since they began in 2004.

When defending Obama and the drone policy last week, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said, “Every member of Congress needs to get on board (with the targeted killings).” It is head-scratching that someone like Graham, who identifies himself as pro-life, would be wholeheartedly in favor of this policy.

The inconsistencies hit just as hard on the left. A liberal panel Current TV agreed Friday that the drone strikes were fine because the nation “trusts Obama more than Bush.”

The idea that the charisma of the president changes one’s opinion on the loss of innocent life is enormously problematic and is a road block in correcting this policy.

It is easy to be upset with death when it occurs on our homeland and not a distant, Middle Eastern nation. Obama rightfully shed a tear for the children killed at Sandy Hook, but when his decisions involve the deaths of children somewhere else, the emotion is somehow extracted.

Our current political polarization can make it hard for our leaders to speak up in opposition to this policy for fear of party repercussions. If politicians and talking heads are not going to budge on the issue in order to protect party interests, the duty lies with American citizens to further challenge the status quo and ask questions about our ethics and priorities.

We do not claim to be foreign policy experts and do not intend to argue logistics of specific foreign policy operations. But our Jesuit values of peace, justice and concern for our fellow human beings lead us to believe that drone strikes are unethical. After reflecting during Marquette’s annual Mission Week, appropriately themed “The World is our Home,” we feel students should consider having a renewed understanding of the consequences of our actions around the globe.

Many communities advocate for the value of human life, and we feel these communities should be vocal about their opposition to these policies. As members of a Jesuit university community, we should be concerned about the prospect of unmanned aircraft taking innocent human lives. At home or abroad, the end result is the same.

Caroline Campbell Thursday is Valentine’s Day. I said it. I have publicly acknowledged the existence of Feb. 14 as more than the anniversary of when I got braces in 2003 (really horrible timing, Mom and orthodontist).

Valentine’s Day is not a holiday whose existence I normally acknowledge. The timing of my romantic relationships in the past has been just about as nice to me as the timing of my corrective dental work.

Valentine’s Day sophomore year actually found me angrily snapping at my roommate after I got home from a particularly dramatic evening, for the sole reason that she was able to go to bed happy and I was not.

Last year found me at a women’s basketball game and a campus bar. No shame.

For some reason, this year is different. I haven’t been dreading the day for the past few weeks. I’ve actually been looking forward to it. And no, not because I’ve got a romantic date for Thursday – because I don’t. I’m okay with it. I am looking forward to a night with some of my similarly single friends. I won’t hate Valentine’s Day this year. Last week, I actually made a plate of pink, Valentine’s-themed cookies for my roommates. What can I say, “love is in the air”? No. Don’t ever let me say that again.

I think what I am slowly coming to realize in my old age is that, while good ol’ Hallmark has made Valentine’s Day a specific date to ostracize single people and let couples flaunt their togetherness in our faces, that’s not what it’s actually about, Charlie Brown. It should be about all kinds of love.

Yes, Saint Valentine performed clandestine Christian weddings, and that’s why his feast day makes some people want to hide under a rock. But why not make it a celebration of all kinds of love, not just the romantic kind?

There are many kinds of love. Friendship,

family, romance, chocolate … I wish there was room in our culture for us to celebrate all of those, not just one of them. Romantic love is important, but it’s not the only kind of love. And we have somehow come to think that it is the kind of love that is necessary to our happiness as humans, which is simply not true. Love, in its simplest, purest form, is the only kind of love we need to stay happy. We crave human affection, and we can get it from many different sources.

My parents and I end every phone conversation with “Love you!” My friends and I sign text conversations with emoticon hearts. My roommates and I leave baked goods on the counter with notes that say “Help yourself!” on them (possibly the best kind of love ever). In fact, I think little kinds of love like that, on a daily basis, mean much more than a big, fancy, expensive dinner on a day when it’s mandated by social norms. I’d rather be surprised by love than expect it.

This year, I’m not hating on Valentine’s Day. I wouldn’t go so far as to say I’m excited about it; I don’t think I’ve been excited for it since grade school, when I got to decorate a shoebox with doilies and it was mandatory for everyone to bring a Valentine for everyone else, so I was guaranteed at least 29 tiny pieces of candy attached to pictures of Buzz Lightyear or Spiderman.

I’ll let the couples go out on their expected dates; there’s nothing wrong with following traditions, really (if you read my column last semester, you know how much I love Christmastime). I will ask that you leave me out of conversations about them afterward, though, or the gift he got you or the super sweet thing you did for him or the amazing time she told you she had.

Romantic love, or any love for that matter, isn’t meant to be a show for the public, it’s something extremely special between people, and, in my experience and opinion, there is nothing more special than having a memory that only the two of you share. Valentine’s Day should be less of a public spectacle and more of a quiet celebration of all different kinds of love.

Caroline Campbell is a senior in the College of Communication with a major in journalism and a minor in history. Email her at caroline.campbell@ marquette.edu.

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

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Student section priorities misplaced

Brooke Goodman Four years ago, I stepped onto Marquette’s campus for the first time. In addition to going on tour, my family bought discounted basketball tickets to see the men’s team play against Syracuse.

Our seats were located in section 400-something, and we were the only people in earshot, but it was my first college basketball experience, and it was awesome.

As I watched the student section across the arena I remember turning to my mom and saying, “This is it ... I want to be a Golden Eagle in that student section.”

The following November, I attended my first men’s basketball game as a student. We arrived early enough to sit in the lower bowl, and it was the first time I began to understand what “We Are Marquette” truly means.

It all seemed like a dream come true ... someone puked on me.

The culprit was standing a row behind me and was so intoxicated he didn’t even acknowledge that his vomit was now on the hem of my shirt and running down the step to my shoes.

Instances like this aren’t rare at games.

There are those who come to watch the game and cheer the team to victory, and there are many more who pre-game for hours, show up intoxicated, fall down the steps and get the most pleasure out of yelling at the refs and opposing players.

Last week, we all received an email from Athletic Director Larry Williams addressing offensive language and verbal

abuse at the men’s games. Williams specifically referenced the “Hey” song that is played at the end of the second half. He warned that if students continue to chant “Hey, you suck!” during that song, the band would no longer play it.

A day later, the team played DePaul, Williams’ message was disregarded and the same language was used.

See ya later, “Hey” song.

I fully understand the frustrations when it comes to restrictions like this. We see our best buddies in Madison repeatedly get warned for their “Eat S***, F*** You” chant during football games, yet no real reprimand ever comes from it. We also saw them exhibit some true class toward the University of Michigan’s Trey Burke this past weekend by chanting something too inappropriate for this column when he was shooting free throws.

Yes, the Badgers may have pulled out the win, but that cheer should erase some pride they may have gained from the victory.

I get it. College kids will be college kids, and at times it may seem like Marquette treats us like children. We have strict alcohol policies. We have to live in the residence halls for two years. And now we’re not even supposed to say the word “suck” at basketball games.

But instead of looking at it as if we’re being belittled, think about it as simply falling in line with what Marquette prides itself upon – holding its students to a higher standard.

We all knew upon applying that this is a Jesuit Catholic institution. We also knew that it was a school without college football, and thus the intimate atmosphere of college hoops would have to do.

We knew that Marquette’s call to its students is to be the difference. And with that, we have much bigger things to worry about as fans than being able to say, “Hey, you suck!” to another team.

There are some home games when the lower bowl isn’t even full – you can stroll in 15 minutes late and still get a good seat.

A noticeable difference exists between the

lower bowl and upper deck. Mostly everyone stands and is engaged in the lower bowl, whereas the upper deck is a drunken mess, to put it bluntly. Even at that, some students in attendance are just interested in adding to their Facebook photo albums.

Unless there is a buzzer beater or it’s right before tip, the loudest the student section gets is when a referee makes a poor call or a player on the opposing team fouls out. As soon as our players start playing poorly, we degrade them on social media and trash talk their GPAs or behavior off the court. The players instantly go from celebrity status to infamous.

Our student section has about five faces to it, and the rest of us don’t exist.

I’m the first to admit that I’m not the best fan in the world – in fact, I’m incredibly far from it. Maybe it’s because of that first experience I had, or maybe it’s just because I’m sick of seeing sloppy drunk people at games. Whatever it is, the team deserves a better fan out of me than what I’ve been.

The team and university also deserve a better student section, though.

So here is my challenge to you, Marquette students: Instead of bashing the players on social media, remember that they’re likely doing something on the court that you could never do, and admire them for it. Instead of rolling in 10 minutes late and intoxicated, come to the game sober ... you might find it more enjoyable. And instead of being angry because you can’t say a certain cheer, yell “I believe that we can win” like you actually mean it.

Just as the guys have to be the difference on the court, we have to do the same in the stands. And until we can do that, we don’t deserve to be the Naismith Student Section of the Year.

Brooke Goodman is a senior studying journalism and political science. Email her at brooke.goodman@ marquette.edu with anything you’d like to see her write about.

Tribune 11 A pair of shoes matters beyond just your feet

By Tony Manno

anthony.manno@marquette.edu

I stepped in a critical puddle this week.

It was the soaked sock that I’ve felt many many times before, the one that tells me my shoes have been breached. Holes in the soles – big ones, too, through two layers of rubber and a layer of fabric. I tend to walk with heavy steps, a little pigeontoed and scraping my heels, so I guess it was only a matter of time.

This marks an important day, though. It means it’ll be about a year until I give up my kicks, determined through empirical data gathered during my previous Adidas allegiances. Sure, my shoes are overstaying their welcome – but they’re my shoes, man. I’ve broken them in and scuffed them up and everything. How am I going to let a few wet socks keep them away?

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Golden Eagles fail road test

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

Redshirt junior foward Jamil Wilson’s 13 points and four rebounds we not enough to fend off a ranked Hoyas team in Monday night’s Big East matchup at Georgetown.

Turnovers, poor free throw shooting doom MU in Washington

By Patrick Leary

patrick.leary@marquette.edu

With 12:58 remaining in the game, Jamil Wilson fired in a three pointer from the top of the key to cut the Georgetown lead, which previously swelled to as much as 10 points, to just three. Marquette was charging, but from there, everything went in the wrong direction for the Golden Eagles.

Davante Gardner lost the ball out of bounds on Marquette’s next possession, but Buzz Williams disagreed with the call, and got a little too into his argument. Williams received a technical foul, and Georgetown (18-4, 8-3 Big East) scored four points on their next possession. The Hoyas never looked back, defeating Marquette (17-6, 8-3) 63-55 Monday at the Verizon Center.

“I think anytime you get a technical is a bad time, but we had twelve turnovers in the first half and zero offensive rebounds, and I am not sure that you can win, in Division I, at

home or on the road with those type of numbers,” Williams said. “And the second half seven turnovers, and seven offensive rebounds, those are better, still difficult to overcome.”

Otto Porter, Jr. led the Hoyas with 21 points, and Markel Starks chipped in 16 of his own.

Jamil Wilson scored a teamhigh 13 for Marquette, and Chris Otule matched a seasonhigh with 11.

Georgetown’s defense caused Marquette problems from the onset, and the Hoyas forced 19 turnovers. Marquette’s assistto-turnover ratio was nearly 1-to-2 as opposed to their 2-to1 ratio from Saturday’s win against DePaul.

Marquette also struggled from the free throw line early on but came on strong late to shoot just 11-for-17 (64.7 percent). To succeed, Marquette usually has to make as many free throws as its opponents attempt. In this instance, Georgetown got into the bonus before the under-12 minute timeout in the second half and shot 17-for-24 from the charity stripe, making as many as the Golden Eagles attempted.

“I always want to give them credit - they are really good defensively,” Williams said.

“Some of our turnovers were absolutely unforced, but I

I am not sure that you can win, in Division I, at home or on the road with those type of numbers.”

Buzz Willaims, Men’s Baskebtall Coach

also think that they’re very good defensively, and if you look at their numbers, their numbers justify that.”

Williams went into further depth about some of the statistics that sunk the Golden Eagles.

“They had 17 points in transition, they had 14 points on offensive rebounds so they scored 50 percent of their points on layups and we still held them to 39 percent from the field, which is incredible.” Williams said.

“A lot of those layups, in transition obviously, are coming off our turnovers, which is a credit to their defense.“ Williams said Marquette’s defensive pressure betrayed them at times, as Georgetown converted a high percentage of its shots.

“I thought at times our pressure bothered them and then at times they ended up scoring fairly quickly and then in the later stages, obviously, we want the game to go faster and they prefer the game to go slower,” Williams said. “So you could say that we could have pressed more - I just thought their field goal percentage was really high, if we didn’t get a turn over.”

As for the turning point, his technical, Williams joked afterward that he needed to raise his technicals per game average.

“Yeah, I was trying to get my average up on technicals,” Williams said. “This is my 162nd game in the Big East, and I’m averaging one every, one every fifty games, so I felt like I needed to get one because I haven’t had one in two years.”

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Junior guard Vander Blue contributed seven points and five rebounds in his 35 minutes at Georgetown. The Golden Eagles went down 63-55.

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Golden Eagles bounce back to beat Wildcats Rebounds, defense help MU to a big win over Villanova, 60-56

By Jacob Born

jacob.born@marquette.edu

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

Junior forward Katherine Plouffe’s layup late in the second half put the Golden Eagles up for good in Sunday’s win over Villanova.

The Marquette Golden Eagles (12-11, 4-6) had to respond well Sunday against Villanova (16-7, 5-5) after a blowout loss at Connecticut last week. Led by junior Katherine Plouffe and senior Sarnia Simmons, the Golden Eagles defeated the Wildcats 60-56 in a thriller.

Plouffe started to emerge as the go-to-scorer for the Golden Eagles late in the first half, but foul trouble led her to the bench. With Plouffe out, Simmons stepped up and starting making clutch baskets. When the game reached the final stretch, both were contributing on every play.

“Free throws are a very mental part of the game, especially down the stretch,” Plouffe said. “So I was just trying to calm myself down, focus on my follow through…in those pressure situations, you just have to remind yourself you made those shots a hundred times before.”

The turning point in the game was the 5:45 mark in the second half. The game was tied, and the Golden Eagles had been trading points with the Wildcats all half. Then freshman Brooklyn Pumroy passed to Plouffe, who made the layup to put Marquette up by two.

The Golden Eagles never trailed again.

“It was a play that we had done in practice before and in shootaround,” Plouffe said. “It was just being confident that I’d make that shot when coach called it.”

The second half of the game

was much different than first.

In the first, the teams combined for 76 points, and both teams were shooting above 55 percent from the field. In the second, Marquette had the better percentage at just 32 percent. Villanova went 0-for-12 on three point attempts. Marquette had an assist-to-turnover ratio of less than one in the second, compared to the three it had in the first half.

“When we talked at halftime, we knew it was going to come down to defense (and) who could make more stops,” Coach Terri Mitchell said.

Plouffe said she and the rest of the team made sure the halftime speech came true.

“We knew that we were getting good looks on offense, but it was going to come down to defense,” Plouffe said. “It was going to come down to who got more stops and who was going to shut the other team down.”

The Golden Eagles were also able to win because of how they attacked the glass and took care of the ball. Marquette had 42 rebounds on the day with only 10 turnovers, and of those 42 rebounds, 13 were offensive.

While Villanova only had 27 rebounds, the team limited its turnovers to five.

“When I look at this game, I can tell you rebounding was the difference,” Mitchell said.

“We got some huge offensive boards, so we could keep the ball on offense.”

Marquette will end its three game road trip at Cincinnati on Wednesday. The Bearcats have yet to win a Big East game, but the Golden Eagles can’t overlook what could be a tough road game.

“Every Big East team and every game, anyone can win,” Plouffe said. “It’s definitely a game we want to get for ourselves and get a little momentum.”

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Points in the paint scored by Marquette's men's basketball team as it dominated DePaul inside en route to an 89-78 victory Saturday.

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Men’s Golf at The Match Play Championship All Day

Fri.

15 Women’s Tennis at DePaul 4 p.m.

Sat. Men’s Basketball at Pittsburgh 12 p.m.

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Turnovers by the Marquette women's basketball team in its 70-66 road win over Villanova Sunday. The number was Marquette's second lowest in Big East play.

Women’s Basketball at Cincinnati 6 p.m.

15 Women’s Lacrosse at Winthrop 5 p.m.

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Free throws made by Georgetown in its 63-55 win over Marquette Monday. The Golden Eagles attempted just 17 in total.

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Track at Big East Indoor Championships All Day

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Rebounds by Marquette guards Arlesia Morse, Brooklyn Pumroy and Christina Bigica, which led to a plus-15 rebounding margin for the Golden Eagles.

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Kyle Winter's time in the 600-meter race at Grand Valley State's Big Meet last weekend, a new Marquette record.

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Bennett’s program heads to top

Matt Trebby

With one perennial top-10 soccer team already at Valley Fields, Marquette’s men’s program is feeling the pressure to develop into an NCAA contender.

As of last week, its transformation is almost complete.

Louis Bennett’s men’s squad has impressed nationally over the past two seasons. Its 2013 recruiting class, along with the two transfers who recently enrolled at Marquette, also bodes well for the team.

The team is going to be seriously good this fall. With the returning players and those who are new to the program, I’ll be shocked if the Golden Eagles aren’t a top-10 team before the season begins.

Despite losing seniors Andy Huftalin (Second Team All-Big East), Ryan Robb and Anthony Selvaggi, the new crop of players coming into the program is definitely a reason to be encouraged.

David Selvaggi transferred from DePaul and will have to sit out a year before trying to add to Marquette’s attack. Midfielder Brady Wahl comes to Marquette from Ohio State and will provide more depth in midfield in the fall, as will Louis Bennett II. The latter is one of two consensus top-100 players who will join the Golden Eagles.

The other is midfielder Jose “Coco” Navarro, who is the highest-ranked recruit to ever commit to Marquette – 38th nationally according to TopDrawerSoccer.com. Navarro comes from Real Salt Lake’s youth program in Arizona and could easily prove to be difficult to take off the field early on.

Also, defender Jake Taylor – Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association Player of the Year and an NSCAA All-American – is part of the 2013 class along with midfielder Alex McBride from Marquette University High School, who was also an NSCAA All-American and was named the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Area Player of the Year. The other Wisconsin product, midfielder Driton Zyteja, was a four-year starter at Sun Prairie High School, and captained a State Cup winning team in 2010 at Madison FC. Goalkeeper Kyle Gress was also an All-American, and forward Nick Parianos has been part of the Columbus Crew Soccer Academy and has played in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy since he was in seventh grade. Midfielder Daniel Szczepanek was the Illinois Player of the Year, and defender Jack Alberts was first-team all-state at Fenwick High School in Hinsdale, Ill. This class just adds to what is already an impressive squad. Places in the team are going to be difficult to come by, which is exactly what a successful program should be like. Training will be a mini-tryout. With that much talent, games could end up being less competitive than their training.

Right now we’re witnessing the ascent of the men’s team, and sooner or later they will be considered one of the college game’s best every single year. That is going to start this fall, when they will be considered one of the best in the country.

Matt Trebby is a senior in the College of Communication. Email him at matthew. trebby@marquette.edu.

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MU wins one, loses one in final preseason tune up

Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics

The Golden Eagles braved winter storm Nemo to play two exhibitions games against Hofstra and Pennsylvania in Hempstead, N.Y., this weekend.

Men’s lacrosse team takes down Penn 12-6, falls to Hofstra 15-6

By Ben Greene

benjamin.greene@marquette.edu

The men’s lacrosse team lost to the Hofstra Pride 15-6 and beat the Pennsylvania Quakers 12-6 in its final two exhibitions of the preseason Sunday. The

games, which were originally scheduled to be played Saturday morning at Hofstra’s James M. Shuart stadium in Hempstead, N.Y., were postponed one day while winter storm Nemo rocked New England.

Redshirt freshman midfielder Tyler Gilligan said the postponement of the games helped Marquette more than it hurt.

“It gave us an extra day just to relax and get settled in a bit and get an extra practice in,” he said. “I thought that, on Sunday,

we settled in and, especially during that second game, everything just started clicking.”

Although no official statistics were kept in either of the exhibitions, both games went the full four quarters.

First, the Golden Eagles faced off against the Pride, who enter the season ranked No. 17 by Inside Lacrosse and No. 20 by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Coaches poll.

Following an early Hofstra run and after substituting in

freshman goalie Matt Barone for fellow freshman goalie JJ Sagl at the end of the first quarter, Marquette ended the first half with two unanswered goals to make it 9-2.

Coach Joe Amplo said the goalie change was a game time decision made on the fly, and there is no controversy regarding who the starting goalie will be once the regular season begins.

“I wanted to give JJ an opportunity to gather his thoughts,”

Amplo said. “He wasn’t playing his best, and we also wanted to see how Matt was going to come in off the bench … JJ has earned the right to be our starter, and Matt has proven that he is capable of being a very suitable backup.”

Marquette opened the second half with two more goals and went almost the entire third quarter without allowing Hofstra to score. However, the Pride answered with a 6-2 run to close the exhibition en route to a 15-6 victory. Although Hofstra outscored Marquette in the final two quarters, the Golden Eagles found their rhythm in the second half and carried it into the next exhibition.

Against Pennsylvania, Marquette was fast out of the gates, scoring its first goal only 30 seconds into the game. The Golden Eagles would pile on five more goals before the end of the first quarter, while the Quakers could only score one against Sagl, who played the entire second exhibition in the net. Marquette slowed down considerably in the second quarter, scoring its only goal with eight seconds left to make it 7-3 at the half.

Marquette kept its foot on the gas in the third quarter, as it started the second half on a 3-1 run, led by freshman attackman Brendan Smith, who scored three times in the game. The fourth quarter yielded no surprises or comebacks, as the Golden Eagles closed out the game and won 12-6.

Freshman attackman Conor Gately, who said he registered seven assists during the two exhibitions Sunday, said Marquette’s offensive success against the Quakers was due to the team following its game plan.

“It feels good. It’s the best when we’re doing what the coaches asked us to do, because that’s obviously one of our main points on offense,” Gately said.

“It was good when it clicked obviously against Hofstra it was a little tougher, but against Penn is seemed a lot easier for us.”

Marquette will play the first regular season game of its inaugural season Saturday, Feb. 23 in Columbus, Ohio, against Ohio State.

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Paint touches exorcise Demons Golden Eagles take over the lane with 50 points, 30 rebounds

By Trey Killian

robert.killian@marquette.edu

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

Junior forward Davante Gardner contrubuted 13 points and was one of five Golden Eagles scoring in double figures against the Blue Demons.

Saturday’s match-up with DePaul wasn’t the easy win most people expected for Marquette.

The Blue Demons came to the Bradley Center with just one Big East victory, but they gave the Golden Eagles a surprising test.

DePaul’s sharp long-distance shooting kept it in the game, as the Blue Demons knocked down nine of 20 attempted three-pointers (45 percent).

Marquette won by dominating the paint. The Golden Eagles scored 50 points under the basket to DePaul’s 30, outrebounded the Blue Demons 30-24 and shot 63.6 percent inside the three-point line.

Coach Buzz Williams talked about his team’s collective presence on the glass and the importance of each player’s contribution.

“Trent Lockett’s got to be great on the glass,” Williams said. “He doesn’t have to be second on our team in rebounding, but he is in Big East play.”

Senior guard Junior Cadougan finished with 17 points, using his

basketball sense to exploit DePaul’s weakness in the defensive frontcourt. Cadougan put his head down and drove to the basket, making defenders look like cardboard cutouts.

“I just saw the opening,” Cadougan said. “Coach saw the weakness, so that’s why we started running the pick and pop and the flat ball screen. They played man-to-man, and they were playing high on the floor to try to take our wings away. So we were setting screens in the channels to break the shell and get it flowing.”

Junior guard Vander Blue employed a similar strategy, finishing with 18 points, while the rest of the Golden Eagles chipped in across the board.

Despite the win, Williams was still critical of his team, sticking to the “we’re not that good” mentality that he’s consistently held all season.

“I don’t think you can be great and allow a team to score 50 percent of their shots on your home floor,” he said. “I’m not sure what we’re great at, and I’m not being a pessimist, because I know we’ve improved.”

Williams credited his team’s efficiency and ability to take care of the basketball, as the Golden Eagles finished with just nine turnovers. He especially credited

Cadougan’s play at the point.

“I think Junior’s playing with more poise after the Louisville shellacking than he’s ever played within back-to-back games. (It’s good) to play the second-fastest team in the country and only have nine turnovers, which is less than we had at South Florida, and they’re one of the slower teams in the country.”

Marquette had one of its best games of the season offensively, knocking down 31 field goals and shooting 56.4 percent from the floor. It needed all of that to stay ahead of the Blue Demons, who came out firing, nearly matching the Golden Eagles step-for-step at 49.2 percent for the game.

Marquette would go on to tie a season high with 89 points, and in the first half both teams combined for 81 to make up the highest scoring frame Marquette has played in all season.

While starters Donnavan Kirk, Worrel Clahar and Brandon Young combined for 53 of DePaul’s points, Marquette got a much more balanced effort.

The Golden Eagles’ starting five scored 53 points, and the bench notched 36 of its own. Junior forward Davante Gardner’s 13 led the way for the subs, while Jamil Wilson and Todd Mayo combined for another 20 points.

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

Sophomore forward Juan Anderson contributed two points to the starting five’s 53 on Saturday in his 11 minutes of playing time. Anderson also grabbed four boards in the 89-78 win.

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By Kyle Doubrava

kyle.doubrava@marquette.edu

Irish prevail in 5-OT thriller Fans in South Bend, Ind., were treated to plenty of free basketball Saturday night (and Sunday morning) when No. 25 Notre Dame outlasted No. 11 Louisville 104-101 in five overtimes.

Irish guard Jerian Grant led the Irish with 19 points, and guard Eric Atkins played an exhausting 60 minutes while chipping in 14 points and five boards.

Louisville had a 30-point scoring effort from forward Chane Behanan and 22 points from Luke Hancock off the bench.

The game was the longest in

Big East regular-season history.

Six of the last eight meetings between the two teams have gone into overtime. Louisville guard Russ Smith had the last shots in both the fourth and fifth overtime periods but misfired on both attempts.

Providence upsets Cincinnati Despite Providence’s poor overall Big East performances over the last few years, the Friars always seem to surprise a ranked team here and there.

Providence beat No. 17 Cincinnati at home last Wednesday 54-50 behind Kadeem Batts’ 25 points. Batts’ effort made up for the league’s leading scorer’s soso game; Bryce Cotton had a

scoreless first half and finished with 11 points, far below his average of 21.4.

With the Friars ahead 5250 with 13 seconds left, Batts missed a pair of free throws, and the Bearcats rebounded for a chance to tie or win. Sean Kilpatrick dribbled the ball off his foot with two seconds to go, resulting in a backcourt violation.

The past three years have been quite miserable for Providence in the Big East. Entering the Cincinnati game, the Friars were 3-7 in league play, and the team had finished 4-14 in each of the last three seasons. What is surprising, however, is that of those 12 wins, four of them came against top-25 teams.

St. John’s at Louisville Thursday, 8 p.m.

While fans focus their attention on what’s happening at the top of the Big East standings, they may be missing out on developments in the middle of the pack.

Louisville, coming off a heartbreaking, five-overtime defeat at Notre Dame, will search for redemption at home against the

Red Storm. The Cardinals (7-4) sit in sixth place in the Big East, while St. John’s (7-5) is close behind in eighth.

St. John’s, after playing six unranked teams in a row, closes out its schedule playing five of its final seven against top 25 squads. After a sluggish 77-58

loss at Syracuse Sunday, the Red Storm will hope to capitalize on Louisville’s frustration from the Irish game. The matchup between Louisville’s Russ Smith and the Red Storm’s D’Angelo Harrison (both averaging 18.3 points per game) will be worth the watch alone.

Winter gets 600-meter record Golden Eagles rewrite school record book at GVSU indoor meet

By Christopher Chavez

christopher.chavez@marquette.edu

Marquette braved the elements Thursday on the bus ride to Allendale, Mich., for Grand Valley State’s Big Meet and arrived ready for a weekend of competition.

Coach Bert Rogers said the team was fortunate to get a good bus drive on the way there considering the conditions.

“It was slow going through Chicago,” Rogers said. “Once we got in that last stretch from Michigan City to Grand Rapids, it was snowing pretty good.

We just took our time – fortunately, no incidents.”

In his final attempt at the school record for the men’s indoor 600-meter run, senior Kyle Winter entered just .01 seconds away from Jon Shaffer’s record set in 2005. He ran the 600-meter race at Wisconsin’s Badger Classic and the Illini Classic but fell short both times.

At Grand Valley, he crossed the finish line behind Ashland’s Drew Windle with a time of

1:19.07, good enough for a new school record. Entering the season, Winter admitted that getting the school record was one of his goals, but his main goal is to defend the Big East crown in the men’s 800-meter run.

“There was a mix of excitement and on both our parts, thinking ‘It’s about time,’ because he’s been right there for several races,” Rogers said. “To get it was very exciting, and I’m very happy and proud of him.”

More rewriting of the school record books took place on the women’s side, as junior Abigail Croft broke the 12-foot mark in the pole vault for the first time in the indoor season. On her final attempt, she cleared the 12foot, 1/2 inch mark.

With a previous best of 11-feet and 9.75 inches, she moved from fourth to third on the school’s all-time list. She currently sits just one inch behind Carrie Schmid’s second place in 2008.

“For the early part of the year she was battling injury, so it’s really exciting to see her coming back into form,” Rogers said. “That’s excellent that we’re hitting our stride right before the Big East.”

Freshman Molly Hanson got her first try at the indoor mile last weekend and posted the third-best time of the day

with a 4:52.12 run. It is the fastest women’s mile for Marquette since Olivia Johnson ran 4:53.71 at the 2010 Big East Indoor Championship. Hanson also surpassed Johnson on the all-time list for fifth-fastest in school history.

“It was nice to see (Molly) put together a good race,” Rogers said. “Honestly, it wasn’t the most evenly split race. I think in her second-to-last lap she was a little bit slower. If she can even that out, I think she can drop a few more seconds.”

Also getting fifth-best ever at Marquette was senior Katie Kemmerer in the 400-meter dash with a new personal best of 57:83. This was her third 400-meter run of the year. She has managed to set personal bests in the 60-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter distances this year.

After a disappointing run at Notre Dame in the men’s 5,000-meter run, redshirt junior Spencer Agnew rebounded with a Big East qualifier in the men’s mile. His time of 4:13.31 was right behind senior Patrick Maag’s 4:13.40.

Maag and Agnew are among the many Marquette conference championship qualifiers who have proved themselves over the last 11 weeks on the road to Geneva.

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Junior Cadougan Senior Guard Marquette

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

Cadougan is not known for his scoring, but the senior point guard put together consecutive double digit scoring games this week to help Marquette stay tied for first in the Big East.

Cadougan scored 11 points and dished out five assists in a 70-47 win at South Florida and chipped in 17 points with six assists in an 89-78 victory over DePaul on Saturday.

Entering Monday, Cadougan was averaging 9.0 points and 4.3 assists per game. He has been playing with efficiency, evidenced by his 1.86 assistto-turnover ratio in conference games. Marquette will need Cadougan to keep up this productive pace, especially with a demanding schedule ahead for the Golden Eagles.

quick notes on marquette track alums

Tommy Schmitz made his return to the track after ten months with the men’s 3,000-meter run at the University of Washington’s Husky Classic. He finished with a time of 8:01, which qualified him for the 2013 United States Indoor National Championship. He would also run the men’s mile in 4:03.83 for an eight-second victory over Harris Emmons of Washington.

Nick Szczech has registered for the 2013 Lakefront Marathon on Oct. 6.