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VICTORY See page 10
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Davante Gardner reeled off the best game of his career Monday as the Golden Eagles defeated Syracuse 74-71. The victory extended Marquette’s home win streak to 24 games.
Violent crime rate increases in MKE MU campus crime stats differ from surrounding area By Nick Biggi
nicholas.biggi@marquette.edu
Violent crime increased around the Milwaukee area last year, according to the Milwaukee Police Department crime statistics report for 2012 released Feb. 14, although crime around Marquette saw no significant change. Overall crime, however, decreased by 16 percent over the last six years, according to the report, including a one percent decrease
in crime from 2011 to 2012. The largest increase in violent crime was in assault offenses, according to the report. From 2011 to 2012, assault offenses increased from 3,256 to 4,333. Rape and homicide also increased from 2011 to 2012, but the increase was less than 8 percent for each category. Marquette’s campus saw only five assaults per year in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Statistics from 2012 are still under review. Department of Public Safety Capt. Russell Shaw credits the Marquette administration for its ability to keep DPS running efficiently. “While the neighborhood around
Mayor focuses on areas to improve in 2013 address to MKE By Ben Greene
benjamin.greene@marquette.edu
Mayor Tom Barrett highlighted Milwaukee’s public transportation system, health, local economy and crime rates as areas needing improvement in his 2013 State of the City address at the Pritzlaff Building Monday morning. Eight community leaders opened the ceremonies with short presentations on the work they have done to redefine Milwaukee, followed
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Barrett delivers State of City
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Photo by Ben Greene/benjamin.greene@marquette.edu
Mayor Tom Barrett delivered his ninth State of City address Monday.
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Marquette will raise its salary pool by 2 percent next year. PAGE 5
Squeezing in many tasks can be stressful and unproductive. PAGE 9
Gardner is not your everyday sixth man, but he still shines. PAGE 11
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Gov. Walker announces latest budget Plan includes tax cuts, end of tuition caps and increased funds By Jason Kurtyka
jason.kurtyka@marquette.edu
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker announced his biennial budget for 2013-2015 in an official address last Wednesday, speaking on a wide range of issues from education to statewide economic development and healthcare reform. Walker presented the proposal as his plan to improve the state’s economic situation and as a response to to criticism of his 2011-2013 budget, which implemented severe cuts to many state institutions. When Walker proposed his first budget in 2011, Wisconsin had a $3.6 billion budget deficit and an unemployment rate of 7.8 percent. The state now has a budget surplus, and unemployment is down to 6.6 percent. “It wasn’t easy,” Walker said. “But we’re turning Wisconsin around.” Republican Rep. Rob Hutton of Brookfield issued a press release responding to Walker’s budget proposal, in which he praised the governor for his efforts to reduce the state’s budget deficit. “Last session, the Governor, along with the Republican legislature, made tough budget decisions and erased a $3.6 billion deficit,” Hutton said. “This resulted in a projected fiscal year end surplus of over $400 million, the largest opening balance Wisconsin has seen since 2001.” The biggest item in governor’s budget proposal is a two-year, 2.2 percent cut to the state income tax amounting to $343 million. However, under the proposal, state government spending would reach $30.5 billion over the next two years, with the increase coming from a combined 4.9 percent raise in infrastructure spending and other state projects. The proposal also included an increase in state funding for the University of Wisconsin system. Over the next two years,
DPS Reports Feb. 21 At 10:09 a.m. a patient at Marquette Dental School reported that unknown person(s) removed her or his unsecured and unattended property from the dental school without consent. Estimated loss is $210. MPD was contacted and responded. At 3:46 p.m. a person not affiliated with Marquette was observed removing food from Marquette Place in the Alumni Memorial Union without paying. The estimated loss is $6.87. MPD will be contacted via the morning report. At 5:05 p.m. a student reported that an unknown person took her or his cell phone from the 1600 block of W.
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Wisconsin Ave. without consent. DPS and MPD responded. Feb. 22 At 9:04 a.m. a university employee reported that unknown person(s) removed unsecured, unattended university property estimated at $1,200 from Marquette Hall. At 11:16 a.m. a student reported that unknown person(s) used her lost MUID without her consent in Engineering Hall. Estimated loss is $27. At 3:33 p.m. unknown person(s) wrote graffiti in a restroom in the Alumni Memorial Union. Facilities Services was contacted and removed the graffiti.
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker delivers his state budget address in the Assembly chamber of the Wisconsin State Capitol Wednesday. The 2013-2015 budget is meant to promote higher education and create jobs.
UW schools would receive more than $181 million, which would make up for most of the cuts included in the last budget. The increase will reverse the trend of more state funding going to prisons than to Wisconsin public universities. However, the proposed budget would remove a tuition increase cap on all UW schools, which is currently set at 5.5 percent. In response, more than 100 students from across the system held a rally yesterday at the state capitol to call for a cap of 3 to 4 percent per academic year. UW System President Kevin P. Reilly praised Walker’s decision to increase statewide university funding, calling it an investment in his system’s ability to serve citizens across the state. “Gov. Walker recognizes and appreciates the role that UW
institutions play in boosting our state’s economy,” Reilly said in a statement. “Job creation and workforce development are top priorities for everyone, including the UW system. We look forward to working with all legislators from both parties to advance this budget.” Walker also detailed his plan to decrease federal health care funding and transform Wisconsin’s Medicaid system to conform to the Affordable Care Act. The new healthcare plan would remove about 87,000 people who have incomes above the federal poverty level from Medicaid and require them to purchase coverage through federally run services. At the same time, the proposal would extend Medicaid coverage to about 82,000 people below the poverty line, many of whom do not have insurance.
Events Calendar FEBRUARY 2013
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The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013: Live Action, Landmark Oriental Theatre, 4:40 p.m. True Life... I Want to Love My Body, Schroeder Hall, 7 p.m.
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Someday Melissa, Cramer Hall, 7 p.m.
Real Pirates, Milwaukee Public Museum, 9 a.m.
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Annex Bingo, Union Sports Annex, 10 p.m.
Walker’s proposal must still pass through the state legislature before becoming law, and Democrats have already begun stating their opposition. Mike Tate, chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, criticized the governor’s budget, saying it favors special interests over ordinary citizens. “Walker once again laid out a divisive budget that favors corporate campaign donors and out-of-state special interests at the expense of our middle class families,” Tate said in a statement. “Walker is calling it a budget for the middle-class, but a real middle-class budget invests in education, healthcare and a jobs plan that increases access to worker training and access to capital for small businesses and incentivizes buying Wisconsin and buying American.”
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MU to honor women at Golden Roses celebration Honorees support diversity and inclusivity on campus By Catelyn Roth-Johnson
catelyn.roth-johnson@marquette.edu
Female Marquette faculty, staff and recent graduates will have an opportunity to participate in the university’s fourth annual Golden Roses celebration. The awards, which honor women who support diversity and inclusivity throughout Marquette, will be given at a March ceremony in the Alumni Memorial Union. This year, more than 35 women were nominated by current students and faculty members and will be sent invitations for the reception this week. At the reception, each nominee will receive some type of award based on her contribution to empowering underrepresented students at Marquette. John Janulis, coordinator for
intercultural engagement in the aims to recognize the efforts Office of Student Development, of our female staff members will moderate the event. in helping make a differ“Golden Roses was engen- ence in the lives of Marquette dered on campus in March 2010 students,” he said. in celebration of Women’s HisPrior to 2012, Golden Roses tory Month to was solely a recognize concelebration of tributions that women of color female faculty at Marquette. and staff have “Although it is made on the certainly imporlives of students tant to recognize from diverse women of color backgrounds, affiliated with students in the the university, LGBTQ comwe felt that celmunity and ebrating women first generaat Marquette tion students,” who support unhe said. “We Nicci Williams, senior, College of derrepresented know through comArts & Sciences student research, intermunities was actions and obmore aligned servations that students who with our goals of promoting identify in these communities inclusivity and intercultural might face challenges in pursuing engagement,” he said. a higher education.” This year, students’ nominaJanulis said the support stu- tions and input are considered dents receive from faculty and in addition to faculty and staff staff helps them feel welcome nominations. The Office of and valued on campus. Intercultural Engagement ac“Therefore, Golden Roses cepted nominations via email
It is so important to remember the women who influence our lives every day.”
and print through last empowering to see Friday. such awesome women Janulis said the represent Marquette.” Golden Roses awards Williams said atallow current stutending the event indents to say a special spired her to pursue her thank you to chosen goals as the women at women at Marquette. the ceremony had. Mary Carlson “I think we seize “It is so important to every opportunity we remember the women have to say thank you who influence our to those who have lives every day,” she helped students get said. “This is a prowhere they are now,” gram that not many he said. “The Golden students know about, Roses allows our curbut it is so vital that we rent students—and try tomake it known.” faculty and staff—the Nichelle Walker, a opportunity to recfreshman in the ColAmy Vaughan Van Hecke ognize those at Marlege of Business Adquette who have made ministration, said she a difference.” would be less successNicci Williams, a seful as a student withnior in the College of out the support she has Arts & Sciences, atreceived from women tended the ceremony at Marquette. last year. “There are so many “I went in honor qualities, like being of one of my former focused and confident, professors who was that inspired me to stay Wendy Krueger involved in the psydriven,” she said. “It is chology program,” she said. such a refresher to see women “It was so enlightening and like that at Marquette.”
Uncertified vitamin supplements fail potency test supplements in future studies to ensure accurate dosages. “The take-away message from our study is that the amount of vitamin D in the pills consumers are taking does not necessarily match the amount By Eric Oliver listed on the bottle,” LeBlanc eric.oliver@marquette.edu said. “Because vitamins are loosely regulated, there is no If you start every morn- guarantee that consumers are ing with vitamin supplements, getting what they pay for.” LeBlanc said consumers you may not be receiving your complete daily value, or should look for the USP’s verification stamp on bottles, because even the value of your dollar. According to a Kaiser Per- those with the stamp are more manente Center for Health likely to match their labels. Barbara Troy, an adjunct asResearch study released Feb. 11, many daily vitamin pills sistant professor in the College contain dosages lower than of Health Sciences, said the varying potency in vitamin D those listed on their bottles. Erin LeBlanc, one of the supplements is a common occurrence. study’s authors, “Supplements said a study on do not have to menopausal prove safety women spurred or effectiveher interest afness, and unter the research fortunately are team sent a samvery loosely ple of vitamin D regulated by the supplements to U.S. Food and a lab for testing Drug Adminisand variability. tration,” Troy LeBlanc said said in an email. the results surBarbara Troy “The FDA does prised her, since College of Health Sciences have the aushe expected thority to spotamounts closer check supplements to verify to those listed on the labels. “I was surprised that there that the labeling contents match was such wide variation in the the actual contents, but many potency of vitamin D supple- pills fall through the cracks.” Troy said the loose regulation ments,” LeBlanc said. “Voluntary standards set by the of supplements in the U.S. is a U.S. Pharmacopeial Con- concern and added that a USP vention do allow for some or Consumer Lab stamp on a variation, but not as much as supplement at least shows that independent organizations are we found in our analysis.” LeBlanc said only one third verifying the content. Troy said those concerned of the supplement pills tested met USP Convention standards, about their nutrition should which require pills to con- focus on what they eat rathtain 90 to 120 percent of their er than on vitamin pills and other supplements. listed active ingredients. “Foods first should always be The supplements’ dosage varied, LeBlanc said, from emphasized,” Troy said. “In the 9 percent to 140 percent of case of Vitamin D, that means getting in three to four cups the listed dosage. Because she researches the of milk products every day to potential health benefits of vita- most easily meet needs … A min D, LeBlanc said, she plans supplement should be just that on using only USP-verified – only a supplement to our diet
Mislabled pills provide too much or too little nutrition
A supplement should be just that – only a supplement to our diet.”
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The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention inspects and labels supplements to confirm their quality and strength.
that is first filled with a wide variety of nutrient-rich foods.” Andres Popernik, a junior in the College of Engineering, said his perspective as an engineer and athlete lowered his concern over the variance in vitamin supplements. “As long as the percentages are kept within a certain
tolerance, it is acceptable,” Popernik said. “People who should be concerned are those who take more than the desired amount or who do not keep a healthy living style.” Popernik said he doesn’t believe enough data was collected and analyzed to prove there is a serious issue. He said
he would like to see more data tested to give an accurate report on the potency percentages. “This study does not change the viewpoints I have,” Popernik said. “I have been and always am attentive of the amounts of supplements I take, and if I ever have a question or concern, I consult my nutritionist.”
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MU enacts 2 percent university-wide budget cut
“negative” growth for the higher education industry. Moody’s attributes this negative outlook to anticipated federal budget cuts, increased risk of more regulation and accreditation sanctions, the suppression of By Melanie Lawder net tuition growth, the exhausmelanie.lawder@marquette.edu tion of non-tuition revenue sources, rising student loans After conducting a review and the continued perceived deof the national and worldwide valuation of college degrees. According to a survey confinancial outlook for higher education, Marquette has asked ducted by Moody’s, 18 percent departments to reduce or return of its private university and 15 percent of its public university 2 percent of this year’s budget. Andy Brodzeller, a senior respondents project a decline communication specialist at in net tuition revenue. Pilarz cited Moody’s findMarquette, said the budget cuts are a response to various exter- ings in a Feb. 14 email to the nal reports that predict higher Marquette community when he education institutions will face announced that university leadconsiderable revenue challeng- ership authorized a 2 percent es due to factors including the raise for the 2013 salary pool. reduction of family wealth and According to the email, managers will draw income. from these pools “Marquette is when deciding not immune to on individual the global presraises for the sures felt by all 2013 fiscal year. universities,” In his email, Brodzeller said. Pilarz empha“To continue sized the need our responsible for economic management, stewardship. departments “We cannot have been asked avoid new reto reduce or return 2 percent Andy Brodzeller, senior alities that are presof this year’s communication specialist putting sure on univerbudget. The sity budgets university will continue to plan and budget for nationwide,” Pilarz said. Vice President of Finance next fiscal year throughout the John “Chuck” Lamb said the remainder of the semester.” Among the reports that indi- cuts would not affect student cate a difficult future for higher financial aid or Marquette Stueducation is the 2013 report dent Government. Lamb said from Moody’s Investors Ser- financial aid would see an invice. For 2013, Moody’s pro- crease of 7.2 percent, or $7.7 jected a shift from “stable” to million, in the 2013 fiscal year.
Administration cites poor economy and federal cuts as causes
Marquette is not immune to the global pressures felt by all universities.”
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The median undergraduate student loan debt for a graduating student in 2012
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$27,154 at a private university.
Source: Moody's Investor Service http://www.marquette.edu/budget/documents/MoreUSColleges FaceStagnatingEnrollmentandTuitionRevenueAccordingtoMoodysSurvey11013.pdf
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Barrett: Transit system, streetcar route included in mayor’s address
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In his address, Barrett highlighted health care for newborns, prenatal care and his Healthy Birth Outcomes Intiative to reduce infant mortality.
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Eight community leaders opened Barrett’s speech Monday morning.
by the mayor’s speech. Barrett said he secured $61 million in federal funds to be invested in new, fuel-efficient buses and the establishment of a streetcar route in Milwaukee. “Our city’s future is tied to more people living, working and investing in Milwaukee,” Barrett said. “A modern transit system is one element of our strategy to make Milwaukee the place they want to live. It’s not the only element, and it’s not our only strategy to grow
Milwaukee. But a modern streetcar is an important ingredient.” The mayor cited Cincinnati, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Ore., and Kansas City, Mo., as good examples for the future of public transit in Milwaukee. All five cities either already have an established streetcar system or are in the process of obtaining one. Barrett said Milwaukee has already taken the first steps toward building a streetcar route, but the final timetable
of implementation is not completely up to him. “The final engineering phase is about to start and will determine the exact route,” Barrett said. “Yet, despite the progress we’re making, the reality is that we’re not in full control of the streetcar’s future. The State Public Service Commission may very well disrupt and delay the streetcar.” Another main point in Barrett’s address was the state of resident health in Milwaukee. Specifically, the mayor said he hopes to devote more resources to postnatal and early childhood care. Last year, Barrett said, nearly 9,000 Milwaukee public health nurses helped expectant mothers deliver healthy babies and supported families during their children’s first years. Barrett said he plans to add even more nurses this year. He also mentioned his Healthy Birth Outcomes Initiative during his address. “This effort is focused on reaching my ambitious goal of reducing the infant mortality rate by 10 percent citywide, and by 15 percent among AfricanAmericans by 2017,” Barrett said. Regarding Milwaukee’s economy, Barrett said Northwestern Mutual will be a major contributor to the increase in area jobs. He said the financial firm plans to add 1,700 jobs downtown in its new tower, which should be completed in 2017. Additionally, Barrett said he expects the actual construction of the building to “create hundreds of construction jobs for Milwaukee residents and generate new opportunities for Milwaukee-based small businesses.” Finally, the mayor said he hopes to reduce crime rates across the city, but especially in three areas with irregularly high numbers. Barrett cited the Amani, Metcalfe and Washington Park neighborhoods, located in northwest Milwaukee, as areas that bear a disproportionately large burden of the city’s crime. “These neighborhoods are just 2% of the City’s land area,” Barrett said. “But in 2012, 13% of the City’s violent crime, and 8% of all crimes, were committed in these three neighborhoods.”
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Panel debates criminal justice at yearly conference MU Law School hosts talk on death penalty, life without parole By Emily Wright
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Bringing a human face to an often emotional and ethical debate, the Marquette Law School hosted a Restorative Justice Conference Friday comparing the ultimate punishments in the U.S. — capital punishment and life without parole. Testimony from victims and individuals involved in the criminal justice system complemented a lively discussion about the modern court system. This was the seventh annual Restorative Justice Conference at Marquette. Janine P. Geske, a Marquette professor of law and director of the MULS Restorative Justice Initiative, said restorative justice takes a victim-centered approach to the criminal justice system, holding the guilty responsible for what they have done but also letting the victims have a voice in the process. It is being applied in neighborhoods and schools across the country. The conference, held in Eckstein Hall, focused on bringing awareness to the victims of crimes leading to the death penalty, who are often forgotten in the philosophical and moral arguments surrounding the legitimacy of capital punishment. Survivors at the conference said the stress of participating in the criminal justice process, from trials and appeals up to the actual execution when applicable, caused them further trauma. Thirty-three states allow the death penalty, but several states’ capital punishment policies are either under review by the courts or under a
moratorium by decision of the state government. “The (criminal justice system) is not designed to deal with the therapeutic needs of victims,” said the Rev. Jerry Hancock, who spoke on the panel regarding victim support. While supporters and opponents of the death penalty voiced their opinions, the main focus of the panel was how to improve the system for the victims and survivors. Those represented told stories and expressed gratitude for the research that had been done. “This has really (been) ... a wonderful, wonderful experience, because for the first time victims have a voice, and they have credible people behind them,” said Paula Kurland, a survivor from Texas who was on one of the victim panels. The idea for the conference topic came from research published in the Marquette Law Review last fall by Marilyn Armour, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and Mark Umbreit, a professor at the University of Minnesota. The pair investigated the impact of the death penalty on two different states: Texas, which has the death penalty, and Minnesota, which enforces life without parole instead. “The true highlight of the conference was the courage, strength and grace of our survivor speakers,” Geske said. “They are the ones who taught all of us the most. No one who heard them speak will forget them.” Hearing the stories and the testimony of the survivors was powerful for many attending the discussion. Many of the victims who spoke had been interviewed as part of Armour and Umbreit’s study. They told their stories, their personal struggles with the court system and their attempts to regain control of their
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Panelists gathered at Marquette Law School Friday to discuss the ethical implications of the death penalty.
lives in the aftermath of tragedy. For some of the survivors, it was the first time they had told their stories in public. “Death penalty proponents frequently advance the interests of victims to support the imposition of the death penalty,” Geske said. “This research took a very scholarly look at how
family members of homicide victims have benefited either from sentences of life without parole versus the death penalty.” Geske said the conference was about starting a conversation about the effects of the death penalty. “The goal of the conference was really to have all of us to
look at the impact of these sentences on victims and others in the criminal justice system,” he said. “Regardless of what one’s view is on the death penalty, hopefully we all learned something about the complexity of these issues and the reasons why someone might feel differently than we do about the topic.”
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Crime: Preliminary MU numbers show drop in sexual assualt, robbery
CITY OF MILWAUKEE CRIME COUNT AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
From Jan. 1, 2011 to Dec. 31, 2011 and Jan. 1, 2012 to Dec. 31 2012
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Source: Milwaukee Police Report 2012 Statistics Infographic by Rob Gebelhoff/robert.gebelhoff@marquette.edu
Marquette is not immune to increases in crime around the city of Milwaukee, the area Public Safety patrols continues to remain one of the safest in the city,” Shaw said. “We do not experience the same dramatic increases that other parts of the city might see year-to-year.” Though 2012 statistics are still under review, Shaw said the campus has remained safe. “Our preliminary numbers show we are down in robbery and sexual assault, which are the two most serious personal crimes reported in our area,” Shaw said. Danielle Kadlec, a freshman in the College of Communication, said she sometimes feels uncomfortable walking around the city but generally feels safe on campus. “There are times that I do get scared,” Kadlec said. “But I do feel within a community when I am on the campus.” Ryan Kitchie, also a freshman in the College of Communication, said Milwaukee is different from his hometown of Wilmette, Ill., but he feels safe at Marquette due to the services it provides around campus. “It makes me a little nervous being in a very high centralized crime rate city, but I know Marquette’s facilities are very safe, and I am not worried anywhere on campus,” Kitchie said.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Big lessons I learned from a little kid
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Brooke Goodman
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Intercultural Engagement can foster inclusivity Our view: The little-known Center for Intercultural Engagement offers resources to all, but perceptions can make it seem that it is only open to minority students. Students are generally familiar with many of the programs offered through the Office of Student Development, such as Greek life, student organizations and Marquette Student Government. The Center for Intercultural Engagement, however, previously called the Multicultural Center, is foreign to many students. The center provides culturally diverse programming and space for students, including a conference room, couches, study areas, a television and a small kitchen. The center’s core initiatives are celebrating diversity, social justice education, leadership development, student support and mentoring, campus collaborations and advocacy. While the center serves a vital purpose on campus, it may too often be seen as a place only for minority students. As the Tribune reported last week, a discussion held in the AMU on inclusivity among cultural and ethnic groups led to many students concluding that while Marquette currently has a student body that is more diverse than it has been in recent years, this diversity is not always well-exposed. The CIE changed its name last July to try to better emphasize that its opportunities are for all students of all cultures and to broaden “an understanding of diversity that is inclusive of more than racial and ethnic identities.” We applaud OSD for this thoughtful decision. We also encourage all students, regardless of race or background, to learn more about the Center for Intercultural Engagement and take advantage of its opportunities. As a Jesuit institution, it is Marquette’s mission to promote all forms of social justice and support the well-being of all
students. The center addresses issues surrounding faith and justice, two parts of Marquette’s Catholic foundation. The center also seeks to tie students’ lives into their education. It hosts McNair Colloquia, a collaboration with the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program, which supports students from disadvantaged backgrounds at 200 different institutions to present research projects with guidance and mentoring from Marquette faculty. With the official establishment of the new Gender and Sexuality Resource Center on campus last August, the Center for Intercultural Engagement gained a new partner in its mission for inclusivity. Each year, the GSRC will focus a series of events for the LGBT community on campus, including the Day of Silence. We hope the centers will work together to strengthen the resources for gender issues and diversity on campus. The Center for Intercultural Engagement’s vision statement describes its aim “to foster a diverse and inclusive environment where all students can engage in meaningful relationships across differences with other students, faculty and staff.” There can be no meaningful relationships across diverse backgrounds that form through the center’s programming if most of the student body does not feel included at the center or feels confused about what it offers. We urge the university to continue to reach out to students and celebrate its diverse culture more openly. We are proud to be part of a university that provides resources to typically underrepresented populations on campus, but sometimes these programs can appear to be dividing the student population more than uniting it. We hope the Center for Intercultural Engagement is seen as a truly welcoming space where all students can interact.
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If you ever need to learn a thing or two about life, just go sit on an airplane. More specifically, go find a little kid to sit next to on that airplane. This past weekend, flying back from a job interview in St. Louis, I did what I do best – overanalyzed the previous 48 hours of my life. I thought about what I had said are done and how I acted when nobody seemed to be watching. I even wrote down all of the interview questions I was asked and my responses to each. In other words, I drove myself absolutely crazy. Just as I was about to break into a fullon panic attack, though, a little boy sitting next to me asked what was wrong. The conversation went a bit like this: Me: What do you mean, what is wrong? Little boy: You look upset. Me: I’m not upset, just worrying about a job I really want. Little boy: What type of job? Me: A job that has a lot to do with helping and talking to big kids in college. Little boy: Well just be good at talking to the big kids then, and you’ll get the job. Me: (nervous laughter) I don’t think it’s that easy ... Little boy: Yes, it is. In an effort to avoid getting into an argument with a seven-yearold on a plane, I decided to ask him what he was reading. It turned out to be “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” and as a result, I immediately wanted to be his best friend. We talked about how we both think Hogwarts is secretly real and who our favorite characters are. (He didn’t understand why my favorite is Severus Snape.) I told him about the collectors’ edition wands and the Draco Malfoy action figure I have sitting on a shelf in my room. To this, he said, “You should have just talked to those job people about Harry Potter – they would have liked you more. It’s good they don’t know who your favorite characters are, though ... then
they would have thought you’re evil.” As I pondered this simple yet uniquely profound statement, the flight attendant walked down the aisle offering complimentary drinks, cookies and pretzels. I declined her offer, while the little boy asked for the cookies. He immediately turned to me and said, “What are you doing? You take cookies when you can get them.” At this point I was starting to get tired of being harassed by a seven-year-old, so I asked him what he wants to be when he gets older. He began to tell a long and elaborate tale of working with animals and going to the circus while simultaneously saving people and being in a band. Basically, the kid is going to be a singing circus ringleader version of Superman. The flight soon ended, and I bid farewell to my little friend, but as I waited in the Cincinnati airport for my connecting flight back to Milwaukee, I started to think about the lesson the little boy had just taught me. Although so simple, everything he said was 100 percent true. “Be good at talking to big kids, and you’ll get the job.” His lessons – such as good always trumps evil, never pass up on a cookie and that having a big imagination and dreams are important – are all true. In a 45-minute plane ride, this little guy basically summed up what life should be all about. So often we look at children as naïve and silly, but adults can actually learn a lot from the little ones. No matter how simple it may be, children speak truth adults are often too distracted to understand. We should take note of such simplicity. We overanalyze, stress about the unimportant things and give ourselves anxiety and coffeeinduced ulcers far too often. What we should be doing, though, is listening to and learning from our younger siblings, children and students. They can simplify the world around us so that it makes sense, and they serve as a reminder of what is truly important. Next time something seems stressful or complicated, just try to find the little kid inside you and remember three things: brilliance can be found in the most unexpected people, one is never too old to keep dreaming and when there’s a cookie to be had, you’d better not pass up on it. 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.
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Caroline Campbell This column probably isn’t very good, but you should read it anyway. For those of you who are still reading, thank you for looking past my disclaimer. We do not often realize how full of these sorts of statements our lives can be. “This might be a stupid question, but …” “You might have already said this, but …” “Today’s lecture is pretty dry, but bear with me.” That last one is one of my biggest petpeeves: when a professor walks into class, opens up her or his power point and proceeds to tell the class that the material that will be covered that day is dull and boring. Nothing is more of a buzzkill than a professor letting the class know he or she doesn’t want to be there just as much as the students don’t want to be there. Every time a professor begins class with such a disclaimer, half the class automatically regrets the responsible decision they made to actually show up for the lecture that day. It’s a teacher’s job to present students with all the material deemed necessary for them to learn that semester. The least a professor can do when necessary material might not be the most interesting is
to try to make it somewhat interesting. Or at least not mention how uninteresting they find it. How would they feel if every time a student came to office hours or asked a question in class, he or she started with “You aren’t going to want to answer this, but bear with me”? The problem with disclaimers is not the thought behind them, but the lack of confidence they imply in those who use them. I had an English teacher in high school who always called her students out any time they used a disclaimer and made them re-phrase their question or statement with confidence. Often, the disclaimer itself makes the question sound stupid, or the lecture dry, or the column bad. We all have uncertainties from time to time, but it’s how we handle them that determines how aware other people become of them. Approaching an uncertain situation with confidence gives others confidence in you. I understand the appeal of using a disclaimer. If your question really does come across as quite unintelligent, or your lecture actually does turn out to be one of the most boring you’ve ever given, or your column is truly one of the worst bits of writing you have ever published, then you have an automatic out: I told them it was awful at the very beginning. The more confident you are in your delivery, the more confident your audience becomes in you. If you add jokes to your lecture, if you ask your question with conviction, if you publish your column proudly, then half the battle is already won. 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.
Tony Manno Lately I’ve been trying to summarize things – take everything I do and kind of compress it into something I can tackle in less time. It happens with everything – thoughts and ideas, groceries, shortcuts home, the number of cookies I need (just add one), general to-do lists for the day. Quantity of information over quality, I guess, especially when there’s a lot to do. I know it’s probably detrimental to my intelligence – lazy, even – but I do it anyway. How else am I going to watch Daniel Craig, the James Bond, slightly re-legitimize the Oscars with a win and read the “Diff’rent Strokes” Wikipedia page at the same time? A little of each it is. But I hate the feeling that leads to the habit: that there are not enough hours in a day for everything to get done. Especially the fun stuff. The result is just a mishmash of bombarded information – lots of little tasks are getting crossed off, but none of them get the attention they should. I can’t
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really sink my teeth into anything anymore. Either the things I like to do get their shortened version – watching eight minutes of “Taxi Driver,” speed-eating through a sandwich – or they get replaced with one of the “necessary” tasks whose list knows no boundaries. I think I need a solution. Maybe I should wake up earlier – make some coffee, eat some toast, read the daily news. But that would interrupt my 12 snoozes before waking up (rest assured, I’m working on it), plus I already wake up pretty early. Maybe I should stay up later ... eh, doesn’t sound too interesting. Maybe the solution is to skip the necessary things, just sort of “forget” about something here and there. That’s probably a bad one, too, though, because showering is likely the first to go. No good solution, then. But that’s not even the worst part. It’s that some days I really don’t have all that much to do, anyway. I’m just fine-tuned to continue the pattern of the busy days, doing a lot of different things but just a little bit of each. Maybe I just need to relax. That’s it! So actually, the solution comes in two parts: relaxing a bit and eating some breakfast. There’s pancakes. Good deal. Those are my two favorite things to do by the way: watch “Taxi Driver” and eat a sandwich. It’s a shame when you can’t have both. Maybe I can squeeze them in before breakfast tomorrow. Tony Manno is a junior in the College of Communication double majoring in journalism and writing-intensive English. He is studying abroad in France. Email him at anthony.manno@marquette.edu.
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MU shocks Syracuse 74-71
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Junior center Davante Gardner went 12-for-13 from the line and 7-for-7 from the field to lead Marquette in its quest to keep the nation’s second longest home winning streak alive.
Gardner’s career game helps Golden Eagles top No. 12 Orange By Patrick Leary
patrick.leary@marquette.edu
Three years ago, Davante Gardner was overweight. Marquette coach Buzz Williams told him he shouldn’t even come to Marquette, because his weight would prevent him from notching any playing time at all. On Monday night, Williams couldn’t keep his junior center off the court. Gardner scored a career-high 26 points on 7-for7 shooting from the field and 12-for-13 from the line. He also
hauled in eight rebounds in his best game as a Marquette player, leading the No. 22 Golden Eagles (20-7, 11-4 Big East) to a 74-71 victory over No. 12 Syracuse (22-6, 10-5 Big East). “In Syracuse’s zone, the middle is wide open,” Gardner said. “Coach believed in me that I could make the mid-range shot. He trusted me, and that’s where I went.” Gardner’s efforts contributed to Marquette outscoring Syracuse by 24 from the free throw line. The Golden Eagles also scored 55 bench points, more than double Syracuse’s 25. The 6-foot-8 Virginian said his parents stressed free throws for him from an early age. “When I was young, my dad and my mom stressed me on
my free throws,” Gardner said. “They didn’t worry about anything else, just working on my free throws.” Gardner also said he likes when the fans chant “automatic” while he shoots free throws. Williams said Gardner has a unique understanding of “space” that sets him apart from other young basketball players. “It’s really hard to teach space,” Williams said. “The older I get, the more aware I become that young people really have no spatial awareness. For whatever reason, Davante understands spaces as well as anybody.” The win extended Marquette’s home winning streak to 24 games, second in the nation behind the 30-game streak boasted by South Dakota State. Much of
nine seconds to go, as sophomore attacker Nicole Gleason scored on the woman-up advantage to end a more than 25-minute scoring drought. The Golden Eagles were outshot 17-6 in the first half, as the offense was unable to click. The lack of shots led to the scoring drought, but Coach Meredith Black said the team was not mentally confident, which hurt team chemistry. “Duquesne is established, so obviously I think our team might have worried about that a little when we didn’t need to,” Black said. “We can compete with any team in the country, and they need to believe in that.” The Golden Eagles looked more confident in the second half as they came out of the locker room a different team. The Dukes struck first in the second half, followed by a freeposition shot opportunity that made a repeat of the first half look imminent. But the defense stepped up to stop the free-position shot, and Marquette scooped up a ground ball and took it the other way where Gleason scored her
second of the game. The goal sparked a 2-1 run that brought the Golden Eagles within two, and after each team added a pair of goals, the score stood at 9-7. “I was very happy with the fact that our team is notorious for not giving up,” Black said. “We didn’t give up in this game, and I think once the game started going, they started believing that they can win.” Unfortunately, this was as close as the Golden Eagles would get, as they would be shut out for the final 17 minutes despite many opportunities on offense. Drama ensued late as Marquette attempted to overcome the 10-7 deficit. With 3:09 left, a Marquette goal was disallowed, and the Dukes scored on the following possession, crushing any hope for a comeback. “You just can’t control what’s going to get called,” Black said. “Instead of putting our heads down, we’ve got to be able to get that ball back and score again.” Despite the loss, redshirt freshman defender and captain Jenaye Coleman said the team
the credit for the latest victory must go to the 16,000 raucous fans that inspired the Golden Eagles from start to finish. “The support we get from everyone here, it’s just great,” Jamil Wilson said. “Our fellow students come out and support us no matter what. They make us a priority and come and support us.” The Bradley Center noise peaked with 1:24 to go in the first half, when Jake Thomas, who hadn’t made a field goal since Dec. 22 against LSU, hit a threepointer and drew a foul, cutting the Syracuse lead to 29-25. “I was happy for him,” Williams said. “I just wanted somebody to make a shot. The shot that he made, we got a stop on the other end. Obviously, that’s
helpful, because we can flatten out the zone quicker.” The 11-point deficit Marquette faced late in the first half marked the most points it had trailed by in a victory this season. Moreover, following a Steve Taylor, Jr. free throw with 11:25 remaining in the first half, Marquette failed to score for 7:40. Despite the setbacks, the Golden Eagles teamed up for a great collective victory. “Can we win without Jake’s shot?” Williams asked. “Can we win without Todd [Mayo’s] shots and steal? Can we win without Davante’s great offensive rebounds and free throw makes, without Steve’s offensive rebounds and steals? It’s a collection, it’s a conglomeration.”
Women’s lacrosse drops season opener to Dukes 11-7
Duquense defeats competetive MU team at Valley Fields By Andrew Dawson
andrew.dawson@marquette.edu
The Marquette women’s lacrosse team’s inaugural home opener was spoiled in front of 301 freezing fans, as the Duquesne Dukes defeated the Golden Eagles 11-7 Saturday. Marquette entered the game coming off an overtime thriller against Coastal Carolina to win its first game in program history but was unable to keep up with the established Duquesne team. Duquesne sophomore Amanda Kidder opened the scoring 4:24 in, but Marquette’s point leader, freshman attacker Claire Costanza, responded just 23 seconds later to knot the game at one. The tie would soon be broken, as the Dukes scored four unanswered goals and dominated the remainder of the half. Marquette finally stopped the bleeding with
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Freshman defender Elizabeth Goslee and the Golden Eagles are preparing to face the Detroit Titans at Valley Fields on Sunday.
proved something. “I think we surprised a lot of people,” Coleman said. “People just assume that against an established team we’re just going to probably come out and get smashed, but I think we showed Marquette and we
showed the community that we’re here and we’re ready and we’re going to compete with every team that we play against this year.” The Golden Eagles return to Valley Fields on Sunday at 1 p.m. to face Detroit.
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Gardner leads average team By Kyle Doubrava
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Georgetown alone at the top With their gritty road win over Syracuse on Saturday, the Hoyas are now 11-3 and are alone in first place. The last four games will not come easy for Georgetown as it tries to protect its No. 1 seed. In addition to playing a streaking UConn squad on the road this Wednesday, the Hoyas must play at Villanova and then host Syracuse. The battle for the top spot in the standings may very well come down to the final game. Providence catching fire late Don’t look now, but Providence is getting hot at the right time. The Friars, after opening the Big East 2-7, have won five of the last six and stand at a respectable 7-8. This is the first time since 2009 that Providence has won more than four conference games. With games remaining against St. John’s, Seton Hall and UConn, do not be shocked to see Ed Cooley’s bunch break .500 for the year. And with coveted recruit Ricardo Ledo suiting up next season for the Friars and the prospect that leading scorer Bryce Cotton (20.1 ppg) may stay for his senior year, Providence could pose a true threat to opponents in 2013-14.
Syracuse retires Anthony’s jersey Carmelo Anthony only played one year at Syracuse before moving on to the NBA, but it turned out one year was all he needed to justify going pro. The New York Knicks star’s No. 15 jersey was retired Saturday at the Carrier Dome, due mainly to his efforts to secure the Orange a national championship in 2003. Anthony averaged 22.2 points and 10 rebounds per game that season and brought Syracuse its first ever championship. He has since won two Olympic gold medals and has been selected to six NBA All-Star games. Seven Big East teams in Lunardi’s latest bracket As of Sunday, ESPN.com’s Joe Lunardi has seven Big East teams qualifying for the NCAA tournament. The highest seeded Big East teams are currently Syracuse and Louisville, with each claiming a No. 3 seed. The lowest seed is No. 8 Cincinnati, and Marquette is sitting at No. 5. St. John’s is on Lunardi’s “First Four Out” list, so if the Red Storm can earn a couple of quality wins to close out the year, the Big East could have eight teams in the Big Dance. The average seed of all seven teams is 5.1. The Big Ten, which also has seven teams in Lunardi’s bracket, has an average seed of 4.6.
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Louisville at Syracuse Saturday, 11 a.m. Who doesn’t love a good oldfashioned matchup between Rick Pitino and Jim Boeheim? With a double-bye in the Big East tournament on the line for the Cards and the Orange, this game should pack plenty of intensity. Despite Louisville’s No. 8 position in the rankings,
the Cardinals are just 4-3 in Big East road games. Syracuse, normally highly protective of its home court, fell to No. 11 Georgetown Saturday at the Carrier Dome, so hesitate for a moment before chalking up an early win for the Orange.
Napier scored 27 points – including 11 in overtime – in a 73-66 win against Cincinnati on Thursday and followed that up with 28 points on Saturday, as UConn dismantled DePaul 8169. Napier has led the Huskies to
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four wins in their last five games and has averaged 17.2 points and 4.6 assists per game this year. The Roxbury, Mass., native is shooting a career-best 41.1 percent from long distance and 82.6 percent at the foul line.
‘Popularity of track will grow’ as danger looms Football-related brain damage makes track appealing, coach says By Christopher Chavez
christopher.chavez@marquette.edu
A UCLA study last month found signs of a protein linked to football-related brain damage in the brain scans of five former NFL players. About three weeks earlier, Mike Nelson, Marquette’s cross country coach, tweeted about the dangers of football and made a minor splash among some members of the track and field community. “Track & Field needs to become mandatory off-season conditioning for football. If you can’t run, jump, or throw then you can’t play football,” Nelson tweeted. “As more
research is done showing football is physically and mentally dangerous, the popularity of track will grow.” Nelson said he remembers having a scary realization while reading in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article that the average life expectancy of an NFL lineman is 53 years. Back in his college days, Nelson recalled, some of the best sprinters on the track and field team were also members of the football team. Every year, NFL teams would send in letters asking questions about 100-meter times, long jump marks and character traits to his coach. “Signing day for football was always a great day, because we learned we’re going to get this good sprinter, this good jumper and this good thrower,” Nelson said. “The signing day for football was just as important as the signing day for track and field.”
Although there is no varsity football team at Marquette, there are football athletes across the country who carry over their training and conditioning into the track and field season. Before leaving for the NFL, Chip Kelly of Oregon had a great working relationship with Oregon track coaches Vin Lananna and Robert Johnson when it came to developing speed on the track in his running backs. Nelson said he does not expect track to be the only beneficiary of the possible popularity change in sports. “Football is the king of everything in the sports world,” Nelson said. “I think it will be interesting to see if, in 20 years, sports like lacrosse, track, and soccer will somehow move up in popularity, because parents will somehow be afraid of putting their children in football.” In some cases, however, the
lure of money can outweigh the health risks of playing football. Former Texas Longhorn Marquise Goodwin finished 10th in the long jump at the Olympics and could have signed a professional deal soon after. Instead, he continued with his NCAA eligibility and had a breakout year on the football field for the Longhorns. After running the fastest 40-yard dash time at the NFL Combine, 0.03 seconds short of the all-time record, he passed up on any further track competition for a big NFL payday. “There are already some people out there that have chosen track over football, but those may have not been the people who could have made it in football,” Nelson said. “If you can make it in football, and you’ve got a chance to make millions of dollars, you’ll probably choose football.”
Matt Trebby Marquette is not as talented as Syracuse. It doesn’t have the NBA prospects that the Orange have, and it doesn’t have a couple potential All-Americans either. In the early parts of the first half last night, it was evident why Syracuse was a step ahead. It has players like Michael Carter-Williams and C.J. Fair who can take over a game. Unfortunately, Syracuse does not have Davante Gardner. The junior forward continues to make me use my thesaurus and find new words to describe him. The enigmatic big man is truly one-of-a-kind. He, like CarterWilliams and Fair, can take over a game, but Gardner does so much more than that. Against Syracuse, Gardner scored 26 points and grabbed eight rebounds, shooting a perfect 7 of 7 from the field and 12 of 13 from the free throw line. The one free throw he missed was his first, by the way, so he made 19 consecutive shots. No matter who Marquette plays for the rest of the season, it will always have Gardner to catch its opponent off-guard. Syracuse has Rakeem Christmas and Baye Keita, some of the best defenders in college basketball. While Gardner has been contained at times this season, Christmas and Keita had no chance. The Orange and coach Jim Boeheim had no answer for Gardner. Possession after possession, the Golden Eagles fed him the ball down low, and possession after possession, Gardner pulled Marquette back into the game. While Todd Mayo and even Jake Thomas provided some spectacular shots for the Golden Eagles, it was Gardner who was always at the center of the action. Gardner always finds a way to get all the attention on himself in the best way possible. When examining the best teams in college basketball, there are few teams that have a legitimate answer to Gardner in a one-on-one situation in the post. Gorgui Dieng of Louisville and maybe Jeff Withey of Kansas could give him some difficulty. Some teams have done a good job of containing “the Ox” this season. We saw Villanova figure out a way to keep Gardner on the bench for the majority of the game this past Saturday. But if the Golden Eagles need offense and to gather some momentum, they can usually find a way to get the ball to Gardner. He doesn’t need great angles or looks at the basket. Gardner’s game simply requires a couple inches. Marquette’s Buzz Williams is right when he talks about how his team isn’t that good. It really isn’t. It lacks consistent scoring from the guard position and also struggles shooting from the perimeter. I could go on and on about what the Golden Eagles don’t do well. It’s fitting that Marquette’s best finisher is 6-foot-8 and 290 lbs. That doesn’t make sense. It doesn’t make sense for the Golden Eagles to be tied for the lead in the Big East, though, either. Led by Gardner, Marquette is putting itself in a pretty good position for a third straight Sweet Sixteen. Matt Trebby is a senior in the College of Communication. Email him at matthew. trebby@marquette.edu
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Men’s lacrosse loses inaugural game at Ohio State Buckeyes’ 8-1 second half run too much to overcome in 18-8 loss
By Ben Greene
benjamin.greene@marquette.edu
With a little more than four minutes remaining in the second quarter of the men’s lacrosse team’s season opener against the Ohio State Buckeyes, freshman attack-
man Conor Gately scored for the Golden Eagles to bring the team within two goals. Unfortunately, Gately’s goal was waived off, as freshman attackman Brendan Smith was called for cross-checking before the shot, allowing Ohio State to keep its 7-4 lead and gain possession. The Buckeyes capitalized on the extraman opportunity, scoring three unanswered goals during what turned out to be the turning point of the game. Marquette ended up losing 18-8
to Ohio State, which is ranked No. 13 by Inside Lacrosse and No. 16 by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Coaches’ poll with a record of 3-0. Coach Joe Amplo said the negation of Gately’s goal swung momentum into Ohio State’s favor. “We were comfortable, we were in a game, and then we get that foul, and momentum just went out the window,” Amplo said. “We lost whatever momentum we had, and then they scored three in a row off that, and it was tough.”
The Buckeyes opened the game on a 3-0 run before redshirt junior Bryan Badolato scored the first goal in the history of the Marquette men’s lacrosse program. Less than one minute later, redshirt freshman Kyle Whitlow brought the Golden Eagles within one goal of their hosts in the closing seconds of the first quarter. Badolato, who scored twice against the Buckeyes, said he was proud to get the first goal of the season for Marquette. “It feels unbelievable; it’s awesome,” Badolato said. “Our offense, as a team, played really well. … We looked pretty good on offense; I was pretty impressed.” Two Marquette penalties in the second quarter helped Ohio State extend its lead to 10-5 by halftime. The Golden Eagles were called for five penalties over the course of the game, while the Buckeyes were only whistled three times. Amplo said his team committed more fouls than he would usually like to see. “I do think that some of those fouls were hustle fouls,” Amplo said. “In a typical lacrosse game for us, we’d like to be somewhere around two or three fouls per game, but two or three good fouls. … We don’t want to make undisciplined lacrosse plays.”
Ohio State pulled away in the second half, going on an 8-1 run in the third quarter and through the first five minutes of the fourth to put the game out of reach. Redshirt junior Tyler Melnyk and freshman Henry Nelson closed the game with two Marquette goals, as the Golden Eagles held the Buckeyes scoreless in the game’s final 10 minutes. Defensively, despite giving up 18 goals, the Golden Eagles were successful in limiting Ohio State’s star attackman, Logan Schuss. The senior captain was named Offensive Player of the Year in the Eastern College Athletic Conference last season and started his 2013 campaign with nine goals and four assists in his first two games. Marquette redshirt freshman defender Charley Gargano held Schuss to only one goal and one assist. Gargano, who almost did not play due to an allergic reaction before the game, said limiting Schuss was a team achievement. “I had a lot of help from all of my other teammates,” Gargano said. “I kind of just focused on not letting (Schuss) get the ball.” Marquette hopes to improve its record to 1-1 and gain the first victory in program history as it travels to Colorado to take on Air Force Saturday at 1 p.m.
Golden Eagles fall to Panthers 60-56 Villanova defense overwhelms Golden Eagles in Philadelphia By Trey Killian
robert.killian@marquette.edu
Down three points with 10:08 to go in The Pavillion, Steve Taylor, Jr. grabbed an offensive rebound for the Golden Eagles. Seven seconds later, Junior Cadougan committed one of his five turnovers, leading to a layup by Villanova’s Tony Chennault. From then on, Marquette was out of luck. The problems began right after tipoff. Seven minutes into the game, the scoreboard read 8-4 in favor of the Wildcats, but the way Marquette started, it could have been worse. Buzz Williams said he felt from the get-go that his team’s effort was not where it should have been. “We win because we play hard,” Williams said. “Tonight we didn’t play hard. When you give the other team the ball 19 times and the winner is the first to 60, that’s not hard enough.” In their first 10 possessions, the Golden Eagles turned the ball over three times and missed four field goals. The Wildcats, luckily, had offensive issues of their own, thanks to good play on the part of the Marquette defense. In the end, Marquette did not have enough to overcome another sloppy ball-handling performance on the road, as it allowed Villanova to grab 17 points off turnovers. In the first 30 minutes, the Golden Eagles played a backand-forth game, keeping pace with one of the Big East’s deadliest home teams. The largest lead by either squad had been a measly five points in the first half.
In the final 10 minutes, as Marquette’s defense tired out and the Wildcats started knocking down shots, the Golden Eagles’ ball control did not seem to get any better. Cadougan’s play has been a key part of the team’s success in conference play, and while consistently contributing in the scoring department, the senior point guard has struggled to hold onto the ball on the road. He led the team in points with 12 but also led in turnovers with five. Vander Blue and Trent Lockett combined for seven more miscues in the losing effort. “We struggled offensively,” Cadougan said. “We were thinking too much.” It did not help that Blue was ice-cold by his standards, going two for eight from the field and finishing with just seven points. Usual stalwart Davante Gardner also played poorly, scoring one field goal in just 11 minutes off the bench. In short, the 60-56 loss wasn’t a solid display of Marquette basketball, or at least the style of basketball that’s brought the Golden Eagles success this season. Fluid ball movement and working inside-out has been important in big conference wins. In Philadelphia, Marquette did win the battle of the boards 37-24 and outscore the Wildcats in the paint 28-24, but it could do little with that paint presence consistently. Darrun Hilliard caught fire, knocking down a three-point dagger to make it 54-43 with 3:32 to go. He finished with 22, including two other devastating makes from beyond the arc. Cadougan responded with three of his team’s last four field goals, but it was too little, too late. A few defensive lapses at the other end led to easy Villanova answers, courtesy of Mouphtaou Yarou.