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Errors lead to revote in MUSG primary the time the results were originally supposed to be released, MUSG stated that it does not “have confidence in the election results,” and will be rerunning the election over a 24-hour period starting today at 4 p.m. and lasting until 4 p.m. Friday. Students registered on the Marquette Involvement Link system with a mu.edu domain name instead of marquette. edu were not able to vote for the first 45 minutes of the election, and students were able
Voting to begin today at 4 p.m., conclude at same time tomorrow By Joe Kvartunas
joseph.kvartunas@marquette.edu
The Marquette Student Government primary election for president and executive vice president will be rerun today following problems in the voting system. In a press release published at 12:30 p.m. yesterday,
See MUSG, page 5
Big East scores TV deal, 3 new schools Photo by Ben Greene/benjamin.greene@marquette.edu
Based on the game from the Harry Potter series, “Muggle” Quidditch has grown into a popular real-world sport.
Quidditch team chases funding Club goes online to ask for donations after MUSG denies funding By Catelyn Roth-Johnson
catelyn.roth-johnson@marquette.edu
This week, the Marquette club Quidditch team has a bigger goal than just catching the golden snitch. The team organized a fundraiser this month to help raise more than $6,000 for a trip to Florida
in April to the sixth annual Quidditch World Cup competition. The fundraiser was organized on Fundly.com, a website where users can set up an account and supporters can make donations to the cause online. According to the group’s Fundly page, the team has raised $925 from 24 donations, including an anonymous donation of $300. Curtis Taylor, a senior in the College of Business Administration and founder and captain of the club Quidditch team, said the fundraiser is solely for air travel purposes. The team has
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Butler, Creighton and Xavier added to new “premier conference” By Christopher Chavez
christopher.chavez@marquette.edu
On Wednesday morning, the future of the Big East Conference was revealed as Marquette
raised more than $1,700 so far through other means for expenses, such as housing and competition fees, but it is still in need of $4,500 for airfare to Florida. The Fundly page reflects the money raised for air travel. “The total cost of what we are trying to fund by this Monday is $6,416,” he said. “We understand that this is a lot of money, but we have already fundraised $1,730, and that makes it a little less than 500 people each giving $10.” See Quidditch, page 5
will be joined by Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Georgetown, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John’s, Villanova and Xavier as the members of the “new Big East.” University President the Rev. Scott Pilarz and Athletic Director Larry Williams dubbed the new conference “a premier athletics conference centered on elite-level basketball” in an email to members See Big East, page 12
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Big East Conference schools gather in New York to announce developments shaping the new NCAA college basketball focused conference.
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The five engineering students flew their 17-pound plane in Fort Worth, Texas, competing against schools from across the country and around the world.
Engineers design plane for competition MU team comes in sixth, second in US, for aircraft project By Eric Oliver
eric.oliver@marquette.edu
Building an airplane is never a simple task – countless hours, numerous trials and hard work are all crucial to the plane’s success. But five students from the College of Engineering did just that in the Society of Automotive Engineers Aero Design East contest last weekend. The 2013 Aero Marquette team was comprised of Peter Malak, Ed Barry, Michael Bergagna and Beau Hommes, all juniors in the College of Engineering, and Mike Krzoska, a sophomore in the College of Engineering. They finished sixth overall and second in the nation. The contest, which took place in Fort Worth, Tex., asked the students to design and build a remote control airplane capable of lifting as much weight as possible while adhering to the requirements laid out by the Society of Automotive
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Engineers, according to the SAE website. The teams were also asked to accurately predict what that amount of weight would be. SAE judged the planes on categories ranging from the plane’s design to its flight. Peter Malak said the group built the plane entirely from the ground up with the exception of the engine. “The team utilized its machining skills, as well as the laser cutter, to design various parts for the aircraft,” Malak said. “It was made almost completely out of balsa and bass wood with various aluminum elements added in.” Malak said the plane weighed 17 pounds with a wingspan of just under 10 feet and could carry 16 pounds. Malak estimated that the team put in more than 500 hours of work and a year and a half of planning to build the plane. He added that it took many late nights and adaption to a steep learning curve. The plane’s design, Malak said, came from a research and benchmarking phase. “For example, we explored several different wing configurations, such as a low-wing, midwing or a high-wing,” Malak
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said. “We selected a high-wing based on the high lift principles that it provided.” Malak said team members examined many aspects of the plane by comparing the advantages and disadvantages of them. “After the initial phase, we began to calculate the size of the wings and fuselage,” Malak said. “Based off the power output of the engine, we were able to select specific dimensions. From the specific dimensions, we were able come up with a complete design.” Hommes said the best part of the competition was finally seeing the plane fly. “It felt really good to know that we built something that flew and would represent Marquette,” Hommes said. Malak said teams from some of the top universities from the U.S., including Texas A&M, Michigan, Virginia, Cincinnati, and Louisiana State University, competed. The competition also included international teams from Brazil, France, Canada, Mexico, Italy, India, Poland and Venezuela. Krzoska said it felt great to be able to compete against renowned aerospace programs from
across the country and world. “We came into the competition with no expectations but quickly learned that we could place in the top 10 once we arrived and looked at our competitors’ planes,” Krzoska said. “It was great to see our design succeed after the amount of time and research we put into the project.” The team is already looking forward to returning to the competition and improving its design next year, Krzoska said. “We were able to pinpoint many improvements that we can implement if we attend the completion again,” he said. “Now that we know what to expect and have seen what is successful, I have no doubt that we will be able to improve our overall ranking next year.” Krzoska said the contest allowed him to see the way a project grows from its inception to completion. “Once I move into my career, I will be required to fund, design, and test different projects, and that is exactly what this project was,” Krzoska said. “This experience provided me with problem solving and teamwork experience, something that will be essential in any career.”
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Thursday 21 St. Joseph’s Day Feast, Holthusen Hall, 4:30 p.m. Bringing the Rainbow to Marquette. edu, Raynor Memorial Library, 7 p.m. Kohl Crecelius, AMU, 7 p.m.
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Women’s Basketball vs. Northern Iowa, Al McGuire Center, 7 p.m.
Saturday 23 Annex Spring Open Bowling Tournament, Union Sports Annex, 12 p.m. St. Baldrick’s Day, Evans Scholar House, 12 p.m. Earth Hour Marquette, Central Mall, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday 24 Marquette Dance Marathon, AMU, 12 p.m.
Colores, Weasler Auditorium, 6 p.m.
Recognizing the Bigger Picture, AMU, 2 p.m.
Iron Chef Marquette, Marquette Place, 7 p.m.
Palm Sunday All-University Mass, Church of the Gesu, 9 p.m.
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Poll finds public uninformed about charter schools Conference discusses future of school choice movement in state
By Melanie Lawder
melanie.lawder@marquette.edu
A Marquette Law School poll released at a conference Wednesday suggests many Wisconsin voters still consider themselves uneducated on the subject of charter schools. While 42 percent of voters have favorable views of charter schools and 16 percent view them negatively, 42 percent of respondents said they do not know enough about the issue to form an opinion. The study was presented Wednesday at a conference titled “Charter Schools: Assessing the Present, Looking to the Future,” co-sponsored by the Law School and College of Education. The conference brought experts – including former teachers, researchers and journalists – to the table to discuss charter school performance and perceptions on both the local and national level. “As a topic, I find it very complicated and very provocative,” said College of Education Dean William Henk. Charter schools are publicly funded but privately owned schools that typically have more flexibility in their curricula. Charter schools retain autonomy from state regulations and are created by contracts between the government and a school board or a chartering authority. According to the Wisconsin Department of
Public Instruction there are 237 charter schools in Wisconsin, with 4,952 listed nationally by the National Center for Education Statistics. Though not as controversial in Milwaukee as voucher schools, charter schools are still regarded as a complex issue. According to the poll released at the conference, the state’s perception of charter schools is mixed. While a majority of voters agree charters provide more flexibility and choice, voters were more evenly split when asked whether or not they believe charters take money away from public schools. In addition, 24 percent of respondents called for an increase in the number of charter schools, 22 percent said they wanted to decrease the number of schools and 47 percent wanted to maintain the current status quo. Despite Wisconsinites having varying views about charters, most of the event’s speakers were largely optimistic about the opportunities they can provide. Macke Raymond, director of the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University, was among the more neutral speakers at the conference and presented CREDO statistics regarding charter schools on a national scale. According to a CREDO study, charter schools on a national level performed slightly worse in both math and reading in 2009. However, results varied considerably among states and students, with minority and English Language Learner students performing better in charter schools. Cities and
states considered to have found success using charter schools include New Orleans, New York City, Boston, Michigan, Indiana and Missouri. In particular, Raymond noted that urban areas enjoy a high and sometimes “stunning” level of success. “There are great things happening in urban charter schools,” Raymond said. Despite the educational promise suggested by such findings, however, Raymond emphasized the critical need for authorizers to closely monitor the performance of charters. A charter’s achievements during its first three years is a good indicator of its long-term performance, Raymond said. The most heated conversation came toward the end of the conference when a panel of local figures presented their opinions. Panelists included Ronn Johnson, the head of the Youth Leadership Academy, a charter school in Milwaukee; Robert Kattman, the former director of the Office of Charter Schools at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Bob Peterson, the president of the Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association; and Carrie Bonk, the executive director of Wisconsin Charter School Association. While Bonk advocated for more oversight and authorizing officials to improve charter school performance, Peterson was the only panelist at the event openly opposed to charter schools. “Unfortunately, the charter movement has become the
darling of conservative ideologues, entrepreneurs who see a big pot of money in educations and elites, who think they are smarter than the rest of us,” Peterson said. Peterson called for Milwaukee Public Schools to serve as the chief operator of educational services. “At the end of the day, Milwaukee Public Schools is the only educational institution in this city that has the capacity, commitment and legal obligation to educate all children,” Peterson said. “Some sing praise of school
choice. But what we have here in Milwaukee is not school choice. What we have here is abandonment, hyper-segregation, disenfranchisement and privatized, consumer-based solutions to very complex social problems.” Peterson’s opinion was not highly regarded by the audience, with Johnson’s more bipartisan approach more warmly received by conference attendees. “I’m not pro-charter, prochoice, pro-public, pro-private,” Johnson said. “I’m just pro good schools.”
Public opinion regarding charter schools, voucher schools and public schools among Wisconsin voters Favorable/unfavorable views of charter schools
42%
42%
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favorable
Favorable/unfavorable views of voucher schools
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donʼt know/ did not respond
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42%
27% favorable
24%
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unfavorable
donʼt know/ did not respond
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unfavorable
72% favorable
Favorable/ unfavorable views of public schools Source: Marquette Law School Poll, https://law.marquette.edu/poll/ The poll includes the responses of 1060 registered voters in Wisconsin from March 11-14. It has a +/- 3.1 margin of error.
School vacations show decrease in campus crime Past weekend brings only four incidents of criminal activity By Nick Biggi
nicholas.biggi@marquette.edu
While students are away, crime decreases on and around campus. Captain Russell Shaw of Marquette’s Department of Public Safety said there are 15 to 25 incident reports on an average week. Last week, while students were on spring break, there were only four. During spring break, a majority of the crimes around campus were criminal trespassing attempts into Marquette-owned facilities. Despite this being the most common crime during breaks, there were only three incidents last week. “Just this last weekend generated four incident reports, and that was even with students coming back and St. Patrick’s Day that Sunday night,” Shaw said. “It is a drastic decrease.” Shaw thinks that crime decreases due to the fact that students are not on campus. While criminal trespassing is popular during winter and spring breaks, Shaw said the most popular crimes are dependent on weather. For example, Shaw said that as the temperature decreases, automobile thefts also decrease. Shaw said DPS needs to be most vigilant during academic breaks when the few students on campus are more visible. “We always remind our officers they have to still be at a
heightened alert,” Shaw said. “In some cases I tell them to be more mindful and careful of what they are looking for out there. To me, when there are fewer students in the area, that’s when I become more concerned, and I want them to still call for a LIMO ride or even to have DPS give them a ride at night because you have fewer people out on the street. Sometimes they stand out more when there is no one else on the street,” Shaw said.
Rebecca Bishay, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said DPS lets her to feel at ease when she leaves campus. “DPS really makes me feel safe especially when I am not on campus,” Bishay said. “Since they patrol all year round, it makes the me feel comfortable being on a campus that is constantly secured.” DPS has a Vacant House Watch to ensure the safety during these breaks, which has officers
repeatedly drive by the homes of students who request watching. “Obviously there are no guarantees that nothing can ever happen, but it certainly helps us to know when someone is home or not home,” Shaw said. “If we know someone has left their home and they tell us, and we see movement, obviously we are going to check the house. So that does help us.” If an officer sees a window smashed or anything leading
to suspicion of forced entry, DPS will call Milwaukee Police Department before a house check is conducted. Shaw recommended students with homes on campus sign up for Vacant House Watch over breaks so DPS can keep an eye out for suspicious activity. He also said it is vital to use campus resources when they are most needed. “There is never a stupid call that comes to DPS,” Shaw said.
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John P. Entelis, professor of political science and director of the Middle Eastern Studies program at Fordham University, was among the speakers.
New MENA program proposed for College of Arts & Sciences By Emily Wright
emily.a.wright@marquette.edu
Middle Eastern peace and culture were topics of conversation at the Engaging Islam and Muslims conference, which included events on both Tuesday and Wednesday. Marquette professors gave presentations regarding the perceptions and experiences of American Muslims. The campus conference
was part of a larger effort to create a Middle East and North Africa Studies program within the College of Arts & Sciences. Richard Taylor is a professor of philosophy who presented on the Islamic philosophical tradition and its influence on St. Thomas Aquinas’ early work. Taylor has been involved in the planning of the MENA studies program and said the MENA title is designed to be more inclusive toward such countries as Turkey and Israel. “It’s an extraordinary undertaking to educate people (about Islam),” Taylor said. The conference was divided into three major categories: Muslim American communities,
Islam and other religions, and political and cultural Islam. One theme of the conference was the limited knowledge among many Americans have regarding the Islamic faith and practicing Muslims. There was much discussion about the rise in negative views of Islam in the decade since 9/11. Erin Waldschmidt, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences who has taken a sociology class about Muslims in the U.S. with social and cultural sciences assistant professor Louise Cainkar, said there is a disproportionate demonization in American minds toward the Islamic faith and those who practice it.
“Islam terrifies America,” she said. Cainkar presented the basic information from a study she recently finished and is analyzing. The study focused on interviews with American teenagers who have moved with their parents back to areas like the Palestinian territories and Yemen. Cainkar observed that those who learned their religion primarily through their parents felt that the experience overseas was enlightening. Conversely, the study indicated that those who had attended full-time Islamic schools felt that the U.S. experience was the same or better because Muslims in the U.S. are more
attached to their faith. Irfan Omar, a Marquette theology professor, talked about interfaith dialogues between Muslims, Christians and followers of other religions. He focused on scholars who have analyzed the Qu’ran to find common ground among religions. “There are shared values and ethics across many religions,” he said. “For instance, the Golden Rule is universal.” Panelists also discussed the cultural significance of clothing for Arab and Muslim women. Enaya Othman, a professor of Arabic language, interviewed seven firstgeneration immigrant women from Palestine who came to the U.S. during the 20th century. She discovered that most of them only began wearing the hijab, or veil, in public spaces in the past 20 years. Prior to that, there was great public pressure against wearing the hijab from the women’s liberation movement, which saw the veiling of women as a display of the oppression. All the topics led to discussion with the audience members, who brought their own experiences and frustrations with American views of Islam and Muslims. Affnan Mohammad, a Marquette alumna who majored in Middle Eastern studies, helped Cainkar with her interviews and was a panelist at the conference, said she had partially grown up under the cloud of being seen as an immigrant or a foreigner, even in her freshman year at Marquette. The goal of the proposed MENA studies program is to offer students an opportunity to experience a culture and a religion they may know nothing about. “We can help our students become global citizens,” Taylor said.
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Quidditch: Anonymous donor gives $300 to team through website Taylor said the organization was forced to fundraise because it received no financial support from Marquette Student Government when it requested. “We asked for financial support through Marquette Student Government using the Student Organization Funding request form for club sports,” he said. “We received $0 again for the third straight funding period.” According to the Marquette Division of Student Affairs Office Development webpage on student organization funding, there are seven funding periods per year for non-club sports organizations to request sponsorship and one opportunity per semester for club sports. After students apply for funding from MUSG, applications are reviewed by the Student Organization Funding committee, which is comprised of senators and members of the MUSG executive board. According to the webpage, MUSG does not guarantee approval of every application. The student activity fee can fund transportation for the teams, coaches and fans, and lodging, field or facility rentals and publicity for events. It does not fund equipment, fundraisers or any event that charges admission. Cole Johnson, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration and the financial vice president of MUSG, said the committee must make decisions regarding funding with the student body in mind. At the time the committee met to make funding decisions for
this period, Johnson was not in his position and was not present at the meeting. “The tough decision of the committee was ultimately reliant upon the expressed current interests of students, which indicate that off-campus travel expenses are much less supported than similar on-campus and local events, conferences or tournaments,” he said. “Additionally, our committee is constitutionally limited in our ability to pay for off-campus conferences and will not generally allocate funding toward any airfare expenses for club travel.” Johnson said MUSG has a certain budget aligned for club sports, which usually only includes local travel. “In this fiscal year, MUSG has a budget line for student organizations totaling $134,450,” he said. “This includes a $52,300 line dedicated to club sports and a non-club sports organizations line of $82,150.” The Marquette Quidditch team is 21-4 this year, with a No. 9 ranking in the coaches’ poll and No. 16 ranking on the official International Quidditch Association website. This year, it came in second at its first tournament of the year, at Indiana University; first at the Midwest Regional in Dayton, Ohio; and second in the national invite at the University of Kansas. The national invite, unlike the Quidditch World Cup, was part of the team’s regular season, called the Collegiate Cup. The tournament consisted of 15
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The Qudditch club team is No. 9 in the country and is seeking money to travel to the World Cup in Florida.
top teams across the Midwest and Southwest. Rebecca Dempsey, a sophomore in the College of Communication, donated to the team’s
fund online. “When it all comes down to it, I have a lot of friends on the Marquette Quidditch team, and I want to help them make it to
nationals,” she said. “It has been hard for them to find funding around campus, and I know how important this is to all of them.”
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MUSG: Bug allowed voters to choose multiple tickets on same ballot to vote for multiple tickets on the same ballot. The two problems were caused by setup error and have been rectified. “That period of time was about 45 minutes after the election opened (before the domain name error was identified),” said Jon Dooley, the senior associate dean of Student Development who serves as the MUSG advisor. “We became aware of the issue right away and were able to rectify that.” Voting for more than one ticket was possible because of changes in the new system of validation, which has only been in use since the fall. In the previous system, validation happened after students cast their ballots, and warnings appeared to point out what would disqualify a vote. The new system validates students before they vote, and the warnings were removed. Restrictions to keep students from voting more than once had not been put in place by the time voting started. “With a better understanding of the setup of the system, and our unique Marquette situation, it should rectify the problem,” Dooley said. After learning of the problems, MUSG felt that the results were unreliable and to move forward with the results of this primary would be unfair to the candidates. The organization quickly chose to rerun the primary election. “Our job is to make sure that this election is completely fair, and if there had been any problem at all, we would have rerun the election regardless,”
said Dave Kuester, the MUSG elections coordinator. This isn’t the first time an MUSG election has been rerun. The last was in 2004, when a technical error in file locking required the election to be rerun using paper ballots. This year’s election will be rerun online now that problems have been fixed. The primary candidates are upset that voting errors occurred but are prepared to deal with another primary run.
“While we are disappointed about the election being thrown out, we do understand that mistakes and errors occur, and it is necessary to ensure that every eligible student has the ability to vote,” said Zach Dubois, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences who is running for MUSG president. “If that means redoing the primaries, so be it.” Other candidates expressed similar sentiments. “While I can’t say I’m extremely
happy to go at it again, I think it will give us enough time to reach out to more groups, to amp up our publicity, our visibility on campus,” said Michaela Tarpey, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences and presidential candidate. “We’re just going to take this as ‘it is what it is,’ and we’ll put our best foot forward.” Candidates are also concerned that the rerun of the primary election will affect their ability to campaign in the general
election because they have to use resources they had originally set aside for after the primary. “We would have poured the rest of our money into the regular election had we moved forward, but now we have to place some aside for the second primary election,” said Sam Schultz, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences. Presidential candidate Will Knight was not able to be reached for comment as of press time.
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Ma’Lik Richmond, center left, broke down in tears while apologizing to the victim and her family after he was found delinquent on rape and other charges Sunday.
Steubenville rape coverage perpetuates wrong narratives Our view: CNN’s reporting, which painted the defendants in a tragic light, is not only bad journalism, but it promotes the wrong ideas about the case and rape in general. The Steubenville, Ohio, rape trial involving a group of teenagers, including two boys who were found guilty Sunday, was a tragedy and painful experience for all involved. The victim, a 16-year-old girl, faced horror beyond her control and will likely struggle to mentally, emotionally and physically get past the experience for years to come. The defendants in this case committed a crime that they will probably regret for the rest of their lives. However, there is a key difference: the defendants had a choice. Theirs is not the greater tragedy in this case, and to imply or suggest that it is would be utter foolishness. But CNN correspondent Poppy Harlow, in live coverage of the verdict, noted the impact of the guilty verdict for the defendants long before mentioning the victim. “It was incredibly emotional, incredibly difficult even for an outsider like me to watch what happened as these two young men that had such promising futures, star football players, very good students, literally watched as they believe their life fell apart,” Harlow said in the broadcast. The coverage, which has now gone viral online, continued to discuss the boys’ future and the impact alcohol had on the situation, almost implying the latter as an excuse for their actions. Paul Callan, a CNN legal contributor, then discussed the “lasting impact” this case will have on the defendants. “But in terms of what happens now, yes, the most severe thing with these young men is being labeled as registered sex offenders,” Callan said. “That will haunt them for the rest of their lives.” CNN neglected to mention the boys’ victim until nearly the end of the broadcast, only to say she wasn’t testifying. Of course this verdict will make these boys’ lives much more difficult, but this difficulty, which they accepted in choosing to so violate another human being, is minuscule compared to the lifelong effects that will stay with the person they raped. Even if CNN did not mean any harm, this reporting not only demonstrates bad journalism but reveals how ignorantly we talk about rape in our society. Referring to the defendants repeatedly as “star” football players with “promising” futures glorifies them after being convicted of a horrific act as children who didn’t know
better and simply made a mistake. Furthermore, the reporting advances the disturbing trend of blaming the victim. CNN and its reporters may not be directly blaming the victim, but by burying the victim in the story, they are almost empathizing with the boys and are certainly not displaying any awareness or consideration of the high school student whom they raped and of the ensuing trauma of such an act. Journalists should be held to a higher standard and should not be buying into popular misconceptions about rape. The Tribune editorial board in January discussed a situation at the University of Notre Dame that was handled in a similarly poor way, a situation in which a Notre Dame football player was accused of sexually assaulting a student at St. Mary’s College who committed suicide a few days later. In that instance, Notre Dame showed far more concern about the stability and reputation of its football program than about the victim and her grieving family. This phenomenon is of course not just confined to the world of sports, but its manifestation in this context and how it is presented in the media cannot go unnoticed and points to a dire problem in our culture. By showing very little urgency or care about the victim’s well-being, CNN, a usually trusted, mainstream news source, has caused societal damage, advancing misconceptions about rape and sexual assault, trivializing them and normalizing them. Outrage has ensued, as evidenced by a Change.org petition asking the network to apologize that already has more than 250,000 signatures. As student journalists, we are prepared to learn from this example and to report with greater sensitivity when similar tragedies occur. When atrocities like this occur in the future, we hope to be more mindful of the messages we are sending to the public with our reporting and to always remember which realities are the harshest. In our experiences at Marquette, we have seen efforts to promote a proper understanding of these issues. Sexual Violence Awareness Week every September and other events on campus show a dedication by our administration to develop the right mindset on these issues – which will hopefully avoid any lack of judgement like CNN showed this week. In stories like this, the focus should be the crime committed, the facts presented and the victim. CNN should admit its mistake – not just to rectify a journalistic error, but to try to right detrimental views on the topic that it perpetuated in its coverage.
March is full of challenges. Between college students prepping for midterms in the midst of spring break excitement, the dark cloud that is April 15 looming in the distance and wardrobe malfunctions due to unpredictable weather, this month can be draining. One of the greatest challenges March brings, however, is the process of filling out a bracket for the NCAA men’s Division I basketball tournament. This challenge (which should really be called more of an art) allows the average person – avid sports fan or not – to become part of the action. It doesn’t matter if your winning pick is based on geographic location, alma mater, season ranking or coolest jersey – if they win, you win. From the moment Selection Sunday ends and we must somehow narrow 68 teams to one winner, an array of questions arise. Should I be true to my alma mater? Do stats, seeds and season rankings matter? Which teams have injured players? The University of Cincinnati currently offers a bracketology course that attempts to teach students how to make sense of the NCAA tournament. Can a college course on picking teams trump the buzzer-beaters, determination and pure magic that takes place at the end of each season, though? The NCAA tournament is called March Madness for a reason. Even some of the most dedicated bracketeers are likely to see a few of their picks go up in flames during the first round – especially this year, when unpredictability is the name of the game. March Madness is great because anyone can create a bracket and win, whether they understand basketball or not. After all, how many times do we hear of a five-year-old selecting a near-perfect bracket based on uniform color? March Madness may be a way to win money and gain bragging rights over friends, family and co-workers, but sometimes having fun with tournament picks is the best way to combat the mid-March blues. Here are some of the most distinct ways to do so. 1. Battle of the Mascots This is the most entertaining method of picking winners, with analysis of aggression, size, wit and cuddleability being deciding factors. Teams with mascots in the forms of cats, devils, rebels,
warriors or natural disasters are probably best, but the good luck charm that is the St. Louis University Billikens certainly can’t be ruled out. 2. Best Dressed Teams may be praised for their willingness to try something new or criticized for breaking away from tradition. Here, color, design and flashiness all factor into the equation. This year, it’s safe to say that the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and their “flubber green” ensemble will not make it past the first round. Marquette, however, could go pretty far with its secret weapon donned in a paisley tie and yellow jacket: Buzz Williams. 3. Best Vacation Spot This method is important because if your bracket wins and you want to treat yourself to a trip to the winning location, you’ll probably want to travel somewhere nice. Schools in North Carolina, Florida, California and Texas all rank high here. Just remember, though, if you choose Duke over North Carolina, you’d better be prepared to explain why Durham ranks higher than Chapel Hill. 4. Fantasy Best Friend Draft Which star player do you want to be your best friend? Some may base this on athletic ability, whereas others find it in who celebrates his slam dunk best. For Cosmopolitan readers, it’s all about the “Hottest Guys of March Madness,” featuring our very own Trent Lockett. Marquette would have easily won this category last season with Jae Crowder, but this year might require a bit more research. 5. Coin Flip Considering the unpredictability of March Madness, this is probably your best option. Making a bracket and watching the tournament play out isn’t just something that occurs in March; it is March. These upcoming weeks are about sharing in the triumph of an underdog taking down a giant in the first round. They’re about the Cinderella stories, buzzer-beaters and heartbreak that provide fans with great games and inspirational performances. And they’re about feeling a connection to the players, some of whom may be wearing their school’s uniform for the last time. Moreover, March Madness and bracket challenges are about more than winning money – they bring people together this month. So no matter how you picked your bracket this year, just remember to have fun and take in everything the tournament has to offer. Many of our brackets will likely be finished after today, but the magic and uniqueness of this time of the year has only just begun. 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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DPS should be a certified Regardless of weather, public safety entity keep outlook bright As one who has taught criminology and law studies at Marquette for nearly 30 years, I am often asked about what measures might be taken to improve security and safety on our campus. Last year’s tragic events at Aurora, Newtown, and Oak Creek highlight the challenge that every campus in the U.S. faces in assuring the protection of its students, faculty and staff from criminal violence. While I often took issue with former University President the Rev. Robert A. Wild’s fall-back position on campus safety, which can be summarized in the statement that there was “no way to provide absolute protection to our campus community,” I truly believe that there is one measure that, if implemented, will contribute greatly to improving safety and security on campus and in the immediate surrounding area. The university’s upper administration should initiate steps to transform the Marquette Department of Public Safety from its present status as an armed private security operation to a certified and commissioned public safety entity. The Governor’s Task Force on School and Campus Safety recommended this reform four years ago. The notion of commissioning entails a delegation by the Wisconsin State Legislature of police powers to the university. Under such a delegation, qualified members of Marquette’s DPS would receive certification by the State of Wisconsin authorizing them to detain suspects and make arrests based on probable cause, to conduct searches and seizures within the strict limits of the law and to undertake
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those activities presently and typically performed by campus police departments across Wisconsin, as well as by private college campus police departments in Illinois and elsewhere. This proposed change would grant “peace officer” status to the dedicated men and women who serve as public safety officers, patrolling and protecting our campus and its surrounding neighborhood. Having a commissioned DPS with State Law Enforcement Certification for PSOs who meet training standards and educational requirements would enhance our response to emergency situations and improve our deterrence capabilities. It would also provide our officers and our investigators with greater access to information held by local, state and federal law enforcement agencies. The commissioning of Marquette’s police force would in no way relieve the Milwaukee Police Department or the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office of responsibility for law enforcement on and around our campus. Instead, it opens the door for an enhanced level of service, continued professional cooperation, and shared responsibility for the protection and well-being of all concerned. A commissioned Public Safety Department, working on an equal basis with other law enforcement agencies in the area, would be a powerful peacekeeping influence in the Avenues West area. Richard Zevitz is an associate professor of criminology and law studies and author of “Long Road Home: The Trials and Tribulations of a Confederate Soldier,” Branden Books, Boston, 2012.
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Caroline Campbell I am guilty of it. You are probably guilty of it. Actually, I am guilty of it in this very column just a few weeks ago. Most of my friends are guilty of it and several of my professors as well. What am I talking about? Every morning when I wake up, the first thing I do is check the weather, groan, and wish I didn’t have to go outside. We are all guilty of complaining about the weather. And I get it, I really do. Even for Wisconsin, a high in the teens for the first day of spring is pretty awful. But the truth is, we have no control over the weather, at least not anytime in the very near future. So, we can choose to complain about it, or we can switch our attention to more positive things. What, you’re too busy shivering and bundling up to think positive thoughts? Let me help you. Think about Easter break – not even two
weeks back from spring break and we get five-day weekend. And it probably involves chocolate, so that’s always a plus. Think about the fact that it will not stay this cold for much longer. Soon, it will be April, then it will be May. School will be out and the temperature, along with our spirits, will slowly start creeping up. Daydream about days at Bradford Beach, Summerfest, sitting by the pool, wearing T-shirts and shorts. It’s coming, I promise. Think about basketball. Marquette plays this afternoon, and no matter what happens, after that, we still have a few more glorious days of the NCAA season left. I’d rather watch a buzzer-beater than a Law & Order marathon any day. Think about the future. Whether your future is three more years at Marquette or commencement in May, it’s an exciting thing. Seniors received information about graduation weekend in the mail this week. Don’t focus on how scary or sad it might be to leave Marquette soon; focus on the endless possibilities that “real life” has to offer. Give yourself a little time to daydream this week. 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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MAM Art museum’s ’60sthemed party comes in time for new season By Peter Setter
peter.setter@marquette.edu
Socialites looking to delve into the chain smoking, heavy drinking and retro glamour of 1960s America no longer have to live vicariously through their televisions. This Friday, the men and women of Madison Avenue will come to life at a “Mad Men” inspired soiree at the Milwaukee Art Museum. After Dark: Mad Men, the latest part of the MAM After Dark series, will run from 5 p.m. until midnight with activities that will transport the museum back in time. Live band Majestic Mudd and DJ Chris Schulist will provide guests the opportunity to dance to hits from the “Mad Men” era. Those hoping for a sip of the ’60s will not go home thirsty. Guests will have the opportunity to drink cocktails that would not be out of place in the Sterling Cooper boardroom. Attendees can also learn to make drinks of their own with the help of Bittercube, the cocktail lab duo of Nicholas Kosevich and Ira Koplowitz, who formulate and distribute bitters across the country and perform drink-making shows across the Midwest. Other events during the night include a poetry slam, food from Café Calatrava, admission to the color photography exhibit “Color Rush,” a demonstration of “Mad Men” era card
games like gin rummy, and of course a cash bar. The event costs $13 at the door and $8 for advance admission and is free for museum members. “We attract college students and young professionals who may or may not have come to the museum very often, and this is a fun way to get them introduced to the museum,” said Kristin Settle, the public relations manager for the Milwaukee Art Museum. Settle and a team of other creators developed the “Mad Men” event six months ago. “We always try to theme the events either around something that is going on at the museum or something that is topical for the season. In this case, it works out both ways,” Settle said. “The feature exhibition is called ‘Color Rush: 75 Years of Color Photography in America,’ and it includes a lot of color advertising that became popular in the ’50s and ’60s, and of course Mad Men covers that era. Also, the new season debuts in the next two weeks. We wanted to incorporate all of those things, and it just seemed to work out that way.” The Milwaukee Art Museum’s After Dark: Mad Men event is just one of many examples of spinoffs “Mad Men” has triggered. The show has been known to inspire viewers not only to tune in each week but also to become influenced by the style and sophistication of the show’s aesthetic. James South, the chair of the philosophy department at Marquette, co-edited the book “Mad Men and Philosophy” and said the series is one of his favorite currently on television. “If you look in anybody’s office or apartment in the show, you see iconic
mid-century or ’60s art, furniture, de- sign, that sort of thing,” South said. “I think the combination of the cocktail party scene that is so prevalent in the show, coupled with the design of the show, makes it sort of a natural fit for a museum.” Though “Mad Men” has a devoted fanbase, South hesitated to say the show is popular in the traditional sense. “In the ’90s, the show probably wouldn’t be on TV because it doesn’t have that large of a viewership – it’s not ‘Friends,’” he said. “It’s not a show that has a large audience. What it has is a demographically interesting audience – primarily people who are better educated – and that makes it very attractive to advertisers.” South pointed to several reasons why the show is so popular, both with younger and older viewers. “It is one of those shows whose producer, writers and directors give it a specific sort of stylistic tone that makes it very attractive to the viewer,” South said. “There is a consistent vision going on there – it is auteur television.” According to South, the show’s popularity can also be attributed to modern viewers’ nostalgia and curiosity surrounding 1960s style and culture, examining both the good and bad societal norms of the time. “One of the things that ‘Mad Men’ does is show how elements of the ’60s, which we thought we had dealt with, still resonate with us today, whether that is the relationship between the sexes in the workplace, whether it’s questions about how upwardly mobile people can be and what kind of means of achieving that mobility are ethical or not, or whether it is what the relation is between advertising and the creation of
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desires versus what we really need,” South said. The new season of “Mad Men” premieres April 7 on AMC. With the advent of this sixth season, South said he looks to the artwork that has been released for clues about what the show will bring. The art packaging shows two Don Drapers going in different directions, possibly hinting at what might come for the character. “One assumes we are going to have the central theme of the show for this season, the conflict within Don between his artistic sensibilities and his perhaps free spirited side versus his side that is committed to his wife and his kids,” South said. Throughout the series, South has seen the plot progress from year to year. He said “Mad Men” is not a show that gives the viewer what they want, but instead, the creative vision of the producers is the most important consideration. “In this day and age, with instant Internet feedback, as soon as the show airs, people start tweeting about it, and people put up blog posts the next day and analyze it. I think the producers do a good job of more or less ignoring that,” South said. “I think each year, we’ve seen a little bit more of how the four core characters have become who they are. It is showing us character progression as it is showing us decade progression.”
And while the plot has progressed from season to season, South said there are two axes around which the show revolves. “One aspect of it is the complexity of Don Draper’s character,” he said. “We never quite know who he is, it’s unclear he knows who he is, and we’re watching him on that journey. I think the other thing we are seeing very clearly is the ways in which the show reflects the ways women had to act in order to be seen and noticed in the corporate world.” For fans who cannot wait for the new season to start, MAM After Dark: Mad Men is sure to give a tantalizing taste of Peggy, Betty, Don and, yes, even Pete’s world before the new plot is pitched.
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Divine Consign brings bargains to MKE Local consignment boutique provides fabulous fashion finds By Maddy Kennedy
madeline.kennedy@marquette.edu
With spring weather fast approaching and styles changing, many Milwaukee women will find themselves torn between rationality and a wardrobe update. Fortunately for the city’s stylish pennypinchers, Divine Consign has the perfect solution. The trendy traveling consignment boutique will be setting up shop at Milwaukee’s Zoofari Conference Center March 20-23 and promises to have just the right thing for every woman and every budget. The consigning process provides customers with a chance to earn money for clothes and accessories that they no longer wear. Customers provide consignment stores with products, while store owners sell these new items, taking a small fraction of the final transaction. At Divine Consign, consignors have the opportunity to earn up to 75 percent of their sales by volunteering at the event, just one thing that makes it unique. Before getting into the consignment business four years ago, Divine Consign founders
Jessica Purtell and Jessi Wrench worked as event planners for a nonprofit but were inspired to start something new. “We realized we had all these clothes that we were no longer wearing,” Purtell said. “Fashions change, and sizes change. There were all these clothes we weren’t utilizing, and we decided to do something with them.” Since Purtell and Wrench first opened the Divine Consign doors in 2009, the store has expanded from its original location in Champaign, Illinois, and now hosts eight annual events at four locations in Wisconsin and Illinois. The store also includes a wide variety of formal wear, business attire, workout clothing and high-end couture, with brands that range from Target to Kate Spade. “We have something for women of all ages and sizes,” Purtell said. “We really are a one-stop shop, and that’s what makes us unique.” Although all Divine Consign events carry a sizable amount of uncommon items, this weekend’s Milwaukee event promises to be especially busy for shoppers. “We have 300 women in the (Milwaukee) community that will be selling their things,” Purtell said. The process is equally exciting for Purtell and Wrench, who often don’t see the items until two days before the event, when
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Store owners will set up shop in Zoofari Conference Center this weekend.
the various shoes, dresses and accessories are dropped off on location. Despite the substantial size of the event, it is always easy for each shopper to find something special. “We see a lot of stuff come through the door, and I think the best part is simply seeing what they are able to find,” Purtell said. The traveling consignment store also boasts a large following in the communities it visits. “This is something people
put on their calendars,” Purtell said. “The vastness is incredible, and it’s amazing to see what treasures each person is able to find.” These treasures are listed under different brands and at various prices. Brands like Target and Old Navy go for around $8 to $12, while upscale designers such as Marc Jacobs are usually priced around $40 to $50. All of the items in the store are current and in pristine condition, making them great investments for any wardrobe for many seasons.
This weekend at The Varsity...
Les Misérables Varsity Theater 3/22-3/23 The fact that anything in “Les Miserables” works is a massive tribute to the talented cast of the Oscar nominated musical because frankly, director Tom Hooper does nothing right. His mindset toward cinematography and framing shots is similar to my mindset toward math: Just mess around, try some random things and hope that something works. As my math professor could tell you, that strategy doesn’t work. Then again, Hooper somehow has an Oscar, so what do I know. –MM
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‘Burt Wonderstone’ mostly just smoke and mirrors Carell, Buscemi team up for a buddy flick with little up its sleeve By Erin Heffernan
erin.heffernan@marquette.edu
Sometimes it seems like magicians are begging us to make fun of them. There are the bedazzled jumpsuits and feathered hair in Vegas, the pseudozen stunts from tools like Chris Angel and the nerdy kid who thinks card tricks are a ticket to being awesome. Magic has that perfectly potent mix of lameness and self-aggrandizement that’s like a “kick me” sign to comedians. So naturally, magician jokes have been done – a lot. And from the “illusions” of “Arrested Development’s” Gob Bluth to the self-effacing humor of Penn and Teller, they have often been done with style in originality. “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” enters this well-trodden territory, deploying a superstar cast – led by Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi and Jim Carrey – to take one more swing at the world of magic. The result is peppered with laughs but eventually lags due to
a lack of the quality most essential for comedy and magic alike – surprise. The performances from the high-profile leads and a few fresh ideas do manage to pull some solid laughs out of this old-hat conceit, but nevertheless “Burt Wonderstone” often feels as stale as the old “card-up-thesleeve” bit. It’s not just in choosing magicians as the subject that the film flails; the core narrative arc to “Burt Wunderstone” is so typical in today’s Hollywood buddy-comedies, it’s practically become transparent. Think of the storyline of Will Ferrell’s NASCAR movie, “Talladega Nights,” and you’ll pretty much know the trajectory of “Burt Wonderstone.” Carell plays the title role, who as a lonely child is inspired to begin a career in magic after receiving a Rance Holloway magic kit complete with a video from Rance himself – played by a very funny Alan Arkin in the role of yet another crotchety old guy. Wonderstone overcomes bullying to become a magician superstar. He finds success in a partnership with his best friend, Anton Marvelton, played by Buscemi returning to his goofy comedic roots after stretching his legs in the gritty world of “Boardwalk Empire.” Carell and Buscemi’s characters channel Siegfried & Roy (minus the
‘Burt Wonderstone’ is less ‘Alakazam!’ and more ‘Alright then.’ tigers) to land a cushy gig on a Las Vegas casino stage. But, like every Will Ferrell buddy movie ever made, the bromance is eventually tested. With fame, Marvelton and Wonderstone lose their sense of wonder and become bitter rivals as sick of magic as they are of each other. Their partnership is further tested with the appearance of the inevitable “new kid on the block” character, a Chris Angel prototype complete with silver nail polish, a terrible goatee and violently frosted tips, played in typical outlandish style by Jim Carrey. From here, we can all see where this is going. There is a grand falling out involving the duo attempting a David Blainestyle trick in a suspended transparent box. The scene results in one of the funniest moments of the movie, as a sweat-soaked, claustrophobic Steve Carell frantically yells and runs around the tiny box. Then (not-so-spoiler alert) everything works out. And
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Steve Carell, Jim Carrey and Jay Mohr star in the new comedy, “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.”
when it does, it’s less “Alakazam!” and more “Alright then,” though there is one fun twist at the end that makes it worth the wait. Most of the movie plays as such: You wait through the boring exposition for the little nuggets of laughs. There are moments that remind us why the movie’s leads are stars. There are several great scenes with Arkin wisecracking or pulling off a truly unexpected trick, Carell’s brilliant sense for awkward comedy is pretty foolproof and Carrey’s role, while it relies heavily on gross-out comedy, has a few inspired gags using what he does best – off the wall comedy. “Burt Wonderstone” is certainly not an incredible film, but if all you’re looking for is a few laughs, it just might do the trick.
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When ‘Mars’ attacks JT’s return album eye-opening
Matt Mueller I’ve never seen an episode of “Veronica Mars.” I vaguely had interest in the cancelled high school detective drama, but I have many, many other television shows ahead of “Veronica Mars” on my mental ix Instant Watch list (“The Walking Dead,” “Breaking Bad” and “The Wire,” just to name a few). But what show did I hear more about than any other program on TV this past spring break? Whose name did I hear more than the new pope’s? You guessed it: Veronica Mars. On March 13, “Veronica Mars” creator Rob Thomas went to Kickstarter and created a new project – called “The Veronica Mars Movie Project” – in hope of gathering enough money to make a big screen follow-up for his much beloved but little seen TV series. For those who don’t know what Kickstarter is, it’s a public funding website for creative projects. People create a profile, describe the project they want to make (normally with a video) and set a monetary goal for their project. The creator then has a limited time – in the case of the “Veronica Mars” project, a month – to reach their funding goal; if they don’t, they don’t get the money. It’s all or nothing. But if they do, their project suddenly has the funding to make it possible. Thomas’s Kickstarter caught the attention of several movie and entertainment blogs, and as of right now, it’s earned more than $3.5 million in donations (its goal was merely $2 million). Warner Bros. has given the film the official green light. So it’s a success, right? A great demonstration of fans supporting their favorite TV show when Hollywood wouldn’t? Eh … First of all, Thomas, star Kristen Bell and the rest of the crew aren’t out of the woods yet. Depending on the amount of money a person donated to the Kickstarter, there are tons of awards and essentially thank you gifts to send out across the nation. For instance, if you donated $25 or more, you get a limited edition Veronica Mars movie T-
shirt. It seems innocent enough, but T-shirts don’t make themselves for free, and they certainly don’t ship themselves across the globe for free. By my count, Thomas and company have more than 48,000 T-shirts to make and ship. For fans who donated $5,000 or more, they earn a rented theater in their hometown for 50 guests before – or, at worst, the opening week of – the film’s release. Once again, that’s not a cheap request. Now that the project is inching near doubling its original goal and has the backing of Warner Bros., it should have the money to make these prizes – and, most important, the film – a reality, but it could be close. Money is always a worry for films. What makes me more unnerved is the underlying accomplishment. Warner Bros. just discovered a new way to fund its movies: its own viewers. Since its origins, Kickstarter has been a crucial tool for independent producers and creators. For young documentarians, filmmakers or musicians who don’t live in big cities and don’t have big, glamorous connections, Kickstarter is the way to get their name and goals out there. Warner Bros. is not a floundering company. Warner Bros. is a multi-million dollar company, and that’s probably selling it short. If it wanted to make a “Veronica Mars” movie, all it had to do was snap its fingers, and $2 million would be right there. Yes, the Kickstarter project showed that there was enough fan support to green light a movie, but fans just spent a lot of money to prove that they want to spend money again on a final product. A final product, mind you, that is not guaranteed to be good. How upset will these fans be if they buy a ticket – yes, they have to buy a ticket to the movie they helped produce – and walk out unsatisfied? If I had to guess, very. I don’t want to make “Veronica Mars” fans feel bad for donating to a cause that they obviously believe in. If you take the money out of the equation, it is a rather cool show of the power of fans. But I can’t help but fear what other projects film studios may try to wring out of their viewers under the guise of fandom. Matt Mueller is a senior broadcast and electronic communication major who reviews movies for OnMilwaukee. com. Email him at matthew.mueller@ marquette.edu.
Timberlake ends his seven-year hiatus with old-school sound By Eva Sotomayor
eva.sotomayor@marquette.edu
Justin Timberlake hasn’t exactly disappeared, but it’s been a while since we’ve heard anything new from him. Seven years, to be exact. While the singer-turned-actor has kept busy with multiple “Saturday Night Live” hosting gigs and movie roles, the world has awaited a follow-up to 2006’s Grammy-nominated “FutureSex/LoveSounds.” Timberlake’s third solo album, “The 20/20 Experience,” released Tuesday, marks an end to the long hiatus, and it appears Timberlake has made good use of the time. On “20/20,” Timberlake pairs up with producer Timbaland, who also worked on “FutureSex/ LoveSounds” and again makes several guest appearances. This is fitting with the trend in today’s pop music that litters tracks with guest appearances and collaborations, but Timberlake keeps it subtle by including Timbaland only in the background vocals and adding just a few Jay-Z verses in “Suit & Tie.” Timberlake keeps the main focus on his own voice and vocals, as it should be. The ten grandiose, soul-influenced songs on the new album clock in at a lengthy 70 minutes,
and for those who can’t do math (yours truly), that’s an average song time of seven minutes, with only one song clocking in at less than five minutes. “Pusher Love Girl” opens the album in grand style, with a string section that alludes to old school sound from the big band era. The opening notes feel like they belong in a classic black-and-white Hollywood film with all the elegance and class of the time. Timberlake’s voice is seductive in the first of a series of love songs. Among many drug references (“You’re my MDMA/ You’re my cocaine”) he admits that underneath it all, he’s just a “junkie for your love.” In “Strawberry Bubblegum,” he switches from tougher vices to sugar and candy with lines like “if you’d be strawberry bubblegum/then I’d be blueberry lollipop.” In print these lines may seem ridiculous, but coated with Timberlake’s smooth voice and melodies, they manage to sound incredibly romantic. “Suit & Tie,” the album’s first single, encapsulates the album’s overall theme of elegance (“all pressed up in black and white/ and you’re dressed up in that dress I like”) and, of course, sex. “Blue Ocean Floor” is the perfect album closer, ending on a note of violins and synths that brings together the tone of the entire album in eight minutes. The songs may be lengthy for many pop listeners, but they flow and connect to make “20/20” a
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great listening experience. The one thing that may also work against the album’s succes is that on first listen, many of the tracks sound similar, and the album may come off a little boring. But after a couple of replays, every song differentiates itself and makes for a much more enjoyable experience. Justin Timberlake may have started out with pop, but this album moves him even closer to his soul influences. He’s nearing leaving behind his souful pop to make poppy soul music. This shift makes his latest effort Timberlake’s most grown up and elegant. He is showing his maturity, which makes sense considering he’s 32 years old and no longer an N’SYNC boy-band member. According to Billboard magazine, Timberlake confirmed at the album’s release party that “20/20” would be getting a second half with ten more songs to finalize the work. With Timberlake’s vision, fans will be glad we won’t have to wait seven more years for a new collection of songs. “20/20” perfectly reflects Timberlake’s personality. It’s elegant, classy, sexy and smooth, and that’s what sets him apart from many other pop singers right now. He brought sexy back before, and his quest this time seems to be bringing back the romance and seduction, as well. After all of the weeks of “Thrift Shop,” maybe getting dolled up in a “Suit & Tie” is just what the Top 40 needs.
Claire Nowak takes a look at what the new television season has to offer. With shows like “Bates Motel” and “Ready for Love,” will Spring be a season success? Check it out a marquettetribune.org
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Rev. Dennis Holtschneider, Depaul University president, left, Rev. Timothy Lannon, Creighton University president, center, and Rev. Scott Pilarz, president of Marquette University, right, listen during a press conference gathered in New York to announce developments helping to shape the new basketball-focused conference.
of the Marquette community. The new conference comes just three months after seven Catholic schools in the current Big East – with the exception of Notre Dame – decided to break away from the conference’s football schools. In the last three months, the Catholic Seven battled for their freedom, and they now come away with the Big East name and rights to hold their men’s postseason basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden. At Wednesday morning’s press conference in New York, it was announced that the 10 schools would play on the new FOX Sports network debuting in August. The Big East’s football schools finalized a deal with ESPN that gives the ABC network media rights through 2020. The “New Big East” will now begin its search for a league commissioner and set up a league office before the NCAA begins the process to set up championship qualification for its various sports. The football schools of the Big East will find a new name in the coming months. Central Florida, Connecticut, Cincinnati, Houston, Louisville, Memphis, Rutgers, South Florida, Southern Methodist and Temple will be the members of that conference in 2013-2014. Rutgers heads to the Big Ten in 2014, while Louisville departs for the ACC at the same time. East Carolina and Tulane have already been announced as their replacements in 2014. Navy enters the picture as a football-only entry in 2015. Of the 10 schools in the new conference, five will be participating in the 2013 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament. League play begins next fall.
Women claim first postseason since 2011 MU hosts Northern Iowa Friday night at Al McGuire Center By Jacob Born
jacob.born@marquette.edu
For the first time since the 2010-2011 season, the Marquette women’s basketball team is going dancing. Marquette received an at-large bid for the Women’s National Invitational Tournament and will face Northern Iowa at the Al McGuire Center tomorrow night. “It’s definitely an advantage for us,” junior Katherine Plouffe said of playing at home. “Just having the fans on our side, it’s a good thing to have.” The Golden Eagles come into the WNIT after a loss to DePaul in the Big East tournament. Marquette fell 77-69 on March 9. Despite the early exit from the tournament, the team is excited to still be playing in late March. “We’re excited to just extend our season and play more games,” Plouffe said. “Just being able to compete longer into our season is fun.” Northern Iowa also received an at-large bid from the selection committee. It finished fourth in the Missouri Valley conference,
fulfilling preseason projections for the team. The Panthers’ offense is run through senior Jacqui Kalin. Kalin averages 19.7 points per game, 12.1 points more than the second-leading scorer on the team. Kalin also leads the team in minutes, field goal attempts and makes, three pointer attempts and makes and rebounds per contest. But the most impressive stat is Kalin’s season .954 free throw percentage. Kalin has only missed eight free throws in 173 attempts. Marquette will have to defend her well and not let her get to the free throw line. “They’ll have (Kalin) as a key player,” Plouffe said. “It’ll be our defense that will determine how they do. As long as we play our game, we should limit her scores.” For the Golden Eagles, the focus will be capitalizing on rebounds and second-chance points, as well as spreading around the scoring. Marquette is the tallest team that Northern Iowa has faced and should be able to exploit its size. But if the Panthers can limit Plouffe down low, Marquette will have to get points from second-leading scorer Arlesia Morse as well as the bench. “Over the last few games we’ve been focusing on getting the ball inside,” Plouffe said.
“We’ll continue to do that, not only in this game, but also for the rest of the tournament. If we punish them inside, then the guards will be open, so it will all work together.” “Terri always emphasizes being a threat,” freshman Brooklyn Pumroy said. “Everybody needs to find a way to make the other team guard them … we just have to have the other guards or forwards attacking the basket and trying to create something.” Even though the team is
taking the tournament one game at a time, the Golden Eagles have set goals for the postseason just as they did for the regular season. Pumroy said the goals focus the team on making a run in the tournament. “Our goals are to go 3-0 for the first part of the tournament and then look at the bracket and go from there,” Pumroy said. “But individually, we’re trying to do different things, little things to make us feel accomplished and like we’re playing our best.”
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A late season charge put the Marquette women’s basketball team over .500, qualifying it for the WNIT. It hosts Northern Iowa Friday.
Welcome to the best days of the year
Patrick Leary When I was in elementary school, teachers often asked me what my favorite day of the year was. Most people in their youth answer Christmas, their birthday or maybe Halloween. However, for the past 10 years of my life, I answered this question in a different way. My favorite day (okay, days) of the year are the first Thursday and Friday of the NCAA tournament every March. What makes these days better than any others? Non-stop college basketball, of course. Starting at noon EDT each day, brackets will bust, Cinderellas will try on their slippers and madness will reign supreme. And for 12 consecutive hours, fans everywhere get to watch it unfold. I always loved these days, but they took on a special meaning for me in high school. Since I hail from the West Coast, the games started at 9 a.m. while I was at school. In order to follow the games as they happened, some of my classmates would bring their laptops to class that day and pretend to take notes while refreshing the scoreboard page on ESPN.com. During lunch, my classmates and I would mob the library instead of eating, trying to fire up as many live streams as possible on my high school’s abysmal Wi-Fi. I particularly remember watching No. 15 Robert Morris nearly upset No. 2 Villanova in the library my sophomore year. One year in high school, the first Friday of the NCAA tournament coincided with Good Friday. My family has a tradition that on Good Friday, we don’t use phones or watch TV and observe a few hours of “quiet time” to honor Jesus’ death. On that day, took some quiet time for the Lord, we waived the TV ban just so we could watch the tournament. I also ran my first bracket pool while in high school. I went around to every guy in my high school class asking for money and I count it as one of the most rewarding experiences of my senior year. The intrigue of those first two days between all of my classmates took the excitement of the opening days of the tournament to a whole new level. If “Selection Sunday” is my Christmas, where Greg Gumbel unwraps my presents (teams in the bracket), today and tomorrow are most certainly New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. With 32 teams playing desperately to extend their seasons each day, these two days trump any sort of sporting event out there. So kick back, relax, grab a drink and plenty of snacks and enjoy the games today and tomorrow. Even if your bracket goes up in flames, appreciate the athletes giving everything they have to the most perfect tournament in sports. Patrick Leary is a sophomore in the College of Communication. Email him at patrick.leary@marquette.edu.
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Keys to victory for MU against No. 14 Davidson Wildcats excel at free throw line, struggle to turn over opponents By Matthew Trebby
matthew.trebby@marquette.edu
Buzz Williams didn’t know much about Davidson Sunday when it was announced his Marquette team would be playing the Wildcats in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. After scouting the Wildcats more over the past few days, Williams said his team is in for a big test this afternoon. ”They’re not a 14 seed,” Williams said. “I’m not smart enough to be on the selection committee, but they’re not a 14.” Davidson enters the tournament on a 17-game winning streak, the longest in the country. To end that streak, there are a few things Marquette needs to do and some to avoid. 1. Keep Davidson away from the free-throw line, avoid foul trouble The Wildcats are the best free throw shooting team in the country. As a team, it is 80.1 percent from the charity stripe. To put that into perspective,
Marquette is a respectable 72.3 percent from the line and is 81st in the country. Davidson has eight players who average double-digit minutes, and all of them shoot at least 71 percent on their free throws. Davidson shoots 20.7 free throws per game, which is a respectable mark in college basketball. Marquette will have to stay out of foul trouble. The Golden Eagles saw big men Chris Otule and Davante Gardner both pick up two first-half fouls against Notre Dame and subsequently struggled for the rest of the contest. 2. Davidson doesn’t usually force turnovers, so keep it that way Head coach Bob McKillop’s team does not turn the ball over very often. It only commits a turnover on 17 percent of its possessions, the 23rdbest rate in the country. But it’s 234th in the country in forcing turnovers at 18.9 percent. Momentum shifts are crucial in the NCAA Tournament, and turnovers are a huge part of them. The Golden Eagles have spent all year focusing their ball control, possession-by-possession. Winning the turnover battle would be a big boost for them.
3. Control Southern League Player of the Year, Davidson’s Jake Cohen While Marquette’s opponents have two all-conference players, Cohen is the one Marquette will likely have the most trouble with. The 6-foot-10 senior averages 14.8 points and 5.5 rebounds per game and can shoot from all over the court. He is a 38.7 percent threepoint shooter this year, as well. De’Mon Brooks averages 13.8 points and 6.2 rebounds but at 6-foot-7 is a slightly easier match-up for Juan Anderson or Jamil Wilson. Cohen’s ability to extend his game to the perimeter could lead to an awkward defensive assignment for Chris Otule or Davante Gardner. An 82.9 percent shooter from the free-throw line, Cohen can score from anywhere on the court in many different ways. The only other comparable player Marquette has played is Erik Murphy of Florida, but Cohen can create his own shot much better than the Gators’ forward. In Davidson’s last five games, Cohen has averaged just 22.4 minutes because of foul trouble. In his past two games, Cohen has picked up two first-half fouls, which has limited his minutes. A nice supply of Otule and Gardner in the post offensively could limit the Wildcats’ leading scorer’s minutes and efficiency.
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Chris Otule and fellow center Davante Gardner will need to contain Southern Conference Player of the Year Jake Cohen (14.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg).
Harvard runs women’s lacrosse team ragged, 18-4 12-1 halftime lead buries 2-6 Golden Eagles from start By Andrew Dawson
andrew.dawson@marquette.edu
The winds blew strong across Valley Fields on Tuesday, but not in Marquette’s favor, as the Golden Eagles were dominated by the Harvard Crimson 18-4. The loss was Marquette’s fourth straight. As a young first year program, this is not uncommon, but the team believes it should be doing much better. “I’m really disappointed in us,
and I think there’s a lot more that we have to bring to the table,” captain and redshirt freshman attacker Emily Donovan said. “We all just need to come together as a team … because we practice well. We just need to put it together in the games.” From the opening draw, Harvard was in the driver’s seat. The Crimson scored the first five goals of the game and kept Marquette scoreless through the first 15 minutes. Freshman midfielder Hayley Baas would finally tally the Golden Eagles’ only goal of the half 19:49 in, but the Crimson responded with a 7-0 run to take a commanding 12-1 lead into the half.
Marquette struggled for possession in the match. Part of the issue was a lack of draw controls, which were 11-3 in favor of Harvard at the half, as well as not scooping up the 50-50 ground balls. The second half was a little closer than the first, but Harvard remained the dominant team. A nice pair of back-to-back goals from freshman attacker Claire Costanza and redshirt freshman Margaret Kerr showed a little spark of life toward the middle of the half, but the Crimson kept the Golden Eagles at bay. Marquette showed up unprepared to play, which showed in its play and on the stat sheet.
Many opportunities were lost from failures to pick up ground balls, sloppy passing and 19 turnovers, which led to limited possessions and only nine shots in the game. “Harvard is a great team, and they played outstanding, but we did not take care of the ball, and that’s a problem,” Coach Meredith Black said. “I think we missed out on ground balls, we missed out on possession, and we missed out on draw controls, and it hurt us. It cost us the game.” The blowout is one of three the squad has suffered in its last four games, all of which have come in a span of 10 days. The team appears to be out of sync, and Black
is not pleased with her team’s performance as of late. She said she hopes they can turn things around in the upcoming games. “We have another game in two days, which is good,” Black said. “I mean, when you lose like this, it’s good to play as quick as you can so you can get back in it and recover from the loss, so I think that’ll be good to be able to play in two days and hopefully recover from this loss.” Marquette, now 2-6 on the season, continues its three-game homestand on Friday against Villanova at 5 p.m. and concludes on Sunday against Rutgers at noon. Following Sunday’s game, the team has 12 days to rest.
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Men go 1-2 on Spring Break, notch win at Mercer Gately matches 2013 freshman mark with seven-point game By Ben Greene
benjamin.greene@marquette.edu
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The Marquette men’s lacrosse team started 2-3 this season and is yet to play a home game. They play Georgetown on the road March 29.
Down by three in the waning moments of the third quarter against the Mercer Bears, the men’s lacrosse team scored six unanswered goals to take control of the game en route to a 14-11 victory, its second of the season. Redshirt junior attackman Bryan Badolato, who scored all five of his goals in the second half, started the run for the Marquette, scoring three times in a row to tie the game at 10 early in the fourth quarter. Redshirt freshman attackman Kyle Whitlow and freshman midfielder Connor Bernal also helped the Golden Eagles’ run, tallying two and one goals, respectively. Freshman attackman Brendan Smith said the whole team was energized by the late-game momentum swing. “The emotion was great on the sideline,” Smith said. “The entire team was getting into it … the
Villanova, Rutgers to test Golden Eagles at the Valley MU looks to get off schneid against pair of conference foes By Kyle Doubrava
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After dropping four consecutive matches, the Marquette women’s lacrosse squad would like to start winning again. To do that, it must fend off two streaking teams this weekend at Valley Fields. The Golden Eagles face Villanova tomorrow and Rutgers Sunday. The Wildcats are riding a three-game winning streak, while the Scarlet Knights have won six in a row. Freshman attacker Emily Hauptle is looking forward to playing more demanding games and thinks it might be just what Marquette needs to start winning again. “We’re kind of on a losing streak right now, and I think we’re really hungry for a win,” Hauptle said. “I think that’s going to propel us through these two games. It’s important that we get a Big East win, and I think we all really want it.” After an 18-4 loss to Harvard Tuesday, coach Meredith Black knows the task of defeating a pair of quite successful programs will be a hard one. “What we really need to do is work on our own hustle and game and give it the best we got,” Black said. “We haven’t been doing great on 5050 ground balls. If we can win those 50-50 balls, we’ll be in good shape.” Hauptle believes it’s a matter of solid team chemistry over this weekend that could help the Golden Eagles snap out of their funk. “I think we’ve been working a lot on feeding off of each other,” Hauptle said. “If one player on the team does something amazing,
we need to be inspired.” Marquette enters Friday’s match with a 2-6 record. Being a team of mostly freshmen this season, the Golden Eagles lack experience all year. That can play a large role in losses, especially against potent teams such as Villanova and Rutgers. “It’s a big impact,” Black said. “As much as you want to fight through that, you can’t. You can’t argue with the fact (that) they’re all freshmen. On Friday it will be our fifth game in 10 or 11 days, and it’s a lot to expect of them.” Hauptle has noticed that in almost all the games so far, the team’s intensity on the field has varied. The Golden Eagles at times come out strong at the start, but falter as the match draws to a close. Hauptle sees the potential the team has, and wants her teammates to put forth a solid effort against these upcoming Big East foes. “We need a game where we’re all-out all throughout the game,” Hauptle said. “That might be a little bit experiencebased, but we have so much talent on this team. We’ve had some really standout people, so I think every game we have a couple people step up and have amazing games. If we can all play at that amazing level that we know we can, then we can really make an impact on the game.” Villanova enters tomorrow’s game 1-3 on the road, providing Marquette a chance to pull off a victory. Black knows that no wins come easily – especially in the inaugural season – but sees promise in the team’s willingness to compete. “No mater what the score is, they don’t give up,” Black said. “They really want to learn and get better. They really work hard to implement what we’re telling then. You can’t ask for anything else than that.”
offense was just clicking on all cylinders at the end, and they just put some balls away for that six-goal run.” Marquette’s contest against the Bears was the second of three games the team played over spring break, and it was the only victory of the road trip. First the Golden Eagles fell to Jacksonville 13-7, then they beat Mercer 14-11, and then they finished the trip with a 12-7 loss to Saint Joseph’s. Redshirt freshman defender B.J. Grill said the week full of games was a valuable experience for the young team. “It was tough to adjust, but it was a good learning experience, and I’m happy we experienced it in the beginning of the season,” Grill said. “We have a tough stretch coming up. We play three games in less than seven days, so we’re going to have to do the same thing over again.” Amplo attributed Marquette’s poor play against Jacksonville to the team’s maturity level following its big win over Air Force. Another factor that likely contributed to the Golden Eagles’ loss was poor ball security. The team turned the ball over 19 times, but Amplo said he hopes the team stays below 14 or 15 turnovers per game.
Despite the loss, freshman goalie JJ Sagl tallied 15 saves, his highest total of the season, and registered a .536 save percentage, his second best mark this year. In Marquette’s win over Mercer, freshman attackman Conor Gately led the offense alongside Badolato with two goals and five assists. Gately’s seven point performance is tied for most points in a game by a freshman this season, according to Performax Lacrosse. He also leads the Golden Eagles in points (17) and assists (12) this year, and his 2.4 assists per game average is tied for 11th place in the nation. Finally, against the Saint Joseph’s Hawks, Marquette trailed by only one goal going into halftime but found itself on the wrong side of a 3-0 run to start the second half. The Golden Eagles cut the lead to two, but the Hawks mounted another 4-1 run to put the game out of reach. “I don’t know if I could put my finger on exactly why we lost, aside from Saint Joseph’s is a pretty good team,” Amplo said. “We just didn’t fare well, we didn’t play well.” Following the road trip, the Golden Eagles boast a 2-3 record this season. They have a chance to get to .500 when they travel to Georgetown next Saturday, March 29.