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Boston bombing stuns nation MU alum among 144 injured in explosions at Boston Marathon By Sarah Hauer, Andrew Phillips and Pat Simonaitis Two blasts near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed at least three people and injured more than 140 Monday afternoon, including one Marquette alumnus who was hospitalized and later released following the apparent attack. At least three current Marquette students and one professor were running in the iconic race, which takes place while much of the city shuts down to celebrate Patriots’ Day. Many more people with local connections were in the area celebrating the Bostonian holiday. Michael Cote, a 2011 alumnus who lives in Boston, said he was standing near the location of the second explosion five to 10 minutes before it went off but had then walked to a bar three blocks away. He said he heard the explosions while at the bar. “There wasn’t really a panic or any sort of a rush,” Cote said, as sirens sounded in the background. “Everyone was just looking for their family.” Cote said a friend, 2011 alumnus Justin Maly, was injured and hospitalized after the blasts See Boston, page 9
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People react to an explosion at the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston Monday, which left more than 140 marathoners and spectators injured.
Juan Anderson granted release, Victor’s bar raided, hopes to transfer to West Coast 105 students busted Sophomore forward averaged 2.7 points in 35 games last season
DPS: Largest raid involving underage Marquette students
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After an up-and-down two-year career at Marquette, 6-foot-6 forward Juan Anderson was granted his release Monday afternoon and will transfer for the 2013-14 season. “We are incredibly grateful for all that Juan has done here on and off the floor during his tenure,” coach Buzz Williams announced. “Because of family reasons, he feels like it is important to get back closer to home in order to help support his family. We wish him all the best, and will cheer for him from Milwaukee.” Anderson, who averaged 2.7 points in 35 games in 2012-13, made 31 starts in his Marquette career. According to a press
Anderson’s defection marks the third transfer announcement of the spring for the Golden Eagles, who reached the Elite Eight this year. Guards Jake Thomas and Jamal Ferguson were also granted their releases over the past two weeks. Marquette now has 12 players on scholarship for 2013, one under the 13-scholarship NCAA limit.
Milwaukee Police Department caught 105 underage Marquette students at a local nightclub in a raid Thursday night. The raid on Victor’s, a bar located roughly a mile from campus, occurred at 11:19 p.m. and ended with all but two students cooperating with the officers. One of the students attempted to run through the officers but was stopped and had her information taken. The other student attempted to get through with false identification and was uncooperative with officers when they did not let him. The police also took his information. MPD called in Marquette’s
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Anderson cites familial reasons for seeking to transfer next season.
release, Anderson is hoping to transfer closer to his hometown of Oakland, Calif. “I really enjoyed my time here and learned a lot that will be beneficial to my life after basketball,” Anderson said. “My family is very important to me, and moving closer to them is something I need to do at this time.”
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More than $60,000 was raised by Milwaukee residents. PAGE 5
A proposed Tennessee education bill is misguided. PAGE 10
Department of Public Safety to assist in obtaining information from the students. “When they ask for our assistance, we will provide it to them,” DPS Captain Russell Shaw said. “There have been some raids, but this is by far the largest involving Marquette students.” Most of the students were asked to turn over their false forms of identification and provide their Marquette identification numbers. Shaw said it would be up to MPD as to whether the 105 students would be sent citations. Shaw said some businesses drive buses to Marquette in order to bring students to their establishments and that both DPS and MPD are aware of the practice. According to DPS’s 2012 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, students caught with a false form of identification can face up to a $500 fine, required participation in a supervised work See Victor’s, page 8
The Boston Marathon tragedy shook the running community. PAGE 13
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News in Brief Protests break out in Venezuela
Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro was narrowly elected president after winning 50.7 percent of the vote in Sunday’s election, the BBC is reporting. Maduro has served as Venezuela’s acting president since the death of Hugo Chavez on March 5. Henrique Capriles, who received 49.1 percent of the vote, called on Venezuelans to protest the official tally and demanded a recount after saying that voting irregularities had made Maduro’s victory “illegitimate.” Protests broke out in the capital city of Caracas with police firing tear gas at demonstrators and students briefly occupying a hotel where international election observers were staying. Maduro is scheduled to be inaugurated on Friday, when he will officially begin his six-year term.
Senate looks to expand checks
The Senate could vote on expanding background checks for gun buyers as early as Wednesday, but leading representatives said Sunday that it is still uncertain whether the measure will pass, the Chicago Tribune reported Monday. The bipartisan legislation, authored by Senators Pat Toomey (R-Penn.) and Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.), is said to be one of President Barack Obama’s last chances to pass “meaningful gun legislation” since the Newtown, Conn., shooting in December. “We expect the vote this week,” Toomey said on CNN’s “State of the Nation” Monday. “Wednesday is probably the most likely day for the Manchin-Toomey alternative.” The legislation calls for expanded criminal background checks to be required for all commercial sales, including at gun shows, which are currently exempt from the rule. Sales between private individuals will still be exempt.
Stock exchange suffers Monday loss The New York Stock Exchange was marked by dropping figures Monday in the four major
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Venezuela’s interim President Nicolas Maduro waves during the official ceremony at the Electoral Council to certify him as winner of Sunday’s presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela Monday.
indexes, and the trend intensified when the news of the explosions at the Boston Marathon broke. By the time the NYSE closed, it had suffered its worst day of the year. Shortly after news of the explosions in Boston broke, the Dow Jones industrial average dropped 120 points. By the end of the day, the DJIA had fallen 265.86 points, or 1.79 percent. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both had greater losses by percentage, falling 2.30 and 2.38 percent, respectively. U.S. Treasuries fared the best, falling only 1.1 percent. The initial sell-off came in response to news that China’s economy, the second largest in the world, did not meet its
Events Calendar APRIL 2013 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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SuChin Pak, Weasler Auditorium, 7 p.m. Animals in Theology, Todd Wehr Chemistry 112, 6:30 p.m.
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5 Types of Conflict, AMU 252, 12 p.m.
Interfaith: What is Love? AMU Ballroom D, 5:30 p.m.
The UN: From Canadian Eyes, Holthusen Hall 4th Floor, 4 p.m.
Food From Around the World, Office of International Education, 7 p.m.
Meeting Milwaukee: A Discussion on Community Development & Sustainability, AMU 163, 7 p.m.
Student Forum with Palermo’s, AMU Ballroom E, 7 p.m.
projected 8 percent growth in the first three months of the year. Instead, China saw a 7.7 percent growth in the first quarter.
Guantanamo Bay detainee published The New York Times published an op-ed piece on its website Sunday authored by a detainee being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The letter, written by Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel through his lawyers and an Arabic interpreter, details a current hunger strike underway
at the prison camp and how the 35-year-old man has never been charged with a crime despite his 11-year imprisonment. “I will never forget the first time they passed the feeding tube up my nose,” the piece reads. “I can’t describe how painful it is to be force-fed this way. As it was thrust in, it made me feel like throwing up. I wanted to vomit, but I couldn’t. There was agony in my chest, throat and stomach. I had never experienced such pain before. I would not wish this cruel punishment upon anyone.” The letter calls for President Barack Obama to send the detainee to Yemen.
DPS Reports April 11 At 3:51 p.m. a student-employee reported that unknown person(s) removed items from a business in the Alumni Memorial Union and left the scene. DPS later located and verbally detained the subject. The property was recovered. MPD was contacted and took the subject into custody. April 13 At 8:05 p.m. an underage student was in possession of alcohol and a fraudulent ID in the Union Sports Annex. MPD was notified. At 10:50 p.m. a student was involved in a physical altercation with another student in the 1500 block of W. State Street. MPD was contacted.
LIVES OF GREAT MEN ALL REMIND US WE CAN MAKE OUR LIVES SUBLIME, AND, DEPARTING, LEAVE BEHIND US FOOTPRINTS ON THE SAND OF TIME.
At 1:00 p.m. a student reported being sexually assaulted by a known subject in McCormick Hall. MPD was contacted. April 14 At 12:28 a.m. DPS shut down a party where students were serving alcohol to underage individuals in the 1400 block of W. Kilbourn Avenue. The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office also responded and cited one of the students. MPD was notified. At 1:18 a.m. shots were fired by an unidentified suspects with a handgun from one vehicle toward another vehicle at 20th Street and Clybourn Street. MPD responded. No injuries were reported. No one involved is affiliated with Marquette.
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National unemployment falls to lowest in 4 years Part of decline may be result of dwindling workforce numbers By Jason Kurtyka
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Unemployment has fallen to 7.6 percent, its lowest rate in four years, according to the latest U.S. Department of Labor employment report. The report also stated that 346,000 Americans filed for unemployment benefits in March, complicating the situation painted by last month’s statistics. While applications for unemployment aid dropped by 42,000 last week, employers added only 88,000 jobs, much lower than the 220,000 added on average in the
past four months. Forrokh Nourzad, a professor of economics, said people who had given up on looking for a job were not factored into the official measure of unemployment. “This is mostly a result of people getting discouraged searching for a job and not finding one, thus dropping out of the labor force,” Nourzad said. “This can be seen in the decline of 496,000 in the civilian labor force or a 0.2 percentage point decline in the labor force participation rate during March.” John Boehner, Republican speaker of the House, said the report is a positive development, but said he would like to see unemployment continue to decrease. “Any job creation is positive news, but the fact is unemployment in America is still way above the levels the Obama White
House projected when the trilliondollar stimulus spending bill was enacted,” Boehner said. “And the federal government’s ongoing spending binge has resulted in a debt that exceeds the size of our entire economy.” The White House was quick to point to the numbers as a sign the economy was gaining strength. “The recovery is gaining traction,” said Alan Krueger, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. “(Sequestration) is an unnecessary headwind. It’s something that will slow the expansion. We’re poised for stronger growth if we don’t get in the way with misguided fiscal policy.” For recent college graduates with a bachelor’s degree or higher, the unemployment rate has remained at 3.8 percent over the past two months. Joe Daufenbach,
a senior in the college of Arts & Sciences, is an economics major and will be returning to Marquette to pursue a Masters in Economics before entering the job market. “The program will only take me a year to finish and should boost my potential earnings so I feel it’s a good investment,” Daufenbach said. “As an Arts and Sciences major, I haven’t had a lot of exposure to business classes and the Masters should help make me more marketable to potential employers. “ He also noted many students work for non-profit organizations after graduation. “While I do know people who don’t yet have jobs, many of them have opted for post grad service work with non-profits or government programs like TFA, JVC or the Peace Corps,” Daufenbach said. “Even those who don’t have
jobs have fairly positive outlooks on their prospects and don’t seem particularly concerned about finding a job.” Meghan Pirics, a senior in the college of Arts & Sciences, is continuing her education at Marquette Law School next year, but said she believes her undergraduate experience makes her marketable to employers. “My Marquette education has definitely prepared me for entering the workforce,” Pirics said. “ I am a Writing-Intensive English major and thanks to the “Writing for the Professions” course I am taking this semester, I’ve learned that employers, no matter what industry they work in, value an employer’s ability to write and communicate effectively. I feel confident that, as a writer, I will be able to find a job when the time comes.
MUSG outlines reduced 2014 budget proposal Organization faces new challenges amid financial uncertainty By Joe Kvartunas
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The Marquette Student Government released its proposed budget for fiscal year 2014 at its meeting Thursday. The budget has become a hot topic for the student government after it failed to pass Amendment 5 nearly three weeks ago, which would have removed the 30 percent minimum for student organization funding that is mandatory in the MUSG constitution. “The fact that (Amendment 5) wasn’t passed made us a little restricted in many ways,” said Financial Vice President Cole Johnson, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration. He said that if the amendment had passed, then the total funds budgeted for SOF would have been less, and the money would have been distributed to other areas that survey results have indicated students would rather have more focus on. Marquette and MUSG employ a balanced budget philosophy when creating the budget proposal. The proposal was built by the MUSG budget committee, which was made up of Johnson, former President Arica Van Boxtel, outgoing Programs Vice President Matt McGonegle, new Programs Vice President Tyler Tucky, former Arts & Sciences Senator and new Executive Vice President Zach Bowman and Schroeder Hall Senator Thomas Schick. Due to increased revenue anticipated from late night film releases, the budget proposal is anticipating greater total revenue, and therefore greater total expenses. Other than the increase in total revenue, this year’s proposed budget features only minor differences from last year. The two largest changes are additions to programs board expenses, including additions to After Dark programs and the Coffeehouse Series. Johnson said additional funding was allocated to these programs because they
were successful this past year. The $2,250 reduction in outreach funding comes after student outreach was made a central issue in the election. The ticket of Will Knight and Dan Bresnahan, who finished third after being found guilty of committing a campaign violation, have said that lack of student participation in MUSG was one of the reasons they decided to pursue the office. Newly elected President Sam Schultz, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, encouraged MUSG senators to continue outreach in his inaugural address. The MUSG budget committee does not believe that this reduction in outreach funding will necessarily equate to a reduction in outreach. “We have historically not utilized the whole outreach and advertizing budget,” Johnson said. “Our hope is that with a line that is more manageable, such as $2,000 for something like outreach, we can utilize that better in other areas. Keep in mind that the outreach line is not the only way we do outreach. The president does have some say in where the specific outreach
fund will go. Our all-MUSG advertising budget is often utilized for that purpose.” In addition to the challenges presented by the SOF minimum that would have been eliminated by Amendment 5, the budget committee had to deal with administrative expense increases created by budget cuts to Marquette. Furthermore, according to Johnson, the university faces a five percent across the board budget cut next semester, which has led to MUSG having to cover a greater portion of the Involvement Link software licensing fees. The proposed budget will now be reviewed by the necessary committees and will be voted on at the senate meeting on April 25th. The outcomes of recent budget votes suggest that it is unlikely anything will change in the senate committees. “Over the past 10 years, the Senate has not made significant changes to the annual budget proposed by the MUSG Budget Committee,” said Jon Dooley, the Senior Associate Dean of Student Development. MUSG hopes the budget
makes clear its efforts to serve the Marquette undergraduate community. “Our top priority was to be good stewards of the students’ money,” said Bowman, a sophomore in the College of
Arts & Sciences. “When we take $60 in student activity fees every year, students expect us to be using that money efficiently and to be putting it toward things they see as useful and beneficial to them.”
MUSG ELECTS PPT, FILLS COMMITTEE POSITIONS Last Thursday’s Marquette Student Government meeting saw four elections for MUSG Senate positions and committee assignments. Emily Pirkl, a junior in the College of Engineering, was elected by the senate to serve as the new President Pro Tempore, replacing new Executive Vice President Zach Bowman, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences. As PPT she will work closely with the Legislative Vice President Kyle Whelton, who was elected to the position last week. Pirkl characterized her position as working between committees, in addition to her responsibillities as a senator. She ran unopposed for the position. “I’m hoping to accomplish a lot of (Whelton’s) goals and work on interdepartmental communication and communication with the students,” Pirkl said. MUSG also elected Dani Theis, a freshman in the College of Business Administration, to an open seat on the organizations’s budget committee. Theis ran unopposed for the position. Emmaline Jurgena, a freshman College of Communication senator, and Zach Wallace, a freshman College of Arts & Sciences senator, were both elected to the open seats of the student organization funding committee.
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UW-Madison student dies suddenly of meningitis Living conditions on college campuses put students at higher risk By Eric Oliver
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A student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison died last Wednesday of meningitis, according to an April 11 article from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Students on college campuses are at a slightly increased risk of contracting meningitis, due in part to the close living conditions in dormitories, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Meningitis has many symptoms including fever, vomiting, headaches and neck stiffness. Each case varies by individual, according to the Meningitis Research Foundation. The last confirmed case of meningitis at Marquette occurred in April 2011, when a student was hospitalized for a bacterial form of the illness. Sarah Van Orman, executive director of University Health
Services at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the student had gone straight to the hospital and so the university’s health care system had not provided medical care to the student. Now it is working on proactive education about meningitis and helping students who are possibly at risk of contracting it. “We are generally notified by both the hospital and public health of Madison County when something like this happens, and then we work together to respond both to make sure we are taking care of any concerns as well as to get good health messages out to the community,” Van Orman said. Van Orman said there are strict guidelines when it comes to treating meningitis. First, students must contact a public health authority. The system then has to determine who might have had contact with the student so medical professionals can administer the proper treatment. “There are very good guidelines, and we work with our health department to implement those,” Van Orman said. Van Orman said that any
time someone contracts meningitis, there is always a large amount of concern because of all the attention it draws. “Part of what we are trying to do is to get the people who we need to know about to come in and get treatment,” she said. “But we also want to be careful because we don’t want people to be concerned about their personal safety when they don’t need to be.” Van Orman said one of the biggest concerns is making sure unaffected students aren’t overly worried, as the risk of actually contracting meningitis is slight. She said, however, that situations like this are an opportunity to educate people about the signs and causes of the infection. “When you have a case like this, the only people we are concerned about are the people who have a risk of it, and this risk is very, very small,” Van Orman said. “It consists of the people who may have had the closest ... contact, which consists of the people who may have shared saliva.” Van Orman said the university’s first priority is alerting the people who have shared cups, glasses or
Given the fact that a case was so recently seen in Madison, I would still be considerably surprised (if) a case of meningitis would show up at Marquette.” Milena Swanson, senior, College of Communication cigarettes or have kissed an infected person. She said the university recommends that those affected should take a single dose of antibiotics. “What students need to know in preventing meningitis is that this particular case doesn’t represent any particular group of them,” Van Orman said. “There are things you should do every day that help prevent disease, like making sure you’re up to date on vaccinations, including the meningitis vaccine, and keeping good respiratory hygiene, which means washing your hands not sharing cups and glasses and those sorts of things.” Van Orman said the hardest part of identifying meningitis is noticing its symptoms, as the vaccine prevents many of the signs of the disease from appearing. “The number of cases of
meningitis has dropped quite a bit, but even with that vaccine it doesn’t prevent all cases,” Van Orman said. Milena Swanson, a senior in the College of Communication, said she wasn’t scared of the way meningitis could be contracted on the surface, though the potential of coming in contact with another person’s saliva is much higher than anyone wants to think about. “I am much more scared by the effects of meningitis and what it actually does to a person than the saliva that can lead to it,” Swanson said. “Given the fact that a case was so recently seen in Madison, I would still be considerably surprised (if) a case of meningitis would show up at Marquette.” Swanson said that university standards, precautions and requirements for the vaccine prior to living on campus definitely puther at ease.
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Student group’s Relay for Life raises $60K overnight The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2012 there were 1,638,910 new cases of cancer in the U.S., and 577,190 people died from cancer. Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the U.S. after heart disease. Lung, breast and prostate canBy Emily Wright emily.a.wright@marquette.edu cer are the three most common forms of cancer; each had more More than 600 students and than 220,000 new cases in 2012, Milwaukee residents helped according to the ACS. raise $60,000 for the Ameri“It’s a way to see hundreds can Cancer Society Satur- of people coming together,” day night in the annual Relay said Caitlin Toohey, a senior in for Life, held in the Helfaer the College of Health Sciences Recreation Center. and president of the Marquette At the event, put on by the branch of Colleges Against CanMarquette branch cer. “It’s a fun of Colleges event for a good Against Cancer, cause.” those in attenThe night also dance walked included the laps around the Luminaria cergym from 6 p.m. emony, in which to 3 a.m. participants C o l l e g e s light candles Against Cancer in memory of has been planning those who have the event since died, in honor of September. those who sur“Marquette stuvived treatment dents love to be a or in support of part of something those currently bigger than them- Shannon Gavin, senior, College of fighting. Communication selves, and this is Sonya Cumanother chance mins, a junior in for them to supthe College of port such a great cause,” said Health Sciences and the LumiShannon Gavin, a senior in the naria chairwoman of the group, College of Communication and said the candles help reprethe entertainment chairwoman sent why students are involved of the group. “We are able to in the Relay for Life. honor survivors, remember those “The fight still continues,” said we have lost and continue their Cummins. “(This) one night repfight against cancer by walking resents a lot of things.” through the night at Relay.”
Hundreds of MKE residents raise money, honor cancer victims
Marquette students love to be a part of something bigger than themselves, and this is another chance for them to support such a great cause.”
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Students participate in an annual cancer fundraiser Saturday night, which helped to raise $60,000 for charity.
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Eric Oliver This blog aims to be your news presence for health stories that break during the week and cannot be put into the print version of the Tribune.
So without further introduction, let’s get started.
cardiovascular health than those who did not.
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Drinking while undergoing treatment for breast cancer may improve your chances of surviving the disease, a new study from the Journal of Clinical Oncology showed. It should also be noted that drinking has been shown to be a risk factor in the development of breast cancer. Researchers followed approximately 25,000 breast cancer patients for 11 years, according to the study, and found that, on average, those who drank three to six drinks per week before they developed cancer were 15 percent more likely to survive. Those same women were also shown to have better
Increasing rates of pollution have been allegedly linked to an increase in birth defects in babies, a new study from the online version of the American Journal of Epidemiology found. Two previous studies, one tracking birth defects since 1997 and the other recording concentrations of nitrogen dioxide, nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide and various particulate matters in various counties in San Joaquin Valley, Calif., since the 1970s. The researchers found that prospective mothers living in areas where levels of carbon monoxide or nitrogen oxide concentration were in the top 25 percent were
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almost twice as likely to have a child diagnosed with neural tube defects than those living in areas with lower concentrations. The researchers said that the research would have to be backed up with more data before they can affirmatively say whether pollution does cause an increase in birth defects. UNIVERSITIES AND CHARITY Research laboratories at American and Canadian universities were graded on their labs’ efforts to assess the world’s poor. The report card was sponsored by Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, a student group with various chapters around the world. The group released the grades in a report along with Doctors Without Borders. The University of British
Columbia received the top grade, while Case Western Reserve, John Hopkins, the University of California – Irvine, Harvard and Emory University all received B grades. All the other universities didn’t receive grades higher than a C+. The grades were determined through three categories: how much research is devoted to neglected diseases in deprived countries, how much effort is made to ensure that discoveries are made available to the deprived countries and how available global health courses are. A previous report card was released last year by Access to Medicine Index. It was originally ignored but has since been seen as a marketing tool by major companies. Eric Oliver is a junior in the College of Communication. Email him at eric.oliver@ marquette.edu.
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OSD: Sigma Chi fraternity under administrative review By Joe Kvartunas
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The fraternity’s appeal of a student conduct hearing is pending.
The Office of Student Development initiated a review of Sigma Chi fraternity’s Marquette chapter earlier this semester, according to Corey Lansing, assistant dean for student involvement in OSD. The review was initiated in response to documented concerns of a possible violation of Intra Fraternity, university and chapter policies. A student conduct hearing has been held and an appeal is currently under review. The nature of the alleged violations as well as the sanctions the fraternity may face have not been made public as of Monday night. Marquette administrators declined to comment the allegations because of the confidential nature of the proceedings. Sigma Chi fraternity members and Eric Eichelberger, the IFC president, also declined to comment.
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Victor’s: Students with fake IDs could face $500 fines program or the suspension of example, we got a notification the their driver’s licenses. Shaw said next night saying there were shots students should be cognizant of fired right by campus. Clearly the repercussions there are more linked to having a important things fake ID. than college “Bottom line is kids drinking.” that it is illegal,” Another anonShaw said. “MPD ymous freshman is cracking down in the College of on this, and there Communication are many reasons said underage they are doing drinking is goit. If you have a ing to happen no fake ID, you are matter the locaprobably going to tion and that she get caught.” thought buying An anonyRussell Shaw, DPS Captain alcohol is not mous freshman the reason stuin the College dents go to bars. of Communication said under“Underage college kids are age drinking is not something to going to drink,” she said. “It reworry about in comparison to the ally does not matter where. If it level of crime already present in is not at a bar, it is going to be Marquette’s neighborhood. somewhere else on campus. This “I do not really understand why is not going to single-handedly this is a priority,” she said. “For stop underage drinking.”
There have been some raids, but this is by far the largest involving Marquette students.”
“In essentials, unity; in differences, liberty; in all things, charity.”
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Medical workers aid injured people at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon following explosions in Boston Monday. At least three Marquette students took part in the annual race.
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Boston: Bombs detonated seconds apart at approximately 3 p.m. EDT but had been released Monday evening. Maly did not respond to a request for comment by press time Monday night. Others witnessed the destruction first hand. John Pinkham, a 2011 alumnus and Boston native, said he and his girlfriend, 2012 alumna Carolyn Rasley, were watching the marathon from a building facing the finish line when one explosion shattered the building’s windows and smoke billowed into the room. “We went out through the fire escape in the back of the building, exited into an alley and walked a few streets away,” Pinkham said. “There were people on the ground with blood and a lot of people hurt.” Pinkham said he and Rasley had been standing in the area near the explosion minutes before it occurred. “We were walking in and out 20 minutes before, right where the explosion happened,” Pinkham said. “Thank God we got a little cold (and went inside the building).” Gary Krenz, chairman of the Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science at Marquette, was running in the marathon and told FOX6 Now Milwaukee that he passed the finish line seconds before the explosion. “Probably 30 seconds or less – something like that,” Krenz said. Kathy McGurk, a junior in the College of Health Sciences, had finished the race about 40 minutes before the first explosion. “I finished, and it was such a wonderful moment. It’s so crazy that something could ruin such an incredible event,” McGurk said. McGurk said after she finished the race, she walked about 1 ½ blocks to the family meeting area, where she met her mom and dad. About a minute after she reunited with her family, the first explosion occurred. “Everyone turned around and looked back, and all you could see was the smoke,” McGurk said. “You couldn’t see anything.” She said everyone was confused, and some thought it was a cannon going off for Patriots’ Day.
“Then when the second explosion happened, we knew something was wrong,” McGurk said. “Everyone got really quiet when the second one went off. People were just rushing in fear. All you could hear were ambulances, fire trucks, police cars, from every direction.” McGurk and her family were escorted by the police back to their hotel, about a half mile away from the finish line. There, her family watched the news and contacted the rest of the family. McGurk said she was still in a state of shock Monday night. “You finish something that’s been a goal for so long, and then something happens and just fear,” McGurk said. “I’m still just going through a rollercoaster of emotions.” McGurk said she will fly back to Milwaukee Tuesday morning. Matt Hetland, a 2007 alumnus, said he was watching a friend in the marathon when he heard the explosions. “(It) sounded like cannons, which at first seemed to be for the
Patriots’ Day festivities,” he said. “Afterward the area was a zoo.” Hetland said he was a halfmile from the scene of the bombing and that spectators were giving cell phones to runners to call their families. Alex Laffey, a Boston native who graduated in December, said he was at a bar near Fenway Park when he heard about the explosions on the news. Laffey said he had walked near the scene of the two explosions by the marathon’s finish line about an hour before the incident. “There is a lot of panic in the area, and it’s a pretty hostile environment between the police and people,” he said at 3:15 p.m. Monday. “They are extremely suspicious of everyone.” The Rev. Frederick Zagone, chaplain to Marquette’s Alumni Association, released a statement calling on the Marquette community to pray for the victims and their families. “In light of the tragic explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, the Marquette
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Police officers react to a second explosion while assisting a runner who fell at the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday.
community is praying for those who have died, those who were injured, their family and friends,” Zagone wrote. “While we have little information at this time regarding how or why this happened, we are reminded that we must pray for peace and pray for an end to senseless
violence in our world. Please join us in our prayers.” President Barack Obama addressed the bombings Monday afternoon, saying officials still did not know who planted the bombs or why but that those individuals will “feel the full weight of justice.”
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Tennessee bill wouldn’t solve education woes
STAFF EDITORIAL
Caroline Campbell
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Boston police officers stand on Boylston Street near empty buses meant to transport runners who were instead diverted from the course following an explosion at the finish line, Monday.
Boston bombings force us to face adversity, come together Our view: The tragedies yesterday in Boston are going to be hard for the nation to overcome. However, Americans are capable of doing so if we face it correctly. Along with thousands of others across the nation, the Tribune editorial board extends its condolences to the victims of yesterday’s tragic events at the Boston Marathon. These next few days will be somber for our country as we learn more about this attack and come to terms with the damage it has done to our fellow citizens. We will continue to grieve together as a Marquette community and as a nation, and, as it seems we have so many times this past year, attempt to make sense of the violence that has disturbed the most peaceful of places in our country – a movie theater, a salon, a temple, a school and now a marathon. It is overly stated that our generation is the “Facebook” generation. We get much of our news from sites such as Facebook and Twitter, and we share opinions over these sites, too. Moreover, we are the generation who came of age in the wake of Sept. 11, 2001. As such, it seems appropriate to make some observations in the Ignatian spirit of self-reflection about how we are reacting to this national tragedy and what implications these reactions have moving forward. We have found most of the reactions on social media sites and elsewhere to be tasteful, sympathetic and compassionate. Sending well-intended regards with careful consideration is the proper way to handle a crisis, especially considering how difficult it is to respond to something of this magnitude. However, we are concerned by a particular sentiment that seems to be growing in popularity and can be summed up bluntly as “this tragedy isn’t as bad as tragedies other people are facing right now, so think about that while you grieve.”
In many respects, this reaction contains truth. We as a country pay far less attention to the sufferings of those in other countries than in our own. This is especially problematic when we are responsible at least in part for the sufferings of others through foreign interventions or bombings gone wrong. As a nation, we are espoused to the ideal of equality for all, and it may sometimes feel uncomfortably hypocritical to seemingly value others’ lives so much less. At the same time, however, tragedy is tragedy. Deaths are deaths. Innocent people were attacked, and dozens are in mourning. There is no need to belittle or chastise this grief, which is genuine and raw. There is no need to make statements that delegitimize the terror we all experienced as we saw the footage of the bombings and frantically tried to contact those we know and love who may have been at the scene. We share this country, and we therefore share this experience. Today is the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s writing of his “Letter from a Birmingham jail.” In this letter, King wrote, “I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. ... Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. ... Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds.” In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, we find ourselves profoundly in this network of mutuality. It is in this network that we will grieve, and it is from this mutuality that we will find strength. With this strength, we can continue to strive for a more peaceful world, starting right here at Marquette, in Milwaukee, in the United States of America.
A recently proposed and then withdrawn Tennessee law would have linked the amount of a family’s welfare check to the performance of its children in school. Under the bill, the families of children who were under-performing in school would see a reduction in benefits until the parents attended a parent-teacher conference or sent the student to tutoring. The state representative who proposed the bill, Stacey Campfield (R) argued that parents play an important role in their children’s educations and should be held accountable for their academic performances. While Campfield might be on the right track in acknowledging that more than just student performance is a factor in the low achievement of impoverished children, decreasing welfare benefits is entirely the wrong direction to look. There are obvious negative effects of this misguided piece of legislation. Poor children already struggle in school to fit in with their more affluent classmates, to often have to function on malnourished diets or inadequate health care, and to set their personal hardships aside for seven hours out of the day to focus on assignments. Placing the livelihood of their entire family on their small shoulders is unfair and simply wrong. The bill would not have shifted responsibility to the parents; it would have added responsibility and stress to the lives of children. Young people in school should not need to worry about whether there will be food on their tables that night, but
the reality is that too many students in America do. School should be an environment that fosters learning and healthy lifestyles, not stress and worry. As a nation, we have an education problem, and it needs to be fixed. More than half of American fourth-graders cannot read proficiently, and the United States ranks 25th in the world for math performance. Assigning blame to students and their families for this failure is nowhere near efficient. A shift in focus is in order. While it is important for students and families to take responsibility for learning, if the system is not able to help them do that, how can we expect them to excel? What we need in America is across-the-board education reform. From the way we enroll students to the methods we use to educate them to the ways we allocate resources to them, we need major change. It should not be the case that some young people are stuck in a poor school system simply because of their zip code. School should not be another worry to add on top of everything else a struggling family has to worry about. While no reform can happen overnight, education should already be the top priority of our lawmakers. Cliché as the phrase may be, children are the future of our nation. Better educational starting as early as grade school can open higher education opportunities to more children, giving the U.S. a more educated future generation of teachers, policymakers and other professionals. It seems so simple: Reform education, and the future of America almost instantly becomes brighter. Yet, some lawmakers seem more concerned with giving away that responsibility to educate young Americans instead of stepping up to claim it. 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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Prayers and well wishes to any one effected from the tragedy in Boston. Saddening!
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The Masters almost on Generic ‘keep in touch’ par with diversity course line hardly put to action
Brooke Goodman There’s nothing more disheartening than hearing the phrase, “This is how things have always been, and it’s not going to change.” Whether it is in reference to issues of racial or gender equality, governmental action or the economy and how it functions, statements like the one above are often the result of outdated traditions, biases and in simplest terms, mere stubbornness. Regardless of personal opinion, it is true that enacting change is an incredibly tricky thing to do. Many of the most influential individuals in history have and continue to face extreme criticism and resentment for their actions. Only once many of these leaders’ lives pass are they finally recognized for the contributions and strides they made on their paths toward progress. Change is not the result of one person, though. It is a timely and difficult process involving many individuals. It requires a movement of people working toward the same goal with acknowledgement that even after years of consistent effort, there may be little or nothing to show for it. The important thing to remember, though, is that change can happen – it just requires a wealth of patience, persistence and passion. There is no finer example of the amount of time it takes to chip away at outdated practices than the “tradition unlike any other” that took place this past weekend. Augusta National Golf Club, home to the Masters golf tournament played each April, has a sad history of sexist and racist practices. Founded in 1933, the private club initially only granted memberships to white men. In 1975, Lee Elder was the first black golfer to
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the play the course, and before 1982 the club used only black caddies. It wasn’t until 1990 that the first black individual was actually admitted as a member. It was just last year that two women – former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina financier Darla Moore – were extended memberships to the club. Their admittance was largely due to the media storm that drew attention to a controversy involving one of the tournament’s key sponsors, International Business Machines Corp. and its female CEO, Virginia M. Rometty. Until last year, Augusta had been known to extend memberships to the CEOs of The Masters’ major sponsors, yet did not offer one to Rometty. Although Augusta’s outdated practices and intolerance are often masked by the prestigious sporting event that takes place there, this year’s tournament did not follow past traditions and instead was a microcosm of change. This year, Tianlang Guan, a 14-yearold golfer from China, not only played well enough to make the cut for the tournament’s final round, but also stole viewers’ hearts with his respectful and mature demeanor after being penalized for “slow play” during the first round. Another atypical plot line occurred at the weekend’s conclusion when Australian Adam Scott and Argentinean Angel Cabrera participated in a sudden death playoff to determine the tournament’s winner. In the end, Scott claimed the first green jacket for his continent. Unrelated to the players, it’s been reported that recent Augusta National member Condoleezza Rice was present at the club on opening day of the tournament to welcome spectators. As can be seen, although it’s been 80 years in the making, change at the club is occurring. As history has proven, progress takes time, determination and persistence in the face of adversity and failure. Most importantly, though, it takes the right people with the right attitude to make things happen. 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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Tony Manno “Keep in touch.” It’s the go-to last line during the ambiguous parting scene of a real-life buddy movie. If it’s a good movie, I love to be left hanging by the end – how many different ways can these guys cross paths in the future? They just had so much fun together the past two hours – what’s stopping them from grabbing a beer and catching up down the road, at the very least? But once it ends, what’s left is whatever I can come up with in my head. All I have to create the ending is what I know from reality – and if I am my own case study, there is no ebullient reunion. No contact. Either the bad friend leaves the other friend’s email in his back pocket, sending it through a wash cycle and an extra rinse, or the bad friend just spends the rest of his days being too darn lazy to send a postcard or make a collect call. I am that jerk. During a bit of spring cleaning this week, the guilt accrued from not keeping in touch with people hit me like an anvil. Rifling through receipts on my desk, I found a torn piece of notebook paper with the numbers of some chums I had met my first weeks in France; in my 9,078 unread emails, there was a couple here and there where I had neglected to reply; I remembered missed phone calls and “just can’t make it” meet ups. Somewhere down the road, this is going to get me in trouble.
This all sent me into existential turmoil, of course, which I expressed by consuming a brick of cheese and watching Batman cartoons. I’ve been the jerk my whole life, never keeping in touch when I should. Try saying “Nebraska” 150 times and see if you still know what it means. It’s like that. I’ve numbed myself to the importance of the personto-person link. The obvious aside – giving Mother and Father the “sign of life” email from time to time, sending strange web links to friends – the small run-in relationships we form can hardly ever go bad with an update or two. I guess I’m not too far gone, and there’s certainly an attempt in the works to fix the problem this week. Those emails are getting replies. I think a good benchmark is to maintain contact with the frequency of a 1908 postcard exchange using the convenience of modern technology – the updates are happening, but you’re never too far removed from your own world. I don’t need to be the jerk. Maybe I’ll try and rewrite this a bit. Let’s say instead the line comes in the middle of the movie, at that pivotal moment when you know the hero and the passing friend will indeed “keep in touch.” I mean, there’s an hour left in the movie. A quick email or a phone call later and the bond is reformed. In fact, the wait to reconnect can be the most fascinating part. Who knows where your momentary friend will be in life at some faraway point down the timeline? Maybe you’ll connect in some way you hadn’t before and your friend from the back burner is now a real one. Life’s all about connections, I’m told. 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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Dan Mamalat won his singles match against DePaul in a tiebreak, but was narrowly defeated 6-7, 7-6, 4-6 in Sunday’s match against Wright State. The Golden Eagles won both matches.
Final weekend brings wins Men beat DePaul, Wright State, women knock off Cincinnati By Jacob Born
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Gleb Skylr teamed with James Stark to win a doubles match against DePaul, but he blew an early lead in singles play against Wright State.
Sophomore Cameron Tehrani waited for his opponent’s serve. DePaul’s Jan-Willem Feilzer rocketed a serve down the right side of the court, but Tehrani fought it off. Feilzer moved closer to the net as the two volleyed back and forth. Tehrani hit a lob shot that dropped into the back right corner of the court, which gave him the 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory and lifted Marquette over the Blue Demons. The Golden Eagles defeated DePaul 5-2, riding an intense round of doubles play. The No. 1 team of junior captain Dan Mamalat and sophomore Vukasin Teofanovic battled with DePaul’s No. 1 pair and won with a very close 9-7 victory. Freshman Gleb Skylr and sophomore James Stark defeated DePaul’s No. 3 team 8-5, giving Marquette the doubles point. “I knew doubles were going to be really critical,” coach Steve Rodecap said. “Both teams played well in doubles. We came out and got an early win at (No. 3), which gave a little life to the group.” In the single’s matches, Marquette had key first sets in the No. 1, 2 and 3 spots. Each player went to the tiebreaker, and Mamalat,
Teofanovic and junior Logan Collins all pulled out the victory. The players ended up winning their respective matches, with only Collins going to a third set. Marquette lost the No. 5 and No. 6 spots, but thanks to Tehrani’s victory, Marquette got the win. Rodecap said the early tiebreaker victories set the tone for the rest of singles matches. “It typically comes down to who can handle the pressure situations better,” Rodecap said. “We were fortunate enough to get those sets.” The Golden Eagles finished off their four-game home stand Sunday, squeaking by a talented Wright State program with a 4-3 victory. Marquette opened the match with a victory in the No. 1 doubles spot but dropped the other two matches, giving Wright State the doubles point. In the singles round, Teofanovic dropped the first set 2-6. However, he regained his composure and won the next two sets 6-1, 7-5. Skylr started out his set with a dominating victory, but his opponent turned it on in the final two sets, giving Wright State the point with a 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory. “Our doubles play put us down a little bit today, but our guys responded well and put out a good effort in the singles portion,” Rodecap said. The game came down to the No. 3 spot between Collins and Michael Lyzwa. Collins started out the match with a 6-4 first set victory but conceded the next point to
Lyzwa by the same score. In the third set, Collins took over and notched a 6-3 final set victory to give Marquette the key fourth point. Mamalat was in the midst of his three-set thriller during Collins’ victory but couldn’t give the Golden Eagles their fifth point. Mamalat lost the match 6-7, 7-6, 4-6. The women’s team was also in action this weekend, losing the first game of the road trip to Louisville before heading to Cincinnati and getting the season-ending victory. The Golden Eagles lost 5-2 to Louisville, which rode a statement doubles round to victory. The No. 1 spot for Louisville defeated the doubles pair of freshman Aina Hernandez Soler and sophomore Ali Dawson 8-0, and the No. 3 of freshman Aleeza Kanner and junior Rocio Diaz lost 8-1. Diaz and Dawson were able to get victories in the No. 4 and No. 5 spots, but Louisville was able to get the victory early and coast to a final. The next day, the Golden Eagles faced Cincinnati and secured a 4-3 victory, battling back from a doubles sweep on a thrilling tiebreaker victory by Dawson. The score was tied at three, and Dawson had rallied from a 6-7 first set to win the second 6-2. Dawson won the tiebreaker 7-6 and gave Marquette the victory. Both the men’s and women’s team head to their respective Big East Championships next weekend, the women to Tampa, Fla., and the men to South Bend, Ind.
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Men best High Point for third-ever win Second half 9-1 run powers Golden Eagles to eight-goal victory By Ben Greene
benjamin.greene@marquette.edu
Early in the second half of the men’s lacrosse team’s game against High Point Saturday, the Panthers scored to cut Marquette’s lead to one. In the next six minutes,
however, freshman attackman Conor Gately scored his second and third goals of the game, initiating a 9-1 run for the Golden Eagles that spanned almost 20 minutes. Gately finished with a game-high four goals, and the Golden Eagles emerged victorious, beating their fellow firstyear opponent 14-6. Marquette’s 14 goals matched the team’s season high, set in a win against Mercer one month ago. Redshirt junior attackman Tyler Melnyk had a gamehigh five points (three goals
and two assists), while redshirt freshman Kyle Whitlow tallied two goals and two assists. Gately said he and Melnyk were simply the beneficiaries of the whole offense’s execution. “This whole week, we were working on matchups and, come game time, Tyler and I just got the matchups we liked and capitalized,” Gately said. “We’re all playing off each other a lot better.” Additionally, six goals is the fewest the team has allowed since the Golden Eagles beat Air
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Force in early March. Freshman goalie JJ Sagl led the team’s defensive effort, registering season highs in both saves (16) and save percentage (.727). Sagl credited his statistical success to his teammates’ preparation. “We had a great defensive game plan; we were so prepared,” Sagl said. “It was arguably one of our best defensive performances as a team.” Much of the Golden Eagles’ defensive success came from their ability to shut down High Point’s star attackman, Dan Lomas. The left-handed freshman phenom entered Saturday’s game in the top 10 in the country in both goals and goals per game. For only the second time all season, Lomas was held scoreless despite taking eight shots. Coach Joe Amplo planned to keep redshirt freshman defender Charley Gargano on Lomas, while fellow redshirt freshman defender BJ Grill covered Matt Thistle, High Point’s leader in assists. Amplo said both players stayed focused solely on their assignments to keep Thistle from feeding Lomas for an easy goal. “Charley Gargano did a wonderful job,” Amplo said. “When he did leave Lomas, he made a wonderful job of making sure his teammates were there to support him. It wasn’t just one specific thing, but it was more the entire game plan that was prepared.” Marquette’s decisive win over High Point ended the team’s four-game skid and improved its record to 3-6 on the year. It is one of six programs to add Division I lacrosse in the last five years. Only Jacksonville, which was 6-7 in 2010; High Point, which already has three wins and Marquette won more than one game in their first season. With a 2-8 Detroit team coming to Milwaukee for Marquette’s first home game of the season Saturday, the Golden Eagles have the chance to win the first pair of consecutive games in program history. Amplo said the prospect of such a win streak is alluring to him. “There’s so many things that you want to win for,” Amplo said. “But for me, I just want to go on a winning streak. I want to win two games in a row.”
Kyle Whitlow scored two goals and dished out two assists in Marquette’s 14-6 win versus High Point.
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Tyler Melnyk led Marquette with five points Saturday. He scored a hat trick as Marquette matched their season-best scoring output with 14 goals.
Boston bombs test runner bond
Christopher Chavez “Sometimes the moments that challenge us the most define us” is the opening line to the 2007 film “Spirit of the Marathon.” As a runner, when I heard the news of the Boston Marathon explosions, I was in utter shock. Runners are a worldwide community, and the thousands of runners that started the marathon are my friends. When I go out for a run and cross paths with a complete stranger, I usually give them a head nod or a wave. I may see that person on the same path every day or I may never see them again, but that feeling of appreciation for running is communal. The Boston Marathon is like Christmas for runners. Thousands of spectators gather from the starting line in Hopkinton through Copley Square to cheer on everyone from the elites to the recreational runners. How often do you get a chance to see people running on television at a sports bar? Only in Boston. The relationship between Boston and its marathon is unmatched by any other city. Just four days before the Boston Marathon, police officials warned that there would be zero tolerance for public drinking along the course out of respect to the runners. Because of the attention on the race, marathoners in Boston are celebrities during marathon weekend. Bystanders understand the toil it takes to get to the marathon’s starting line and treat visitors to their city with respect. There were more than 20,000 celebrities this year. One of the beauties of Boston is that every one of those runners is treated as such. If someone is struggling as they charge Heartbreak Hill, the crowd will cheer and criticize them just as a fan would yell at a struggling Red Sox team. The support is unbelievable. I have only ever run three half-marathons, but even after 13.1 miles I have no desire to walk more than a block. To hear of people continuing to run after the finish line to donate blood is remarkable. There are definitely people devastated at not being able to finish the race, but as we come to learn more about the events that transpired, I imagine it becomes a minor inconvenience. Whoever chose to attack the Boston Marathon also chose the wrong people to mess with. Boston has a surly reputation as a city. There was a lot of support for the marathon before, but now it’s personal. The city will bounce back very much like New York after 9/11. After the cancellation of the New York City Marathon due to Hurricane Sandy, hundreds of runners gathered in Central Park to run their own unofficial marathon. Within a matter of days, collective runs will be scheduled by groups to support Boston relief and recovery. Runners will get together and run, because that is what they do to build community in this country. Christopher Chavez is a sophomore in the College of Communication. Email him at christopher.chavez@marquette.edu.
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Koeck sets Marquette record in hammer throw Stengel posts PR in 400m dash, ranks ninth all-time at MU By Christopher Chavez
christopher.chavez@marquette.edu
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Will Koeck threw 193 feet, 7 inches Saturday to break a six-year old school record. He took second in the event.
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On April 13, sophomore Will Koeck broke a six-year-old Marquette record in the men’s hammer throw at the Lee Calhoun Invitational. Koeck threw 193 feet, 7 inches on his first attempt of the day to finish second in the event. Koeck’s school record was just one of the many big marks this weekend as the Golden Eagles get set for the Big East Outdoor Conference Championship in two weeks. Marquette notched a victory in the men’s 800-meter dash as senior Kyle Winter was the top finisher among 42 runners. His time of 1:52.09 qualifies him for the Big East Championship. Sophomore Brendan Franz, junior Spencer Agnew, freshman Ryan Shields and freshman Michael Corr finished sixth, 10th, 25th and 27th respectively. A great sign of fitness came in the men’s 400-meter dash as junior Connor Stengel ran a personal best of 48.58 to put himself as the ninth fastest in school history. He finished third of 34 sprinters in the race. The last time Stengel set a personal was in March 2012, where he ran 48.91 at the USF Bulls Invitational. His success on the day also carried over to the 200-meter dash and the men’s 1600-meter sprint medley relay. Stengel
placed 10th in the 200 with a personal best of 22.36. As the second leg of the relay, Stengel helped Marquette finish second to St. Ambrose in 3:30.15. Stengel staying healthy is a plus for the Golden Eagles, as he has the 19th-fastest 400-meter time in the Big East. The men’s steeplechase saw positive performances, as junior Zack Grese won the race in 9:28.77 and freshman William Hennessy finished third in 9:38.13. Grese is just three seconds short of a Big East qualifying mark in the event. On the women’s side, senior Chanel Franklin ran 25.45 to finish second in the women’s 200-meter dash. She placed third in the women’s 100-meter dash in 12.62. Her season best in the 100-meter dash from the USF Bulls Invitational remains the 28th-best time in the conference. Franklin was responsible for 14 of the women’s 113 points, which placed Marquette second in the team standings behind Iowa at 212 points. The men tied for fourth place with Augustana at 86.5 points. Illinois took the crown on the men’s side with 178 points. Marquette will split its squad this upcoming weekend with meets scattered across the country. Ten runners will compete at Mt. Sac Relays in Walnut, Calif. from April 18 to 20. Others will compete at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, Calif. April 19 and the Long Beach Invitational in Norwalk, Calif. Saturday. The Huskie Open will take place April 20 in DeKalb, Ill.
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Under-the-radar Dawson ready to silence doubters Clovis, N.M. native possesses elite court vision, ball handling By Trey Killian
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Marquette’s 2013 recruiting class has the potential to be its best in years. Three consensus top-100 high school players, as well as another four-star and a three-star recruit, make up the verbal commitments joining the Golden Eagles next fall. Scout.com ranks the group seventh in the nation, and other national media outlets Rivals. com (7th), ESPN.com (9th), FoxSports.com (9th) and CBSSports.com (10th) all place Marquette’s 2013 class in the top 10. Over the next three weeks, Trey Killian will profile each recruit and predict his impact on the 2013-14 team and beyond. --Three-star point guard John Dawson was an under-theradar addition for Marquette last September, as the 6-foot-3, 195-pounder was virtually unknown outside of his hometown
of Clovis, N.M. Dawson was a preseason all-state selection coming into his senior season at Clovis High, however, and several media outlets rank him as New Mexico’s top prospect. Dawson received offers from New Mexico State, Idaho State and Wyoming but turned all three schools down to sign a national letter of intent with the Golden Eagles. He was a member of the Clovis varsity squad for his entire career, helping the Wildcats to the state semifinals in 2010-11 and 2011-12, as well as the state championship in his senior season. A description on Future150. com labels Dawson as a player with the capability to make his entire team better due to elite court vision. “He can score on all three levels,” the description reads. “He loves getting out in transition, where he is pretty much unstoppable when attacking the rim. He has excellent ball handling skills and can knock down the open three-point shot with consistency. His length and athleticism and being (6-foot-3) is what sets him apart from other point guards in the class.” Coach Buzz Williams said Dawson has the potential to
follow in the footsteps of other previously little-known signees who went on to do big things in a Marquette uniform. “Throughout our tenure here, we have been fortunate in finding guys off the beaten path who, as their careers progressed, became integral parts of our program,” Williams told GoMarquette.com. “I believe John is the next in that group. Our relationship with him is the newest in the class, but because of who John is as a person, it all evolved very quickly.” Williams said Dawson made an immediate impact on him during his first recruiting visit, as Dawson’s family and Clovis’s coaching environment, headed by coach Matt King, impressed him. “It became obvious that he was a perfect fit for us not only in what we needed, but more importantly, in what we are about,” Williams said. “Coach (Brad) Autry paved the way for us in his work with John and those around him, which allowed us to sign him in a short time frame. He may not be as well-known as others in our class, but as time progresses, he will carve out a distinct role within our program.” Dawson displays a good work ethic and grounded
personal values, as he expressed to AreaCodesBasketball.com last summer. “I need to keep working on my game daily, as I feel I am a good
leader on the floor and need to work on playing without the ball,” Dawson said. “I work out twice a day, six days a week, and on Sunday I go to church.”
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John Dawson was the last of Buzz Williams’ 2013 recruiting class to commit, but Williams feels he fits his mold of “off the beaten path” players.
Georgetown, Loyola overwhelm stumbling women Losses in final 2013 home games drop Golden Eagles to 2-12 By Andrew Dawson
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Kenzie Brown scored Marquette’s only first half goal against Loyola. The Golden Eagles trailed 13-1 at the half.
In its final home contests of the season, Marquette fell against both No. 8 Georgetown and No. 17 Loyola Maryland. The Hoyas were a handful, but the Golden Eagles held their own for the majority of the game. Marquette struck first on a bounce shot from freshman attacker and co-captain Emily Donovan. Georgetown answered with a 3-0 run to take the lead, but freshman defender Elizabeth Goslee scored her first goal of the season to cut the lead to one. That was as close as Marquette would come as Georgetown closed the half with a 4-1 run to take a 7-3 lead into the half. To start the second, both teams traded tallies in the first 20 minutes as each team scored three to make it 6-10. However, the visitors once again would finish the half with a 3-1 un and took the game 13-7. “I thought we played great,” coach Meredith Black said. “The scoreboard (didn’t) give us a win, but we definitely played well for our team.” Freshman goaltender Sarah Priem was the star again, finishing the day with 10 saves and leading a solid defensive performance. “I thought my defense really helped me,” Priem said. “We had nothing to lose, and we just played like we had nothing to lose.” Coming off Friday’s solid performance, the team returned to Valley Fields for the senior day game to honor Marquette’s four seniors and also celebrated raising almost $10,000 for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
Though the pregame ceremonies had the team’s spirits running high, the game was vastly different. Right off the opening draw, the Greyhounds were in control of the game. They scored the first five goals of the game before the game was 10 minutes old. Freshman midfielder Kenzie Brown ended the drought, scoring on an overhand shot from a distance, but that would be Marquette’s lone goal of the half. Going into the break, the Golden Eagles were outshot 22-3 and trailed 13-1. After the team went down 11-1, freshman goaltender Emma Salter replaced Priem for the remainder of the game. The tempo slowed down in the second half, but again the Golden Eagles only posted one goal on a wide-open net when the Loyola goalie was forced out of the crease, allowing freshman attacker Claire Costanza to score. “We came out a little bit, you know, on our heels, and I think they just took advantage,” Black said. “We knew that they were a great fast-breaking team – that’s their strength. They score a lot of goals in transition and so we were ready, we were prepared for that to happen, but I don’t think we played with enough intensity at the beginning of the game to stop that fast break.” The defense stepped up, only giving up four goals in the second half, two of which came in the final minute of the contest. “In the locker room we realized again that we need to step it up because we’re so much better than we showed today,” said redshirt freshman defender and co-captain Jenaye Coleman. “We realized we had to go out and play for the seniors because it was their last home game, so we wanted to go out with a bang.” From here, the team travels to play two games this weekend against No. 28 Connecticut Friday and No. 4 Syracuse Sunday.