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Blue to enter 2013 NBA draft Junior guard will forgo his senior year to pursue pro career
After a breakthrough 2012-13 season during which he blossomed into an offensive force, Marquette junior Vander Blue will forgo his senior season and enter the NBA draft, the university announced Tuesday. Blue led Marquette in scoring with 14.8 points per game last season. He struggled for consistency in his first two seasons but took a major step forward as a go-to scorer in last year’s offense. “I’ve had three great years here and appreciate everything Marquette has done for me during that time to help me develop,” Blue said in a press release Tuesday. “At this point I want to pursue my dream. I’ve prayed about it and discussed it with my family and think this is the right decision for me at this time.” Blue, a native of Madison, decommitted from Wisconsin to join the Golden Eagles in 2010. He thanked the coaches and fans for a memorable three-year career in Tuesday’s release. “I really want to thank all of the coaches and staff at Marquette for helping me become a better player and a man,” Blue said. “I also loved and appreciate the support shown by Marquette fans across the country during my career, especially during home games at the Bradley Center.”
Resentment toward Blue misguided
Patrick Leary
Photo by Danny Alfonzo/daniel.alfonzo@marquette.edu
Just more than a year ago, as I sat courtside at the Bradley Center working for Marquette Athletics, I heard a constant diatribe from one particular fan in the student section behind me. “Tran-sfer, Van-der, (clap clap clap clap, clap clap),” the fan screamed. And for much of the last three years, most fans had these kind of feelings toward Vander Blue, the highly-touted Madison native who could never quite reach his potential. Fans called him everything from a bust to a failure. This season changed everything for Blue. On a team without any true stars, Blue
Marquette guard Vander Bliue came into his own in the NCAA tournament, helping Marquette to the Elite Eight.
See Leary, page 13
Marathon runners Two years later, Wild reflects recall Boston blasts on tenure and retirement Professor and student present during race thankful for support By Jacob Born and Sarah Hauer
jacob.born@marquette.edu sarah.hauer@marquette.edu
While investigators sift through photos and videos to identify a suspect in Monday’s Boston Marathon bombing, members of the Marquette community continue to process and reflect on the events that transpired. Gary Krenz, professor and chair of the department of
mathematics, statistics and computer science, ran the marathon Monday and said he hopes justice will be served in a responsible manner. “Hopefully people won’t be in a rush to judge, convict. (I hope) that they actually look at it,” Krenz said. “Three people are dead, more than 170 injured, some with limbs blown off, absolutely devastating. Just as devastating is a rush to judgment, so I’m hopeful that there will be a careful investigation, that justice will prevail but they are not rushed to assign blame.” Monday was Krenz’s ninth time competing in Boston. He said he knew from the start
By Melanie Lawder
melanie.lawder@marquette.edu
From 1996 to 2011, former Marquette President the Rev. Robert A. Wild oversaw a host of changes on campus. Admissions applications increased from 5,000 to 20,000, the campus underwent construction resulting in the Al McGuire Center and Eckstein Hall, a new mission statement was introduced and the men’s basketball
Photo by Danny Alfonzo/daniel.alfonzo@marquette.edu
See Wild, page 5
The Rev. Robert A. Wild is doing things “on a much lower key” in retirement.
See Boston, page 4
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DPS REPORTS.....................2 CALENDAR.......................2 VIEWPOINTS......................6
Former president still lives in Jesuit Residence on campus
MARQUEE......................8 SPORTS..........................12 CLASSIFIEDS.....................14
NEWS
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Genocide
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A Rwandan genocide victim told her family’s story. PAGE 3
The way we think about wisdom skews recognition. PAGE 6
Check in with Louis Bennett’s squad as it prepares for 2013-14. PAGE 12
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News in Brief Carroll University locked down A man who caused a lockdown Tuesday at Carroll University in Waukesha after walking around the campus carrying an airsoft gun was ticketed for disorderly conduct Wednesday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. The campus was placed under lockdown Tuesday morning at 10:39 a.m. after reports surfaced of a gunman on the campus. Local police, an armored vehicle and the FBI responded to the supposed threat. The lockdown ended shortly after noon, however, when Michael Wiedeman, 50, of Waukesha was taken into custody. It was later revealed in a Carroll press release that the man was carrying a non-lethal airsoft gun. Wiedeman will face a $303 municipal ticket, Waukesha police Capt. Ron Oremus told the Journal Sentinel, and the case will be closed. The university resumed normal operations that afternoon. “At no time were Carroll students, staff or faculty in danger,” the university said yesterday in an updated statement.
Gun legislation fails to pass Senate A bipartisan bill backed by President Barack Obama that would have expanded background checks on gun sales failed to pass in the U.S. Senate Wednesday. Authored by Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Senator Pat Toomey, R-Pa., the amendment required 60 of 100 votes to pass under an agreement by both parties. The final vote was 54 in favor, 46 against. President Obama and others who backed the legislation cited the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., last December, the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., over the summer and the 2011 attack on U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona as proof of the necessity of such legislation. The president spoke about the failed amendment Wednesday afternoon at a press conference in front of the White House. “Nobody could honestly claim that the package (Senators
Manchin and Toomey) put together infringed upon our Second Amendment rights,” Obama said. “All it did was extend the same background check rules that already apply to guns purchased from a dealer, to guns purchased at gun shows or over the Internet.” Obama said he was disappointed with the result of the vote but hopeful for the future. “All in all, this was a pretty shameful day for Washington,” Obama said. “But this effort is not over.”
Suspicious bag briefly closes bridge The 16th Street Bridge, located just south of the Helfaer Recreation Center, was reopened yesterday after reports of a “suspicious package” turned out to be a false alarm. An unattended backpack left on the bridge led the Milwaukee Police Department to close down the road at 1:10 p.m. as a precaution. MPD lifted the closure at 3:45 after its bomb unit discovered that the backpack was empty. According to Andrew Brodzeller, associate director of university communication, MPD notified the Department of Public Safety and the university of the closure and handled the entire incident independently. “All traffic diversion and road closures were managed by the Milwaukee Police Department,” Brodzeller said in an email. “MPD did contact DPS to notify the university of the incident and closure.”
Powder causes hospital quarantine
An envelope of “white, powdery substance” resulted in the temporary quarantine of more than 50 people the Beloit Area Community Health Center Wednesday, and 15 people were transported to nearby hospitals after experiencing burning sensations in their eyes and noses, multiple news sources reported Wednesday. The envelope, which was reportedly dropped at the center by a man in his 50s with a thin build and grey hair and beard, was originally determined not to be a “biological substance” by officials but is currently undergoing further tests to determine what it was, Beth Jacobsen,
DPS Reports April 15 At 9:29 a.m. an employee reported that unknown person(s) vandalized university property in Johnston Hall, causing an estimated $300 in damage. April 16 At 11:15 a.m. a student reported being harassed by another student in Schroeder Hall.
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In this Instagram photo provided by Andy Bartee, a plume of smoke rises from a fertilizer plant fire in West, Texas on Wednesday.
assistant to the city manager of Beloit, told the Rockford Register Star. Beloit police Capt. Vince Sciame told the Register Star that investigators believe the suspect may have been a patient at the center. He said police would be investigating where they believed he would be. “There are no serious complications at this point,” Sciame told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Wednesday.
Texas fertilizer plant explodes
A huge explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, roughly 14 miles from Waco, caused massive damage last night, destroying more than 60 homes and forcing the evacuation of more than 1,000 people. While at least 150 people were wounded, a definitive number of fatalities was unavailable as of press time. At least two people were confirmed dead as of press time, but estimates released throughout the night indicated that
the number could be as high as 70. A smaller fire was burning at the plant before it exploded at roughly 7:50 p.m. The explosion was described by some observers as similar to a “nuclear bomb” and could be felt from several miles away. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, it measured 2.1 on the Richter scale, making it comparable to a small earthquake. Officials fear the fumes of anhydrous ammonia, a noxious chemical used in the production of fertilizer, may also have dramatic effects on the health and safety of the community. Gregory Filippo, a 2010 alumnus who lives in the area, is involved in the aid efforts currently underway. “I am currently assisting the disaster response team from the Command Center at Providence Health Center (in Waco), where I work as the Biomedical Engineering Manager,” Filippo said. “Please keep the communities of Central Texas in your prayers.” Filippo said he did not know of any other Marquette alumni in the area.
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At 9:41 p.m. two students were in possession of a controlled substance and alcohol in McCormick Hall. MPD was contacted. April 17 At 5:17 a.m. an employee reported that unknown person(s) removed unattended university property estimated at $5 in Johnston Hall.
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Thursday 18 “Making a Living, Making a Difference,” AMU, 4:30 p.m. Kappa Sigma’s Spaghetti Dinner, 2040 Lofts, 5 p.m. Animal Liberation Orchestra, Turner Hall Ballroom, 7 p.m. Last Lecture Series featuring Russ Hamer, Haggerty Art Museum, 7 p.m.
Friday 19 The Cast of “Sons of Anarchy” Live!, Riverside Theater, 6 p.m. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Varsity Theatre, 9 p.m.
Saturday 20 Mushroom Mania, Discovery World, 9 a.m. Hunger Cleanup, Various locations, 8 a.m. Life Sized Board Games, Marquette Place, 9 p.m. Multicultural Formal, Doubletree Hotel, 9 p.m.
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Coffee House – The Ballroom Thieves with Tall Heights, AMU, 8 p.m.
Brewers vs. Cubs, Miller Park, 1:10 p.m.
Annex Pop Quiz, Union Sports Annex, 9 p.m.
Legally Blonde: The Musical, Robert V. Carney Performing Arts Center, 2 p.m.
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Palermo’s responds to workers’ rights allegations Student protests lead to forum regarding campus pizza By Nick Biggi
nicholas.biggi@marquette.edu
Faced with calls for an end to its involvement with Marquette, representatives from Palermo Villa, Inc. took part in a forum with administrators and students Wednesday evening in the Alumni Memorial Union. Palermo’s, whose pizzas are sold in university hall stores and during Marquette basketball games, has been accused of violating labor rights after allegedly firing immigrant workers who attempted to unionize. Youth Empowered in the Struggle, a student organization, has repeatedly called for Marquette to reevaluate its relationship with Palermo’s. The group has called for students to boycott the company’s products and, in March, protested in front of the Bradley Center during a men’s basketball game. Max Bertellotti, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, said that, as a student, he hopes Marquette sticks to its mission and values when considering its relationships. “I hope Marquette stands up for its ideals as a Jesuit
university, working for the ‘magis’ and advocating for the rights of the Milwaukee community and the opinions of Marquette students,” Bertellotti said. Palermo’s vice president of marketing, Chris Dresselhuys, and Tom Branigan, a part-time professor in the College of Communication, met with members of MUSG over the allegations facing Palermo’s and the company’s relationship with the university. It was then that the idea for a panel on the issue was conceived. Art Scheuber, vice president for administration, and Dr. L. Christopher Miller, vice president for student affairs, attended the forum on behalf of Marquette administration. Roughly 80 students, mostly opposed to Palermo Villa, were also in attendance. “We have yet to find evidence that would back up violations,” Scheuber said. “If there is a question, then we are more than willing to answer,” Miller said. “There was no intent to avoid questions.” Dresselhuys said the workers were not fired due to their attempt to form a union, but rather because they were not able to provide proper legal documentation proving they were legal U.S. citizens. “The manipulation of events that has taken place by the people who are attacking Palermo’s would be confusing for everyone,” Dresselhuys said.
After U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement found that specific Palermo’s workers had invalid Social Security numbers, employees were told individually on May 29 that they had 10 days to provide the proper information. Three employees submitted documentation and were soon after cleared by the government. “The government determines whether you are eligible to be in the U.S. or work in the United States,” Dresselhuys said. “Then it is up to that person to prove they should be in the United States.” Though Miller said it is “immoral” for a company to fire employees for attempting to form a union, he said the allegations against Palermo’s did not appear to be true. Dresselhuys said the employees who were fired attempted to form a union after they left the company. “Through all of our investigation, we have come to the conclusion that they are in full compliance with the law,” Miller said. “From my perspective, these questions are real and they need to be addressed. When it was brought to our attention, we were very direct.” Many students attending the meeting disagreed. And the Worker Rights Consortium, an organization that aims to hold companies accountable on labor issues, found infractions against the company after it ran its own investigation. Scheuber questioned the validity of the WRC’s report.
Photo by Xidan Zhang/xidan.zhang@marquette.edu
Palermo’s spokesman Chris Dresselhuys said the workers were fired for being in the country illegally, not because they tried to unionize.
“It was created to oversee overseas sweatshops, not U.S. sweatshops,” Scheuber said. “In the U.S., if you are an employee, there are multiple places you can go if you have problems.” The National Labor Relations Board and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration have also published reports on the Palermo’s case, with both reports finding the company not guilty of most allegations, while violating some minor ones. In past statements, the Marquette administration has asserted that the NLRB is an integral institution for companies to follow. Scheuber additionally said the university could not take action without any particular
form of proof of wrongdoing. “What I hope you people take away is that allegations are allegations,” Scheuber said. “We don’t look at allegations; we look at the end result.” Marisa Galvez, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences and one of those who called for the panel, said the administration still needs to take more notice to the issues students have with Palermo’s as a company. “I am still concerned with the Marquette administration’s ability to address student concerns in general,” Galvez said. Both Miller and Scheuber said they would be willing to meet with the strikers.
Speaker shares story of Rwandan genocide survival Nishimwe tells crowd about her family’s struggle with violence By Emily Wright
emily.a.wright@marquette.edu
Rwandan genocide survivor Consolee Nishimwe gave a face to the violent conflict Monday night in front of more than 100 people in the Alumni Memorial Union. The Marquette chapter of Step Up, a national group founded in 2004 to raise awareness regarding the Rwandan genocide, sponsored her presentation. “Her story is one of inspiration, hope and great faith,” said Anne Pasero, the chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, in her introduction of Nishimwe. Ethnic tensions in Rwanda, a small country in southeastern Africa, existed between the Tutsi and Hutu tribes due to the colonial strategy of Belgium, which elevated the status of the minority Tutsis over the majority Hutu population. These tensions escalated and led to the slaughter of between 800,000 and one million Tutsi civilians and a smaller number of Hutus. The violence was sparked by the death of the country’s president and lasted more than 100 days. Driven by government-sponsored propaganda over the radio, Hutus brutally murdered their Tutsi neighbors. Despite cables from U.N. officers in the area requesting aid, the international community did very little to stop the violence. It stands today as a major historical failure by the international community. The Ugandan army eventually intervened and helped stop the conflict. Nishimwe, who was 14 years old during the genocide, discussed her experiences with her family as
they struggled through their daily lives because of the violence. “We didn’t know what would be our next day or if we would survive,” she said. While there were some warning signs of the chaos that was about to unfold, such as the now infamous cable from the U.N. force commander in Rwanda that foresaw the impending violence, Nishimwe said the brutality displayed by her neighbors stunned her. “I never expected anyone would turn around and commit genocide,” Nishimwe said. “People (had) completely changed.” Nishimwe said women in particular are extremely vulnerable in conflict areas, and that part of her desire to speak out is because
many women cannot tell their stories. Estimates suggest that between 250,000 and 500,000 women were raped during the three-month period. Amnesty International has estimated that 67 percent of them contracted HIV/AIDS as a result. Reactions to Nishimwe’s presentation were positive and thoughtful. Ellie Fincher, a Marquette alumna who helped found Marquette’s Step Up chapter, said she was impressed with the presentation. “She has embraced and embodied forgiveness,” she said. Jennifer Vanderheyden, the faculty advisor for Step Up, said Nishimwe’s speech was the “definition of courage,” especially
given that Monday was the anniversary of her father’s death in the genocide. Step Up was founded by a professor at the University of Missouri. It aims to help female survivors of the Rwandan genocide recover from their experiences. The Marquette chapter was founded in 2009 after a film festival on campus screened a documentary about Rwandan women. This week, the group is working to raise awareness about those impacted by the genocide. On Tuesday, Step Up screened a documentary called “From Brussels to Kigali,” which discusses the in absentia trial of one of the major figures involved in the genocide in the Brussels Assizes Court.
Throughout the year, the group raises money for microloans for women who survived the genocide. Haley Wilson, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences and the treasurer of Step Up, said she joined Step Up because she wanted to support female genocide survivors. “It’s a group with a purpose,” she said. Nishimwe said telling her story helps educate people who may not have been alive during the genocide and reminds those who had lived through it of the pain and suffering Rwanda experienced. “I share (my) stories with younger generations so that it can never happen again,” she said.
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Boston: Professor caught near explosion, returns to Milwaukee safely that this race would be differ- the shoot and I haven’t even ent. As he prepared to embark gotten to the heat shield blanon the 26.2-mile trek, an el- ket when boom,” Krenz said. derly woman came up to him “If that guy hadn’t said anyand asked if she could pray for thing, I don’t know if I would him before the race. have finished, I don’t know if I “May I pray for your safety?” would be beside the bombs.” the woman asked. Krenz said the “That you have a safe runners kept going run and that you’re through the finish, not injured.” very quietly. Krenz accepted the “You’re looking at prayer and said no it, going, that’s not one had ever asked to an accident,” Krenz pray for him before said. “Then the secthe race. ond bomb went off While he usually and I was lucky finishes a marathon that I couldn’t see Gary Krenz in two hours and 16 the sidewalk there. minutes, Krenz said I was really lucky cramping issues slowed him that I didn’t see that sight.” down. As he walked to the finAs he made traveled away ish line, a man said, ‘Why don’t from the site, first responders you run it in?’ Krenz decided rushed toward the scene. Krenz to run in the final leg of the called his wife who was watchrace and crossed the finish line ing the race and they made after five hours on the course. their way back to the hotel. “I finish and I’m looking On Tuesday, Krenz and at the clock … so I’m cross- his wife returned to Miling and you’re going through waukee and left a Boston he
did not recognize. “When you went to leave the T (subway), they had so many national guardsman that you actually had to go between two to get to the subway. There is no chance that you could get to the subway without going past one or two guardsman or policemen. They really ratcheted up the presence I think just to call people down.” For Tim McAuliff, a sophomore in the College of Education, nothing seemed wrong before the explosions. After finishing his first Boston Marathon, McAuliff and his family went to a crowded restaurant for a post-race meal. He said people were walking in the streets on the beautiful sunny day. “The first (explosion) is going to stay in my mind forever,” McAuliff said. “I was only two blocks away from the incident. I was mid-sentence when it went off, and it shook our restaurant. Someone’s glass fell over. And
If that guy hadn’t said anything I don’t know if I would have finished, I don’t know if I would be beside the bombs.” Gary Krenz, professor and chair of mathematics, statistics and computer science once we all heard it, we took a few seconds to look at each other - everyone was dead silent.” McAuliff said the second explosion went off shortly after. Panic then filled the streets, and people began to run in the opposite direction. McAuliff and his family decided to stay in the restaurant. “I didn’t know what to do … The terror on some of these people’s faces will never leave my mind,” McAuliff said. “I stood up and looked out the window. I saw smoke rising above the buildings, and then I rushed over to a television in the bar portion of the restaurant trying to figure out what happened.” McAuliff and Krenz said
they were both touched by the outpouring of support they felt after the bombing. “People were just trying to contact me in any way they could. I got a few texts from numbers I didn’t even know and people I’ve never even met. Marquette students are just amazing people, and the flow of messages coming in to see if I was okay is something I’ll cherish forever.” Krenz said his Marquette family reached out Monday to make sure he was safe after the bombing. He received calls, emails and flowers from coworkers, students and alumni. “It’s nice to know you’re loved,” Krenz said.
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Wild: In retirement, former president helps to fundraise for Jesuits team went to the Final Four. RW: When I was president, I After a productive 15 years as an knew a number of the football administrator, Wild said Wednes- schools were really restless… The day he is “doing things on a much first solution was to find other teams lower key” than when he was who would be part of the league president. Wild lives on campus and raise the quality of Big East at the Jesuit Residence and is the football, but that was easier said special assistant for advancement than done. … I thought it was the for the Chicago-Detroit and Wis- best move to form an all-basketball consin Jesuit provinces. He said he league in this context. helps fundraise for these provinces. Marquette’s athletic director reOn Wednesday, the 73-year-old cently said this will give us a lot former university president sat more stability. You don’t have this down with the Tribune to talk about great problem and challenge you Big East Basketball, the Boston have with football, and I think it Marathon bombings, the new dean will work out well. (The Big East) for the College of Arts & Sciences will end up with 10 or 12 schools, and the first Jesuit pope. all of which will focus on a great Marquette sport, basketball. Tribune: What And I think we’re was your reaction going to get better when you saw and better in the what transpired at process – we’re the Boston Maragoing to get betthon Monday? ter money, apparThe Rev. Robently, from the TV ert A. Wild: I was contract. I think it pretty shocked. I was well handled. mean, the whole MT: How do country would you feel about say that this is a the conclave’s lovely sporting decision to elect event – I used to The Rev. Robert A. Wild, Pope Francis the former university president first Jesuit pope? go to the top over by Boston College RW: I was in where Heartbreak Hill is. I was do- Kenya when this news broke. That ing my doctoral studies (and went was a pretty amazing moment. I over) just to see the race run. From thought, “Really? A Jesuit? You that hill, it’s all the way downhill got to be kidding, we never had a into Boston and the finish line, Jesuit pope.” I’ve got to say he’s where the bomb exploded. personable; he’s got a pastoral It’s a great event – and it was like, heart. He loves people and he cares “Really, you want to set bombs off deeply about the poor. … I think and cause that kind of death and he’s going to do well. destruction?” It was hard to believe MT: Were you at this year’s the news, and you feel terrible for NCAA Tournament in D.C. for the the victims. … I thought it was an men’s basketball team? If so, did it awful thing. But in any case, these bring back memories of 2003? kind of events change people’s RW: I was certainly eagerly perceptions of their safety, and watching the games on television it changes the lives of all of us. and, you know, I was thinking at MT: What was your reaction to the time – who would have thought the Big East realignment last year? at the beginning of the season we
Life brings its surprises, sometimes some real difficulties, but you will be surprised what you accomplish in your lifetime.”
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This photo is taken from a video in which Tribune reporter Melanie Lawder interviews the Rev. Robert A. Wild.
would go to the Elite Eight? The coaches in the Big East certainly didn’t think so – they ranked us seventh. So we got better and better as we went along in the season. Coach Williams has the incredible gift of taking players and melding them into a team. That’s what really matters, I think. But those were very exciting games – we could have lost any one of them. You always have to have a certain amount of luck in the tournament, because we could have lost to Davidson. We certainly could have lost to Butler – but we didn’t lose, and you have to have games like that in the season – where it was close. And then there was the wonderful game against Miami, and then I had to say I was reminded of how it worked in 2003 in the Final Four. We killed Kentucky to win the regional championship, and then we played Kansas in the first round of the Final Four and Kansas killed us the same way. So we killed Miami and got done in by Syracuse in what was rather an ugly game. But that’s college ball. I was thrilled to see the team to get to the Elite Eight. Nobody expected us to do that well,
but that’s the kind of coach Buzz is. He’s really special, and the players are clearly a special group of people, so it was really exciting. MT: In February it was announced that a new dean for the College of Arts & Sciences, Richard Holz of Loyola University, was chosen to begin this summer. What was your reaction to the news – were you relieved to see the college move forward with a permanent dean after five years of searching? RW: Everybody agrees – one of the toughest searches to do for a university or college is to find is a dean of (the College of) Arts & Sciences. But we were never able Scan this code or to complete a go to marquetteregular search, tribune.org to successfully for watch the video of that position. our interview with … So (after Wild. the university secured a new dean) I told Fr. Pilarz when I ran into him, “Well you did what I couldn’t do in 15 years!” … There’s nothing like having regularly named, permanent dean in a college, and they seem like they have a good person coming in. Hopefully he’ll do really
well. I suspect he will. MT: What advice would you give to the incoming freshman and the outgoing graduates? RW: It’s probably very important to realize – because this strikes me out of my own personal experience – you start in life thinking that you will do X – whatever that X is. But the interesting thing is, as life goes along, life brings its own changes. The only job I expected to be doing is teaching in a college setting. … I never expected provincial superior of the Jesuits … or president of Marquette University … so life brings its surprises, sometimes some real difficulties, but you will be surprised what you accomplish in your lifetime. It’s probably a good idea for freshman to not get so narrowly focused. ... And for seniors, your first job may not be exactly what you want, but it may lead you to things that will open doors, and you will discover more interesting things than you imagined. I think our God is a God of surprises.
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Maria Tsikalas, Managing Editor Pat Simonaitis, News Editor Allison Kruschke, Projects Editor Matt Mueller, Marquee Editor
Joe Kaiser, Viewpoints Editor and Editorial Writer Katie Doherty, Editorial Writer Andrew Phillips, Editor-in-Chief
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Even in busy offseason, off-the-court priorities should remain
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The men’s basketball team celebrates after defeating Miami in the 2013 NCAA Tournament. Including two graduating seniors, six players will not return to the team next season.
Our view: Marquette men’s basketball is experiencing one of its more eventful offseasons, but even with all the recent news, focus should be on student athletes. Since we last discussed college athletics more than a month ago, a lot has happened to Marquette basketball. The team shared the Big East regular season title, advanced to the Elite Eight and most recently lost four of its players – redshirt junior guard Jake Thomas, freshman guard Jamal Ferguson, sophomore forward Juan Anderson and junior guard Vander Blue. Thomas, Ferguson and Anderson are set to transfer, while Blue is forgoing his senior season for the NBA draft. Fans have reacted with a range of emotions, especially about Blue’s decision. Some wish Blue the best, but others are outraged that the team’s leading scorer is darting for the pros instead of returning for a season that many experts believed could be pretty successful for the Golden Eagles. In either viewpoint, however, Blue’s announced departure is the climax of a very noisy offseason in which it has been far too easy to forget that college athletics
are about more than winning and losing. The players’ decisions have raised questions about how this affects the team on the court. As we mentioned last month, however, education and building quality individuals off the court should be at the forefront of any athletics program. We still have concerns about that, not just about Marquette but about college athletics across the nation. Indiana men’s basketball coach and former Marquette men’s basketball coach Tom Crean said something late last week that ignited similar worry. The Hoosiers learned they would be losing two star players to the NBA draft, but Crean was awkwardly prepared. “It’s one of the reasons we oversigned (incoming players),” Crean told the Indianapolis Star. In other words, with an NCAA limit of 13 scholarships per team for basketball, it was one of the reasons he made promises to prospects he was not sure he could keep. Losing four players also conveniently puts Marquette under the cap of 13 scholarships. Had at least three of them stayed, Marquette coach Buzz Williams would likely have had to have some difficult
conversations with his incoming freshmen about their futures at Marquette. Before these announcements, the Golden Eagles were only losing two players to graduation and were bringing in five freshmen. The math did not add up – Williams clearly oversigned. This is not to suggest that Thomas, Ferguson and Anderson were nudged out of Marquette. Ferguson and Anderson struggled to find minutes in the Golden Eagles’ rotation this year, and with a top-10 recruiting class coming in, they would possibly experience more of the same next year. Thomas, too, found himself buried in the team’s rotation, and he was going to lose his scholarship next season. He also knew when he transferred here from South Dakota more than a year ago that a scholarship for his third year would be unlikely, and he said in a statement last week that losing the scholarship was not the reason he transferred. Even so, Williams, like many other coaches across the nation, appears to have lucked out. Oversigning players is a regular practice that requires a transfer or lost scholarship to work, which changes the course of student athletes’ education. How can a team knowingly oversign and still claim education as a top priority? The second a coach oversigns, he or she is guaranteeing that someone will not be able to pursue the education they were promised, or, at the very least, will have to pay full price to get it. Oversigning tends to occur without much outrage. Penn State men’s basketball was oversigned by two scholarships until just last week, when again, luckily for the coaching staff, two players decided to transfer. Penn State coach Patrick Chambers said in a release about the transfers, “(The two outgoing players) have decided to seek opportunities elsewhere. First and foremost, we want what is best for our student-athletes.” Can Chambers say he wants what is best if, at the very least, he created a situation at Penn State that made these players no longer feel comfortable at the school where they were once committed? A 2010 “Outside the Lines” report revealed that former University of Miami defensive lineman Stephen Wesley was told
just weeks before the 2010 season that his scholarship would not be renewed, and he was effectively cut from the team. Miami football coach Randy Shannon did not offer any explanation for Wesley’s dismissal, but speculation was rampant that he was cut to make room for incoming freshman Seantral Henderson. If that were true, Shannon essentially decided that because Henderson could better help the Hurricanes on the field, his education off the field was more deserved than Wesley’s. If that were true, Shannon broke a promise that could impact a young person for life. We said in our March editorial that “Once a school starts to disregard academic priorities for athletes for the sake of winning games, it ceases to uphold what it is supposed to stand for and takes advantage of its student athletes in the process.” This holds true for oversigning. We hope more light is shed on the topic, as so many schools are playing Russian roulette with athletes’ educations in doing so. There is no concrete evidence of any direct wrongdoing by Williams. In fact, because of his redshirt year, Thomas will be finished with his undergraduate education at the end of this semester and will be pursuing graduate school elsewhere. Nevertheless, situations like this raise concerns about the ethics of oversigning and the possibility that Marquette is part of a college athletic culture that is accepting of it. In signing five players, and thus making them educational promises, Williams had to assume someone besides senior guards Trent Lockett and Junior Cadougan would not be returning next year, even though no one else was obligated to leave. That puts a lot of pressure on student-athletes at a time when they are focused on how to best advance themselves in the professional world – academically or athletically. Crean and other coaches who are openly OK with this practice make promises meaningless and trivialize education for the sake of an athletic program. Williams, and all Marquette coaches across all sports, shouldn’t be. In offseasons as turbulent as this one, we hope they can at least promise that.
Wisdom misdefined to recognize too few people
Brooke Goodman If asked to name three individuals whom you view as “wise,” would you be able to do it? This question was posed to students in a Psychology of Happiness class the other day, and it may be a bit more difficult than one would think. Student answers included figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, St. Ignatius, the pope and Abraham Lincoln. When presented with a published study of undergraduate students’ most frequently referenced “wise” individuals, their thoughts were on other key figures such as Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa and Guatama Buddha. Add Oprah Winfrey, Ann Landers and Winston Churchill to the list and you have a pretty influential group of people. Although the activity seemed pretty
straightforward, a problem arose when we tried to set criteria for what wisdom truly is. The names listed above make the concept of wisdom seem so grand that it is daunting. How can the average human being be placed in the same category as Gandhi or Lincoln? When the comparison is made to such extraordinary figures it’s as if achieving wisdom is impossible for ordinary people like you and me. The University of Chicago is currently assessing what exactly “wisdom” means through its Wisdom Research Network. The series of six projects also looks at how cognitive, social and emotional processes affect wisdom’s mediation. The network features recent news and publications on wisdom science and aims to provide a better understanding of what is included in this seemingly unattainable personality trait. Research published on the network suggests that wisdom encompasses humility, compassion, ability to see the big picture, ability to put things into perspective and to understand multiple viewpoints. It notes that wisdom entails learning from and rising above all kinds of experiences. The research also claims that wisdom is different from intelligence in that it doesn’t seek knowledge for the sake of eliminating ambiguity. Instead, the goal is to understand
ambiguity in order to grasp a deeper meaning. This search for deeper meaning is what pushes mere knowledge into the realm of wisdom. The network’s description of wisdom sheds some light on why it is so difficult to pinpoint who exactly reflects such a compilation of attributes. Another problem may be that although wisdom has historically been seen as valuable, it is not always considered of upmost importance in today’s society. American culture tends to value some achievements more than others. Obtaining a college education, gaining employment, buying a home and being able to support a family are seen not only as high priorities but often as necessary for success in a capitalist society. Just as there is a hierarchy of accomplishments, there are also individual traits recognized as most valuable. Independence, intelligence, confidence, personal responsibility, appearance and sociability are coveted, as they often play vital roles in reaching such highly sought-after goals. We often overlook the achievements and characteristics that are not immediately visible or rewarding. These are the hard-to-define areas, because they can’t be quantified or qualified by a diploma, paycheck or material good. Although these things – compassion,
vocation and wisdom, to name a few – are often pushed aside on the road to success, it could be argued that they’re actually the most valuable of all. Many of the things we do each day are means to an end. Whether it’s studying to obtain a college degree or working to be promoted, certain things must be prioritized in order to reach an ultimate goal. Unfortunately, characteristics such as wisdom seem not to be among these priorities. One does not have to be Mahatma Gandhi to be wise, though. Sometimes wisdom presents itself in the simplest ways – through a man on the street, a grandfather, a professor or a child. Finding wisdom is a journey, and it is these people who aid us on our paths. The perceived immensity of “wisdom” shouldn’t overshadow those who provide us with the experiences necessary to shape our own journeys each day. If we recognize the value in seeking deeper meaning and not allowing societal pressures to distract us, defining wisdom might not be such a difficult task, and we’ll probably have a much longer list. 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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Boston reminds us to offer global care
Tony Manno To me, one part of Monday’s bombings in Boston that pulled particularly hard on my heartstrings was the idea of this happening at a marathon. There’s a feeling that comes from marathons much like the Olympics or the World Cup. They’re a global event, not just in the sense of the runners themselves – more than 25,000 people from all over the world – but because they have that feeling that seems too other-worldly, as everyone just drops their problems for the day to run
Tragedy should urge us to consider peace By Caroline Campbell
caroline.campbell@marquette.edu
together. I think this is the part of athletics I’ve always been most fond of. Here in France, I caught wind of the events first from a New York Times post and comments from friends at home on Facebook. Afterward, a friend from Johannesburg expressed sympathy. Then another friend from France, followed by one from Chile, posted. I have never had the opportunity to experience the response to a tragedy in the United States quite like this: It was global news, and it garnered a global response. With that in mind, I can’t help but wonder if we always offer the same in return. We certainly should. There’s a sense of helplessness that ensues following a tragedy like this, like every other tragedy, big or small, global or personal. Knowing that someone out there shares your struggle is essential if we’re going to keep living on this rock. But even beyond the humongous web of support that the response to Boston has created is a lesson in global awareness. Only when you’re aware of something do you have the power to do something about it – and hey,
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isn’t that why we’re here? This isn’t to say we’re ignorant, nor apathetic, nor insensitive. But it doesn’t hurt to be humbled by something, and, in this case, to use others’ awareness as a model for our own behavior. When you get to the bare bones, people are people, and events are taking place all over the world that need attention. We should all be aware of what goes on in the world, even if it takes a little digging. On the seventh day, I’m told, God made Google. Don’t let the news
reports about squirrels on water skis fool you – there are plenty of ways to learn about the world, from the Boston Marathon to the elections in Venezuela, from what’s going on in Milwaukee to an earthquake in Iran. You owe it to the people who have clearly expressed their care for you to care in return. 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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URINE TOWN Politics and bodily functions take center stage at the Helfaer
By Erin Heffernan
erin.heffernan@marquette.edu
Yes, “Urinetown” is about pee. And yes, it’s also a sharp political satire on revolution, inequality and sustainability. But wait, there’s more. It’s also a musical. Marquette Theatre’s upcoming production of the cult-classic show will open tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. in the Helfaer Theater. “Urinetown” is Marquette’s largest production in recent years, with a 20-person cast and an elaborate multi-level set design. Since its Broadway debut in 2001, the show has gone on to win three Tony Awards and earn devoted fans who love its original mix of self-referential humor, big choreographed dance numbers and deep strain of irony. “I think it’s funny because you can tell who the people are who really know musicals.” said Armando Ronconi, who plays one of the show’s primary villains. “Some people ask, ‘Oh, is it ‘You’re in town?’ Is it like ‘Oklahoma?’ No, it’s not at all.” Far from the earnest and sunshiney “Oklahoma,” “Urinetown is set in a world of extreme drought where everyone must pay to pee. The show features a large cast of motley characters. There is the delighted-to-be-evil oligarch Cladwell B. Caldwell, played by Ronconi, a junior in the College of Communication. Caldwell heads the oppressive corporation UGC (the Urine Good Company), which plans a pee fee hike at the beginning of the show to fund a company vacation to Rio. The show’s narrator and enforcer of the pay-to-pee laws comes in the hilarious yet
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A band of Urinetown peasants listens intently to an announcement about a pee fee hike in “Urinetown,” which opens tonight at the Helfaer Theatre.
corrupt form of Officer Lockstock, played by Chris O’Reilly, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences. Lockstock oversees struggling citizens who face banishment if caught letting their bladders get the best of them. Among the poor citizens are Little Sally, a play off the classic kid-in-a-musical role with uncanny insight (Kelly Dillon, a junior in the College of Education); Bobby Strong, the show’s romantic lead with idealistic notions of love and revolution (Peter Sisto, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences); and the street-smart and tough-talking Penelope Pennywise (Lexi Hamburg, a senior in the College of Communication). The street urchins are soon joined by the show’s romantic lead Hope Cladwell, a privileged girl conflicted by loyalties to her father (Kaitlyn Bar-
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Bobby (Peter Sisto) and Hope (Kaitlyn Barrett) share a romantic moment.
rett, a senior in the College of Health Sciences making her Marquette Theater debut). In a way, “Urinetown” calls to mind the plot of “The Producers” in that the characters come close to making a show so ridiculous and offensive it’s sure to flop and instead create a smash hit and brilliant satire. But “Urinetown’s” writers are more evolved than the fictional Bialystock and Bloom. Whereas “The Producers’” duo used shock in the hopes of failing, Urinetown creators Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis wrote a punchy and irreverent musical that is fully aware that the lewd can be made smart, satirical and subversive. “Urinetown” is thick with references to other classic musicals, with song and dance numbers in the style of “West Side Story” and “The Music Man,” among others. “The music speaks to me. It’s so heartfelt, and it harkens back to so many different musicals that we know and love,” “Urinetown” director Tony Clements said. “But it does it in such a smart, creative way that it isn’t always ‘wink, wink,’ even though that’s part of it, and it’s also not over the top, even though that’s part of the fun, too. It’s done so intelligently that you could watch this show and not know any of those musicals and it wouldn’t matter.” In addition to direct allusions, many of “Urinetown’s” references are thematic or subtle. The show’s self-effacing role as a political musical recalls messages of Bertolt Brecht’s serious political dramas or, in the most direct jabs, “Les Misérables.” “It’s not written in the script where it says ‘Les Mis reference here,’ so bringing that out was really left up to the creativity of the cast and crew,” Barrett said. “In some scenes we might not have even known we were referencing something, but people in the audience would pick up on it. Like there’s a scene where Kelly, who plays Little Sally, gets put
up on someone’s shoulders. We commitment and work their realized it was just like Gav- butts off.” said Clements, a vetroche in Les Mis, which was a eran of both Milwaukee and nagreat discovery in a place where tional theater. “It’s an amazing our director really trusted us.” thing. I don’t have a degree, but The references to the history I think if I had gone to school I of musical theater don’t stop would have gone to Marquette. I in the script, music and cho- feel like I get an education every reography but continue to the time I come here to direct. I learn show’s larger aesthetic. so much from (the cast). They’re “Our set hearkens to another going to school, they have musical from not too long ago jobs, they have family stuff and and one from the ‘70s,” Cle- they’re (in the theatre) for five ments said. “There’s something to six hours a night. It’s remarkvery ‘Rent’ about able. I don’t do our set and also this for any other something very reason than that ‘Godspell.’” I learn so much The set, which every time.” features a workThe cast has ing garage door, worked to demoving stairliver the fun cases and a stage and comedy full of artistically that make “Urigraffitied walls, netown” such a sets this producshow. Armondo Ronconi, junior in the popular tion of “UrinetBut beyond the College of Communication own” apart from bathroom huthe traditional look of the show. mor, musical theater tropes and “Some of the things our set ensemble dances, “Urinetown” does are very different,” Clem- also holds a political message. ents said. “There might be a tenIn a switch in tone represendency to make ‘Urinetown’ very tative of the many surprising Dustbowl-y, to make this world twists and turns “Urinetown” very 1930s. Our world has some takes, characters reference a key of that, as you’ll see in the cos- figure to the show’s the message, tumes, but our set is also really the late 18th century economist contemporary.” Thomas Robert Malthus. It may Lex Gernon, a senior in the seem odd at first that the writers College of Communication, is included a nod to this intellecthe set designer for the show. tual, who theorized that calamity Gernon began designing for the was crucial to keep the world’s show last September and has population environmentally spent hours constructing “Uri- sustainable, but the moment is netown’s” atmosphere. important in understanding the “The look is of the modern larger message of “Urinetown.” city, because I think this is a play “The line ‘hail Malthus’ holds about today and what’s happen- the biggest irony of the play,” ing to us,” Gernon said. “It’s O’Reilly said. “All the characbased a lot on Madrid, because ters are shouting for sustainabilI think it’s an old city that has ity, but you see what’s become evolved into a modern city.” of them. It’s all drought, and The 20 cast members of it’s all gone now.” “Urinetown” have also made With this socially conscious big commitments to make the strand, “Urinetown” packs a poshow a success. litical punch. But along with a “It’s so wonderful to see a somewhat harsh political stategroup of people who embrace ment, it delivers enough humor, each other, who have such pas- singing and, of course, jazz sion, such dedication and such hands to soften the blow.
Some people ask,‘Oh, is it ‘You’re in town?’ Is it like ‘Oklahoma?’ No, it’s not at all.”
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Chaotic ‘American Idiot’ no holiday for musical fans Green Day’s Tony Award-winning rock opera rolls into MKE By Claire Nowak
claire.nowak@marquette.edu
Broadway musicals have a reputation for appealing to a specific demographic. Their audiences usually consist of affluent, middle-aged men and women devoted to the arts. Rarely do they entice punk rockers. Enter “American Idiot,” the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical adapted from Green Day’s multi-platinum album. In 2009, the band joined forces with “Spring Awakening’s” Michael Mayer to turn the Best Rock Album of 2004 into a fullon rock opera. It’s not a Green Day concert, but the group certainly had enough hand in it to make it seem like one. The entirety of the soundtrack is written by Green Day, including all nine tracks from “American Idiot,” five from the band’s following album, “21st Century Breakdown” and a few B-tracks. Frontman and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong worked with Mayer to put a storyline into the music. Even the lighting design of strobes and lasers carries Green Day’s hard rock style. Last weekend’s three-run engagement at the Milwaukee
Theatre marked the first time “American Idiot” was performed in Milwaukee. While local punk rock fans enjoyed the closest thing to a rock concert Broadway can get, the average theater patron sat through 90 minutes of musical chaos. Set in late 2001, the show follows three friends, Johnny (Alex Nee), Will (Casey O’Farrell) and Tunny (Thomas Hettrick) as they resist a politically and morally imbalanced society. They plan to run away from suburbia, but when Will becomes a father and Tunny joins the army, Johnny is left alone in a world of drugs and broken promises. If you read into the script, you could maybe find a connection between the disorganized lives of these rebels and the disorganized style of the show. But on the surface, it appears scattered and confusing. “American Idiot” got off to an unusual start Friday night with the opening scene. Patrons were still finding their seats when a voice on a loud speaker announced, “North Korea has successfully launched a missile.” They were relieved to learn it was part of an audio montage, not an Emergency Alert System broadcast, as the curtain went up. As the show went on, it relied on the audience to pick up implicit hints about the plot; for example, the friends’ anger is in part fueled by the 9/11 attacks, something
never explicitly mentioned. Out of sync, zombie-like movements made up the choreography throughout the show. Notable exceptions included a high-flying acrobatics number and a surprisingly beautiful duet involving a rubber band used for drug injections. The pace moved with quick transitions between songs, packing as much action as possible into the 90-minute, intermission-free show. In the end, there was no real resolution. The three friends reunite in their suburban hometown, and whether they learned any life-changing lessons is questionable. As Johnny proclaims, “I am an idiot.” But the die-hard Green Day fans in attendance could not have cared less about plot progression. They focused on the well-known music from a talented cast and band, the core element that kept the show going. If Green Day toured with the show, every performance would sell out in minutes. Nevertheless, the six talented musicians who performed on stage with the actors, including Wisconsin native Danny Young as the drummer, did justice to the critically acclaimed songs. Although they were visible the entire show, they never distracted from the story and occasionally interacted with the cast. For being mostly recent college graduates, the cast put on relatively strong, mature
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“American Idiot” is based on Green Day’s 2004 award-winning album.
performances. One stand-out was Trent Saunders, who portrayed the overly energetic and careless druggie St. Jimmy with enough enthusiasm for the entire cast. Unfortunately, the script did not give other actors similar opportunities for creativity. After two action-packed scenes, Will primarily stayed on his couch in the corner of
the stage for the remainder of the show. For better or for worse, “American Idiot” breaks the rules of the classic musical and makes its own definition of contemporary American theater. It’s the musical every Green Day fan hoped it would be, though perhaps not what the typical theatergoer wanted.
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‘Schwartz’ reopens a chapter of Milwaukee history
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“May The Schwartz Be With You” shows this Saturday night at 8 p.m.
New production a journey about books, not “Spaceballs” By Peter Setter
peter.setter@marquette.edu
Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops wrote the final chapter in its 82-year history in 2009.
Now its pages are being turned one more time in a new production about the shop’s effects on the Milwaukee community. This Saturday, the creative collective Cedar Block will present “May The Schwartz Be With You” at Turner Hall at 8 p.m. Brent Gohde is a curator, emcee and performer for Cedar Block’s stage shows. Often referred to as a “ringmaster,” Gohde has produced six events for the
Milwaukee Art Museum, as well as three independent performances. “May The Schwartz Be With You” finds Gohde and friends at the famous Milwaukee bookstore, Harry W. Schwartz on Downer Avenue. It was here that Gohde met the friends, booksellers and customers who went on to become the artists, musicians, curators and entrepreneurs who now define valued and distinctive parts of Milwaukee culture. The show is part of Alverno Presents, a performance series based at Alverno College and directed by David Ravel, the husband of the late Marquette theatre director Phylis Ravel. “This is, in a way, a tribute to her, an incredible woman who was a great role model and human being,” Gohde said. After successes working with him last year, Gohde pitched a number of ideas to Ravel. Eventually he found one that worked. “I realized that everyone I’ve met and every opportunity I’ve had since 1997 can be traced back to the day I got hired by Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop on Downer Avenue when they opened in June of that year,” Gohde said. Gohde’s experience at Harry W. Schwartz was not the only reason
the bookstore was such good show material. The store has a unique history, making it perfect for a show like “May The Schwartz Be With You.” Harry W. Schwartz opened his first bookshop in 1927 on Downer Avenue. His son, David, took over in 1972 and grew the business, opening multiple stores throughout the 1980s. Although mega-booksellers were becoming popular, the local chain prospered. Schwartz intentionally situated his stores in neighborhoods where big stores could not build. Everything he sold was personalized for his local customers, whether it was coffee, miscellaneous items or books. He became nationally known in the book industry for readings with big-name authors in his stores. Gohde hesitates to call “May The Schwartz Be With You” a play. Instead, he refers to it as a “gonzo variety show” incorporating stories, songs, film and art. “There is a theme about the purpose and meaning of community and literature, as well as the relationship between authors and musicians,” Gohde said. “Think of it as an episode of ‘This American Life’ brought to the stage.” Part rock show, part dance
performance and part comedic monologues, “May The Schwartz Be With You” is a production that has something for everyone, Gohde said, from college students to adults. “It’s freewheeling, my friends are really funny and unbelievably creative and it’s just a little something different,” Gohde said. “The audience will hear a lot about the history of Harry and David Schwartz – raconteurs and lovers of books and the city – and they’ll also get a deeper understanding of the Milwaukee community and how we’re all connected.” Gohde has worked extensively in the past with Milwaukee Day, a celebration of all that is positive about the city. Gohde said people take pride in Milwaukee, and this unique spirit is what makes “May The Schwartz Be With You” so special. “I’ve always said that Milwaukee is small enough to meet everyone but big enough that there’s something new to do around every corner and on any day,” Gohde said. “The community here thrives from cultural nexus points, and Schwartz was one of them. It’s a badge of pride to be from Milwaukee, and Schwartz plays a huge part for me personally and for the city.”
‘Mosquito’ maintains the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ sting Karen O’s soulful screams keep listeners on board for latest CD By Eva Sotomayor
eva.sotomayor@marquette.edu
Many bands emerged from New York’s “garage rock” scene in the early 2000s. Some have broken up, some have faded into obscurity and others are still around, trying way too hard to make the same album they recorded more than ten years ago. But with “Mosquito,” the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have once again dodged the fate of their contemporaries. The band has found a way to evolve without straying far from the essence that made it a success in
the first place. The new album kicks off with “Sacrilege,” the first single and fittingly one of the strongest tracks on the record. It begins on a low note and slowly builds, ending with a gospel choir providing background for lead singer Karen O’s intense, gospel-tinged cries of “sacrilege.” “Subway,” another of the album’s best, is a haunting ode to lost love and New York City. Karen O croons over the clacking of subway tracks. With the track following “Sacrilege,” at first it’s strange to have the two back-to-back, but they connect. The order feels like walking into a deserted metro station after a night out in New York City, a calming experience after a wild ride. But the calm doesn’t last. With “Mosquito,” the band
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The Yeah Yeah Yeah’s latest album, “Mosquito,” was Karen O and company’s first release since 2009.
brings back the noise. It is certainly a loud album, with Karen O’s vocals alternating between whispers and screams, embodying the prevailing spirit of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The reggae-influenced “Under The Earth” is a moody standout, with Karen O singing “Down down under earth goes another lover” alongside heavy, thumping drums. “Area 52,” a fun, weird punk jam about alien abductions in tribute to Iggy Pop, is the song most reminiscent of the group’s earlier work. “Buried Alive” has a whole lot of star power behind it. Produced by LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy and featuring a guest appearance by Kool Keith – or Dr. Octagon as he appears in the credits – “Buried Alive” doesn’t quite hit the mark, despite all the big names. Even Dr. Octagon’s awkward
guest appearance is out of place and doesn’t add anything to the song. “Always” and “Despair” make way for “Wedding Song,” the album’s closer and a track dedicated to Karen O’s recent marriage. While these songs are gorgeous, it’s a bit disappointing to have the album, with all of its ups and downs, end on one of its slower moments. Especially after opening with “Sacrilege,” you would expect the band to end with something as strong as its beginning. On “Mosquito,” it’s incredible how Karen O’s vocals vary, changing tone from screaming and howling about blood sucking to sad songs of despair and lost love, like “Subway.” Her voice ultimately carries the listener through all of the emotions of the record’s many twists and turns.
The album is musically and lyrically diverse. Songs range from bizarre topics like insects and alien probes to more traditional love songs. This crazed lineup of content alongside many different influences could’ve been a mess, but the Yeah Yeah Yeahs manage to make it work. “Mosquito” isn’t a perfect album, but it’s an interesting ride. From loud rock to slower ballads, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs have evolved with the times. The group doesn’t try to recreate “Fever To Tell,” its 2003 debut, but it also stays true to its core sound. “Mosquito” probably doesn’t have any tracks that will reach the mainstream success of previous singles, like “Heads Will Roll” from the previous effort “It’s Blitz!,” but “Mosquito” is a solid album worth a listen.
Stay Beautiful. -The Trib
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Ding, dong, is the 3-D witch dead?
Matt Mueller Is it possible? Could it really, actually happen? Is there hope on the horizon that 3-D, the silly, overpriced scourge that has overtaken Hollywood blockbusters for the past five years, could finally be dying out for real? Last week, several film blogs and news sources reported that for the first time since 2009 (the year “Avatar” came out), the 3-D box office was expected to drop. An article on SlashFilm noted that part of the reason for the decline is simply the film offerings this year, which are unlikely to match last year’s explosion of blockbuster
hits like “The Avengers” and the final installment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. That may be the excuse 3-D technology companies peddle to their investors, but it’s ignoring the greater fact: Audiences just don’t want to see 3-D movies anymore. And frankly, I don’t think we ever really needed them. From the beginning, 3-D was a gimmick used to convince audiences to come back to the movie theater. With the rise of fancy HDTV home theaters and impressive home sound systems, viewers’ desire dropped to go to spend $10 on a ticket (plus an additional $10 on snacks) for a film they couldn’t be assured was actually good. In 2005, the number of tickets sold dropped drastically by about 130 million. It shouldn’t surprise many that two years later, 3-D was used in major motion pictures like “Beowulf” and “Journey to the Center of the Earth” at an extra cost of about $3 a ticket. It didn’t annoy many audiences back in its heyday, because then
it was actually fairly well done. Most movies were filmed in 3-D, not post-converted like blockbusters today. Plus, it wasn’t attached to every single big movie. In 2008, five major releases used 3-D. Three years later, 35 wide releases incorporated the tired technology. The increase in 3-D didn’t lead to an increase in quality, either. There were exceptions – “Avatar,” “How to Train Your Dragon,” the recent Oscar winner “Life of Pi” – but for the most part, the conversions or 3-D effects were barely noticeable at best. The worst part is that 3-D never really accomplished what it was created to do, from either an economic or cinematic perspective. It was supposed to bring more people to the theater and make up for the drop in ticket sales in 2005, but it’s been barely a factor and perhaps a detriment. Ticket sales have still dropped. Last year, sales were a little below 1.4 billion, up 6 percent from the previous year. It sounds good, but the number of tickets sold was actually less than in 2005. Total
box office gross may be increasing, but that’s mainly been because of the increasing average ticket price, which has gone up by $1.64 since 2005. At the same time, directors and producers have talked up 3-D as great technology to create unique, immersive cinematic experiences. I haven’t found 3-D to immerse me into its worlds any more than simply good filmmaking. My favorite two films of 2012 were “Zero Dark Thirty” and “Argo.” Neither film incorporated 3-D, but I was fully immersed into their stories. “Argo” simply used smart, sharply written storytelling and period detail to get viewers hooked into its story; “Zero Dark Thirty” used a spellbinding lead performance and an acute eye and ear for authenticity to make me feel like I was really watching the hunt for Osama Bin Laden. Those films leapt off the screen, no 3-D necessary. My favorite film, 2006’s “Children of Men,” got audiences into the film in a different way: editing, or the lack thereof. To put
the audience into the film, director Alfonso Cuarón used long, unedited takes – one a four-minute attack on a car, another a seven-minute shot that followed a character through the rubble of war. Without an edit to change the viewer’s perspective or alter the timeline of a scene, the viewer feels like they are there, witnessing the action first-hand. Once again, no 3-D needed. It would be wildly naïve to think 3-D will completely die off, even with this report of a decline in box office shares. Theaters and studios didn’t spend millions and billions of dollars on a technology they intend to abandon. 2013 still has 22 movies currently slated for 3-D release, and even if the extra dimension doesn’t sell as many tickets, each one it does makes an extra $3. But hey, a critic can dream. Matt Mueller is a senior broadcast and electronic communication major who reviews movies for OnMilwaukee. com. Email him at matthew.mueller@ marquette.edu.
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Tennis teams take on Big East
Men travel to South Bend, women to Tampa for tourneys By Jacob Born
jacob.born@marquette.edu
The Marquette tennis teams left Milwaukee Wednesday to travel to their respective Big East Championships. The women’s team headed to Tampa,
Fla., to host school South Florida, while the men’s went to South Bend, Ind., to host school Notre Dame. The men’s team finished the season just above .500 with a 13-11 record. The Golden Eagles ended the season with a fourmatch winning streak and won five of their last six. Because of the strong finish, Marquette finished as a No. 4 seed for the tournament, facing Georgetown in the No. 5 spot. “Georgetown is a very balanced team from top to bottom and has played good doubles this year,” coach Steve Rodecap said. “Coach Ernst’s teams are very well coached, and he always has guys who compete extremely hard. It will be a tough test for us on Friday.” Georgetown comes into the tournament riding the strong doubles play of Daniel Khanin and Reese Milner. Khanin and Milner are 11-3 in doubles play and are 8-2 in their last 10 matches. Milner and Khanin play in the No. 3 spot and would most likely face Gleb Skylr and James Stark, who have a 4-4 record together. Marquette will put its strongest doubles team of Dan Mamalat and Vukasin Teofanovic in the No. 1 spot. The pairing is 15-10 overall and 12-8 in the No. 1 spot. Mamalat and Teofanovic are only 6-4 in their last 10 matches but are riding a
three-game winning streak coming into the tournament. For singles, Georgetown’s strongest spots are in the No. 5 and No. 6 spots, which is where Marquette struggles the most. The Golden Eagles’ best matchup is Mamalat in the No. 1 spot, which is one of the weakest spots for Georgetown. On the women’s side, an 11-11 finish earned the Golden Eagles the No. 8 seed. Marquette has not finished strong down the stretch of the season, losing eight of its last 10 matches. However, the Golden Eagles defeated Cincinnati 4-3 in the season finale, and the two teams will face off again in the Big East Tournament. The young Marquette team will face a more experienced Cincinnati team. The Bearcats boast decent doubles play, with a 29-28 overall doubles record over the course of the season. Their strongest team, Sierra Sullivan and Ashleigh Witte, finished with an 11-7 doubles record, the majority coming in the No. 2 spot. And on the singles front, the Bearcats are extremely strong in the No. 3 spot, as the team is 16-4 in that spot thanks to a 12-4 record by Witte. The Bearcats are also 12-8 in the No. 4 spot because of Kelly Poggensee-Wei and her 10-5 record. The Golden Eagles will need strong play from Erin Gebes and Ana Pimienta in the No. 2 spot and will also need Aina Hernandez Soler and Rocio Diaz to win in the No. 3 and No. 4
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Aina Hernandez Soler will compete alongside Rocio Diaz in the No. 3 doubles spot for the Golden Eagles in the Big East tournament.
spots in the singles matches. Mix in strong performances form the rest of the team, and the Golden Eagles could come away with the win. If both teams advance, the men’s team will then face the
winner of Notre Dame and the winner of the St. John’s-Connecticut play-in game, while the women’s team will face Notre Dame. The men play Friday at 11 a.m.; the women play Thursday at 8 a.m.
Checking in with the Marquette men’s soccer team Expectations will be higher than ever for the 2013-14 squad
By Kyle Doubrava
kyle.doubrava@marquette.edu
Marquette men’s soccer coach Louis Bennett won’t mince words when discussing the upcoming fall season. The expectations for his team are high. The Golden Eagles began last season with a stellar 12-0 record and garnered national attention. However, a 2-2-1 finish to the year and an early exit from the NCAA tournament proved a disappointing end to a potentially groundbreaking campaign. With the spring schedule drawing to a close and August around the corner, Bennett and the Golden Eagles are prepared to put the past behind them and look ahead to a successful fall season. Last year’s early triumphs made Marquette what Bennett calls a “yard stick” among other programs in the conference, with the standard to succeed continuing to rise. “I think there will be that level of expectation from other teams for us,” Bennett said. “It’s stress that we really want to avoid. Stress would insinuate that we don’t have the wherewithal to handle what’s put in front of us. If you don’t have the answers, that becomes stress.” Marquette fell in the second round of the NCAA tournament
to Northwestern at home, a defeat that still lingers with junior midfielder Paul Dillon. Dillon and his teammates are prepared for a redemption year, one they hope will end with a Final Four appearance. “We talk about where we want to go every day, and we want to make it to the Final Four and the national championship, because we think we’re good enough to be there,” Dillon said. A fast start was uncharted territory Opening the season with 12 consecutive wins put the Golden Eagles in the national spotlight, rocketing them to No. 2 in the nation. Marquette’s longest previous winning streak was eight in 1999. In 2011, the team’s longest streak was three. Junior midfielder Bryan Ciesiulka knew the circumstances were much different than in seasons past but said the team still remained calm despite the attention. “It was definitely new to us, but I think our coaching staff did a great job with keeping us levelheaded and focusing on the next game,” Ciesiulka said. “It’s definitely something we want to do again, another great start to the season. “Obviously, 12 games unbeaten is absurd in whatever sport you’re playing, and we know that we don’t have to do the same thing again, but we need to know that this year we need to be
ready for the end of the season a lot more intensely than we did last year.” Strong freshman class will contribute A key factor for Marquette to reach the Final Four this season may be its recruiting class. The incoming freshman class, according to Bennett, could be the strongest the program has ever had. It ranks No. 13 on TopDrawerSoccer.com and includes Bennett’s son, Louis Bennett II. “I’m confident that anyone from this freshman class who can break in and do really well, they’re going to be playing some of the best soccer of their lives and some of the best soccer in the country,” Bennett said. “That’s just a fact. They’ve all got their work cut out to carve out playing time for themselves, but if they can get acclimated to our standards and our culture, I foresee this class being of (great) significance.” This year’s class includes midfielder Coco Navarro, the highest-ranked recruit in Marquette soccer history (No. 38 on TopDrawerSoccer); midfielder Daniel Szczepanek, last year’s Illinois Player of the Year; and Milwaukee native Alex McBride, who was tabbed by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as Area Player of the Year. With all the accolades the players tote as they head into their first seasons as Golden Eagles, Ciesiulka said there will be com-
petition among the veterans and newcomers. “You always hope that you get big contributions from the new guys,” Ciesiulka said. “I’m sure we will, because I’ve played with some of them and they’re all very good players. It’s just going to be a matter of prying it out of the old guys’ hands.” New Big East poses a challenge In addition to obtaining new players, Marquette will be tested by fresh competition in the Big East, with Butler, Creighton and Xavier joining the seven Catholic programs remaining from the old Big East. Creighton, which advanced to the Final Four last fall, poses the biggest threat to Marquette of the incoming teams. The Golden Eagles will play at the Jayhawks this Saturday as part of their spring schedule. Dillon said the team is fortunate to get an early look at such a powerful squad and that scouting for Butler and Xavier will not happen until fall. “It’s a blessing that we get to go there, because we might have to go play at their place in the fall,” Dillon said. “Our coaching staff does a really great job of scouting. Our motto is take it one game at a time, so as far as preparing for those games, I think we’ll wait until the fall, get through each game and take it from there.” Bennett is eager to compete in
the new conference, which he said will be more demanding and straining than the current Big East. “Our league is maybe as strong, if not stronger, than the previous (league), even though we lost some very good soccer teams,” Bennett said. “I couldn’t ask for better. I’m very, very excited about the prospects of playing in the new Big East, simply because it’s got some great men’s soccer teams. If you want to aspire to be the best, you have to play the best.” Team readies for the next step Ever since Dillon and Ciesiulka first arrived at Marquette, they always felt like underdogs. Now that the Golden Eagles have established themselves as a squad filled with talent and potential, Dillon believes the team is prepared to take the next stride to prove Marquette can make a title appearance. “That’s where we want to be,” Dillon said. “That’s what we’ve been working for. We just want to keep going forward and keep getting better. At least the guys I came in with three years ago, we came from a group where the expectations weren’t as high. Each year we’ve gotten better and each year we’ve been building, and finally we’re at a place where we think we deserve to be.”
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Women’s lacrosse faces two tough tests 2-12 Golden Eagles to play underdog role in remaining games
By Andrew Dawson
andrew.dawson@marquette.edu
For the second consecutive weekend, the Marquette women’s lacrosse team will face two of the deBeer Women’s Media Poll top 20 teams in No. 19 Connecticut and No. 5 Syracuse. Marquette is 0-3 this season against ranked teams. Two such games took place this past weekend, against No. 17 Loyola and No. 8 Georgetown. The 2-12 Golden Eagles have struggled thus far this season, specifically on offense. In Sunday’s game against the Greyhounds, they were only able to tally two goals in 60 minutes of play. If they want to put up a fight against ranked opponents, they will have to increase their intensity on offense, limit transition opportunities and take control of the possession battle. Playing ranked teams is a tough challenge for first-year programs, but coach Meredith Black is excited to face top-tier competition. “Regardless of the outcomes of
any of the games, I think this is the best competition we could possibly play, and it’s going to get us to where we need to be some day,” Black said. Connecticut boasts a balanced offense and defense. Its 18th-ranked offense scores 13.17 goals per game and will be a handful for the Marquette defense and starting goaltender Sarah Priem. Black believes her team is up for the challenge. “They’re tough,” Black said. “They are having a great season, they have a great coach. They’re going to be a really tough competition for us.” Even if Marquette is able to limit the Huskies’ offense, it will have to beat a strong defense that is ranked No. 21 in the nation with 8.92 goals against per game. Since possession has been hard to come by for the Golden Eagles, keeping the ball is key. “If we get the possession we’ll be OK,” Black said. “We need to limit the mistakes and get possession in order to give ourselves a chance.” Following the Connecticut game, the team will head north for a battle against the Orange. At 10-3 , Syracuse is one of the best teams in the country this year. Its offense, ranked No. 6 with 14.83
goals per game, is one the best around and will be Marquette’s toughest match-up this season. Two of the top point producers in the nation, Alyssa Murray and Michelle Tumolo, will hassle the defense and push it to its limits. On defense, the Orange will keep the Marquette attack at bay. With Syracuse ranked No. 33 in goals against this season, the struggling Golden Eagle offense will have a tough time maintaining possession and even getting shots off. If they can hold the ball, limit mistakes and disrupt Syracuse’s offensive rhythm, they can potentially keep up with Syracuse.
“We have to be able to slow them down and get possession and be able to limit their opportunities,” Black said. One game remains following the weekend against No. 7 Notre Dame, and despite being the underdog in all three games, Marquette is determined to end the season on a high note. “I want to go out with a bang,” Black said. “There’re three more games, and I want to use those to help the team grow and get better and just continue to get to where we want to be in the Big East and in the nation.”
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The women’s lacrosse team will travel to Connecticut and Syracuse this weekend for two big road contests against top-tier competion.
Men’s team will host home opener at last Win over Detroit would be first consecutive victory
By Ben Greene
benjamin.greene@marquette.edu
With a record of 3-6 and the end of its inaugural season in sight, the men’s lacrosse team still has not played a home game. That will change this Saturday when the Golden Eagles face off against the Detroit Titans at 7 p.m. at Hart Park in Wauwatosa. Shuttles will depart from the Union Sports Annex starting at 5 p.m. to take students to the game. Marquette is the only team in all of Division I that has not played a home game yet. Even High Point, another first-year program, has played seven of its 13 games so far at home. Redshirt junior defender Jerry Nobile said he and his team-
mates are looking forward to finally playing in front of a home crowd and building interest in lacrosse on campus. “We’ve just been traveling all over the place; it feels like we haven’t even been in Milwaukee for the whole semester,” Nobile said. “Everybody is super excited to get a home game and see how many fans we’ve got coming out, and it’s exciting to see if there’s any buzz around campus.” Saturday’s game also presents Marquette with the opportunity to string together multiple wins for the first time in program history. Having beaten High Point last weekend, the Golden Eagles will enter the game against the 2-8 Titans looking to win their second game in a row. Redshirt sophomore midfielder Ben Dvorak, one of the team captains, said attaining such a streak late in the season would help cement the foundation for next year’s team
to build upon. “Since we have had some pretty decent wins in the past, Air Force and then this past win, it’s a whole new feeling when you get two in a row,” Dvorak said. “One is like, we did it, but we’ve got to keep the ball rolling. It’s more of an accomplishment to a team when you get two and a row, three in a row. … To have the first-ever win streak for these kids, especially the freshman, that could help a ton for us.” Against Detroit, a team that is ranked 16 spots below Marquette in RPI, it is not out of the question for the Golden Eagles to be favored to win. Coach Joe Amplo, however, said he is not ready to write his opponents off. He said Detroit, which joined Division I in the 2009 season, is an aggressive team that has been close in almost every game it has played this season. “(Detroit is) going to come in
with a little bit of an edge to try and prove something, like, ‘Hey, look. We’re a new program, but we’re older than you, and we’re going to show you guys how things are done,’” Amplo said. Headlining the Titan attack is the two-headed monster of junior attackman Alex Maini and sophomore midfielder Mike Birney. The pair have combined for 34 of the team’s 85 goals, with 17 apiece. Amplo said he is focusing more on ensuring that his players execute their game plan than limiting Maini and Birney’s production. “We’ve got to take advantage of what we do well,” Ampo said. “We’ve done a good job facing off, we’ve done a better job in the goal, we’ve played better team defense, we’ve been more disciplined on offense. If we can continue to do those things, then we’ll be able to take advantage of some of what Detroit does.”
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Leary: Fans need to check anger toward Blue
came as close to that level as anyone at Marquette. He averaged nearly 15 points per game and developed a nose for the basket and the finishing touch he sorely lacked during his first two seasons. Beyond that, Blue grew into Marquette’s go-to scorer in the clutch. Against St. John’s on the season’s final day, Blue clinched a Big East regular season title for the Golden Eagles when he floated in a driving layup as the buzzer sounded. In the NCAA Tournament’s second round, Blue used the same move to cap off a ridiculous final-minute comeback against Davidson. In the next round against Butler, he utilized the most-improved part of his game, his three-point shooting, to tie the game with a minute left to propel Marquette to another narrow victory. Even though Blue shot just 3-for-15 in Marquette’s Elite Eight loss to Syracuse, hope sprang eternal for even more improvement in his senior season. Finally, the 201314 Marquette team, led by Blue, would return to the Final Four and finish like Al in ’77, not Crean in ’03. But then Blue crushed the hopes of Marquette fans Tuesday when he announced he would forgo his senior season and enter the NBA Draft this June. And as if nothing had happened over the last year, the vicious anger hit Twitter again. “Enjoy Turkish food, Vander,” one fan tweeted. Many others fans criticized Blue heavily, calling his choice a “terrible decision.” Reading these tweets might help the casual observer understand why Blue may not have wanted to play another year at Marquette. How many bad games would it have taken fans to start up this irrational anger again? Two, maybe three? In the current basketball climate, with NBA players making millions of for below-average play and college athletes getting jack squat out of a $5 billion industry, Blue seized an opportunity to support himself financially. Couple that with this year’s draft class shaping up as pedestrian at best, and his decision makes even more sense. Sure, Blue could have gone for glory and led Marquette to the Final Four. And yeah, he might not be ready to challenge the best of the best that the NBA has to offer. But Marquette and Vander Blue never got along, and that’s why Blue’s move made sense. Patrick Leary is a sophomore in the College of Communication. Email him at patrick.leary@marquette.edu.
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Track to split up for Joiner shines at Invitational s golf finishes six different meets Men’ seventh in field of 14 Teams will compete in Ill. and Calif. over next three days By Christopher Chavez
christopher.chavez@marquette.edu
Marquette track will scatter across the country this weekend as the men’s and women’s track teams compete at six meets. A majority of the team’s runners will stay closer to home at the Huskie/Blue Demon Classic and UW-La Crosse Phil Esten Challenge on Saturday and Sunday. Others will travel to California for the Cal State L.A. Twilight Open, Bryan Clay Invitational, The Beach Invitational and Mount Sac Relays. Thursday Coach Mike Koenning will oversee the throwers at Cerritos College for the Bryan Clay Invitational. Sophomore Will Koeck is coming off setting the Marquette record in the hammer throw at the Lee Calhoun Invitational. Action is set to begin at 10:30 a.m. Assistant coach Nick Davis takes freshman Tatyana Pashibin and junior Carlye Schuh to jump at the Twilight Open at Jesse Owens Stadium Cal State Los Angeles. Cheldon Brown and Michael Saindon will high jump for the men’s side. Chanel Franklin will run the 100-meter and 200-meter dash. Junior Connor Stengel will race the 400-meter and 200-meter dash as his fitness appears to be at a seasonal best. The Mount Sac Relays in Walnut, Calif. is regarded as the best meet of the weekend. Marquette will have its first runners on the track at 1:30 p.m., when freshmen Molly Hanson and Kayla Spencer race in the women’s 1,500-meter run. Senior Spencer Agnew will run the men’s 1,500-meter race an hour later. Seniors Connor Callahan and Patrick Maag will run under the lights as 37 runners race in their section of the 10,000-meter run. Friday Back to back days of action shouldn’t be a problem for Samantha Kennedy and the Koeck twins as they compete at The Beach Invitational. Marquette will unleash its duo of junior Kate Hein and Gretchen Homan in the 400-meter dash at Mount Sac. Senior Kyle Winter hopes to show off Big East speed on the West Coast in the 800-meter run. Senior Jack Hackett made his season debut in California and looked rusty. With a few races under his belt, he takes on 44 other runners in the men’s 5,000-meter run. Saturday All team members who traveled to California will race Saturday at the Beach Invitational,
with the exception of Elisia Meyle, Callahan, Hackett and Maag. Back in the Midwest, six distance runners will chase Big East Outdoor Conference Championship qualifying marks in the 10,000-meter run. Cody Haberkorn has impressed early this season with a season debut of 31:32.15 at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational. He only ran in three indoor meets after a breakout cross-country season. At the Huskie/Blue Demon Classic, Marquette will have two 4x400-meter relay teams on each side. First-year law student Tyler Leverington will lead the men’s 1,500-meter race with junior Zack Young and sophomores D.T. McDonald and David Sajdak also in the race. Nicole Ethier, Grace Magliola, Krista McClure and Katie Tolan will race in the women’s 800-meter run before joining a relay team. Races are set to begin at 1 p.m.
teams in Glenview
By Trey Killian
robert.killian@marquette.edu
The Marquette golf team posted its best finish of the spring season Tuesday in Glenview Ill., placing seventh out of fourteen teams in the Kemper Sports Invitational. The Golden Eagles’ top performer, however, was sophomore Will Joiner, who competed as an individual separate from the fiveman Marquette squad. It was a breakthrough performance for Joiner, as he finished 29th on the individual leaderboard with a three-round score of 224 (+8). His previous highest finish came last year in the Wolverine Intercollegiate, where he tied for 43rd overall. Joiner said he was pleased with his effort to back up a secondround one-under par 71 with a 76 and 77 in the first and third rounds, respectively. “I haven’t had the best start to my college career, so its feels good
to finally play one solid round and keep together in the other two rounds,” Joiner said. “I just need to hit a few more greens now that I’ve got my speed down.” Coach Steve Bailey said Joiner’s performance was promising, as he’s seen gradual improvement in the sophomore’s game. “He’s had a lot of good stretches of play,” Bailey said. “The one thing we talked about with him was showing up when it really matters. It impressed me that he actually played his best when the weather was the worst. In the pouring cold rain he stepped his game up. Then in the final round, he got off to a rocky start and shot one-under on the back nine.” Freshmen Patrick Sanchez and Zach Gaugert led the improved five-man squad, finishing right under Joiner in a tie for 30th place on the individual board. Both players finished with a score of 225, with Gaugert shooting an impressive two-over par 73 in the second and third rounds. Bailey said the most noticeable difference was his team’s putting. The Golden Eagles made their short game a major focus this season.
“We put so much time and effort into our putting and particularly our speed work,” Bailey said. “We need to show good confidence from four to six feet away and continue to make these strides over the next week.” Joiner echoed his coach’s thoughts on the short game and the effect it had on his improved finish. “We definitely needed to focus on putting,” Joiner said. “Our speed control has been awful, and we’ve put a lot of work into it. It saved me several strokes this week.” Marquette won’t see action again until the Big East tournament, starting April 28 in Reunion, Fla. Bailey said every spring event is preparation for the Big East tournament, and if it continues to trend up, he thinks his team will make a big run against the Big East field. “We need to maintain a belief in what we do,” Bailey said. “If we continue to believe in our preparation, work on our short game and ball striking and can control our golf ball a little better, it can all add up to a big run in the conference tournament.”