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Strategic plan gets nod from trustees
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Spring days floating by
By Allison Kruschke
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University President the Rev. Scott Pilarz announced Wednesday in an email that Marquette’s Board of Trustees endorsed the university’s strategic plan, titled Beyond Boundaries: Setting the Course for Marquette’s Future. The plan has already been approved by the University Academic Senate, the Deans’ Council and the President’s Cabinet. The Strategic Planning Coordination Committee, co-chaired by University Architect Tom Ganey and Vice Provost for Research and Graduate School Dean Jeanne Hossenlopp, spent 18 months preparing the plan. It operates around six “strategic themes” with their own sets of goals and objectives, including “pursuit of academic excellence for human well-being,” “research in action,” and “formation of the mind and the heart.” “Although today represents a major milestone for the university, it is also the beginning of what is sure to be the challenging and rewarding work of bringing the plan to life through implementation,” Pilarz said in See Strategic, page 6
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Mike Reed, a sophomore in the College of Engineering, attempts to block a Frisbee from JP Traxler, a junior in the College of Engineering, during a game on the quad Saturday. Marquette students began migrating outdoors this weekend after this year’s unusually long winter finally came to a close.
Student media faces budget One year review on cuts, restructuring in 2013-14 new alcohol policy Final budget likely to Marquette deems be announced in June policy change success; with 5 percent cut students weigh in By Pat Simonaitis
By Melanie Lawder
Student media at Marquette will undergo a restructuring for the 2013-14 academic year meant to spark increased digital-first content and collaboration between its six branches – while also facing a potential 5 percent budget cut, members of the Board of Student Media said Wednesday.
This spring, the last day of finals will mark the close of Marquette’s first academic year with an alcohol policy that uses monetary fines to penalize students for conduct violations. Students and administrators reflected on the policy’s effects so far. Erin Lazzar, assistant dean of students, said the Office of Student Development, the
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Peter Fiorentino, a freshman in the College of Communication, prepares to go live for his “Cynical Sports” Marquette Radio show. INDEX
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university division that formulated the new policy, was pleased with how the policy was implemented and received by students. Lazzar said the new policy allowed for “tremendous transparency” and “tremendous consistency” in dispensing punishments to students. “There certainly were students who had some constructive criticism for the policy,” Lazzar said. “We also had a number of students who really appreciated the idea that there were standardized sanctions that were listed. So students who were charged with violating parts of the policy, See Alcohol, page 6
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Climbing to the top of Gesu provides perspective on college. PAGE 13
The year in sports was exciting from the very first night of action. PAGE 17
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Year In Review Catholic 7 creates new Big East Big East officials and Catholic 7 representatives reached an agreement on March 6 to allow Marquette, Georgetown, Villanova, St. John’s, Providence, DePaul and Seton Hall to leave the Big East June 30 and begin their new conference July 1. The new conference will retain the Big East name, and Xavier and Butler are expected to join the seven other schools in the “new Big East.” Creighton is also mentioned as a likely 10th team for 2013-14, and St. Louis and Dayton are potential additions to complete the 12-team league by 2014-15. Marquette Athletic Director Larry Williams said in March he couldn’t be more excited for the opportunity of beginning a new conference. “We are excited to start this new era of excellence in intercollegiate athletics – a move that will allow us to enhance the elite status of our athletic programs, led by men’s basketball,” Williams said.
MPD catches 105 students at Victor’s The Milwaukee Police Department caught 105 underage Marquette students at Victor’s nightclub on April 11. The raid on Victor’s, a bar located roughly a mile from campus, occurred at 11:19 p.m. and ended with all but two students cooperating with the officers. “When they ask for our assistance, we will provide it to them,” DPS Captain Russell Shaw said. “There have been some raids, but this is by far the largest involving Marquette students.” Most of the students were asked to turn over their false forms of identification and provide their Marquette identification numbers. Victor Jones, the owner of Victor’s, said the nightclub has made a few changes to prevent underage students from attempting to enter the bar without proper identification. “We had one scanner that we
used from last year that was failing,” Jones said. “We are currently looking at more places with a more user friendly scanner.”
Holz chosen as Arts & Sciences dean After five years of interim deans, Marquette’s largest college will finally have a permanent leader next year. Richard Holz, associate dean for resources and planning and a professor of chemistry at Loyola University Chicago, was selected Feb. 19 as the dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. Holz, 50, will begin his duties as dean July 1. University President the Rev. Scott Pilarz described Holz as a leader who can transform the college. “Dr. Holz is an accomplished and dynamic leader who is poised to lead Marquette University’s largest college,” Pilarz said. “The liberal arts and sciences are at the heart of what Catholic, Jesuit education has always been about, and we are excited to have found a leader who will ensure our students experience a transformative education in an increasingly complex world.”
MU pulls support from FemSex On Feb. 27, after weeks of meetings at Marquette’s Gender and Sexuality Resource Center in the Alumni Memorial Union, the FemSex workshop, a 12-week student discussion program focusing on dialogue about female sexuality and reproduction, moved to an undisclosed location after the university rescinded its initial support for the program in response to complaints from faculty and former students. Senior Director of University Communication Brian Dorrington issued a statement saying university leadership was initially unaware of the specific subject matter being discussed in the workshop. “After learning about the contents of the workshop from a student, university leadership reviewed the workshop outline and found that aspects fell outside the center’s stated purpose. Because of this, the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center is no longer
DPS Reports April 29 At 9:57 a.m. a person not affiliated with Marquette reported being sexually assaulted by an acquaintance in a residence in the 1400 block of W. State St. MPD was contacted. At 3:26 p.m. a student reported that unknown person(s) removed his unsecured, unattended property estimated at $1,380 from a residence in the
At 4:19 p.m. a student acted in a disorderly manner in McCormick Hall. April 30 At 5:19 p.m. a person not affiliated with Marquette trespassed in Gesu Church. MPD was contacted.
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sponsoring the student-led workshop,” the statement read. The workshop’s founders said the group is not adverse to Catholic values. “We do not believe FemSex to be at odds with the mission of Marquette or the charter of the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center, and we uphold the need for safe student space on campus to seek affirmation of experiences and identities as well as discuss these issues,” Femsex co-founders Claire Van Fossen and Rachel Bruns said in a joint statement on Feb. 28.
Boston bombings affect MU Following the aftermath of the Boston bombings, members of the Marquette community who run in the Boston Marathon every year were able to reflect on how the explosions affected them. Gary Krenz, professor and chair of the department of mathematics, statistics and computer science, finished the marathon seconds before the two explosions. “I finish and I’m looking at the clock … so I’m crossing and you’re going through the shoot and I haven’t even gotten to the heat shield blanket when boom,” Krenz said. “If (a fellow runner) hadn’t said anything, I don’t know if I would have finished, I don’t know if I would be beside the bombs.” John Pinkham, a 2011 alumnus and Boston native, said he and his girlfriend, 2012 alumna Carolyn Rasley, were watching the marathon from a building facing the finish line when one explosion shattered the building’s windows and smoke billowed into the room. “We went out through the fire
escape in the back of the building, exited into an alley and walked a few streets away,” Pinkham said. “There were people on the ground with blood and a lot of people hurt.” Pinkham said he and Rasley had been standing in the area near the explosion minutes before it occurred. “We were walking in and out 20 minutes before, right where the explosion happened,” Pinkham said. “Thank God we got a little cold (and went inside the building).”
Schultz, Bowman elected to MUSG After a turbulent campaign season, Sam Schultz and Zach Bowman were elected MUSG President and Vice President last month. On March 22, the tickets led by Michaela Tarpey and Will Knight advanced in the MUSG presidential election primary. However, after a reported campaign violation and failed appeal, Knight and Dan Bresnahan were docked 5 percent of their votes, putting the SchultzBowman ticket on the ballot. The MUSG elections committee ruled that the text message violated MUSG election rule section 7B8, which states that the “distribution of unsolicited mass email or electronic messages” is prohibited during a campaign. A week later, Schultz and Bowman won the general election with 53.1 percent of the vote. “It’s hard to put it into words,” Bowman said. “It’s been a crazy three weeks, obviously, getting initially knocked out in the primary and having to come in after the elections violation. I know we gave it our all, and I’m glad that we won.”
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During a raid at Victor’s nightclub on April 11, the Milwaukee Police Department caught 105 underage Marquette students.
MAY 2013 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Thursday 2 Pie a Pi Phi, West Town Square, 11 a.m. Last Lecture Series, Haggerty Art Museum, 5 p.m. Iron Man III Premiere, Marcus Ridge Theatre, 9 p.m.
Friday 3 Sara Barreilles, Scottish Rite Masonic Center Auditorium, 7 p.m.
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Brewers vs. Cardinals, Miller Park, 7:10 p.m. Carrie Underwood and Hunter Hayes, BMO Harris Bradley Center, 7:30 p.m.
Big Boi, The Rave, 8 p.m. One night with Janis Joplin, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, 8 p.m.
Saturday 4 The Gold ‘n (Blue) Globes, Varsity Theatre, 2 p.m. Brewers vs. Cardinals, Miller Park, 3:05 p.m. All Time Low and Pierce the Veil, The Rave, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday 5 Brewers vs. Cardinals, Miller Park, 1:10 p.m. Tracy Morgan, Pabst Theatre, 7 p.m.
Monday 6 Crystal Castles, Turner Hall Ballroom, 7 p.m.
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Neuroscience research focuses on cocaine addiction Professor explores connection between behavior and rewards By Eric Oliver
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Drug addicts escape from stress or aversive life effects through drug use, said Robert Wheeler, an assistant professor in the biomedical sciences department, while presenting his research Tuesday in Schroeder Complex. Wheeler’s research focused on behavior and its effects on animals in relation to substance abusers. His goal was to discover the motivation behind cocaine addiction. “My research focuses on examining how such mood states are processed in the brain, and, just as importantly, how they influence animal behavior,” Wheeler said in an email. “This is most relevant to the field of drug addiction, as substance abusers often report that (despite their best efforts) they fail to stay away from drugs of abuse because of
stress or aversive life events.” According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in 2007 illicit drugs cost the health care system some $11 billion, and they cost the U.S. $193 billion overall. Wheeler studies the effects of bad moods in animals and uses the results as a predictor of addictive behaviors. “This is very important work in terms of understanding both negative and positive reward and is critical to defining the mechanism by which this system is altered in the addiction process,” Wheeler said. “The implications are enormous – not only for the treatment of drug and alcohol addiction, but also for gambling, shopping, sex, eating, gaming – anything capable of becoming addicting.” William E. Cullinan, dean of the College of Health Sciences and director of the Integrative Neuroscience Research Center, said Wheeler is using a state-of-theart approach to discover key elements of the brain’s motivational and reward pathways. Cullinan said it is possibly the case that the reward circuitry of the brain is altered in ways that are different for every
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Professor Robert Wheeler presents his research on cocaine addiction’s effect on behavior in animals Tuesday.
neuropsychiatric disorder. He said an example of this would be mood disorders and how they affect something major like a depressive disorder, where stimuli often lose their rewarding properties. “In this important sense, Bob Wheeler’s research program sits at the intersection of those of some eight or nine of his
Miller connects MU to globe Director of Office of International Affairs honored for service By Emily Wright
emily.a.wright@marquette.edu
Terence Miller, director of the Office of International Education, was awarded the World Citizen Award by the International Institute of Wisconsin Saturday night. The award, which has been handed out since 1996, recognizes those who play a leadership role in shaping the International Institute of Wisconsin and who are committed to helping both the local and global communities. According to the IIW mission statement, the organization is “dedicated to the promotion of international cooperation, understanding and a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural perspective.” Prior to his work at Marquette, Miller spent 10 years serving as a lay missioner for Maryknoll, a men’s religious order that focuses on living and working in poor
communities around the world. He spent most of his time working as a policy analyst and director of Maryknoll’s Office of Justice and Peace in Washington, D.C. Miller also spent three years as a human rights attorney in Linares, Chile. There he worked on the Commission of Truth and Reconciliation, which investigated the citizens who were executed or “disappeared” under the rule of Augusto Pinochet, the leader of Chile’s military dictatorship from 1973 to 1990. While the official numbers are still unclear, a government report by the Chilean National Commission of Truth & Reconciliation places the number of persons killed or kidnapped by the regime at at least 3,200, many of whom were tortured. The human rights violations by the government are still being investigated today. Miller said he found the U.S.’s role in bringing Pinochet to power troubling. “As a U.S. citizen, (I) really want to make sure that the next generation of leaders understands that reality so that these atrocities can be prevented in the
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Terence Miller worked as a human rights attorney in Chile for three years.
future,” Miller said. Miller said his background inspires his work with the OIE. The office assists both international students on Marquette’s campus and domestic students who study abroad. Miller has witnessed tremendous growth in the OIE since it was created six years ago. In 2007, 14 percent of students had studied abroad by their senior year. That number has grown to 23 percent, Miller said. “What it shows is (that) Marquette students are demonstrating eagerness to learn and bring that back,” Miller said. He specifically mentioned the South Africa Service Exchange Program as an example of students doing service work and using their skills to help others. Tim Gotfredson, a global student assistant and a senior in the College of Business Administration, said the OIE helps connect Marquette students with international communities. “The OIE is a portal that allows both international students studying at Marquette and domestic students studying abroad to learn from and interact with cultures from all over the world,” Gotfredson said. “Terry’s contribution to the advancement of the international community epitomizes that of a model global citizen.” The OIE is designed to expose students to other cultures, both in Milwaukee and abroad. “OIE is important for Marquette because it provides exposure to diversity and different cultures for our students,” said Alex Onyiego, a junior in the College of Health Sciences and a global student assistant. “Miller is an integral part of OIE and the main driving force behind all we do.” For Miller, working with both international students and students who study abroad is key to educating students. “The next generation of leaders need to have opportunities to learn languages, study overseas, learn the history, economics and political realities of people across the world,” Miller said.
neuroscience faculty colleagues within the biomedical sciences department at Marquette,” Cullinan said. “Collectively this group is poised to make great strides in unraveling a series of related disorders involving faulty regulation of the reward circuitry.” Wheeler said he was drawn to the field of neuroscience research because he always had an
interest in what motivates people and how people’s emotional states, positive or negative, influence their choices. Wheeler said he plans to continue to study the neural circuitry that underlies negative emotional states. He said he hopes a better comprehension of this system will allow him to address all the causes of relapse in addicts.
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Course evaluations give students chance to grade professors course evaluations an entry in a raffle to win a free iPad. Valeria Navarro, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she does not like the added incentive. “Sometimes it is difficult for me to be on board with (the By Catelyn Roth-Johnson catelyn.roth-johnson@marquette.edu iPad raffle),” Navarro said. “It just feels like I’m one more It’s that time of year again student and the chances of me — student course evaluations winning are very slim.” Kathleen Murphy, a junior are underway. All Marquette students are in the College of Arts & Sciencouraged to complete class ences, said she supports the evaluations to offer their idea of an iPad raffle. “I think that is one of the reaopinions on course material and the effectiveness of sons why many students take the time and fill them out,” she their instructors. Alexandra Riley, the as- said. “It’s a fun incentive.” Taylor McNeir, a junior in sociate director of the Office of Institutional Research and the College of Arts & Sciences, Assessment, helps design the said she wished more professors evaluations each year. She would do course evaluations said the university has been on their own. “One of my professors had us conducting course evaluations for several decades, and fill out a separate eval in class,” the Marquette Online Course McNeir said. “He asked us more Evaluation System has been in specific questions about his personal teaching style and stepped place since fall 2008. “Prior to MOCES, the univer- out of the classroom while we sity used a paper-based system filled them out.” Navarro said she fills out from the University of Washington called the Instructional As- the student evaluations every sessment System from 2005 to semester. “It is so important for stu2008,” Riley said. “During the 1990s and through 2005, Mar- dents to fill these out, because quette used a different paper- professors really do look at based system, called the Student them,” Navarro said. “It shows that we have a voice and our Commentary on Teaching.” Riley said students are re- inputs do matter.” A senior in the College of quired to log in to take their surveys because the office wants to Arts & Sciences who wished to remain anonyregulate who is mous said she allowed to give often blames feedback for herself instead each class. of the professors “With a few in her evaluaexceptions, all tions. classes use the “There’s alsame course ways something evaluation inin the back of strument, demy mind that signed to prothey still might vide useful see my name,” information to a wide variety Alexandra Riley, associate director, she said. “I Office of Institutional Research of courses,” Riand Assessment tend to not be completely honley said. “Probest when I am ably the most common concern we hear from giving them critiques on teachers is low response rates.” how to improve.” McNeir said more students The instructors receive the response rate of the survey, would complete the evaluhow many students responded ations if there was a bigger to each question and the com- incentive than an iPad. “Most students who go here ments posted anonymously. All results are kept confidential, already have a laptop or an and the evaluations are not re- iPad, so why would we need leased to the instructors until another one?” she said. Riley described some of after all final grades have been the trends the office sees in submitted to the registrar. “Since the feedback teachers many evaluations. “Graduate classes tend to receive on course evaluation is so important, we have looked get slightly higher scores than for ways to encourage students undergraduate classes,” Riley to complete their evaluations,” said. “Classes in certain disciRiley said. “We now encourage plines tend to receive higher instructors to give students time scores than other disciplines.” Riley added that course in class to submit their evaluations on laptops, smart phones evaluations are important at any university. or other mobile devices.” “It is a tool used by teachers Instructors who offered an evaluation in class last semes- to improve their classes,” Riter saw an average response rate ley said. “I would encourage students to ask their teachers of about 79 percent. Attempting to increase that how they have used evaluation rate, Marquette offers stu- results in the past to change dents who complete all of their or improve the class.”
Administrators hope auctioned iPad will boost participation
Classes in certain disciplines tend to receive higher scores than other disciplines.”
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Marquette to students: Get tested for STDs At MU, 62.6 percent sexually active, only 3.6 percent tested By Eric Oliver
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As part of National STD Awareness Month, the Student Health Center is encouraging sexually active students to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases through the “Get Yourself Tested” campaign. Nearly 20 million new sexually transmitted infections occur every year, and half of those are among young people age 15–24, according to the Centers for Disease Control. According to data from the 2012 National College Health Assessment, 62.6 percent of Marquette students reported being sexually active in the last school year. Robin Brown, the associate director of the Student Health Service, said only 3.6 of sexually active Marquette students were tested at the Student Health Service last year. “Through campaigns such as (Get Yourself Tested) and National STD Awareness Month, sexually active young people are urged to get tested, thereby taking responsibility for their own health and the health of others,” Brown said. “Many STDs do not cause symptoms, such as chlamydia, HIV and HPV, so it is important for all sexually active individuals to have a conversation with their doctor or their Student Health Service and get tested.” Brown said waiting for symptoms to appear gives the STD more time to cause serious problems and be transmitted to others. She said STDs are a significant health challenge facing the United States, especially on college campuses. “Each of these infections is a potential threat to an individual’s immediate and long-term health and well-being,” Brown said. “In addition to increasing a person’s risk for HIV infection, STDs can lead to severe reproductive health complications, such as infertility.” Brown said the prevalence of STDs on college campuses cannot be measured directly because it would require all sexually active students to be tested yearly. According to NCHA data, 1 percent of college students nationally reported being diagnosed or treated by a professional for chlamydia, while .4 percent reported being diagnosed or treated for gonorrhea. Less than 1 percent of those surveyed sough treatment for genital herpes, and 1.3 percent were treated for genital warts or HPV. Brown recommended that sexually active men and women should be tested yearly for chlamydia and should be tested more often if they have a new sexual partner. She also recommended people with multiple partners to be tested for gonorrhea. Brown said STDs are a serious drain on the health care system, costing an estimated $16 billion annually. She said this is one of the primary reasons STDs are a major issue for the college population. In the most recent NCHA survey, 37.3 percent of Marquette students reported having had no sexual partner in the last school year, while about the same number reported having one partner. Nationally, 32.4 percent of college students reported having had no sexual partner, and 44.1 percent reported one partner. Brown said the only surefire way to prevent STDs is
to practice abstinence. “The next best way is to be in a long-term mutually monogamous relationship with a partner who has been tested negative,” Brown said. “Aside from these two ways, the use of latex condoms every time reduces the risk of transmission of STD’s.” Of sexually active Marquette students, 72.5 percent reported using a condom the last time they had vaginal intercourse, while 61.2 percent of college students
nationally reported the same, according to NCHA data. Alexa Porter, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she believes significant strides have been made in educating students about proper contraception and how important it is to get tested. “I do think STD Awareness Month is a positive thing, but like all awareness months, the practice needs to be year round, and we should not ignore efforts to educate during other months,”
Each of these infections is a potential threat to an individual’s immediate and long-term health and well-being.” Robin Brown, associate director of the Student Health Service Porter said. “On college campuses, where many students are exploring their sexuality, it is important to have accurate
information available at all times and ensure that testing is something students are aware of and are not embarrassed about.”
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Alcohol: Official number of violations, fines not yet released for year
when they came to the conduct feedback from students, sayhearing, appreciated knowing ing ‘It seems like students are drinking all the time and there what was going to happen.” The new alcohol policy, aren’t any consequences for which was implemented last that,’” Lazzar said. “And now fall, categorizes offenses by se- for students who aren’t vioverity into four categories from lating the policy, they know least severe, A, to most severe, the university is responding D. Fines range from $50 to in consistent ways.” Student reaction, however, $750 and increase with the seriousness of the offense and re- was mixed. The bulk of stupeated violations. Students may dents interviewed said they also receive a university warn- did not yearn for punishment ing, probation or suspension, consistency. Instead, many studepending on the offense. Mon- dents felt the fines negatively ey collected from the fines will affected student safety and debe used for university alcohol graded the educational aspect and drug-prevention programs, of going through a studentconduct hearing because of its such as AlcoholEdu. The university has not made punitive nature. Coordinator for Alcohol Prohard data available about the number of violations this year grams Sara Johnson rebuked or the funds accumulated as this idea as a misperception, a result. However, Lazzar saying students guilty of viodid say the number of alco- lating the policy will be ashol violations was down from signed an educational comprevious years at the end of ponent, such as a paper, in addition to the fine. the fall semester. Some stuLazzar said the dents, like Kevin policy change Dolan, a junior last fall was a rein the College of action to student Communication, concern that the said the new university was policy had an not cultivatadverse effect on ing an environstudent safety. ment that “sup“I think it’s ported” students done the job the who chose not university wantto drink. Created, but I feel it ing consistent sanctions that Daniella Castillo, junior, is coming at the would apply to College of Arts & Sciences cost of student welfare,” Dolan all student consaid. “Underage duct offenders was seen as a way to address drinking is going to happen anywhere, especially in Milwauthese worries. “We were getting a lot of kee where you can drink at 18
I feel that (the policy) shows that Marquette is more concerned about profit than about the students’ health.”
with parental supervision. I also think it is ridiculous that MPD and DPS are more concerned about busting over 100 students who aren’t hurting anybody ... Gun violence is definitely a bigger issue than underage drinking on campus.” Francisco Paredes, a freshman in the College of Engineering, said he also observed students compromising their well-being as a result of the new drinking policy. “I personally don’t drink, but I feel that the drinking policy only causes students to put their safety at risk by going out into the neighborhoods surrounding Marquette and looking for a party, which can then result in students getting mugged or being out on the streets intoxicated,” Paredes said. Daniella Castillo, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, agreed. “I feel that it shows that Marquette is more concerned about profit than about the students’ health,” she said. “I’ve seen instances in which students have needed to go to the hospital because of how intoxicated they are, but their friends are too worried about getting in trouble or getting fined to report it so that they can get help.” A sophomore in the College of Business Administration, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said she felt the fines were unfair because those students who had previously been written up would not get a “clean slate” with the implementation of the new policy. “I thought the alcohol policy
was really inconsistent, and it was way too harsh on students because it retroactively looked at students’ previous misconduct,” she said. Though the money accumulated from the fines will pay for university programs about alcohol and drugs, some students would like to see more transparency in where the revenue will go. “My fine probably paid for Vander (Blue)’s iPad,” said
Will Hollabaugh, a senior in the College of Health Sciences. “Which is probably with him in (California).” If anything, Lazzar said she hoped the new policy change opened up a dialogue about drugs and alcohol on campus this year. “When students are talking about it, it’s good,” Lazzar said. “If this is something students are talking about, the awareness is high.”
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Strategic: More specifics of plan to be announced the email announcement. “In the to the university’s upcoming coming weeks, expect to hear reaccreditation in fall 2014. more from me about a structure “Parts of the re-accreditation to achieve both process include the plan’s specifself-study about ic goals and our strategic planultimate aspiraning, but they tion of being recare two separate ognized among things,” Brodthe world’s zeller said. most innovaBrodzeller tive and accomadded that the plished Cathosupport of the lic and Jesuit Board of Trustuniversities.” ees is an essenAssociate Ditial “strategic rector of Uni- Andy Brodzeller, associate director, point.” versity Commu“It’s imporuniversity communication nication Andy tant to have an Brodzeller said endorsement Marquette’s strategic plan is from the Board of Trustees, developed to achieve its own in- just like the input we get from dividual goals and is not related students and faculty,” he said.
It’s important to have an endorsement from the Board of Trustees.”
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Convergence: Changes attempt to prepare students for future jobs Student media consists of The Marquette Tribune, The Marquette Journal, Marquette Radio, Marquette Television, Student Media Interactive and Student Media Advertising. Next year, SMI will be replaced with the “NewsCenter,” a group of executive editors and a general pool of reporters that will replace existing reporter positions on the Tribune. The budgetary reduction could be more than the expected 5 percent decrease of the budget, which totals roughly $374,000, according to Kimberly Zawada, the student media business manager and advertising adviser and a member of the board. The Office of Finance will make the final decision in June, Zawada said. According to Zawada, the board hopes the reduction will not affect student salaries, which are allocated $260,000 of the budgetary expenses. Student media currently employees 103 students. Cuts will impact student media’s operational costs, the largest of which is the cost of printing the Tribune. Zawada said a Tribune readership audit conducted last week revealed that 3,581 of the 7,000 printed papers were not picked up on campus for a particular issue. Readership audits are conducted twice each year and have been on a downward trend in recent years, she said. “At the same time, (the Tribune) is getting more hits than ever on the web,” Zawada said. She said increased online content will also open up new revenue streams for the advertising department. In part, the expected budgetary reduction is
connected to the structural changes that will occur next year, said Greg Borowski, a student media board member and an editor for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. At the same time, Borowski said, the changes are a reaction to the changing requirements to be a professional journalist. “One content is not the model out there anymore,” Borowski said. “(This structure) will allow students to be better prepared and practice skills they should be getting in the classroom.” With budgetary uncertainties, some of the changes that will be made to student media have yet to be finalized, said Erin Caughey, next year’s NewsCenter general manager and the current director of SMI. One certain change, however, is the creation of the executive board that Caughey will head. Caughey and three other executive editors will work with other editors and reporters across platforms to assign and produce news, sports and entertainment content on a daily basis. A new website will be created that will link to each organization’s daily content, Caughey said. Additionally, new general reporter positions have been created that will not work exclusively for one organization but rather fill in across text, video and audio as needed. Caughey said she is hiring reporters but will not know if those will be paid positions until the budget is finalized. The number of pages per issue of the Tribune, which will still be published twice weekly, will also be determined by the final budget. “Our goal is for student media
Photo by Rob Gebelhoff/robert.gebelhoff@marquette.edu
Victor Jacobo, a senior in the College of Communcation, and Kyel White, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, work together on a video for Marquette Television on the second floor of Johnston Hall.
students to get a well-rounded experience with video, audio, text and graphics,” she said. Borowski said he has worked with a panel of current student media leaders to develop the new structure over the past year. “The vision is to have more collaborative, digital-first content for online, mobile and print audiences,” Borowski said. “(Student media) should be an interactive experience of text, video and audio. This structure will help prepare students for the professional world.” Borowski emphasized the importance of publishing content online soon after an event, for example, occurs, rather than waiting for the next printed Tribune or MUTV program to air. “Everyone should be thinking
‘online-first,’” he said. “You can publish content any day, any time and at any length.” Andrew Phillips, current editorin-chief of the Tribune and a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, was part of the student panel that offered input to the board about the restructuring and also included Caughey. Phillips said he was concerned the board did not take the student input seriously. “Student input seemed to be a box they needed to check rather than something they actually considered,” Phillips said. “The restructuring model doesn’t uphold the spirit of our proposal.” Phillips said he was specifically opposed to the idea of having a pool of general reporters and questioned whether too much pressure on producing
multimedia content for learning reporters may lead to a decline in accurate, quality content. Caughey and Borowski acknowleged that a learning curve would likely exist as the new program is implemented and that the board and leaders would work out issues as they arise. “Change is hard,” Borowski said. “It’s been hard in our newsroom, where economic factors necessitated change, and it’ll be hard for student media, where it’s necessitated by the need to keep up.” Still, Borowski was optimistic that students would successfully adapt to the changing mentality. “It’s a necessary thing, and it doesn’t lessen quality,” he said. “If anything, this frees people up.”
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Confession: I watched the first season of “Glee.” I was mildly entertained by the concept, and the covers were actually decent. I even think the show’s cover of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” still shows up on my shuffle from time to time. But the show reached its peak a long time ago. The writers began tackling topics that merit discussion, like homophobia in high schools, bullies, disabilities and teen pregnancy, but would only touch on them for one episode. “Glee” made headlines a few weeks ago for an episode that featured a school shooting, a tasteless misstep in the wake of recent tragedies. “Glee” is renewed for a fifth season, but with the original cast having graduated and after seven compilation albums, not counting EPs and singles, I think it’s time to stop believing. – Eva Sotomayor
Creativity shone through the flurries of this year’s long winter in an impressive display of snow creatures in Marquette’s central mall. The snow art included a polar bear and a snow dragon, courtesy of John Brick, a graduate student in the College of Arts & Sciences. The snow animals were a fun and creative way to put the piles of snow to good use, not to mention a nice art gallery to look at and enjoy on the way to Spanish class in Lalumiere.. – Peter Setter
Snapchat
If you’re looking for a new way to embarrass your friends, confuse your mother and find out just how much you can embarrass yourself in less than 10 seconds, then good news, there’s an app for that. Snapchat lets users send videos, drawings and pictures to a select group of friends — preferably ones who don’t know how to use the screenshot function. – Maddy Kennedy
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Radio (yes, it still exists)
In a world powered by digital media, everyone seems to be forgetting about one of the most innovative channels of communication: radio. In radio’s heyday, families would gather around their TV-sized radio sets and enthusiastically listen to everything from concerts to news reports to comedies. Now, portable radios are virtually obsolete, and car radios seem to be the only way to hear what’s travelling on the airwaves. While some consider it a dying medium, radio provides a unique style of entertainment that is commonly overlooked. With more than 15,000 live stations in the country, nearly every type of programming imaginable is on air. If commercials are turning you off from tuning in, the Internet offers commercial-free radio streams and podcasts on an array of topics. So before you kick your radio to the curb, give it a chance to channel your inner disc jockey – Claire Nowak
“House of Cards”
One deliciously evil glance to the camera from Kevin Spacey’s character on “House of Cards,” and we were hooked. Spacey’s Francis Underwood brought Machiavellian political moves with the flair of Richard III and a taste for Southern ribs on the level of Bobby Flay. Marking Netflix’s dramatic foray into the world of original programming, “House of Cards” was aided by “The Social Network” director David Fincher as executive producer and gobs of money poured into creating the show’s sleek Washington, D.C. setting. “House of Cards” was an impressive beginning to TV a la Netflix. If this type of high-quality programming continues, Netflix might become a player to rival HBO, AMC and FX. – Erin Heffernan
Hate “Glee”
Snow creatures
When I found out Disney bought Lucasfilm and would be taking audiences back to a galaxy far, far away, my excitement to return to the universe of Luke and Leia was immense. I am confident that the franchise is in good hands, as Academy Award-winning producer Kathleen Kennedy is at the helm. George Lucas will be acting as a creative consultant, and I am confident this sequel trilogy will not experience the same pitfalls that the prequel trilogy tragically put audiences through a long (and forgettable) time ago. What is even more exciting is that the three most recognizable actors from the series – Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher – are likely returning. “Star Wars: Episode VII” comes out in 2015, with standalone films about popular characters alternating between the episodic films. All these developments were some of the greatest pop cultural announcements of the past year, and I cannot wait to hop aboard the Millennium Falcon for one more ride. – Peter Setter
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Dubstep
Remember when you could listen to the radio without hearing a mash of synths and garbled words? (Remember when people listened to the radio?) Now, the music industry is strewn with Dubstep-like tunes that all sound the same: loud and unintelligible. Don’t get me wrong; I loved rocking out to “Sandstorm” at high school dances. That doesn’t mean I want techno music taking over my entire iTunes library. When done well, Dubstep can showcase a unique musical talent. Now artists are just adding techno elements to appeal to a wider demographic. Case in point: Taylor Swift’s “I Knew You Were Trouble.” – Claire Nowak
Marquette Secret Admirers
In the middle of March, new Facebook pages dedicated to anonymous posts, heinous confessions or that one person you think is the bee’s knees starting sprouting up at college campuses across the country. Unfortunately, Marquette fell victim to this craze, allowing people to broadcast their wildest misadventures and deepest sensual desires to the entire student body. And while these Facebook pages originally started as a satisfactory way to waste time in class and laugh at our classmates, now they are just breeding grounds for stories friends post about friends and borderline sexist comments about the women on campus. The “Marquette Secret Admirers” and “Marquette Confessions” pages hopefully represent a fad that is on its way out the door. We just hope people find other outlets for their emotions in place of a Facebook page. Maybe try a diary? – Peter Setter
BuzzFeed
I’m as guilty as anyone of checking out a Buzzfeed article or two when they get posted all over Facebook or Twitter. But after a while, reading listicles like “27 Puppies That Look Like Vice President Joe Biden” and “15 Photos That Will Make Your Bad Day Better: Part 576,” I start yearning for something – anything! – with any amount of journalistic merit. It wouldn’t be so bad if many of Buzzfeed’s articles featured some writing or depth, but many of them are just articles with a quick quippy caption. It’s even worse when it’s made up entirely of GIFs, and therefore takes five minutes to load properly so the little animated memes actually move. Listen, I know we all love funny pictures, but sometimes words are worth a thousand words. – Matt Mueller
“Hemlock Grove”
Zero plot, overly campy horror and a cast in which nearly every woman ends up dead helped tank “Hemlock Grove,” Netflix’s stab at paranormal dramas like “True Blood” and “Twin Peaks.” The show was more than a disappointing followup to “House of Cards” and may reveal some problems with Netflix’s plans to enter the TV game. First of all, in the new structure, Netflix releases all episodes in a season at once to cater to the bingewatching habits of many subscribers, but this new strategy allows no time for audiences to digest and weigh in on each episode. Without breaks to make adjustments based on audience reactions, shows lose the opportunity to change their initial formula if it’s not working. It also almost begs continued binge-viewing, which, besides being dangerous for anyone who actually has things to get done, leaves less room for each episode to sink in. This instant TV gratification may be convenient, but it also threatens that shows digested in one sitting become forgettable, consumed in one bloodshot-eyed stupor. – Erin Heffernan
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A look into an unsatisfactory future
Matt Mueller Back in 2009, I wrote an essay for the College of Communication’s essay competition scholarship. I wrote about several things – movies came up at some point, of course – but the main point I wanted to get across was that the future of journalism and communications as a whole was changing rapidly and in exciting ways. The essay was chosen as one of the few winning entries. It was an honor and a thrill, and thanks to the resulting scholarship, my family was able to afford sending me to Marquette. The following four years would be some of the most memorable and enriching of my young life, and they have set the stage for many more to come. I thank my fellow students, the College of Communication and the entire Marquette community deeply for that. That said, I have now seen the future that I wrote so glowingly about
many years ago. I’m afraid it’s lost much of its luster. The fields of journalism and communication have moved with reckless abandon toward the world of Twitter and social media, of fast content with minimal depth and instant, poorly thought reaction. A world where the tool gets more emphasis than the message, and where a retweet can be a more commendable goal than an award-winning, impact-making piece of writing. Look at the CNN/New York Post/Twitter debacle of the past few weeks if you need a refresher on the dangers of this mindset. I was disheartened to hear that some Marquette journalism classes chose not to use the (often false) reporting on the Boston Marathon bombings as an obvious lesson about being instant at the cost of being inaccurate. The role models of journalism used to be Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Now they are Buzzfeed and a Twitter feed. The current world of journalism urges its youth to brand themselves before they have anything to brand. The new emphasis is turning young journalists into doorto-door salespeople, delivering strong pitches but weak products. Even those who made a name for themselves on Twitter, like Adam Schefter, note that social media is merely a tool. Classes focusing on how to use Twitter today are like
classes in the ’60s focusing on how to use a pen. At a meeting with journalism faculty in November, the editorial board of The Marquette Tribune expressed concerns about Marquette’s journalism curriculum. Many of the faculty present at that meeting responded by saying we could learn these things – many of them basic, essential skills – at internships. My first question would be for parents: How do they feel about paying for an education that the curriculum seems eager to pass off onto internships? My follow-up question would be this: What will the college do when companies looking for interns tire of training students from Marquette, and the number of internships available shrinks? I’m not writing this final column to burn bridges. I’ve had several wonderful teachers and advisors, such as Prof. Pamela Nettleton and Prof. Erik Ugland, who helped craft my writing and skills to a level that led me to doing what I love at OnMilwaukee.com and hopefully making a full-time job out of it. This may surprise some, but I also have a Twitter handle, though I put far more thought and effort into my articles and published content than my tweets. I’ve learned a lot in my time at Marquette – much of it here on these very Marquee pages, which makes it all the harder for me to
see this very section get drastically cut next year. The Marquee section, currently at five total writers, including one editor and one assistant editor, will be chopped down to two members next year as a part of the Student Media Board’s restructuring. There will one editor and one writer. I learned last week via email that the section I gave two and a half years of my college life to – the section that, in return, helped me develop my writing and journalistic skills better than perhaps anything else – would be gutted. The decisions were made without consulting me, the current editor of the Marquee section, much less any former Marquee editors, about how the section works or what it does. The decisions were also made without any type of readership survey to determine how many people on campus read and find value in this section. It’s sad to see the Marquee section, something that gave such support and foundational skills to so many young writers and journalists, receive so little support in return. It certainly is a time of transition for the College of Communication, as well as for the entire world of journalism and media. The university is going through the same growing pains that the entire industry is going through. It’d be naïve and simple-minded
to think it would be a clean and problem-free transition. At the same time, I can’t ignore the dangerous direction the college and the Student Media Board are heading toward, and I’m concerned by a college that hears the cries of dissatisfaction and caution – from its own students, alumni and even from those in the industry – yet continually marches toward the fire. I don’t fear for the students. I know the college has a ridiculous number of talented writers, videographers, reporters and editors eager to be taught well and thoroughly. I know that even if the college continues heading in its dangerous path downward, the young creative minds here at Marquette will refuse to head anywhere but up. And though I am confused by the impending student media restructuring, I have no worries everyone new and returning will continue our reputation of high-quality, award-winning and thought-provoking content. I have no doubt that they can be the difference Marquette asks for and seeks out. I only hope the college eventually follows its students’ lead. Matt Mueller is a senior broadcast and electronic communication major who reviews movies for OnMilwaukee. com. Email him at matthew.mueller@ marquette.edu.
We haven’t been formally introduced
Erin Heffernan It feels strange to be making an introduction right now. Fall is usually the time for things beginnings in college. Sweatypalmed freshman are forced to play icebreaking games with litanies of name, major and favorite ice cream flavor. They meet in crowded dorm rooms and sketchy basement parties, and many plan pilgrimages in search of alcohol, adventure and, at times, a new identity. But for me, this is the spring before my senior year. Now is the season for choosing between
laying on the lawn and going to class. These are the nights for making elaborate toasts to friendship and warding off a real world that might not welcome you with games of beer pong and a round of “Ring Out Ahoya.” But as out of season as this feels, I have been slated for an introduction — likely to be as awkward and bumbling as my freshman year. So here it goes: My name is Erin, I am the next editor for the arts and entertainment section of The Marquette Tribune, and my favorite ice cream flavor is mint chocolate chip. What will this column cover, you ask? Good question, I respond. To be honest, I’m not entirely sure yet. But hear me out. Often what I love to cover and read about culture, entertainment and news is the unexpected or quirky. I want to hunt down the answer to that small,
local, un-Googleable mystery. I want to talk to strangers, so you don’t have to. Here are some of the burning questions that perhaps this column will one day answer, or perhaps I will forget entirely: What is it like inside Milwaukee’s Microphone Museum? (There really is one!) Why does Fr. Pilarz love Bruce Springsteen so much? (Is it just the New Jersey thing?) What is Don Draper really thinking? How will the Violent Femmes do opening Summerfest this year? Who serves the tastiest cheese curds in all of Milwaukee? Who rings the bells in Marquette Hall, and how did they convince them to play the Harry Potter theme that one time? Where can you find Milwaukee’s coolest street art? Do we really need three different reality shows about the inner workings of pawn shops? What is an “Ahoya” anyway, and when did Marquette
become so inclined to ring it out for “ra ras”? So, in short, I don’t know exactly where this column will take me. But I think that’s what makes writing about Marquette and Milwaukee so exciting. You never see that weird story coming. I mean, who among us ever expected a rogue bat to be tamed by the tune of Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” at a Marquette basketball game? That’s one lesson I learned well and often this year working for the Tribune. This must be one of the only gigs on campus where you can cover a drag show one week, look behind the scenes at the wedding ceremonies in Gesu the next, and, on occasion, get to interview one of your idols. This year on the Tribune has given me a fantastic learning ground. I got to watch a great editor, Matt Mueller, who knows more about movies than any
other person I know and whose writing and leadership I’ve admired in my role as his spell-checking, pun-patrolling assistant editor. The thing about college is that there is this constant cycle of endings and beginnings. Here we are at the end of another semester. The end, I am sad to say, of another year at the Tribune. It is hard to say goodbye to many of the people I worked with this year. But in this season of endings, I am excited for this new beginning as editor. I hope to live up to the role. I hope to keep our content fresh and fun and I hope to learn and write as much as I can about the endlessly interesting city and ever-welcoming school that I have come to call home. Erin Heffernan is a junior majoring in writing intensive English and political science. Email her at erin.heffernan@ marquette.edu.
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“Zero Dark Thirty”
“Moonrise Kingdom”
“Life of Pi”
Kathryn Bigelow’s probing, jarringly authentic look into the hunt for Osama bin Laden featured one of the most intense sequences of the year, as well as one of the year’s most complex and morally dynamic stories. The movie should have come away with a ton of Oscars – or at least one for its captivating star Jessica Chastain – but alas, it was not to be. Usually, the Academy’s own ineptitude is the culprit for its Oscar oopses, but this time, it was politics that got in the way. In case I needed another reason to hate current politics.
“Moonrise Kingdom” is my favorite kind of movie – one with endless rewatchability. Watching the bespectacled Khaki Scout – played by Jared Gilman – fall in love with his striking preteen beau (Kara Hayward) never gets old. I’ve been a longtime fan of director Wes Anderson’s work with films like “The Royal Tenenbaums” and “Rushmore.” Even so, I think this ranks with among the most Wes Anderson-y of Wes Anderson flicks. Like the rest of his work, “Moonrise Kingdom” nails beautiful cinematography, a solid soundtrack and a quirky language all its own with lines, like “Jiminy Cricket! He flew the coop!”
In a year of memorable films, none were as emotionally and visually captivating for me as “Life of Pi.” Ang Lee’s adaptation of Yann Martel’s New York Times bestseller takes viewers on a visual and spiritual journey as they watch Pi Patel struggle to survive on an abandoned lifeboat with a Bengal tiger in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The dazzling colors and detailed special effects make this film a must-watch in 3-D, and it garnered well-deserved Oscars for Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects. First-time actor Suraj Sharma’s convincing performance as Pi was nothing short of Oscar-worthy, though the Academy failed to give him any recognition for it. If he could solely make 90 minutes of life on a stranded lifeboat stranded worth watching (a la Tom Hanks in “Castaway”), he deserved at least a nomination.
“Arrested Development”
“Girls”
“Bates Motel”
Yes, I know I’m approximately seven years late hopping on this bandwagon, but I’ve finally caught up with “Arrested Development.” And as it turns out, all you guys were totally right. The tragically mistreated Fox sitcom, starring the affably idiotic and greedy Bluth family, is easily one of the funniest shows ever put on television. The characters are hilariously memorable – even the smallest ones like Gene Parmesan – the actors are brilliant, and the writing is unbelievably clever. I mean, absurdly, ridiculously clever. Several running gags don’t truly reach their final punch lines until a season after they started, and each episode is a beautiful web of intertwined jokes and gags, like when Buster got attacked by a loose seal while rebelling against his mother Lucille (not to be confused with Lucille 2, but that’s a whole other subplot). It’s an incredible show, and I’m glad I was able to jump on the bandwagon before the new season starts at the end of the month. I have a good feeling I’m not the only one hopping on at the right time, but if there’s one thing I know about “Arrested Development,” it’s that they’re always looking out for hop-ons.
I’ll admit Lena Dunham is definitely not for everybody. There’s far too much awkward nudity and bratty millennial attitudes on her HBO show for many to enjoy it. Nevertheless, I love “Girls” for the real risks it takes. It is always sharply written and full of depictions that make you reconsider friendships, love (or hookups) and growing up among today’s vaguely indie, sometimes self-involved, just-trying-to-figure-it-out young person. In between scenes that have made me laugh harder than any other show this year, “Girls” spins its strong lineup of characters in often satirical plot turns that, even when they misstep, do so with panache.
I’m going to be honest. I really don’t watch TV. The last time I tried to watch a show religiously was when “White Collar” premiered on USA. I watched a grand total of three episodes. That being said, I haven’t missed an episode of “Bates Motel” since it premiered seven weeks ago. A&E’s contemporary prequel to “Psycho” follows a young Norman Bates and a living Norma Bates as they try their hand at running a motel in a quaint Oregon town. Soon enough, they become immersed in a world of drug wars, sex slavery and murder — all while viewers are slowly shown the origins of Norman’s psychotic psyche. It may be disjointed and, at times, a bit too unbelievable for its own good, but it sure is addictive.
“Spring Breakers” soundtrack
“Blunderbuss,” Jack White
“Legendary,” The Summer Set
Skrillex and I have a nice mutual understanding: He stays away from my iTunes account by all means necessary, and I don’t write terrible, hateful things about his loud, screechy music on every public forum available. Imagine my shock, then, when I went to go see “Spring Breakers,” heard his music and quite enjoyed it. His music – both new and old – matched the movie perfectly and somehow managed the impossible: It made me tolerate dubstep.
When the White Stripes broke up, it felt almost like a personal loss. That was my BAND through middle and high school. I looked to Jack White as a sort of prophet of great American music. “Blunderbuss” cemented my faith in White’s ability to rock really damn hard, even minus sister/ ex-wife/drummer Meg. Along with the hard-hitting numbers like “Sixteen Saltines” and “Missing Pieces” though, “Blunderbuss” also seamlessly moves from rock to blues to roots in the way only Jack White can— tinged with a blend of soul, virtuosity and showmanship.
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Odds are, you probably haven’t heard of The Summer Set, but this pop rock band from Arizona is slowly making its way up in the music world. The quintet is a frontrunner in Macy’s iHeart Radio Rising Star competition and will play Warped Tour this summer. The group’s third album, “Legendary,” is a clear example of why The Summer Set will soon top the charts. The acoustic guitars and percussion rhythms make fun summer tunes, perfect for dancing and singing along. The lyrics are clever with a hilarious amount of sass, as heard in “F**k U Over.” As an added bonus, these musicians sound just as good, if not better, when they perform live. That should count as incentive to see them on Warped Tour.
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PECTACULAR Peter Setter “Skyfall”
Maddy Kennedy
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“Silver Linings Playbook” “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”
The past year marked the 50th anniversary of James Bond. Fittingly enough, “Skyfall,” Britain’s finest spy’s latest adventure, is one of the best in terms of story, acting and design. The dazzling movie contains humor, emotion and a surprising amount of complexity. Old motifs of the series come to a close as new ones are introduced, all while Daniel Craig’s Bond traipses across the globe in a thrilling, cool take as the classic character. “Skyfall” is not only a faithful entry to the series; it’s also a fantastic movie in its own right. Fans of Bond will delight in this intelligent and opulent vision of the British cultural icon. Both the main and supporting casts of “Skyfall” deliver excellent performances against the backdrop of a crisp London, a sleek Shanghai and the rugged highlands of Scotland. If there is one Bond film to see, “Skyfall” has made a bold case for it to be the one.
This past year, there were plenty of big releases filled with A-list casts, hot stars and big-shot directors, but none of them had the heart or originality of “Silver Linings Playbook.” Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper lead a brilliant cast of talented actors as they try and navigate their way through a rocky modern romance filled with depression, mental illness and dancing. Personally, while I enjoy just about any Bradley Cooper film, it was refreshing to see him break from his usual drunken Vegas antics and take on a heavier, more complex role. But Lawrence’s performance is what truly makes “Silver Linings Playbook” successful. She’s blunt, bipolar, and overall fantastic. Her Oscar was welldeserved. “Silver Linings Playbook” is a fresh, witty and insightful look into the chaotic lives of a small, seemingly normal group of people.
“House of Cards”
“New Girl”
“The Mindy Project”
The biggest television programming development coming out of this year was the premiere of Netflix’s first original series, “House of Cards.” Netflix’s brave new attempt to change how people consume television immediately caught me and dragged me into a frenzy, forcing me to inhale all 13 episodes of the first season. “House of Cards” follows the political scheming of Francis Underwood, a Democratic congressman and House majority whip from South Carolina. Underwood, played by Kevin Spacey, is passed over for Secretary of State, a position promised him by the President-elect. The show follows Underwood and his attempts to bring down those who, in his eyes, did him wrong. The political drama oozes with darkness, as the conniving politicians work in the seedy underbelly of government. The show plays like a movie, with each episode advancing the plot spectacularly while gripping the audience from beginning to end.
The premise is simple: An elementary school teacher in her mid-20s moves into an L.A. loft with three guys she’s never met. Friendships and hijinks ensue. Jessica Day’s charmingly dysfunctional roommate relationships are the perfect twist on the tired buddy comedy sitcom. With a quirky cast led by Zooey Deschanel, dry humor and endless potential to surprise, there is a loft full of reasons to start watching “New Girl” ... and then never stop.
Mindy Kaling is amazing. Let’s just get that clear before I say anything else. Kaling started off as the only woman on the writing staff for “The Office” and portrayed Kelly Kapoor on the show. Now she stars, writes and directs “The Mindy Project,” a sitcom that follows gynecologist Mindy Lahiri and all of her personal and professional life dramas. Although it kind of reinforces the stereotype of the professional woman whose personal life is a mess, it portrays Mindy as smart in her leading role. The show’s jokes are witty, fast-paced and clever. The debut season had its ups and downs, but overall it was a light and enjoyable show meant to make you laugh for 20 minutes every week. The debut season is about to come to an end, and thankfully it has been renewed for a second season. “The Mindy Project” is streaming online, and episodes are only about 30 minutes long, so you can catch up on ten episodes in five hours. Not that I’ve ever done that.
“Babel,” Mumford & Sons
“+ ” by Ed Sheeran
“Gossamer,” Passion Pit
My favorite album from the last year is “Babel,” Mumford & Sons’s sophomore album. The group’s latest effort is less sophomore slump and more folk-pop success story. At times, the album plays as more of a companion to the group’s first album, “Sigh No More,” and not an independent record. While some may view this as a weakness, I applaud Mumford & Sons for sticking to its strengths and delivering a familiar album that entices fans and invites new listeners to take a chance on the band. The album returns to the group’s folk sound with earnest lyrics and emotional messages. Each song features the signature of the band: its effortless ability to slide from quiet melodies to loud and boisterous stories. This album is my go-to if I am ever in need of reliable study music but also works as a casual listen on long car rides home.
After releasing his debut album in the U.K. almost two years ago, Europe’s favorite flame-haired Brit, Ed Sheeran, began to gain a following in the U.S. this year after the release of his first American album, “+.” Although he’s not much for looks (Go Google a picture of him. Seriously, I dare you. He looks like a deranged leprechaun.), his soft acoustic sound and simple reflective lyrics accent a vocal talent that’s not always easy to find in the age of autotuned pop. He also can rap. Tell me the last time you’ve seen a ginger successfully do that.
“Gossamer,” the follow-up to Passion Pit’s 2009 debut “Manners,” was different from its predecessor. After blasting “Manners” all through high school, it took me a couple of listens to finally grasp “Gossamer.” Once I did, however, it was on repeat for a long, long time. With the lead single “Take a Walk” played everywhere from ads to television shows, Passion Pit achieved chart success. But the album also contained moodier songs, like “On My Way,” “Constant Conversations” and “Where We Belong,” that dealt with lead singer Michael Angelakos’s life-long struggle with bipolar disorder. The dark, honest lyrics paired with “lighter” melodies and beats seemed to go perfectly together. It’s the kind of album that goes with any mood.
I’ll admit it: I spent way too much of my time this year either listening to music or at concert halls and not enough time at the movie theater. “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” was one of the few movies I saw this year, but I absolutely loved it. It was one of my favorite books in middle school, so I was worried when I heard it was being turned into a movie. But the book’s author, Stephen Chbosky, also wrote and directed the film, making a loyal adaptation of the beloved novel.
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Viewpoints Student media changes make future uncertain
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Our view: The changes to student media next year are designed to be innovative and educational, but they could seriously damage the quality of content produced. The last time the Tribune editorial board wrote a nearly full-page editorial, we addressed the Tribune’s potential page cuts and the frenzy that followed on social media. It was our intention then, in what became one of the defining moments of the year for us, to raise awareness about the impending changes and make our case to preserve our quality and role on campus. The concern was related not only to how important our work is to us, but to how we can best deliver news to the Marquette community. While the page cut fiasco has been temporarily resolved, changes to student media are still happening, and we remain prepared to make a case to preserve that same quality and role on campus. As the Tribune reported today on page 1, student media is being transformed next year to promote convergence and adopt a “digitalfirst” mindset that places a strong emphasis on multimedia projects. Convergence and digital advancement are purposeful, worthwhile goals to pursue in student media. Learning to use multimedia in reporting can help us diversify our skills as reporters and enhance our storytelling ability. However, any pursuit of convergence or drastic change to the landscape of student media must be done with the intention of improving quality, readership and the overall product if it is going to succeed. Instead, what we see is a hastily produced plan that blatantly ignores student input and “evolved” simply for the sake of evolving, a plan that puts the quality of student media at risk. In November, student media leaders created and submitted a proposal to the Student Media Board on how to best proceed with convergence of the various branches. “A digital reinvention can succeed at Marquette,” the leaders wrote in the proposal. “But to do so, it cannot be motivated by balance sheets, or by an anxious desire to ‘keep up’ with perceived industry pressures or to make the university more attractive to prospective students – though if successful, it will improve Marquette in all three areas. Most importantly, it cannot represent change for its own sake – and this proposal will strive in every instance against that posture. A new era of journalism at Marquette must be led by journalists themselves, and by a common interest in better reporting.” This input from student media leaders appears to have been disregarded, because the Student Media Board’s plan is a never-before-seen, arbitrary model for convergence that places Web hits and digital performance
ahead of quality reporting and good content. The plan centers around an aggregated website for the Tribune, the Marquette Journal, Marquette Radio and MUTV instead of maintaining the online independence each branch has now. It is loosely modeled after LSU’s student media website, The Daily Reveille. Even that site, however, makes its student newspaper the home page and maintains independent pages for each branch instead of amalgamating each branch’s content together. While the Student Media Board attempted to use The Daily Reveille as a model for its convergence plan, it strayed from that model to create something from scratch that doesn’t have an example of previous success. Making up a structure – seemingly out of thin air – does not point to a promising outcome for student media. Schools like Northwestern and the University of Missouri-Columbia, both of which are accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, are widely considered to be the pinnacle of journalism education. Neither handle student media in the way Marquette’s board suggests. Northwestern maintains autonomy of its student media branches, specifically its acclaimed newspaper The Daily Northwestern, and succeeds in producing successful professional journalists – and multimedia content – year after year. Mizzou focuses on sending its students to local publications, television and radio stations in order to get its students the hands-on journalism experience they need. We are often told that the changes to student media are “real world” realities that we need to get used to before starting our professional lives. In the real word, however, content decisions aren’t made without consulting those who produce it, without gauging the readership’s interests and without providing any information about a budget. In the real world, decisions are made to preserve quality above all else when budgetary concerns force re-evaluation and changes. Another facet of this “real world” misconception is an assumption that specialization within student media puts students at a disadvantage. We understand the desire and need to teach us skills that make us more marketable to employers after graduation. Excelling in one area, however, is far more impressive than being mediocre in three or four. The board’s structure, which largely does away with the system of specialized beats reporters in favor of generic pools of general assignment, multimedia reporters, undercuts students’ ability to develop crucial background knowledge on the events and issues they cover and develop in their chosen craft. A person needing brain surgery would never go to someone who has dabbled in
podiatry, ophthalmology and anesthesiology but never mastered neurosurgical methods. An educated consumer of media similarly would not rely on a journalist with average skills in writing, videography or radio broadcasting but would naturally seek out the best of the best in each of these separate fields. Every single member of the Tribune staff and the rest of student media genuinely wants to learn and grow as a journalist. We want to know and understand all the ways we can create content and all the tools we can use to subsequently promote this content. However, students pursue journalism because they want to become, for example, excellent writers or excellent anchors, not average writers and anchors. This is the educational value of student media: the chance to truly develop in these areas. We’ve worked hard this year, just as the other branches have, to serve and inform the student body. While the feedback we’ve received has been overwhelmingly positive, we are also receptive to critiques and are constantly looking for ways to improve. Yet, there appears to be a disconnect between the feedback we get from students and the feedback we get from the board. While about 3,500 students and faculty pick up copies of the Tribune every Tuesday and Thursday, the board tells us we are oldfashioned and need to evolve instead of acknowledging how students on campus are being informed. A readership survey could have helped the board develop its convergence plan, but, again, audience does not appear to be much of a factor in its decision-making. This is obvious when members of the board, including the Tribune’s own adviser, imply that they don’t actually read the newspaper. To his credit, board member Patrick Johnson said in an email Feb. 19 that the Tribune is the “most visible” branch of student media and is “the premier news source on campus.” We thank him and share this opinion because this year, and in years prior, we have striven to become just that. As the Tribune editorial board wraps up its final issue and prepares to head into the next year under a new student media model, we will continue to try to find ways to best inform the student body. We each joined the Tribune staff because we have an invested interest in informing the student body and holding the administration accountable, and we assume that’s why you, the reader, continue to pick up copies of the paper each week. After tomorrow, our beloved 97-yearold news organization will look drastically different. The Tribune, however, will remain dedicated to its role as the student voice on campus regardless of next year’s changes, even if those changes make fulfilling that role more complicated.
The Marquette Tribune Editorial Board:
Maria Tsikalas, Managing Editor
Pat Simonaitis, News Editor
Allison Kruschke, Projects Editor
Matt Mueller, Marquee Editor
Andrew Phillips, Editor-in-Chief
Patrick Leary, Sports Editor
Joe Kaiser, Viewpoints Editor
Ashley Nickel, Copy Chief
Katie Doherty, Editorial Writer
Rob Gebelhoff, Visual Content Editor
Rebecca Rebholz, Photo Editor
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Take your Marquette goals to new heights
Brooke Goodman Over the last four years, my goal has been to graduate from Marquette without any regrets. It’s been to take advantage of every opportunity and to leave my mark on an institution that has been, more than a mere place of study, a home away from home. For the most part, I’m satisfied with the progress that’s been made on that goal. I’ve taken the classes, put in the study hours, participated in the extracurricular activities, attended the retreats, done the service, built the relationships and made the memories that will undoubtedly last a lifetime. With graduation quickly approaching, though, I’ve started to realize that all the involvement and studying may not have been enough. Maybe I should have focused more on people. Maybe I should have focused more on myself. What if my goal was too calculated? Did I let schedules, agendas and work responsibilities dictate my time and relationships here? Perhaps I allowed these things to inhibit everything a true college experience has to offer. It was an incredible revelation the first time this thought crossed my mind. Last August, my roommate, her boyfriend and I climbed the construction scaffolding on Gesu Church. The possibility was something I’d thought about each day on my walk to the Rec Plex, and one night the decision was finally made to do it. The climb was creaky, dirty, highly dangerous and potentially one of the dumbest things I’ve ever done. It was also one of the most eye-opening experiences I’ve had at Marquette. After I was settled at the top and the heart-pounding fears of falling to my death or being fired from my job on the Orientation Planning Team had subsided, I looked out over campus and felt at peace. It was a joyous calm uninterrupted by life’s daily stresses, and a
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moment of clarity as I enjoyed the view. It was the first time I’d felt such peace in a long time. I could see everything – the twinkling lights of downtown reflected on the lake, runway signals at the airport, cars zooming along the highway and the entirety of campus as it slept. In that moment I thought, “This is my school. This is my city. And this is my home.” Too often we don’t realize what we have until it’s gone – cliche, yes, but true. This is an especially important sentiment when it comes to a student’s college career. College is about more than a daily routine of class, work, study and play. It’s about skipping class to listen to a speaker. It’s about forgetting to study because a walk to the lake is more appealing. It’s about making time to call loved ones. It’s about stepping outside of comfort zones to try new things. It’s about serving others and making the world a better place. It’s about reflection. It’s about remembering that there is a world beyond Marquette. And it’s about taking care of yourself in order to take care of others. Nobody will disagree that a high GPA, an impressive resume and job security are important, but life has a dreary outlook if these are the only things that matter. Although I’ve made satisfying progress on my initial goal, I’ll still graduate in three weeks with one regret. The regret will be that I didn’t recognize the value of people soon enough. Friends, family, loved ones, mentors, supervisors, colleagues and role models have made me who I am today. And doing the things I enjoy with the people I love is what makes my life meaningful. So as cliche as it sounds, don’t wait until it’s too late to discover what is valuable within your own life. This realization might not come as a result of climbing Gesu Church (in fact, I highly suggest ... beg, even ... that you do not do that), but when it does occur, fully embrace it and carry it forward. Four years at Marquette will be over in the blink of an eye, and it’s far too short a time not to make the things that matter count.
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College memories will forever be appreciated
Caroline Campbell When I look back on my high school years, I miss them dearly. I miss wearing a uniform every day. I miss seeing my friends between classes. I miss my lunchtime routine, I miss the sports teams I played on and the school newspaper I wrote for. It’s overwhelming to remember that, even though I felt differently at the time, those four years were fairly simple and worry-free. Today, however, as I sit outside the Alumni Memorial Union and write this column, I am beginning to realize that all the things I missed about high school, I found again in college, just in slightly different forms. And, as I prepare to
graduate in a little over two weeks, I have already begun to miss them, too. I will miss wearing yoga pants and T-shirts instead of “real” clothes every day. I will miss seeing my friends in and between classes. I will miss my lunchtime routine (which, at this point, consists of begging my underclassmen friends for meal swipes). I will miss my sorority – the Greek week teams I played on and the school newspaper I wrote for. I will miss the house that I’ve lived in for the past two years, its red couches and spotty Internet. I will miss late nights at friends’ apartments, in the library, at campus bars and on midnight drives to the lake. When I set foot on this campus four years ago, I could never have imagined how much of a home it would become for me. This university has helped me become a confident and self-sufficient young woman. I do not even know how to begin to express the gratitude and love I feel and know I always will. Caroline Campbell is a senior in the College of Communication with a major in journalism and a minor in history. Email her at caroline.campbell@ marquette.edu.
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Brooke Goodman is a senior studying journalism and political science. Email her at brooke.goodman@ marquette.edu with any comments or feedback.
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MU’s 10 shining moments Unprecedented team successes make for unforgettable year By Kyle Doubrava
kyle.doubrava@marquette.edu
No. 1 Men’s basketball makes first Elite Eight appearance since 2003 The Golden Eagles, selected in the preseason to finish seventh in the Big East, exceeded expectations and put forth solid effort all season long. Marquette won a share of the conference regular season title and came through in close games in the tournament against Davidson and Butler. Not a bad way to mark the 10-year anniversary of the team’s Final Four run. No. 2 Blue’s layup clinches first Big East championship Marquette was on the verge of clinching a share of its first Big East regular season title, but a late St. John’s comeback put the championship in jeopardy. St. John’s forced overtime, but Marquette had the ball out of bounds with 7 seconds remaining. Vander Blue took the inbound pass and drove right, flipping the ball over shotblocker Chris Obekpa and banking in the game-winner. Blue’s teammates mobbed him, and Marquette celebrated a share of the title in Madison Square Garden. No. 3 Men’s soccer rises to No. 2 in the country It was not long ago that the men’s soccer squad skyrocketed into national championship discussion. The Golden Eagles started the campaign by winning their first 12 games before faltering down the stretch and losing to Northwestern in the NCAA tournament. With a
Photo by Vale Cardenas/valeria.cardenas@marquette.edu
The Marquette men’s basketball team’s run to the Elite Eight for the first time since 2003 topped our list of the 10 best sports moments of 2012-2013.
talented recruiting class arriving in the fall, it would not be a shock to see Marquette appear in the national rankings again. No. 4 Women’s soccer wins fourth straight Big East American Division title Marquette has dominated the Big East for several years and proved itself worthy of such a title once again in the fall. Paced by suffocating defense and a slew of reliable scorers, the Golden Eagles made their fifth straight NCAA tournament appearance. In his 16 years as Marquette’s coach, Markus Roeders has never had a losing season. The streak will likely continue next season.
No. 5 Marquette makes move to new Big East Marquette and six other Big East Catholic schools chose to form their own conference in December and welcomed Butler, Creighton and Xavier into their basketballcentric league. Keeping the Big East name, the conference will be fully functional in time for the fall. No. 6 Cadougan’s buzzer-beater forces overtime against Connecticut After Ryan Boatright’s fading jump shot with 5.9 seconds to go put UConn up three points, Marquette looked as good as
finished in its first Big East game of 2013. Instead, Junior Cadougan pushed the ball, crossed over and pulled up from 30 feet out. His jumper hit the bottom of the net, and Marquette later won the game in overtime. The game didn’t mean much at the time, but it ended up preserving the Golden Eagles’ perfect 2012-13 record at the Bradley Center. No. 7 Bat interrupts MarquetteProvidence basketball game Fans in attendance at the BMO Harris Bradley Center for the Jan. 26 men’s basketball game against Providence were treated to an unwelcome guest on the court. A bat stopped play
multiple times and had coaches and players covering their heads and faces for protection. Shortly after the game, the Marquette bat had its own Twitter handle and was t he object of national attention. No. 8 Jansson’s game winner over UW-Milwaukee as time expires Sophomore Sebastian Jansson made his third career gamewinner a memorable one, as his half-bicycle kick with one second remaining helped Marquette reclaim the Milwaukee Cup from UWM and set the pace for its 12-game winning streak. No. 9 Men’s and women’s lacrosse play inaugural seasons Lacrosse has made its growing presence known around the country, and this spring Marquette welcomed the sport into its varsity fold. The men’s team struggled to a 2-6 start to the season but has rebounded by taking three of its past four matches. The women’s team, loaded with freshmen, had its share of troubles, too. The Golden Eagles finished at 2-15, but this experience will help the team develop for next year. No. 10 Sarina Simmons, Katherine Plouffe reach 1,000 career points There were not many positive moments from the women’s basketball season, but Simmons’ and Plouffe’s 1,000-point milestones provided a much-needed bright spot for the program. Simmons accomplished the feat just two weeks before Plouffe, making them the 22nd and 23rd players in team history to reach the mark. In addition, they are the seventh and eighth players to score 1,000 points since the 2000 season.
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Team on track to improve at Big East Conference tourney will be seniors’ last chance to leave legacy
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Sports year great from first night
By Christopher Chavez
christopher.chavez@marquette.edu
Marquette track and field travels to Piscataway, N.J., for the 2013 Big East Outdoor Championship this weekend. The championships will be held at the Bauer Track and Field Complex on the campus of Rutgers University. The Golden Eagles hope to improve upon the men’s 12th place finish and women’s 15th place finish in 2012. Marquette is currently ranked 16th on the men’s side and 18th on the women’s side in the NCAA Great Lakes Region. The men notched 28.5 points over three days last year, with thrower Jonathan Kusowski scoring nine points. The team will be without him and sprinter Tyler O’Brien in its effort to top its second-highest Big East championship total, as both graduated last spring. Senior Jack Hackett heads into his final Big East championship ready to run the men’s 5,000-meter and 10,000-meter runs. He currently has the seventh best time in the 5,000-meter run after his 14:05.66 at the Mt. SAC Relays. His first attempt at the 10,000-meter run came at the Stanford Invitational, where he left disappointed with his 30:24.84. Seniors Patrick Maag and Connor Callahan will double up on the same races as Hackett. Senior A.J. Gedwill will also participate in his final Big East Championship, as he races in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Due to law school commitments and studying, Tyler Leverington has been scratched from the team’s trip. Senior Kyle Winter will run in the 800-meter dash with freshman Anton Rice, much like at the indoor conference championship, where both made it into the finals. Both will also run in the 4x400-meter relay that will include sophomore Glenn Lawrence Jr. as the second leg
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Sophomore Glenn Lawrence Jr. will be featured in the second leg of the 4x400 relay this weekend.
and junior Connor Stengel as the anchor. One week after taking the first three places at the Benedictine Twilight Invitational, junior Spencer Agnew, sophomore David Sajdak and freshman DT McDonald will race in the men’s 1,500-meter run. Sophomore Brendan Franz will join the trio for the men’s 4x800-meter relay. He set a new personal best in the 800-meter dash at 1:54.04. On the women’s side, junior Carlye Schuh will double up on 100-meter dashes in the open race and the women’s 4x100meter relay. She will also partici-
pate in the women’s long jump, where she finished seventh last year. In the one year since, she’s improved her personal best to 19’10.25”, which ranks as the fourth best in the Big East. Junior Gretchen Homan will run three races this weekend. She is slated for the 400-meter dash with junior Kate Hein before both team up for the 4x400-meter relay with sophomore Katie Tolan and junior Katie Kemmerer. Freshmen Molly Hanson and Kayla Spencer will both run the 1,500-meter relay and the women’s 4x800, which hopes to stay away from the bottom
of the conference, where it sits entering Saturday. Villanova is the clear favorite to win that race after setting the collegiate record at the Penn Relays last weekend in 8:17.91. The throwers will take four women and two men to the conference championship. Sophomore Will Koeck leads the men’s side for the hammer throw, where he enters with the Marquette school record and fourth best mark in the Big East. His sister, junior Kathryn, has the second best conference mark. Action at the Bauer Track and Field complex begins at 11 a.m.
From the first night of the fall sports season, the 201213 Marquette athletic year was destined to be special. That night, sophomore men’s soccer striker Sebastian Jansson hit a game-winning volley that found the back of the net just as time expired. That shot not only launched a 12-game winning streak for the men but kicked off a landmark year for Marquette that pushed the entire athletic department forward on the national scale. It’s not an exaggeration to say that every single Marquette sports team improved in 2012-13. In the fall, both soccer programs stepped into uncharted waters. The men’s team posted its 12-game streak and made the NCAA tournament as the No. 7 overall seed. The women’s team won its fourth consecutive Big East American division championship but won the Big East tournament for the first time. It was denied a berth in the Elite Eight in a penalty kick shootout. The women’s volleyball team didn’t win a game in the NCAA tournament like it did in 2011, but it established itself as the undisputed second place team in the conference. It set a new high water mark for wins with a 27-7 record, losing only to Louisville from Sept. 15 until the NCAA Tournament. On the court, the men’s basketball team won its first ever Big East regular season title, sharing the honor with Georgetown and national champion Louisville. The men didn’t lose at home all season and advanced to their first Elite Eight since Dwyane Wade and Tom Crean were here in 2003. The women’s team made improvements, albeit small ones. They reached the WNIT, and Brooklyn Pumroy established herself as the point guard of the future. Just taking the field was a plus for Marquette’s spring debutants, the men’s and women’s lacrosse teams. The men’s team has one game to go but already look poised for success after a recent threegame winning streak. While the women finished 2-15, they played competitively with a few future conference opponents. Perhaps most important, Marquette secured its athletic future by spearheading a Big East redesign that emphasized its basketball-first athletic structure. It ensured the future of competitive college athletics in Milwaukee. I came to the Tribune this fall not expecting to do important work right away. Instead, I quickly took over the volleyball beat and became sports editor after just three months on staff. This was truly an incredible year to cover Marquette sports, and I could not have asked for a better opportunity. Then again, I’m a sports fan. I’ll be expecting even better performances next year. Patrick Leary is a sophomore in the College of Communication. Email him at patrick.leary@marquette.edu.
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Men to end inaugural season at home vs. Duke Perennial powerhouse provides the last test of successful spring
By Ben Greene
benjamin.greene@marquette.edu
The men’s lacrosse team will end its inaugural season Sunday at noon against perennial power Duke in a home game at Hart Park. Free shuttles will depart from the Union Sports Annex starting at 10:30 a.m. to take students to the game. The Blue Devils enter Sunday
tied for No. 6 in the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Coaches poll and ranked No. 8 in the Inside Lacrosse poll. The game will mark Marquette’s fourth matchup against an opponent ranked in both polls and the third against a top 10 team. Redshirt junior defender Matt
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Redshirt junior defender Matt Melnyk said a finish against Duke will be a fitting end to a challenging season.
Melnyk, one of the Golden Eagles’ co-captains, said the game against Duke will be a fitting end to a historic first season for Marquette. “Everybody wants to be like Duke’s program; it’s the pinnacle of our sport,” Melnyk said. “Having them at home for the last game of our first year is a great way to cap off our season.” The Golden Eagles have fared relatively well in their first season playing Division I lacrosse. At 5-7, Marquette is 3.5 games ahead of fellow first-year program High Point (3-12). The Golden Eagles also beat the Panthers when they played earlier this season and have dealt with a more difficult schedule overall. In terms of RPI, Marquette sits barely below the middle of the pack this year, ranked 41 out of 63. To put that in perspective, the Golden Eagles are slightly above Jacksonville and Providence and on the heels of familiar foes Georgetown, Bellarmine and Air Force. The Golden Eagles’ five wins also make them one of the more successful first-year teams in recent history. In the last five seasons, Marquette, High Point, Michigan, Mercer, Jacksonville and Detroit have all added Division I lacrosse programs. Detroit went 0-11 in 2009, Jacksonville was an impressive 6-7 in 2010, Mercer finished 1-12 in 2011 and Michigan went 1-13 last season. A win on Sunday would move the Golden Eagles up to the exact record Jacksonville tallied three years ago. Freshman midfielder Zach Barr said that regardless of the outcome this weekend, his team has
already done much better than many fans predicted. “We have definitely gone above and beyond most people’s expectations for this year,” Barr said. “After five wins, I think we passed most people’s estimations around like three or four.” Earning a sixth win will be a Herculean task for the Golden Eagles, as they face Atlantic Coast Conference runner-up Duke. Last Friday, the Blue Devils allowed two unanswered goals in the final five minutes of the ACC Championship to lose to No. 1/3 ranked North Carolina 17-18. Led by ACC Defensive Player of the Year Brendan Fowler’s expertise at the faceoff X and on ground balls, Duke will make it hard for Marquette to gain possession in loose ball situations. Fowler’s .652 faceoff winning percentage ranks third in the nation, while his 9.94 ground balls per game are second. For the second game in a row, the Golden Eagles will also have their hands full with a Tewaarton National Player of the Year Award finalist in Jordan Wolf. The junior attackman’s 45 goals this season is the second highest mark in the nation. Despite the abundant talent on the opposing sideline, Coach Joe Amplo said he is looking forward to his team’s final test. “It’s a tall task, we know it is, and that’s a good thing,” Amplo said. “Coach (John) Orsen has a saying that says, ‘A scared dog bites.’ It’s OK to be scared, it’s OK to be a little fearful of your opponent, because I think that makes you play with a little sense of urgency.”
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Rough opening campaign not without its positives 13-game losing streak ends season, but some players stand out By Andrew Dawson Special to the Tribune
On February 15, Marquette women’s lacrosse began its inaugural season in sunny South Carolina, and after falling to Winthrop, it responded two days later to win its first game in program history over Coastal Carolina. It has been a tale of two seasons for the women’s lacrosse team. Things looked good for the rookie program after it went .500 in the first four games of the season. After a late rally lifted the team over Detroit-Mercy, the Golden Eagles looked better than a first-year program should. Since the 2-2 start, however, that momentum headed downhill. In their final 13 games, the Golden Eagles were unable to pull out a victory and finished the season with a 2-15 record. Despite the rough finish, coach Meredith Black said she is proud of her team’s performance this season. “I think we played outstanding,” Black said. “Having basically 33 rookies on the team, they’re not all freshmen by age, but they’re all rookies to the program, and everyone stepped up and played the best that they could possibly play.” Many of the contests had large goal differentials. Marquette lost by double digits in seven games
this season. It only recorded double digits twice during the season, in the two victories over Detroit-Mercy and Coastal Carolina. In the 17 games, the Golden Eagles were outscored 105-254. Despite the offensive woes, three players played exceptionally well on attack. Marquette’s leading point producer was freshman attacker Claire Costanza with 40 points (18 goals, 22 assists). Freshman midfielder Kenzie Brown, Marquette’s leading goal scorer with 24 goals, was second with 29 points. Freshman midfielder Hayley Baas tallied 21 goals and three assists for third with 24 points on the season. On the opposite end of the field, the defense was the team’s strong suit this season. The scoreboard for most games may not show it, but Marquette’s defense was its heart and soul. It was a positive to feed on going into next season, especially with freshman goalie Sarah Priem returning. Priem started every game for the Golden Eagles this season and tied for 13th for most saves on the season with 137. Her performance in cage also earned her the MVP nod at the women’s lacrosse season-ending banquet. Other players earning honors were freshman defender Elizabeth Goslee, who won the Hustle Award for her effort; freshman midfielder Lauren Nickson, who won the most improved award; and freshman goaltender Emma Salter, who won the “MU Rah Rah” award for her team spirit. Times were tough this season, but Black said she saw a lot of improvement. “The biggest thing is just the
improvement of the team from start to finish,” Black said. “I didn’t expect the team to improve that much, and I think what we saw from the team in the first games in South Carolina versus what we saw at the end of the year when we played all those Big East teams is night and day.
It was so rewarding to see how much better they’ve all gotten.” With the season at its end, the team has a nice long rest to prepare for next season, and the outlook for next year looks positive. “I think we did amazing,” captain and graduate student midfielder Lisa Beltramello
said. “Every single game we improved, and I am completely confident that next year they’re going to get more wins on the board. They’re going to score more goals. They’re going to be so much better. Each year you’re going to see that progression.”
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Freshman midfielder Kenzie Brown was Marquette’s leading scorer this season with 24 goals and five assists.
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Johnson heads Class of 2013 ESPN.com ranks shooting guard 27th best recruit nationally
By Trey Killian
robert.killian@marquette.edu
JaJuan Johnson sits atop Buzz Williams’ 2013 class as the highest nationally ranked recruit to commit to Marquette for next fall. The Memphis, Tenn., native signed a national letter of intent last November, choosing Marquette over schools such as Alabama and Miami. Johnson told NationalRecruitingSpotlight.com that the strength of the class around him played a big part in his decision. “When I was on my visit, I could tell I was coming in with a good recruiting class, and I built a good relationship with (assistant) coach (Isaac) Chew,” Johnson said, “With a good group of recruits, we have a good chance of winning.” In an interview with Scout.com, Johnson said he considered Milwaukee more of a “basketball town” than Tuscaloosa,
Ala., and Miami. assists and collecting 3.1 steals per The 6-foot-5 shooting guard game. That earned him MVP honranks 27th on the ESPN 100, and ors in his district, and he finished ESPN.com ranks him third nation- second in the state’s Mr. Basketally for his position and the second- ball voting. As a senior, Johnson best overall player in the state of led a Southwind squad ranked Tennessee. He’s also been previ- first in the state and 22nd in the ously ranked 34th by Scout.com nation to a 33-6 record. and 63rd by Rivals.com. Despite his already noticeable With leading scorer Vander Blue ability to lead on the floor by exleaving for the NBA, Johnson ample, Williams said Johnson is an could fill a prominent offensive excellent learner and student of the hole in the Margame. quette backcourt. “JaJuan is quiet Coincidentally, by nature but very Johnson is Marintelligent,” Wilquette’s highestliams said. “He ranked commit comes from a since Blue in basketball fam2010, according ily and has been to Scout.com. coached at a high According to level year-round 247Sports.com, throughout his Johnson’s pencareer. He is able etration, ability to absorb and exfinish at the rim, ecute coaching in JaJuan Johnson, shooting guard athleticism and Class of 2013 recruit an efficient mandefense are his ner. We welcome top qualities. Cohim with open rey Pegram of Future150.com de- arms and are excited about the scribes Johnson as a potent, regular player and teammate he will be.” scorer. Johnson has praised Scan this code to “He’s one of those other members of his read Trey Killian’s guys who you watch class for their skill, profiles of Marand immediately recidentifying Deonte quette’s recruits for ognize that scoring Burton as a “beast” the 2013-14 men’s comes natural to him,” and Duane Wilson basketball season. Pegram wrote. “Ownas a “true point ing an explosive first guard.” Thanks to step and a great ofMarquette’s familyfensive feel, Johnson oriented team atknows how to mosphere, he told manufacture NationalRecruithis own shot ingSpotlight.com, the and can score 2013 class will likely it from differbe a tight-knit group. ent areas on “I get along well the floor.” with everyone,” At Southwind High School, Johnson said. “It’s important beJohnson was an all-around star. cause we need everyone to come As a junior he scored 22 points together on and off the court to be points per game while also pull- successful, and everyone has each ing down 4.5 rebounds, dishing 5.1 other’s back.”
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When I was on my visit, I could tell I was coming in with a good recruiting class, and I built a good relationship with coach Chew.”
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