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Chicago a possiblity for new Sobelman’s Windy city could be next step for growing burger chain

By Ben Greene benjamin.greene@marquette.edu

Photo by Alyce Peterson/alyce.peterson@marquette.edu

Sensenbrenner Hall has not been open to students since spring 2010 but will undergo renovations next spring.

Renovations planned for three of campus’ oldest buildings

By Melanie Lawder melanie.lawder@marquette.edu

Three of Marquette’s oldest academic buildings will undergo renovations starting in the spring of 2013. Sensenbrenner Hall, the former law school building that was closed upon the construction of Eckstein Hall, has not been open to students since the spring of 2010. But it, along with Mar-

quette and Johnston Halls, will soon see construction projects begin.

The renovations were announced last Thursday in a university news brief.

All of the renovations will be

After a successful first year with Sobelman’s at Marquette, Dave Sobelman, the owner of Sobelman’s Pub & Grill, said he is looking into opening a Chicago location. Sobelman said that since a high percentage of Marquette students are from northern Illinois, a Chicago location may be the next logical step in his restaurant’s progression.

“After 13 years in business and probably having students for 12 of those years, and now after a year on campus, there’s probably a huge Sobelman’s Pub & Grill following in Chicago,” Sobelman said. “It would just be natural to go there.”

Sobelman said expanding his business to Chicago “is something that we’ve considered for years and each year we get closer and closer to it.”

In 2010, Sobelman was contacted by Mike Whittow, assistant to the vice president of Marquette’s Office of Administration, to see if he was interested in opening a Sobelman’s location on campus. Sobelman gladly accepted, making a decision that he said changed his life and business.

Sobelman’s at Marquette opened August 2011, and Sobelman said the restaurant’s

first year came and went without a hitch.

“There’s been no negatives; it’s all positive,” Sobelman said. “I’m flattered that Marquette wanted me on campus, and I’m flattered that the kids accepted me so well.”

Sobelman credited much of his restaurant’s popularity to its prime location.

“We’re dead-center in the middle of where the kids go to school and where they live,” he said. “I figure 80 percent of the students at one point or another through the course of the day...can look down 16th Street or look up Wells Street and see this building.”

“It has just been a lot of fun and it’s actually a lot easier than I expected,” Sobelman said. “I feel bad saying it, but sometimes I would rather be (at the Marquette location) than down at the Pub.” Tomas Garcia, a manager for Sobelman’s at Marquette, said he also prefers working on campus.

“When I was working (at the Pub), I was a server and a bartender, but (at the Marquette location) I am a manager, so it’s a little different,” Garcia said. “I like being here and I like this place. I look at it like it’s my little baby.”

Looking back on his new restaurant’s first year, Sobelman said he was grateful for his opportunity to open a restaurant on campus.

“The last year has been great.

There have been absolutely no problems and I’m happy to be a part of the Marquette community,” Sobelman said. “This is one of the best moves I’ve ever made.”

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Board OKs change in voter ID Controversy remains despite new adjustments

By Alexandra Whittaker alexandra.whittaker@marquette.edu

Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board unanimously decided last Tuesday to approve a

new voting policy that will allow people to present identification documents on portable digital devices when registering to vote.

When registering, voters are required to produce an official document to prove they are residents of Wisconsin. Approved documents need to include a Wisconsin residential address and must be valid on election day. Valid documents include Wisconsin identification

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cards, Wisconsin driver’s licenses, residential leases and bank statements. Documents are not kept by poll workers, which raised the question of whether electronic documents could be substituted for paper ones.

The GAB made this decision after college students testified to officials that many of them handle See Voting, page 7

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News in Brief Menomonee Valley to get new park As part of a $26 million development in the Menomonee Valley, local officials unveiled plans for Milwaukee’s newest park Thursday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

The park will stretch for nearly 10 blocks and 24 acres along the Menomonee River between Mitchell Park to the east and South 37th Street to the west. The park will include green space, two new bike and pedestrian bridges, trails and community gardens.

Construction of the park formally started Thursday, although some work began over the summer. The unnamed park is projected to open in a year.

Three departments get new chairs

Marquette’s departments of foreign languages and literatures, military sciences and political science have all received new chairs for the 2012-13 academic year.

The new chair of foreign languages and literatures, Anne M. Pasero, came to Marquette in 1981 after teaching both high school and college Spanish on the west coast. While at Marquette, she has researched contemporary Spanish women’s poetry and Spanish Renaissance literature and published a book of translated Spanish poems. Pasero most recently served as an associate professor of Spanish.

Lt. Col. Michael C. Gibson, a professor of military science, was named the chair of military sciences. Gibson served in Afghanistan, Iraq and Haiti before coming to Marquette in May 2012. He is a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College, the Engineer Officer Basic and Advance Courses, the Combined Arms Services and Staff School, Ranger, Airborne, Jumpmaster and Air Assault Schools.

Lowell Barrington, most recently an associate professor of political science, is now the chair of political science. Barrington’s research focuses on post-communist politics, ethnicity and nationalism, democratization

and political science research methods. He wrote an introductory comparative politics textbook, “Comparative Politics: Structures and Choices,” released in February 2009.

Romney, Obama in dead heat after RNC

Polls taken in the aftermath of the Republican National Convention show a virtual tie between President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

In a recent survey by Reuters, each candidate holds 45 percent among likely voters leading up to the Democratic National Convention, which takes place this week in Charlotte, N.C. A poll conducted a week earlier, before the Republican convention, showed Obama holding 46 percent of likely voters as compared to Romney’s 42 percent.

While the spike in Romney’s numbers are solid, Obama is likely to see an improvement after the Democratic convention.

Romney’s main improvement was attributed to an attempt from Republicans to place the former governor in a more personal light.

Many voters in the poll said they were waiting to hear from President Obama on the state of the economy and the nation’s 8.3 percent unemployment rate. The survey indicated that more 70 percent of Americans believe the country is going in the wrong direction.

“No Easy Day” author in hot water Under the pen name Mark Owen, one of the members of U.S. Navy SEAL Team 6 has written an autobiography entitled “No Easy Day.” Team 6 came to fame after the May 2, 2011 raid in which AlQaeda founder Osama bin Laden was killed. The controversial book gives an inside look into the day the terrorist leader died.

The New York Post has published excerpts from the book, set to be released this week.

The Pentagon has threatened to pursue legal action against both the author and his publishing company, Penguin. However, Penguin has stated it will still

be releasing the book. George Little, a Pentagon spokesman, said the author was “in material breach of nondisclosure agreements he signed with the U.S. government.” Robert Luskin, Owen’s lawyer, said the author did nothing of the sort.

The author and publisher decided not to submit the book for Pentagon review before publishing.

Biden’s truck lost, found

The stolen truck carrying equipment for Vice President Joe Biden was recovered after a campaign event for President Barack Obama Monday in Detroit.

The Detroit Free Press reported that the truck was recovered at an apartment complex in the city. Ed Donovan, a spokesman for the Secret Service, said the service is still determining what is missing.

“It appears that some, but not all, of our equipment has been recovered,” Donovan said.

The event still carried on as planned, with Biden speaking to a crowd of about 3,500 at a Labor Day rally for members of the AFL-CIO.

Llamas to run Saturday The 16th annual Running of the Llamas will take place Saturday in Hammond, Wis. The festivities for the blocklong race will start around 11 a.m. as vendors will begin selling llama wool products. The afternoon event will begin with music by a community band, followed by a parade before the race commences at 3 p.m.

According to the event’s website, the Running of the Llamas originally began as a one-time customer appreciation event for the Hammond Hotel in 1997 when three llamas ran around and through the hotel. Since then it has evolved into a race, with different owners bringing their fastest llamas to town to compete for “bragging rights and a bucket of salad greens.”

The event coincides with the Hammond Rib Fest, which takes place from 3:30 to 7 p.m.

Monday, Aug. 27

Thursday, Aug. 30

Between Monday at 8:05 a.m. and Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. an employee reported being harassed via e-mail from a person not affiliated with Marquette.

At 11:27 a.m, a student reported that unknown person(s) removed her secured, unattended bicycle estimated at $150 in the 1600 block of W. Kilbourn Avenue. MPD will be contacted.

Friday, Aug. 31

Wednesday, Aug. 29 In between 4:00 p.m. and 4:35 p.m. a Bookmarq employee and a student removed property from Bookmarq.

The employee was taken into custody

by MPD. Some of the property was recovered. Estimated loss is $574.

At 12:09 a.m. two underage students were in possession of alcohol in the 1400 block of W. Kilbourn Avenue and were cited by MPD. At 1:30 a.m. a student was in possession of a false ID in Schroeder Hall and had consumed alcohol at an off campus location.

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Tuesday 4 Campus ministry ice cream social, AMU 236, 9:30 a.m.

Quizmaster Trivia Tuesdays, Whiskey Bar, 7:30 p.m.

JDRF Kickoff to Cure Diabetes, Karma Bar and Grill, 6:30 p.m.

BlueBurg Cafe’s Open Mic, Cedarburg Cultural Center, 6:45 p.m.

Hunger Clean Up Team Leadership Information Session, Center for Leadership, Involvement and Service, 7 p.m.

Pure Dance Marquette Auditions, Humphrey Hall, 7 p.m.

Movie: “Iron Sky,” Mayfair Mall, 7:30 p.m.

Contact Us and Corrections The front page article in Thursday’s Tribune entitled “Milwaukee sheriff offers to aid campus security” featured a photo of Milwaukee Police Sgt. Todd Smolen. While both the Milwaukee Police Department and the Milwaukee Sheriff’s Department have aided the Department of Public Safety this year, the article focused on the Milwaukee Sheriff’s Department. The Tribune regrets any confusion that resulted.

--The page 4 article in Thursday’s Tribune entitled “Alums start driving service” stated that Monica Kuhnert graduated from the College of Arts & Sciences in 2007. She in fact graduated from the College of Health Sciences in the same year.

The initial article also referred to the Kuhnerts’ service as MYDriver; it is in fact called MYdriver. The Tribune regrets the errors.

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Study: Marijuana use jointly related to lower IQ Research finds difference of up to eight points

By Eric Oliver eric.oliver@marquette.edu

A new study conducted in New Zealand and released Aug. 27 has found that persistent cannabis use over an extended period of time during adolescence causes on average an eight-point drop in intelligence.

The study, which was conducted by researchers from Duke University in conjunction with faculty from New Zealand’s University of Otaga, was published in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and was one of the first to distinguish between cognitive problems the person might have had before beginning marijuana use and those that were apparently caused by the drug.

The study followed 1,037 New Zealanders from their births in 1972 or 1973 to age 38 while frequently inquiring about their cannabis use. After extensive and periodic intelligence testing that began when the subjects were 13 and concluded when they were 38, the study concluded that, on average, these long-term users’ intelligence decreased proportionally with the amount of marijuana consumed early in life.

Madeline H. Meier, a post doctoral associate from Duke and the lead author of the study, said in an email that the study controlled for various factors in its subjects, including level of education.

“Marijuana is not harmless, particularly for adolescents,” Meier said. “The findings are consistent with speculation that cannabis use in adolescence, when the brain is undergoing critical development, may have neurotoxic effects.”

Meier wrote that indivuduals who lose eight points in their IQ score drop from the 50th percentile of the population to the 29th.

“Individuals who lose eight points in their teens and twenties may be disadvantaged, relative to their same-age peers, in most of the important aspects of life and for years to come,” Meier said.

However, Meier said she recognizes that her study leaves room for additional research.

Even though they have found a correlation between adolescent cannabis use and decreased intelligence, the researchers noted that they aren’t sure whether the impairment is reversible.

Meier also stated that the results of the study are limited to residents born in Dunedin, New Zealand, and that additional research would be needed to determine if the results are similar in other countries and with today’s teenagers.

Despite this, Anthony Lanz, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences who started Green Health, a student organization dedicated to the legalization of medicinal marijuana in Wisconsin, believes that the study should be be looked at cautiously.

“It’s hard to really know the effect of something based on one study,” he said.

Lanz said that although the study does have some valid points, he believes that smoking isn’t the only thing that can have detrimental effects on a teenager’s developing brain.

“Heavy usage of anything that affects one’s brain chemistry will have side effects later in life,” Lanz said.

The Science and Management of Addictions Center, a private non-profit organization based in Seattle, has frequently shown that there is a correlation between addiction and brain development that usually manifests itself later in a teenager’s life.

Lanz’s main concern with the study is that people will look at it with a closed mind. He said he is afraid that people will look at the study and use it to support the negative stigma that is currently associated with marijuana.

“There are people in high places who have smoked marijuana,” Lanz said. “So if there are so many successful people

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who do say they have smoked, it should help to destroy the stigma that surrounds marijuana.”

Cpt. Russell Shaw of Marquette’s Department of Public Safety said the university is required to report any case associated with marijuana or marijuana paraphernalia to the Milwaukee

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Police Department.

“If we are notified of drug use in a residence hall, or if we run into someone we find in the street that is involved with any type of drug, we are obligated to call (MPD),” Shaw said.

According to the Marquette drug policy on the Office of

Student Development’s website, “The full professional resources of the University Counseling Center, Student Health Service and all other student personnel services are available to assist any student to meet problems related to involvement with drugs.”

New style group among this season’s latest trends Club to create online magazine and blog, go to fashion events

By Elise Angelopulos elise.angelopulos@marquette.edu

This fall, fashionistas may unite on campus as the Style Club begins its first year as a registered student organization at Marquette.

Catherine Gabel, a sophomore in the College of Communication and president of the organization, said she initiated the Style Club at Marquette because of the abundance of fashionfocused individuals she has noticed around campus.

“I have always loved fashion,” Gabel said. “I wanted to bring people together with the same interests and have a

fashion activity to participate in.”

Gabel added that fashionable people are all over Marquette, and the start of this organization may help unify such related and strong interests.

Gabel said she was overwhelmed by Marquette students’ enthusiasm toward the fashioncentered organization.

“I had around 200 people sign up at O-Fest and at least 40 by email,” Gabel said. “I really think this is a club our campus needed as a creative outlet.”

Sterling Hardaway, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences and former student organizations committee chair in Marquette Student Government, said last year’s approval acceptance rate for potential clubs was very high.

“In the two semesters I was chair, not one organization was denied,” Hardaway said. “We try to approve every club that is inclusive and ad-

heres to the values of Marquette.”

Hardaway added that the approval process for new organizations is somewhat lengthy, as they must file a form with the Office of Student Development, then draft a contract outlining their goals and initiatives before finally presenting their work to MUSG for final debate.

While Hardaway is unsure of the student organizations approved thus far this year, organizations like the Style Club were often approved quickly, as they presented information in line with MUSG’s guidelines.

The Style Club will primarily focus on maintaining an online blog and magazine featuring fashion, beauty and interior design advice.

There are no fees to join the club.

According to Gabel, the club will meet bi-monthly to discuss the blog’s progress. She said she plans to expose her members to important individuals in the fashion industry and to plan future

events for the club.

“We want to go to Chicago to visit a few fashion events and stores,” Gabel said.

Gabel added that such aforementioned plans made establishing her organization feasible, and Matthew Lengen, the Coordinator for Student Organizations, was also immediately on board.

“He helped us get approved and into O-Fest on very short notice,” Gabel said.

Marlo Marisie, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said Marquette’s city campus is an appropriate location for the Style Club.

“I love that a ton of students on Marquette’s campus dress very fashionably on a daily basis, rather than wearing grungy sweats like you would see on many other campuses,” Marisie said.

She added that the Style Club will provide a new creative outlet for fashion-forward students.

“As former fashion reporter of MUTV, I have a true passion for fashion, style and trends,” Marisie said. “I’m a big fashion blog reader and thought it would be fun to be a part of the Style Club’s fashion outlet for our campus.”

Marisie said that many students at Marquette have a unique and trendy style and, in turn, will form a solid organization.

In order to properly establish the Style Club’s presence at Marquette, Gabel said social media will be her biggest tool in sharing organizational updates and events.

“We will be posting on Twitter and Facebook,” Gabel said.

“We are always looking for new members.”

The Style Club’s Twitter account, @MarquetteStyle, will provide current and potential members with more information regarding updates and planned events, Gabel said.

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Obama, Romney visit Gulf in wake of hurricane

Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Associated Press

President Barack Obama arrives at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Kenner, La.

Campaigns take break to address storm victims

By Ben Feller and David Espo Associated Press

President Barack Obama consoled victims of Hurricane Isaac

along the Gulf Coast on Monday and stoked the enthusiasm of union voters in the industrial heartland, blending a hard political sell with a softer show of sympathy on the eve of the Democratic National Convention.

At times like these, “nobody’s a Democrat or a Republican, we’re all just Americans looking out for one another,” the president said after inspecting damage inflicted

by the storm and hugging some of its victims. He was flanked by local and state officials of both parties as he spoke.

There was nothing nonpartisan about his earlier appearance in Toledo, Ohio. There, the president said Republican challenger Mitt Romney should be penalized for “unnecessary roughness” on the middle class and accused him in a ringing labor Day speech of

backing higher taxes for millions after opposing the 2009 auto industry bailout.

Obama’s trip to La Place, La., was a televised interlude in the rough and tumble of the political campaign, four days after Romney accepted his party’s presidential nomination at the GOP Convention in Tampa, Fla., and three days before the president is nominated by Democratic delegates in Charlotte.

Unlike Obama, Romney made no mention of federal aid in his trip to Louisiana, which was designed to demonstrate his own concern for victims of the storm.

First lady Michelle Obama was already in the Democratic convention city as her husband spent his day blending the work of president and candidate.

He doesn’t arrive in North Carolina until later in the week, after concluding a slow circuit of campaign stops in battleground states and the trip to Louisiana.

In the flooded neighborhood, he said he had promised local residents “we’re going to make sure at the federal level, we are getting on the case very quickly about figuring out what exactly happened here, what can we do to make sure that it doesn’t happen again and expediting some of the decisions that may need to be made to ensure that we have the infrastructure in place to protect people’s property and to protect people’s lives.”

The federal government spent more than $10 billion to

strengthen the levee system around New Orleans after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina seven years ago.

Obama noted that last week’s flooding was in a different region, leaving open the question of what the government might do to prevent a recurrence.

A few hundred miles away in Charlotte, the conversion of the Time Warner Cable Arena into a political convention hall was nearly complete.

A few blocks from the hall where Democratic delegates will gather on Tuesday, union members staged a Labor Day march through downtown. Though supporting Obama, they also expressed frustration that he and the Democrats chose to hold their convention in a state that bans collective bargaining for teachers and other public employees.

There was disagreement among the ranks of the marchers. “I understand their frustration ... but do they really think they’re going to be better off with Romney?” asked Phil Wheeler, 70, a delegate from Connecticut and a retired member of United Auto Workers Local 376 in Hartford.

Democrats chose the state to underscore their determination to contest it in the fall campaign.

Obama carried North Carolina by 14,000 votes in 2008, but he faces a tough challenge this time given statewide unemployment of 9.6 percent in the most recent tabulation.

Twitter trends higher than television among voters RNC ratings dip 23 percent on TV compared to 2008

By Beth Fouhy Associated Press

When it comes to following political conventions, Twitter may soon trump television.

TV viewership for last week’s Republican National Convention dropped sharply from 2008, suggesting interest in this presidential race falls short of some past contests. But the convention was a hit online and on social networks, the latest evidence of the political conversation’s gradual migration from traditional media to the Web. The Nielsen Co. estimates that about 30.3 million viewers across 11 television networks watched convention coverage Thursday night when Mitt Romney delivered his prime-time speech accepting the GOP presidential nomination. That’s a 23 percent plunge from the same night four years ago when nearly 39 million people tuned in to watch then-GOP nominee John McCain address the convention and the nation.

The erosion of TV viewership

from 2008 was sharper still on Wednesday night when Romney running mate Paul Ryan drew about 22 million viewers for his acceptance speech. That’s a 41 percent drop from 2008 when some 37 million tuned in for vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin’s debut on the national stage.

The Republican convention drew an older audience on TV. Of the 22 million who watched Ann Romney speak on Tuesday night, Nielsen found that nearly 15 million were 55 or older. Only 1.5 million were age 18-34.

The 2008 election was an outlier from an otherwise consistent decline in viewership for political conventions over the past 20 years.

The last year conventions drew ratings similar to 2008 was 1992, when Democrats nominated Bill Clinton and Republicans re-nominated President George H.W. Bush. The highest ratings of the television era came at the 1976 Republican convention, when incumbent President Gerald Ford fought back a serious delegate challenge from Ronald Reagan.

There are many reasons the 2012 conventions may be less must-see TV than in 2008 — an historic election in which Democrat Barack Obama became the first African-American presidential nominee and Palin emerged

as a Republican star.

Hurricane Isaac drew at least some attention from last week’s GOP gathering in Tampa, Fla., a highly scripted affair which offered little in the way of news or surprises. Little news is expected at this week’s Democratic convention in Charlotte, N.C., where Obama will be nominated for a second term.

But even as conventions lose viewers on television, they are thriving online and in social media where many younger voters get their news.

“It’s not always easy to sit in front of a TV and watch a convention unfold when you can watch it online, on demand or whenever you care to do so,” said Costas Panagopoulos, a Fordham University political science professor who has studied political conventions. “The changing media landscape has given people a chance to gather convention information relevant to them through social networks and other nontraditional sources.”

There’s no question that television remains the dominant force in political communication. Both campaigns have spent millions to beam picture-perfect TV images from their conventions, not to mention the $240 million the campaigns and outside groups have spent so far on televised ads.

Now, thanks to technology, those images are finding their way onto screens other than just the TV set.

Both parties have offered live streaming feeds of the conventions online, and the RNC’s convention YouTube channel received 2.8 million video views.

Several TV and print news organizations are also providing streaming video and opportunities for online engagement around the convention through their websites and Facebook pages. Search giant Google also has created dedicated convention pages.

The GOP convention was one of the most talked about news events of the year on Facebook, according to data analysis provided by the company. But even there, the average audience was older — the speeches by Mitt Romney, Ann Romney and actor Clint Eastwood drew the most buzz among people over 55. Only Ryan’s speech drew a younger discussion on Facebook.

Twitter, the social networking hub where information is shared through 140-character microbursts known as tweets, has become an influential media force in the convention after being little more than a blip in 2008.

That year, the two conventions together drew just 365,000

tweets. This year’s Republican convention alone drew 5 million tweets.

Romney’s acceptance speech peaked at 14,300 tweets per minute to make it the most tweeted political event of 2012.

The speech eclipsed Obama’s State of the Union address in January, which drew about 14,100 tweets a minute.

Adam Sharp, Twitter’s director of government and news, said people are flocking to Twitter and other online avenues for the conventions because it allows them to consume news where they are.

“You are no longer tethered to that screen in your living room or anywhere else — you can actively participate in these events while you’re in line at the supermarket or waiting for the bus. It’s incredibly transforming and freeing,” Sharp said.

Obama oddly got the last laugh on Twitter as the Republican convention wound down. On Thursday, after Eastwood conducted his rambling monologue with an empty chair intended to be Obama, the president’s campaign tweeted a photo showing the president seated in the Cabinet room with a caption that read, “this seat’s taken.” It was the most retweeted item of the GOP gathering.

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Voting: Mixed response to changes their bill, loan and tuition payments online, making it necessary for voting documents to go digital in order to accommodate the collegiate population.

Marquette graduate student Lauren Johnson agreed with the board’s decision.

“I pay most of my bills online anyway, so I don’t really have paper copies of them anymore. Now I can just bring a copy of a bill on my phone to register. It’s just easier for me,” Johnson said.

Accessibility was one of the main topics during the board meeting, and the GAB hopes to encourage young voters to register by allowing voters to use digital documents during registration.

Before the policy update on Tuesday, the board had not yet decided how to interpret a state law requiring voters to bring an “identifying document” when registering to vote.

Some election clerks urged the board to wait until after the November election before making a decision on whether to include electronic documents under the umbrella of “identifying documents” in order to allow more time to consult with local election officials.

Local officials who spoke at the

It is easy to mess with digital documents; it doesn’t take a lot of work and emails are easily forwarded and changed.”

Jacob Lellergy, junior, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee board meeting last Tuesday morning, however, asked the board to make a quick decision in time for the elections in order to encourage young voters and make the voting process easier and more accessible.

While reactions to this policy have generally been positive, former Marquette student and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee junior Jacob Lellergy said the ruling will negatively impact the Wisconsin voting process in the upcoming November elections.

“I can’t believe this is really happening; it just doesn’t make much sense to me,” Lellergy said. “Because of this, people are going to be able to tamper with their voting documents more easily. It is easy to mess with digital documents; it doesn’t take a lot of work and emails are easily forwarded and changed.”

“This makes me think, ‘Why even have documents at all?’” Lellergy continued. “It is defeating

the purpose that the physical paper documents had.”

Lellergy’s concerns were echoed by some local clerks present at the meeting, who were concerned that a policy change so close to the November elections would mean changes would need to be made to the training materials given to poll workers.

Despite this, the GAB reaffirmed that allowing electronic documents would not be a significant change.

“I guess I can see how some people might think it’s a problem,” Johnson said. “But I don’t think there should be any big concerns over this. It seems like the next step, the next logical thing to happen to voting.”

“Voting is moving into the 21st century,” Johnson added. “Why should we hold it back?”

Photo by Alyce Peterson/alyce.peterson@marquette.edu

Voters are now allowed to use their smartphones as a form of acceptable documentation.

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Buildings : Renovations ‘an investment in the future’ of campus Administration Arthur Scheuber, Vice President for Finance John Lamb and Graduate School Dean Jeanne Hossenlopp. Representatives from Marquette Student Government, the advancement office, the graduate school association and student affairs make up the rest of the group.

According to Ganey, design plans and budget expenditures were presented for approval to the board of trustees in March 2012.

The university intends to pay for the restorations through a bond offering, which has yet to be approved by the Wisconsin Health and Education Finance Authority.

A public hearing on Sept. 13 for interested investors to have the chance to buy bonds.

According to the WHEFA website’s files on active projects, $40 million worth of bonds will be offered. Austin said the university will not know the financial specifics until the week of Sept. 17, when WHEFA releases an official statement regarding the bond.

Most current students have not been at Marquette long enough to have seen Sensenbrenner Hall occupied. The building has been vacant for two years due to a lack of funding. Ganey said that

even though no specific plans for the building have been determined, the university is “looking at” using Sensenbrenner Hall for “academic purposes” at the undergraduate level, adding that the building is expected to open in the fall of 2015.

Ganey said Sensenbrenner’s Eisenberg Memorial Hall will be preserved, emphasizing the purpose of these renovations as a means to restore the building to its “original grandeur.”

MUSG President Arica Van Boxtel, a member of the facilities committee, said deliberations over future possibilities for Sensenbrenner Hall will begin on Sept. 5.

Construction at Marquette and Johnston Halls will be completed during the summer months

and will begin at the end of this academic year. Johnston Hall, which has already seen major restorations, will enjoy an accelerated renovation and will be completely refurbished by fall 2014.

In addition to addressing Marquette Hall’s infrastructure problems, the renovations will help tackle concerns about classrooms and office space. Specifically, Ganey said Marquette Hall’s three major lecture rooms will be completely remodeled to fix their seating arrangements and inadequate lighting and audio-visual systems. Ganey also said there is opportunity for the university to add more classrooms in the

building’s vacant rooms.

Many in the Marquette community, including Ganey and University President the Rev. Scott Pilarz, believe that the renewal efforts will help to advance the university and bolster its academic future.

“As these three iconic buildings serve as the front door of our campus, we are viewing the renovations as an investment in the future of our campus,” Austin said.

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completed by the fall of 2015, said University Architect Thomas Ganey. Ganey said the three buildings suffer from out-of-date infrastructure and that his office plans to replace their heating systems, elevators, data networks, plumbing, ventilation and air conditioning systems to make them more environmentally friendly and sustainable . He also stressed the need for handicap-accessible restrooms.

“One of the things that gets me excited about (the renovations) is the fact that all three buildings have been here for a really long time and we’re extending the life of them,” Ganey said.

The university’s Facilities Master Planning Committee, which is responsible for identifying the parts of campus in need of restoration, is taking a chief role in implementing the remodeling projects. According to Mary Austin, the associate vice president for finance and the university’s assistant treasurer, the committee began debating the issue this spring.

The 12-person committee is made up of faculty, administrative staff and students. Members include Ganey, Vice President of

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City seeks to become more bike-friendly by 2020 Milwaukee taking steps to get more cyclists rolling

By Monique Collins monique.collins@marquette.edu

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation and the City of Milwaukee have been trying to make cycling easier and safer for Milwaukee residents in an effort to promote a healthier and greener population - news that some Marquette bike lovers are happy to hear.

According to the city’s 2010 Bicycle Master Plan, cyclists can look forward to 38 miles of new bike lanes, 38 miles of shared bike and car lanes, a south-side bike trail and a new bike-sharing program organized

by Midwest Bikeshare, Inc in the city by 2020.

More recently, improvements scheduled to be made in Milwaukee by the end of 2012 include an elimination of all front-in angle parking in the downtown area in favor of parallel or backin spaces and a one bike rack per 250 residents quota. Since 2005, Milwaukee has built more than 2,000 bike racks, 56 miles of bike lanes and a raised bike lane in Bay View.

Tim Cigelske, a communications specialist at Marquette and a cycler himself, said bicycle safety in Milwaukee should be a priority for the city, adding that increased cycling can impact a city’s development.

Cigelski said increased cyclist safety and the creation of safer and more accessible bike trails promotes economic development in cities with large populations.

“A lot of cities have discovered that cycling can help their economy and create a vibrant culture,” he said. “Cycling can combat health problems like obesity, relieve traffic congestion and pollution and promote tourism and urban living.”

Safer and more accessible routes are what stand between Milwaukee and increased cycling, Cigelske said.

“In order to reap those benefits, people need to feel like they have safe and efficient routes and trails to ride,” Cigelske said.

“The safer streets and roads are for cyclists, the more cities are going to see their population taking to bikes.”

Cigelske said he recently took friends from Chicago on a 20mile bike ride through Milwaukee, taking the Oak Leaf Trail from the east side through the Third Ward before ending back at his house.

“That’s a long way of saying

there’s really a lot to see in Milwaukee by bike,” he said.

Safer routes and trails could encourage Marquette students and faculty to choose cycling over other modes of transportation. “(The impact) would take the form of faculty biking to work more, as well as students cycling to more off-campus destinations like Jazz in the Park,” Cigelske said. “In the 12 years I’ve lived in Milwaukee, I’ve seen great improvement in bike lanes and additional trails that continue to boost cycling on and around Marquette’s campus.”

Despite the many improvements, some believe Milwaukee still has a way to go to become

a more bike-friendly city.

“There’s not a sufficient amount of bike lanes (or bike racks) available,” said Angel Certeza, a junior in the College of Health Sciences. “I’ve known so many (Marquette) students (who) get their bikes stolen. But at the end of the day, bike safety will depend on the biker.”

The Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin is an advocacy group that promotes safer cycling conditions in Wisconsin.

Most recently, the BFW, along with its communications director, Dave Schlabowske, have been working toward bringing bikesharing to Milwaukee. “(Bike-sharing) could go a long

way toward energizing the downtown area,” said Jason McDowell, blogger for OnMilwaukee.

“Plus it’s just fun.”

With increased support from the Department of Transportation, the city and organizations like the BFW, bike-sharing and safer cycling environments are a possibility.

“Cities realize that cycling is good for the health of (their populations) in a variety of ways,” Cigelske said. “The dense populations of cities are just conducive to a cycling lifestyle, and we’ll continue to see more bikes as people catch on to all their advantages.”

Photo by Rebecca Rebholz/rebecca.rebholz@marquette.edu

More than seventy miles of new bike and shared car/bike lanes are slated for construction by 2020. A new bike sharing program is also in the works.

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Before Mitt Romney declared Janesville, Wis. native Paul Ryan his running mate, Barack Obama and Joe Biden held a significant lead in Wisconsin. But shortly after the announcement, polls taken in the state tilted in favor of the Republicans.

This change in the projected winner also occurred in other states, such as Michigan, Virginia, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Ohio, but Wisconsin stands out.

We all know that Wisconsin has an extensive amount of state pride, particularly for anything related to beer, cheese or the Green Bay Packers. Now, with the chance to see a Wisconsinite become vice president, is it possible that this pride is breaching into the political realm?

Don’t get us wrong. If people really like Paul Ryan enough to cause such a change in the polls, that’s perfectly fine. But we would hope he is well liked for a reason other than the fact that he was born and raised in the Dairy State. Like him for his policies and ideas, not just because he is the Republican Party’s golden boy. And that goes for all candidates, regardless of party affiliation or any other trivial reason someone may vote for a particular person.

The point is, don’t just vote for someone without looking at the facts. Hint: that doesn’t mean watching campaign advertisements, which often blatantly ignore facts altogether. It means picking up a newspaper or watching the news (ideally with a variety of different sources).

It means participating in civil, intelligent conversation with others.

So many people, particularly young people, claim they don’t vote because they don’t know enough about the issues or the candidates. We are lucky enough to live in

a country where we are surrounded by educational resources. Use them. Realistically, you could even watch Saturday Night Live or read The Onion and get some sort of idea about what is going on in the world.

We’re not saying this is the best approach, but it illustrates the point that political information is everywhere. Just open your eyes and ears.

Another important component of being an informed voter is looking past party lines. Sure, your political beliefs may fall more in line with one party than another, but you should not necessarily feel confined to a single title such as Democrat or Republican. What about independents? If we want to overcome the partisanship that so bitterly divides our country, we need to start here.

One of the worst things you can do is vote for a candidate simply because your friends or parents are voting for her or him.

Do your own research and form your own opinion.

If you do find yourself siding with a particular candidate, make sure you educate yourself about her or his opponent as well.

We all know that our preferred candidates can’t win every time, so make sure you know what the other potential winner will do if elected. Who knows, you might just find yourself agreeing with the other candidate more than you initially expected.

We know the election is still a few months away, but now is a crucial time for research to be done so we can make informed decisions in November. Wisconsin is arguably one of the most important states in deciding this election. Let’s show the nation why this state has so much pride.

EVER DEPRIVE THE “NOBODY WILL AMERICAN PEOPLE

OF THE RIGHT TO VOTE EXCEPT

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THEMSELVES

AND THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD DO THIS

IS BY NOT VOTING.”

-FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

Caroline Campbell I have heard that some people are unhappy. There’s been a negative buzz around campus this past week. Students returned to Marquette, and many are outraged at the revised alcohol policy. People feel it’s unfair, too strict or not specific enough. I’ve heard and overheard quite a few gripes. As much as I love a good rant session, I’m not so sure that this is a rant I can get behind. Obviously, Marquette felt a need to revise the alcohol policy. If students feel so strongly that it is unfair or overbearing, there are ways to go about stating those opinions besides just grumbling to your friends and choosing to get wasted, anyway.

If you are one of the many who disagree with the policy (or any policy, for that matter), there are several things you can do to get your opinions heard. Gandhi, a catalyst for social and governmental change, said, “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. ... We need not wait to see what others do.” This has been tweaked to “Be the change you want to see.”

No matter the original quotation, the sentiment can be applied to the Marquette situation as well. It does not do any good to sit around and complain — that will achieve nothing. If you really care, change your tendencies toward complaining; get up and take action.

First, educate yourself. I can guarantee that university administrators will not take anyone seriously who has not read and understood the policy. It’s in the student hand-

book, which can be easily found online. Read through it a couple times. Take any questions you might have to your RA or your hall director. Really make an effort to understand the policy before you ask someone to change it.

Once you’ve done that, if you still feel something should be changed, write letters.

Write letters to your hall director, to the Department of Public Safety, to the Office of Residence Life or your MUSG representatives. Write a letter to the editor of yours truly. We can’t guarantee those will be published, but you’ll never know if you don’t try.

Voice your educated and informed opinion in a way that makes your points and does not offend others. The editorial board of this very newspaper published its informed, dissenting opinion with the new policy in last Monday’s paper. Instead of simply complaining, the board took time to research the policy and form an opinion and ask for specific changes.

You never know who may be willing to listen to you if you speak up.

Finally, show Marquette that its student body is actually capable of following its policies. We haven’t done a great job of that so far, with 27 alcohol-related incidents in the first weekend of the semester alone. Don’t wait until you get caught to protest against the policy. This is probably not the most ideal situation for civil disobedience. Prove that we are able to abide by rules — and laws — that govern us. People will take you much more seriously if you abide by their policies in the first place.

I know what you’re thinking. “She’s an upperclasswoman of legal drinking age who no longer lives in the dorms, who does she think she is to tell me what to do?” And really, you’re right. But this course of action can be applied to any sort of regulation, policy or practice you find unfair. So my challenge to you, fellow Marquette students, is this: before you simply complain about anything, think through your complaint, educate yourself on the issue and then take action if you want to make a change. After all, Gandhi didn’t free India from British rule by sitting around and complaining to his friends. caroline.campbell@marquette.edu

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Mass shootings deserve reflection For decades, this nation has prided itself on the concept of “free.” Free to say, hold and be anything we want or desire. Free to preserve one’s freedom by protecting ourselves from “possible danger.”

This cherished and admirable pillar, which has been at our country’s core, is rapidly deteriorating. With the devastating shootings in Colorado and the recent tragedy at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wis., I’m wondering if, as a society, we are too free.

Freedom is power – with great power comes great responsibility. As a nation, we have taken advantage of this powerful gift and have exerted it in an irresponsible and immoral manner.

These mass shootings, in addition to the inconceivable shooting of Trayvon Martin last spring, makes me humiliated and ashamed with our country’s current gun laws.

Within hours of hearing the terrible news in Oak Creek, I was disturbed and moved (yet not surprised) to read the cautionary statements from close friends from all over the world regarding their concern towards the future of America.

My friend living in Ireland said, “How many more innocent people have to die before the American government changes gun licensing laws so any random person who just feels like buying a gun, can’t? First

innocent people watching a movie, now innocent people praying on their knees.”

People are turning to President Obama and the government to provide explanations on these recent tragedies and why they continue to occur. But it is not just the government’s responsibility.

Why are we not looking at our own homes, neighborhoods and communities, where these hate-filled and loathsome ideas and actions are being bred, cultivated and possibly encouraged? Are we that blind and ignorant that we are unable to see what is going on in our community until it is too late?

Like any illness, we may see symptoms, but we are sometimes hesitant to bring attention to it immediately. So we wait. Then, after years of an issue building upon itself, it comes into full fruition. Suddenly, we are shocked, saddened and angry at ourselves for not trying to eradicate the problem sooner.

Maybe as individuals we have all contributed to this selfish culture that we are in the midst of. We mind our business because we incorrectly think that what happens to one person does not affect others.

I was saddened and disgusted when I heard news reporters express their condolences to the Sikh congregations and followers saying, “this is a sad day for your community,” or “we will be praying for the

Sikh community.” These statements prove this philosophy of division and insensitivity.

Instead of these statements, we should have emphasized that this is a sad and devastating day for our entire country and every person living in it, not just the Sikh community.

Sikh temple gunman Wade Michael Page has unfortunately shown how poorly we are dealing with discrimination and hate in this country. I hate to burst the bubbles of thousands of American citizens, but the days of discrimination and racism are far from over.

These sad days will continue to persist until we, as a nation, recognize and refuse to ignore the immense mess we have made.

We are doing a disservice to our country and ourselves by allowing these ideas of superiority and hate to fill our schools and neighborhoods. We are failing to educate every person of every age about the importance of respecting diversity in all forms.

It takes a village to raise a child, and every person must take on the role of teacher, parent and mentor. We are being called to recognize the dignity of every human being by working towards a brighter future, together.

-Claire Ross, Sophomore, College of Arts & Sciences claire.e.ross@marquette.edu

Tribune 11 BLOG: Ten things I hate about you

By Brooke Goodman brooke.goodman@marquette.edu

It’s funny how even in college, no matter how hard we try to say it doesn’t matter, the words and thoughts of others can still have an impact on the way we see ourselves. By funny, I mean it’s actually kind of sick.

The other day, I learned that there are a number of people on this campus who dislike me. And it really bothered me.

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BLOG: Labor Day through the years

By Tony Manno anthony.manno@marquette.edu

One step behind Arbor Day, Labor Day has become that arbitrary extra holiday when workers of all shapes and sizes can sit back and enjoy a day free of a functioning modern society. What started in 1894 as a federal observance of contributions made by workers and labor organizations has slowly become a day marked by beef cookouts and 24-hour marathons of CSI: Miami.

But whatever your age and whatever your laboring status, this day is something for the books. So as part of this generation, here are some typical ways we young Americans have used Labor Days in the past.

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Schunk, backline continue shutout streak Solid defense keeps opposition off the board over weekend

By Michael LoCicero michael.locicero@marquette.edu

Another day, another clean sheet for Sofie Schunk and the Marquette defense. If it seems like things have become a bit mundane on the backline, it’s because they have.

Through four games, the Golden Eagles (3-0-1) have yet to surrender a goal after blanking the Central Michigan Chippewas and Northwestern Wildcats last weekend.

On Monday, though, Marquette drew with the Chippewas 0-0 after not allowing a single shot on goal while registering 11 of its own on net.

“Defensively, as a unit, we are probably as good as we can ask them to be right now,” head coach Markus Roeders said.

“There’s disappointment we didn’t get a result today, but I can’t fault them.”

It’s not that the offense has been struggling either, despite failing to convert on several good looks Monday.

Marquette tallied two goals in a shutout win at Northwestern on Friday and has scored 10 times in four contests this year.

“You always want to score and it’s frustrating when that

doesn’t happen, but we’ll learn from that,” said senior defender Ally Miller.

Schunk said she wasn’t worried about getting bored in net despite not having to make any saves Monday.

“I’m feeling really confident right now,” Schunk said. “My team makes it easy for me.”

Despite the losses of Natalie Kulla and Kerry McBride, the defense hasn’t missed a beat so far this year. Two tough challenges await the Golden Eagles this weekend when they travel to Durham, N.C., to face North Carolina and Duke.

“We made some mistakes against Florida State so each game we’re learning more and learn what they do well and prevent what they can do,” Miller said.

Miller was picked by the Big East as the preseason Defensive Player of the Year, an honor McBride won the past two seasons.

She was on her game again Monday, making sure passes and directing a backline featuring Schunk and junior defender Emily Jacobson as newcomers.

“I think our backs are some of the best in the country, so we’re going to pride ourselves on being the best and getting a shutout every time,” Miller said.

Central Michigan was fresh off a 4-2 win at Dayton, a See Women’s Soccer, page 13

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The backline has helped keep the scoring pressure off Megan Jaskowiack and the rest of the Marquette offense.

Men’s Soccer

Bennett and Co. now 4-0-0 Big weekend victories over UIC and Drake continue strong start

By Matt Trebby matthew.trebby@marquette.edu

After years of struggling to find wins, head coach Louis Bennett’s Marquette team is now doing it on a regular basis.

Coming off their 1-0 victory at Valley Fields against the University of Illinois-Chicago last Friday night, the Golden Eagles traveled to Des Moines and beat Drake 2-0 on Sunday afternoon.

Now 4-0-0 and coming off a Big East Blue Division Championship last season, Marquette has firmly established the passing, possession game that Bennett has been looking for.

“It feels great to win using winning ways,” Bennett said.

“Our guys have worked really hard. We don’t have to compromise ourselves, and we’re doing it with a distinct style and personality that I’m really proud of. It feels really good.”

On Friday night, IllinoisChicago presented a unique

challenge, led by the 2011 Horizon League Offensive Player of the Year Ivan Stanisavljevic.

Junior Eric Pothast scored the game’s lone goal and also shut down Stanisavljevic. The Serbian playmaker never got a rhythm going in the game, which forced the Flames into changing their formation in the second half when they were chasing the equalizer.

“I came into the game with the mindset of really shutting him down,” Pothast said. “I knew his tendencies. He’s really tricky on the ball, tries to make you bite. We have enough support behind me and around me, and we really shut him down and it felt good.”

Against Drake, Marquette was matched with a team with a high work rate and direct, northto-south style. After junior Bryan Ciesiulka scored a penalty kick for the team’s second goal, the Golden Eagles kept the ball from their hosts for the majority of the game and took the air out of their sails.

On a hot Sunday in Des Moines, Bennett thought the ball did more work than his team, which was the key to victory.

It’s very important that when you have a game plan you stick to it.Toward the end of the game it was extremely hot, and we made the ball do a lot of the work.”

Louis Bennett , Marquette men’ s soccer coach

“It’s very important that when you have a game plan you stick to it,” Bennett said. “Toward the end of the game it was extremely hot, and we made the ball do a lot of the work, and I just don’t know if (Drake) had that gusto left in them.”

Senior Andy Huftalin scored the winner for Marquette in the 48th minute off a through ball by redshirt junior Adam Lysak.

Huftalin has been fighting for playing time, and he provided endless pressure the whole game. Bennett was quick to laud his performance.

“I love to see guys in their senior year really making a difference,” Bennett said. “He was a terror for the two central defenders to handle. He did his fair share of defending, keeping those two occupied.”

The win against Drake was redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Charlie Lyon’s third straight shutout. Lyon has had to make key saves in each game and has done so while also controlling the 18-yard box with his physical style and size.

On defense, left back Paul Dillon is the only upperclassman who has started for Marquette, so Lyon says the whole backline is gaining more and more confidence with each game, especially when they continue to keep clean sheets.

“I think it’s just a confidence thing with being with the guys See Men’s Soccer, page 13

Column

Green Bay still the team to beat Michael LoCicero The NFL season is finally upon us. Despite my disdain for the league’s choice of Cowboys vs.

Giants for its opening game tomorrow night, it’s still meaningful football, and that’s all that matters.

Of course, the only team that really matters plays Sunday afternoon at the hallowed grounds of Lambeau Field against the upstart San Francisco 49ers, who were one game from the Super Bowl last season.

That’s right, Bears fans.

Your team may have traded for Brandon Marshall and drafted Alshon Jeffery, who may well make life miserable for a suspect Packers secondary.

The signing of Michael Bush to ease the pressure off Matt Forte was a good one.

But Jay Cutler is still your team’s quarterback, and J’Marcus Webb is still protecting his blindside. Your team decided to draft Shea McClellin instead of Riley Reiff and did nothing in free agency to ensure Cutler’s health for a full season.

Remember what happened when Cutler got hurt and missed the last six games? Let me remind you. The team went 1-5 and missed the playoffs.

The team that really matters spent its first six draft picks shoring up a defense that ranked last in the league last year.

The team that really matters has the reigning MVP and Superman Aaron Rodgers as its signalcaller.

Let’s assume the Packers don’t go 15-1 in the regular season again. It will be tough to repeat that record, especially with an opening month that includes home games against the 49ers, that team from Chicago and the New Orleans Saints sandwiched around a Monday night trip to the 12th Man in the Emerald City.

If the team that really matters can escape that with a 3-1 record, a 13-3 or 14-2 regular season record will be well within reach.

There are still questions on this team, though.

Can Nick Perry generate the type of pass rush needed to take the focus away from Clay Matthews? Will Jerel Worthy and Mike Daniels wreak the same havoc up the middle that B.J. Raji did during the championship run in 2010?

Did they do enough to address the secondary woes that plagued See LoCicero, page 13

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North Carolina - 4 p.m.

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the facts: The Golden Eagles will have their four-match shutout streak put to the test against the 19th ranked North Carolina Tarheels. The Heels most recently took down two Big East teams in Notre Dame, Ind., beating Connecticut 2-0 and the Irish 1-0. North Carolina will be the toughest competition Marquette has faced so far this season, as the 12th ranked Golden Eagles will also be the highest ranked opponent the Heels have faced. In a matchup of NCAA powerhouses, it will be a statement game for both sides.

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Eric Pothast scored the game-winner and lone goal of the match against Illinois-Chicago and added solid defense.

and having some games, and all of us playing well together and feeding off each other,” Lyon said. “I’m just looking to continue leading the guys, and we just want to keep getting shut-

outs and getting wins.”

The team only has one game over the next 11 days and will have time to get healthy and rested after four games over two weekends. The upcoming

game on Saturday night against Western Illinois will be its next chance to continue building confidence and continue accumulating wins prior to Big East play.

When Marquette women’s soccer was establishing itself as one of the country’s best in 2010, Ashley Bares was at the core of the squad.

Bares played 86 games in her Marquette career, scoring 19 goals and registering 10 assists.

A third team All-Big East player her sophomore year, Bares was a team captain and first team AllBig East her senior year, the only season she started.

A Big East champion her junior and senior seasons at Marquette, Bares now plays professionally in Iceland for Stjarnan F.C. There,

she has had success as well, helping Stjarnan win the Icelandic championship in 2011 and qualify for the UEFA Champions League in the process. Recently, the team won the Icelandic Women’s Cup for the first time in its history.

While the team has had success, Bares has thrived as well, scoring 21 goals in 18 matches in her debut season. Bares was named the league’s first half player of the season after starting her career in Iceland and scoring 11 goals in her first nine games. matthew.trebby@marquette.edu

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LoCicero: Pack attack is back for more

Women’s Soccer: Goalie bored with lack of action

them last year, or can they outscore opponents like they had to do on many occasions a season ago?

There are plenty of quality teams in the NFC that could derail the Lombardi Trophy from returning home for the second time in three seasons.

Oh that’s right, Bears fans. Did you forget your team hasn’t won the Big Game since the Super Bowl-shuffling 1985 team?

The Packers have won two titles since then and had a chance at a third.

The 49ers have the defense to beat anyone and have improved their rush attack by drafting LaMichael James and signing the bruising Brandon Jacobs.

However, they won’t win with Alex Smith as their quarterback.

I don’t care how good of a coach

Jim Harbaugh is.

The Saints certainly have the offensive firepower to beat anyone. They did it two years ago and can do it again.

Unlike the NFC North, however, there are four quality teams in the Saints’ division.

The Eagles won’t go 8-8 again.

And the Lions will remain the second-best team in the NFC North.

The team I’m scared of is the one that knocked off the Packers in the second round last year and went on to win the Super Bowl.

The Pack peaked too early and the Giants took advantage of it.

They outclassed the Packers on their home turf and deserved to win, no matter what Clay Matthews says.

The Giants have two elite passrushers in Justin Tuck and Jason

Pierre-Paul.

Pair them with Eli Manning, one of the most underrated quarterbacks in the league, along with a top-notch coach in Tom Coughlin and you have the makings of a potential juggernaut.

I’ll never forget what Peter King said last year when he spoke in the basement of Cudahy Hall.

“It’s just too hard to repeat.”

I thought he was nuts at the time. Of course the Packers could repeat. But, as usual, Mr. King was right. And he has it right this year.

Oh that’s right, Bears fans. Get used to the Green and Gold dominating the football landscape for another year. michael.locicero@marquette.edu

perennial powerhouse in the Atlantic 10, and also had a 2-0 win over West Virginia earlier in the season.

Roeders said the Chippewas did a few things differently on offense that Marquette was used to seeing, so it was important to make sure the backline was on its toes and ready for counterattacks.

“They (Central Michigan) were a little more direct so you constantly have to be aware as we’re trying to possess and build the ball forward that they might turn a long one trying to get in behind,” Roeders said.

Schunk’s play on potentially dangerous balls in the air has been reminiscent of how strong

Kulla was in that aspect and will be key if Marquette is to keep its shutout streak going this weekend.

Schunk gave credit to the defense, however, for taking some of the pressure off her.

“As long as they’re doing their job, which they have been, it makes it easier for me,” Schunk said. “They hold their ground and it helps me out a lot.”

“I hate saying this but hopefully I’ll be busy this weekend and have to make a few saves here and there,” Schunk said.

“If I’m not doing much, we’re playing perfect.”

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Koberstein leads clean sweep at Xavier Invitational

Golden Eagles dispose of three teams in nine sets

By Patrick Leary patrick.leary@marquette.edu

The Marquette women’s volleyball team won three matches this past weekend as it claimed the Xavier Invitational in Cincinnati and improved to 4-1 on the season.

The Golden Eagles defeated Ole Miss (25-21, 25-21, 27-25) and Tennessee Tech (25-14, 2519, 25-13) on Friday in straight sets before sweeping away host Xavier (26-24, 25-21, 27-25) in Saturday’s finale.

“Any sweep is a good sweep,” said head coach Bond Shymansky. “To get three matches with a 3-0 sweep was a really good weekend for us, especially doing it on the road.”

The team bounced back after dropping a tightly contested match to Northwestern in the deciding match of the Marquette Challenge on Aug. 26.

Shymansky thinks that the wins at Xavier are all a part of the bigger plan.

“I don’t really look at it as a bounce back as much as a continuance of our evolution,” Shymansky said. “We knew opening weekend we were going to have things to work on, so then those things got exposed and we worked on them all week.”

Junior setter Elizabeth Koberstein was the key for the Golden Eagles. The tournament MVP had 101 kills in the three wins, including seven kills in the tournament opener versus Ole Miss.

“Koberstein’s weekend was good,” Shymansky said. “For her it is about understanding the rhythm and the speed and the system and especially in the transition game for us. Where I really thought she was fantastic this weekend was when she was

setting our slide hitters.”

Shymansky also loved the way Koberstein attacked, especially against Ole Miss.

“That’s huge for us; that has been something we’ve been lacking in our offense,” Shymansky said. “A setter can be very offensive. It just puts the other middle in such a guessing situation all the time and (Koberstein) is long enough and rangy enough that she plays really high above the tape.”

Koberstein views her good play as a piece of the team’s overall success.

“My sets are a representation of how the team’s doing,” she said. “We just did a good job of sticking to the game plan and not freaking out when things weren’t going well and my play is a reflection of everyone else’s good play as well.”

Its play in closely contested sets plagued Marquette against Northwestern but pushed the team forward this weekend. The team won three sets that went past 25 points, including two in the sweep of Xavier.

“I think what I was most pleased with in all three matches was that we were really composed and really confident when the sets got tight at the end,” Shymansky said. “Having that situation arise many times against Xavier and Ole Miss is a good sign for us moving forward.”

Shymansky also felt the communication issues that held the team back on opening weekend improved at Xavier.

“It’s gotten a little bit better,” he said. “You have to communicate a little differently when you’re playing in someone else’s gym. I think all of that stuff is just a work in progress for us, and it will get better as the season goes on.”

Perhaps some of the improvements can be credited to sophomore outside hitter Lindsey Gosh and her budding consistency on both the back

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Junior setter Elizabeth Koberstein’s big weekend helped lead the Golden Eagles to three consecutive victories.

and front lines. Gosh, who played sparingly as a freshman, had 26 kills and 22 digs in the three sweeps on her way to landing on the All-Tournament Team along with Koberstein and senior middle hitter Dani Carlson.

“Knowing that the seniors left, I felt that I had to fulfill

their position and (the) legacy that they left behind,” Gosh said. “I knew that I had to step up and become a dominating force on the outside.”

Shymansky said the issues will work themselves out and the key for his team will be to keep improving how they work together.

“You have to be really assertive with it,” Shymansky said.

“It’s kind of like mental telepathy when you play around teammates long enough. You start trusting in what they can do and understanding where their range is and where their limitations are.”

CLUB SPORTS

Men’s club sports look to soar even higher this fall

Big expectations loom for hockey, baseball, volleyball

By Trey Killian robert.killian@marquette.edu

While the season may have already begun for the Marquette volleyball and soccer teams, hundreds of athletes are anticipating the start of club sports this fall.

On the men’s side, eight teams will give non-Division 1 talents their chance at playing the sports they love. Several of those teams arguably had their best seasons ever last year and their success has led to a big opportunity for growth.

The Marquette men’s hockey team had a dominating regular season under new coach Joe Cockind.

While the team struggled in its first six games last season, the Golden Eagles ended up winning 17 of their last 18 regular season matchups to take the No. 1 seed in the Silver Division-North of the Mid-America Collegiate Hockey Association.

After ousting two other teams to make the MACHA Championship, Marquette dropped a close 3-1 loss in the final round against RMU Peoria.

This season, junior forward Kevin Dolan believes the team can make a lot of noise again despite losing goaltender RJ Bennett to graduation.

“The only guy we really lost is RJ Bennett, but he built this team to where it is now by taking over as a sophomore and getting us to a point where we got our own jerseys and buses for fans to and from the games,” Dolan said.

“The best thing our program has experienced with its success is a

lot of growth. We have 30 or 40 kids showing up from the Chicago area and all over the place.”

The team will get a chance to play different competition this year, as it dropped out of MACHA to play as an independent, which Dolan says will allow Marquette to take on tougher teams.

The opening puck drop of the 2012-13 season is slated for this Friday at the Ponds of Brookfield as the Golden Eagles face Augustana.

From the rink to the diamond, the men’s baseball team will look to follow up on a second placefinish in Great Lakes West Conference last year.

Three members of last spring’s All Great Lakes Region team return to the roster as outfielder Dave Riedel, relief pitcher Brian Collins and designated hitter Jordan Torres will look to lead the Golden Eagles to new heights.

Riedel finished last spring with

a .395 average in 48 plate appearances, Collins posted an astounding 1.23 ERA in 21 1/3 innings pitched and Torres batted .361 with three doubles and 16 total bases.

“Riedel’s hopefully going to carry us offensively from the fourth or third spot,” team president Dan Walker said. “We’re expecting to win the conference this year. We’ve got a lot of good returning players and some young guys looking to step up. We’re even hoping to play a game at Miller Park this spring against either Wisconsin-Madison or Wisconsin-Milwaukee.”

The men’s volleyball team is also returning a lot of solid players from a squad that finished ninth in the nation at the 2012 NCVF Collegiate Club Volleyball Championships in Kansas City, Mo. Team president and 2012 All American selection Thomas

Niswonger said he’s expecting another strong showing this season.

“Our expectations are pretty high since we didn’t lose many players,” Niswonger said. “We’re looking to place pretty high in nationals again. As the leader of the team, I’m just looking to do a little better than last year individually and help the team grow a bit more from a club standpoint.”

“Last season, a lot of people didn’t even know we were a club,” Niswonger added. “We’re looking to change that.”

Each club is hoping to increase not only in size but in game attendance this season.

With sports like lacrosse, soccer and rugby also slated to start soon, the campus will be abuzz with enough sports action to satisfy any Marquette sports fan.

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Big east outlook

New teams add needed depth to basketball, soccer

C-USA and A-10 teams fill in for WVU, ‘Cuse, Pitt

By Kyle Doubrava kyle.doubrava@marquette.edu

Editors note: These five teams will enter the Big East beginning in the 2013-14 season.

HOUSTON COUGARS (Conference USA) The 16-time champion men’s golf team at Houston is a force to be reckoned with and should be the Big East favorite once action begins.

The Cougars are second only to Yale in golf championships and have had 44 All-Americans.

The Houston men’s basketball program, on the other hand, has struggled over the last several years, only making two NCAA tournament appearances since 1992.

And with this year’s junior class not coming in with stellar statistics, Houston will likely struggle for the foreseeable future in the Big East.

MEMPHIS TIGERS (Conference USA) Similar to Houston, Memphis

excels on the golf course. The Tigers return eight letterwinners this season after winning their first Conference USA title last year.

Juniors Will Pearson and Grant Milner, two guiding forces in last year’s success, will be names to watch out for in the Big East next year.

All eyes will be on the Tigers’ basketball team, which has attracted much national attention since Derrick Rose took the team to the national title game in 2008. The Tigers had No. 1 or No. 2 seeds in the NCAA Tournament from 2006 and 2009 but could only muster No. 12 and No. 8 seeds, respectively, in the two most recent tournaments.

CENTRAL FLORIDA KNIGHTS (Conference USA) This Orlando-based school should be a pleasant surprise on the soccer pitch.

The men’s team, after succumbing to five straight losing seasons, have put together backto-back NCAA tournament appearances in the past two years.

The basketball team, however, should struggle in the challenging Big East.

Due to a recruiting violation, the Knights must serve

a postseason ban this season.

The Knights won’t be top-tier contenders, but after an upset over Connecticut last season, Big East fans will need to keep a closer watch on UCF when it rolls into town.

SOUTHERN METHODIST MUSTANGS (Conference USA) The fourth Conference USA transfer, the SMU Mustangs, has men’s teams that will likely struggle in nearly all sports except for soccer.

The Mustangs were ranked No. 20 in the most recent national poll, and only four Big East teams are ranked higher.

It will have its difficulty playing basketball -- the team has not qualified for the tournament since 1993 -- but with veteran coach Larry Brown at the helm, SMU is hoping to re-establish itself on the hardwood.

TEMPLE OWLS (Atlantic 10) The soccer team at Temple, despite producing five Olympians in its history, won’t be a huge threat to top-tier Big East squads. The Owls have only had two winning seasons in the past six years.

Expect men’s basketball to pack a powerful punch.

The Owls have advanced to the last five NCAA Tournaments and have been Atlantic 10 tournament champions three times in that span. With strong

recruiting in its backyard of Philadelphia, the Owls should be contenders each year.

Men’s Cross COUNTRY

Freshman travels long journey off the track to MU

Tineo-Paz picks running over the pool, soccer pitch

By Christopher Chavez christopher.chavez@marquette.edu

When redshirt freshman D.T. McDonald was a senior at Oshkosh Lourdes High School, he was crowned the state champion in the 1,600-meter run in 2011.

But the victory did not come easy. He had to out-kick a junior by the name of Andres Tineo-Paz in the final stretch. As they stood next to each other on the podium, little did they know they would be teammates at Marquette in two years.

Off the track, Tineo-Paz is a hard worker. The summer before his freshman year of high school, he immigrated to the United States from Venezuela and ended up in Racine when his mother took a job with S.C. Johnson.

As his first day of classes at The Prairie School approached, he realized he was going to a school with very few Spanish speakers, and he knew no English.

“The first couple months, I didn’t talk so much. I would just listen,” Tineo-Paz said. “After four months, you start to pick it up. After a year, I was fine.”

Back in Caracas, Tineo-Paz

swam and played tennis, but when he moved to Racine, his high school didn’t have a pool, so he played soccer.

Tineo-Paz had no idea what cross-country was until he was approached by someone who saw him working out on the treadmill consistently.

He decided to give the new sport a shot his sophomore year.

Although he arrived to the first practice out of shape, he dedicated himself, and the team finished runner-up at the state cross-country championship.

“I remember running five miles and thinking, ‘This is horrible.

How can somebody do this for a sport?’” Tineo-Paz said. “I came into the season with chubby legs.

I wasn’t chubby, but I just didn’t have the body of a runner.”

Tineo-Paz grew to enjoy the sport and started sending emails out expressing interest in running at Division III colleges.

He was hesitant emailing Marquette because of its reputation of being a tough school in the Big East. However, Coach Mike Nelson responded to his email promptly, and after an official visit, Tineo-Paz’s mind was set.

During the last two years of high school training, Tineo-Paz had to workout separately since he was the fastest runner on his team.

But the running community at Marquette is much closer than

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Andres Tineo-Paz (left) has come a long way from his native Venezuela to compete in the Big East for Marquette.

his high school team. Freshman teammate Patrick Campbell is his roommate, and the two share memories of friendly competition.

“Everyone knew that he was a great runner in high school,” Campbell said. “Junior year in high school, I beat him in the race we were both in. Senior year he beat me by a pretty good margin.

We’ve gone back and forth now.”

During a race, Tineo-Paz’s te-

nacity and fluid stride reminded Nelson of Marquette’s most recent graduate and top runner Blake Johnson.

Tineo-Paz and Johnson were both the top freshman finishers in their first race. At the 2012 Alumni Run, Tineo-Paz remained close to Johnson throughout the race. “(Johnson) was very smooth as a runner. He had perfect form, which was just flawless. (TineoPaz) is also pretty smooth,” Nel-

son said. “I think there are some similarities there. If he can have a similar career to Johnson’s that would be great.”

Johnson finished 55th at the Big East Championship as a freshman. Tineo-Paz has made it his personal goal to be at the starting line for the conference championship in New York.