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She, her staff and players has built a strong, solid foundation for those who will follow and continue to grow and strengthen the program.”
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The university announced Wednesday night that women’s basketball coach Terri Mitchell will not return next year, just three weeks after the resignation of former men’s basketball coach, Buzz Williams.
MKE arena draws public stipulations Common Grounds group calls for park, recreational funding By Joe Kaiser
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Five years before Miller Park opened for the Milwaukee Brewers’ 2001 season, a 0.1 percent sales tax increase was instituted in Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha, Racine and Milwaukee counties for the park’s $290
million in public funding. The sales tax is predicted to continue for another six years. With preliminary rumblings now underway about a potential new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks, public funding could again become a discussion point. One group, which involves Marquette students, thinks that needs to come with a stipulation. Nearly 200 Marquette students were among a crowd of more than 500 people who voted in favor of Common Ground’s Fair See Fair Play, Page 4
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years,” Mitchell said. “In my 18 years as head coach, I have been privileged to work with amazing coaches and staff. I have been most blessed to coach unbelievable women that have impacted my life. I will cherish those relationships forBy Andrew Dawson andrew.dawson@marquette.edu ever and am looking forward to beginning the next chapter Women’s basketball head of my life.” coach Terri Mitchell will not A search for Mitchell’s rereturn next season, Interim placement will begin immeVice President and Director of diately. Mitchell steps down Athletics Bill Cords announced as the university’s secondWednesday night. highest paid employee behind “Over the course of the past former men’s basketball coach 23 years Coach Mitchell has Buzz Williams as of 2012. had a very posThat year, she itive and lastm a d e ing impact on $435, 953. the Marquette “Terri has women’s basbeen a valketball proued member gram,” Cords of the Marsaid. “She, quette family her staff and for the past 23 players has years, includbuilt a strong, ing 18 years solid foundaas head coach tion for those of our womwho will folen’s basketball low and conBill Cords, team,” said Interim vice president and director Interim Unitinue to grow of Marquette athletics versity Presiand strengthen the program.” dent the Rev. Robert A. Wild. Mitchell leaves after 18 years “Throughout her tenure, Terri at the helm with an overall re- embodied our Jesuit, Catholic cord of 348-215 and 15 post- values with her commitment season appearances. Her big- to service and her emphasis on gest success was winning the developing young women of 2008 National Invitation Tour- character both on and off the nament Championship. court. We wish Terri all the “I would like to thank Fa- best and we know she’ll conther Wild, Bill Cords and the tinue to be successful far into University for allowing me the future.” to be a part of the Marquette Community for the past 23
Women’s basketball coach resigns 3 weeks after Williams departs
By Natalie Wickman
The university will not alter its strategic plan despite major administrative changes since it was approved in May 2013, but its development has slowed significantly. “We’re struggling a little with developing systems to track and measure our progress on the pursuit of ideas,” said Tom Ganey, university architect and cochairman of the plan’s coordinating committee. “I’ve found some good colleagues in the College of Business Administration to consult with and we’re working through some models.” The strategic plan’s six overarching themes are pursuit of academic excellence for human well-being; research in action; social responsibility and community engagement; formation of the mind and the heart; enhancement of organizational effectiveness; and sustainability of valuable resources. Each theme has its own goal that makes up the plan’s foundation. Ganey said the plan’s themes and goals will be implemented over the next five to seven years. “There have been a lot of new initiatives; just having the plan gives the colleges a place of
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MU invites Delta Tau Delta fraternity chapter to colonize
Marquette University Interfraternity Council voted unanimously Wednesday night to invite Delta Tau Delta fraternity to establish a colony on campus. “We’re really excited,” said
IFC President Alex Landry, a senior in the College of Business Administration. “They have a lot of excited alumni that I’m looking forward to working with. We’re ready to hit the ground running and fall with them.” Landry said Delta Tau Delta had a presence on Marquette’s campus in the past. He said it was the first fraternity to establish a chapter at Marquette after a ban on national social fraternities was lifted in 1968. Landry said, however, he was not able to find exactly when
Delta Tau Delta left campus. Although Delta Tau Delta was invited by IFC, it still has a couple more steps to go through before it can officially establish a colony. The organization still needs to be approved by both the university administration and the Marquette Student Government Student Organizations Committee. The push toward expansion began last year when IFC was approached by an interest group hoping to bring a
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Colleges may reform crime reporting Proposal aims to implement changes to Clery Act by Congress By Matthew Kulling
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Colleges may soon be required to revamp their reporting of campus crimes after a 15-member committee representing victims’ advocates, institutions, law enforcement and other groups reached a consensus on a draft of new rules for campus safety. The U.S. Department of Education’s rule making panel endorsed the proposal last week which aimed to implement changes Congress made last year through the Clery Act. In addition to changes in reporting under the proposal, schools would also have to publish more information about how disciplinary hearings work and maintain sexual assault prevention programs. The proposal will also include national origin and gender identity as two new categories of hate crimes that must be reportPhoto by Rebecca Rebholz/rebecca.rebholz@marquette.edu ed under the new proposal. Holly Schaller, communication operator in the Department of Public Safety, monitors security footage in the Russell Shaw, interim di- Structure 1 dispatch room. DPS may be required to expand its crime reports to the Department of Education. rector of the Department of Public Safety, said it would issues. It also mandated such require colleges to have ongo- sent to media outlets. “It is time be beneficial to have anything proceedings be resolved in a ing programs and campaigns to to take this crisis head on and that would increase transpar- “prompt, fair and impartial” prevent such incidents. end the scourge of sexual asency between public safety manner, but it is up to the instiBoth the alleged victim and sault on our college campuses, and the community. tutions to determine a reason- accused person would have hold offenders accountable, and “I certainly able time frame. the right to select anyone as keep our students safe.” don’t see that Institutions are an advisor under the new proShaw said regardless of the hurting,” he required to have posal. Colleges would then be proposed regulations, students said, adding that a “good cause” required to allow those advisors should feel secure on campus. as it is now, DPS to delay disci- to be present at any meeting or “Anyone can look at our reports all inplinary action. disciplinary review. This would neighborhood and say it’s a stances of crime Much of the prohibit the practice of some in- pretty safe neighborhood,” in its patrol area, n e g o t i a t i o n s stitutions not allowing lawyers Shaw said. “You can look at it regardless of surrounding the to attend proceedings. and say it’s one of the safest who the victim proposal over Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D- neighborhoods in Milwaukee.” is. “It might not the past few N.Y.) said in a statement regardBecause the rule making combe a Marquette months focused ing a letter she and Sen. Claire mittee achieved a consensus on victim, but since on how inci- McCaskill (D-Mo.) sent to the the draft last week, the Departit’s in the patrol Russell Shaw, interim director of dents should be Senate Health, Education Labor ment of Education is now rearea, we want to the Department of Public Safety defined. Under and Pension Committee that the quired to push the draft through be transparent the proposal, problem of sexual assault on the regulatory process. The with students and the Marquette colleges would be required to college campuses is systematic. proposal is expected to be put community, and we want them report instances of domestic “America’s colleges and out for comment in the coming to know what’s going on.” violence, dating violence and universities are the best in the months and meet the departCongress mandated last year stalking, even if the behavior world. But it is simply unaccept- ment’s Nov. 1 deadline for pubthat colleges be required to is not considered a crime in the able that they become havens lishing final regulations. conduct campus disciplinary jurisdiction where they occur. for rape and sexual assault,” proceedings that address these In addition, the proposal would Gillibrand said in the statement
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Student startup to compete in international contest using wireless direct technology. This term, casting, refers to the transferring of media wirelessly from mobile devices to display devices and is from where the name focalCast is derived. It supports Dropbox, Cloud and Google By Andrew Dawson Drive and is available only andrew.dawson@marquette.edu for Android phones. Charlie Beckwith, a senior FocalCast, a phone app company created and financed by in the College of Engineering, Marquette students, will par- is focalCast’s co-founder and ticipate this weekend in the lead programmer. “Devin (Turner) found me Rice Business Plan Competition, an international con- over the summer through a mutest in Houston between some tual friend with the aspiration of the best universities and to build an application using wireless-direct technology that colleges in the world. The competition hosts stu- Intel created,” Beckwith said. dents from all over the world “It’s relatively new technology. I hopped and includes on board right teams from the away because I country’s most was excited to prestigious inbe involved in stitutions, like a project that the MassachuI could actusetts Institute of ally wrap my Technology and head around. Harvard UniverSo we kind of sity. It considjust went brainers itself “the storming and world’s richlooked at what est and largest fields people graduate-level Nick Winniger, could use this student startup focalCast’s business director in, what applicompetition,” cations this apaccording to the plication could be used in competition’s website. Of more than 500 business and we came across presenplans, 42 were selected, includ- tations as the best use for this new technology.” ing focalCast’s. Five members worked on foThe app was the idea of Devin Turner, co-founder of calCast, from undergraduate focalCast and a senior in the computer engineers to graduate College of Engineering. It is students in the MBA program. similar to Google’s Chrome- Turner and Beckwith proposed Cast, which allows users to the project to Marquette so it transfer media between mobile could receive university advising and supervision. The app is devices and televisions. The app “casts” presentations also a senior design project for
Phone app company developed at MU by 5-member team
It’s brought together a project with very little resources to become something that could be gargantuanally huge.”
the engineering program. Though the app is under university supervision, Marquette is not financing focalCast. The project is funded entirely out-of-pocket, mostly by Turner. He said he had to sell many of his possessions, but it was worth it, now that the project is receiving accolades. This week, focalCast won the Marquette Business Plan Competition. If it wins this weekend’s Rice Competition, the group could receive more than $900,000, like last year’s winner. “The competition is mainly for graduate students with more experience,” said Jack Batzner, focalCast’s software developer and a senior in the College of Engineering. “It’s basically a way to get your business idea or patentable idea funded so that you can actually turn it into a business. There’s a lot of angel investors and venture capitalists that are there who grill you on your business plan as to how you’re going to make your product successful, how you’re going to bring it to the market and you could win all the money.” The project took months to develop, but by October, the team had a working product underway. Turner said the app made tremendous headway in the past six months and the team is now set to compete this weekend in Houston. “We’ve progressed well in the past six months,” Turner said. “We finalized our idea, submitted a provisional patent application, got a working demonstration with a public demo, we’ve been using the app to give lectures in the
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Nick Winniger (left) is the business director for focalCast, a phone app company created and financed by five Marquette students.
College of Engineering and we’re now moving into corporate beta testing with partners like Brady Corporation, Marquette University, UW-Madison, a high school in Madison and others, hopefully soon.” With the app finally taking off, the dream of the project is quickly becoming a reality for the group.
“It’s brought together a project with very little resources to become something that could be gargantualy huge,” said Nick Winninger, focalCast’s business director and an MBA student at Marquette. “It’s an overwhelming sensation of happiness and it’s great. It’s simply great.”
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Fair play: MKE arena assembly attracts nearly 200 MU students
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Common Ground organizers spoke to supporters Tuesday night to promote their Fair Play campaign to provide funds for recreational space.
Play motion Tuesday, which would only support public funding for a new Bucks arena if funds are also dedicated toward improving public schools’ athletics facilities, playgrounds and recreational spaces. The motion proposed at a Common Ground delegates’ assembly at Hamilton High School stated, “Common Ground will support public funding for a new
Bucks arena if there is a $150$250 million investment in Fair Play,” but would oppose public funding if the investment in fair play is not included. Of the 597 in attendance, 524 voted 518-to6 in favor of the motion, with Marquette’s delegation of 184 voting 180-to-4 in favor. The participation from Marquette students in the groupvis partly the result of the course
“Special Topics in Social Welfare and Justice: Community Organizing Course,” which is taught by Bob Connolly, a Common Ground organizer. Sofi Gomez, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences who is in Connolly’s class, was at the event and said it was a great start for the campaign. “Common Ground doesn’t give up,” Gomez said. “(The event) was a great first start. Obviously, Common Ground is going to keep moving forward (with the Fair Play campaign).” Organizers for Common Ground clarified that the group is not necessarily against public funding for the arena, but it wants to see the additional funding for public schools’ athletic and recreational spaces before it gets on board. “The essence of our message is that if the Bucks get a great place to play, our kids get a great place to play,” said Jennifer O’Hear, chairwoman of the Fair Play campaign. “If we’re going to spend public money to build a new arena for (the Bucks), we should also invest in play spaces for our kids.” O’Hear spoke to the delegation before it voted on the motion and was joined by several other Common Ground organizers and Fair Play supporters. Franz Meyer, co-chairman of the OK Group, made the point to supporters that they, as taxpayers, need to be included on any decision made with public funding for a new arena.
The essence of our message is that if the Bucks get a great place to play, our kids get a great place to play.” Jennifer O’Hear, chairwoman of Fair Play campaign “We realized we could not let this decision be made with our tax dollars without us,” Meyer said, receiving applause. “If the Bucks are going to get a $400 million place to play, then it’s only fair that our children get a $150-$200 million place to play.” Chatter over a new arena in Milwaukee heated up in September when NBA commissioner Adam Silver, then deputy commissioner, said the BMO Harris Bradley Center is unfit for the league. “One obvious issue we all have to deal with is we need a new arena in Milwaukee,” Silver said during a luncheon with Milwaukee Bucks corporate sponsors. Silver added that there will need to be a shovel-ready plan ready for a new arena by the time the Bucks’ lease with the Bradley Center ends in 2017. While the Bradley Center may be unfit for the NBA, Common Ground released a study in June of 268 public athletic and recreational sites in the county and found that 65 percent of them were “terrible, poor or fair.” Jake Haskell, the head football
coach at Hamilton High School, added Tuesday that he believes improving those athletic and recreational spaces could lead to more success from students, which in turn would lead to “community success.” Common Ground is planning a larger rally in October, which it predicts will draw more than 1,000 attendees. The group expected to have 500 attendees at this week’s rally and was pleased to see almost 600 people there. “After this assembly, you’re going to see a reception and you’re going to see the reaction of the city,” said Lloyd Johnson, co-chairman of the OK Group. “That’s what the purpose of this assembly was – to get this on the map, to get people thinking about this, to get people educated on the Fair Play act. A lot of people are not educated and might not even know what was going on, so this assembly makes people aware of what was going on.” Common Ground launched in Milwaukee in 2008. It now has 48 different member organizations, including Marquette University’s Common Ground.
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Campus Walgreens prices higher than fellow stores By Erin Heffernan
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The Walgreens drugstore on the corner of 16th Street and Wisconsin Avenue is one of the few stores within an easy walking distance from Marquette’s campus for students to buy items like prescription drugs, toiletries, school supplies and food. But the store’s convenience comes at a cost, even compared to other Walgreens in Milwaukee. A Tribune price comparison discovered the campus Walgreens charges an average of 7.6 percent more than other Milwaukee locations of the national drugstore chain. The survey examined four locations, and found Walgreens customers shopping at locations less than two miles from campus can purchase the same item for for up to 43 percent less. The Tribune recorded the price of 15 common household items in Walgreens locations throughout Milwaukee and surrounding areas. The three locations offcampus, located near Bayshore Mall, Mayfair Mall and on National Avenue, two miles from campus, all came to the same total, of $92.86 before tax, while the same items bought on campus cost $7.10 more, at $99.97. Kelly Yndestad, a junior in the College of Business Administration, noticed the difference of prices between campus and the Grand Avenue (Mall) Walgreens. “I’ve taken the bus there sometimes to avoid the campus location,” Yndestad said. The largest markup on a single product at the campus Walgreens was for Ocean Spray Original Cranberry Juice which cost 43
percent, or a $1.50, more on campus than at the other Milwaukee locations. Other products with at least a dollar price difference at the campus location included Maybelline Great Lash Mascara, Walgreens brand ibuprofen and a combination Dayquil and Nyquil pack. The variation in prices between Walgreens locations within the same city — or even the same neighborhood — is not unique to Milwaukee. A report conducted by the National Consumers League and the Change to Win Retail Initiatives surveyed 485 Walgreens, CVS and Rite Aid prices across the country. The report found Walgreens’ prices vary between stores in the same city much more than the other chains, with costumers overpaying as much as 55 percent for common drugstore items in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas and California’s Orange County. “Our prices reflect the costs of doing business in the neighborhoods we serve as well as any nearby retail competition,” said Phil Caruso, a Walgreens Media Relations representative, in a statement sent to the Tribune in an email. “Costs can vary from one location to another, even when they are a few blocks apart in dense urban areas, based on the store’s cost of real estate, its hours of operation including whether it is open 24 hours, labor costs and the number of customers it serves each day, among other factors.” The statement cited the convenience and extended operating hours offered by the store as one reason for price increases. “Walgreens is known for being available when and where our customers need us most,” Caruso said. “We operate more 24-hour stores
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than all other national drugstore chains combined.” Yet, the Walgreens near campus has more limited hours than two of the three other locations surveyed, which operate both their store and pharmacy 24-hours a day. The campus Walgreens, in comparison, operates from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the weekend. Like many Marquette students, Olivia Zimmermann, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, fills her prescription medicine at the campus Walgreens, but said she
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finds the pharmacy hours of operation inconvenient. The pharmacy on campus is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the week, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays and is closed on Sundays. This makes for a total of 49 operating hours a week, while other Milwaukee locations studied while were open between 99 and 168 hours a week. “I’m really frustrated with this Walgreens,” Zimmermann said. “I once had to wait 45 minutes to get a prescription. The only reason I waited so long was because I needed to get the prescription.
I can’t go a day without it. They ended up cutting off the line three people after me because they were closing, so those people never got their prescriptions.” Though the campus Walgreens still remains one of the few options for students to buy necessary items, some stopped shopping at the campus location all together. “I would shop there more if I could,” Yndestad said. “But it’s just too expensive. I’d rather wait a week without buying something than go right on campus.”
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Strategic: MU leaders struggle to track Greek: IFC chooses from progress of university development plan 14 chapter applications reference and a rallying point forward to working with the strafor their own planning efforts,” tegic plan and building upon it,” Ganey said. “The plan guided a Ganey said. “The same would lot of work that the university ad- hold true for a new provost.” ministrative team has done in the Jeanne Hossenlopp, vice propast year.” vost for research Recent leadand dean of the ership changes, Graduate School, including hirsaid some stuing University dents were vocal President-elect regarding their Michael Lovell opinions about and searching for the plan. a new provost, “There has have not affected been student inthe plan’s conput in the Retent, though. search in Action “Certainly the discussions prichanges in leadmarily through ership have had student represenan effect on the tation on UniJeanne Hossenlopp, versity Board of speed at which we implement vice provost for research and dean Graduate Studies of the Graduate School as well as graduthe strategic plan, but the plan itself has been ate student participation in the reendorsed by the board of trust- cent faculty forum,” Hossenlopp ees throughout the presidential said in an email. “The Graduate search,” Ganey said. Student Organization has been After Lovell takes of- discussing whether or not they fice Aug. 1, Ganey will meet wish to hold their own forum.” with him to discuss further As part of the plan’s Reimplementation of the plan. search in Action theme, the “In Lovell’s March 26 press university is applying to conference he said he looks achieve the “high research
Strategic plans should ideally be living documents that change as objectives are met and new ones are added in response to changing circumstances.”
activity” Carnegie Classification. “UBGS faculty and the Committee on Research are involved with the Carnegie Classification, as well as defining and growing areas of greatest research potential and growing scholarly collaboration across disciplines, in addition to research that addresses community and world problems,” Hossenlopp said in the email. Different areas of the plan have seen progress so far, despite the setbacks. “The enrollment planning and program review in the academic area, they’re not complete by any means, but really good progress has been made in the review and comprehensive enrollment plan,” Ganey said. The plan is expected to hold up in future years, but is subject to change if need be. “Six years from now, I would expect to see substantial progress on the original goals as well as a number of new areas of focus,” Hossenlopp said in the email. “Strategic plans should ideally be living documents that change as objectives are met and new ones are added in response to changing circumstances.”
new fraternity to campus. That group is made up of Jason Kurtyka and Thomas Schick, juniors in the College of Arts & Sciences, and Matthew Walker, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences. The three had their request approved in October when IFC voted to open for expansion. In January, IFC accepted 14 applications from national organizations. The interest group ultimately selected Delta Tau Delta after narrowing down the list to a group of four that included Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Kappa Psi and Delta Upsilon. Kurtyka, who spoke on behalf of the group, said they chose the organization because it aligned closely with its values. “Their main motto is ‘Committed to Lives of Excellence,’ and that really resonated with us and with the values we wrote out last summer,” Kurtyka said. “But when they came to visit, I think that’s when we really locked it in with them. We liked the two guys who came out who shared personal experiences about what it means to
be a part of Delta Tau Delta.” After the university and MUSG approve the organization, the next step will be colonization. The representative that will be assisting in colonization would be the same one who led the process at Northwestern University in 2011, which Kurtyka said was important to their selection. The organization, while being involved with the colonization process, will likely encourage the interest group to shape the colony to reflect both their own values and the values of the Marquette Greek community. The group will begin recruiting members informally next semester, and will host its first official rush next spring. Kurtyka said the biggest part of colonization will be finding members who will continue the development of the chapter. “We’re going to graduate pretty soon and we need to know that we’ve found people who will really continue what we’ve started,” Kurtyka said. “That’s really the key to the whole colonization process.”
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Marquette Theatre students take part in professional show By Kevin Ward
kevin.ward@marquette.edu
The Milwaukee Chamber Theatre is teaming up with the Marquette Theatre Department to bring a classic musical comedy-turned-Broadway sensation to Milwaukee. The result of this collaboration is Ken Ludwig’s “Lend Me a Tenor,” premiering Thursday, April 10 at the Broadway Theatre Center’s Cabot Theatre in the Historic Third Ward. The production runs until April 27. Set in 1934, “Lend Me a Tenor” is a funny behind-thescenes look at one day in the
life of “The Cleveland Grand Opera Company.” As actors start to back out of roles, replacements must be found, jealous wives must be dealt with and scheming sopranos must be restrained to save the opera in just one day. Considering the play has been produced in more than 25 countries and won two out of its nine Tony Award nominations, the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre and the Marquette Theatre Department have high expectations. “The show is very funny, but it isn’t your traditional musical,” said Cara McMullin, marketing director of Milwaukee Chamber Theatre. “We are really proud of this production. Not only our actors, but everything from costumes to set design is extremely extravagant. Everything is just so over the top. Visually, it’s going to be an extremely
beautiful production.” McMullin said Milwaukee Chamber Theatre has collaborated with Marquette multiple times in the past. “Our mission as a theatre company is to nurture the next generation of theatre,” McMullin said. “So working with universities is obviously a great way of doing so.” The Milwaukee Chamber Theatre began a three-year “University Collaboration Series” in 2009 as part of its mission to help young artists. Marquette joined the series in the spring of 2011 in the production of “The Lion in the Winter.” “A really cool thing about the collaboration is that you get to work with people as students, and then, down the line, have the opportunity to work with them again as professionals,” McMullin said.
Photos courtesy of Cara McMullin
“Lend Me a Tenor” follows the Cleveland Grand Opera Company as it pulls together a show in the midst of chaos.
McMullin referred to theatre artists such as Alexandra Bonesho, a Marquette alumna who worked as a supporting actress in the production of “The Lion in the Winter” as a student. Now, she is returning in one of the lead roles, Diana, in “Lend Me a Tenor” as a professional. “Returning to the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre in another collaboration with Marquette means a lot to me,” Bonesho said. “‘The Lion in Winter’ was a wonderful experience that made it possible for me to interact and perform with actors I had admired for a long time and furthered my aspirations to pursue acting.” “Lend Me a Tenor” has a cast and crew of 15, eight of which are either current Marquette students or Marquette alumni. “That’s just Milwaukee theatre for you,” McMullin said. “Our city’s art departments and theatre world intermingle a lot. We all have worked with each other in some way or another, and are all very supportive of each other. It’s a different theatre environment than most cities.” Nic Trapani, a senior in the College of Communication, understands the importance of the “intermingling theatre life in Milwaukee.” He already has multiple experiences in both professional and educational theatre productions, currently working as the lighting designer for “Lend Me a Tenor.” “I’ve worked with the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre before as the assistant lighting designer, where I did a lot of watching and learning,” Trapani said. “But in this production, it’s all me. I am happy I had that first experience, because that’s where I learned the most and built my relationship with the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre as well as (director) Michael Wright.” Even Wright shares a connection to the u n i v e r s i t y. He directed the Marquette Theatre production of “Lend Me a Tenor” in 1996. “Michael Wright constantly encourages us to play and discover new things together as a cast,” said Peter Sisto, a junior in the College of Education, who plays Bellhop. “In a way, we are all learning from one another as we rehearse for the show. Learning from each other is truly when the best acting starts to take place.” Rehearsal for the production started March 18, giving the cast and crew roughly four weeks of preparation. This is a much faster pace compared to a Marquette Theatre production, which usually has over two months of rehearsals. “Being a part of this show gave me a taste of the real work-hours of an equityactor,” Sisto said. “Some days there were very long
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Alexandra Bonesho plays Diana.
Junior Peter Sisto plays Bellhop.
rehearsals, and some days there were really short rehearsals. It was very interesting to learn the scheduling and time management an actor must master throughout their career.” The collaboration lets Marquette students learn the ways of professional Milwaukee theatre fast, but they all agree it has been a learning experience they are extremely grateful for. “Working with professionals is just extremely eye-opening and exciting,” Sisto said. “The actors and director have been so welcoming and made me feel right at home on their stage. They treated us with the same respect we gave them, and I learned so much just by watching them work with one another.” McMullin said the show is not just the product of a successful partnership; it showcases the talent of students and professionals who will form the future of live theater in Milwaukee. “The show is just a very funny and unique production to come out and watch,” she said. “It’s really cool watching these talented people get up on stage and do what they do best. The professional actors have really enjoyed working as mentors, and the students have just been sponges taking in everything. It really gets you excited for the future generations of Milwaukee theatre.”
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Fred Astaire’s ‘Disco Dance Party’ channels 1970s Local dance studio to host annual themed festivities on Friday By Stephanie Harte Special to the Tribune
Gaudy peace sign necklaces and bell-bottom pants came and went decades ago, but Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Milwaukee is putting the 70s back in style Friday at 7:30 p.m. during its annual Disco Dance Party. The Fred Astaire Dance Studio, located on 323 N. Milwaukee St., hosts weekly themed dance parties to give the public a chance to learn some new moves and meet others who love to dance. The parties also give Fred Astaire students an opportunity to demonstrate what they learned in their lessons. Food and beverages are provided, and guests can either come solo or with a partner. “The event is open to absolutely anyone,” said Natalie Noggle, Fred Astaire Dance Studio’s social engagement coordinator. “The upbeat music and atmosphere is always the crowd favorite.” Friday’s retro-themed party transforms the traditional studio into a dance club. Guests are encouraged to dress up in 70s attire to add to the fun and unleash their inner Tony Manero from “Saturday Night Fever.” The night includes a master of ceremonies,
disco balls, colorful lights and, of course, groovy upbeat music so dancers can feel like they have been transported back in time. “The event gives participants a chance to let loose and enjoy something fun in a safe environment,” Noggle said. Fred Astaire professionals, who teach lessons during the day, host the party and conclude the evening by performing for their guests. The Milwaukee professionals include Kimberly Parker, Jeisenia Bennett, Dan Skyler, Ilya Velednitskiy, Dominique Lambert and studio manager, Greg Garrison. Instructors from Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Brookfield will also join in on the event. The teachers are all highly skilled in the field of dance and actively travel around the country for competitions. All have received numerous awards, so party guests can be assured they will be taught by the best in the business. The instructive environment also allows less-experienced dancers to learn the steps at their own pace while getting professional help along the way. Noggle assured that background in dance is not necessary to feel comfortable and enjoy the evening, and the teachers help relieve any of the guests’ anxiety about dancing in front of others. “The same teachers host the parties from year-to-year,” Noggle said, “so they know what works best for the participants.” The dance company’s goal is
Photos courtesy of Natalie Noggle
The dance studio’s annual disco party brings in amateur and professional dancers from all of Southeastern Wis.
that its participants’ confidence while dance will turn into more self-confidence in other areas of their lives. “Fred Astaire Dance Studio has been around forever, hosting parties for nearly 60 years,” Noggle said. “The Disco Dance Party gives participants something simple and different to do on a Friday night. The event gives (college students) a chance to release their stress from the long school week by participating in an activity atypical from their daily routine.” Guests break out afros and bell-bottoms for their disco-inspired costumes.
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Social innovation crucial to university development
Illustration by Rob Gebelhoff/robert.gebelhoff@marquette.edu
Our view: The university’s focus on social innovation should expand with the addition of president-elect Lovell and incorporate more of Milwaukee. Social innovation should be a major cornerstone at any university, especially if in an urban setting. As a university founded on Jesuit principles, it should be especially important to Marquette’s mission. At an MUSG forum in March, Interim Provost and Dean of the College of Nursing Margaret Callahan reiterated the importance of social innovation to the university’s plans. “We are absolutely not walking away from social innovation on this campus,” Callahan said. “I want you to hear that loud and clear from me. As a matter of fact we are working on a way to make it more sustainable. We’re doing a lot of projects but now we need to take it to a different level.” Despite these words, Marquette administrators seem to be backtracking on their commitment to social innovation in Milwaukee. The preceding layoff of Jeff Snell, founder of Marquette’s Social Innovation Initiative, contradicts the strong commitment to social innovation voiced by Callahan. The university broke its strongest link to social innovation initiatives around the world when it let Snell go. While new leaders have been appointed to the SII and social innovation remains a part of the university’s strategic plan released last month, Marquette needs to avoid making the same mistakes again. University President-elect Michael Lovell has proven effective in bringing innovation to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as its chancellor. The development of the application App Brewery, a key component of UWM’s social innovation work, is one of many accomplishments he achieved during his time at the public university. In his exclusive interview with the Tribune, Lovell
expressed interest in continuing his efforts with the App Brewery at Marquette and encouraging the two universities to collaborate on social innovation projects. Lovell appears to be a clear and dedicated leader willing to reinvigorate the university’s SII and ensure its success. The president-elect also indicated the possibility of Marquette partnering with UWM to extend the schools’ current innovations in research, community and charity to bring about more extensive change in the Milwaukee area. Doing so would increase the impact of social innovation and go a long way to maximize its positive impact on Milwaukee. In the coming years, Marquette should try to find a proper place for social innovation within academic courses. Many departments could offer a great deal of insight toward the SII and expand the conversation over its uses in the community. Students should be included through coursework, and if they show interest in pursuing the subject, the university will have established a more permanent and fruitful space for social innovation. The rest of the administration needs to stay true to Callahan’s word regarding social innovation and follow the successful example set by Snell and by Lovell during his tenure at UWM. As members of a university in Milwaukee, we are also members of the city’s greater community. The university has a duty to work toward sustainable models for solving social problems affecting those who live alongside us. Marquette’s Jesuit mission can be sharpened and refined by Lovell’s experience. Paired with the strong precedent set by Snell and the SII, the university’s pursuit of social innovation will be all the more successful. Despite setbacks, the university’s potential to contribute to the greater community is tremendous.
Nick Biggi If Marquette did not have a basketball team, it is hard to say whether a majority of the student population would go here. But following this disappointing season, I see that going to Marquette has little to do with basketball for me. Marquette spends the second-highest amount of money on basketball of any NCAA team in the country. In the time since Marquette’s only national championship in 1977, Duke, the only program that spends more, won four NCAA championships. Admittedly, some of my favorite days of the year are game days. But I feel the result of a sub-par season led to disappointed donors, administrators and prospective students. The heavy basketball culture at Marquette was best displayed when Buzz Williams announced he would take his talents to Virginia Tech. A coach leaving for a lesser program is understandably confusing, but so is the president of the university resigning out of the blue. The stories about the Rev. Scott Pilarz and Williams’ departures are similar. Both held high positions at a top-notch university and both chose to leave and pursue what could be considered lesser jobs, with Pilarz becoming the president at Georgetown Preparatory High School. After all the media coverage surrounding Williams the past couple of weeks, I could give a few guesses as to why he walked from Marquette. Pilarz? No idea. Not to mention Marquette’s next president just happened to be chosen
after the uproar of the head basketball coach leaving. The university coincidentally made the big announcement that the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Michael Lovell would be Marquette’s new president days after its cash-cow Williams quit. The reaction to the announcement about Lovell was lackluster in comparison to the announcement of new head coach Steve Wojciechowski that came about a week later. Lovell becoming the first lay president is one of the most historic moves in Marquette’s existence. But this fact is kind of mundane compared to the new coach at a school with a basketball culture as rich as ours. But what about the sports other than men’s basketball? They fail to get the attention they actually deserve. The level of both the men’s and women’s soccer teams are consistently at the top of the nation. The women’s basketball team made it to the NIT this year, while the men’s did not. Basketball will always be part of the culture at Marquette, and I love that. It will also continue to be a major draw for people toward the university. But knowing our basketball program is the second most expensive in the United States is frustrating when more could be done with that money. Almost any student will say there are numerous programs or buildings that need revamping, and I think the university agrees, but it all comes down to money. What ever happened to reconstructing McCormick Hall? Why are my friends at Boston College eating salmon for dinner and I am nibbling on fried beef? Marquette has a lot going for it outside of sports. Although I think basketball is a great way to be introduced to the university, much more of Marquette’s excellence can be found and experienced outside of the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Nick Biggi is a sophomore studying advertising. Email Nick at nicholas.biggi@marquette.edu with any comments or suggestions.
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Judicial vacancies reflect badly on American leadership
Seamus Doyle My junior year of high school I was pulled over for speeding. Two months later, I went to the Wauwatosa Municipal Court to avoid paying a $250 ticket. I sat in the court with my parents for almost two hours before my name was called. Those two months before my trial felt like an eternity. What happened to my right to a “speedy and public trial” as the U.S. Constitution guarantees? As it turns out, my two-month wait was nothing. According to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, there are 34 judicial emergencies – long-term judicial vacancies – in federal courts. This means throughout the United States, there is a
chronic shortage of federal judges. A judicial emergency occurs when a district with a vacancy has a considerably high number of open cases per judge. Federal judges are responsible for interpreting federal laws and resolving important disputes between companies and citizens. With the high rate of vacancies and few replacements, defendants and plaintiffs alike are forced into the backlog of cases that already plague an overworked and understaffed judiciary. Wisconsin has one such vacancy defined as a judicial emergency. The Western District Court of Wisconsin has been vacant since Judge John C. Shabaz left his seat in January 2009, 1,906 days ago. James D. Peterson was nominated to fill the vacancy Jan. 6, but with the current impasse in Congress, he is yet to be confirmed. There are 85 federal judicial vacancies throughout the United States. Wisconsin is relatively lucky to have only one judicial emergency and one other vacancy – the Eastern District of Wisconsin has been vacant since October 2012 and no one is nominated to fill it. So why the huge increase in judicial vacancies? The number of judicial vacancies declined under presidents
Clinton and Bush, but under Obama it increased. The blame can be placed on both Obama and the Senate – particularly Republican senators. The states most affected by the shortage of judges tend to have Republican senators. Texas has two, Sen. John Cornyn and Sen. Ted Cruz, and has nine vacancies without pending nominees. Kentucky has four vacancies. Constitutionally, the president nominates individuals for judgeship to the Senate. If one looks at the letter of the law this way, the blame can be placed solely on Obama’s shoulders. However, tradition holds that the two senators from the state with the vacancy offer up candidates for the president to approve. The Texas senators so far failed to offer up any nominees for vacancies that contributed to the state’s 12,000-case backload. It’s enough that our legislature is gridlocked and unproductive, on track to become the least productive in the history of the United States, but to dismantle the judiciary is irresponsible. This Congress is more than eight times less productive than the so-called “do nothing congress” under President Truman. The fault is on both sides. There is a steep political divide that sepa-
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Seamus Doyle is a junior studying international affairs and writing-intensive English. Email Seamus at seamus.doyle@marquette.edu with any comments or suggestions.
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Senior leaders alter seasons
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Chris Otule (center) was one of four Marquette men’s basketball seniors whose struggles contributed to a lackluster, 17-15 (9-9 Big East) season in Buzz Williams’ final year as head coach.
Young, Plouffe shine while men’s 4 seniors struggle mightily By Kyle Doubrava
kyle.doubrava@marquette.edu
In the past, when a Marquette basketball team finished a season 22-11 overall and 11-7 in the Big East, a typical fan reaction would have been, “So, how did the boys get it done?” Don’t bother lining up to ask the men’s players this time around. This season was coach Terri Mitchell and the women’s basketball team’s time to shine. Led by seniors Katherine Plouffe (17.1 ppg, 10.2 reb) and Katie Young (12.8 ppg, 8.4 reb), the Golden Eagles enjoyed one of their most fruitful seasons in recent memory. Marquette advanced to the second round in the NIT before losing at Indiana by three, but the Golden Eagles came a long way from last year’s injury-marred campaign. Plouffe and Young proved to be a lethal one-two punch on both ends
of the floor, something the men’s squad consistently lacked because of Buzz Williams’ constant rostertinkering. With Mitchell’s group, you knew what you were going to get out of the players night after night. The women’s team desperately needed a bounce-bank season after a mediocre 16-16 finish and 7-9 Big East record. The injury bug hit the Golden Eagles early and often, which made matters worse for a team that had to play top-ranked Connecticut and Notre Dame. On media day, Plouffe, Young and the rest of the team spoke with determination about turning in the right direction. The men’s seniors lacked urgency after a remarkable Elite Eight run in 2013. For them, there was not much to improve upon, and this attitude was evident in several games this season. Senior Davante Gardner was a force in the post but never possessed the qualities of a true
leader. Senior Jamil Wilson was inconsistent on both ends of the floor. Senior Jake Thomas was too one-dimensional to make a significant impact. Redshirt senior Chris Otule was the culprit on many sloppy mistakes. The passion just wasn’t there. The new Big East allowed the women’s team to thrive. No longer does it need to endure blowout losses to Connecticut and Notre Dame. In this realigned league, any team has a chance to win it all. “People have talked about the UConn thing a lot, and you know what, Connecticut is in a lot of peoples’ conferences,” Mitchell said on media day. “What I’m excited about is I look up and see the names of those teams (in the rafters) and say, ‘This is our
league,’ and that’s what my total focus is on.” The question stewing in Marquette fans’ minds after a headscratcher of a season is: how different would the season have been if Vander Blue chose to stay? Blue declared for the draft last spring with one year of eligibility remaining at Marquette. Blue was a substantial contributor to the team’s tournament run and was a source of energy in times of need. Whether or not his absence played a major role in the Golden Eagles’ downhill year is up for debate, but it certainly
did not help matters. Both teams will be under pressure this fall. The women’s team is losing 39 percent of its rebounding in Plouffe and Young and Terri Mitchell announced she was stepping down Wednesday. The Golden Eagles have the reliable core of junior Arlesia Morse, sophomore Brooklyn Pumroy, junior Apiew Ojulu and junior Chelsie Butler to retain the momentum. Junior Todd Mayo and junior Derrick Wilson will be in the spotlight as seniors under recently appointed coach Steve Wojciechowski. Wojciechowski may be the right person to put the men’s team back on the winning path because of his dedication and 15-year partnership with Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. As the women’s team strives for a coveted NCAA Tournament spot and the men prepare to start a new chapter with a new coach, there is plenty reason to devote attention to both programs next winter.
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Wojciechowski adds Mizzou’s Phelps to staff Phelps went 77-86 as head coach at Drake, taking them to 2 CITs By Trey Killian
trey.killian@marquette.edu
Marquette men’s basketball coach Steve Wojciechowski made his second hire Tuesday, adding Missouri assistant Mark Phelps to his staff. The announcement came one week after Wojciechowski’s hiring and one day after he brought in NBA development league assistant Chris Carrawell. “When I started putting my first staff together, one of the priorities was finding an individual with head coaching experience who was also in possession of a strong passion for the game of basketball and I couldn’t be more excited about adding Mark Phelps in that role,” Wojciechowski said. Phelps spent last season as Frank Haith’s assistant, and the Tigers went 24-12 (9-9) and reached the second round of the NIT. Phelps’ acceptance of the Marquette position means Haith will need to hire his eighth assistant in three seasons. As the successor to 2008 National Coach of the Year Keno Davis, Phelps coached the Drake Bulldogs for five seasons, leading them to the CIT twice.
But Phelps’ Bulldogs rarely competed for Missouri Valley Conference titles as they compiled an overall record of 77-86 (37-53 in conference play). His teams never finished more than two games over .500 or above .500 in conference play. Phelps’ best season at Drake came in 2011-12 when his team finished in a tie for third place in the MVC with an 18-16 (9-9) record. After the following season yielded a 15-17 (7-11) record with no postseason, Phelps was dismissed March 14, 2013. Despite the tough stint, he won more games than any Drake coach over his initial four seasons and was the program’s winningest coach since Maury John (1958-71). Phelps’ career began in 1996 at North Carolina State where he served as an assistant under Herb Sendek for 10 years. The program returned to prominence during Phelps’ tenure, as the Wolfpack reached the NCAA Tournament five consecutive times from 2001-02 to 2005-06. When Sendek accepted the head coaching job at Arizona State in 2006, Phelps followed and coached under him for another two years before being hired by Drake. While with the Sun Devils, Phelps coached NBA star James Harden during his freshman season. Phelps joins another former head coach in Jerry Wainwright
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Mark Phelps (right) encourages his Missouri Tigers with help from head coach Frank Haith (left).
on Marquette’s staff, where his experience at the helm of a program will be greatly valued by the Golden Eagles’ rookie head coach.
“Mark’s career in collegiate basketball speaks for itself and I had the opportunity to compete against him for a number of years in the ACC and have
always respected him as not only a coach, but a person as well,” Wojciechowski said.
Big East misses out on UConn title sweep
Trey Killian For fans of the “old Big East,” this week was a somber reminder of what the conference is missing. Just as it did in 2004,
Connecticut established itself as the premier basketball program in the country with twin men’s and women’s NCAA titles. But unlike 2004, it’s the American Athletic Conference rather than the Big East that will reap the benefits. The new Big East struggled in both tournaments with early exits from Creighton, Villanova, Xavier and conference tournament champion Providence on the men’s side, while its only two representatives (DePaul and St. John’s) failed to get past the Sweet Sixteen
in the women’s bracket. Meanwhile, the women’s NCAA final saw a historic matchup in which two undefeated, former Big East members squared off for the first time in tournament history. The loss of Connecticut and Notre Dame alone transformed the women’s Big East from the premier conference in the country into a middle-of-the-road collection of teams. The Big East failed to make an appearance in the men’s Final Four for the first time since 2009 after having at
least one representative in six of the last seven seasons. It lacked representation in the women’s title game for the first time in five seasons. This season proved there’s plenty of room for the Big East to improve, and it still maintains some bite with traditional powerhouses like Georgetown and Villanova and rising programs like Providence and Xavier. But even Creighton, a team that drew national attention with Naismith winner Doug McDermott, will have to rebound substantially from losing the
greatest player in its history. Early debates over seeding raised concern that the complexion of the NCAA Tournament may change forever in a college sports landscape now dominated by football. The Big East may have been dissolved based on its mediocre product on the gridiron, but the newly formed AAC is perceived as weak both by basketball and football standards. In short, Connecticut, Cincinnati and Louisville (which will join the ACC this year) formed a weaker basketball conference with slightly better football after being left behind by the basketball-only schools of the basketball powerhouse old Big East. Conferences that still focus on basketball, like the Big East, faced a seeding disadvantage this season, a trend that is likely to continue. Basketball-only programs like Marquette might never reach the level of exposure they once enjoyed in the old Big East, as the building coagulation of powerhouse programs in the ACC will hurt those left out. It circles back to a cruel irony that, just as Marquette was proving it belonged amongst the nations’ top-tier programs with its co-Big East title and Elite Eight run in 2013, it lost a substantial amount of its prominence and eventually its head coach to football-driven realignment this season. Trey Killian is a senior from Tampa, Fla., majoring in journalism. Email him at robert.killian@marquette.edu.
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Men’s soccer battling pro teams in preseason
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Freshman striker Louis Bennett II and the Marquette men’s soccer team have played two matches against professional teams this spring, losing both by a combined score of 7-0.
Women’s soccer still undefeated, Volleyball sitting at 4-1-1 so far By Jacob Born
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While lacrosse, tennis, track and field and golf hit the heart of their spring seasons, Marquette’s fall sports – men’s and women’s soccer and women’s volleyball – succeeded in exhibitions as they prepare to defend their 2013 Big East titles. Men’s Soccer The men’s soccer team kicked off the spring season by playing opponents of varying skill levels. In their opening game, the Golden Eagles faced off against Indy Eleven, Indianapolis’ North American Soccer League team. The professionals overwhelmed the student-athletes, who dropped the game 3-0. The Golden Eagles then returned to Milwaukee to play a double-header against Cardinal Stritch, a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics team, and Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The two games allowed for most players to get valuable playing time, including redshirt junior John Mau and freshman Coco Navarro, who played all 180 minutes. After a few days rest, Marquette traveled down to Chicago to take on the Chicago Fire’s Reserves. The two teams played a physical first match, but it was the Fire who struck first, scoring in the 40th minute. The Golden Eagles took the onegoal deficit into the half, but the Fire extended it in the 56th minute to take a 2-0 lead. Two more goals in the 78th and 83rd minute saw Marquette fall 4-0. The team’s spring schedule continues against Creighton in Omaha, Neb., April 12 for the annual Kicks for a Cure event.
Women’s Soccer After a 1-0 victory against Notre Dame, Marquette women’s soccer continued its spring campaign by playing a doubleheader against Iowa and Wisconsin-Milwaukee March 30. In the first match against Iowa, neither team was broke through, and when the final buzzer sounded, the teams were 0-0. After a quick turnaround, the team played a second game against its crosstown rival, UWM. The game started out much like the match against the Hawkeyes, but the Panthers beat junior goaltender Sofie Schunk in the 15th minute to go up 1-0. Marquette immediately pushed back and put pressure on UWM, and freshman Ashley Handwork tied it at one in the 28th minute. Marquette took its energy from the late-half goal and kept it going, as Handwork notched her second of the game at the 32nd minute mark. The Panthers tried to answer, but Marquette added to its lead when freshman Andee Nelson found freshman Anna Jurken inside the box to make the score 3-1. Jurken’s first collegiate goal was enough to get Marquette the victory. April 6 saw three games in one day for the Golden Eagles, as they traveled to Illinois to play Illinois, Northwestern and Kentucky. In the first match against Illinois, sophomore Ann Marie Lynch went down in the box and junior Mary Luba slid a penalty kick past the goalkeeper to give the Golden Eagles a 1-0 lead. The penalty kick was enough, as neither team was able to find the back of the net for the rest of the game. The games against Northwestern and Kentucky had 40-minute halves instead of the typical 45. Marquette came out guns blazing against Northwestern. Just five minutes into the match, junior Isabela Carrasco found freshman Liz Bartels in the box to get the 1-0 lead. Eight minutes later, Carrasco added to her
assist with a goal, as she onetimed a pass from Luba. In the final match of the day, the Golden Eagles battled Kentucky. The two sides battled for the first goal, but all shots either missed the net or were saved. With time winding down, both squads were desperate for a goal, but came up empty-handed, as the game ended scoreless. Through six spring games, women’s soccer is still unbeaten. The squad will put that record to the test when it travels to Madison to take on Wisconsin April 16. Volleyball Ryan Theis made his Marquette volleyball coaching debut when his squad competed in the Mizuno Great Lakes Center Spring Collegiate Tournament. In his first match, Theis faced off against his alma mater Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the Golden Eagles came out and
swept the Panthers 25-13, 2517, 25-16. Marquette kept up the momentum against Southern Illinois, sweeping the Salukis 25-16, 28-26, 15-9. In the tournament finale, however, Michigan State handed Marquette its only loss of the tournament, 25-18, 25-15, 25-23. Marquette then hosted its own tournament April 5, facing Loyola-Chicago, Northern Iowa and UWM once again. The squad started off the tournament with four straight set wins, defeating Loyola-Chicago 25-19, 25-19 and Northern Iowa 25-20, 25-19. In the rematch against UWM, the Golden Eagles dropped the first set 22-25, but rebounded in the second set, winning 25-19. Marquette completes its spring season in Madison, where the squad will take on Wisconsin.
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Men falter in upset bid against Notre Dame Team holds up for three quarters without top scorer Melnyk By Andrew Dawson
andrew.dawson@marquette.edu
For the first three quarters the Marquette men’s lacrosse team looked as if it was going to upset No. 8 Notre Dame, however, the Fighting Irish pounced on the Golden Eagles’ fourth quarter mistakes and won comfortably by a score of 12-7. For the second game in a row, a sloppy final frame hurt the team. Down 9-6 heading into the final stanza, the Golden Eagles hoped to rally. When sophomore attackman Conor Gately scored off a rebound to pull within two, a comeback looked imminent. Then the offense went cold. Both sides of the ball had lapses. The offense made simple mistakes and the defense played uncharacteristically. Notre Dame took advantage of the lapses and made Marquette pay. Coach Joe Amplo said he believes the team only really competed for three of the four quarters. “Our kids fought and (Notre Dame) made more plays than us in the fourth quarter,” Amplo said. “Our kids have got to learn that in these games, we have to be cleaner in the fourth quarter because against a really good team, when we make simple mistakes,
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Within three goals heading into the fourth quarter, Marquette’s offense went through yet another cold spell and scored once in the final 15 minutes.
they’re going to capitalize. Great effort, I’m really proud of our kids, but disappointed because
I felt like we had an opportunity to win today.” Both teams came out of the
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“I’m really proud of our kids, but disappointed because I felt like we had an opportunity to win today,” Amplo said.
gate slowly. The game was scoreless for the first nine minutes until sophomore midfielder Kyle Whitlow opened the scoring. After Notre Dame added one of its own, the score stood 1-1 at the end of the first. Marquette notched one more before intermission, but not before the Fighting Irish added three unanswered goals. At the half, the Golden Eagles trailed 4-2. Scoring soared in the third quarter. A combined nine goals between the two squads had the game heading toward an exciting conclusion; however, the Fighting Irish scored three more goals and cruised to a 12-7 victory. “The effort was there, but we didn’t complete some things in the fourth quarter that gave them the lead,” Whitlow said. “Compared to last year we made some big steps and we have to look forward to Providence and clean up our play a little bit.” Scoring threats mixed up the game as Marquette played without its leading scorer, redshirt senior attackman Tyler Melnyk, who was sidelined with a hand injury. The Fighting Irish were full force, but Marquette still managed to hold attackman Matt Kavanagh scoreless. This is the second
consecutive game where the defense, particularly redshirt sophomore defender BJ Grill, prevented a top scorer from getting on the board. “(Kavanagh) is another Kieran McArdle,” Grill said. “It’s a complete defensive effort when you play against him. I did my job but our guys covered up inside whenever he had the ball and we shut him down playing the Marquette way. It was a complete team effort.” With non-conference play in the books, all that’s left for the Golden Eagles is three Big East matchups. Two home games against Providence and Georgetown and the season finale at Denver are all the team has to qualify for the conference tournament. Sitting in second place, Marquette can almost guarantee themselves a place in the tournament with at least two wins. However, the final stretch will not be easy. “The Big East comes first for us,” Grill said. “We’re 4-8 right now but in reality our record is 2-1 and our expectation is to win the next couple of games and go into Denver with a 4-1 record.” The first ever homestand for Marquette rolls on this weekend as it faces Providence Saturday at noon.
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Thursday, April 10, 2014
Wojciechowski trying to maintain 2014 class Cohen to honor commitment, rest of class remains unclear
for the class of 2014, figures to factor into the small forward discussion, behind rising sophomore Deonte Burton and rising senior Juan Anderson.
By Patrick Leary
Marquette’s highest-ranked recruit, at No. 54 on the ESPN 100 list, is reportedly “weighing his options.” Hill signed a national letter of intent, but is waiting on a discussion with Wojciechowski before he makes his next move. A blog post on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s website Friday shed light on Hill’s current thoughts. “I’m going to wait until I talk to the coach before I think about anything,” Hill said. “My family told me (after the conversation takes place), I need to go ahead and do whatever I decide to do … to just go ahead and do it. My family said they will support me with whatever I do.” Hill also expressed his potential commitment, saying, “I will probably stay with Marquette unless I hear something I don’t like.”
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Perhaps the biggest source of optimism for Marquette basketball during the sometimes painful 2013-14 season was the 2014 recruiting class former coach Buzz Williams put together. When Williams announced his departure from Marquette March 21, that class, which ESPN currently ranks 23rd in the nation, fell into doubt. Marquette hired new coach Steve Wojciechowski April 1, and the former Duke assistant made it clear that one of his top priorities was keeping Williams’ recruits on board. Here’s a look at what the Tribune know about Wojciechowski’s interactions with Marquette’s five-player class to this point. 1. Sandy Cohen The 6-foot-6 switchable from Green Bay is the only recruit Wojciechowski received official word from on renewing his commitment to the Golden Eagles. Cohen met with Marquette’s new coach last Thursday and tweeted, “the visit with Coach Wojo was amazing. Can’t wait to build a better relationship with him.” That was a huge revelation for Marquette fans, since Cohen and Marquette Interim Athletic Director Bill Cords previously miscommunicated about whether Cohen would be released from his national letter of intent or not. Cohen put the program at ease Tuesday when he tweeted, “couldn’t be happier to spend the next four years of my life in the city of Milwaukee #MarquetteBound.” The Seymour High School senior, who is ranked 83rd on the ESPN 100
2. Ahmed Hill
3. Malek Harris Many did not expect Harris to honor his commitment to Marquette even with Williams as coach, since he did not sign a national leader of intent after being kicked off of his high school team in the fall. According to College Basketball Talk, NBC Sports’ NCAA basketball blog, Harris decommitted from Marquette Monday. The 6-foot-7 small forward reopened his recruitment process to a list of five schools that includes Marquette, Florida, Kansas State, Gonzaga and Williams’ new home, Virginia Tech. At this stage, Harris seems unlikely to be on the 2014-15 roster for the Golden Eagles. 4. Marial Shayok Not much is known about Shayok’s intention to honor his commitment, but the Ontario, Canada native put together an impressive senior season for
Blair Academy in New Jersey. The New Jersey Star-Ledger named Shayok its Prep Player of the Year in March. The 6-foot-7 forward would greatly bolster Marquette’s thin front court if he honors his national letter of intent. 5. Satchel Pierce Pierce, a 7-foot center from
Kiski High School in Pennsylvania, is also weighing his options after signing a national letter of intent in the fall. Roger Gonzalez, a reporter for Waynesboro, Va. paper News Virginian, tweeted that Pierce would “consider” asking for his release and following Williams to Virginia Tech. According to Michael Hunt of the Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel’s website, Pierce “might want out.” That might have to do with the acquisition of Indiana transfer Luke Fischer, who will likely start at center when he becomes eligible Dec. 14. How ever the situation plays out, Wojciechowski certainly expressed an early commitment to holding Williams’ solid 2014 class together.