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2016 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
$40 Million deal
-Homecoming returns -11 invention disclosures
MU residential buildings prohibit hoverboard usage dana.warren@marquette.edu
Amid controversy surrounding self-balancing scooters (“hoverboards”), the Office of Residence Life banned hoverboards from campus residences. “Currently the rule regarding hoverboards is no use within a university owned residence hall or apartment building,” said Mary Janz, Executive Director of Housing and Residence Life, in an email. While hoverboards are still permitted outside university buildings on campus such as sidewalks, this could change in the future. “I have been asked to develop a policy for hoverboard use/ storage, etc. to begin with the fall semester 2016,” Janz said. “I am in contact with several colleagues at other Jesuit and State institutions. Many schools are moving to prohibiting hoverboards in their buildings.” A sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences,Tishyra Randell said that she thinks the use of hover boards inside residence halls is unnecessary. “I haven’t seen any incidents with hoverboards, however it’s a small amount of space to begin with and there is no need for them inside of the residence hall,” Photo illustration by Eleni Eisenhart eleni.eisenhart@marquette.edu
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Hovering restricted on parts of campus
By Dana Warren
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INDEX
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NEWS
D.C. march for life
Campus Ministry, Students for Life send 19 students to capitol. PAGE 3
See HOVERBOARDS, page 4 MARQUEE
Ivy+Bean The Musical
Helfaer’s children show will continue Jan. 23 and 24. PAGE 8
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The Marquette Tribune
Thursday, January 21, 2016
ADDRESS, from page 1
New chancellor, initiatives amid announcements By Jennifer Walter
“It’s part of the school and it’s part of the experience that we all have in common.” “I think Marquette just has a community in general and we have sub communities in residence halls, within student organizations and different types of sports,” Kouhel said. “I assume that any time we will introduce a new dorm or a new building, that we’ll be able to rebuild a community that may get lost.”
jennifer.walter@marquette.edu
University President Michael Lovell presented his second Presidential Address, teeming with new announcements, to a packed Alumni Memorial Union ballroom on Wednesday. Students, faculty and staff were in attendance and heard announcements including the return of homecoming week, an investment going towards the creation of a new athletic research center and the appointment of the third chancellor in Marquette history. New donor for Athletic Performance Research Center Eliciting gasps from the audience, Lovell announced a $40 million capital investment from Aurora Health Care for Marquette’s future Athletic Performance Research Center. This is the single largest investment Aurora has made with a partner. “This will be a premiere facility, it will become a national model and it will be great for Milwaukee,” said Mike Lappin, Aurora’s chief administrative officer of corporate secretary. “Aurora’s proud to join Marquette and play a leading role in this bold and innovating project.” Lovell said the center will cost around $120 million in total and be anywhere from 250,000 to 300,000 square feet. It will be bordered by 6th Street, 10th Street, W. Michigan Street and the Marquette Interchange. “I’m hoping the center will be open to all university students and that we’ll continue to bring out a lot of research and innovation,” said Adam Kouhel, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration. Groundbreaking is planned for 2017 and is slated to finish when the new Milwaukee Bucks’ arena district is done. The Bucks are also a partner and will train in the completed center. Homecoming will return this fall Lovell also announced that homecoming week will return to
Photo by Doug Peters douglas.peters@marquette.edu
President Lovell glided through announcement after announcement, sometimes shocking the audience.
Photos by Natalie Wickman natalie.wickman@marquette.edu
Lovell poses with Aurora Health Care’s Mike Lappin (left), Chancellor Wild speaks to the crowd (right).
Marquette in fall 2016. An entire week of activities will take place during the week of Marquette Madness. “I know (Lovell’s) been a students-first type of president and we’re eager that he’s continuing on a tradition we had years ago,” Kouhel said. A homecoming committee has been established and includes a student and two faculty members so far. Students were welcomed to contact Marquette Student Government with suggestions of events for the week. Possible campus grocery store A grocery store near campus was also teased during a post address Q&A.
“I will just tell you, we are pretty close,” Lovell said. “We have a grocer, we have a developer, we have site and now it’s just a matter of getting all of those things in line and all of the agreements in place.” Lovell said he plans to have another announcement about a grocery store later this semester. Master plan discussions The master plan will decide what areas of Marquette need to be redesigned, where the university is struggling as a whole and how that can be fixed in the future. Input forums are being held to create the newest master plan, Beyond Boundaries. The plan is slated to be finished by fall 2016. Lovell went over prominent
suggestions heard during the input forums, which include closing McCormick Hall, closing or renovating O’Donnell Hall, and creating new upper- and lower-division halls. None of the suggestions are official plans. “Master plans usually take 10 to 15 years, so we won’t be tearing down McCormick tomorrow,” Lovell said. Emma Spring, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said she’d be sad to see McCormick go because she lived there as a freshman and liked its inclusive environment. “I feel like all the alums that I personally know and talk to have so many great memories, as have I, at McCormick,” Spring said.
MUPD update It’s been eight months since the Marquette Police Department was commissioned and since there has been a 26 percent decrease in overall campus crime and a 34 percent decrease in campus robberies. Lovell also mentioned MUPD’s strong effect on the surrounding community by logging a combined 189 hours of community service so far. “It just makes you feel safer,” Spring said about the reduction in crime. Engagement and inclusion Following new diversity initiatives announced Tuesday by Provost Daniel Myers, Lovell announced a new theme added to Marquette’s strategic plan - a culture of inclusion. It replaces the organizational effectiveness theme, which was dissolved into three university goals - academic excellence, research and action and sustainability of valuable resources. In addition, Lovell announced a new Office of Community Engagement which will consolidate community engagement efforts throughout campus. Growth in research and innovation Marquette is behind 11 invention disclosures this academic year, a drastic increase from five at this point in the 2014-’15 school year, marking a 120 percent increase. With the completion of Marquette’s research space in the Global Water Center, 13 project teams will be selected to use it. The university also moved up in its Carnegie Classification in Doctoral Research University and Doctoral Higher Research Activity. Kohler Center relocation The Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship will be moved from the fourth to the first floor of the 707 building. The move puts the center in a high-traffic area in an effort to increase student awareness and involvement. Lovell said the center broadened its impact - boasting three times more student entrepreneurs involved compared to the previous year. A new chancellor Former University President the Rev. Robert Wild, was named Marquette’s third chancellor. “Basically, I will continue to do what I’m doing, which is working in fundraising,” Wild said. “But I think this will be a help as we seek to do great things in this upcoming campaign and I am very much honored.” Wild served as president from 1996 to 2011 and interim president from September 2013 to June 2014 prior to Lovell’s appointment.
News
Thursday, January 21, 2016
The Marquette Tribune
Pro-life students to march in US capital Campus Ministry sponsoring similar events in solidarity By Maredithe Meyer
maredithe.meyer@marquette.edu
A group of Marquette students, staff and administration congregated Thursday morning for a March for Life on campus, at the same time that thousands of protesters took a stand against abortion in Washington, D.C. About 30 people met in front of the Joan of Arc chapel. The group proceeded from the central mall to Wisconsin Ave. and around the Marquette Mile, which is once around the academic side of campus then back to the chapel. University President Michael Lovell attended the event. Not only did he participate, but he helped organize the march. This is the first time there has been an oncampus event to compliment the protest in the District. “We started this in solidarity with our students that are marching in Washington, knowing that not everyone on the campus can make the trip,” Lovell said. “I think it’s an important statement of who we are as
a Catholic Jesuit institution.” Ben Zellmer, a freshman in the College of Health Sciences, said that though he was not at the District’s March for Life, he was happy to show support from Milwaukee. “I think it’s important to show a presence and an action in anything in life, and when the opportunity arises, the good things that come of it come of it because you’re acting upon it,” Zellmer said. The other group that contributed to organizing the march was Marquette’s Students for Life. Kate Schuering, a junior in the College of Nursing and member of Students for Life, said “I am definitely passionate about pro-life matters, and joining the club here was an easy way for me to show my support.” Robert Houle, a junior in the College of Business Administration, said he is not as active in Students for Life as he would like to be, but his inspiration for participating in the march is similar. “I think life begins at conception, so it’s an important cause to stand up for,” Houle said. Student opinions fall everywhere on the spectrum of opinions about abortion. Gina Di Vittorio, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences, said she appreciated the
By Patricia Lindsey
patricia.lindsey@marquette.edu
Before online ordering, students would line up at BookMarq and Sweeney’s College Books to order and purchase textbooks for the semester. With the Internet now the primary destination for students to purchase textbooks, both bookstores on campus were impacted by the changing role of textbook purchasing. Dan Brown, director of Sweeney’s, said he noticed the shift in people buying more books online and less in stores. “Most of our sales are from textbooks, but we use social media more now for contests and giveaways to get kids coming through the door,” Brown said. The beginning of each semester is Sweeney’s most chaotic time as students rush in to pick up textbooks.
Sweeney’s changed its business strategies in order to reach a larger portion of the student population. Brown said Sweeney’s sells Marquette apparel and classroom essentials as a way to create additional revenue. Sweeney’s also sends out promotional emails and monthly ads to Marquette student emails to remind them to purchase books at Sweeney’s. Despite more online sales, students still go to Sweeney’s to pick up textbooks. Joseph Chirichigno, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, prefers picking up his textbooks from Sweeney’s because it is convenient and his friends shop there. “It’s nice to order my books online and come grab them in stores,” Chirichigno said. “It’s one stop.” Many students use the Internet to buy their books on websites such as Amazon, Textbooks.com or Chegg because the books are cheaper than buying from BookMarq or Sweeney’s. Meghan Brady, a senior in the College of Communication, buys her textbooks at Amazon and
CORRECTIONS Dec. 10’s “First-time freshmen survey results released” incorrectly represented the number of students who are likely to transfer to another university before graduating. The correct numbers are: 2 percent reported they are very likely to transfer, 9 percent reported they are somewhat likely to graduate, 28 percent reported they are somewhat unlikely to transfer and 61 percent reported they are very unlikely to transfer before graduating.
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Last year’s group of Marquette pro-life marchers in Washington D.C.
March for Life participants’ right to express themselves, but thinks that pushing beliefs on people through policy is immoral, “harming women and violating the separation between church and state.” Although the pro-life position is associated with the Catholic church, Di Vittorio said she and others interpret the implications of faith differently by having a pro-choice perspective. Di Vittorio said other social justice issues including immigration and access to healthcare deserve more attention from the Catholic Church than abortion does. “The Jesuit tradition values the dignity of every person, and attempting to dictate what women can and cannot do with their bodies violates that,” Di Vittorio said. Gerry Fischer, associate
director of Campus Ministry, said an event like March for Life can carry significance that stretches beyond a single issue. “My perspective on March for Life is really the broad spectrum of supporting life in all forms, not just the abortion issue, but really for me, more deeply, how we treat people who are with us right now,” Fischer said. Fischer said he was slightly wary of an overemphasis on abortion policy and instead expressed a wider understanding of pro-life. “I think we forget that we need to make sure we’re taking care of the rights and human dignity of human beings throughout their whole course of life,” Fischer said. “We aren’t whole until we take care of everyone.”
Dec. 10’s “Students share their experiences as Volunteer Corps team members” incorrectly spelled Hannah Sternig’s first name as “Hanna.” In addition, Connor Method’s last name was incorrectly spelled as “Murphy.” The Tribune regrets these errors.
A person not affiliated with Marquette reported that an unknown vehicle struck her parked vehicle causing damage to it in the 2100 block of W. Wells Street at 5:11 p.m.
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An employee reported receiving a harassing voicemail from a known subject not affiliated with Marquette at 5:05 p.m. on Jan. 13. It was reported to MUPD on Jan. 14 at 9:30 a.m.
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MUPD stopped a driver for a traffic violation in the 2000 block of W. Wisconsin Avenue at 1:12 p.m. and took him into custody for an outstanding warrant. The subject was transported by the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility.
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Chegg because it is easy and the cheapest option. If she needs to get a textbook that is only available at Marquette, she chooses to shop at Sweeney’s over BookMarq because of lower prices. For one semester alone, textbooks can cost more than $600, making the recent trend of online textbook purchasing understandable. Marquette Central estimated that students spent an average of $1,008 on textbooks for the 2015-’16 school year. Sweeney’s and BookMarq
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A vehicle driven by an unidentified driver struck three parked, unattended student vehicles in the 1900 block of W. Kilbourn Avenue at 3:50 a.m, causing damage to the vehicles. No injuries were reported and the driver fled the scene. MPD removed a student from the Bradley Center for intoxication and he was transported by MUPD back to campus at 2:32 p.m.
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A person not affiliated with Marquette acted in a disorderly manner in a business in the 1600 block of W. Wells Street at 12:46 a.m. MUPD took the subject into custody and transported him to the Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex.
migrated toward online renting and buying to appeal to more students. The benefits of being able to order books online and pick them up in stores is something that Marquette students find easy and helpful. “I think we will see more students placing textbook orders online,” Brown said. “We might need to adjust our business strategies further to keep up with more online changes.”
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The Marquette Tribune
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Campus IT helps MUPD with body camera options Other changes and crimes continued over winter break By Ryan Patterson
ryan.patterson@marquette.edu
As the Marquette Police Department enters its second semester since being commissioned, it is setting goals and looking back on crime from winter break. Body camera update MUPD Chief Paul Mascari said this week that a meeting will take place between MUPD and Marquette IT Services. They will discuss the possible future implementation of body cameras on patrol officers. They will evaluate different models of body cameras and the costs and logistics of storing and retrieving recorded videos. Mascari also said MUPD is reviewing privacy policies when it comes to turning body cameras on and off. He said application of body cameras will ensure that nearly all MUPD actions are recorded. “Between the body cameras, the in-car video that we already have, as well as the cameras that we have around campus, we should have ample video coverage of any interaction that we have with the public,” Mascari said. Additionally, Mascari said it’s too early to put a definitive
Photo by Yue Yin yue.yin@marquette.edu
A student criticized MUPD on Facebook after a car close to the 16th St. MUPD offices was robbed and the perpetrator got away.
timeline on when the body cameras could be used but he hopes to have a more direct plan in the next few months. “We need help implementing them,” Mascari said. “There’s a lot of IT aspects to it as well. I would hope by the end of the semester we would have a pretty good plan in place for implementation.” Change to crime log MUPD recently changed the wording of its crime log entries
to reduce mentioning estimates of money lost in theft of damages. Instead, there is a new category for those reports - “Theft less than $500.” Lt. Kevin Walz said in an email that sometimes there are reports where the damage amount is not known at the time of the incident, so there is no dollar estimate. “When the actual amount is estimated it is put into a supplemental report,” Walz said. “This is also true with
burglaries when the victims are unsure of the value of the property at the time of the report.” MUPD “does not report values or amounts on non-MU retail theft reports, or when a non-MU victim is the victim of property damage,” Walz said. Car break-in A student’s car was damaged and broken into on the night of Dec. 25. The robbery took place near the intersection of 16th and Wells St., less than a block
away from the MUPD offices. According to the MUPD daily crime log, damage estimates to the car were valued at $250 and the stolen possessions were estimated at $250. The student’s boyfriend critiqued MUPD’s failure to stop the robbery in a Facebook post on the Marquette Class of 2016 page. The MUPD administration office was closed Dec. 25 for the holidays and a report on the incident was not published until Jan. 4.
HOVERBOARD, from page 1
Regulation follows suit with other universities Randell said. Boston College, another Jesuit institution, banned selfbalancing scooters on campus entirely. A letter to its students highlighted accidents that have been documented internally. The message included statistics about problems caused by such devices. “The decision was based upon
(Boston College’s) Office of Environmental Health & Safety and the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which cited 28 hover-board related fires in 19 states and serious injuries to more than 70 riders.” Many universities have also banned hoverboard use on their campuses until a more thorough investigation by the Consumer
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Product Safety Commission has been completed. The CPSC is currently investigating dozens of hoverboardrelated fires across the country, as the device’s lithium-ion battery has been cited as a cause for fires while charging and in use. These battery packs and power supplies are certified by the Underwriters Laboratories, but hoverboards themselves are not UL certified by. Current designs are also being investigated related to falling injuries.
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These signs can be found around campus to enforce the new rule.
News
Thursday, January 21, 2016
The Marquette Tribune
Freshman enrollment on slight downward trend Many first-year students apply after Dec. 1 cutoff
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By Gary Leverton
Class of 2017
Marquette saw a drop in the number of college applications over the past year, however, employees in the Office of Admissions do not perceive the decrease as a concern. Although application numbers will likely be significantly lower than previous years, Jean Burke, dean of the Office of Admissions, said fewer applicants will bring in more quality students to the university. “The old search firm we used used a ‘fast application’ which was easy to complete,” Burke said. “This did lead to more applications, but many of them were either uncompleted or ‘soft’ applications.” The Office of Admissions works with a new search firm that Burke said made the application process more indepth. She said while there
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will be fewer applications to review, the applications are from prospective students who are specifically interested in Marquette. Burke said 64 percent of applications were fully completed last year. This includes test scores, essays, and other parts of the application process being
completely filled out. She said 92 percent of applicants completed the process this year. There are other factors that affect the number of applications year to year. Burke said some schools become the popular choice that everyone wants to attend, which means that university might see a
spike in applications. Carlos Garces, the senior assistant dean in the Office of Admissions, said sports teams success can have a big impact on the number of applications and general interest in a university. “When Dwayne Wade took Marquette to the Final Four, we saw an immediate increase in applications the next year,” Garces said. “For example, we were at a college fair on the East Coast where we typically only meet with 50 students. That next year, we probably met with over 200 because families recognized the name.” Garces said this initial contact is valuable because it allows the university to build a relationship with prospective students and hopefully get them to visit. Garces said how the school reaches out to prospective students, the quality of programs and materials offered, the visitation program and the perception of the school all factor into the number of applications each year. Burke said the perceived quality of programs has a major impact on a student’s decision.
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She said this does not always mean that a particular school is the best, but if it is perceived that way, it will usually receive more applications. Garces said price is definitely a factor when prospective students decide on whether to apply to Marquette. “We are aware of it and very sensitive to it,” Garces said. “We make sure to talk to families about the tuition costs and the scholarships that are available.” Burke said the university doesn’t have a goal on how many applications it wants a year. Instead, admissions sets an enrollment goal. Last year, the enrollment goal was set at 2000 students. Since that goal was not reached, the university lowered the goal to 1935 incoming freshmen for the class of 2020. Burke also said even though Marquette has a Dec. 1 application deadline, students are allowed to apply throughout the year. According to the Marquette admissions page, students are admitted on a space available basis after Dec. 1.
Common Core revision discussions underway Input being sought from students, faculty and staff By Rebecca Carballo
rebecca.carballo@marquette.edu
Proposals to change the University Core of Common Studies will develop with the help of administrators, faculty, staff and students before going to a committee who will make the decision in spring 2017. Why Revise the Core? The university aims for the new core to prepare students for the future while maintaining the Jesuit tradition. The rationale for the core, published on the university website, explains their reasoning. “With the successful reaccreditation by the Higher Learning Commission in 2014, Marquette University can focus its revision process on developing a more coherent UCCS that prepares students for a competitive 21st century economy in light of the 450 - year tradition of Jesuit education.” “We are hoping to create a core that is true to our mission as a Catholic, Jesuit institution and to utilize the latest research
on best pedagogical practices nationally,” said John Su, the director of the Core of Common Studies. “Our students deserve a truly transformative education and a well-designed core is a crucial part of that.” Student Involvement in the Revision Process Student involvement is instrumental to the revision process. Su is working with the Marquette Student Government to develop student focus groups to improve the proposals. Currently, volunteers across campus are forming work groups. Interested students, faculty, administrators and staff are invited to join these groups. “Students have been involved in this process since the very beginning, and their contributions have been crucial,” Su said. “Our students help to create the most transformative academic experience possible.” So far 11 groups formed, each consisting of six to 10 people. Su said his guess is that these groups will begin working in February. What Does the Revision Process Look Like? Marquette is changing its core
using similar revision processes utilized by other universities like Notre Dame, Santa Clara and San Diego State. “What many of my colleagues say they want from a revised core is one that keeps the focus on the student and one that best reflects what it means to be a graduate of Marquette,” said Lars Olson, the interim chair of biomedical engineering. This semester the Core Curriculum Review Committee hopes to submit their proposals to the University Board of Undergraduate Studies. The proposals will then be reviewed by the University Academic Senate who will make a recommendation to University President Michael Lovell and Provost Daniel Myers. Faculty, staff and administrators worked with facilitators this past fall to create proposals for revising the UCCS. The group looked at a list of learning outcomes generated by a survey of the Marquette community. Many students prioritized communicating in writing, critical thinking and problem solving as learning outcomes were ranked high according to the survey.
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English professor John Su directs the University Core of Common Studies. He wants the core to reflect national pedagogical practices.
ST. JAMES’ EPISCOPAL CHURCH WELCOMES YOU! St. James’ Episcopal Church, 833 W. Wisconsin - located directly East of Straz Residence Hall near the Marquette campus, welcomes all people to worship in the beauty of holiness in an atmosphere of love, service, acceptance and joy. Come and join us! • Regular Sunday Service: 10:00 a.m. • Opportunities for Service at Outreach Ministries (Daily Meal Program, Saturday Clothing Ministry) • Opportunities to participate in our “Joyful Noise” Acoustic Band • Come and meet our Parish family of friendly Christians of all kinds
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The Marquette Tribune
Thursday, January 21, 2016
Student government prepares for new semester Work from 2015 continues, focus put on club sports, food By Rebecca Carballo
rebecca.carballo@marquette.edu
Marquette Student Government will work to improve recreational facilities and provide clubs with the resources they need for spring 2016 while continuing to work on fall 2015 initiatives like bringing fresh fruit to deliver to students, and helping club, dance and recreational teams. Clubs and performing groups all share a common need – space to practice. MUSG hopes it can utilize and improve space it already has in addition to the university’s plan to build a new recreational facility. MUSG President Zack Wallace said he hopes a new recreation center is in the near feature for the university. MUSG also plans to improve the health and counseling centers. “We are looking to make sure this proposal does not sit on the shelf,” Wallace said. “It’s a huge amount of money, and we need to figure how we can best fund it.” MUSG looked at peer
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MUSG Program Vice President Sarah Beattie works in MUSG’s Alumni Memorial Union office.
institutions for inspiration. The University of Wisconsin-Madison includes a gym membership fee in its tuition, whereas Marquette does not. MUSG and the university will work together to find funding for a new facility. “We are working with athletics to see how we can best utilize and maximize space on campus, not just the (Helfaer) Rec Center,” Wallace said. MUSG explored the
option to purchase turf for Norris Park, where intramural and club teams practice and play games. However, the cost makes this a long-term project. MUSG worked on short-term solutions to give clubs and performance groups adequate practice space. It will work with the athletic department to see how it can employ the courts in the Helfaer Rec Center to ensure teams get enough practice time.
Researching antibiotic resistance Biological sciences professor, students probe MKE water
Student Educational Services Office moves Switch from AMU to Coughlin Hall brings increased space
By Maredithe Meyer
maredithe.meyer@marquette.edu
Krassi Hristova, assistant professor of biological sciences, and her research team discovered that Milwaukee’s urban waterways are a breeding ground for antibioticresistant bacteria. In Milwaukee, drinking the city’s water, swimming in the harbor or being on the beach can expose people to the bacteria, Hristova said. When bacteria enters the human body, it can prevent common antibiotics from treating sickness. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2 million people become infected annually with antibiotic-resistant bacteria and 23,000 people die directly from that bacteria. Hristova said antibiotics weaken the immune system by fighting the good bacteria that our body needs along with harmful bacteria. For this flu season, she suggests avoiding antibiotics at all costs. “There’s no reason to use antibiotics during flu season because they are not designed to impact viruses,” Hristova said. “There is also no reason to use antibacterial sanitizers during the flu season. We are just increasing the pool of antibiotic resistant material in our environment and in our human body and making ourselves more susceptible to infection.” According to Hristova, there is no way to treat the sediment that holds the antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Milwaukee’s harbor, but the future of Milwaukee’s waterway still looks positive.
MUSG talked with dance groups such as Pure Dance and Mazaa Bollywood Dance about their practice facilities and how their current practice spaces can improve. “There is a lot of things we can do right now,” Wallace said. “But we cannot lose the end goal that we need that new wellness and rec facility.” In addition to improving recreational facilities, MUSG
By Gary Leverton
gary.leverton@marquette.edu
Mike Carpenter michael.carpenter@marquette.edu
Krassi Hristova (right) says not to use antibiotics during flu season.
People flush unused medication down the drain, Hristova said. That incorrect disposal of medication is one of the main reasons for this worldwide issue. Hristova started her research during summer 2012 with the assistance of undergraduate and graduate students in her lab on campus. “The objective of this study was to evaluate antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli isolated from the urban waterways of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, compared to those from Milwaukee sewage and a clinical setting in Milwaukee,” reads the study’s research article. Since its start, the study evolved into a larger project funded by the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute. The Medical College of Wisconsin and the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences are also involved. “I think antibiotic resistance is one of our most pressing global issues,” said Michael Walsh, a graduate student in the biological sciences program. “I am glad to see interest in the topic growing as we move forward, and I hope we have begun acting early enough to prevent any large scale resistant pathogens.” “Most of us are familiar with the problem of antibiotic resistance in clinical settings when commonly used antibiotics cannot treat very common infections, but it’s novel to look outside of the clinical setting and to understand that we also have problems in the environment,” Hristova said.
will continue to work on initiatives from fall 2015 like continuing to work with Growing Power, a local producer of fresh fruit that students can order. Growing power will deliver fresh fruit baskets to the MUSG office for students to purchase. MUSG hopes the baskets will be available for purchase by February. “We focused on getting more opportunities for students and administrators to interact,” said Emily Gorz, a senior in the College of Communication and MUSG vice president of communication. MUSG plans to do this by continuing to host Dialogue Dinners, an event that brings students, faculty and staff together once a month for dinner and a discussion on a variety of topics. The first dialogue dinner of the semester will be Feb. 3. There are other initiatives in the works for MUSG in the spring semester. Early design stages for a website called Marquette Rent Review are in the works at MUSG. This will give students the opportunity to provide reviews on campus apartments and landlords.
To accommodate increased usage, the Office of Student Educational Services relocated to Coughlin Hall from the Alumni Memorial Union. The move occurred over winter break. OSES houses the university’s academic services, Freshman Frontier Program, the tutoring program, and Urban Scholars. “(It’s the) best thing ever for the department,” Academic Programs Coordinator Emily Bryant-Mundschau said. “Now we don’t have to worry about space, and students won’t feel crammed in study spaces.” Karen Desotelle, director of academic services, said that although there were concerns moving to a less central area of campus, the amount of extra space the office would receive at Coughlin outweighed those concerns. “At the AMU it was difficult with people scheduling on top of each other for the space,” Desotelle said. Coughlin will be able to host a maximum of 23 to 25 groups of six students at a time. The tutoring program has grown from only 200 students per year when it debuted 20 years ago to more than 1,500 in fall 2015. “It’s comfortable,” Desotelle said. “There are great glass boards for the tutors to use and less noise between each group. It’s still an open environment,
but there will be less distractions between each group.” Additional space in Coughlin also allows for a conference room shared among the different programs and a kitchen area, neither of which were available to in the previous location. Desotelle isn’t the only one excited about the new space. The move opened up areas for the Urban Scholars Program and the FFP, a program that allows students to come during the summer and take three courses – one for credit and the other two as prep courses – along with other activities to prepare participants for college. JohnRaé Stowers, FFP coordinator, said this space will provide study areas for students who don’t want to go elsewhere. “Before, we didn’t have room in the AMU for many activities that we like to do,” Stowers said. “Now we have the space to do them.” Darryle Todd, Urban Scholars coordinator, said the extra space created several extra rooms for meetings or a place where students can hang out, something that wasn’t possible with the previous area. Urban Scholars provides full tuition to first generation, low income students who demonstrate excellence in the classroom, leadership and service. “Now these students have a space to call their home and feel comfortable,” Todd said. “It gives them an open and available space to use throughout the year.” Todd said since most Urban Scholars students commute from home to campus daily, the new space also provides a place for mailboxes and cubbies for storing their belongings.
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Centering on gender, sexuality academia at MU Director Angelique Harris discusses goals for new center By Nicki Perry
nicolette.perry@marquette.edu
Angelique Harris, director of the Center for Gender and Sexualities Studies, discusses the function and goals of the new center since it settled into Sensenbrenner Hall over winter break. Provost Daniel Myers announced in Aug. 2015 that the former Gender and Sexuality Resource Center would split into two new departments under the Center for Intercultural Engagement: the CGSS and the LGBTQ Resource Center. “Things are going great so far,” Harris said. “It has given us the opportunity to really focus on a lot of the academic concerns that exist on campus, like the lack of courses that really address women’s issues.” Harris said the CGSS began operating out of Sensenbrenner in November. The center previously operated out of Harris’ office in Lalumiere Hall. One of Harris’ goals for the CGSS is looking at the intersexuality framework and revamping the women and gender studies program curriculum. Harris said her other goals include promoting gender sexuality diversity and providing funding for students and faculty to have more
diverse programming. The split was the result of a controversy that struck the GSRC and its former director, Susannah Bartlow, in May 2015. The GSRC office featured a mural of Assata Shakur, who is on the FBI’s most wanted list for escaping prison and fleeing to Cuba after she was convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper in 1973. The split takes two seemingly closely-related areas and puts them in different locations on campus. Harris said she thinks the split was a good idea and should have been done initially. “It was a long time coming,” Harris said. “It was unfortunate (why) it finally happened but at least we now actually have the resource to make sure students are getting a decent education when it comes to issues like gender and sexualities.” Eva Martinez Powless, the director of the LGBTQ Resource Center and the CIE, said the split was a smart move because the GSRC was never intended to function as a student services area. “I think that what came out of (the mural controversy) was that we now have two centers,” Martinez Powless said. “One that really focuses on developing our students and another one that focuses on that academic field and that intersection of race, gender, identity, sexuality identity.” However, student reactions to the split were not as positive.
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The Gender and Sexuality Resource Center was split into the two new departments in August 2015.
Martinez Powless said there was tension among students initially because it was unclear what would happen to the GSRC. Josh Miles, a sophomore in the College of Communication and a frequent visitor of the two centers, said he was aware of the tension following the news of Bartlow’s departure from the university and the split. “Everyone was waiting for that email from the provost to the university community
regarding the LGBTQ resource center,” Miles said. “After he made that email, it was like, ‘Okay, now we know what’s happening and it’s official.’” Miles said he likes how the centers are different despite the fact that they both are categorized under the CIE. “Even though they share a lot of similarities, the centers allow people who identify as LGBTQ or their allies to have a space that’s dedicated
to them,” Miles said. Miles said the split was necessary, effective and important because now students are more aware that the LGBTQ Resource Center exists. “I worked at Marquette for about nine years and I think that in the last year, I have seen a lot of progress in the area of inclusiveness, our diversity, and I think that that’s something really, really good,” Martinez Powless said.
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Cast members encouraged to channel inner-child By Thomas Southall
thomas.southall@marquette.edu
Under the bright lights on the stage, Marissa Ellison’s character Bean opens the performance in “Ivy + Bean The Musical.” Since the main characters are supposed to be around six years old, Ellison, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said “pump(ing) yourself up” and bringing back the childlike energy is key when preparing to walk on stage. “Ivy + Bean The Musical” opened last weekend and will continue performances Jan. 23 and Jan. 24 at 2:30 p.m at Helfaer Theatre. The script, music and lyrics by Scott Elmegreen are based off Annie Barrows’ New York Times bestselling series “Ivy and Bean.” The show Photo via Marquette Theatre revolves around two titular characters and their jour“Ivy + Bean” revolves around the unlikely friendship between the quiet new girl Ivy and the energetic Bean who loves looking for trouble. ney through an unexpected to just “go play.” This simple pitfall as well. come from nearby schools. Theatre, with its long hours friendship. Bean is a miscommand helped the actors ob“I try to make sure not to conThe cast took a pause from and endless performances, chievous troublemaker and the tain a firm grasp of their parts. descend or underestimate (the) practicing during winter break is a difficult job to complete center of attention among the For Ellison, the stage is a kids and know that it’s imporand went back to rehearsals but Ellison and Magoon both kids who live in Pancake Court, chance to communicate with the tant to keep them engaged in the when break ended. Ellison said agree that the reward lies in the while Ivy, played by Maddison audience. She said actor-audistory,” Clarke said. she knew that this could impede audience’s reaction. Underberg, a freshman in the A.J. Magoon, assistant to the some of the progress they had “The reactions of the kids College of Communication, is ence dynamic is a little different in this case, since the audience artistic director, house manager made, but believes the cast did to the show are fantastic,” the quiet new girl on the culis almost exclusively children. and a junior in the College of well in remembering the things Magoon said. de-sac who dreams of perform“You have to engage the auCommunication, agreed that they practiced before break. Ellison and Clarke added that ing magical spells. The cast and dience a little more,” Ellison working for a children’s musiRehearsals started in October the close-knit theatre communicrew has spent the past four said. “They can laugh and cal requires a different frame of and Ellison and the cast have rety is what makes the job worthmonths working to bring this talk at weird times. You have mind. He said “Ivy + Bean” is a hearsed the play over 20 times while as well. show to life. lot shorter than a standard show since then. Starting months in “So much work and love is For the actors, acting as a to keep the energy.” Another challenge Ellison and school matinees take the advance allows for the show to put into every production this child and giving a convincing said is to focus. place of evening performances. reach its highest potential, but it department puts on, and this is performance was not as easy as “It’s a challenge not to go The show is only an hour in also brings a chance for a stale no different,” Magoon said. “I it seemed. They found it a chaloverboard,” Ellison said. “You length with no intermission. performance due to repetition. think that’s why people come lenge to cast off adult concerns have to keep in mind what’s Magoon coordinates the bus With the risk of a boring show, back time after time. ” and responsibilities. your motivation and keep your arrivals and seating arrangethe actors’ ability to bring enerThe musical’s director Niffer ments since most of the chil- gy to each performance is even Clarke said she once told the performance honest.” Clarke is aware of the dren seeing the afternoon shows more impressive. cast members during a rehearsal
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Haggerty honors women in eclectic four-part exhibition Display reinforces Helfaer’s theme of feminine strength By Aly Prouty
alyssa.prouty@marquette.edu
Staff at the Haggerty Museum of Art hope to engage students and get them thinking about women’s representation in art over time by showcasing new exhibits inspired by other Marquette events. The Haggerty opens its new exhibits on Thursday, Jan. 21. The four exhibits will include both historic and contemporary artists in a wide range of mediums and will remain open through May 22. Supplemental events, such as talks from artists and musical performances, will occur throughout the semester. The overarching themes of the new exhibits are strong women and women reading. The themes were chosen due to Marquette Theater’s theme, Strong Women, as well as the 50th dedication anniversary of the Joan of Arc Chapel. “We really think it’s important to align ourselves with major things happening at Marquette,” said Susan Longhenry, director and chief curator of the Haggerty. Exhibits include: “Reading Women” by Carrie Schneider, “Bijinha: Picturing Women in Japanese Prints” curated by Dr. Hilary Snow, “Joan of Arc: Highlights from the
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“Bijinha: Picturing Women in Japanese Prints” enhances diversity.
Permanent Collection” and “Page Turners: Women and Letters” curated by Rachel Funari. The Joan of Arc exhibit shows Joan at various stages in her life. One piece shows her as a warrior, and another as a peasant. A different painting of Joan shows her
looking down, as it was meant to be placed in a church dome. It would have created the feeling of being watched over. Each piece tries to depict a unique perspective. Some of the pieces were owned by the museum and others were borrowed.
Schneider’s “Reading Women” utilizes both film and photography, which create elements of reality and truth. Sixteen of the 100 photos the artist took are on display in the exhibit. Schneider asked friends and colleagues to select a book written by a female and location. She then took a two hour long video of each woman reading her chosen book in their personal space and then selected a photograph from the video. There is a film available for viewing. The film includes clips of the women reading from each of their respective films. Each time a woman turns a page, the film cuts to a different woman. The film is four hours long. Something visitors may find interesting is comparing the film clips to the videos. Longhenry said she finds watching someone read to be interesting. She thinks the videos highlight how immersed and engrossed reading truly can be. “We’re watching her and that feels a little bit like she’s the subject now,” Longhenry said. “When I first saw this work it felt a little voyeuristic to me. But I think that’s whats clever and interesting about it is that it’s the act of reading, the act of looking.” The exhibit also includes a bookshelf with all of the books featured in the portraits. Visitors are welcomed and encouraged to stay and read. “Page Turners: Women and Letters” attempts to complement
Schneider’s work by showing women reading in more historic periods. Women were often shown in domestic or provocative scenes. Showing women doing something considered intellectual was not the norm and each artist tries to deal with that in their own way. Some artists attempted humor in their work. The Aliefia Reading Circle, a women’s reading group in Milwaukee founded in 1888, is featured. Records and documentation are on display. Next to this display is a collection of pictures from the Marquette archives that feature women reading. “Bijinha: Picturing Women in Japanese Prints,” comprised of woodblock prints, represents Japanese culture. Bijin means beautiful women. This exhibit emphasizes the various depictions of Japanese women through the ages, as well as highlights their cultural differences. The museum often hosts class visits that are arranged by their professors, contributing to their more than 10,000 visitors each year. With these new exhibits, the staff sees takeaways for students beyond interpreting art. “I hope that it provokes them to think about the representation of women, about the importance of reading,” Longhenry said. “I hope that they learn something about the Japanese culture.”
Live concert series boosts MUBB pregame excitement Local musicians play before Saturday BIG EAST games By Rachel Kubik
rachel.kubik@marquette.edu
Marquette Men’s Basketball recently added a new opportunity for fun and musical enjoyment at the games this season. The entertainment of local bands and artists through pregame concerts have come to the BMO Bradley Harris Center. Performed in the east atrium, the concerts begin when doors open for Saturday BIG EAST basketball games. Brian Morgan, assistant athletics director for ticket sales and strategy, said the team and the fan experience group were looking for different ways to engage fans. They considered what the Milwaukee Bucks and the Milwaukee Admirals do for their pregames, and wanted some ambiance when fans came into the atrium. “I think (pregame concerts add) a little bit extra oomph for folks as they get ready for Marquette Basketball games,” Morgan said. “It definitely adds to the excitement leading up to the game.” The bands and artists are selected by K Nation Entertainment, a group that has worked with the Bucks. All musicians are local. Morgan said that the concerts expose fans to musical talent coming from areas close to home and also satisfies a diverse group of fans with different musical tastes. There are going to be different genres of music performed at each of the five BIG EAST games.
Marquette University Basketball added the new concerts to try something new and see how fans respond. Morgan said the last pregame concerts on Jan. 9 and 16 were a success. Hannah Mrozak, a former “American Idol” contestant performed Jan. 9 and covered music from the 60s and after. Her repertoire included songs by Alicia Keyes and some country. Vinyl Groove, a rock band that performed Jan. 16, covered hits from the ‘60s to the ‘80s. Its repertoire included songs by The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. Morgan said that people have enjoyed the concerts because they
are no longer walking into a silent atrium before games. The concerts are not about increasing ticket sales, but more about the excitement and energy of the audience. “Basketball is obviously the number one passion, but it’s all for entertainment,” Morgan said. “Any time we can help (fans) have the best experience, from the time they park their car until they come to the game, that’s ultimately what we’re striving for.” Bob Mittnacht, member of Vinyl Groove, said that the band has gained a lot of experience performing around the Milwaukee area during the five years the band has been
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together. The members have played their instruments since high school, but Vinyl Groove was formed through an invitation to perform at a friend’s party. The performance ended up being a success and the members decided they wanted to continue performing. Mittnacht said that the band really enjoyed performing for Marquette Basketball last Saturday. “The crowd, as (it) came in, (was) extremely enthusiastic,” Mittnacht said. “People were dancing and enjoying the music.” Fans of a variety of ages came up to Vinyl Groove during and after
the performance and shared how much they enjoyed the music and how much fun they had. The band would perform again for Marquette University Basketball if given the opportunity. Vinyl Groove’s next show will be in Port Washington, Wisconsin at the Patio Bar and Grill in March. “I think it definitely added to the spirit of the game,” Mittnacht said. The next pre-game concert will be Jan. 30 when the Golden Eagles take on Butler University.
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Core of Common Studies revision deserves student participation
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With the revision of UCCS, Jesuit higher education must be kept in mind.
Marquette is in need of interested faculty, staff and students to revise the structure of the University Core of Common Studies. In May of last year, University President Michael R. Lovell announced a campus-wide initiative to revise and revitalize the Core of Common Studies in light of 21stcentury pedagogical research and Marquette’s continued commitment to Jesuit higher education. Proposals for this revision will be discussed by the Core Curriculum Review Committee beginning in January and February. This revision deserves the attention and participation of all individuals who will be affected by it – from undeclared freshmen to theology professors. Students have the opportunity to make potential changes in the UCCS, and it is their job to pay attention and participate. Most universities have a curriculum of core courses to some degree that all undergraduate students are required to take. Marquette students are familiar with the university’s requirements to take rhetoric, math, philosophy, theology, individual and social behavior, diverse cultures, literature and performing arts, histories of cultures and societies and science courses. After completing all the UCCS courses, students earn a minimum of 36 credit hours, equating to one year of two 18-credit semesters.
For many students, this seems like a lot of time spent in classes that they might not even like. Everyone has that friend who had to retake statistics – once or twice – or who cringes when they think back to PHIL 1001. Despite complaints of wasted time in boring or dreaded classes, there is reason behind the amount of time consumed in these courses. The UCCS is fundamental to each student’s academic experience at Marquette. Beyond learning statistical probabilities or the various philosophies of human nature, the UCCS instills students with knowledge, skills, values and dispositions that will shape them for the rest of their lives. Marquette’s UCCS webpage shares that the core “fosters lifelong learning and promotes the values of faith, leadership, excellence and services – values central to the Jesuit educational tradition.” The UCCS is valuable and necessary at Marquette because it develops the whole person, rather than a person with only certain skills for a job. The more specified skills can be refined in a student’s chosen major(s) and minor(s). In addition to wholesome development, core courses help students discern their vocations. During freshman year, it is easy for students to feel overwhelmed with the decision to choose a major for the next four years that might become
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their career for an additional 40 years. The core helps students figure out their natural talents and the topics they enjoy studying. Critical and abstract thinking are the heart of Jesuit educational tradition, and professors of the core courses at Marquette understand this. Beyond that, some professors do what they can to ignite a critical thinking flame in each of their students. Instead of providing the right answers, they challenge students to ask the right questions. These professors encourage curiosity and discomfort through classroom discussions and service learning endeavors. In anticipation of the revision of the UCCS, it is crucial that students actively participate if they wish to see desirable changes, and they should not be afraid to share their input. The revision should consider adding more modernized, technology-based courses. Given that we live in a rapidly changing world, the demand in this day and age for technology-based skill sets is only increasing and some students may be more interested in a technology-based course rather than a science course. Given that students spend one year of their academic career at Marquette taking core classes, it is equally important that the review committee is intentional about listening to student input. Inevitably, some comments may need to be taken with a grain of salt since some students have bitter sentiments about aspects of the UCCS. Similarly, the opinions and comments from professors are equally important when discerning what the revision should look like. The professors who teach courses within the UCCS have seen underclassmen develop their rhetoric and critical thinking abilities from beginning to end of their first year. They certainly provide understanding and examples of the necessity of the UCCS, and if they practice candor, they may be able to admit what aspects of the UCCS are not working. With the revision of the UCCS, it is necessary that the essential goals of Jesuit education are kept in mind, or rather, at the forefront of any decision made. The education that Marquette offers is wholesome and should remain that way, with a few tweaks.
‘New year, new me’ is an empty phrase Morgan Hughes Now that the month of January is more than half over, there’s a good chance a lot of New Year’s resolutions that were made when the clock struck twelve have been forgotten or abandoned. I am not judging those who have flaked on their resolutions. I’ve had my fair share of short-lived “new year, new me” plans of action but after many years of unfulfilled promises to myself, the whole idea became a little stale. There’s a reason New Year’s resolutions get a bad rap. People throw out blanket statements and untargeted goals. They say they will lose weight, but they won’t say how much weight or what they plan to do to achieve the goal. New Year’s resolutions are more often mocked than made. You can give yourself a scapegoat by waiting to set a goal until New Year’s, and the act of setting a resolution becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy for failure. Don’t get me wrong. It’s a good thing to take a minute, reflect on the past year or semester, figure out what things you want to improve or change and make a goal to actually change them. New Year’s resolutions are a great idea in theory, but we all change so dramatically throughout the year. Setting an all-encompassing goal for the whole year is limiting and unrealistic. Monthly, weekly and
even daily, we learn new things, gain new experiences and become different people. Instead, I would suggest setting shorter term goals that are easier to re-examine as the year progresses. We all want to grow as individuals, so we should set goals that we know will make growth happen. In one of my high school classes we were told to set SMART goals; S as in specific, M as in meaningful, A as in action oriented, R as in realistic and T as in timely. These guidelines forced us to really think about why we wanted to achieve our goals, what we could do to make that happen and how long it would take to get to where we wanted to be. Saying you’ll never eat junk food again isn’t very realistic, but saying that you will eat an extra serving of fruits and vegetables every day for a month to live a healthier lifestyle is specific, meaningful, action oriented, realistic and timely. We should all strive to be the best version of ourselves. Realizing there’s something in your life that needs to be changed and making a plan for a happier you is nothing to laugh at. We have all year long to work on ourselves, so a new date on the calendar shouldn’t be the reason we decide to make a change. Let’s save New Year’s for midnight kisses and popping champagne and spend the rest of the 364 days of the year becoming the people we want to be. Morgan Hughes is a sophomore studying Journalism and Political Science. She is reachable by email at morgan.hughes@marquette.edu
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College Promise plan Taking some time to look back is not very appealing through top stories of 2015 Jack Hannan In his final State of the Union Address last week, President Barack Obama discussed the dire need for higher education reform and formally unveiled his College Promise plan. The program focuses on making education more affordable for students by offering two years of free tuition at community colleges throughout the country. As current college students, we are more aware of the excessive costs of education than anyone (besides our parents). I personally have only one semester left before I join the more than 41 million American college graduates with student loan debt, according to the Huffington Post. It is no surprise that people are excited about a policy that could help ease the financial burden associated with higher education. But are two years of free community college really the Holy Grail that many are making it out to be? Of course, there are some obvious concerns regarding the financial viability of Obama’s College Promise program, but even if political leaders are able to design an economically sustainable plan, there is no guarantee that it will reduce student loan debt or education inequality. To determine the future impact of the proposal we must first understand the true benefits of higher education. The knowledge that is gained from any form of organized learning is extremely valuable, so the importance of the education itself cannot be overlooked. But the real reason so many people are willing to plunge themselves into debt in order to go to school is that they expect to profit, in the long run, from lucrative job opportunities that come with knowledge. Unfortunately for students, not all knowledge is valued equally by employers. Therein lies the flaw in Obama’s proposal. Free community college would be the perfect solution to the higher education crisis if the problem was a lack of knowledge among workers. In reality, the problem is the lack of a degree or at least, a lack of the “right” degree. Even without the proposed expansion of free community college, there are still many free
community colleges and other affordable alternative education programs available across the country. Some employers view these forms of education as inferior and subsequently seek out graduates from more expensive and well-known universities. This phenomenon is consistent with typical consumer behavior. We automatically perceive more expensive products as more valuable. Think about this: every time you buy a name brand product over a generic one you instinctively attribute the price mark-up to higher quality materials and better design even though you have no idea how either product was made. The same is true with recruiters. They assume that the higher the university’s tuition costs, the better the quality of the education. While this may be true in some cases, it certainly is not always accurate and qualified applicants from free education programs are at a disadvantage. Even if we were able to design a free community college program that provided the same quality of professors and curriculum, graduates from expensive schools would still have the competitive edge via the potentially arbitrary qualification of an expensive degree. The fact that many college graduates who have student loan debt could have avoided it by attending cheaper schools further proves this phenomenon. The perception of expensive universities as superior is so strong that millions of students willingly chose to take on debt just for the perceived professional and competitive advantages. The only way to really solve this issue is to somehow get employers to start recruiting based on what a student actually knows, not how much he paid for a piece of paper that says he knows it. Unfortunately this will be extremely difficult to achieve through public policy as legislation has no authority over perception. Hopefully the College Promise plan will help give more Americans access to higher education. Even if it does, much more progress needs to be made for the crisis to be rectified. Jack Hannan is a senior studying Marketing and Finance. He is reachable by email at jack.hannan@marquette.edu
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Topics of gender and identity were saturated on television programs, in newspapers and social media throughout 2015.
Ryan Murphy If there’s one thing I’ve learned about the Jesuit tradition during my time at Marquette, it is that one must always be reflecting. Now that 2015 has reached its end, let’s take a look back at some of the year’s most significant moments. One thing that stands out to me in 2015 is the way tragedies became fuel for political debate. This is probably nothing new since great misfortunes demand responses, but perhaps in a better world, we could grieve without the politics. The death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore and other unarmed black men across the country kept alive the discussion surrounding institutional racism within America’s police forces. Tragedies like the shootings in San Bernardino, California, and Chattanooga, Tennessee, grieved us all and contributed to the debate surrounding gun control in equal measure. And of course, the Charlie Hebdo shooting in January and the larger attacks across Paris in November gave greater urgency to the West’s fight against terrorism, and recolored the way many understood the Syrian refugee crisis. What is most frustrating is the polarization that happened after each incident. Each side painted the other as a radical or a bigot against the Constitution. As for mass shootings, many individuals
were labeled naive or xenophobic depending on their viewpoint of a given situation. I hope that in 2016 we will be able to respond to trials with greater compassion and collaboration, though I doubt we’ll have much of either. An article in the most recent issue of The Atlantic claims that America is moving left, and nowhere does that appear more true than in the way many Americans thought about gender in 2015. There was a remarkable increase in transgender visibility. In January, Amazon’s comedydrama “Transparent” won Golden Globes for best TV series and best actor, among other accolades. Of course, the nation’s attention was most decidedly captured when Bruce Jenner came out as transgender in an interview with Diane Sawyer in April and reemerged as Caitlyn on the cover of Vanity Fair in July. The year ended with “The Danish Girl” nominated for three Golden Globes, four Oscars and five BAFTAs. None of this is to say that transgender individuals are met everywhere with understanding and acceptance, but it does suggest that transgender issues have entered the larger social conscious and that more people are reevaluating the role gender plays in the lives of individuals and in society. Traditional notions about the meaning of gender were challenged again on May 22, when Ireland overwhelmingly approved marriage equality in a referendum. A month later, the
U.S. followed suit when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of marriage equality in Obergefell v. Hodges. Despite Kim Davis’s antics, the ruling is in line with public opinion: According to polling by the Pew Research Forum, 55% of Americans approve of marriage equality. Among millennials, 70% approve. The opening up of all U.S. military positions to women was incredibly significant even though it did not receive the same attention in the media as transgender visibility or marriage equality. This is the sort of change that makes one hopeful for an equal future for all. As it stands now, however, only men must register with the Selective Service System and therefore be eligible for the draft. There were moments that divided us. Does Hillary Clinton’s email scandal, which came to light in March, make her unfit for the presidency? Can Rachel Dolezal really be transracial, as she claimed in June? And the premiere of Star Wars in December has us all wondering: Just who is Rey? Whichever side of these debates you fell on, we made it through 2015. Despite the cynicism that has come to color most public discourse, let us look toward 2016 with hope and determination. Ryan Murphy is a junior studying Business Economics and WritingIntensive English. He is reachable by email at ryan.p.murphy@marquette.edu
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Thursday, January 21, 2016
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Blue Demons put MU’s hopes on brink
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Despite Duane Wilson’s game-high 19 points and go-ahead put-back with 8.4 seconds, Marquette couldn’t stop Billy Garrett, Jr. and DePaul.
Garrett, Jr. hits and-one with 1.1 seconds on clock By Dan Reiner
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Well, that stung. In a back-and-forth match between two teams fighting to stay relevant in the BIG EAST standings, DePaul (7-12, 1-6 BIG EAST) upended Marquette (12-7, 2-5 BIG EAST) and likely ended the Golden Eagles’ NCAA tournament chances. Billy Garrett, Jr. converted an and-one layup with 1.1 seconds left in regulation to give the Blue Demons a 57-56 victory at the BMO Harris Bradley Center Wednesday night. “It hurt,” Marquette head coach Steve Wojciechowski said. “I thought we played harder tonight than we did in the Xavier game, we just weren’t rewarded for it.” Squaring off against a team that entered 0-6 in BIG EAST play, Marquette held a onepoint lead with 8.4 seconds remaining after redshirt sophomore Duane Wilson tipped
in his own miss. DePaul head coach Dave Leitao called timeout and Wojciechowski subbed in 6-foot-4 freshman Sacar Anim in place of 6-foot-10 Henry Ellenson. Garrett, Jr. was still able to use his speed to get around the double team and drive into the lane for the foul. “We wanted to get a lineup where we could switch ball screens,” Wojciechowski said. “We knew they were going to go to Garrett and we wanted to try to double him in the backcourt and I thought a smaller, more athletic lineup would be able to do that.” The Golden Eagles’ normally dominant size was virtually nonexistent throughout the game. Redshirt junior Luke Fischer picked up his second foul just two minutes, 21 seconds into the game and was forced to sit out the rest of the first half. Freshman Matt Heldt collected just one rebound in 13 minutes while the Blue Demons out-rebounded Marquette, 33 to 26. DePaul collected a whopping 16 offensive rebounds, compared to the Golden Eagles’ six. Henry Ellenson was contained to 11 points, six rebounds, four blocks and four turnovers for the
game. His performance may be attributed to injuries to his shin and ankle, which Wojciechowski confirmed will not keep him out of game action. “He’s a little banged up, which is typical for this time of year, especially with as much
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It hurt ... I thought we played harder tonight than we did in the Xavier game. We just weren’t rewarded for it.” Steve Wojciechowski Marquette Men’s Basketball Head Coach
contact as he plays against and has to play through,” Wojciechowski said. Both teams put on a porous offensive display in the first
half. Marquette shot just 34.8 percent from the field, including 3-of-10 from three-point range. Not to be outdone, the Blue Demons shot 34.5 percent in the half, but 11 offensive rebounds created eight second chance points to propel them to a 26-22 halftime lead. The Golden Eagles scored one point in the final 6:38 of the half. The offenses picked up marginally in the second half as Marquette kept up with DePaul’s attacks in the paint. The Golden Eagles used a 6-0 run, capped by a Fischer turnaround jump shot, to take a 46-45 lead with 7:01 remaining, their first since it was 22-21 with 2:36 left in the first half. They would increase that lead to five thanks to six consecutive free throws – it was 52-47 with less than four minutes to play. Marquette then turned the ball over five times in the final four minutes and allowed DePaul to tie the game at 54 with 1:24 remaining until Wilson’s tip-in – two of his 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting, to go with four assists and no turnovers. “Duane had a terrific game,” Wojciechowski said. “I thought it was maybe his best game of the season. He took good
shots and I thought he made good decisions.” Garrett Jr.’s ensuing gamewinning free throw gave DePaul its first victory in Milwaukee since Feb. 16, 2000. He scored 14 points – all in the second half – while forward Myke Henry scored a teamhigh 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. The Blue Demons got their first conference victory since Feb. 3 of last year. “DePaul’s record, for what it is, they’ve been in every single game that they’ve played in, and we knew that going in,” Fischer said. “We knew it was going to be a tough fight... We just gotta get over this hump.” The Golden Eagles are riding a three-game losing streak – the team’s longest losing streak since a six-game skid between Feb. 10 to March 1 of last season – with the two easiest games remaining on the schedule coming this week. The team will travel to New York for a Saturday night matchup at Madison Square Garden against St. John’s, which is 0-7 in the conference. Marquette will then return home Wednesday for a non-conference breather against 7-12 Stetson.
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Top questions for second semester Basketball, track and field stories on spring radar By Dan Reiner
daniel.reiner@marquette.edu
Will Henry Ellenson choose to stay at Marquette or declare for the NBA draft? There’s been a lot of speculation since Ellenson’s arrival in Milwaukee about whether he should return to Marquette for his sophomore year or leave for the big show. The freshman from Rice Lake has an elite-level mid-range jump shot, above-average rebounding ability and a knack for handling the ball despite his 6-foot-10 frame. Still, some pundits are questioning his defensive skillset, where Ellenson at times looks overmatched by players smaller than him. How is he supposed to compete against NBA players like LaMarcus Aldridge, Carmelo Anthony or Paul Millsap? Other experts aren’t so worried. ESPN’s Chad Ford ranks Ellenson No. 4 on his 2016 NBA Draft Big Board, while Fox’s Reid Forgrave ranks him 5th and DraftExpress has him as the 7th-best prospect. Ellenson’s 15.7 points and 9.5 rebounds per game also put him in consideration for National Freshman of the Year. Ellenson could probably use another year in college to work on his game before heading to the next level, but that would also mean potentially passing up millions of dollars. Can men’s lacrosse improve upon last year’s results? The Golden Eagles surprised many people last year, going 10-6 and finishing third in the conference. Inside Lacrosse ranked Marquette No. 16 in its Preseason Face-Off Yearbook, while Lacrosse Magazine ranked the team No. 18. That means the team,
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Henry Ellenson (left) is a potential top-10 NBA draft pick, while his brother Wally (right) could jump his way onto the 2016 U.S. Olympic team.
now in its fourth year, is officially on opponents’ radars. Nothing will come easy for Marquette, who will take on familiar foes Ohio State, Denver, Duke and Notre Dame. Redshirt seniors Liam Byrnes and B.J. Grill as well as senior Conor Gately will need to step up in a big way if the team wants to take another step in the right direction. Is Wally Ellenson still gunning for high jump glory? A year ago, track and field was Ellenson’s main focus. While he was forced to sit out the basketball season after transferring from Minnesota, the 6-foot-6 Rice Lake native put all focus on his high jump career. Already an All-American from his time at Minnesota, he continued his success by capturing the indoor and outdoor BIG EAST titles in the event, including a Marquette record jump of 2.28 meters (7 feet, 5.75 inches). He went on to place fifth at the NCAA Championships and would compete at the USATF Outdoor Championships.
It’s a different story this year, as Ellenson provides a vital role for the men’s basketball team. He’s averaging 2.2 points and three rebounds in 10 minutes per game as the team’s defensive spark plug off the bench. There aren’t many two-sport athletes at the Division I level, and most of those who do split time between football and baseball or track and field. In other words, it’s rare to see a two-sport athlete in basketball and track and field. The training required to stay in shape for both sports differs, not to mention the time and finesse it takes to fine-tune the art of each sport. Ellenson won’t jump until the basketball season is over, which means he may not be able to hit the track until March or April. With the Rio Olympics just seven months away, Ellenson could be a dark horse for one of the three spots on Team USA. However, the USATF Olympic Qualifiers standard is currently 2.28 meters – Ellenson’s personal best – which he cleared prior to the May 1, 2015 start date. To even get to the qualifiers, he’ll have to clear that
height again, and that’s a tall task. Will men’s basketball make the NCAA tournament? It’s been two years since Marquette made a postseason tournament, and fans were confident before this season that the drought would finally end. Yet, the team sits at 12-7 and in 7th place in the BIG EAST with a month and a half to play. Fortunes certainly could be better for the Golden Eagles. Two of their three marquee wins – LSU and Arizona State – don’t really jump out at anyone at given their own mediocre seasons so far. The Providence win in Rhode Island was a saving grace, but Marquette is still just No. 112 in the KenPom rankings and No. 94 in RPI. NBC Sports’ Dave Ommen has Marquette listed as one his “next four out,” meaning the team still has a sliver of hope in his eyes. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi gave no mention of Marquette in his latest Bracketology.
Can the track and field teams overcome Villanova for the BIG EAST crown? Both the men’s and women’s track and field teams made huge strides in 2015. Both finished second at the indoor and outdoor BIG EAST Championships, behind Villanova’s men’s and women’s teams. Much of the core of both teams returns for Marquette this season. Sprinters Joshua Word, Anton Rice and Nicholas Ebert will lead the men’s side, and javelin thrower John Krzyszkowski and Wally Ellenson will help the team during the outdoor season. The women’s side will benefit from sprinter Casandra Goodrich, thrower Maya Marion and a plethora of distance runners. Villanova will still be a thorn in Marquette’s side, as the Wildcats are a perennial national powerhouse in the running department. However, if Marquette can take advantage in the field events, they could sneak past the favorites in either BIG EAST Championship.
MARQUETTE SPORTS CALENDAR FRIDAY 1/22 Men’s Tennis vs. IUPUI, 6 p.m.
SATURDAY 1/23 Track & Field UWM Panther Quad, All Day
Women’s Basketball vs. Providence, 7 p.m.
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Hockey at Bradley, 7:10 p.m.
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BIG EAST STANDINGS MEN’S BASKETBALL (Overall, BIG EAST)
Villanova 17-2, 7-0 Georgetown 12-7, 5-2 Providence 16-3, 4-2 Creighton 13-6, 4-2 Xavier 16-2, 4-2 Seton Hall 13-5, 3-3 Butler 13-5, 2-4 Marquette 12-7, 2-5 DePaul 7-12, 1-6 St. John’s 7-12, 0-6
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (Overall, BIG EAST)
DePaul 14-6, 6-1 Villanova 12-6, 6-2 Xavier 14-4, 5-2 St. John’s 14-4, 5-2 Seton Hall 14-4, 4-3
(Women’s Basketball cont.) Creighton 10-9, 4-3 Marquette 7-11, 2-5 Butler 7-11, 2-5 Georgetown 9-9, 2-6 Providence 4-13, 0-7
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Thursday, January 21, 2016
Hockey prepares for nationals run Marquette could move into second place with sweep By Jamey Schilling
andrew.schilling@marquette.edu
With just six regular season games left for the Marquette club hockey team, they’re in a great position to qualify for the national tournament this March. At 16-4, the Golden Eagles are tied for third in the Pacific region of the American Collegiate Hockey Association. “It’s go time,” head coach Will Jurgensen said. “We’ve put ourselves in a really good spot after the first part of the season. We’ve won a lot of really good games. It really put us in a position to accomplish something in the playoffs. Now it’s time to pick up on that. “ The top two teams in the league earn automatic bids to the national tournament in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The remaining teams ranked third through 10th must battle each other until only two remain. Marquette, a team that has already spent time in the top two of the rankings earlier this year, still controls its destiny. “We can’t take any games off
because if you do, it’s going to hurt you,” Jurgensen said. The top two teams in the region, Metro State and Colorado State play each other twice this weekend. If Marquette can win both its games against Bradley, and CSU wins both of its games, Marquette will find itself in sole possession of second place. A split between the two schools would create a tie between Marquette and Metro State. Marquette has six remaining games (two each against Bradley, Butler and Loyola-Chicago) while CSU and Metro State only have five. This double-edged sword leaves opportunity for positive impact to their rank, but also the possibility for harm should they lose. This weekend, Marquette looks to pick up another two wins as they travel to play Bradley. The Braves are tied with Marquette for third in the region at 33 points, making this a critical matchup for both teams. Marquette will need to continue their strong offensive outputs and not put too much pressure on sophomore goalkeeper Robby Arner who’s saving 72.1 percent of shots and allowing 2.88 goals per game. Statistically, Marquette has been the better team on both ends. Marquette is fifth in the Pacific region in goals scored (124) and averages an impressive 5.9 goals per game, compared to Bradley who averages 4.5. This will be an
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Christian Leathley is a facilitator in Marquette’s lethal offense, which is averaging 5.9 goals per game.
important aspect of the game against a Bradley team that allows 3.5 goals per game. In a game of two relatively high scoring teams, the team that finds the upper hand offensively will prevail. The depth of Marquette’s team will be in their favor, especially
offensively. All six of the forwards on the first two lines have scored at least eight goals this season. The first line has been particularly lethal, featuring sophomore Brian Kennedy, who leads the team with 15 goals. With this depth, Marquette has the ability to
wear down opposing defenses. “This is one of the deepest teams I’ve ever been a part of in terms of being able to get production from all four lines as well as the bench,” Jurgensen said. “(They) play strong, play consistent and for the team.”
ICYMI: Top 5 stories from winter break Providence upset jewel in up-anddown month By Andrew Goldstein
andrew.goldstein@marquette.edu
In case you didn’t follow Marquette athletics in the month students were off from school, here are the five most important things that happened over break: Marquette upsets Providence (Jan. 5) There wasn’t a lot of optimism about Marquette’s chances of beating No. 8 Providence in the Friars’ own building. The Golden Eagles were 0-2 in the BIG EAST and weren’t particularly close to victory in either of those games. Providence, on the other hand, had only lost once all season coming into the Marquette game and boasted a national player of the year candidate in point guard Kris Dunn. Yet by the end of the night, none of that mattered. Redshirt sophomore guard Duane Wilson fought through the Friar defense and got a layup to fall with 31 seconds left to give Marquette a 65-64 lead, then freshman forward Henry Ellenson swatted Dunn’s last-second shot to secure the victory. It was Marquette’s first win over an AP top-10 team since the Golden Eagles knocked off Miami (FL) in the 2013 NCAA Tournament. Ellenson played a terrific game against the Friars even aside from
his game-sealing block. He scored 13 points on 6-of-13 shooting to go along with 10 rebounds, four blocks and three steals. Freshman guard Haanif Cheatham also added a team-high 16 points on 5-of-7 shooting. Inconsistency plagues men’s basketball Despite their momentous victory over the Friars, all is certainly not well with the Golden Eagles. Turnovers, poor shot selection and occasional defensive lapses have dogged Marquette for the first six games of its BIG EAST schedule. Most of these problems were evident from the first game of conference play, when Marquette led Seton Hall by one at halftime yet ended up losing by 20, making only a quarter of its field goals in the second half and allowing the Pirates to shoot 50 percent from the field. The Golden Eagles’ defensive struggles continued in their next game against Georgetown. The Hoyas shot nearly 60 percent in the first half and downed Marquette 80-70. Even when the Golden Eagles’ defense held, they never could seem to get out of their own way on offense. Marquette dropped their last two games against Villanova and Xavier. Both games featured stretches in which the Golden Eagles did not make a field goal for more than eight minutes. With such up-and-down production on both sides of the ball, there is little wonder that Marquette finds itself at 2-4 in conference play and struggling to stay afloat in a deep BIG EAST.
Allazia Blockton emerges for women’s team Men’s basketball isn’t the only Marquette team to have a bluechip freshman. Shooting guard Allazia Blockton has been a menace for the women’s team in her first year in Milwaukee. She is averaging 19 points per contest, which is second in the BIG EAST only to St. John’s guard Danaejah Grant. Perhaps even more impressive is the fact that she is shooting 46 percent on the year. Blockton also leads the team in free throw attempts (9.9 per game) and rebounds (7.8 per game). “She could be a phenomenal player,” head coach Carolyn Kieger told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “She’s a great player right now. I really believe she has the talent and the potential to be one of the best players to ever play here.” Kieger’s claim has plenty of support from the BIG EAST conference, which awards Blockton a new honor every week. She earned a BIG EAST honor roll commendation this past Monday, which means that she has now won a conference award in eight consecutive weeks dating back to the start of the season. Don’t be surprised to see her on the All-BIG EAST first team at the end of the year. Marquette soccer closes in on top-10 recruiting class One of the biggest disappointments for Marquette fans this year was the performance of the men’s soccer team. The BIG EAST
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Luke Fischer has been one of Marquette’s only consistencies this year.
champions from just two years ago ended their season on a sixgame losing streak to finish 1-7-1 in conference, good for ninth in the 10-team BIG EAST just above winless Seton Hall. Hope may soon be on the horizon as the Golden Eagles are on the verge of inking a recruiting class ranked 10th in the nation by Top Drawer Soccer. This will be the fourth consecutive year that Marquette has signed a recruiting class ranked 15th or better by the site. The highly touted class, which will be announced Feb. 3, will have a lot of work to do next year. Six players graduated from the Marquette soccer team this past year, including forwards C. Nortey, David Selvaggi and Kelmend Islami, who combined to score 16 of the Golden Eagles’ 20 goals. Markus Howard sets official Marquette visit (Jan. 1) Golden Eagle fans got some good news to kick off 2016 when Markus Howard announced that he would use one of his five official visits on Marquette.
Howard is a 5-foot-11 point guard out of Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nevada and is currently rated as a high four-star prospect for the class of 2017. However, he is considering reclassifying to 2016 since he has nearly completed his high school coursework and thus would be eligible to start college next fall. If he does reclassify, Marquette has an open scholarship spot to accommodate him. Howard told 247Sports he will visit Marquette and Indiana in February and both Baylor and Central Arkansas, where his brother plays, in March. After that, it is likely he will make a decision in early April ahead of basketball’s National Letter of Intent signing day April 13. 247’s composite rankings currently have Howard as the 30th best prospect in the nation and the 6th best point guard. Even if he were to re-classify into a point guard-rich 2016 class, it is fairly likely that he would still be a top40 prospect and Marquette’s highest-rated point guard recruit since Vander Blue in 2010.
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Move on from old BIG EAST Jack Goods
Assistant Editor
The old BIG EAST isn’t coming back. Get over it. Last week Seth Greenberg was the latest in a long string of ESPN analysts to disrespect the BIG EAST Conference since its employer lost the conference’s TV rights three years ago. “Nova-Butler playing so hard! Not great teams but this is a great game!” Greenberg tweeted during the battle between two of the conference’s top teams. It isn’t something you’d expect someone to say about a game between two teams ranked No. 11 and No. 19 in the country, respectively. Greenberg defended himself by saying that despite the two teams’ success, they simply couldn’t compare to the old BIG EAST teams. He has a point. Clearly the conference isn’t as prolific as it was prior to the split between the Catholic 7 and the football schools in 2012. Syracuse, Louisville, Connecticut, Notre Dame and Pittsburgh are historic programs and helped make the BIG EAST the best conference in the land. That doesn’t mean the current embodiment of the BIG EAST isn’t still one of the best conferences in college basketball. ESPN’s Joe Lunardi and CBS Sports are two of the many outlets predicting that five of 10 teams from the conference make the tournament. The only conferences projected more than five are the ACC, Big 12, Pac 12 and Big Ten; all but the Big 12 have more total teams than the BIG EAST. Even the ACC, the new cream of the crop, is projected to have eight teams in the tournament, which is just over half the 15 team conference. The BIG EAST is ranked fourth in Ken Pomeroy’s conference rankings, found by averaging Adjusted Offense and Adjusted Defense of the teams. The conference isn’t lacking in top-end talent either. There are four BIG EAST teams ranked in the AP Top 25, one less than the Big 12, ACC and Big 10. There are two teams in the top 10, Villanova and Xavier, one less than the Big 12, as many as the Big Ten and one more than the ACC. The league isn’t without stars. Providence’s Kris Dunn, Marquette’s Henry Ellenson and Georgetown’s Isaac Copeland are all projected to be first round picks in this year’s NBA Draft. Providence’s Ben Bentil, Butler’s Kellen Dunham, Xavier’s James Farr, Villanova’s Josh Hart and Seton Hall’s Isaiah Whitehead have all garnered national attention. We can sit around and cry about how the conference isn’t what it once was or all the television money it still could be bringing in, but what’s the point? The split is three years in the past and the conference hasn’t been devastated. It’s time for the BIG EAST and national pundits to accept the conference for what it is. Jack Goods is a junior from Buffalo, New York studying journalism. Email him at jack.goods@mu.edu
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Amplo debuts as US assistant National Team defeated NCAA champs Denver By Jack Goods
jack.goods@marquette.edu
Marquette men’s lacrosse coach Joe Amplo worked with many of the most talented lacrosse players in the world over winter break. He experienced his first run as an assistant coach with the U.S. National Team at the Spring Premiere in Bradenton, Florida. “It was one of the coolest experiences that I have had as a coach,” Amplo said. The training camp was highlighted by a scrimmage against the defending NCAA national champions and Marquette’s BIG EAST rival University of Denver. The national team handled the Pioneers, defeating them 22-6, a feat the Golden Eagles are still looking to do for the first time. Amplo said he wasn’t doing any scouting just yet. “I didn’t really say ‘Oh, I enjoy beating Denver,’” Amplo said. “I know it’s coming our way. I know we’re going to have a challenge beating those guys.” Denver has yet to lose to a BIG EAST opponent since joining the conference two years ago. The Pioneers were without 11 players for the scrimmage, including Trevor Baptiste, the best faceoff specialist in the country, and Zach Miller, who has scored 64 goals in his two-year career. Amplo is coaching alongside two of the elite names in the sport – Duke head coach John Danowski and Hofstra head coach Seth Tierney. Amplo and Tierney were on Danowski’s staff when he was Hofstra’s head coach (Amplo from 19992001 and 2003-2006, Tierney from 1995-2000). Amplo was also an assistant under Tierney at Hofstra from 2006 to 2011.
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Joe Amplo (left) reunited with former colleagues John Danowski and Seth Tierney on Team USA’s staff.
The three remain close friends. “On Thursday night before I went down there I had a picture that I found,” Amplo said. “It was from the 2000 America East Championship. It was the last game that myself, coach Danowski and coach Tierney were on the field together winning. We lost the next game in the first round of the NCAA tournament… I sent those guys the picture, and said, ’16 years ago, if you thought the next time we’d be coaching together was Team USA, no one would have said that.’” In many ways, it’s a learning experience for Amplo. He is not only adjusting to coaching professionals but also players who he’s only seen from a distance. He said he was less demanding
in his approach as he tries to figure out how his personality meshes with the players. “(I know them) just from seeing those guys play as a fan, more so than being really familiar with their skill set,” Amplo said. “(I’m) trying to feel out what they can and can’t do. We put them in a bunch of different situations throughout the game and over the course of the weekend just to try and learn what they’re going to be good at and what the bar will be.” The player that stood out most for Amplo was Casey Powell, whose accolades would take days to list. He was a threetime first-team All-American and was twice named Division I lacrosse’s Most Valuable Player at Syracuse. In 2013 he was the
Major League Lacrosse MVP playing for the Florida Launch at the ripe age of 38. Powell has already announced that he’ll be retiring from field lacrosse at the end of the MLL season, but he still wanted to be involved in the process one final time. When he’s on the field, it’s like having another coach. “I told him afterwards, ‘You set the bar high for these guys and showed them the way and what it means to have a great culture,’” Amplo said. “‘You may not be a part of the team in 2018, but your impact is certainly going to be there.’” The Spring Premiere was just the first step in preparation for the 2018 Federation of International Lacrosse Championships in Manchester, England.
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Thursday, January 21, 2016
Lacrosse primed for first MLL pick Liam Byrnes most likely to be taken Friday By Jack Goods
jack.goods@marquette.edu
The Marquette men’s lacrosse team and coach Joe Amplo have accumulated plenty of accolades in the program’s first four years. On Friday, the Golden Eagles have a chance to make one more addition to the record books – the first player drafted into Major League Lacrosse, the sport’s premier professional outdoor league. Long-stick midfielder Liam Byrnes is collecting the most interest, and at 6-foot-3, he has the size to translate well to the professional game. Inside Lacrosse lists him as one of its underrated players in this year’s draft. Byrnes was an AllBIG EAST First-Team member and chosen to IL’s Pre-Season AllAmerican list. He is the program’s career leader in loose balls (158) and forced turnovers (69). As IL’s Chris Rosenthal notes, Byrnes’ success after moving to defense against Ohio State and defending 2015 first-round pick Jesse King boded well for his future.
Attackman Conor Gately is the most likely of the offensive unit to have his name called. He was named to the Tewaaraton List last season, a selection of finalists for college lacrosse’s Most Valuable Player. The first Marquette player to total more than 100 points, Gately is the program’s all-time leader in assists and points and was a member of the All-BIG EAST SecondTeam last season. He scored 25 goals and 14 assists in 16 games his junior season. Jacob Richard, B.J. Grill and Kyle Whitlow all are draft eligible as well. Richard, a defensive midfielder, may fall due to the offensive-minded nature of the league. History has shown that players of this mold, like former second-overall pick Chris Lapierre, can quickly lose value, and longevity is often left for the best of the best. Lapierre was traded for a third-round pick two years after entering the league. Richard scored four goals and three assists and started all 16 games last season. The biggest hurdle for Grill will be overcoming his size, which is nothing new to the All-BIG EAST defenseman. Standing at 5-foot-5, Grill could be seen as a risk. Yet like Byrnes, he’s had success defending players with professional potential,
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Long-stick midfielder Liam Byrnes is Marquette’s all-time leader in loose balls and forced turnovers.
like former St. John’s attackman Kieran McArdle (2015 5th overall pick) and Notre Dame’s Matt Kavanagh, who is projected to be drafted second overall. He grabbed 21 loose balls and forced four turnovers in 16 games last season. The draft will be held at 7:30
p.m. Friday from the Baltimore Convention Center and can be streamed online on the Lax Sports Network. If a Marquette player is selected, he would join his respective MLL team following the end of the collegiate season. Two former Golden Eagles
have been drafted professionally. Tyler Melnyk and Andrew Smistad were both drafted into the National Lacrosse League, the sports premier professional indoor league. Both were selected in the 2014 NLL draft.
Player of the Week Allazia Blockton
Blockton continued to make her case for a spot on the All-BIG EAST First Team with two impressive performances against Xavier and Butler last week. The freshman from Milwaukee averaged 20 points, eight rebounds and 2.5 steals per game in the team’s weekend split. She was named to the BIG EAST honor roll for the eighth consecutive week, which includes five BIG EAST freshman of the week honors. She now averages 19 points and 7.8 rebounds on the season.
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