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Student recovers from cancer Rugby player glad to be back on campus, cheer on his team

By Maredithe Meyer

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Doctors found a footballsized cancerous tumor on student Edwin Morales’ kidney in 2014, two weeks into his junior year. Within a few days, Morales returned to his hometown of Los Angeles to undergo major surgery. These days, he’s back on campus and cancer free.

“It all happened really fast which gave me less time to think about it,” said Morales, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences. His 22-week recovery process included intervals of chemotherapy treatment that took almost a year to complete.

“I’m feeling better every day,” Morales said. “I’m still really weak and tired, but I had a bunch of side effects that are slowly going away.”

Morales is the men’s club rugby president, a position he See Recovery, Page 5

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Edwin Morales told his story of being diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2014, returning home to Los Angeles for treatment and enduring chemotherapy.

Banking program to begin Changes to Fit Passes planned College of Business The College of Business Administration is developing a new program within its Finance Department to give students the tools necessary to work in local community or larger commercial banks.

“It is not a major, nor a minor,” said Anthony PenningtonCross, the chair of the Finance Department. “It is a program,

and we have hired someone (to head) the program who will be starting next academic year.”

Students will have to apply to be a part of this program, a similar process to the Applied Investment Management program. The program is expected to be selective and remain small as it is considered a specialized program.

“We are hoping to get 20 or 25 students who would apply in the fall and be accepted in the spring,” Pennington-Cross said.

Since the program is still in the initial stages of development, the earliest that interested students will be able to apply is fall 2016, with classes in the program expected to

begin spring 2017.

“Anyone who is in the College of Business may apply,” Pennington-Cross said.

“However with that being said, it would be easiest for someone with a finance major to complete the program, as it will have some additional credit-hour requirements and it fits most neatly within the finance degree. At the same time, we are not saying it is only for finance majors.”

Kent Belasco has been hired to be the head of the program.

An informational pamphlet about the program says Belasco “has over 37 years of banking

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Administration reacts to industry demands

By Dana Warren

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The Department of Recreational Sports will change group fitness options next semester for students who purchase a Fit Pass.

The department is specifically modifying its high intensity interval training,

Bollywood Bhangra and Barre classes to keep up with current fitness trends.

HIIT classes will be offered more frequently and in 30-minute sessions to maximize exercise benefits. The department also hopes to boost the popularity of the Bollywood Bhangra and Barre classes.

The group fitness office sold 254 Fit Passes this semester.

The pass gives students complete access to the 40 classes that are held each week in both the Helfaer Recreation Center and Rec Plex. Each pass See Fit Pass, Page 5

SPORTS

HUGHES: Santa Claus, Secret Santa and that awful Mariah Carey song.

Changes to MUBB pregame

On-court graphics, no more paper toss among notable adjustments for fans.

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Unpopular holiday opinion

Breaking down some of the 2015 results for the class of 2019.

Helping Syrian refugees

By Maredithe Meyer

OPINIONS

First time freshmen survey

Groups are offering donation opportunities specifically for MU.

Bolly Bhangra, Barre classes and interval training will change

Bel Canto Chorus performs

Historic St. Josaphat Basilica to house MKE Chorus holiday concert.

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‘Tis the season for hype!

MURPHY: The holiday season is about giving to those dear to you.

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MUSG to offer fresh food options Food baskets from Growing Power will be sold to students

By Sophia Boyd

sophia.boyd@marquette.edu

Marquette Student Government will sell fresh food baskets to students next semester due to a lack of grocery stores near campus and Milwaukee’s food desert designation from the United States Department of Agriculture.

The Committee of Business Administration presented legislation at this week’s MUSG Senate meeting to allow use of reserve funds for purchasing food baskets from Growing Power, a national nonprofit that promotes sustainability.

The baskets typically consist of apples, bananas, potatoes and seasonal vegetables from regional farms partnered with Growing Power.

“We would use the $1,100 to buy these baskets and then, as the students buy them through the CSLI (Center for Service, Leadership and Involvement), that money would

just go back into the reserve fund,” said committee member Riley Wogernese, a junior in the College of Business Administration.

Since MUSG will buy the baskets in bulk, shipping will be free.

The baskets will be available for six weeks and cost $9 each for the smallest option.

Committee Chair Courtney Guc, a junior in the College of Business Administration, said she has been a loyal food basket buyer for a year now, and that the baskets are worthy of the price.

“In the event that not enough students purchase the baskets we brought to campus we would be selling it to some of the other organizations within the AMU and on campus,” said committee member Nic Schmidt, a junior in the College of Engineering.

“If worse comes to worst and no one wants to buy it, we’ll give it to campus kitchens,” Guc said.

This is not the first time these baskets are being sold at Marquette.

Last November, MUSG hosted a similar one-time pilot program and sold all of the 25 baskets it bought from Growing Power.

“This is still a miniature pilot

Health professionals teach proactive ways to help in emergencies Photo by Matthew Serafin/matthew.serafin@marquette.edu

The baskets typically contain apples, bananas, potatos and vegetables.

program that’s looking a little more serious than the last one,” Guc said.

The $9 basket is the smallest and cheapest of three options. It’s filled with enough food to feed one person for a week. The most expensive and largest of the baskets costs $22 and consists of all organic food.

“If we see a huge demand of people wanting organic produce on campus, we can definitely pre-order those too,” Guc said.

Maggie Stang, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she visited the Growing Power facility at 5500 W. Silver Spring

Ave. in Milwaukee. She’s excited to buy the baskets and cook with fresh produce.

“It’s important to have options for students to buy fresh vegetables on campus,” Stang said in an email. “The baskets would promote healthy eating and also make students wonder about where their food comes from. Hopefully it would promote supporting more local organizations and conversations about sustainability on campus.”

The baskets will be sold in the CSLI.

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MPD plans for crisis by training on campus

By Gary Leverton

gary.leverton@marquette.edu

Due to overcrowding, some members of the Milwaukee Police Department are receiving their mandatory crisis intervention training on campus.

“This is the weeklong training that teaches officers how to deal with someone who is in emotional crisis,” Paul Mascari, Marquette University Police Chief, said in an email.

Looney said most of the training takes place at the Milwaukee Police Academy, but with it being busy around this time of year, Marquette offered up spaces around campus for the training.

“I’m very glad Marquette was willing to let us use their space,” said Liam Looney, a crisis intervention coordinator. “It was a great help.”

In Nov. 2014, Mayor Tom Barrett required every police officer to complete 40 hours of crisis intervention training following the shooting of Dontre Hamilton April 30, 2014. Hamilton was fatally shot by former MPD officer Christopher Manney in Red Arrow Park after the department received calls about a man sleeping in the park. MPD has since conducted eight weeklong training sessions to prepare officers for situations involving mentally ill individuals.

“The goal of the training is for officers to recognize mental illness with persons involved and to evaluate the situation while avoiding use of excessive force,” Looney said.

Looney said the first three days of training featured mental health professionals who spoke about their experiences in handling certain situations. He said most of the speeches included discerning between different illnesses, identifying symptoms and practicing active listening.

“This training teaches officers not to rush in and just take care of the immediate problem,” Looney said. “Instead, it teaches them that some situations require an evaluation of a situation.”

Looney said the next two days involved site visits to places like Grand Avenue Club and Our Space, where mentally ill people have the opportunity to hang out and work on various things without feeling stigmatized. He said they also visited the Autumn West building, where homeless people with mental illness can stay for up to two years in order for them to recover.

“The goal of that day is to show officers there are places to take mentally ill people that aren’t in life threatening situations,” Looney said. “It’s very important that they know what resources are out there.”

Looney said the final day of training included a role-playing activity, where situations in which participants simulated a low key environment. Looney said he heard from several officers who found the training beneficial.

One officer who just completed the training was called to a suicide situation the following day. Looney said the officer used his training and eventually got the individual off a railing and away from danger.

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Alumni fail to land careers in majors Marquette’s job stats show 55% employed at time of graduation

By Patrick Thomas

patrick.thomas@marquette.edu

Ted Menut graduated from Marquette in 2002 with a broadcasting degree. Thirteen years later, Menut finds himself as a bartender at Harp and Shamrock on 20th and Wells Streets.

When Menut graduated, he had an internship and experience with student media under his belt, but it wasn’t enough. Menut said he elected not to move away from the Midwest to find a job in broadcasting when his ideal jobs in Milwaukee fell through. Menut called the experience “disheartening and frustrating.” He bounced around jobs throughout Milwaukee, and in 2005 he wound up at Harp and Shamrock, where he has worked his way up to bar manager.

“Most of the interviewers wanted me to either shave, or not have tattoos or piercings, and at that point in my life I was being a bit rebellious.

So I chose personal freedom over job opportunities,” Menut said.

“The end result wasn’t the cookiecutter response to what college was supposed to be. Go to college, get a degree, get a job in the field, but that usually isn’t the case.”

Photo by Brian Georgeson/brian.georgeson@marquette.edu

Ted Menut, pictured, works at a bar off campus 13 years after graduating.

Menut is not the only college graduate to wind up in a position of uncertainty after graduation.

Each year, Marquette performs a study that analyzes the job placement of graduating students. In 2014, only 55 percent of graduates were employed full-time at the time of graduation. Twenty percent of Marquette’s College of Communication graduates were unemployed, and 19 percent of the College of Arts & Sciences graduates were neither employed nor enrolled in graduate school.

This statistic is consistent with recent national trends. In 2014, 8.5 percent of college graduates

between ages 21 and 24 were unemployed, according to the Economic Policy Institute. It was also reported that more than 16 percent of graduates were underemployed, or overqualified for their full-time occupation.

Jim Zielonka graduated from Marquette in 2011. His dream was to become a sports radio broadcaster. As a student, he worked for Marquette Radio but never acquired an internship. After he left school, he worked at a tennis club.

Four years out of college, Zielonka works as a legal assistant for Reckmeyer Law LLC in Milwaukee. He got the job

after his current boss walked into the tennis club where Zielonka worked and offered the 23-year-old graduate the position.

“I guess I probably missed out on some of the opportunities that were probably there,” Zielonka said. “The whole thing is you have to put yourself out there, no one is going to hand you a job, they aren’t recruiting… You have to go put yourself out there. … My biggest regret was not spending a summer, or during a school year, interning somewhere. I know people who did and I see what they are doing now, and I know that could have made a difference.”

Thomas Sullivan is a senior the College of Business Administration. His goal is to have a career in finance lined up after he graduates in the spring. Sullivan encourages underclassmen to take classes relating to their majors as early as possible to help gain experience needed for internships down the road.

“When you are interviewing they are always going to ask you what applicable course experience you have,” Sullivan said. “If you say you got an A in creative writing, they are going to be like, ‘this is a finance internship, you are going to be using Excel all the time.’ So take classes in your major as soon as possible.”

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Over 70 students involved in group serving eight sites

By Clara Hatcher

clara.hatcher@marquette.edu

When Connor Murphy, a senior in the College of Business Administration, volunteered with the Marquette Volunteer Corps, he didn’t anticipate the obstacles that reading to three, four and five-year-olds creates.

“You have two or three kids fighting for lap space and tugging at the book you’re trying to read,” Murphy said about volunteering at the Next Door Foundation, his first and most frequent site.

“These are kids that aren’t used to being read to.”

Murphy is a team leader with the volunteer corps. He previously volunteered as a team member when

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work, become chaperones at their children’s schools to get more involved in their children’s education, passed their citizenship tests and have achieved many more goals,” Sternig said in the email.

Sternig said the Center for Community Service, the office that runs the volunteer corps, hopes to grow the program and expand from the eight sites that are currently available to volunteers.

“I’ve served at the Guest House of Milwaukee both semesters and I plan on going back next semester,” said Callyn Rath, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences. “I hope to be involved in Volunteer Corps as long as I am at Marquette.”

Rath is finishing her second semester of volunteering with the corps. She said it is a great way to do a couple hours of volunteer work each week.

“I liked the idea of consistent service,” Murphy said.

Members volunteer Monday

MUPD Reports Dec. 3 At 9:47 a.m., a person not affiliated with Marquette reported that unknown person(s) removed his unsecured, unattended property estimated at $90 from a business in the 1400 block of W. Wells St. Between midnight Dec. 2 and 10:13 p.m. Dec. 3 a student reported that unknown person(s) removed property estimated at $70 from her unsecured, unattended vehicle in the 900 block of N. 20th St. Dec. 4 Between 9:30 and 9:31 p.m., an unidentified subject exited a vehicle in an alley in the 900 block of N. 19th St. and demanded property from a student walking in the alley. The subject grabbed the student’s property and fled the scene. The student was not injured.

Estimated loss is $154. The Milwaukee Police Department is investigating.

Dec. 5 At 1:20 p.m., the Marquette Police Department observed an intoxicated student carrying a sign from a business in the 1500 block of W. Wells St. The student admitted taking the sign without permission. The property was returned to the business.

Dec. 6 At 11:17 p.m., a student reported that an unidentified subject forcibly attempted to enter the student’s secured residence in the 1800 block of W. Wisconsin Ave. The subject fled the scene when the student turned on a light.

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Volunteer Corps looking to grow the program started on campus two years ago.

When the volunteer corps started, there were around 30 participants. Hanna Sternig, a graduate assistant for the Center for Community Service, said there are now more than 70.

While Murphy worked primarily with youth, education and early childhood literacy, other volunteer sites provide opportunities to work in areas of homelessness, refugee transition and adult education.

“My site really focuses on battling childhood illiteracy, which is great because it is an issue in Milwaukee,” Murphy said.

A representative from Empowering Latinos, one of the community partners of the eight sites, sent an email to Sternig explaining the benefits of volunteers at their site over the recent semester.

“Our Empowering Latinos participants have gone on to open their own businesses, interact more with their supervisors and colleagues at

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through Wednesday with their team at the assigned site. Sternig said teams can get up to six corps members and one team leader, or as many students that can fit in a van.

According to Sternig, members usually get their first choice of site, but she hasn’t heard any complaints from those who don’t.

“I started off thinking that I would be working in adult education and ended up working with kids,” Murphy said. “Kids have been, for me at least, a ton of fun.

It’s like a stress reliever.”

There is no limit to the number of years students can volunteer with the corps. Some, like Rath, plan on volunteering until they graduate.

“It is great because you get to see your impact over time,” Murphy said. “It is a move for all of us to be active citizens in the community and be constantly aware of the issues affecting all of us.”

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Banking: College plans to keep program small to allow specialization background experience in a variety of positions and most recently as Executive Vice President and Chief Information & Operations Officer for First Midwest Bank and other organizations including Citibank and Deloitte and Touche.”

“He ran a mid- to smaller-sized bank and has been teaching in a local college around the Chicago area,” Pennington-Cross said.

“It’s hard to find someone who has a good banking background and who is a good teacher, so we have a great hire there.”

While Marquette is not the first to consider the creation of a specialized banking program for students, the approach to undergraduate education is something the finance department hopes will help enable students to better meet the demands of the banking industry as a whole.

“There are a fair number of banking programs which are more masters-oriented, but it is relatively unique from the undergraduate perspective. I just really felt that there was an opportunity there for us as well as an unmet demand,” Pennington-Cross said.

While Pennington-Cross said the finance department has been successful in placing students who wish to work in the banking industry in the past, the department worked to increase opportunities to develop partnerships and internship pathways with banks around the area, which are major employers in the industry.

“We will have two required internships and we have been working really hard with banks in the region to setup more directed internship programs where we have a lot of control over what those internships do,” Pennington-Cross said. “We have been talking with Associated Bank and so they have actually named us as a partner with them in the Milwaukee region.

We have been looking for a few other partners.”

At this point there are no plans to further specialize the program – but as the program grows, this could change. The program will focus on instilling a broad background in banking. But if the program grows, they may change the program to be more specialized.

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Students will have to apply to the banking program, which is slated to start during the spring 2017 semester.

MU collecting refugee funds Students can donate on campus to those fleeing Syrian war

By Jennifer Walter

jennifer.walter@marquette.edu

Campus Ministry, The Center for Peacemaking and Catholic Relief Services teamed up for a campus fundraiser, lasting until the end of the semester, to support refugees of the Syrian Civil War. Donations will be collected at campus Masses, online and through the Campus Ministry office. The idea for the fundraiser began when student leaders of Marquette’s Ignite program decided they wanted to do something to help Syrian refugees. The Syrian Civil War started in 2011 and thousands of refugees have fled Syria this year.

“Our Ignite team is really personally inviting students (to donate),” said Steve Blaha, assistant director of Campus Ministry.

Mary Holt, a graduate health sciences student and co-director of Ignite, was inspired to start something on campus after seeing her mother collect

donations and supplies for a relief mission in Cincinnati.

“Seeing my mom’s passion for this cause made me think, ‘What can Marquette, a Catholic, Jesuit university, do to live out its mission and help these people in need?’”

Holt said in an email.

Sherri Walker, program coordinator at the Center for Peacemaking, is confident that students will be able to raise sufficient funds for and awareness of Syrian refugees due to active student involvement so far. A total of the funds raised has not been counted yet.

“The students at Marquette care and are generous,” Walker said in an email.

A Candygram sale will be held today and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Lalumiere Language Hall, with all proceeds benefitting the fundraiser.

Holt said the Ignite leaders decided to partnered with Catholic Relief Services because of its past partnership with Campus Ministry and close connection with Marquette’s value system.

CRS is a United States Catholic outreach organization with an international outlook and dedication to help with international relief services.

According to Blaha, CRS

is one of the best organizations at meeting needs on the ground as they are, empowering local leaders and creating long-term solutions.

“They are one of the most effective and efficient organizations in the world as far as percentage of per-dollar amounts that goes to people in need,” Blaha said.

A 2014 CRS financial report stated that 92 percent of its annual budget goes to CRS programs that benefit the poor overseas.

The Center for Peacemaking also supports a campus ambassador program that gets students involved with CRS. “Marquette has one of the most active and robust CRS ambassadors programs in the nation,” Walker said.

Student ambassadors are invited to Global Campus Partner seminars, workshops, prayer vigils and other advocacy efforts. Some have the opportunity to go overseas to visit sites where resources are donated.

“Through this partnership, students are learning to apply their faith in responding to the needs of some of most vulnerable people and the world,” Walker said. ​

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costs $50 and students can purchase a pass at any time during the semester.

“If you were going to a yoga class on the east side, the class alone would be $50,” said Shannon Bustillos, Rec Plex assistant director, about the pass’ price. The cost drops to $25 after the sixth week of the semester.

“I definitely think (the Fit Pass) is a good deal if you go at least a couple times a week,” said Sarah Fox, a junior in the College of Nursing. “I love going to the classes because I always get a better workout with a teacher telling me what to do and challenging me rather than when I just go to the gym on my own.”

The Department of Recreational Sports offers 18 types of classes that range from cardio dance to yoga. Zumba and spinning are among the most popular classes.

“This is my second semester buying a Fit Pass and I only use it for spin classes,” said Regan Briesacher, a junior in the College of Nursing.

Briesacher said she uses the pass two to three times a week and the classes are useful for her workout routine.

A staff of 33 student instructors teaches the group fitness classes. The Department of Recreational Sports requires a certification for yoga, Pilates and spin instructors. Bustillos said some of the instructors have a following, or a regular group of students who continuously

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Balistreri studied abroad last They hosted an all-you-can-eat semester during Morales’ respaghetti dinner, sold T-shirts covery but said he kept in freand created a Relay for Life quent contact with his friend, team in his honor. despite the distance.

“It really opened my eyes to Morales said his transition all my friends and everything back to school this semester that they did, without me even was easy. He is living in his asking for help,” Morales said. old house with the same roomMorales didn’t tell his team- mates, who are also some of his mates many details about his good friends. condition while he recovered, “I just picked up right where I but he said their support was in- left off,” he said. credible - even from the freshHe will take an extra semester men who never met him. of classes next year to finish his “He wanted to be strong by pre-law degree. himself … he didn’t want to let us know how bad it was,”

Fit Pass: Price decreased at mid-semester Recovery: 22-week process involved chemotherapy (Morales) wanted to be strong by himself ... he didn’t want to let us know how bad it was.”

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Many fitness programs are offered at the Helfaer Recreation Center.

attend their classes.

One or two students on the group fitness staff are not certified in their respective area of fitness, Bustillos said. The Department of Recreational Sports requires those students to complete training that includes shadowing another instructor and teaching a demo class.

Natalie Lah, a senior in the College of Communication, has taught hip-hop for three semesters.

“I enjoy sharing my knowledge about dance with people and get a good workout out of it,” she said.

Lah said she has a few regular attendees at her classes and met her current roommate and friend through her classes.

“Group fitness is something fun to do with friends,” Bustillos said. “Having that group atmosphere motivates students to show up and be there.”

The Department of Recreational Sports offers “Fit 4 Finals,” a week of free classes Dec. 14 to Dec. 17.

The schedule differs from weekly group fitness, but the classes are the same.​

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News in Brief Milwaukee 2015 homicides total 142

This year’s Milwaukee homicide total is 142, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Wednesday. This number rose after a shooting Tuesday night and a July stabbing that was recently ruled a homicide.

The shooting happened by N. 62nd St. and W. Florist Ave. at 9:45 p.m. A 30-year-old man was in his car when a gunman approached and shot at him. He then veered off the road and crashed, dying at the scene. Police are still searching for a motive and suspects.

This year’s total is higher than recent annual totals, which is typically lower than 100. Last year, the total was 86.

Children’s Hospital clinic moving

Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin is relocating its clinic to northwestern Milwaukee, an area that includes a larger population of children and fewer pediatricians, the Milwaukee

Amount of Wis. bald eagles at new high

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The clinic is relocating to northwestern Milwaukee and will increase in size.

Journal Sentinel reported.

The dental clinic will also be included in Children’s Hospital’s move, which will now offer pediatric and adolescent primary care, behavioral health care and dental care all at one location.

The clinic at 5433 W. Fond du Lac Ave. will be larger and have better access for families and their children, Andy Brodzeller, a spokesman for Children’s Hospital, said.

The 20,000-square-foot clinic is scheduled to open later this summer.

Children’s Hospital plans to hire an additional pediatrician once the new clinic opens and could hire additional physicians and other staff in the future.

“As we move in and get busier, we will have that option,” said Smriti Khare, a pediatrician and president at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Primary Care.

Mayor Tom Barrett praised the new location.

“This is an area that’s underserved,” Barrett said, “and having a clinic here is going to improve the health of children.”

Bald eagle numbers in Wisconsin are the highest since population surveys began in 1973, according to a report from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

The department tallied 1,465 nests from an aerial count. A complete count was last made in 2013 and found 1,344 nests.

From 2013 to 2015, nests have increased 9 percent.

Low flying planes measure the bald eagle population by identifying active nests, which is a nest with chicks, eggs or that has been recently improved.

Jim Woodford, an eagle surveyor for the department and section chief of the natural heritage conservation program attributes this population increase to several factors.

Federal law makes it illegal to kill or possess a bald eagle.

Additionally, Woodford said pollution laws have improved the quality of water so the fish the eagles eat have less pollut-

Photo via Paul Friel

There are currently around 1,465 bald eagle nests in Wisconsin.

ants in them, leading to less pollutants in the eagles. The pesticide DDT has been banned since 1973 after the chemical was found to thin eggshells and restrict bald eagle reproduction.

Bald eagle numbers have increased ever since the species almost went extinct in the 1970s. In 1973, Wisconsin had 103 bald eagles. The species was removed from Wisconsin’s endangered species list in 1997.

Although Milwaukee has no nesting populations of bald eagles, the birds can occasionally be seen flying over nearby bodies of water including Lake Michigan and the Milwaukee River.

Wis. business growth to rise

Eastern and Central Wisconsin businesses are projected to have solid growth throughout 2016, the Green Bay Press Gazette reported.

As the nation emerges from the Great Recession, Marquette business professors Mark Eppli and Doug Fisher said they’re cautiously optimistic about the future of Wisconsin businesses.

“The recession was pretty deep and pretty painful, and my gut call is most people in business – particularly in manufacturing – are playing the game pretty conservative,” Fisher said in the report. “There’s no irrational exuberance, no irrational pessimism. This conservatism is not necessarily bad, it’s probably smart business.”

Eppli predicts that a year from now, the overall nation wide business climate won’t change much, however, there may be a blow to international trade due to an increase in interest rates from the Federal Reserve.

“Manufacturing businesses will continue to struggle, but service and consumption here in the United States … will continue to do well and plug along at the rates we’ve seen the last couple years of about 2.5 percent,” Eppli said in the report. “I don’t see it being 3 percent, but I don’t see it being below 2 percent.”

There’s no end in sight for Wisconsin economy growth, but Eppli and Fisher stress not being overly optimistic.

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First-time freshmen survey results released Overall response rate:

How concerned are you with: Being able to afford tuition and fees?

College

Being able to afford living expenses?

97%

Fitting in?

Deciding what to do with my life after college?

Transfer to another university before graduating?

# of Respondents

Arts & Sciences Business Administration Communication Education Engineering Health Sciences Nursing

Being able to afford extra expenses?

How likely are you to:

Discuss academic material with faculty outside of class time?

554 266 180 56 287 315 155

Discuss personal interests with faculty outside of class time?

Have meaningful interactions with people of a different race or ethnicity?

Of the colleges and universities that admitted you, Marquette was:

Adapting to ?

Marquette and Milwaukee’s urban environment?

Your first choice: Your second choice: Your third choice: Not in the top three:

Very concerned Concerned

Discuss faith or spirituality with people who hold different religious beliefs than your own?

70% 20% 6% 3%

Very likely Somewhat likely

Somewhat concerned

Somewhat unlikely

Not at all concerned

Very unlikely

What is the highest academic degree you expect to earn in your lifetime?

Arts & Sciences Business Administration Communication Education Engineering Health Sciences Nursing

14% 23% 53% 21% 27% 3% 15%

34% 66% 43% 68% 53% 30% 61%

52% 11% 4% 11% 20% 68% 24%

Bachelor’s Degree

During your freshman year, how many hours per week do you plan to: Participate in community service or service learning?

Participate in co-curricular activities?

None 1-5 hours 6-10 hours 11-15 hours 16-20 hours 21+ hours

Master’s Degree Ph.D. or other doctoral/ professional degree Source: 2015 Survey of First-Time Freshmen

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Basilica to house MKE chorus Bel Canto Chrous to peform concert in historic venue

By Casey Beronilla

casey.beronilla@marquette.edu

As if the rich history and stunning architecture of the Basilica of St. Josaphat did not make it special enough, this weekend it will be graced with the Bel Canto Chorus seasonal concert, Christmas in the Basilica. Three performances of the concert will take place Dec. 12-13.

This concert continues a tradition that has lasted about a decade, and was started by Richard Hynson, the choir’s music director. Hynson credits his own childhood as the source for his desire for the chorus to sing at the basilica.

“I grew up in Washington, D.C., and I was a choir boy at the Washington National Cathedral with my father. We sang together, and during that time I experienced some of the great choral music from the earliest times (…) all the way through music that was commissioned for that choir in Washington,” Hynson said. “It was that singing of the greatest music written in that space, the beautiful Gothic space of the cathedral. The building becomes an instrument.”

The basilica, located on the south side of Milwaukee in the Lincoln Village neighborhood on 2333 S. 6th St., was designed and constructed in the late 19th century, and was modeled after St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Materials for the church, including beautiful stained glass windows, were brought to Milwaukee from locations around the world, ranging from Chicago to Austria. The oil murals and other ornaments that cover the interior were completed in 1929, after which the

Conventual Franciscan Friars running the parish began a petition for the church to be declared a basilica.

“In the Catholic Church, basilica status is reserved for the largest, most beautiful, and most historically important churches,” according to the parish’s website. Pope Pius XI soon made St. Josaphat the third basilica in the United States.

Hynson said he appreciates the

character of the sound in the basilica.

He insists on having the quality found in large, stone buildings with high ceilings that have a way of enveloping the audience in sound during a performance. Like many cathedrals found in Europe, these characteristics of St. Josaphat offer the choir a beautifully dramatic yet sacred space to sing. Hynson compares driving in snow to the transition from the choir’s rehearsal space in the Milwaukee Youth Arts Center to the performance space in the basilica – perhaps a little unsteady at first each time, but easier once the skill is remembered.

“It’s always an acoustic shock because it is quite different, but

we’ve done this program and sung in the basilica so often that people are ready for it,” Hynson said.

Kate Schmitt has been a first soprano in the Bel Canto Chorus for 11 years and is now the choir’s managing director. She

ce k Photo Illus tration by Lily Stani

agrees with Hynson that the venue enhances the performance. The basilica has been around for 115 years and still has its original stained glass.

“It’s gorgeous, murals everywhere,” Schmitt said. “It’s just a beautiful building and they decorate it beautifully for Christmas.

It’s really got a different atmosphere than just going to the theater to see the chorus.”

The Bel Canto Chorus is a mixed-voice choir that consists of about 115 singers from a variety of backgrounds, ranging

from ages 20 to 80. Singers commute from as far as the suburbs of Chicago to take part in the choir. The individuals who make up the chorus aim to make their music as beautiful and compelling as possible, often speaking to particular issues in their performances throughout the choir’s five-concert season.

Christmas in the Basilica is a tradition whose focus is to spread the joy of Christmas.

“A number of families in Milwaukee use this as the jump start to their Christmas celebration,” Hynson said.

“They come and sing and enjoy the music and the pageantry and the beauty of the basilica, and it somehow sets the tone then for the Christmas season.”

“After they leave our concert, they finally feel like they’re in the Christmas spirit,” Schmitt said.

The group will be performing some crowd favorites at this concert, notably Hynson’s wife Michelle’s arrangement of “Silent Night,” which the audience requests each year. Another favorite that stands out for the choir is John Rutter’s “Gloria,”

a festive piece that incorporates brass, organ and percussion with vocals, a combination that Schmitt said gives a holiday feel.

“I think this is the second, maybe third time I’ve done ‘Gloria’

by John Rutter, and I absolutely love this piece,” Schmitt said.

“It’s so beautiful. The chords are so rich. It’s three movements, and the middle movement, the organ does this cadence throughout the whole thing that’s so mysterious and so magical. I get goose bumps every time we perform this piece.”

The choir will also perform Hynson’s modern arrangements of classic carols and incorporate a sing-along to spark audience engagement.

“It’s a wonderful medley of old and new, fresh and traditional and powerful yet intimate,” Hynson said.

The choir has been rehearsing since early October for this performance, and is prepared to touch the audience while simultaneously continuing to grow in their professional experience.

“They always love doing the Rutter piece and it’s fun to revisit the favorites that we repeat, like ‘Silent Night,’ but I constantly challenge them to get to new heights, and the challenge this year was to memorize the pieces,” Hynson said.

Hynson said he believes many people come to Christmas in the Basilica for the pageantry of the concert, which of course is amplified by the venue and the uniqueness of the sound it helps to produce.

“People will be overwhelmed,” Hynson said.

He fully intends for this concert to be accessible and appropriate for all audiences.

“You don’t have to be Christian; the music is universal,” Hynson said. “It’s new and exciting and it’ll have something for the entire family.”

Jingle Bus explores light displays around city Tour changes each year to excite previous and future visitors

By Dennis Tracy

dennis.tracy@marquette.edu

It’s the most wonderful time of the year and Christmas decorations are finally displayed in various Milwaukee parks. Held annually and running now until Dec. 27, the Jingle Bus Tour is a 40-minute ride, which drives by three different decorated parks.

The tour runs Thursday through Sunday from 6-9 p.m. and picks up at the Center Court at The Shops of Grand Avenue. For one dollar, riders will get to see the holiday lights and receive cookies and hot cider at the end of the tour.

The Jingle Bus Tour is operated by downtown businesses like Northwestern Mutual, Johnston Controls and Business Improvement District 21. These businesses alter the bus route every

year, so veteran riders can come back and get a different experience. Vince Flores, director of the public service ambassadors for Business Improvement District 21, explained how the Jingle Bus Tour was started from private downtown businesses.

“This is a private concern,” Flores said. “This is not done by the city, this is done by the downtown businesses to draw people into the area to experience what it is really like.”

Jingle Bus riders will start at the Grand Central Mall on Third Avenue and hop onto a Coach USA Bus. The bus will drive around Cathedral Square Park, where nearly 2,000 students from various Milwaukee schools have set up personally-decorated trees filled with handmade ornaments and lights.

Each tree has a theme unique to its school.

After driving around the park, Christmas music starts to play and tourists can enjoy the city lit up at night.

The bus continues toward Pere Marquette Park and

Zeidler Union Square. Marquette Park features giant lit-up candy canes and a large Santa with wooden toy soldiers protecting the area. Zeidler Union holds a toy chest theme park and contains an animated Jackin-the-Box and helicopter for people to see.

Unfortunately, riders will not be able to get off the bus at any of these parks to explore. However, a tour guide gives passengers a brief Milwaukee history and tips on places to visit.

Tour guide Matthew Tobias has been doing the Jingle Bus tour for four years.

“I like to tell people things that they can do downtown that are free,” Tobias said. “So … if they come down here again, they can check that out.”

Those waiting in line for the Jingle Bus Tour can sit and wait in the Grand Avenue Mall lobby, where the Leonard Bearstein Bears Orchestra will play holiday tunes to keep people in the Christmas spirit.

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‘Nutcracker’ still a classic Christmas tradition For the dancers it’s routine, for the audience it’s magical

By Aly Prouty

alyssa.prouty@marquette.edu

The Milwaukee Ballet continues “The Nutcracker” tradition through a performance with unique characters accompanied by a live orchestra. The show takes place at the Marcus Center for Performing Arts from Dec. 12 - 27.

“The Nutcracker” follows a little girl named Clara as she dreams of a land where her nutcracker toy comes to life. While still keeping true to the basic story line, the Milwaukee Ballet’s performance holds very unique elements that add new layers and development to the classic ballet.

The ballet opens in Drosselmeyer’s workshop where he and his nephew Karl are making the toys they will bring to the Christmas party. They arrive at the house where the party will take place, home of two loving parents and their three children, Marie, Clara and Fritz. Toward the end of the party, he gives his niece Clara her nutcracker doll.

Just as the clock strikes midnight, mice scurry out of the furnace and attack the three children.

Clara’s doll comes to life as Karl and battles the evil mice. They travel through the Land of Snow, and Marie and Karl dance the “Snow Pas de Deux.” In the second act, the children celebrate their victory in the Land of Sweets where Marie turns into the classic Sugar Plum Fairy and dances with Karl again as they fall in love. At

the very end of the ballet all of the children wake up in their living room, wondering if their adventures were reality or dreams.​​ Marie is not in every production of “The Nutcracker,” setting Milwaukee Ballet’s production apart from others.

“The really nice thing about having her character throughout is it gives a little bit more meaning than what is traditionally the climax of the second act,” said Valerie Harmon, a Milwaukee Ballet company member who plays Marie. “It makes her a person that the audience can care about and invest in as well as Clara and Fritz, so you get to contrast what the magic is like for her and how it’s different for her little sister Clara or her brother Fritz.”

Harmon has been with the company since 2008. She will be dancing the roles of Marie, Snow, Flowers and the mother of the family. She said she looks forward to dancing the “Snow Pas De Deux.”

The Christmas tale will feature all of Milwaukee Ballet Company, Milwaukee Ballet II, a children’s cast and a guest dancer who will play Karl. There are a total of four set casts who rotate through their roles and perform on different nights, giving dancers a chance to develop characters in a new and innovative way.

“We’re encouraged as dancers here to really bring our own personality to each role we do,” Harmon said. “Every cast that you see, you see everybody truly being themselves in the roles.”

New dancers in different roles brings a fresh perceptive to the show, but having multiple dancers perform the same role also allows them to learn from each other.

The artistic staff placed the

Photo courtesy of Jessica Kaminiski/Milwaukee Ballet

Ballerina Valerie Harmon will perform the roles of Marie, Snow, Flowers and the mother in “Nutcracker” ballet.

Milwaukee Ballet Company in its respective roles. They watch the dancers all year before deciding how to best cast the show. Some roles are reprised by the same people year to year, but there are often chances to take on new roles.

The children auditioned for the show in September. Although rehearsals for the company officially started in November, the children began earlier in the fall.

Technical rehearsals at the Marcus Center start today, Dec. 10. Having many of the larger sets and costumes in the studio makes the

transition to the stage easier.

Harmon said the kids in the show keep the company grounded and remind them that they are a part of something special.

“It’s a good reminder of how exciting it is for them,” Harmon said. “For us sometimes, I think we forget how magical this show is. We do it yearly, and a lot of us have done the same things year to year, but for these kids this is like the highlight of their year.”

The eye-catching sets are colorful and larger than life. However, the costumes really make this

show stand out. They are reused and altered from year to year, and each dancer has multiple costumes.

No detail is left unaddressed. The mouse costumes have long nails that omit loud noise when tapped.

Each snowflake costume is unique, modeled after real snowflakes in that no two are alike.

“I bet everyone will have a different favorite moment (in the show), but there would definitely be a favorite for everyone,” Harmon said.

Dallas singing duo Drayter looking to expand

Photo courtesy of John Cristopher

First album ‘NINE’ to be released Dec. 18

By Thomas Southall

thomas.southall@marquette.edu

With close to 200,000 views on its Youtube channel, Drayter is a new band to watch. The pop/rock duo based in Dallas, consists of two guitarists Cole

Schwartz and Liv Miner. The performance veterans have been in the music scene since 2008, touring with prominent bands like Three Days Grace and Stone Sour. To put that into perspective, Marquette seniors were in the eight grade at this time when Drayter was busy honing their craft, growing as artists and as people.

T h e i r music contradicts what we northerners expect to hear from the Long Star State, and that works out just fine. Put in a track from Drayter, and what you will hear is a blend of rock, pop, and alternative music.

“We like to blend sounds from different bands that we like to listen to and that aren’t necessarily our own genre,” Schwartz said.

He said his personal influences come from a band named Death Heaven and other metal classics.

Drayter gained popularity by performing covers. When

thinking of a name for their group, they first thought of Broken Spine but later it was decided that the name didn’t fit with their image.

One day they heard the name Drayter on a cartoon show.

Schwartz doesn’t remember the exact show, but he strongly suspects it was South Park.

“It was pretty cool and unique,” Schwartz said. “So we just changed the spelling and went with it and people started knowing us as the young named Drayter who played all the covers.”

The band started out as a couple of friends hanging out and playing music together on weekends, bonded by a love of Van Halen, AC/DC, and Led Zeppelin. But once they started doing shows, people noticed their talent. After a while they realized that they had something, and they wanted to take itself a step further.

Their upcoming album is the fruition of that spirit.

“The main theme of the album is acceptance, within yourself and in your community,” Schwartz said. “Not really being afraid to do something that’s different or something that makes you who you are.”

Schwartz said the process was long, but once they had demos, Drayter took the promising ones to the studio and ironed out the kinks.

Schwartz says the song “Best I’ve Had” was the most fun to make.

“It’s a real upbeat fast song,” Schwartz said. The song “Run” is unique for the group because of its mainstream pop style, something new for the band. Schwartz added that one of the most memorable parts of the creation was the 25-piece gospel choir. “That was an unforgettable experience.”

“NINE” was a truly collaborative effort.

“We’re not a band where each person sticks to their own individual thing,” Schwartz said. “We all give input to each other’s spot, which is great because you get a different perspective.”

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MUSG fruit and vegetable baskets offering a sound use of reserve funds Next semester, Marquette’s Student Government will begin selling food baskets of fruits and vegetables from Growing Power that will be available for six weeks for $9 in the Center for Leadership, Service and Involvement.

This is a sound decision made by MUSG that provides a short-term solution to the persistent food desert issue on campus.

Though there is a big difference between selling fruit baskets and having a grocery store on campus, it is important to acknowledge this opportunity as a small victory leading us in the right direction. The baskets will be given out on a firstcome, first-served basis. Considering the demand for healthy, fresh food on campus, they will likely sell out quickly each week, but perhaps this will work in the students’ favor to further expedite an on-campus supermarket initiative.

University President Michael Lovell has explored campus supermarket options for over a year and has shared that to turn this vision into a reality, more information must be gathered to ensure a supermarket can be successful in the

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MUSG will be selling fruit and vegetable baskets for students looking for fresh food.

Avenues West neighborhood. Until then, fruit and vegetable baskets will have to suffice.

This initiative not only promotes health, but provides it as well. Sure, students will still have to go off campus to grocery shop, but this collaboration between MUSG and Growing Power creates an opportunity for students to buy healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable fruits and vegetables conveniently on campus.

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In addition, this initiative encourages building community relations.

Growing Power is an urban agriculture organization headquartered in Milwaukee. They work to help provide equal access to nutritious, affordable food for people in all communities in Milwaukee and have been doing so for over twenty years.

Given that Marquette is currently in search for a Campus Sustainability Coordinator to help enhance sustainability efforts, the university should consider hiring someone who would be capable of introducing and further promoting a relationship between students and Growing Power. MUSG has put forth great effort to start this relationship, and it would be great to continue working with them, whether students volunteer or become community educators themselves.

This endeavor is possible because MUSG decided to use reserve funds. To guarantee its success, MUSG must be sure to advertise it well, especially because it is first-come, first-served. In the past, MUSG has been at fault for not taking great lengths to market and advertise its campaigns and initiatives, but it is pertinent that they do so with this one. Students have demanded a supermarket on campus for years and since this initiative poses as a short-term solution, making students aware that fruit and vegetables are available for purchase is crucial.

MUSG’s decision to use reserve funds demonstrates its ability to listen to the needs of the student body and provide a service that is beneficial to students and building community relations.

Hopefully, this initiative will create room for further relational development between students and Growing Power as well as further discussion for a supermarket on campus.

Again, MUSG must be intentional in making sure students are well aware of the fruit and vegetable baskets being sold in the CLSI. While it is merely a small victory for students who desire easily accessible, healthy food, this collaboration between MUSG and Growing Power demonstrates that Marquette is headed in the right direction.

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Political polarization proves detrimental Jack Hannan

Columnist Modern political news coverage has become eerily similar to entertainment media. Politicians’ personal scandals are followed as closely as those of reality TV stars, and poll standings are updated more frequently than sports scores. Though this obsession is probably better for our country than political apathy, our attention has become more focused on the race itself than what will come after the finish line is crossed.

The two party system pits Democrats against Republicans in an epic battle for public support. Obviously, in order to gain the support of one side, politicians must distance themselves from the other. But this distance widens the political spectrum, shifting ideology toward extremes and away from the middle.

The result is two radical thinking parties that adamantly oppose each other on every conceivable issue. Strangely enough, we accept these two sides as our only options without giving ample consideration to their origins.

It is naïve to think that two parties could accurately reflect the unique beliefs of each individual voter. Political issues are complex with both sides usually having compelling arguments, but with such a multitude of issues there is an infinite number of possible combinations of opinions for any one citizen to have.

Unable to develop a system complex enough to represent all of these ideologies, we have compromised and set up a simpler structure. So, it should not be shocking that blanket terms like “Democrat” and “Republican” don’t accurately label most individuals. Do we really think humans are genetically predisposed to one of two possible ways of thinking? Of course not. But still we are expected to classify our opinions under one of these available umbrella ideologies.

The origins of our current bipartisan system take root in the early political competition between America’s founding fathers. Primitive parties first emerged in the U.S. during the late 1700s. The Federalists sided with Alexander Hamilton in their rigid interpretation and preservation of the original constitution, while The DemocraticRepublicans sided with Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, believing periodic constitutional amendments were needed to update government according to societal development.

The two parties chose opposing sides on each divisive new issue that arose, often with party contradiction being the only justification for their stances. Parties grew to oppose each other out of competitive rivalry rather than ideological differences.

Ironically enough, Madison’s

fears of the dangers of political factions were coming true as a result of a faction that he unintentionally helped create.

It would seem that after 200 years, we would’ve corrected this obviously flawed party system, but sadly we aren’t even close. In fact, two party politics has become so engrained in our culture that we have started basing our personal beliefs on party stances, instead of the other way around.

Overwhelming statistical evidence proves that the vast majority of Americans stand closer to the middle of the political spectrum than to either extreme. Still, we adjust our inherently moderate beliefs to fit more closely with the extreme opinions that political media outlets broadcast. People who passionately side with a certain party on one specific issue often feel obligated to side with that party on all issues.

Similarly, political leaders are forced to align with party opinions in order to gain support from the public. If Americans truly are moderate, it would seem that a moderate presidential candidate could win the general election by attracting voters from both parties. However, logistical roadblocks prevent moderate candidates from ever having that chance.

In order to run for president in our bipartisan system, candidates must first compete with other candidates from their own party to win the party nomination. But candidates who are too moderate will be seen as disloyal party members, or “flipfloppers” who switch between liberal and conservative stances.

Thus, only politicians who adopt radical party beliefs can win the nomination and subsequently, the general election.

Once these radical politicians are inevitably elected, the public again becomes more polarized and the whole vicious cycle starts again.

Unfortunately, this cycle shows no signs of slowing. If anything, polarization within American politics is actually increasing and the implications of this political extremism on our nation’s future could be detrimental.

There is no easy fix for our long-broken system. Our only hope is to do everything in our power to remain independent from it. We must seek out unbiased facts and form our own opinions. We can’t conform to the neatly constructed ideological template we are expected to follow.

The sheer gravity of the potential outcome of the presidential election will always create tension between opposing sides.

Nonetheless, we are all being represented and must maintain the ability to unite and come together once the election is over. Regardless of the outcome, once that fight ends, we are all on the same team.

Jack Hannan is a senior studying Marketing and Finance. He is reachable by email at jack.hannan@marquette.edu

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Santa is a creep, jingles are lame Holiday hype: Sing and the holidays are overrated loud for all to hear Morgan Hughes

Columnist Here’s an unpopular opinion: Christmas is the most overrated holiday of the calendar year.

Before you grab a pitchfork and chase me out of town, hear me out. I am not a social outcast covered in green fur with a heart six sizes too small, just a very disenchanted observer.

Believe me, I have tried to enjoy the holiday season. When my first high school boyfriend, who was a Christmas fanatic, asked me if I liked the holiday, I lied and said I loved it – for the sake of the relationship, of course. But, as hard as I tried to feel excited about sleigh rides and caroling, I couldn’t muster sincere enjoyment. Not even young love could turn me into a holiday cheermeister.

I don’t hate the holidays, I just think that most everything related to the holidays is garbage. I will defend my stance with a case study, beginning with the basics.

Let’s start with the criminal fat man, Santa Claus.

I was always suspicious of Santa. How did he have so much time to visit me and my cousins on Christmas Eve when he should have been at the North Pole preparing to deliver our presents, and why did he look and sound suspiciously like my Uncle Tom? I didn’t have to ask these questions for long. I have an older sister, so the Santa illusion was shattered for me at a young age. But even before I knew the ugly truth, I wasn’t a huge fan of the guy. I guess I’m still bitter about the fact that I

had to give away perfectly good cookies to somebody who was already dangerously obese.

Santa is creepy. He watches everything you do, and can enter your house at will.

I don’t know why kids aren’t terrified of the guy.

But the worst part about the Santa charade is that it teaches children that good behavior deserves to be rewarded. Shouldn’t we want kids to be good because of a moral inclination? If Christmas is about giving, not rewarding, then behavior shouldn’t be a factor at all.

Even if Santa weren’t such a creep, Christmas still wouldn’t appeal to me. My senior year of high school I worked in a retail store, and this experience taught me that if there is one thing about Christmas that disgusts me more than any other, it is the equally repulsive and repetitive seasonal music. I don’t hear the sleigh bells jingling, I don’t care if Frosty finds his magic hat, and all I want for Christmas is to stop hearing that stupid Mariah Carey song.

The only thing worse than classic Christmas music is when a popular musician or band decides to record a holiday album of their own. It was a bad idea, NSYNC. Another issue I have with Christmas is that it’s like the successful big brother of the end-of-year holidays, constantly overshadowing the awkward middle-child, Thanksgiving. No one spends entire paychecks on Thanksgiving decorations, but there are still mashed potatoes.

It’s really the perfect holiday.

But in classic older-sibling fashion, Christmas decided it needed something to stand out just a little more. Someone had the genius idea to spend mountains of money on poorly dressed fat men made

of plaster to put in their front lawns so neighbors would know they weren’t anti-Semites.

According to an article published on Business Insider, Americans spend upwards of 6 billion dollars every year on Christmas decorations alone. That doesn’t include presents, travel, or food.

Nope, just billions of dollars worth of red and green LEDs, Rudolph lawn decals, and dead trees. Lots and lots of dead trees.

Some might argue that the “reason for the season” is to spend time with family and give to those you care about, but the evidence would suggest that the reason for the season is consumerism.

Secret Santa is a perfect example. If you’re buying Christmas gifts, you absolutely cannot forget that one co-worker who sometimes says hi to you in the elevator. I get it, the point is to make everyone feel included and cared about, but I want to get a gift from someone because they care about me, not because they picked a snowflake with my name written on it from a stocking cap.

At the end of the day, despite my many complaints about the end of year festivities, I enjoy spending time with the people I care about. There are even a few sentimental holiday themed movies I can stomach. And if it is a requirement to play Jingle Bells while sipping hot chocolate, I can deal with it. But maybe we can compromise by not spending a year’s worth of tuition on Christmas lights, omitting Mariah Carey from the event, and leaving milk and cookies out for Krampus instead of Santa this year.

Morgan Hughes is a sophomore studying Journalism and Political Science. She is reachable by email at morgan.hughes@marquette.edu

Ryan Murphy

Columnist It’s that time of year: Christmas music plays everywhere you go, the Hallmark Channel is popular with moms again and stores are chockfull of Christmas displays and deals. Despite the cold, people are warmer, and not because of their hot chocolate or peppermint coffee (though those don’t hurt), but at the prospect of reconnecting with family and friends, eating rich foods and exchanging gifts. Andy Williams is absolutely correct: “It’s the most wonderful time of the year!”

Not everyone is so enchanted, as my colleague to the left makes clear. “It’s annoying! It’s too commercialized!” she and her lot complain.

As simple as it would be to brush them off as Grinches, let us entertain their arguments – entertaining, after all, is a large part of the holiday season.

Their most common complaint is the music – what other holiday has its own genre? No stores play “Here comes Peter Cottontail” in the month leading up to Easter! It’s true that we all have at least one carol we would like to hear less often – mine is “Christmas Shoes;” it’s just too sappy. But the modern world we live in has a solution, and humbly, I recommend it: earbuds.

Today’s Scrooges whine endlessly at how commercialized the holiday season is. It’s so contrary to the entire spirit of Christmas, they argue, to engage in such meaningless consumerism!

But at their most basic level, all the ads and deals around Christmas time are because of gift exchanges. Even the wise men brought the Christ child presents. Today’s commercialized holiday hype is the market’s way of giving gift-givers more options than the gold, frankincense and myrrh the magi had to choose from.

It would be a cold person indeed who had anything to say against giving gifts. Gift

giving is forefront at Christmas time, but it is also integral to our humanity. Psychology Today explained that the Biblical aphorism, “It is more blessed to give than to receive,” is right, scientifically speaking. Studies show that people feel happier when they spend money on others than when they spend it on themselves.

But that doesn’t make receiving bad. In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Melvin Konner explained that gifts are a tangible way for people to express the significance of their friendships and relationships. While the things we buy for ourselves may decline in meaning over time, the things we receive from someone important in our lives retains emotional value. It’s not so much about what we receive as from whom we receive it.

People don’t exclusively spend money on their families and friends during the holiday season, though. It is one of the most popular times for charitable giving. Forbes reported, “almost half of charities receive 30 to 60 percent of their annual contributions between October and December.” Charitable organizations benefit as much from the hype as retailers, and for that reason alone, the season’s hype seems justifiable.

Of course, the most important aspect of the holiday season can never be perfectly represented in a song, symbolized by a gift, or measured with a charitable donation. The gathering of family and friends transcends all those things. Even the bah-humbuggers must admit it.

Have fun listening to the corny music and exchanging gifts, but above all, hold your dear ones close. Along with Tiny Tim, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas (or whatever else you are celebrating) and say “God bless us, everyone!”

Ryan Murphy is a junior studying Business Economics and Writing-Intensive English. He is reachable by email at ryan.p.murphy@marquette.edu

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Battle for Wisconsin looms MU heads to Kohl Center for first true road test this year

SATURDAY 12/12 Men’s Basketball at Wisconsin When: 12:30 p.m.

By Jack Goods

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The Marquette men’s basketball team’s run of playing cupcake teams will be interrupted Saturday for one of the biggest moments of the season. It’s a game that could be telling in whether the team will head to the big dance for the first time under Steve Wojciechowski.

Forget Grambling State, Jackson State, Maine and San José State. That was all a warmup. It’s Badger week.

Wisconsin, who was ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 at the beginning of the season, has had a bumpy few weeks. The Badgers’ first loss came against Western Illinois, who lost to a lackluster Creighton team by 30 two weeks later. Wisconsin also served as the springboard for Georgetown, who has looked much stronger since defeating Wisconsin by 10.

The Badgers lost to a mediocre UW-Milwaukee team last night, blowing an 11-point laed late.

It will still be a stiff jolt for the Golden Eagles, who have played poorly ranked KenPom teams since returning from the Legends Classic in late November. Even Marquette’s two most impressive wins, Arizona State and LSU, are only No. 59 and No. 89 in KenPom, respectively. Wisconsin was ranked No. 30 before the UWM loss.

Sophomore guard Sandy Cohen believes the fact that Marquette hasn’t overlooked opponents will benefit the team when it plays much stronger competition.

“We hold our team to a high standard no matter who we play,” Cohen said. “I believe that’s why we’re winning (by) so high (a margin) against these teams, because we play to our

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Coming off a 24-point performance Tuesday, Sandy Cohen may be relied upon to fuel Marquette’s fast offense.

level… When we play a good team like Wisconsin, that’s going to be our habit.”

It will be an important game for the Golden Eagles because it is their last chance for a resume-building win until the BIG EAST schedule begins. Even though it does not affect the team’s postseason chances, this game is arguably Marquette’s only deeply-rooted rivalry match of the season.

“It’s a little bit more (than another game) for me,” said Cohen, who grew up two hours north of Madison in Seymour. “I’d say like 90 percent of my friends are Wisconsin fans, so this one hits close to home.”

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has emerged as the team’s best distributor, dishing out a teamhigh 49 assists.

The big men will also need to be smart, as Ellenson and Fischer won’t be able to simply outmuscle the opposing big men as they have the past few weeks.

For a rotation, Marquette will likely use only Wally Ellenson off the bench as the backup power forward. Henry Ellenson will move to center when Fischer is on the bench.

Neither team is ranked heading into the matchup, which hasn’t happened since they met in 2013.

The Golden Eagles defeated the Badgers 60-50 in Milwaukee behind 17 points from Vander Blue.

Tip-off is set for 12:30 Saturday at the Kohl Center.

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Hayes, last year’s Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year and a Sporting News Preseason AllAmerican, is averaging 16.9 points, 6.6 rebounds and four assists per game.

Sophomore Bronson Koening was pegged as one of this year’s breakout players coming into the season, and he’s shown why thus far. He’s second on the team in scoring with just under 16 points a game.

Besides the obvious choices of Henry Ellenson and redshirt junior Luke Fischer, the player with the biggest impact for Marquette could be freshman point guard Traci Carter. This rivalry game will be the first career collegiate road game for Carter and his four classmates. He must be calm and cool starting the offensive possessions – a lot to ask from a player in his position. He

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Taylor Louis (left), Pat Sanchez (center left), Wally Ellenson (center right) and Henry Ellenson (right) rank as some of the top athletes in their respective sports in Marquette history.

6. Volleyball makes 5th consecutive NCAA Tournament After a rash of offseason transfers, very few people thought Marquette volleyball would be as strong as they had been in years past. Head coach Ryan Theis, however, was not one of those people.

“I’d like to think that kids are coming to Marquette with the intention of competing for an NCAA Tournament, and I don’t think we’re ever going to waiver from that being the goal,” he said.

Theis’ team quickly showed why it deserved that boost of confidence, beating four top-50 RPI teams in the non-conference schedule. Although the team stumbled through BIG EAST play with a somewhat pedestrian 12-6 record and lost in the conference tournament semifinals, it still finished the regular season 21-11. That was good enough for the program to makes its fifth consecutive NCAA tournament, where the Golden Eagles won their first-round matchup against Northern Iowa before bowing out to No. 2 Minnesota.

Redshirt freshman Taylor Louis and redshirt junior Meghan Niemann propelled the offense, while junior Lauren Houg provided equally stellar defense. Houg averaged 5.18 digs per set and broke the Marquette single-season digs record with 641.

Next year, Marquette will feature six seniors on their roster along with highly regarded underclassmen such as Louis, redshirt freshman outside hitter Amanda Green and redshirt freshman middle hitter Jenna Rosenthal. That blend of experience and youth should make the 2016-’17 Golden Eagles an even more dangerous team than they were this year.

- Andrew Goldstein 5. Axel Sjoberg and Charlie Lyon drafted to MLS Two of the recent stars of the Marquette men’s soccer team were both selected in the MLS SuperDraft in January: defensive back Axel Sjoberg to the Colorado Rapids and goalkeeper Charlie Lyon to the Seattle Sounders. Sjoberg was selected in the first round, 14th overall, making him the highest

drafted Marquette player in the 20year MLS history. The Rapids traded up to make the pick, which was originally owned by the Columbus Crew. Lyon was taken with the 13th pick of the fourth round.

At 6-foot-7, Sjoberg is the tallest player in MLS history and started all 14 of his caps with the Rapids, totaling over 1,200 minutes in his rookie season. Lyon spent most of the year with S2, the Sounders’ minor league team in USL Pro, but did sign on as the top squad’s thirdstring goalie in March. He made 24 appearances for S2.

It was the second MLS draft in a row and the third in four years that a Marquette player was taken. Bryan Ciesiulka was taken in the fourth round in 2014 by Chicago, and Calum Mallace was taken in the second round of the 2012 draft by Montreal.

- Jack Goods 4. Taylor Louis finishes in top-5 nationally in kills per set There’s only one word to describe redshirt freshman Taylor Louis’ first season in Division 1 volleyball: exquisite. She arguably had one of the best individual season in Marquette volleyball history, breaking the single-season program record with 611 kills, becoming the firstever Golden Eagle to amass at least 600. She consistently topped the DI statistics lists in total kills and kills per set, finishing fifth in the country in kills per set (4.93).

En route to leading Marquette to its fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, Louis contributed at least 20 kills in 13 of Marquette’s 34 contests, including a whopping 30 kills in four sets against Missouri State Sept. 5.

The accolades don’t seem to end, either. She was a unanimous selection to the All-BIG EAST First Team, voted to the BIG EAST All-Tournament team, and most recently was elected to the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-East Coast Region, which puts her name in the conversation to be an All-American.

- Peter Fiorentino 3. Golf wins BIG EAST championship

They had to fight for it, but once the comeback was complete and the dust settled, it was Marquette hoisting the 2015 Men’s Golf BIG EAST championship trophy. The team was down eight strokes to DePaul entering the final day of play, but a gutsy performance by junior Patrick Sanchez and his 3-under-par round helped lead the comeback. “(I was) playing one shot at a time and being able to handle my nerves under pressure,” Sanchez said after the tournament. “I knew we had to play really well to have a chance, so it came at the right time.”

Although Sanchez had a strong showing, it was a total team effort that fueled the drive to the team’s second conference championship in school history and the first in head coach Dan Bailey’s five seasons at Marquette. Two Golden Eagles finished in the top-10, including Sanchez and senior Brandon Cloete.

“For these guys to come back from eight strokes in nine holes, man that’s what champions are made of and this team proved they are true champions this weekend,” Cloete said of the championship performance.

Though the team fell in NCAA regional play in Noblesville, Indiana, the season was a huge step forward for the program in the national landscape.

- Jamey Schilling 2. Wally Ellenson jumps into national track and field spotlight Before starting his basketball career at Marquette, Wally Ellenson put the Golden Eagles’ track and field program on the radar due to his high jump abilities.

Ellenson took fifth place in the high jump at the NCAA Track & Field Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon June 12. Ellenson was tied for first place after clearing 2.19 meters (7-2.25 feet) before brushing the bar on his final two jumps. The finish earned Ellenson All-American status for his third straight year and his first since transferring to Marquette from the University of Minnesota.

Just two weeks later, Ellenson was back in Eugene for the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships. He cleared the opening

height of 2.15 meters (7-00.5 feet), but missed the next height. He finished 12th out of 19 competitors.

The USATF finish capped off a stellar first year at Marquette for Ellenson in which he set the school high jump record, clearing 2.28 meters (7-5.75 feet).

The Rice Lake native also was the BIG EAST champion in high jump for both the indoor and outdoor seasons and was named Most Outstanding Field Athlete at the BIG EAST indoor meet. Marquette’s track and field program named Ellenson co-Most Valuable player for the men’s team.

- Robby Cowles 1. Historic freshman class debuts for men’s basketball The recruiting quintet of Henry Ellenson, Haanif Cheatham, Traci Carter, Sacar Anim and Matt Heldt entered Marquette ranked the 10thbest recruiting class in the country by both ESPN and Scout. Steve Wojciechowski’s first recruiting endeavor put the Golden Eagles back in the spotlight, but work was to be done with only four returning players from 2014-’15.

So far, all five freshmen have seen

floor time, led by Ellenson, Cheatham and Carter, who have established themselves in Marquette’s starting lineup. Ellenson has lived up to the hype, averaging 16.8 points and 8.8 rebounds through nine games. He’s quite easily the second-best freshman in the country behind LSU’s Ben Simmons, who Ellenson handled well in the Legends Classic in New York Nov. 23.

Cheatham and Carter, meanwhile, have jolted Marquette’s offense and are turning heads. Cheatham has started every game due to his scoring abilities – he’s averaging 10.1 points per game while shooting 55.4 percent from the floor. Carter struggled early on as the team’s point guard, but has since kept the careless play in check and now ranks in the top-100 nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.72.

As the freshmen garner more game experience, the Golden Eagles will have to rely heavily on their increasingly effective young players to make a postseason push in 2016.

-Dan Reiner

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Athletics changes pregame rituals On-court graphics, paper toss among biggest adjustments

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By Dan Reiner

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For years, fans attending Marquette men’s basketball games at the BMO Harris Bradley Center have been rooted in pregame routines. Fans cheered on notable basketball alumni in the “Remember the Titans” video, then roared through the “Marquette Madness” video before the lineup was introduced. AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” ensued, followed by students tossing a flurry of white and gold paper bits in the air after the first made home basket.

After a down 2014-’15 basketball season, the athletics department, prompted by head coach Steve Wojciechowski, decided it was time to make some adjustments to the traditions. The goal was to get people into their seats earlier, which would create better energy in the building before tip-off. “(Wojciechowski) wanted to have more bells and whistles,” said Deputy Athletic Director Brian Hardin. “He went to a Bucks playoff game and liked some of the stuff they were doing and asked if we could try to take advantage of being in an NBA arena.”

Changes to the pregame ceremonies, which comprises all functions before tip-off, includes an updated “Remember the Titans” video and different music. There is also a “tunnel vision” camera which shows players in the stadium hallways making their way to the court, a coinciding hype video featuring recent Marquette highlights, and light towers, confetti cannons and a fog machine on the court. Hardin said his staff drew elements from college and professional football games to enhance the fan experience.

“When I try to describe what Marquette basketball means to our students and alumni, it’s that it’s similar to what football is in other places,” Hardin said. “We

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“Tunnel vision” follows the players’ path from the locker room to the court, where they run out to a loud display.

wanted to develop a pregame program that would, from the 10-minute mark until the opening tip, be a natural crescendo of enthusiasm in the arena.”

The most prominent addition to the pregame program is the oncourt graphics which sync with the “Marquette Madness” video on the screen above. The highdefinition production, which displays from cameras underneath the video board, also features moving images and autographs of players as they’re introduced.

“I’ve seen a lot of NBA teams do it recently, but I think it’s cool that Marquette was able to get it,” said Sam O’Melia, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences.

“It really makes the school look more professional.”

While athletics has improved the visual appearance of the pregame, some aspects have been criticized. The disappearance

of The Gold Mine, the goldenrod news publication found on students’ seats that was torn up and tossed in the air after the first Marquette field goal, was dropped from the Marquette Student Government budget for the 2014-’15 school year.

“Last year’s MUSG Budget Committee and Communications Vice President decided to no longer print The Gold Mine,” MUSG president Zack Wallace said in an email. “Those individuals felt that printing paper to be ripped up and thrown on the ground was not a good use of the Student Activity Fee, nor an environmentally friendly practice.”

Without this long-practiced tradition, students were introduced to a massive flag that reads “we are Marquette” with a large Jordan brand logo at the bottom.

The intention of the flag is for it to be waved over a portion of the

student section, but students have not yet embraced the concept.

The flag has collapsed into the crowd each time it has been used.

“I think it’s fun to start new traditions, we just need to find one thing and stick with it,” said Madison Smeltzer, a sophomore in the College of Nursing. “I feel like it’s been changing … Last year there was the paper, this year there’s the big flag, what’s going to happen next year?”

Hardin said the athletics department is still having discussions about ways to entertain not only the student section, but the entire 18,600-seat capacity at the arena. The staff is looking for feedback from fans but they are already considering the possibility of community tailgates and other visual methods to get the crowd more involved before and during games.

Wisconsin will beat Marquette on Saturday. Handily.

The main advantage that Wisconsin has over Marquette is its unconventional swing offense, which emphasizes ball movement, screening and cutting out of a half-court set. Swing offenses are exceedingly slow, deliberate and methodical, which is why the Badgers rank No. 342 in the country in adjusted offensive tempo, according to KenPom. Beating the swing requires disciplined off-ball defense for the entirety of a possession. This does not bode well for Marquette, which has a fairly weak track record in half-court defense, especially against teams that run off-ball action.

Frankly, Marquette does not have a great overall defensive track record this year. They have played four teams that rank in the top third in the NCAA in offensive efficiency and have surrendered 80 points to three of them. Furthermore, Wisconsin ranks 25th in the country in adjusted offensive efficiency, which is the measure of points scored per 100 possessions adjusted for various outside factors. The Golden Eagles have played two other teams that rank in the top 25 in offensive efficiency, Iowa and Belmont, and not only lost to both of them, but allowed them to shoot an average of 51.5 percent from the field.

None of these statistics or observations are particularly surprising when you consider how young Marquette is. The Golden Eagles’ average player experience is 0.86 years, which is good for 344th in the country. These players will likely get a lot better at defending this sort of halfcourt offense with time and experience, but they are nowhere near good enough at it right now to stop Wisconsin.

Speaking of new experiences, this will be Marquette’s first true road game. Call me crazy, but one of the youngest teams in the country playing their first road game of the season against their biggest rival in front of 17,000 especially antagonistic fans doesn’t sound like a recipe for success.

There are plenty more reasons to think Marquette will lose – its 20.7 percent turnover rate, a relative dearth of preparation due to its weak December schedule, its unending love of contested three pointers, etc. – but the main reason is simply lack of experience.

Marquette is a good team that will continue to get better and may very well contend for an NCAA Tournament spot, but we all know that most of the time, tough losses are required for young teams to get to that point.

The Wisconsin game will be one of those losses.

Andrew Goldstein is a sophomore from Cranbury, New Jersey. Email him at andrew.goldstein@mu.edu

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Basketball games to watch over break

By Dan Reiner

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After a bout against an experienced Arizona State squad Dec. 19, Marquette returns home and take the short bus ride across town to UW-Milwaukee. The Panthers were picked to finish ninth in the 10-team Horizon League, the same spot the Golden Eagles were picked to finish in the BIG EAST. The heated rivalry matchup will likely be closely contested, and is Marquette’s final tune-up before starting BIG EAST play.

Marquette got an unlucky draw to open up the BIG EAST slate. DePaul is easily the best team in the conference, so this matchup may not be close. However, the last time Marquette played a heavily favored BIG EAST foe was Feb. 15, when the Golden Eagles upset conference-leading Seton Hall at the Al McGuire Center. For this matchup in Chicago, Marquette will have to find a way to contain the forceful duo of guard Jessica January and forward Megan Podkowa if they have any hope of pulling another upset.

The biggest component to this game will be how Marquette adjusts to the intensity of BIG EAST-style basketball after a month of teams mostly ranked in the bottom-100 of the KenPom basketball rankings. Seton Hall won’t be a breeze like Grambling State and Maine were. The Pirates have two Preseason All-BIG EAST Second Team players in sophomores Angel Delgado and Isaiah Whitehead. They also have breakout sophomore Khadeen Carrington carrying the offense.

Don’t sleep on the Hall: this will be a tough early test for Marquette.

After 51 NBA team scouts showed up to watch Marquette’s Henry Ellenson vs. LSU’s Ben Simmons in New York in November, fans can expect the same kind of anticipation for this matchup. This time, scouts will file in to watch Ellenson go head-to-head against the Friars’ Kris Dunn, who many experts consider a top-5 draft pick in the upcoming NBA draft. Dunn runs the show, but sophomore forward Ben Bentil has emerged as his go-to partner-in-crime. The Friars bring a staunch defense, so the Golden Eagles will have to rely on their own reliable onetwo punch of Ellenson and Luke Fischer to pace the offense.

This game is a must-watch whether or not you’re back in Milwaukee to start the spring semester.

The Musketeers come to Milwaukee with a high-powered offense led by sophomore Trevon Bluiett, junior Jalen Reynolds and senior forward James Farr. This team flew under the radar before the season, but now they’re out in the spotlight and ready to compete for a BIG EAST title as a top-25 team.

The matchups of Bluiett against Marquette’s Haanif Cheatham and Farr against Henry Ellenson will be fun to watch.

Last meeting: The Golden Eagles knocked off the Panthers, 85-80, at the Al McGuire Center last November. Marquette’s only returners for this season – McKayla Yentz and Shantelle Valentine – combined for only 10 minutes in the contest. Marquette has won the last three matchups between the cross-town foes dating back to 2009.

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Last meeting: In last year’s regular season finale, DePaul beat Marquette 99-82 in Chicago, despite the Golden Eagles shooting better from the field and from 3-point range. Podkowa netted 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds, while guard Chanise Jenkins also scored 24 points.

Last meeting: Marquette walloped Seton Hall in the first round of the 2015 BIG EAST Tournament, 78-56, in New York. Current redshirt sophomore Duane Wilson scored 13 points, including 3-of-5 from behind the arc, in the victory.

Whitehead was the only Pirate to score in double-figures.

Last meeting: Marquette lost 7766 in Rhode Island March 1. Dunn had 16 points, nine rebounds and four steals, while Wilson scored 22 points of 7-of-10 shooting.

Last meeting: Xavier completely shut down Marquette’s offense in Milwaukee Feb. 10, pounding the Golden Eagles 64-44. Bluiett led the Musketeers with 14 points, while Wilson scored 12 points in the losing effort.

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Player of the Week Allazia Blockton Blockton continued her hot start to the season with a big week at the Al McGuire Center against No. 7 Oregon State and rival Wisconsin. She averaged 19 points, five rebounds and 2.5 steals per game over the two games, which Marquette split 1-1.

The Milwaukee native is averaging 17 points per game, which ranks fourth in the BIG EAST and first among freshmen. She was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, her second consecutive spot on the weekly honor roll.

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Grad student seeking elusive title Leathley went to two national champs at Hope

By Jamey Schilling

andrew.schilling@marquette.edu

The end of a long hockey career may be in sight for graduate student Christian Leathley of the Marquette hockey team, but that doesn’t mean he’s not going to enjoy every last minute he has left.

“When I had the chance to play here, I just kind of had to take it,” Leathley said. “I really missed the game.”

The veteran center is making his presence known in his first year with the Golden Eagles, serving as one of Marquette’s top setup men. He’s ranked third on the team with 14 assists.

Leathley is no stranger to the club hockey scene, playing as an undergraduate for Hope College. Where Leathley went, success followed.

He was part of the Flying Dutchmen’s two American Collegiate Hockey Association Division III national runner-up teams during the 2010-’11 and 2013-’14 seasons.

“It was a great experience,” he said. “It was easy to make friends and get real tight with the guys on the team.”

Before arriving at Marquette in May, Leathley took a year off after graduation to decide what he

wanted to do with his life. He settled on pursuing a master’s degree in nursing. His program is specifically for those with Bachelor’s degrees in a non-nursing subject.

“I wanted to get out of Michigan, and Milwaukee was a good fit,” Leathley said. “I’ve enjoyed it so far.”

Soon after arriving on campus this fall, Leathley heard word of tryouts for the club hockey team, and decided to go for it.

“I wasn’t planning on playing at all up until we started in September,” Leathley said.

He impressed head coach Will Jurgensen at the tryouts and earned a spot on the team as the oldest player and only graduate student.

“I know each time Christian is on the ice that he is playing the game as hard as he can,” Jurgensen said.

“He is one of those players that you trust in any situation whether it be shorthanded, on the power play or even strength. He battles hard for each puck and is always one of the first guys in on a forecheck trying to break up the play.”

Having played for two different college hockey teams now, Leathley is used to being what he describes as “the new guy.” Luckily for him, his new teammates made his transfer process easy, and before long they were bonding. Despite the age difference, he’s already formed great team chemistry with his teammates, and even hangs out with them on the weekends.

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Graduate student Christian Leathley (left) uses his two national championship appearances to motivate his team.

“I try to be pretty nice to all the freshmen,” Leathley said. “As someone who’s gone through all that, I can attest to how tricky it is to be away from home for the first time. I try to have lunch with a few of them and be a role model.”

Upon graduation when he completes the track next December, he hopes to be prepared for the nursing world.

“I’m really looking forward to finally graduating and having a ‘big boy’ job and working full hours, and just experiencing what it’s really like to be in the medical profession.”

His program began last May and

ends next December. This brings up the question: will he come back next year, despite graduating before the season is over?

Although he might change his mind, this is likely his last season of competitive hockey.

“When I was done at Hope, I never thought I’d be playing again,” Leathley said. “Having another opportunity to play contact, competitive hockey, I’m just trying to enjoy every game, and every practice.”

As for goals on the ice, Leathley would love to return to Nationals for the first time since he was playing for Hope in 2014.

“Making the national tournament

would be great time because it’s being held in Grand Rapids, which is near where I went to school,” Leathley said.

Marquette’s success this season opens up the possibility for a storybook ending of his distinguished hockey career, since the Golden Eagles compete in the same division as Hope. The Flying Dutchmen currently sit fifth in the North Region, while Marquette is second in the Pacific Region. If both teams perform well enough, a Marquette vs. Hope Nationals matchup is not out of the question.

MLax ranked No. 16 in preseason Grill, Byrnes named All-Americans by Inside Lacrosse

By Jack Goods

jack.goods@marquette.edu

Four years into existence, Marquette men’s lacrosse is already making headlines on the national stage. The Golden Eagles are ranked No. 16 in the country in Inside Lacrosse’s

Preseason Face-Off Yearbook.

That’s 28 spots ahead of its No. 44 ranking last season.

“When you look at their season last year, it was very impressive,” Inside Lacrosse publisher Terry Foy said. “For new programs, we think their year-to-year improvement is going to continue at a higher rate than more established programs.

That continuity is even more valuable than a program that has been around for 25 or 50 years.”

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“It’s pretty satisfying,” said graduate student longstick midfielder Liam Byrnes. “Coming to Marquette five years ago, we didn’t even have a team.

We were 5-8 the first year, and we’ve been building ever since. The continual progression into actually being recognized by other coaches and the leaders in the lacrosse community, that they would rank us No. 16, it means a lot.”

Inside Lacrosse ranks Marquette second in the Big East, behind reigning NCAA champion Denver and just ahead of the two teams that will likely be the Golden Eagles most direct competition: No. 17 Villanova and No. 18 Georgetown.

“The BIG EAST in total, particularly Georgetown and Villanova alongside Marquette and then Denver as the top force, it kind of emerged as a league with its out of conference performance in contrast to preseason expectations,” Foy said. “There was a bump that the league cumulatively received.”

This marks the first time four BIG EAST teams have been ranked in the top-25 since the conference added Marquette and lost lacrosse powerhouses Syracuse and Notre Dame to the ACC. “We’ve always thought that our conference has been undervalued,” graduate student defender B.J. Grill said. “People always talk about the ACC and the Big Ten. We have six teams in our conference that

can compete with any other six team conference… (Conference games have) more than just BIG EAST tournament implications. It has NCAA tournament implications.”

Likely the biggest question going into the season will be how the Golden Eagles replace leading scorer Jordan Greenfield. Foy said the talent on this year’s team could allow Marquette to play a slightly different style.

“They don’t have to be the same type of team that they were last year, with a guy that produces at that level at attack,” Foy said. “Ryan McNamara is really well regarded. He’s among the best midfielders in the league.

Utilizing him and Conor (Gately)… now they can be a more of an attack from behind and attack from up top team.”

Marquette head coach Joe Amplo was quick to dismiss the importance of preseason rankings, since the team hasn’t played a game yet to prove its worth.

“Honestly it doesn’t mean anything,” Amplo said. “It’s inflation. It’s based on what we’ve done in the past… I think there are teams ranked below us that are better than us.”

Marquette also has two players on the Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-Americans list – Grill and Byrnes – who are the first two Golden Eagles to ever receive the honor.

“The individual recognition is great, but that’s not why you play the sport,” Byrnes said.

“The shout out is nice, but the

ultimate goal at the end of the season is to make the playoffs.

It’s a preseason accolade. At the end of the day, if you don’t come through in the season it doesn’t mean much.”

For Grill, it’s another reminder that players at Marquette continue to prove doubters wrong.

“Specifically being me and Liam, us coming here that first year, we weren’t going to play college lacrosse,” Grill said.

“Every piece fell into place, and now us having the expectation that we are two of the top defensive players in the country, that’s nice.”

Four BIG EAST players made the first team, all from Denver. The Pioneers, the reigning NCAA champions, are once again the favorite in the BIG EAST. Despite losing top performers Wes Berg, Erik Adamsen and Sean Cannizzaro, Denver has plenty of talent to restock the cupboards. Denver is ranked No. 2 by Inside Lacrosse, behind only Notre Dame.

“There’s tremendous talent on that bench,” Foy said.

“There are probably three or four freshmen that would have certainly gotten on the field possibly even started at all but five or six other programs in the country last year.”

Marquette will play six teams ranked in the top 20 in the Yearbook, including the top three teams, Notre Dame, Denver and Duke. Ohio State, Georgetown and Villanova round out the group of ranked teams. Marquette will also scrimmage No. 15 Cornell Feb. 13.