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By Dan Reiner
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Kobe Bryant played his final game in Milwaukee Feb. 22. Fans showed up in droves to the BMO Harris Bradley Center to show their support for the legendary shooting guard. In the waning minutes, as the Bucks held a sizable lead over Bryant’s Los Angeles Lakers, a chant poured down from the capacity crowd: “We want Novak!” Earlier that day, the Bucks announced the signing of veteran forward and Brown Deer native Steve Novak. Ten years after graduating as one of the most prolific scorers in Marquette history, he stepped onto the Bradley Center floor in a home uniform for the first time in his NBA career. He entered the game with 1:24 remaining and missed his only See NOVAK, page 12
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Marquette alum Steve Novak (2002-’06), who was inducted into the M Club Hall of Fame, signed with the Milwaukee Bucks in February.
Details in AMU bank robbery Sodexo, Pepsi may Captain Jeff Kranz face termination happy with MUPD U.S. Bank response By Ryan Patterson
ryan.patterson@marquette.edu
New details have been released about Monday’s robbery at the U.S. Bank in the Alumni Memorial Union. The incident occurred around 9:30 a.m. The suspect, a 23year old man, claimed to be armed and demanded cash.
He fled the scene with the money and the Milwaukee Police Department was contacted about the incident. MPD then contacted the Marquette University Police Department. Ten to 15 MUPD officers responded “within seconds,” according to MUPD Captain Jeff Kranz. Kranz was one of the officers who responded to the incident. “Our officers went both to the scene and then fanned out through the neighborhoods with the description of the suspect,” Kranz said. The officers
responded in squad cars, on bicycles and on foot. Meanwhile, “One of our dispatchers got on the cameras and started watching,” Kranz said. “On one camera, they see the suspect walk into Walgreens and never walk out.” Prior to MUPD’s response, the suspect was inside Walgreens where “he was attempting some type of money transfer” in the store, according to MUPD Capt. Ruth Peterson. After officers arrived at Walgreens, the suspect was taken into custody. It
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Commitee to be formed to help aid in final decision By Brittany Carloni
brittany.carloni@marquette.edu
Since Marquette’s contract with Pepsi expires this year and Sodexo next year, the university is evaluating options for food service providers and beverage
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manufacturers on campus. Marquette’s contract with Sodexo expires June 30, 2017. The current contract with Sodexo contains an amendment allowing Marquette the option to extend the contract by another year if they choose. “Whenever a contract is set to expire, it’s best practice to evaluate the university’s current realities and consider all options,” Jenny Alexander,
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Thursday, April 21, 2016
Club practice spaces looking to be improved
MUSG to vote on $11,000 referendum at next meeting By Rebecca Carballo
rebecca.carballo@marquette.edu
Marquette Student Government held walk-throughs to evaluate campus practice spaces April 15. Forty-five different clubs on campus utilize the practice space in Humphrey Hall and Practice Space East, located in Campus Town East. The spaces have been utilized since 2010 and 2007, respectively. The biggest users are culture, dance and martial arts groups, along with some club sports. Reservations are made on a first come first served basis and some groups book the spaces up to a year in advance. Some of the discussed renovations would be installing water fountains and providing new mirrors and mats. As of now, there are no mirrors in the Humphrey Hall practice space and the ones in
Photo by Maryam Tunio maryam.tunio@marquette.edu
With 45 clubs on campus, finding a suitable practice space is a challenge with current facilities.
Practice Space East are distorted and leaning against the wall. Danny Kaniyaly, captain of Mazaa Bollywood Dance and a junior in the College of Arts &
Sciences said the overall experience with the practice spaces is satisfactory, but there are improvements that could be made. “To me, an ideal practice space
for a dance team like ours would be just like a dance studio – one with large, open space, mirrors all around the room, high ceilings and nearby water
fountains,” Kaniyaly said in an email. “With the practice spaces that we have, they may have some of these qualities, but none of these spaces consist of all four.” Many dance groups who use the space voiced similar concerns. To address this issue, MUSG proposed a resolution to allocate a total of $11,000 to install two water bottle filling stations and mirrors in Humphrey Hall and Practice Space East practice spaces. They will vote on the resolution next week. Annette Conrad, associate director of the Alumni Memorial Union, is responsible for coordinating the reservations. She noted it is sometimes hard to accommodate everyone due to the high number of clubs and limited space. However, she said it is helpful that groups are good about keeping in contact and communicating with her. “Access can be a challenge just because of the sheer number of people,” Conrad said. Both Pure Dance and Club Crew said the limited amount of space was an issue. “Adding more spaces on campus to practice would improve how competitive it is to find space amongst the performing arts organizations,” said Pure Dance Team Co-President Kelsey Lagerman, a senior in the College of Business Administration. Ricky Kaufmann, a junior in the College of Communication and Public Relations Chair for the Crew team, said sharing the space with various other clubs is difficult. He also mentioned facilities had limited storage space. Kaufmann said since equipment cannot be stored in either practice space, they have to set it up each time the team wants to use it, which takes away from practice time. This past semester MUSG held a referendum to implement a $100 fee to pay for a new recreation and wellness center. The new facility was proposed because MUSG conducted a feasibility study on campus recreational facilities in 2010. The study found that Marquette’s average amount of recreational space per student to be 6.92 square feet. The national average is 10-12 square feet per student. 30 percent of eligible students voted and 74 percent of them were in favor of the new fee and 26 percent opposed. Former MUSG President Zack Wallace said the referendum received a positive response from students. “I think students know and understand the needs we have on campus regarding rec and wellness space and resources. They also realize that the most effective way to achieve the quality level of resources our community deserves,” Wallace said. Representatives from seven organizations planned to attend the event, but none of them showed. AMU Director Neal Wucherer, who coordinated the tour with MUSG, said there were representatives from martial arts groups the last two walk-throughs. Wucherer said he encourages student organizations to reach out to him or their MUSG representative if they have questions about practice spaces.
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Reimbursement deficit for MUSG SOF process changes cause shortage in $72,460 budget By Rebecca Carballo
rebecca.carballo@marquette.edu
Marquette Student Government cut funding for non-club sports by $2,460 in bulk funding due to organizations not reimbursing their budgeted funds. MUSG’s 2016 fiscal year budget for non-club sports was $72,460. As of now about $37,679 has not been reimbursed. Club sports are still reimbursing but Financial Vice President Cameron Vrana said he does not expect to hit $72,460 for this fiscal year. Reimbursements have been lower than usual this year. Eighty percent of non-club sports claimed its
allocated amount last fiscal year, while only 48 percent reimbursed this fiscal year. Former MUSG Executive Vice President Aliya Manjee said she thinks the reimbursement rate is lower than usual because of the new Student Organization Funding process implemented at the beginning of the academic year. Now there is a longer wait period between applying and receiving funds. “Non-club sports were used to having five periods spread out throughout the school year and not having to plan out events four to six months in advance,” Manjee said. “We know that things change over the summertime, new officers are elected and sometimes events just don’t work out.” However, Manjee said she thinks the new process will have a positive impact on
organizations because it gives incentive to plan in advance. Both Manjee and Vrana said spot funding has a higher reimbursement rate. Vrana said MUSG will address the low reimbursements by changing budget lines to reflect where money is needed. Increasing club sport versus non-club sport funding is also a consideration. “We don’t want to put money where we can’t spend it and we have other lines that need the money more,” Vrana said. When student organizations do not reimburse their excess funds, the money returns to the MUSG reserve fund, which is a savings fund of roughly $133,000. “That is something we really don’t want to do because then we’re not using student’s money to benefit them,” Vrana said.
Once money returns to the reserve fund it becomes harder to access because MUSG must write and pass legislation. In the past, MUSG has used excess funds for capital goods and professional development activities. This year MUSG plans to use it for overages in spot funding. Adam Kouhel, MUSG’s executive vice president, said he will collaborate and maintain communication with student organizations during his term. “I believe that the most important job as EVP is to ensure that there is an open line of communication with student organizations,” Kouhel said. “I will make it a priority to be transparent with the process and communicate the reimbursement procedures with all student organizations.
MU handicap parking spaces sparce Illegally parked cars negatively affect lot availability for some By Alex Groth & Ryan Patterson
alexandria.groth@marquette.edu, ryan.patterson@marquette.edu
Deb Weaver, administrative assistant in the Department of Biological Sciences, thinks that Marquette Parking Services has missed the mark when accommodating her need for handicap parking and ticketing individuals who park there illegally. In the 38 years Weaver has worked at Marquette, handicap parking outside Schroeder Complex evolved to include 2 spaces outside the building and six across the street from the Helfaer Rec Center in a parking lot called “The Pit.” Weaver said those spaces are continually filled by people who illegally park there and she has been forced to alter her daily schedule to ensure a spot. “I routinely come in one hour before my start time to secure a spot across from my building, and about half the time I’m still
unable to get on of those spots,” Weaver said in an email. Weaver is not the only person on campus affected by the lack of handicap parking on campus. “I have several friends and relatives that are wheelchairbound and when they can’t find a spot, they don’t go somewhere,” said Audra Kramer, a second-year graduate student in biological sciences. Mike Jahner, Associate Director at Facilities Planning and Management, said in an email that the citation for parking in handicapped accessible spots on campus without a proper permit is $50. Under code 759 of the Milwaukee Department of Public Works, unauthorized parking in a city-owned handicapped zone carries a first-time fee of $200, the largest amount for any Milwaukee parking violation. The reason Marquette parking citations are less than a City of Milwaukee citation is because it is a private institution and Jahner said Marquette, “has the discretion to enforce parking with university citations and these differ from municipal citations.” “There are routinely not
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seriously,” Jahner said. “Put simply, parking in a space designated for those with disabilities without a permit is illegal and MUPD and Parking Services will ticket any vehicle found in violation of this ordinance.” Kramer and Weaver said more needs to be done to decrease illegal parking and they are not confident Parking Services will handle the problem. “I don’t think that a complaint from a student is going to elicit DEB WEAVER any change,” Kramer said. “I Administrative Assistant, don’t think they care.” Department of Biological Sciences Weaver has continually spoken to Parking Services and enough handicap-accessible said its their response has spots available for people that not emphasized change. need them and that’s not OK,” “Last year the person (from Kramer said. “It’s not OK Parking Services) I talked in the (Schroeder Complex) with said ‘well there’s plenty that houses physical thera- of handicapped parking in the py and speech pathology and structure,’” Weaver said. “My biomedical sciences.” response was that if I could Marquette Parking Services walk from the structure to my said handicap accessibility on building, I would certainly campus is important. do so,” Weaver said. “Marquette University takes Three people Kramer said illeenforcing parking regulations, gally parked in The Pit, received particularly when illegally a $10 ticket. They did not reparked cars impact accessibil- spond to interview requests. ity and the safety and welfare of our campus community
I routinely come in one hour before my start time to secure a spot ... about half the time I’m still unable to get one of those spots.”
MUPD REPORTS APRIL 14
A person not affiliated with Marquette acted in a disorderly manner outside O’Donnell Hall. MUPD took the subject into custody and transported him to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility for an outstanding warrant at 9:10 a.m. A student reported that unknown person(s) smashed a window of his secured, unattended vehicle and removed property estimated at $50 in the 500 block of N. 17th Street between April 12 at 6 p.m. and April 13 at 7:02 a.m. Estimated damage to the vehicle is unknown at this time.
APRIL 15
A person not affiliated with Marquette battered another person not affiliated with Marquette in a vehicle in the 700 block of N. 13th Street and then fled from MUPD in the vehicle at 11:21 p.m.
APRIL 18
An underage student in the Al McGuire Center admitted consuming alcohol at an unknown location between April 15 at 11:13 p.m. and April 16 at 1:47 a.m. MUPD stopped a driver not affiliated with Marquette for a traffic violation in the 1800 block of W. Clybourn Street and took him into custody for an outstanding warrant. The subject was transported by MUPD to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility at 12:31 a.m.
APRIL 19
A person not affiliated with Marquette entered a U.S. Bank in the Alumni Memorial Union, stated he had a weapon and demanded money. The suspect fled with the money but was located and detained by MUPD. No weapon was found and no injuries reported. The subject and stolen property were turned over to MPD at 9:30 a.m.
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Thursday, April 21, 2016
Focus groups study Common Core curriculum Suggestions range from capstones to freshman seminars By Rebecca Carballo
rebecca.carballo@marquette.edu
A group of Marquette students gathered in a focus group last week to discuss the future of the Common Core. Focus groups have been meeting throughout the week and each one brings a different perspective. There were about 12 students and three facilitators. “It’s fascinating. We’ve heard from so many different groups around campus, but everyone brings something new,” said Lars Olson, group facilitator and the interim chair of biomedical engineering. Fifteen proposals were pitched to the students for about 30 seconds each. Common themes throughout each of the proposals were tiering, social justice, thematic structure, seminars and capstones. “I think of several common themes, one of which was balance: our students are asking for a common experience, but also flexibility in course offerings,” said John Su, Director of the Core of Common Studies. The students then broke off into three small groups each led by a facilitator. In small groups the facilitators talked about the
proposals in depth and the students gave feedback. Su asked each group, “Could you imagine the value of this?” The idea of a first-year seminar for all freshman was a topic that created a great deal of discussion among students. The seminar would address what it means to be part of a university in an urban environment. Some participants were critical because they worried students would not take the seminar seriously. “Often seminars are only one credit and they’re so broad,” a participant said. “Sometimes feel like you don’t learn anything.” These suggestions did not go unnoticed by the facilitators. “There is strong interest in first-year seminars and capstones, but they need to be designed in ways that students can immediately recognize their value,” Su said. However, other students said the first-year seminar course would be valuable because it establishes a sense of community. Another point of discussion was thematic structure of some of the purposed core. One student said she saw reoccurring themes in her courses but it would be interesting if they were purposefully integrated. Other students found the thematic structure perplexing and would prefer something more
Sex trafficking center set to open Local Milwaukee pastor seeking to provide a safe zone By Rebecca Carballo
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Input from focus groups will be passed on to Provost Dan Myers to further narrow down suggestions.
sequential. Participants also noticed that changing majors would be difficult in proposals with a thematic structure. Political Science Department Chair Lowell Barrington said the students thoughts would be communicated to university leadership. “It was very important to get this input,” Barrington said. “We will make sure that the student views are included in
the information that Provost Myers receives regarding feedback on the 15 Common Core structure proposals.“ Olson also found the feedback to be useful. “The information from the focus groups today was very valuable,” Olson said. “Adam (Kouhel) and those in MUSG did a great job of getting a very diverse and thoughtful group of students.” The University Academic
Senate will be meet to revise the structure of the 15 proposals April 18. Based on the input from the campus community, Provost Myers will further narrow which proposals will make it to the next phase. A university team will be participating in a summer institute led by the American Association of Colleges and Universities to move toward a final proposal.
Students have mixed opinions about potential change potential food providers about contract lengths and financial and service benefits. Alexander expects the initial term of a new contract with a food service provider to be approximately 10 years. The university has started discussions of how suppliers will be reviewed and who will be on the advisory and program development committees to help
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director of purchasing, said in an email. “In this case, the university will look at evaluating options through a request for proposal, which is a standard way of conducting such business.” The Sodexo agreement began in 2002 and the contract has been renegotiated or amended since that time. Alexander said the university will ask
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make these decisions. “The structure (of the committees) will include all voices of the campus community and will determine the supply base or potential providers and what the priorities are for the evaluation,” Alexander said. Andrea Broggy, a freshman in the College of Nursing, said it would not bother her if the university renewed its contract with Sodexo or changed food providers. “They can change. Maybe it would be better or worse. The food is not as bad as everyone says it is,” Broggy said. “I probably wouldn’t even notice.” Alexander said Sodexo, or a parent company, has been on campus since the early 1990s. Marquette’s contract with Pepsi will expire June 30 this year. The university has a month-to-month extension for their contract with Pepsi if needed. “We are evaluating what is in the best interest of the university in the areas of product selection, costs and revenue,”Alexander said. “If there were a change, it would require new equipment and potentially new payment methods. And of course, the beverage choices would be affected.” Courtney Guc, a MUSG senator and junior in the College of Business Administration, is a member of a committee of students and administrators
Girls as young as 13 are being trafficked for sex not far from where Milwaukee residents work and live. Pastor Jason Butler of Transformation City Church, located at 6725 W. Burleigh St., addressed this issue by creating an aftercare center for underage female victims. Seventy nine percent of human trafficking cases reported in Wisconsin occur in Milwaukee, according to the Human Trafficking Task Force of Greater Milwaukee. Butler first learned sex trafficking was an issue in Milwaukee by working with teen groups at his church. “We began to hear stories,” Butler said. “I heard things like, ‘You could go to Lisbon Avenue and have sex with a teenager for $5.’” After continuously hearing these stories, Butler and members of Transformation City knew they must act. “As a church, we knew we needed to do something, but we didn’t know what,” Butler said. Butler spent one year working with service providers, lawyers and law enforcement to assess the magnitude of the problem. He then founded Exploit No More, an organization that advocates for victims of commercial sexual exploitation. The sex buyer is often not the only one arrested. The victim is detained for protection from her
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Milwaukee accounts for 79 percent of all sex trafficking incidents reported throughout Wisconsin.
pimp or exploiter. After going through the traumatic experience of being trafficked she can be revictimized again when arrested. This is why Butler decided to create an aftercare center. To provide protection but not put an arrest on the victim’s record. “We need a place for the girls to go,” Butler said. “When they get out of that situation, they need somewhere.” ENM has worked with medical professionals and hotels to make them aware of the issue. The group taught medical care providers and hotel staff how to spot suspicious behavior and whom to report it. “We can’t eliminate it, but we can make it harder,” Butler said. “We can make people aware they’re going to get caught.” ENM also spoke with organizations across the country to learn how to best run its
facilities. EMN learned there are few aftercare centers for underage girls. Facilities for minors are often costly due to state requirements and licensing. “You have to jump through a lot of hurdles and raise a lot of money, but we got to do it,” Butler said. Butler and ENM are fundraising for the center and on track to have it finished by the end of this year. The aftercare center will provide therapy, clinical care, education and job training. The girls can stay at the center for up to 18 months. There will be a 24/7 all-female staff to ensure the girls are not left alone. John Grych, chair of Marquette Psychology Department, said trust is an issue for victims. “People who have been sexually abused often have difficulty trusting others and can suffer
from sexual dysfunctions,” Grych said in an email. “Many fall into a repeated pattern of victimization at the hands of their partners.” To help girls avoid relapsing, transitional support is a key service the center provides. For an effective transition, a girl must return to a family that understands her situation. If a girl does not have a family to return to, she will be paired with an adoptive or foster family that has been specially trained to handle her situation. Six months prior to graduating from EMN, girls will be paired with a female mentor to help ease the transition. Butler is looking at different locations for the care center. He said he would like a quiet location in a neighborhood with police knowledge of the issue and political support. South Milwaukee and West Allis are two of the locations being considered.
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ROBBERY, from page 1
Robbery on campus comes as surprise was then found that the suspect didn’t have a weapon. “Even though he didn’t have a weapon, it’s still considered an armed robbery because (he) implied that (he) had a weapon,” Kranz said. Upon inquiry to Walgreens for a comment about the incident, Walgreens spokesman Phil Caruso said, “We don’t comment on criminal activity in our stores.” Kranz said he was “very proud” of MUPD’s s wift response. “Both of the dispatchers did an excellent job, the officers did a really good job,” he said. “It was cool to see all the training that they went through actually work.” The suspect will likely be charged with armed robbery, a Class C Felony in Wisconsin and could face up to 40 years imprisonment and a $100,000 fine. Although a robbery of this severity had not happened inside a Marquette building for many years, Kranz acknowledges it as a possibility. “My day is great if this never occurs,” he said. “That’s our goal, but if something bad like this happens, it’s good to see that the response was organized, professional and had a successful outcome.”
Catholic Financial Life gaining new café Refuge Café to offer healthy, convenient menu to community By Nicki Perry
nicolette.perry@marquette.edu
Photo by Yue Yin yue.yin@marquette.edu
Since the 1990s Sodexo has been on Marquette’s campus.
discussing the beverage and food options and considering the ideas of different vending on campus. Guc said the group is in the early process of discussions and has not started a search process yet, but they are considering sustainable and socially just companies. “It’s really discussing all of those questions and the actual decision won’t be made until summer, so we’ve got summer meetings set up for the vendors to come in and do their pitches,” she said. Guc said she is constantly asking people whether they like Coke or Pepsi or what kinds of coffee people like. She said she
wants people to know a change in vendors is possible. “I think a lot of people have the idea that Pepsi will never change and Sodexo will never change and that’s not true,” Guc said. “Sometimes it’s hard for them to change within your experience here.” Alexander said the contracts with food providers and beverage manufacturers are separate discussions, but the food service provider will serve whichever beverage product the university has a contract with. Alexander said the university was previously a Coca-Cola campus, but switched to Pepsi about 15 years ago.
Refuge Café, a local eatery offering smoothies, sandwiches and stuffed avocados, is expected to open its fourth location in the Catholic Financial Life building on campus this May. CFL President Bill O’Toole said the store will be a nice amenity to his building, according to Refuge Café Owner Joshua Janis. “Our concept fit nicely into what CFL wanted, so it was a perfect match from the beginning,” Janis said in an email. Janis said there was not much competition for the available space because he doesn’t think any other cafes or restaurants knew about the location. “It’s a highly visible
location,” Janis said. “It is a couple blocks away from a hospital, two dorms, the Al McGuire Center, the courthouse and other business buildings. Along with the residential and workers in the CFL building itself, it works out perfectly.” The cafe offers mobile text ordering so students can text in an order and have it ready for a quick pickup before class. For the first month after it opens, there will be ways for customers to receive a small discount on their orders. Those include dressing up in a full golden eagle costume to receive 30 percent off, doing 25 squats or pushups for a 5 percent discount or sporting a Refuge Café sticker on backpacks, phones or computers for 5 percent off. Janis said his menu will benefit the Marquette community because it’s fashioned for healthy people who are constantly running around. “We are going to supply you
with food that you can eat with confidence,” Janis said. “From our chicken being antibiotic and hormone-free to our smoothies having whole fruits and vegetables, we will make sure that Marquette is fed with the right food, not just fast food.” Emily Petersen, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she is unsure if opening Refuge Café in the CFL building is the optimal location. “I think that Refuge Café sounds like a great idea for students to get healthy food, but I think its location is going to hurt its longevity,” Petersen said. “The closest Marquette students are those who live in Carpenter (Tower) and Cobeen (Hall,) and they have the meal plan, so it’s unlikely they’re going to spend extra money.” Although there are some Marquette students who are unfamiliar with Refuge Café, they think it has potential to grow in popularity among
the Marquette Community. “I think Refuge Café will be popular because college students love smoothie places, and there is nothing like that on campus yet,”
said Haley Gainer, a junior in the College of Health Sciences. “I have never heard of (Refuge), but I would definitely consider trying it out – I love smoothies.”
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The Marquette Tribune
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Community Engagement gains new office
Collaboration with MU, MKE looks to grow partnership By Alex Groth
alexandria.groth@marquette.edu
The Office of Community Engagement continues to emphasize collaboration between Marquette and Milwaukee community partners through the creation of a new brick-and-mortar location. The office was first announced in University President Michael Lovell’s January presidential address. In the address, Lovell said the office would consolidate campus community engagement efforts and unify the work between Marquette and Milwaukee community partners. Since January, OCE has established its location at 1618 W. Wells St. in the Institute for the Transformation of Learning. External signage was installed last week. Dan Bergen, planning director for OCE, said he has had 50 oneon-one meetings with faculty, staff, students and community partners to discuss community engagement. “Since January, substantial
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The Office of Community Engagement is located at 1618 W. Wells St.
progress has been made in the areas of strengthening community partnerships, and identifying and supporting faculty community engaged research,” Bergen said in an email. Heather Aschoff, partnership and volunteer associate for the Department of Business, Community and Family Partnerships at Milwaukee Public Schools, said the Milwaukee community has displayed a positive response to OCE. “(MPS schools) are excited to hear that Marquette is interested in reevaluating and
reinvigorating their partnership with the schools in lots of different ways–in donations, volunteer opportunities,” Aschoff said. Cailin Hostad, assistant director of communications strategy and enrollment in the College of Education, said community engagement is important for Marquette students because it often leads to potential career development opportunities. “(It is important to) have an opportunity for our students to talk to people doing the kind of work that they want to do, and to
find out how those people got to their roles, and of course if they have any jobs for those that are graduating,” Hostad said. Bergen said the largest challenge OCE encountered since January is explaining what community engagement means to both Marquette and Milwaukee community partners. “(Community Engagement) is a broader term that encompasses community service, service-learning, experiential learning and faculty engaged research and scholarship, and emphasizes the mutually beneficial and collaborative nature of activities–both parties must benefit from the outcome,” Bergen said. Hostad said it also might be difficult for Marquette and the Milwaukee community to approach each other. “I just think that Marquette has a lot to offer to the community and I also think that for the community it is hard to know how to access it,” Hostad said. “I think it is intimidating if you don’t know your way around campus.” Two events are planned for the fall to enhance the conversation about community engagement. The Inaugural Community Engagement
Symposium will highlight community partnerships through an awards luncheon and provide further networking for faculty and community partners. Imagining America Conference will work to strengthen the relationship with UW-Milwaukee through workshops, seminars and performances with a focus on crucial decision making. “These events will not only promote the excellent community engaged work of students, faculty, staff, and community partners, but also, they will shed light on some of the most pressing issues facing the local, national, and global communities of which Marquette University is a part,” Bergen said. Although there have been challenges in the formation of OCE, Hostad said some of them have been positive. “There are so many opportunities,” Aschoff said. “The challenge here is figuring out where to start, what the very first step is, what direction we want to go and what scale.” The Inaugural Community Engagement Symposium will take place Nov. 15 and the Imagining America Conference will take place Oct. 6-8.
Research to aid children in mobility, therapy Grant for Tech4POD ends in September after six years of work By Jennifer Walter
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For the past six years, a handful of Marquette’s biomedical engineering professors researched and developed pediatric care, with a grant from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. The project, called Tech4POD, is a multi-faceted research collaboration divided into two categories: research and development. Each category contains four projects,
that are tackled by teams of researchers, medical staff and patients. Research projects investigate conditions study patients who suffer from osteogenesis imperfecta and cerebral palsy. Developmental projects aim to migrate ideas, such as braces for kids with severe flat foot, into the marketplace. Marquette professors are more involved with the research aspect of Tech4POD. The project’s head director is Gerald Harris, a biomedical engineering professor. Harris said the engineering professors publish books about every four to six years, but they more frequently publish articles in academic journals. This Photo courtesy of Jerry Harris
Projects investigate various conditions such as cerebral palsy and osteogenesis imperfecta in children.
project was expansive enough for a book to be written about osteogenesis imperfecta, an orthopedic condition more commonly known as brittle bone disease. The book arose from indepth research into the disease from a team Harris was a part of. Harris said kids who have brittle bone disease can have 200 fractures by the time they are 20 years old. “We can model their bones and prevent (fractures from happening),” Harris said. Brian Schmit, a biomedical engineering professor, worked with a research team that imaged the brains of children with cerebral palsy. His research required mapping how patients’ brains work to see if there are possible surgical and therapeutical treatments for them. “(Hospital staffs) provide
an interface with the people that volunteer for the studies, they work with the study participants for data collection and they provide clinical perspective,” Schmit said in an email. “It’s all about the people and the relationships that make the project successful.” Scott Beardsley, an associate biomedical engineering professor, worked on a team that developed a wrist orthosis for children with cerebral palsy. The device will be used in hospitals for rehabilitation therapy. Although the device has been created and will soon be used at Shriner’s Hospital for Children in Chicago, the next phase of the project is to see if there will be any long-term rehabilitative benefits for patients with cerebral palsy. “Many of the parts have spiraled off into other grants and
projects,” Harris said. The project will wrap up this September, marking the end of the grant. “A lot of times there’s a basic science side, like learning how the brain controls movement and things like that, which is interesting too,” Beardsley said. “But the goal is always to improve people’s lives and their ability to function in the world.” The project’s partners include Marquette, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, UW-Milwaukee, the Milwaukee School of Engineering, Shriner’s Hospital for Children and the Medical College of Wisconsin. “It’s a big endeavor, but not all that unique, at least across different universities,” Beardsley said.
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Theatre honors peace activists By Rachel Kubik
rachel.kubik@marquette.edu
“Most Dangerous Women,” a staged reading and musical production about female peace activists from World War I to today, will be shown in the Helfaer Theatre April 22 – 24 at 7:30 p.m. Eight student actresses as well as four professionals will perform in the show. Marquette’s Theatre Arts Department collaborated with the Milwaukee Public Theatre and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom for the production. Regular tickets are $10 and $5 for students. Debra Krajec, artistic associate professor in the College of Communication and director of “Most Dangerous Women,” said the show will follow a timeline through history and will draw directly from the women’s letters, speeches, writings, testimonies, poems, diaries and newspaper headlines. “It includes women from all over the world who do not think that the best way to solve our problems is to kill each other,” Krajec said. The play focuses on women trying to find peaceful ways to settle the world’s differences. Historical events covered in the production include WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Middle East conflict and today’s suicide bombings. “This play is different in that there is not a lot of interaction between the people,” Krajec said. “When you actually hear them talking about how many millions and millions of people have been killed through
war and genocide, it’s really kind of sobering.” Although the show focuses on serious and dark topics, there are some lighter scenes as well. Krajec said there will be beautiful songs by very talented women. The playwright Jan Maher, the actresses and Krajec will be on stage after each scene allowing audience members to ask questions or make comments on the topics presented. Krajec said she is excited to see the audience’s reactions and educate them about subjects. “When I was first approached about this show, I didn’t know anything about most of the women in this play,” Krajec said. “I’ve never heard of them before.” Krajec said it was nice that Marquette Theatre Arts collaborated with Milwaukee Public Theatre. This made for a range of actresses from an 18-yearold student to an actress in her 70s. The older actresses served as references and shared their experiences with the students. Barbara Leigh, the producing director of Milwaukee Public Theatre and the producer of Most Dangerous Women, agrees with Krajec and said it has been a wonderful experience working with Marquette Theatre Arts for the first time. She added the show is really inspiring. “There’s so much talk about war and there’s all these documentaries on the various wars, but you don’t talk about the people who are working for peace,” Leigh said. Anna Otto, a junior in the College of Communication and an actress in the show, said all of the actresses split up the parts evenly, but all tell the story of at least one main woman in the show. She plays a wife of a man who died in the 9/11 attacks. Krajec said the women’s
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activist group, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, was formed when many young men went to war, died and left their families behind. “I don’t mean to say that men don’t have this connection, but it seems kind of natural for women to connect to saying, ‘I love this person. I don’t want them to die’,” Krajec said. The importance of each part is to tell the individual stories of women from all over the world to portray one main message. Aileen O’Carroll, also a junior in the College of Communication, said that the fact that “Most Dangerous
Women” was a staged reading drew her attention. “It’s something we don’t do a lot around Marquette,” O’Carroll said. She was also interested in promoting the celebration of women through Helfaer’s “Celebrating Strong Women” season and working with professional guest artists. O’Carroll is excited about bringing issues that people of color face to light. “A couple of my characters are classes of people that don’t really get a voice normally,” O’Carroll said. She speaks for a Native American character and sings a song
called “No More Genocide” in different parts of the production. O’Carroll said she thinks it’s very powerful and notices as a society we don’t bring these awful issues up because of how difficult it is to talk about them. Otto is excited to start performing this show. “Usually when I think of a staged reading, I think of people sitting and not doing anything, and that’s definitely not what this is,” Otto said. “It’s fun in an educational way. (As an audience member) you’ll feel like you’re in the Congress meetings and things like that.”
Marquette Radio’s Mu sician of th e Week Marz Lightyear Local Milwaukee musician Hometown: Milwaukee,WI but grew up in Chicago, Genre: Conscious Hip Hop Inspiration for his music: Everyday struggles, overcoming obstacles Musical Influences: Pink Floyd & Wu-Tang Clan What to look for in the future: A new album called, “Life on Mars” Where to find his music: on Soundcloud and ReverbNation
Marquette Radio will host its spring concert live at the Union Sports Annex this Saturday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. The Districts, an indie rock band from Lititz, Pennsylvania, will be the main act following local Milwaukee band Eye & i. The concert is free. The Districts’ lead singer and guitar player Rob Grote and drummer Braden Lawrence, along with bass player Connor Jacobus,
formed the group while still attending high school in 2009. Pat Cassidy later joined the band to replace the college-bound former guitarist Mark Larson. The band didn’t have a name when it gave its first performance. “We had a list and we picked one for the night and it just stuck,” Grote said. “All three of us grew up together and we were drawn to playing music.” The Districts initially got by playing classic rock covers and having fun. The group released two EPs, extended plays, and a full album from 2011 to 2012. In 2013, they signed with Fat Possum Records and recently relocated to Philadelphia to continue working with them. They currently have two albums and three EPs. The band’s deep bass and steady rhythm give a Nirvana-esque sound to its music. They chan-
nel an early ’90s indie folk rock sound into performances of songs “Lyla” and “Young Blood.” Another aspect to their music is their folky, upbeat songs like “Funeral Beds” and “6 am.” This will be the group’s second time performing in Milwaukee. Grote said travelling and meeting new people are some of perks of touring. The band’s favorite places that they have performed at are Tokyo, Berlin and New Orleans. Although this is only the third college venue where The Districts have performed, they said they definitely feel the difference from a normal concert setting. “It’s a lot less formal and the crowd has a different feel to it,” Lawrence said. This will be the start of The Districts’ tour across the country and they said they are excited to get back to performing. The band and their manager have been working with Marquette Radio to put together this upcoming concert. They’ve only collaborated with radio stations a few times previously. Examples include WXTN radio in Benton, Mississippi, and WKDU, Drexel University’s radio station.
Radio’s spring concert at the Annex will feature The Districts, an indie rock band from Lititz, Pennsylvania.
Interactive puzzle offers exciting challenge Participants have 60 minutes to break out of locked room By Dennis Tracy
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Imagine being locked in a room with a group of strangers. A timer counts down the time allotted for escape and a camera watches every move you make. Members earn clues by screaming for help, solving various puzzles in the maze or checking in via Facebook to confirm the visit. This may sound a little bit like the “Saw” horror franchise, but rest assured, Escape Chambers is nothing like those movies. Originally a laser tag location in Des Moines, Iowa, Escape Chambers has spread to Chicago, Las Vegas, Madison, and now Milwaukee. Escape Chambers, located on the second floor of the Shops of Grand Avenue at 275 W. Wisconsin Ave., features four different scenarios.
The Assignment chamber requires a team to find the evidence of stolen documents that a professor has taken from various exhibits at museums. The Heist involves stealing diamonds and putting them back before the security guards catch anyone trying to break in. Containment is about finding a cure for a disease that breaks out in the lab and trying to stop the virus from spreading across the globe. The final scenario is about a group of models who are lured into a photo shoot and become trapped by a serial killer. All of these require teamwork to escape the puzzle. “I thought that it was altogether a good experience because it made everyone think outside of the box, which not everyone does every day,” said Kristefer Rubinstein, a freshman in the College of Communication. Kelly Ryan is the operations manager of Milwaukee’s Escape Chambers. The original Escape Chamber owners came up with the idea of the various scenarios and challenges people have to
go through in order to escape the dungeon they are in. Each year, the puzzles change are either tweaked or transformed completely into a new puzzle to increase difficulty levels and encourage customers to return. “We have ideas for new rooms or scenarios that are working at different locations that people love, and we will probably bring them here over the next couple of months or so,” Ryan said. There are plans to expand by adding more rooms over the next six months. There’s a team of 40-60 employees that help with the various puzzles and make sure the traps or mechanics – like a vault or door – open properly. Some employees set the scenario and storyline for people to follow, while others set up the traps and puzzles to solve. There’s even an online forum for people to contribute to solving puzzles found throughout Escape Chambers locations. “I would definitely go back, but I would probably want to go with a huge group of my friends,” said
Madeline Mathias, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences. “It’s just easier and more fun when you know everyone and can figure stuff out with them.” Mathias did something similar in Minneapolis and managed to escape. “About 20 percent of people manage to escape on average,” Ryan said. “Some rooms tend to have higher escape rates,
others are more difficult.” If people are lucky to be a part of the 20 percent that escape, they get their photo featured on the official Facebook page as bragging rights. Ryan said once people have had their first experience with Escape Chambers, they want to come back to prove to themselves that they can beat the puzzles.
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Idolizing Midwest is liability Ryan Murphy “Did you know Rihanna is moving to Skokie?” one of my friends asked me last week. “What? Really?” The article my friend found explained that Rihanna found the people in Skokie, Illinois, to be more “real” and “genuine” than the people in Los Angeles. Later I found out this article was part of a larger Internet scam in which a series of false articles reported celebrities were planning to move to small towns, many in the Midwest. Besides exposing how gullible we can be to things that are posted online, I think this incident raises a larger question: Do we romanticize the Midwest? I easily believed that an international celebrity could like my neck of the woods better than whatever glamorous neighborhood she and other celebrities live in. Do I really think the people here are that much better than anywhere else? Whenever a group of people tries to define itself, there’s a lot of mythmaking and generalizing. In the Midwest, for example, we might see ourselves as warmer than our West Coast neighbors. And yeah, we probably do talk to more strangers in supermarkets than they do in Los Angeles, but I’m not sure that necessarily makes us better people – nor is it likely enough to win over Rihanna. I doubt she’s been to a supermarket in a long time, anyway. Myth-making and generalizing are problematic ways to come to a sense of identity. It means thinking about the other in one dimension,
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Midwesterners are known for being hard working, independent and for their kind attitudes. At the same time, they are known for stoicism.
as a caricature. For example: People from Los Angeles are snobby, and that’s why Rihanna is so sick of them. But when we do that, whatever identity we come to is one-dimensional. And so, you end up with a picture of the Midwest as “Little House in the Big Woods” instead of something heavier, grittier, maybe less flattering. There are parts of our history that are easy to brush over if we never move beyond a stereotype of ourselves. Milwaukee and Chicago are
both in the top three most racially segregated cities in the country. How can we ever address that if we never move beyond the cartoon version of ourselves? Don’t misunderstand me – I love the Midwest and am happy to call it home, but I prefer to look at it head on. You don’t ever improve if you never see anything wrong. Kevin Young wrote a poem called “Ode to the Midwest,” and I think it does a great job expressing how many of us see ourselves in a
way that cuts straight to the chase. It points out the pride we take in hard work, our independence and, yes, our warmth. At the same time, it makes reference to the less sunny parts of our character: our bad diets and health habits, our lack of diversity, our stoicism. Give it a read – it’s not long, and any poem that begins, “I want to be doused in cheese,” can’t be half bad. So no, to the best of my knowledge, Rihanna is not moving to Skokie or anywhere in the
Midwest. It’s hard to imagine anyone as famous as her writing – to borrow some of Kevin Young’s descriptions – “a check in the express lane” or shoveling her driveway before her neighbor’s awake just to say to herself, “That’ll put ‘em shame.” Ryan Murphy is a junior studying Business Economics and WritingIntensive English. He is reachable by email at ryan.p.murphy@marquette.edu
Musicians defend LGBTQ groups from bathroom law Ryan McCarthy One of the cruelest ironies in American politics is when elected officials pass legislation designed to limit the freedoms of certain groups under the guise of protecting freedoms or providing security. North Carolina’s Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act, also known as the bathroom law, requires citizens to use the bathroom of the sex they were assigned at birth. The idea is that the law prevents criminals from entering opposite gender bathrooms under the auspice of being transgender. The law is not without controversy. Backlash has been swift and unrelenting, with boycotts
and condemnations coming from everywhere from Charlottebased Bank of America to the adult website xHamster. The most notable backlash has come from musicians. Bruce Springsteen, Ringo Starr, Boston, Pearl Jam and others have cancelled shows in North Carolina in opposition to this law. “It is the height of hypocrisy for these Hollywood elitists to deny their service to customers over a political disagreement,” said Ricky Diaz, a spokesperson for North Carolina Governor McCrory, in a note obtained by The Carolina Mercury. Diaz’s statements, defending a law that denies service preferences to thousands of North Carolinians, bring hypocrisy to an even greater height. The truth is that this law solves a problem that does not exist. There is simply no evidence
that sexual predators specifically operate in bathrooms. Last weekend I went to see comedian Ron White perform at the Riverside Theater. Toward the beginning of the show, the stage right speakers stopped working. White stopped the performance and refused to continue until an employee fixed the speakers. Even though two-thirds of the crowd could hear perfectly fine, Ron White refused to perform unless his whole audience could comfortably enjoy the show. That is professionalism. These musicians and performers are merely doing the same thing. By failing to accommodate all of their fans, North Carolina is making it impossible for them to perform in a professional manner. While personal politics certainly play into the decision to cancel a show, I am certain the thought of providing some fans
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with a subpar experience also contributes to the choice. The condemnation letter, signed by more than 160 corporations, must certainly come as a shock to Governor McCrory, who angles himself as a pro-business conservative. Among these corporations are the CEOs from Apple, Airbnb, Lyft and Dropbox. When these companies look to set up a new office or workspace, it surely will not be in North Carolina. Even Bank of America, which donated to McCrory’s 2012 gubernatorial campaign, is condemning the law. “We believe that HB 2 (the bathroom law) will make it far more challenging for businesses across the state to recruit and retain the nation’s best and brightest workers and attract the most talented students from across the country,” the
letter reads. “It will also diminish the state’s draw as a destination for tourism, new businesses and economic activity.” Democracy is often called the tyranny of the majority. The Founding Fathers foresaw this and imbued the Constitution and Bill of Rights with rights designed to protect minorities from fickle public opinion. Now in states like Mississippi and North Carolina, this idea is in jeopardy. Even if you do not support the transgender lifestyle you should oppose this law and others like it. It sets a dangerous precedent and presents an unjustified burden on a group not politically significant enough to defend itself. Ryan McCarthy is a junior studying journalism. He is reachable by email at ryan.w.mccarthy@marquette.edu
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Call for decency not Spain is waking up to GMT, given to McAdams leading to extinction of siesta Caroline Comstock After nearly 18 months of radio silence from the Marquette administration, the university appears to be at yet another standstill with John McAdams. April 4, in a letter to President Lovell, McAdams formally acknowledged the faculty decision suspending him without pay and benefits through the fall 2016 semester and rejected President Lovell’s request that he issue a formal apology admitting his actions were “reckless” and “incompatible” with Marquette’s mission. The story has been picked up by numerous news outlets, including The Wall Street Journal and the Chicago Tribune. Both have come out in support for McAdams, citing Marquette’s apparent struggle with the concept of academic freedom and seemingly loose view of tenure. After all, revocation of tenure is reserved for those faculty members that commit “serious instances of illegal, immoral, dishonorable, irresponsible or incompetent conduct.” Given McAdam’s reinstatement is contingent on an apology that he rightfully considers “compelled speech,” it would seem that Marquette is indeed firing him, despite a recently created frequently asked questions page that suggests otherwise. It would be easy to sympathize with Marquette’s case if under the impression that McAdams harassed a fellow faculty member online, but he simply did not. Those supporting Marquette’s decision like to write off arguments citing the actual blog post as naïveté regarding workplace law, but I question if they read it at all. The allegedly harassing blog post reads that former teaching assistant Cheryl Abbate was “using a tactic typical among liberals,” in which opinions they disagree with “are not merely wrong, and are not to be argued against on their merits, but are deemed ‘offensive’ and need to be shut up.” Abbate received a slew of vicious criticisms from individuals who were able to get her contact info through her own personal blog, leading to Marquette’s abrupt suspension of McAdams. In essence, McAdams was suspended for the actions of third parties, but Marquette insists the decisions were based on his actions. Finding themselves in hot water, Marquette ironically published a blog post, in response to this case surrounding a contentious blog post, which includes screenshots of some of the nasty messages Abbate
received, and describes McAdams’ supposed callous reaction to them. Further, President Lovell wrote, “As a direct result of his actions, our student – who has since left the university – was subject to a stream of hate and threatening messages.” A reader passively following the case would logically conclude that Marquette is holding McAdams responsible for the messages, as they clearly stated. So, the closing line understandably leaves readers scratching their heads, “I’m not asking for Professor McAdams to be responsible for all the vitriol from the lowest of the Internet, I am asking for common human decency toward members of our own community.” Even after a blog post starts out explaining the request for McAdams to “apologize for actions he took to publicly shame one of our graduate students,” along with examples of third party messages, Marquette insists McAdams is not being held responsible for the “vitriol” of third parties on the Internet. This is a serious contradiction. It didn’t end there. Marquette later published a post titled “Frequently Asked Questions and Answers on personnel matter” with links to published positions supporting Marquette’s decision, which of course excluded the many posts from alumni groups and other commentators expressing their disagreements. There are many assertions on the page that invite argument, but perhaps the most striking answer is in response to the question “Was McAdams asked to apologize?” Although the response asserts that McAdams was “never asked to make a public apology, and never was asked to apologize for any opinion or political view he may hold,” the first line in the “Call for Decency” post linked in the response, again, reads, “One week ago, I asked Professor John McAdams to apologize for actions he took to publicly shame one of our graduate students.” Is “publicly” the key word here? Either I’m missing something, or the public relations response to the case is out of sync. One could write a great deal on the lack of due process and precedent this sets for cases surrounding academic freedom moving forward, but it really comes down to poor handling, inconsistent communication and a restrictive view of free speech. McAdams was held accountable for the speech of third parties and it appears that decency was not afforded to him. Caroline Comstock is a senior studying Marketing. She is reachable by email at caroline.comstock@marquette.edu
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During a typical Spanish siesta, people take two hours to have lunch, go shopping or take a nap.
Sophia Boyd Spaniards are waking up, figuratively and literally, to a drastic change in their daily routine. Thanks to Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, Spain will become a more productive country once he outlaws the siesta and switches to Greenwich Mean Time. The culture of siestas – midafternoon two-hour naps typically after lunch – were one of my favorite parts of my semester abroad in Madrid, Spain. I’ll admit I wasn’t an avid napper prior to studying abroad, but Spain converted me. So hearing that Rajoy wanted to outlaw siestas irked me a little. Although reports from the Harvard Business Review and The Guardian report that this change will have little effect on Spain’s city folk who are too far away to return home and sleep, they don’t deny that it will affect social and family life. This is what worries me. Studying abroad in Spain taught me how to treat myself, whether it was through a siesta or long meal with company. That is one of the most valuable lessons I learned abroad and I applied it to my senior year. I put myself first, instead of focusing on the stress of classes and whatever else life brought me, and this made me happier. I learned to take advantage of the time I set aside for productivity and assorted priorities. I can attest as a soon-tobe college graduate, this mentality has benefited my mental health and vibrant social life. Right now, Spain’s work schedule is split into two parts. There is still a two-hour break in the middle of the day for coworkers to grab lunch or shop. Some children even go home to have lunch. This means that parents don’t get home until later, which is why the culture puts aside dinner until 8 p.m. or later. But they know how to take advantage of the time they have with their loved ones.
Some people work to live and others live to work. In the United States, we practically define the latter. Growing up in Washington, D.C., the first question a stranger asks is, “What do you do?” Your job is your identity. In Spain, your identity is determined through relationships, interests, et cetera. The two- to three-hour break allows Spaniards to spend quality time with their community. I understand the Spanish economy is struggling. Their unemployment rate was at its lowest last year since 2011 at 22.4 percent, according to the Wall Street Journal. But instead of forcing the working population to sit in the same office for eight hours a day, maybe the Spanish people just need a lesson in prioritizing their time dedicated to work. The hustle and bustle of an eighthour work day doesn’t allow for the development of personal relationships that exist in Spain. I can say from personal experience the friends I made in Spain are some
of the most genuine and caring people I know. Coming back, my closest friends at Marquette are the ones I studied abroad with because they share the same values that we adopted from the Spanish culture. You might think you’re friends with your co-workers, but when do you have time outside of work when you’re expected to stay in the same office all day? How much do you really know about who they are outside of their role in the office? I’m not saying change is bad, but Rajoy needs to take a moment to consider the social effect on families and friends that GMT will bring. Putting Spain on GMT is meant to make the country more productive and save the economy, but it shouldn’t put the country’s happiness at risk.
Sophia Boyd is a senior studing Journalism and Spanish. She is reachable by email at sophia.boyd@marquette.edu
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For the first time in history, Marquette men’s basketball fans can actually make money by simply supporting their team. It’s not a matter of cheering on current or future Golden Eagles but rather a team comprised of basketball alumni. The athletics department asked former Marquette forward Dan Fitzgerald to compile a team for The Basketball Tournament, a singleelimination tournament with a grand prize of $2 million. “When they asked me to do it I said, ‘Of course,’” Fitzgerald said, who retired from his international career in 2015. “I’ve been out of the game for about a year, but they couldn’t keep me away for long.” As general manager, Fitzgerald is tasked with operating the team page and recruiting at least seven players. Anybody 18 years or older can enter as long as they give up their amateur status; in other words, anyone besides high school and col-
lege players. The rosters can have a maximum of 11 players for the tournament, which takes place between mid-July and early August. Fitzgerald, who played at Marquette from 2004-’07, said he’s reached out to former Marquette teammates and more recent alumni. The difficulty has been getting players to commit while they’re still competing in leagues in the U.S. and overseas. “I haven’t talked to a player who hasn’t been interested,” Fitzgerald said. “Most guys are just focused on their playoffs for their current teams right now.” As of Wednesday, the Golden Eagles Alumni had commitments from three former players: guard Jerel McNeal (2005-’09), the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,985 points, forward Dwight Burke (2005-’09) and guard Trent Lockett (2012’13). Fitzgerald hopes to hear from more players as they figure out their summer playing plans. Once the players are recruited, the team has to worry about ensuring itself as one of 64 teams in the bracket. Twelve teams from each of the four regions receive automatic berths via most fan votes, while the remaining 16 teams get at-large bids. The Golden Eagles Alumni team has been gaining steam in recent days and ranked fourth
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Jerel McNeal, Marquette’s all-time leading scorer, is one of three alumni committed to “The Tournament.”
in the Midwest region as of Wednesday afternoon behind the Kansas State alumni team, the Kentucky alumni team and a team called “The Region.” Although Fitzgerald ruled out the possibility of Marquette’s current NBA alumni – Jimmy Butler, Dwyane Wade, Wesley Matthews, Steve Novak and Jae Crowder – playing in the tournament due to the risk of injury, he hopes to recruit one or two of them as “boosters” to help promote the team. The team could also tap other Marquette
celebrity alumni; Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, for example, is currently a booster for Boston College’s alumni team. As an incentive for fans to vote, $200,000 of the $2 million prize is allocated for the top 100 fans who vote. Fans can move up the rankings and receive more money if they recruit others via email or social media. The team’s fate relies on the fan vote to keep it in the top-12 until June 1. “Marquette’s got a pretty
extensive fan base so that kind of helps with the fan vote portion of it,” Fitzgerald said. “We have a lot of players playing at a high level, not just the NBA but overseas and in the D-League, so I think they can get excited to watch some old familiar faces.” The Midwest region begins play July 16 at St. Xavier University in Chicago. The Super 16 will be held in Philadelphia and will air on ESPNU and ESPN2, and the semifinals and finals will be in New York July 30 and Aug. 2 on ESPN.
Volleyball picks up French JUCO transfer Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics
Steve Novak was a star player at Brown Deer High School before former head coach Tom Crean recruited him to the Golden Eagles in 2002 as a shooting forward.
three-point attempt. “I said to my wife after the game – and I ended up tweeting it – saying it was one of the most memorable nights of my life and I didn’t even score a point,” Novak said. It was a long time coming for Novak, who truly embodies the term “journeyman.” The Bucks are the ninth NBA franchise he’s played for in 10 years. As a local product, it was always a dream of Novak’s to someday play for his hometown team. “You’ve been away so long, do they remember you?” Novak asked himself. “But then my first game back, it was Kobe’s last game so there was so much energy in the building. For me, I was very uncertain coming into that game of what that reception would be like. I didn’t even do anything and was shown a lot of love and it made me say, ‘Wow, I’m home.’” Home. That’s a term Novak has had trouble grasping over the past decade. All the moving trucks, apartment hunts and school changes for his children – ages five and two – have been exhausting for Novak and his wife Christina, who he met at Marquette. Lucky for him, he’s specialized his craft as a long-range shooter; a coveted skill in today’s game. “Early in my career, it was just me and my wife and bouncing around and it was kind of
fun,” Novak said. “It was cool seeing different cities and being in different places but I think as a player you hope to find a home, which hasn’t really happened for me. I attribute it to the fact that either nobody wants me or everybody does. Maybe it’s both. My skill set is one that can be plugged in to most teams. I think the ability to fit into most teams and the fact the game is going more and more toward three-point shooting has allowed me to find homes in a lot of different places.” Novak, 32, often draws from his experiences at Marquette when he needs motivation for carrying on in the league. He specifically recalls his freshman year at Marquette, when the Golden Eagles were led by All-American guard Dwyane Wade to the Final Four. “I absolutely didn’t know if I’d be good enough,” Novak said. “I didn’t know if I could work that hard and get to a level where I could compete. We had a team with guys like Wade and Rob Jackson who were physically imposing. You’d look and them and ask ‘Am I ever going to be a player at that level?’ Those were thoughts I had freshman year. You just stay with it. You have dreams of playing in the NBA and winning a national championship that kind of feel you all the way through it.”
As someone who built his career from the ground up, he now passes that experience along to his younger NBA teammates and to Marquette’s burgeoning players, especially in his recent conversations with Henry Ellenson. “One of the things I always speak about is it’s not always going to be obvious like ‘He’s going to be in the NBA and you’re not,’” Novak explained. “It’s such a broad conversation of people telling you you’re good enough or you’re not. It happened to me as a freshman. I literally almost quit because thought ‘This is too much work and I’m not going to be good enough.’” His Marquette career was a blur. Days lasted from 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. with schoolwork and workouts interspersed. He had little time to socialize, but he knows he wouldn’t have made the league if not for that grueling schedule. “Coach (Tom) Crean was a demanding, tough coach,” Novak said. “He was the perfect coach for me because I needed to get tougher and better or I wasn’t going to get to the level I wanted. It was a time in my life when I felt like I had an opportunity to put complete focus and work in to try to get to the level I wanted to get to as a basketball player and as a student.” His relationship with Crean
spawned a trust that opened a window of opportunity. Novak still ranks 15th on the all-time scoring list at Marquette and first in three-point percentage and three’s attempted and made. “I trusted Coach Crean,” Novak said. “He said ‘What are your goals?’ and I said ‘To win a national championship and to play in the NBA.’ He said ‘I agree, those are the goals I have for you but you have to trust me to push you to achieve those things.’ As an 18-year-old, you don’t really know what you’re agreeing to, but you’re basically agreeing to be pushed to the point you don’t think you can do it … The days went by so fast and the intensity of the practices was so hard, there was times I didn’t think I was going to be good enough and there were times I was the best player on the court.” Novak carried that mindset through his professional career. He recalls playing for the D-League’s Reno Bighorns in 2011 with future NBA stars Jeremy Lin and Danny Green. Novak said he often needed to remember the hard work he put in at Marquette that got him to that point. “All of us were told by the (general managers) that we’re not good enough,” he said. “There’s 450 spots in the NBA and we’re not good enough for even one of those spots as
15th man on the bench. Fastforward one year from that and we had all signed over $50 million worth of contracts. You realized the smartest minds in the basketball world can’t predict if you’re going to be good enough or not. It has to be the hard work that gets you there. You think back to those intense practices when you literally passed out sometimes and know that wasn’t in vain.” That hard work is needed now more than ever. Just three games into his Bucks career, Novak tore his MCL and underwent season-ending surgery in March. Though he hopes to be back on the court by June 1, he once again enters free agency needing to prove he still deserves one of those 15 roster spots. Novak doesn’t know where he’ll end up this summer. With his particular ability, he believes he can play in the league for several more years. Although it’s ultimately the team’s decision, he’d like to stay with the Bucks. “Wisconsin is absolutely home,” he said. “When I’m done playing, this will be where we live. How many years I can play, I have no idea. Guys try to put a number on it but you never know. I like being home and it being a good fit.”
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MU sought libero after 2020 recruit decommitted By Andrew Goldstein
andrew.goldsteins@marquette.edu
Marquette volleyball bolstered its defense with the addition of transfer student Manon Geoffroy for the 2016-’17 season. Geoffroy has completed two years at San Jacinto, a junior college in Pasadena, Texas, and will have two years of athletic eligibility
remaining at Marquette. “She has a lot of great leadership traits,” said Marquette head coach Ryan Theis. “Hard work, wanting to keep teammates together – she’s really good with that – those are all things that we like a lot about her.” Before attending San Jacinto, Geoffroy played competitive volleyball in France, her home country. Geoffroy’s team won the 2012 French AAU championship and she won Libero of the Year honors. The accolades did not stop when she came to America either; she ranked second in the country among junior college players in digs and helped guide San Jacinto
MARQUETTE SPORTS CALENDAR FRIDAY 4/22 Men’s Lacrosse at Duke, 6 p.m.
Women’s Lacrosse at Georgetown, 12 p.m. Men’s Tennis at DePaul, 2:15 p.m.
Women’s Tennis at DePaul, 6 p.m. SATURDAY 4/23 Track and Field Illinois Twilight, All Day
SUNDAY 4/24 Women’s Soccer vs. Valparaiso, 12:30 p.m.
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Marquette 9-2, 4-0 Denver 10-1, 3-0 Villanova 7-4, 1-2 Providence 7-5, 1-2 Georgetown 2-10, 1-3 St. John’s 1-11, 0-3
Florida 15-1, 6-0 UConn 12-2, 6-0 Marquette 6-9, 3-2 Georgetown 5-9, 3-2 Temple 10-5, 2-3 Vanderbilt 5-10, 1-5 Villanova 3-13, 1-5 Cincinnati 4-11, 0-5
Georgetown 293.13 Marquette 293.96 Xavier 296.21 Seton Hall 296.38 DePaul 298.24 St. John’s 303.25 Creighton 303.48 Butler 303.66 Villanova 305.24
to a National Junior College Athletic Association championship this past year. Geoffroy will provide a muchneeded backup for rising senior Lauren Houg, who is the team’s starting libero. It is a role that Theis thought he filled back in November with a different Texas volleyball player. Taylor Murata, a libero at Lamar High School in Arlington, Texas, committed to Marquette as part of the class of 2020 but revoked her commitment just months afterwards, citing a desire to stay closer to home. That forced Theis to look for a new player in the junior college circuit,
where he noticed Geoffroy. “She was an All-American, so we found her that way,” Theis said. “We collected video on several AllAmericans, we contacted a bunch of different regions … and she came up. We liked her video the best, we went down and watched her in person, we liked her a lot and thought she’d be helpful to the program immediately.” Theis pointed out that Geoffroy and Houg have different defensive styles. Houg’s preferred style of play is to pick her spots and let other players handle shots hit more directly to them, whereas Geoffroy is more of a
“ball hawk” – someone who will try to dig anything close to her. “She’ll just take anything she can get her hands on because that’s often the role of a libero,” Theis said of Geoffroy. “She wants to touch the first ball every time over; she likes that responsibility.” The acquisition of Geoffroy means that Marquette will have six defensive specialists and/or liberos on the roster next year. Two of the three starters among those players, Houg and Ellen Hays, will be seniors next year, which makes Geffroy’s development a necessity.
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Wagner developing in new midfield role Freshman only has 3 years of field experience By Jack Goods
jack.goods@marquette.edu
There’s been a lot for John Wagner to learn this year. He’s the only freshman to get consistent playing time on the Marquette lacrosse offensive unit, he’s playing midfield for the first time in his life and, on top of all this, he’s one of the players on the team with the least field lacrosse experience. “That’s the type of kid he is,” head coach Joe Amplo said. “He’s not married to any specific role. He just wants to help the team.” Wagner played box lacrosse growing up, but didn’t move to the outdoor game until he attended Cranbrook-Kingswood boarding school in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Amplo and his staff knew coming into the season that Wagner would get on the field early. First of all, he filled a position of need after Marquette lost its lefty attackman and leading scorer from last season, Jordan Greenfield, to graduation. Wagner also fit well into the system that Marquette offensive coordinator Steve Brundage runs. The 6-foot-2 St. Davids, Ontario native works well for the tw0-man game, which emphasizes off-ball movement and pick-and-rolls. Most players with box experience come to college more prepared than field players in this aspect due to the importance of screens on the smaller box surface. “For teaching an American player, it takes some time for him to get comfortable,” Brundage said. “He grows up playing in a wider set with longer runs and more space. The Canadian players, a lot of them play box, so they’re in tight and used to that setting ... It’s why we have eight Canadians
on the team right now.” The Canadian trend isn’t happening just at Marquette. College coaches around the country are seeing the benefit of players with an indoor background. Denver has had its fair share, including Mark Matthews and Wesley Berg. The Canadians defeated the U.S. at the World Lacrosse Championship in 2014, earning their third title. Having previous experience being “in tight with vision and close range game ... definitely helps,” Wagner said. “It’s a little different ... There’s a lot more running, a lot more dodging, but you get used to it.” Wagner started two games at his natural attack position early in the year due to injuries but was moved to midfield the past few games in order to help him get more comfortable on the field. Although the position was new to him, it gave him a better matchup, facing a defensive midfielder instead of a close defenseman. “I think switching to midfield was a big change, especially being able to dodge on the short-sticks,” Wagner said. “It helps my confidence.” Wagner has gotten playing time, but the production hasn’t come yet. He has two goals and two assists through 10 games, and he’s made some slight mental mistakes along the way. Although it isn’t all there right now, both Amplo and Brundage see him as the team’s lefty attackman of the future. “He’s had his opportunities and hasn’t capitalized on them,” Brundage said. “He hasn’t produced like we really wanted him to, and that’s disappointing, but I’m also really confident in this kid’s career. He’s going to be really good.” Wagner has another opportunity to gain valuable experience this summer, but this time it’s on the world stage. He’s one of 24 players selected to Canada’s U-19 team that will compete at the Federation of International Lacrosse World Championship this summer in British
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Henry EllensOn: stOck watch There’s no more speculation. Henry Ellenson officially announced he will declare for the NBA draft and hired Jay-Z’s RocNation as his agency, ending chances he’ll return to Marquette. This is a roundup of when NCAA and NBA pundits have him going in June’s draft. ESPN’s Chad Ford (4/15): No. 5 overall to Minnesota Timberwolves CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish (4/18): No. 9 overall to Toronto Raptors USA Today’s Derek Bodner (4/18): No. 9 overall to Toronto Raptors Sporting News’ Sean Deveney (4/18): No. 12 overall to Utah Jazz CBS Sports’ Sam Vecenie (4/18): No. 9 overall to Toronto Raptors DraftExpress (4/14): No. 9 overall to Toronto Raptors NBADraft.net (4/15): No. 19 overall to Denver Nuggets Bleacher Report’s Jonathan Wasserman (4/18): No. 9 overall to Milwaukee Bucks *Note: Projections of teams are based on different website index formulas. Photo by Mike Carpenter michael.carpenter@marquette.edu
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John Wagner was one of 24 players selected to Canada’s U-19 roster for the FIL World Championship.
Columbia. The field was narrowed down from 200 players through a camp and exhibition game last summer. “I worked hard for it,” Wagner said. “The first tryout we had, it was six hours a day for four days straight. By the second day, your legs are dead and you still have two more days to go.” Canada, which is looking for its first U-19 Championship, is led by coach Matt Brown, Denver’s associate head coach. “What a great experience for him to be around those
coaches,” Amplo said. “Matt Brown and (assistant coach) Taylor Wray are two of the best out there. I think they’ll influence him and help his confidence moving forward.” Although the year hasn’t been perfect, it’s been a process for Wagner. Brundage compared his situation to that of midfielder Tanner Thomson, who has taken a big step forward this sophomore year. He said he’s starting to see the things Thomson is doing at practice in game-time situations, and the same will soon happen for Wagner.
Working out the kinks now, while there are other offensive players there to carry the load, prepares him for the rest of his Marquette career, when he’s expected to be one of the leaders of the attack unit. “Hopefully this year we make it to the tournament, so as a freshman to see pretty much every possible scenario and play for team Canada and get whatever experience I get there ... hopefully I can carry it over to next year,” Wagner said.
Player of the Week Cassy Goodrich Cassy Goodrich ran three personal best times in three different events last weekend in California, including two new school records. The sophomore sprinter from Franksville started the trip at Cal StateLos Angeles by running 11.96 in the 100 meters, which ranks No. 5 all-time at Marquette. Friday, she broke her own 200-meter school record at Azusa Pacific’s Bryan Clay Invitational, running 24.18. She capped off her stellar weekend with a huge personal and school record of 53.73 seconds in the 400-meter dash Saturday at Long Beach State, which eclipsed her previous mark by 0.34 seconds. Photo via facebook.com/mutfxc
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WLAX goalie duo benefits from competition Priem, Salter overcame egos to share time in net By Thomas Salinas
thomas.salinas@marquette.edu
Coming into the season, senior goalie Sarah Priem had never missed a game for the Marquette women’s lacrosse team. That changed when head coach Meredith Black decided to start backup senior goalie Emma Salter against Central Michigan earlier this year. Normally if Salter plays, she comes in to relieve Priem in the second half. After this had become a habit over the past three years, Black was surprised when Priem refused to enter the game at halftime when the Golden Eagles held a commanding 12-2 lead. “Priem told me, ‘Absolutely I
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don’t want to play, I want Emma to play,” Black said. “Sarah stepped down. She’s the only player that didn’t play that game that was healthy. I was very touched to watch how that played out.” Priem, ranked among the top 25 goalies by ESPN coming out of high school, is known as the most competitive player on the team. She said she struggled early in her career understanding why she got pulled from games. As a senior now, she says she has matured and her mindset has changed from “I’ll do anything to play” to “I’ll do anything to win.” “Now I see everyone’s perspectives more and I respect everyone and know how good they are,” Priem said. “I’m always excited when (Salter) goes in and I know she will help us win.” Salter has been a member of the program since it began. She came to Marquette for the nursing program and decided to play because
of the excitement of starting a new program. She had the tough job of backing up Priem and Salter admits it was something she struggled coming to terms with.
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To have two goalies at that caliber that our attack gets to shoot at every day has been a blessing.”
Meredith Black Marquette Women’s Lacrosse Head Coach
“It’s not easy. There have been days that I didn’t want to play anymore,” Salter said. “It was a reality check, but I learned it’s important for me to stay mentally strong.”
Just like Priem, Salter says she has grown during her time at Marquette. She learned to become mentally tough and to look on the bright side. Coming into her last season at Marquette, she wanted to have more positive energy. She takes pride in competing at practice and helping the team improve however she can. Despite her lack of playing time, Black and the team view Salter as a crucial member of the team. “I think everyone would agree that she is one of the most important players on our team,” Black said. “Emma brings the energy to our program. She’s super vocal and energetic, and she brightens every single person’s day, every day.” Salter said she takes it upon herself to keep a positive energy surrounding the team. “I call myself the energy queen,” she said. “I take it as a big role and I believe it helps our team.” The two goalies admit playing together has challenged them to work
harder. Priem said she has embraced having to compete for the starting spot. She said she realizes how good Salter is and that it hasn’t allowed her to take any days off. “At every practice I have to come and compete because my spot isn’t guaranteed,” Priem said. “It makes me more competitive and that translates in the game. She’s really pushed me to become a better goalie.” Both have battled emotions and Black says it was tough for them to accept their roles. Taking a step back to look at how things unfolded is something special. Black said watching the two respond and mature over the first four years of the program has been remarkable. “To have two goalies at that caliber that our attack gets to shoot at every day has been a blessing,” Black said. “We get it all. I’ve loved every second of it.”
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