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have different opinions,” and that it is their “right as an American citizen” to challenge the idea. Abbate said the student didn’t “have the right, especially (in an ethics class) to make homophobic comments or racist comments.” The student then went to report what happened to the College of Arts & Sciences administration. While later reflecting on that process, the student said the controversy’s later events could have been avoided if the complaint was handled by the college immediately and smoothly. The student was directed to report the incident to former Philosophy Professor Nancy Snow, who advised the student to remain enrolled
Marquette Student Government will contribute $35,000 toward the homecoming events returning to campus in the fall. After hearing requests to bring back homecoming, the university decided to revive the tradition. Last fall, the Office of University President Michael Lovell requested a partnership with them for this initiative. “It’s definitely been clear students have been (wanting) it for a while,” said MUSG program vice president and junior in the College of Communication Charlotte Hingley. There will be daily events and MUSG will sponsor three of them – the student showcase, craftness and glow bingo. These events were chosen because they are popular Marquette Late Night events. The Late Night events will receive $15,000 of the funding. “It’s our contribution to an event we know is going to grow in years to come,” Hingley said. Cameron Vrana, MUSG financial vice president and a junior in the College of Business Administration, also agreed the number is fair. Homecoming is not only an event for students but alumni, families and the Milwaukee community as well. However, Sarah Beattie, former program vice president and senior in the College of Communication, said MUSG will work as student representatives
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Suspended Political Science Professor John McAdams (above) came under fire for criticizing a former teaching assistant on his personal blog.
Professor continues to refuse serving MU punishment By Natalie Wickman
natalie.wickman@marquette.edu
As suspended Associate Political Science Professor John McAdams continues to be in employment limbo after his role in a 2014 controversy, the student who set the controversy in motion and another who witnessed it are telling their sides of what happened. The class incident: Fall 2014 A student, who will remain anonymous, disagreed with former teaching assistant Cheryl Abbate during her Theory of Ethics
philosophy class on Oct. 28, 2014. The class was discussing philosopher John Rawls’ Liberty Principle, which says every person has an equal right to the most extensive liberties compatible with similar liberties for all. As part of the discussion, the student said class members contributed to a list of modern-day social issues and Abbate wrote that list on the board. The intent was for the class to discuss each of the issues written down. Once she was done with the list, the student said Abbate erased gay marriage from it because no one disagrees with gay marriage. Abbate has not responded for comment about whether this depiction of her behavior is true. Jacob Balaskovits, a junior in the
College of Arts & Sciences, was in the class during the incident and recalled how he saw it happen. “Gay marriage was brought up, and (Abbate) did address that,” Balaskovits said. “She did engage the issue and engage ... in rational arguing.” The anonymous student went to Abbate after class and expressed disappointment that she did not discuss the morality of gay marriage, according to a recording of the conversation that the student took without Abbate’s consent. Abbate disagreed with the student’s objection, according to the recording. The conversation ended with the student saying, “It’s still wrong for the teacher of a class to completely discredit one person’s opinion when they may
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Late Night events to be large part of homecoming week in the planning process. “We will be the student voice in a room full of adults,” Beattie said. “Not all the programs may be specifically aimed at students, we are a large part of that audience and need to be thought of during planning.” Beattie and Hingley said they are excited about homecoming because it provides the opportunity to bring a large concert to campus. The performer has not been announced yet. The festivities will take place the first week in October leading up to Marquette Madness. Although homecoming is traditionally centered on football, Beattie and Hingley said they look forward to celebrating in a way that is unique to Marquette. “The point of a football game is to promote school spirit,” Hingley said. “But we’ll be offering school spirit in a traditional Marquette way.”
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Marquette’s first homecoming in recent years will be the week leading up to Marquette Madness, centering it around the basketball season.
MUPD yet to use tasers Police chief doesn’t regret implementing devices weeks ago By Ryan Patterson
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Six weeks after Marquette Police Department started using tasers, no officer has used the devices. In addition, no officer has needed to take a taser out of its holster for potential use. This is exactly how MUPD wants it. “I think it’s like insurance for your car,” MUPD Chief Paul Mascari said about arming officers with tasers. “You’re paying to have something in case you need it.” Mascari mentioned that tasers were not a substantial cost for MUPD, “but in the event that you do have to use (them), it’s definitely worth the investment,” he said. The first and only instance involving a taser occurred April 24 in the Campus Town Lot 4 parking lot, MUPD Captain Jeff Kranz said. “Officers confronted a guy (who) wouldn’t take his hands out of his pockets, started to resist arrest a little bit and one of the officers said, ‘If you don’t comply with our requests, we’re going to use the taser.’” As is MUPD’s goal for these scenarios, the mere mention of a taser subdued the subject. “He stopped everything he was doing and was compliant,” Kranz said. “They didn’t even have to draw (a taser) out, they just mentioned it. But it completely de-escalated the whole situation, there was no use of force.” That is the MUPD’s bestcase taser scenario. Tracking those situations allows for a better understanding of tasers’ deterrent effect.
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Officers haven’t yet needed to take their tasers out of their holsters.
During MUPD taser safety training in February, four officers volunteered to be shot with a taser to gain a personal understanding of its effects. Being shot with a taser is not required before MUPD officers can use the device. Kranz said more than 12 MUPD officers in total have been shot with a taser in the past, most often during previous police academy training. The lack of taser use in the past six weeks does not come as a huge surprise to MUPD. When the topic was brought up during MUPD Advisory Board meetings in previous months, Mascari and Kranz mentioned they did not anticipate frequent taser usage. Still, the minimal use begs the question of whether tasers were
a quality investment. Kranz asserted the priceless difference between life and death. “(We) don’t want to have to deploy some force where somebody gets seriously injured or killed, and you’re sitting there going, ‘Oh, I wish we would have had a taser,’” he said. “You can’t put a price tag on that.” Michael Krzewinski, adjunct assistant criminology and law studies professor and former police officer, agreed with Kranz and Mascari. “(Tasers) are a very necessary alternative to deadly force,” he said. “If they (are) never used, that would be great, but if (a taser) can be used as opposed to deadly force, that’s the greatest thing in the world.”
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in the class, which the student was considering. The student said that Snow said she would closely monitor the student’s relationship with Abbate for the rest of the semester. When the student asked what that meant, she told the student to “read between the lines.” The student interpreted that as Snow saying any further screw ups would be viewed as the student’s problem and not Abbate’s. The Wire obtained a copy of an email, from Snow to Associate Faculty Dean for College of Arts & Sciences and Associate Philosophy Professor James South, in which Snow referred to the student as “an insulin (sic.) little twerp” after two meetings Snow had with the student. Snow declined to comment on whether these depictions of her behavior are true. She left Marquette for the University of Oklahoma in fall 2015. The student decided to drop the class in November 2014. The student’s course withdrawal form, which was obtained by the Wire, says the class was dropped because of concern about grades. However, the student said the incident with Abbate was the true reason fir dropping. In order to drop the class, the student had to meet with McAdams, the student’s academic advisor. McAdams didn’t make the student explain the request to withdraw, rather, the student wanted to share the incident’s details. Once McAdams heard the story, he asked the student if he could write about it on his blog, Marquette Warrior. The student had seen the blog before and said it seemed like it didn’t get many views since there weren’t a lot of comments on the posts. “I thought I’d just give (McAdams) a little story,” the student said. The student did not expect it to gain as much attention as it did. McAdams said he reached out to Abbate via email nine hours before publishing the blog to tell her what he was doing. She did not respond to him. The post, published Nov. 9, 2014, criticized the way the student said Abbate handled the disagreement. “Abbate, of course, was just using a tactic typical among liberals now,” McAdams wrote in the post. “Opinions with which they disagree are not merely wrong, and are not to be argued against on their merits, but are deemed ‘offensive’ and need
to be shut up.” National attention and misconceptions: Winter 2014 McAdams’ post was picked up by various news outlets and eventually gained national attention. The student said the incident became about gay marriage when it shouldn’t have, especially when it caused the Westboro Baptist Church, known for its strong anti-gay marriage views, picketed campus in December 2014. The student said the incident was about concern that academic freedom was limited, and gay marriage happened to be the vessel for this. “I was mad at (Abbate) about suppressing the conversation about the issue,” the student said. “I was just as pissed as any other Marquette student that Westboro came to town. No one was more pissed than me.” Marquette said in a press release that it doesn’t think the incident is about academic freedom but about the way Abbate was treated. McAdams’ blog post caused Abbate to receive threats and criticism for her actions, leading her to transfer to the University of Colorado Boulder. McAdams has since said he wouldn’t have used Abbate’s name if he knew about the abuse she would receive. “This issue is about the professor’s conduct toward a graduate student,” the university said in the release. “Where McAdams crossed the line is when he launched a personal attack against a student, subjecting her to t hreats and hateful messages.” McAdams said he is Protestant and against gay marriage. However, he said the controversy resulted from him pushing for free speech and academic freedom – not antigay marriage views. “I would have blogged about a professor trying to suppress pro-gay marriage views,” McAdams said. “It’s a university. You should be free to face something you disagree with.” There is disagreement over whether Abbate should be treated as an instructor or student in this situation. Rick Esenberg, one of McAdams’ lawyers and adjunct law professor at Marquette Law School, said Abbate is being viewed as an instructor when it comes to the legalities of the situation. The university said in the press release that it is viewing her as a student first. After the post gained national attention, the student had a
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meeting about the incident with College of Arts & Sciences Dean Richard Holz and South. The student said it was later found out that South recorded the conversation without getting consent to do so. Cameron Sholty, communications director for the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, which McAdams’ lawyers work for, also said the recording happened. Parts of the recording’s transcript are inaudible due to the recorder being muffled while it was hidden under South’s clothes. The student never felt unsafe following the incident but did experience a change in mood for a period of time, which involved refraining from being social or doing extra-curricular activities. “I lost nights of sleep over this – it was depressing to an extent,” the student said. Deciding McAdams’ punishment: Winter 2014 - Present In December 2014, the College of Arts & Sciences announced that McAdams would be suspended with pay and banned from campus while a conduct review of the incident took place. Shortly after, McAdams was notified that Marquette was starting the process of possibly firing him and revoking his tenure. This process included private Faculty Hearing Committee meetings last fall where a 123-page report was written and presented to University President Michael Lovell to aid him in deciding McAdams’ punishment. The report is private, but the university said McAdams is free to share it. McAdams said he will share it if his lawyers allow him to,
MUPD REPORTS APRIL 27 A person not affiliated with Marquette trespassed in a building in the 2000 block of W. Wisconsin Ave. and a building in the 2300 block of W. Wisconsin Ave. The subject was taken into custody by MUPD, cited and released at 6:40 p.m. APRIL 26 A person not affiliated with Marquette fled from MUPD in a vehicle in the 1000 block of N. 17th St. The vehicle was later determined to be stolen at 4:30 p.m. APRIL 25 A person not affiliated with Marquette was in possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia in the lobby of Schroeder Hall and was cited by MUPD at 2:51 a.m.
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which they have not yet. Lovell told Marquette faculty, staff and McAdams March 24 that he would allow McAdams to resume teaching after a suspension without pay, but with benefits, through the fall 2016 semester. However, Lovell said McAdams needed to submit a letter by April 4 to apologize for his previous conduct, admitting he was wrong and promising he won’t act similarly again. McAdams sent his response in a five-page letter to Lovell April 5. In it he rejected the punishments and asked Lovell to rescind them by April 14. Lovell responded to McAdams’ letter April 13, saying he wouldn’t rescind the punishment. “Your status with the university is unchanged and you remain in a suspended status,” Lovell said in his letter to McAdams. “Before returning to the faculty, you must provide an assurance that you will not continue behaviors that harm others within the Marquette community.” Esenberg and McAdams said there is no update on what will happen going forward. McAdams has said previously that he will sue Marquette if there is an attempt to fire him. The student hopes the case doesn’t go to court because it could take years to resolve. “I think it’s in Marquette’s best interest to reverse the whole thing,” the student said. “This entire story is one big hypocritical nightmare. I think Lovell’s having difficulty looking himself in the mirror. He needs to realize that a lot of things are going to happen because of this decision.”
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Innovation Network focuses on MU women
Lockdowns on campus nearly impossible
Meeting attendees aim to create more inclusive campus
AMU bank robbery spurred questions about procedure
By Lydia Slattery
lydia.slattery@marquette.edu
The Women’s Innovation Network is working at Marquette to connect faculty, staff, students and alumni to create a more inclusive innovation environment. The Office of Research and Innovation organized informal meetings to help people learn more about WIN. Eleven women attended the meeting to help create ideas. They discussed improvements to university innovation, programs they could implement and the possibility of creating an innovation committee. “We started to ask the question of what we could do if we created a larger network,” said Jeanne Hossenlopp, vice president for research and innovation. “We really started to pay attention to participation and innovation at Marquette.”
The women who attended were interested in creating a more inclusive environment for female faculty, staff and students through different programs. Angelique Harris, an associate professor in the College of Arts & Sciences, director of the Center for Gender and Sexualities Studies and director of the women’s and gender studies major attended the meetings. “I want to work to see how the Center (for Gender and Sexualities Studies) can be there to help students with their work,” Harris said. “I’m particularly interested in ways to enhance curriculum.” Lisa Edwards, an associate professor in the College of Education was also in attendance. “I’m interested in everything culture and women related, so I was very interested in learning more about WIN,” Edwards said. The goal of WIN and the brainstorming session was to connect women and create ways that they could engage the Marquette community. They were interested in funding for research and creating more pro-
grams to promote inclusiveness. “We’ve looked at the number of women who reached rank of professor at Marquette. We’ve looked at the number of women who disclose inventions through our tech transfer program,” Hossenlopp said. “We’ve seen some lack in those areas. We know we have room for growth.” WIN is still in development, and the faculty hopes to see the initiative succeed at Marquette to progress diversity and inclusion. “We created this idea of a network we were going to call WIN to address the questions about women’s participation but also the larger questions of a more global sense of what we’re doing as an inclusive network,” Hossenlopp said. The question was raised about how inclusive programs are working at Marquette and how WIN could work with those programs. “In terms of what’s working is the women’s spirituality luncheons,” Harris said. “I feel that’s the largest group as a women-centered thing.”
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Inclusive programs will work to benefit female students and faculty.
The university hosts women’s spirituality luncheons periodically for female faculty and staff providing lunch, discussion and meditation. “There was a donor who felt it’s important that
Marquette is a Jesuit institution that educates women and men together,” Hossenlopp said. Marquette was the first Catholic university to educate men and women together.
Students create music app Soon to be launched at Caffrey’s, QMusic sparks new appeal jennifer.walter@marquette.edu
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Three seniors in the College of Business developed the app together.
great, but they want us to show them (the product).” Daulton began singlehandedly developing the app in February and worked on it for almost two months until he completed an initial prototype. He is a completely self-taught developer who learned how to make apps by watching YouTube videos and seeking help from blogs and coding sites. “I’ve taken one coding class in my life and couldn’t (retain) anything from it,” Daulton said. “It was really poorly structured.” Daulton is trying to add more features to the app, such as allowing users to add songs they hear at the bar directly to their Spotify library or browse their personal playlists to add a song to the queue. The team recently won first place and a grand prize of $5,000 toward the project at Impact Next, a business competition hosted by the Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship April 23. Despite this big win, the team has few expenses at the moment and plans to keep the
money tucked away until needed. Server costs are anticipated to go up if the app gains traction and is used among larger crowds. For now, the server costs remain at $1.11 per month. The next stop for QMusic is InnovaIT, an app development competition for information technology students April 29. “Apps are such a crapshoot these days with what’s going to tank and what’s going to take off,” Daulton said. “So it’s really just going be a little bit of heart and a little bit of hard work.” Monica Adya, an associate professor of management in the College of Business Administration and a faculty advisor for the QMusic crew, saw the product grow from a simple business idea to a competitor in innovation challenges. “I think they’re doing a great job of seeing where they originally started and where they’re going to expand,” Adya said. “One thing that I’ve been challenging (them) to think about is how (they) can do this beyond the bars.”
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Chief Paul Mascari said he believes locking down a college campus is harder than high/middle schools.
before an incident is confirmed. “If we don’t put something out, a lot of time misinformation gets out,” Kranz said. Mascari said although lockdowns can provide a certain measure of security, they still don’t completely prevent people from leaving or entering a building. “I think (the idea of) lockdowns
has been drilled into so many heads … especially this generation that’s grown up with these lockdown drills in high schools,” Mascari said. “But (defense) training has really moved away from lockdowns being the only option.” MUPD trains student employees, such as resident assistants and desk receptionists, to be more
aware of their surroundings so they know how to respond in case of an active shooter situation. This training was offered to the general student body, marketed as a self-defense class. The most recent training was held April 14 in the AMU, but had a low turnout.
Admissions dean search committee formed University aims to fill position before fall 2016 semester
By Jennifer Walter
Described as a “Yik Yak for songs,” QMusic is a music queueing app with an interface similar to an anonymous comment feed where users can up- or down-vote a song that could be played in a public venue. The app was created for a typical bar atmosphere where suggesting songs can often be a hassle. It’s linked through Spotify to allow easy searching abilities for users and playing for DJs. Some legality issues are plaguing the app’s team. An email after a subscription to the beta list says, “The name of our app will be changing from ‘QMusic’ to something (hopefully) similar - we’ve had some legal issues with this name.” The QMusic team, comprised of Ryan Daulton, Sam Wood and Jeff Rueth, three seniors in the College of Business Administration, are ready to take their app to more competitions and venues. The app is currently under private beta testing and will be released sometime in May, granting initial access to those signed up on its their email list. Following the release, Caffrey’s Pub will have a test night for QMusic in May. If all goes well, Murphy’s Irish Pub may also try the app. The app will be free to download and use. “Once it goes public, then I’ll actually be able to bring something to the bars,” Wood said. “Right now we’ve talked to Caffrey’s and Murphy’s and they’ve been like, ‘Oh it’s a great idea … but where is it?’ It sounds
When the U.S. Bank robbery occurred in the Alumni Memorial Union April 18, the Marquette Police Department did not perform a lockdown because the suspect had fled the building and no longer posed an immediate threat to people inside. “When you’re dealing with a college campus, you have to consider this as a small city,” MUPD Chief Paul Mascari said. “When people are talking about lockdowns, they’re doing it from the context of a grade school, middle school or high school, and it’s much easier to do that.” Though MUPD has never dealt with a lockdown situation in the past, Mascari said an incident with a large civil disturbance outside, such as a protest, may result in MUPD remotely shutting building doors for the safety of those inside. “Our dispatchers have the
ability to go on this unbelievably widespread camera system and start looking around for the person involved, which is the case last week (with the robbery),” MUPD Captain Jeff Kranz said. “Very quickly, we saw this guy leave the building on camera, so we knew we didn’t have to lock the building down because he left it.” U.S. Bank has since stationed a security guard outside their location in the AMU. This security measure is not affiliated with MUPD. The first step MUPD takes after receiving an emergency call is sending a squad car to the scene to confirm that the call is legitimate. If an immediate threat is confirmed, MUPD sends out a text alert. “When there is an apprehension, a safety alert is not sent because there’s no longer an imminent threat to campus,” MUPD Sgt. Ruth Peterson said. “If that person is taken into custody, the threat is gone as the university is concerned.” In special cases when there is enough commotion around a situation when MUPD arrives, alerts will be sent out
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Marquette has begun its search for a new dean of undergraduate admissions, with the goal of filling the position by the beginning of fall 2016. A search committee formed after it was announced that Jean Burke, interim dean of undergraduate admissions, will leave the position at the end of the semester. Susan Teerink, director of financial aid and chair of the search committee, said most of the search process is
confidential, but an official announcement about the position will be posted soon. “We anticipate reviewing candidate credentials by mid-May and are looking for someone who has proven leadership, motivational and supervisory skills and exemplifies a relational management style,” Teerink said. Teerink later clarified that the university aims to have the new dean in place by August 1. Members of the search committee were announced in a university news brief March 31. In addition to Teerink, the members are: -Mike Broeker, deputy athletics director -Julie Murphy, assistant
dean for new student and family programs -Tom Pionek, assistant vice president of marketing - Scott Reid, chair and professor of chemistry -Zuleyka Rios, admissions counselor – multicultural community outreach -Kristina Ropella, Dean of the College of Engineering -Michelle Schuh, assistant dean of the College of Health Sciences The search committee is looking for a new dean that has leadership experience in higher education admissions and displays extraordinary communication skills both written and verbally. Having strong recruitment skills and being able to use data
Nursing still seeks dean Unlike past search committees, this one remains confidential By Alex Groth
alexandria.groth@marquette.edu
The search for a new dean of the College of Nursing continues almost a year after former dean Margaret Callahan resigned in June 2015 to become the provost for the health science division at Loyola University Chicago. Lisa Hanson, search committee chair and a professor in the College of Nursing, said there are specific characteristics for which the committee is looking. “The faculty needs to continue to be excellent teachers and help nurses that are Marquette graduates be excellent
nurses,” Hanson said. The search for the new dean is a closed process, which means the names of specific candidates are not released to the public. “The closed process is to allow people, who might otherwise feel uncomfortable with their current work employer or current work situation knowing they are applying for a deanship to feel more comfortable that they can confidentially apply and then see where the process leads without people in their setting being aware,” Hanson said. Hanson said the closed process presents the challenge that candidates might not fully understand the Marquette community, which the committee solved by creating a video. “What our group did was create a video that sort of captures some of the spirit and
some of the people and some of the interesting things that are going on,” Hanson said. While Hanson cannot disclose who or how many candidates there are, she did say the process is going well. “We have a nice pool of candidates that represent a lot of depth in terms of deans and faculty members and administrators,” Hanson said. This is Hanson’s third time on a search committee for the dean of the College of Nursing. The past two searches were public. Past search committees were public for the deans of: the College of Communication, Graduate school, College of Business Administration,and for the Vice President and Director of Athletics and the Vice President of Student Affairs.
and analytics to reach diverse populations are two key skills the new dean must possess. Teerink said she believes the new dean needs to embody the Catholic Jesuit mission and guiding values of Marquette. She said demonstrating strong leadership skills is essential since the dean will oversee undergraduate admissions staff, applications and recruitment strategies. “The successful candidate will be a forward-thinking leader who is creative and innovative, bringing expertise in the best practices of admissions and providing the leadership necessary to build and support a strong, cohesive and experienced admissions
team,” Teerink said. Provost Daniel Myers said the dean is in charge of all operations relating to recruiting prospective students to Marquette. “The search will be a national search, and we are hoping to have the hiring completed sometime this summer,” Myers said. The new dean of undergraduate admissions will play an important role in assisting new students with adjusting to campus, while continuing to draw in prospective students from both in and out of state. According to Marquette’s student demographics information, 1,872 freshmen were enrolled for the 2015-’16 school year.
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Master of Arts Corporate Comm degree begins in fall By Dana Warren
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The Graduate School of Management housed within the College of Business Administration recently began developing a Master of Arts degree in Corporate Communications set to begin in fall 2016. The new program is not the first designed for students who may not have completed a business-related degree during their undergraduate studies. Students who majored in certain STEM-related fields at Marquette for their undergraduate degrees have the opportunity to apply for the Graduate School of Management’s STEM-MBA program. Students who qualify based upon their field of study are typically expected to formally apply during their junior year, however, it is recommended students note their interest in their initial application to Marquette as an undergraduate student. Lorraine Otero, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences, hopes to pursue the accelerated track because of her interests in both business and science.
The current majors GSM considers to be best suited to complete the undergraduate and MBA requirements in five years are: athletic training, biological sciences, biochemistry and molecular biology, biomedical sciences, chemistry, computer science, exercise physiology, math, physics and physiological sciences. “We have seen more interest in the MBA program from the sciences, so we started to explore the STEM-MBA options,” said Jeanne Simmons, associate dean in the College of Business Administration, in an email. “We had a lot of interest from the department chairs and discussion with industry folks. Then it was just a matter of sitting down with the departments and determine where we could find some efficiencies so students could get out in five years.” The ability to complete both programs in one extra year peaked the interest of both new applicants to Marquette and current students. “With this program, you could still go on to be a doctor because if you decide to open up your own office, you kind of need (business) administration as a background,” Otero said. “But then I could go into the more business side of science because my goal is to eventually work at a pharmaceutical
By Lydia Slattery
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Cheryl Maranto and Paul Milakovich from Marquette won the first Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Faculty Award sponsored by the university to recognize those who work
to promote inclusiveness and embrace diversity. Maranto and Milakovich were given these awards for their dedication to diversity and inclusiveness. They both said they felt honored to win. Maranto is the Associate Dean in the College of Business and Administration as well as the chair of the management department. “I’m humbled, thrilled, honored to win,” Maranto said. “I think it’s really good. I think it’s
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New STEM-MBA program to helps students study both business and health sciences courses.
company or for the administrative aspect of a hospital.” The STEM-MBA program requires students to complete an undergraduate minor in business administration within the College of Business Administration to prepare for MBA coursework. Otero highlighted how the College of Business Administration offers courses related to healthcare economics, applying to both areas of knowledge. “I found out about the program through one of my friends who is studying business as a
major because they thought it was something I would be interested in, so they sent me a link,” said Ricky Krajewski, a junior in the College of Health Sciences. “At the time, the STEMMBA program wasn’t really well known, so I hadn’t heard much about it before that.” Krajewski received information about the program later in his Marquette career. He worked with advisors so he could take business courses and prerequisites for applying to the MBA program at junior colleges, as opposed having a
business minor at Marquette, which is usually required to apply to the GSM for the STEM-MBA program. “I would definitely say that my long-term goal is to get more involved with the business side of things whether it is hospital administration or corporate work. Krajewski said. “An MBA opens a lot of doors.” GSM also offers specific Master of Science programs in accounting as well applied economics and human resources.
New diversity award honors faculty, staff Administrators win for working toward inclusivity at MU
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one more way that it elevates the issue of diversity and inclusion for the university, which is critically important.” Maranto said every human has his or her biases but that doesn’t mean people can’t work to become more inclusive. She said much of what she learned about diversity and inclusion comes from her students. “I think we’ve made some really good progress (with diversity), but as with every other predominantly white place of higher learning, we still have a long way to go,” Maranto said. “I don’t think it’s something you ever stop working on.” Maranto will continue to work for diversity and inclusion at Marquette. She works with gender equity in higher education, wage differentials, labor relations
and employment discrimination in her professional life. “I think it’s important for majority groups to remember that the way the world works for you doesn’t work for everyone,” Maranto said. “It’s important to understand how different things can be.” Milakovich is the associate vice president in university advancement, which fundraises money for the university. “It’s part of my DNA to do a lot of charity and philanthropic work,” Milakovich said. “I do a lot of social justice and social work, which diversity is a common thread through that work. I think (diversity and inclusion) will continue in my work.” Milakovich said he was “honored” to win the award and said one of the most meaningful parts was that it was the
first time the honor had been given out. He gave credit to the university for creating an award for faculty and staff who are dedicated to diversity. “Diversity is always a challenge at any institution of higher learning,” Milakovich said. “But it’s getting better here at Marquette.” He said Marquette is taking strides to create a more inclusive environment, and even though Marquette can always make more progress, they achieved success in creating a more tolerant campus. “Diversity issues are often hidden or out in the open, and that’s why they’re hard to address,” Milakovich said. “I think giving an award like this helps get those issues out in the open.”
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Broadminded hits10th year All-female comedy group celebrates with six-show tour By Rachel Kubik
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The only place where you can find a woman break dancing and acting like the planet Jupiter, all while listening to the Beastie Boys, is during one of Broadminded Comedy’s “10 Year Tour” shows. Broadminded Comedy, an allfemale comedy group from Milwaukee, will be commemorate its last 10 years of comedy by performing its “10 Year Tour” in the coming months. The show features favorite past sketches they’ve performed throughout the last decade, voted on and selected by former audience members. The show will be at The Alchemist Theatre on 2569 S. Kinnickinnic Ave. April 29-30. The show moves to ComedySportz’s Farina Arena on 420 S. 1st St. May 2021. Finally, Tenth Street Theatre on 628 N. 10th St. will house the show June 17-18. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. on all nights, and tickets are $12 if purchased online in advance or $15 at the door. The group formed in 2006 when seven women met at ComedySportz. Stacy Babl, member of Broadminded and Marquette alumna, said she first joined the Rec League at ComedySportz in Milwaukee and then met the other women that would eventually be her fellow Broadminded Comedians. “One of the ladies on my ComedySportz Rec League team decided to pull together a group of women to form an all-female group since there were only all-male groups in Milwaukee at the time,” Babl said. However, three of the seven women had other commitments and withdrew after the first show finished, leaving the four
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The group consists of four women, including an MU alumna. They write and perform their own sketches and have created 20 original shows.
current members. Broadminded has performed 20 original shows in 10 years, mostly performed five to seven different nights at a time. They have performed every year in The Milwaukee Comedy Festival, in fundraising shows, at private parties, weddings, high schools, corporate conferences and team-building events. “If there’s a theater in town that seats about 100 people, we’ve probably performed in it,” said Megan McGee, another member of Broadminded. Babl said she thinks the group ended up with a great mix of comedy sketches. “I am very excited to restore my role as a lactation consultant, to throw knives at Melissa in a
Russian accent, for Mary Poppins to join my resume building workshop, to play a singing zombie, to read an unknown Dr. Seuss manuscript and to see how hung over Halloween Express is going to be this year,” Babl said. Melissa Kingston, another member of Broadminded, added that they will share some of their insider info about the success of sketches, the backstage antics and history of some sketches’ inception. Kingston said she loves the rush she gets while performing. “Comedy is my legal high,” Kingston said. “Some of these sketches feel like your favorite sweatshirt or pair of jeans that are just so comfortable, and you love wearing them, that you would wear them every day.”
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The four women write, direct and perform the sketches as a group. However, they have occasional cameos from Milwaukee comedians or assistance from a husband or boyfriend. “I feed off of laughter,” Babl said. “I think on some level, all performers are seeking approval of some sort and that rings true for me, but there is also my incredible need to just be many different versions of myself.” Kingston said that she is inspired by the insanity of human relationships, which helps her come up with comedy routines. “As a writer I like to look at the world and its inconsistencies and hypocrisy,” Kingston said. McGee said that her favorite part of performing comedy
is when she feels like she fully entertainins the audience. “There are scenes where you’re not just acting silly, you’re acting your heart out,” McGee said. “The premise may be ridiculous, but you’re going all in.” The four members of Broadminded have very different personalities, according to Babl, which adds to the dynamic of its performances. Anne Graff LaDisa, the last member of Broadminded, compared watching the past sketches the group has done to looking at little time capsules. “(The ‘10 Year Tour’) will be like watching the best of SNL episodes on Netflix,” LaDisa said.
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Student Musician Year: Sophomore Major: Corporate Communication and Digital Media Hometown: San Jose, California Favorite musician: John Mayer Favorite instrument to play: Piano Favorite song at the moment: “Talk 2 You” by Kids These Days Musical influences: John Mayer, Justin Timberlake and Mayer Hawthorne
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Local artists collaborate to benefit charity Proceeds from HipHop Hates show go to cancer research By Kristina Lazzara
kristin.lazzara@marquette.edu
The media most often associates hip-hop with profanity and violence, not charity. Jonathan Poppe, a music manager, producer and former hip-hop blogger for OnMilwaukee.com, wanted to take away this negative perception of the genre by starting the Hip-Hop Hates concert series, which raises money for a different charity with every event. The fifth concert will take place this Friday, April 29 at Cactus Club on 2496 S. Wentworth Ave. and is titled Hip-Hop Hates Cancer. Cactus Club will donate the concert space for the event and all cover charges to Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin’s oncology department, more specifically for kids suffering from terminal cancer. The first concert, Hip Hope Hates Multiple Sclerosis, was held in 2010 in honor of Poppe’s mom. “There are a lot of negative perceptions of hip-hop – that it’s misogynistic, racist and indecent,” Poppe said. “I wanted to flip it around and have hip-hop hate on stuff we all hate.” Poppe started working in the Milwaukee music scene in 2007. Although he doesn’t perform, he has released three albums, one in 2009 and two in 2011. Poppe said this will be the last concert he runs himself. “I’m not as involved in the Milwaukee music scene as I used to be,” Poppe said. “Other people are doing positive things for hip-hop. It’s time to let the younger generation take over and let it be what they want it to be.” All of the artists performing have worked with Poppe before
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Milwaukee based duo, AUTOMatic, takes inspiration from soul music and jazz. They will perform on Friday, along with other local musicians.
and have donated their time to this fundraising event. “Milwaukee is a city with an immensely talented hip-hop community,” Poppe said. “This is a chance to come see them before they travel all over the country.” AUTOMatic is a hip-hop duo that will perform at the event. They consider their music to be
a soulful, traditional hip-hop heavily influenced by jazz. “Every event focuses on a different element of raising money for a charity, said APRIME, a member of AUTOMatic. “Music is a testament to our values.” The artists feel that the event not only helps a good cause but also brings a sense of togetherness
among Milwaukee musicians. “A lot of us are fans of each other’s music, we just don’t get a chance to see each other perform,” APRIME said. “They’re not just good musicians but good people.” The cover charge for the event is $5, although at least a $10 donation is suggested. Doors open at 9 p.m. The lineup will start
with Pharaoh Mac & DMT at 10 p.m., AUTOMatic at 10:40 p.m., Klassik at 11:20 p.m. and SAFS CREW will close the show with a midnight performance. “You’ll get a great snapshot of what Milwaukee hiphop brings to the table,” Poppe said. “Your support can help put Milwaukee on the map.”
‘Wine in the Wilderness’ talks civil rights Play takes place during the 1964 Harlem race riots By Mark Jessen
mark.jessen@marquette.edu
Helfaer Theatre’s “Wine in the Wilderness” takes audiences back to the 1964 Harlem race riots to define what it means to be a strong woman within the African American community. The production will conclude the 2015-’16 “Celebrating Strong Women” theme. Overseeing the play is guest director Marti Gobel, an actress from San Diego who is returning to Marquette after directing “In the Red and Brown Water” last year. The main character, Bill Jameson, is an artist in Harlem at the time who is painting a triptych, a piece consisting of three panels hinged together, to embody black womanhood. “Wine in the Wilderness” demonstrates the struggle for African-Americans in seeking
equality and justice during the civil rights movement. “(I hope the play) can speak for the black community about what it means to be black, as that is what the play addresses,” said Chloe Hurckes, a sophomore in the College of Communication and actress in the play. “The back story of the riots drives the play as a whole,” Hurckes said in an email. “The only reason that we meet one of the main characters is because her apartment was burned down during the riots, and she happened to be at the same bar as some of the other characters.” “Wine in the Wilderness” only features three current Marquette students. A.J Magoon, a sophomore in the College of Communication and assistant to the artistic director, said he feels that the addition of alumni and outside actors creates a more profesional play. “I think that, no matter the production, bringing in outside talent definitely enhances our productions,” Magoon said in an email. “There’s a sense of hard
work and dedication that’s incredibly strong. Everyone gets the idea that with a professional in the house, they have to ramp their usual 110 percent up even higher, and I know guest director Marti Gobel pushes them for their absolute best.” “It was nice to work with an old friend (2015 Marquette graduate Terrence Morris Jr.) and an outside actor (James Carrington) to collaborate on something we are all passionate about,” Hurckes said. The passion that the actors have in this play stem from their personal lives. Some of the actors personally relate with the struggle in the play, which is shown through their emotional connection. “This is a show you definitely want to see,” Hurckes said. “The play addresses what it means to be black. We witness the birth of African-American philosophical thought for an awakening race on all things from hair to femininity and from education to art.” “Wine in the Wilderness” will be presented Thursday, April
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Lazy, narcissistic millennials have ruined American Dream
Shame embarrasses, guilt raises thought
Milwaukee is on the cusp of an “urban renaissance.” City development is rising as quickly as the 32-story Northwestern Mutual Tower and the anticipation for the Milwaukee Bucks arena and Marquette’s Athletic Performance Research Center. Most assume this revitalization will bring a fresh face to Milwaukee, providing many new ways for the community to work and play. The hope is that the revival will help resolve Milwaukee’s brain drain issue. In recent years, the state of Wisconsin has experienced many college students leaving to seek out job opportunities in other states, which has significant impact on the state’s innovative and economic growth. The price is right for living in Milwaukee, especially for those beginning their professional careers in the city. But new places to work and play and easier costs of living, while enticing, may not be the answer to bringing people to Milwaukee or keeping them here. The city needs more than new things; it needs a culture that unifies its people. The question is, what exactly does that culture look like, and how is it attained? For a smaller city, Milwaukee needs something signature that makes people think, “I have to live here. I have to work here.” At this point, Milwaukee’s culture reflects its city formation in that there are so many things happening throughout its 37 neighborhoods. Hundreds, if not thousands, of cohorts of organizations, businesses and communities are going about their own initiatives because they care for the city in some way, but again, camaraderie between them is lacking. Almost everyone can agree Milwaukee’s culture is shaped by beer. Historically speaking, this is true, but a “revitalized” Milwaukee culture cannot rely solely on beer because it is no longer novel to Milwaukee. Since 2014, all regions of the U.S. have been part of a beer industry boom. Beer drinkers are a cohort and can be found anywhere in the U.S. If you want to make the argument that this city’s beer consumption is unique, go ahead, but you can’t force people into a culture, and a beer culture is exclusive. Milwaukee’s ability to brand itself needs revamping, too. A recent ongoing attempt to unify
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Millennials make up 40 percent of America’s unemployment population. Talk about lazy and irresponisble.
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Shame and guilt may seem similar, but they are distinct feelings.
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Milwaukee is an especially great place to live for young professionals.
neighborhoods and cohorts of Milwaukeeans is through the People’s Flag of Milwaukee competition, which has been designed to adopt a flag for the city that reflects the perspectives of the citizens. The current flag has been labeled by Urban Milwaukee as “The Worst City Flag in America.” There’s also a Ted Talk by Roman Mars that points out the Milwaukee flag as one of the worst designed city flags. To be fair, the flag is messy. It looks like every important aspect of Milwaukee was thrown together, including a city skyline, another flag, a boat, the founding date and even “Milwaukee” at the bottom. There are some organizations that work to rebrand this city. For example, the NEWuakee organization works to create programs and initiatives that motivate Milwaukeeans, old and new, to craft a city where everyone wants to be involved. Last summer, they had the NEWaukee Night Market, which supported the local economy by providing a place for people of all backgrounds and ages to explore art, craft and food vendors. This event is one example of togetherness of which the city of Milwaukee needs more. For this revitalization to be fully successful, Milwaukeeans need to come together to voice all the city has to offer. A unified city culture can play on the fact that there is so much to offer throughout its many neighborhoods, and requires organizations and businesses to continue to cross boundaries of comfort to best understand what else is happening in this city. Milwaukee patrons can do more to spread awareness of the happenings throughout and beyond the city. Sometimes it takes an outsider to illuminate what’s been true all along. And maybe Milwaukeeans should
listen to a visitor’s perception of the city and emanate that as part of its culture. A recent New York Times review by Lucas Peterson labelled Milwaukee’s appeals as “vibrant and cheap.” Peterson described Milwaukee as “a sensibility that incorporates equal parts worldliness with small-town friendliness.” This city has so much potential, and faith in the revitalization only affirms that. Whether your plan as a Marquette student is to spend only four years or the rest of your life in Milwaukee, it is important to engage in its growth and promote unity across neighborhood boundaries, no matter your age or knowledge of the city. When you engage and envelop yourself into niche communities, you will learn and adapt the culture as it is and in part it will be shaped by your individuality and participation. Looking ahead, it is important to cheer on the new, but even more important to cheer on the city for all that it is, past, present and future.
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Ryan Murphy Last week, I read an article in the Wall Street Journal about how the municipal government in Thane, India, has resorted to using public shaming to get people to pay their taxes. No pillory here, instead, the method is a band of drummers playing outside the tax-evader’s doorstep. “Few things are as important to people as their reputation,” Thane’s municipal commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal explained. He isn’t wrong. The program so far has been effective at increasing tax revenue. The public shaming we’re more likely to be familiar with has a more populist feel than that of a statesponsored band embarrassing people in front of their neighbors. The examples that come to my mind right away involve Twitter. Over the summer, Tim Hunt, a Nobel laureate in physiology, was forced to resign from his position at the University College of London after being lambasted on Twitter for making a sexist joke at a conference. At face value, public shaming has a positive outcome: in India, more people pay their taxes; in London, fewer professors will make sexist jokes. These are good things, right? Taxes fund schools and other social services, and strong disincentives against making sexist jokes will encourage professors to create more inclusive environments. A utilitarian might not see a problem here, but I do. Sure, public shaming might be effective in the short term, but the long term is a different story. Jaiswal anticipates the drummers will lose their sting as people get used to them, and he’s prepared to have trans women dancers replace them when that happens. Besides, a society whose members are only motivated to do good for the sake of their reputation isn’t
one I want to live in. Shame ends the conversation before it can begin. For example, the people in Thane aren’t going to try to develop the virtues necessary to be good citizens or community members if they are only concerned with what their neighbors think. A lot of what it means to be a good community member has to do with what happens when no one is looking. Similarly, the media coverage on Hunt’s resignation had very little to say about sexism in academia. It was focused almost entirely on whether or not he was wronged. Throwing him to the Twitter lions might have raised a lot of attention in the short run, but in the long run, it only causes resentment against those who point out misogyny. Brené Brown, an author and a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, has written extensively on this topic. In her TED talk about shame, she makes an important distinction between guilt and shame: “Guilt means I did something bad. Shame means I am something bad,” she said. Guilt can be a starting point toward reconciliation, but shame stops you in your tracks. Less misogyny and more people paying their taxes are good things, but there is a better way to achieve these ends than shaming, which ultimately isn’t healthy. So should we try to make people feel guilty instead of ashamed when they do something bad? Strange as it sounds, I think the answer is yes. When people can see the broader consequences of their actions, they’ll make different choices. When they’re only made to feel embarrassed or bad about themselves, the problem hasn’t really been solved. An op-ed at a Catholic school advocating guilt – it was going to happen sooner or later, right? Ryan Murphy is a junior studying Business Economics and WritingIntensive English. He is reachable by email at ryan.p.murphy@marquette.edu
The American Dream is dead and the blood is on our hands, and there’s nothing lit about that. I think it’s time that we as lazy, narcissistic, entitled, yuppie millennials take responsibility for “literally” ruining the world, and more importantly, the United States of America. Once upon a time, kids played outside and women only spoke when spoken to. It was simpler then. But what happened between then and now to create the worthless class of people we refer to as millennials? One of the reasons millennials are so awful is that we’re handed everything. War, a recession, shaky international relationships, we didn’t earn any of that ourselves. It’s no wonder we’re so entitled. We don’t know the value of hard work. Of course, that’s technology’s fault. Modern technology is a cancer that needs to be stomped out. I’m glad I don’t have to send mail via the Pony Express and I’m thankful that polio isn’t a thing anymore, but technology’s risks far outweigh its benefits. When was the last time you used an encyclopedia instead of Google? It’s like efficiency is more important than actually working toward something. Our lack of work ethic has turned us into sensitive pansies. We’re naïve about the world because we’re too easily offended to expose ourselves to things with which we disagree. For example, there was a time when racial and gendered slurs were just good fun, but now we’re so focused on respecting our peers that no one knows how to have a good time. Thanks, Obama. And please don’t get me started on how we address mental illness, if that’s even a real thing. I think it’s pretty clear most of us are just making up these fake diseases like anxiety and depression to get out of doing work. Maybe we’d be in better moods if we didn’t spend 23 hours a day trying to boost our self-esteems via likes on social media. Congratulations, you got into grad school, please stop looking for validation on Facebook. It’s ironic that we’re so easily
offended, yet we listen to music that insults the values this country was founded on. Did you hear Beyonce’s “Formation”? She was asking society to hold itself responsible for centuries of racism and cultural appropriation, and as typical millennials, we applauded her. Our generation is so entitled that we think we should have a right to our own cultures. And don’t get me started with Drake. He’s Canadian! It’s like we don’t even respect our own country. If we could be honest with ourselves I think we’d realize that we’re easily the laziest generation. Did you know that millenials make up 40 percent of America’s unemployed population? I bet most of those unemployed millennials are just doing drugs and trying to launch their rap careers while the rest of the world pays for their lazy lifestyles. As for the millennials attending college, we waste so much time getting an education and trying to pursue our ambitions. We should be working minimum wage jobs to get work experience. So what if that work experience isn’t relevant at all to the kinds of futures we want? At least it’s something to put on a resume. I’m convinced that the only
reason we go to college is to avoid adulthood for an extra four years. I don’t understand why millennials are the most stressed generation when we’re all so lazy. Sure, we have a lot of expectations to live up to, but that’s not manual labor, which is the only kind of work that actually counts. There are a lot of problems with millennials, but I think the biggest issue is we’re selfish. We’re focused on being fulfilled and accomplishing our dreams instead of just settling for “good enough.” We are acting like people have been telling us our whole lives that we could be anything we wanted to be when we grew up, and we believed them! I don’t know about you, but I’d be willing to sacrifice my right to vote, as well as all of the other social and technological advancements the younger generations have been spearheading for decades to go back to a time to when 20-something-year-olds were understood and appreciated by their elders. Of course, it might be hard to find a time period where that situation actually exists. Morgan Hughes is a sophomore studying Journalism and Political Science. She is reachable by email at morgan.hughes@marquette.edu
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TIDAL has not lived up to past promises Ryan McCarthy
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When TIDAL launched last year it promised to be different. In addition to offering a premium lossless audio quality service, TIDAL billed itself as a music streaming service owned by artists for artists. Unfortunately, it has not lived up to this promise. The streaming service has stumbled at pretty much every turn. In 2016 alone, TIDAL has faced lawsuits for underpaying royalties and misleading customers. Music streaming arose as a way to combat piracy. By providing a superior service, selection and convenience, companies like Spotify and Google have been able to pay billions of dollars in royalties to musicians. But this system was never perfect. The majority of the money from streaming usually finds its way to superstars and record labels at the expense of independent and less well known musicians. At last year’s launch the owners of TIDAL, including Jack White, Alicia Keys, Daft Punk and members of Arcade Fire, among others, stood on stage as the company announced how it was going to save the music industry by making music valuable again. It has done the exact opposite. In order to attract subscribers, TIDAL offers exclusive albums like Kanye West’s “The Life of Pablo” and Beyoncé’s “Lemonade.” While both have led to an increase in subscribers and app downloads, they have also led to a piracy firestorm. “Lemonade” is currently the number five pirated album on the Pirate Bay just over twenty-four hours into its release and “The Life of Pablo” is still
holding strong to the top spot. Album exclusives are inherently anti-consumer. They encourage piracy, divide the community and discourage casual music fans. Instead of paying ten bucks to buy a CD or digital copy, which the consumer actually owns, fans must now subscribe to hear new music from their favorite performers. It eliminates consumer choice and makes it more difficult to discover new music and genres. It creates the very problems that streaming attempted to solve: rampant piracy. Perhaps TIDAL’s greatest failure was its inability to deliver on its promise of transparency. It is extremely difficult to get an accurate answer from any streaming service in regard to an artist’s royalties. In a 2014 Time article, Spotify claimed it pays between $0.007 and $0.0084 per stream. In a statement last year, TIDAL claimed it pays artists between $0.024 and $0.028. Leaked royalty statements seem to dispute both companies’ numbers, showing a much wider range of payment rates. Does TIDAL actually pay artists better than Spotify? The real answer is nobody knows. In the end, Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard described TIDAL’s failure best in an interview with The Daily Beast last year. He said, “There was a wonderful opportunity squandered to highlight what this service would mean for artists who are struggling and to make a plea to people’s hearts and pocketbooks to pay a little more for this service that was going to pay these artists a more reasonable streaming rate. And they didn’t do it. That’s why this thing is going to fail miserably.” Ryan McCarthy is a junior studying journalism. He is reachable by email at ryan.w.mccarthy@marquette.edu
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BIG EAST crown up for grabs No. 1 Denver stands between MLAX, first regular season title By Jack Goods
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Marquette men’s lacrosse concludes its regular season Saturday with a chance to win the school’s first BIG EAST regular season championship. Standing in the Golden Eagles’ way is No. 1 Denver, a team that hasn’t lost a conference game since it joined the BIG EAST in 2013. “We still have a great opportunity in front of us,” said Marquette head coach Joe Amplo. “We have to take advantage of it. It’s as simple as that.” The Golden Eagles are looking to bounce back from a terrible outing against thenNo. 16 Duke. Marquette lost 16-1, the worst offensive output in program history. “I don’t know if there is a right way to respond to it,” Amplo said. “I just go to the only way I know how, to be honest, and tell the guys, “Listen. You got your butts kicked. There’s no mystery around it. The reason you got your butts kicks was one, Duke is clearly better than you – that’s obvious – and two, you guys didn’t show up and perform.’” Connor Cannizzaro is the Pioneers’ biggest star and a serious candidate for the Tewaaraton Trophy. He leads Denver in scoring with 36 goals and 20 assists, good for 11th in Division I in points. He scored three goals and one assist against Marquette last season. “The only thing (the seniors) haven’t done in their careers is step into the arena and compete and win against a big team,” Amplo said. “That’s a
By Dan Reiner
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Junior and three-year women’s soccer captain Morgan Proffitt was named Monday to the U.S Under-23 Women’s National Team training camp roster, which will meet May 1-7 in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Columbus, Indiana, native is coming off her best season for the Golden Eagles, who finished below .500 for the first time in 19 years at
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Men bring in new faces for rebound season By Jack Goods
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Marquette men’s soccer is looking to reset this spring after a disappointing 2015 season, which saw the team miss the BIG EAST Tournament for the first time since 2008-’09. “We know we should have done better,” midfielder Martin Alba said. “It was kind of embarrassing last year. No one really enjoyed it.” Head coach Louis Bennett knew he had to make changes. He travelled for nearly five months to add international players to the roster and convince five of Marquette’s 10 commits to come to Milwaukee for the spring season. He’s also changing the formations the team uses. “We’re not changing the style or brand,” Bennett said. “We’re
changing the formation and systems. We’re practicing with it. We still have the old one, but we also have the new one. That’s important.” New to the team are forwards Connor Alba and Jan Martins, defensemen Anton von Hofacker and Patrick Seagrist and goalie Noah Heim. “The new guys have been great,” redshirt senior Mac Wheeler said. “A couple of them we’ve already started plugging into the lineup. They’ve been doing well.” Bennett has used the exhibition season to mix up lineups, throwing players in new positions to get them more comfortable. Martin Alba has seen the process from the sideline, as he’s been out all but two weeks with his second hip injury since October. “It’s weird having new guys
in new positions because you have to learn their style of play and get used to it,” Alba said. “It just takes time.” Marquette is four games into the spring season; it defeated UW-Parkside and the NPSL expansion team Milwaukee Torrent 4-0 and drew UW-Milwaukee and UW-Green Bay, 0-0. The offensive unit has either been explosive or nonexistent this spring, tying into what Bennett calls Marquette’s biggest question mark — who is going to start on the front line? Bennett said the position battle is ongoing. “Some days I can say, ‘It’s going to be him, it’s going to be him,’” Bennett said. “Other days I say, ‘It could be (someone else).’” Although Marquette has been inconsistent on the offensive side, the defense has
four shutouts in a row. Bennett credits that to new assistant Sean Hughes, whose defense excelled during his only season as the head coach at Maryville University. His group there set a program record for shutouts in a season. So far, it appears he’s carried that over to Marquette, despite the team returning only two starters. “With Sean coming in, he’s been very instrumental in what we do,” Bennett said. “One of the things I liked about his teams in Maryville (was) he stopped the bleeding in terms of giving goals away.” Danny Jarosz and John Pothast are the backbone of the new starting lineup. Von Hofacker will add much needed size but is taking some time to fit into the North American game. “The adjustment that’s
needed for the international students, we haven’t seen what they fully can do,” Bennett said. “I’m just so happy that they came now because they will have had that adjustment period (before the season).” Marquette has a young group, but players like Louis Bennett II, Pothast and Wheeler have stepped up as leaders. Despite the disappointing season, many freshmen had the opportunity to play due to injury. “It’s a very young but spirited group,” Bennett said. “My goal this semester (is) to make sure win, lose or draw, we can see the spirit in the soul of our team.” Marquette plays one final spring game Saturday when the Golden Eagles host in-state rival Wisconsin at 7 p.m.
Women combating inconsistencies, injuries By Dan Reiner
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Marquette looks to bounce back from a 16-1 loss to then-No. 16 Duke, the worst offensive showing in the program’s four-year history.
mystery I can’t figure out yet. As I told them, ‘Last week, we had a great game plan. You guys knew exactly what they were going to do. They did exactly what we said. You guys were prepared for it and didn’t perform. It’s going to be the exact same thing this week … It’s up to our seniors to step up.” If Marquette wins, it locks up the top seed for next week’s BIG EAST Tournament. The loser of this game will be the second seed. “We’ve got nothing to lose,” Amplo said. “No one expects us to beat Denver. Denver,
maybe they’re going to look at the Duke game and say, ‘Those guys aren’t as good as what people thought.’ Maybe we’re not, but our guys have an opportunity to play better, to play with an edge and pissed off.” Marquette will play either Villanova, Providence or Georgetown in the first round depending on the results of this weekend’s games – Marquette at Denver, Georgetown at St. John’s and Providence at Villanova. St. John’s is the only team that is eliminated from BIG EAST Tournament contention. If St. John’s and Providence
win, Providence is the third seed and Villanova is the fourth. If Georgetown and Villanova win, Villanova is the third seed and Georgetown is the fourth. If St. John’s and Villanova win, the Wildcats will be the third seed, and the fourth seed will depend on goal differential. Providence will be the fourth seed if Georgetown loses by two or more goals. If Georgetown loses by one goal, the Hoyas will be the fourth seed. If Georgetown and Providence win, Villanova is the third seed if it loses by four or less, Providence is the
third seed if it wins by five or more and Georgetown is the fourth seed only if Villanova breaks the tie. Denver is the second No. 1 the Golden Eagles have played this season. The other game was against Notre Dame, which lost the top spot in this week’s poll after a loss to No. 10 North Carolina. The Golden Eagles took the Fighting Irish to overtime but lost 8-7 after a Matt Kavanagh goal. Face-off is set for 2 p.m. from Denver and can be watched on CBS Sports Network.
Proffitt named to U-23 USWNT camp roster Defender missed U-18 training in ‘12 due to ACL tear
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8-8-4. Proffitt was named to the NSCAA All-Northeast Region team and All-BIG EAST first team for the first time in her career. She also scored a career-high three goals from the center back position. “For her, it’s kind of a dream come true,” Marquette head coach Markus Roeders said. “She’s really deserving. She’s got a motor that’s nonstop, she’s a tremendous athlete … She’s really been building herself up and has been a dominant force for us and across the BIG EAST.” Though she has primarily played defensive positions in her time at Marquette, Proffitt is listed as one of nine midfielders
on the U-23 team, comprised of 26 collegiate players. She joins St. John’s goalkeeper Diana Poulin as the only BIG EAST representatives on the team. Roeders said Proffitt previously received an invitation to the U-18 team during her senior year of high school, but tore her ACL the week before the team reported. This will be her first time in a national team camp. Proffitt is the first Golden Eagle to make the U-23 team since Mary Luba in 2014. Luba recently made the final roster for the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women’s Soccer League.
Though not as disappointing as the men’s season, the Marquette women’s soccer team missed its own standard. The Golden Eagles finished below .500 – 8-8-4 – for the first time in head coach Markus Roeders’ 19-year career. Much like last season, Marquette is struggling with consistency three games into the spring slate. The Golden Eagles played to a 2-1 loss against UW-Milwaukee then drew both Loyola Chicago and Valparaiso. “Our first game (against UWM), it wasn’t as fluid as you’d expect it to be,” Roeders said. “It was much better against Loyola. We had six or seven clear-cut chances we should’ve finished, but we didn’t. Last weekend (against Valparaiso) we played well for 20 minutes,
then had a spell where we let our guard down a little bit.” Marquette is without six players, including four regulars from last season who had surgery during the offseason. Meegan Johnston is recovering from shoulder surgery, Cali Pyzdrowski from foot surgery and Darian Powell and Jamie Kutey from undisclosed injuries. All four players are expected to be back into soccer activities by the summer. “You have to be realistic,” Roeders said. “We’re playing with a lot of new faces, some very young. Some have done a nice job of filling in, but they’re newer to our system still.” Roeders said he’s tinkering with the team’s formation this spring. Typically, he runs three defensive backs, five midfielders and two forwards. Right now it’s a set of four backs, three
MARQUETTE SPORTS CALENDAR FRIDAY 4/29 Track and Field Drake Relays All Day
SATURDAY 4/30 Track and Field Drake Relays All Day
Tennis BIG EAST Quarterfinals 11:30 a.m.
Track and Field UW-Whitewater All Day
SUNDAY 5/1 Tennis BIG EAST Finals When: All Day
Women’s Lacrosse vs. Cincinnati, 5 p.m.
Tennis BIG EAST Semifinals* All Day
Men’s Golf BIG EAST Championships* All Day
BIG EAST STANDINGS
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At 5-foot-10, Morgan Proffitt brings size to the defensive midfield.
midfielders and three forwards. Freshman Sloane Carlson has to prove herself this spring as the only goaltender on the current roster, replacing four-year starter Amanda Engel. Carlson has allowed five goals in three games. “As a freshman with her background and limited playing time in the fall, she’s done pretty well,” Roeders said. “There’s still a huge learning curve going on for her. We need to get her more consistent, and she needs to exert her presence more often.” To help with that energy boost, the team started working with new Assistant Director of Sports Performance Emily Jacobson, who played with the Golden Eagles from 2010 to 2013. Jacobson was part of one of the winningest classes in Marquette history, including both BIG EAST championship teams.
MEN’S LACROSSE (Overall, BIG EAST)
WOMEN’S LACROSSE (Overall, BIG EAST)
GOLF (Rank based on avg. team score)
Marquette 9-3, 4-0 Villanova 8-4, 2-2 Providence 7-7, 1-3 Georgetown 2-11, 1-3 St. John’s 1-12, 0-4
Florida 16-1, 7-0 UConn 12-3, 6-1 Georgetown 6-9, 4-2 Temple 11-5, 3-3 Marquette 6-10, 3-3 Villanova 4-13, 2-5 Vanderbilt 5-11, 1-6 Cincinnati 4-12, 0-6
Georgetown 293.13 Marquette 293.96 Xavier 296.21 Seton Hall 296.38 DePaul 298.24 St. John’s 302.05 Creighton 303.48 Butler 303.66 Villanova 305.24
Men’s Lacrosse at Denver 2 p.m.
Women’s Soccer vs. Northwestern When: 11 a.m. Women’s Soccer at Wisconsin 12:30 p.m. MONDAY 5/2 Men’s Golf BIG EAST Championships All Day TUESDAY 5/3 Men’s Golf BIG EAST Championships All Day *If necessary
Photo by Meredith Gillespie meredith.gillespie@marquette.edu
Underclassmen like Carrie Madden (right) are earning valuable time.
“She was a great leader and had a great career,” Roeders said. “It’s great having somebody not only with a Marquette background but young and energetic.” The Golden Eagles will conclude the season this weekend
with two 60-minute games against Northwestern and Wisconsin in Madison. They’ll be without Morgan Proffitt, who will be in Virginia with the U.S. U-23 Women’s National Team.
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Wally Ellenson situation shows NCAA flaw Andrew Goldstein Sports Reporter
Wally Ellenson’s father John told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in November about a particularly sincere statement Steve Wojciechowski made regarding his recruitment of Wally in July 2014. “He said, ‘I can develop him, I can make him a better player. I’m not just going to recruit him so I can get Henry. Wally’s
going to be instrumental in rebuilding our program.’ Wally needed to hear that, and we needed to hear that.” Flash-forward 21 months. Henry Ellenson’s time at Marquette has come and gone. Marquette is in need of another big man, but out of scholarships to give. The honorable thing to do is to stop recruiting, honor the commitments made to people already on the team and work with what is already built. Instead, Wojciechowski appears to have forced Wally to give up his scholarship in order to make room for another
player that might come to Marquette. On the surface, it looks like Wojciechowski lured Wally away from the University of Minnesota, reaped the benefits of having Wally when it was time to recruit his brother and then kicked Wally off the team when his brother left in order to make room for his brother’s replacement. To be fair, Wally is a two-sport athlete and does still have a track and field scholarship for high jump. It’s not confirmed that this move was Wojciechowski’s doing; Wally could have left the team on his own, though Twit-
ter hints at the former. Here’s what Wojciechowski said when asked about whether Wally would leave the team to focus on a potential professional track and field career: “There has been no discussion about it; no one has brought it up. Wally feels that basketball is his number one sport and he is fully invested in basketball.” Unless Ellenson reversed a long-standing commitment to basketball in the last 10 days, it’s pretty safe to assume that this was not his decision. Anyone who says, “Well, he still has his track scholarship. What’s the
big deal?” is missing the point. The man wants to play basketball, transferred to Marquette to play basketball and has put in the requisite work. He has every right to play basketball. In a larger sense, this incident isn’t about Wally or Wojciechowski. It’s about the massive power imbalance that exists between coaches and athletes at the collegiate level. Coaches get paid, while athletes can’t so much as accept free food. Coaches have the freedom to leave without checking with their players, but not vice versa. Athletes plan their classes, bedtimes and free time to conform to the team’s – and by extension, the coaches’ – schedule. All the power rests at the top. Perhaps this wouldn’t bother me as much if the NCAA just admitted what the rest of us have known since forever ago: Major college sports are a business. If it did, it would at least acknowledge the self-interest endemic to the entire system. The NCAA will never do that willingly, though. Instead, the powers that be pretend studentathletes are immature youth, at risk of being corrupted by money and in desperate need of guidance from their coaches. Many of those coaches are the biggest advocates of the system that gives them widely unchecked authority. Those in favor of Wojciechowski will say that this sort of thing happens all the time. “That’s the way we’ve always done it” is a handy appeal to the past for people that don’t want to consider a different future. There’s no doubt that redaction of scholarships for convenience and winning’s sake happens all the time, but the relevant question is, should it? Based on logic, long-term consequences and general decency, the answer is no.
Andrew Goldstein is a sophomore from Cranbury, New Jersey studying journalism. Email him at andrew.goldstein@mu.edu
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Tennis teams primed for BIG EAST Champs No. 2 men riding win streak, No. 5 women enjoy bye By John Hand
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Both of Marquette’s tennis teams are headed to the BIG EAST Tournament this week in Cayce, South Carolina. For both squads, playing in South Carolina presents the challenge of playing outside, something they have had limited experience doing this season. The men’s team enters the tournament as the No. 2 seed and is riding a four-match win streak against BIG EAST opponents. However, men’s head coach Steve Rodecap doesn’t view winning as the only way to measure the tenacity of a team. “Does playing well and winning build confidence? Well, sure it does, but what should build more confidence is finding a way through a difficult match even when you aren’t playing your best,”
Rodecap said. “You cannot guarantee from match to match how you are going to feel, how your body is going to react or how your timing on the court will be, but you can always fall back (on how well you compete).” For Rodecap there was no better match for his team to have to fight through than its last contest of the regular season against DePaul, when the Golden Eagles overcame a 3-1 deficit to win 4-3 on the road. Last season the men were able to reach the finals of the BIG EAST tournament before falling to St. John’s. “We’ll have two guys out there that have not experienced the BIG EAST Tournament before,” Rodecap said. “What we did last year will help us because we have guys that remember that and know what it feels like. The bottom line is that this sport is too fickle. You have to be ready on any given day. Our guys have done well in the preparation, and we are optimistic that it will pay off for us.” In singles action, the Golden
Eagles will be counting on freshmen Alvaro Verdu and Greg Anderson to help secure key points. Verdu finished the season leading the team with 15 singles wins and on a seven-match win streak, while Anderson enters the tournament having won seven of his eight previous matches. The men’s team will open the tournament Friday against No. 7 Creighton. The women’s team will play as the fifth seed in the tournament. The Golden Eagles get a first round bye and will begin play Friday against No. 4 Georgetown. The winner of the match will go on to play either No. 1 DePaul or No. 8 Creighton. “We have played so many close matches this year and have been competitive in just about every match, so we feel very strong heading into this weekend’s championship,” women’s head coach Jody Bronson told GoMarquette.com. “I think we have a great opportunity to play hard, compete well and bring a championship home to Marquette.” At first doubles the Golden
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Senior Erin Gebes went 11-4 in doubles with partner Silvia Ambrosio.
Eagles will be counting on Erin Gebes and Silvia Ambrosio who amassed an 11-4 record this season. In singles Marquette is hop-
ing that the dominant play of Paula Tormos Sanchez will continue. Tormos Sanchez finished the year with a 13-6 record.
Henry EllensOn: stOck watch There’s no more speculation. Henry Ellenson officially declared for the NBA draft and hired Jay-Z’s RocNation as his agency, ending chances that he’ll return to Marquette. This is a roundup of when NCAA and NBA pundits have him going in June 23’s draft. ESPN’s Chad Ford (4/26): No. 5 overall to Minnesota Timberwolves CBS Sports’ Sam Vecenie (4/25): No. 9 overall to Toronto Raptors USA Today’s Derek Bodner (4/27): No. 6 overall to New Orleans Pelicans DraftExpress (4/26): No. 9 overall to Toronto Raptors NBADraft.net (4/25): No. 18 overall to Detroit Pistons Sporting News’ Sean Deveney (4/18): No. 12 overall to Utah Jazz CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish (4/18): No. 9 overall to Toronto Raptors Photo by Mike Carpenter michael.carpenter@marquette.edu
*Note: Projections of teams are based on different website index formulas.
Player of the Week Greg Anderson Freshman Greg Anderson clinched a 4-3 comeback victory for Marquette over rival DePaul last weekend in Chicago. Down 3-1, the Golden Eagles used victories by Mackenzie Stearns and Alvaro Verdu to tie the match. Anderson then rattled off a 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 victory at the No. 5 position to seal the win. Anderson has won seven of his last eight matches to compile an 11-5 overall record in his first semester as a Golden Eagle after transferring from TCU. Photo by Maggie Bean Marquette Athletics
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Euro trip uncommon opportunity for VB Team will travel to Italy, Austria, Czech Republic in a month By Andrew Goldstein
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Before even starting its regular season, Marquette volleyball will face some of the toughest competition it will ever encounter, approximately 5,000 miles from home. The team is going to Europe on a 10-day trip this summer. The Golden Eagles will depart May 31 for Italy, where they will visit Rome, Venice and Milan. After that, the team will travel to Prague, Czech Republic, and Innsbruck, Austria, before returning home June 9. A European trip has been on head coach Ryan Theis’ radar for quite some time. Originally, the plan was to go last summer, but could not happen because Marquette only had five hitters on the team. Now Marquette has enough players to embark on a trip that Theis believes is necessary for his team to become self-sufficient. “There is a maturity that has to grow in them in terms of being prepared to play on their own and getting in positions where they can be successful,” Theis said. The Golden Eagles will play six
matches over the course of the trip. It is not yet known which teams Marquette will be playing, mostly because the selection of teams is far wider in Europe than it is in America. The spectrum runs all the way from good recreation league teams to top of the line, professional national teams. There are hundreds of squads in between those extremes, which is why it takes time to determine which ones make a good match. “We’re just trying to get our team to understand the level of volleyball and play at the highest level for as long and as consistently as possible,” Theis said. One might think that Europe would be new territory for most American college students, but that is not the case for some of the Marquette volleyball players. Seniors Lauren Houg and Sara Blasier have been to some of the locations on this trip with their club teams prior to Marquette. According to Blasier, there is a big difference between American and European style volleyball. “There’s different rules over there; they can’t sub as much,” Blasier explained. “We have (defensive specialists) that go in the back row for our hitters, but they don’t have that. You have to be overall better at all
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Redshirt junior Sara Blasier is one of the few Golden Eagles with experience playing European style.
your skills in the game.” Theis says he will build in some days off from game action. That downtime is not just for managing jet lag, though. Theis says he intentionally kept players’ schedules less regimented than normal in order to give them the freedom to explore. The more open-ended schedule is also meant to test his team’s preparedness. “When we go on a road trip at Marquette, it’s in a nice hotel with catered meals and downtime before the games,” Theis said. “One of the
neat parts about this is you might get 10 dollars or 20 dollars per diem at noon and we’ve got a 7 o’clock game. We give them some time to do adventure and sightseeing stuff and we’re meeting at 5:30. It’s not a serve and pass and a catered meal. It’s show up, lace them up, get yourself warmed up and let’s go out and compete against professionals.” In that sense, this trip is both business and pleasure. Of course, sightseeing and cultural enrichment will be part of the agenda. But there is volleyball to be played,
and against some of the top competition available to players at the collegiate level. It will be a growing experience for the team: an opportunity for them to prepare for one of the most highly anticipated seasons in program history. “I want to see our upside go higher and I want to see our downside go higher,” Theis said. “I want us to be better, for longer, more often, more consistent and just getting better by these six matches.”
Seniors fight for spot in BIG EAST Tourney WLAX makes it in unless Temple wins by 4 or more goals By Thomas Salinas
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Marquette women’s lacrosse will honor its first graduating senior class this weekend with postseason hopes on the line. The Golden Eagles will host Cincinnati with a chance to earn the program’s first BIG EAST Tournament berth. “It’s crazy how far we have come since freshman year,” senior goalie Emma Salter said.
“It’s definitely going to be emotional on Friday.” A win on senior night does not automatically give the Golden Eagles a berth in the tournament, but it’s the only game the team can control. “Our team can only worry about Cincinnati,” head coach Meredith Black said. “We are going to play our best game against them and whatever happens, happens.” Marquette will keep an eye on Temple’s game against Georgetown Saturday. The only way the Golden Eagles do not get in the BIG EAST tournament is if the Owls win by four or more.
Regardless of the outcome this weekend, the senior class believes a lot has changed over their four-year careers. Senior captain Kayce Haverstick says the team has been through many ups and downs. The seniors lost almost every game their freshman year but now enter the last weekend of the season competing for a BIG EAST tournament spot. Haverstick credits the continued rise of confidence that has turned their careers around. “As freshmen, we knew we didn’t have a real shot. It was more about the experience,” Haverstick said. “Now, every time we step on
the field we know we can beat the team we are playing.” Black believes the senior class has played a major role in the program’s development. Starting a new program from scratch is always challenging, but thankfully, Marquette’s 13 seniors bought into the culture and continued to lead the team. Black said the seniors have been through endless obstacles throughout their careers but have always responded positively. “Every single success that we’ve ever had in this program is attributed to them,” Black said. “They are the ones that got us
to this place. I couldn’t be more proud of any group of seniors that I’ve ever coached.” Coming into the season, Haverstick said she was unsure the senior class could get any closer. As a co-captain with fellow teammate Elizabeth Goslee, the senior defender said the two never made a decision without discussing it with the senior class first. Goslee says the respect the group has for each other has trickled down to the younger players and has helped the team mature. “The senior class has grown tremendously,” Goslee said. “We have great leadership, and we feel like a family. All of us are so close, and I feel lucky to be a part of it.” The conversation surrounding the team this year has been about making the BIG EAST tournament. Salter said it has been their goal since freshman year and would fulfill all of their dreams. Black added she believes it would mean the world to the team, especially the seniors if they advance. “To have that one more tangible thing that proves their hard work has paid off would be really special,” Black said. Starting goalie Sarah Priem said there would be no better way to end her career than by making history this weekend. Salter said she hopes making the tournament becomes a standard for the team. She wants future teams to remember their passion and hard work so they can see more success. “People look at us as underdogs, but that doesn’t matter. It’s about the belief you have in yourself and team,” Salter said. “Hopefully our passion and love for our team and hard work will continue in further grades.”