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Republican Donald Trump is the 45th president-elect of the United States. “I look very much forward to being your president,” Trump said in his acceptance speech. In his upset win over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, Trump won 276 electoral college votes to Clinton’s 218, according to the Associated Press. Trump’s success in swing states was key to propelling him to victory. He narrowly won in Florida, North Carolina and Ohio, which were considered toss-up states. Trump also won in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — states that were largely expected to go to Clinton. Trump is a political outsider who previously never held an elected office or military position, and was mostly known for
his real estate businesses and reality television appearances. After officially declaring his candidacy in June 2015, he ran an unconventional and at times controversial campaign, with strong stances on immigration, national defense, healthcare reform, international trade and political correctness. At various points throughout his campaign, Trump drew the ire of both parties for his remarks about minorities and women and his refusal to listen to Republican elites. His victory marks the return of a Republican back to the White House after Democrat Barack Obama was elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2012. Trump is scheduled to be inaugurated and take the oath of office Jan. 20, 2017.
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WISCONSIN ELECTION How Marquette students voted by ward
100 Marquette students raced to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots for the presidential, state and local elections. Of the more than one million votes cast in the six wards students voted at, the majority were cast in favor of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Clinton took at least 60 percent of votes in each of the six wards, and significantly more in some. In ward 194, where most students in campus community apartments voted, Clinton won 84.83 percent. In ward 196, where a portion of the 2300 and 2400 blocks of Wisconsin Avenue voted, she received 87.56 percent.
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Johnson wins tight Wisconsin Senate race Incumbent defeats democrat Feingold with 50 percent vote By Camille Paul
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Republican Sen. Ron Johnson will retain his seat in the Senate after defeating opponent Russ Feingold by seven percent. Just last week, the Marquette Law School Poll had Feingold with 45 percent of likely voter support, just one percent ahead of Johnson, who had been down nearly the entire election. Johnson’s victory marks the second time within the past six years he has beaten Feingold for his Senate seat. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Johnson said he expects this to be his final term.
Feingold called Johnson shortly after 10 p.m., to concede. Johnson’s re-election was pivotal in the Republicans maintaining control in the Senate. Some Marquette students were glad to see Johnson back in office. Gabrielle Hanke, a senior in the College of Business Administration and chairperson of Marquette College Republicans, is optimistic about the future. “It was a close race,” Hanke said. “Looking to the future, we think he’ll do good things for Wisconsin.” Katie Koehler, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, said she and her fellow College Republicans supported Johnson because of his support for small business. However, not all young voters showed interest in the Senate race. During the 2014 Sen-
ate elections, Republicans won 24 of 36 available spots and gained a Senate majority for the first time in eight years, possibly due to low turnout from younger voters. According to data taken from the U.S. Census Bureau in 2014, 23.1 percent of registered voters age 18 to 34 voted during the congressional elections, compared to 37.8 percent of voters age 35 to 44 and 49.6 percent of voters age 45 to 64. Karen Hoffman, visiting assistant political science professor, said the dearth of younger voters was due to lack of interest. “When I look at my students, it looks like (voting) doesn’t seem to matter to them at this point in their lives,” she said. “It’s sad. It’s been that way for a long time. With President Obama it got bumped up a little,
but in general they hardly ever show up.” Hoffman thinks the Senate race is just as important as the race for president, but people tend to focus on the presidential election for a few reasons. “I think it’s a combination of the media and almost psychological,” she said. “Government is really complicated and it’s easier to focus on one person instead of multiple. As far as branches of government go, the legislative has as much to do with our daily lives and policies as the president.” According to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, youth voters make up 21 percent of eligible voters in the United States. Helen Kash, a junior in the College of Health Sciences, did not plan on voting in the Senate
race. Kash did not vote during the 2014 elections either. “I wasn’t informed on who was running, so I didn’t feel like it was my place to vote, being uneducated on who was running,” she said. Thomas Heiner, a senior in the College of Communication, agreed with Kash’s reasons for not voting in 2014. Heiner went on further to say he felt the presidential race was more important than the Senate. “I like to think the presidential (election) is more important, but as I get older I’m being told differently,” Heiner said. “But (senators) aren’t advertising enough. You would have to live under a rock to not know who is running for president. With local elections you have to be way more informed and aware of their existence.”
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NATIONAL BREAKDOWN Swing state rings true Trump defies poll projections, wins state by small margin By Rebecca Carballo
rebecca.carballo@marquette.edu
In one of the bigger surprises of election night, Republican nominee Donald Trump won Wisconsin and its 10 electoral college votes with 49 percent of the vote. Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton came in at 46 percent, Libertarian Gary Johnson had four percent and Green Party candidate Jill Stein at one percent. Trump won 58 of 72 Wisconsin counties, while Clinton won 13. She won 63 percent of the
votes in Milwaukee County, while Trump had 32 percent. Most of the counties Clinton won were in southern Wisconsin, including Milwaukee, Dane, Rock, Green and Bayfield. She also was victorious in Eau Claire and La Crosse counties. This result is similar to the 2012 presidential when President Barack Obama won 66.8 percent of the vote in Milwaukee County, with Republican candidate Mitt Romney at 32.3 percent. Trump won the vast majority of northern counties in Wisconsin, including Marinette and Shawano counties. In the 2012 election, Obama won with 52.8 percent of the votes, compared to 46.1 percent for Mitt Romney.
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Trump smashes ‘Blue Wall’ President-elect Donald Trump secured the electoral votes of five major swing states. Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin and Iowa. Each help secured a comfortable victory for President Barack Obama in 2012. This year they gave Trump 83 electoral votes, which accounts for 30 percent of the 270 he needed to win the presidency.
Clinton calls Trump to concede presidency Democratic nominee declined to speak during election night By Rebecca Carballo
rebecca.carballo@marquette.edu
In a close presidential election, Donald Trump was announced president-elect shortly after 2:30 a.m. EST, but Hillary Clinton did not immediately concede. John Podesta, Clinton’s campaign chairman, spoke to the candidate’s headquarters crowd and said, “It’s not over,” imply-
ing the Democratic nominee had no intention to speak publicly at that time. “They’re still counting votes and every vote should count,” Podesta said, telling the crowd to go home. However, early Wednesday morning, CNN reported Clinton called Trump to concede. Clinton did not make a public appearance. Trump broke through what is known as the “blue wall,” which is made up of the 18 states and Washington D.C. that were Democratic in the previous six elections. He won in
Wisconsin and Pennsylvania and which were projected as Clinton victories before the election. In a majority of polls Clinton was projected to win, but Trump held the lead. He also won North Carolina, Florida and Ohio — all states which Clinton was favored to win. While Trump was giving his acceptance speech, votes were still being counted. However, Trump exceeded the necessary 270 electoral college votes to win. Clinton trailed with 218, according to the Associated Press.
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Clinton was favored to win presidency by majority of pollers.
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Far from home: election politics go overseas Students, faculty encounter foreign views while abroad By Alex Groth
alexandria.groth@marquette.edu
In an increasingly global world, the outcome of this presidential election will impact more than just the United States — which may be why so many people are talking about it. The conversation expanded last month when NAFSA: Association of International Educators released an unprecedented statement urging the next president to consider embracing policies that make the country more globally aware and engaged. It was signed by 32 people, including university presidents and scholars from across the United States. The statement is something Karli Webster, associate
director and manager of study abroad at Marquette’s Office of International Education, said is rooted in concern about both the past and future status of the U.S. “What I’ve heard from international students and our international partners is they just want to make sure that whoever is elected president really understands the history there — why our country is involved in certain things, and maybe why that should continue or why that should not continue,” Webster said. The unease about the election and its potential global effects have increased conversation among abroad students and foreign university partners, Webster said. There are currently 104 Marquette students studying abroad this semester, according to OIE. One of them is Lisa Durrant, a junior in the College of Nursing and study abroad student
at Saint Louis University in Madrid. She said it is difficult to speak about the presidential election while abroad.
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There’s something like 8 million students abroad right now,” LISA DURRANT Junior, College of Nursing
“It’s very hard not to be embarrassed to be an American right now,” Durrant said. “The
stereotypical picture of being an American in Europe is very obnoxious and very disrespectful and uneducated.” Durrant said she was not sure she was going to vote until she came across an article showing how students abroad have the ability to impact the outcome of the election. “There’s something like 8 million students abroad right now, and if people abroad voted we could confirm that Donald Trump would not be president,” Durrant said. In an effort to educate students on voting while abroad, OIE sent an email to study abroad students with an infographic depicting the steps to attaining an absentee ballot. It first directed students to learn about their state’s out-of-country voting policies through the Federal Voting Assistance Programs website. This was then followed by directions on how to register, request and fill out
a ballot. Alexa Eng, a junior in the College of Nursing and study abroad student at Saint Louis University-Madrid, said the absentee voting process was fairly simple. She explained how SLU-Madrid designated a day where students can register and vote. “I filled out the form and they were like, ‘OK, we’re going to send this in for you, you’re not going to have to pay for postage because we’re going to send it through a diplomatic pouch,” Eng said. “Then they’ll mail the absentee ballot to me, and I’ll fill it out.” In working with the students, Webster found that they value civic engagement. “I think a lot of study abroad students do realize the value of voting and hopefully learning about the candidates to make an informed vote,” Webster said.
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Left: Junior Lisa Durrant enjoys a sunny day in Madrid, Spain during her semester abroad.
Right: Junior Colleen Ahern attemds 2016 Democratic National Convention.
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In Rome, Colleen Ahern said she found it difficult to keep up with news about the presidential election, which was many miles and several hours away. “It’s hard to stay in-the-know of everything,” Ahern said. Being seven hours ahead of the U.S., Ahern quickly realized the debate schedule was not aligned with hers – the last debate aired at 3 a.m. Ahern was engaged in the election prior to going abroad. Before leaving for Italy, she attended the Democratic National Convention. “I’m pretty confident in saying that before I went abroad, I definitely was feeling one way or another about the election,” Ahern said. Being in Italy and talking about the presidential race with people abroad strengthened her opinion, Ahern said. “They always want to talk to us about (the election), or wonder what we’re thinking and how can we be going through with this election with the two candidates,” Ahern said. “They basically think it’s wild – it’s like a circus.” She was surprised by the varying opinions about the candidates. In speaking with a fellow student at John Cabot University, who is from Sweden and supports Bernie Sanders, she encountered the difference in political ideology. “He compared Trump to, like, being a fascist leader,” she said.
Since coming to Marquette more than two years ago, Tamara Isaac said she’s been startled to learn about how her peers view the presidential election. “You’d think that America would be more open,” Isaac said. “From the people I know it looks like the other way around, because I deal with a lot of people that are more conservative in the state, which isn’t a bad thing.” Isaac is an international student originally from India. She said her friends and family in India view the election differently. “People think it’s crazy that Trump’s even up there, just because he doesn’t have the right background and he’s obviously very offensive,” Isaac said. “Mostly just things against him – I haven’t heard much about Hillary.” Isaac said the people she knows from India garner information from online national news sources, which she said her friends read to educate themselves on U.S. politics. “I’m talking about my friend group in India versus my friend group here, but I’d say yeah, they do read more and do know more about (the election),” she said. “It’s just so crazy,” she said. “I don’t think it’s ever been like this — this kind of election, that it is. Like, it’s not as professional as you would think.” The attention on the U.S. presidential election, however, has inspired Isaac to look into politics in India, where she can vote. “I do think I will pay more attention to what’s going on to know more, just to be aware.”
“Coverage of the election on TV news happens (in Japan) when there’s big news, such as when the infamous Trump tape was released, or after the debates,” Michael Wert said in an email. Wert, who’s been on sabbatical since July, said news coverage does not mean that people in Japan are knowledgeable about the U.S. presidential candidates. He said most Japanese people he knows do not know there are third party candidates. “I would say that people don’t really understand Trump,” Wert said. “Trump was never a reality TV star in Japan, his ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ only showed on cable TV and only a couple of later seasons.” There is a concern about how the future president will affect markets in Japan. “Any time there’s even a hint of Trump win, the markets dip,” Wert said. On the other hand, a Clinton win would be a win for the Japanese status quo, he said. “Clinton has gotten along with the conservative party in power in Japan,” he said. “For example, when it comes to issues like keeping U.S. military bases in Okinawa. So the establishment politicians in Japan like her, as does the public at large.” While Wert did not mention how he personally viewed the candidates, he did apply for his absentee ballot. He said a cause for concern was attaining a witness signature from another U.S. citizen on his Wisconsin absentee ballot. Other U.S. states do not require a witness signature. “It took me a while to meet up with another American that I knew who could sign for me,” Wert said. “Can you imagine if you were trying to absentee vote in a country where there are not a lot of Americans around?”
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The ground up: Marquette law school Charles Franklin, renowned pollster, helped jumpstart poll By Rebecca Carballo
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This year, the Marquette Law School poll generated 360 national media stories in four months, according to a study conducted by the university. The poll was not created solely for election updates, but instead was originally used to gather public opinion on civic issues in Wisconsin. “At the time we were talking about this, I did not appreciate just how massive politics would loom in this,” poll director Charles Franklin said. Franklin thought urban, rural and religious life would be topics of discussion. He and law school fellow Mike Gousha began talking about developing the law school’s public policy program. Gousha hosted an “On the Issues” conversation series where political experts came to the law school and spoke about public policy, while Franklin wanted to see more of the public’s opinion represented. The two discussed creating a poll. “I’m either one of those idealistic or naive people that believe polling serves an important civic purpose of giving a forum where a representative sample of the public gets to have their say,” Franklin said. Gousha and Franklin brought the idea to the dean of the law school, Joseph Kearney, who was not immediately convinced. “When I first heard about (the law school’s) interest in public polling, I did not understand what a public good such a survey could be,” Kearney said. “It took some explanation.” Franklin, Gousha and other faculty explained that the poll would cover more than the “political horse race.” In addition to election coverage, it would examine public policy and support faculty research, and provide an accurate depiction of public views. “We should not simply
CORRECTION An article in Oct. 4’s edition said, “Marquette recently set a goal to increase the campus Hispanic population to 30 percent by 2050, hiring Jacqueline Black as the new associate director for Hispanic initiatives.” It should have said 25 percent in 8-10 years. The Tribune regrets this error.
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Tammy Baldwin were predicted to win. The poll was correct about each winner. “I think it turned out to be a huge blessing,” Franklin said about the criticisms the poll received from both parties. “We were right when a Democrat was winning and when a Republican was winning.” By the end of 2012, Kearney was left with one question: “At the end of that year we had an extraordinary run and we had one question: Should we continue it?” Franklin was only supposed to work at Marquette for one year, but Franklin chose to leave the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was a political science professor, to stay at Marquette. Associate director of university communication Chris Jenkins said Franklin’s methodology is responsible for the poll’s accuracy. “Professor Franklin is widely known for his accuracy,” Jenkins said. “That comes from his expertise and his commitment to using live interviewers who talk to respondents via randomized calls to both cell phones and landlines.” Many campaigns run their own polls, but Kearney said constituents deserve the same access to that information. “(Politicians) have a sense
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assume that we can know simply from people’s partisan identifications what all of their views will be on every topic,” Kearney said. Some of the social issues the poll has analyzed include economic inequality, education and water quality. After a year of internal discussion, in 2012 Marquette University Law School created the poll. Kearney described the timing as “exactly right” because it was not only a presidential election year, but there was also a governor recall election between Gov. Scott Walker and Mayor Tom Barrett. During its first year, the poll generated more than 650 local and national media stories, including television coverage reaching a total of 10.6 million viewers. Although the poll became a trusted source among the media, there were times it was criticized by both parties. “Any public poll always at least irritates one side,” Franklin said. “That comes with the business and you can’t let that bother you.” According to Franklin, Democrats heavily criticized the poll in 2012 when it showed Gov. Walker had a lead. In the fall, conservative Republican radio denounced the poll when President Barack Obama and Sen.
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what public opinion is, but the public doesn’t,” Kearney said. “If we ask a question, we release the results. We put it all out there.”
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Students vote third party alternatives Dissatisfaction drives votes away from Clinton, Trump By Brittany Carloni
brittany.carloni@marquette.edu
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Gary Johnson (L) and Jill Stein (GR) were top two third party candidates in 2016 president election polling.
multi-party system is really a recipe for instability,” she said. “If you think about how much trouble presidents have had governing, imagine winning a third of the vote.” On the national level, if either Johnson or Stein wins five percent of the popular vote, their parties are eligible to receive federal funds, which could help them moving forward after the election. Azari said there is more room for opportunity for third parties at the local and state levels. “I always tell people if they really want to have an alternative to the third party system, or if they really want to push these ideas, they should start at the local level,” she said. Christian Evans, a senior in the College of Business Administration, had trouble with both the presidential candidates. “It kind of burns,” Evans said about voting in his first presidential election. “I don’t believe either of the candidates that the two major parties are supporting are of the
caliber that we’ve entrusted that position with.” Evans considers himself a moderate Johnson supporter and although he doesn’t believe he will be a member of any political party, Evans identifies with libertarianism as a political concept. “I definitely have a huge value for individual liberty, that people should act according to how they see fit, that they shouldn’t be under the control of government,” he said. “The government should work for people.” Evans first grew interested in Johnson after listening to an interview with the candidate in February. “I think he has the integrity and that, more so than the other candidates, his political views align with mine,” Evans said. “My second reason for supporting him is that he is a third party candidate. When we aren’t satisfied with two, why be in a system that perpetuates two parties?” Sando agreed there should be
wider acceptance of third parties, and suggested the polarization of Clinton and Trump could lead to reforms in the Democratic and Republican parties to be more inclusive of people of different views. “I don’t know if I necessarily believe that we shouldn’t have a two-party system, but that the two parties need to be more flexible and need to make adjustments to their platforms and to what their party ultimately stands for,” Sando said. Evans is realistic about what it takes to get a third party candidate elected president, but he sees the polarization of the two main candidates and some of Johnson’s polling numbers as encouraging. “I think that people can see they’re not bound by any certain system,” he said. “That’s restrictive and I want our government to be more accessible to people, not less. In a weird way, I think this election is so bad that it might help.”
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When it came time for David Sando to cast his vote, he found himself less than thrilled about his options. “These are the two worst candidates that we’ve seen,” he said of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. “People probably say that every year, but I really think these two are awful.” So Sando, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration and a registered Republican, voted absentee for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson. With an election cycle that brought forward Clinton and Trump as the mainstream presidential nominees, voters looked to third party candidates like Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein as alternatives to the two major party candidates. Both Johnson and Stein ran for president in 2012 as the candidates for the Libertarian and Green parties, respectively. Johnson a former two-term Republican governor of New Mexico, ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2011, but eventually left the party before receiving the Libertarian nomination. Stein is a physician and environmental activist. In the 2012 presidential election, Johnson won almost one percent of the popular vote and Stein won 0.36 percent of the popular vote. Neither candidate won any electoral votes in 2012. The Libertarian Party and the Green Party are two of the most common third parties in recent presidential elections. Libertarians are considered fiscally conservative and socially liberal, advocating for smaller government and more personal freedoms. The Green Party focuses on its four pillars of peace and nonviolence, ecological wisdom, grassroots democracy and social justice. Sando began to learn about Johnson after seeing Trump’s continued success in the primaries. Sando said he never supported Trump and does not believe Trump is experienced in the way a government works. Though Sando believes in limited government, he does not completely identify with libertarian ideals of complete personal freedom. Sando believes Johnson is the candidate with the best character and the most experience of the candidates in the 2016 presidential race. “Gary was a two-term governor of a state that was the opposite of what he was, so he knows how to work with two legislatures, which is what the president needs to do as well,” Sando said. “(Libertarian vice presidential candidate) Bill Weld had basically the same experience, so they’re the most experienced ticket in terms of public office and the kinds of similar job, duties and responsibilities of the president.” Sando said he began supporting Johnson in his presidential bid before the Republican National Convention. He donated to
Johnson’s campaign and even considered starting a Youth for Johnson-Weld group on campus. Voting for Johnson meant casting his vote for someone he believed in. “I think a lot of people are voting for somebody in order for the other person not to win,” Sando said. “A vote for Gary was a decision to vote your conscience.” But without the recognition that comes with the Democratic and Republican parties, it can be difficult for third party candidates to make an impact on the presidential race. “It’s harder to be a third party,” Julia Azari, an associate professor of political science said. “You’re probably not going to get anywhere. Our system can’t really sustain more than two parties because of its winner-take-all nature.” There is discussion surrounding whether or not a third party candidate has won the presidency. Some say that it has never happened. Others argue that Abraham Lincoln won the presidency for a third party in 1860 when he ran as a candidate for the Republican party. The last third party candidate to win a state in a presidential election was former Alabama Gov. George Wallace of the American Independent Party in 1968. Azari said third party candidates run for president to make a point and promote their ideas or to split the vote to deprive another candidate of the presidency. “There are reasons for it if you are committed to your policies to get ideas out there, but even getting to a level of credibility where people are really noticing your candidacy is pretty challenging,” Azari said. Although the unfavorable views of Clinton and Trump have caused people to question the two-party system, Azari, whose research and teaching interests include American political parties, said it’s not likely to happen unless the United States changes the way it functions. “Having a presidency in a
Every third party or independent candidate in the last 10 elections has fallen short of the winning candidate’s popular vote count. When it comes to electoral votes, none of these candidates won any of the 270 required to be president.
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D.C. based students share city tales Les Aspin Center gives students unique election experience By Camille Paul
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“Anxious” is the word several students from Marquette’s Les Aspin Center for Government use to describe the general feeling of the nation’s capitol. “I can’t speak for all of us, but for me it’s kind of scary,” Kelly Regan, a junior in the college of Arts and Sciences and member of the Les Aspin program, said. “Everyone seems nervous for what is going to happen, regardless of who wins.” The Les Aspin Center for Government was created by Marquette to prepare students who want to pursue political careers at the federal level. As the semester draws to a close, the Les Aspin Center has become increasingly focused on the election. Isaiah Gencuski, a sophomore in the College of Communication, worked with Milwaukee
Congresswoman Gwen Moore. Gencuski wanted to participate in the Les Aspin program to get a better understanding of what happens at Capitol Hill. “I didn’t know much about the U.S. government with the election coming up. I thought why not go to D.C. and see how it works in general,” Gencuski said. “I feel as a citizen we all have a civic duty to be engaged in politics.” He said he enjoyed his time at the Les Aspin Center and felt tension mounting as the last hours of the election settled in. “It’s been hectic (here). A lot of our classes focus on discussion in the election and how elections relate to class material,” Gencuski said. “Everyone is really antsy and crossing their fingers on who they want to win.” Gencuski joked about the world melting if Trump wins. “I don’t really think that will happen, but I am a fairly liberal person so I wouldn’t be happy if he won,” he said. “If Hillary wins, it is what it is. It would be cool as a millennial to see her win. If she does, we would have
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Students described feeling anxiety, fear on Capitol Hill during 2016 election day.
seen the first black man and first woman president.” Other students, like Bobby Froembling, a senior in the college of Arts and Sciences, were less enthusiastic about the presidential candidates. “I’m worried about Trump and Hillary,” he said. “With Trump, it’s his rhetoric. Your words are
powerful and when you speak down on people that could divide the country further, which is the last thing we need. For Hillary, I don’t know how well she can bring us together either.” Froembling said he also felt the anxiety mounting in D.C. as well as people’s unhappiness with the presidential choices, but said that
hasn’t stopped D.C. citizens from coming out to vote. “It seems like voter turnouts are much higher here. Maybe because they are so close to the action,” Froembling said. “People are more talkative about the turnout of the election. I think people are just anxious for the election to be over.”
MKE county clerk retires after eight years Joe Czarnezki key asset in advacning voting in county By Matt Harte
matthew.harte@marquette.edu
Milwaukee County Clerk Joseph “Joe” Czarnezki did not seek reelection this fall. He decided to retire from the job after eight years. Czarnezki said its been an honor to serve the people of Milwaukee County. “I’m very proud to have been part of a lot of positive transformations in the office of the county clerk,” Czarnezki said. “I think I’ve accomplished a great deal.” Czarnezki helped lead a reform to purchase new voting equipment for all 19 Milwaukee municipalities. The Nov. 9 elections were the first presidential election in which the new voting
equipment was used. “Now everywhere in Milwaukee County will be using the same voting equipment,” Czarnezki said. “Milwaukee County partnered with the municipalities to jointly purchase that equipment and the county has taken over the programming of the voting machines.” Czarnezki said the new equipment is saving the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars each election. Julietta Henry, the Milwaukee County Elections Director, said the new voting equipment saves money by eliminating the need for an outside company to help with polling the election. “Now, our staff polls the election, along with staff from the City of Milwaukee,” Henry said. “This year alone, we’ve saved $464,839.” Presidential elections are always challenging because of the high turnout of people,
Czarnezki said. This is also the first election in which a new voter ID law is in place. Wisconsin voters must show a driver’s license, passport, or other form of photo identification to vote. Czarnezki said he worries the new law caused confusion for voters, causing a reduced turnout. “I’m not a big fan of the voter photo ID law, I think it’s a solution in search of a problem,” Czarnezki said. “I’m not aware of a single documented case anywhere in the state of Wisconsin of voter impersonation. I think we ought to be making it easier for people to vote instead of making it harder to vote.” One group the new photo ID law affected were college students. “Students not only need to show your college or university ID, you also need to show proof of enrollment in order to vote,” Czarnezki said. “The new voter
photo ID law is making it harder for college students to vote.” One of the responsibilities of the county clerk is issuing marriage licenses. After the Supreme Court declared same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states, the clerk’s office took steps to adapt its marriage license policies. “I issued the first same sex marriage license in the state of Wisconsin,” Czarnezki said. “I also led the way to develop gender neutral forms in order to fully implement marriage equality in the state of Wisconsin.” Czarnezki said the challenges the county clerk faces are the same challenges many other elected officials face, trying to do more with less. “The public wants more services from government, but they still want lower taxes,” Czarnezki said. “My goal has always been to try to deliver the highest quality services at the lowest
cost to the taxpayers.” Michelle Nate, the Deputy Comptroller of Milwaukee County, worked with Czarnezki earlier in her career at Milwaukee’s Department of Administration. She said that he always showed good leadership traits. “He is knowledgeable, ethical, and a real professional,” Nate said. Czarnezki said he enjoyed being county clerk because it required teamwork and interaction with the public. “My staff has been outstanding,” Czarnezki said. “Also, working with the members of the county board, the county executive, our county employees, my fellow constitutional officers and the people of Milwaukee County has been wonderful. That’s probably been the most rewarding part of the job, being able to work with and meet so many wonderful people.”
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How would you describe the election in one word? By Camille Paul & Kristina Lazzara
”PATHETIC”
- Sebastian Becerra, a Junior majoring in public relations and theology “
”DISHEARTENING”
- Lucas Jackson, a junior majoring in international affairs “
”ANGRY” - Dr. Karen Hoffman
Nina Gary, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences
”SURPRISING” - Dr. Susan Giaimo
Sebastian Becerra, a Junior in the College of Arts & Sciences
”HECTIC”
- Nina Gary, a freshman majoring in history and French
”WILD CARD”
- Ellie Vonderhaar, a sophomore majoring in advertising
”HOPEFUL”
- Karen Medina, a junior majoring in public relations
Lucas Jackson a Junior in the College of Arts & Sciences
”EXCITING”
Ellie Vonderhaar, a sophomore in the College of Communication
- Kevin Walsh, a senior majoring in international affairs and economics
”HEARTBREAKING” - Esme Nungaray, a junior majoring in public relations
”INSANE”
- Megan Holland, a freshman majoring in history
”SHOCKING”
Karen Medina, a junior in the College of Communication
- Lisa Kohlndorfer, a senior majoring in English Literature
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2016 election one for history books Trump becomes first non-politician to become president By Abby Ng
abigail.ng@marquette.edu
Donald Trump was elected America’s 45th president early this morning, but many Marquette professors found the campaigns divisive. “I think there (are) a lot of important issues at stake,” said Julia Azari, associate political science professor “That’s always true, but it seems that this year there has been more instances of terrorism, confrontation over the Black Lives Matter movement and others. There are just very high stakes in this election.” Sheena Carey, a lecturer in the College of Communication, said some issues that were previously swept under the rug can no longer be ignored. “I think (this election) has brought to
light a lot of things we need to address,” she said. “There’s been a lot of strong, negative rhetoric that has been causing harm.” Carey said it’s difficult to label any particular election as being the most important in history, but this year’s stakes were unusually high. “Our very identity as a nation is at stake,” Carey said. “We’ve bought into a lot of myths that we’re the benevolent nation. And in the past we’ve been an example, people have looked to us for advice, but I don’t think that we’re going to be the example anymore if we can’t address the divisiveness that we’re going through.” Carey said the nation’s divisiveness was intensified throughout the election, and now the nation will need time to heal. “Irrespective of which candidate wins, there’s a lot of stuff that’s out there now that we’re going to have to deal with,” she said. “And I don’t know that
we’re equipped to deal with it.” Michael Donoghue, an associate history professor, had a similar outlook about the country after the election, especially regarding the political parties. “I think this will be a major turning point in history for a few reasons,” he said. “The Republican party seems like it’s in a period of disintegration; there (are) huge splits and divisions within, and I don’t know how they’re going to recover from this.” The Democratic party will also suffer, Donoghue said, though perhaps on a lesser level than Republicans. “They’re still a very bruised and divided party as well,” he said. All three professors were in agreement that the U.S. is weathering a rough patch. Donoghue said he predicts in 50 years, this era of the country’s history will be regarded as a shameful period, but a possible turning point as well. Carey noted the first viable female
Female vote not enough College educated women proved not to be as valuable By Abby Ng
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If Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton becomes the first female president of the United States of America, she will probably have her female voters to thank. While the gender gap has existed in previous election cycles, this year’s gap will likely be historically wide; large enough to be a major determining factor in the winner of this year’s election. According to Paul Nolette, assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, women have always been a key group in the electorate, as they are more likely to vote and are a majority of the population. “Any small shift in how women are voting can make a big difference in the outcome of the election,” Nolette said. According to Kristen Foster, assistant professor in the Department of History, this year’s election is not the first time the gender gap had an impact. “The gap this year is on pace to make history,” Foster said. “The 2000 election between Gore and Bush had a 21-point total gap between women and men, and at the moment the gender gap is 25 points.” Nolette noted that this substantial gap can mostly be attributed to Republican nominee Donald Trump’s allegedly derogatory and misogynistic comments about women. Most re-
cently, he notoriously brushed off comments he made in a videotaped interview from 2005 as “locker room talk.” In a Marquette University Law School poll released Nov. 2, 63 percent of female participants said that Trump does not care about people like them, and 61 percent of female participants said that Trump’s videotaped comments “bothered them a lot.” “There are plenty of women who may not love Clinton, but deeply reject Trump’s misogyny as illustrated both in his comments about Clinton and his defiantly proud attitude about assaulting women,” Foster said. According to Nolette, while many women have been offended by Trump, the presidential candidate has alienated no subgroup more than college-educated women. Since collegeeducated women are one of the demographics most likely to vote, Trump’s odds for the presidency may be seriously hurt by not having them on his side. “Overall, when you look at women with a college education, they typically tend to be a swing group between democrat and republican,” Nolette said. “But college-educated white women especially, and women in general, have shifted dramatically toward Clinton in this election … if it wasn’t for that shift among college-educated women, I think Trump would be just about even with Clinton and have a much better chance at winning the election.” To fully demonstrate how important college-educated women will be in this election, Nolette pointed out that this same gender and education gap has
not been seen in the Wisconsin senate race. Although a gap is still visible, it is nowhere near as large. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson is doing much better than Trump among college-educated women in Wisconsin, typically four to six points ahead, further indicating the power of the female vote. “I can’t stress enough how important that shift has been in college-educated women. If Trump ends up losing, that is going to be a big part of the story,” Nolette said. Trump’s comments are not the only contributing factor in the widening gender gap. According to Foster and Ana Garner, professor in the Department of Journalism, whether conscious or not, the historical significance of this election may be a deciding point for women. “There have been two standards that have been held in this election. Clinton gets critiqued on her looks, on if she will be able to do the job because she is a woman. Nobody asks if Donald Trump can do this job because he is a man,” Garner said. “I think a lot of women can relate to that.” If Hillary Clinton becomes the first female president of the United States, not only will she make her mark on history, but so will all of her female voters. “Generations of women have fought for female political equality. The struggle for the right to vote lasted more than 100 years,” Foster said. “A woman president in the United States would measure the distance women have traveled to achieve political equality.”
candidate of a major party will go down in history. She went on to express a feeling of fear and disappointment at the nation’s progression, or lack thereof. “There has been sort of a repetition of some of the darker times in our nation’s history seeming to come back into play,” Carey said. “The way people are being treated or talked about and the aberration of rights and voting in a lot of instances. We’ve been here before.” Carey said she is reminded of a Ghanaian symbol, Sankofa, which she said represents the idea of “knowing where you came from in order to understand where you’re going, and to understand history to ensure you’re not repeating it.” In that spirit, Carey said she hopes the next president will be able to heal and “move forward so that there’s something left for those folks who are coming behind us.”
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I think this will be a major turning point in history for a few reasons,” he said. “The Republican party seems like it’s in a period of disintegration,”
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Campus festivities were complete with lights in Cudahy Hall and food from Royal India restaurant, thanks to the ISA. Good reigning over evil is the inspiration for this holiday.
ISA hosts annual festive feast for Diwali celebration By Hailey Richards
hailey.richards@marquette.edu
Lord Rama, the king of Ayodhya, returned from 14 years of exile after defeating Raavana, the lord of another city. Raavana abducted Rama’s wife amongst other horrible things. The people of Ayodhya lit candles and decorated the city in celebration of his homecoming. Hindus still celebrate his historic return. The story of the Hindu god Rama depicts triumph over evil and is considered an important cultural holiday. Diwali, pronounced dihwah-lee, is the Hindu festival of lights. The Indian Student Association, celebrates Diwali annually to bring the festival to Marquette students, while achieving a bigger
goal of enveloping Marquette and Milwaukee into the culture. This year, they hosted a Diwali dinner Nov. 3. The holiday occurs in the fall season to celebrate a story dating back thousands of years ago. ISA replicated the candles by hanging ornamental lights in the basement of Cudahy Hall. “Diwali dinner has been a tradition throughout the beginning of ISA for over twenty years,” Arshdeep Dhaliwal, vice president of ISA and a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, said. “Small or big, we always (host) it.” This year, Royal India, a local Indian restaurant, catered the event, providing foods such as paneer and chicken tikka masala. Before partaking in the feast, Ajani Patel, ISA’s event coordinator and a sophomore in the College of Communication, shared the story of Diwali
to a packed room. “We have about 200 members or so, and we really want to make ISA welcome to every-
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“Our biggest goal is to keep things in the association as part of a big family.”
Deepa Pardiwala ISA president, Junior in the College of Engineering
one,” Patel said. While ISA is commonly known for an annual cultural
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show, which features music, dance, singing and food, the executive board is currently working on expanding the organization as a whole within Marquette and to the greater Milwaukee area. E-board members said they would like to see ISA evolve as a group open to everyone and host more events that celebrate Indian festivals, holidays and traditions, while collaborating with other intercultural organizations. “Coming from cultural families separately, and practicing traditions at home, we want to bring that back to Marquette, especially because (members of ISA) do not get to go home and celebrate with their families,” Deepa Pardiwala, ISA president and a junior in the College of Engineering, said. “We want to bring the festival to them.” The executive board is striving to overcome the lack of campus recognition. ISA wishes to involve everyone within
the Marquette community. “Everyone is welcome to ISA events, even if you’re not Indian,” Pardiwala said. “Our biggest goal is to keep things in the association as part of a big family.” Pardiwala said that ISA is joining up with different cultural organizations, such as the Black Student Council and the Asian Student Union to encourage intercultural advancements, as well as several Milwaukeebased organizations to promote cultural learning and growth. “We also really want the community as well to look into ISA more and participate, especially because there are so many great experiences and fun things we have been putting on for years that we want to share with the Marquette community,” Dhaliwal said. “That’s the key,” Pardiwala said. “It’s a big family that we really want to grow.”
New Music Monday: Midnight Reruns In December 2010, Milwaukee-based band Midnight Reruns played their first show. The four-piece rock band recently finished a new record and they hope to have it out in early 2017. Midnight Reruns is playing at the Zelazo Center at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Nov. 17 before going on tour to New York until December. Marquette Radio’s New Music Monday features a new artist each week. The show airs live every Monday from 6-7:30 p.m. Check out the full story at marquettewire.org/radio
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Surveying stars in Milwaukee skies Constellations come to life through local stargazing programs By Kelsey McCarthy
kelsey.mccarthy@marquette.edu
Observing the cosmos from a city may seem impossible at first. Thanks to programs on and around campus, various methods of observation are available to students. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Manfred Olson Planetarium offers weekly shows and events open to the public. Its Northern Lights show is a program open to the public every Friday night through Dec. 16. Admission is $4 per person. Derek Palecek, an employee at Manfred Olson Planetarium and UWM student
studying computer science, said the show focuses on how auroras are formed, and features snapshots of Northern Lights formations around the world.` Opportunities to stargaze on the roof of the UWM Physics Building Observation Deck occur throughout the year. It’s a big hit among students and visitors. “Our stargazing program is sold out usually, and there’s a healthy mix of students, faculty and the general public in the audience,” Palecek said. The Marquette physics club has an astronomically low amount of opportunities to stargaze. Christopher Stockdale, an associate professor of physics and astronomy at Marquette, said that there are only 10 or 12 students who minor in astrophysics at Marquette.
The lack of an astronomy program takes a toll on the amount of stargazing opportunities on campus. “We are hoping to bring out telescopes for students to use in the spring near the end of the semester,” Stockdale said. “We would have them on the roof of the physics building.” According to Stockdale, the lack of astrophysicists on campus is mostly due to the size of the student body. Marquette has roughly 12,000 students, but schools like UWM, who have large astronomy programs, have more than twice the amount of undergraduates. “Generally (undergraduate) students study (to) get a background in physics and do astronomy in grad school,” Stockdale said. “Job opportunities aren’t as good without
studying astronomy in graduate school.” For those looking to get out of the city to stargaze, the Milwaukee Astronomical Society offers opportunities to view the night sky from various planetariums including an observatory in New Berlin, less than 10 miles away from campus. The Society hosts public viewing nights throughout the year at the observatory. The Milwaukee Public Museum is another place to go for a virtual stargazing show. Its IMAX Planetarium is open to the public and is running two short films on the features of the night sky. “Wisconsin Stargazing” and “Passport to the Universe” allow the audience to see the night sky in detail and depth. “Wisconsin Stargazing” puts a
heavier emphasis on the planets of the solar system and constellations visible in Wisconsin at different points in the year, and is narrated by a live speaker. “Passport to the Universe,” narrated by Tom Hanks, allows an audience to explore a 3D map of the universe carefully calculated to show people what the undiscovered parts of outer space look like. It displays some unique visuals such as the Virgo Super Cluster, Andromeda and Orion Nebula. Tom Hanks wraps up the show with the famous Neil deGrasse Tyson quote, “we are in the Universe and Universe is in us. You, me and everybody, we are star stuff, citizens of the cosmos.”
Hype hauls out of hip hop hibernation Hours of grueling rehearsals lead to first semester show By Brendan Attey
brendan.attey@marquette.edu
Members work cohesively to create clean and crisp routines. At Saturday’s Hype show, audiences can see the hip-hop dance group perform to hits like D.R.A.M.’s “Broccoli.” Attendance is free and the doors will open at 7 p.m. Hype performs two showcases per year, and their sister company, Hype UWM and other local dance companies, will perform shows with the group as well. “One thing that’s really unique about Hype is that we bring in a lot of groups from the community, so it’s not solely based on Marquette,” said Jeremy Rodriguez, a senior in the College of Business Administration who dances with Hype. “There was one year we brought in these
little kids that all had to be between 5 years old and 13 years old, and you get all this different talent from everywhere. When they’re doing dress rehearsals, you get to see all their hard work come together.” The 19-person team usually meets twice a week from 8:3010:30, with the expectation being that they put in a new piece every week. “Every Monday, either an inhouse choreographer or an outside choreographer will come in and they’ll teach us either their whole piece or about half of it,” said Nicole Germino, a senior in the College of Health Sciences and a Hype dancer. “Then we go home and practice, and on Wednesday they either teach the rest of it, or they clean it up so we have it ready.” Germino said this fast-paced learning makes for one of the dance group’s biggest challenge: keeping up. Fail to get a piece down by week’s end, and dancers fall in danger of moving on and never
fully learning it. “If you’re not consistently doing that piece over and over on your own time, or meeting up with people outside of practice, it can be easy to forget,” Germino said. Tech Week, the precious few days left before the live show, is where the details really count. Practices expand to three hours, and no aspect of a piece is offlimits from inspection. “Tech Week is where we clean it and really break it down,” Germino said. “We make sure everybody’s in the right time, everybody’s arm placement is the same or that everybody’s looking the same direction. There’s definitely pieces that look great at the end because there is a lot going on, but they’re really difficult to clean, because maybe it’s fastpaced or very stylized.” The chaotic preparation process can cause lastminute scrambling and anxiety, but it also forged tight, strong relationships
between the members. “We’re totally a family, we spend so much time together, you have to be,” Germino said. “We have a lot of people that come on the team that have never danced before that are just self-taught, so I hope it shows what people are capable of doing if you really put forth the effort.” Rodriguez is a perfect example of this kind of dancer. “I only started dancing here at Marquette,” Rodriguez said. “I started dancing freshman year with a different group, and then my junior year I made Hype. There’s a similar situation where one of the guys on the team just started dancing here in college, but he made Hype his freshman year.” Rodriguez said that the hard
work is worth it in the end. “Watching the performance is so different from being in it,” Rodriguez said. “Your moves get harder and more intense as the show goes on, so by the end of the show, you’re exhausted, but you also have this huge adrenaline rush that feels great.” Steven Krum, a sophomore in the College of Engineering, watched one of the shows and vouched for the production. “It’s really cool to see all the things they can do,” Krum said. “They’re really impressive, and the audience can get sort of pumped up throughout the performance.” Right now, the team is putting in grueling hours, trying to iron out all the final details.
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Call for civility in wake of election results
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Predictions, results of 2016 elections Predictions As of Monday evening
Results
Columnist Morgan Hughes I think Clinton will win the popular vote, but not by an impressive margin. But even if I’m wrong about that and Trump wins Trump won both the popular the popular vote, I don’t think he’ll vote and Electoral College. win the Electoral College. It’s not unprecedented for a candidate to win one and lose the other, and I think there’s a real chance that’s what happens Nov. 8, ultimately giving Clinton the presidency.
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Marquette students and faculty in Johnston Hall watched election results come in Tuesday night.
Donald Trump won the presidency and Hillary Clinton called him to concede, accepting her loss. In reality, it’s not a matter of winning and losing, because we all have to live with the results. After a campaign season in which angry rhetoric and divisive opinions left no room for common sense and understanding, every person living in the United States will now deal with the consequences. This election has shown us just how detrimental and violent our divisions can be and this nation can no longer allow such separation. Acceptance and civility are what we need now more than ever. Whether you’re pleased, upset or indifferent about yesterday’s results, we were fortunate to have cast a vote yesterday, collectively choosing the future of our country. The United States is unique in its over 200-year tradition of a peaceful, respectful and dignified transition of power every four or eight years. The rest of the world looks to this fundamental U.S. process as the supreme example of successful democracy. This year was no exception. After an extremely close race, Clinton conceded to Trump. The citizens of this nation chose Trump for a reason – whether you agree with it or not – and therefore we owe him a certain degree of trust. Through the U.S. voting
system, he was elected fairly, and therefore we owe our democracy a certain degree of faith as well. Now, we have to wait and see what Trump’s transition from the campaign trail to the Oval Office will be like. He has never held a public office. We don’t really know what to expect from him. The United States needs renewed respect, and as Marquette students, we should model this kind of upstanding citizen behavior. Many differences and disagreements exist among the thousands of students on campus, but, like our nation as a whole, our divisions don’t define us unless we let them. What can define us is our unity. College campuses are places of debate and argument based on knowledge, facts and respect in an effort to generate new ideas and positive development. Even as a 14-person Marquette Wire Editorial Board, we disagreed about the candidates and issues of this election, but discussed our ideas openly with appreciation for everyone’s honesty and opinion. Lucky for us, we get to have those conversations here at Marquette, a place that fosters respect, problem-solving and critical thinking. We are blessed to have a college education that teaches us such values of grace, dignity and compassion, and so we can take advantage of this today by
acting accordingly to these values and encouraging others to do the same. We can refrain from sharing angry and vitriolic posts on social media. We can engage peacefully in political discussions by listening to others’ opinions with open minds. We can let go of any rage we may have about this election. Our words and actions matter in promoting peace on this campus and in this nation. For many of us, the end of this election season calls for a sigh of relief. We’ve done our civic duty of voting, but our responsibility to our country doesn’t end there. Let’s accept the results with faith in our democracy and fellow citizens, and let’s move forward into a Trump presidency with respect and dignity.
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Democrats come out in numbers for Hillary Clinton. She wins North Carolina, Florida and New Hampshire giving her over 300 electoral votes and 49% of the popular vote. Donald Trump calls for a recount in Florida and North Carolina. Republicans win Senate seats in both Indiana and Missouri. Despite Clinton winning in New Hampshire, Republicans win the very close Senate race there as well and maintain control of the Senate by a one point margin.
As of press time, the New Hampshire presidential and Senate races were too close to call, but Trump won North Carolina and Florida. Republicans won Senate seats in both Indiana and Missouri and maintained control of the Senate.
Columnist Ryan McCarthy Boosted by strong voter turnout, Clinton secures the presidency by holding New Hampshire, Nevada and Florida. She tops Trump by four points in the popular vote. Trump sues for a recount. The Democrats take the Senate 51-50 with a surprise victory by Jason Kander in Missouri.
Clinton did win Nevada but not Florida. The Republicans maintained control of the Senate, and Democrat Jason Kander lost to Republican Roy Blunt in Missouri.
Opinions Editor Elizabeth Baker In the Wisconsin senate Johnson beat Feingold 51 to 46 race, Repub- percent. Libertarian Phil Anderson lican Ron Johnson beats Demo- received 3 percent of the vote. crat Russ Feingold by less than 5 percent of votes, and Republicans maintain control of the Senate.
Columnist Abby Vakulskas McMullin did earn 22 percent of Evan McMullin, former CIA operations the vote in Utah, but both Clinton officer and independent candidate and Trump beat him there, with 29 from Utah, will be the dark horse and 45 percent, respectively. and win it all.
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Exclusive, elite club of American politics Morgan Hughes
Having just come to the end of an election in which one candidate is overly polished and one is constantly dragging mud across the carpet, questions of accessibility and transparency are at the forefront of voters’ minds. And sure, the craziness of presidential campaigns may be over, but that doesn’t mean people should just forget about politics for the next four years. We should encourage a citizenry that cares just as much about the openers as they do the main event. But that’s easier said than done, and the truth is that most people aren’t going to take the time to think about politics outside of presidential elections. There are a lot of theories as to why people tend to ignore politics once the presidential election is over, but the theory I find most accurate comes from author Joan Didion. Didion published the essay “Insider Baseball” in 1988 as a response to the election occurring the same year. By ’88, Didion was a well-established essayist and so was afforded a view of politics from a more privileged position than most. What she found during her time riding along campaigns and sitting among career political correspondents was that politics is an exclusive venue by design and tends to misunderstand the American experience. “The political process did not reflect but increasingly proceeded from a series of fables about American experience,” Didion wrote. In theory, political access is supposed to be the most inclusive mechanism in the country, but it has never lived up to that expectation. In reality, American politics has a long history of exclusivity,
whether by flat-out denials of different demographic groups from the democratic process or by financial and social elitism. U.S. politics offers limited accessibility. Politicians are granted, at minimum, C-list celebrity status, offering them a sort of separation from the average Joe. It’s a disconnected process, and it has been since Thomas Jefferson. Politicians have always been part of the elite. People outside of the political process are accused of being apathetic or ignorant, but they’re on the outside because they’ve been put there. The public isn’t comprised of individual people with individual lives, it’s comprised of statistics and demographic distinctions. No wonder people feel isolated from their elected officials. The “voter” isn’t a real person. Hillary Clinton isn’t thinking of Morgan Hughes, 21, from Wautoma, Wisconsin. She’s thinking of poll numbers and registration data. “Constituency” is just jargon. Politicians aren’t speaking to us, they’re speaking to the idea of us. Didion noticed this, saying, “People inside the (political) process tend to speak of the world not necessarily as it is but as they want people to believe it is.” Maybe politicians are just a different species, speaking a different language and following different customs. We can’t relate to one another because we don’t understand each other. I doubt there’s a cure to this, but at the very least, it’s important for people to realize the bubble politicians live in and the separation that exists between officials and their constituencies.
Morgan Hughes is a junior studying journalism and political science. She can be reached via email at morgan.hughes@marquette.edu
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Not Jackson’s ‘corrupt bargain’
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Trump and Jackson are similar in many ways, but we should be past the age of Jacksonian politics.
Mike Cummings
In 1824, Andrew Jackson claimed that the presidential election was rigged after losing to John Quincy Adams in a very close and historic race. Jackson had won the popular vote but failed to win an outright majority in the electoral. For the first and only time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives decided on the victor, which to Jackson’s disbelief was John Quincy Adams. After the House decided Adams would be president, Jackson campaigned again, this time on the idea of a “corrupt bargain.” For the next four years, Jackson went on a crusade, attempting to paint himself as the victim of a failed democracy, claiming it was Adams’ colluding with then-Speaker of the House Henry Clay that assured his opponent the presidency.
“The political process did not reflect but increasingly proceeded from a series of fables about American experience.” Joan Didion
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In her 1988 essay “Insider Baseball,” author Joan Didion observed the exclusivity of American politics.
Fast-forward to 2016, and Donald Trump is the first presidential candidate in modern history to call an election “fixed.” Like Jackson, Trump ran a campaign on the idea that he was the outsider, free from political corruption. What I find most unsettling though, is that it took Jackson’s campaign of negative rhetoric and corruption-claiming more than six years to gain public support, whereas Donald Trump did it in one. Since Trump first tweeted the word “rigged,” connections have been made between the two elections almost 200 years apart and their “outsider” candidates. Like Trump, Jackson was not a career politician and ran his campaign in opposition to John Quincy Adams and Clay, who had both held public office their entire careers. He argued “nothing but the virtue of the people can guide the nation,” promising to fix his supporters’ problems no matter what the cost. Also like Trump, Jackson made his fortune in real estate, buying and selling lands that belonged to Native Americans, often bribing them into selling it for far less money than they desired. Like Trump, Jackson was captivating. He did what he pleased, demanded respect and never gave up or caved in. Jackson once killed a man in an 1806 duel after he criticized his rhetoric in a newspaper. Jackson went against wealthy elites, even though he himself had a considerable fortune. Ironically calling himself a Democrat, Jackson created a new party and promised to give the country back to the average man who had been robbed by those of political might and power. Jackson, after losing to Adams in 1824, gained support not with policy ideas, but with his way of thinking and aggressive rhetoric that motivated an otherwise politically uninterested population. He even had a wild head of hair, too. What is most notable, however, is both men’s aim and ability to garnish support from a white, male, working-class population. Jackson attempted to appeal to all races, but owned over 150 slaves himself. When his southern supporters grew tired of a Native American presence, Jackson forced the entire race
into exile in the West. Jackson’s America was an America for white people, and so is Trump’s. Trump has called for the “total and complete shutdown” of Muslims entering the United States. He has promised to “make America great again” for those who have apparently been negatively affected by things like the economy, immigration and terrorism. Upon losing the election, Jackson claimed corruption and inevitably achieved the nation’s support, winning the presidential election twice after that. But Jackson’s triumph in doing this cannot be equated to what Trump accomplished yesterday. Jackson ran for the presidency when women could not vote, slavery was legal and the idea of American inclusion, freedom and opportunity for all was profoundly different from our current understanding. In 1824, we were a new country, enhanced by raw youth and energy. There existed a sense of optimism for the future and a promise that we would advance as a nation. Although Jackson’s ideas and beliefs resemble Trump’s, they existed in 1824 and have evolved to give us the nation that we live in today. If we allow Trump to dismantle our democracy in the cause of remaking greatness, we defy every notion of progress. Today, our institutions are more complex, but public opinion is much more delicate. Americans are more ready now than ever to believe the worst (evidenced by the outcome of yesterday’s election). I deeply fear the impact that Trump might have if he continues to pin an evolving nation and world against the stability of a once-dominant white male population. Today, leadership is more than just a strong man with a powerful demeanor and a gun. As I watched the Donald walk across the stage last night, I couldn’t help but feel we were retreating rather than progressing. We are past the age of Jackson, and I hope that in light of Trump’s victory, we are still able to understand that.
Mike Cummings is a senior studying political science and international affairs. He can be reached via email at michael.cummings@marquette.edu
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Time for Senate to Recognizing alternative leaders hold Garland hearing Elizabeth Baker
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Now that the election is over, the Senate should hold hearings for President Obama’s Supreme Court justice nominee Merrick Garland.
Ryan McCarthy The election is over now, and it is time to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. It was time to fill the vacancy eight months ago, but unprecedented obstructionism from Senate Republicans has left the judiciary fractured and may have done irreparable harm to the process in which the president appoints judges. For those who don’t remember, strict constructionist and Supreme Court Judge Antonin Scalia died last February. When President Obama nominated his replacement, the moderate and highly respected Washington D.C. appeals court judge Merrick Garland, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took the controversial and unprecedented step to refuse to hold hearings on the nomination. “The next justice could fundamentally alter the direction of the Supreme Court and have a profound impact on our country, so of course the American people should have a say in the Court’s direction,” said McConnell rationalizing the decision to forego hearings. The idea that the American public should have a voice in choosing the Supreme Court Justices has little constitutional basis. Article two, section two of the Constitution seems clear on the matter of judicial appointments. The President, “shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers, consuls and judges of the Supreme Court.” Republicans’ refusal to hold a hearing on the nomination of Garland has set a dangerous precedent. It damages the efficacy of the court and threatens its status as nonpartisan. The decision to leave Scalia’s seat vacant
for another two months will only legitimize this strategy. The Supreme Court is the highest federal court in the United States. Leaving a seat on the court vacant undermines its role as arbiter by preventing it from making consequential, final interpretations of the law. When the court reaches a split 4-4 decision, the lower court’s decision is affirmed. The possibility of this happening on consequential cases seems remote, but it isn’t. In fact, a June decision doomed President Obama’s immigration executive action when a tied ruling affirmed the lower court’s decision that it was unconstitutional. There have been at least four other split cases dealing with the funding of public-sector labor unions, gender discrimination laws for loan guarantors, the jurisdiction of tribal courts and relationships between states. Reluctant to simply affirm the lower court’s decision on divisive and important cases, the Supreme Court has demonstrated a reluctance to accept new cases and consequentially their production has significantly fallen. Research conducted by three political science professors for The Washington Post, found that the Supreme Court is on track to accept fewer cases than it has in 70 years. The research also found that ideologically split courts are less willing to accept consequential cases where the outcome is in question. Garland’s nomination has sat for nearly eight months. To wait another two, simply to fulfill a promise born as an ill-conceived attempt to deny Obama another judicial selection only serves to further legitimize politically motivated obstructionism. Now that the election is over, it is time for the Senate to do its job and give Garland a hearing. Ryan McCarthy is a senior studying journalism. He can be reached via email at ryan.w.mccarthy@marquette.edu
A headline from the Wall Street Journal having absolutely nothing to do with politics caught my eye this weekend: Pope’s Beatitudes Highlight Care for Environment and Outsiders. This less than 500-word article about Pope Francis’ recent visit to Sweden in which he stressed the importance of preserving the environment and unity among Christian religions, among other issues, appeared to me as a small and quiet beam of light and positivity among all the election coverage that has offered neither of those. Yesterday our country decided the new president, who will take office in January. Some Americans are celebrating this new leader, while others feel as though their worst nightmare has come true. Several times this fall I questioned my decision of which presidential candidate to vote for, or rather, against. I read the news to gain knowledge of the issues, but after a certain point it all blends together into a mess of negative rhetoric. Worried and anxious and impatient as the election approached, I felt relieved reading this article about the pope. A light bulb went off in my head: no matter who is elected president, there are so many other leaders in this world and in my life to look up to, whose lives are examples of values I strive for, like respect, understanding, intelligence, morals and faith. For a pope, Francis has been controversial in his beliefs that sometimes seem to contradict
traditional Church teachings. Immediately following his installment to the papacy in 2013, he addressed the topic of homosexuality saying, “Who am I to judge?” In September, he extended to all priests the authority to grant the church’s forgiveness to women who have had abortions. He has not refrained from opining on hot topic social and political issues such as capitalism, climate change, gun rights and immigration.
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We ought to be able to recognize and respond to new situations with fresh spiritual energy.” POPE FRANCIS
Pope Francis’ boldness in renewing the true values of equality and social justice of the Catholic faith has been a positive force in the church. He came at a time of crisis and scandal in the church when Catholics desperately needed strong leadership and guidance, sparking the catchphrase, “This pope gives me hope.” Why do we rely on strong leadership? A leader who represents our wants and needs can inspire positive change and affirm the values on which we base our lives. In a time of disaster or crisis, a successful leader fosters unity. Leaders bravely take a stand and push for change. They seem fearless and strong, especially when so many try to bring
them down. Leaders are highly respected when they are held accountable and follow through on their promises. After this long and tiresome election season, it appears that this country is in crisis, and I don’t think this new president will be the strong unifying leader Americans need. But all hope is not lost. In the Journal article, the pope is quoted saying, “We ought to be able to recognize and respond to new situations with fresh spiritual energy.” So let’s arise with fresh energy from this historic 2016 election. We’ve spent a lot of time and energy choosing our country’s new leader, but unfortunately that process created more conflict than cooperation. In an effort to leave the hatred and division behind, we can look to other prominent figures in government, society, religion or even our personal lives for leadership. Pope Francis, governors, mayors, professors, classmates, friends, parents, sisters and brothers — all these people can serve as significant role models or leaders in our lives. We can actively seek out and promote strong leadership in our communities, and relationships and model it ourselves, too. As St. Francis of Assisi, whom the pope honors in his papal name, said, “let it begin with me.” If we each encourage respectful disagreement and compromise, we can be small beacons of hope that light the way toward a better future.
Elizabeth Baker is a senior studying journalism and Spanish. She can be reached via email at elizabeth.e.baker@marquette.edu
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Like Pope Francis, strong leaders have the power to unify, seeming fearless and calm in times of crisis.
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Speaking against disrespect is everyone’s responsibility Abby Vakulskas Recently, a friend of mine made a half-joking, half-serious comment about a fellow Muslim student and how it was sometimes unnerving to have him in class. I know this particular student better than my friend does, and he is incredibly sweet and kind. So I was upset, but sadly not surprised, to hear my friend make a judgment based purely on the student’s religion. We all are too often faced with situations like this in our daily conversations. Though prejudiced language against Muslims is an especially hot point of contention right now, people from all sorts of marginalized groups are subject to it. In previous articles, I have stressed the importance of open discussion and the disadvantages of avoiding certain topics and language. I maintain that this is true, and particularly as students who have access to an environment filled with conflicting viewpoints and new ideas, we need to be able to talk about everything. We need to be able to discuss things with people who are different from us and explain why we don’t agree, challenging our own values. College is a hub of contrasting points of view, and we need to take advantage of that. However, in order to participate in the discussion, we must be respectful. It comes down to the plain old rule: don’t be mean. Consider the effect your words might have on others. In one of the schools my research lab works with, there is a poster encouraging kids to think before they speak. The word THINK is an acronym, inviting the students to ask themselves five things: is what they are about to say true, helpful, inspiring, necessary or kind? If not, they should probably consider saying something else. I think this is constructive
advice for anyone. We need to focus on improving our own respectfulness before correcting others. Despite this, we also have a responsibility to speak up when someone does not “THINK” before they speak. And as much as students need to combat disrespectful language, it is just as important to be respectful in doing so. A guide from tolerance.org reminds us that although it may be intensely satisfying to meet hateful speech with righteous anger, this could actually be counterproductive. There are extreme situations that call for a sharp retort, but most of the time furious responses will only reinforce bigotry. As a teacher quoted in the guide confirms, “That just throws up a brick wall, and anything else I say will be lost.” Keep in mind, too, that sometimes ignorant speech is just that — ignorant. A person who says something seemingly cruel may genuinely believe what he or she is saying and have no intention of being offensive. Sometimes, people just need a little education on the topic or the chance to be exposed to a different
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Students should address ignorant and disrespectful language, even with friends in daily conversation.
perspective. Give the benefit of the doubt when possible. Regardless, the most important part is to say something. When biased language is met with silence, it is a signal that such statements are permissible. In truth, it can be harder to speak out in a group of friends than with a stranger. No one wants to be that person who takes a joke
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too seriously or ruins the fun, but we have to stand up for those who might be afraid to stand up for themselves. In the end, I mustered up enough guts to tell my friend that the Muslim student is a perfectly wonderful person and that I wasn’t happy to hear judgment like that. It made me uncomfortable, sure. But I figure as weird
as it made me feel, it would have been much worse if I’d been the one toward whom the statement was directed. It’s simple: it is everyone’s responsibility to create an environment of dignity and respect. Abby Vakulskas is a sophomore studying psychology. She can be reached via email at abby.vakulskas@marquette.edu
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Defense crucial to take next step
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Natisha Hiedeman attempts to make a steal in a game against Wisconsin last season. Head coach Carolyn Kieger said Marquette could be a top-25 team if they improve defense.
MU ranked last in BIG EAST, 339th in nation By John Hand
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Stop me if you have heard this before: defense wins championships. It may be one of the most cliche sayings in sports, but for the Marquette women’s basketball team, an improved defense is imperative if they want to win the BIG EAST championship. “I think people expect that we are going to be better, but I don’t think there is a team or coach out there that really understands how good we can possibly be, other than me, because I get to see them everyday in practice,” women’s basketball coach Carolyn Kieger said. “This team has the ability to be a top-25 team. It’s just a matter
if we are ready maturity-wise and if we can get that defensive end down.” Last season, the Golden Eagles ranked 15th in the nation and second in the BIG EAST in scoring with an average of 77.4 points per game, but they also ranked 339th in the nation and last in the BIG EAST in defense with opponents averaging 78.3 points against them per game. The primary focus of the offseason for the Golden Eagles was to improve the defense in order to create a more balanced attack. As Marquette descended upon this mission, the coaching staff was faced with the challenge of having to teach players whose skills naturally lend themselves to offense to use those skills for defense. “You are taking an offensiveminded kid and then embracing them into a defensive field that is different,” said assistant coach Vernette Skeete, who focuses on defensive schemes. “It is a different buy-in and we
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layups. And then also we really want to defend the 3-point line. That is something we really have been focusing on since literally our Seton Hall game last March.” Marquette ranked in the middle of the pack last season in terms of fouling. This season, the Golden Eagles want to limit their fouling to 13 fouls per game and work on preventing teams from getting to the free throw line. Kieger said that if the team is to improve on defense, a strong defensive stance will have to start with King, who at only 5-foot-5 lacks height, but has the speed and quickness to create havoc for opposing point guards. “I once heard a quote that ‘If you are a player and see the point guard working hard on defense then they will follow suit,’” King said. “I always live by that and make sure I will do right on defense, so they can follow suit after me.”
With this Friday’s match against Longwood rapidly approaching, the coaching staff and players alike are confident in the strides they have made defensively. “We didn’t play any defense last year,” Skeete said jokingly. “We have tremendously improved. It is the thing that you go through when you have very good offensive players coming from high school. They might not have had to play defense and now understanding that you have to guard somebody and stop somebody is a different concept that a lot of kids don’t have to face coming into the collegiate field.” “With the practice guys and playing against them with everybody being stronger and more competitive this year, you can just tell the difference in confidence levels,” sophomore Amani Wilborn said.
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don’t have a lot of upperclassmen who had to drill that in. We are kind of all starting at the same time. We all kind of have the same clean slate. … Once everyone sees it, we have been able to compare it to some of the best in the country, it was easy to connect after that.” “I think once you put your heart into it, it’s all about how bad you want to play defense,” guard Danielle King said. “Anybody can play defense if they put their heart into it, so that is really what we changed, putting our hearts into our defense.” Heading into the season, Marquette has clear goals for what they hope to accomplish on the defensive end of the court. “We want to keep people out of the paint,” Kieger said. “Our main thing is really focus on keeping teams to 35 percent field goal percentage. So that is something we have been talking about and not letting people come in the paint with easy
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Wilborn, Hiedeman ‘go in on the beat’ for promo
Guards write song ‘Fly With Us’ for pregame By Andrew Goldstein
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One day in the offseason, head coach Carolyn Kieger approached sophomore guards Amani Wilborn and Natisha Hiedeman with a request, although not the kind a coach usually makes of a player. Kieger did not ask her tandem of backcourt players to play tight defense or pass more or keep driving to the hoop. No, Kieger asked them to write music. “She just said, ‘Hey, why don’t you write a song for Marquette Madness and maybe we can play it or do something with it?’” Hiedeman said. Roughly a month later, the rap that Wilborn and Hiedeman recorded together made its debut at Marquette Madness in a video titled “Fly With Us.” The song will be played right before tip-off for every Marquette home game. “I think it’s nice and it adds a lot of energy,” Hiedeman said. Writing “Fly With Us” was a collaborative process between the two players. Wilborn and Hiedeman each wrote and recorded their own verses, then both of them figured out what they wanted to say in the chorus. Most of this process took place during the studio recording session only a few days before Madness. “It just all flowed because we knew exactly what we wanted to say,” Wilborn said. Ever since the song released, Hiedeman and Wilborn are getting recognized for more than just their contributions on the basketball court. They’ve received positive feedback on the song from both teammates and fans. “We’ll listen to it in the locker room and just all kind
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Sophomores Amami Wilborn (left) and Natisha Hiedeman (right) co-wrote the chorus for the song, which debuted at Marquette Madness.
of groove,” Hiedeman said. “A couple of my friends and family … they loved it. Couple of people that was (sic) at Marquette Madness were like ‘Oh, was that you in the song? That was really good.’ Basically all positive stuff.” Wilborn felt especially comfortable putting words on a page. She writes music in her spare time and has even dabbled in other kinds of writing throughout her life. “I just did a lot of poetry when I was little,” Wilborn said. “Growing up, it wasn’t really consistent, but it would be on my free time. It was like a hobby of mine.” Hiedeman, who is nicknamed T-Spoon by her teammates,
often tags along with Wilborn to write music. Her lyrical influences include rappers and songwriters like Drake, Lil Uzi and New York City artist A Boogie. The game of basketball itself also played a role in shaping the lyrics, which becomes clear in Hiedeman’s favorite verse. “Stephen Curry with the shot/ three point in the slot/hit the game-winning shot/ that’s what I call jackpot.” That lyric nicely sums up Hiedeman’s game; she finished last year tied for the team lead in attempted 3-pointers and second on the team in made threes. The exuberant confidence portrayed in the song underscores something about this team that is vastly different
MARQUETTE SPORTS CALENDAR FRIDAY 11/11 Cross Country NCAA Great Lakes Regional Noon Men’s Basketball vs. Vanderbilt (Veterans Classic) 5:30 p.m.
Women’s Soccer vs. Wisconsin (NCAA Tournament) 7 p.m. SATURDAY 11/12 Volleyball vs. Seton Hall 3 p.m.
Women’s Basketball vs. Longwood 7 p.m.
SUNDAY 11/13 Volleyball vs. St. John’s 1 p.m. MONDAY 11/14 Men’s Basketball vs. Howard 7:30 p.m.
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Providence 7-2, 12-5 Butler 6-3, 11-5-1 Creighton 5-3-1, 10-5-3 Villanova 5-3-1, 10-6-3 Xavier 4-4-1, 8-8-3 DePaul 4-5, 9-7-3 Georgetown 3-4-2, 6-9-2 St. John’s 2-5-2, 6-7-4 Marquette 2-5-2, 5-7-4 Seton Hall 2-6-1, 4-11-2
Marquette 7-2, 12-7-2 DePaul 7-2, 10-6-3 Georgetown 6-1-2, 16-2-3 St. John’s 5-2-2, 11-4-5 Providence 5-3-1, 11-7-2 Butler 4-4-1, 11-7-2 Creighton 4-5, 9-6-2 Villanova 2-7, 4-14 Seton Hall 1-8, 5-11-1 Xavier 1-8, 7-11-1
Creighton 14-0, 20-6 Marquette 11-3, 21-5 Xavier 9-5, 15-12 Villanova 8-6, 17-10 Seton Hall 8-7, 14-14 DePaul 7-7, 13-13 Butler 6-8, 17-13 St. John’s 5-10, 14-14 Georgetown 2-12, 6-21 Providence 1-13, 13-17
from its recent predecessors. This year’s team is good, and people know it. After back-toback seasons below .500, Marquette was picked to finish third in the BIG EAST preseason poll. Ten of the 12 members of the Wire sports department predict that the Golden Eagles will go to the NCAA tournament. Attendance rose by 33 percent last year. All of this is to say that Marquette women’s basketball is becoming more prominent than ever, a fact of which Wilborn is acutely aware. “A lot of people in the school are excited for this season rather than (sic) last year, where nobody really knew about when we played or anything,”
she said. “The fact that people are actually approaching us about the games and how they can get tickets and all of that, it just shows that the school is really behind us.” “It’s nice that a lot of people are rooting for us this year,” Hiedeman said. “They’re coming to watch us play. I think that women’s basketball is rising.” And in case there was any doubt about Marquette’s expectations for this upcoming season, Wilborn would like to point you toward her favorite lyric, right at the end of the song. “Know it’s blue and gold/we gon’ take the BIG EAST.”
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Proffitt remains modest through enormous success MU’s destroyer has long list of accomplishments By Grant Becker
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With time winding down in a scoreless first half between Marquette and Butler, the ball rolled aimlessly toward centerfield. Bulldog midfielder Serina Kashimoto sprinted toward the loose ball, racing Golden Eagle Morgan Proffitt. Kashimoto met Proffitt at the ball and Marquette’s star sent Kashimoto straight to the ground. Proffitt came away with the ball, and total control of the midfield. Kashimoto is an All-BIG EAST First Team player and she pulls the strings in Butler’s midfield. After she lost that 50/50 ball to Proffitt, her impact on the game quickly evaporated. With one quick, powerful tackle, Proffitt changed the tempo of a tight game. “That’s how she plays,” head coach Markus Roeders said. “That’s how she does things all the time. She doesn’t think twice about it and we’re obviously the benefactor of it.” It’s plays like this one that separate Proffitt from other top players. In 2016 alone, she was named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year, earned spots on the All-BIG EAST First Team and MAC Hermann Award Watchlist and was nominated for the Senior CLASS Award. But if you ask her about her ability to alter games with one tackle, she’s quick to deflect. “I mean not just me but other people, you know when I see Cali slide tackling to win a play or Emily, or anybody, it’s like we won it, we’re going at ‘em,” Proffitt said. “It just provides that motivation to go for it. That’s one of the things we pride ourselves on is if we win those 50/50 balls we’ll have the momentum, so, gotta win those.” And she does — as much as anybody in the conference. As one of two defensive midfielders in Marquette’s formation, Proffitt
has free reign to fly around midfield breaking up plays. She plays a destroyer role that allows her to win balls at an incredible rate. It’s a perfect role for her. Proffitt’s skills were on display on a different stage this summer when she was called up to the U.S. U-23 Women’s National Team. It was a special experience few players get to have. “It was amazing,” Proffitt said. “Words can’t describe how awesome it was.” It was another honor for the Columbus, Indiana, native and her humility was on display once again. “When she got asked to play with the U-23 national team, which is amazing, she didn’t want to tell us right away,” her roommate, senior defender Cali Pyzdrowski, said. “Not that she was embarrassed, but she didn’t want to seem like she was bragging, even though we probably brag about her more than she brags about herself.” Also on the U-23 team with Proffitt this summer were Stanford stars Andi Sullivan and Jane Campbell, who were called up to the full national team last month. Between playing with players of Sullivan and Campbell’s stature and working with national team coaches, Proffitt learned how she could sharpen her game. “(The coaches) really pointed out key things to work on, so one of the things was my technical driven balls, like 40 yards across the field just driven on the ground,” Proffitt said. “I really have been trying to work on that throughout the season.” Isn’t that a nitpicky thing? Nobody thinks a great player isn’t great because they can’t play low driven balls 40 yards across the field with ease. “True, true,” Proffitt laughed. “But those little things is what separates good players from great players. So you know, like Andi Sullivan, she can hit a ball on a dime 30 yards across the field, so that really separates her from people like me.” There it is, the vaunted Morgan Proffitt humility.
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Senior Morgan Proffitt scored a career-high five goals this season, including two in a win against DePaul.
“There’s some areas that she understands as well where she can and wants to get better,” Roeders said. “And that’s part of what makes her special.” With time winding down on her Marquette soccer career, Proffitt has to consider what her next step is – but don’t you dare think she’s done with soccer. “I would ideally like to go professional,” Proffitt said. “So the big question is whether I want to stay here or if I want to go internationally and play, so I’ve got to figure out the logistics of how that all works.” “The U.S. league is the best league, but the pay overseas is better,” Proffitt said. “So there’s a lot of things to weigh.” If she plays in the U.S., she won’t be around for her final semester of college. “I would apply for the (NWSL) draft in January,” Proffitt said. “And depending on where I am I could finish up school. If it’s in Chicago I could just commute, but if I’m traveling, then I’m going to
have to hold off on graduating.” It’s not so much a matter of if, but where and when. “She has a bright future,” Roeders said. “She will play at the next level somewhere. Hopefully over here, with maybe some opportunities to do it overseas in the offseason.” If she needs references for her next job in soccer, she won’t have to look too far. “Since my freshman year I’ve said I’m so thankful she’s here,” senior forward Liz Bartels said. “She’s a beast out there. She can stop anyone.” “She’s so low key,” Roeders said. “She’s so humble. She’s driven. She’s motivated. She wants to learn. She wants to do well. The team clings on her, at the same time she doesn’t make it about herself. We will miss her.” “She’s just a great girl,” Pyzdrowski said. “She’s just a role model for everyone on our team. Even being in the same class as her, I just look up to her all the time.”
Even in a theoretical BIG EAST draft, Roeders suggested other coaches would be foolish not to pick Proffitt first. “If you could add one player to your team,” Roeders said. “From any of the other (BIG EAST) programs, who would that be? I couldn’t imagine that people wouldn’t take Mo.” For all she’s already accomplished, there’s been one goal Proffitt has yet to accomplish – winning an NCAA tournament game. She’ll have a chance to do just that Saturday night when Marquette heads to Madison to play Wisconsin in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. How big would that be for her? “Huge,” Proffitt said. “Huge.” “I definitely want to take advantage of this time, it’s my last go round at it, but all credit to my teammates they’ve made me the player I am today and I really hope that I can play the best that I can play for them.”
Women’s soccer staying in-state for NCAA Tourney Golden Eagles face Wisconsin in surprise road trip By Grant Becker
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Marquette women’s soccer’s NCAA Tournament fate was announced during Monday afternoon’s selection show, and somewhat surprisingly, the team will have to travel. The Golden Eagles will head to Madison to take on the Wisconsin Badgers for their first round game. “First of all we’re in the NCAA Tournament, how exciting is that?” head coach Markus Roeders said. “You know, one of the at-large teams that got in. They consider us one of the top teams in the country and here we are.” This is Marquette’s 14th official meeting with Wisconsin, and they own a 5-6-2 record all-time
against the Badgers. It’s their third NCAA tournament match against the Badgers. They advanced twice, once in regulation and once in a shootout. All three previous Marquette-Wisconsin NCAA Tournament matches have been played at Valley Fields. “Of course it’s a team that we know very well,” Roeders said. “They’ve had a very good season.” The Golden Eagles played Wisconsin in an exhibition match before the season that the Badgers won 2-0. The surprise of Wisconsin hosting comes from the team’s RPIs. Wisconsin was No. 35 in the latest RPI poll, but Marquette was No. 26. Since that poll Marquette earned a win over St. John’s and fell to RPI No. 10 Georgetown in the BIG EAST Championship game. In that same time Wisconsin lost on penalty kicks to Michigan, who Marquette defeated 2-1 in August, in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals. “We thought we were gonna
Marquette: 12-7-2 Marquette: No. 25
Record RPI
Wisconsin: 8-4-8 Wisconsin: No. 36
Top Scorer
Marquette: Carrie Madden (6 goals, 5 assists)
Wisconsin: Rose Lavelle (5 goals, 4 assists) Infographic by Molly McLaughlin molly.mclaughlin@marquette.edu
host,” Morgan Proffitt said. “But it doesn’t matter. We got a game and we’re happy about that, and we’re just gonna go there and
try and win.” “You know in the NCAA Tournament a lot of things can happen,” Roeders said. “So I’m just
excited to get another opportunity to play. Once you get in the tournament you want to win games and this is where we’re at.”
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Men’s soccer season not disappointment despite low finish Jack Goods It would be easy to take a cursory look at the men’s soccer season and chalk it up as a failure. The Golden Eagles finished ninth in the conference and missed the BIG EAST Tournament for a second season in a row. The only team they finished ahead of, Seton Hall, beat Marquette in the head-to-head matchup. Bumps were expected with this group. Louis Bennett’s squad had only two seniors and 13 newcomers, many of who were entrusted with starting roles. Every player who scored a goal last season was gone, including Louis Bennett II, who left the team just before the season to sign a pro contract in Cyprus. That all being said, this season certainly had its positives, and reasons to be optimistic for the program getting back on track. “I’ve checked this year and last year,” Bennett said. “We have improved in every statistic, except we have an equal amount of wins. … The brand and style of soccer was close to where we want it to be.” The most obvious positive is BIG EAST Freshman of the Year Luka Prpa, who is the first Marquette player to score 10 goals since C. Nortey in 2013. He finished second in the conference in regular season points,
just one behind Providence’s Julian Gressel. “Originally we recruited him to team up with Louis,” Bennett said. “Without Louis, Luka took his opportunity to take it to task. … This is the scary thing about Luka, he knows he’s not the finished article yet.” In addition to Prpa, Marquette returns their entire offensive unit, which features players that have shown flashes of brilliance. Freshman Connor Alba finished second on the team in points, and Bennett consistently said he acted like a veteran from day one. After failing to find the scoresheet last season, Daniel Szczepanek scored 10 points this season. Toby Howell, Jan Maertins and Diego Nunez were all contributors. Only having two seniors was a disadvantage this season, but it’s a positive going forward. Defenseman John Pothast is a huge loss, but Danny Jarosz looks poised to take over his role. The other senior, goalie Mac Wheeler, lost the competition between the pipes to Wicho Barraza. Next year there are only three seniors, meaning this team is set up for the next few years. Speaking of defense, Patrick Seagrist lived up to his billing as the 15th best defender in the Midwest according to Top Drawer Soccer, playing every minute this season at left back and looking poised when carrying the ball up field. As for results, the 4-0 opening
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Freshman Luka Prpa is the first Marquette player to earn BIG EAST Freshman of the Year honors.
loss looks much better now that Kentucky is ranked No. 12. Marquette dominated Northwestern, a team that beat No. 8 Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament this weekend. Marquette defeated Xavier, who was ranked second in the conference at the time, and hung with No. 24 Creighton until the very end. “If we had gotten into the tournament, I know firsthand no one really wanted to play us,” Bennett said. “They knew that eventually we were going to set it right.” Sure, there were certainly some serious low points this season. The offense dried up in a six-game winless streak in the middle of the season. The previously mentioned
Kieger creates winning culture
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Head coach Carolyn Kieger is entering her third year as head coach.
MU hoping to ‘set the marq’ as expectations rise By John Hand
john.hand@marquette.edu
The Marquette women’s basketball locker room got a renovation last year. Walking through the locker room today, one of the most visible items is a sign that reads all the family rules of Marquette basketball. The sign was head coach Carolyn Kieger’s idea and is a physical example of how she has fully implemented her culture into this program. Entering her third season, Kieger’s mark on Marquette basketball has been fully set. Beyond the locker room, she has instilled a culture she and the rest of the team believe allows them to have success.
“We have a phrase in our program called ‘set the marq’ and it’s basically what are our expectations, what does the culture look like, what is the atmosphere everyday and I feel like two years in, the marq has been set,” Kieger said. “Everybody knows what I am expecting everyday, everybody knows my vision and where I am trying to go and now it’s time quote unquote we say, ‘leave the marq,’ so I am excited to see what we can do and what we can leave here as Marquette’s women’s basketball program.” If the culture of Marquette women’s basketball were defined in three terms, it would be hard work, competitiveness and family. “When you watch our team, you want to know that we are the hardest-working team in the country,” Kieger said. “It’s intense. It’s a winning culture. It’s run and jump, getting after it. It’s an exciting style of play,”
Amani Wilborn said. “Not many girls’ teams, of course, play this style that is more running plays and offense, but just going and getting after it with speed and talent we have. I love it.” Establishing the culture has taken time and McKayla Yentz, the only senior on the team, has seen the culture shift from the start until now. “I have enjoyed the experience of being that person seeing Marquette go through a change,” Yentz said. “I think it is going in the right direction for sure. I think that this program is far from our potential, but we are going somewhere for sure.” Part of the reason the culture allows for the players to feel comfortable and have success is the transparency they get from their coach. “If we know what (Kieger) wants, we are able to hold ourselves to those standards,” guard Danielle King said. “It makes our work ethic better. … She pushes us to be our best and we all accept it.” “We trust each other enough to work hard for the other person,” Yentz said. “We get along so well off the court that our chemistry just carries over so easily and that’s what you need in a cohesive team. So that’s why we have had the success that we have had and why we are going to continue to have that.” With the culture set, now it is about having fun for Kieger. “Honestly, I have never enjoyed coaching a team more than I have with these young ladies,” Kieger said. “Their chemistry is amazing, they love each other and you can see it everyday in practice, everyday in the locker room… They love having fun and basketball to them is their passion, so when you watch us play you are going to see them exuding what they love.”
Seton Hall loss gave the Pirates their first BIG EAST victory in two years. The Golden Eagles squandered a 3-0 lead against crosstown rival UW-Milwaukee. You have to take all of the negatives with context. Although Bennett likes to call this season a retooling year, it’s always been a rebuilding one. Bennett has clearly brought talent to campus,
especially considering this class’s top-10 ranking by Top Drawer Soccer. Already with plenty of experience under its belt, Marquette should climb up the conference table the next two years.
Jack Goods is a senior studying journalism. He can be reached at jack.goods@marquette.edu
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Game days altered for Schnurr after shoulder surgery
Senior redshirted after suffering injury last fall By John Hand
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Game days have been different for Teal Schnurr this season. They begin as any normal game day would. She arrives at the Al McGuire Center, stretches out, gets in uniform and warms up, but when it’s game time she puts on a sweatshirt and finds a spot on the bench to cheer on her teammates for the rest of the match. Schnurr decided to redshirt her senior year following shoulder surgery last winter. Being unable to play has been difficult, but Schnurr is using the time to become even better. Schnurr found herself playing in agony most of last year and as the season wore on the pain in her shoulder only increased. “The whole season I was like ‘I really think something is wrong with me, something is not right,’ but I was starting, so obviously I just wanted to not lose that, just play through that. You got to do what you got to do,” Schnurr said. By Christmas time the pain had grown to the point where an easy task, such as putting dishes on a shelf was a nearly impossible, excruciating experience. Before heading home for Christmas break Schnurr got an MRI, and while home in Colorado she received the dreaded phone call that revealed two tears in her labrum. “I was really sad, but at the same time I was happy that there was something wrong that could be fixed,” Schnurr said. “To think that you had unreasonable pain and no cause was really stressful, so in a way I was relieved.”
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Senior Teal Schnurr started in 17 of 29 matches last season. She averaged 1.23 kills per set and a .226 hitting percentage in 2015-’16.
A week before school started up again, Schnurr flew back to Milwaukee for surgery. For the next month she was in an immobile sling and after the sling was removed, her arm was just limp at her side. That made life difficult. “It really ruined my outfits to be honest,” Schnurr said with a laugh. Approximately four months after being out of the sling, Schnurr finally began to move her arm again, but even then just walking her arm up her a wall was difficult. “The process wasn’t going fast enough,” Schnurr said. “I was always like, ‘I want more. I want to be back to where I was.’ It was always like you were happy, but not happy enough.” In the spring she started volleyball activities, but Schnurr was limited to just passing. By
the summer she was able to start hitting overhead, but even then the process wasn’t complete. “Probably a month ago is when I have truly felt like I am back to myself,” Schnurr said. “I was swinging, but it wasn’t the same, but now I feel like it is a lot more loosened up and back to how I was, but that just happened. It has been a weird time, not being who you used to be.” “It was definitely interesting because it was teaching yourself something all over again, like learning how to walk again… to be watching everyone be getting better during spring and summer and me being able to sit on the sidelines and just watch it was hard,” Schnurr added. “I mainly just tried to stay positive because there were some days I would just freak out where you are just like ‘I can’t even put
my hair in a pony tail. This is so frustrating.’ I was a lot more reliant on my roommate. It’s really hard to not be able to do the things you are used to being able to do.” During the summer, Schnurr worked to try and be healthy to start the season and at least be able to play half of the year, but ultimately the decision was made to have her redshirt. “She wasn’t going to be 100 percent by the beginning of season, so in many cases you make the decision,” head coach Ryan Theis said. “Do we want her the whole season, do we want to give her an additional season eligibility wise? It just made sense with our roster makeup and her skill set that we redshirt her for this year.” Redshirting has given Schnurr the ability to get in extra work on weekends because she is not playing. That’s given her the opportunity to keep developing her game and build strength. “Teal is always trying to get stronger. The ability to hit harder leads to the ability to score more points,” Theis said.
While redshirting does provide a chance to improve, there is also the challenge of having to sit on the sidelines and being unable to contribute in a game. “Game days at the beginning of the season were really hard for me,” Schnurr said. “I would say that I cried everyday. The beginning of the season was rough, but I have teammates who aren’t necessarily starters and they have a different role on the team who I sit with and they kinda have figured out how to cope with that, so I have kind of jumped on that bandwagon of this is how you need to act on game day and not be selfish and wishing you were out there.” “I think it was exhausting me being sad about it, it was just like so not me to be sad all the time and that was wearing me down,” Schnurr added. “So I just kind of was like there are bigger problems for me to worry about then pouting about the fact that I’m not playing, so I just kind of make the best out of game days.”