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Thursday, October 15, 2015
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Researching human balance Engineering students use high-technology treadmill for studies
MUSG passes legislation, bikes to be blue and gold
By Jennifer Walter
jennifer.walter@marquette.edu
Imagine the whole floor moving under your feet. Is it an earthquake? Are you in space? Although you’re moving forward, the ground is rotating. It’s not a trip to the gym - you’re on the third floor of Engineering Hall on an atypical treadmill. The six degrees of freedom treadmill, part of a pilot project in the Human Performance Lab, is used to study human balance. Biomedical engineering professor Brian Schmit runs it. The treadmill is used by Erika Zabre, a graduate student in the College of Engineering, and Jacob Van Dehy, a senior in the College of Engineering. The treadmill is mounted on a motion base, similar to those used in flight simulators. It rotates and rolls under the walker’s feet to test balance capabilities, allowing them to experience complete flexibility of motion. The machine has been used by NASA in studies about human stability. Zabre and Van Dehy hope to apply the pilot data in the future to studying people with balance issues. Subjects would include people recovering from strokes or suffering from
Bublr Bikes coming to MU in March
By Sophia Boyd
sophia.boyd@marquette.edu
The Marquette Student Government Senate voted 24-0 on legislation to bring Bublr Bikes to campus while a former amendment about student organization appeals was brought up for another debate and vote. Bublr Bikes
The Marquette Police Department received an $8,000 grant from the Wisconsin
Department of Transportation to increase pedestrian and traffic safety on campus. The money will be used to pay for officer overtime, allowing for pedestrian safety deployments. It will last until Sept. 30, 2016. The grant is part of a program from the Bureau of Transportation Safety that distributes federal funds to a number of local law enforcement agencies
to improve road safety. Which jurisdictions receive funding is typically based on data-driven targeting processes that look at changes in crash data from the previous year to determine areas troubled by traffic issues. Jurisdictions may also qualify for funding through an application process. MUPD applied for the grant near the start of the semester, after meeting with the Milwau-
kee Police Department and Department of Transportation, and received official notification on Oct. 1. This year marks the first time Marquette is eligible to receive the grant. The Department of Public Safety was ineligible due to its lack of a police charter and subsequent inability to perform traffic stops. The grant will not go toward
Marquette Student Government passed a unanimous vote to install a Bublr Bike station on campus at a Senate meeting Oct. 12. Five students, including Austin Anderson, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences and president of the Triathlon Team, attended the meeting to show their support of the legislation. The next step is to decide a location for the station, which will be the first station west of downtown. Right now, the closest station to campus is at the Central Library. The new station will have 17 to 19 docks with blue and gold Bublr Bikes to represent Marquette. MUSG also plans to work on safety initiatives for the bikes. “Safety is definitely a number one priority,” said Aliya Manjee, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences and MUSG Vice President. Manjee and MUSG President Zack Wallace presented a PowerPoint before the vote that listed ideas such as providing helmets and hosting rides focused on student safety.
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Engineering students Erika Zabre and Jacob Van Dehy study balance with the six degrees of freedom treadmill.
multiple sclerosis. “We think that this could provide a rehabilitation therapy that could really improve the quality of life,” Van Dehy said. The HPL also has interest in studying prosthetics. Zabre and Van Dehy are experimenting with force plates and how prostheses can sense when to go
into different modes to accommodate a user. Many of the prostheses on the market today are operated manually. “You have to, for example, hit the toe of the prostheses for it to go into stair mode,” Zabre said. “We are going to have force data exactly on the transitions
so that we can trigger our prostheses (automatically).” In addition, the lab’s team is looking into stability studies for amputees. “For amputees, one of the main issues is going up and down a hill, so we’re going to See Treadmill Page 5
MUPD gets $8,000 for traffic safety Money pays overtime for more pedestrian deployments By Matt Gozun
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Infographic of statistics about the university’s student body.
Anti-domestic violence
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Lacrosse starts fall season
Position battles at the center of the Marquette’s scrimmage vs. Fairfield.
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One Love training campus groups on safety and prevention.
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Artist shares cancer story
Andrew McMahon hopes to raise $72,000 for his Dear Jack Foundation. PAGE 8
Nutrition in a nutshell
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Construction scheduled for Marquette area MU Interchange, Wisconsin Avenue projects start 2017 By Patrick Thomas
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Several new construction projects are set to dig into the Marquette area in the next few years. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has plans to reconstruct the Marquette Interchange and I-43/I-94 Valley Bridge and a western portion of Wisconsin Avenue beginning in the fall of 2017. The Interchange project would entail all 29 bridges within the core of the Marquette Interchange receiving a polymer overlay. Michael Pyritz, a spokesman from the Wisconsin DOT, said that an overlay is a process that will extend the life of the bridge. “We expect it to take about two and half months to complete,” Pyritz said. “Most of the work can be done in the
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The yellow box shows the Marquette Interchange, where construction is set for fall of 2017; construction for 2018 is highlighted by the pink line.
off hours of the day, but anytime you undertake a larger project there is always
going to be an impact.” A polymer overlay is required to ensure the bridges have a
75-year anticipated life span. The Valley Bridge concrete overlays will have a
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long-term closure effect on some ramps within the Marquette Interchange. “We will have more details on any closures in the near future as the design phase progresses,” Pyritz said. The project is currently in the design phase, and Pyritz said that a lot of work still has to take place. He also said that Marquette does not have a financial impact on this project. “We look to maximize any large-scale project,” Pyritz said. “We look to do it in quick time, because we realize the business impact it can have on the area, especially around a university.” Marquette spokesman Brian Dorrington said via email that it is too early to tell the potential traffic impact a project like this could have on the university. He also said that funding for this project was left out of the most recent state budget. “The Department of Transportation has to go back to the Joint Committee on Finance to seek the authority to fund any potential new projects,” Dorrington said. “Due to this, the I-94 East-West corridor project is one that remains in flux. We will continue to monitor all developments closely to communicate any necessary transportation projects that may impact traffic near campus.” The Marquette Interchange project is not the only one to take place in the Marquette area. The city of Milwaukee’s Department of Public Works also has plans to reconstruct part of Wisconsin Avenue. “The West Wisconsin Avenue reconstruction project is from North 20th to North 35th Streets and will be done in conjunction with the reconstruction of Wisconsin Avenue between North 35th and North 38th Streets,” said Sandy Rusch Walton, spokeswoman at the DPW. The reconstruction of Wisconsin Avenue is not scheduled to happen until 2018. “West Wisconsin Avenue is a public right-of-way which runs through Marquette University but is not part of MU property holdings,” Walton said. “The Wisconsin Avenue construction project is being funded with state and federal funds.”
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MUPD Reports Oct. 8 At 5:35 p.m., an unknown subject removed an estimated $7 in cash from a jar on a counter in a business in the 1600 block of W. Wisconsin Ave. and fled the scene. At 10:02 p.m., a student passenger in a vehicle was in possession of a controlled substance in the 1400 block of W. State St. MUPD confiscated and placed it in MUPD inventory. Oct. 9 At 2 a.m., a student reported being sexually assaulted by another student in the 500 block of N. 20th St. Oct. 10 At 1:13 p.m., a person not affiliated with Marquette punched an acquaintance who also was not affiliated with Marquette in a business in the
800 block of N. 16th St. The victim sustained minor injury. MUPD cited the subject. At 6:29 p.m., a known subject not affiliated with Marquette violated a restraining order and trespassed in the lobby of McCormick Hall. MUPD took the subject into custody and transported him to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility. Oct. 11 At 5:20 a.m., an underage student in Abbottsford Hall admitted consuming alcohol. Between 3:15 and 3:30 a.m., three alumni entered a secured, unattended residence and removed property belonging to two students in the 900 block of N. 14th St. The property was later returned. One of the items was
damaged. Estimated damage is $50. The subjects were ordered in to the Milwaukee County District Attorney for charging. Oct. 12 At 6:50 p.m., a student reported that unknown person(s) removed his secured, unattended bicycle outside of Raynor Library. Estimated loss is $400.
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S M T W T F S Adaptive Scuba Lessons, Helfaer Rec 1 2 3 reation Center, 4 to 9 p.m. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
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Between 6:43 and 6:47 p.m., a student reported that unknown person(s) removed his secured, unattended bicycle outside of Straz Tower. MUPD later found the bicycle abandoned by Raynor Library and returned it to the student.
Pet Therapy, AMU second floor, 12 to 1:30 p.m.
Oct. 13 Between 2:20 and 2:30 p.m., a person not affiliated with Marquette acted in a disorderly manner toward an employee in the Dental School.
Kevin Miller Presentation, Emory Clark 119, 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Living Rosary for Life, Central Mall, 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.
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Yoga at the Haggerty, Haggerty Art Museum, 2 to 3 p.m.
Orchestra Fall Concert, Varsity Theatre, 2 to 5 p.m. An Evening of Latin Dance, AMU Ballrooms, 7 to 9 p.m. Quarter Moon Observation, Wehr Physics roof, 8:30 to 10 p.m.
Monday 19 Civil Rights Pilgrimage info session, AMU Room 157, 6 to 7 p.m.
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MUSG: Senate will revote on funding amendment Wallace and Manjee quoted Bublr’s Executive Director Kevin Hartman in their presentation to emphasize Bublr as an initiative for campus engagement: “The value of it is that it isn’t a bike rental station, the real value is that it connects to things.” The station should be completely installed by March of next year. Former Amendment Senator Cameron Vrana, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, reintroduced an amendment about the Senate’s ability to appeal budget committee decisions regarding student organization funding allocations over $2,500. This amendment originally passed in fall 2014 after SOF went through an evaluation process with the Lean Six Sigma Program. The evaluation revealed an “unintentional” loophole between the Senate’s vote on student organizations’ appeals and the budget committee’s ability to override a denial. Although the Senate must vote on SOF allocations over $2,500, the student organizations can appeal in a case where any amount is denied. This appeal goes to the budget committee and is sent back to the Senate for one more vote. This process changed last spring semester when legislation passed to revoke the Senate’s final vote. The budget committee now
The executive vice president and SOF committee need to set deadlines that they think would be appropriate.” Cameron Vrana Sophomore, College of Business Administration
has “the ability to appeal any decision (from the Senate), regardless of the amount,” Wallace said. “We simply ran out of time to be able to go through with this extra step in the process of having the Senate approve appeals.” The length of the application process did not allow enough time for the Senate to pass a vote if a student organization appealed its funding for the fall. “That put student organizations at a real risk because they didn’t know whether they got that money for an entire summer,” Vrana said. This issue specifically affected organizations that received allocations over $2,500 that relied on Senate’s vote. SOF set April 12 as the deadline last semester for student organizations to apply for funding in the 2015 fall semester. Wallace said that over 50 student organizations applied. If this amendment passes, Wallace said it will elongate the process and require organizations to plan more than seven months in advance to prepare for their funding. To prevent another repeat of the loophole from last year, Vrana said that the deadlines and Senate meetings need to match. “The executive vice president and SOF committee need to set deadlines that they think would be appropriate so that if an organization needed to appeal… the Senate would be able to meet after that decision to approve or deny that request,” Vrana said. The Senate will debate and vote again on this amendment Oct. 26.0 “I encourage the Senate to think critically about the legislation and the unintended consequences that it may create,” Wallace said. He added he specifically wants senators to think about what changes to the SOF schedule will have on student organizations’ experiences. Wallace also said student organization feedback would be helpful as this legislation is discussed.
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One Love trains sorority
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Alpha Chi Omega participated in the training as part of its Domestic Violence Awareness Week during October.
Anti-domestic violence group to teach more of MU By Maredithe Meyer
maredithe.meyer@marquette.edu
Marquette trained the Alpha Chi Omega sorority in domestic violence prevention last week as part of Domestic Violence Awareness month. The One Love Foundation was founded in 2010 in honor of Yeardley Love, a University of Virginia senior who was beaten to death by her ex-boyfriend three weeks before graduating. The group works with schools around the country to reduce relationship violence and raise awareness. “Everyone was very receptive,” said Alina Atayan, a junior in the College of Nursing. “It’s obviously a tough subject to talk about, especially for a lot of girls.” Atayan recently brought One Love to campus after she started interning with the foundation last summer. She is trying to expand the organization and educate various student groups with One Love’s Escalation Workshop. Alpha Chi
Omega was the first group to receive the training. After launching Escalation one year ago, One Love has a presence at about 300 colleges and has held workshops at around 150 high schools. “We know that ages 16 to 24 is the maximum risk age group (for domestic violence),” said Krista Giuntoli, One Love program coordinator. “It’s this idea that we are meeting the most at-risk group where they are at, but also, giving them the tools and helping them feel empowered. The easiest way to do that is by talking about early warning signs.” The foundation’s research-based, 90-minute workshop educates students about the issue using a film and discussion that is run by One Love-trained student facilitators. “Our goal is to show people a spectrum of warning signs,” Atayan said. “There are a lot of subtle signs, that generally have to do with control, that you can see and stop before it gets to that point of someone physically being harmed.” The film features Paige, a fictional college student whose abusive relationship with her boyfriend Chase ends in death. The following discussion covers topics addressed in the film and gives participants a chance
to share input about the issue. Alpha Chi Omega participated in the workshop as part of its Domestic Violence Awareness Week, a week dedicated to raising awareness about its philanthropic cause and fundraising to support it. Eighty-eight members of the sorority attended this workshop, one of the 683 Escalation workshops that One Love has held at schools around the country. “It shocked me and at the same time scared me to think that someone I love could be in a relationship like this, and I might not ever notice,” said Erin Church, a junior in the College of Nursing and a member of Alpha Chi Omega. Marquette’s One Love is working with the Athletic Department to schedule an Escalation workshop in the near future. One Love launched the #ThatsNotLove Campaign this week to promote healthy relationships and to spread the word about their mission. “It is part of this effort to see how much we can put out there,” Giuntoli said. “How much can we raise awareness?” The campaign’s video has received almost 750,000 hits on YouTube since One Love’s campaign launch Oct. 6.
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Kent Beausoleil to support officers, students in crisis By Clara Hatcher
clara.hatcher@marquette.edu
The Office of Mission and Ministry appointed a chaplain for the Marquette Police Department, around five months after it was officially commissioned. It was announced on Oct. 12 that the Rev. Kent Beausoleil, associate dean of student development and pastoral minister for Schroeder Hall, will take the position. His start date has not been determined. “I found out they didn’t have a police chaplain and asked if they wanted one,” Beausoleil said. Beausoleil connected with MUPD after giving an invocation for the police academy’s
graduation ceremony in August. Raised in a family of police officers and military personnel, Beausoleil said he’s aware of the support needed for police officers. He said his role includes providing spiritual and pastoral support to officers, referring police to campus resources and visiting hospitalized officers. The chaplain also helps MUPD link its work to the university’s mission, spends time with the officers on duty and addresses needs of students in crisis. “In my heart I would like to give back to these men and women in service,” Beausoleil said. “I want to offer my pastoral support wherever I can and I appreciate the need for support for the officers serving and protecting.” Beausoleil said he is most looking forward to getting to know the police department, hearing their stories and becoming more familiar with their
work, what they are doing and what their needs are. MUPD Captain Jeff Kranz said having a police department chaplain is not an uncommon thing. He said Germantown, Brookfield and a number of other agencies around Milwaukee have chaplains for their police and fire departments. “I think it is excellent,” Kranz said. “(Beausoleil) acts as a spiritual resource. It gives officers a resource to go to and a resource in the community as well.” Stephanie Russell, vice president for OMM, also praised the selection. “We are grateful for Fr. Beausoleil’s generosity in taking on this role,” Russell said in a university news release. “He brings a deep commitment to the wellbeing of the officers and staff, and to advancing mission integration in the work of the Marquette Police Department.”
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Treadmill: virtual reality aids students
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Jacob Van Dehy, a senior in the College of Engineering, works with the treadmill in the Human Performance Lab.
have the motion base moving up and down, so we also want them to have a visual field of where they’re going,” Zabre said. A large television that plays virtual reality programs is attached to the treadmill. With virtual reality in place, the team hopes this will create an improvement in biofeedback from participants. Though the project has not
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partnered with any hospitals yet, Van Dehy and Zabre’s ultimate goal is to see their studies in action by helping those with balance issues and prostheses. For now, students in biomedical engineering have access to tools that could create solutions to medical issues related to balance and stability. The treadmill has been a point of interest among students and
visitors to Engineering Hall. Van Dehy and Zabre have conducted test runs with friends, colleagues and multiple sclerosis patients. Outreach programs, such as Girls Who Code, have inquired about visits as well. “It’s a big hit on freshman orientation days,” Van Dehy said.
MUPD: Slight increase in pedestrian, bike crashes hiring any new personnel or equipment. As part of agreeing to the grant, MUPD will undergo mandatory BOTS training, videos of which are available online. MUPD Corp. Carrie Peters said the grant comes at a time when traffic incidents around campus have been on a slow rise. “We’ve seen a slight increase in crashes involving pedestrians and/or bicyclists this year compared to the last two years,” Peters said. “So we wanted to proactively educate drivers and pedestrians whose failure to follow the laws are leading to unsafe conditions.” Peters cited Wisconsin State Law 346.24: “Crossing at an uncontrolled intersection or crosswalk” as the most frequently violated statute leading to accidents. Among the law’s provisions are rules granting pedestrians the right of way and prohibiting them from walking, running or riding into the path of a vehicle that is close enough to make it difficult for the driver to yield in time. While the law doesn’t explicitly forbid jaywalking, Peters said it is up to both pedestrians and drivers to ensure a safe road environment. “Sometimes we see people jaywalking in a way that impedes the flow of traffic,” Peters said. “This puts everyone at risk, and can cause injuries
Sometimes we see people jaywalking in a way that impedes the flow of traffic. This puts everyone at risk and can cause injuries and accidents.” Carrie Peters, MUPD Corporal and accidents. We’re hoping that by educating those who live in and travel through the area, we can make the MU area a safe place for drivers and pedestrians to travel.” David Miller, a third-year law student, said he’s unsure if an increased police presence would necessarily lower accidents, but it could increase a different aspect of policing. “I’m not sure if accidents will necessarily go down, but I can see perhaps an increase in the number of of tickets given out for speeding or parking,” Miller said. “It might prevent people from not stopping at crosswalks.”
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Student volunteers feed hungry at local church Midnight Run sends daily help to The Gathering By Julie Grace
julie.grace@marquette.edu
Fourteen years ago, when Gerry Fischer started at Marquette, it might have been hard to find volunteers for The Gathering. That has since changed. “Now it’s much easier to get people to get up early and serve,” said Fischer, the associate director of Campus Ministry. “I think students like to do it first thing in the morning before classes.” The Gathering has provided meals to those who are hungry since 1982, according to its website. As of July 2015, The Gathering has served 44,519 meals at its three locations throughout Milwaukee. St. James Episcopal Church, located directly East of Straz Tower, was The Gathering’s first location. Fischer, who serves as the Midnight Run moderator, meets with the student leadership team and leads a weekly meeting for all Midnight Run coordinators. He said the sense of community among volunteers at The Gathering is especially significant. At least four Marquette students volunteer at the site Monday through Friday mornings. The staff at The Gathering counts on Marquette students as regulars and are comfortable giving them whatever jobs are
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St. James Episcopal Church, located east of Straz Tower, has a breakfast ministry to serve Milwaukee’s homeless and food-insecure population.
left, Fischer said. Mary Sizemore, a sophomore in the College of Engineering and a Midnight Run volunteer at The Gathering, said volunteers prepare, serve and clean up from the meals. She said roles for volunteers can vary from week to week. From sweeping floors, buttering toast, pouring milk or cleaning tables, each job has its unique perks and ways to engage with the community. It is not the specific
service work that inspires so many students to participate in Midnight Run or serve at The Gathering, but the engagement with the community surrounding Marquette. “After learning that Midnight Run was a service organization that involved neither running nor staying up late, I wanted to sign up,” Sizemore said in an email. “Midnight Run seemed like the perfect way for a stressed college student to get an amazing experience
Adjunct union addressed Differing opinions about pay for part-time professors By Gary Leverton
gary.leverton@marquette.edu
A survey to decide if a forum on adjunct professor conditions is necessary should be reviewed by the University Academic Senate by the end of this academic year. “I have repeatedly called attention to this issue,” said Dan Maguire, a professor in the Department of Theology, about creating a union for Marquette adjunct professors. “And we are no closer to a union than when I started three years ago.” Cheryl Maranto, the chair of Academic Senate and the Department of Management, said creating a union for adjunct professors is unrealistic. Adjunct professors experience low wages and limited job security, and having a union could combat those issues. However, unions are not universally welcomed by higher education institutions, especially Catholic, Jesuit universities. Some Catholic, Jesuit universities, including Georgetown, have successfully formed adjunct unions. Others, including Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, say they are religiously exempt from bargaining with professors.
Maguire said previous popes have been championing for worker unions since the 19th century, yet Marquette continues to be disinterested. Maguire also said tenure has dropped significantly due to the university’s unwillingness to pay more for adjunct professors. According to the Marquette handbook, “tenure is a faculty status that fosters an environment of free inquiry without regard for the need to be considered for reappointment. Tenure is reserved for regular faculty who are recognized by the university as having the capacity to make unique, significant and long-term future contributions to the educational mission of the university.” Tenure contracts allow professors to have opinions that challenge Catholic values with less fear of losing their jobs. Maguire, a tenured professor, was denounced by U.S. bishops in 2007 for his writings in favor of abortion rights and same-sex marriage, but he was not in danger of losing his job. “Now the majority of professors don’t have academic freedom and are financially handicapped,” Maguire said. “They can’t pursue the truth.” Maranto and the Academic Senate received a request from Maguire two years ago to pursue a forum for discussion about adjunct professor conditions, including ones related to salary. According to Marquette’s website, the Academic
I have repeatedly called attention to this issue and we are no closer to a union than when I started.” Dan Maguire, Theology professor Senate is responsible for advising the senior administration and the board of trustees on matters crucial to the success of Marquette’s academic mission. Members include elected faculty senators, appointed deans, vice provosts and undergraduate and graduate students. After Maguire made his request in 2013, Maranto charged its subcommittee on part-time faculty to investigate the issue. It decided that a survey taken by part-time professors would be the best way to get results. Maranto said it was certainly aware of the issues and concerns with part-time faculty. She said difficulty comes with finding a policy that works for everyone. “Some of these part-timers have other jobs or multiple gigs,” Maranto said. “It would be hard to find a time for everybody to meet for a forum.”
and meet the real Milwaukee face-to-face.” Sizemore said she especially enjoys the people she encounters at The Gathering, noting that everyone is surprisingly hilarious at seven in the morning. “It’s been so cool to meet volunteers from other organizations, or those just coming out of the good-will of their hearts,” Sizemore said. “I also love getting to share joys, struggles, laughs, or whatever else with the meal guests.
Everyone, no matter who, has something cool to say. It’s an amazing environment.” Fischer also noted students build deep relationships not only with those they serve, but the long-time volunteers and workers at The Gathering. Only six of 14 Midnight Run locations have been service sites during Fischer’s 14 years at Marquette.
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News in Brief Milwaukee airport could change
In an effort to increase the number of international flights leaving from Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele proposed reconfiguring Concourse E. Non-stop flights to Cancun and Toronto are the regularly scheduled international flights offered by the airport. “While the number of carriers and direct flights has been in decline over the last several years, as it has in almost every other mid-size market, Milwaukee still ranks highly among its peers when it comes to non-stop service for business locations,” Julie Granger, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce senior vice president, told the Milwaukee Business Journal. Concourse E was considered for closure in 2012, but Abele said he believes if the airport can build a new customs clearance area and make the international arrival area – currently in a separate building – more convenient, it can increase its desirability to international airlines. “We want to be more aggressive with carriers,” Abele told the Milwaukee Business Journal. “We’re talking to new international carriers to add destinations.” More international options create the possibility for more passengers. Additionally, advertising Mitchell flights that connect to international destinations would increase revenue, according to officials at the MMAC.
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Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele is considering reconfiguring Concourse E in Mitchell airport.
A long-term redevelopment plan is in the works for the downtown Milwaukee U.S. Postal Service building, which was bought by two Chicago investors Oct. 9. Polsky Holdings partnered with R2 Cos. to purchase the roughly 1-million-squarefoot building for $13.05 million. The Milwaukee Business Journal reported redevelopment plans include a grocery store, other retail stores, offices and housing. This marks the second Milwaukee-located property purchased by R2 Cos. It recently bought the 160-year-old Pettibone Mansion in June.
Matt Garrison, managing principal of R2 Cos., said the building’s location is one of the most meaningful redevelopment sites in Milwaukee. “This is a large development site that may take many years to play out because of the Post Office lease,” Garrison told The Milwaukee Business Journal. “We’ve been looking to expand that footprint in Milwaukee. We think Milwaukee is a really great city with a lot of potential. A lot of re-urbanization is happening there.” The building is currently leased by the Postal Service, and its term will last for about five more years. Garrison and the other investors see major redevelopment potential once the Postal Service moves out, including converting the first and second floors into retail space. That concept is encouraged in the city of Milwaukee’s long-term plan for West St. Paul Avenue.
Bill could limit carrying weapons
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The Milwaukee airport offers international flights to Cancun and Toronto.
Wisconsin Democrats proposed a bill on Oct. 14 that prohibits carrying dangerous weapons on in-state, higher education campuses, according to the Miwlaukee Journal-Sentinel. If passed, the bill would make violating the law a Class 1
felony. It would effect both public and private institutions. Representatives Chris Taylor, Terese Berceau and Melissa Sargent introduced the bill after Oct. 13, when two Republicans brought up a bill that would allow guns inside campus buildings. Wisconsin’s current law allows people to have guns on public university and college campuses but allows those schools to ban weapons inside buildings. Taylor, Berceau and Sargent sent out a memo to get co-sponsors, saying 19 states ban carrying a concealed weapon on a college or university campus. In the past year, legislators in 15 states introduced 22 bills calling for a loosening of gun restrictions on college campuses, according to Fortune. Prior to this Wisconsin bill, there was one bill introduced in California that would make it harder to carry a gun on campus. The University of Wisconsin System responded to the proposal in a statement, saying “we will review the bill closely and work with legislators to ensure our laws provide us the greatest ability to keep our campus communities safe.” The Wisconsin legislature is controlled by Republicans, making it harder to pass the bill known as the “college campus dangerous weapon ban.”
MU engineering recruiting middle schoolers College works to increase diversity, help community By Thomas Salinas
thomas.salinas@marquette.edu
Marquette is offering five to seven middle schoolers at Bruce-Guadalupe Community School the chance to gain automatic enrollment in the College of Engineering. The agreement is to enroll those selected from the charter school, beginning with its class of 2016, but only if they achieve academic success in high school after getting the offer. The selected students won’t be required to attend Marquette, and the amount of offers could increase as the years go on. The partnership was announced in a June
university news brief. to work with them in high Zuleyka Rios, admissions school, but it will pretty much counselor for Marquette’s mul- be the same as when we review ticultural community outreach, normal applications for the said the selected students will College of Engineering.” still have to go through MarBruce-Guadalupe is K-8 and quette’s application process. predominantly serves low in“Students will have to write es- come Hispanic students. Many says, get letters of recommenda- of those students can be the first tions and do well on standardized in their families to attend college. test scores when apMark Federle, the associate plying,” Rios said. dean of acaRios said the demic affairs selected students in the College will have to meet of Engineering, certain conditions said it’s great that other applithe university cants are required is providing to as well. this opportu“They will have nity for young to have a certain students. He score on the ACT, said many stua certain GPA dents at Bruceand take certain Guadalupe do Mark Federle, not have any math courses,” College of Engineering associate k n o w l e d g e Rios said. “We dean of Academic Affairs will continue of what an
In some cases we might be able to change the course of their families.”
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engineering career entails. “It’s exciting to give these middle school students a chance to become an engineering student at Marquette,” Federle said. Federle said the agreement fits the university’s mission well, including the goals of having diversity and inclusion. “The opportunity to serve a group of students who aren’t the biggest part of the College of Engineering is satisfying,” Federle said. “In some cases we might be able to change the course of their families.” Rios said while in high school, the selected students will be tutored by Marquette engineering students who will act as role models and help keep the students on track. Marquette will also provide them professional advising, career exploration, financial assistance, shadowing experiences and access to academic and career fairs, according
to the university news brief. Rios said the initial goal is to create student awareness about engineering careers and help students focus on those careers while in high school. She said the hope is that the students will attend an engineering school after graduating, even if it isn’t Marquette. Rios added the partnership will help the Milwaukee community. “Serving the Milwaukee community is obviously something we want to do,” Rios said. “If we can do that and bring more diverse students to Marquette, specifically engineering, I think it’ll be great.” Marquette joins two other universities who have guaranteed admission partnerships with Bruce-Guadalupe: Carroll University in Waukesha and Alverno College in Milwaukee.
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Artist reflects on his music and cancer journey Andrew McMahon to perform at The Rave/ Eagles Club Oct. 27 By Lily Stanicek
lily.stanicek@marquette.edu
Andrew McMahon is a survivor. This is true of his journey as the front man of not one, but three different bands throughout his career as a musician. But even more than that, it is true of his personal battle with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He was diagnosed when he was 22, at the very start of his transition from his first band, Something Corporate, to his side project, Jack’s Mannequin. It’s been 10 years since he received a life-saving stem cell transplant from his sister, the same day that Jack’s Mannequin’s debut record, “Everything in Transit” was released. Since then, McMahon has not only evolved as a musician, but has used his music and his foundation, The Dear Jack Foundation, to positively affect the lives of other cancer patients and survivors. The 10-year anniversary of McMahon’s transplant is marked by yet another intermingling of his music and his cancer activism. McMahon
heads out on tour with New Politics this month, just as the Dear Jack Foundation’s 72k Challenge is hitting its mid-way point. The challenge’s goal is to raise $72,000, which represents the number of adolescents and young adults diagnosed with cancer every year. In addition to being able to donate, most shows on the tour will also have a booth where fans can sign up to be put on the bone marrow registry. The tour’s stop in Milwaukee will be held at the Rave/ Eagles Club on Oct. 27. It will be almost a year to the day since McMahon was last at the Rave to play a free benefit show to bring awareness to his foundation. However, the relationship between his music and his struggle with cancer has been there from the start. “When I got sick, we posted something online [for fans] that just said, ‘Please donate to the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation,’” McMahon said. “And over the course of the six months to a year that I was in heavy treatment and recovery, the amount of donations that came in on our behalf was so big.” Fans organized grassroots fundraisers and wristband initiatives, raising more money and awareness than McMahon ever imagined, and for a cause
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McMahon perfomed a free benefit show at the Rave last year to bring awareness to the Dear Jack Foundation.
that was so directly personal to him. In his fans dedication to this cause, he saw the potential for much more. “It just felt like this energy was building,” McMahon said. “It felt like, wow, what if we could take all of these separate fundraisers and organizations that are springing up and put them all in one place and focus our mission?” That’s how Dear Jack Foundation was born. The name Dear Jack comes from a Jack’s Mannequin song about the brother of a friend of McMahon’s who also suffered from childhood leukemia. The foundation appropriately focuses on issues related to adolescent and young adult cancer. “We do a lot of work in the cancer community that I’m really proud of,” McMahon said. Over the years, the foundation has hit some significant goals. They’ve raised over half a
million dollars for the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society, awarded cancer survivors college scholarships, and worked with First Descents, an organization that sends cancer survivors on adventure camps into the wilderness to help build confidence. And that work continues. Even though it just began in August, the 72k Challenge has already hit the $30,000 mark. Two cancer survivors attending University of California and California State University have also received scholarships through the Dear Jack Foundation. With his music and his foundation, McMahon believes in focusing on growth and evolution. Musically, it’s something he’s practiced. “I hate doing the same thing twice,” McMahon said. “I like the idea of constantly finding new collaborators and working
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with new people and keeping the stage show fresh.” His recent solo project, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, is the result of McMahon ‘detangling’ himself from the business ties formed during his time with Something Corporate and Jack’s Mannequin. He switched to an independent label, operated for a time without management and drew songwriting inspiration from something as new and terrifying as being a father for the first time. “It was really kind of like a hard reset,” McMahon said about the transition. “Everything sort of flipped upside down and I started from scratch. It was tough but it was invigorating.” That same evolution and growth is something McMahon sees his foundation moving towards as well. He is confident the 72k Challenge will reach its $72,000 goal by the holidays, and he is excited for the foundation’s upcoming fundraisers. Looking towards the future, he wants to transform the foundation to expand its focus onto issues of survivorship. “There’s a lot of things that happen after a treatment is supposedly finished,” McMahon said. “Your body might be on the mend, but there might be psychosocial issues, difficulties with depression, PTSD and things that people don’t really realize happen in the world of cancer survivors.” It’s something McMahon is all too familiar with, having to deal with months of painful and debilitating recovery after his stem cell transplant. Through it all, music was his touchstone. Now, as his activism and music career continue to intersect and thrive, keeping all aspects of his life positive and fun is McMahon’s main goal. “It’s easy to start taking anything in life too seriously,” McMahon said. “But I’m blessed to be playing music, and I want to keep that element of joy and excitement always close at hand.”
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Haunted house owners share insider secrets
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Wisconsin Fear Ground’s “de-glam” squad applies make up to the actors.
Four haunted thrills less than 30 minute drive from campus By Rachel Kubik
rachel.kubik@marquette.edu
The nights are getting colder, the wind is picking up and with the start of October comes thoughts of Halloween. Besides the innocent apple picking traditions and pumpkin carving fun you may partake in, there are several places to go in the Milwaukee area if you’re looking to get scared out of your mind.
Hauntfest Warrior Wasteland is an easily accessible location to visit right here in Milwaukee. Located at 1741 W. Saint Paul Ave., this cite is less than a mile away from campus. Hauntfest is a single haunted house located in a warehouse that is crawling with actors and actresses who will walk up to you and scream (or whisper creepily) in your face. There are also plenty of pitch black rooms, a maze to find your way through and strobe lights. Taj Jordan, owner of Hauntfest and the company, Music on the Move Plus said that it’s very entertaining and easy for him to scare people. Several Marquette students act for Hauntfest, most of which are
typically theatre arts majors. “My favorite (spot within the house) would be the vortex or the cage maze, but there are a bunch of others,” Jordan said. “We’re working on (the house) right now, and we’re doing some more changes to it to make it even better.” “We’ve had people faint and people fall on the floor in complete (fear) … they just freak out,” Jordan said. These incidents are rare and surprise him when they occur. “It is entertainment after all, nobody’s going to die,” Jordan said. He wants to act sometime during this season, but given his busy schedule he doesn’t know when he will have the chance. However, he still pulls pranks on other staff members. “I scared one of our cast members last Friday night -- he jumped five feet in the air. We’re always pulling pranks. That’s what makes it fun,” Jordan said. “From what I’ve heard, everybody’s really enjoyed (Hauntfest).” Another close scare location is the Mars Haunted House on 734 W. Historic Mitchell St., which is about two miles from campus. According to the Mars Haunted House website, the Milton family was murdered in October 1943 in this house by their father, who was drunk and upset that he lost his job. Mars bought the house and tried using it for apartment space, but the project failed. Now it is a fun Halloween
attraction open to the public. “Some people say they experience a ‘chilling’ sensation when walking through the house,” the website says. Another one is The Hill Has Eyes, located at 7900 W. Crystal Ridge Drive in Franklin, about a 20 minute drive from campus. “The Hill Has Eyes is Milwaukee’s best haunted attraction, featuring a hooded march to the gates of two haunted trails, a ride on a run-down chair lift and a carnival of horrors,” the company’s website said. Tom Bergles, an employee in charge of selling the admission tickets and getting waivers signed, said the CARNIvore is the best attraction on the property. “Hooded” is a new attraction that is also very thrilling. “(Actors wear) dark hoods over their heads and they lead you down the hill,” Bergles said. There’s also an area where you can get shocked, which Bergles said is one of the scariest parts for people. Another location to visit in October, if you don’t mind the drive, is the Wisconsin Fear Grounds. Located at 1000 Northview Rd., Waukesha. This is located about a half an hour away. The Grounds have three separate haunted houses: Morgan Manor, CarnEvil and Unstable. Morgan Manor is the main haunted house, which the owner
of the Fear Grounds, Tim Gavinski, named in a creative way. His wife was born on Friday the 13th, so Gavinski used the 13th letter of the alphabet, M, twice, to name the house. In addition, there are 13 rooms and 13 hallways inside Morgan Manor. “It’s kind of an homage to my wife,” Gavinski said. There are approximately 150 actors and an area at the end for Zombie Paintball for getting revenge. “That’s where you can get your revenge on the monsters after it’s all over,” Gavinski said. “They don’t get to shoot back.” Gavinski enjoys scaring people. Although he is presently not an actor, he was in his youth. He said that hearing screams is the equivalent of receiving applause at a concert. “When I’m walking around on the Fear Grounds, no one has to tell me if I’m doing good or bad,” Gavinski said. “I hear the screams.” As with any haunted house, there have been some pretty crazy stories of people getting scared. “We’ve actually had a guy that was having a heart attack. The EMTs went to get him (inside the house), and he’s like, ‘oh, let me finish (walking through), I’m almost done,’” Gavinski said. Now in retirement and over 55 years old, Gavinski said that the one main tie he has with people younger than him, such as college-age students, is a love for Halloween.
Love Your Melon strives to help sick children Club creates associate membership due to growing number By Dennis Tracy
dennis.tracy@marquette.edu
The idea behind the Love Your Melon organization was simple- create a team to sell hats and for every one sold, they will donate to children in the hospitals fighting cancer. Last holiday season, the idea spread like wildfire, and turned a four-person organization into a 20-member team. Now the organization consists of over 200 people and they set up an associate membership program because so many people wanted to join. As a part of Love Your Melon’s rules, only 20 members are allowed to join, as the crew can’t handle that much merchandise and prizes. “I don’t want to do this if my job is to just keep turning people away,” Caroline Kupchella, club president and sophomore in the College of Communication, said about the expansion. Love Your Melon was founded back in 2012 when two sophomores at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota wanted to start a charity that helps sick children in need. Marquette’s group wants to continue where they left off last year and get as many hats donated as possible. One of their main goals last year was to try to become one of the college campus ambassadors for Love Your Melon. In order to do so, they needed to obtain 20 members to count as an official campus crew.
For every hat that is purchased, 25 percent of the revenue goes to the CureSearch foundation, an organization that spends its time trying to find a cure for cancer. Another 25 percent of the money goes to the Pinky Swear Foundation, another organization dedicated to helping children with cancer. The final 50 percent of the profit goes back to Love Your Melon so they can continue to fund production. For every 250 hats that the crew sells at Marquette, another 250 are delivered to the Milwaukee Children’s Hospital. The organization creates
15,000 hats- the same number as how many children are diagnosed with cancer each year. After doing two nationwide tours last year to spread the word about this organization, more than 2,500 students and 225 different schools expressed interest in wanting to help children with cancer. “Our donation events are either at the Ronald McDonald House in Milwaukee or at Milwaukee Children’s Hospital and we dress up as superheroes to hand out hats to kids who are battling cancer. It is the most rewarding part of what we do,” Kupchella said about her
inspiration behind why she wanted to start the project here at Marquette. Previously, they dressed up as superheroes to entertain children with cancer at their donation events. “We went out and found some superhero shirts, put them on, and went to the Ronald McDonald house and got to interact with the family and kids there,” said Nicole Coenen, public relations director for Love Your Melon and a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences. “I love spending time with kids and while cancer has not affected me dramatically in the
past, I know people who have lost their battle with this horrible disease,” Kupchella said. The group teamed up with Kappa Delta for its Shamrock Shuffle 3K Color run on Saturday where it started to sell some of its winter gear. “We had a pretty good turnout,” said Stephanie Fiore, vice president of Love Your Melon and senior in the College of Arts & Sciences. “We sold about 16 hats and we’re looking for more events to do this year to get our sales up.”
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Bublr Bikes and Marquette must consider practicality in next steps Marquette Student Government has agreed to allocate $25,000 from the Reserve Fund to establish a Bublr Bikes station on Marquette’s campus. This is an exciting prospect that can potentially bridge the Marquette community to many opportunities offered across the city of Milwaukee. This venture poses a new method of sustainable transportation that is otherwise inaccessible to students without bikes. While a Bublr Bike station on campus fosters partnership and collaboration, it is premature in its practicality. Beyond installing a station, Marquette and Bublr Bikes will need to collaborate on growing Bublr’s existing station network in a way that will benefit students if they expect students to use the bikes. It is anticipated that students will use Bublr bikes to run errands conveniently. This is ideal for students who want to grab a few groceries or pick up a prescription across town, but the station closest to a Pick ‘n Save is located at Humboldt Street and Commerce Avenue, which is five miles round trip. The station is 16 minutes away by bike, meaning you would need at least an hour with the bike if you expect to have enough time to bike there, get groceries and bike back. Paying $3 for 30 minutes seems less enticing now. Bublr offers a 30-day Bublr Pass that costs $15 a month. This pass allows for unlimited 60-minute rides, which would be more practical for students who are looking to save money, but if time is of greater cost, which it is for many students, taking the bus or carpooling with a friend to run errands may be a more sensible option. Furthermore, the Humboldt Street and Commerce Avenue stop is a great way for students to get some exercise, but once Milwaukee’s harsh winter hits, students will not be inclined to bike more than 30 minutes to get groceries. It would be in Marquette’s best interest to work with Bublr to expand its network of bike stations to locations that prove beneficial to the student body and Milwaukee residents alike. Given that campus sits in the middle of a food desert, a location in Milwaukee that is closer to a grocery store and nearer to Marquette is of great interest for students and the community. Milwaukee is underdeveloped when it comes to being a bikefriendly city. Sure, there are bike lanes, but they are sparse considering the drivers who are not mindful of the lanes or the bike riders inhabiting them. While there are certain individuals comfortable riding under
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Bublr Bikes offers a sustainable transportation option. Winter may prove otherwise.
existing conditions, new users may not be, especially if they have little experience riding in the city, let alone next to cars. Experienced or not, students who plan to travel the city on Bublr bikes must be wary that just because there is a bike lane, does not mean they own the road. The collaboration of Marquette and Bublr Bikes best exemplifies how any sort of endeavor has to start somewhere. Although the initial plan is not perfect, it does illustrate where
and how Marquette and Bublr Bikes need to progress after installing the station. This will not be a one-day transformation. Once the station has been installed, Bublr Bikes and Marquette will need to continue working together to expand Bublr Bikes in surrounding parts of the city that benefit Marquette students and the surrounding Milwaukee community alike. It will most likely take months for students to use Bublr bikes comfortably, especially given that winter is rapidly approaching.
Thursday, October 15, 2015 READER SUBMISSION
MU Professor: ‘Why the fear of flushing?’ Since Marquette Hall was repopulated in May 2014, I have seen many walk out of the men’s restroom without flushing (it is in fact numerous times too many). It makes me wonder if the College of Arts & Sciences would consider offering a onecredit course on “how to overcome the fear of flushing.” Yes, it does sound like a course more appropriate for a vocational college setting. However, we must not be shy in adapting to our needs. Clearly, there are many among us who would benefit from hands-on training and possibly a demonstration of what it means to practice cura personalis. Flushing after oneself is part of the journey to be fully human. The university must do its utmost to help develop student flushing; it is part of the business of educating. Here is how I imagined a promo for such a course: We all know how important it is to complete your business – small or large – when visiting the men’s room. In this course you will learn how to motivate yourself to “flush” through analysis of inspirational phrases such as, “What would mommy do”, and, “Men for other men who may need the facilities after you”, (paraphrasing one of MU’s mottos “Men and women for others”). Using time-tested methods such as listening (repeatedly) to the sounds of a flushing toilet, the course will expand the campus definition of “business” inside the men’s room. Although “non-flushing” is not as egregious as plagiarism, it is still a “crime against conscience” and a mockery to the claim of being educated. The student will learn that flushing is part of the business inside the men’s room and is not “optional” as it might have been at home when living with mom and dad. This will be an interdisciplinary course taught by seasoned
professors, all from various colleges and departments with years of experience specializing in the mechanical, chemical, ethical and other dimensions of flushing. Philosophical concepts such as, “What it means to flush in the larger scheme of life”, will also be explored. Readings for the course will include facial and verbal expressions of men who entered the men’s room after a non-flusher. Caution: uncivil language might be involved. If you are younger than 18, you will be required to sign a consent form. However, this requirement may be waived if you admit to being a habitual non-flusher. Extra credit will be available to those who spend a total of three hours per week visiting different men’s rooms and documenting various ways to “flush with ease” by observing other men do it (with their consent, of course). The General Counsel’s office will provide legal disclaimer forms for those who wish to take on the extra credit. Based on student interest, a follow up course will be proposed – ARSC 9002 – which will take a deeper look at case studies and examine the psychological behavior of those who are hard core non-flushers. These non-flushers will be identified at the conclusion of ARSC 9001 - i.e. anyone who received a grade lower than a B average. A faculty/graduate seminar version of the course called “Flushing Meadows” is also being developed and may need to be offered in the near future. It must become obvious that no such course can be offered, nor does it need to be. Perhaps the promo above holds sufficient clues for the sensible and the thoughtful as to what is the right thing to do. The views, opinions and position expressed within this guest submission are those of the author alone and do not represent those of The Marquette Wire.
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What defines gender Carbs, fats and sugars: Students identification today? lack healthy dining hall options Caroline Comstock Columnist
I remember one particular afternoon in grade school listening to our senior reader with great anticipation for the riddles he would bring to class for us to solve. That day, he gave us the widely known riddle: A father and son have a car accident and are both badly hurt. They are both taken to separate hospitals. When the boy is taken in for an operation, the surgeon (doctor) says ‘I cannot do the surgery because this is my son.’ How is this possible? After mulling it over for a few seconds, I thought to myself, “well couldn’t the surgeon be his mom? She wasn’t in the car, right?” Indeed, the surgeon was his mom. Groundbreaking. I was confused. At 10 years old, I hadn’t known a world where being a female doctor was uncommon. All of the doctors I grew up seeing were female. This signals one of the many feminist victories throughout the years: women being admitted to higher education institutions, and the generations of women following them who worked toward traditionally male degrees in engineering, medicine, science or law. Though I can’t say I’ve necessarily been on the front line for modern feminist movements, I acknowledge that I am only able to be sitting in jeans in a college apartment, writing an article to be published, and reading up on my favorite presidential candidate, thanks to those women who fought for equality. The 2000s have sparked a millennial uprising in which previously avant-garde social ideas gained widespread acceptance. One story that made headlines for months left me questioning if two social activist groups would find themselves at odds: the Caitlyn Jenner story. Feminists have worked many years to challenge the gender constructs of our society; a woman is no less a woman if she wears pants instead of a skirt or chooses not to have children. These are not new concepts. When Caitlyn, formerly Bruce, Jenner came out to the world as a woman, shock ensued. Here was a former Olympian who had seemingly lived every male’s dream suddenly declaring womanhood at the ripe age of 65. As Caitlyn explained to a barrage of news
outlets, she had always felt like a woman, and regularly dressed in women’s clothes and undergarments privately. To her, she had always been a woman on the inside and had lived a lie until now. So, Caitlyn’s biological sex is male, while her social gender is female. But what does it really mean to “feel female”? Does it mean you enjoy wearing feminine clothing? Does it mean you like wearing makeup? Does it mean you like watching “Grey’s Anatomy”? Is it more about your physical body? Social media had a field day with the apparent contradiction: Caitlyn Jenner had transitioned into a social role that feminists have been challenging for years. Her appearance on the cover of Vanity Fair in a corset was a slap in the face to many feminists trying to end the sexualization of women in media. A viral Facebook post by Emilee Danielson decried the media attention Caitlyn received and deemed it an example of male privilege. Her views were shared by some feminist groups claiming Caitlyn could never be a woman, for she had not undergone the media induced self-esteem issues, physical pangs of childbearing and menstruation, sexualization and overall disenfranchisement that “real” women have experienced. Though some of it rings true, I cannot agree that my “struggles” as a woman are what make me a woman, either. What this conundrum boils down to is that while sex is determined at birth, gender is still a social construct according to both groups. So the question remains: Did Bruce Jenner have to transition to Caitlyn to live comfortably? If yes, then what does that say about societal gender expectations? Not surprisingly, some members of the transgender and feminist groups have failed to reconcile their differences on the issue, but perhaps the story has illuminated one beckoning question: Why do we care so much about how other people identify themselves nowadays? As far as I’m concerned, Caitlyn Jenner is a woman, but more importantly, she’s an individual who does not have to defer to the judgment of groups speaking on behalf of an entire gender or identity.
Caroline Comstock is a senior studying Marketing. She is reachable by email at caroline.comstock@marquette.edu
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Morgan Hughes
Columnist I’m told that once upon a time, freshmen and sophomores were able to choose from multiple meal plans that catered to different budgets and eating habits. I never experienced this utopia, but I’m sure it was lovely. The world is a much different place now. The Anytime Dining meal plan, or required meal plan of any freshman or sophomore living in the dorms, costs $1,995 per semester. If we assume that the average person eats roughly 2,000 calories a day, then we are paying .009 cents per calorie (rounded). At almost a penny per calorie (almost $20 a day), are you getting what you’ve paid for, or are you wasting your pennies on empty calories? On any given day last September, you could find me perusing the buffet style setup at Cobeen Hall, trying to find the perfect side for my masterfully prepared quesadilla. (Dee, you’re the man.) It took about a month of eating only cheese, tortillas and plates of french fries to realize I was not subscribing to the safe, “fit-fam” lifestyle that the Instagram aliens I so loved diligently followed themselves. In an effort to make a drastic change, I stopped eating fries for a whole month. Really, I don’t know why I haven’t gotten a medal for it. Reflecting back on that month, avoiding one unhealthy option didn’t constitute making healthy choices for a substitute. And so, it begs the question, what are the options for being nutritious on campus and making each calorie worth the price? I took a look at each dining location on campus that allows meal swipes and gave a brief summary of what the healthy options are. I’m sure I missed some things, and really I ate whole plates of fries for a month straight last year, so it’s not like I was looking at all of my options then. That said, I think there’s an apparent lack of nutrient dense options in Marquette dining halls. McCormick Hall and Cobeen Hall have buffet style dining. This is either very good or very bad for student nutrition, based solely on the student’s personal accountability. Let’s assume that we all exercise enviable self-control – what does the nutritious person eat at Cobeen or McCormick? Salad. While leafy greens and veggies are an important staple in any diet, lettuce is not nutrient dense, and I can only handle so many veggies before I start to feel green myself. Sure, sometimes the dining halls offer grilled chicken or turkey or some form of protein other than chicken tenders, but the ratio of nutrient-poor food to nutrient-rich food is drastic and disappointing. Schroeder Hall is the campus Italiano option. That’s really just a fancy way of saying, “Hey, you want carbs, and we’ve got ‘em.” I can appreciate a pasta binge every so often. When someone tells you that
carbs are bad for you, take away their bag of romaine lettuce and buy them a loaf of whole wheat bread. However, we cannot live off fettuccine alone. Mashuda Hall has some solid healthy options. They serve breakfast all day, so eggs, fruit and yogurt are always on the table. Nevertheless, you can also swipe your card for a 700 calorie milkshake. Straz Hall has a better reputation for healthier options. Stir fry is my go-to when I’m feeling guilty about my eating habits, but not guilty enough to grab a salad sans dressing. It feels wrong paying so much for a meal plan and choosing to eat something that tastes trans-fat free. The Alumni Memorial Union is a little bit different. You can get a double cheeseburger and fries, or you can get a Caesar salad with the dressing on the side. But why is it that our only healthy option is salad?
The Brew offers some good options for meal-swiping. You can get a salad or a sandwich. You used to be able to get the cute little sushi packs, but that’s no longer allowed. Anyway, you can swipe for a protein bar and a coffee, or a cup of cereal, granola, yogurt or fruit. So, that’s always a solid option. I can’t imagine being vegan and also using the meal plan for all that it’s worth. We’ve come a long way from the mystery meat Mondays of our high school cafeterias. I can’t insult Sodexo too much. For one, someone might spit in my food, and two, they do offer several options to aid in student health. Ultimately, it’s up to the individual, but it’s difficult to make healthy choices when your options are limited. Morgan Hughes is a sophomore studying Journalism and Political Science. She is reachable by email at morgan.hughes@marquette.edu
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Rosenthal, Louis benefiting from year of preparation
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By Andrew Goldstein
andrew.goldstein@marquette.edu
Marquette middle blocker Jenna Rosenthal stands at the net, palms forward, fingers pointed toward the opposing side, pulsing with anticipation. She reads the opposing setter’s eyes and purposefully strides toward the right side of the net, arriving almost before the setter’s pass. The opposing hitter goes up for the spike, when all of a sudden... Smack! The ball glances off the outstretched hands of Rosenthal and back down onto the opposing side. Another terrific block, and another point for Marquette. Plays like these may seem common for athletes like Rosenthal, who stands at 6-foot-6 inches tall. However, she said that she might not have made plays like that without one crucial thing: a redshirt year. “During my redshirt year, I learned to read the game differently,” Rosenthal said. A redshirt year occurs when a player sits out an entire year in exchange for a fifth year of athletic eligibility. The player may practice with the team and even dress for games, but is not allowed to play in matches. Players are redshirted for a wide variety of reasons. For Rosenthal, she hadn’t started playing volleyball seriously until age 16 and had a litany of self-described “quirks” in her game. Fellow redshirt freshman Taylor Louis, however, took a year off for an entirely different reason. “I had been having knee problems all throughout preseason, and I wasn’t getting better fast enough,” Louis said. “I was honestly in favor of redshirting
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Redshirt freshmen Jenna Rosenthal and Taylor Louis are two of the biggest factors for this year’s Golden Eagles.
because I didn’t want to waste a year trying to recover.” Marquette has two presumptive redshirts this year — outside hitter Amanda Green and defensive specialist Abby Julian — who will not see the court barring a rash of injuries to those ahead of them on the depth chart. However, Marquette head coach Ryan Theis said that this does not necessarily mean that there’s anything wrong with their techniques. According to Theis, lack of space in the lineup is also a significant factor. “It’s just a matter of quality minutes,” Theis said. “If somebody’s going to play 40 percent of the time ... and in their fifth year they’re going to play 100 percent of the time, then you have to ask yourself which one is going to be better for the program.” One might think that ultra-competitive athletes who have honed their skills finely enough to earn a Division I scholarship would loathe the idea of having to take a year off from one of their life’s passions. However, both Rosenthal and Louis said that the values they gleaned from their redshirt season made taking a year off well worth it.
“I definitely improved my whole game,” Louis said. “Reading hitters, playing defense and (playing offense) were all very much improved during my redshirt year. I also had the time to strengthen my knees and my body, which helped me recover faster.” Rosenthal concurred with her teammate. “I understood that I was behind (in terms of development),” she said. “It was just sort of a struggle with myself to make sure I kept getting better.” The Marquette women’s volleyball redshirt athletes find this experience especially valuable because Theis takes redshirted players on road trips to accustom them to the travel schedule and the noise of opposing gyms. Most other schools leave redshirted players at home because of travel expenses, but Theis believes that the experience gained is well worth the cost. “They’re in it. They’re competing and wanting us to win even though they may not be on the floor,” Theis said. “They’re supporting their teams and seeing the environment, and that’s valuable.” In the cases of Rosenthal and Louis, those types of experiences
appear to be paying dividends this year. Louis is averaging 4.94 kills per set through 19 matches, which puts her at fifth in the country. Rosenthal has been a destructive force at the net, averaging 1.16 blocks per set, which ranks in the top 100 in the country. Given how well redshirting appears to have worked for both Rosenthal and Louis, it should come as little surprise that they both recommend it to incoming freshmen. “Even if they think that they are ready to take the court, they will know for certain … after a year of training and practicing,” Louis said. Rosenthal said the entire experience was a trial run, and another year at the university is beneficial. “After my redshirt year, Ryan told me ‘Alright, only 120 matches,’” she said. “I asked him what he meant and he said that there’s only about 120 matches in your entire career at Marquette. And I was like, ‘Wow, that’s a really finite number’ … The fact that you get to have an extra year to go and have these experiences is awesome.”
MLax to test lineup at Fairfield Position battles highlight MU’s lone fall scrimmage By Jack Goods
jack.goods@marquette.edu
Men’s lacrosse will get its first action of the season this weekend when the Golden Eagles head to Connecticut to play the Fairfield Stags in its only scheduled fall ball game. “We’ve almost taken that final step to see what it’s like to compete at the highest level,” head coach Joe Amplo said. Fittingly, Marquette’s biggest question mark heading into this season is finding someone to replace last year’s leading scorer Jordan Greenfield, who is a former Stag. Amplo believes the team can rely on junior attackman Kyran Clarke, who scored 11 goals and dished 13 assists last season, to play a big role in the offense this season. The Marquette coach is
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interested to see what freshmen Josh Williamson and John Wagner will look like against amplified competition. Wagner, a St. Davids, Ontario native, was ranked in the Top 200 players in the Class of 2015 by StudentSports, and was a three-time all-state selection. He had offers from Syracuse, Cornell and Brown. Williamson played his high school ball at Redondo Union High in California, scoring 89 goals and 113 assists in his high school career. He was named an Adrenaline All-American and named to the conference’s first team his senior year. “Those guys have had their bright moments and their very freshman-like moments this fall, which is to be expected,” Amplo said. “I’m really anxious to see what happens at that position.” The Golden Eagles will also have a new starting defenseman following Logan Tousaw’s graduation. Redshirt senior B.J. Grill
said he’s seen sophomores Jordan McKenzie and Matt Lanza elevate their game thus far. Despite those two spots being the clear holes on the team, Amplo says there are opportunities for players at multiple positions to get into the rotation. “To be honest, there are starting spots open more than you think,” Amplo said. “There’s competition at a bunch of places. Sure, there are a few established guys that have been starters for us for a few years, but there are a majority of positions that are open to the taking for these guys.” Marquette will have two goalies – sophomore Cole Blazer and senior Matt Barone – split time in net on Sunday. Junior Jimmy Danaher, last year’s starter, is currently out with an injury. The Stags went 9-6 overall last season, but finished first in the Colonial Athletic Conference with a 4-1 record. Their coach, Andy Copelan, was named the conference’s Coach of the Year. It was the first
year Fairfield was in the conference since leaving the Eastern College Athletic Conference. Fairfield lost its leading scorer from last year, Tristan Sperry, and third leading scorer Colin McLinden to graduation. Midfielder TJ Neubauer will be the man to watch for the Stags this season. Grill said the game helps the fall season from dragging, giving the team something to look forward to. It is also a good test to see where the team is at after beginning practice together. “I think (the practices have) definitely been more intense,” Grill said. “The biggest thing is the speed of play and the intensity that we’re approaching practice with every day. We have bigger expectations here than we’ve ever had.” The game will be held at Fairfield’s Rafferty Stadium at 11 a.m. on Sunday.
Men’s Hockey at Minnesota When: 5:30 p.m. Women’s Volleyball vs. St. John’s When: 6 p.m. Men’s Soccer vs. Creighton When: 7 p.m. SUNDAY 10/18 Men’s Lacrosse at Fairfield (scrimmage) When: 11 a.m. Women’s Soccer at Georgetown When: 12 p.m.
BIG EAST Standings Men’s soccer (BIG EAST, overall)
Creighton 4-0, 13-0 Georgetown 4-0, 8-2-2 Butler 2-2, 6-3-3 Villanova 2-2, 7-5 DePaul 2-2, 3-10 Xavier 1-2-1, 7-4-1 Marquette 1-2-1, 5-5-2 St. John’s 1-1-2, 3-7-3 Providence 1-3, 5-5-1 Seton Hall 0-4, 0-10-1 Women’s soccer (BIG EAST, overall) DePaul 5-0, 11-2-2 St. John’s 4-1, 12-2 Georgetown 4-1, 9-5 Butler 3-2, 10-5-1 Marquette 3-2, 6-6-3 Creighton 2-3, 10-6 Providence 2-3, 9-6 Xavier 1-4, 6-7-1 Seton Hall 1-4, 2-10-2 Villanova 0-5, 1-13 Women’s Volleyball (BIG EAST, overall) Creighton 7-0, 13-7 Villanova 6-1, 16-4 Xavier 5-2, 9-8 Marquette 4-3, 12-7 Seton Hall 4-4, 10-10 St. John’s 3-4, 13-9 Georgetown 2-5, 8-12 Butler 2-5, 5-14 DePaul 1-6, 12-7 Providence 1-6, 10-11
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Quidditch loses, still improves Club team using senior leadership to make title run By Robby Cowles
robert.cowles@marquette.edu
Last weekend club quidditch had what its members are calling its most successful tournament of the season at the Great Plains Invitational in Minneapolis. The club’s A-team went undefeated in pool play before losing in the championship final, while the B team went 0-3. Junior captain Nathan Digmann was impressed by how well the team is coming together. “(I) saw a lot of good things,” he said. “Inexperienced people got a lot of good experience and did a lot of good things that we weren’t really expecting so that made it a really good tournament,” Digmann said. “We’ve had a lot of time where we’ve been working on strategy and things and I think this was the first time that people started to buy in, the first time it started to all come together.” The other junior captain, Matthew Angel, believes that the tournament was a big step forward for the team. “I think it was that light bulb moment for some, where it’s like, ‘hey, this actually works!’” Angel said. It was quidditch’s second tournament, and coming together as a team over the rest of the fall season is a goal for club president and senior captain, Matthew Fiebig. “Working together as a team, we have a lot of talented individual members, but trying to
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Club quidditch, which practices at Marquette’s Norris Park, lost in the championship round of the Great Plains Invitational in Minneapolis last weekend.
bring that all together as a team is what we’ve been working on,” Fiebig said. “Expectations are high, which generally is what happens when we have a lot of seniors on the squad.” All three captains stressed senior leadership as key to the team’s improvement. Fiebig, who is in his third year as club president and de facto coach, has more help this year than in years past. “We have a lot more people stepping up into leadership roles,” Fiebig said. “I can lead the team,
I’ve been leading the team for a couple years, but its nice having juniors and seniors guiding the freshmen instead of just one person.” “We had a large core of people coming back and as a result, for the first time since we’ve been here, we were kind of able to take a step forward from last year instead of starting over again,” Digmann said. “It’s all these different people on the field leading simultaneously their different position group.”
The season goal for quidditch is to qualify for nationals, something they have done the past four years, but have only been able to participate in twice because of lack of funding. This year, though, Fiebig is confident that they will be able to participate and plans on being there. When asked what improvements the team needs to make in future tournaments, Angel didn’t hesitate with an answer. Angel is confident the squad needs to improve in
future tournaments. “Being disciplined,” Angel said. “Valuing every little moment in the game, every possession. Knowing that every little moment can affect the game, you can lose by like one little goal and you realize that you had like three chances at scoring but you blew it, its about making every chance count.” On November 7th, 12 teams will travel to Milwaukee when Marquette hosts its first quidditch tournament in club history.
Women look for third straight victory Sunday game in Washington could shake up BIG EAST By Dan Reiner
daniel.reiner@marquette.edu
When the buzzer sounded to signal the end of a 1-0 victory for the Marquette women’s soccer team last Sunday at Valley Fields, the ladies in blue and gold took a deep breath. They had just nailed down their second 1-0 shut-out on the weekend, and the memory of back-toback losses the previous weekend was behind them. Now, they had a week to prepare for Georgetown, who sits in third place in the BIG EAST. The Hoyas gained ground in the conference with a dominating 3-0 victory over Xavier on Wednesday to bring their record to 4-1 and 9-5 overall. Marquette will head to the often-hostile Shaw Field on Saturday sitting in fifth place in the conference with a record of 3-2. “Playing there is no easy task,” said head coach Markus Roeders. “We’ve never had an easy game there.” The two teams have swapped 4-0 home victories the past two years, with Marquette winning in Milwaukee in 2013 and Georgetown taking last year’s
match in Washington. The foes will feature many of the same players from last year, including Marquette’s senior keeper Amanda Engel and Georgetown’s redshirt senior keeper Emma Newins. Marquette’s two-game win streak is its only such streak of the season. Three players were named to the weekly honor roll, including Engel for Goalkeeper of the Week and junior Erin Holland as Defensive Player of the Week. The stingy defense will need to continue
against Georgetown, which ranks second in the BIG EAST with 2.15 goals per game. “On defense, you want to have that momentum going forward and (the) feeling like we can win these games,” Roeders said. “We took a nice step forward against Providence. Hopefully we can replicate that going into Sunday.” The Hoyas lost three-time AllAmerican midfielder Daphne Corboz to graduation (and Manchester City W.F.C.), but her sister, sopho-
more Rachel, is filling her shoes quite nicely with five goals and six assists on the season. Junior Grace Damaska and sophomore Taylor Pak have added six and five goals, respectively. With his defense in check, Roeders will now look to the offense to turn on the burners. “If we can now get to a point
where we can score two or three (goals), that would be fantastic,” Roeders said. “I don’t assume that’s going to happen against Georgetown, but if we play an allaround complete game, it might be in the stars.”
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Takeaways from MU Madness Men’s guards impress, women have much to prove By Jack Goods
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Ellenson shows versatility All eyes were on freshman Henry Ellenson, suiting up for Marquette for the first time in front of his home crowd. He did not disappoint, and showed why he’s often touted as the next Dirk Nowitzki. He can dunk, shoot the midrange fade away and even make 3-pointers. He runs the floor like a point guard in transition, which could be a matchup nightmare for teams playing the Golden Eagles. He also took the dunk contest championship from his brother Wally, who won the event last year, to cap off the evening. It’s a testament to the strength of the BIG EAST that he is only on the preseason second team. JaJuan’s improved shot Junior JaJuan Johnson was ranked the 27th-best player in the
2017 recruiting class by ESPN, praised for his 3-point capabilities. He’s struggled with his shot his first two years at Marquette, shooting 39 percent from the field and just 24 percent from beyond the arc. He’s shown his talent in glimpses, when he scored 20 points against Villanova for example, but hasn’t been able to string strong games together. His mechanics looked improved on Friday night, smoothly making shots from three. That’s a good sign for Johnson, who will need to play well early to get serious minutes in this lineup.
Men’s team has depth at point guard Coming into the season, there was one huge question at the point guard position: Who will start? Madness helped relieve some of the stress, as it looks like the team will do alright no matter who is at the 1. Freshman Traci Carter seems to be the favorite early on, and he played a more sound game than his classmate Haanif Cheatham. Junior Duane Wilson, who played
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point when Matt Carlino wasn’t in last year, played the scrimmage at shooting guard. Junior Andrew Rowsey, who will sit out this season after transferring from UNC-Asheville, had a good scrimmage as well, showing his range early. He was the third leading scorer in the Big South Conference last season and gives the Golden Eagles a point guard with shooting ability.
New shot clock rules don’t seem to have effect College basketball is moving to a 30-second shot clock this season, and it didn’t seem to have much impact on the way either team played. That’s not surprising based on head coach Steve Wojciechowski’s comments at media day. He said the clock change will have little impact, but the refs calling the game tighter could really change the college style. Women struggle in scrimmage It’s a transition year for the women’s basketball team, who were picked to finish ninth in the BIG EAST in the preseason
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Freshman phenom Henry Ellenson wowed the Marquette Madness crowd.
coaches’ poll. Only two players return from last year’s squad, and as coach Carolyn Kieger stressed, the team is the youngest in the country. It showed. Both sides suffered from turnover issues and some poor shooting decisions, as the team had nearly as many air
balls and bricks as it had made jump shots. Finnish freshman Olivia Moskari had a good start to the scrimmage with two quick 3-pointers but didn’t try another from longrange afterward.
Wire Sports Rundown Men’s basketball has been tabbed to finish sixth in the BIG EAST Preseason Coaches’ Poll released Wednesday, one point behind No. 5 Providence. Villanova, Georgetown, Butler and Xavier round out the top four.
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It’s OK to root for the Cubs
Dan Reiner
Executive Editor When the Chicago Cubs won the one-game Wild Card play-in last Wednesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, fans took to celebrating the accomplishment in the streets outside of Wrigley Field. The same happened when they clinched the National League Division Series against the rival St. Louis Cardinals at home Tuesday. Since the beginning of the semester, you’ve probably noticed a lot of royal blue and red shirts while walking around campus, many of them with “RIZZO” and the No. 44 on the back. You’ve probably seen even more tweets and Instagram captions ending with “#FlyTheW” or “#WeAreGood.” These people are Cubs fans, and their fan base is growing in number each day. As a fan of the New York Yankees, who were eliminated from the playoffs last week, seeing all of the Cubs support can get annoying. If you’re a baseball fan, you probably know that the Cubs haven’t won a World Series since 1908. It’s a fact that has made them the laughing stock of fan bases across the sports world for decades, but enough is enough. I’m rooting for the Cubs to win the World Series and you should too. As a Yankees fan, I’m glad I got to experience the last few years of the Boston Red Sox 86year World Series win drought. I’m sure Cardinals and Chicago White Sox fans feel the same way about the Cubs dumbfounding 107-year streak. Having seen the raucous celebrations in Boston after the Red Sox finally won a World Series in 2004, I can only imagine what the scenes in Chicago could be like if the Cubbies win it all. Pandemonium, parties and parades will be had for days, if not weeks. Here in Milwaukee, you really shouldn’t have another horse in the race (unless your team is still in the playoffs, of course). The Brewers won’t be playoff contenders for a handful of years, nor will the White Sox. On the flip side, the Cubs have an influx of young talent in guys like Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant and Addison Russell. They have the probable NL Cy Young winner in Jake Arrieta. They hit a lot of home runs, have a great pitching staff and a catchy fight song. So whether you’re a student who hails from the Chicagoland area or you’re just a fan in need of a playoff team to root for, consider changing your fanhood just until November. Baseball is more fun when you have reason to celebrate. Go ahead and jump on the bandwagon with me. I won’t judge you, and the Cubs fans will be happy to have you along for the ride.
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MSOC shut down by Georgetown Golden Eagles take on No. 1 Creighton Saturday night By Jack Goods
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If the Golden Eagles can survive the last five games of this month, they’ll be in great position for the postseason. However, the first test against No. 10 Georgetown did not go as planned. The Hoyas defeated Marquette by a resounding 3-0 decision, scoring all three goals in the second half. “They’re a good team however you play,” Marquette head coach Louis Bennett said. “Whatever way you do play you have to be at your best, and I cannot say that we played at our best today.” Arun Basuljevic opened the scoring in the 47th minute, as the ball stayed in the box following a save. Georgetown scored a goal 10 minutes later, and then 10 minutes after that. Marquette gave up 10 shots on goal, with freshman keeper Wicho Barraza saving seven of them. The Hoyas had 21 total shots, more
than quadrupling Marquette’s five. “That was partially because of the tactics that we employed in the first half,” Bennett said. “I don’t think that Wicho was threatened too much. It was in the second half … it was a couple of mistakes, and we gave up a few goals.” Marquette only had one corner kick opportunity, something they’ve been excelling at lately. Against Seton Hall, the Golden Eagles earned 11 corners. Marquette opened the game with a defensive mindset, but after Georgetown scored, the team played more aggressively on offense. Both styles were ineffective. “You’re faced with a situation where you need to open up to get one back,” Bennett said. “When they got a second, we had to refer back to the traditional way to try and get one or two of the goals back and mitotically try to get back into the game.” Once Georgetown scored, the Hoyas increased pressure on the Marquette backline. Those increased opportunities eventually lead to miscues by the Golden Eagles.
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Marquette was out-shot 21-5 Wednesday afternoon against Georgetown.
“When you’re playing a team like Georgetown, then their tails are up and they are ready to attack,” Bennett said. The Golden Eagles host No. 1 Creighton this Saturday at Valley Fields. The Bluejays are undefeated, including four BIG EAST victories. DePaul and St. John’s both hung in with Creighton, only losing by one goal each. “It’s a dog fight right now in the BIG EAST to catch either Creighton or Georgetown,” Bennett said. “There are a lot of other teams fighting for that BIG EAST
tournament, and we will be a part of it.” That is just the start of what is sure to be a difficult stretch. Following Creighton, the Golden Eagles play Xavier, Providence and Butler. The Musketeers and Bulldogs were both in the top25 last week, but dropped out due to losses. “It’s something we have to move on from,” Bennett said. “We are still very much in the hunt … We won two in a row, and we just lost one. We’ll look to start a new winning streak.”
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Thursday, October 15, 2015
Year abroad helped Hebard off the court
Women’s tennis player developed play while in Asia By John Hand
john.hand@marquette.edu
Freshman Courtney Hebard is one of only three Americanborn players on Marquette’s women’s tennis team. Still, she brings a unique international experience after playing tennis for a year in Singapore. Hebard is used to moving. Because of her father’s work in finance, she has lived in Chicago, Seattle and Tampa. After a year and a half in Tampa, her dad came home with news Hebard didn’t want to hear: she would once again be on the move, but this time out of the country. Her family was moving to Singapore. “I was crying and really upset,” Hebard said. “We had just moved and I didn’t want to leave.”
In the summer following eighth grade, she reluctantly packed her bags to make the 10,363mile move to the Southeast Asian country. Right away, Hebard felt out of place. Her blonde hair was unique to the Singaporeans and drew so much attention that people would stop and ask to take pictures with her. In Singapore, they didn’t sell chewing gum, there were no good hamburgers and instead of taking a car, Hebard had to rely on taxis and public transportation to get around. “It was a hard adjustment when I got there,” Hebard said. “I was still upset. Everything was new to me.” But just like every other move Hebard had experienced, she quickly found friends at her new, American school and kept busy with tennis. Hebard was only granted eight absences from school per semester, but when she was able to find the time, she would play in tournaments all over Southeast Asia. “I have been to a lot of places
and not a lot of people can say that when you are in high school,” Hebard said. Unfortunately for Hebard, she found that the level of competition in Singapore was not up to par with the level of competition in the United States. In addition, she noticed that her vocal volume is rare in Singapore. After one year abroad, she decided she wanted to come back to America. While the rest of her family remained in Singapore, Hebard enrolled in a tennis boarding school academy in Florida and returned to
the U.S.. In retrospect, Hebard regrets this decision. “I wish now I had stayed another year in Singapore, but at the time I was stupid and didn’t really think about it,” Hebard said. “I got to experience so many different cultures, which was so cool. Traveling really opens your eyes to different things and you get to appreciate everything you have in the United States.” Coming back to focus on tennis did have its benefits for Hebard. She was able to boost her ranking, play with better competition,
Player of the Week Erin Holland Holland was the standout player on Marquette’s defensive backline last weekend, which notched two shutouts – one against Xavier on Thursday and another against Providence on Sunday. From the center-back position, she helped shut down Xavier’s Samantha Dewey and Providence’s Catherine Zimmerman, two of the top offensive threats in the BIG EAST. Holland played every minute in each of the victories. The junior from Cary, Illinois, earned BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week honors for her efforts.
Photo courtesy of Maggie Bean/Marquette Athletics
A year in Singapore was a culture shock for Marquette’s Courtney Hebard.
Photo by Ben Erickson/benjamin.a.erickson@marquette.edu
and she thinks that her coaches in Florida helped make her into the player she is today, which ultimately made it possible for her to come to Marquette. After attending three high schools in two different countries, Hebard is enjoying something she isn’t used to: knowing where she will be for the next four years. “Being in the same place is so weird because I haven’t done that in so long, because I am so used to moving,” Hebard said with a laugh. “It is nice to have a solid base where I will be for the next four years.”