The Marquette Tribune: Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010

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MU journalism hits the century mark Letter from Digital expansion the goal for the the editor next 100 years Dear Tribune readers,

Almost 94 years ago to the day, the very first issue of The Marquette Tribune hit newsstands.

This year, the College of Communication is celebrating the 100th anniversary of journalism being taught here.

Marquette was the first Catholic university in the world to have a journalism program.

In honor of that accomplishment and last week’s kickoff of the centennial celebration, the Tribune decided to mix things up with our design this week. We’ve adopted the original flag, some of the original section fonts and a collection of actual advertisements from the first issue of the Tribune. (Take a closer look at some of the ads in this issue — they’re guaranteed to make you laugh.)

Thanks for picking up today’s issue. Although the Tribune has changed a lot in the past century, I think we’re just as committed now to “purveying news of Marquette and her students to the people who want such news” as they were in 1916.

Here’s to another century of journalism at Marquette, and to another century of the Tribune.

- Jeff Engel, editor-in-chief

By Allison Kruschke & Sarah Hauer Special to the Tribune

At the height of the sensationalist and corrupt Yellow Journalism movement in America, John Copus quit his position at The Detroit Daily News. He was discouraged by the immoral and unethical turn journalism was taking. Copus decided to use his interests in journalism and morality to create a program that would teach students how to be principled, truth-seeking reporters.

In 1910, Copus founded the College of Journalism at Marquette. Over the next 100 years, Copus’ ideas flourished through Marquette’s Catholic and Jesuit values. William and Mary Diederich helped continue the tradition through a donation made to the college in 2005, and the college was renamed in their honor.

The College of Communication has produced many notable alumni in various professions, including Gail Collins, the first female editorial page editor at The New York Times, and John Solomon, executive editor of The Washington Times.

One hundred years after Copus founded the program, faculty, alumni and students are celebrating a century of journalism at Marquette. A yearlong commemoration of the past and

future of journalism began at the Centennial Kick-Off Celebration on Friday at the Milwaukee Public Museum.

Attendees of the event walked through the “Streets of Old Milwaukee” exhibit to learn more about journalism’s past at Marquette. Timelines, photos and interactive media told the story of the history of journalism and the development of student media.

“Journalism, in many ways, is at the center of what we’re doing in the college this year,” said Lori Bergen, dean of the College of Communication, referring to this year’s focus on journalism-related content. “We have a lot of illustrious folks who’ve had an opportunity to serve in this role over many years, but for me to be the person who gets to be dean when we do celebrate the first centennial of journalism at Marquette, it’s an honor. It’s a privilege.”

Bergen said Marquette will continue to advance its journalism program in the next century by being digital, distinctive and diverse.

“There’s almost nothing that’s happening anymore that doesn’t have a digital component,” Bergen said. “Marquette is distinctive in why (we teach journalism).

“We are driven in a mission to serve and be men and women for others. And we’ve been able to make forward progress in bringing inclusiveness to excellence in our communication programs.”

Gary Meyer, vice provost for undergraduate programs and

Photo by Emily Waller/emily.waller@marquette.edu

Lori Bergen, dean of the College of Communication, speaks on Friday.

teaching, shared Bergen’s enthusiasm for the centennial.

“It’s wonderful to be able to celebrate such a rich history, and to see all the people who have been touched and touched the lives of others,” Meyer said.

“It’s a privilege to be a part of a living history like that. It gives us a peek into what was and what will be. It lets us imagine.”

See Centennial, page 5

Religious studies Embattled D.A. set to resign majors on the rise following ‘sexting’ scandal National numbers increase, MU’s stay steady over time

By Kara Chiuchiarelli kara.chiuchiarelli@marquette.edu

Recent reports by the American Historical Association and the American Academy of Religion have found increases in undergraduate history of religion and religious studies majors over the past decade.

However, those numbers don’t necessarily affect the theological culture at Marquette.

During the past decade, Marquette’s undergraduate department of theology has “held about steady” in enrollment, according to Mickey

Mattox, director of undergraduate studies in the department.

However, with its graduate program, theology has grown to be the largest department on campus, with more than 30 full-time faculty members currently on staff, Mattox said.

According to the AAR Census of Religion and Theology Programs, the number of religious studies majors increased nationally by 22 percent in the past decade, with similar percentage increases in the number of courses offered, course enrollments and faculty positions.

Likewise, an online report released by the AHA in 2009 claimed 7.7 percent of its 15,055 members declared “history of religion” as a specialization, the most See Religious, page 5

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DPS REPORTS.....................2 CALENDAR.......................2 VIEWPOINTS.....................6 CLOSER LOOK .....................8

STUDY BREAK...................10 SPORTS..........................12 CLASSIFIEDS..................15

Calumet County official violates professional trust

By Matthew Campbell matthew.e.campbell@marquette.edu

Teens have made “sexting” one of the most notorious portmanteaux ever created, almost as popular as “Brangelina” or “jorts.” It’s become so popular that even the district attorney of Calumet County, Kenneth Kratz, partook in it.

Robert Craanen, Kratz’s attorney, announced Monday Kratz will resign from his position as D.A. after it was made public that he had sent sexually suggestive text messages to at

least five of his clients. atmosphere, but considering Kratz announced last week Kratz’s role as D.A. of Caluthat he was taking an indefinite met County — a position that medical leave. Craanen said the is supposed to defend victims leave will include therof abuse — unprofesapy for a “non-physical sional may be an unillness.” derstatement.

A former client of Kratz was in a posiKratz, Stephanie Van tion of “extreme trust,” Groll, began to receive said Tom Kukowski, “sexts” from Kratz last a professor of social October.

Recently, and cultural sciences four other women have at Marquette, in an eKratz accused Kratz of simimail. lar actions.

“By his own admis“You are beautiful sion, he used ‘bad and would make a great young judgment,’” Kukowski said. partner someday. But I won’t “At this time, the actions of beg!” said one text message D.A. Kratz go far beyond ‘bad Kratz sent to Van Groll. judgment.’ There appears to Text messages like these be a pattern of behavior that would be unprofessional in See Sexting, page 5 any situation involving a work Sports

Closer look

Men’s Soccer

No superpower

‘Dark Knight’ named the No. 25 freshman in the country.

See Sports, PAGE 12

U.S. trails developed nations in college graduates.

See Closer Look, PAGE 8

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Discussions continue about potential new Rec Center Recommendations addressed at meeting

By Pat Simonaitis patrick.simonaitis@marquette.edu

University Architect Tom Ganey and architecture firm Moody Nolan Inc. associate Janet Jordan gave a presentation before the Marquette Student Government Thursday night about improving the Rec Center and announced an official report will be released in early November.

The report will include a history of Rec Center improvements, full results from a Student Voices survey conducted last year and comparisons between Marquette’s Rec Center and schools across the nation, particularly the Midwest.

The report will also include short and long-term recommendations regarding the building of a new Rec Center.

Jordan said a survey last year found about 87 percent of Marquette students use the recreational facilities, and the Marquette student on average has about 7.48 square feet of space for themselves. According to the presentation the national average is around 10-12 square feet.

Ganey said the average amount of space per student is steadily rising at campuses around the country.

MUSG President Meghan Ladwig and Vice President Joseph Ciccone gave a presentation explaining why a new Rec Center is being discussed.

Ciccone, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said students have been voicing concerns that the current facilities lack the appropriate space to fit the needs of students, club sports and intramural sports.

Ladwig, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said MUSG has been working closely with university officials to keep the ball rolling on this issue.

“The primary concern is finding a long-term solution to recreation and wellness on campus, as well as ensuring that short-term initiatives continue in the meanwhile,” she said.

Ladwig and Ciccone toured the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois-Chicago’s east and west campuses and DePaul University, comparing the universities’ facilities with Marquette’s and gathering ideas for a potential new facility.

Ladwig said DePaul stood out as having the nicest and newest facility.

In an interview earlier this month, John Sweeney, director of

Recreational Sports, said his main concern regarding the current facilities was the lack of space to accommodate the ever-growing numbers of students who are using the facilities.

Ganey said these are important steps that MUSG is taking toward getting a new project going on campus, but also said that with all of the other construction projects around campus recently, this project still may be a few years off.

“In all likelihood, the only people in the room who may see any of the action on this are the freshmen,” he said.

When asked about any initial price estimates, Ganey said numbers aren’t on the table yet.

A concern with the building of a new Rec Center is the location, Ganey said. If the current facility were demolished, there is a concern about where the students would be able to exercise during the rebuilding process.

Ganey said spaces around campus are being looked into for possible relocation, if only temporarily.

Since January of last year, around $250,000 of renovations have been put into the Rec Center, including new cardio equipment, windows, carpeting and paint.

Brewing up church services Up-and-comers in music, arts come to Lutheran venue

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

DPS Reports Sept. 23 Between 12:58 a.m. and 1:06 a.m., an employee at Open Pantry reported six students were seen on video removing property valued at $184.69 without consent. The items they took included three pairs of sunglasses, four packets of Tylenol, three packets of Aleve and beef jerky. The students were identified, and the Milwaukee Police Department was contacted.

Sept. 24

Sept. 26 At 2:25 a.m., a student was involved in a fight in front of BookMarq with an unknown subject, and was knocked unconscious. MPD and Bell Ambulance responded and medically cleared the student. The student did not wish to press charges.

At 6:46 p.m., a Sodexo employee was observed jumping on the hood of a car

Events Calendar SEPTEMBER 2010 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 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

Tuesday 28 HeartStrings fundraiser dinner with silent auction, live music and raffles, Davians Banquet and Conference Center, 16300 W. Silver Spring Dr., 5:30 to 9 p.m.

The Complete Metropolis, 2010 Milwaukee Film Festival film showing, accompanied by live performance by Alloy Orchestra, Oriental Theater, 2230 N. Farwell Ave., 7 p.m.

2010 Combined Giving Campaign Bake Sale and Hot Sale, City Hall Rotunda, 200 E. Wells St., 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Men’s soccer vs. Wisconsin, Valley Fields, 7:05 p.m.

By Kelsey Massey

as well as picking up a locked bike and dropping it outside of Mashuda Hall.

MPD was not contacted. The Department of Public Safety left a note on the bike for the owner.

Wednesday 29 Fall 2010 Career Fair, AMU Ballrooms, 1 to 5 p.m.

Sigma Kappa Sorority and the MU Counseling Center Present: A Night on Eating Disorders & Body Image, Wehr Chemistry Building, 7:15 p.m.

Stephen Shames lecture on Black Panther exhibit, Haggerty Museum of Art, 6 p.m.

Gayngs, Turner Hall Ballroom, 1034 N. 4th St., 8 p.m.

Annex Bingo, Union Sports Annex, 10 p.m.

Lunchtime Learning, gallery walkthrough of “Let There be Light” with Oakbrook Esser Studios owner Paul Phelps, Haggerty Museum of Art, noon to 1 p.m.

Bruce Metcalf: Semiotics of Jewelry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts, 2400 E. Kenwood Blvd., 7 p.m.

“A Nonviolent Approach to the Middle East Conflict,” by Mubarak Awad, Alumni Memorial Union 157, 7 to 8:30 p.m.

“The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” Helfaer Theater, 7:30 p.m.

Milwaukee Solar Week, “Solar 101,” Urban Ecology Center, Riverside Park, 1500 E. Park Place, 5 to 8 p.m.

Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival, Oriental Theater, 2230 N. Farwell Ave., 6 p.m.

kelsey.massey@marquette.edu

Tucked away in a small room in the basement of Redeemer Lutheran Church, The Coffee House has been providing a venue for performers and entertainment in Milwaukee for more than 40 years.

The Coffee House, located across from Mashuda Hall at 631 N. 19th St., was founded by the Rev. Alan Davis and Agnes Zeidler. The nonprofit organization first opened its doors in 1967 as “a place for coffee and conversation.”

The Coffee House’s early programming included films, poetry readings, open mic nights and speakers, according to its website.

“The idea was to provide a place where young people — especially students from Marquette, area nursing schools and the Milwaukee Institute of Technology (now Milwaukee Area Technical College) — could get together and discuss the issues of the day,” according to a statement on The Coffee House’s website.

Today, it is a venue for local performers to get gigs and for musicians to perform at “open stages,” an acoustic music or spoken word event, said Joe Holland, co-manager of The Coffee House.

The Coffee House books two performers every week on Fridays and Saturdays, and has open stages every second Friday and fourth Sunday of the month, Holland said.

John Goebel, a Milwaukee native, first started coming to The

News Brief Photo by AJ Trela/anna.trela@marquette.edu

The Coffee House at Redeemer Lutheran Church hosted Ukulele Fest.

Coffee House in 2008.

“I found out about The Coffee House looking through the paper,” Goebel said. “I came once or twice to see a few open mic nights, then I started to go see other performances as well.”

Goebel has performed on acoustic guitar about five or six times at The Coffee House’s open stages.

“I was always one of those people who wanted to perform, but was a little shy,” Goebel said.

“Finally, after coming to watch a couple of performances, I decided to come and try it out.”

The Coffee House crowds are always forgiving and accepting, Holland said.

Holland once played an acoustic guitar gig in Milwaukee and was asked to play requests. He told the crowd he could only play songs he already knew. A man came up to him and asked that he stop playing so they could play the jukebox.

“It is nice because that kind of thing doesn’t happen here,” Holland said.

Bobby Jiles first came to The Coffee House to hear his band mate, Julie Thompson, play with

Dangerous Folk.

Jiles attended many performances, but did not perform until he met Mary Gaar, the volunteer coordinator at The Coffee House.

“I met Mary at the Klavier Lounge through Julie, and she invited me to perform at The Coffee House,” said Jiles, who had his first solo vocal performance this summer.

The Coffee House is run mostly by volunteers, except for two paid managers, Holland said.

“We are still a small operation, but we have a long history here in Milwaukee,” Holland said.

Even with an increase in venues throughout Milwaukee, The Coffee House still books a good number of performers and has some regulars, Holland said.

The Coffee House is free of charge with a suggested donation and is open every Friday and Saturday night, Labor Day through Memorial Day. Holland hopes to work toward rebuilding its relationship with the Marquette community, and said he would love to see more students attend the shows.

At 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 26, five MPD squad cars were dispatched to 1900 block of State Street to respond to a 911 call which reported a man carrying a gun, according to Sgt. Greg Duran. Students said they heard several gun shots, but MPD could not locate any suspects. A fire truck was also dispatched shortly afterward nearby, but in an unrelated incident.

Contact Us and Corrections In the Sept. 23 issue, the headline “Insects infest campus” suggested the bed bug infestation on campus was widespread and severe. In fact, only one case of bed bugs has been reported, in Campus Town East. The Tribune regrets this implication.

The Marquette Tribune welcomes questions, comments, suggestions and notification of errors that appear in the newspaper. Contact us at (414) 288-5610 or editor@marquettetribune.org.

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Environmental area celebrated at Lynden Hill Urban Tree House space recognized

By Brooke Goodman brooke.goodman@marquette.edu

Childish laughter, Smokey the Bear and a crisp autumn air welcomed community members of all ages last Saturday to Lynden Hill – one of five U.S. Forest Service Urban Tree House spaces.

Lynden Hill is located between North 22nd and North 23rd streets from West McKinley to West Juneau avenues. Designated as an Urban Tree House space in 1999, it provides land for a simple, environmental education structure to exist within the city. Other such spaces exist in Atlanta, Salt Lake City, Washington, D.C., and Portland, Ore. The site hosted the Milwaukee celebration of the 17th annual National Public Lands Day – a dedication to service and recreation on public lands, according to its website.

The celebration was sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service and Urban Tree House program, an attempt to educate city youth about the environment. The day’s events included tree planting, a site cleanup, information on outdoor lifestyles and a kid’s hike.

Jean Claassen, a representative for the U.S. Forest Service and America’s Outdoors, a directory for adventure trips, vacations and event planning, said National Public Lands Day recognizes unique urban green facilities.

“We want folks to appreciate places like this,” Claassen said.

“We want them to utilize these federal lands that are right in their own backyards.”

With the help of Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful, a nonprofit organization promoting sustainability, and the Milwaukee

Photo by Brittany McGrail/brittany.mcgrail@marquette.edu

Families of the Milwaukee community came out and helped support Lynden Hill, one of five U.S. Forest Service Urban Tree House Spaces. Jean Claassen (right), a U.S. Forest Service and America’s Outdoors representive, interacts with the children.

High School of the Arts, community members have dedicated their time to park maintenance for the past 30 years.

Skip Schroedel, a community volunteer, spoke of the struggles the neighborhood has encountered to keep Lynden Hill in its current state.

“There is an ongoing pressure to develop the city,” Schroedel said. “We don’t want to see a high rise building here after such a long, evolving history.”

The history he referred to dates back to 1885, when the land was a large personal estate. In 1914, the estate was renovated into a general hospital, which was de-

molished in 1981. In 1993, the neighborhood defeated a city proposal to build 30 homes in the area.

Schroedel said Lynden Hill is unique because it has a philosophical outdoor message.

“I like to refer to it as an experience masquerading as a park,” Schroedel said. “This is us bringing a park-like atmosphere to the city. So many people never get out of the city ... they need to see the beauty of America.”

He also spoke highly of Milwaukee 4th District Alderman Robert Bauman’s efforts to maintain the green space.

“Alderman Bauman attends

everything, and we’re very lucky to have him,” Schroedel said. “He’s the type of person that it’s not just about the job ... he has an emotional commitment as well.”

Bauman introduced the celebration on Saturday and referred to the Hill as “a great example of a green oasis and focal point for the natural environment and environmental learning in the community” in a press release.

Niki Espy of the Neighborhood House of Milwaukee, a nonprofit organization aiming to help the community, said she and her children were proud to have been involved with Lynden

Hill for so long.

“I remember when (my children) were younger and would get so excited to see Smokey and Woodsy,” Espy said. “Now, they’re the ones in the mascot costumes providing other kids that same excitement.”

Espy, along with other volunteers, spoke to the evolution of the park.

“The more we spread the word that this is our home, the more our lives will be enhanced,” Schroedel said. “It’s like a snowball rolling downhill ... we’re off to a flying start.”

MU student receives Medal of Honor scholarship Lone recipient nets $4,000 for service, spirit, selflessness

By Andrea Anderson Special to the Tribune

Marquette student D.J. Meyer, a Naval ROTC Midshipman, received the national Medal of Honor Scholarship Thursday.

Only one student from each national ROTC branch receives the scholarship annually.

The award was given by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation in partnership with the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Educational Foundation.

Each award recipient is given $4,000, according to the AFCEA Educational Foundation’s website.

Meyer, a senior in the College of Engineering, was selected for her demonstrated leadership skills, service, selflessness and courageous spirit, as well as her pursuit of military and academic excellence, according to Lieutenant Colonel Albert Lagore, Meyer’s ROTC class advisor.

“She exemplifies the four pillars of Marquette to a tee,” Lagore said. “She is absolutely

selfless, a courageous young force, Lagore said. woman whose grades speak for Lynch, one of 87 living Medal themselves. She is far above of Honor recipients left, served average in terms of the typi- in the Vietnam War at age 18 cal college student as well as and received the Medal of HonROTC student.” or from John F. Kennedy at age With a near-perfect 25. grade point average “The most movand a major in bioing part of the medical engineering, ceremony was Meyer is “knocking hearing Mr. Lynch it out of the park,” speak,” Meyer Lagore said. said.

“I was In summer 2009, amazed by his huLagore conducted mility.” an intensive, fiveLagore said to six-day training the connection with his unit, where between MarMeyer Meyer served as a quette’s ROTC platoon commander. cadets and Lynch Lagore said many awarding the platoon commanders took ad- Medal of Honor Scholarship to vantage of their authority by Meyer was a strong statement simply dictating orders to un- to the ROTC program. derclassmen. However, he was “She is one of our best, and immediately impressed with the symbolizes the qualities of a fact that Meyer did not abuse leader,” Lagore said. “Having her power.

Lynch be the one to award the “She asks everyone for the scholarship was a pleasant coinsame without yelling,” he said. cidence, as he portrays the same “It is her presence that makes characteristics as Meyer.” everyone around draw to her.”

Meyer said Lynch provided a At the private ceremony, fulfilling life lesson.

Meyer said the opening prayer “Mr. Lynch gave me what he and received the award from said to be the best advice he Medal of Honor recipient re- had: develop a personal relatired Sergeant Allen Lynch of tionship with the Lord,” Meyer the United States Army and re- said. tired Lieutenant General Nick Faith plays a crucial role in Kehoe of the United States Air Meyer’s life, as she repeatedly

goes on mission trips, serves the community and plays an active role in Campus Crusade for Christ.

After graduation, Meyer said she aspires to become a submarine warfare officer. If accepted into the program, Meyer would be in only the second graduating class to allow women.

“With 300 people who are trained to work with nuclear reactors the community is close,” Meyer said. “This is a closeknit team I want to be part of.”

To be accepted, Meyer must go through a rigorous interview process with the Navy admiral in Washington, D.C. in spring 2011. Lagore said he is confi-

dent Meyer is well-qualified for the program.

“You don’t need to worry if she is ready to be in the Submarine Warfare Training Program, you need to worry if the Submarine Warfare Training Program is ready for her,” Lagore said.

Meyer’s friend Aracely Macia, an ROTC midshipman third class, said Meyer is very humble. She never searches for the limelight, which makes her dedication and leadership stand out even more.

“She works for it, she deserves it,” said Macia, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences.

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Southwest to buy out AirTran for $1.4 billion Atlanta a winner for one of nation’s largest airlines

By Samantha Bomkamp Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Southwest’s decision to buy AirTran will mean more routes and fewer delays and cancellations in small cities but higher fares in the Northeast and perhaps the end of the super-low sale fare.

Southwest Airlines, which has built a loyal following with its tongue-in-cheek ads and refusal to charge for checked bags, said Monday it planned to buy AirTran for $1.4 billion.

The deal will move Southwest into 37 new cities, expand its presence in cities like New York and Boston and move it into Atlanta, the busiest airport in the nation.

Combining the AirTran and Southwest routes means more connecting options for people flying through places like Moline, Ill., and Wichita, Kan., which should result in fewer delays and cancellations because there will be more options for rerouting passengers.

In bigger cities like the Northeast hubs, however, fares will probably eventually go up. They may not rise right away because many of those cities are still served by a third discounter, JetBlue Airways, said fare expert George Hobica.

The acquisition may also spell the end of the deep-discount sales currently offered by AirTran and Southwest because there will be less competition. Right now, for example, AirTran is offering a $54 one-way fare between Baltimore and Boston.

“The era of irrational, stupid, destructive fare sales is over,” Ho-

bica said. “This is the new normal.

JetBlue now has permission to raise prices between Baltimore and Boston. Other airlines now have permission to raise prices between Washington, D.C., and Florida.”

In welcome news for weary travelers, Southwest said it will drop AirTran’s bag fees when the pair combine in 2012. Right now, AirTran charges $20 for the first checked bag, $25 for the second.

Some major airlines charge even more. Southwest claims it has lured passengers by refusing to charge for bags, and it has built a marketing campaign around the policy, with baggage handlers shouting declarations of love to suitcases on the tarmac.

The combined airline probably won’t be large enough to pressure big competitors like United and American to give up the hundreds of millions of dollars a year they make from baggage fees, airline analyst Joy Sorenson said.

While Southwest will be about 25 percent larger when the deal is complete, it will remain the fourthlargest by traffic. The upcoming combination of United and Continental will be No. 1, followed by Delta and the parent of American.

Southwest will move into Atlanta, the only major business hub it doesn’t already serve. Business travelers are key to airlines because they tend to pay higher fares. In an interview with The Associated Press, Southwest CEO Gary Kelly said Atlanta was a “gaping hole in our route system.”

Southwest also gains routes to Mexico and the Caribbean, where JetBlue has a big presence.

The buyout is the latest in a wave of consolidation in the airline industry. Continental and United will topple Delta as the largest airline in the world when they combine this week. Delta got the title when it bought Northwest in 2008. In

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AirTran Airways CEO Bob Fornaro (left) with Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly at Monday’s announcement.

the past 10 years, 10 major airlines have paired off, leaving five fewer.

The deal will leave only four major airlines without suitors: American, US Airways, JetBlue and Alaska Airlines. Several experts suggest the unexpected Southwest deal will pressure American to tie up with US Airways, or possibly JetBlue.

AirTran was founded in 1992 as ValuJet Airlines. It was renamed after the 1996 crash of ValuJet Flight 592 into the Florida Everglades, which killed all 110 people on board. It would be Southwest’s largest acquisition by far.

Southwest founder Herb Kelleher, a cigarette-smoking, Wild Turkey-drinking Texas lawyer, revolutionized the airline industry

in the 1970s by offering low fares to leisure travelers out of secondary airports. Early on, the airline drew customers by passing out booze and putting flight attendants in hot pants.

The company, which began with a handful of planes hopping among three Texas cities, bought Morris Air and Muse Air in the mid-1980s.

Two years ago, it bought assets of ATA Airlines out of bankruptcy and began limited service to and from New York’s LaGuardia Airport.

Last year, Southwest tried unsuccessfully to buy Frontier Airlines out of bankruptcy. Republic Airways Holdings won the auction instead and bought it for $109 million.

Southwest’s acquisition of AirTran is expected to close in the first half of next year. It requires both regulatory and shareholder approval.

Based on Southwest Airlines’ closing share price on Friday, the deal is worth $7.69 per AirTran share. That’s a 69 percent premium over its closing price of $4.55.

AirTran shares jumped 62 percent to $7.36, while Southwest shares rose $1.73 to $14.01.

Southwest will pay about $670 million with available cash and assume $2 billion in AirTran debt.

Southwest and AirTran said the new airline will operate from more than 100 different airports and serve more than 100 million customers.

Gearing up for Career Fair Tech, non-tech one day instead of two

By Joe Carey joseph.carey@marquette.edu

Tomorrow at the Alumni Memorial Union, it’s every student for his or herself in a quest to meet a potential future employer.

The Career Fair, a biannual event that connects organizations and job recruiters with students, will take place at the AMU from 1 to 5 p.m.

This year’s fair includes both technical and non-technical companies, with nearly 140 businesses and groups attending. Prior to this year, the two types of companies were separate.

Bethany Olson, career counselor and the coordinator of this semester’s Career Fair, said Marquette combined the technical and nontechnical days to see if the event would run more smoothly. Students should expect to spend 30 to 60 minutes networking with professionals in their field, she said.

The Career Fair guidebook emphasized no student will get a job offer at tomorrow’s fair. Despite that, Olson recommended all students at least stop by and hand out a few of their resumes.

“It’s all about keeping in touch with contacts in the hopes that in the long run, something might come up,” Olson said. “That job interview you would hope to get is a great networking tool.”

Tips for students from the Career Fair guidebook: • Greet the job recruiter with a one-pump hand-shake. Let’s avoid those horrid two-pump shakes.

• Begin your conversation with the 60-second commercial of yourself that can be found in the guidebook- practice greeting beforehand.

• Smile.

• Do not bring a member of your family to the Career Fair.

• Bring 25-50 copies of your resume and some business cards.

The Career Fair is not equally balanced toward all majors, however. According to the Career Fair guidebook, just four communication companies will have tables at tomorrow’s event.

In contrast, engineering companies will have 44 tables, while business-related companies will have more than 75 on hand. Olson reiterated there are different strategies for businesses looking to meet the next generation of employees.

“Different fields recruit in different ways,” Olson said. “Communications is such a competitive field that they don’t feel the need to recruit at Career Fairs.”

In advance of the Career Fair, Career Services Center employees offered resume critiques in the AMU to better prepare students.

Marquette students expressed opposing views on the benefits of the Career Fair. While some suggested the fair is a great opportunity for interaction, others struggled to maximize the experience.

Ed Haberkorn, a junior in the College of Engineering, said he got absolutely nothing out of attending the Career Fair the last two years.

Haberkorn said he doesn’t see the point of introducing himself to a bunch of random job recruiters since they probably wouldn’t remember his name anyway.

“The Career Fair is an environment conducive to awkward conversation,” he said. “It’s only beneficial if you have the right personality.”

Brett Bielanski, on the other hand, believes the Career Fair is a beneficial tool for staying in touch with companies he already knows.

Bielanski, a junior in the College of Business Administration, hopes to meet new company representatives and get his name out there Wednesday so he can find a job after graduating from Marquette.

“Since I’ve turned 21, I’ve definitely become more attuned to the fact that I’m going to need to get a real job in just over a year,” he said.

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Religious: Call to faith

‘Sexting:’ Messages put D.A. in hot water

concentrated group among AHA Marquette’s program allows stumembers. dents to study “whatever they Mattox was skeptical about sig- want” and apply it to theology, as nificant increases nationally in reli- he plans to apply to medical school gious studies majors and suspected upon graduation. the increase is someIncluding graduate “People are what overstated. studies, Marquette’s He also said since yearning to learn department of theology theology answers more about faith may be faring better questions human- ... (and) want than the average Amerity will always ask, he more in their ican institution. wouldn’t be surprised lives.”

“We have the largby increasing statistics.

Gina Galassi est Ph.D. program on “I do think that in Senior in College of Arts campus here,” Mattox & Sciences said. “We’re typically our materialistic culture ... people end up considered in the top asking, ‘What’s all this 10 or so among Amerifor? What kind of meaning does can universities for graduate studthis have?’” Mattox said. “I think ies. ...We’re ... in great shape, as a those are questions every genera- department.” tion faces.”

The undergraduate program ofStudents have different perspec- fers majors in Catholic theology tives about why there may be an for school ministry and overarching increase in theology or religious “theology” that incorporates historistudies undergraduate majors na- cal, systematic and ethical courses. tionally.

One reason for the program’s The increase in religious studies overall success may be its approach majors is “probably due to a general to theological studies. calling to want to serve and study “With (background) about Ignafaith,” said Gina Galassi, a senior in tius of Loyola, discernment, lookthe College of Arts & Sciences and ing at the world and seeing a chala double major in Catholic theology lenge, the department has a broad and history. scope for students to choose from,” “Theology asks people to ques- Galassi said. tion things, and develop faith,” Bounyong said it would be a Galassi said. “People are yearning shame to ever see religious studies to learn more about faith ... (and) fade from higher education. want more in their lives.”

“Religion is always a part of huNathan Bounyong, a junior in man life, and it’s important to unthe College of Arts & Sciences derstand how it’s a part of life with and a theology major, suggested whatever we do,” Bounyong said.

violates the sacred trust of women who are in an extremely vulnerable time in their lives.

These women needed guidance and support, not the focus of a misguided and overactive libido of a middle-aged male.”

Kratz, 50, sent the text messages to Van Groll after she had filed domestic abuse charges against her ex-boyfriend.

“It’s embarrassing,” said Alysa McGovern, a junior in the College of Health Sciences who lives just outside of Calumet County. “How can I expect him to make a positive impact within the county when his own moral compass is so far off?”

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eral of Kratz’s texts in an effort to give him the cold shoulder.

“I think your wife would have something to say about that,” she wrote in response to one of his texts.

John McAdams, an associate professor of political science, questioned Kratz’s professionalism and ability to

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“There is the fact that there is an unavoidable conflict of interest when he appears to be viewing women who have business with his office as sexual partners,” McAdams said. “It’s difficult to believe he can act in

a fully professional way when his real agenda is to get this or that woman in the sack.

“It’s clear to me that he should not continue to be district attorney.”

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Centennial: A new era Alumni expressed pride for the past and future of their alma mater.

“I loved going to school here, and witnessed a lot of change in the program,” said Joy Maguike, who studied journalism at Marquette during the ’60s.

“Communication is still what people need.”

Before the Centennial KickOff Celebration, a panel of distinguished journalists gathered for a live discussion Friday afternoon about journalism in a democracy, taped in Johnston Hall’s Studio Seven. Guest

experts included staff members from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Chicago SunTimes and ABC News.

The centennial celebration will continue throughout the 2010-11 academic year with theatrical performances, lectures and reunions.

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Viewpoints STAFF EDITORIAL

University needs to notify students of concerns sooner

Bed bugs are on the move, with infestations reported throughout the state and in several major U.S. cities. And recently, bed bugs have bitten at Marquette, in a Campus Town East apartment unit.

Kathy Wierzchowski, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences and a resident of the infected unit, said she and her roommates reported the bed bug presence to the university last Monday, Sept. 20.

An e-mail notification was sent only to Campus Town East residents, and it took three days for the university to notify those students.

Dan Bergen, area coordinator for the university apartments, sent the e-mail circa 8 a.m. Thursday.

And although the infestation was “a single, isolated incident,” as Bergen said in the e-mail, it is enough of a health and safety concern for all students to be informed of the case as soon as it is reported and officials have assessed the situation.

In Thursday’s paper, the Tribune published a story on the bed bug issue. The article included a confirmation from Bergen, obtained Wednesday, that there was one bed bug case in Campus Town East.

While the paper hit campus newsstands around 9 a.m., the story was published online early Thursday morning, before the bed bug notification e-mail landed in Campus Town East residents’ inboxes.

The e-mail also said, “We urge all residents to exercise caution when traveling and returning to campus.”

The creepy-crawly nuisances latch onto clothes, sheets and mattresses. Although bed bugs do not usually carry diseases, they leave a few red, itchy marks on the skin and remain in fabric until they are eradicated through washing, cleaning and pest control treatment.

This, along with Bergen’s advice, seems to relay the important health and safety concerns the bed bugs presented. Thus, students should have been informed sooner, closer to when the case was reported.

In an e-mail to the Tribune yesterday, Bergen said, “It is generally not our protocol to inform students every time we have an isolated pest incident.” He said the university confirmed the bugs had not spread to other apartments before informing Campus Town East residents about it.

But in this case, by not telling students soon after the case was reported, rumors could be spread and unnecessary alarm could be created. A university-wide health notice, confirming the presence of one case and that the isolated infestation is being taken care of, would properly inform students.

This is not the first time the university has failed to inform students about important health and safety concerns.

On April 30, a man was killed in a shooting on 18th and State streets.

The university did not alert students of the crime because, as the Office of Marketing and Communication said at the time, there was no obligation to notify students because the crime’s location was outside Department of Public Safety patrol boundaries and the persons involved were not affiliated with Marquette.

Yet, the location was close enough to where many Marquette students live or walk — some students heard the gunshots and saw the victim’s dead body. This crime was clearly relevant and important for students to know about.

Although the bed bug incident is not of the violent caliber the shooting crime was, it is also a safety and health concern students should be informed of as soon as the case was reported and the situation fully understood by the university.

Marquette needs to keep students in the know, even if it’s one isolated incident and the immediate health and safety concerns have passed.

Not informing them will only give rise to rumors and potential problems that could easily be avoided.

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Build communities for yourself, find a home away from home I like to describe myself as a nomadic person. No, I do not spend my days hunting mammoth or gathering berAloysia ries and nuts.

I am a nomad Power because I have no singular place of residency. I have to keep traveling from place to place in order to hunt down my dreams. I gather memories and friends, like berries and nuts, as I go.

As college students, we are all like this. We come to Marquette so we can make a place for ourselves in the world through education. For many, this means leaving families behind for most of the year. It means traveling across the country to get an internship, or traveling out of the country to study in other cultures.

Although we constantly bounce around the world, being nomads does not mean we are homeless.

In fact, the key to being a successful nomad is having the ability to make a home wherever you go. It is important to have stability in your life, wherever you are. Without it, you feel out of place and cannot be yourself. You cannot be strong enough to hunt down your dreams.

The first step in building a home, is defining what “home” means to you. What about it provides stability?

One of my homes is Duluth,

Minn. It is my hometown and out what you need in life to feel at where I grew up on a hill over- home. Once you know what these looking Lake Superior. My fam- needs are, you can build a home ily lives in the same old blue for yourself. house, in a neighborhood where When I came to Marquette, there are still apple trees on every I looked for that same sense of block. stability I had in Duluth. It took When I return home, my friends a while to make a home here and I lace our shoes up and go because I was unfamiliar with for a run on the woods’ trails. It it. I had to stop searching for is a tradition that stems out of the hockey-fanatical Duluth in our cross-country running days Milwaukee and open up to Marin high school. I know exactly quette’s basketball-crazy culture. where each rock and tree root lies I joined clubs with like-minded on the path. We stop and stretch at people and created a role for mythe same rocky outcrop we usual- self in the community as a stuly stop at, and laughed with each dent, friend, roommate and writother like time never er. I had to figure out passed.

Although “In fact, the key to where I belonged in a we are leading sepanew setting. being a successful rate lives now and As some say, nomad is having “Home is where the becoming different people, there is still a the ability to make heart is.” So, whera home wherever ever you go and spot in our hearts for you go.” whatever you may each other.

It is this familiarity do, remember what among my friends, home means to you. family and surroundStart a bicycle ings that makes Duclub if you miss bikluth my home. It is what provides ing home from school with your stability for me. I belong there. I brothers. Get that recipe from feel comfortable there. I can be Grandma and make her extramyself there. saucy lasagna with your friends The definition of “home” is a on a Friday night. Attend a coupersonal inclination. For some ple basketball games and cheer people, all they need are their just as loudly as you would have best friends to feel at home. Oth- at your high school’s homecomers need to be in a certain location ing. Build those types of comor eat homey foods. munities around you. Do as our The times you spend away from nomadic ancestors did and make home are when you realize what a home away from home. those inclinations are — what you miss the most. It is during these times when you can figure aloysia.power@marquette.edu

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Self-mastery will solve disproportionate gratifications Every colThe contrast of Chicagoland umnist is en- wealth next to collegiate povtitled to at erty glared like the car’s rims. least one Andy While I admired this Teutonic Rooney ha- beauty, I watched as its owner rangue dur- — a young, very attractive feing his or her male armed with her Starbucks tenure.

The and MacBook — leapt out of the Paco c u r m u d g e o n - vehicle, clicked the lock button c o m m e n t a t o r twice — this is Milwaukee afNava of the CBS ter all — and dashed to class as television program “60 Min- fast as her little flip-flops could utes,” Rooney is a consummate carry her. groaner and has a penchant for I have since wondered what targeting the habits and ideals these daddy gifts say about our of people younger than he. And society and how we reward chilat his age of 91, that’s almost dren for their accomplishments. everyone.

Here’s a case in which I susThis is my Andy Rooney rant, pect the reward outshone the and it’s directed to everyone, most probable achievement including myself. (i.e., getEarlier this ting into month, I was walk- “The problem of this disa Miding to class and proportionate gratification, western happened upon a a type of something-forcollege). glistening, black nothing syndrome, troubles It would 2009 Mercedes members of all socioeconom- still be a C-300 Luxury Se- ic strata in our country.” stretch of dan parked on my modesty street of mostly deif the car crepit frat houses had been and dated apartment buildings. parked in Cambridge, Mass.

or Princeton, N.J. Marquette is American virtues. Second-hand a great school, but we’re only clothing could be worn without ranked somewhere in the top shame. Hard work was the only eighty schools of the country. credit you had, and you never If Marquette kids are driving left home without it. College Benzes, what are they driving students once walked, biked or at Harvard? took the bus to school, even at The problem of Harvard. this disproportionBut our present “One of the hardate gratification, a circumstances of est things about type of somethingwanting without for-nothing syn- life is learning how working shouldn’t drome, troubles to say ‘no’ to both surprise us. ourselves and to members of all soPerhaps it’s our others.” psychological fate cioeconomic strata in our country. It’s to reap without sowjust more visible ing. among the rich.

Consider the faYou’ll find it mous 1960s Stanamong the poor and middle- ford study that presented a class who were duped into sub- group of 4-year-olds with an prime mortgages in a false era option to either eat one marshof entitled home ownership. We mallow in the beginning or to are still paying off these daddy wait 20 minutes for the addition gifts of distressed or foreclosed of another marshmallow to their homes abandoned by persons plate. Some waited, and others with shoddy credit. And like could not resist. The researchsome of their blameworthy ers followed the progress of creditors, they ran as fast as the children into adulthood and their bailouts could carry them. found that the savers were betThere was a time when ter adjusted and more dependscrimping and saving were able. Even their SAT scores

“Givin’ ‘em the Once-over with Schinz”

This cartoon appeared on the front page of the Tribune’s first issue, above a story about a competition between freshmen and sophomores.

were higher.

Maybe, then, the smart Ivy League students aren’t driving anything special after all.

Whatever the source of our desire to reward without effort may be, I think the solution lies in self-mastery. One of the hardest things about life is learning how to say “no” to both ourselves and to others. As I’ve argued before in these pages, not every desire is worthy of our attention.

Whether it’s a Benz or a marshmallow, objects of our wanting can disappear if we simply interrogate them in the same way the survivors of the Great Depression had to: “Do I really need it? Or do I just want it? Can I make do without it?”

Honor these hard questions with true answers, and — poof — the Benz, the marshmallow and the national debt can all just disappear.

I’ll see you on the bus.

francisco.nava@marquette.edu

Closer Look

Follower, not a leader U.S. lags behind 11 countries in education

By Joe Carey joseph.carey@marquette.edu

Politicians and experts fear that if enough of the population doesn’t have a college degree American’s economy will falter. Only 40.4 percent of 25 - to 34-year-olds have college degrees in the United States, according to 2007 College Board data.

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But some would question whether it is even worth going to college anymore. The cost of a college degree is still on the rise, far outpacing most wage increases.

There is little doubt the huge surge in education costs has contributed to many students taking a semester off, or three. Also,

some would rather work yearround, albeit for what is likely a tiny salary, than pay thousands of dollars per year to attend school.

Ben Knuesel, a former Marquette student who transferred to Bemidji State University in Minnesota during the summer of 2010, considered dropping out of college for a time in order to start working. Knuesel said the tens of thousands of dollars he was borrowing every year to attend Marquette was too high a price to pay for a degree.

Knuesel, a junior in the College of Business, Technology & Communication, said had he been able to get steady work, he would have most likely dropped out.

“What’s the point of spending large amounts of money on education, considering there is no guarantee you will even get a job?” he said. “Plus, with student loans, you have to pay that money back for the next eight years.”

Knuesel is not alone.

According to a May 2010 report by Grantmakers for Education, just 57 percent of students earn a bachelor’s degree in six years or less, and a big reason for this is money.

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greater national growth.

“Education pays,” he said.

“Individuals who enroll and succeed in college, and the nation as a whole, enjoy high rates of return to investments in quality higher education.”

Politicians across the country have made the topic of education a major talking point on the campaign trail. President Barack Obama has even made a John F. Kennedy-type prediction concerning education.

“By 2020, this nation will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world,” he said in a speech in Warren, Mich., in July 2009.

Obama’s American Graduation Initiative was an ambitious plan to increase the number of degrees and certificates by five million over the next 10 years, but it was dropped from the reconciliation bill when the major health care legislation passed in the spring.

The proposed plan included increased financial aid and tax benefits to students, greater funding to community colleges and the abolition of government subsidies to private companies for student loans.

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How necessary is a college degree?

Experts say this issue is of top concern.

“The growing education deficit is no less a threat to our nation’s long-term well-being than the current fiscal crisis,” said Gaston Caperton, the president of the College Board, at a Capitol Hill briefing in July.

Steve Malpezzi, a professor of Urban Land Economics at the University of WisconsinMadison, said while he is very concerned with the exorbitantly high costs of higher education, there is no doubt most individuals would benefit from having a degree.

“College degrees and other higher education have become more critical, not less, over time,” Malpezzi said in an email. “And there’s no indication this trend will change any time soon.”

Abdur Chowdhury, chair of the economics department at Marquette, agreed with Malpezzi’s sentiments on the importance of college degrees. Chowdhury said having a high percentage of college graduates leads to higher productivity in the economy and

Photo by Emily Waller/emily.waller@marquette.edu

Percentage of students

By most accounts, the United States maintains its status as a world superpower economically, militarily, technologically, charitably and even artistically.

In educating its citizens, however, America is not exactly a superpower.

In July, the College Board — the organization that administers the SAT — released a report stating the U.S. fell to 12th out of 36 developed nations in the percentage of 25- to 34-year-old adults with college degrees, using data from 2007. Although this percentage increased 3.5 percent from 2000 to 2008, America’s ranking compared to other countries is alarming to education experts since the U.S. was at the top of this category in the 1980s.

According to the College Board’s report, America’s baby boomer generation is a highly educated and rapidly aging workforce that will be retiring in droves in the near future. It is not expected that the younger generation will match their parent’s level of education, according to the report.

The fear is the lack of growth in college degrees will lead to a lack of economic growth. The U.S. is already facing a surging Chinese economy and the diminishing power of the dollar.

Add to that an uneducated workplace, and you have the potential for a stalled economy.

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Graphic by: Lauren Grimshaw/lauren.grimshaw@marquette.edu

problem is at,” said Adam Gamoran, a professor of sociology and education policy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in reference to America’s stalled growth in adults with college degrees.

Just 78 percent of students who enter a four-year college intending to obtain a bachelor’s degree make it to their sophomore year of college, according to the Grantmakers’ reports.

Marquette retained 89 percent of full-time students between 2008 and 2009, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

Education groups and experts have pinpointed raising retention rates as the most likely way America will once again have the most college graduates globally.

Gamoran placed part of the blame for America’s low retention rates on the students themselves.

“Some people go to college because they want the rewards that come from a college degree, but they don’t want to do the work that is required,” he said.

Others, Gamoran said, figure out while in college that the profession they want to go into does not require a college degree, so they see no point in continuing their education.

“On average, a person is better off with a college degree than without a college degree,” Gamoran said. “The earnings are much higher for those with a degree than for those without.”

According to a 2007 report by economist Sandy Baum, the average college graduate makes

$300,000 more over the course of a 40-year working lifetime than the average high school graduate, and that’s after the cost of going to college is subtracted from the total.

“But, if he is leaving for a career that he finds rewarding, for that individual it’s better to go without college,” Gamoran said.

Gamoran offered numerous ways America could improve its retention rates among college students, including offering more financial aid and better preparing high school students for their future life away from home.

Many experts on the subject seem to think America’s solution to the higher education conundrum comes from two broad areas of reform: an overhaul of the K-12 educational system and making college more affordable for the average American.

“As important as college is, for each of us, it pales in comparison to the importance of the first grade,” Malpezzi said.

“If someone doesn’t succeed in elementary or high school, the best universities in the world are useless to them.”

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Women’s Soccer

Still perfect Back-to-back 2-1 victories to start

By Michael Locicero michael.locicero@marquette.edu

The Marquette women’s soccer team (6-3-2, 3-0 Big East) rallied from an early goal deficit to defeat the West Virginia Mountaineers 2-1 on Thursday night at Valley Fields.

The game was dominated by physical play, with 22 fouls in the game and a yellow card from the Golden Eagles’ senior midfielder Rosie Malone-Povolny, in what has become a bit of a heated rivalry between two teams predicted to finish first and second in the American Division of the Big East Conference.

“When we come out here, we expect the game to be physical, and it just so happened that there were a lot more fouls called than usual,” freshman midfielder Maegan Kelly said.

The Mountaineers (4-4-1, 0-1-1 Big East) were coming off a shocking 1-0 victory over previously ranked No. 5 Virginia last week and got off to a quick start Thursday night.

Rodriguez received a short pass from senior Megan Mischler and flickered her shot over the head of Marquette junior goalkeeper Natalie Kulla

in the ninth minute of the game.

Marquette made a few adjustments following the goal, going to a “three up top” formation, according to junior forward Rachael Sloan, and was able to stretch the West Virginia defense.

“We were able to find a few gaps, and a few of their outside backs got out of position and (we) were able to counter and throw off their defenders a little bit,” Sloan said.

The Golden Eagles were able to adjust quickly and evened the score on senior forward Ashley Bares’ second goal in as many games. Bares received a pass from Kelly and buried a shot out to the far post, past senior goalkeeper Kerri Butler in the 22nd minute.

Kelly scored what would prove to be the game winner in the 41st minute after receiving a perfect through-ball from senior midfielder Julia Victor and blasting a shot past Butler to give Marquette a 2-1 lead at halftime.

“If I didn’t have the ball (from Victor) I would have never had a chance,” Kelly said. “We did a great job passing tonight and preventing them from getting good looks at goal on defense.”

The win gave Marquette a 2-0 start in Big East play before

Photo by Steph Waterman/stephanie.waterman@marquette.edu

Sophomore Rachael Brown maneuvers her way around a West Virginia denfender in Thursday night’s 2-1 victory.

See Perfect, page 14

Men’s soccer

Column

Dark Knight shines on field Veteran’s advice to MU wins Big East season opener 1-0

By Mike Nelson michael.e.nelson@marquette.edu

Photo courtesy Marquette Images

Freshman midfielder Eric Pothast was named as the 25th ranked freshman to watch according to TopDrawerSoccer.com. Pothast is one of only two players to have played every minute of every game.

Batman is a superhero who has no real special super power, but is blessed with an enormous amount of financial resources.

When freshman midfielder Eric Pothast was a child, that was his favorite superhero. His Batman ambitions nearly cost him his life. He was sitting in his carseat, decided to climb out of the car to cross the street to get to his mother, and was struck by a car.

Batman survived but suffered a broken leg, which turned him from a righty to a lefty on the soccer pitch.

Prior to Marquette’s victory over Rutgers 1-0 in its Big East opener Friday evening, Pothast was named the No. 25 player on TopDrawerSoccer.com’s College Players to Watch: Freshmen Top 100.

“I’ll take it as a very good compliment, but I don’t really take a lot of pride in lists like that,” Pothast said. “It’s cool to see and receive an honor, but I’m not where I want to be yet. It just encourages me to work harder everyday to prove that and show what I can do.”

See Knight, page 14

Brandon Jennings To Milwaukee Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings: First, I want to tell you how much I enjoy watching you Tim play. The conSeeman fidence and swagger you bring to the floor every night is entertaining for Bucks fans and sickening for opponents. That’s just the kind of presence I want on my team.

Second, I want to wish you a belated happy birthday. You turned 21 last Thursday, a milestone many American youths agonizingly wait for, much the way LeBron waited in Cleveland for his chance to jump ship.

Like any of the rest of us on our 21st birthdays, you took your freshly-minted driver’s license and partied. There’s nothing wrong with that, either. Remember, I’m the guy who recently developed the somewhat depressing habit of hitting a bar bright and early on Saturday mornings.

But unlike the rest of us during that first magical, hazy weekend of legal alcohol consumption, you’re under the constant scrutiny of the public eye.

Even though nothing pernicious happened at your big birthday party in Los Angeles over the weekend, you don’t need any kind of college education to know how the general public might perceive such an event. Those people at TMZ have to make a living, too.

Another thing you need to keep in mind as you start your first NBA season as a 21-year-old: This franchise is depending on you. I hate to put that on your shoulders, but that’s just the way it is.

The last time there was an exciting professional basketball team around these parts, Ray Allen was a spry 26-year-old sharpshooter and Allen Iverson was still the Answer to a question that wasn’t “What former beleaguered NBA point guard can’t find a team anywhere in the western hemisphere?”

There was a time not long ago when I was resigned to the fact that the Bucks were going to run out of money and go the way of the Charlotte Hornets and Vancouver Grizzlies. There wasn’t a reason to spend money on a Bucks ticket, so people didn’t, which has put the team in a financial hole out of which it’s still trying to dig.

This new Bucks team you lead, on the other hand, is certainly worth the price of admission. Even the See Advice, page 16

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Volleyball Brief The Marquette women’s volleyball team dropped two road games this past weekend to get its Big East season off to an inauspicious start.

The Golden Eagles (7-7, 0-2 Big East) traveled to South Florida to open up conference play but were unable to come away with a victory, failing to even take a set against the Bulls (25-21, 25-20, 25-23).

Junior outside hitter Ciara Jones led the team with 13 kills while senior middle hitter Rab-

the facts Marquette will try and avenge last year’s 2-0 defeat at the feet of Bucky Badger when it takes on Wisconsin-Madison tonight. The Golden Eagles have not been able to beat the Badgers in their past 10 head-to-heads posting an 0-7-3 record. Marquette is coming off an impressive 1-0 victory at Rutgers to open up the Big East season and will look to keep the momentum going against their in-state rivals.

Golf becka Gonyo added 10 of her own. Marquette was without junior outside hitter Ashley Beyer, who suffered a shoulder injury in the Northwestern Invitational a week ago. Freshman outside hitter Casey Read recorded eight kills and nine digs in her first collegiate start, replacing Beyer.

Things looked brighter for Marquette against Georgetown, up two sets to one and holding an 11-2 lead in the fourth set when the wheels came off. The Golden Eagles only mustered four kills

and hit an abysmal -.036 in the set. They would go on to lose the next set and the match (25-22, 24-26, 17-25, 25-21, 15-11).

Gonyo and Jones once again led the team with 12 kills each, while Gonyo recorded a season high in blocks, with nine. Senior Nikki Klingsporn notched 42 assists in the match.

The two losses drop Marquette to 0-6 on the road this season. It will look for its first Big East victory on Friday at Villanova.

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Fantasy

NFL fantasy focus Columnist Erik Schmidt brings you his weekly advice on who’s hot and who’s not in the NFL in the upcoming week.

By Erik Schmidt erik.schmidt@marquette.edu

Play him: Michael Vick, QB, Philadelphia Eagles Unless you’re Scooby Doo or an avid member of PETA, you’ve probably been rooting for Vick’s sudden resurgence. Two years ago, the troubled quarterback was in jail for bankrolling an interstate dog-fighting operation. Three weeks ago, he was a backup behind the inexperienced Kevin Kolb. And last Sunday afternoon, Vick became a fantasy superstar once again. In standard ESPN leagues, he has posted at

least 20 points in all of the first three games, and in his second start against Jacksonville, he scored four touchdowns. He may not remain the starter all year, so ride Vick while he’s hot.

Sit him: Vince Young, QB, Tennessee Titans If Vick is fantasy football’s Lazarus, Young is the walking dead. Projected to be a sleeper at the quarterback position, Young has been simply atrocious. In three games, he has more turnovers than touchdowns, and when he managed 118 passing yards against a struggling Giants de-

fense last week, it was considered a blessing. If you drafted Young as your starting quarterback, there probably isn’t enough Tylenol in the world for you.

Get him: Kevin Walter, WR, Houston Texans Walter has three touchdowns in three games, and playing with Andre Johnson in a pass-happy offense is going to grant him ample chances to get into the end zone. He’s still available in more than 25 percent of ESPN leagues, so get him while you can.

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The Marquette men’s golf team has underwhelmed early on in the season but will have three weeks to find its way before its next tournament.

Freshman Corey Konieczki breaks out

By Trey Killian robert.killian@marquette.edu

The Marquette men’s golf team tallied an overall score of 908 in the Windon Memorial Classic on Sunday and Monday in Glenview, Ill., finishing in last place at 56-over-par.

Though the results for the Golden Eagles as a whole were ugly, there were some diamonds in an otherwise rough tournament showing.

Freshman Corey Konieczki had a breakthrough day, turning in a score of 224 and finishing in a tie for 50th place in the individual rankings to lead the team. Senior Kelly Kretz came in a close second for Marquette with a final score of 225 and a tie for 54th place. Kretz started the tournament strong, fell off in the second round, but was able to rebound in the third to finish 12-over-par.

“I played two pretty good

rounds, but the second round was a disaster,” Kretz said.

Senior Ben Sieg’s tournament story was probably the most intriguing for the team. After a disappointing first two rounds, Sieg finished 1-under-par in the final round and climbed from 83rd to 69th on the leader board. Sieg felt dissatisfied with the team’s performance but also maintained a realistic approach to the Classic.

“It was disappointing, but this was one of the stronger courses we will face all year,” Sieg said.

“There were a lot of good golfers (in the tournament), including some that will be competing in this year’s Masters Championship.”

Marquette began play on Sunday morning and finished the first round in 16th place.

Kretz led the team with a score See Again, page 16

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Perfect: Game gets physical

Photo by Steph Waterman/stephanie.waterman@marquette.edu

Junior Kerry McBride prepares to launch a cross to teammates waiting in the box against the Mountaineers last Thursday. Marquette has outscored its first three Big East opponents 6-3, winning 2-1 in every match.

starting a season-long five game road trip, which started with another 2-1 victory over Pittsburgh on Sunday afternoon.

Marquette coach Markus Roeders thought the team’s best stretch of the game was played from the time after West Virginia’s goal until halftime, when Marquette seized control of the game.

“Our best spell was during that 25-30 minutes,” Roeders said.

“We didn’t play that great in the second half, not settling it down very well, but we won and that’s the biggest thing.”

The home win is something the team hopes will propel them to a good run for the rest of the season, especially with so many games on the road.

“It puts us in a good position, but there are nine games (now eight) left,” Roeders said after the West Virginia game. “I wish we would have played a little more (aggressive) soccer throughout the game, but it’s always nice to win at home and take it from there.”

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Knight: Utility man Pothast is one of two players on the team to play in every minute of every game – the team’s leader in shots, goals and points, junior midfielder Calum Mallace, is the other.

“Coming in and playing in every minute of every game, as a freshman, is amazing,” Mallace said. “He’s played real well and been real solid in the back. I’m proud of him.”

Like Pothast, Mallace came in as a freshman and played significant minutes for coach Louis Bennett’s squad in 2008. He understands that there’s a lot of pressure, as a freshman, to overdo it sometimes. “(Freshmen) just want to compete for playing time, no one wants to come in and sit on the bench,” Mallace said. “I talked to Eric during the preseason because I saw he had a lot of potential, and I told him to just relax and play his game.”

While Pothast is listed as a midfielder and played most of his high school career as a midfielder, he has spent much of the season as a defender. Junior defensemen Michael Alfano said Pothast hasn’t missed a beat on the transi-

tion.

“He’s a quality one-on-one defender, he listens well and he’s organized,” Alfano said. “He seems like a player that has had (collegiate) experience before, and he’s someone you can rely on. He’s going to do his job, and you know it’s going to be done well.”

At Lake Zurich High School (Illinois), Pothast was a threetime all-conference and all-area player. In his senior year he was a NSCAA/adidas All-Midwest selection. As Lake Zurich’s captain his senior year, he led the team to the 3A State Runner-Up. Associate head coach Stan Anderson said Pothast’s soccer upbringing helped him become a poised player.

“Watching him from his sophomore year (of high school) until now, not a whole lot has changed,” Anderson said. “He’s very smart, reads the game well … he’s a level headed player at a position that requires it. He’s only taken the opportunity (presented by injuries) and run with it.”

Pothast will get his first opportunity to justify his ranking in a home match tonight against Wisconsin.

Men’s tennis Brief Freshman Logon Collins claimed the “Cardinal” draw title at the Ball State Invitational this past weekend to lead the Golden Eagles, while fellow freshman Dan Mamalat and senior Jose Manuel Munoz reached the semis in their respective divisions.

Collins rallied from being down a set to defeat Butler’s Stephen McGloughlin 5-7, 7-5, 1-0(7) in the finals. That marks the freshman’s first tournament victory.

Mamalat defeated three opponents en route to the semifinals in the “Flight A” draw. He fell in two sets (7-6(4); 6-1) to Xavier’s Bobby Deye in the semis.

In the “White” draw, Munoz defeated Matt Ford and Alex Doherty before falling to Xavier’s Mesa Mei in two sets.

Also of note, junior Otavio Perim reached the semifinals of the consolation bracket after losing in the opening round of the “Flight A” draw.

In doubles action, Perim and freshman Thibault Troude bested two tandems before falling to Ball State in the semifinals of the “Flight A” doubles draw. In “Flight B,” Collins and Munoz also made it to the semifinals before being bounced out.

Women’s tennis Brief

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The Marquette women’s tennis team enjoyed a decent amount of success last weekend at the Spartan Invitational in East Lansing, Mich.

Freshman Chelsea Utting dropped a tough 6-3, 6-2 match to IPFW’s Caterina Kiefer in the championship match of the Draw D singles match after going 3-0 on the previous two days.

Senior Rachael Hush went 3-1 in singles play and defeated Bowling Green State’s Maddy Eccleston in a third place match on Sunday (7-5, 6-2) in Draw C singles.

Meanwhile, sophomore Kelly Barry won her first match in Draw A singles, fell in her next two matches, but redeemed herself in the final match to finish the weekend at 2-2.

Rounding out Marquette’s singles participants was junior Gillian Hush, who lost to Akron’s Angelina Jaogasona (6-3, 6-4)

in the Invitational’s fifth place match. Hush finished 2-2 on the weekend.

In doubles play, the Golden Eagles’ senior combination of Rachael Hush and Christina Ruiz won its first match of the day Sunday, dropped its second and played its way into the fifth place match. It lost the match 8-5 to Michigan State’s Whitney Wilson and Marina Bohrer in Draw A doubles.

Hush and Ruiz finished the weekend 2-2.

Marquette’s No. 2 doubles tandem of Gillian Hush and Barry lost its first two matches, but came back to win its next two, taking seventh place with an 8-3 victory over Toledo’s Christine Coffman and Silvia Carvajal.

The Golden Eagles will travel to Ann Arbor, Mich., next weekend to participate in the Wolverine Invitational at the University of Michigan.

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Development of a shot Sophomore Anthony Selvaggi is shown in the process of a long-distance shot. First, he plants his left foot (left picture), then he swings his leg (middle picture) before finally following through (right picture). The Michigan defender was able to get a foot in the way and deflect the shot away from goal.

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Advice: Bright future for a rising phenom mascot Bango has earned some recognition for his high-flying antics.

The attitude shift started with your 55-point game against Golden State, which was the highest scoring night for anyone in the league last year. John Salmons came in and helped propel the team up the Eastern Conference standings, and a near-upset of the Atlanta Hawks in the playoffs was all the Kool-Aid people needed to take to the streets and start shouting “fear the deer.”

Like anywhere else, Milwaukee likes cheering for winning teams, and the only way this success will continue is if you keep your focus on basketball. There are cautionary tales to be read everywhere about guys who squandered an opportunity for greatness, and Bucks fans don’t want you to wind up like Iverson, Vin Baker or Antoine Walker.

I have the utmost confidence that you’ll stay focused on basketball

and make Milwaukee a hoops hotbed once again. If you had gone to the University of Arizona instead of Italy after high school, I might be a little more concerned, but it seems to me that your year overseas has equipped you with the maturity needed to stay on the straight-andnarrow.

Hopefully, this hasn’t sounded too much like a lecture or a sermon, and I’m not saying that you can’t go out and enjoy yourself every once in a while. Think of it more as a friendly reminder that everyone, especially in Milwaukee, is watching you and analyzing your actions.

It’s not because they’re waiting for you to falter. It’s because they want you to succeed and bring the Bucks back to prominence.

Signed, Tim Seeman tim.seeman@marquette.edu

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Again: Kretz No. 2 of 72 and placed in a tie for 11th.

Konieczki finished the first 18 holes in second place for the team with a 78, in a tie for 61st place.

The second round saw the Golden Eagles drop to 17th with a dismal overall score of 614.

Kretz fell all the way to a tie for 74th place with a score of 83, but Konieczki improved to 55th place after shooting an impressive 74.

Marquette completed play in the Classic on a high note in the third round. Sieg and Kretz each closed out the round with tournament-best scores of 70 and shot 1 under par. Konieczki also turned in a 72 to cap his surprisingly solid performance.

Coach Stephen Bailey remains optimistic with his team, despite its slow start to the season.

“We improved today in the final round,” Bailey said. “It’s good to finish on that note, and hopefully we can carry the positives on to the next tournament, even though we don’t have another one for about four weeks. In no way are we thrilled with the overall last place finish, however.”

The Golden Eagles will have quite a bit of time to improve, as their next tournament will take place on Oct. 25, when the team will travel to Seaside, Calif. for the Saint Mary’s Invitational.

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