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Alleged revenue gain linked to Puerto Rican debt

By Sydney Czyzon

sydney.czyzon@marquette.edu

A group of students is attempting to shed light on Marquette’s alleged revenue gain of more than $100,000 in fiscal year 2016 from its investments in The Baupost Group, a Boston-based hedge fund that owns nearly $1 billion in sales tax bonds of Puerto Rico’s debt.

Hannah Badeau and Sara Zaleta, both seniors in the College of Arts & Sciences, founded the informal group this semester, calling themselves the Marquette Coalition for Puerto Rican Debt Relief.

Zaleta said the students obtained copies of the university’s 990-T tax form through the

non-profit organization GuideStar, which says its mission is “providing information that advances transparency” through its online data services. Badeau said a professor, who she declined to name publicly because he or she is untenured, approached her with the investment information.

With hopes of incurring profit when Puerto Rico pays back sales tax bonds used to buffer its nearly $70 billion debt, Zaleta and Badeau said Baupost has advocated for austerity measures on the island. These measures include cuts to the pension system, prison closures, school closures, reductions in subsidies to the University of Puerto Rico, cuts to sick and vacation pay and consolidation of police stations and state agencies, among others.

“The idea is that if you cut the spending here, you can redirect those funds somewhere else,” Michael McCarthy, an assistant

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Hannah Badeau talks with coalition members at a meeting Sept. 27.

professor in the Department of Social and Cultural Sciences said. He said hedge funds advocate for spending cuts on the island in an effort to receive money owed to them.

“This gets into the moral question, which is, is it right to make

Puerto Rico pay off its debt if the result is just going to be an even worse economic crisis and even worse debt down the line?”

McCarthy said.

In an October 2017 letter to investors, Baupost founder Seth Klarman said the hedge fund

started its Puerto Rican debt investments in 2015. He said Baupost last purchased bonds in 2017 prior to Hurricane Maria, which hit the island in September of that year.

Zaleta said austerity measures, especially following Hurricane Maria, would negatively affect Puerto Rico’s most vulnerable populations during the recovery process — including the approximately 44 percent of Puerto Rico’s population who live in poverty, according to a 2017 census survey. That is more than double the poverty level of any other U.S. state or territory.

Updated government assessments show Hurricane Maria killed 2,975 people and left survivors without access to basic needs.

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Meeting meant to address disparities, generational issues

Smart Cities-Smart Futures initiative to generate innovation

By Matthew Martinez

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Marquette University President Michael Lovell delivered the opening remarks for Scaling Wellness In Milwaukee, a threeday conference that kicked off Sept. 26 at Fiserv Forum.

The conference was held with the purpose of gathering community members to explore new ways of addressing trauma in the Marquette and Milwaukee communities.

“SWIM is a multi-disciplinary group dedicated to inspiring collaboration to help Milwaukee heal,” according to a press release

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Lovell gives a speech to open the conference at the Fiserv Forum.

Foxconn kicked off its Smart Cities-Smart Futures competition, aimed at generating new ideas from universities and technical schools, in the Alumni Memorial Union Monday.

In a statement provided by Marquette, Foxconn’s initiative works to develop smart and connected communities and systems throughout Wisconsin through the ideas of students, faculty and staff.

Foxconn is a Taiwanese

technology company constructing a new factory site in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. The company proposed a North American headquarters in downtown Milwaukee, and has committed up to $1 million over the next three years to the Smart Cities-Smart Futures initiative.

The Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities is one of the academic partners of Foxconn. University spokesperson Chris Jenkins said Marquette is a member of WAICU. “More generally, Marquette is continuing conversations with Foxconn regarding how we can help fill their talent pipeline

about the event. “The mission of SWIM is to build collaborations throughout the region that heal trauma and create resilience.”

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INVESTMENTS: University revenue reaches $1.2M through Baupost hedge fund debt bonds

Continued from page 1 assortment of issues that have everything to do with a response to a natural disaster, but more importantly, have to do with things like infrastructure, education, financial stability and economic access for Puerto Rican residents,” Sergio Gonzalez, an assistant professor of Latinx Studies, said.

McCarthy said austerity measures on the island would reduce services for people who are desperate for aid.

“It’s almost an absurdity in and of itself,” McCarthy said. “It seems totally morally backward.”

Baupost spokesperson Diana DeSocio declined to publicly comment on the matter.

Badeau said Marquette’s urge to continue investing in a profitable hedge fund is understandable, but she said she hopes the university will use its influence to elicit change.

“That’s really our number one ask, is to get them to hopefully get Baupost to lower their austerity measures or just get rid of them because that’s the crux of the issue,” Badeau said.

“Marquette is invested in Puerto Rican austerity.”

The university also gained more than $571,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2015, as well as more than $552,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2014 from its partnership with Baupost, according to GuideStar tax documents. Fiscal year 2017, which ended June 30, was unavailable on the site.

The available tax documents indicate the university gained more than $1.2 million in total revenue from its Baupost investments from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2017.

“I think the knee-jerk reaction from all of us is that it’s wrong,” Badeau said. “We’re a Jesuit school and we’re supposed to be socially responsible, and I’m pretty sure we send people on service trips to Puerto Rico. We

have recruiters in Puerto Rico.

That’s not right.”

Gonzalez said he talked with Badeau and other students in his class about Marquette’s alleged investments.

“Students are pointing to a real irony that exists, in that the university has thankfully ramped up their efforts to recruit Latino students to give them a feeling of belonging on this campus,” Gonzalez said. “But I think the university still has a bit of ways to go to look at some of these other connections that it has in places like Puerto Rico.”

Zaleta said the university is betting against its own Puerto Rican students through the investment.

“It’s basically like taking money from the parents or from actual Puerto Rican students here and investing that, and then profiting from the pain and suffering of the families of these Puerto Rican students,” Zaleta said.

University spokesperson Chris Jenkins said the university cares deeply about the people of Puerto Rico, including students and families who are affected by current challenges facing the island.

“The university is committed to ethical investing practices, while acknowledging that there is often a wide range of views when it comes to complex financial matters,” Jenkins said in an email.

“We encourage our government leaders to forge ahead with comprehensive policies that will help Puerto Rico recover and thrive.”

McCarthy said hedge fund investors are not always aware of exactly where invested money goes or how it is managed.

“You’ll see the fund gets a certain rate of return, you’ll invest in it because it has a good reputation, things like that,” McCarthy said. “But I think most people that contribute their money to these funds are ignorant about how the money’s being used.”

Investors have two choices in order to affect a hedge fund’s actions, McCarthy said.

He said they can voice concerns or exit the fund.

“Divesting is a form of influence, but so is raising the issue and sort of raising public awareness of it,” McCarthy said.

To raise awareness about Marquette’s alleged ties, the Marquette Coalition for Puerto

came across the coalition’s table in the AMU Sept. 24 and thought it was a “valuable and worthwhile initiative.”

“This is something that shouldn’t go nowhere just because the university doesn’t want it to,” Brophy said. “We think that we have the ability to

Rican Debt Relief is tabling in the Alumni Memorial Union and partnering with Marquette University Student Government to formulate a plan.

Dan Brophy, MUSG legislative vice president, said he

bring a bunch of groups together for one cause.”

Brophy said he plans to fuel his “energetic anger” into action. He added that MUSG can bring together many student organizations in support

of this effort.

“My initial reaction was a mix of disgust, disappointment and surprise,” Brophy said. “If we are a socially responsible university, our investments should be socially responsible.”

Zaleta said the student group received about 200 online petition signatures as of Wednesday evening.

“It’s a human rights violation. I don’t know why other people wouldn’t be invested in it,” Badeau said. “I couldn’t give you any specific reason why I feel more inclined to do it than someone else.”

Students at other universities, including Harvard University and Yale University, have protested against their own university’s investments in Baupost. In January and March, the Harvard Crimson reported on divestment rallies. Also in January, the Yale Daily News reported divestment protests on its own campus.

Brophy said it would be easy for the university to divest from the hedge fund.

The Marquette Coalition for Puerto Rican Debt Relief is planning a day of action for Thursday, Zaleta said. Badeau said the group is not releasing specifics yet.

“As of right now, we just want to call attention and ... demand that (university officials) use their influence because they probably do have a ton influence if they’re investing all this money into Baupost,” Zaleta said. “Tell them, ‘Hey, stop pushing Puerto Rico to adopt these austerity measures.’”

Gonzalez said he is heartened to see students taking class lessons and applying them to realworld situations.

“Any dollar that’s gained off the misery of the Puerto Rican people is a dollar too much,” Gonzalez said. “It’s the university’s money, and so if students are asking them to review those investments, I think they should do so.”

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TRAUMA: Conference just ‘first step’ Continued from page 1 REDgen, helped found SWIM. “This week’s conference is an important first step at attaining the goals of SWIM,” Lovell said.

“Over the next three days, we will learn from national and local experts about recent breakthroughs and advances in trauma-informed care. Lovell said this week’s conference is only a small step in a long journey toward addressing the challenges facing Milwaukee.

Lovell said another goal of SWIM is to address disparities within Milwaukee that are results of decades of generational trauma.

“This is beyond a passion project,” Bucks President Peter Feigin said in his introductory speech. “When Mike Lovell called several months ago … he said ‘We only have one goal, Peter. We want to make Milwaukee

the most trauma-informed city in the country.’”

At the event, Lovell went on to thank many of the event’s contributors. The cardinal contributor that Lovell praised was SaintA, a center for foster care, education and mental health in Milwaukee.

The movement represents at least 120 organizations, Lovell said.

Lovell implored attendees to remember that this conference was not a solution — it was just a place to start building momentum.

“We all need to remember that change at the grass-root level doesn’t happen from one big initiative,” Lovell said. “It happens from a series of small but significant efforts. We all can be, and need to be, part of the solution.”

Lovell said he had an Adverse Childhood Experience score of 5 when he tested, denoting childhood trauma. An ACE test asks

participants ten questions about the environment they were raised in. The amount of adverse experiences someone has is referred to as their score. Experiences can include physical, sexual and emotional abuse, physical and emotional neglect, violence between intimate partners and incarcerated family members. Participants generally fill out a resilience questionnaire at the end of the test as well.

“My ACE score is lower, but that’s because it didn’t ask the questions related (to my trauma),” said Amy Lovell, wife of Michael Lovell and president of RedGen, an organization in the Milwaukee community advocating for mental health and well being of youth.

“My mom had a brain aneurysm when I was 10. We both have had experiences and had to grow up a lot younger than we wish we would have.”

Amy Lovell went on to say that her and Lovell both experienced trauma but also had a number of protective factors that allowed them to be resilient. She said they did not face the barriers that many people with trauma do face. She said people who face those barriers are often forced to relive their trauma.

Amy Lovell said the best way for Marquette students to get involved is understanding. She said students need to know how trauma affects them, and getting involved in groups that deal with trauma are great first steps.

“If you’re more involved in how to respond and how to be a compassionate listener in those relationships, that’s when healing can happen,” Amy Lovell said.

This empathy is an essential factor in addressing trauma, she said.

“Not having the attitude, ‘I’m here to fix you,’ but ‘I’m here to be with you and to listen,’” Amy Lovell said. “When somebody struggles with effects from trauma or even mental health, there’s so much shame. When you have judgment, you add to that shame.”

Michael Lovell said he has plans on getting specific majors more involved in addressing trauma around Marquette. Specifically, the College of Education would introduce curriculum for teachers to be more trauma-informed and the College of Health Sciences would be taken to areas of Milwaukee where “deserts of care” exist.

“Trauma is at the very core of many of the ills, whether it be healthcare, whether it be education, whether it be economic development - those things need to be addressed before we can really improve (them),” Michael Lovell said.

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MUPD REPORTS SEPTEMBER 30 An MU student reclaiming lost property at MUPD was found to be in possession of marijuana at 12:50 a.m. MUPD cited the subject.

MUPD took a non-MU subject into custody for violation of a restraining order and an outstanding warrant at 11:53 p.m. MUPD transported the subject to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility.

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in the 2300 block of W. Wisconsin Avenue at 4:34 p.m.

student removed property from her backpack.

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Unknown subject(s) damaged the victim’s secured and unattended vehicle and removed items in the 700 block of N. 17th Street.

An unknown subject removed merchandise from a business in the 1600 block of W. Wells Street at 5:34 a.m.

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A non-MU subject stated he was injured in the 1600 block of W. Wisconsin Avenue after a verbal confrontation at 7:10 p.m. No citations were issued.

An unknown subject removed merchandise from a business

An MU student reported at 8:30 p.m. that another MU

MUPD responded to a report of an altercation at 6:38 p.m. between two non-MU subjects at a residence in the 1400 block of W. Highland Avenue. One subject fled the area prior to MUPD’s arrival and the other subject was uncooperative.

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“Moving towards Hope: A Communal Conversation on the Sexual Abuse and the Leadership Crisis in the Catholic Church” 7:30-9 p.m.

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“Little Women” 7:30-9:30 p.m.

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FOXCONN: Tech company seeking proposals Continued from page 1 needs,” Jenkins said.

Alan Yeung, director of U.S. strategic initiatives, said the goal of Smart Cities-Smart Futures is to engage the entire higher education committee in Wisconsin.

“We can tap into the idea and the concept of how to build (a) smart city, a smart community or smart future here for themselves, for the their family and for their community,” Yeung said.

Smart City, Yeung said, can mean many things to different people.

“That’s why we’re leaving it open to the creativity and the thinking of the community, especially the students, the staff and the faculty members,” he said.

University President Michael Lovell said in his opening remarks that “the university is really proud that Foxconn has chosen Marquette University to really kick this thing off today.”

“I think it’s a great opportunity for all of us to really think about our future and put the ideas within our campuses as well as faculty, staff and students to have an opportunity

for them to put to fruition and really make a positive difference for society,” Lovell said in his opening remarks at a press conference Monday.

Yeung said college students have some of the newest, brightest ideas Foxconn really wants to tap into.

“That’s why it’s a critical element of our competition itself,” Yeung said.

Foxconn is looking for proposals from individuals with higher education to enhance living environments, according to a brochure handed out at the event.

The competition kicks off Oct. 1 and will take entries until Oct. 31. Up to 100 entries will be selected as part of the first round and nominees will receive $500.

The second round will consist of 50 entries receiving a $1,500 award. In the third round, 16 entries will receive $5,000. The winners will be announced in spring 2019.

“Marquette University and President Lovell have been a great partner for Foxconn for this competition,” Yeung said.

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Foxconn’s Alan Yeung (left) meets with MU President Michael Lovell at Monday’s competition kickoff event.

MUSG acquires new faculty adviser for senate Demetria Anderson assumes new role, serves as resource

By Margaret Cahill

margaret.cahill@marquette.edu

Demetria Anderson, director for campus activities and student involvement, took the new role of advising the senate this year, attending the Marquette University Student Government meeting Sept. 10.

Former senate adviser Jennifer Reid, director of student affairs assessment, communication and student government, will now only advise the executive board.

MUSG President Meredith Gillespie said after Reid received her doctorate in the spring, she started taking on other responsibilities for the university. “(Anderson) cares so much about students, and you can just tell by interacting with her,” Gillespie said. “I think she’ll be a positive influence on senate, especially for people who are coming in as newcomers. I think she’ll be a good resource for them.”

While she spent her career working in higher education, this is Anderson’s first year at Marquette.

Her other responsibilities at

the university include organizing various activities for students, such as the Late Night Marquette events put on by MUSG, and working with sororities and fraternities around campus.

“I am excited to be with (MUSG) — to be someone to guide them through the different struggles they might have as they are still a student organization,” Anderson said.

Since Anderson will be advising the senate, she will be working closely with legislative vice president Dan Brophy.

“I think Demetria (Anderson) is going to fit really well in senate,” Brophy said. “She gives off the vibe of being a really calming presence to have around.

Photo by Grace Connatser

Demetria Anderson said she looks forward to taking on the position.

Sometimes when there’s a lot of student leaders around, there’s conflict because we all have different opinions on what to do.

It’s really good to have someone there like Jen (Reid) or Demetria (Anderson) to calm everyone down and keep everyone on the right track.”

In addition to her role advising the senate, Anderson is also the adviser to executive vice president Valerie Del Campo.

“With her being my adviser, it’s a lot of her checking in on me and making sure I’m doing the work that I need to do,” Del Campo said. “Because a lot of the responsibilities of the executive vice president revolve around funding, that’s mainly what we focus on.”

The funding projects Del Campo and Anderson will be working on reflect the university’s commitment to increasing diversity, Del Campo said.

“I think one goal in regard to funding is looking into the whole process in general and how we can make it better,” Del Campo said. We want to make the university a more diverse place, and that’s a good place to look for funding. There are a lot of underrepresented groups on campus we might not be able to reach right now or might not know about funding.”

Anderson said she has always

had an affinity for student gov- really good advice to give.”

This year, Anderson said she is ernment, which has influenced choosing to take an approach that her career choices.

“I was a student government is more about guiding the senate leader when I was in undergrad,” toward its goals instead of inAnderson said. “That was one of structing the Senate.

“As an adviser I don’t tell them the pivotal points that helped me identify with wanting to work in what to do, but I listen, serve as higher education as a student af- a resource, make sure they are aware of the different areas relatfairs professional.”

She said she hopes to use her ed to their platform and the different resources on undergraduate campus or in the experience in community that advising MUSG are related to this year. their platform,” “This year, Anderson said. going into my While Andersecond year beson has only ing on staff at been advising Marquette, it MUSG for a was really exmonth, Gilciting to have lespie, Brophy the opportunity and Del Campo to come back said they are exto my roots,” Dan Brophy cited for what is Anderson said.

MUSG legislative to come.

“Working with vice president “She knows student governhow to work ment leaders is through things,” always an exciting experience because those are Brophy said. “I think she’s going the students who really have the to be a really good person for senopportunity to make a change on ators to talk to if they have a problem inside or outside of student their campus.”

Del Campo said Anderson is a government. It’s always great to have a person like that around.” reassuring presence in MUSG. “She is really good at listening to any issues that you have,” Del Campo said. “She always has

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I think Demetria is going to fit really well in senate. She gives off the vibe of being a really calming presence to have around.”

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Diverse attendees discuss immigration policy ‘Democracy in Troubled Times’ series held in AMU

By Joseph Beaird

joseph.beaird@marquette.edu

The “Democracy in Troubled Times” immigration forum was held in the Alumni Memorial Union last Thursday with the goal of encouraging conversation about a topical political issue among university community members.

There were student and faculty moderators to facilitate discussion, pose questions and serve as knowledgeable sources about the issue.

“We didn’t just want to do a lecture, (we wanted) to connect Marquette with the greater Milwaukee community,” Amber Wichowsky, director of the Marquette Democracy Lab, said.

The idea for the event first came about around four years ago, said John Su, vice provost for academic affairs.

“President (Michael) Lovell and Provost (Dan) Myers initiated the Marquette Forum three years ago to engage members of the community in addressing the most pressing social issues facing us all,”

Su said.

The event was attended by people of different backgrounds, students, citizens of Milwaukee and staff members. Michael Neblo, director of the Institute for Democratic Engagement and Accountability at Ohio State University, was the keynote speaker and spoke on the goal of the forum.

“We’re trying to bring people together from different backgrounds to talk about the issue of immigration in a way (that is) informed, civil and substantive,” Neblo said.

Marquette University Student Government and student moderators were at the event to participate in and lead the discussion.

Meredith Gillespie, president of MUSG, spoke about her thoughts on the event.

“It’s a really good opportunity to learn how to engage with others and I’m proud of what Marquette is doing,” Gillespie said.

Eduardo Perea-Hernandez, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, and Alan Chavoya, a second-year masters student in

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Students and faculty served as moderators to facilitate discussions and pose thought-provoking questions for attendees at the event.

philosophy, were moderators that led discussions at Spanish speaking tables. Perea-Hernandez said speaking the native language of immigrants changes the nature of the discussion.

“Spanish makes the topic more relatable. A lot of us have ties to those people; Alan and I are both children of immigrants,” PereaHernandez said. “We get to engage with others who don’t have the same experiences, and I hope people can learn and grow from this rare opportunity.”

Attendees discussed many different aspects and intricacies of the issue of immigration in America.

The core issues of the discussion were broken down into three main options as possible solutions to our current situation. The points included welcoming immigrants freely, enforcing the law and being fair to those who follow it or slowing down and rebuilding our common bonds, which were outlined in discussion pamphlets provided by the National Issues Forums.

Attendees were encouraged to wrestle with these various options and consider questions where they agreed, where they need to talk more and what more they need to know, the pamphlet said.

Su said it is important to hold

events like these at Marquette.

“We have a responsibility to promote genuine dialogue around these difficult issues,” Su said. “If we can learn to listen and deliberate over issues on which people disagree, then we strengthen our democracy.”

Wichowsky explained how this issue affects everyone.

“This is a human issue. These are people, and to have this conversation now is important,” Wichowsky said.

Neblo said he hoped individuals learned new things at the forum.

“We all hope people leave learning something they didn’t know when they first walked in because it’s important what happens after this,” Neblo said.

Chavoya said there needs to be more variety in the opinions shared.

“We tend to see the same people at these events. The people that aren’t here are the voices that need to be heard the most,” Chavoya said Neblo said he thinks it is important to participate in these discussions.

“It’s about people coming together. ... It’s not just what I want. … We need to be working out what we should do,” Neblo said.

Student film focuses on minority experience ‘I Too, Am MU’ suggests revisions to campus culture

By Emma Tomsich

emma.tomsich@marquette.edu

The Office of Intercultural Engagement held a screening and discussion Sept. 26 for the student-made film titled “I Too, Am MU,” which seeks to give a voice to minorities at predominantly white universities.

“The purpose of this film is to shed light on institutional injustices, not only at Marquette but worldwide,” Ryan Barelli, co-director and graduate student in the College of Communication, said.

“In hopes of creating a united student front, the film is supposed to highlight and represent the voices of students of color at Marquette by offering socially innovative solutions toward improving the general campus climate.”

Barelli, along with co-director and alumnus Jaison Banks, began production on their 42-minute film in October 2017. The film took them roughly seven months to complete.

“The process was, in a way, years in the making,” Banks said. “Ryan and I met our sophomore year and bonded over our love of art. We are both artists who constantly strive

to put things out into the world with a message.”

The film features 11 racially diverse students on campus who shared their experiences as minority students.

Barelli said he wants audiences to reflect on the stories presented in the video.

“If you are uncomfortable upon viewing the film, ask yourself why,” he said.

Many of the students featured in the film spoke out about being the only student of color in their classes and how they wish they had better support and resources from other students and staff.

The university’s undergraduate makeup was 26.3 percent students of color and 69.1 percent caucasian as of fall 2017, according to a study by the Office of Institutional Research Analysis. Of those students of color, 3.9 percent are African American, 6.7 percent are Asian and 12 percent are Hispanic.

Students in the film raised questions and revealed their identities as students of color at Marquette.

“This film is not meant to divide campus, but rather open up and amplify a dialogue that has already been happening for years,” Banks said.

A disclaimer was presented at the beginning of the film expressing that it does not reflect the views of the university and that

faculty worked hard to coordinate with Banks and Barelli to ensure a positive response from the Marquette community.

“Jaison had a powerful effect on (provost of Marquette) Dan Myers and me,” University President Michael Lovell said in a tweet Sept. 26. “The work that he, Ryan and all the students of (the) ‘I Too, Am MU’ campaign shared and the dialogue it fosters is important for Marquette.”

Banks said the administration at Marquette was well aware of the issues being discussed in the film.

“They have expressed plans that have been put in place to foster a better environment to deal with issues like these on campus,” Banks said.

The film premiered in April 2018 at Todd Wehr Chemistry. After the screening, Lovell and Myers requested a copy of the film to show to faculty so the stories and experiences highlighted in the film won’t have to be reality for all incoming students of color at Marquette, Banks said.

“I think the key to this film and campaign is to tell the truth and just start the conversation,” Barelli said. “We used this film to catalyze meaningful dialogue on campus and acknowledge that this issue is embedded in our society and culture.”

A discussion followed the

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The film was shown in the Weasler Auditorium last Wednesday night.

screening of the film, which gave students an opportunity to voice their opinions and continue to address the issues presented in the film.

During the discussion, students talked about how to support firstyear students of color, how to be a white ally and how to integrate clubs and groups to inspire change.

Jacob Kello, a freshman in the College of Business Administration, said he learned a lot from the film and the discussion that followed after viewing the film Wednesday. Kello is a Chaldean Christian and first generation U.S. citizen whose parents immigrated from Iraq.

“I’m able to assimilate with everyone because I came from a

diverse high school, but there aren’t a lot of people like me here, so it’s hard to make my culture known without being seen as an extension of a white person,” Kello said.

Changes are still being made on campus and Banks said the president, provost and many media outlets at Marquette have expressed the need for the film and desire to have the conversation go on.

“We know that this has been an issue and will continue to be an issue if students, faculty and staff don’t acknowledge and value these stories,” Barelli said. “Look around in your classroom, look around in your social circle, look around off campus and then watch the film again.”

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Students examine Records show drug, liquor social teachings arrests increased since 2015 Faith That Does Justice engages with current events

By Annie Mattea

annie.mattea@marquette.edu

Faith That Does Justice, which held its first meeting Sept. 29, is a new student organization that focuses on social justice from a faith and value-based outlook.

Gerald Fischer, associate director of Campus Ministry, said the group was created because there are a lot of Catholic social teachings to be learned from, and he wanted to take some ideas in social justice from a faith perspective.

“We are a Catholic Jesuit university, and the Jesuit community has a very strong focus on justice, and a lot of times students do not realize

paying attention to social issues and responding. Therefore, he made the group Faith That Does Justice.

“Faith That Does Justice is a great opportunity to take a renewed look at issues that are blasted in the news but have deeper meaning when looked at with Ignatian values in mind,” said Claire Stanley, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences and member of Faith that Does Justice. “I think it’s really interesting to look at it differently than how you hear about it on Twitter, Snapchat or through your everyday news outlets.”

Faith That Does Justice is planning to participate in the Ignatian Family Teach-In For Justice solidarity network from Nov. 3 to Nov. 5 in Washington, D.C. This is a national conference for students from Jesuit schools to learn, network and advocate for social justice issues. It includes keynote speakers and ad-

MUPD publishes yearly Security and Fire Safety Report

By Sydney Czyzon

sydney.czyzon@marquette.edu

Marquette University Police Department’s on-campus drug and liquor arrests increased from the previous two years, according to MUPD’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report released Friday.

MUPD made 62 arrests at on-campus locations for violations of drug laws in 2017, according to the report. There were 39 drug arrests in 2016 and 46 in 2015.

There were 25 arrests on campus for liquor law violations in 2017, which rose from four in 2016 and four in 2015.

In 2017, the department issued 219 disciplinary referrals at on-campus locations for drugs — an uptick from the 197 referrals in 2016 and 148 in 2015.

As for alcohol disciplinary referrals, the department issued 1,994 referrals for alcohol in 2017. There were 1,877

referrals in 2016 and 2,117 referrals in 2015.

Reported incidents of rape decreased on campus in 2017, with four on-campus incidents. There were eight reported rape incidents each year in 2015 and 2016.

Cases of domestic violence on campus also decreased, with two reported incidents of domestic violence in 2017.

There were five incidents of

reported domestic violence in 2015 and four in 2016.

MUPD had 11 reported incidents of burglary on campus in 2018, falling between the eight reported burglaries in 2016 and 20 in 2015.

These include unfounded and founded reports, the report said.

The full report is available online. MUPD did not immediately respond for comment.

Photo by Andrew Himmelberg andrew.himmelberg@marquette.edu

The group plans on travelling to Washington, D.C. to participate in the Ignatian Family Teach-In For Justice solidarity network in November.

that. As long as students are here, I think it would be helpful for them to know how much the Jesuit community has been focused on justice, especially since the ‘60s. It is a part of (the Jesuits’) general constitution,” Fischer said.

Fischer was previously the advisor for Jesuit University Students Together In Concerned Empowerment. Fischer said the group was strong, but there were challenges with leadership. The group was not cultivating young leaders, which caused it to scramble for new leaders, he said.

“After a few years, there were a lot of people who wanted to focus on a specific issue rather than just general justice and would start a different group for that. It was hard to maintain a group that was focused on just general justice,” Fischer said.

Eventually JUSTICE could no longer operate as a group, but Fischer said he felt it was still important to have a group on campus that was

vocacy meetings as well as other events and activities.

Claire Austin, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences and member of Faith That Does Justice, said she wants to have the opportunity to talk to other people who are passionate about social justice.

She also wants to learn more about topics and initiatives happening around the country at the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.

“I can bring this information back to campus and spread awareness and advocate for the causes I learn about,” Austin said.

Fischer said Faith That Does Justice plans to stay connected with other Jesuit schools and participate in issues involving justice in the Milwaukee area and on campus.

Faith That Does Justice meets every Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Olin Engineering 170.

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Straz Sodexo worker’s entrepreneurial outlook Lakendra Brooks pitches mobile barbershop idea

By Alex Garner

alexandra.garner@marquette.edu

Straz Tower Sodexo dining hall employee Lakendra Brooks pitched her idea of a mobile barbershop to the Near West Side Partners as a REV-Up MKE finalist Sept. 25.

The REV-Up MKE event is a business competition hosted for the last three years by the Near West Side Partners that allows entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas in the hopes of receiving support to expand their businesses.

Brooks said she got the idea for a mobile barbershop after cutting students’ hair in Straz last year.

“I (was) picking them up, taking them to my house, cutting their hair and dropping them back off … I was like, I might as well plan on being a mobile barber,” Brooks said.

Adam Romanski, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences, said he met Brooks while living in Straz last year. Romanski said

Brooks has been cutting his hair for about a year.

“She’s very sweet,” Romanski said. “Probably one of the best people on campus.”

Romanski said Brooks brought up her idea for a mobile barbershop last year, to which he said it would be an awesome idea.

“She’s very passionate,” Romanski said. “She livens and brightens up when she talks about it.

Kelsey Otero, the associate director of social innovation at the 707 Hub on campus, said a team started mentoring Brooks in July after she was selected as a finalist. She said this team consisted of members like herself and Tom Avery, an in-residence mentor at the 707 Hub. To prep, Otero said the REV-Up MKE finalists signed up for oneon-one meetings each week with Avery to receive critiques on their projects. Otero said the finalists would have to complete follow up work for their next meeting with Avery.

After a month, Otero said the finalists practiced their pitches during one-hour sessions. She said the finalists practiced on their own time as well, in front of friends and colleagues.

Brooks said she did not end up winning the finals, but that it will not deter her from persuing her business.

She added that REV-Up MKE wanted a storefront, but she did not want to change her idea. She said she did not want clientele coming to one location; she wanted to come to them.

“I don’t want to change my idea just so I can be in to win,” Brooks said. “They have enough storefronts … I want to be mobile.”

Brooks added the judges were looking for already established businesses. She said if she would have known that, she would have waited until next year to compete.

“The experience overall was great,” Brooks said, adding that she got to meet some great people and received mentorship through Marquette.

“All around, being able to be chosen out of 35 people (as a finalist), I’m blessed,” Brooks said.

Even though the Rev-Up MKE event is over, Otero said she will continue to work on the idea with Brooks. She said she is co-teaching a new business urban learning class that works with startup businesses in the Near West Side. Otero said Brooks is part

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Lakendra Brooks said she will continue working on her business idea.

of a student team participating in the class. “(Brooks) is a great person to get to work with and to continue to work with,” Otero said.

“It’s my passion, so I don’t want to stop it because I didn’t win a competition,” Brooks said. “I want that competition boosting me up.”

Brooks said she thinks she will take her idea somewhere else before going back to the Rev-Up MKE event.

“They’re thinking so small about it,” Brooks said. “I have to go somewhere I know they’re thinking big about (my idea).”

Brooks said she felt blessed to have the opportunity to present her mobile barbershop to the Near West Side. She said no one had heard of it before and she was able to give them an idea of what it could be like in the future.

CheMU serves up cool treats to promote club Student group concocts liquid nitrogen ice cream

By Alexa Jurado

flash-freezes it, and when you mix it, it’s ice cream.”

Evelyn Mitchell, a freshman in the College of Health Sciences, said she found out about the event from her dad, who was visiting

for Family Weekend.

“He was looking at the wall in Cobeen and he was like ‘We gotta go,’” Mitchell said. She said the ice cream was very cold but she liked it.

Patrick Vosters, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences and an executive board member of CheMU, said the club does diverse activities.

“Sometimes we do more career-

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CheMU, the chemistry club on campus, served liquid nitrogen ice cream to students for free Sept. 28.

CheMU annually hosts the ice cream social during the fall semester as its first big event of the year to teach students about the chemistry club.

“I know it’s a little too cold maybe for ice cream, but it’s a nice way to get people on a Friday to come together and show them what our club is, answer questions about our club, get our name out there and to just have fun,” Jennifer John, a senior in the College of Health Sciences and president of CheMU, said.

John said the ice cream looks curdled at the start, but she promised it tastes great.

Rachel Knorr, a junior in the College of Health Sciences and an executive board member of CheMU, said making liquid nitrogen ice cream is fairly simple.

Knorr said the process involves putting half and half, milk, sugar and vanilla in the bowl, and then pouring the liquid nitrogen. “It’s super cold so it

Photo by Jordan Johnson jordan.d.johnson@marquette.edu

Members of CheMU add liquid nitrogen to a mixture of half and half, milk, sugar and vanilla for ice cream.

oriented stuff (like) panels with professors or with representatives in the industry. Also, in the spring we do a trip to the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry,” Vosters said. Additionally, the club will talk with professors at a panel and host a visit from a pharmaceutical company on that trip.

“It’s a great way to explore your major, explore that interest, meet people with similar interests and figure out how you could apply it to a career someday,” Vosters said.

John said one of CheMU’s major themes is research. She said the club wants to make sure students interested in research are able to get research opportunities.

If students want, the club will pair them with professors in chemistry labs for research.

“This is really helpful for students who are pre-med, pre-pharmacy or pre-dental, so whatever pre-professional school you want to go into, we have a lot of different professors that are able to help with that,” John said.

The club is open to all students, not just chemistry majors, which is a stigma they try to avoid, John said.

John said if a student is interested in a lot of different fields like biology, medicine or chemistry, CheMU incorporates everything.

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Foam 5K run to be held during nighttime Lakefront Bash in Veterans Park will kick off annual race

By Emma Dill

emma.dill@marquette.edu

As a part of the Homecoming festivities this year, Marquette’s Glow Blue and Gold Foam 5K Run/Walk will be Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Veterans Park. and features Marquette-colored foam with a giant foam tower to meet runners as they cross the finish line.

This year, the entrance fee for the race will be $25 for Marquette students and $30 for non-students.

The university also offers a free shuttle transportation service down to the lakefront from 5-6:30 p.m.

The proceeds from the race will be donated to Midnight Run, an organization on campus that provides assistance to the homeless through a number of student-led volunteer opportunities.

Before the race, students, alum and families can enjoy the Lakefront Bash which will start at 5 p.m. at Veterans Park, complete with games, food trucks, and music.

Since the reintroduction of Homecoming in 2016, it has become

an annual week-long event packed is looking forward to both events, 5K presents students with the I remember there was a DJ there. with festivities that culminate in a which she thinks will be influential opportunity to spend the evening … It was super fun, especially if concert headed by a popular band. in keeping students on the lakefront outdoors and off-campus. you get a group of friends (and) Michael Uy, a freshman in the and enjoy the festivities.

Uy said the Foam 5K is perfect for you can take awesome pictures to College of Business Administration, “I think the Bash before the race hanging out with friends in a relaxed post on Instagram.” participated in the run last year as a is a really great idea because people atmosphere. Uy said he would Despite being largely organized senior in high school. Uy said it was will come out for the activities encourage others to participate and run by students, the Lakefront the perfect picture opportunity. and hang out with their friends,” in the event.

Bash and Glow Blue and Gold Foam “The foam part came in exactly Donahue said. “Then when the race “(Last year) was a good 5K is also open to alumni, family when you started,” Uy said. “You starts, they will all be there (to) cheer experience,” Uy said. “Music was of Marquette students and residents go through a line and the foam is their friends on.” playing and there was food. A lot of the area. everywhere. You are in this goo The Lakefront Bash and Foam of people were organizing it and the whole time you are running. …

At the very end, we took a picture because there was so much foam.”

This year, while the central concept of the gold and blue foam is the same, the run has been moved from Saturday morning to Friday evening.

Olivia Paloucek, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences, ran the race last year and signed up to run again this year. Paloucek said she enjoyed the atmosphere of the race last year.

“There are people cheering you on constantly throughout the race,” Paloucek said. “It was a really good atmosphere. Everyone was really happy to be there. Everyone is cheering each other on (and) it doesn’t matter what pace you are going. It’s a really cool experience.”

Photo by Olivia Qualls olivia.qualls@marquette.edu Addy Donahue, a freshman in the Last year’s Homecoming Foam 5K was held on a Saturday morning in contrast to this year’s Friday night event.

College of Arts & Sciences, said she

Writer Cele Bona will host poetry reading Class of ‘60 alumna returns to campus for book signing

By Amanda Parrish

amanda.parrish@marquette.edu

This Wednesday, Marquette students can connect with peers and alumni as they listen to Cele Bona, a 1960 Marquette graduate, read her book of poems “Tilt-a-Whirl on the Farm” at a poetry reading and book signing. Organized through the new Center for the Advancement of the Humanities, the poetry reading and book signing will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Eisenberg Reading Room on the fourth floor of Sensenbrenner Hall.

Bona’s poetry reading and book signing is free and open to any students, alumni,

staff or faculty member, and extends to the general public. Those interested can register through Eventbrite.

Bona describes her book, which was published earlier this year, as a book about her life. She pulled from her experiences growing up, as well as her mother’s stroke, the loss of children and experiences of nature to build her poetry. As for the title poem, Bona said she was inspired by the image of a rotating ceiling fan reflected in a sterling sliver spoon.

While Bona majored in English and has been publishing her poems for years, “Tilt-aWhirl on the Farm” is her first book of poems. She blames in part her lack of administrative skills for stalling the creation of her first book.

“It took a village,” Bona said, noting that she has many friends and her mentor Bruce Guernsey to thank.

Bona began publishing poems in her 20s, with her first poems featured in the Marquette Journal. Bona said she had a great educational experience at Marquette and started going to poetry workshops as soon as she could. Recognition of Bona’s work came from her entering a variety of contests.

Bona’s interest in poetry began when she was young and listened to her mother read poetry. She said that the rhythm and song drew her in.

“If it’s a good poem, the cadence resonates with the heartbeat,” Bona said. “Read it out loud, put it down, read it out loud and let it fall into you.”

Bona said she feels people often look too hard for meaning in poetry and should instead let the meaning come to them. She also said she is excited to come back to Marquette’s campus for Homecoming and share her work.

“We hope to engage not only the students here but ... also alumni friends and bring people back to campus,” said James South, associate dean for faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences, and the organizer of the event.

South also noted Bona’s deep connection to Marquette.

“She’s a part of that family that never goes away at Marquette,” South said. He also added that he expects a lot of notable alumni to attend.

“It’s cool to see Marquette support alumni and to see past Marquette students flourish,” Lizzy Ninneman, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences, said. Ninneman said while she is more involved in the sciences, she would still be interested in bringing friends along to listen to Bona.

A fan of poetry herself, Riley Gilbert, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she likes

the inclusion of a poetry reading and book signing in the lineup of Homecoming events.

“It’s different, but a good different,” Gilbert said, mentioning it’s nice to see more than just athletics featured in the Homecoming festivities.

Gilbert said it’s fun to see the large number of alumni who return to campus each year for Homecoming. “(Homecoming) is for people to reengage with Marquette and remember their experiences,” South said, adding that it is also “to remind those currently at Marquette that we’re doing something really important.”

“I am amazed to have a reading during Homecoming with Dr. South and Marquette. I am so amazed and excited,” Bona said. “(Poetry) feeds my soul … and if people pay attention, it will do the same for them.”

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Glow Bingo returns, adds black lights Prizes include dinner with President Lovell, basketball tickets

By Mikala Hershman

mikala.hershman@marquette.edu

Glow Bingo, an event hosted by Marquette’s Residence Hall Association, is an annual Homecoming event in its third year, featuring multiple games of bingo with impressive prizes and glow sticks for players. The series of free bingo games will take place Wednesday in the AMU Monaghan Ballroom from 8:30-10 p.m.

RHA President Abbey Karpick, a junior in the College of Communication, is in charge of setting up Glow Bingo for the first time. Karpick said she hopes that this year will be the best ever.

Winners will be able to claim prizes such as a meet and greet with the Rock the Mall performers, The All-American Rejects, a men’s basketball season ticket package and a variety of smaller prizes.

“There are 10 games of bingo with increasingly cool prizes, including ... a dinner with President Lovell. This year we are going to have even more glowy stuff and black lights as

Photo courtesy of Kat Schleicher

Glow Bingo was hosted outside of Lalumiere Language Hall in years past, but will take place indoors this year.

opposed to just glow sticks in the past,” Karpick said.

The initial idea for the untraditional event began two years ago. It was inspired by Late Night Marquette’s popular bingo and trivia events. Once RHA realized that there was no Homecoming event involving either of those, the association decided to create the event.

“It has always gone extremely well — people love bingo. I think

that previous RHA presidents have done an amazing job planning it and I hope that I can continue the legacy this year,” Karpick said. “We don’t expect to see more people, but about the same as last year.” Last year’s event attracted nearly 600 people, about the maximum capacity Karpick said the room will hold.

Karpick encouraged people to attend this year’s Glow Bingo because it is a free

and fun event to attend while getting into the school spirit during Homecoming week.

“I would encourage people to attend this year because of the great prizes and people calling some of the games. As always, President Lovell will be calling the game for the dinner with him.

But new this year, coach Wojo is able to come and call the game for season tickets,” Karpick said.

“On top of that, it’s a great free

thing to do during the week, and people have the opportunity to get some awesome stuff.”

For Dan Evanoff, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, this will be his second year in a row attending Glow Bingo. Usually not much of a game person, Evanoff was intrigued by the added twist of glow sticks and decided to check it out.

“I went to Glow Bingo last year and it was actually pretty fun. I was a little apprehensive at first, but it was not boring at all and the glow stick part made it unique.

Although this year I’m trying for one of the prizes because I wasn’t so lucky last year,” Evanoff said.

Ian Griffith, a junior in the College of Business Administration, said he looks forward to attending the event for the first time ever. Griffith did not attend many Homecoming events last year due to his schedule, but this year he decided to clear some time for school spirit. Glow Bingo is one event specifically on his Homecoming week agenda.

“This year I really want to be able to go to as many events as I can, and that includes Glow Bingo. It seems like a really easygoing activity and the glow stick twist to bingo is a great idea,” Griffith said. “Plus, if I won one of the prizes, that would be awesome and an added bonus.”

Block Party acts as alumni-student bond Westowne Square event will feature food, rock climbing

By Ariana Madson

ariana.madson@marquette.edu

This week marks one of the most anticipated events on the Marquette calendar: Marquette’s Reunion + Homecoming, featuring the Block Party on Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. in Westowne Square.

Sarah Burkhart, the executive director of the Alumni Association, said the Block Party is an annual tradition of the Reunion + Homecoming week.

The Block Party started out as an event during the Reunion weekend for alumni, but when Marquette combined Homecoming and Reunion weekend in 2017, Burkhart expressed how (Marquette and the Alumni Association) decided

to make the event a Homecoming event as well.

“We wanted to be sure we kept this tradition going for our alumni and also wanted to enhance the experience for our students by adding activities that they would be interested in,” Burkhart said in an email.

The Block Party will feature food, entertainment and events including rock climbing. Both the men’s and women’s basketball teams will also be making appearances to sign autographs.

Marquette’s Near West Side Partners will provide food, featuring on-campus partners as well as restaurants throughout the near west side. Students and those connected to Marquette can get a taste of the Milwaukee community through food.

The Block Party is also looking to continue the tradition of bringing everyone together.

Donya Robinson, a sophomore in the Diedrich College of

Communication, said she attended the Block Party last year and appreciated not only the free giveaways but the opportunity for new experiences.

“As a freshman, I wanted to attend all Homecoming events to add to my freshman year experience. I heard all the fun from my dorm room window — I lived in Cobeen — so I decided to just walk on over,” Robinson said.

For Robinson, last year’s Block Party did not disappoint.

She said she especially enjoyed how the Block Party really exuded a sense of community on Marquette’s campus, especially for the student body.

With students who enjoyed the event last year hoping to return this year for another fun Block Party, there are also new students excited to experience their first Homecoming and Block Party.

Nicholas Collins, a freshman in the College of Engineering, said he is really excited

for Homecoming weekend, especially to see what the campus environment is like with the students and the alumni.

Most of all, he expressed his excitement for the Block Party.

“I just kind of want to check it out, I really like getting

involved on campus and seeing a bunch of different things, so the Block Party seems like a really interesting opportunity…plus there’s some food there which I’m really looking forward to,” Collins said.

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The Block Party will be in Westowne Square outside of the AMU.

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University absence policy deserves second look

Absence policies are important to help ensure that students are in class and professors aren’t using their time to prepare lectures for empty classrooms. At a certain point, it makes sense for a student to be withdrawn from a course if it is obvious they aren’t engaged, but being sick or dealing with mental health issues shouldn’t be reasons for an instructor to drop a student from a course.

Flu outbreaks begin to increase in October and November, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making an absence policy absolutely essential this time of year.

The 2017-’18 flu season was considered a high severity flu season.

Currently, faculty at Marquette University are not required to take attendance on a daily basis. Professors may decide whether to include consequences for excessive absences in their courses. But the optional policy may lead to unfair transcript discrepancies for students who deal with long-term illnesses — both mental and physical.

Marquette should alter its absence policy so that it is more accommodating and looks at scenarios on a case-by-case basis.

Professors may withdraw students under certain circumstances in classes where they take attendance.

For example, in a typical 16-week course when the number of missed class hours is more than two times the course credits, the student may be withdrawn, according to the Academic Regulations Bulletin. This translates to more than six absences in a three-credit course, more than eight in a four-credit course and more than 10 in a five-credit course.

In classes where professors do not take attendance, students may be withdrawn from the course if the professor feels the student has

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abandoned the class or has excessive absences displayed by missing work.

Most college students are at least 18 years old or will turn 18 shortly after the start of their freshman year.

Deciding not to go to class is each individual’s decision as an adult and a student. It seems rather paternalistic and over-reaching for the university to have an absence policy for adults.

Because of the absence policy, students may decide to go to class even when they are sick to avoid being withdrawn from their courses. Not only does that lead to the individual getting sicker, but he or she can infect other students in the process.

Mental health issues also come into conflict with the absence policy.

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 75 percent of mental health conditions begin before the age of 24. This means college students are at a prime age to develop mental illness, discover they

... being sick or dealing with mental health issues shouldn’t be reasons for an instructor to drop a student from a course.”

have one or struggle with issues that come along with it.

For students struggling with mental illness, it is important for them to be able to focus their energies on different healing mechanisms. Students’ mental health may worsen as a result of worry about taking too many personal days and sick days leading to a course withdrawal.

In contrast to Marquette, DePaul University takes into account the multiple aspects of students’ lives.

Students can submit absence notifications to the Dean of Students Office for medical issues, mental health issues and personal crises.

The Dean of Students Office notifies the professor and it is up to him or her to decide what accommodations to make. Although this process doesn’t automatically guarantee an excused absence for students, there is more leeway in the reasons students take absences.

A new absence policy will not only give students more freedom in their decision making, but more importantly, help secure the health and wellness of students. The university should be concerned about the person as a whole — not just academics.

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Students may be withdrawn from courses, regardless of health concerns.

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Proposed EU meme ban restricts speech Matthew Harte

If you’re thinking about studying abroad in Europe, you may want to print out some of your favorite memes and pack them in your luggage before you go.

The European Union is overhauling its copyright laws to put new regulations on shared content on the internet. Critics believe the new legislation represents a “war on memes,” as memes often contain copyrighted material from TV shows, music and movies. The copyright overhaul is an example of legislation that drastically limits free speech on the internet in favor of protecting the profits of big media corporations.

Marquette students are not immune to memes. A meme page named @CollegeStudent with over 2 million followers on Twitter is an example of the prevalence of meme culture among students. Memes can be used as way to relieve stress in a fast, humorous way.

One section of the EU’s copyright overhaul named Article 13 calls for platforms like Twitter, Reddit and Facebook to take “appropriate and proportionate” measures to ensure users are not sharing content that infringes on a content owner’s copyright. The content platforms would be forced to install a filter that detects and flags materials uploaded by users that may contain copyrighted materials.

Content platforms would likely be strict in taking down flagged copyright materials, as they want to avoid penalties or fines for not complying with the EU law. This means that the hilarious Spongebob meme you created could be taken down within seconds of uploading, never reaching its yearning audience.

Many notable technology experts wrote a letter to the president of the EU parliament voicing opposition to Article 13’s content filters in June.

The authors included Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales, Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle, original internet architect Vint Cerf and the inventor of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee. The letter stated that “Article 13 takes an unprecedented step towards the transformation of the Internet from an open platform for sharing and innovation into a tool for the automated surveillance and control of its users.”

The content filters are mainly intended to stop the spread of pirated content, a major concern of

media corporations. The EU performed a study in 2013 on how piracy affects music, books, movies and games. The results found that in most cases, piracy has little impact on legitimate sales. Article 13’s content filters are far too drastic when considering this minimal impact.

YouTube already has its own content filter named Content ID, which flags videos with copyrighted material. Content ID is known for being flawed, as seen in a case where the filter flagged a video of a cat purring for copyright infringement. The filter falsely detected the purring as being part of a song. It’s likely that other media platforms would have similar implementation problems when setting up their own copyright filters.

Despite the system’s flaws, Content ID cost YouTube over $60 million to develop, according to The Center for Internet and Society. Article 13 would kill the chance for new video hosting startups to compete with YouTube, as they wouldn’t have the funds for content filtering on the same level.

The European Parliament approved the copyright reforms with 438 votes in favor and 226 opposed earlier this month. The reforms must go through negotiations between Parliament politicians and the leaders of member states before going to vote again in January 2019.

However, the landslide support indicates that the legislation would likely pass a final vote.

European Union citizens should put pressure on their elected officials to protect free speech on the internet by striking down Article 13. If they’re unsuccessful, the fate of Europe’s memes is at stake.

Matthew Harte is a junior studying political science and economics.

He can be reached at matthew.harte@marquette.edu

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Public officials not Women’s stories need attention immune to shaming Aminah Beg

Reilly Harrington This past week, activists confronted Ted Cruz in a D.C. restaurant. Cruz, unsurprisingly, hurried out of the restaurant. In what has become almost standard procedure for these situations, some have called the activists’ behavior “sick” and that they resembled “mob scenes.”

To everyone who bemoans the death of civility and has wrung their hands into oblivion over public confrontations with politicians, consider the fact that these men and women are public servants.

When people choose to serve in public office, they make a conscious decision to become public figures. Politicians are meant to serve the people and represent their constituencies.

As citizens of a democracy, the general public has a right to answers and a right to voice opinions to elected officials.

This trend of outrage after a politician is publicly shamed for complicity in purely immoral policy is ludicrous. Being a public official is not a nine-to-five position, and answering for one’s own conduct along with the decisions of one’s political peers should be the bare minimum requirement for the job.

I will give the senator from Texas this compliment: Cruz has impeccable manners, even while making a cowardly retreat from the people he claims to represent. Between his “God bless you, ma’am” and “excuse me,” Cruz slithering away from the public says everything about his position in the situation. His speedy exit was not caused by the interruption of his meal. It was caused by Cruz’s absence of a backbone and his inability to own up to his actions. This is not the conduct of statesman; it is the conduct of someone fearing consequence.

The actions and policies of elected politicians and employees of the current administration have very concrete effects in the world. Complicity in the promotion and empowerment of a credibly-accused sexual predator or the forced separation of immigrant children from their families are more than appropriate justifications for the style of confrontation that Cruz experienced.

If Cruz or Stephen Miller, the Senior Advisor to the President, were just ordinary citizens accosted by mobs demanding explanations of their

political and moral compasses, I would agree that such public confrontations would be inappropriate. However, since Cruz campaigned and won an election and Miller is paid to further the goals of the current political administration in whatever ends they may seek, the activists were well within what should be considered appropriate behavior. Politicians’ positions justify their power; however, they must justify their consciences.

These protesters are not violent lynch mobs. These are not death threats being levied at these political figures. What is happening is that angry Americans see these men and women whose actions promote the misery and degradation of others.

Recognition of this grave injustice is admirable enough, but the right to challenge this injustice through organized protest is as American as the Grand Canyon.

Before condemning this expression of outrage, look at the circumstances that have led to this point. Instead of debating the ethics of whether it is productive to yell at Ted Cruz in a restaurant over his political conduct, the conversation should be centered on Cruz’s political conduct. Where is the civility in the destruction of families, the fairness in the gas-lighting of a sexual assault survivor? At the end of the day, the public and vocal condemnation of men like Ted Cruz is not a partisan action; it is a moral stand.

These politicians have made a deliberate choice to publicly serve this country, and that choice comes with sacrifice. The partisan media warps these encounters into tools of their own narratives. The wellmeaning liberals bemoan the incivility of it all rather than the inhumanity of the policies and actions being protested. On the other end of the spectrum, conservative commentators push their own narrative of victimization while ignoring the protests of the actually victimized.

To paraphrase the late Mario Savio, the operation of the political machine has become so odious and has made so many Americans sick at heart that they have no other options than to speak out and to speak loudly.

Reilly Harrington is a senior studying digital media and peace studies. He can be reached at reilly.harrington@marquette.edu

Twenty-year-old Iowa student Mollie Tibbets was reported missing in July. The national authorities began a federal search for her and the internet constantly kept up to date on the story. News outlets and the internet went into even more of a whirl after the student was found murdered with multiple force injuries a month after her disappearance.

Christhian Bahena Rivera is charged with first-degree murder for the death of Mollie Tibbets, according to CBS News. Rivera is a Mexican-born undocumented immigrant who lives and works on a dairy farm in Iowa.

This murder was twisted into advocacy for policy change and political campaigning.

Citizens must focus on the real problem at hand: male violence toward women.

Donald Trump mentioned the murder in August at a West Virginia rally and took the time to say the death “should’ve never happened” while distracting from the daily turmoil of his administration during the time.

Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders opened the first White House press briefing after the incident with her condolences for Tibbets’ family. She continued, stating, “Sadly the individual believed to be responsible for this murder is an illegal immigrant, making this an unfortunate reminder of why we need to strengthen our immigration laws.”

Soon after Sanders’ statement and the announcement from police that the murderer was an undocumented immigrant, advocates for strict immigration policy used the death of a student as a way to further their political agenda. Republican voters and politicians took to Twitter to casually mention the greater need for Trump to build a wall because they believe criminals keep entering our country.

Arizona Senator Kelli Ward tweeted, “The lack of leadership & courage by open border senators…contribute to these senseless deaths. We need true leadership in the Senate to #BuildTheWall & secure our

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borders! #VoteWard.”

In actuality, undocumented immigrants have a lower rate of criminal activity than nativeborn residents, according to a study done by the Cato Institute in 2017. A report published in the journal Criminology also found no correlation between increased crimes and illegal immigrants.

In an opinion piece for the Des Moines Register, Rob Tibbets, Mollie’s father, confronted those trying to use his daughter’s death to push an antiimmigrant agenda.

He wrote, “Do not appropriate Mollie’s soul in advancing views she believed were profoundly racist.”

The consistent stories of men attacking, raping and harassing women in this country are too clear and present to overlook.

By ignoring this ongoing issue, men are free to subjugate their power over women. The broader systemic issue gets swept aside when Republicans put all their efforts toward focusing on political prospects. Men again face no repercussions.

The consistent stories of men attacking, raping and harassing women in this country are too clear and present to overlook.”

In the same month and state of the Tibbets’ murder findings, another 22-year-old girl by the name of Celia Barquin Arozamena was found murdered near the Iowa State University campus. She was stabbed to death by a homeless stranger, Collin Daniel Richards.

Trump did not make the effort to give his condolences to Arozamena’s family. No senators wrote about their grievances for the murder case on Twitter. In the case of Arozamena’s death, there was no political agenda to push.

When a white man commits the murder of a girl of minority descent, politicians feel no need to address it or create a discussion because this is no irregularity.

Cases of violence upon females like this one are no abnormality, so they are not brought up on national news.

The public, especially Republicans arguing for stricter immigration policy, completely ignored the real issue in the Tibbets case.

Men will continue to be forgiven and avoid consequences for their violence against women even though it remains a dangerous subject that must be addressed.

Aminah Beg is a sophomore studying public relations and cognitive sciences. She can be reached at aminah.beg@marquette.edu

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Sophomore libero Martha Konovodoff uses Senaptec goggles to improve reaction time prior to the team’s win against Georgetown. She uses them for 15 minutes before the match.

Golden Eagles use strobe glasses to better reaction times

By Zoe Comerford

isabel.comerford@marquette.edu

For the last year, Marquette volleyball used the same technology that NBA stars Kawhi Leonard and Stephen Curry use to improve reaction times.

This innovation is called strobe glasses. The eyewear blacks out the player’s vision in intervals, similar to a strobe light. There are different settings ranging from one to eight and A to F for some versions of the glasses.

“One (setting) would be black for a tenth of a second, every second.

One would be black, see, black, see,” head coach Ryan Theis said.

“You’re trying to teach your brain to reprocess more quickly so you can adjust more quickly and learn as a ball travels towards you.”

The two people who use the glasses the majority of the time during practice and prior to matches are sophomore libero Martha Konovodoff and freshman defense specialist Katie Schoessow.

“When you put them on, they flash,” Konovodoff said. “It’s like when you go to a haunted house

and inside (the lights) flash and they make it look like you can’t see for a few seconds.”

The other passers and hitters use the glasses daily, but assistant coach RJ Lengerich spends an extra 15 minutes three times a week with Konovodoff and Schoessow.

“Martha’s a stud with these glasses. She does things with these glasses that no other human beings can do,” Lengerich said. “She’s pretty amazing with these things so far as the coordination and the drills she can run with these goggles on.”

The varying levels of difficulty mean the glasses challenge most of the team. Level one is the easiest level, which is a normal strobe light.

It is easier to see when the strobe light blinks faster. As the levels increase, the goggles are darker for longer, taking more vision away.

“When you get to eight, it’s the normal strobe, but it’ll hold longer,” Konovodoff said. “So it will go black for about three seconds and then a flash of white, then it’s black for three seconds and a flash of white.”

Herb Yoo is one of the founders of Senaptec, the company that sold the glasses to Marquette. According to the Senaptec website, the cost of their strobe glasses is $349. Yoo said the strobes take away what players can see, therefore restricting the

information one’s brain can capture.

“It’s designed to help you to fill in the gaps, and then what that does is help your brain (to) become more efficient,” Yoo said. “When you take (the glasses off), the whole thing’s different to you, so you’re processing faster. Often when you’re doing a catching test, people will say that the ball seems like it’s in slow motion or that they see more detail on the ball.”

Senaptec has altered the initial design by having the glasses wrap around the player’s face, which gives full strobe effect both in the peripheral and central view. The lenses are improved because they are now opaque so a player can’t see through them on a sunny day. Yoo and his team also created an app that connects to the eyewear.

“You’re able to remotely control what the eyewear is doing so that you can adjust the levels and the modes. But you can also open and close the lenses on command,” Yoo said.

For the Golden Eagles, this technology is relatively new. The glasses have set Marquette apart from other collegiate volleyball programs since they are one of the first teams to integrate them into their daily training.

Yoo declined to comment what other colleges have the goggles.

“It gives us something that very few other programs have,”

Lengerich said. “This gives us an edge that certainly other teams in our conference don’t have. … If (the glasses) give us one point a game, that’s a huge deal because we just beat Villanova on Saturday night (in set) two 25-23. If we got one point because of these glasses, then that was a big deal.”

Yoo said Lengerich will be presenting about the Senaptec strobe glasses at a National Collegiate Athletic Association conference held in Minneapolis mid-December.

Lengerich was the one who introduced this product to the Golden Eagles’ program.

“I was coaching the men’s game in Division III before I came here,” Lengerich said. “I had an assistant coach who brought them to me. …

We put them on our libero, and I didn’t implement any full plan with them at the time, but I knew of them.”

When Lengerich came here, Theis gave him the financial resources to start designing a full program around the glasses. Marquette’s initial call to Senaptec was in spring 2017.

“A woman came out here and did a demo with us,” Lengerich said. “We brought two of our players out there and just said, ‘We’re thinking about these, try them on, what do you guys think?’ We liked the demo. … We decided to purchase two pairs, (and) we’ve since got one more.”

Marquette was an early adopter of the eyewear. Since then, more Division I and Division II volleyball programs called Yoo and his company to purchase Senaptec products.

Some of the professional teams that use Senaptec’s strobes include the U.S. National Volleyball team, the Seattle Seahawks, the St. Louis Cardinals, the New York Mets, the Portland Trailblazers, the Miami Heat and the Detroit Red Wings.

“That’s the beauty of the Senaptec strobe,” Yoo said. “They can purchase it, and they can integrate it into what they’re already doing. They’re not really reinventing what the practice is.”

The most effective use of the glasses is on the road because it helps speed up the transition time between getting off the bus and adjusting to a new environment.

“It really clears up my vision,” Konovodoff said. “When you go into a new gym, walking in, the lights are different than your home gym. So for me, it clears up my head a little bit and makes my reaction time better.”

Konovodoff needs to wear the glasses during warm-up 15 minutes prior to every match, otherwise she will not be prepared come first serve.

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Tyler Leach shows productive start to freshman year Wisconsin native transitions to MKE, collegiate golf

By Jack Phillips

jack.phillips@marquette.edu

Less than a month into the 2018 season, one freshman for Marquette men’s golf already exceeded expectations, playing a huge part in the team’s success.

Tyler Leach has consistently improved throughout the Golden Eagles’ first three meets. His most recent performance at the Windon Memorial Classic Sept.

23-24 in Lake Forest, Illinois, was especially impressive, as he finished tied for 12th place.

“Especially in the last two events, coming down the stretch, I would say that I’ve performed pretty well,” Leach said. “It’s been a really good feeling and definitely been a confidencebooster for me.”

Head coach Steve Bailey said he’s not surprised to see this level of play from the freshman.

“He probably has the best golf demeanor of anyone that I’ve ever been around,” Bailey said.

“His success is attributable to the way he carries himself on the course. He does such a good job of staying in the present.”

Emerging out of Spring Valley, Wisconsin, Leach remained humble despite all of the noise and attention that comes with being a Division I-bound athlete in a town of 1,356.

“Coming from a small community, I was seen almost like a celebrity,” Leach said. “I just tried to humble all of the noise, and I stuck to my practice routine. Being here in Milwaukee has been a huge transition for me.”

All four years of his high school career, Leach played in the Wisconsin state tournament.

Junior Golf Scoreboard ranked him as the top golfer in the state.

As Leach continues to

acclimate to his new environment in Milwaukee, he said it’s fairly easy for him to point out some key differences, but not just off the course.

“Players do a lot better of a job managing their emotions and strategizing on the golf course,” Leach said. “In college, they’re just a lot better at pinpointing what they want to do.”

Leach credited his teammates for welcoming him into the Marquette family and helping him adjust to college life.

“Ever since I got here, they’ve kind of taken me under their wing,” Leach said. “Their mentorship has really helped me on the course. Over the next couple of years, being with them is going to be a blast for me, and I love every single one of them.”

Leach said he appreciates the help and wisdom Bailey has passed on to him at such an early point in his career.

“One of the biggest things (Bailey) has done for me is just

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Leach has embraced playing with veteran golfers in his first month.

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Freshman golfer Tyler Leach grew up in Spring Valley, Wisconsin, a small town located near Eau Claire.

instilled in me that I just need to keep doing what I’m doing,” Leach said. “He’s just really helped me a lot with my course management as well. He’s really helped me develop that new game plan.”

Bailey said he is hopeful of what Leach will accomplish in the next four years.

“He already is a great player,” Bailey said. “When you have someone like that, you’re just going to continue to grow and improve. I know that he’s going to continue to elevate because of who he is.”

Leach constantly reflects on his goals for this season and next four years during his time with the Marquette golf program.

“Looking down the road, I would really love for us to be able to win a conference championship,” Leach said. “We’re just going to keep taking it one event at time, and we’ll worry about that when the time comes.”

As the season progresses, Leach will look to continue to improve his already impressive game, and coach Bailey said he will be backing him the whole way.

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Jaeger quietly takes on new leadership role in back line Redshirt junior’s success motivates women’s soccer team

By John Steppe

john.steppe@marquette.edu

As Bri Jaeger started the 2018 season, she had some big shoes to fill at center back following the May graduation of vocal leader Madison Dunker.

“Dunker was a huge voice and a huge leader, so she definitely left the mark on the team,” Jaeger said. “We still talk about it today.”

Now with Dunker working for Ball State’s athletic department, Jaeger has her chance to fill those shoes, playing a pivotal part in Marquette’s back line.

“The past couple years (I) have been developing,” Jaeger said.

“Now this year has been really putting (those skills) into place; really knowing where my place is.”

Jaeger has hardly touched the bench, playing in 1083 of 1110 possible minutes. She did not sit out a minute until the team’s Sept.

9 win over Drake, in which she played 85 minutes instead of the typical 90.

While star players like Carrie Madden and Kylie Sprecher had limited minutes in key games against Duke and North Carolina, Jaeger did not miss a minute.

“She’s been playing great pretty much every game this year,” head coach Markus Roeders said. “She is embracing the leadership role.”

The only player to be on the field more than Jaeger this season is junior goalkeeper Maddy Henry, who has been on the field

for nine more minutes all season.

Henry and Jaeger have much different styles throughout games.

While Henry takes every opportunity to be the vocal leader, Jaeger lets her play do the work. “(Jaeger) is maybe a little bit more selective (than Henry),” Roeders said. “You can be vocal with your voice, but you can also just be loud in your play. I think she’s been very loud at her play.”

But when Jaeger talks, the rest of the team listens. Following freshman Alyssa Bombacino’s third career goal Sunday afternoon, she credited Jaeger’s leadership for helping her with the transition to collegiate soccer.

“I look up to (Jaeger and Allison Jacobson),” Bombacino said.

“They give us good instructions on how to go forward and what we should do.”

And Jaeger said she doesn’t mind having a more outspoken player behind her.

“I’m not really a huge, loud person, so it’s nice to have Maddy who’s really loud in the back,” Jaeger said.

Jaeger attributed much of her ability to play so much to her offseason conditioning.

“You have to put in the work before the season,” Jaeger said.

“Right after the season, you’re getting ready for the next season.”

Part of that preparation has been playing with fellow center back Allison Jacobson for the last eight or nine years on the same

club team.

“We have had that chemistry for a while,” Jaeger said. “It’s nice to have a familiar face back there.

We learned each other’s tendencies early on.”

Jaeger’s senior year has included some turbulence. The team is off to its worst start in program history.

“It’s driven her nuts just as much as anybody that we have on our team that we haven’t been able to get more shutouts,” Roeders said.

Marquette must go almost perfectly through the final six regular season matches and win at least one game in the BIG EAST Tournament to avoid Markus Roeders’ first losing season in 23 years as head coach.

“It’s been tough. The start definitely was something we didn’t expect to happen,” Jaeger said. “The most important thing is everyone staying together as a team. We lose together. We win together.”

And last year’s leader is certainly not surprised to see Jaeger fill her role.

“Whenever she had the opportunity to step up in games, you really have to allow people to develop and gain those skills,” Dunker said. “Whenever she had an opportunity to step up in practice, she did. She was always really willing to learn.”

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Redshirt junior Bri Jaeger goes for the ball against Butler. The center back played 90 minutes in the team’s 1-0 loss to the Bulldogs last month.

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recover after wearing the glasses is five minutes.

“Now I have to use the goggles before every match and if I don’t, I’m a little messed up,” Konovodoff said. “For me, it’s easy to adjust.”

Her progress with the glasses came to fruition Saturday night during the Villanova game when Lengerich said he texted her after the game about how the glasses are working.

“She said, ‘Yeah I think they are,’” Lengerich said. “I said, ‘The game has really slowed down for you.’ … Her feet are really efficient, but her eyes, she’s making really early reads.

Her reaction time is far faster than it was when she got here as a freshman.”

For Marquette volleyball’s use of the glasses, Lengerich said it would be too dangerous for Konovodoff to reach level eight. But he said the team has a leveling up plan and Konovodoff has improved remarkably in just one year.

“I have no doubt that it has made her a better player today than she was a year ago and a better player now than she would have been without them,”

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Lengerich said. “From level one, she was barely catching tennis balls here and there and dropping a lot of them, and now she can pass balls with one arm, catch a tennis ball in the other hand and alternate.”

Lengerich said he believes that Konovodoff can only improve from here. Although level eight may not be a possibility, her competitive spirit will continue her progression with the glasses.

“I think there’s a placebo effect to it,” Lengerich said. “Martha feels more comfortable in them and she feels that she’s getting results. And if she’s confident because she’s wearing these glasses, then that’s a win for our team because so much of defense and passing in particular is confidence.”

A year after the glasses’ implementation, Konovodoff’s opinion on the glasses has changed dramatically.

“At first I absolutely dreaded doing them. I was not good at them. I was stuck on level one for a very long time,” Konovodoff said. “But now I’m staying steady at three, and I’m trying to get up to four.”

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Defenseman Zak Wegner gives men’s soccer flexibility Local talent plays in every match after redshirt year

By Daniel Macias

daniel.macias@marquette.edu

Last year, defender Zak Wegner did not play a single minute for Marquette men’s soccer. A year later, the redshirt freshman has played in every match this season.

Much of the reason for the change is Wegner’s versatility. He has played three different positions since the spring exhibition season, and he has already played two in the fall season.

Growing up in nearby Hartland, Wisconsin, he made the trek to Valley Fields many times to see the Golden Eagles. It was one of the reasons he wanted to come play for the Golden Eagles. Other reasons included the short distance from his house and a love for Milwaukee.

In 2016, Wegner was the team captain for Arrowhead High School, where he set a school record with 32 assists in one season.

However, when he started at Marquette, he was redshirted.

Head coach Louis Bennett said the year of growth for Wegner was huge. The decision to redshirt him,

Wegner said, was a mutual decision between him and Bennett.

“Always work hard and you’ll always get your opportunity and when you get that you have to make the most of it,” Wegner said.

“Really, it doesn’t matter if you’re on the bench. You always have a job to do on the team, and you always have to do it to the best of your ability.”

Bennett said when someone plays multiple positions, he needs to have an understanding of his role at a high level. In the role Wegner had — unlike most players — he needs to understand the duties of multiple positions.

Wegner said the transition from playing all the time in high school to not playing at all in college was challenging.

“It’s a little difficult at first but it took a little bit of time for me to truly understand that it’s really what I can do for the team and help them succeed,” Wegner said. “It’s not about you, it’s about the team as a collective whole.”

Now Wegner is one of the most important players on Marquette’s team. He is one of five players on the team to start in every single game. All of his starts have been at either right back or center midfielder.

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Redshirt freshman defender Zak Wegner dribbles the ball despite constant Wisconsin marking in the loss.

“(When playing) right back I’m responsible for going up and down the line and defending and connecting with the back four,” Wegner said. “In the middle I try to change the point of attack, find the ball as much as I can, go forward and break pressure lines.”

Usually he will play these two positions the whole game, but not in all situations. During the game against Wisconsin, Wegner started out in the midfield, but by the end of the game,

he played right back, too.

“I try to do whatever job my coach asks me to do, and obviously there are differences in both of them, but I think I have the ability to do both,” Wegner said. “I just do whatever is best for the team.”

Wegner’s physicality has also helped him on the field. He said it comes naturally to him, as he has always been aggressive on the field and wants to do whatever he can to win the

ball. He also said to win a soccer game, one needs to be physical.

Bennett said many people don’t want to wait for opportunities to play, so he likes the fact that Wegner is in it for the long haul. He said he knows Wegner will play anywhere for him.

“Knowing Zak, he’d play anywhere we wanted him to play,” Bennett said. “(He’d) play goalie if we wanted because he wants to stay on the field.”

Greater Louisville Classic brings familiar challenge Cross country enjoys course for third consecutive season

By Matt Yeazel

matthew.yeazel@marquette.edu

When Marquette’s cross country teams raced this weekend in Louisville, Kentucky, at the Greater Louisville Classic, it was a course the Golden Eagles were quite familiar with.

This was the program’s third consecutive year with a trip to Louisville, and it has quickly become one of the team’s desired destinations.

“The Louisville course is one of our favorites,” senior Henry Mierzwa said. “We usually don’t get to travel very far, so (it) is always fun.”

Considering the courses flatness and general lack of hardships, the runners are expected to post their quickest times there.

“We’re hoping to get some fast times,” senior Hannah Gorin said. “It’s a big meet with a lot of fast competitors.”

The upperclassmen have raced this course multiple times, but the younger runners don’t have the same experience. The course posesses a slightly different layout, but runners had the opportunity to jog the course the day before to familiarize themselves with the changes.

Marquette placed 14th out of 29 teams on the men’s side and 17th out

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Hannah Gorin competes in the Greater Louisville Classic. The women’s team placed 17th in the meet and two runners finished in the top 100.

of 26 teams on the women’s side.

“I think we’re starting to figure it out as a team,” Nelson said. “We’re getting past some of the early September, start of the school year woes,” Nelson said.

With the time off, multiple athletes returned from injuries. Freshmen Jordan Janusiak and Grace Dargiewicz are making their debuts after missing the beginning of the season due to injuries.

With the help of improved health and a reliance on underclassmen, the team is steadily becoming more of the team they want to be.

“Most of them already have two races under their belts and are looking forward to running on a fast course,” Mierzwa said. “All of our freshmen are super talented.”

Gorin said that the team was expecting plenty of personal records before the meet, and he was right.

All 10 of the men’s racers obtained personal records, and the women had their best race of the season at Louisville.

“Having raced there before, it’s nice because I know the (course) and have created a race plan based on how I ran last year and my experience from it,” Gorin said.

And one of the team’s favorite courses has resulted in plenty of confidence.

“Having positive memories at this course to look back on really gives me confidence moving forward. It gives me peace of mind knowing that I’ve done it before, and (I am) left feeling very satisfied,” Mierzwa said.

Cross country will have a weekend off before racing Oct. 12 at the Bradley Pink Classic in Peoria, Illinois.