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Decision 2018: Who’s running Positions vary widely in gubernatorial, US Senate candidates By Clara Janzen
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The residents of Wisconsin will have a lot to think about when they head to the polls Nov. 6, with a gubernatorial race, U.S. Senate race and many other elected positions on the ballots. The following is a comprehensive list of candidate profiles for those races, based on information from wisconsinvote.org, a service of Wisconsin Public Television and Wisconsin Public Radio, votesmart.org and individual candidate websites. Gubernatorial race Incumbent Republican Gov. Scott Walker, a former Marquette University student, is up for re-election. This would be Walker’s fourth term if elected, and he is being challenged by Tony Evers, the state school superintendent. During his time as governor, Walker signed multiple bills restricting abortion access, requiring an ultrasound before a woman can have an abortion and Graphics by Clara Janzen clara.janzen@marquette.edu
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Questions on ID laws, candidates affect voting Political process could discourage student participation By Claire Hyman
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“In the end, I guess, I’m glad I’m voting, but I already know my vote didn’t really matter.” The process for registering to vote from his home state of New York was easy: Owen Brown just needed his home address and driver’s license number. This wasn’t
the original plan, though. Brown, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said he registered to vote online in New York after an argument and peer pressure from a friend over his not voting. “I was like, ‘If this means
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so much to you, I’ll do it,’” Brown said. Brown said he would have liked to cast his ballot in Wisconsin because the races between Democratic and Republican candidates are closer in comparison to New York, where Democrats are frontrunners.
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Marquette University Law School Poll tracks trends, registered Wisconsin voters’ preferences Three sets of results released after Aug. 16 partisan primary By Clara Janzen
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Following statewide primary elections Aug. 14, the Marquette University Law School released three polls evaluating voter’s feelings about candidates for local and state elections. Charles Franklin, director of the Law School Poll said the primaries narrowed the playing field down to one candidate from either party for each race, which in turn narrowed polling results. “After the primary, people realign with candidates that are still in the running,” Franklin said. All poll estimates are for likely voters, defined by the poll as those who say they are certain they will vote Nov. 6. The latest poll was conducted Oct. 3-7, with a sample size of 1,000 registered voters in Wisconsin interviewed by cell phone or landline, with a margin of error of +/- 3.6 percentage points, according to the poll’s website. The main races being monitored by the poll are the gubernatorial race and the U.S. Senate race. Currently, the poll shows incumbent Republican Gov. Scott Walker leading Democratic challenger Tony Evers, the State Superintendent of Schools, by only a point, 47-46, with only one percent saying they lack a preference or do not lean to a candidate. The race for governor is much closer than the race for U.S. Senate, where Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin has been leading Republican challenger Leah Vukmir by about 10 points since August, according to the poll.
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Percentages shown above that do not add up to 100 account for small numbers of people who said they will vote for an Independent candidate.
RUNNING: Multiple candidates unopposed Continued from page 1 defunding Planned Parenthood in the state. In Walker’s most tenuous time as governor thus far, he was recalled in 2012 after signing a bill curtailing public-employee union collective-bargaining rights. This led to weeks of protests and school closings as teachers went to the state Capitol to protest. Walker led a successful effort to freeze tuition in the University of Wisconsin system for six years running as of 2018 and proposed a tuition cut in 2017 that was shot down by the state legislature. Evers’ positions stand starkly
different from some policies of the Walker administration. If elected, Evers has pledged to reverse the defunding of Planned Parenthood. Walker is a strong supporter of gun rights, earning an A+ rating from the National Rifle Association. Evers does not have a specific section on gun control on his website’s list of issues, but in an interview with Wisconsin Public Radio Oct. 29, Evers said he wants to make sure requirements are adequate. Evers has an F rating from the NRA. Evers’ list of proposed policies surrounding K-12 education and the UW system is long. In short,
Evers said Walker has not done enough to bolster education in the state, and thinks funding should be increased.
Senate race Incumbent Democrat Tammy Baldwin is facing Republican challenger Leah Vukmir, a member of the Wisconsin State Senate. Baldwin is one of the most liberal members of the United States senate, according to govtrack.us. Vukmir has stated that Baldwin is too liberal for Wisconsin, and out of touch with constituents. Baldwin has an F rating from the NRA, whereas Vuk-
mir has an A+. According to her website, Vukmir “would oppose efforts to start a federal gun registry.” The two recently butted heads at the final senate debate held at Marquette Law School. Unopposed positions Both the Milwaukee County Sherriff race and the United States congressional representative race only have one candidate per race each. Democratic candidate for Milwaukee County Sherriff Earnell Lucas, a graduate of Marquette University, is running unopposed after beating Democratic incumbent Richard Schmidt in
the August Democratic primary. Lucas is a 20 year veteran of the Milwaukee Police Department. Incumbent Democratic Congresswoman Gwen Moore, also a Marquette University graduate, is running unopposed, slated to remain in office since she took the role in 2005. A prominent member of the Congressional Black Caucus and one of the most reliable Democratic votes, according to ballotpedia.org, Moore has never had a challenger pose a significant opposition campaign in her 13 years in office.
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Obama visits, encourages rallygoers Attendees waited hours to hear former president give speech By Natallie St. Onge
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Former President Barack Obama spoke about issues including health care and the importance of voting at the Wisconsin Democratic Rally Friday at North Division High School in Milwaukee. The last time Obama spoke at the school was in 2014 to endorse thenDemocratic candidate for governor Mary Burke when she ran against current Gov. Scott Walker. This year, Obama endorsed Wisconsin’s Democratic ticket, including candidates Tammy Baldwin for U.S. senator and Tony Evers for governor. Lieutenant governor candidate Mandela Barnes, 1st Congressional District candidates Randy Bryce and Dan Kohl as well as U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore joined the stage. Mayor of Milwaukee Tom Barrett also attended and spoke at the rally. Gillian Drummond, press lead for the event, said 3,500 people attended the event with 600 more in an overflow room. Rallygoer Shirley Dunn graduated from North Division High school in 1988 and said she was excited to be back and see Obama, whom she said she voted for in 2008 and 2012. Dunn waited for two hours to get inside to see Obama, she said. “I’m here to represent and let everyone know that they need to get out and vote,” Dunn said. She said healthcare was the most important issue to her and she wanted to hear the candidates talk about it. “They need to keep Obamacare,” Dunn said. “It helps a lot of people. It helps me and my family.” The rally focused on healthcare and the state of the Affordable Care Act that Democrats passed eight
years ago. Evers, candidate for governor, said in his speech that Walker and others of the Republican party want to cut Obamacare, along with pre-existing condition protections through the federal court. The Affordable Care Act has three primary goals: to make affordable health insurance available to more people, to expand the Medicaid program to adults with income below 13 percent of the federal poverty line and support innovative medical care
they live in.” As Evers stepped on stage, he said he has never seen people more excited, enthused and enraged. “We’re going to win this thing. We’re fired up. It’s time for a change,” Evers said to the crowd. Besides healthcare and pre-existing conditions, Democrats honed in on topics of gun control, women’s rights, student loan debt, education, discrimination and freedom of the press.
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Former President Barack Obama spoke to a crowd of 3,500 people.
delivery methods designed to generally lower healthcare costs, according to Healthcare.gov. Obamacare and protections for pre-existing conditions exist for 2.4 million people in the state of Wisconsin, Evers said. In one of her television ads, Baldwin also said 2.4 million people in Wisconsin have pre-existing conditions. PolitiFact Wisconsin found this claim to be half true however, because of an estimation of 850,000 people could be denied coverage. Evers is the current superintendent of public instruction and said if he is elected governor, he will give public schools the funding they need and treat teachers with respect. “Our teachers are not the enemy. They are teaching the kids who are our future,” Evers said. “Every kid should have access to high-quality education, no matter what zip code
Baldwin, incumbent candidate for senator, said people should not leave voting until the last minute. “You have the power. Please do it today or tomorrow ... don’t leave it until the last minute. Know your power,” Baldwin said. After discussing what was on the Nov. 6 ballot from equality to net neutrality, Baldwin then welcomed Obama as headliner of the rally. Between the Brewers, the Bucks, the Badgers, brats and beer, Obama said there are a lot of good reasons why he would want to come to Milwaukee. “All those reasons aside, that’s not why I’m here. I am here for one simple reason,” he said. “I am here to ask you to vote — to vote in what might be the most important election of our lifetimes.” The stakes are high, Obama said. He said the consequences of sitting
out in this election are profound. “America is at a crossroads right now,” Obama said. “There’s something at stake this election that goes beyond party. What is at stake is a politics that’s decent, honest and lawful and tries to do right by people, that’s worthy of the country we love.” He went on to say that there shouldn’t be a divide between Democrats and Republicans for how political disagreements, freedom of the press or discrimination are handled in this country. Obama said a great awakening of citizenship is happening all across the country. Marquette student Tony Pinelli, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, attended the rally and said he was excited to encourage voting because Wisconsin is a swing state. “Everyone needs to get out and vote, even volunteer. Whatever your political beliefs are, get out and participate,” Pinelli said. Julia Sargis, a volunteer at the event, found out about the opportunity from a friend and automatically agreed to volunteer because, as she said, “if you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem”. “I’m hoping for more compromise so we can reach more people,” Sargis said. “I think this country is running on fear and with fear comes flight or fight mentality.” Obama said he is encouraged by the people who are getting involved for the first time or for the first time in a very long time and said this moment is too important to sit on. “If you vote, things will get better. If you vote in this election, Wisconsin, it’s a start,” he said. “When you vote, you’ve got the power to make sure our voting rights are protected. You can save somebody’s life. That power is in your hand, if you vote,” Obama said. Obama said change and hope begin to happen with each new step. “It starts with you. Let’s get to work,” Obama said. “Let’s go vote.”
MUPD REPORTS OCTOBER 28 MUPD responded to a concern for welfare in the area of N. 23rd Street and W. Kilbourn Avenue. A check determined the subject has an open warrant. MUPD transported the subject to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility. OCTOBER 27 Unknown subject(s) damaged and removed items
from a victim’s vehicle in the 1400 block of W. Kilbourn Avenue. Unknown subject(s) damaged a victim’s vehicle in the 900 block of N. 14th Street. An MU student reported receiving harassing phone calls from a known subject. MUPD advised the subject.
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Progress on Foxconn facility slow but steady Factory continues to move forward amid controversies By Caroline White
caroline.white@marquette.edu
Construction on the long-anticipated Foxconn Technology Group manufacturing plant cannot begin until next summer, but that doesn’t mean the project is stagnant. Since its announcement in summer 2017, the project has steadily progressed every month. In July 2017, President Donald Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Gov. Scott Walker and others announced at the White House that Foxconn would be building a plant in Wisconsin. By September 2017, the Wisconsin state legislature passed a bill that approved a tax incentives package worth up to $2.85 billion for Foxconn and created an Electronics and Information Technology Manufacturing Zone for Foxconn to operate in. In return, Foxconn is expected to create 13,000 jobs and invest $10 billion in the project. The next month, Foxconn revealed its plan for a 22-millionsquare-foot manufacturing plant to be built in the Village of Mount Pleasant in Racine County. Marquette University hosted a recruitment and informational session for current college students in the area. University spokesperson Chris Jenkins said Marquette has no plans to host more recruitment events or technology showcases like the one in fall 2017, but Foxconn will still have a presence on campus. “We welcome their presence because it directly benefits our students,” Jenkins said in an email. Additionally, Marquette officials said they have been in communication with Foxconn representatives and support the company’s vision for Wisconsin. “Marquette’s leadership team has been meeting with Foxconn’s top North American officials and has full confidence in both the partnership and in Foxconn’s overall vision for Foxconn’s Wisconsin headquarters,” Jenkins said in an email. By the end of the year, all of the contracts, including the promised incentives contract between the state and Foxconn, and the development agreement between the company and Racine County had been signed. In April, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued air permits to Foxconn for the plant and approved an additional 7 million gallons of water per day to be diverted from Lake Michigan through the City of Racine to the Village of Mount Pleasant for the Foxconn plant. According to a press release issued by the Wisconsin DNR, the additional water would
result in a 0.07 percent increase in total water diversion, which is still below its withdrawal capacity. By June, all parties were set to begin building the plant, and President Trump attended a ceremonial groundbreaking. That same month, Foxconn purchased a seven-story building in downtown Milwaukee to serve as its North American headquarters, promising 500 additional jobs. Mayor Tom Barrett said in a statement, “Adding an international business presence to our central business district is yet another example of the strength of the Milwaukee Renaissance.” In September, the Village of Mount Pleasant hit a few roadblocks in its land acquisition project for the plant. It threatened and then recalled the threat of employing eminent domain against local landowners who declined to sell to Foxconn for construction. In a press release from April of this year, the Village of Mount Pleasant said, “The Village will continue to diligently pursue all reasonable efforts to reach agreements with individual property owners. If eminent domain is to be utilized, it will be only as a last resort if all other means of acquisition fail.” Eminent domain efforts primarily include giving homeowners $50,000 per acre of land, 140 percent of appraised value for houses and a relocation package. Also in that month, Foxconn looked to develop sites in Green Bay and Racine and invested So far this month, the DNR fined Foxconn for stormwater problems at the construction site after September flooding. As part of the corporation’s agreements with the state, Foxconn was supposed to compose and engineer a stormwater diversion plan. It was fined after the DNR determined that the pond constructed to hold the runoff water was not finished before construction began. The company also sent representatives to Marquette to announce its Smart Cities — Smart Futures Competition, which includes $1 million in prize money. Jenkins said the goal of the competition is “to develop smart, connected communities and systems with a focus on smart mobility, smart buildings, smart homes, smart energy and smart health, as well as quality of life, efficiency, productivity and management of resources.” It has been over a year since the tax incentives were approved, but Wisconsin voters are still split over whether or not the state’s investment in the corporation will pay off. One measure of this trend is the Marquette Law School Poll. In the latest poll, 48 percent of voters said they think the state is paying more than Foxconn is worth, and 38 percent said they think the plant will provide as much profit as the state is investing. Sixty-one percent of
those polled said Foxconn will improve the economy of the greater Milwaukee area, and 30 percent said they do not think it will. Charles Franklin, who has directed the poll since its inception in 2012, began including questions in the poll about Foxconn’s potential impact after the project
was announced. “At this point, it is impossible to know how Foxconn will turn out 10 years from now,” he said. “ So people either say they are unsure or make their best guess. Partisanship plays a big role in structuring expectations, so Republicans are more positive and Democrats more
negative. For the most part, views of Foxconn reinforce partisanship.” Foxconn projects the plant will be complete in 2021. It has already begun to fill a percentage of its 13,000 promised job opportunities through construction and contract workers.
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Student memorial draws attention to unborn Flag display sparks conversation, debate over free speech By Joseph Beaird
joseph.beaird@marquette.edu
As part of Respect Life Month and Catholic pro-life activist group Marquette for Life planted flags representing the number of abortions that occur yearly in America on the Central Mall in front of Lalumiere Hall last week. The Catholic Church recognizes October as Respect Life Month, focusing on the sacred nature of every life and centering on this year’s theme of “Every Life: Cherished, Chosen, Sent.” Kaela Beugnet, president of Marquette for Life, said she appreciated the support the group received in preventing vandalism of the display. Two years ago, the display was vandalized in a incident rumored to be connected with campus intersectional feminist group Empowerment. “I was very impressed with (Marquette University Police Department’s) willingness to increase security around Central
Mall for our memorial of the unborn,” Beugnet said. Last Thursday, members of Marquette for Life gathered in Central Mall for a candlelit vigil, offering prayers for those affected by abortion. Afterward, attendees helped take down the display. Madison Martinez, a freshman in the College of Communication, said the display is a good way of putting into perspective how many people are affected by abortion, and it was important for her to attend the vigil. “I’ve prayed at abortion clinics in the past, and I want other people to know there are other options,” Martinez said. The display received opposition from some, including Empowerment. Members of Empowerment said they believe the flags shouldn’t be put up in the first place. “I understand that Marquette wants to be protecting students’ free speech, but if there’s something that upsetting to that many people, they should also protect students’ well-being,” Shannon O’Connor, vice president of Empowerment, said. “I know Marquette is a Jesuit university, but they should be supporting the other side as
well,” O’Connor said. Zoe Gunderson, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences and member of Empowerment, said
Kaela Beugnet, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences and the head of Marquette For Life, which advocates against abortion, said that all life is important and should be treated as such. In the eyes of the Catholic Church, LGBTQ persons are sacred gifts of God, Blaha added. “However you identify and whatever makes up who you are, you have value,” Beugnet said. While there is still room to grow, Rorholm said he has grown to feel accepted, despite the fair share of homophobic slurs yelled at him on Marquette’s campus. Justyn Spann, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, said that he felt Marquette has been accepting towards him as a member of the LGBTQ community. “A lot of my close friends are LGBTQ as well,” Spann said. “I have had no incidences at all with discrimination.” Nick Ansay, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said the adversity that some LGBTQ individuals face on campus stems from the Marquette affiliation with the Catholic Church. He added that many people in the LGBTQ community feel they are being persecuted by the Church. “I feel as a student, Marquette has not done enough to make people in the LGBTQ community ... feel
included,” Ansay said in an email. To end the stigma, Ansay called for people affiliated with religion to stop preaching hate about people in the LGBTQ community, especially transgender brothers and sisters. Ansay said the adversity the LGBTQ community face is the fact that Marquette University is affiliated with the Catholic Church and said many feel abandoned and are being persecuted by the church. He added that he hopes more can be done on campus to combat the stigma of mental illness. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, LGBTQ individuals are almost 3 times more likely than others to experience a mental health condition such as major depression or generalized anxiety disorder. The adversity LGBTQ individuals face on campus comes from the ignorance of other students, Jayla Hill, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences and a volunteer at the LGBTQ+ resource center, said. She added that God calls us to love each other regardless of our differences. “There has … been sinful actions by the Church-its members-that have deeply harmed LGBTQ persons,” Blaha said. “We really need to be truthful and honest about that.” Campus ministry is looking to have mass once a month for LGBTQ+ students, but does not have a
the memorial is a source of trauma for some students. “This display forces women to feel ashamed (of) their
Photos by Jordan Johnson jordan.d.johnson@marquette.edu
Members of the community joined Marquette for Life for a candlelit vigil and prayer session for those affection by abortions.
experiences of abortion, miscarriage or a stillbirth,” she said. O’Connor said the university needs to promote more opportunities for dialogue. “More students need to speak up. Students don’t know where to go with their feelings. No one knows the proper channels to go through,” O’Connor said. Steve Blaha, assistant director of Campus Ministry, said the intention of the display was to highlight how we are called to care for the needs of those touched by abortion. “It makes us question, what concrete steps can we take to alleviate the suffering around those lives affected?” Blaha said. “Students seeking spiritual support, pregnancy resources or post-abortion support are encouraged to connect with Campus Ministry, as well as view the Jesuit document, ‘Protecting the Least Among Us,’” university spokesperson Chris Jenkins said. Blaha said there is more to be done surrounding this issue. “I hear a lot of people talking this week about abortion, but it’s just as important as other issues discussed year-round,” Blaha said.
Respect Life Month inclusive of LGBTQ rights Catholic Church making effort to reach community By Kaitlyn Bross
kaitlyn.bross@marquette.edu
Eric Rorholm, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, had not been called a homophobic slur since grade school. This changed when he arrived on Marquette University’s campus fall of 2017. “I have gotten my fair share of homophobic slurs and comments,” Rorholm said. “I would say about three quarters of the students and faculty are very accepting, and then a fourth are completely not.” The month of October is Respect Life Month for the Catholic Church, Steve Blaha, assistant director of Campus Ministry, said. He added that the suicide rates of LGBTQ teens is higher than those of their heterosexual peers. The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ young people under 25. The project reports that LBG youth are five times as likely to have attempted suicide compared to heterosexual youth. Helping LGBTQ individuals is one of Respect Life month’s main focuses, Blaha said.
date to start. The goal of the campus ministry office is to give all students the opportunity to grow in their faith, Blaha said. “(We must remember) this person in front of me is a unrepeatable gift to our world, and I have the opportunity, the grace and the gift to be able to encounter them,” Blaha said. Rorholm said he felt like Marquette is making steps in the right direction to be more inclusive. “For the most part, I actually feel really really safe and normal and
welcome,” Rorholm said. “The Jesuit mission is definitely kind to the LGBTQ community.” Hill said that if someone in the LGBTQ community is struggling, they should reach out to the LGBTQ+ resource center, Marquette University Police Department, the Office of Residence Life, or the Marquette Counseling Center. “To be more inclusive, students can take the time to understand the discrimination and systemic injustices that people in the LGBTQ community face,” Hill said in an email.
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Marquette community members share various facets of their identities as part of the recent Here I Am Out at Marquette initiative.
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Tweeting for good cause: Professor goes viral using celebrity gossip as clickbait for voting site
Tim Cigelski chose opportune moment to share his message
“When I saw celebrities like Ashton Kutcher retweet it, then I knew, ‘Wow, this is going to be a big one,’” Cigelski said.
“Clever punk,” Kutcher tweeted. Mary Czech-Mrochinski from the university’s office of pub-
lic affairs said the university has been helping provide assistance to students regarding voter registration for years.
By Clara Janzen
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Envisioning the Role of the Arts in Criminal Justice Reform
The Milwaukee Model:
“Wow I can’t believe this is why Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson split up,” read a tweet sent Oct. 14 by Tim Cigelski, Marquette’s director of social media. Thousands of people clicked the link on the tweet, trying to gain insight into the celebrity drama. But everyone who clicked the link was redirected to a voter registration page, Vote.org. According to its website, Vote. org uses technology to simplify political engagement, increase voter turnout and strengthen American democracy. Cigelski said he knew the tweet had potential to get a lot of attention, but was shocked at the final result: over 50,000 retweets, 80,000 likes and 2.3 million total impressions as of Oct. 29.
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Art and Social Change Lecture featuring Elizabeth Hinton and Christian Viveros-Fauné
Thursday, November 1 7:30 pm Marquette University Weasler Auditorium 1506 W. Wisconsin Avenue Free and open to the public For more information, and to register, visit marquette.edu/haggerty/mkemodel.php This keynote conversation kicks off the community symposium The Milwaukee Model: Envisioning the Role of the Arts in Criminal Justice Reform, organized by the Haggerty Museum of Art and the Milwaukee Art Museum. Presenting Sponsors: Bader Philanthropies Brico Fund Greater Milwaukee Foundation
“The university is providing door hangers in the residence halls and universityowned apartments that list the ward a student will vote at and what documentation the student needs to have to register to vote,” Czech-Mrochinski said in an email. Cigelski, who teaches courses on social media in the College of Communication, said the tweeting technique is something he teaches his students. “People are curious,” he said. “I originally was going to use a different event, but I saw how the conversation (about Ariana Grande) just took over the internet and I knew it was the perfect moment.” Reactions to the tweet varied, with many Twitter users expressing slight shame at their eagerness to click. “I was pleased to see people replying with screenshots that they registered to vote, because I mean, that was the goal,” Cigelski said.
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MUPD Advisory Board meeting reviews year, discusses future initiatives, provides updates Department using new app, announces robberies decreasing By Margaret Cahill
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The Marquette University Police Department Advisory Board met Oct. 25 for its first meeting of the academic year. MPD Relations The board discussed MUPD’s relationship with the Milwaukee Police Department at the meeting. Within the last 12 months, MUPD took over 450 calls for service that were passed down from MPD. MUPD Interim Chief Jeff Kranz said he believes this will be beneficial and is a sign that MPD is “adapting” to MUPD’s presence. “We have the staffing for it, and it’s also good because it helps us to maintain a finger on the pulse of what’s going on in the patrol zone … any type of crime, we’re picking up on it,” Kranz said. “If
you have two different agencies responding, we’re going to miss a lot of data that is being gathered.” Other members of the board, including MUPD Advisory Board chair Thomas Hammer, said MUPD tends to have faster response times to calls. “A couple months ago, I saw from a distance a very bad accident on 11th and Wisconsin,” Hammer said. “I called MUPD rather than MPD, and you guys had four squads there in a matter of moments. That’s really quite impressive.” Crime Update Kranz told the board that robberies near and on campus have gone down, with only eight robberies occurring as of July 31, compared to 12 robberies at the same time last year. However, there was an increase in batteries and assaults. There were 27 batteries and assaults as of July 31 compared to 15 at the same time last year. Property and retail thefts remained steady, with most retail thefts occurring at Walgreens or 7-Eleven.
Kranz said he and the other officers have noticed fewer altercations involving students drinking alcohol on the street. Kranz said he believes this is because MUPD cracked down on underage drinking this year.
Active Shooter Initiative Update Thursday night was the first open active shooter training session at the Alumni Memorial Union. In the past, MUPD gave active shooter safety presentations only to departments that requested it, but now there are presentations in the AMU that any member of the Marquette community can attend. The department is also altering the presentation itself. “We found early on when we were giving this (presentation) we were king of selling the threat to people,” Kranz said. “There was a lot of, ‘It’s never going to happen here, bury your head in the sand.’ We aren’t seeing that anymore. People want this training. We’re shifting the training to focus on warning signs of active shooters
and preventative interventions that can take place before these events occur.” Over the summer, MUPD surveyed all academic buildings on campus to identify areas that can be used as safe rooms. It is now working to make these rooms safe in a cost-effective way, Kranz said. Eagle Eye App The board discussed Eagle Eye, MUPD’s new safety app, which it introduced right before this year’s freshmen moved to campus. The school worked with the company App Armor to develop an app for iOS and Android, MUPD Capt. Katie Berigan said. “It’s really a one-stop-shop for everything MUPD,” MUPD Capt. Katie Berigan said in the meeting. The app features a virtual BlueLight Phone, an emergency procedures guide, a way to track a student’s location on campus as he or she walks home and a page about Nattie, MUPD’s community outreach dog.
Berigan said she hopes to pick up advertising for the app soon. Diversity Liaison Officer Program MUPD continues to work on its Diversity Liaison Officer Program. MUPD now has five diversity liaison officers and their goal is to be a resource for students who want to talk about an issue concerning discrimination with an officer instead of filing a formal complaint. The program was enacted this month, designed to bring a community together with MUPD and support those who feel they have been racially profiled. Leaders of the program MUPD Sgt. Glenn Berrios-Schroeder said the program is something to utilize to bring the Marquette community together with the police and bridge the gap of misunderstanding. “We’re trying to figure out a way to better convey how we do things when we interact with the general public,” Kranz said.
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Alleged spirits lurk around campus Residence halls, academic buildings bear spooky rumors By Jenna Thompson
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Marquette prides itself in its long and rich history as a university, and with longstanding tradition comes a fair share of spooky stories. Buildings all over campus are rumored to be haunted. From Johnston Hall to Humphrey Hall to the pool at the Rec Plex, paranormal activity is no stranger to Marquette. Laney Decker, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said a ghost in her Schroeder Hall room visits her frequently. It all started during the first few weeks of school when a remote to her fan went missing. “We tore the room apart looking for the remote,” Decker said. “We looked everywhere and then one day we came back to the room and the remote was sitting right on the middle of the desk. A few weeks later a strange orange liquid appeared, seeping from her wall. “It was really weird, especially since our room was the only room that it happened to,” Decker said. Decker and her roommate reported it to the hall director who helped clean it up, but they said he was never able to tell them where it was coming from or what it was. Whether this occurrence is paranormal is up in the air but
regardless the roommates were then convinced they had a ghostly visitor. Decker also said their string lights often suddenly flicker and turn off without being unplugged. “It’s even happened when we have been talking about the ghost,” Decker said. Decker’s roommate jokingly named the ghost Britney. But despite her roommate’s lighthearted approach to the situation, Decker said she is spooked by her room. “Whenever my roommate goes home for the weekend, I hate sleeping here alone,” she said. Humphrey Hall, which previously was a children’s hospital, has a history of frequent ghost encounters. Elizabeth De Vere Hunt, a junior in the College of Health Sciences, lived there last year. She said every night she and one of her roommates heard thumping over her bedroom, but the other roommates never heard it. “One night we had enough and went up to talk to the guys above us,” De Vere Hunt said. “They said that they never did anything to warrant the noise. In fact, all of them were getting ready to go to bed.” Once they went further up the stairs to investigate, they heard the thumping come from the next floor up. They went up the stairs to the next floor and still did not find anything. “We never found out what made the noise except when someone said that at 9 p.m. the little girl ghost runs down the hall bouncing her ball,” De Vere Hunt said. “Which is probably what we heard.” Amanda Krahn, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences,
said last year she and her roommates had some encounters with a ghost in Humphrey Hall. “My roommate’s chair moved across the room and no one was in the room, and then the door shut and no one was still in the room,” she said. Besides things moving around, Krahn said she once heard a voice she thought was a ghost. “I was in the second floor laundry room all by myself and someone shouted hello, and no one was in there with me and it was about one in the morning,” she said. While most of these stories come from residence halls, reports have been made
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all over campus. Haunted Milwaukee, a blog reporting on haunted sites throughout Milwaukee, reported on Johnston Hall and the many ghosts who supposedly haunt the building. The blog highlights specifically the fourth and fifth floors, which allegedly became haunted after two Jesuit priests died by suicide by jumping out of the building. Other rumored haunted buildings include Straz Tower’s Rec Plex pool, where a boy supposedly drowned back when the building was previously a YMCA. His ghost, nicknamed Whispering Willie, is said to haunt the pool.
The ghost of Cobeen Hall is an alleged art critic who tears down posters in residents’ rooms. The ghost of a projector operator still apparently haunts the Varsity Theatre and watches over the building. He supposedly will turn forgotten lights off and will lock mistakenly unlocked doors. While some of these stories might be merely twisted tales of strange coincidences, students may want to be aware of the many ghosts that might still lurk around Marquette.
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Halloween evokes Trick-or-treat nostalgia Meaning of holiday evolves from youth to high school, college By Ariana Madson
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For many, the arrival of Halloween brings both anticipation for festivities on campus and nostalgia for Halloweens past. For Katherine Walsh, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences who grew up in Madison, trick-or-treating was always a big deal. As a young child, her trickor-treating festivities usually began before dinner around 4:30 or 5 p.m. Walsh said she would typically go around the neighborhood with other neighbor kids. As Walsh and her friends got older, they began trick-or-treating later and traveling to different
neighborhoods farther away. Altering the route in order to maximize candy intake was not the only improvement in Walsh’s trick-or-treating over time. Her costumes improved, too. “I was Medusa one year … I had green face paint with small braids and wires in the braids,” she said. Among Walsh’s favorite childhood Halloween memories were when her parish priest who lived nearby handed out king-size Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and when she saw her fifth grade teacher dress up and hand out candy. Trick-or-treating for Walsh stopped around eighth grade. After that, she said she and her friends started getting together to watch spooky movies. Not much has changed since then, as she helped organize a Halloween movie night for Straz Tower. Walsh said she will be volunteering for HALL-oween, where she will hand out candy to
kids who trick-or-treat in Straz. Walsh was not the only one with fond memories of neighborhood Halloween. When Joey O’Connor, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, thinks of Halloween, he said he thinks of Suwanee, the suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, where he lived as a child. As a child, O’Connor would dress up with his brother and the two of them trick-or-treated in a cul-de-sac that had 10 other houses. “It just ranged from whatever we were feeling that year, … we were the Blues Brothers one year,” O’Connor said. O’Connor said part of the fun of trick-or-treating came after they returned from walking around the neighborhood. “We’d go back to the house and break down what we had … then we’d hide it from my dad because he’d eat it all,” O’Connor said.
He said one of his favorite Halloween memories was when his mom made a Halloweenthemed dinner that included black noodles and meatballs as eyes. Halloween was a time to come together with people, he said, and that still has not changed for him. Paige Bintz, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, agreed that the excitement of Halloween lies in finding ways to celebrate the holiday with others. This Halloween, Bintz said she plans on attending a couple of parties, spending time with friends, watching scary movies, making Halloween treats and eating caramel apple pops. Bintz grew up in the rural area of West Bend, Wisconsin. This meant that traveling to different neighborhoods was always the better option when it came to obtaining the best candy during trick-or-treating. “It was fun ... we went every
year. … My sisters are much older, and they would take me and my friends and go trick-ortreating,” Bintz said. Along with trick-or-treating, Bintz said she remembered the costume days that her school would hold, when everyone would walk around to different classrooms, showing off their ensembles. When it comes to Halloween festivities, Bintz said she thinks in college there is a shift in terms of what is fun. “It’s definitely different … Halloween grew up with us,” Bintz said. “When you get older, it becomes more of spooky movies and fall activities like pumpkin patches and apple picking.” Though the activities perceived as fun may be different as the years go by, a lingering spirit of Halloween reminds many of what it was like to be a goofy kid again.
Students share tales of ghostly encounters Hometown hauntings of footsteps in attic, knocking on door By Emma Dill
emma.dill@marquette.edu
People often share ghost stories and legends during this time of year, telling of the paranormal coming out to play. No strangers to the supernatural, many students claim to have personally encountered ghosts, spirits, and haunted houses before coming to Marquette’s campus. Kelly McGee, a freshman in the College of Nursing, claimed her house back home in Westchester,
Illinois, is haunted. McGee said it was common for her to hear noises and see passing shadows while growing up. Her other family members claimed to get chills when passing through corridors, almost as if they were walking through ghosts. McGee said the hauntings reached their peak a year ago when she heard knocking at her door and no one was there. “I was in my room and I heard knocking on my door,” McGee said. “I opened the door and no one was there so I thought I was hearing things and got back in bed.” She then looked back and saw something peeking from beneath the door. “I could see a child’s toes. … My other siblings were in the basement and my parents were in the kitchen
so it wasn’t one of them,” McGee said. “That was the day I saw the child that haunts my house.” McGee is not the only Marquette student with a haunted house. Colin Landers, a freshman in the College of Communication, said a ghost lives in the attic in his home in Princeton, New Jersey. Landers said he heard footsteps one night in his attic. When his family sent an exterminator into the attic to investigate the noise, they found some unusual things. “When he came, the exterminator said there was no sign of an animal or a point of entry for an animal,” Landers said. “He also saw weird dust patterns. The exterminator set a trap but when he came back five days later to check it, the whole trap had disappeared and the dust around the place where the trap was displaced.”
Landers said he never went back up into his attic since the trap disappeared, but he said he has heard the footsteps more than once since then. While Landers and McGee have scary ghost stories to tell, not all paranormal stories are scary or haunting. Andrew Duwa, a freshman in the College of Business Administration, said he felt the spirit of his great grandma at a World Series game in 2011. That year, the Cardinals and Rangers went to the World Series. Duwa’s great grandmother always wanted to see a World Series game, but she died six months before Duwa and his family got tickets to the game. At the game, Duwa said his favorite team, the Cardinals, were close to winning when something happened in the stadium that had
never happened there before. “We started counting down the outs, and in the bottom of the ninth, right as the last batter steps in the batter’s box, it started snowing. It was a perfectly clear night with no clouds in the sky and it was 45 degrees so it shouldn’t have been snowing,” Duwa said. “I think my grandma was there in the snow, watching the game with us.” Landers and McGee said that they both believe in all things paranormal, while Duwa said he just believes in spirits of the dead returning sometimes. McGee said there is no way people should ignore the paranormal, having grown up in a haunted house. “I believe everything paranormal now — ghosts, angels, demons (and) possession — all of it,” McGee said.
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Local elections need increased engagement
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Many people overlook local elections despite the fact that many federal policies begin at the local level.
Midterm elections are right around the corner, and as a result people everywhere are highlighting
the importance of voting. Votingrelated posts on Facebook and Instagram and tables set up around
campus urge people to register. One thing that may be lost in the push for national election participation is the
importance of voting in local elections. Local elections can lead to tangible changes, with residents’ votes carrying a great deal of influence. In turn, they will get more say in policies and laws that will affect their community on a day-to-day basis. Local elections often lead to changes at the federal level. For example, major policies like women’s suffrage, minimum wage and marriage equality began at the local level. Big changes often have to start at the grassroots level to gain traction. All Marquette students are eligible to vote in local elections in Milwaukee. If students take the time to inform themselves about local elections and what elected officials do, it will personalize local elections and give students a compelling reason to vote. Some students don’t live in Milwaukee year-round and may return home during breaks and over summer. These students may not see local elections here as a big deal because they may not identify Milwaukee as their actual home. Regardless, it is important for them to vote in order to be involved in the greater Milwaukee community. Despite the amount of time these students spend here during the year, this is a new community for some. It is important to learn what the people who live and raise their families here deal with and help make changes. Another reason why voting in local elections is so important is because the results are more immediately impactful compared to those at
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the federal level. Voting for county sheriff or county clerk certainly hits closer to home than the President of the United States. Local government is responsible for very important regulations within communities. According to an article from medium. com, local school quality, policing and public safety, alcohol and marijuana ordinances, affordable housing and public transportation are all the responsibility of the local government. In 2014, only 35.9 percent of the population voted in midterm elections, according to fairvote.org, in 2016, 60 percent voted in the presidential election. This study shows that nearly 50 percent of those who voted feel presidential elections are more important than local elections, which is simply not the case. Wisconsin was ranked fifth among the 50 states in voter turnout in the 2016 presidential election with 69.3 percent of residents voting, according to the United States Election Project. This shows that Wisconsin is very civically engaged in national elections, but this trend needs to also be the case in midterm elections as well. If Marquette students voted in local elections, positive changes and widespread reform could be made throughout communities. It is important to be engaged and seek out change for local injustices. Local elections give citizens the platform to do so. It is important that the public takes advantage of election season and gets out to vote.
Liberal arts education overshadowed by STEM programs Guest Columnist Andrew Himmelberg Following rapid growth in STEM fields in recent years, many colleges and universities are altering curricula to meet growing demand from students and employers. In March, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point proposed an expansion of several of its majors, including chemical engineering, computer information systems and finance. To make this feasible, the university suggested discontinuing 13 majors, including history, philosophy, English and political science. Higher education is increasingly designed as preparation for a specific job, rather than broadening the intellect and knowledge of an individual. While it would be wrong to fault universities for preparing students for the
workforce, these efforts should the credit requirement from not come at the expense of a stu- 36 to 30. These changes have dent’s holistic education. diluted the liberal arts aspects While the movement toward of any Marquette degree by reeducation was job training is placing and condensing courses. precarious in P r e v i o u s l y, general, it is students were Higher particularly obrequired to jectionable for education is take philosos c h o o l s , l i k e increasingly phy of human Marquette, that designed as nature and identifies with a ethics, but unstrong liberal arts preparation for a der the new tradition. Mar- specific job, rather core, these quette’s new than broadening courses have core curricubeen comlum, introduced the intellect ... of bined into a this semes- an individual.” “foundations ter, is a serious of philosostep away from phy” course. its Jesuit, liberal arts identity, Similarly, the new core reduces and it suggests that the univer- the theology requirement from sity is moving toward a more two courses to one. While a relief job-oriented education. to many students, this change is The new core is less aca- perhaps most antithetical to Mardemically demanding than quette’s Jesuit identity and misits predecessor, decreasing sion statement.
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In addition to undermining the mission of liberal arts schools, programs tailored to specific fields are not as beneficial as they might seem. A 2017 study by the Hamilton Project found that, in most fields, a majority of graduates are not overwhelmingly employed in a single profession. Exceptions to this rule are found almost exclusively in majors best characterized as job training. About 70 percent of nursing majors become registered nurses and 40.6 percent of accounting majors become accountants and auditors – the most popular occupation for those majors. Those who don’t work in this top profession largely work in closely related professions. Despite this, graduates in these fields are employed at rates only marginally higher than those in liberal arts fields who gain employment in a variety of
occupations, including STEM. If the purpose of higher education is to produce well-rounded graduates who are flexible in a variety of workplaces – the “cura personalis” stressed in Marquette’s own mission statement – then job-oriented education fails its students. Ultimately, what is at stake for Marquette and other liberal arts universities is a crisis of identity. While it is certainly problematic for the university to embrace a job-oriented education, it is more problematic that the university does so while claiming to maintain its identity as a Jesuit, liberal arts institution. If Marquette wishes to be an elite Jesuit liberal arts university, it must carefully rethink its approach to education. Andrew Himmelberg is a junior studying history and philosphy. He can be reached at andrew.himmelberg@marquette.edu
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Corporations must be held environmentally accountable Aminah Beg Humanity has 12 years left to reduce global warming to a moderate level and make a drastic change to global energy infrastructure, according to a United Nations report released earlier this month. The United Nations made it clear that the world will remain habitable if humans continue to treat it like we do now. The 700page report detailed the predicted increase in famine, disease, refugees and economic hardships due to the changes in the environment, such as rising sea levels and catastrophic natural disasters. To change the current methods, substantial measures need to be taken in various industries such as land, energy and infrastructure. Since the same harmful practices have been exercised for decades now, no easy options are left for people to quickly make an impact. All of these alterations must occur within the time span of the next 12 years to ensure at least a chance of the planet’s survival. This report and warning by the
United Nations caused some of the public to become truly aware of the effects of their actions, and it motivated some people to change their ways. There have been countless Twitter threads on my timeline recently that describe the methods we can adopt to help the environment. This movement includes stopping the use of straws, eating less meat and no longer drinking from plastic water bottles. The popularity of this movement on Twitter shows the younger generations’ true desire to improve the environment. Although it is very important for each individual to do what he or she can and understand what is happening to our world, the state that the environment is in needs much more than the contributions of a single individual’s changes. The responsibility must be put upon large corporations that have power to make necessary adjustments. Millennials can do all they can, but the older CEOs in charge of companies that are harming the globe must be the ones to alter their ways. A lot of the problems the environment faces can be traced to the tremendous energy use of these companies. If mankind intends
to lessen its negative impact on the environment, there must be a dramatic decrease in energy use through limiting greenhouse gases. According a study by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the most prominent contributor to greenhouse gas emissions is the burning of fossil fuels. The same study highlights the fact that agricultural and transportation departments continuously burn fossil fuels, primarily through coal, which causes dangerous gases to enter and destroy the atmosphere. Real change will stem from these companies owning up to their problems and beginning to fix them. Significant farming brands, like Cargill or Tyson, have a duty to rethink their land
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use for cattle and forests because it makes a significant difference in the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. Cutting away plants from forests and grasslands eliminates o rg a n i s m s that take in greenhouse gases. To combat the problem of land use, a farm in South Dakota uses an approach created by biologist Allan Savory. The approach explains how climate c h a n g e problems can be solved by allowing herds to graze similar to their ancestors. The farm lets its bison freely roam around acres of land instead of secluding all the animals to one area. Their natural way of life allows for the growth of grass and reduction of carbon dioxide in the air.
Corporations have the power to make substantial impacts that will cause a significant change to the threatening reality we face.”
Farming companies are just one example of the sect of agencies that are preventing a healthier world. More and more corporations need to recognize methods that will improve the environment without hindering business. One avenue to consider is a reduction in the amount of outsourced work to less environmentally-conscious nations such as China. Some companies have started campaigns to help the environment, such as Starbucks’ decrease of straw lids. Even though it is a step in the right direction, changing the types of lids on some drinks offered will not make enough of an impact, especially if we have restricted time to help the world. Starbucks is a global company that has the ability to use tactics that decrease the danger through its factories and production process. Corporations have the power to make substantial impacts that will cause a significant change to the threatening reality we face. Action must be taken now. Aminah Beg is a sophomore studying public relations and cognitive sciences. She can be reached at aminah.beg@marquette.edu
Title IX proposal harmful to transgender students Matthew Harte The Trump administration is considering rolling back protections for transgender people under federal civil rights laws. This policy is harmful for transgender students at Marquette and schools around the nation, as it limits students’ abilities to raise legal complaints about treatment based on their gender identities. The Department of Health and Human Services is leading an effort to define gender as “a biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth,”
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according to a leaked memo obtained by The New York Times. It does not recognize people who have a different gender identity than the one they were born into, such as transgender and gendernonconforming individuals. The new definition would affect the interpretation of Title IX, which bans gender discrimination in education programs that receive federal financial assistance. Title IX applies to almost all universities in the U.S., both public and private, including Marquette. Under the proposed change, transgender students would no longer be able to seek government help in fighting discrimination experienced at their universities, according to Inside Higher Ed. The leaked memo led to the trending hashtag #WontBeErased, a reference to the feeling among many transgender people that the Trump administration is trying to erase them from society. In the wake of the memo, Marquette must reaffirm its commitment to supporting transgender students. These students are likely concerned that their protection from gender-based discrimination will be taken away if the university faces less obligation to investigate these cases or continue existing protections. The proposed policy would reverse civil rights progress for
transgender students made under the Obama administration. In May 2016, the Department of Justice and the Department of Education issued a “Dear Colleague Letter,” which explicitly stated that “a school must not treat a transgender student differently from the way it treats other students of the same gender identity.” The rollback of civil rights protections would be especially harmful because of high levels of discrimination faced by transgender students. Twenty-five percent of LGBTQ adults believe transgender people are often discriminated against when applying to or attending college, according to a national survey by NPR, The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 2017. Major areas of discrimination faced by transgender students include university housing and bathroom use. About 20 percent of transgender students report being denied genderappropriate housing, according to research by the National Center for Transgender Equality in 2014. More than 23 percent reported that they were at some point not allowed to use appropriate bathrooms or other facilities at school. The rollback also fails to recognize greater societal
LGBTQ adults’ perception of how often transgender or gender nonconforming people experience discrimination when applying to or attending college
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oppression faced by transgender people. According to the Human Rights Campaign, at least 29 transgender people died due to fatal violence in 2017—the highest number ever recorded. Several of these cases involved a clear anti-transgender bias by the perpetrator. Transgender teens are also significantly more likely to attempt suicide than cisgender teens, according to a study by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Marquette currently offers a variety of resources for transgender students. These include
gender neutral bathrooms in residence hall lobbies and gender identity discussion groups with the LGBTQ+ Resource Center. In response to the proposed change, university administration should announce that it rejects any changes to Title IX that take away protections for transgender students. It should also assert that discrimination complaints by transgender students will be taken seriously. Matthew Harte is a junior studying political science and economics. He can be reached at matthew.harte@marquette.edu
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Tori McCoy battles rare kidney disease
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Center Tori McCoy was diagnosed with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis last December. She has limited participation in team practices as she waits for a live kidney transplant.
Junior remains positive despite enduring dialysis By John Steppe
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As most of her basketball teammates go home or start working on homework, junior Tori McCoy has a much different routine. McCoy spends every Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening at 210-minute dialysis sessions as she battles Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis. “It takes a toll on you,” McCoy said. “My day is completely gone. … I really don’t like it at all, especially because I usually don’t come off feeling well.” FSGS is a rare kidney disease that attacks the glomeruli in the kidney. A glomerulus is the part of the kidney that filters toxins and wastes through the blood vessels. McCoy had 80 percent damage
in both kidneys when she went to Aurora Sinai Medical Center last November with “extreme fatigue.” She has been looking for a kidney transplant since July. “One never knows,” head coach Carolyn Kieger said. “You don’t want to look in the past. You don’t want to look in the future. You are just taking it one day at a time. … It’s a really hard thing to do when the future is unknown.” Coping with the disease has been an incredibly difficult process for McCoy. “It’s been a struggle. It’s been really bad,” McCoy said. “I’ve tried to manage it a little bit, but it’s kind of hard to keep up.” When she finishes dialysis at about 7 p.m., another challenge begins: preparing for her 18-credit class schedule as a communications studies major. “It’s extremely stressful,” McCoy said. “I try to not make my schedule that hectic, but if I’m not doing anything else, I’d rather just get the school stuff out of the way.”
She had the option to leave the university for a semester, but McCoy preferred to remain with the team, attending class and practice as much as possible. “She knew this was the best to stay in a stable environment, and she chose the hard (option to stay). She’s been in grind mode for a while,” Kieger said. “I give a lot of credit to her, and I give a lot of credit to my staff.” Kieger has never had a player go through a situation like this at Marquette, but she said she’s trying to put herself in McCoy’s position. “Coach Kieger has been an amazing coach,” McCoy said. “She doesn’t know what I’m going through, but she’s trying to put herself in my shoes. She’s trying to feel what I feel. I think that’s extremely important.” McCoy said the entire team has been helpful in her fight with FSGS. “They’ve been there every step of the way,” McCoy said. “Every single player has been there. They have made it a lot easier for me.”
Senior guard Natisha Hiedeman, McCoy’s roommate, has been particularly helpful for McCoy. “(Hiedeman) is just a salt-ofthe-earth type of kid,” Kieger said. “She’s a giver. She’s a great resource for (McCoy) when she’s down. She’s someone that can put a smile on her face … (Hiedeman) has a great heart, and it shows.” Kieger said McCoy has functioned almost like another coach in practices. While she’s not yet cleared to be a full participant in practice, she works several drills with her team. “She’s in a really good spot right now mentally,” Kieger said. “She’s being like an assistant coach. Some days, she’s working with the posts. Some days, she’s being a neutral passer unguarded.” She has also been working out in dividually with strength and conditioning coach Maggie Smith. Outside of the limited reps in practice, Kieger said the focus is primarily on keeping McCoy as strong and healthy as possible
until she receives a transplant. “Right now we’re not really focusing on anything other than ‘let’s get her a transplant,’” Kieger said. “Let’s get her body healthy. Let’s get her in a great, strong state, so when the call does come, she’s ready to go.” But McCoy can’t help but think about what it will be like to wear blue and gold beyond a practice jersey. “I’m pretty determined to try to come back this year,” McCoy said. “Basketball is my life, so not being around it and not being able to play is really hard.” And in the meantime, she said she’s enjoying being around the sport she loves in a limited capacity as she waits for a transplant donor. “It puts a smile on her face, my face and everyone around her,” Kieger said. “Her energy is lifted when she’s involved in basketball.”
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Prpa leads men’s soccer to BIG EAST Championships Junior midfielder captains crucial win over Butler Bulldogs By Tyler Peters
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After a slow start to the season, men’s soccer captain Luka Prpa is leading Marquette to an accomplishment that hasn’t happened since 2014: a BIG EAST Championships appearance. “Ever since I came in my freshman year, I knew we had the pieces to make it to the tournament,” Prpa said. “Unfortunately, it hasn’t panned out that way so far. ... We’re something different with the togetherness that we have (this year). This is definitely the best team we’ve had since I’ve been here.” Not long ago, the Golden Eagles found themselves sitting in eighth place, two spots outside of a playoff spot. In the span of two weeks, Marquette completely turned its season around, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. “It’s amazing,” Prpa said. “Being this close, I think we just have to keep going strong until the end, and I believe that we can do it.” Marquette currently sits in fourth place in BIG EAST standings. They have a one-point lead over the fifth-place St. John’s Red Storm and trail the third-place Providence Friars by three points. “This is the business end of the season,” Prpa said. “These games are big. These are the kind of games you want to be playing in.” Prpa embraced his leadership role in the team’s late season comeback on and off the pitch. “I take pride in (being the captain),” Prpa said. “I like being the guy where if the team needs someone to rely on, they can always rely on me. Whenever the team needs me, I’ll be there.” In the Golden Eagles’ last three matches, the offense scored seven goals total. Prpa is responsible for
scoring three of those goals. He tallied two assists in this three-game span. Prpa raised his point total up to 13, which leads the team. “Before the last two games, we had a full week of training,” Prpa said. “We haven’t really had that all season, and I think that has actually made a big difference in the way our whole team is playing.” Prpa attributed the change in scoring to the team’s strategy going into games. “We are much more on the same page,” Prpa said. “Our game plan is clearer to us. We’ve really been firing on all cylinders lately, and my goals and our success have just been a result of that.” In an Oct. 20 game against Xavier, where the Musketeers were tied with the Golden Eagles in the conference standings, Prpa’s heroics led Marquette’s 2-1 come-frombehind win. “We haven’t come back from going down a goal all season,” Prpa said. “That’s something we have definitely been working on. ... Turning the game (versus Xavier) around like that ... everyone is feeling great.” “It’s huge for this whole group to come back like that,” head coach Louis Bennett said. “It’s another brick in the wall for this team’s success.” Prpa’s successes are not unnoticed, as he was named to College Soccer News’ National Team of the Week. This is the third time in his career he accomplished this feat. Last week the BIG EAST also awarded Prpa Offensive Player of the Week. “(Prpa) is an ‘A’ student. He does extra practice, (and) he’s one of the most meticulous guys in training. ... He just brings it every day,” Bennett said. “He is one of those success molds you wish you could duplicate.” This goes beyond just leading by example. “I don’t believe in leading by example,” Bennett said. “When you are the example, you’re just a good teammate. To be a leader, you have to go above and beyond
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Junior midfielder Luka Prpa dribbles the ball against Central Arkansas in the Golden Eagles’ 4-0 win Aug. 30.
and accept the responsibility of everyone else. Prpa does that.” With one regular season game left against DePaul, Marquette’s approach is straightforward. “Methodically, organized and one at a time,” Bennett said. “That’s how we approach it.”
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Luka Prpa played 90 minutes in Marquette’s 1-0 loss to Wisconsin. He had two shots and one shot on goal.
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Haak’s absence gives Schoessow opportunity on court Freshman defensive specialist assumes larger role off bench By Dan Avington
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When senior Anna Haak was not suited up for Marquette in its matchup against Providence Oct. 27, some fans may have wondered how the Golden Eagles would fare without one of their regular starters in the back line. But there was one player who stepped up in Haak’s absence: freshman defensive specialist Katie Schoessow. “I knew that I had to come out with a lot of heart,” Schoessow said. “A lot of the times that I thought about that, I just pushed that behind me. I pushed forward and got better as we went along.” Head coach Ryan Theis did not disclose why Haak was out, but he said his team was used to the lineup change due to playing different formations during practice. Schoessow, a native of Mukwonago, Wisconsin, has started to see even more playing time for the Golden Eagles as BIG EAST play has progressed. She said she attributes her increase in court time to her resilience in practice. “Working hard in practice really pays off,” Schoessow said. “All of us are coming in, and we’re grinding every single day. It’s a really big confidence booster.” Back at Mukwonago High School, Schoessow was a star at the libero spot as a three-time all-state, allconference and all-area player. As the team’s captain, she led it to its first-ever state playoff appearance in school history in 2017, where they won the sectional championship. At the end of her four-year career, Schoessow amassed over 2,000 digs. But when she came to Marquette, playing time was much more scarce. There are three other players at her position: sophomore starter Martha Konovodoff, senior Abby Julian and sophomore Gabbi Martinez. However, Schoessow has carved out a solid role on the court for the Golden Eagles. At the beginning of the season, she played about once per game. She came in to serve in place of a front line hitter and then patrolled the back half of the court looking for digs. Now Schoessow is thriving off the bench, earning a spot as the second player to come in for the Golden Eagles. “You have to be glued in, always focused on what’s next (as a reserve),” Schoessow said. “You never know. Right when you come out, the ball might be hit right to you, so you really have to do a good job of justfocusing in and relaxing.” Most of Schoessow’s role on the squad is to replace outside hitters Haak or sophomore Hope Werch, causing the team to play a more
defensive style, similar to most other teams in the league. Schoessow’s role on the floor is not the most glamorous, but she fills a much-needed spot on the Golden Eagles’ squad. As a defensive specialist, her job mostly consists of two functions: digging out the opposition’s attacks and serving. Though her success won’t typically appear in the box score aside from the occasional service ace,
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KATIE SCHOESSOW Freshman defensive specialist Schoessow seamlessly fits into the defense, minimizing the impact of Haak’s absence. Theis said he appreciates the versatility of Schoessow and the rest of his bench. “Our team knows what they’re doing,” Theis said. “The kids being inserted into situations have done those things their whole lives. … I’m not really concerned at all in terms of people being able to step into their roles.” Now the Golden Eagles (20-5, 10-2 BIG EAST) head into the final stretch of their conference schedule. Even though they beat each of these teams in straight sets earlier on in the season, Schoessow said she knows the team cannot rest on their laurels. “We take every match seriously,” Schoessow said. “We really need to work on taking it point by point, game by game, and just go from there.”
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No. 18 Marquette lost in four sets to No. 10 Creighton Friday night for the second time in just over a month.
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Freshman Katie Schoessow digs the ball against Providence Oct. 27.
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Redshirt senior struggles to score in her final season Carrie Madden copes with Roeders’ first losing season By John Steppe
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Minutes after Carrie Madden entered her final match Thursday against Seton Hall in the second half, it looked like she scored the goal she had waited for over the past two months. “I honestly thought it was going in,” Madden said. Instead, the shot ricocheted off Seton Hall goalkeeper Jackie Robinson’s fingertips and hit the crossbar, forcing the ball back into play. Madden breathed a deep sigh of frustration. Her near-miss is a microcosm of something much bigger than a missed shot in the 79th minute against Seton Hall. After scoring a team-high seven goals and five assists last season, the redshirt senior has struggled to find the back of the net this season. She also had high numbers in 2016 after sitting out in 2014 and having a minor role in 2015. Madden finished this season with three goals and one assist, the fewest amount of goals and assists for her since her freshman year.
“I just wasn’t finishing the way I could of,” Madden said. “I wasn’t getting myself in the right situations. I was in a rut.” Her offensive lethargy in 2018 was quite the contrast to the previous two years, where she earned All-BIG EAST Championship Team honors. She was also on the 2017 All-BIG EAST First Team. When asked about his favorite memories of Madden, women’s soccer head coach Markus Roeders easily rattled off several key moments in the team’s 2016 season, including her overtime goal in Roeders’ 300th career win and her bicycle kick against St. John’s. Much of Madden’s “rut” was due to a lingering injury from the spring, keeping her off the field until the team’s preseason. “It was a tricky situation this year,” Roeders said. “She really didn’t get back into soccer until preseason, and even her fitness level was not where she wanted it to be.” As a result, she played less than 60 minutes in 10 of the Golden Eagles’ 18 matches and only made 13 starts, which she said affected her confidence. “Now all of a sudden everything becomes a little bit harder,”
Roeders said. “You don’t really have that lightness on your feet. You don’t necessarily see the goal as well. You aren’t necessarily making that run when you think you need to, could or should.” However, these issues were not exclusive to Madden. Marquette experienced a 48 percent drop in goal scoring and a 22 percent drop in shots attempted. Madden still had the team-high in goals despite her decreased productivity. She was also the only Marquette player to score a goal in the Golden Eagles’ first five matches. “It’s not just her obviously,” Roeders said. “She needs to get fed by others and play with others.” It was Roeders’ first losing season as head coach at Marquette after taking the position in 1996. “It was not what we expected and not what we really wanted,” Madden said. “It’s a humbling experience.” Just like the rest of the season, Madden got down when she missed the goal in the 79th minute but had some help from the bench. “I got pretty down, but I just heard like four of my teammates on the sidelines just say, ‘Hey there’s still time left. You’re going to get one,’” Madden said. “I was like, ‘Hey, why not just
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Carrie Madden dribbles past Seton Hall defense. Marquette won 4-0.
keep pushing through?’” Madden redeemed the miss with 108 seconds remaining in the season through a header via an Emily Hess assist. “We just looked at each other and were like, ‘That was it right there,’” fellow redshirt senior Heather Handwork said. “That’s the one.”
But Madden won’t have any more chances to redeem herself with Marquette not appearing in the BIG EAST Championships. “It’s not the way we wanted to write the story,” Roeders said. “But it is what it is.”
Men’s tennis prepares for two weekend invitationals Rodecap confident in team’s progess entering November
By Zoe Comerford
isabel.comerford@marquette.edu
Marquette men’s tennis is preparing for a competitive weekend as about half of the team travels to Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the Minnesota Gopher Invite, while the remaining players head to Normal, Illinois, for the Redbird Invitational. Although the lineup heading to the Redbird Invitational next weekend is not set yet, five players will be heading to the Minnesota Gopher Invite: freshman Fran San Andres, sophomore Luis Heredia Gomez, juniors Luke Smrek and Brett Meyers and senior Greg Anderson. “The Minnesota tournament is going to be a pretty strong event,” head coach Steve Rodecap said. “We want to try to give some of our returning guys that played pretty high in the lineup a shot at that event.” The Redbird Invitational will be used as a chance to help less experienced players improve. “We need to see guys making improvements every weekend when we go out there in the fall,” Rodecap said. “Our time in the competitive realm is so short in the fall that they don’t get as many opportunities in.” The men’s tennis program
finished its fall 2017 campaign at the Redbird Invitational against Illinois State University, Eastern Illinois University and Butler. “Those guys that are going down there we feel need to get some extra matches in, some match play in,” Rodecap said. “It’s an important event regardless of the stature. It’s all a part of the process in their development.” Marquette is coming off a successful tournament last weekend. Eight players represented the Golden Eagles in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Midwest Regional. Most notably, Heredia Gomez defeated opponents from Chicago State, Notre Dame and Michigan State in the qualifying round to earn a spot in the main draw. He then fell in the first round to Northern Illinois freshman David Pata 6-3 and 7-6. “(Heredia Gomez) had high expectations for him(self),” Rodecap said. “He had three matches before he went into the main draw. By the time he got into the main draw, he was a little bit more mentally fatigued.” Heredia Gomez and Smrek earned doubles victories against Youngstown State and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In the quarterfinals, the duo fell 8-5 to Peter Kuszynski and Jack Randall from Western Michigan. “They played some really good tennis,” Rodecap said. “Both those guys have made a huge jump with
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Sophomore Luis Heredia Gomez, a native of Spain, was Second Team All-BIG EAST in the 2017-’18 season.
their level of play in doubles. … When those guys are clicking on all cylinders, they’re hard to beat.” Nine of the 11 players on Rodecap’s squad are returners. He said Meyers, Heredia Gomez and Smrek have stood out to him as the most improved from last spring. “You have to be able to maintain that progress,” Rodecap said. “You can’t dip back down and shield that. All three of them can potentially
have really good seasons for us.” Rodecap said Anderson has not been on his game recently but believes the senior will find his groove soon. “He always tries to find ways to win matches even when he isn’t striking the best tennis ball or playing the best tennis,” Rodecap said. “He can put that aside and make it about competing. Once we get him clicking on all cylinders, I’ll feel
better about things.” Unlike last year, Marquette will not end the season after this weekend. Rodecap added the Texas Fall Invitational Nov. 9-11 to have one more opportunity in the fall to play against high-level competition. “The longer we can keep them playing under our watch is important,” Rodecap said. “I’m hoping the Texas tournament is one where they can go play a lot of matches.”
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Klaiber concludes cross country career with success Senior runner improves following change to race tactic By Matt Yeazel
matthew.yeazel@marquette.edu
Jon Klaiber has made the most of his last year competing in cross country, finishing either first or second among the team’s runners in every race this season. Head coach Mike Nelson described Klaiber as “the hardest worker on the team.” Now Klaiber’s hard work is paying off. “His success is due to the accumulative effect of constant training and the work he puts in,” Nelson said. Nelson attributed Klaiber’s work ethic to sheer repetition. Klaiber also changed his race tactics, leading to a significant improvement as a competitor. “I’ve improved the way of my race tactics, which comes from an increased level of confidence,” Klaiber said. “This year in particular, I’ve had more confidence going out at or near the front of the race and running alongside more competitive runners.” This strategy has quickly paid dividends in race results. “In years past I would often find myself in the middle of the pack and trying to move up as the race progresses,” Klaiber said. “I’ve been fortunate to have been able to train at a high level of consistency and have made continuous improvements.” As Klaiber’s results have elevated him into the top tier of the program, Nelson said Klaiber has also become a much better leader. “He has definitely elevated himself as a leader, and his teammates look up to him,” Nelson said. “He’s a role model for every guy on the team,” senior teammate Henry Mierzwa said. “He is the voice of reason, he encourages everyone to do their absolute best every race and holds everyone to a very high standard.”
After racing in the BIG EAST Championships this week, Klaiber has two potential races left in his cross country career: the NCAA Great Lakes Regional and the NCAA Championships, if he qualifies at the Great Lakes Regional Nov. 9. With the end of his cross country career looming, he said it has naturally motivated him to perform better. “This year is certainly a special year,” Klaiber said. “I’m taking extra time to cherish the truly special experience it is to be a student-athlete.” Nelson doesn’t dwell on the end of Klaiber’s career. “I don’t ever talk about it being his last race,” Nelson said. “He and the other seniors already know that it’s gotten to that point and will put out their best effort.” Klaiber and Nelson have built a strong relationship together over the last four years, and Klaiber said that is a big part of his success. “Since the (first) time I stepped on campus, coach Nelson has been there to support me,” Klaiber added. “He knows the types of responses I need in various situations and is always there to provide that support.” Nelson is not the only one to have a positive relationship with Klaiber. “I would not be where I am today without my teammates being there along the way,” Klaiber said. “The relationships I have built with guys like Ryan Burd, Daniel Pederson, Henry Mierzwa and more have helped us all grow together, and it’s easier to perform when you’re toeing the line with people who you share such great rapport with.” Henry Mierzwa said their relationship is strong. Klaiber and his teammate Mierzwa have gone through four years of ups and downs together. “This kid is amazing,” Mierzwa said. “I’ve seen him grow from a quiet runner to one of the
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Senior Jon Klaiber competes in the Greater Louisville Classic Sept. 29. The men’s team tied for 14th place.
most social people on the team. It’s truly been an honor running with him and I couldn’t be happier that I had the opportunity to lead this team with him.” Before the BIG EAST Championships, Klaiber said he would put the team’s results first, but a top-20 finish was what he was striving for — and that is exactly what he achieved. He finished 14th, his best finish at the BIG
EAST Championships. He was 31st last season. Pederson, a senior, finished ninth. Klaiber and Pederson led the way to the Marquette men’s team finishing fourth, its best finish at the BIG EAST Championships. Mierzwa said to achieve both the individual and team feats in this last season is something meaningful, and Klaiber and his senior teammates will
take it to heart. Meanwhile, Nelson said he is embracing the opportunity to coach Klaiber for at least one more meet. “Jon’s a perfect example of what a Division I runner should be,” Nelson said. “That’s why I got in this business, to work with athletes like Jon.”