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Volume 96, Number 17

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

CHAMPIONS

Photo by Elise Krivit/elise.krivit@marquette.edu

Coach Louis Bennett and the Marquette men’s soccer team celebrate their first ever Big East Blue Division championship with a 1-0 victory against Pittsburgh Saturday at Valley Fields.

Mallace scores Marquette’s lone goal in the 59th minute to bring home the title

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

When the last second ticked off the game clock of Marquette’s 1-0 victory over Pittsburgh Saturday night, coach Louis Bennett

finally achieved what he hadn’t done since arriving at Marquette five seasons ago: bring a conference championship to Marquette.

“We came here to build something of significance, and I don’t think it’s fully built. But we’re

definitely on the way to having a program that everyone can be proud of,” Bennett said.

Senior midfielder Calum Mallace’s goal in the 59th minute led Marquette’s men’s soccer team to the 1-0 victory over Pittsburgh (4-13-1, 2-7 Big East) on Senior Night, making them the Big East Blue Division champion after seven straight losing seasons and a coaches poll that predicted the

team to finish sixth out of eight teams in the division.

“I don’t even think words can describe it. It’s one of the best feelings ever,” Mallace said of winning the Big East. “I put everything I could into this program and into this team. It’s just so worth it to watch it all pay off and win the league.”

It is the soccer program’s third conference title and first-ever Big

East championship. It also marks Bennett’s sixth conference championship win, after earning five in 11 years as the head coach at Wisconsin-Milwaukee before coming to Marquette.

The victory capped off Marquette’s first winning season under Bennett (9-7-2, 7-2-0 Big East) and earned Marquette a bye See Big East Champs, page 16

Recall Walker, recall him not? Student loan plan New polls say voters gets 2012 start vary on decision to Obama to move up date of debt forgiveness program

recall governor

By Olivia Morrissey

olivia.morrissey@marquette.edu

The results of a recent poll revealed that Wisconsinites are almost evenly divided on recalling Governor Scott Walker.

The poll, conducted by North Carolina-based Public Policy Polling, found that 48 percent favor a recall and 49 percent oppose it, according to the PPP official release.

Political science experts attribute the results of the poll to the political nature of Wisconsin.

Julia Azari, assistant professor

By Sarah Hauer sarah.hauer@marquette.edu

Photo by Scott Bauer/Associated Press

Gov. Scott Walker could face a recall election, pending opposition efforts.

of political science at Marquette, said Wisconsin has traditionally been a “purple” state, or one with some very Democratic areas and

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others dominated by Republicans.

Karen Hoffman, visiting See Recall, page 5

President Barack Obama proposed Thursday to move up the start date of Federal student loan relief from 2014 to 2012, a change that could affect several million borrowers.

The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 made provisions for federal student loan repayments on loans taken out after July 22, 2014. Loans

taken out after this date will have income-based payments based on 10 percent of the borrower’s discretionary income and will be forgiven after 20 years.

Obama announced plans to move up the date to include loans taken out in 2012. His plan would also make it easier to consolidate different federal student loans for a slightly lower interest rate.

Since monthly payments are lower, it will take more time to repay the loan. This could increase the overall amount of interest paid on the loan.

Students could also owe taxes on the forgiven loans if more than $600 is forgiven. A bill that would See Loans, page 5

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Generation X

Transformation

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Report finds those born from 1961-81 to be happy, active.

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Event series to focus on abundance of resources.

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Soccer coach Louis Bennett has proven all the naysayers wrong.

See PAGE 12

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Archdiocese disputes report Claims against the Archdiocese of Milwaukee $40 million in eight claims involving sex abuse allegations. $5.8 million in claims by banks which had lent money to the Archdiocese.

A $476,000 claim by former priest who says he is due back pay and benefits after a sex-abuse case in which he was acquitted. The Archdiocese says this is not accurate because the priest was acquitted in civil court where he was found guilty in canonical church processes and his appeal was not upheld. He was dismissed from the clerical state.

A claim for $14 million for retired priests' future health care costs.

Sources http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/114180079.html http://www.jsonline.com/features/religion/archdiocese-pension-funds-fall-short-132506303.html http://www.archmil.org/ArchMil/Offnav/SettingtheRecordStraightMedia/Oct.262011B.htm

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel claims pensions in jeopardy

By Andrea Anderson andrea.anderson@marquette.edu

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee is coming up short in three separate pension funds for priests, lay employees and unionized cemetery workers, according to an article by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

However, the Archdiocese posted a rebuttal to the Oct. 25 article on its website stating beneficiaries of the archdiocese’s pension plans are not at risk of losing their funding.

The archdiocese said poor investment experience and a volatile stock market prior to last year were part of the problem resulting in what looked like underfunding of the plans.

The Journal Sentinel reported a total of $41.8 million in unfunded liabilities for the archdiocese.

The amount of lay workers’ pension liability is at $37.4 million, while 45 percent of cemetery workers’ pensions are unfunded.

The Rev. Steven Avella, Marquette professor of history, said pension funding issues stem from the current economy and not an error on the part of the archdiocese.

“All obligations (of the Archdiocese) are being met and will continue to be met,” Avella said.

“Most pension funds have unfunded liabilities these days — largely because of the uneven performance of the market.”

When asked to comment, Julie Wolf, spokeswoman for the Archdiocese, pointed the Marquette Tribune in the direction of the rebuttal, saying the information published by the Journal Sentinel was inaccurate.

“The evaluation made in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article that states that the pension is underfunded is based upon the assumption that the pension fund is shut down immediately and no additional contributions made, and the Archdiocese would still pay out – over time – to plan participants,” the statement reads.

According to the statement, all employee benefits have been historically paid on time and those who either contribute to a pension plan or are in a position to receive benefits from a plan will continue to receive timely payments in the future.

Currently, 200 employers are participants with annual contributions being split among all participating employers.

“The Archdiocese intends to continue the retirement plans and continue making payments in the years to come,” the rebuttal said.

“Thus, we believe that there is no current cause for

concern for employees.”

The Journal Sentinel article said creditors in the church’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy made claims against the Archdiocese’s assets totaling $123.4 million.

While the Archdiocese’s reaction piece did not respond to the statistics, it said there were $36 million in increased plan assets over the past 12 months to counteract the numerous reasons for the underfunding.

Because it has a religious affiliation, the Archdiocese is not covered by the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC).

If the archdiocese does not reach its quota, it cannot receive support funds from the PBGC to pay off any shortcomings.

Ralph Anzivino, Marquette Law School professor, explained the situation.

“When a private employer goes bankrupt and has a shortfall in their pension obligations, the (PBGC) takes over the liability for operating the plan and in many cases will make up the shortfall,” Anzivino said in an email. “But religious pension plans are not covered by PBGC, so those folks for the most part will be treated like any other creditor in the bankruptcy and will receive whatever the reorganization plan proposes to pay them. In light of the already existing tort claims that may be little to nothing.”

A robbery was reported Saturday afternoon at a residence in the 900 block of North 19th Street.

In the incident, reported at about 3:20 p.m., the victim handed over his wallet and cellphone after being struck in the face. The suspects were described as three black males aged approximately 16-20. All were wearing hooded sweatshirts and dark jeans, and

one wore an Oakland Raiders baseball cap.

The incident marks the second robbery on or near Marquette’s campus in less than two weeks in which no weapon was shown. In an earlier robbery, reported Oct. 18 at the intersection of 9th Street and Wisconsin Avenue, the victim was also struck in the face. Neither victim was seriously injured, and both declined medical attention.

Campus robberies have become less frequent over the last several weeks after hitting unusually high numbers in August.

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Oct. 26 At 1:32 p.m., a university employee reported that an unknown person(s) attempted to have unauthorized online purchases charged to Marquette University.

At 1:44 a.m. a student reported that while riding in a taxi cab in the 1600 block of West Wells Street, the driver acted in a disorderly manner.

Oct. 29

At 4:20 p.m. a Sodexo employee reported that an unknown person(s) removed her unsecured, unattended property estimated at $350 from Cobeen Hall.

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Graphic by Haley Fry/haley.fry@marquette.edu

Robbery reported Student struck, property taken in latest mugging

DPS Reports

At 2:00 a.m., a student reported observing a person not affiliated with Marquette prowling in the 1800 block of West Wisconsin Ave. DPS located the suspect, who was taken into custody

by MPD for outstanding warrants.

Between 1:30 a.m. and 7:31 a.m., an unknown person(s) vandalized university property in Mashuda Hall, causing an estimated $200 in damage.

At 7:20 p.m., a vehicle driven by an intoxicated person not affiliated with Marquette struck a vehicle driven by another person not affiliated with Marquette in the 500 block of North 17th Street. No injuries were reported and MPD took the intoxicated driver into custody.

At 1:14 a.m., a student gave her MUID to her non-MU guest and did not register the guest for an overnight stay in McCormick Hall.

At 3:24 p.m., three unidentified suspects approached a student at the rear of a residence in the 900 block of N. 19th Street and demanded the student’s property. One of the suspects struck the student in the face, causing minor injury. The suspects fled with the student’s property estimated at $100.

Medical assistance was declined and MPD was contacted.

Oct. 30 Between 2:30 a.m. and 2:40 a.m., a student was battered by an unidentified suspect at a party in a residence in the 2100 block of Michigan Street, sustaining minor injuries. Medical assistance was declined and MPD was contacted.

At 7:13 p.m., a student received counterfeit U.S. currency in exchange for items posted on an Internet classifieds website. MPD was contacted.

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Tuesday 1

Sigmund Snopek, Linneman’s Riverwest Inn, 1001 E. Locust St., 9 p.m.

Wednesday 2 3 Doors Down/ Theory of a Deadman, The Rave, 7 p.m.

Nero, The Rave, 8 p.m.

Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real, Turner Hall Ballroom, 7 p.m.

Berghoff Beer Tasting, Bomb Shelter, 1517 S. Second St., 7 p.m.

19th Annual Dia de los Muertos Exhibition, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, 839 S. 5th St., 5 p.m. (Ongoing through Nov. 19)

Inaugural Dr. John K.C. Oh lecture, Victor Cha: “The United States and Korea: What Next,” Alumni Memorial Union Monaghan Ballroom, 4:30 p.m.

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Happiness is the ‘X’ factor for adults Gen X

The generation born immediately after World War II. So named because they marked a noticable upswing in the birth rate. Period spans roughly 1945 to 1960.

24-year report finds Generation X is active, balanced

By Matt Gozun benjaminmatthew.gorun@marquette.edu

Twenty years after they were defined by Nirvana’s “Nevermind,” the generation that grew up smelling like Teen Spirit is doing just fine, a recently released report by the University of Michigan’s Longitudinal Study of American Youth suggests.

Generation X, defined as the group of Americans born between 1961 and 1981, was reported to be active, balanced and happy.

The data for the study was collected over 24 years. Researchers recruited 4,000 volunteers, now in their mid-30s, in middle and

Gen Z

The generation that grew up in the late '80s and '90s, many of whom are the children of baby boomers. Most members of this generation are currently reaching or have already reached adulthood. Defining dates vary, but generally span 1980 to the late '90s.

GENERATIONS Baby Boomers

Gen Y

The generation immediately following the baby boom, who grew up during the '60s and '70s and are often characterized as an aimless, slacker generation. Term popularized primarily by the Douglas Coupland novel "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture." The LSAY delineates the birth years from 1961 to 1981 as Generation X. Sources: LSAY, Associated Press

high school to answer an annual questionnaire and provide telephone interviews.

The release is the first in a line of quarterly reports by the organization and is in response to the growing importance members of Generation X will play in politics and the economy in coming years.

“Members of Generation X will become the members of Congress and the occupants of the White House over the next two or three decades,” the report said.

The results painted Generation X to be highly educated and family oriented. Over half have some post-secondary education, with 43 percent having earned a baccalaureate degree. Two-thirds are married and a slightly larger number have children living with them.

Overall, participants in the program declared themselves to be

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The current generation of children and young teenagers. Name currently in flux due to recent identification, but members are characterized by growing up in a world where internet technology is ubiquitous, and not something developing over time. Many are children of Gen X and most do not remember or were not alive for cultural events including 9/11 and the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Graphic by Haley Fry/haley.fry@marquette.edu

relatively happy. On a scale of one to 10, the average level of life satisfaction was 7.5, even as some face hardships such as unemployment or imprisonment.

Most are employed, however, and 70 percent said they are happy with their current workplace.

Kevin Foley, a junior in the College of Education, said Generation X’s satisfaction may simply be a reflection of its financial success.

“I think personal success in a career might help to indicate happiness,” he said, adding that in a bad economy, careers are not the only source of happiness. “There is a lot of stress with the bad economy, but I don’t think that necessarily means they can’t be happy just because there are financial difficulties.”

Of further interest was the impact of the Internet and wireless technology on the lives of the

group that grew up in the digital era. The study speculated that the use of social media helped to increase Generation X’s connectivity, even as membership in traditional clubs and organizations declined.

Ana Garner, an associate professor of journalism, said proficiency in social media contributes to this growing sense of social independence. She said online conversations involve interaction through the computer — essentially an intermediary.

“There are certainly advantages to this (interacting via computer), but ultimately, you’re still alone and not with others,” Garner said.

“Physical interaction, talking to someone face to face and having to interact with people, requires a different kind of skills and is a different kind of interaction entirely.”

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Vukmir, Baldwin address campus political groups

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Euro. debt plan jumpstarts market; best month since ‘02

By Pat Simonaitis patrick.simonaitis@marquette.edu

Photo by Aaron Ledesma/aaron.ledesma@marquette.edu

Photo by Martina Ibanez-Baldor/ angela.ibanez-baldor@marquette.edu

The College Republicans hosted State Sen. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa, left) last Thursday, and the College Democrats sponsored an appearance by U.S. Rep.Tammy Baldwin (D-WI, right) yesterday.

Abundance abounds in series Three-part project hopes to give sense of plenty in community

By Simone Smith simone.smith@marquette.edu

The Marquette University College of Professional Studies has initiated a Community Transformation Project in partnership with the Peter Ziedler Center for Public Discussion and the Cardinal Stritch University Leadership Center.

The project aims to combat scarcity through its “Abundance” series. The three-part series will occur this month, in March and in April.

Lisa Bates-Froiland, director of the Ziedler Center, said the series has been in the works for a very long time. She said it is a five-year-old project that investigates how making connections among community leaders can result in fruitful collaboration between people working on similar problems in Milwaukee.

She acknowledged the assumptions of today’s financial outlook but believes they reinforce the series’ goal.

“Even in hard times like these, communities really have all they need to function well. It’s just a matter of locating abundance

that can be hidden under the appearance of scarcity,” Froiland said.

Robert Pavlik, project manager for the Community Transformation Project, said the purpose of the partnership with Cardinal Stritch Leadership Center is to introduce a new way of improving the quality of life in Milwaukee. He said the project seeks to initiate discussions between sectors that otherwise may not engage one another.

“The new paradigm involves identifying the gifts of the community rather than just going out and buying something or waiting for the government or churches to address the needs of people,” he said. “How can for-profit and non-profit organizations share our gifts?”

More than 100 people are expected to attend the first part of the series, “Creating Abundance Together,” held tomorrow in the Alumni Memorial Union. The discussion will feature three speakers — John McKnight and Peter Block, authors of “The Abundant Community: Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods” and Walter Bruggemann, author of “Journey to the Common Good.”

According to the event flier, the authors will focus on how associations, institutions and citizens can create relationships that allow the sharing of gifts to

create a better community.

“This process will allow us to move from a narrative of scarcity to one of abundance,” the flier reads.

Froiland said the discussion will answer some of the questions people have in these tough times.

“It presents a different way of looking at life and what’s around you and what’s possible,” she said. “Sometimes all you need to know is who to ask.”

Many, like Emily Daley, a sophomore in the College of Education, believe one must travel outside of Milwaukee to find resources.

“I don’t know the Milwaukee area very well, but I think it depends on how far people are willing to go,” she said. “If you take advantage of buses and have a car it will be easier (for Milwaukee residents) to find resources.”

Pavlik said one of the project’s goals and discussions is to create an atmosphere of appreciation.

“All of this effort in sharing gifts is based on how we can be better listeners and engage in more unifying conversations,” he said. “The overall purpose is to move from stories about deficits and what we don’t have, to abundance of what we do have and how we can use our resources equitably and wisely.”

U.S. stocks rose sharply last Thursday in response to a European economic agreement, but fell Monday, ending what has been a highly successful month for the markets.

The Dow Jones industrial average lost 276 points Monday to end an October that was its best month since 2002. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index had its best month since December 1991. The gains came in large part because of European leaders’ agreement to address a lingering regional debt and banking problem.

The opening of the joint statement released last Wednesday by European leaders summarizes the Europeans’ goals.

“Over the last three years, we have taken unprecedented steps to combat the effects of the worldwide financial crisis, both in the European Union as such and within the euro area,” the statement said.

“The strategy we have put into

place encompasses determined efforts to ensure fiscal consolidation, support to countries in difficulty, and a strengthening of euro area governance leading to deeper economic integration among us and an ambitious agenda for growth.”

Though the agreement deals mostly in generals — which has drawn some criticism from economists across the world — one key aspect to the resolution is the goal of reducing budget deficits in Spain and Italy and to reduce Greece’s debt to 120 percent of its gross domestic product by 2020.

Yet ambiguities within the plan have been credited for U.S. stocks taking a hit to end October, along with brokerage firm MF Global filing for bankruptcy.

John Nyaradi, a writer for Marketwatch.com and an expert on financial analysis and information, is among those cautiously optimistic about the future of the markets.

“Technical and seasonality indicators point to an uptrend and smoother sailing into the end of the year,” Nyaradi wrote in a report Monday. “However, Europe poses an ongoing threat of a significant squall, if, as is very likely the case, the debt crisis in Europe is not over.”

European Debt Agreement Main Points Spain- Reducing budget deficit and restructuring banking sector Italy- Attempting to have balanced budget by 2013 and surplus in 2014; Goal to have debt as 113 percent of GDP by 2014

Greece- Goal of having debt as 120 percent of GDP by 2020 For entire euro region: Enhances leverage of the European Financial Security Facility Various changes to strengthen the governance of the Euro Banks should look to increase their revenues from private sources Source: Text of the Resolution (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/201110-27/euro-region-leaders-statement-on-resolving-crisis-full-text.html) Graphic by Haley Fry/haley.fry@mu.edu

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assistant professor of political science at Marquette, said she is also not surprised the state is nearly evenly divided between Walker supporters and opponents.

“I think it will be harder to actually succeed in recalling Walker because even those opposed to Walker might not think a recall is the appropriate strategy,” Hoffman said.

The same firm conducted a poll in August of this year and yielded similar results. Then, 47 percent favored recall and 50 percent opposed it, according to the August official release by PPP. In another recent poll done

by PPP, 47 percent approved of Walker’s job performance while 51 percent disapproved. The approval rating improved by 2 percent from the August rating, according to the release.

In a hypothetical recall election posted in the October survey, Walker narrowly led Democrat and Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett, 48 percent to 46 percent.

Walker trailed in a match-up with former Wisconsin senator Russ Feingold, but Feingold has publicly stated he will not run for governor next year, according to the release.

A recall election is very real in the minds of many Wisconsinites, especially those leading the recall effort to begin on Nov. 15, when it is believed Democrats will be able to achieve the number of signatures necessary to call a recall election.

“Based on previous numbers, I think Democrats will get the signatures, but nothing like a

recall is ever easy,” Azari said.

“It may not be possible at all, but it certainly won’t happen without a sustained and organized campaign effort.”

Some maintain the results of the poll are to be interpreted as a reflection of voter apathy, derived from this summer’s lengthy and expensive Senate recall elections.

“I think there may be a backlash against recalls in general, regardless of how you feel about the candidates,” Hoffman said. “The summer recalls, with the incredible amount of money involved, left a bad taste in many people’s mouths. To say that Walker may not be recalled this spring does not necessarily mean that more people like him. It could mean that people are sick of recall elections.”

Wisconsin residents can attest to the growing lack of interest in recall elections.

“There is a sense of apathy,” said Willy Christensen, a junior in the College of Communication and resident of Oak Creek, Wis. “When you get away from the big cities, people do not care as much about (the recall election).”

Megan Schneck, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences and Wauwatosa, Wis. resident, said the voter disinterest may be due to the length of the ongoing political saga.

“The recall effort had a lot of steam at the beginning (when Walker announced his budget cuts),” Schneck said. “But as time passes, people are becoming more ambivalent. The recall effort is old news.”

86% $6,594 At Marquette:

Typical Federal Grant amount:

Average total cost:

$41,026

55% of students receive government loans

Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, the data collection program for the National Center for Education statistics

have eliminated this tax was introduced to the 111th session of Congress, from January 2009 until January 2011, but failed to move forward before a new session began.

Lora Reinholz, instructor of finance in the College of Business Administration, said she is concerned as to how students will react to this change. She said that students may take out too much money in loans and assume it will just be forgiven.

There are many different definitions of discretionary income, which worries her.

“The definition they use will be significant,” Reinholz said.

She said students also need to look at their future income when they start borrowing money.

“Do not borrow more than you plan on making in your first year,” Reinholz said. “In the end, someone is going to have to pay for it.”

In her financial planning class, students make a financial plan for themselves. Reinholz said many students in her classes have taken

of students receive financial aid.

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out significant amounts of money in loans to pay for Marquette tuition. She said some students have upwards of $60,000 in debt.

These loans can hinder life decisions such as purchasing a home, getting married and having children, Reinholz said.

Christian Schebesta, a senior in the College of Communication, said he thinks this plan will cause students to take out more in loans than they need and take advantage of the forgiveness of loans.

Elise Gottsacker, a senior in the College of Education, agreed.

“The natural instinct of students will be to take out more loans,” Gottsacker said. She said most students will only think about how their loans will be forgiven and forget about monthly payments.

Michal Gawlik, a junior in the College of Engineering, said he thinks the changes will encourage students to pursue an education. “(The changes) will provide security for going to school by helping to mitigate the financial

burden of education,” Gawlik said.

Other government agencies are also working to help students make loan decisions.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Education started the “Know Before You Owe” student loan project in May. The onepage document was drafted by the agencies to help students understand the type and amount of financial aid they qualify for and to allow them to compare college offers.

The student loan form aims to help students determine how much it would truly cost each year to attend a selected college, including tuition, housing, books and transportation. The form also includes information on grants, scholarships and work-study options. It provides not only the total loan amount borrowed but also the total estimated monthly payment.

MUSG talks academic integrity, enrollment Student government passes two pieces of legislation Thursday

By Elise Angelopulos elise.angelopulos@marquette.edu

The Marquette University Student Government senate approved student organization funding allocations and passed two new pieces of legislation at its meeting last Thursday.

The first allocation was a sum of $3,000 allotted to the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship to cover registration fees for a fall conference at Green Lake Conference Center in Wisconsin. The event will take place Nov. 4 through Nov. 6.

According to an MUSG press release, the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is covering $750 through its own fundraising. The senate approved this allocation on the premise that the conference will improve one-on-one spiritual advising and relationships with Christ. The group said both endeavors are crucial to its success.

The second allocation, in the amount of $2,583, was allotted to Step Up! Marquette — an organization dedicated to helping women in Rwanda — to provide funding for a panel discussion on post-genocide Rwanda from April 11 to 14.

The event will be held as an 18th anniversary remembrance of the

genocide that happened in the 1990s.

MUSG funding for Step Up! will pay for guest speakers, including Tim Gallimore, the former spokesperson for the International Criminal Tribunal in Rwanda.

According to an MUSG press release, the senate believes funding for this organization is appropriate because it is important for student organizations to have the opportunity to bring interesting speakers to campus.

Following allocations, the senate approved two new pieces of legislation.

Resolution 1, unanimously passed by the senate, strives to develop a comprehensive education program to maintain academic integrity on campus.

The new legislation was developed due to serious academic honesty violations that had recently been discovered on campus, according to a MUSG subcommittee’s final report for the legislation.

The same report said many Marquette faculty members believe the university should be more involved in upholding academic integrity among students.

“With our new president, it is important to prove to him that we are willing to uphold our academic integrity and even hold our faculty to a higher standard,” said Katie Simoncic, president pro-tempore for MUSG and a senior in the College of Communication.

To diminish academic

dishonesty, MUSG advocated for a more centralized system to punish violators of Marquette’s academic codes. The system would manage repeat offenders, provide educational programming for faculty and organize data for improving policy, according to the subcommittee’s recommendations.

The second piece of legislation, Recommendation 1, was also unanimously passed by the senate and focused on long-term enrollment.

Recommendation 1 compiled information regarding on-campus housing issues dating back to 2004, when, according to the Board of Trustees at Marquette, unexpected increases in enrollment resulted in overpopulation of the residence halls.

Allison Krushcke, a sophomore in the College of Communication and senator of Business and Administration said the committee believed problems regarding housing this year related to a lack of preparation. (Editor’s note: Krushcke is also a reporter for the Marquette Tribune.)

“Administration says admission is a fluid process that is constantly changing,” Krushcke said. “But changes are in conversation to ensure this problem does not continue.”

According to the recommendation, the university has an Enrollment Tactical Committee to oversee the enrollment process, although there is no system to target a uniform enrollment number.

Photo by Amanda Frank/amanda.frank@marquette.edu

The former Jim Hegarty’s Pub location could soon be a new green space near campus, depending on talks between MUSG and the University.

MUSG UPDATES –Following the primary matters, MUSG President Joey Ciccone said the first of three diversity round table discussions resulted in a low attendance rate. Ciccone said he hopes future discussions garner greater student attention.

–Vice president Trent Carlson said Linda Lee, currently associate vice president of student affairs, is transitioning to the role of student resource director, where she will aid students seeking advice on varied topics. He said this new position is one that MUSG has long advocated for.

–Krushcke said Mike Whittow, assistant to the vice president, and MUSG are discussing possible uses of the unused space formerly

occupied by Hegarty’s, located near the Al McGuire Center.

Possible solutions include transforming the lot into open green space.

–Simoncic said at an off-campus caucus, the MUSG subcommittee discussed promoting outreach concerning off-campus safety, but plans are still being discussed.

–Applications to apply to open MUSG positions are available beginning Nov. 1 and due Nov. 22.

–Sobelman’s is now accepting Marquette cash.

–Broken Yolk on Wells St. has begun construction and should be open by the spring.

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Tuesday, Oct. 25, President Obama an- undergraduates with demonstrated need nounced his plan to issue an executive or- receive financial aid, only 36 percent have der that changes the current income-based their financial need fully met. The majorrepayment plan for student loans. Student ity of students do receive financial aid, gift loan borrowers will now be able to cap their awards, self-help awards or a combination monthly payments at 10 percent of their dis- of those. But – alas – college is expensive. cretionary income, down from an original And optimizing our finances is confusing.

15 percent.

Because the awards can be so compliObama also announced the “Pay As You cated, we need to understand what we do Earn” plan qualify for. Many of us agree to to make such loan packages without realizing the benefits availToo many students are magnitude of our debt, or the deable to 1.6 mil- unaware of their exact financial cades it may take to pay it off. Just lion students as because we choose a career with a soon as 2012. situation or the magnitude of decent starting salary doesn’t mean The executive their loan status. we will be able to pay off our stuorder attempts dent loans within several years. to reduce fedThere are many more factors that eral loan amounts for students. play into financial security, and we should In light of this new attempt to fix the ever- be aware of what those are. present problem of overwhelming student We have university resources available to debt, we should all be considering our fi- help us sort through all of this financial aid nances. Too many students are unaware of and loan mess. Financial aid counselors are their exact financial situation or the magni- housed in Marquette Central and available tude of their loan status. to meet with students when the plethora of Many students are unexpectedly forced documents and worksheets found online to leave school for a year or semester to don’t seem to help. In addition, a program save money to cover tuition and living run by the Office of the Bursar is in the earexpenses. While we recognize for some ly planning stages and may be implemented students this is an unavoidable or optimal in residence by the university sometime in situation, for others such circumstances the future. can be rectified with a personal financial Financial aid counselors and dorm proeducation initiative. grams are great resources, but they can only According to the U.S. Department of help us so much. We must learn how to hanEducation, all living costs at Marquette (in- dle our money. And we can take this time to cluding tuition, room and board and other be financially responsible beyond loans and fees) total at $43,248. Additionally, the av- financial aid, whether that be with school erage financial aid package for full-time un- costs, rent, bank accounts or credit. dergraduates is $18,248, whereas the averWe already have great tools to help naive age need-based gift award (which does not students with finances, but we can always have to be repaid) is $11,619 and the aver- use more. If we are dedicated to moving age need-based self-help award (which does forward in understanding our finances, have to be repaid or earned, such the university as a loan or work-study) is $9,188. should also be So, what do these numbers to Financial aid counselors dedicated mean for us? The average student help. We suggest and dorm programs are great needs to cover more than $43,000 regular finanin costs. An average financial aid resources, but they can only help cial responsibilpackage brings that down to about us so much. ity workshops $25,000. If a student gets an avto help students erage “need-based gift award” as untangle their well, that amount goes down even further to personal finances, from loans to credit. $13,381. If a student pays for college themBeing more financially responsible in selves, they would need to apply for a need- our daily lives will only make it that much based loan, which averages at $5,367. easier to be more financially stable in the It’s confusing, but we don’t all qual- long run. ify for everything. While 97 percent of

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Rethinking our drinking norms culture in Wisconsin has been a punch line Marquette, the presence of booze is fortifor decades, and it only takes a few weeks fied thanks to where we live. We see adults drinking just as much as we are at basketof living here to get in on the joke.

But after reading the Milwaukee Journal ball games and at bars, and since we’re still Sentinel’s exposé on 35 Milwaukee cops young enough to look to our elders for auwith off-duty DUIs, that joke becomes far thority, we define their behavior as normal.

It may be normal here, but that doesn’t less humorous.

According to the Journal Sentinel’s two- make it OK. Last Saturday, this year investigation, the drunkconflict presented driving officers received punBridget Gamble itself to me when ishment, but barely: in most It wasn’t until I was in full I had a costume cases, they received 10-day When I chose Marquette almost four suspensions or were sen- costume and walking into the party to attend but years ago, I never thought I’d have to ad- tenced to fines that their in- party when I realized: I didn’t no taste whatsoever for booze. I had two just to a different culture. I’m from the surance companies covered. have to drink. choices: stay in and “This is an issue of concern Midwest, after all, accustomed to ugly winwatch Hocus Pocus everywhere,” said Milwaukee ters and even uglier accents. or suck it up and But there’s something significantly dif- Police Chief Edward Flynn ferent in the state of Wisconsin: the booz- in the article, “but when you couple that drink Keystone Lights.

It wasn’t until I was in full costume and issue with what is frankly acknowledged ing.

The two have had a long love affair, com- — too often humorously — with a culture walking into the party when I realized: I plicated by demands of the law. Wisconsin of drinking in Wisconsin, you have a recipe didn’t have to drink.

So I filled my cup with ice water and rootwas the last state to bump the drinking age for serious problems.”

The people who are supposed to be curb- ed myself on the dance floor, immune to the up to 21 in 1985, and this only happened because the federal government threatened ing Milwaukee’s drunken tendencies seem inevitable drunken drama unfolding around to take away highway funding. It’s also the to be plagued with the same vices, making me. In doing so, I avoided a few hundred only state that considers a first drunk driv- it no wonder why we’re engulfed in this calories, and the next morning, I woke up perfectly intact and able to recall every deing offense a traffic violation instead of a culture of reckless alcoholic behavior.

Most of us are under the tail from the party. crime.

It took an experience like that for me to impression that we will Beyond the law, graduate from Marquette realize just how heavy a presence alcohol Wisconsin has its own Wisconsin has its own untouched by that culture, has had in my life throughout the past three definition of drunk driving: a rite of pas- definition of drunk driving: a and, until then, we will re- years. I’d never gone to a party for the sole sage. Around 40,000 rite of passage. Around 40,000 main safe from the dangers purpose of getting drunk, but I’d also never Wisconsinites are Wisconsinites are charged with of drunk drivers, who are gone with the intention of drinking water.

Wisconsin’s love affair with beer is easy almost non-existent on our charged with DUIs campus. But that mindset is to make light of, but it affects our lifestyles each year, which is DUIs each year. more than we realize. When it comes to ala danger in itself. more than double the It’s difficult to distin- cohol in Milwaukee, examples of “normal” rate in other Midwestguish college culture from are few and far between, so our choices ern states like Iowa and Indiana. Wisconsin also has the most Wisconsin’s. A sloppy booze-fueled scene have to be based off our limits and, most fatal alcohol-related snowmobile accidents can easily be labeled “so college” or “so importantly, the law.

Wisconsin.” In college, alcohol is at the in the country. bridget.gamble@marquette.edu This is news to no one. The drinking heart of sporting events and parties, but at

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Group excited, hopeful for fundraiser’s sequel

By Erica Breunlin erica.breunlin@marquette.edu

Tim Flanigan, 61, has never been much of a Beatles fan.

But after he saw John Lennon perform on The Ed Sullivan Show, he had to have a guitar of his own.

Flanigan, a Waukesha native, then 13, found a job as a newspaper delivery boy and quit as soon as he had saved enough money to buy one. He learned the Beatles’ “I Saw Her Standing There” and, wearing a black velvet cardigan, practiced in front of a full-length mirror, trying to look like a fifth Beatle.

For Sarah Lauer, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, it was John Mayer who first inspired her to start strumming.

Lauer watched the musician play “Why Georgia” during a TV concert. She admired his confidence, and the way his fingers glided up the fret so effortlessly. She was 11.

Both Flanigan and Lauer will bring their guitar gusto to Reel Poverty Live, tonight at 8 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Union’s Brooks Lounge. The fundraiser, which benefits the Reel Poverty Film Festival next April, spotlights the musical enthusiasm and spoken word poetry of Marquette students and community members like Flanigan who want to vocalize and revolutionize homelessness in Milwaukee.

“What’s needed in Milwaukee is a revolution of the mind,” said

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Flanigan. “Homeless people are sort of invisible. You walk right by them. We need to personify them to give them personhood.”

In its second year, Reel Poverty Live seeks to do just that. “(Reel Poverty Live) is a fundraiser for a student advocacy initiative that pertains directly to our neighborhood and our community,” said Anne O’Meara, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences.

O’Meara serves as a cocoordinator of Midnight Run, a student service group organized through Campus Ministry that unites Marquette students to help Milwaukee’s homeless community, and is overseeing Reel Poverty.w “We’re always trying to foster that sense of community here in Milwaukee,” O’Meara said.

“We’re always trying to get students to feel a connection to Milwaukee as a whole and not just Marquette.”

Reel Poverty’s purpose is twofold. The grassroots organization works to raise awareness of hunger and homelessness in Milwaukee and to build community within the Marquette neighborhood.

“We want students to feel some sort of call to action with this event because it’s so authentic in those two ways, and because it’s such a simple example of what community means,” O’Meara said.

The Reel Poverty Film Festival runs every spring semester as part of Midnight Run’s Hunger

and Homelessness Awareness Week, which will conclude this spring with Hunger CleanUp on April 21, 2012. Through the lens of a video camera, student filmmakers document the stories of homeless residents in Milwaukee. These students — some highly experienced in video production and others using video equipment for the first time — capture both dayto-day struggles and anecdotes of success.

The festival, which will celebrate its fifth year this April, came to life through the passion and persistence of Marquette alum Mike Ziegler, who graduated from the College of Arts & Sciences with a major in peace studies in 2010. “(It’s all about using) art as a medium to share stories of our neighbors that would help us as Marquette students to be aware of injustices in our area – in our neighborhood – and to realize the human face behind those injustices,” Ziegler said.

He received a grant from mtvU – a division of MTV Networks available on university and college campuses – to cover the costs of the festival, such as renting the Annex and hiring someone to run the PA system.

The $1,000 grant, known as the Youth Venture Grant, is awarded to new student-run organizations or events and helps with start-up expenses.

But at the end of the fiscal year in 2009, when the Reel Poverty team could no longer use what grant money remained, Reel Poverty Live gave members a new outlet to reach out to students. Last year’s Reel Poverty Live fundraising event relied solely on donations

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collected in a plastic pumpkin trick-or-treat basket. This year, O’Meara and her team hope to raise more money with a $2 cover charge.

Flanigan himself advocates for Milwaukee’s homeless through his personal experience with homelessness.

Just before graduating from Purdue University in 1975 with a master’s in English, he developed a manic-depressive illness. Flanigan said he hallucinated, went mute for two weeks and was hospitalized.

His depressive episodes came in unpredictable and terrorizing cycles.

For several years, he managed his illness, marrying at age 33 and fathering two sons. But in 2007, after divorcing just three years prior, Flanigan’s depression overcame him and he ended up in the hospital once again.

Once released, he continued to struggle with his depression.

“I got a few jobs but couldn’t keep them, because I was so depressed and just wanted to sleep all the time,” Flanigan said.

That’s when he turned to the Milwaukee Rescue Mission – a homeless shelter on 19th and Wells Streets for 400 men, women and children – and two months later to the Guest House, a shelter several blocks north on 13th Street. Flanigan described the shelter as “a place of renewal” that can host approximately 80 homeless men.

The Guest House is the largest

publicly funded emergency shelter in Milwaukee and works to help the homeless achieve independence and housing.

Through its social service, counseling, health care and education programs, Flanigan was able to move into one of the Guest House’s contracted apartments within five months.

He still lives there today and is serving the homeless as resident manager of Autumn West, a transitional housing program in Milwaukee that has 25 units for formerly homeless people to live in as they arrange permanent housing.

During his time of renewal, Flanigan also turned to Marquette’s Noon Run program, a lunch program for the homeless and hungry started on the corner of Wisconsin and 19th Streets in conjunction with Campus Ministry’s Midnight Run. Over soup and sandwiches, he got to know students like Ziegler, who eagerly encouraged him to bring his guitar and show off his sounds once they found out he played. Shortly after, Ziegler began inviting Flanigan to Reel Poverty events on campus.

“Along the way, I connected with these Marquette students, and quite often it was over the subject of poverty,” Flanigan said.

At Reel Poverty’s second annual Film Festival in 2008, Flanigan made his first Marquette appearance with a borrowed guitar and a song written on the spot. When a poet scheduled to speak fell ill

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Courtesy of The Reel Poverty Team

The Reel Poverty Photo project asked subjects to rate their happiness on a scale of one to 10. They were then photographed with the number of balloons that corresponded to their happiness rating.

Courtesy of The Reel Poverty Team

Reel Poverty features a photo project depicting hunger and homelessness at each film festival. The spring 2011 project asked subjects what they would want if they had only one wish.

Courtesy of The Reel Poverty Team

The Reel Poverty planning team, who spearheads the photo projects, also captured a portrait shot of each subject this past spring and one of their hands, as shown here.

last minute, Ziegler approached Flanigan about filling in. That was at 7:45 p.m. By 8, Flanigan was on stage, wowing the crowd with a blues tune about his tribulations as a homeless man in Milwaukee.

“Tim kind of took over and went on the fly,” Ziegler said.

Today, Flanigan remains connected with several Marquette students, often sharing a meal or cup of coffee with them and discussing anything from philosophy to religion and music to art.

“They bring me fresh perspective from their classes and observations, and I bring them knowledge of music, books and art,” he said. “Lots of art, lots and lots of art.”

At tonight’s show, be prepared to sing right along with him.

“He played last year at the Real Poverty Film Fest, and he

had everyone clapping and singing along,” O’Meara said.

“It was fun.”

The self-taught musician, who can barely read music and plays primarily by ear, writes his own songs but mainly covers artists who continue to influence and inspire him –Elvis Costello, Jeff Buckley, Steve Earle, Ben Folds and Bob Dylan.

Lauer, another play-by-ear performer and Bob Dylan fan, prefers softer sounds. She often covers the Weepies, Sara Bareilles, Nora Jones and Ray Lamontagne. And for Lauer, who volunteers with Midnight Run, combating homelessness starts with simply listening.

“You sit down and have a conversation with another human, and it’s the healthiest thing,” she said. “You realize things are a little bigger than

just you.”

It continues with the same kind of persistence that drove Ziegler to pursue Reel Poverty and as Flanigan said, simple respect for people.

“Jesus said there would always be the poor among us,” Flanigan said. “I would just like to make it so that the poor are not among me.”

Or, as his childhood inspiration John Lennon might put it, “Imagine all the people sharing all the world…You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will live as one.”

Illustration by Katherine Lau/katherine.lau@marquette.edu

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MU’s home unbeaten steak ends at 19 Notre Dame exacts revenges after 3-2 defeat on Sept. 25

By Michael LoCicero michael.locicero@marquette.edu

Things were sailing smoothly for the Marquette women’s soccer team, having won 19 straight games at home. And suddenly, they weren’t.

Notre Dame (10-6-3) upset Marquette (17-3-0) with a 1-0 victory in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament Sunday, exacting revenge for a 3-2 overtime loss on Sept. 25.

The script for this game was flipped from the last time the two teams met. This time it was Notre Dame’s All-American Melissa Henderson who scored an early goal, and it was the Golden Eagles who had to play from behind.

A steady rain fell for the majority of the game, making it even more difficult for Marquette to mount a comeback.

“The unfortunate thing about it is that I don’t think we played a complete game,” coach Markus Roeders said. “In the first half especially I thought we were pretty uncharacteristic, and it’s a disappointing result.”

The loss puts the Golden Eagles in limbo until Nov. 7, when they learn their fate of where and when they will play in the NCAA Tournament. Until then, according to senior goalkeeper Natalie Kulla, the team will have to focus on improving and learning from the loss.

“We just have to make every practice worth our while and

Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Senior goalkeeper Natalie Kulla was unable to record the 43rd shutout of her career and remains two behind the all-time Division I record.

need to get back to what we’re good at and focus on our possessions and our work ethic,” Kulla said. “We’re just a little disappointed in ourselves and didn’t play the game we intended to or that we had in our minds.”

A better showing in the Big East tournament could have locked up a No. 1 seed for Marquette in the NCAA Tournament, meaning a chance to host every game until the College Cup Final Four, but those thoughts have to be tempered for now.

Still, there remains a glim-

mer of hope for the Golden Eagles. Another team also experienced a loss in its first postseason game last season and still went on to win the national championship: the 2010 Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

“They (Notre Dame) lost in the quarterfinals (of the Big East tournament) last year and ended up winning the whole thing, so it hurts now, but it’s not over,” senior forward Lindsey Page said. “We just can’t lose any more games. This is it.”

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quette will not play in the semifinal round of the Big East Championship tournament for the first time in four years. But that may be a good thing. The semifinals and championship matches will be held at West Virginia’s Dick Dlesk Stadium, which has become a house of horrors for the Golden Eagles over the years.

Marquette has never won on West Virginia’s home turf, and though it wouldn’t have had to worry about playing the Mountaineers until the championship match, perhaps a break

will be a good way for the team to regroup and relax.

“Right now, I think the team is disappointed and a little ticked off, knowing they didn’t play the way they can and the way they should,” Roeders said. “We have to live with it for a week, week and a half, but we’ve shown that we’re resilient enough when every time we’ve had a setback (this year), we’ve been able to rebound. So hopefully we’ll be able to do that again.”

Women’s VoLLEyball

Bennett gets his redemption Carlson helped ease loss of seniors Andrei Greska “I can be wrong. I am allowed that luxury.”

With those words, former columnist Nick Bullock and my former editor, launched a 610 word tirade in a column on Nov. 6, 2008 against men’s soccer coach Louis Bennett, culminating in a request for his head.

Well boss, you were wrong.

Not just somewhat wrong. Your shot was so wide of the goal it forced the poor canoe ball boy to brave the chilly temps to retrieve it.

It’s understandable as to why you may have been frustrated with the whole program three years ago. After all, the team had just finished another moldy season (1-8-2 Big East).

At that point, Bennett’s squads had only won six games in three years. Not conference games, I mean six overall games. There’s no way to sugarcoat the toxic fumes emanating from Valley Fields. Bennett’s squad stunk.

With that as his backdrop, Bullock contacted some former

players who were willing to stab their coach in the back. Some did it anonymously, with quotes like this: “Let’s say this happened to the basketball team, you think the coach would be here three years?”

Some were more courageous in their double-crossing. They didn’t hide behind a cloak of anonymity and came right out with what they thought of Bennett.

“Well, in the professional world of soccer, any coach who

For Marquette to have any hope of even sniffing a shot at the title, it would take a divine miracle and some extra special Tebowing. But no one told the players. averages two wins per season isn’t coaching anymore,” former player Duncan Silvert-Noftle said.

Patience was waning with a coach who had brought rival Wisconsin-Milwaukee unprecedented levels of success, with five Horizon League championships in 11 years before coming to lead the blue and gold.

Bennett’s defense was always that it took time to build a winning culture with the Panthers, and that it would take time to do the same with the Golden Eagles.

Luckily for Marquette, there

was enough belief in the coach to grant him that time. Now it reaps the rewards of a Big East Blue Division title.

With the 1-0 victory over a feisty Pittsburgh squad, the men’s soccer team won its first Big East division championship and only its third conference title ever.

To say this was a long shot is a gross understatement.

The team was 2-4-1 heading into Big East play. Three of its division opponents were ranked in the NSCAA top 25 at the time, with Connecticut taking the No. 1 ranking in the country for some time.

For Marquette to have any hope of even sniffing a shot at the title, it would take a divine miracle and some extra special Tebowing. But no one told the players.

No one told them they were too ugly to merit an invitation. No one told them they didn’t have the pedigree to hang with the big boys. No one told them they weren’t supposed to crash the party.

Here they are now. Big East champions.

A large portion of that credit has to go to Bennett and his coaching staff, including associate head coach Stan Anderson and assistant coach Steve Bode.

They recruited all of the players See Redemption page 13

Junior middle hitter is the Big East leader in hitting percentage

By Mark Strotman mark.strotman@marquette.edu

Junior middle hitter Danielle Carlson has always dealt with decision-making in her athletics.

After a highly successful high school career, where she was a three-time all-state player in basketball and a four-year letter winner on the varsity volleyball team, Carlson made the decision to pursue her true passion, volleyball, despite her better game on the hardwood.

As colleges began to look at her, Carlson admitted she had never heard of Marquette, the first team to contact her.

“I really didn’t look into it at first,” Carlson said of Marquette.

“But then I came here, and everything seemed to fit perfectly.

I’m an only child, and Marquette was a small, close-knit community, and I thought that would work for me.”

Carlson saw limited action her freshman season, admitting it took her until the end of the season to realize her role on

the team. That self-realization led to her starting five of the team’s final eight contests and gave her momentum entering her sophomore season.

Shymansky pointed to one match in particular, a contest against No. 3 Stanford last season, as the turning point for Carlson as a player. She finished with just five kills and five errors, but Shymansky said Carlson made a decision to fully commit to the improvement of her game.

“What I saw in her after she got over the initial disappointment was a lot of internal drive,” Shymansky said. “She would come in and talk with us as a staff, and she would get extra reps before or after practice. I really saw a difference in her demeanor and her drive after that match, and she was a go-to player for us.”

That transformation helped Carlson finish fourth on the team in kills in 2010 and, following the graduation of setter Nikki Klingsporn and middle hitter Rabbecka Gonyo, earned her a co-captain title along with senior outside hitter Ciara Jones.

“Her personality and character are so strong,” Shymansky said. “She is a great teammate See Ease, page 16

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Tribune 13 TRIBUNE Game of the Week

Men’s Soccer Big East Championship Quarterfinal

Sunday 6

1:05 p.m. - Valley Fields

Goals per game..................1.5 Corner Kicks.....................107 Assists.................................26 Men’s Soccer Big East Quarterfinal - 1:05 p.m.

Women’s Basketball vs.

Carthage - 7 p.m.

Tues.

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Men’s Golf SCVB Pacific Invitational

Sun.

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Men’s Golf SCVB Pacific Invitation

6 Women’s Volleyball at Louisville - 1 p.m.

Fri.

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Notre Dame - 6 p.m.

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Men’s Basketball vs.

Mount St. Mary’s - 8 p.m.

the facts The Marquette men’s soccer team continues its historic season Saturday in the quarterfinals of the Big East Championship tournament. The Golden Eagles finished the season in first place of the Blue Division and earn the opportunity to host their first ever Big East Championship home game. The opponent will not be determined until the seedings are finalized but Marquette will play either Providence, Georgetown or Louisville. Marquette won at Providence 3-0 and lost to Georgetown 3-2 at home. Marquette did not play Louisville in the regular season.

cross-country

Both teams improve upon 2010 performances

Men finish seventh, ties program’s best finish at Big East

By A.W. Herndon astead.herndon@marquette.edu

Both Marquette cross-country teams used their knowledge of Louisville’s E.P. “Tom” Sawyer course and extra team motivation to reach a seventh place finish for the men and ninth place finish for the women at the Big East Cross Country Championships Saturday.

The seventh place finish out of 14 teams tied a program record for the men while the ninth place finish out of 16 teams is a step up from the women’s 10th place ending last season. Yet both teams were most excited about having each runner perform to his or her maximum ability, which was everyone’s No. 1 goal.

“Our coach told us that he wanted us to do the best we’ve

ever done in the Big East competition,” redshirt sophomore Jack Senefeld said. “And we had the fastest top-five in Marquette history, with everyone (on the men’s team) coming in under 25 minutes.”

Senefeld, who finished 40th overall (24:38.6), was one of the first three Golden Eagles across the finish line – all three of whom set personal records.

The men were led by senior Blake Johnson’s 33rd place finish (24:28.6), while Senefeld and redshirt junior Jack Hackett’s 42nd place finish (24:40.9) set personal records in an eight-kilometer race.

Freshman Elisia Meyle led the women in 55th place (22:01.3).

Redshirt juniors Courtney Kelly (22:22.4, 64th place) and Carly Windt (22:23.8, 66th place) also followed suit with personal records.

“Going into the meets, both physically and mentally, we were riding high,” coach Mike Nelson said. “We were ready to compete hard … I was happy with how both teams ran.”

Senefeld said that the Golden Eagles’ experience on the course helped them perform their best.

“Everything was familiar to us when we were practicing,” Senefeld said. “We knew every part of that course and that was mentally assuring. You knew the

“Going into the meets, both physically and mentally, we were riding high.We were ready to compete hard ... I was happy with how both teams ran..”

Mike Nelson Marquette cross-country coach

pain you were going to feel, and where you would feel it. You could ignore the terrain and focus on the competition.”

The competition featured some of the nation’s premier talent. The Villanova’s women’s team, a two-time defending national champion, took home the top conference prize again this year, along with the Villanova men.

Senefeld used the strong

talent pool as motivation.

“The field went out fast as a whole, but it was good for us to duke it out with the top teams,” he said. “We wanted to work together throughout the race. Everyone wanted to push each other.”

Senefeld added that the men motivate each other with slight taps on the hip, a tradition started by Johnson and him last season.

The women took a more literal approach to encouragement.

Meyle said each member was assigned to write an encouraging letter to another runner on the team.

“My note really motivated me throughout the week,” she said.

“I didn’t have personal expectations for myself, I wanted to get a better time than in my last 6k.”

Letter or not, Nelson knew the type of performance Meyle would give.

“Elisia is a tough competitor, whether she was going to be number one or not I didn’t know,” Nelson said. “I knew that she would compete tough,

and lay it all on the line. She ran a great time.”

The women’s team, which had previously stated that its goal was to finish in the top half, remains excited about its opportunities to continue improving this season. Nelson believes that the entire team is peaking at the right time.

“I feel that our women are on an upswing,” Nelson said. “And they’ll run their best race at the regional.”

According to Meyle, the team is gelling correctly and looks forward to the future.

“We knew we weren’t going to beat (the conference powerhouses),” Meyle said. “We did our best, and ran our race. Our team was looking to pass Cincinnati and Louisville, who we beat.”

Senefeld attributed both teams’ success to their strong mental toughness. Yet he made it clear that there was still more work to be done.

“At this point in time in the season it’s no excuses, no explanations,” Senefeld said. “It’s the championship season.”

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Redemption: Bennett just needed a little more time that make up this title-winning team. They played around with formations while injuries decimated the roster, filling in cracks with the ball boys if they had to.

Most importantly, they instilled a sense of belief in the locker room that this team could beat anyone on any given day.

It’s like something out of a movie. They were picked to finish sixth in their eight-team division.

Here they are now. Big East champions.

As Marquette celebrated on the field after Saturday’s game, you could see the passion Bennett had for this squad and how immense of an accomplishment they had undertaken.

Bennett stood in front of his team, clutching the Big East Championship trophy, singing about his love for Marquette to the tune of “You Are My Sunshine.”

“You are my Marquette, my only Marquette. You make me happy, when skies are gray. You’ll never notice, how much I love you. Please don’t take my Marquette away.”

You have nothing to worry about coach. No one, not Bullock, Silvert-Noftle, nor any disgruntled fan, can take it away from you.

Here you are now. Big East champions. andrei.greska@marquette.edu

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Men’s Golf

Big numbers sink MU after day one

Only one golfer not above par after the first round of play

By Trey Killian robert.killian@marquette.edu

The Marquette men’s golf team is off to a slow start in its final tournament of the season, the SVCB Pacific Invitational.

The Golden Eagles currently sit in 12th place in the field of 12 teams with an overall score of 296 (12-over par), seven shots off of the next highest spot and 18 shots off the lead.

Coach Steve Bailey said his team had simply put up too many big numbers in the first round of play and failed to take advantage of the layout of the course.

“We had a couple triples, a quad and a couple bogeys,” Bailey said. “This is a golf course where you can make a lot of birdies, especially on the parfives, and we didn’t take advantage of the par-5 today and dug

a pretty big hole for ourselves.”

Bailey said his team once again showed some good signs, but for every bright moment, there was an equal or greater set back that derailed the round for his team. “(Sophomore) Michael (Motz) played a decent round and shot even par (Monday) and (sophomore) Corey (Konieczki) had a 3-under (par) at one point, but then had a nine on a par-4,” Bailey said. “(Freshman) CJ (Swift) was one under at one point and had a triple bogey on hole number 16, and then (senior) Matt (Haase) had a triple bogey and two double bogeys.”

Behind Motz’s even-par 71 and Swift’s 74 (3-over par) the scores tapered off for Marquette.

Haase and Konieczki finished a combined 9-over par and freshman Will Joiner rounded out the team at 10-over par.

Motz said despite leading the team, his struggles on the green kept him from finishing under par.

“I just really didn’t make many putts. I think I made one outside

of five feet for the whole day,” Motz said. “I don’t know if we didn’t play smart or if it was just poor execution, but we had too many big numbers.”

Swift also said he didn’t make the birdie putts he needed to and devoted extra time to his short game in yesterday’s practice session.

“Coach (Bailey) told us to assess our own games after the first

“This is a golf course where you can make a lot of birdies, especially on the par-fives, and we didn’t take advantage of the par-5 today and dug a pretty big hole for ourselves. “ Steve Bailey Marquette golf coach

round, and go from there,” Swift said. “I saw some guys who had trouble hitting off the tee using some different drivers, and some guys who struggled with their short game taking some chip shots and shots from the bunker. I spent three quarters of an hour just putting and trying to

get a feel for the greens.”

Swift, now playing in his fourth tournament, said he no longer considers himself a freshman and considers everybody on the team experienced enough to win. With that excuse no longer present he said that finishing the tournament strong is the team’s top priority.

“We’re a team now,” Swift said. “We’re all experienced and we all just need to play aggressively from here on out.”

Bailey said the Golden Eagles still want to make something of their last fall tournament and to do that, Marquette would need to play better on the back nine and take advantage of the course.

“Obviously you always want to have some motivation going into the winter, and you want to end on a high note,” Bailey said.

“Our guys showed good signs (Monday), but when it comes down to it you have to close the deal. And I think if we can do that out here (Tuesday), we can really make a move.”

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Senior Matt Haase shot a 4-over par 75 in round one on Monday.

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Big East Champs: First division title into the quarterfinals of the Big East Championship tournament.

There, Marquette will face one of three teams Saturday. Georgetown (10-4-4, 5-3-1 Big East) or Providence (10-6-1, 5-3-1 Big East) will finish as the No. 5 seed in the Big East Blue Division (there are still regular season games to be played). Whoever is the No. 5 seed will play at Louisville (10-5-2, 3-4-2 Big East), Wednesday. The winner of Louisville against the No. 5 seed will play Marquette Saturday.

In 2006, Bennett’s first year at Marquette, the Golden Eagles did not win any games. Each season since then Marquette’s win total has increased: one in 2007, two in 2008, three in 2009, seven in 2010 and nine in 2011.

“This is for the players. This is for the players that have been through this and worked really hard,” Bennett said. “But it’s also for the administration. They took a lot of flack in the first two or three years about what we were doing and how we were doing it.

And the media was killing us. But the fact that they had faith that we would put a program together

that had the capabilities of doing some special things (was huge).

“They didn’t doubt what we were doing because they knew what we were doing underneath the surface. It’s a bit like an iceberg. You’ve got to put a lot of work in underneath before you do on the top.”

Senior defender Michael Alfano said the conference title is extra special for the senior class, which went through those struggles with Bennett.

“We’ve been here since the beginning when we could barely get a win if we got lucky,” Alfano said. “I’m so proud of the guys and it’s awesome to see all the guys who have been through the struggles who’ve been there and put in the work year-in-and-yearout and finally it pays off.”

But the burden of a struggling program came down on Bennett in particular.

“I blame no malice on the people that were naysayers. I really don’t. They didn’t know any better,” Bennett said. “Just because I did it in another place doesn’t mean I can do it here in one of the best leagues in the country.”

Bennett has always had faith in his methods, but the conference title confirms he’s done things the right way at Marquette.

“When you win a championship, it gives you validity to what you’re doing. You can tell people as many times as you like but until they actually experience something like this I don’t know if it really sinks in,” Bennett said.

For Alfano, it meant everything to see the smiles across the faces of Bennett, associate head coach Stan Anderson and assistant coach Steve Bode after the victory.

“They’ve gone to battle for us, bent over backwards for us, had sleepless nights. They’ve put in more hours than anyone could even imagine,” Alfano said. “For them to have it finally pay off it was only a matter of time, and I’m so happy for them.”

Mallace said it’s important the team know this is only the beginning.

“It’s fun, we’re going to celebrate this one, then get done with it and move on. We’ve got some work to do because we’re not done yet,” Mallace said.

Oct.30, 2006 With all the success of the soccer programs right now at Marquette, it seems women’s volleyball is getting lost in the shuffle.

Well here at “This Week in Marquette Sports History,” we like to spread the wealth around.

Five years ago, before the era of coach Bond Shymansky commenced, senior outside hitter Jamie Mueller was named to the Big East Honor Roll. That in itself isn’t historic, but it stands as

a culmination of a season-long assault on the record books.

Mueller had previously set the single-match program record with 41 digs against Pacific, then followed that up with a jaw-dropping 38-kill performance against Villanova, another single-match record.

Mueller’s addition to the Big East Honor Roll for her recordshattering feats marked the third time a Marquette player was honored in the 2006 season. erik.schmidt@marquette.edu

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Ease: Carlson meshes well with her co-captain Jones and great friend to people but is also very level-headed and has a strong set of values that she is going to encourage her teammates to do what’s right, rather than just placate them or make them feel like it’s OK to do whatever they want.”

Carlson has acted as a complement to Jones, being the calming voice behind Jones’ fiery competitiveness. After a tough start to their co-captainship, Jones said the two learned quickly to use each other as one balanced voice for the team.

“We started seeing what we needed to feed off each other,” Jones said. “And in some areas she knows better than I do, and in others I know better. And so with experience we equally come in together knowing what to do.”

Along with the co-captainship came a position change

from right side to middle hitter, something Carlson was hesitant about at first.

Shymansky slid Carlson into Gonyo’s middle hitter position, in large part because of her skill set and her previous experience playing there in high school.

After a successful spring season of testing out the position, Carlson has dominated in 2011.

She leads the Big East in hit percentage (.390) and has been equally as good defensively, racking up 80 total blocks.

Carlson’s decision-making both on and off the court have made her one of the team’s goto players, which is something she is sure to use as she leads the Golden Eagles to a potential Big East championship.

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Coach Louis Bennett (center) earned his sixth regular season conference championship title on Saturday night.

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Junior middle hitter Danielle Carlson’s work ethic during her freshman year earnd her a starting position in five of the last eight games of the season.