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Female engineers College brings in largest group of women in history

Professor analyzes patient discharges Trial finds ways to prepare people to leave hospital stay

By Annie Mattea

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With 367 women enrolled, Marquette University now has the largest group of female engineering students in its history, Julie Murphy, director for enrollment management for the College of Engineering, said.

Women represent 28.18 percent of the 369 first-year students in the College of Engineering, Murphy said, with 104 women enrolled in engineering for the 2018-’19 school year.

“More than ever, our world needs smart, ethical and talented engineers from all backgrounds,” Murphy said. “Women and all people from backgrounds underrepresented in engineering can contribute to positive change for people, societies and businesses by thinking of new engineering solutions to problems – and also to identify different prob-

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Kamila Turczewski is one of the 367 women enrolled in the college.

lems that would benefit from engineering solutions.”

To celebrate this milestone, the College of Engineering hosted WE are MU Night Jan. 31. It invited first-year and upperclassmen female engineers to attend. Murphy said the focus was to celebrate the success the College of Engineering

has had in encouraging women to pursue engineering at Marquette.

“There are a lot of reasons why Marquette is a great place, including that we have strong women engineers as role models and several student organizations that support See FEMALE page 3

The “Readiness Evaluation and Discharge Interventions” study, led by principal investigator and professor in the Marquette College of Nursing, Marianne Weiss, was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Network Open Jan. 25.

The randomized clinical trial analyzed efficient ways for nurses to better prepare their patients for discharge and reduce future readmission rates, Weiss said.

About 10 to 20 percent of patients who leave the hospital don’t feel like they’re ready to go home yet, Weiss said.

These patients have trouble managing at home, they don’t feel comfortable, they’re nervous and they sometimes return to the emergency room or are readmitted to the

hospital, she said.

“Our goal was to try to intervene while they were in the hospital to make that transition to home better, so that they wouldn’t need to come back to the hospital,” Weiss said.

Weiss said her and her large team of nurse and economic researchers began the three-year project at the end of 2014. They collected data for 17 months and took the remainder of the time to compile the results.

Before beginning their research, Weiss and her team collaborated and submitted the project for funding to the American Nurse Credentialing Center, a part of the American Nurses Association. After review, the study was selected for funding, and the ANCC as a Magnet Hospital for its exemplary nursing care were invited to participate in the project, Weiss said.

In total, her research team of engaged with 33 hospitals, trained more than 1,500 nurses in study procedures and collected data from more than 200,000 patients, she said.

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Mission Week encourages community reflection Campus decorated with butterflies to represent theme

By Molly Glowacki

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Mission Week 2019 challenged Marquette students, staff and the Milwaukee community to open themselves up in new ways through the week’s opportunities, such as listening to speakers and spending time to reflect and pray.

The week started Feb. 4 and ended Feb. 10, with the

following theme: Open to your life’s purpose.

The theme drew upon the anecdote of St. Ignatius sitting by the river experiencing an opening of his heart, his mind and his soul. With this new perspective, St. Ignatius understood his life’s purpose: to live God’s will, according to the Marquette Mission Week website.

This year’s Mission Week symbol was butterflies, which could be seen around campus.

Brigid Alba, coordinator for mission programs at the Office of Mission and Ministry, said the butterflies are a symbol for

needing to have quiet and space before opening up into something wonderful.

One of the sponsors for Mission Week was the Office of Mission and Ministry, which promotes the Ignatian practices of experience, reflection, discernment and action, according to its website.

Alba said Mission Week provided many events to reach out to students, faculty and staff throughout the week, and she said she believed in the opportunity to have an open, reflective

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PATIENT: Study aims to reduce readmissions Continued from page 1 “We developed a protocol that nurses would use with patients going home to assess whether patients felt ready to go home, and whether the nurse felt that the patient was ready to go home on the day of discharge,” Weiss said.

Readiness to return home was measured with an eight-item questionnaire with four major categories: personal status, knowledge, perceived coping ability and expected support.

These categories were designed to make sure patients are both physically and emotionally ready to leave the hospital, Weiss said.

“Think about a mother going home from the hospital. The mother doesn’t just go home to take care of herself. She goes home to take care of her family, too,” Weiss said. “We ask questions like, can she manage the demands? Does she have enough support to help at home if there’s a problem?”

One nursing unit in each of the 33 hospitals was trained in this procedure, said Weiss.

Of the 200,000 patients in the database, half of them received the protocol and the other half did not.

A team of statisticians took the data and were able to compare the outcomes for patients who had received the protocol and patients who had not received the protocol, Weiss said.

Patients who didn’t receive the protocol were assessed by the nurses’ knowledge of the patients’ conditions and readiness for discharge, Weiss said.

According to the study, readmission rates were reduced by up to 1.79 percentage points when nurses conducted the questionnaire and asked for direct input from the patient.

“The big takeaway is that in hospital units where the readmission rate tends to be high, protocol did help reduce readmissions,” Weiss said.

She said the protocol did not significantly help in units that tended to

have low readmission rates because it’s hard to lower already low readmission rates.

Weiss said that in a study this big, there are many findings and even more to come as the research team continues to analyze data.

Ultimately, this study is important for two reasons, she said.

“One, it documents the contribution that nurses individually make to patient outcomes even after they go home from the hospital,” Weiss said. “We’re not just worried about patients getting out the door of a hospital. We don’t just wave goodbye, we’re concerned about what happens to them after they go home, so measuring those outcomes after they go home is important.”

Weiss said although health care professionals work in teams, she hopes this study highlights one way nurses directly contribute to patient outcomes.

“I think the second (important) thing (about this study) is (encouraging) patient engagement in conversations about decisions in planning their health care,” Weiss said.

Weiss said the second important thing about the study is the patient’s decision in planning and going home.

Weiss said this initiative follows the national agenda for health care.

“There is a huge national agenda for patients right now that focuses on patient engagement in their own health care,” Weiss said. “These findings really support the notion that it’s important that we don’t just do tasks with patients but that we really engage them in the conversation about what will make them as an individual feel more ready to go home.”

The READI study is now just one of the many things that sets the College of Nursing apart from other programs in the nation, Grace Hegemann, a senior in the College of Nursing, said.

The college’s mission statement also sets it apart, she added.

“Marquette is one of the few colleges in the country that focuses on social justice in their mission,” Hegemann said.

She said that Marquette’s College of Nursing emphasizes care for the individual patient and teaches a more well rounded approach than other universities.

“In nursing school, I have not just learned about physiology and pharmacology, but about the idea of ‘cura personalis,’ which is caring for more than just the physical disease by caring for the entire person’s spiritual care,” Hegemann said.

“I think it’s really cool that our professors do so much research and are still really engaged in trying to better practice,” Hegeman said. “They’re not just teaching us basic nursing skills, but they’re actually able to contribute to studies and help potentially change the future of healthcare through their research. I think that’s incredible.”

Kylie Champion, a freshman in the College of Nursing, said she came to Marquette specifically for the nursing program.

“I chose Marquette and nursing because I’ve always wanted to do something that helps other people and make an impact on someone’s life,” Champion said. “I feel like the nursing program here strives for that and talks about actually making that connection with the patient, and I didn’t realize how important that was, but it really is. Obviously the study proves that.”

Even in her first-year nursing classes, Champion said she is learning the importance of interacting with patients.

“It’s so important to treat patients with kindness and love because they’re going through a really hard time,” Champion said. “I love that Marquette cares about that and teaches us that we need to put that into our nursing practice because I don’t think that many other nursing universities do that.”

Hegemann said that after reading

the study, she hopes more hospitals utilize discharge protocol that engages patients in their recovery.

“A big part of a nurse’s job is taking care of their patient in the hospital, but also giving them the tools that they need to take care of themselves at home, whether that’s pamphlets or patient teaching, or having them ask questions and engage in discussions,” Hegemann said. “This study is really important in determining patient success because if patients don’t understand how to care for themselves, the higher chance that something’s going to happen and they will be readmitted.”

Weiss said many of the hospitals involved in the study have already changed their protocol to engage patients in more conversation. “(This study) has a fundamental effect on what people do and the hospitals tell us that,” Weiss said.”

Hospitals that did this study did these protocols for over a year. It became the way they do discharge, so many of them have continued on to do that.”

Weiss said in its entirety, the READI study is the epitome of what Marquette is: to care for the individual patient.

“This really focuses on the individuality of the patient’s needs by talking with the individual patient and not just assuming going home means exactly the same things because they don’t,” Weiss said.

“Individual situations at home are very different, and it’s their context that makes a difference about how they handle their disease condition once they’ve left the hospital and if they need to come back for additional services.”

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Grace Hegemann said READI sets Marquette’s nursing program apart.

WEEK: Focus on finding purpose, praying Continued from page 1 space during Mission Week.

“So many times, I fall into the trap of being ultra-busy, always on your phone, always something going on and not paying attention to what’s around you, and that’s when you miss things,” Alba said. “What’s amazing about this week is instead of trying to load more in … we try to simplify it.”

Michael Dante, the director of the Faber Center for Ignatian Spirituality, said Mission Week helped students and

staff reflect deeply on their lived experiences.

“I hope (students and staff) would pause and think what are some of the things that their own spirituality has offered,” Dante said.

During Mission Week, the Faber Center presented “Catching Fire: Men of Faith Breakfast” with University President Michael Lovell as the speaker, as well as “Ladies’ Lunch and Reflection” with Amy Lovell.

Dante said the events focused on faith in the “ordinariness of life.” He said it is interpre-

tative of what faith means to an individual.

The Center for Peacemaking participated in Mission Week as an opportunity to discuss and reflect on peace.

The center presented events including the Dialogue Dinner on Inner and Outer Peace and “Aim High: Exploring the Intersection of Spirituality.” The center also hosted “Social Change,” a talk from Chaplain Rabia Terri Harris, the center’s 2019 Peacemaker in Residence.

Parisa Shirazi, the program associate for the Center for

Peacemaking, said there are plenty of opportunities for students to participate during Mission Week.

“Mission Week created an inclusive space for sharing ideas and active listening,” Shirazi said.

Shirazi said she was impressed by the number of students, staff and Milwaukee community members that attended the events throughout the week and the diversity of those attending.

Mission Week also included noon Masses at St. Joan of Arc Chapel and times to pray the

rosary. Campus Ministry set up a labyrinth for contemplation and prayer in the Alumni Memorial Union, and other speakers presented on current issues in society and their ideas for change.

“This week is about challenging and trying to be open to new things and (to) say yes when you would otherwise say no,” Alba said.

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FEMALE: College hosts celebration Continued from page 1 women engineers,” Murphy said.

Marquette’s engineering program has increased its amount of female engineers since 1961. At that time, there were only three first-year women out of 262 total first-year engineering students, making up 1.15 percent, Murphy said.

Murphy attributes the rise in Marquette’s female engineers to the college’s dean, Kris Ropella.

“Dr. Ropella is an outspoken advocate and supporter of students from all underrepresented backgrounds being welcomed into and included in all ways in engineering,” Murphy said. “She has made it a priority to recruit and support students from underrepresented backgrounds, and she has done this by encouraging all of the faculty, staff and students in the college and many across Marquette to join her in this vision and do what they can to help.”

Kelly Colmone, a freshman in the College of Engineering, said she has had a positive experience with engineering at Marquette.

“I love the sense of community that is felt in the engineering department, and I feel like that is largely due to the fact that it is becoming much more even in the male to female ratio,” Colmone said.

Despite more women in the college, Kamila Turczewski, a freshman in the College of Engineering, said she has faced discriminatory comments.

“With (male) students, they can be kind of judgemental and can think twice about our abilities of us being able to do the same work as them or even do better work,” Turczewski said. “I think the best thing to do is continue to be ourselves and doing our hard work.

We can’t let it tear us down. We are strong people, as we are women.”

Colmone said that although

some people think women engineers are at a disadvantage, she doesn’t agree.

“I have found that many

companies or schools like to have a more even mix and diversity of men and women, so they tend to hire women engineers, especially

if they are just as capable as the main candidates,” Colmone said.

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Series aims to break barriers Ambassadors host panel on Europe Unlearning Racism program to cover foreign policy internalized bias

By Joesph Beaird

joseph.beaird@marquette.edu

Unlearning Racism, a five-part series at Marquette intended to break down racial barriers and biases, began Feb. 5 and will continue through the beginning of March.

It is led by Martha Barry, racial justice director of the Young Women’s Christian Association of southeast Wisconsin. YWCA is an organization that stands up for social and racial justice, helps families and strengthens communities, according to its website.

Jacki Black, associate director for Hispanic initiatives, said the program covers various issues of race and racism such as implicit bias, which consists of subconscious attitudes and stereotypes against certain groups. The program also covers the implications of historical and systemic racism as well as the meaning of whiteness and internalized racism.

“We really hope that participants in the program will become better equipped to build stronger relationships across racial differences and help foster a more inclusive campus environment for all of our diverse stakeholders,” Black said.

William Welburn, vice president for inclusive excellence, said Marquette first came in contact with Barry from faculty who attended the Unlearning Racism series held at the YWCA. “Dr. Barry has a strong understanding of how we carry out our social justice mission,” Welburn said.

“She came to campus late last spring

to meet with a group of white students who had expressed deep concerns about racism on campus and wanted to have the tools to address those issues.”

Black said she felt lucky to have Barry facilitating the workshop and to have her depth of knowledge in this field.

“The full program is a 40-hour endeavor (at the YWCA), but Dr. Barry was able to distill the central concepts into 16 hours for the University Leadership Council and a 10hour series for the faculty, staff and student cohorts,” Black said.

According to the university’s online calendar, there will be a total of five sessions open for students and faculty to attend. The dates the series will take place are Feb. 5, Feb. 12, Feb. 19, Feb. 26 and March 5. Faculty sessions are from 1:303:30 p.m. and student sessions are from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Union.

The calendar said the two-hour sessions will allow time “for review of content in the form of video clips and exercises as well as listening pairs and small and large group discussions.”

Xavier Cole, vice president for student affairs, said Marquette has a responsibility as an anchor institution of Milwaukee to be part of influencing these conversations.

“People look to us as a resource,” Cole said. “An educational institution is a place where these sorts of conversations should happen.”

Alan Chavoya, a graduate assistant in the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, said the series is a step in the right direction toward confronting racism.

“Pretending racism no longer exists, that this society has moved beyond racism, and that racism will

somehow magically disappear if we simply cease bringing it up are all erroneous responses to racism,” Chavoya said.

Black said there is a hunger for workshops like these, but also a need for it.

“Racial microaggressions are commonplace on our campus, not because our employees and students are generally mean-spirited, but sometimes the microaggressive behaviors or comments fall outside the consciousness of the perpetrator,” Black said. “Sometimes, perpetrators may not even be aware that what they said or did was offensive.”

Cole said the university needs to be educated about these issues because of changing demographics.

“We need to recruit more brown and black people in Marquette because that’s who our students are becoming more and more every day,” Cole said. “We need to be more than prepared, but welcoming to the reality of who and what we are now.”

Welburn said series such as Unlearning Racism show the different strategies that Marquette and Milwaukee communities are pursuing to address racism.

“Having these events is important so that we can ensure a healthy campus community (and) reduce anxieties,” Welburn said.

Chavoya said it is important to learn about the history and problem of racism so people can learn how to properly react to it in today’s society.

“Participants will hopefully learn to truly listen to people of color when they share personal experiences, rather than succumbing to tendencies of immediately thinking about and organizing responses to tell them that they are wrong in perceiving racism,” Chavoya said.

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Xavier Cole, vice president of student affairs, said Marquette has a responsiblity as an anchor institution.

Representatives support alliances, not isolationism

By Donna Sarkar

adwitiya.sarkar@marquette.edu

The Marquette Forum held “A Transatlantic Rift,” a panel that discussed the future of U.S. and European relations, in Raynor Memorial Libraries Feb. 5 at 10:30 a.m.

The panel consisted of H.E. Pjer Simunovic, ambassador of the Republic of Croatia to the U.S.,

people view foreign policy and relations,” Vseviov said. “The current climate under the Trump administration has taught us to question our allies and to be persuaded by rhetoric that our allies don’t matter.”

Vseviov said Americans and Europeans need to get the narratives of downplaying allies under control in order to combat challenges and fix what is wrong in communities.

Simunovic said part of the reason the ambassadors were present was to clear up the narrative that allies don’t matter by discouraging isolationism and going against

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Students attend the panel for the Transatlantic Rift panel Feb. 5.

H.E. Jonatan Vseviov, ambassador of Estonia to the U.S., and Andrea Kendall-Taylor, senior fellow and director of Transatlantic Security Program in the Center for a New American Security.

Risa Brooks, associate professor of political science, moderated the discussion.

The Center for a New American Security started the “Across the Pond, In the Field Initiative,” which brought the panel out to Milwaukee and other cities across the United States to discuss important and tough issues, Brooks said.

“We started (Across the Pond, In the Field), which will take us across 12 cities in the United States to hear from you about your thoughts on foreign policies and, specific to today, US and European relations.”

After 2016, it became pretty clear to us that there was a vast disconnect amongst those who make policies and the voters in the U.S.,” Kendall-Taylor said.

Vseviov said the way people communicate, do business, politics and more is changing and the challenges are getting larger.

“I believe that the U.S. has similar challenges that we have in Estonia, and we need to change how

the growing threats to democracy.

“The U.S. is still to this day trying to figure out what the future of the post-Cold War looks like,” Simunovic said. “Once the bubble of the Cold War was removed, questions arose about what to do about NATO, an intergovernmental military alliance between North American and European countries.”

The discussion also opened up the floor to the audience for questions. Students addressed the panel about topics including Brexit and the current rhetoric about the U.S. in Europe.

Irene Villodas Lopez, an international student from Spain and freshman in the College of Business, asked questions about how to maintain positive international relations between the two countries to the panel.

“I decided to come to the talk today because I think it is very important to be aware about international relations and how we can keep peace between the different countries,” Villodas Lopez said. “I realize that we need allies because there is so much we can learn from all the different countries that will help make our society better.”

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Business students pass first level of CFA test Each exam costs $1,400, can replace MBA credential

By Autumn Hirchert

autumn.hirchert@marquette.edu

Andrew Plank and Phil Seuss, two Marquette business students, passed the first of the three levels of the The Chartered Financial Analyst Program after taking the exam on Dec. 1, 2018.

This is the first of the three steps towards earning a full CFA charter. There are two more levels to complete.

The CFA Program is a professional credential offered internationally to investment and financial professionals by the American-based CFA Institute. The test can be taken in place of a Masters in Business Administration.

Plank graduated from Marquette in December with degrees in finance and economics. He lives in Milwaukee and plans to start work in investment banking in July. Seuss is a senior with majors in finance and

economics, as well as a minor in political science. He will be graduating this June.

On average, it takes candidates four years of studying and training to earn a full CFA charter. A CFA charter is the professional title candidates get after passing all three tests. Only around nine percent of candidates have consecutively passed all three levels in the past decade, Krause said.

“Passing the CFA Program exams requires strong discipline and an extensive amount of studying,” said David Krause, director of applied investment management and assistant professor of practice in finance.

The CFA exam is not required for finance and economics majors.

“The certification can really set you apart when looking for jobs in our field. That’s why I took it,” said Seuss.

Plank started studying for the exam at the beginning of the fall semester and Seuss started last summer.

“This isn’t something you can just wake up a couple weeks before the exam and start studying for. You need to commit if you

want to do well,” Seuss said.

One of the reasons the exam is so difficult to prepare for is that it covers so much material.

“Each exam typically requires candidates to study in excess of 300 hours,” Krause said.

Krause said the program covers a broad range of topics relating to investment management, financial analysis, quantitative analysis, equities, fixed income and derivatives, and requires a generalist knowledge of other areas of finance.

“I would compare the exam to taking a final exam of your entire undergraduate degree in accounting, finance and economics,” Seuss said.

“You’re pulling stuff from three years ago,” Plank said.

“We were exposed to questions about topics that we learned sophomore year.”

The exam also costs about $1,400 to take.

“You don’t want to retake (it),” Plank said.

The exam costs so much because the credential can in some cases be used in place of a MBA, Plank said.

Both Plank and Seuss said it

was hard to name an exact number of hours they spent preparing because they prepared for years.

“This is a rough estimate but I would say we probably recognized 75 percent of the material in front of us that we have seen before,” Plank said. “It was just a matter of there’s so much that you have to remember how to re-do it all because some of the stuff I haven’t done for two years.”

Both Plank and Seuss are in the Applied Investment Management program, which is a group of select finance majors that practice hands-on academic and financial analysis experience through managing domestic and international equity and fixedincome portfolios. Both students said the program helped them prepare immensely.

“Without having the AIM curriculum, it would be very difficult for someone to pass,” Plank said.

The overall experience of being an AIM student contributes to the skillsets Seuss and Plank needed for level 1 of the CFA exam, Plank said.

“Last year, I took the AIM

fixed income course taught by Dr. Krause and we used the level 1 CFA fixed income book for that class,” Seuss said.

Krause said Seuss and Plank have stood out in their classes as high-caliber students since he met them their freshman year.

“I have continued to grow in my admiration of their intelligence and moral compass,” Krause said.

Plank and Seuss said they are both grateful for the support and guidance Krause has shown them over the years as a professor and mentor.

“Krause always had his door open for us to go and ask questions. He was really supportive,” Plank said.

The students also recognized Jessica Hoerres, a CFA coordinator, as contributing to their success. She helped them sign up and dealt with minor details, Suess said.

“Without Jess, the program wouldn’t run. She was extremely helpful with signing up and making sure we were utilizing every opportunity,” Seuss said.

Employment helps cover rising tuition bills Federal WorkStudy offers jobs across university

By Margaret Cahill

margaret.cahill@marquette.edu

Gabriella Suliga, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said every year she has been a student at Marquette, the tuition has increased.

According to archived news releases, in the 2016-’17 academic year, the tuition increased $1,280.

In the 2017-’18 academic year, tuition was raised $1,330. The 2018’19 academic year brought a $1,960 tuition increase. For the 2019-’20 academic year, the tuition will increase $2,060, bringing tuition from $41,290 last academic year to $43,350, according to a university news release.

“It does give a little pressure on myself and on other students,” Suliga said. “I’ve had several conversations with other students at Marquette. So there is definitely more pressure to not only have a part-time job and be a full-time student, but also sometimes go out and find other opportunities to bring more money in.”

Suliga said she is the primary person who pays her tuition money. She said the tuition increase is causing her to worry about working more. She works as the president of Marquette Blockchain Lab,

a student-run business organization at Marquette. She said the key to balancing academics with work is time management.

“I personally keep track of everything on different platforms,” Suliga said. “I have meetings all the time, and with school on top of it, things come and go. I write everything down and I have a ton of planners, so it’s all about staying organized.”

While tuition has increased, Annette D’Amato, student employment coordinator at Marquette, said the number of student hired in campus jobs has remained about the same.

D’Amato said Marquette’s job connection website offers jobs on and off campus, and about 3,500 students are hired by the university each year, 1,200 of whom receive Federal Work-Study. This work study program allows students to earn money to pay for educational expenses.

“Students earn FWS funds by performing part-time work for employers who qualify for the program under federal guidelines,” D’Amato said in an email. “These employers pay only a percentage of the student’s wages, while the federal government pays the remaining amount.

A student’s Financial Aid Notification must state Federal WorkStudy for the student to qualify for a FWS position.”

FWS positions can be found in nearly every academic and

Photo by Ricky Labrada ricardo.labrada@marquette.edu

Steven Kraft, a freshman in the College of Business Administration, works his shift in the Rec Plex.

administrative office on campus, as well as in the Marquette recreational facilities, libraries and residence halls, D’Amato said.

Steven Kraft, a freshman in the College of Business Administration, found a part-time job at the Marquette Rec Center and Rec Plex through the university. While he said he does not use this money to cover tuition, Kraft said he does use it to help pay for textbooks and other college expenses.

“I think it helps prepare you for the real world, balancing and actually having to work,” Kraft said. “It

helps you budget your time because you know you have to go to work at this time and then you have class, so you don’t slack as much.”

This act of balancing is familiar to Maggie Lamal, a senior in the College of Communication, who works full time and takes a full course load.

Lamal works as a marketing coordinator for the Brewers, and she said whenever she is not in class, she is at work.

“The biggest difficulty is having enough time,” Lamal said. “I always say that I wish there were a few more days in the week just because there’s

just so much to do with homework and school work and then actual work and bringing work home.”

Lamal said one of her biggest challenges is having typical corporate hours running 9 a.m.-5 p.m. while a lot of her classes are during the day.

“So it’s about managing my time and missing certain meetings and having to catch up on things because I had school,” Lamal said.

Lamal said that while her workload is a lot to handle, she is able to fit it all into her schedule if she prioritizes her time.

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University officials talk tuition with students MUSG works to stop communication gap regarding finances

By Bryan Geenan

bryan.geenan@marquette.edu

Some of Marquette’s finance executives met with Marquette University Student Government last night at 8 p.m. to discuss the tuition increases. Students expressed concerns over the budget changes while executives explained the reasons for the increase.

Jay Kutka, senior budget director, and John M. Baworosky, vice president for enrollment management, explained where all the money that students pay for tuition goes.

“Over the last two years, we’ve had 5 percent tuition increase, let’s not try to hide it,” Kutka said.

The university announced a tuition increase of $1,960 for the 2018-’19 academic year, raising the tuition by nearly 5 percent, according to a news brief released Nov. 20.

Approximately 47 percent goes to faculty and staff compensation and 26 percent goes toward student scholarships. Student support, meaning technology advancements, public safety and other support receives 16 percent. Ten percent is used to build and maintain campus buildings. The one percent left over goes to administrative expenses, like insurance and interest expenses.

The budget also gives the

university the chance to make investments it deems important for improving the overall experience of Marquette students, Kutka said. He pointed out some of the key investments Marquette has made in the past couple of years in the presentation.

The developments from the investments include The Commons, classroom upgrades and the Les Aspin Center.

Albert Reyes, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said his concern was with the immediacy of the tuition change, rather than raising tuition for future students as they come in.

“When the tuition increases, why is it not grandfathered in?

Why doesn’t our tuition stay at what we started (with)?”

Reyes said.

John M. Baworowsky, vice president for enrollment management, said there was a talk about taking tuition and setting it at one price for all four years.

“But if we were to implement that, it would be an elevated price (from what it is now),” Baworowsky said.

Kutka also explained that keeping tuition the same for students throughout their four years presents an issue with inflation on a competitively priced college education.

“We cannot raise (tuition) fast enough to outpace inflation every year,” Baworowsky said.

The problem is the price of producing quality education continues to rise every year, Baworowsky said.

Photo by Andrew Himmelberg andrew.himmelberg@marquette.edu

Jay Kutka (left) speaks to a crowd of MUSG members and other students Monday night about tuition.

Barowsky added that it’s likely for potential tuition increases to continue as inflation and prices rise.

“I think there’s always going to be a tuition increase, but I would think that as we build the budget and make decisions, having (the

students) here is a good thing,” Kutka said. “And maybe I can carry the torch to those who I report to and express the students’ concerns,” Kutka said.

Dan Brophy, legislative vice president of MUSG, said he hoped the meeting allowed students to

understand that Marquette officials care a lot about students and the university.

“I hope this bridges the communication gap (between the university and students), and helps (students) understand where they’re coming from,” Brophy said.

Dean of business Acting dean to begin in June of College of to step down from Head Arts & Sciences to current position move to Colorado Replacement to be determined after provost search ends

By Joseph Beaird

joseph.beaird@marquette.edu

Brian Till, dean of the College of Business Administration, will be stepping down from his position to take a yearlong sabbatical beginning May 19, according to a university news release.

Till said he has enjoyed working with everyone in the College of Business of Administration and is proud of the work that he and his coworkers have accomplished.

“Over the past few months, I have reflected on my personal and professional journey, and it became clear to me that now was

the time to take a step back and discern what my next path will be,” Till said in the release.

During his tenure, Till oversaw the launch of the online MBA and masters in Supply Chain Management programs, the release said. Additionally, he was a key factor in the creation of the college’s Student-Run Business Program and launched multiple new undergraduate programs in commercial banking and sales.

Acting Provost Kimo Ah Yun said he will conduct listening sessions to determine the acting dean following the search for the Provost, allowing the upcoming provost to have a say in the decision process.

By Alexa Jurado

alexa.jurado@marquette.edu

Heather Hathaway, associate dean of academic affairs in the College of Arts & Sciences, was named acting dean for the College of Arts & Sciences Thursday in a news release. She will assume the role June 1.

Hathaway will succeed Dean Rick Holz, who announced last month that he will leave Marquette to become provost at Colorado School of Mines.

“Dr. Hathaway has served as a key leader in the college for many years, and I’m delighted that she will take on this important new role,” Acting Provost Kimo Ah Yun said in the release. “I’m looking forward to working with her and Dean Holz on a smooth transition, so that we can best position Marquette’s flagship college for the future.”

In the release, Hathaway said she

feels privileged to assume the role as acting dean for the college.

“Dean Holz has implemented important programs and initiatives during the past six years, and I look forward to working with our exceptional faculty, administrators and staff to maintain these during this interim period,” Hathaway said. “I am confident that we in the Klingler College community will continue to strive for excellence in all we do.”

Hathaway, an associate professor of English has served as associate dean for academic affairs from 2005’08 and currently since 2017. She has also served in numerous roles at the university, college and department levels, including director of the Africana Studies program, co-director of the University Honors Program, vice chair of the Board of Graduate Studies, director of undergraduate and graduate studies in English and interim director of the First-Year English program.

She co-founded the Arnold Mitchem Fellowship program, an initiative to support the presence of underrepresented racial and cultural groups in doctoral programs.

She also played a central role in the development and promotion of the Race, Ethnic and Indigenous Studies program.

Hathaway earned her bachelor’s degree in English and American Studies from Wesleyan University and her Ph.D. in the History of American Civilization from Harvard University. Her research focuses on African-American and JapaneseAmerican literature and culture.

She was awarded the John P. Raynor Award for Teaching Excellence and the National Residence Hall Honorary Faculty Excellence Award.

The announcement of acting dean introduces the search for a new provost, which will start next month after spring break. According to the release, a search committee and search firm will be identified in the coming weeks.

The search for the next permanent dean of the College of Arts & Sciences will follow the provost search so the permanent provost can weigh in on the process, according to the release.

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Standing Rock protester gives activism speech Archambault visits as part of larger Democracy Project

By Alexa Jurado

alexa.jurado@marquette.edu

Standing Rock chairman and Dakota Access Pipeline protest activist David Archambault II visited Marquette University Feb. 6 to give an address titled ““Standing with Tribes — Past, Present and Future.”

His visit was a partnership between Mission Week, The Marquette Democracy Project and the Marquette Forum.

Archambault spoke about the history of Native Americans and their land, and how it was slowly taken away from them—even in modern times. He spoke about activism beginning at a grassroots level, how the Standing Rock protests against the oil industry and federal government began, how the protesters went about fighting it and how he came away from it.

Throughout 2016 and 2017, those of the Standing Rock reservation began protesting the construction of The Dakota Access Pipeline, an underground oil pipeline running through several U.S. states. The project was intended to run through sacred lands of Native Americans.

Along with his experience as an activist, Archambault also spoke about the environmental impacts of fossil fuels.

“We pay the cost, and we continue to pay the cost,” Archambault said of economic progress and infrastructure, specifically the Dakota Access Pipeline. “It’s going to change the way we live,” he said. “With peace and prayer, we are able to find ways not to forget, but to try to forgive and to try to heal.”

The Democracy Project was the organization that originally reached out to Archambault. The Democracy Project was put together by Jessica Rich, assistant political science professor, Barrett McCormick, political

science professor and coordinator of the interdisciplinary undergraduate major in international affairs, and Joe Brown, assistant professor of digital media and performing arts.

“It’s a project that brings human rights activists from around the world to Marquette, not just for a public lecture, but also to spend an entire two days on campus, in which they visit a class and which a digital media class records an interview with them,” Rich said.

Rich said the interviews are then cut down into segments and put onto The Marquette Democracy Project website for educators around the world to learn more about activism.

“It’s been a really fun project. The public lecture is only one piece. It’s the most visible piece,” Rich said.

Rich said she originally thought of inviting Archambault in spring 2017 in the midst of the Standing Rock pipeline protests. She said she passed the invitation through a Minneapolis Star Tribune journalist who had previously wrote an article on the protests.

“I explained the project with the journalist, who thought the project was cool and then passed it on to the tribal council,” Rich said. “I then heard nothing from them, probably because they were in the middle of the chaos of these protests, and he reached back out to me about six months later saying that, if I was still interested, he’d be interested in coming to Marquette.” The Marquette Democracy Project then partnered with Mission Week and the Marquette Forum. Marquette’s Native American Student Association was also involved in Archambault’s visit.

“I was notified by our organization’s adviser as soon as they learned about the finalized plans, and so they made plans for us to host him around campus,” said Alex Liberato, co-president of NASA and sophomore in the College of Business Administration.

Liberato said that after meeting Archambault, they went to the Marquette vs. St. John’s basketball game.

The next day, NASA had a private

Photo by Elena Fiegen elena.fiegen@marquette.edu

David Archambault II presents to a crowd during Mission Week about activism at the Standing Rock protest.

reception before the event. Liberato introduced Archambault at the event, which he said he thinks there were around 200 people in attendance.

“It was a really nice crowd and he did an amazing speech,” Liberato said. “They all were very receptive to him. They all listened very attentively to him.”

Liberato said he was impressed by Archambault in many ways.

“He had come for a small meeting with myself, my organization and a couple people in the intercultural community and we were just really refreshed by how down to Earth he was, while being somebody with such an accomplished resume,”

Liberato said. “We were really honored to be in his presence.”

Rich said Archambault is a wise, grounded and reflective person.

“All the students he came and visited were quite impressed with his ability to really understand the broader picture of what was happening, with not only the broader historical picture of encroachment of tribal lands and threats to the environment, but also with the broader picture of politics and how the protests developed,” Rich said.

Rich said she thinks the conversations Archambault had with students had a lasting impact.

“I hope they came away with a

better and deeper understanding of tribal communities and the broader range of issues that they face and of the long history, not only of environmental devastation, but of broken promises to their people, (and) with a better understanding of how one resists these kinds of pressures and how you go about fighting back,” Rich said.

Liberato said Archambault is a man who has seen it all.

“What I found to be most compelling was just how much he put forth for the Standing Rock Sioux in their time of peril. Everything he could do, he did,” Liberato said.

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MKE offers Valentine’s Day alternatives SafeHouse, Great Lakes Distillery will host events

By Amanda Parrish

amanda.parrish@marquette.edu

While some happy couples indulge in Valentine’s date night festivities, some Milwaukee businesses have created events for those who dread the lovefilled day.

Local business, Great Lakes Distillery is supporting the Valentine’s Day un-enthusiasts with its Anti-Valentine’s Tour & Tasting, an hour-long tour beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday.

The tour costs $10 and includes a specialty cocktail. Advanced online sign-up is encouraged to ensure a spot on the tour, but tickets can be purchased at the door.

Guests will be led through the production floor and copper stills while learning the history of distillation. Guests will then taste five of Great Lakes Distillery’s products: Rehorst Vodka, Rehorst Citrus & Honey Vodka, Rehorst Gin, Roaring Dan’s Rum and Kinnickinnic Whiskey.

Individuals at the event are welcome to stay and enjoy themed cocktails — like the Missed Connection or Dear John — and create their own conversation heart. Guests who post a picture of their heart on Instagram with the hashtag #gldmeh, which stands for Great Lakes Distillery meh (lack of interest), will be entered into a drawing

Photo courtesy of Great Lakes Distillery

Anyone who attends the Great Lakes Distillery Anti-Valentine’s Day event will get to make their own conversation hearts out of colored paper.

for a free bottle of spirits.

Now in its fifth year, the AntiValentine’s Tour & Tasting has gained popularity but, event coordinator, Jen White said only a few people showed up the first year.

“They were all hesitant to

join an anti-Valentine’s event,” White said. “I think they were scared they would be the only ones.”

The tour, White said, isn’t meant to be mean-spirited, but is simply for those who do not buy into the over-the-top nature

Photo courtesy of Great Lakes Distillery

The event will also feature a tour of the premises as well as the chance to taste five different beverages.

of Valentine’s Day. She said in addition to groups of single friends, couples often join the tour as well. “(The tour) is for people to come to have a good time without the pressure of a traditional Valentine’s Day,” White said.

She said Great Lakes Distillery wanted to add a lightness to the day and offer an alternative for those who are looking for something more relaxed than a traditional date.

For those who are more than unenthusiastic, SafeHouse will also host an anti-Valentine’s Day event called Operation Bang and Burn. Guests are invited to bring an item that reminds them of an ex and burn it. Participants will be entered into a drawing to win a $100 bar tab for a future visit.

The event will take place Thursday from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Those interested can sign up online.

The event is free.

Mike Goetz, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said he appreciates efforts like those made by the Great Lakes Distillery to create casual Valentine’s Day events.

“I don’t think the sentiment is bad, I just think it’s overblown,” Goetz said. “I think the whole buying things and marketing is too much.”

Goetz said he thinks it’s cool that some places are trying to

tone it down and not play into the Valentine’s Day hype. As for burning a reminder of an ex, Goetz said he probably would not participate, but thinks it is a funny idea.

Rebecca DeBoer, a freshman in the College of Education, said she prefers to keep Valentine’s Day casual. She said her Valentine’s Day will likely be a simple dinner at Noodles & Company.

“Mac and cheese is the way to my heart,” DeBoer said.

Lauren McCann, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, said she thinks Valentine’s Day is cute, but she is a bigger fan of discounted candy the day after. She said she simply never cared much about the holiday.

Katie Gustke, a freshman in the College of Business Administration, said that despite the appeal of Valentine’s Day, she never does anything big.

“I think it’s the pressure of it,” Gustke said. “You already have Christmas and birthdays, and if you’re going to get your significant other something nice, you can do it any day.”“I think it’s the pressure of it,” Gustke said. “You already have Christmas and birthdays and if you’re going to get your significant other something nice you can do it any day.”

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Students recount their worst dating stories Tinder, blind dates make for awkward romantic tales

By Mikala Hershman

mikala.hershman@marquette.edu

Between blind dates and the rise of online dating, finding love in this day and age can be an interesting experience.

One of the most popular online dating apps is Tinder, released in 2012, which allows users to make a mutual match with people based on age and location settings.

Because matches are based on proximity, it is inevitable that awkward moments can arise when Tinder matches who did not work out encounter each other again.

Christian Shinners, a junior in the College of Engineering, is familiar with this discomfort.

“We went out to eat and there was clearly nothing we had in common,” Shinners said. “Since there was not much to talk about, there

were a lot of awkward silences.

Basically from the first minute we were both ready to leave and call it quits, but we wanted to be polite.”

That date might have been long forgotten if not for the fact that Shinners began to see his date frequently around his hometown. He said he did not foresee that problem when he first used the app to find matches in his area.

Another popular online dating app is Bumble, where females have the opportunity to message potential partners first. Yazmine Thomas, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, has used the app to start conversations with a couple of guys, and some of those conversations led to dates.

However, dates do not always go according to plan, particularly when the parties involved are not acquainted much beyond each other’s online profiles.

One time, Thomas said, her Bumble date seemed to have lied about his interests.

“It was weird because his profile said he liked to read a lot and hiked a ton. When I asked him about those things, he didn’t have any real answers for me and he seemed like he was just naming whatever came to him at the moment,” Thomas said. “I was weirded out that he would lie about simple things about his personality.”

But dates do not need to be set up online to create awkward situations.

Veronica Maniak, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences, once unknowingly went on a date.

Maniak said she would have never agreed to a blind date scenario, but she found herself on one

that had been falsely posed as a casual hangout with her two friends in a relationship and one of their single friends.

“It was when my friend kept asking me what I thought of him that I realized I was being set up,” Maniak said.

After Maniak realized the easygoing hangout was an attempt to find her love, the rest of the day became very embarrassing. Maniak said the conversation was very strained, as the guy had no idea that she was not originally aware of the situation.

For some students, dates can go well but still end up being uncomfortable.

Jack Thennisch, a freshman in

the College of Business Administration, said he went on a Tinder date he thought was perfect until discovering the twist.

“I thought the date was going great and that there was going to definitely be a second one, too,” Thennisch said.

Unfortunately, Thennisch realized he was on a date with a friend’s ex-girlfriend.

“It wasn’t until we started talking about mutual friends that I realized who she really was,” he said. “It was uncomfortable for both of us in the end.”

LGBTQ+ Center hosts special celebration Bake and Date: Queer Dating 101 to be held Feb. 14

By Ariana Madson

ariana.madson@marquette.edu

This Valentine’s Day, the LGBTQ+ Resource Center is hosting an event called Bake and Date: Queer Dating 101 aimed to be an enjoyable time and an educational experience.

The event is open to anyone and everyone interested in the conversation — and baking and eating cookies. It will be held in the LGBTQ+ Resource Center in the Alumni Memorial Union in room 140 from 4-5 p.m.

Jennifer Perdomo, a graduate assistant working for the LGBTQ+ Resource Center, said when the idea for a Valentine’s Day event came about, she talked to students to get their feedback and gauge their interest.

Along with cookie decorating, there will also be games that include prizes and conversation.

Bake and Date: Queer Dating 101 is a different kind of event for the LGBTQ+ Resource Center, which typically hosts events featuring

speakers. Past speakers have included Christian theologian and author Megan DeFranza as well as intersex activist Dawn Mark Bacon-Johnson.

“People can be sad on Valentine’s Day, so I thought it would be cool to have something fun to do that day,” Perdomo said.

Though Bake and Date is a fun activity to do on Valentine’s Day for those who may not have plans, an important part of the event is to engage in healthy conversation in a relaxed setting, Perdomo said.

The topic of conversation, as indicated by the title of the event, is to talk about queer relationships in an effort to normalize them.

Along with the hope of conversation, Perdomo said she wants to see the students happy, having fun and laughing.

“I’m hoping more students come that I haven’t seen before,” Perdomo said. “(I hope to) get them used (to) the center. … I’m excited to see new faces.”

A few students, who are among those interested in attending, emphasized how the event would bring about a good sense of community no matter how one identifies.

Irin Sidoti, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, often

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

The LGBTQ+ Resource Center hopes to normalize queer dating with their Valentine’s Day-themed event.

stops into the LGBTQ+ Resource Center. Sidoti unfortunately has a class conflict, but otherwise would attend.

“I hope it (involves) different parts of the community, … (and is) just an equal space for

everyone to talk about romance,” Sidoti said.

The hope for positive discussions on healthy dating in the LGBTQ community is not an idea exclusive to Sidoti. “(I look forward to) having this

Marquette community come together and just enjoy some baking,” Yaneli Urquiza, a freshman in the College of Education, said.

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District lines in WI need redrawing

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NO Studios will provide positive opportunities for students

Recently, NO Studios partnered with Marquette University to create the Emerging Filmmaker Fellowship program. The program will host two professional fellows who will each be given $2,500 to finish their project within one year of the fellows’ start date in April. Fellows will be required to take one Marquette student as an intern, but the program encourages fellows to take two student interns.

John Ridley, a screenwriter and Academy Award Winner for his adaptation of the film “12 Years a Slave,” founded Milwaukee based organization NO Studios, which opened in October.

This fellowship program will offer more, exciting opportunities for digital media majors and will help provide an additional focus on filmmaking for students. It adds upon the opportunities provided to students in the College of Communication and beyond who are passionate about filmmaking.

Establishing this program reinforces the College of Communication’s interdisciplinary commitment to the fine arts. Other partnerships, such as Marquette’s fine arts minor through Milwaukee

Institute of Art and Design, give students an opportunity to expand their academic options. The NO Studios partnership will allow students to work with individuals with knowledge and expertise in their desired career fields.

This fellowship will provide mentors within the filmmaking field that will share valuable lessons with students. With this program,

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This fellowship will provide mentors within the filmmaking field...” students will hopefully form lasting connections that will aid them in future endeavors. Mentorships can play a large role in launching students’ careers after graduation.

The O’Brien Fellowship is an existing program at Marquette where students are paired with a professional journalist to work on a

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larger project. The LA Experience is another existing program that provides opportunities for majors in the College of Communication, which consists of students traveling to Los Angeles to forge meaningful career-related connections.

The NO Studios partnership further shows the college’s positive commitment to opportunities for students interested in digital media and fine arts. The fellowship provides local connections for students in the field. While the LA Experience and other similar programs provide far-reaching connections, students will undoubtedly benefit from networking with talented filmmakers in the Milwaukee area.

The fellowship’s more intimate approach to education focuses on individual development and improvement. Programs and fellowships provide an experience that compliments lessons learned in the classroom. The NO Studios partnership will allow fellows to pass on their talents and professional knowledge to a new generation of visionary filmmakers. Marquette should continue investing in the future of media through positive partnerships to benefit students.

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NO Studios will provide exciting opportunities for Marquette students to gain mentors in the film industry.

Matthew Harte A recent Marquette Law School poll indicates broad support for redrawing the state’s electoral district boundaries through a nonpartisan commission. A nonpartisan commission has the support of 72 percent of Wisconsin’s voters, including about 80 percent of Democrats and 60 percent of Republicans. These voters should encourage the state’s top lawmakers to enact redistricting reform and end Wisconsin’s excessive gerrymandering.

Wisconsin’s house representatives and state legislators are elected from districts, or political boundaries. For example, Congresswoman Gwen Moore represents Wisconsin’s 4th district, which encompasses the city of Milwaukee and some surrounding suburbs. However, district lines aren’t a natural geographic occurrence. They’re currently drawn by the Wisconsin State Legislature, with veto power given to the governor.

Under this system, the state legislature and governor have incentive to create electoral boundaries to favor their own party, an action known as gerrymandering. Republicans created heavily gerrymandered boundaries during the last redistricting cycle in 2011, as they controlled the governor’s office and both houses of the legislature. The partisan effects of these boundaries can be seen in the 2018 state assembly results, as Democrats received 53 percent of the total votes cast for assembly positions, but won just 36 of the 99 assembly seats.

Republicans have an inherent advantage in gaining more assembly seats because their voters are more spread out across the state, while Democratic supporters are heavily concentrated in Milwaukee and Madison. However, this natural sorting doesn’t fully explain the Republican advantage in assembly elections. In 2018, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh conducted over one trillion computer simulations on the Wisconsin Assembly map, and found that there was less than a 1 in 1,000 chance that a randomly generated map could be as biased as the current one.

Wisconsin’s Republican lawmakers were able to effectively gerrymander the boundary lines in their favor through strategies known as packing and cracking. Packing

involves concentrating the opposing party’s supporters in a few districts, so they win by overwhelming majorities, but still secure less seats overall. Cracking divides the opposing party’s supporters among several districts, so they have difficulty winning a majority in each one. In 2011, Wisconsin Republicans utilized sophisticated computer programs that showed politicians how to crack or pack each district to gain the best electoral advantage, according to a report from the New York Times.

Thankfully, Wisconsin has an opportunity to end the controversy surrounding gerrymandering. Every state must redraw their electoral boundaries after the completion of the 2020 United States Census. In the lead up to this redistricting, states such as Colorado and Michigan have agreed to establish independent commissions to draw their congressional and legislative boundaries, taking the process out of politicians’ hands.

The success of independent commissions can be seen in California, which created its Citizens Redistricting Commission in 2008. The commission is comprised of 14 of the state’s voters, divided almost equally between registered Democrats, Republicans and Independents. These voters are selected by the California State Auditor through a rigorous application process which inclues background investigations, essays and letters of recommendation.

Some voters will likely be skeptical that everyday citizens could create better district maps than politicians. However, the Citizens Redistricting Commission attempts to give full transparency about its decisions by holding public meetings and giving detailed records of how district lines are decided. Research from the Public Policy Institute of California found that the commission has created maps that are fair to each party and increase electoral competitiveness.

Counties across Wisconsin are already pushing the state legislature to enact a similar commission. Currently, 41 out of 72 counties have signed resolutions in support of nonpartisan redistricting. Wisconsin voters should also contact their legislature representatives and call for an overhaul of the state’s electoral boundaries. A nonpartisan commission will ensure that election results aren’t rigged in one party’s favor far before Election Day comes around.

Matthew Harte is a junior studying political science and economics.

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

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Sexualization of women still occurring at alarming rate Sarah Lipo

I value self-confidence. As a woman, I promote self-worth. I believe we are all “good enough” and each of us has unique abilities and gifts to offer the world. But what if not everyone believes those things?

Turn on the television, and it seems as if many channels showcase women in sexual positions or focus on parts of their bodies instead of the whole person. Sometimes, graphic images even portray women in violent circumstances, with no voice or agency in the situation. These advertisements also often show females with certain body standards like being skinny and blonde, that seem to pop up again and again. These pervasive images paint the picture that portraying women in this context is normal in our society.

Camera angles scan women’s bodies from the ground up, moving slowly on specific parts that are often sexualized. These specific

camera angles are referred to as the male gaze. Advertisements and magazines are often centered on what the man wants or expects to see, and some of these publications even include violence or lack of consent. These sexualized images often set up unrealistic and unhealthy standards that women feel they must strive for.

With conversations like the #MeToo movement, it is natural to wonder if there have been strides in respect for women. This movement contributed to societies understanding of how popular culture and media may add to unhealthy perceptions about things like sexual assault and body standards. With six corporations owning aproximately 90 percent of the media in the United States, according to Morris Creative Group, it is important to sit back and think about who is feeding this information and showing these images, and what their end goal is.

According to the United States Census Bureau, in 2015, 87 percent of individuals had a computer and 77 percent had access to the internet.

With technology so readily accessible, these degrading images are passed around frequently.

Now more than ever, children especially are at risk as they are usually avid consumers of television and use the internet often. In fact, average households are watching more than seven hours and 50 minutes of TV per day, per Nielsen.

Children can also be more vulnerable than adults to these toxic messages because they have not developed media literacy.

The #MeToo Movement is a prime example of unity between women who want to push for a change they know is a long time coming. But, to end the cycle of violence and aggression toward women, there needs to be more change at the root of the problem. The corporations who run these advertising and broadcast companies need to fully understand that violence and aggression toward women should not sell. It hurts and belittles strong women who should be valued, respected and loved.

Eventually, young viewers who digest this media will become our

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Even after the #MeToo movement, media still disenfranchises women.

presidents, our judges, our senators and our lawyers. It’s important to make sure they understand that everyone should be respected, no matter their gender. When media portrays women in certain ways through social media, magazines, movies or advertisements, it can be easy to internalize those messages and start treating people in degrading ways.

Let’s keep fighting and having uncomfortable conversations about sexual assault and respect for all.

But, more importantly, it is vital to help the younger generation understand that women are so much more than a body part displayed on a billboard or in a sexualized commercial selling cars. The women and men fighting for change and awareness should keep fighting for a better world. Internalizing that message will truly change the world.

Sarah Lipo is a sophomore studying journalism and social welfare and justice. She can be reached at sarah.lipo@marquette.edu

Criminalizing boycotting Israel dangerous to free speech Aminah Beg Since 1967, Israel has occupied Palestinian territories, specifically the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In other words, Israel has taken effective control of certain areas of Palestine. In these areas, Palestinian citizens have been violated of their fundamental human rights by the Israel Defense Forces. Acts of oppression by Israelis have included home demolitions, forced eviction of families, torture of detainees and more.

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions group was formed in order to retaliate against Israel’s actions and express solidarity

with Palestinian citizens. BDS is a movement that aims to withhold business and cultural interactions with Israel as a nonviolent form of pressure to demand Palestinian rights. They have an ongoing list of corporations that support Israel in order to communicate to the public which organizations to boycott.

Recent action in the U.S. federal government has introduced legislation that would make boycotting Israel illegal and criminalize participants of the BDS movement or others similar to it. This has become a top priority for pro-Israel lobbyists and major donors to both political parties.

One of these pieces of legislation is the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, which proposed prohibiting

“boycotts against allies of the United States” and specifically those against Israel. If the Israel Anti-Boycott Act was passed, U.S. citizens would be unable to request any information about companies that conduct business relations with Israel. With this Anti-Boycott Act in place, prosecutors around America would have the ability to target protesters against Israeli occupation.

Although this piece of legislation and others introduced failed, the fact that the chance for them to pass is very dangerous to free speech rights in this country. Federal action against BDS strengthens and justifies the laws that have been passed at the state level. Already 26 American states have anti-BDS laws with 13 more states having

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The BDS group demands Palestinian rights through refraining from business and cultural interactions with Israel.

introduced or pending legislation for action against the movement.

The First Amendment prohibits the government from making laws that impede upon free speech. Obviously, America cannot just impose criminal fines for those who have a different perspective than the federal government does.

There cannot be this vehement a violation of the Constitution just because there are differing viewpoints. This will cause people to easily be targeted for politically unpopular speech. The line will get blurred and more viewpoints on issues could be banned.

Those who support this legislation claim that the BDS movement is a form of antiSemitism. It extended to the point where now the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act forces the U.S. Department of Education to treat criticism of Israel as anti-Semitic harassment.

This is not the reality of the situation, especially since there are Jewish organizations, like the Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow, that are against Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian people. Ironically, by claiming that certain individuals or businesses are anti-Semitic, the legislation, if passed, would be anti-Semitic itself.

Instead of truly being advocates for the Jewish religion, this is a political tactic for the United States to have an open relationship and communication with Israel despite them clearly oppressing Palestinians.

These lobbyists are trying to

claim certain actions are antiSemitic when there really are not any anti-Semitic intentions. The BDS is a boycott movement. It is not prejudiced or against the faith of Judaism in any way.

There is a difference of point of view on a policy, not a whole religion or ethnicity.

Congress members are unaware of the serious constitutional consequences of this legislation. Palestinian citizens are under illegal occupation and repeatedly oppressed. The rest of the world must come out to support and express solidarity with them. The push toward trying to criminalize boycotting against the horrible Israeli actions stifles free speech and completely disregards a whole group of innocent people.

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

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Rise in ranking coincides with better defense

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Senior guards Natisha Hiedeman and Allazia Blockton fight for a rebound Sunday afternoon in Marquette’s 93-55 win over the Villanova Wildcats. It was MU’s 10th conference win.

WBB’s historic success goes beyond up-tempo offense

By Tyler Peters

tyler.peters@marquette.edu

Marquette women’s basketball allowed only 60 points or less six times in the 34-game season last year. This season, that has already happened 12 times in 23 games.

The Golden Eagles are the fourthhighest scoring team in the nation, but their defense has allowed Marquette to achieve its highest ranking in the Associated Press Poll in program history.

“We’ve always been a high-octane offense, but when you add that defensive presence and commitment to the defensive end, it makes us a completely different team,” head coach Carolyn Kieger said.

Marquette has given up an average of just 60.9 points per game, which is the lowest total in the BIG EAST. “(Kieger) talking and helping us as well as stressing on defensive principles … I think that’s been huge,” senior forward Erika Davenport said. “We’ve been practicing a lot this year on certain drills and emphasizing defense as a whole.”

Davenport has been a key part of Marquette’s defensive improvement. Against Georgetown Feb. 8, Davenport notched her 1,000th rebound, making her the fourth player in program history to do so.

“She’s a glass cleaner right now.

She’s an emotional leader for us too, and she’s very passionate,” Kieger said. “When she plays, everyone gets excited. When she’s in the zone and locked in, she’s very hard to guard. … She’s a matchup nightmare. I think teams in the BIG EAST have been worrying

about (Davenport) for four straight years now.”

Kieger also mentioned how Davenport gets 21 percent of the rebounds on the court when she is playing.

Davenport said Kieger has been talking to her a lot about getting rebounds and making sure she is a force on the defensive end.

“Whatever I need to do for my team on defense, that’s what I’m going to do,” Davenport said. “For now, that’s (getting) rebounds.”

Davenport is not the only player to improve defensively. Fellow senior guard Natisha Hiedeman leads the BIG EAST in scoring, but she also makes an impact on defense.

Hiedeman has already surpassed her total of 119 rebounds from last year. So far this season, she has a total of 134 rebounds and counting.

“She’s always been capable of stopping people and getting in a

stance, but I think her commitment to being consistent on both ends is the biggest growth I’ve seen,” Kieger said.

Davenport said that when the team communicates, it helps with their spacial awarness and helps them know what to do.

“It’s very important for us to be together when it comes to defense,” Davenport said.

Kieger said another key difference she has seen in this year’s team has been off-ball defense.

“We’ve always been able to guard the ball one-on-one decently, but this year we’re making rotations, we’re covering for each other, we’re plugging up driving lanes, we’re getting out in passing lanes and we’re rebounding at a more efficient rate,” Kieger said.

Kieger said she has noticed the team’s increased attention in scouting and ability to be locked in on personnel.

While there has been a lot of success all around for the Golden Eagles, there is still room for improvement.

Kieger said the team needs to lock in more on the opponent’s best players and eliminate them as offensive threats. She mentioned how other teams’ best players have gone off on her team a few times in past matchups.

“We have about seven defensive goals every game, and we want to make sure we’re getting as close as we can to getting all seven as we possibly can,” Kieger said. “That’s points in the paint and winning the rebounding battle. The opponent’s field goal percentage is a huge one for us. We want to get that to around 35 percent every game. If we can do that, we (have) a chance to win every game.”

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Underclassmen to have impact on Amplo’s attack line Fleming, Patterson aspire to be part of offensive resurgence

By Dan Avington

daniel.avington@marquette.edu

An inexperienced front line resulted in Marquette men’s lacrosse shooting 23 percent in 2018.

With redshirt senior Tanner Thomson and star senior John Wagner returning, the attack unit has sought to change that statistic.

“We’ve been putting in extra time on shooting, encouraging guys to shoot on their own,” head coach Joe Amplo said.

“My hope is that if you walk past the Marquette Gym on any given evening, there’s lacrosse balls bouncing out of the goal that have just went in.”

Outside of Thomson and Wagner, the most important pieces of the attacking line’s resurgence may be the two youngest members.

Redshirt sophomore Griffin Fleming and freshman Holden Patterson have provided the team with crucial contributions on the offensive half.

Fleming, whose older brother Blaine was a midfielder for Marquette, hails from one of the country’s biggest lacrosse regions, eastern Pennsylvania.

The 6-foot-1 attackman started in 13 of the 14 matchups last season, putting up 10 goals and nine assists. “(Griffin) is a calming presence,” Amplo said. “He’s got this great demeanor about him.

Nothing really rattles the kid.

He’s confident. He’s a solid, steady player.”

Amplo described Fleming as the “quarterback of the offense.”

As a player who mainly operates from the X, he often finds open cutters near the crease or drives to the goal and whips one past the goaltender. “(Griffin’s biggest) contribution is being able to drive from the X,” Patterson said. “He’s really good at that and getting it up to where he wants. He draws a lot of attention when he leans in, being a taller, lankier guy.”

Fleming’s field vision has given the program an advantage.

“He contributes a lot when we swing the ball around,” Patterson said. “His ability to draw attention to the defense when he’s driving up, and to step away and move the ball, he does a good job of that.”

Patterson is a very different player. The freshman from Fairfax, Virginia, is a left-handed

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Freshman Holden Patterson defends in the team’s win over Bellarmine.

attackman who impressed the coaching staff in his first season.

“He has proven to be one of the better freshmen up until this point that we’ve had in the program,” Amplo said. “He is just a great lacrosse player.”

The team’s youngest attackman also played football in high school, mainly as a cornerback and tight end, and his physicality from football has given the Golden Eagles an offensive edge.

Patterson specializes in the jump shot, dodging defenders on his way from the X and contorting his body in the air to get the best possible angle on the goal.

“That kid’s a stud,” Fleming said. “He’s playing like he’s not 19 years old. He’s playing like he’s 21 or 22.” “(Holden) is one of those kids that believes in himself, puts himself in the right position and he doesn’t try too hard,” Amplo said. “He lets the game come to him and does his job.”

The two young attackmen said their play would not be possible without the leadership of Thomson and Wagner.

“Tanner and Johnny are great leaders out there, and they

get Holden and I comfortable (and) get us going,” Fleming said. “They make (our) job so much easier.”

Amplo said Thomson leads by example, keeping the team evenkeeled with his calming presence. Wagner, on the other hand, is a vocal leader, demanding the standards of the program. Amplo described it as a “good cop, bad cop” situation. “(In high school) I didn’t have someone like Johnny and Tanner, and just being able to play with them makes me better,” Patterson said. “They’re probably the two best players I’ve ever played with. It helps a lot having so many experienced guys in the offense.”

Thomson said he and Wagner already see potential in the younger pair of attackmen.

“Holden Patterson and Griffin Fleming are going to be a big dynamic duo for us this year,” Thomson said. “They’ve been watching me and Johnny play for a little bit, so hopefully that helps them out. They’ve got to play confident, too, and they can put some points up.”

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Redshirt sophomore Griffin Fleming scans the field against Bellarmine.

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Quadrant One wins, NET position MBB well for March Marquette enters final stretch with seven Q1 victories

By Daniel Macias

daniel.macias@marquette.edu

There was plenty of celebration after Marquette men’s basketball’s final defensive stand against No. 14 Villanova Saturday afternoon, but prior to the eruption of fans, Marquette had some more good news.

On the same day as Markus Howard’s 38-point performance, the Division I Men’s Basketball Committee said if the season ended Saturday, Marquette would be a No. 3 seed in March Madness.

It is part of a new effort by the selection committee to rank the top 16 teams throughout the second half of the season. It is a similar measure to the College Football Playoff rankings.

The Golden Eagles were the No. 12 overall seed and placed

into the East region.

The committee uses several variables, including breaking down team’s wins and losses into quadrants. All of the information is in Marquette’s team sheet, which the NCAA updates routinely.

After several years of using the Rating Percentage Index, NCAA made the switch to its own system called NET, or NCAA Evaluation Tool, where Marquette is ranked No. 21.

Each non-exhibition game that Marquette has played this season is considered to be under Quadrant One, Two, Three or Four.

The best teams are in Quadrant One, and the worst teams are in Quadrant Four.

A Quadrant One opponent when Marquette is at home is any team ranked 1-30 by the NET, on a neutral site against a team ranked 1-50 or on the road against a team ranked 1-75.

This criteria continues to lessen its standards with Quadrants Two, Three and Four. The closer a team is to Quadrant Four, the

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Sam Hauser penetrates the paint against a pair of St. John’s defenders Feb. 5. He had 19 points in the loss.

worse they are.

In short, Marquette wants as many Quadrant One victories as possible to have the best postseason resume while avoiding any Quadrant Four losses. The quadrant can fluctuate as opponents move in the rankings.

Marquette is 7-3 so far this season against Quadrant One opponents. The best win based on

NET rankings was the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who is ranked No. 12.

All of Marquette’s losses are in Quadrant One except for the team’s Feb. 5 loss vs. St. John’s, which fell into Quadrant Two. The Golden Eagles are undefeated in Quadrant Three and Quadrant Four. The only Quadrant Three or Quadrant

Four game remaining is Marquette’s March 9 game against Georgetown.

The other six games are in either of the top two quadrants.

The three remaining opportunities for a win in Quadrant One are on the road against Villanova, Seton Hall and Providence.

TRACK AND FIELD

Terrance Howard looks to leave legacy in final season Thrower enters 2019 with many accolades, high hopes for team

By Matt Yeazel

matthew.yeazel@marquette.edu

Senior captain thrower Terrance Howard has earned All-BIG EAST honors in six events throughout his career at Marquette.

With his last track and field season underway, he said he wants to leave his mark on the track and field program.

“I want to leave a legacy of hard work, having the right attitude and getting better,” Howard said. “I would say it’s been a successful four years here.”

Part of that legacy will be how he closes out the indoor season and moves on to outdoor. So far this season, he has been on pace with his top distances.

During this indoor season, he achieved a personal record weight throw distance of 19.12 meters, BIG EAST Field Athlete of the Week recognition, a second-place finish at the Iowa meet and a fifth-place finish at Notre Dame.

“He seems like he’s right there and ready to break out again,” senior teammate Brendan McKinney said. “He’s right there in the conference and I’m excited to see what he can do.”

Howard said he has big goals for the rest of this season, including defending his BIG EAST indoor throw title.

“It was an amazing feeling,” Howard said. “It’s not going to be easy, but I’m motivated more than ever to get back to that peak.”

He added that McKinney will also be more motivated than ever to claim the title after finishing second to him last year.

While there is competition between teammates, there is a lot of support as well, and McKinney credits Howard with helping him work hard right from the start. They were even roommates their freshman year “He was so dedicated to track so I just followed in his footsteps,” McKinney said. “He is a student of the sport and he watched people who were better than him to learn.”

McKinney also said he has always looked up to Howard. He said it was special to have them both do well in the conference championships last season.

Regarding Howard and McKinney’s relationship, throws coach Mike Koenning credits the seniors for being able to have healthy competition. Koenning said that while they genuinely support each other, they also use wanting to beat each other as motivation to get better.

Track and field is typically

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Senior Terrance Howard competes in the discus throw. He has earned All-BIG EAST honors in several events.

labeled as an individual sport, with athletes seeking times and personal records. But there are times when they are playing more for the team, and Howard said their first outdoor championship as a team in 2016 was one of his favorite moments of his career.

“It was very special for me,” Howard said. “I had never been a part of a team that had been that successful before. Everyone contributed something to the team.”

Koenning and McKinney said it was special it was to have multiple athletes standing on the podium at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships.

Koenning and all the other track and field coaches were a big reason why Howard chose to come to Marquette.

“I’ve always had an amazing support system, and have always had good coaches,” Howard said.

Howard said throwing is a

sport which is very technical and requires a lot of time to develop, so good coaching has helped him throughout his career.

With coaching and his work ethic over the last four years, Howard has put himself in a position to be captain in his senior season. When looking back on his time here, Howard said he is appreciative and reflective.

“It’s been a crazy four years,” Howard said. “I can’t believe it’s coming to an end.”

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Team plans to build on pair of fall first-place finishes Golf returns to competition after beneficial offseason

By Jack Phillips

jack.phillips@marquette.edu

Marquette men’s golf returned last week from its annual Alumni Match in Naples, Florida, moving one step closer to the spring 2019 season.

“It’s always a good opportunity to get out and play an extra round and get in some reps,” head coach Steve Bailey said. “It’s also a great chance to interact with the alums as well. It’s great for our guys to see how the program has evolved over the years.”

The spring season starts this weekend at the Puerto Rico Classic. The fall season ended with a third-place finish at the Chatham Hills Collegiate Invitational. Marquette took home first place in two of its five fall invitationals: the Northern Intercollegiate and Windsor Memorial

Classic. Bailey said he sees his team’s success in the fall as an opportunity for growth during the offseason.

“We put a big emphasis on strength training,” Bailey said.

“On the other side, just continuing to improve in the mental game. We’re putting more emphasis on our routines because it’s so important in our game to be committed to the process.”

While upperclassmen like Oliver Farrell and Matt Murlick are returning, freshmen like Connor Brown and Tyler Leach are ending their first offseason, which lasted about four months.

Brown said the most surprising part of collegiate golf is how short the team’s offseason is.

Marquette’s final tournament in 2018 was Oct. 15. The Golden Eagles start up again Feb. 17.

“It gives you a lot of time where you are able to catch up on school work, spend time with friends and get everything else done that’s part of being a college athlete,” Brown said.

Milwaukee’s cold winter

means the team practices inside, so the players work more closely with Bailey, allowing Bailey’s individual mentoring to make a bigger impact on the team. “(Bailey) has been a great mentor to me,” Leach said. “One thing he has talked about a lot is just sticking to our process and pre-shot routine. I think the things that he makes us focus on are really helpful.”

Part of that process is a “weekly measurable.” The idea is that each golfer has a goal he is expected to reach by the end of the week which, in turn, improves his individual game for later invitationals.

The golf program will have a big transition in a few weeks: moving into the new Athletic and Human Performance Research Center, a 46,000-square foot facility with additional weight room space and team-specific space for men’s and women’s lacrosse and golf.

“Obviously, the new building will be huge for our program,” Brown said. “We’ll have access

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Golf head coach Steve Bailey coaches then-sophomore Matt Murlick.

to every indoor facility that we could possibly ask for. In that sense, we won’t be at any disadvantage with any other team in the country.”

The spring season brings lots of anticipation for the Marquette golf team. After losing by three strokes to Georgetown in the 2018 BIG EAST Championship, Bailey said he tries to lead his

team one match at a time.

“It’s important for us to see progress and growth,” Bailey said. “We take things that happen in the past and we analyze it. I think we have a pretty special group and can do some special things. Our goals are really process goals that if we can take care of, good things are going to come.”

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Jocelyn Miller comes off productive freshman season Sophomore aims to be more vocal leader after historic 2018

By Maddie Adams

madison.adams@marquette.edu

While all of her teammates were preparing for the 2019 season, sophomore Jocelyn Miller was on the sidelines.

She suffering a torn hamstring over the summer, which restricted her availability in the fall.

She only played in the final tournament of the fall season.

“It made me become a smarter player and a more helpful asset of the team because I was able to watch from the sidelines,” Miller said. “I also think it made me grateful that I can play this sport now.”

Miller said she saw the injury as a chance to grow as an allaround player.

As a freshman, Miller started all 18 games for the Golden Eagles and had 34 ground balls, three draw controls and 17 caused turnovers, making her one of the team’s top defenders.

“I came in not expecting to perform as well as I did, so there wasn’t any pressure for me to make that much of an impact,” Miller said. “It was more fun for me to not have pressure on me and just play.”

Miller said her favorite moment

from last season was the 15-14 win over the University of Connecticut that took her team to the BIG EAST Tournament.

With a strong freshman season behind her, Miller now has a year of experience under her belt. Marquette head coach Meredith Black said having sophomores play crucial roles on the field is a bonus.

“There isn’t a lot of pressure on them,” Black said. “You’re not an upperclassman yet and you’re no longer a freshman, so this is a time in their careers where they can step into some roles on the field.”

Miller already proved to be an impactful player and will continue in her role as an important defender this year. Black said Miller’s strength is in her play, and Miller has worked on being more vocal.

In the team’s home opener against Notre Dame Feb. 8, Miller started and had one ground ball, but she wasn’t the only Marquette player having a hard time against Notre Dame’s offense.

“I’ve always been a leader by action in the way that I play and by being aggressive,” Miller said. “There was some pressure on me to be more of a vocal leader this year. In the fall, when I was not able to be a leader by action, my injury during the offseason aided the opportunity for

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Then-freshman Jocelyn Miller runs in the Valley Fields dome. Marquette was 8-1 at home in the 2018 season.

me to become more vocal.”

Miller is coming into her sophomore season with more experience, which has resulted in more respect from teammates.

“If you are starting as a freshman, people are going to respect you as a player,” Miller said. “I

was just talking to a freshman that is going to start this year, and I was telling her that people will respect you if you do well in your role as a starter.”

Teammates aren’t the only ones to respect Miller.

“She is the most aggressive

player on our field,” Black said.

“She is going to apply high pressure to the opponent and take over games, which is really hard to do from her defensive position. You are going to notice her all year.”

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Defensive stop leads to National Marquette Day victory Morrow makes game-winning play against Villanova

By John Steppe

john.steppe@marquette.edu

For the second time this season, it looked like Marquette’s inability to make a defensive stop at the end would cost the Golden Eagles a win.

But this time, the Golden Eagles made the stop they needed, shutting down the Villanova Wildcats in the final possession and winning 66-65 on National Marquette Day. Villanova had a chance to win the game, trailing by one with 12 seconds left, but Marquette made a game-winning defensive stop.

Villanova redshirt senior Phil Booth drove to the basket, but Marquette redshirt junior Ed Morrow didn’t give him any space in the paint. The doubleteam of Morrow and freshman forward Joey Hauser forced Booth to pass it to sophomore Jermaine Samuels.

“The key to the whole defensive possession at the end of the game was Ed Morrow,” Marquette head coach Steve Wojciechowski said. “Booth got by his man, and Ed stepped up and protected our basket. …

That was a game-winning play.”

Samuels got the shot off in time, but he couldn’t do much against Sacar Anim’s tight onball defense.

It was very similar to Marquette’s last-second loss to St. John’s Tuesday. A Markus Howard miscue with a one-point lead resulted in the defense having to make a stop to win the game.

“Although it wasn’t exactly the same game situation, essentially it was the same,” Wojciechowski said. “If we get a stop, we’re going to win.”

Marquette appeared to have the game under control about midway through the second half, but then Villanova came back with a 10-0 run and never trailed by more than nine after the run.

“There was no part of me that felt like they weren’t going to make a run,” Wojciechowski said. “That’s just what they do. … As soon as you have a breakdown, they take advantage of it.”

The run came amid an otherwise-underwhelming offensive day for the Wildcats. Marquette held Villanova to 40 percent from the field and 31 percent on 3-pointers.

“The few good looks that we got, we didn’t make,” Villanova head coach Jay Wright said.

“And then a lot of them were tough looks.”

Anim and Howard helped the

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Joey Hauser embraces guard Joseph Chartouny and his teammates.

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Junior guard Markus Howard (right) drives against Jermaine Samuels.

Post players Ed Morrow and Theo John hook arms in Marquette’s win.

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Markus Howard rejoices with fans.

Golden Eagles outlast the run, scoring a combined 56 points.

All of Marquette’s field goals in the last 16 minutes came from either Howard or Anim.

Howard finished with 38 points on 13-for-24 shooting. He was also 5 of 11 from 3-point range. Wright kept on repeating the same four words about Markus Howard in his postgame press conference: “We had no answer.”

“Everything in our book, we tried.” Wright said. “We even tried zone. He hit a three against the zone. He just single-handedly

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Sophomore center Theo John high-fives students after Marquette’s nail-biting 66-65 victory over Villanova.

beat us.”

It was a stark contrast from Marquette’s last win over Villanova, when Howard fouled out after seven scoreless minutes.

Anim had 18 points Saturday on 8-of-10 shooting despite having to guard Booth, the Wildcats’ leading scorer.

“Sac was doing everything out there,” Howard said. “He really gave us a huge spark today, and also his defense was unbelievable.”

Wright had to prioritize Howard or Anim, but couldn’t focus on both.

“You can’t put too much attention on (Howard),” Wright said.

“We took a chance down the stretch (guarding Howard), and Anim hurt us.”

No other Marquette player had more than four points. All of Marquette’s scoring came from five different players.

“Even though we may have not played our best offensively, our guys found a way to win,” Wojciechowski said. “That’s been something that our team has done a pretty good job of over the course of the season.”

The Hauser brothers, who

average a combined 26.1 points, scored just four points total. Neither Hauser brother scored until the 18:00 mark in the second half.

“We didn’t want to put too much attention on Howard and let those guys go,” Wright said. “We played them pretty tough, too.”

Turnovers continued to be an issue Saturday afternoon.

Twelve Marquette turnovers led to 19 Villanova points.

The Golden Eagles will visit DePaul Tuesday for their first road game since Jan. 30. Marquette and DePaul have split the last four games in Chicago.