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Preventing disease WI, Marquette take precautions against measles

By Annie Mattea

anne.mattea@marquette.edu

More than 100 cases of measles have been reported in the United States in 2019, according to a Feb. 7 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While Marquette has never experienced a case of measles, the university’s policies are working to prevent rising disease.

The disease has been diagnosed in 10 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas and Washington. It was not reported in Wisconsin, however. The last time measles was reported in Milwaukee was 2011, according to the Milwaukee Health Department.

According to the CDC, measles

is a virus that is spread through the air by coughing or sneezing. Its symptoms include high fever and rash all over the body. With treatment, the disease is eliminated in two to three weeks. However, some die from complications of the disease, according to the CDC. One or two out of every 1,000 children with measles will die due to complications, according to the CDC. Measles was declared eliminated from the United States in 2000. The annual number of cases has ranged from a low of 37 in 2004 to a high of 667 in 2014, according to the CDC. In 2016, the number of cases was 86, while in 2018 the number jumped to 372.

Marquette University has policies in place to prevent students from contracting measles or other dangerous diseases.

Marquette has an immunization policy which requires students to have two MMR vaccines, which See DISEASE page 2

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By Bryan Geenen

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After canceling two Monday night meetings due to snow and cold days for the university, Marquette University Student Government is making changes this semester to be more productive and efficient, said Dan Brophy, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences and legislative vice president of MUSG. MUSG executives decided to change the meetings’ focus each Monday. Every Monday starting after Feb. 18 will be affected, switching between Senate and Committee focus for each meeting, Brophy said. The switch every week is to focus on getting through legislation on Senate days and to increase productivity throughout each meeting.

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President Meredith Gillespie said meetings will be more efficient.

According to the MUSG website, the MUSG Senate actively identifies, addresses, and represents students’ needs, concerns, and interests.

Brophy said he was encouraged by the change by the MUSG executives, hoping the switch might make the Senate and Committee meetings

more efficient for the senators and for students who attend.

With the missed snow and cold days, MUSG is backlogged with legislation to pass and other work to get to.

Though yesterday’s meetings was See MEETINGS page 2

Jesuit superior of Africa speaks at Faber Center Former Marquette professor praises Ignatian education

By Margaret Cahill

margaret.cahill@marquette.edu

The Faber Center invited Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator, theologian and president of Jesuit Superiors of Africa and Madagascar to speak to members of the Marquette University community about Jesuit education Feb. 11.

He worked in Marquette’s theology department from 201516. Twenty-six Marquette faculty, students and Jesuits attended the free event.

“Jesuit education is an

invitation to venture into those cracks of questions, issues and situations that shape and define life at its most basic and concrete manifestation, locally and globally,” Orobator said.

Michael Dante, director of the Faber Center, said the center usually hosts one or two speakers every year in addition to various retreats.

Dante said the center chose Orobator as its spring speaker because he could bring a fresh perspective to spiritual life at Marquette based on his global experience as a Jesuit.

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Dante said. “He’s also a theologian and some of his work brings him to Rome. So he has a great depth in Ignatian spirituality in higher education, but he also has a very global perspective.”

Sister Anne Arabome, associate director of the Faber Center, is Orobator’s cousin. She said she hoped the speech and all efforts by the Faber Center would inspire the campus community to grow in Ignatian spirituality.

“The person comes to fullness and understanding of who they are when God is in their lives,” Arabome said. “And being in a Jesuit institution, we want to imagine that what they experience will have a ripple effect in the classroom.”

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

Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator spoke at the Faber Center’s event.

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MEETINGS: MU DISEASE: Good hygiene, students welcome disinfectants stop spread to give them a space to speak with their constituents and talk about private for the MUSG executive what they want to pursue,” Gilboard to get through some legisla- lespie said. “That will help catalyze tion, students are encouraged to at- those initiatives that help you get tend any of the following meetings. closer with people outside of the The focus will be different every organization.”

Valerie Del Campo, a senior other Monday, between Senate and in the College of CommunicaCommittee material.

Yesterday’s meeting was to pass tion and executive vice president legislation and get through work of MUSG, said MUSG could imthat has not been attended to this prove the funding process to help semester, due to the snow days, student organizations.

“I think one thing we need to do Brophy said. for funding is to set “If we can up meetings with pack a lot into organizations to see one meeting, how we can betit’s using our ter support them or time more efbreak down the stuficiently and dent organization we can get funding and applia lot more cation,” Del Campo done,” Brosaid. phy said.

Student organiza“Committee tion funding training meetings will is coming up Feb. 19, also be open 20 and 21. MUSG to the public. is looking to make Our intenproductivity a key tion was to Dan Brophy goal by switching have student organizations MUSG legislative vice president the form of meeting, Brophy mentioned. come to talk to committees to raise According to the website, attending SOF training is mandatory for concerns.”

Brophy said MUSG can get too a student organizations’ president or internally focused from time to time, an executive board member before when the meetings focus on making applying for funding. If no one attends, there will be no funding for changes within MUSG. “I think our goal as an executive the student organization.

Brophy, Gillespie and Del Campo board is to focus MUSG back on the students, the student experience, said student, faculty and staff opinstudent narratives and what drives ions are essential to the conversation and workings of MSUG. students here,” Brophy said.

“It’s the only thing that’s imporMeredith Gillespie, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences and tant. It’s the only thing we should be president of MUSG, said MUSG’s considering,” Brophy said.

“Student opinions and student hope is to be more outwardly focused, as opposed to focusing within voices are what run our organization,” Gillespie said. “If it wasn’t for student government.

“The committee meetings and them, MUSG wouldn’t be here.” formal Senate will be really good for (student government members) Continued from page 1

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If we can pack a lot into one meeting, it’s using our time more efficiently and we can get a lot more done.”

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A small station of tissues and hand sanitizer sits in the Marquette University Medical Clinic for visitors.

Continued from page 1 combat measles, mumps and rubella, Keli Wollmer, interim director for the Marquette University Medical Clinic, said. They also require varicella and Tdap vaccinations.

Tdap prevents tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis.

“Getting vaccinated is the single most important step to prevent getting measles,” Wollmer said in an email.

Students are unable to register for classes if they do not comply with the policy, Wollmer said.

When infectious diseases occur on campus, Marquette contacts the Milwaukee Health Department in order to handle the incident, Wollmer said.

“We work with (the Office of Marketing and Communication) to notify the university

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community and notify close contacts that may be at risk,” Wollmer said in an email. “Any close contacts who are not vaccinated are encouraged to do so.”

Although there has never been a case of measles at the university, there were two cases of mumps in 2017 and recently a case of mumps in January 2019.

Wollmer said the medical clinic will continue surveillance for mumps until Feb. 24, but there are currently no more suspected cases.

On college campuses, it can be difficult to remain healthy due to close proximity to other people, Nolan Cox, a freshman in the College of Nursing, said. “(Getting immunizations) doesn’t come with any negatives associated,” Cox said. “It might not always work perfectly. However, it does more good than harm.”

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College students should closely monitor their immunization records, especially when traveling abroad, Alicia Davis, clinical instructor in the College of Nursing, said.

According to the CDC, measles remains a common disease in areas of Europe, Asia, the Pacific and Africa. 19 cases of measles per 1 million persons are reported each year and about 89,780 people die.

According to the CDC, most measles cases in the U.S. result from international travel.

“On-campus students should focus on prevention methods such as good hand hygiene, cleaning and disinfecting living quarters and avoiding sick contacts,” Davis said.

“Students should also avoid sharing beverages, food and utensils.”

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Michael Dante, director of the Faber Center, opened the presentation and welcomed Orobator to the students, faculty and staff in the crowd.

Continued from page 1 According to the Faber Center’s website, the Faber Center “was created for the purpose of promoting Ignatian spirituality among faculty and staff.”

During his talk, Orobator focused on St. Ignatius’ life and conversion and how this could be applied to one’s own Jesuit education.

Orobator was raised in an African religious tradition and said this had a strong positive impact on him. He converted to Christianity later in life and said his conversion experience gives him a special tie to St. Ignatius.

“When Ignatius of Loyola speaks of awe and wonder from this simple experience of looking into a deep-running stream, I can resonate with that,” Orobator said.

“I believe him.”

Orobator did not experience a Jesuit education when he was young, but he said the Jesuit educational experience he had as an adult fundamentally changed him.

“It opened my eyes,” Orobator said. “It showed me that education is more than passing exams.

It’s about really being attentive to the reality of the world and your responsibility of changing that reality for the better. That is the core of Jesuit education.”

During his speech, Orobator said St. Ignatius was “committed more to serving the poor than to any personal titles or achievements” and he called on the audience to maintain similar priorities through Jesuit education.

Eric Kowalik, a researcher and instructor at Raynor Memorial Libraries who attended the speech,

said Orobator’s ideas of a Jesuit education resonated with him.

“I think as an educator, it’s a good reminder for what Jesuit institutions are trying to (do) and what the focus should be,” Kowalik said. “Providing skills is important, but it’s important to be cultivating students to be men and women with and for others and making sure that you’re using your talents to help the greater good and not be selfish with them.”

Sister Irene Ogutu, a graduate student studying chemistry, has heard Orobator speak before, and attended the speech to learn more about Ignatian spirituality.

“I’ve always enjoyed his talks during homilies and during Mass (at Gesu),” Ogutu said. “He gives me great insights when he was here at Marquette for one year. Every time I attended his Mass, it was

quite encouraging and quite enriching and I am looking forward to learning more about Ignatian spirituality, being that I am a Franciscan.” Franciscans are a group of mendicant religious orders within the Catholic Church.

Orobator ended the speech by calling on members of the Marquette community to make sure Marquette graduates are not only professionally skilled, but also contain spiritual depth.

“Against this grain of superficiality, I am convinced that the tradition of Jesuit education invited its practitioners to depth,” Orobator said. “The opposite of depth is not shallowness — it’s mediocracy. I believe that at its best, this tradition of education has no mediocracy, rather it pushes boundaries (and) it expands horizons.”

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Group hands out condoms in front of library Students distribute contraceptives to promote safe sex

By Molly Glowacki

molly.glowacki@marquette.edu

A group of Marquette University students handed out condoms to students on the public sidewalk in front of Raynor Memorial Library Feb. 13 at 11 a.m. They were gone within an hour.

Shannon O’Connor, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, planned the event. She said the students decided to hand out condoms to other students to promote safe sex. O’Connor has passed out condoms the day before Valentine’s Day for the past two years, she said.

“The goal was to raise awareness about STDs that are rampant on this campus and to promote safe and consensual sex among students, faculty, staff and the surrounding community,” O’Connor said.

Chris Stolarski, university spokesperson, said the university

would never approve a student organization event with the stated intent of distributing condoms.

“It’s important to reemphasize that the students who distributed such materials on February 13 did so on a public sidewalk, expressing their right to free speech,” Stolarski said in an email.

Diverse and Resilient, a nonprofit organization in Wisconsin, provided 1,000 male condoms, 25 female condoms and small bottles of lubricant, which the volunteer students divided into packs. O’Connor said her and the group of volunteers reached out to the organization.

According to Diverse and Resilient’s website, its mission is to achieve health equity and to improve the safety and well-being for LGBTQ people and communities in Wisconsin.

O’Connor said students’ reactions varied when she stood on Wisconsin Avenue and asked if they wanted a few condoms.

“We actually got some pretty mixed reactions,” O’Connor said.

“One or two people were obviously upset with it. One student actually took the bag and threw it

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Shannon O’Connor (middle) and Morgan Knigge (far right) pass out bags filled with condoms to students.

at the library. Most people were a tad embarrassed and just sort of ignored us. A good amount of people, though, thanked us and even asked for more baggies.”

Hannah Badeau, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she chose to hand out condoms because Marquette does not provide contraceptives.

“The university’s clinic does provide STI testing and is fully prepared to assist students after

a sexual encounter, but is unwilling to provide means for sexually active adults to take proactive measures to practicing safe sex,” Badeau said in an email.

Stolarski said Marquette deeply values its religious identity and does not distribute contraceptives through its student health services.

“Students have a free speech right to distribute materials on public sidewalks,” Stolarski said in an email. “The university does

not control information or materials that are handed out on public sidewalks.”

O’Connor said she has no plans to change the format of this event for next year, which has occurred during previous school years.

“Overall, I thought it was really cool to provide students with something so important that Marquette unfortunately does not,” O’Connor said.

Police department safety app reaches users EagleEye provides contacts, acts as mobile BlueLight

By Donna Sarkar

adwitiya.sarkar@marquette.edu

EagleEye, Marquette University Police Department’s free safety app, has reached 1,175 downloads as of Feb. 14, MUPD Capt.

Katie Berigan said.

MUPD is currently trying to spread the word about EagleEye, pushing for more students to download the app, Berigan said.

“We went live with the app the day before freshman move-in (for the fall semester) but we were afraid that if we pushed it, then that it would get lost in the noise of the new school year,” Berigan said. “We figured that now we have reached a point where people are settled in and can get comfortable with using the app.”

The app also features like emergency contacts, a mobile BlueLight which allows users to press a button and connect directly to MUPD while sending the device’s location, as well as a safety toolbox that includes information about LIMOs and sending an ‘I’m OK’ message to a contact of choosing.

“I’m particularly encouraged by the mobile BlueLight feature, which allows users to connect directly with MUPD, and the friend walk feature,

which allows students to track their friends’ locations from point A to point B,” Capt. Jeff Kranz said.

The friend walk feature sends the user’s location to friends in real time, who then can track where the user is going until they have reached their destination safely.

The app also features contacts to other support resources on campus such as the Counseling Center, Medical Clinic and Campus Ministry.

It includes direct access to MUPD safety alerts, emergency procedures guides and links to MUPD’s social media, like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

Berigan said MUPD will be making changes and adjustments to the app depending on the number of downloads, but first wants to get students comfortable with using the app.

“The app was mostly a MUPD initiative and we worked with a company (AppArmor) that helped us develop an app that worked well with us,” Berigan said. “We had a previous app, called Patrnous, but it wasn’t specifically branded for us and we couldn’t have our own features for us, so we thought this new app was a better fit.”

Berigan is currently in charge of managing the app and said MUPD is looking for ways to get students involved and keep the content fresh and interesting.

David Reddy, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences and a

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A user of the EagleEye app learns about all the features by looking at the About/Preferences page.

Department of Campus Safety student employment coordinator and field supervisor, said there are many resources on the app that allow for students to quickly contact MUPD or let friends and family know about their safety.

“I think the EagleEye App offers a great set of tools for students and faculty to maximize their safety on campus,” Reddy said in an email.

Reddy said he uses the app to see the Milwaukee County Transit map

in the Campus Map section, as well as an occasional call for a LIMO. “For the students that are willing to take the time to set up features like Friend Walk or read the Emergency Procedures Guide, the EagleEye app is an all-in-one location for most of what a student would need to stay safe on campus,” Reddy said in an email. “Being able to see MUPD’s safety alerts and Twitter feed is beneficial and allows a direct connection for them to let students know about

situations on campus.”

Kranz said as a police department charged with protecting the safety of students, faculty and staff, MUPD is constantly looking for new ways to add layers of security on campus.

“The new EagleEye app is the latest way we are helping do so in the event of an emergency, as well as providing helpful information about MUPD,” Kranz said.

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Research focuses on new ways to purify water Visible light kills bacteria with fewer side effects, costs

By Alex Garner

alexandra.garner@marquette.edu

Brooke Mayer, associate professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering and head of the Mayer Research Group, is conducting research focused on new ways to purify water through Marquette University’s Water Quality Center.

The center is researching ways to deal with water quantity and quality issues. Mayer said part of her research focusing on water quality and treatment involves using visible light to disinfect bacteria.

“Light has energy associated with it and as you get it to a lower wavelength range, it has more energy and it starts to break bonds more efficiently and disinfect things,” Mayer said.

Mayer reviewed a Chinese group of researchers doing similar work in an article published on the website Nova. The researchers there are using energy from visible light to generate bacteria killing chemicals like hydrogen peroxide. Nova is the most watched prime time science television series on PBS. “They are not the first team to do that, but they have the highest efficiency that has been reported yet,” Mayer said. “It’s a big advancement.”

Mayer said the Chinese researchers modified a metal-free semiconductor, graphitic carbon nitride — a chemical compound — to more efficiently move electrons around. She said it lessens the energy needed for the disinfection process.

“It’s a pretty cool trick where they’ve allowed those electrons to jump around, so that you can disinfect with just regular light instead of having to have really high-energy UV,” Mayer said. Rather than using UV light, which normally has more energy than visible light, the researchers manipulated the electrons to create higher energy.

Mayer said a lot of groups around the world are using metal as a semiconductor, but that could be counterproductive if toxins are released into the water while trying to disinfect it.

“This team has come in using a non-metal approach so that hopefully it’s safer and doesn’t release metals into the drinking water,” Mayer said.

Mayer said chlorine-based disinfection is the most common method used worldwide.

She said chlorine disinfectants are basically bleach. Mayer said when these disinfectants are added to water, they can react with other organic matter and can form disinfection byproducts that can cause harm to

Photo by Elena Fiegen elena.fiegen@marquette.edu

Brooke Mayer is the researcher studying water purification methods.

humans and the environment.

“Light-based disinfectants offer a nice alternative because they don’t have these byproducts,” Mayer said.

Mayer said chemical additions to disinfection processes can be more costly, depending on the scale and input.

“Using light is the most cost-effective means of disinfection right now,” Mayer said, adding that using UV light rather than visible light is the more expensive option.

Mayer said that because of its expensive nature, UV light disinfection is less widely used in the United States. She said, however, the use of light disinfection is increasing globally because developing countries and rural areas have readily access to visible light. Mayer also said these areas can make use of these disinfection processes because they cannot take advantage of wastewater treatment in municipalities.

Donald Ryan, a graduate student in the College of Engineering and member of Mayer’s research team, said a lot of conventional UV research looks at how low and medium-pressure bulbs work as light sources.

“Our project slightly deviates from this,” Ryan said. “We used LED bulbs to provide the wavelength needed to clean water.”

Caitlin Graeber, a junior in the College of Engineering and member of Mayer’s research team, said the team used LED lights because they are more energy and cost efficient.

“Usually UV treatment is used with medium-pressure bulbs and we were trying to find a more sustainable way to use that,” Graeber said. “Now UV treatment is really

expensive because it uses a lot of energy, so using the LED bulbs would make it more feasible and ideal for companies in our current water treatment plants to incorporate that kind of treatment process.”

Mayer said light-based disinfection has an appeal for locations such as developing nations and rural areas that do not have an advanced system already set up. She said with readily available access to visible light, a device could be set out

in the sun to activate the disinfection process, which would supply consumable water.

“In most cases in the U.S. or a developed country setting, a multibarrier approach is used,” Mayer said. “This involves a number of different treatment processes (involving) inputs and outputs that water passes through ... with each process targeting a different broad class of contaminants.”

Mayer said this would make contaminants stick together so they are physically big enough to be removed from the system by gravity or a filter.

Mayer said another aspect of her research at Marquette involves resource recovery.

“Used water has lots of stuff that you don’t want to put back into the environment, but if you can get it out, some of it’s actually valuable,” Mayer said. “Phosphorus — like fossil fuels, like coal — is a nonrenewable resource, so there is a horizon of when we can’t get it out of the Earth effectively anymore.”

Mayer said her team is looking for ways to short cycle and extract phosphorous out of wastewater and reuse it as a soil additive, rather than using traditional fertilizer. Eileen Kennedy, a graduate student in the College of Engineering and member of Mayer’s research, said part of her research involves converting liquid, non-reactive phosphorus to solid, reactive phosphorus.

“One of Milwaukee’s highest pollutants is phosphorous, especially going into Lake Michigan,” Kennedy said.

According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, a quarter of the more than 700

Wisconsin waterbodies on the state’s impaired waters list have failed to meet water quality standards due to phosphorus pollution.

Kennedy said non-reactive phosphorus can be found in phytic acid, a preservative found in medical waste and food. She said phytic acid doesn’t get converted in wastewater treatment plants.

“A lot of the farmland that uses phosphorus in agriculture and in fertilizer all gets washed off into a stream,” Kennedy said.

According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, phosphorus enters lakes and streams after heavy rains and melting snow wash over farm fields and feedlots where fertilizer, manure and soil are present.

Kennedy said this non-point source runoff is difficult to address and control in comparison to point source runoff because the source of the runoff cannot be identified. She said point source runoff typically comes from wastewater treatment plants.

“I think that’s really where we can look at it,” Kennedy said, adding that the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources limits the amount of phosphorus that can leave systems based on the total. The department also focuses on solid phosphorus rather than liquid.

Mayer said being on the cutting edge of research that can advance basic society needs is really exciting.

“We need that,” Mayer said. “We need to keep improving the systems that we have.”

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Water is being disinfected with light in the College of Engineering lab, which is done by the research team.

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Organizations collaborate to PALS program host event on Constitution helps with fitness, everyday routines Dialogue examines how core principles affect government

By Alexa Jurado

alexa.jurado@marquette.edu

In collaboration with the Soup with Substance series, and as part of Black History Month, Marquette University’s Constitutional Consciousness Week hosted a presentation of a video of former President Barack Obama, and a discussion to talk about the presentation.

The Center for Urban Research, Teaching and Outreach, the Center for Intercultural Engagement, and the Marquette Forum hosted the event.

“Soup with Substance is an opportunity to speak about topics of social justice and peacemaking over a simple meal of soup and bread,” Gerry Fischer, the associate director of Campus Ministry, said.

The Soup with Substance program has been going on since the 70s.

Robert Smith, a professor and director of the Center for Urban Research, Teaching and

Outreach said Constitutional Consciousness Week fits under the Marquette Forum’s theme of Democracy in Troubled Times.

“When our democracy is in trouble, one way to address the troubles is to go back to what the Constitution says, but then also to have a broader set of conversations so that we can think in a more inclusive way,” Smith said.

The Presidents Day Soup for Substance event focused on how the government is shaped by the Constitution and how it subsequently affects the lives of everyday people.

“We just wanted to get folks thinking about what our Constitution stands for, specifically from a former president who happens to be a constitutional law scholar and expert,” Smith said. “So the goal was to really be reminded that our current state of political hostility is not where we need to be as a nation.”

People need to be moving forward, and trying to progress on key issues, and using the Constitution to do so, Smith said.

Smith said he thought Obama’s speech was a great way “to be reminded by the value of principles that are supposed to be

guiding our nation.” He also said that it was a good way to have a civil discussion about difficult issues.

Fischer said if students get introduced to a topic they find interesting, they might become inspired.

“Maybe they’ll do something about it, they’ll respond, they’ll do more exploration and find an issue they want to advocate for, you never know,” Fisher said.

“There’s a lot of issues in the world and it’s hard to be on top of every one and you can’t address every one as a limited human being. That’s the hope, that something may strike someone and cause them to do more.”

Smith said society is witnessing a remarkable community of young people doing remarkable things across the country and locally.

“Students in particular, it is your future,” Smith said. “Our society does not progress without young people pushing us, and the future is in our hands, and being engaged politically is the only way to make those changes. And our Constitution is a great vehicle for that forward progress.”

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Soup with Substance hosted an event in the AMU as part of this year’s Constitutional Consciousness Week.

Gretebeck said.

Students work the research team by collecting data, observing the PALS classes, entering data and developing community resource materials for the participants. Undergraduate honBy Autumn Hirchert autumn.hirchert@marquette.edu ors nursing students are selected

by Gretebeck to work on the Kimberlee Gretebeck, interim PALS project, where Gretebeck associate dean for research and advises them. associate professor of nursing at Margaret Lyons, a sophomore Marquette University, developed in the College of Nursing, works Physical Activity for Life for Se- at a nursing home and helps with niors, a program ran through the seniors, but is not part of the College of Nursing aimed at im- PALS program. Lyons said PALS proving the fitness of older adults. sounds like a great program that The 10-week program aims can make a big difference in to maintain physical func- a senior’s life. tion and independence in older “I think that some residents that adults through circuit workouts, work out regularly are in better Gretebeck said. spirits generally, it helps them “(It) improves activities like boost their mood as well as loosen getting in and out of a car, using up their muscles to be less stiff,” the toilet and riding the public Lyons said. bus,” Gretebeck said.

The College of Nursing has not The PALS program came to had a program like PALS before, Marquette two years ago when Gretebeck said.

Gretebeck started to work on “So far participants really seem campus. Originally, the program to like it,” Gretebeck said. “We was developed five years ago at have gotten a lot of positive feedthe University of back, like peoWisconsin-Madple being able ison with docto do laundry tors and physical easier or ride therapists at the the bus, just university with those daily Gretebeck. things that are “I wanted a proso important.” gram that could The Wisconbe done at home sin Institute or church, was for Healthy inexpensive, and Aging is a improved physinonprofit orcal function for ganization seniors,” Greteproviding probeck said. grams and serThrough the vices for older PALS program, people.

The participants do organization exercises like the helps Gretechair stand, a sitbeck plan and Kimberlee Gretebeck recruit ting and standing parInterim associate dean for ticipants for exercise. Each exercise is performed research and associate professor the PALS profor one minute at gram. each station. Another exercise “Dr. Gretebeck’s work is makwithin the circuit is the number ing a big impact on senior health touch, where participants lift a as well as generating knowledge weighted ball to different heights with her research to continue to to touch numbered posters understand what is most helpful on a wall. for seniors,” Janet Krejci, dean “Number touch helps im- and professor for the College of prove abilities like combing Nursing, said. hair, putting clothes on or reachGretebeck said not only is the ing something on a high shelf,” program having positive effects Gretebeck said. on physical health for seniors, but The PALS program partnered social health, too. with St. Camillus Retirement “The program’s group dynamLiving in Wauwatosa, in 2017. ic gives (participants) the opGraduate and undergraduate stu- portunity to socialize and make dents help lead workouts and friends, which is good because talk to seniors about their current good health is ... mental ... (and) health and goals for the future, physical,” Gretebeck said.

Nursing program leads St. Camillus seniors in workouts

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I wanted a program that could be done at home or church, was inexpensive and improved physical functions for seniors.”

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Search for permanent provost to start in March “The university is looking for an individual with stellar academic leadership experience who will be committed to Marquette’s Catholic, Jesuit mission,” Ah Yun said in an email.

The search committee will look

By Alexa Jurado for an academic leader who, in close alexa.jurado@marquette.edu partnership with University President Michael Lovell and Senior The search for a new permanent Vice President Joel Pogodzinski, provost will begin sometime after will advance Beyond Boundaries. spring break, Acting Provost Kimo Beyond Boundaries, also known Ah Yun said. as the Campus Master Plan, in“A search committee and external tegrates academic, physical and search firm will be identified in the financial priorities and serves as upcoming weeks,” Ah Yun said in a road map for Marquette’s capian email. “Listening sessions and tal projects during the next 10 to the development of a positions pro- 20 years, according to the Beyond file will take place over the spring Boundaries website. semester, with a candidate pool creAh Yun said that once a search ated this summer.” committee is named, the inforAh Yun did not comment on mation will be announced to the whether he will apply for the per- campus community. manent position.

University spokesperson, Chris Ah Yun Stolarski said the said it is committee’s makeup the job of will likely be weightthe provost ed more heavily with to coordifaculty members nate planning since the provost is endeavors, Marquette’s academcultivate ic leader. learning ex“While we can periences never ensure reprefor students, sentation from every ensure acacollege, department demic proor office on campus, gram quality we are diligent about and encouridentifying a search age new procommittee that comgrams, and prises individuals recruit a difrom a wide range of verse student areas,” Stolarski said body and Kimo Ah Yun in an email. faculty. Some As the university Acting Provost of the ongoing searches for a new Provost initiatives are the Faculty provost, it will also look to hire perSuccess Program, Faculty Mini- manent deans for the Colleges of Grants for Diversity, Equity and In- Arts & Sciences, Communication, clusion, and coming in 2020, there and Business Administration. will be a Faculty Diversity Fellow“All follow the search for the next ship Program. provost so that he or she can be inHe did not comment on volved with those searches,” Ah Yun whether he will apply for the said in an email. “We have excellent permanent position. acting deans in Drs. Sarah Feldner “The provost is also entrusted to and Heather Hathaway, and we will uphold the university’s mission and name a highly qualified acting dean core values. The provost has an ex- for business in the near future.” tremely important role at the univerFeldner, former associate dean sity,” Ah Yun said in an email. of the College of Communication, Formerly dean of College of was named acting dean of the ColCommunications, Ah Yun was ap- lege of Communication Nov. 9 after pointed acting provost when for- Ah Yun was appointed to provost. mer Provost Daniel Myers stepped Hathaway, former associate dean of down Oct. 31. Myers took the role academic affairs in the College of of provost and chief academic offi- Arts & Sciences, was named acting cer at American University Dec. 17. dean for the college Feb. 7, replacAh Yun said that while it would ing former dean Rick Holz. be ideal to have a new provost beFormer dean of the College of fore the fall 2019 semester, finding Business Administration Brian Till the right person is key. announced Feb. 11 he was taking a “It is more important that we yearlong sabbatical starting May 19. get this process right and idenHathaway said she is responsible tify the best candidate to help lead for faculty oversight, fiscal manageMarquette forward,” Ah Yun said ment of college resources, troublein an email. shooting unexpected problems and Ah Yun said it is the search com- more. She also is working to upmittee’s job to develop a “position hold initiatives put into place by the profile” for the new provost. previous dean.

Committee, firm to be identified in upcoming weeks

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The university is looking for an individual with stellar academic leadership experience who will be committed...”

Photo courtesy of Kimo Ah Yun

Acting Provost Kimo Ah Yun said once a search committee is announced, the campus will be notified.

“In the “acting” role, my goal is to maintain the initiatives begun by Dean Holz that are currently underway in the College and to work with the faculty, staff and other college administrators to keep us moving forward,” Hathaway said in an email. “Creating a sense of stability and continuity are important goals during any transition.”

At the dean level, one needs to view the college as a whole and see the college as a vital segment within the larger university, Hathaway said in an email.

Change is an integral and inescapable part of any living institution, Hathaway said in an email regarding Marquette’s administrative shifts.

“Higher education, nationally, is undergoing significant change and Marquette must necessarily follow suit,” Hathaway said in an email.

“Our ultimate goal at MU, however, never changes: to provide a wholistic, excellent educational and spiritual foundation for MU grads to lead us ethically into the future.”

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Senior makes, sells her own vegan ice cream Menzia hopes to bring her products to farmers markets

By Amanda Parrish

amanda.parrish@marquette.edu

In just a few months, Olivia Menzia has built her obsession with ice cream into a business, selling 100 half-pints of her personally made, vegan ice cream in the first two weeks.

A senior in the College of Communication, Menzia said she felt she was spreading herself too thin and taking herself too seriously during her last semester. She made a New Year’s resolution to pick one thing to put all of her energy into. Her choice: Liv a Little Ice Cream.

While the idea has always been in the back of her mind, Menzia said she made the decision to pursue her ice cream business this past winter break. She said she will never forget walking into her fall internship, at ad agency Hoffman York, located in the Third Ward, one day and saying she was tired of sitting at her desk and just wanted to be making ice cream. One of her coworkers turned to her and told her she should, and Menzia took it to heart.

Menzia announced on her personal Instagram Jan. 1 that she would be pursuing Liv a Little Ice Cream. The first post on her business Instagram came Jan. 3 and her sales began Jan. 29.

Menzia said messages on Instagram came flooding in, and within the first day, she had 50 orders for her first flavor: 3 O’clock Coffee. She closed her sales Feb. 10 at 100 cartons.

Menzia will finish the placed orders and launch her next flavor at the end of the month. Menzia said she will release new flavors one at a time for flavor testing. 3 O’clock Coffee was sold for $4 per half-pint, but future flavors will vary in price depending on the ingredients.

“I always wanted to do something where I could use creativity,” Menzia said. “I think the cool thing about the ice cream is — one, it’s my favorite food and I’m obsessed with it — but also I can experiment and

Photo courtesy of Olivia Menzia

Menzia sold 100 cartons of her first ice cream flavor “3 O’Clock Coffee.”

be creative with the flavors and design.”

Katie Ruffino, a junior in the College of Health Sciences who became friends with Menzia this semester, said the ice cream business is very fitting for Menzia. Ruffino said Menzia eats ice cream nearly every day.

Ruffino was initially interested in Menzia’s experience taking classes at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, but she said the two quickly bonded over their love of food. Ruffino

said Menzia’s bubbly personality is shown in her products, and that the authenticity of Liv a Little Ice Cream makes the product even better.

“I was walking down Wisconsin Avenue and (Menzia) started waving me down,” Ruffino said.

“She was so excited for me to try the ice cream and really wanted me to give her my honest input so that she could improve her product.”

Menzia said she makes the ice cream in her room at her

apartment and packages them in cartons, hand-painted with the logo of her own design, paying for the materials herself.

“I make it at 2 a.m. My roommates are haunted by the sound of the ice cream machine,” Menzia said, adding that the business is essentially a onewoman show.

Menzia said customers can pick up the ice cream from her house, or she will hand deliver it. She said it is a good way to put a face to the name and build her customer base. She said she plans on having all orders picked up in the future, and she bought a second fridge to accommodate the growing interest.

As for flavor ideas, Menzia said she gets inspiration from her childhood and all of the ice cream she has eaten. She said when she was a kid, she would go to her grandparents’ home and have sherbet with mint, a flavor she is currently trying to make. She said she wants to keep the flavors unique and playful, making sure not to take things too seriously.

She said the decision to make the ice cream vegan was a way to include the many friends she has who are lactose intolerant,

Photo courtesy of Olivia Menzia

Olivia Menzia, a senior in the College of Communication, started her own vegan ice cream shop earlier this year.

and the point of making her ice cream vegan is not to make it healthy, but rather to create something that everyone can enjoy and to separate herself from other markets.

A vegan herself, Kylie Champion, freshman in the College of Nursing, said finding vegan ice cream can be hard. She said she likes the personal and handmade concept of Menzia’s business and that Menzia cares enough to make vegan ice cream.

“It’s cool that it’s made by someone at my university. I want to support my peers,” Champion said, adding that she would immediately be placing an order.

While Menzia was surprised by how quickly her product caught on, her friend Kevin Ryan, a graduate student in the College of Health Sciences, said he wasn’t shocked at all. Ryan said Menzia knows a lot of people on campus and finds a way to connect with everyone. He said he likes that Liv a Little Ice Cream appeals to a lot of people, adding that, of course, the taste is also great.

“I ate the whole carton in five minutes if I’m going to be honest,” Ryan said.

Menzia said her goal for the summer is to have her products at farmers markets and restaurants.

Menzia said she grew up visiting her family’s farm, which gave her experience with farmers markets. She said she thinks the local, community aspect of farmers markets fits the personal feeling of Liv a Little Ice Cream.

Menzia said she has recently reached out to Uncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern, located in the Brewers Hill neighborhood of Milwaukee. She said she was at Uncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern with friends and brought a carton of her ice cream to eat after breakfast. Menzia said Wolfgang Schaefer, half of the husband and wife team who own Uncle Wolfie’s Breakfast Tavern, asked if he could try some. After trying the ice cream, he told Menzia he is looking to add ice cream to the menu and asked for her card.

Ultimately, Menzia said, she wants to sell her ice cream from a truck or van at farmers markets and do freelance designing for companies on the side. As for a storefront, Menzia said that is much further down the line.

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Marquette Literary Review Magazine rebrands

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Publication adds multimedia aspects, more visual content

By Emma Dill

emma.dill@marquette.edu

This year’s annual Marquette Literary Review Magazine is for the first time accepting not only creative writing and artwork, but also videos.

Among numerous publications Marquette sponsors and publishes, the Marquette Literary Review Magazine provides students with an outlet to express their more creative sides, through creative works such as prose, poetry, short stories and essays, as well as artworks like photographs and drawings and now video.

The publication has been published online every year in the spring since its beginning in 2009. This year, for the first time, the editorial staff introduced a new website that allows the magazine to publish videos as well as other forms of visual art and writing.

“We accept a huge range of stuff,” Myers said, “(Now), we also look for photos (and) art work and we can also accept videos and work that in.

It’s a really multimedia magazine now.”

The magazine is a studentrun organization with oversight from the English department and English graduate student Jason Myers. It will be released May 2.

“Genre-wise we don’t discriminate, so the content is based on what we receive,” Myers said.

Because publication is online, Myers said there is no limit to the number of works that can be included in the magazine.

publish two something the community can be state of Marquette. It gives the The Literary issues of the proud of.”

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Carolyn Lewis, a senior in the magazine in creative works “I think writing, especially print within College of Communication, is creative from the whole writing, is very the coming the second undergraduate editor personal,” Story said. “So of the Marquette years, and for the magazine. Lewis spoke whatever the (artist) chooses to community, even open to the power of the Literary write represents our Marquette including alumni, up the Review to offer a morale boost values and each person’s professors, magazine to to beginning artists and writers personality. I always love to graduate students submissions by letting them see their work look through the old Literary and undergraduate from people get published. She had works Reviews to see what content and students. outside of the published twice in the Literary ideas were influencing campus Anna Story, u n i v e r s i t y Review, a poem in 2017 and a in the past. I think it’s a good a senior in the short story in 2018. community.

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University should provide condoms to protect public health

Some Marquette students decided to promote safe sex the day before Valentine’s Day by handing out condoms to those walking on the public sidewalk outside of Raynor Library. Marquette University does not provide contraceptives through its medical clinic — including condoms — because of its identity as a Catholic institution.

Marquette should consider changing its policies about contraceptives.

By offering condoms to students, the university would be performing a public health service by helping stop the spread of STIs. This would demonstrate that the university cares about all parts of its students’ health and well-being.

This change would certainly pose a challenge for Marquette. Some other Catholic universities, including Loyola University, Creighton University and DePaul University, also do not provide contraceptives to their students. Marquette has the opportunity to set a positive precedent by taking this step and possibly

having an influence on students and administration at other universities as well as their own. Normalizing the use of condoms for public health benefits is needed.

Some students who attend Marquette may have not received thorough sex education in high school and may not know about the importance of contraceptives. Giving students condoms initially through the medical clinic could help students understand that they need to use them in order to safeguard themselves and others from STIs. The Marquette University Medical Clinic does offer STI testing, which is a helpful resource for students. That being said, the university

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should offer a way to avoid the STIs it tests for. For students who contract certain STIs, it is a necessary preventative measure to give condoms after a diagnosis in case the patient chooses to continue being sexually active.

In an email, university spokesperson Chris Stolarski said, “The university would never approve a student organization event with the stated intent of distributing condoms.”

The university should give student organizations the opportunity to provide condoms at their own discretion, especially with the medical clinic’s current policy.

This would further prevent students

By offering

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students, the university would be performing a public health service by helping stop the spread of STIs.”

Photo by Andrew Himmelberg andrew.himmelberg@marquette.edu

Marquette should take steps to help students prioritize sexual health.

from contracting STIs. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 20 million new cases of STIs occur yearly in the U.S., with half of those cases involving individuals aged 15 to 24. The age range of university students and the newfound freedom universities give leaves students susceptible to STIs. The university should keep this in mind when deciding to provide contraceptives to students.

It is important that students take control of their own health and be responsible if they choose to partake in sexual relations. There are certainly stigmas surrounding sex — especially at a Catholic, Jesuit university — and students may feel embarrassed going to the store to purchase condoms. If students are

able to go to the medical clinic and get condoms, it may take away some stress and worry, empowering students to take control of their health.

It would also show students that the university cares about and doesn’t stigmatize their sexual health.

The university should re-evaluate the way it approaches sexual health and the spread of diseases. Although the university isn’t promoting diseases by not providing contraceptives to students, it could be doing more to prevent them.

Marquette should take this step to promote the importance of sexual health for students on campus. Students shouldn’t have to worry about their health being in danger when certain diseases are preventable with condoms that could be provided by the medical clinic.

Mental health deserves special attention in winter months Sarah Lipo

As the temperature continues to drop and each forecast seems to bring the news of an upcoming blizzard or polar vortex, it is important to prioritize oneself. When people prioritize themselves, it can help them evaluate their goals, and where the focus is in their lives.

Prioritizing oneself can be even more important during the winter months. Seasonal affective disorder is a type of depression or low mood that is related to the seasons, according to the Mayo Clinic’s website. Some of the symptoms of SAD include a lack of energy, oversleeping,

appetite changes and having difficulty concentrating. Obviously, these symptoms are not in tune with a fast-paced and often stressful college environment.

According to the American Family Physician, between 4-6 percent of individuals have winter depression, and another 10 to 20 percent may have mild symptoms of SAD. This percentage of individuals includes students, too, and might leave this specific population of people more at risk because of the high stress and independence that college brings.

There are many factors that can increase depression or low mood during the seemingly endless winter months. First, the sun setting so early in the afternoon results in a lack of vitamin D. To encourage vitamin D intake, many individuals

often use light therapy. Sometimes known as a “happy lamp,” individuals can sit in front of a light visor or a light box each day for 30 minutes. This technique has been proven to elevate mood, as it mimics light from the sun, something that is clearly lacking during the winter. Vitamin D supplements can also be a beneficial option.

Self care is also a vital step to help cure the winter blues and prioritize oneself. Self care is unique to each individual, and can include exercise, eating one’s favorite foods, sleep, being with positive people or leaving time to journal and be alone. The options and opportunities to break routine extend off campus across the city.

Exercise can be an important tool because it increases the

amount of endorphins in the body, often elevating mood by interacting with receptors in the brain that reduce pain. Hitting the gym after a long and stressful day can actually improve mood and self-confidence, according to the Mayo Clinic. Yoga can also be beneficial. At Marquette, the 707 Hub offers free evening yoga sessions almost every day of the week. The Rec Center also offers free yoga sessions and yoga sculpt, which is typically a more intense yoga class that involves a workout with weights.

The Counseling Center on campus is also a beneficial resource to take advantage of.

It allows students to make appointments that fit in with their schedules, and talk therapy is often a good tool for students undergoing stress or looking for a

third-party individual to talk through issues with. Marquette includes the Counseling Center, so students might as well take advantage of the resource.

So, as midterm exam season rapidly approaches and February slowly but surely passes by, students should take advantage of resources offered on and off campus. They can go to cozy new coffee houses, and do things that feel good. Students can try out a yoga class at the 707 Hub, or go to the Domes for a taste of spring greenery and warmth. Feeling the winter blues is normal, and sometimes it is okay to not be okay.

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

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Native American High drug prices need adjustment culture requires respect Aminah Beg

If Trump calling Congress representative Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas” was not enough, he pushed the line even further with Native American jokes.

Now, he is making light of serious and shameful events from Native American history to mock the congresswoman even more.

Trump tweeted on February 9 “Today Elizabeth Warren, sometimes referred to by me as Pocahontas, joined the race for President.

Will she run as our first Native American presidential candidate, or has she decided that after 32 years, this is not playing so well anymore? See you on the campaign TRAIL, Liz!” He felt the need to reiterate the comparison he made to Pocahontas while also alluding to the Trail of Tears with his use of “TRAIL” in all caps. The Trail of Tears was a series of forced migrations of the Native American people from Mississippi to Oklahoma after President Andrew Jackson enacted the Indian Removal Act. This tragedy caused the death of more than 4,000 Native Americans due to disease, famine and warfare. It is a serious and horrible part of this country’s history and is an especially sensitive topic to those whose ancestors were affected by the oppression. The United States should not be proud of what it forced a whole group of people to do especially when that group was the basis and foundation for America.

This is not the first instance of Trump teasing Warren for claiming her Native American background.

He made fun of other grave Native American historical events in another tweet where he mentioned “Wounded Knee,” the site of the Lakota Indians massacre by the United States military in 1890.

Defenders of Trump claim this is not what he intended by his tweet.

Fox News reporter Brit Hume even tried to claim the president is too ignorant of American history to make that sort of reference to the Trail of Tears. He tweeted “Yes, because Trump is noted for his knowledge of 19th century American history vis a vis the native population. Jeez.”

Ignoring the fact that it is acceptable that the president of America is not aware of the country’s history, if he actually did not know, this is shameful. America cannot continue to ignore the atrocious sins of its past. Educational institutions fail to convey the real facts of history in

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attempts to give America a perfect image when the reality is much different. Native Americans crucial to the formation and founding of this country. Native Americans helped the colonial settlers through providing resources and services which formed the foundation of the country to allow for it to thrive and be successful the way it is now. The American people cannot just let this go and push it aside when discussing the country’s history. Native American culture and stories must be respected, especially by the leader of their very own country.

There have been countless times where Native American people’s struggles are not prioritized and to this day, the American government continues to oppress them.

Earlier this year, a video went viral of a white teenager in a “Make America Great Again” hat, Nick Sandmann, standing directly in front of Nathan Phillps, an Omaha Nation member, who was singing a Native American movement song. Sandmann stared Phillips down with a quiet smirk on his face as Phillips continued to chant the song. It was a clear sign of disrespect and mockery from the white teenager and the rest of his classmates who were egging him on. Their actions were disgusting and show the lack of education and severity put on the Native American culture. Trump’s mockery of Native Americans is normalizing the taunting and disrespect of Native American people that Sandmann and others like him continue to do.

There is a high chance these teenagers have taken some form of an American history class because of how old they are. The fact they did not see their actions as problematic or disrespectful is what is dangerous and scary about the American people. By knowing and truly understanding the struggles of the Native American community, one would a prioritize their needs.

There must be an honest conversation about the treatment of Native Americans and their culture. They make up a smaller proportion of the population because of the way the American government has treated them in the past. Despite them being a smaller group, they must receive the same reverence as anyone else by, not only the president of the United States, but the rest of the American people as a whole.

America cannot continue to ignore the atrocious sins of its past.”

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

Americans spend about three time as much on pharmaceutical drugs than European citizens

American drugs are 20 to 40 percent more expensive compared to other developed nations drugs

Estimated annual profit of the pharmaceutical industry

Graphic by Matthew Harte matthew.harte@marquette.edu

Matthew Harte If you’ve recently gone to a pharmacy and noticed the price of your prescription drugs spiked, you’re not alone. Drugmakers increased the price of more than 1,000 medicines at the start of the new year, with increases outpacing the rates of inflation and job growth, according to CBS News. Congress and the president must work together to enact regulations that ensure Americans are able to stay healthy at a reasonable price.

U.S. consumers spend three times as much on prescription drugs as their European counterparts, according to 2018 research from University of Southern California Schaeffer. Americans also account for about 70 percent of total pharmaceutical profits worldwide, despite taking in only 27 percent of global income. Finally, the researchers found that American drug prices are about 20 to 40 percent higher than other developed countries.

The high prices compared to other nations can partially be explained by a lack of regulations over drug producers. Drug companies are allowed to set any price they want in the U.S., a privilege which they often abuse.

A prime example occurred earlier this month when Catalyst Pharmaceuticals increased the list price for an annual supply of a once-free neuro-muscular medication to $375,000. In contrast, many other countries negotiate the price of medications with drug companies to forcefully lower prices. United Kingdom residents benefited from this practice in November, when the country’s National Health Service worked with several manufacturers to create a low-cost

version of the expensive drug Humira, used to treat arthritis.

One of the main arguments justifying price increases in America is that pharmaceutical companies are funding the development of new and improved medications.

Attempting to lower prices may slow the speed of innovation on the most cutting-edge drugs.

However, new research from the University of Pittsburgh greatly complicated this theory. The researchers found price increases are “largely driven by existing drugs” rather than the creation of innovative new products.

Thankfully, there appears to be widespread public support for politicians to take action against drug companies. About 52 percent of Americans said lowering the price of prescription drugs should be a top priority for Congress and the president, according to a 2018 survey by the Kaiser Health Tracking Poll. This represented a greater percentage than any other issue, including the opioid epidemic and border security.

Several politicians appear to be mobilized around this effort as well. In President Donald Trump’s recent State of the Union, he argued Americans paying more for prescription drugs “is wrong, unfair and together we will stop it.” Lowering drug prices is also a policy goal for many congressional Democrats, who began an oversight investigation into the drug industry this January.

While the issue of drug prices is largely agreed upon, a solution isn’t. However, several promising proposals are under consideration. In January, Sen. Bernie Sanders and House Rep. Elijah Cummings introduced legislation that would fix prescription drugs to their median price from five countries — Canada, Britain, France,

Germany and Japan — as drug prices are cheaper in each of these countries. This would allow the U.S. to utilize the success of regulatory pricing programs in other nations to its own benefit. Trump also proposed a similar international index model in October.

In January, Sen. Chuck Grassley introduced another inventive proposal, titled the Safe and Affordable Drugs from Canada Act of 2019. The act would permit Americans to import prescription drugs from approved pharmacies in Canada, a practice that is currently illegal.

Importing cheaper drugs also aims to force American drug companies to lower domestic prices because of the increased competition.

These proposals represent tangible steps forward to lower drug costs. Congress and the president must utilize their mutual support for a solution that will allow Americans to stay healthy without going broke.

Matthew Harte is a junior studying political science and economics.

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

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Cain remains ready despite limited minutes

Photo by John Steppe john.steppe@marquette.edu

Sophomores Jamal Cain (No. 23) and Theo John (No. 4) go for a rebound in Marquette’s 19-point win over the DePaul Blue Demons, Feb. 12. Cain had five points in nine minutes.

Michigan native gains confidence in MBB’s win at DePaul

By John Steppe

john.steppe@marquette.edu

For many players, a five-point performance at DePaul would not necessarily stand out.

But for sophomore wing Jamal Cain, it’s a major step toward getting back into the rotation.

A year after playing 17 minutes per game, Cain played less than 10 minutes in 17 of Marquette’s last 20 games.

“My teammates, they’re just playing well,” Cain said.

“They’re doing what they’re supposed to do and doing what coach said to win.”

For Cain, it’s the first time he had to deal with not playing for an extended amount of time.

“Not playing is something for Jamal that is not easy,” head

coach Steve Wojciechowski said.

Cain said it was a hard adjustment.

“That’s when you need to drop all the selfish thoughts and think more of the team,” Cain said.

The sharp decrease in minutes coincides with Marquette’s improved depth this season, and Cain isn’t the only one affected. Senior center Matt Heldt, who started in 32 of 35 games last season, has not started at all this season.

With Cain not knowing whether he’d play 15 minutes or not at all on any given night, he said he adopted a “steady mindset.”

“You still have to get up shots.

You still have to work out because you never know when your number is going to get called,” Cain said. “You never know what can happen during a game.”

As long as the team keeps winning, Cain said he has accepted the reduced role on the court.

“With the rotation that’s going, if they’re winning, I’m fine

with it,” Cain said.

Junior guard Markus Howard said it’s part of the team’s approach for this season.

“We have a group of guys that truly love being around each other,” Howard said. “We’re just truly happy getting wins. When you have a team like that, you can just focus on getting better each and every day.”

Cain’s mindset helped him stay ready for Marquette’s game at DePaul University last Tuesday. He didn’t play in the last four games and did not hit a shot in the last nine games.

“It didn’t matter if it was 30 seconds left or 15 minutes left,” Cain said. “I was going to stay ready.”

With freshmen Brendan Bailey and Joey Hauser not hitting their shots against DePaul, Wojciechowski needed someone else to contribute offensively.

“It’s a long year for everyone, especially young guys,” Wojciechowski said. “You’re

going to go through periods where you’re playing really well, and periods where you don’t feel like you’re playing as well as you’re capable of.”

Cain’s readiness helped answer that call, scoring five points on 2-for-2 shooting. He also had three rebounds and one assist in nine minutes against the Blue Demons.

Cain said he felt more confident with the ball, which he has been working on since the end of last season. He said the coaches have been telling him to stop over thinking, which has had a “huge impact” on him as well.

As his first shot went in at the 1:23 mark on a 3-pointer, he said his confidence jumped.

“It felt like all the extra shooting, all the extra stuff I was doing, was working,” Cain said. “It’s hard to come into a game after not playing for like four games and making your first shot.”

Wojciechowski attributed Cain’s success to his results

in practice.

“What Jamal did tonight was a reflection of how he’s practiced,” Wojciechowski said. “He’s had a great attitude.”

Wojciechowski and Howard said they were both happy to see Cain find his rhythm.

“We’re really happy that Jamal did that tonight,” Howard said.

“He’s really deserving of that.”

“I love Jamal,” Wojciechowski said. “Jamal is going to be a terrific player for Marquette. Because he’s had a good attitude, good things happened when he’s on the court.”

Now Cain said he’s hoping for his success at Wintrust Arena to carry over to the rest of BIG EAST play.

“Just shooting the ball and seeing the ball go in tells your mindset, ‘OK, I can still do this,’” Cain said. “Huge confidence boost there. Now I can’t wait to go out there and do it again.”

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Blue duck gameday tradition has emotional backstory Sophomore defender brings stuffed animal to every WLAX match

By Zoe Comerford

isabel.comerford@marquette.edu

Even though sophomore defender Jocelyn Miller is more than 900 miles away from home, she has a little piece of her family in Milwaukee: a blue duck.

“It’s actually really special to me because my mom had a baby before me, but it passed away at birth,” Miller said. “So, my mom put a blue duck in the casket.”

Miller said after the funeral, her mother went back to the store and bought the rest of the blue ducks.

The ducks were then given to Miller and her three younger siblings, Liam, Kassidy and Lucas.

“It’s like knowing someone’s looking after me,” Miller said “It’s my good luck charm.”

The sophomore had the duck for 19 years, even bringing it to the sidelines of her high school games. She said she isn’t superstitious but always needed to have the duck or else she thought she would play poorly.

“The team didn’t buy into it as much (in high school), Miller said.

“It was kind of just my thing. I

like that it’s a thing here everyone can share.”

Her Marquette teammates have joined in on her ritual, petting the duck prior to every game.

“It’s kind of a quirky thing,” senior midfielder Logan Dobratz said.

“We’re very unique and fun and (a) family-oriented team and I feel like the duck just kind of is one little thing that adds to that family aspect.”

Even head coach Meredith Black has participated in her team’s tradition.

“It’s just ... one of those superstitious things that everyone’s bought (into),” Black said. “I just one day heard about it and then I was like, ‘OK I have to do it.’ Everyone just feels like they have to do it.”

Black and the team first heard about Miller’s story earlier this season when the Golden Eagles went on a team bonding trip. A Marquette sports psychologist had each person share a vision board with something that inspires them. Miller talked about her blue duck. “(Coach Black) came up to me after and was really inspired about it,” Miller said.

Miller’s teammates, along with Black, were moved by her connection to the blue duck.

“That was really meaningful and really cool to see how it means so much to her and then that just brings

us all together even more saying like, ‘Oh, this actually means something for us as a team,’” Dobratz said.

Even though the team didn’t find out the story behind the blue duck until this year, the pregame ritual began two to three games into Miller’s freshman season.

“She had it in her backpack, and she showed it to us,” Dobratz said.

“All the sudden we started touching it. … Then it started being a tradition.”

The duck hasn’t missed a game since.

“If the blue duck’s not here, we have to go all the way up (to campus) and get it,” Dobratz said. “It’s just something that brings us together on game day.”

Miller, a native of Manorville, New York, said she is very close to her parents, Tom and Kathleen. Her father played lacrosse at St. John’s University, and although Miller’s mom can’t be there at every game, she always has her own duck while Miller plays.

“My mom actually holds one on the sideline or at home when she’s watching the game … for good luck,” Miller said. “She sometimes sends me pictures of it.”

Most recently, the Golden Eagles petted the duck before their 22-9 win over Detroit Mercy Sunday. Black said against the Titans, it helped.

Photo by Claire Gallagher claire.gallagher@marquette.edu

Defender Jocelyn Miller and her mother each have identical blue ducks.

They also petted it in the team’s win over Louisville Feb. 10.

“It helped us on Louisville, so we’re just going to keep going with that,” Dobratz said.

The duck goes on the road, too.

Dobratz said the team takes the duck on the bus and on the plane.

“You have to bring it to away games,” Miller said. “You need the luck everywhere.”

OFF THE COURT

Alumnus flies back to campus every week to teach class Golfweek editor looks to prepare sports journalists

By Daniel Macias

daniel.macias@marquette.edu

Ana Garner, the chair of the Journalism and Media Studies department, mentioned automobiles, bicycles and trains as ways of faculty getting to class.

Now that Golfweek editor-inchief Gerry Ahern is teaching in the department, she had to add planes to that list.

The 1987 alumnus makes the trek to Milwaukee every week from just outside East Lansing, Michigan, to teach an advanced topics sports reporting class.

“It’s been really rewarding to be back on campus and work with students who are looking to make a career in sports journalism,” Ahern said.

Ahern stepped into the sports journalism scene right out of Marquette at a paper in South Florida. He then bounced around several news outlets throughout the country before landing at Yahoo Sports, where he worked in

sports investigative journalism.

There, he worked with several household names in the sports journalism industry like Adrian Wojnarowski, Dan Wetzel and Charles Robinson.

This semester, on Tuesdays from 5:30-8:10 p.m., Ahern is in Johnston Hall teaching JOUR 4932.

Garner said she wants professors with knowledge and experience, which is something Ahern has. Another example of this is Ron Smith, previously the managing editor for news at USA Today, who became the news editor for Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service this month.

Ahern said his course is split into three sections. The first five weeks are for establishing sources and adjusting to assigned beats. A beat is an area of coverage a journalist works with consistently.

The next five weeks are dedicated to writing columns for the students’ assigned beats and the last five weeks of the class is devoted to a project that is either an enterprise or investigative piece.

“That basically serves as their final as well,” Ahern said.

The alumnus has found a way to give back to the school.

Ahern is spending his own money traveling from Michigan to Milwaukee. “(Marquette) was so important to my career as a sports journalist,” Ahern said. “Obviously there are a lot of really, really prominent sports journalists who have come out of the Marquette program. I’m proud of it, and I’d like to do my part to try to help the next generation of sports journalists from Marquette.”

Ahern added that when the weather calms down, he will probably be driving to Wisconsin. He estimated it’s a five-hour drive.

Garner and Ahern have different viewpoints on the future of sports journalism at Marquette.

Garner said she believes there should be diversity in terms of journalism classes. She said she wants students to be wellrounded and see sports journalism as part of a holistic education, just like political and business journalism.

With the history of sports writers that have come out of Marquette, Ahern said he would love to see Marquette compete

Photo courtesy of Gerry Ahern

Gerry Ahern is a former president of Associated Press Sports Editors.

with other schools who have an overall curriculum dedicated to sports journalism specifically. Right now, Ahern’s class is the only sports journalism class at Marquette.

“I think this first class is a test case in some regards,” Ahern

said. “It was a full class in terms of sign-ups when (it) started, so that’s a good sign. I think there is a lot of interest and I think the sky is the limit going forward.”

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Shea Garcia has quick start to collegiate lax career Freshman adapts to DI level, makes early impact on program

By Maddie Adams

madison.adams@marquette.edu

Freshman attacker Shea Garcia made her collegiate debut less than two weeks ago, but she is already one of Marquette women’s lacrosse’s leading scorers.

In the first four games of her collegiate career, she has recorded nine of the Golden Eagles’ 59 goals. She sits behind senior Grace Gabriel and graduate student Charlotte McGuire as the team’s third-highest scorer.

Her coaches have noticed her promise in practices during the offseason.

“It is hard to have too many expectations for a freshman, but we have seen in practice how explosive and dynamic she can be,” head coach Meredith Black said. “She came in with a lot of confidence, speed, and a ‘no

fear’ mentality.”

Garcia’s senior teammate Cate Soccodato has noticed her ability to fit in with the rest of the team.

Soccodato, another New York native, joins Garcia in the attack line for the Golden Eagles.

Soccodato said she has seen Garcia grow as a player throughout the offseason.

“I had high hopes for her,” Soccodato said. “It felt like we had been playing together for a while when we played together in the fall, which was really nice. She wasn’t a step behind anyone.”

Garcia said she recognizes there is still plenty to learn as a freshman. She said her ability to adjust to Marquette’s pace of play has been especially beneficial.

“I knew it was going to be a lot of work, but didn’t really know what to expect,” Garcia said. “I had to go in very open minded to everything the coaches and my teammates were saying to me and be able to take advice.”

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

Freshman attacker Shea Garcia celebrates with her teammates after scoring a goal against Notre Dame.

She scored a goal in each of her first two games as a Golden Eagle. Despite Marquette having a hard time offensively against Notre Dame Feb. 8, Garcia scored a goal. In both of the teams games against University of Cincinnati last Friday and Detroit Mercy, Garcia has

recorded 60 minutes. At Cincinnati Friday she had a careerhigh four goals, seven shots, six shots on goal and four ground balls.

After four games as a Golden Eagle, Garcia has 12 points, 16 shots, a 56 percent shot percentage, 88 percent for shots

on goal, five ground balls and one draw control.

“As a freshman, she is definitely contributing more than anyone would have guessed,” Soccodato said. “She is super smart and way ahead of her years as a player. I love playing with her.”

MEN’S LACROSSE

Balanced offensive attack helps MU outlast Jacksonville Seven Golden Eagles score in narrow win over Dolphins on road

By Dan Avington

daniel.avington@marquette.edu

Last season, it took Marquette 57 minutes and 53 seconds to put Jacksonville away. This year, the game was completely different.

In Friday night’s contest at Jacksonville, No. 19 Marquette defeated the Dolphins 14-12. Marquette did not trail for a single second.

“We played hard,” men’s lacrosse head coach Joe Amplo said.

“That should always be the thing we’re known for. We’re always going to be a tough group that’s willing to fight.”

The Golden Eagles got out to a hot start, putting up six goals in the first 15 minutes and taking a 6-1 lead.

Seven different players scored Marquette’s seven goals in the first half.

The second half was a much different story. Jacksonville clawed its way back, bringing its deficit to just one.

However, junior Nick Grill had six ground balls on the day and made some crucial interceptions to keep the ball out of the cage.

“It was a gritty win,” Amplo said. “I wouldn’t say there were any team highlights. I was just proud of how hard we played.”

Nine players scored for Marquette, and senior Bob Pelton put up his first career hat trick. Graduate student Andrew Romagnoli, senior John Wagner and junior Peter Henkhaus all added a pair of goals.

“We’ve been waiting for (Pelton) for a few years to have moments like this. We knew he was capable,” Amplo said. “He just does what he does and he was successful.”

Seven different MU players had assists and 13 players had at least one shot.

Sophomore John Hulsman allowed 12 goals past him, but he had nine saves on 36 shots faced. “(Hulsman) has been steady,” Amplo said. “It’s not just him. It’s the whole goalie group. Johnny was the guy who got the opportunity on Friday night and did what he was supposed to do.”

For Jacksonville, Evan Tyler found the back of the cage five times and Jack Dolan added three goals. The Dolphins dominated at the faceoff dot, winning 17 of 30. “(That’s) as hard of a team as we’ll see all year. They took us out of our rhythm,” Amplo said. “We were uncomfortable. We were lucky we got up early because after that, they took it to us and really dominated at times.”

Marquette (2-0) will return to Milwaukee for a matchup against Detroit Mercy next Saturday at noon Central Standard Time.

Photo by Elena Fiegen elena.fiegen@marquette.edu

Freshman Holden Patterson (No. 28) and redshirt senior Tanner Thomson (No. 44) huddle with teammates.

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

Alexandrina Chinikova arrives after time in France, Tulsa Incoming transfer acclimates herself to life at Marquette

By M’Laya Sago

mlaya.sago@marquette.edu

In the last two years, sophomore tennis player Alexandrina Chinikova has not only learned how to adjust to American culture, but she also had to adjust to two different regions of the United States.

Born in Saint-Cannat, France, Chinikova had to make a lifechanging decision after high school: either play tennis at a higher level in the United States, or pursue a higher education in Europe. Since universities in Europe do not offer programs that allow students to play sports at a high level while pursuing a degree, Chinikova’s passion for tennis with her studies influenced her decision to go the United States.

The University of Tulsa

caught Chinikova’s eye, but it wasn’t until a visit from Tulsa assistant coach Lenka Broosova that she felt secure with making her choice.

“I started the whole recruiting process a little late, so I couldn’t come visit universities as a lot of players do,” Chinikova said.

“Everything (the assistant coach) said made me feel comfortable and confident about where I was going.”

Not long after arriving in the United States and settling with her new team, Chinikova said she realized the environment at Tulsa was not what she wanted out of her college experience.

“I wanted to be closer to a city where there are more opportunities after college,” Chinikova said. “I wanted a place where there was good chemistry within the team and somewhere the team could work together as a whole, which I was personally missing in Tulsa.”

Chinikova pushed through the remainder of her freshman season, finishing 8-8 in singles and

1-1 in doubles. Tulsa finished its 2017-’18 season 23-6 overall, but Chinikova still longed for a change.

After visiting Marquette’s campus, she said she became enthusiastic about the opportunities the city of Milwaukee could provide her.

When she met Marquette tennis coaches Jody Bronson and Dusan Medan, she felt confident with the thought of becoming a Golden Eagle.

“I really liked the coaches. … We spend so much time with them on the court that we need to feel comfortable, and I think that the fact that they care about our opinion and what we think is very important,” Chinikova said.

Leaving her new friends at Tulsa behind wasn’t easy, but Chinikova said she had to make a choice that would benefit her tennis and post graduate career.

Now, eight games into her season as a Golden Eagle, Chinikova said she strongly believes her new team has filled the empty void she felt at Tulsa.

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Sophomore tennis player Alexandrina Chinikova hits the ball at Helfaer.

Most recently, she competed at No. 4 singles against University of Iowa.

“Things are going good so far … I think that we have a great team and the coaches are also doing a great job,” Chinikova said.

“We all really like each other and everyone is very different, but I think that we really connect.”

Chinikova said she believes Marquette women’s tennis has

played very well so far this season and has the potential to claim a BIG EAST title.

“I strongly believe we have everything we need,” Chinikova said. “We had a pretty good start of the season … there’s a lot of matches ahead still, but we build confidence with every single match. … I’m sure great things are coming.”

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Kieger’s squad poised to make history in conference Dan Avington It is no secret the Marquette women’s basketball team is having one of its best seasons in program history. In fact, the Golden Eagles can accomplish something they have not done in 13 years.

With just four BIG EAST contests remaining, Marquette has a legitimate chance to escape conference contention with its best season since joining the league in 2005-’06.

The team originally had the chance to go undefeated in its conference slate for the first time since the 1992-’93 season when they went 10-0 in the Great Midwest Conference. However, the loss Friday to St. John’s University at Carnesecca Arena scratched those hopes.

Regardless of that outcome, Marquette still has a very unique opportunity this season: suffer only one loss in BIG EAST play.

Marquette already advanced past the most difficult part of its schedule, defeating Butler University at Hinkle Fieldhouse and DePaul University at McGrath-Phillips Arena. By comparison, the final matchups for the Golden Eagles do not exactly provide much of a challenge.

Carolyn Kieger’s squad takes on Butler at the Al McGuire Center

Feb. 22, where Marquette has not lost since Dec. 22 against then-No. 2 Notre Dame. The Bulldogs did not put up much of a contest in Indianapolis against Marquette, taking a 87-58 beating Jan. 27.

After that, the Golden Eagles will host Xavier. The Musketeers are a sub-.500 team and have struggled greatly in conference this season, including a 46-point loss to Marquette in the last meeting.

The penultimate matchup will be against Creighton University in Omaha. The Bluejays have not performed nearly as poorly as Xavier University in the BIG EAST, but the Golden Eagles beat them 85-67 Dec. 31.

The final contest of the regular season will be at Providence College. The Friars lost by 39 points at the Al Dec. 29.

Looking at the upcoming games for the Golden Eagles, it’s incredibly reasonable to think they will finish out the conference slate with only one BIG EAST loss.

Marquette supporters have many reasons to be confident in this outcome.

First of all, the Golden Eagles boast the likely BIG EAST Player of the Year in senior guard Natisha Hiedeman, a player whose limitless range and exceptional ball-handling skills are unrivaled throughout the league.

In addition, Marquette has a phenomenal supporting cast around Hiedeman. Marquette’s all-time

leading scorer Allazia Blockton hasn’t had her best season due to an ankle injury, but she is still likely an All-BIG EAST player. Senior guard Amani Wilborn, who won BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player in 2017, gives the team a driving threat, often slashing to the basket for easy layups.

Senior Erika Davenport is a twotime All-BIG EAST forward and Cheryl Miller Award finalist. Fellow senior point guard Danielle King is one of the steadiest presences in the league and might be one of the most underrated players in the conference.

Sophomore defensive sensation Selena Lott and sharpshooting junior Isabelle Spingola, a member of last week’s BIG EAST honor roll, have made gigantic contributions this season as well and provide the team with more depth than Marquette has ever had.

These seven players combine to form a potent Marquette rotation.

There are very few teams in the country that have the talent to stop all seven of these players at the same time.

Few teams in the BIG EAST have been able to keep up with the Golden Eagles, and it’s difficult to envision any of them giving Marquette much of a game in the final regular season matchups.

Dan Avington is a freshman studying journalism. He can be reached at daniel.avington@marquette.edu

Photo by Andrew Himmelberg andrew.himmelberg@marquette.edu

Senior guard Amani Wilborn attacks the paint against Georgetown.

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TRACK AND FIELD

Haak adds second sport for final semester on campus Volleyball standout aims to score points at BIG EAST meets

By Matt Yeazel

matthew.yeazel@marquette.edu

When Anna Haak decided to transfer from the University of Miami, it was to play volleyball at Marquette. Now she is also suiting up for the track and field program.

The 5-foot-11 senior from Angelholm, Sweden, said she’s trying to make the most out of her last semester at Marquette. She said the track and field program reached out to her because she had a high jump ability.

“They saw that I could jump, and they needed more people,” Haak said. “I thought, ‘Why not? This is my last semester here. I might as well have fun with it.’”

Head coach Bert Rogers said the technique is the most difficult part of this transition. She’s going from jumping on two feet in volleyball to one foot in the high jump and

learning how to put her body in the right positions.

“It’s a lot of new information to learn and practice,” Rogers said.

“Some pick it up quickly and others take a long time, but her athletic ability will help her with the process.”

Haak said she has been trying not to think of it as difficult, but she knows it doesn’t come fast, and therefore she is trying to stay patient through the learning process.

Rogers said the goal is to see if Haak can help the team score some points in BIG EAST play.

“We’re not asking her to come in and be our best athlete,” Rogers said. “If she can add some depth and maybe snag some points for us, that would be a big help.”

Haak has competed in two meets so far for the program. The John Tierney Classic on Jan 19. where she tied for fifth in women’s high jump. The other meet was the UWParkside Classic on Jan. Feb. 2 and placed fourth in women’s high jump. She said the second meet went a lot better than the first, and some things clicked for her

while competing.

For now, though, she said she will only compete in more local meets until it comes time to possibly compete in either of the BIG EAST meets Friday and Saturday.

Haak said a big reason why she joined track and field was one of her former volleyball teammates, alumna Jenna Rosenthal, Rosenthal also competed in track and field. But Rosenthal’s story is a little different.

“Anna talked to Jenna, and Jenna had a fun experience with the team,” Rogers said. “We’ve had athletes from other sports, but typically they’re more like Jenna having had more experience. Anna is learning everything from scratch.”

Rosenthal began competing on the track and field team in the 2016’17 season in events such as discus, hammer throw and the high jump.

Haak will be competing in the high jump as well.

Haak said volleyball remains her first priority. Rogers said her role on track and field is more of a “we’ll see” type of project, but he is optimistic about the opportunity.

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Haak competes for track and field following her final volleyball season.

“She’s a very talented kid who works hard,” Rogers said. “If it doesn’t work out, no harm no foul, we gave it a shot, but we’re all

really enjoying the process so far.”

MEN’S LACROSSE

Matt Del Duca leads despite season-ending ACL injury Senior tries to serve as different style of captain for MLAX

By Aimee Galaszewski

aimee.galaszewski@marquette.edu

For men’s lacrosse head coach Joe Amplo, there is much more that goes into the decision of captains than talent on the field.

Senior Matt Del Duca will be captaining the team from the sidelines this season.

Everything changed for Del Duca a week before the squad’s first game when he suffered an ACL injury in practice. He will not return to the field at any point in his senior season.

“It’s unfortunate that it happened, but I mean getting down on yourself or moping and pouting is not going to do anything,” Del Duca said. “Everything happens for a reason, and either way you’re going to be fine.”

The senior from Wyckoff, New Jersey, said he is excited to bring a new style of captainship from the sidelines. He mentioned that his captainship differs greatly from John Wagner and Noah Richard, who were named the other captains.

Amplo said all three captains have been consistent leaders for the team.

“I try to remind the guys that we’re here for fun, and this is something that we love doing,” Del

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Then-junior Matt Del Duca runs with the ball against Robert Morris.

Duca said.

Del Duca, who served as a 5-foot-9 midfielder, said he was initially shocked after hearing the announcement of captains.

“I was very surprised,” Del Duca said. “I thought about the captains that I’ve had in my previous years and the high regard that I hold them to, and even being considered along the lines of captain is an extreme honor for me.”

Unlike Wagner and Richard, Del Duca didn’t see many minutes until his junior year season, but that didn’t matter to Amplo. “(Del Duca) is a guy who hasn’t seen much playing time. However, he’s made winning really important to him,” Amplo said. “He has showed me the characteristics that a captain should bring.”

Amplo noted Del Duca has earned respect in the program from

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Del Duca pursues the ball in a 2018 game. He has played in 15 games.

his teammates, coaches and Amplo’s family because of his goodnatured characteristics. “(My) family was genuinely sad when they heard he had gotten hurt,” Amplo said. “I think that that’s an indication of how much he means to our program.”

The relationship between Del Duca and Amplo is especially close. Del Duca said he looks up to Amplo in many ways, and he has

attained plenty of knowledge from him as well.

“We’re both East Coasters. We’re both Italian. (I’m) just part of the family,” Del Duca said.

“I give him all the credit from turning his players from boys to men,” Del Duca said. “He gave me the perception of what I wanted to be, and I think that was extremely impactful.”