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Walker rakes in grassroots funds Contributions to counter recall top $12 million to date By Allison Kruschke allison.kruschke@marquette.edu
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As recall elections approach, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign team has raised more than $4.5 million in its most recent reporting period, and $12 million overall. Although there have been allegations that Walker’s funding has been based largely on wealthy out-of-state donors, his campaign reports 77 percent of the 21,443 individual donations were $50 or less.
Walker’s high volume of small donations points to his campaign’s success in stimulating a grassroots movement motivating Wisconsin residents to make donations, regardless of the amount. “Governor Walker’s message of moving Wisconsin forward continues to resonate with voters,” campaign Communications Director Ciara Matthews said in a statement. “It is this message, and the success of the governor’s reforms, that have inspired people to contribute to his campaign in overwhelming numbers.” Volunteers around Wisconsin began collecting signatures to recall Walker in November. Democrats were able to collect more than 1 million signatures, See Walker, page 7
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker gave his State of the State address last week amid Democrats’ efforts to recall him.
Res. Life: Single rooms only, for some RAs Larger class sizes prompt downsizing for next year’s staff By Erin Caughey erin.caughey@marquette.edu
After last fall’s rooming controversy due to an increase in freshman class size, some residence halls will be making changes to accommodate next year’s incoming class. Jim McMahon, associate vice president for Student Affairs, said Marquette is expecting a class of about 1,900 freshman students along with an estimated 150 transfers. In order to accommodate the continuing increase in the university’s population, the Office of Residence Life decided some dorms’ resident assistants will be moving into single rooms instead of doubles, which they now occupy. These buildings so far include Straz Tower, Carpenter Tower, O’Donnell Hall and some floors of Cobeen Hall. McMahon said current RAs may be disappointed, but incoming RAs should not be affected by the shift. The other option would have been placing RAs with roommates, he said.
RAs receive the benefits of free room and board from the university. A sophomore dorm RA, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said if the job is taken for the right reasons, the room size shouldn’t make a difference. During the fall, some common rooms in McCormick Hall were converted into four-person rooms to help with the overflow in the dorm. The quads in O’Donnell Hall were once the dorm’s study halls but were repurposed in response to increased residents. The sophomore dorm RA said she believes the current solution is temporary until a new building can be acquired or built for future students. It was speculated that the recent raise in tuition for the 2012-’13 academic year had an effect on this decision, but McMahon rejected that idea. “There is no connection between the two,” he said. A current RA applicant, who also spoke anonymously, said the situation is not ideal but is understandable considering the university’s recent swell in applications. “Regardless of placement or selection, the benefits far outweigh the smaller room size for me,” the applicant said. See RA, page 7
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Prayer room in progress MUSG supports Muslim org’s need for new space By Simone Smith simone.smith@marquette.edu
Marquette Student Government last Thursday unanimously voiced support for the Muslim Student Association’s search for adequate prayer space on campus. The action was in response to concerns raised by Steve Blaha, assistant director of Campus Ministry, who works closely with students of the Islamic faith. “We hope that this recommendation will show the university (both students and the administration) that we are very serious about becoming a more inclusive campus for now and years to come,” said Sterling Hardaway, a sophomore senator for the College of Arts & Sciences, in an email. “MUSG is hoping that this recommendation will further demonstrate MUSG’s support of improvements regarding inclusivity and accessibility for the university.” The present Islamic Prayer Room is on the fourth floor of the Alumni Memorial Union, but according to Wajiha Ahmad, president of the Muslim Student Association, the room poses problems
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While the Muslim population on campus is estimated at approximately 100 members, the prayer space allocated can only hold 20 people.
to Muslims practicing their faith on campus. One pressing issue is that the size of the room and the Muslim population on campus are disproportionate. Ahmad, a senior in the College of Health Sciences, said there are approximately 100 Muslims on campus, and half are active in the Muslim Student Association. She said the current prayer space is used by students and faculty and
is not specifically designated for members of the organization. According to Ahmad, the prayer space can only fit 20 people maximum. The Muslim faith dictates that men and women must pray separately, and, with the use of a divider, this is accomplished. However, the current divider being used in the prayer room at
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DPS Reports Mondau Jan. 30 At 10:03 a.m., a student reported that unknown person(s) removed his unsecured, unattended property estimated at $60 from Carpenter Tower. At 10:07 p.m., two students reported being harassed by another student in a residence in the 2000 block of W. Wisconsin Ave. Tuesday Jan. 31 At 12:29 p.m., a student reported being sexually assaulted by another student
at an undisclosed off-campus location on Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, between 1 a.m. and 8 a.m. MPD was contacted. At 12:29 p.m., a student reported being sexually assaulted by another student at an undisclosed off-campus location on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011, between 12 a.m. and 8 a.m. MPD was contacted. Between 6:38 p.m. and 7:11 p.m., a student was in possession of drug paraphernalia in O’Donnell Hall and was taken into custody by MPD, cited and released.
Events Calendar February 2011
Milwaukee Admirals vs. Peoria Rivermen, Bradley Center, 7 p.m.
S M T W T F S 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 Dark Star Orchestra, Pabst Theater, 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 doors open 7:30 p.m. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Children of Bodom, The Rave, 8 p.m. 26 27 28 29
Carrie Rodriguez, Turner Hall Ballroom, 8 p.m.
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In this photo combination, hundreds of cars are stranded on Lake Shore Drive on Feb. 2, 2011, in Chicago, left, while traffic moves along smoothly on the same stretch of Lake Shore Drive on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, right. A winter blizzard of historic proportions wobbled an otherwise snow-tough Chicago on Feb. 1, 2011, stranding hundreds of drivers for up to 12 hours overnight on the city’s showcase thoroughfare and giving many city schoolchildren their first ever snow day.
Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival Monthly Screening: “Vito,” UWM Union Theatre, 7 p.m. Jeff Ross, Pabst Theater, doors open 6:30 p.m. Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Turner Hall Ballroom, doors open 7 p.m.
Federal aid rules tightened Marquette adds GPA requirements to comply with law By Simone Smith simone.smith@marquette.edu
Marquette began operating under an adjusted student academic progress policy Wednesday — the result of new clarification of a U.S. Department of Education financial aid policy known as Satisfactory Academic Progress. If an undergraduate student is not making satisfactory academic progress in both a quantitative (passing classes) and qualitative (achieving a required GPA) way, penalties for that student can include loss of eligibility for federal financial aid. Marquette’s adjusted policy was developed by university officials from the Office of Academic Affairs and the Office of Student Financial Aid along with assistant and associate deans from the colleges over the past five months. The quantitative portion of the policy has not been changed. It is standard practice for students not completing 67 percent of credit hours attempted to lose eligibility for aid. Policies like academic probation and Required Withdrawal for Academic Reasons (RWAR) have also always been standard procedure for a student not making sufficient progress. Academic probation does not affect financial aid, and RWAR is based on the federal SAP policy. The revisions, rather, deal primarily with maintaining a minimum grade point average. Under the new policy, after each semester, the Office of the Registrar and the Office of Student Financial Aid will monitor cumulative GPAs. Undergraduate students having completed less than 18 student credit hours must maintain a cumulative GPA
of 1.5 and those with more than may apply to another Marquette 18 credit hours must maintain a college and the alert may be recumulative GPA of 2.0. moved, but until it is removed, Students who fail to meet these students may not be able to regrequirements will be asked to ister. withdraw under the RWAR plicy, Deahl said the revisions may and those not maintaining the change student habits. standard cumulative GPA will “It makes it easier for students lose eligibility for federal finan- to determine how many hours cial aid. they should put toward studyThe appeal form for RWAR and ing or if they should skip class,” loss of aid will be available on the Deahl said. Marquette Central webpage in Deahl says that the 1.5 GPA May and will be handled through requirement for those with fewer the academic colleges. than 18 credit hours, particularly Also, a new sanction to the freshman, is to allow students to policy is a College Academic get used to college life and acaAlert (CAA), a registration hold demics. that only an academic college Jasmine Gladney, a freshman in can assign and remove. Colleges the College of Business Adminiscan assign the hold if they feel an tration, understands that logic. undergraduate student is not mak“For a lot of students, coming to ing appropriate degree progress, college is a big step. Academicalwhich is outlined in the student ly, Marquette is on a higher pedbulletins for each college. estal than most schools,” Gladney This CAA, said. “If somehowever, may one comes from apply to stu- “(The) Requirement of a 2.0 is more a public school dents who meet like a minimum to be in good stand- system where RWAR and ing and be eligible for financial aid. it’s not as rigSAP standards. orous it may be Anne Deahl, more challengassociate vice ing.” Anne Deahl provost for acaHowever, Associate Vice Provost demic support Gladney said programs and the requireretention, gives the example of ments changing to a 2.0 once the College of Education, which freshmen become sophomores is requires students to have a 2.75 a good thing. GPA — a requirement for teach“It gives people a reason to ing licensure in the state of Wis- study harder,” Gladney said. consin. If a student in the College Ben Self, a senior in the College of Education has a 2.4, while they of Arts & Sciences, said although are meeting RWAR and SAP re- the revisions seem a little harsh, quirements, a College Academic they make sense. Self said mainAlert may be issued. taining a 2.0 cumulative GPA has “(The) requirement of a 2.0 is never been much of a problem more like a minimum to be in for him and wonders how many good standing and be eligible for people are going to be affected by financial aid,” Deahl said. “How- the revisions. ever, majors may have different As for the distinction in the standards if it is a requirement of requirements for those with less licensure or if the major requires than 18 credit hours, Self says it’s a higher level of performance.” mostly irrelevant. The CAA removal process in“The idea is you give them volves an internal appeal process. more wiggle room, but there’s not If the appeal is denied, students much of a difference,” Self said.
Saturday 4 Streets of Old Milwaukee Alive!, Milwaukee Public Museum, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Milwaukee Wave vs. Wichita Wings, U.S. Cellular Arena, 6 p.m. Milwaukee Bucks vs. Chicago Bulls, Bradley Center, 7:30 p.m.
Friday 3 Eluveitie + Threat Signal, The Rave, 6 p.m.
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra presents “All Rachmaninoff,” Marcus Center Uihlein Hall, 8 p.m.
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Super Bowl ads target tablets, smartphones USA Today to poll users on favorites using Facebook By Mae Anderson Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Call it the “second-screen” Super Bowl. About two-thirds of smartphone and tablet owners use their gadgets to do things like text or post on Twitter while watching TV, according to research firm Nielsen. So, for Sunday’s game, companies from Coke to Chevy are trying to reach fans on all the “second screens” they have. Chevrolet rolled out the first Super Bowl smartphone app that allows Big Game watchers to enter a contest to win everything from pizza to a new Camaro. Kia is the first company to show its Super Bowl ad ahead of the game in movie theaters. And Coca Cola set up a Facebook page and website so viewers can see its animated polar bears — one cheering for the New England Patriots and the other for the New York Giants — reacting to the game in real time. “The world is changing,” says Pio Schunker, Coca Cola’s vice president for creative excellence. “We needed to come to the party with something new and different.” Advertisers have big incentives to stand out. With more than 111 million viewers expected to tune into the game, the Super Bowl is by far the biggest stage for marketers. It’s also not cheap — NBC is charging an average of $3.5 million for a 30-second spot. And the competition is fierce: there will be more than 70 TV ads during the Super Bowl battling for attention. To create buzz, it’s no longer enough for marketers to simply get people talking at the water cooler the morning after the game. They also want to engage the people who like reacting to big events like the Super Bowl by posting on Twitter or Facebook or texting their friends, says David Berkowitz, vice president at digital marketing agency 360i. “People are glued to their digital devices, sometimes sharing far more that way than they are with others in the same room,” says Berkowitz, whose firm created Coke’s online Super Bowl campaign. “Being social means something very different now.” About a dozen companies have put up their Super Bowl spots on video-sharing website YouTube this year, up from a handful last year. The amount companies have spent on sponsoring Youtube’s Ad Blitz, a site for Super Bowl ads, has doubled compared with
last year although it declined to say by how much. And in another sign that marketers are trying to engage viewers over social media web sites: USA Today’s Ad Meter, which ranks the popularity of ads, is for the first time allowing viewers to vote for their favorite spot on Facebook. “This year, we’re seeing a whole new level of social media activity for Super Bowl advertisers,” said Tim Calkins, clinical professor of marketing at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. This is the first year that advertisers have tapped into the growing number of users of iPhones and other smartphones during the Super Bowl. In its ads, domainname hosting site Godaddy.com will feature a QR code, a black and white two-dimensional code that people can scan by putting their smartphones up to the TV so they can go to the company’s website. This is a first for a Super Bowl ad. Chevy’s free smartphone app for the Super Bowl, called Chevy Game Time, allows people to enter a contest to win prizes from Chevy and other Super Bowl advertisers, including Bridgestone and Motorola. Users also will get a code. If the code matches the license plates in Chevy ads during the game, they win one of 20 cars being given away, including the Camaro, Silverado and Sonic. App users can also answer trivia questions or polls to win prizes. Other advertisers are going after the laptop and tablet crowd. As part of Toyota’s Super Bowl campaign to showcase its “reinvented” Camry, the company is asking Twitter users to use the hashtag, or search term, “(hash) Reinvented,” to post or “Tweet” about what other kinds of products should be reinvented. Some will get a response back with an illustration of the “reinvented” product. Volkswagen released a teaser of its 60-second Super Bowl ad on YouTube.com. The ad, which shows dogs in “Star Wars” costumes barking the “Imperial March” song, was released on the site on Jan. 18 and has 10 million views. Volkswagen also created a dedicated Super Bowl on its Facebook page. For all their attempts to reach people on their “second screens,” Calkins, the marketing professor, says advertisers won’t know what works until Game Day. “The question is which of the advertisers will really manage to connect on the day of the Super Bowl,” Calkins said. “It’s never entirely clear which ones are going to stand out.”
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Young adults in the United States may feel inadequate said there are factors that could or unprepared to further their keep them from pursuing an education education or enter a career in or career in STEM fields science, technology or engineering, according to a study released Jan. 19 by MIT. said they couldnʼt imagine The 2012 Lemelson-MIT Intheir life without technology vention Index, an annual survey of Americans aged 16-25, gauges participants’ perceptions of chose Thomas Edison over Steve Jobs invention and innovation. (24%) as the greatest innovator Respondents offered varied of all time. reasons for not choosing to further their education or career in these fields, with 34 percent SOURCE: 2012 Lemelson-MIT Invention Index Reveals Barriers and Drivers to Becoming U.S. Inventors saying they “don’t know much about these fields,” 33 percent saying, “these fields are too challenging,” and 28 percent saying they were not “wellprepared in school to seek out a career or further ... (their) eduGraphic by Zach Hubbard/zachary.hubbard@marquette.edu cation in these fields.” Respondents could choose more than one option. Jensen said. “More awareness a notion that technological progHowever, students also noted and more exposure to these ca- ress lies elsewhere in the world. the effects of their lack of cre- reers is a positive thing.” About 60 percent of women and ativity. A lack of inHe said work 54 percent of men in the survey novation was con- “There has been a needs to done early said they see Japan as the leader sidered to “hurt the push to bring people on in education to in innovation. U.S. economy” by get kids on track for President Barack Obama into these careers.” 47 percent of respona STEM career. stressed in his State of the dents, and about 80 Jack Rehn, a soph- Union address last Tuesday the Jon Jensen omore in the College need for a globally competitive percent said they’d Associate Dean be interested in of Engineering, said workforce, especially in techniCollege of Engineeering courses that would he feels prepared cal fields. help them “become not only to further Vito Montana, a sophomore more inventive and his education in me- in the College of Engineering, creative.” chanical engineering but also said professors have told him Respondents said the best way for a career. that engineers are needed in the to improve innovation in Ameri“The professors (at Mar- United States to improve the cans would be to include inven- quette) give you a good prob- country’s infrastructure. tion projects in school. lem-solving mindset,” Rehn Montana, an environmental Jon Jensen, associate dean for said. He said in class he gets ex- engineer, counts himself within enrollment management in the perience practicing and solving the 22 percent of respondents College of Engineering, said real-world problems. who said they would be inspired Marquette has not seen a de“I feel ready to be a profes- by jobs that would give them a crease in interest in engineering sional,” Rehn said. chance “to change the world.” and has in fact seen an increase Rehn said he was involved in Montana said he wants to in enrollment. Project Lead the Way in high build environmentally friendly Jensen said STEM (science, school, which helped prepare homes across the country. technology, engineering and him for Marquette. Project Lead “I am not ready to start a camathematics) careers have been the Way is a provider of STEM reer, but I think we have set a at the forefront of academic dis- education programs established good foundation,” Montana cussions since about 2001. in middle and high schools said. “There has been a push to across the U.S. bring people into these careers,” Adding to Americans’ woes is
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Washington passes same-sex marriage and the bill’s other opponents have threatened to file a referendum if the bill is passed. Rodne told the Associated Press the bill was “an act of raw political power to modify the definition of marriage.” Rodne and other opponents of the bill would have to wait to file the referendum after the bill is passed and signed by Gregoire. The referendum, which would seek to define marriage as between one man and one woman, also would require 120,577 signatures by June 6 in order to qualify for the November ballot. Anita Yandle, a senior at the University of Washington and resident of Washington for the majority of her life, foresees the bill becoming law and the referendum not having a shot. “A substantial majority of Washington voters do support marriage equality, and if the bill is passed through the senate and goes to a ballot, Washington’s voters will most likely vote in favor,” Yandle said before last night’s vote. “The chances of a referendum passing Photo by Steve Bloom/The Olympian are not substantial because the A dissenting sign joins a sea of anti-gay marriage placards at a rally Monday, Jan. 23 in Olympia, Wash. chances are that if any sort of vote Sen. Cheryl Pflug of Olympia, “There is little hope for same- occurs voters will stick to marone of the four Republicans to sex marriage under the governor- riage equality.” Yandle said she is proud of vote in favor of the bill, gave an ship of Scott Walker,” Wandrey passionate speech during the de- said. “The best we can do is wish her state and that this is a pivotal bate, emphasizing that tradition is for a Democrat to win the recall moment for Washington and the “kind, often, to the majority, but election. Even then, Wiscon- state’s push for equality. She gave not so kind to the minority,” ac- sin likely has a way to go before an example of a fellow student and By Andrea Anderson cording to the Seattle newspaper same-sex marriage will be dis- her push for her mothers’ equality. andrea.anderson@marquette.edu “A girl testified for marriage The Stranger. cussed seriously.” “It is part of our struggle to enWashington passed a domestic equality on Monday at the hearDuring two hours of debate, sure that everybody .... should partnership law in 2007 and an ing and said that her mothers were those in favor of the bill gained have the right to enjoy those per- “everything but marriage” law in the only ones in her class to not be three more votes for a total of 28, sonal freedoms we hold dear,” 2009 that expanded domestic part- married and how sad she felt about securing a simple majority in the Pflug said. this,” Yandle said. nership rights. More 49-seat Senate. Those 28 votes in“This is absolutely Marie Sarra, president of Mar- than 9,300 couples are “It is part of our cluded 24 Democrats and four Re- quette’s Gender Sexuality Alli- currently registered in pivotal and really impublicans, while three Democrats ance and a senior in the College of domestic relationships struggle to ensure portant for same-sex that everybody .... and 18 Republicans voted against Health Sciences, said earlier this in the state. couples to be married the bill. when other couples week that if the bill were passed Wandrey said the should have the A vote on the bill by the state she would be jubilant. can be.” number of people in right to enjoy those House could come as soon as Feb. States that currently “(As more states) legalize domestic partnerships personal freedoms 8, where the bill is expected to (same-sex) marriage, the number should be a message allow same-sex marwe hold dear.” pass. Democrats hold majorities of senators and people that realize to politicians. riage include New in both houses of the Washing- it’s important to accept (same-sex “This statistic Cheryl Pflug York, Connecticut, ton State Legislature, and Demo- marriage) — and damaging not to should only encourMassachusetts, VerWash. State Senator, cratic Gov. Christine Gregoire — will increase,” Sarra said. age lawmakers to R-Olympia mont, New Hampannounced her support for the bill shire, Maryland, New Rachael Wandrey, a senior in the push for change,” she last month. Jersey and Iowa. The College of Arts & Sciences who said. “There are real The bill passed the state House participates in GSA, said Wiscon- people and families behind these District of ColumJudiciary Committee on Mon- sin has a long way to go before it numbers.” bia does as well. Efforts similar day along party lines, with seven can match Washington’s progress. If the marriage bill passes the to Washington’s are underway in Democrats voting for it and six Wandrey also participates in Em- House during the current legisla- Maryland and New Jersey, and Republicans voting in opposition. powerment, a student organization tive session, same-sex couples a referendum will be on Maine A Senate committee first approved that works to address and promote could be married as soon as ballots this November to legalize the Senate bill, sponsored by Sen. awareness of disparities in equal- June 1. same-sex marriage. Ed Murray, D-Seattle, last Friday. ity between women and men. Rep. Jay Rodne, R-Snoqualmie,
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The Reverse Career Fair was organized by Bethany Olson, an event planner at the Career Services Center.
New event allows students to pitch to local employers By Elise Angelopulos elise.angelopulos@marquette.edu
Normally at career fairs, students and other job-seekers browse information booths set up by potential employers. But at Marquette’s first Reverse Career Fair, which will take place Feb. 7 in the Alumni Memorial Union ballrooms from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., the exact opposite will be true. The event was planned by Bethany Olson, an event planner and career counselor at the Career Services Center, and will involve more than 50 employers and student organizations. The event’s motto, “They do the walking and you do the talking,” sums up the process: student organizations will occupy booths while potential employers divide attention among the potential employees. Olson said she introduced the idea at Marquette after she heard of other campuses planning similar events. “We did some research and found that employers were interested in the idea and students seemed excited about it,” Olson said. Student organizations must finance the decoration and establishment of their own booths, but Olson said as an incentive to properly prepare and impress potential employers, the Career Services Center is offering a reimbursement fee of $25 or a $25 Jimmy John’s gift card. Olson said this money also serves as an attempt to involve student groups that cannot afford
to pay various fees for sufficient“At Marquette, the students ly equipping their booths. have been (especially) great reA $200 grand prize Sobelman’s sources and outstanding candigift card will be given to the dates,” he said. booth that best encompasses creStudents, including Jessica ativity and originality. Paro, a junior in the College of Some employers in attendance Communication and president of include the Milwaukee Teaching the MU Ad Club, have thoroughFellows, Northwestern Mutual ly prepared for the fair next week Bank and the Harley-Davidson in hopes of impressing potential Motor Company, according to the employers. Reverse Career Fair Web page. “I have asked my (Ad Club) Max Schuette, the acting site members to practice their intermanager of the Milwaukee Teach- view skills and to be sure that they ing Fellows, said his organization have resumes and business cards will seek specific characteristics ready,” Paro said in an email. among Marquette candidates. She also mentioned the Career “We are looking for students Services prizes as an incentive to who will be graduating soon,” further engage her organization Schuette said. “But besides that, and said MU Ad Club’s booth we want members who have will serve as an opportunity to vishown past achievements.” sually impress potential employSchuette said ers with a prothe organization fessional table will also seek “I’m confident that these student display. i n d i v i d u a l s organizations are prepared to meet O l s o n who exhibit an and impress any employer.” stressed that honest passion employer-stuin closing the dent relations Bethany Olson are not the only achievement Event Planner and Career Counselor gap in Milwaubenefits of this Career Services Center kee schools. event. The Career “Student orServices Center held a mandatory ganizations can benefit from training session last week, Olson connecting and working together said, where practice activities in- with their own team,” Olson said. cluded setting up a mock booth Nevertheless, Olson said the and completing guide packets. central goal of the event is to pro“I’m confident that these stu- vide students with the ability to dent organizations are prepared to network with employers and gain meet and impress any employer,” experience. Olson said. Paro agreed, and said the fair The invited employers were may help her organization’s specifically recruited because members secure jobs that could Marquette has established famil- otherwise be difficult to obtain. iar relations with them in con“This experience will definitely necting with graduates entering help us improve our interview the workforce, Olson said. skills and hopefully allow us to Schuette said the Milwaukee make contacts with people who Teaching Fellows’s relations with are interested in our careers,” Marquette students have been Paro said. “I do not see any downbeneficial since the organization’s sides to this experience.” inception in 2008.
Nobel Peace Prize officials were facing a formal inquiry over accusations they have drifted away from the prize’s original selection criteria by choosing such winners as President Barack Obama, as the nomination deadline for the 2012 awards closed Wednesday. The investigation comes after persistent complaints by a Norwegian peace researcher that the original purpose of the prize was to diminish the role of military power in international relations. If the Stockholm County Administrative Board, which supervises foundations in Sweden’s capital, finds that prize founder Alfred Nobel’s will is not being honored, it has the authority to suspend award decisions going back three years — though that would be unlikely and unprecedented, said Mikael Wiman, a legal expert working for the county. Obama won in 2009, Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won in 2010, and last year the award was split between Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen. For this year’s award, Russian human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina, jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and Cuban rights activists Oswaldo Paya and Yoani Sanchez are among the candidates who have been publicly announced by those who nominated them. The secretive prize committee doesn’t discuss nominations — which have to be postmarked by Feb. 1 to be valid — but stresses that being nominated doesn’t say anything about a candidate’s chances. Fredrik Heffermehl, a prominent researcher and critic of the selection process, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that “Nobel called it a prize for the champions of peace.” “And it’s indisputable that he had
in mind the peace movement, i.e. the active development of international law and institutions, a new global order where nations safely can drop national armaments,” he said Especially after World War II, the prize committee, which is appointed by the Norwegian Parliament, has widened the scope of the prize to include environmental, humanitarian and other efforts, he said. For example, in 2007 the prize went to climate activist Al Gore and the U.N.’s panel on climate change, and in 2009 the committee cited Obama for “extraordinary efforts” to boost international diplomacy. “Do you see Obama as a promoter of abolishing the military as a tool of international affairs?” Heffermehl asked rhetorically. Nobel, a Swedish industrialist and inventor, gave only vague guidelines for the peace prize in his 1895 will, saying it should honor “work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses.” Nobel said the peace prize should be awarded by a Norwegian committee, and the other Nobel Prizes by committees in Sweden. The two Scandinavian nations were in a union at the time. Geir Lundestad, the nonvoting secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, dismissed Heffermehl’s claims. “Fighting climate change is definitely closely related to fraternity between nations. It even concerns the survival of some states,” he told AP. Still, the County Administrative Board decided to sent a letter to the Stockholm-based Nobel Foundation, which manages the prize assets, requesting a formal response to the allegations. “We have no basis to suggest that they haven’t managed it properly. But we want to investigate it,” Wiman said. “The prize committee must always adjust its rules to today’s society,” he said. “But peace work has to be at the core — it can’t deviate too much from that,” Wiman said.
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Facebook to offer public stock for first time IPO may help company compete with Google Plus By Barbara Ortutay & Michael Liedtke Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook made a much-anticipated status update Wednesday: The Internet social network is going public eight years after its computer-hacking CEO Mark Zuckerberg started the service at Harvard University. That means anyone with the right amount of cash will be able to own part of a Silicon Valley icon that quickly transformed from dorm-room startup to cultural touchstone. If its initial public offering of stock makes enough friends on Wall Street, Facebook will probably make its stock-market debut in three or four months as one of the world’s most valuable companies. Facebook, which is now based in Menlo Park, Calif., hopes to list its stock under the ticker symbol, “FB,” on the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq Stock Market. In its regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Facebook Inc. indicated it hopes to raise $5 billion in its IPO. That would be the most for an Internet IPO since Google Inc. and its early backers raised $1.9 billion in 2004. The final amount will likely change as Facebook’s bankers gauge the investor demand. Joining corporate America’s elite would give Facebook newfound financial clout as it tries to make its service even more pervasive and expand its audience of 845 million users. It also could help Facebook fend off an intensifying challenge from Google, which is looking to solidify its status as the Internet’s most powerful company with a rival social network called Plus. The intrigue surrounding Facebook’s IPO has increased in recent months, not only because the company has become a common conduit —for everyone from doting grandmas to sassy teenagers— to share information about their lives. Zuckerberg, 27, has emerged as the latest in a lineage of Silicon Valley prodigies who are alternately hailed for pushing the world in new directions and reviled for overstepping their bounds. In Zuckerberg’s case, a lawsuit alleging that he stole the idea for Facebook from some Harvard classmates became the grist for a book and a movie that was nominated for an Academy Award last year. Following the model of Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Zuckerberg set up two classes of stock that will ensure he retains control as the sometimes conflicting demands of Wall Street exert new pressures on the company. He will have the final say on how nearly 57 percent of Facebook’s stock votes, according to the filing. Even before the IPO was filed, Zuckerberg was shaping up as his generation’s Bill Gates — a geek who parlayed his love of computers into fame and fortune. Forbes magazine estimated Zuckerberg’s wealth at $17.5 billion in its most recent survey of the richest people in the U.S. A more precise measurement of Zuckerberg’s
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Facebook, the social network that changed “friend” from a noun to a verb, is expected to file as early as Wednesday to sell stock on the open market. Its debut is likely to be the most talked-about initial public offering since Google in 2004 and its estimated value is $5 billion.
fortune will be available once the the company was still private. Facebook heads a class of InterIPO is priced and provides a concrete benchmark for determining net startups that have been going the value of his nearly 534 mil- public during the past year. The early crop has included Inlion Facebook shares. The IPO will also mint hun- ternet radio service Pandora Medreds of Facebook employee as dia Inc., professional networking millionaires because they have service LinkedIn Corp. and daily accumulated stock at lower prices deals company Groupon Inc. Most of those than what the Internet IPOs shares are liked lived to be valued “What new areas of business is haven’t up to their lofty at on the open it expecting to pursue beyond expectations. market. Face- display ads?” The list of disbook employed Kathleen Smith a p p o i n t m e n t s 3,200 people at Principal, Renaissance Capital includes Zynga the end of last Inc., which has year. built a profitable Depending on how long regulators take to re- business by creating a variety of view Facebook’s IPO documents, games to play on Facebook. Zynthe company could be making its ga’s stock fell 5 percent below its stock market debut around the IPO price on the first day of time that Zuckerberg celebrates trading. Facebook stands apart, though. his next birthday in May. The IPO filing casts a spot- As it rapidly expands, people light on some of Facebook’s in- from Silicon Valley to Brazil to ner workings for the first time. India use it to keep up with news Among other things, the docu- from friends and long-lost acments reveal the amount of Face- quaintances, play mindless games book’s revenue, its major share- tending virtual cities and farms holders, its growth opportunities and share big news or minute deand its concerns about its biggest tails about their days. Politicians, celebrities and businesses use competitive threats. The documents show, as ex- Facebook to connect with fans pected, that Facebook is thriving. and the general public. It’s becoming more difficult to The company earned $668 million on revenue of $3.7 billion tell whether going to Facebook is last year, according to the filing. a pastime or an addiction. In the Both figures nearly doubled from U.S., Facebook visitors spend an average of seven hours per month 2010. “The company is a lot more on the website each month, more profitable than we thought,” said than doubling from an average of Kathleen Smith, principal of IPO three hours per month in 2008, investment advisory firm Renais- according to the research firm comScore Inc. sance Capital. More than half of Facebook usAlthough she considered Facebook’s numbers “very impres- ers log on to the site on any given sive,” she said Facebook needs to day. Using software developed talk more about where it sees its by outside parties — call it the Facebook economy — they share growth coming from. “What new areas of business is television shows they are watchit expecting to pursue beyond dis- ing, songs they are playing and photos of what they are wearing play ads?” What’s not in the documents, or eating. Facebook says 250 milyet, is Facebook’s market value. lion photos alone are posted on its That figure could hit $100 billion, site each day. To make money, Facebook based on Facebook’s rapid growth and the appraisals that steered in- sells the promise of highly tarvestors who bought stakes while geted advertisements based on
the information its users share, multinational corporation. “The word ‘hacker’ has an unincluding interests, hobbies, private thoughts and relationships. fairly negative connotation from Though most of its revenue being portrayed in the media as comes from ads, Facebook also people who break into computtakes a cut from the money that ers,” he wrote. “In reality, hacking apps make through its site. For just means building something every dollar that “FarmVille” quickly or testing the boundaries maker Zynga gets for the virtual of what can be done.” Lately, Zuckerberg has matured cows and crops it sells, for examinto the role, said Scott Kessler, a ple, Facebook gets 30 cents. For all of Facebook’s success, Standard & Poor’s equity analyst the company has had its share who follows Internet stocks. “Clearly he is a very smart and of troubles. It went through a series of privacy missteps over the shrewd person,” he said. Zuckerberg has surrounded years as it pushed users to disclose more and more information himself with other savvy execuabout themselves. Most recently, tives, who are often more expethe company settled with the U.S. rienced. They include Chief OpFederal Trade Commission over erating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, allegations that it exposed de- who helped build Google’s advertails about people’s private lives tising business before Facebook without getting legally required lured her in 2008. Facebook’s consent. And the legal fights over finance chief is David Ebersman, Facebook’s origins have been a former executive at biotech firm Genentech. embarrassAmid the ing and “The word ‘hacker’ has an unfairly negabuoyant ops o m e t i m e s tive connotation from being portrayed timism about distractin the media as people who break into F a c e b o o k ’s ing, though Zuckerberg computers ... hacking just means building prospects as a public compahas consis- something quickly or testing the ny, some anatently denied boundaries of what can be done.” lysts see trouallegations Mark Zuckerberg bling parallels that have deFacebook founder & CEO to the dot-com picted him boom of the as a ruthless late 1990s, weasel. Zuckerberg has made it clear which turned into a devastating he isn’t especially keen on lead- bust in the early 2000s. The biging a public company. He has gest fear is that some investors said many times that he prefers to will become so enamored with focus on developing Facebook’s Facebook’s brand and brawn that products and growing the site’s the will try to buy the IPO share user base, rather than trying to hit with little financial analysis or quarterly earnings targets in an recognition of the risks. “It’s a one-day circus,” said effort to keep investors happy. In a letter included in in John Fitzgibbon, founder of IPWednesday’s filing, Zuckerberg Oscoop.com. The IPOs of Zynga and Linkepaints a rosy, idealistic picture of dIn showed that success isn’t Facebook. “Facebook aspires to build guaranteed even for profitable the services that give people the companies with huge followings. power to share and help them Zynga’s stock is currently trading once again transform many of our just slightly above its IPO price. core institutions and industries,” LinkedIn is considerably higher, he wrote. but still far below the $122.70 reZuckerberg also pledged to stay cord that it hit on its first trading true to Facebook’s scrappy roots day. even on the road to becoming a
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RA: Tuition not a factor
Walker: No limit until recall date set
The changes to living arrangements will also vary according to building. RAs in Straz and Carpenter Towers still have the benefit of private bathrooms and larger facilities. “Straz still has fantastic facilities,” the RA applicant said. “Other residence halls may be harder for RAs to be comfortable in.” If the university would have limited acceptance letters sent or found a secondary location for
incoming students, the problem may have been avoided, the sophomore dorm RA said. ORL will be monitoring enrollment and occupancy over the course of next year and if things change then RAs will return to their old rooms McMahon said. “I think with the housing issues last year they should have expected the same to happen this year,” the RA said. “It’s unfortunate, but not a deal-breaker.”
Walker Campaign Contributions $4.5 million raised in most recent reporting period
Total of 21,443 individual donations
Began collecting in January 2011, have since collected $12 million
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Prayer: MSA optimistic Marquette is made of wood and is held together by strings. “We want the divider to be more sturdy, better than just held together by strings,” Ahmad said. “We want something that can move but still give women enough space to pray… We need a safer alternative than wood and strings.” Every Friday the organization participates in communal prayer, but since all members cannot fit into the prayer space, they use room 407 in the AMU as well. The size of the room also poses problems when the group attempts to hold events, she said. When the organization held its Fast-A-Thon and encouraged participants to pray, the room could not fit everyone. “There were about 25-30 people who wanted to pray. We tried to squeeze everyone in there, but we weren’t able,” Ahmad said. Another issue Ahmad raised is the center’s location. “We have a large minority population on campus …. We want to be visible so we can be present with other religions on campus,” Ahmad said. Another problem is that prior to praying Muslims must a cleansing procedure, wudu, that requires the use of sinks. The current space doesn’t have sinks and the students have to use the sinks in the bathrooms on the fourth floor. “Nobody says anything. It would make sense that we find a space for that,” Ahmad said.
The Muslim Student Association is searching for a room that can hold 30-50 people at once. Ahmad said besides MUSG, several other offices on campus support their efforts, including Campus Ministry, Student Affairs, Multicultural Affairs and the Office of Student Educational Services. After the relocation of the Office of International Education to Holthusen Hall over the summer and the expansion of Student Educational Services, Campus Ministry and the Muslim Student Association began to look at the possibilities, Blaha said. “We’re hoping for a centralized location that offers space for individual and communal prayer and ablution — facilities that are dignified, accessible and are a community gathering space to allow for regular fellowship,” he said. Ahmad believes they will succeed in finding such space. “We have support,” she said. Ashley Zimmermann, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, supports the Muslim Student Association. “It’s a great opportunity to see the different faces of the different religious groups on campus,” Zimmermann said. “Centrality of the location will help everyone see the group. This is an opportunity to respect and promote MSA in general and respect is so important in leaning towards religious plurality.”
16,406 donations were of $50 or less
Source: Scott Walker Campaign press release. http://proof.scottwalker.org/press-release/2012/01/grassroots-donors-fuel-walker-fundraising Graphic by Katy Moon/kaitlin.moon@marquette.edu
allowing recall elections to take place after all the signatures are verified. Walker’s campaign team has used the time until the signatures are validated to generate the same enthusiasm among supporters of the governor that Democrats have for the recall among theirs. Until a recall election date is set, Walker’s campaign also has no fundraising limits. “These donations will allow us to fight back against this baseless recall and ensure Gov. Walker can continue to lay the foundation for a more successful Wisconsin and keep government working on the side of taxpayers,” Matthews said. While the Walker campaign has had time to raise money since talks of the recall began, Democrats have yet to name a candidate to run against Walker in the election. According to Janet Boles, a professor emerita in Marquette’s political science department, this shouldn’t put them at a disadvantage in terms of raising funds or getting votes. “Campaign spending doesn’t
determine the outcome of an election, but each candidate needs enough money to get his or her message out,” Boles said. Boles added that once a Democratic nominee is chosen, enthusiasm for the governor via his campaign donations could dwindle. “Scott Walker’s TV ads to date have succeeded in modestly rebuilding his image among the independent or undecided voters in Wisconsin, but once a Democratic nominee emerges, that initial upswing in ‘favorable image’ may not hold,” Boles said. Graeme Zielinski, communications director for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, said that while fundraising hasn’t begun for a Democratic candidate, Walker’s campaign has an advantage because of wealthy out-ofstate donors along with its grassroots donors. “(The Democratic Party) isn’t appealing to Texas billionaires and oil billionaires like Walker,” Zielinski said. “We can’t compete with that kind of money. While people in Wisconsin are losing their jobs, he’s going to Florida to
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shake down billionaires.” On campus, Marquette’s College Republicans have tried to motivate students to vote for Walker in other ways besides just donating money. According to Daniel Denis, treasurer for the College Republicans and a senior in the College of Business Administration, the organization has focused more on building a grassroots organization. “The College Republicans do not typically donate money to campaigns,” Denis said. “This is in part due to our own lack of funds and in part due to campaign finance law limitations.” Denis said making sure students are informed on campus and getting students to pay attention to Republican candidates are higher priorities than raising funds for candidates. “We focus instead on rallying conservative students and community members to different Republican causes,” Denis said. “We try to get the issues and candidates noticed on campus and help organize volunteers to counter the recall efforts.”
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RWAR and SAP policies promote academic responsibility Starting yesterday, the university is were a 2.0 cumulative after two full years implementing an updated Required With- of attendance or junior status, or else the drawal for Academic Reasons policy student was ineligible for financial aid. across campus to comply with recently As the new policy applies to all students, clarified federal regulations, more com- including freshmen and sophomores, it monly known as Satisfactory Academic forces everyone to be accountable for their Progress policies. academic work. This updated policy for undergraduates While we understand not everyone with is more specific than previous RWAR/SAP GPAs of less than 1.5 or 2.0 are slacking approaches at Marquette but still allows on their studies, some students may be. If the university to place students on aca- those students are not going to take school demic probation, academic dismissal and seriously, they should re-evaluate why they college academic alert, which is a “regis- are at Marquette in the first place. tration hold,” or a hold on your bursar acAdditionally, sometimes students — count. especially in their first Most of the university’s year — are not quite If those students are not going to ready for college. We current academic policies and academic proba- take school seriously, they should re- believe the new polition standards have not evaluate why they are at Marquette cies encourage them to changed because of this in the first place. take time off between update. If students fail to high school and colmeet SAP standards, they lege in order to prepare will first be issued a warning. If they fail to for the rigors of higher education, which comply with the standards, their financial would help them academically in the aid eligibility is put on probation. And if long run. students do not meet SAP standards for a We also acknowledge that students do third time, they will lose all eligibility for not always struggle because they are not financial aid. trying or are not ready for higher educaFinancial aid eligibility can be reinstated tion. Life happens, and students can go during the probationary period if a student through emotional or psychological issues stays in school and raises her grades while that affect their academic performance, paying without financial aid. We appreci- which would hinder their SAP standing. ate that this policy gives students time to However, Marquette has many resourcimprove in classes and offers motivation if es for students in this situation, such as financial aid is taken away temporarily. counseling and academic advising, and Under the old policy, students had to the SAP regulations encourage them to complete 67 percent of their student credit utilize these resources. hours or lose their financial aid eligibility The new policies promote giving finan— this has not changed. However, under cial aid to serious students, and we comthe new policy, the Office of Student Fi- mend that. Students who work hard to meet nancial Aid and the Office of the Registrar SAP standards should receive the financial will monitor cumulative GPAs each term. aid necessary to help them finish their eduStudents with 18 credit hours or less are cation. Why take away financial aid from expected to maintain a GPA above 1.5, and serious students? those with more than 18 credit hours must While the changes to the RWAR and maintain a 2.0. If students fail to meet these SAP policies are not drastic, we think requirements, they will be “RAWRed” and they are necessary to encourage students lose financial aid eligibility. to be more invested in their studies. The All of this is a long-winded way of say- policies also ensure financial aid is dising students now need to keep up their tributed fairly. We all struggle in college GPAs so they do not lose financial aid-- a at one point or another, and motivation to policy we agree with. keep going is necessary to succeed and, Previously, the only GPA requirements ultimately, graduate.
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You’ve got to be kidding me. Almost two weeks have passed into this year’s spring semester, and there hasn’t been one comment on the trending YouTube videos, Things (insert here) Say. Uh, hello? Remember, guys, when that one man dressed up and expressed verbally what women (assumingly) say? Does anyone recall when other YouTube members made stereotypical video parodies? Really? No one? No one wants to speak up or… Fine, I will. These videos are straight up oppressive. Now, I’ll admit that I watched and laughed along with many of the labels that were addressed. “Ha! My mom DID used to let me know that I had better not ask for ‘nuthin’ before we went into stores!” Classic. However, just because a video says a group acts a certain way, it doesn’t mean that ALL people from that same
group act in that manner. I can speak from experience (thanks, Things Black Girls Say video series). The first thing I said after watching the first video? “…So I’m not a black girl, then?” That’s right: there are exceptions to this stereotype. I’m an African American woman who knows how to use a computer. I don’t watch Basketball Wives (whatever that is). I don’t wear weave, and I don’t pat my head when it itches. I actually scratch my head. Long story short; just because there is a stereotype about someone, it doesn’t mean that the stereotype is true. For Pete’s sake: not every girl screams ‘twinsies’ when her clothes match someone else’s. No all college students like to drink. And I’m more than certain that dogs don’t even talk. Go and learn about the person behind the assumed stereotype. Casby Bias Sophomore, College of Communication
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More pencils, more privilege had brought with the intention of leaving behind. In return, I asked him where his shoes were. He looked at me inquisitively, then shook his head. Orlando did not have shoes. He was not sad about it, it was just his reality: he went to school every day with one pencil and no shoes. The inequality between us was unKelly White earthed by one blasé comment from a 21-year-old white woman to an 8-yearAt any given moment, there are 63 old Mayan boy. Luckily, Orlando ignored my arropens or pencils scattered in my room. Falling out of purses, backpacks, stuck gance and continued to hang out with in my coat pockets or ponytail — it me, but our differences only became seems they are in unlimited supply. more evident. At one point, his pencil They mean nearly nothing to me — dropped, and he scrambled to pick it up, when I lose one, I spend 10 seconds be- as if it were his most prized possession. ing frustrated before I replace it with He examined it carefully, the way one does when one’s iPhone falls, to ensure the next writing utensil I see. My surplus of pens and pencils meant no damage was done. It occurred to me — the pencil was virtually nothing to me before I took a trip with the International Marquette his most prized possession. This boy Action Program (IMAP) to Belize over had a shirt with a hole in it, a pair of Christmas break. I expected to be ex- shorts, one pencil and no shoes. I, on posed to injustice and poverty. I hoped the other hand, have an insane amount of pencils waiting for to be able to offer me at home, along some help. I anticiThe inequality between us was with about 30 pairs of pated feeling frustration toward God and unearthed by one blasé comment shoes, 50 shirts, six government. I did not from a 21-year-old white woman pairs of jeans, dozens of dresses and sweatexpect to find value to an 8-year-old Mayan boy. ers, at least 20 scarves in pencils. and one floppy hat Our group worked which I have worn in a small village in only once. Southern Belize on the Guatemalan While Orlando goes to school bareborder at a school which serviced 240 students in six classrooms with eight foot, I wear a different pair of shoes teachers. The classrooms were sparse, nearly every day. I live my life more their supplies limited. There were no like Madonna than Orlando — I am living in a material world, and I am a macomputers, let alone textbooks. terial girl. It is a first-world luxury to But there were pencils. Every day, each student would head want more than we need, but the imbalto school with a writing utensil in hand. ance between the privileged and those That was it — a single school supply. without is just as evident in America as The first day we were there, a little boy it is in Belize. Being aware of this is the first way named Orlando approached me. His grimy hands were tightly clutching his to effect change. It does not mean that dull pencil as he looked up at me with Orlando or every child like him will his huge, bright eyes. His gray shirt suddenly have shoes and several writhad a tear in the middle, patched with ing utensils. It does mean that you read a piece of green string. He was wearing this, that you thought about it and that bright orange shorts, but his feet were you might appreciate your shoes and pencils more. bare. Our friendship was immediate. He kelly.white@marquette.edu told me he liked my shirt — a shirt I
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Humoring people isn’t always funny
Ian Yakob You know the time when you have no idea what a girl’s name is but she definitely knows yours since she just said it aloud? Or how about when you’re headed to class and you pass a former classmate walking alone in the opposite direction, and you make eye contact from far enough away that you could easily pretend you hadn’t. Now you’re unsure if you should say hello because you don’t know if he recognizes you, so you walk along anxiously until you pass him. Meanwhile, he just went through the same train of thought and neither of you have any clue. I’m not sure which is worse: trying to play it cool when someone doesn’t remember you, or trying not to seem like a big fat pompadour when you’re the one
who doesn’t remember. They’re both what someone wants to hear, there’s a fine line. Now, I don’t mean fine as in“normal,” unnerving. I have a friend named John who never or “OK.” I mean fine as in “Dayyumm that has to deal with this situation because he is fiiiine.” You know how that sounds. That line is desirable for our self-presenhas a memory mega-vault just for remembering names. John is not a creepy guy in tation. We like to think we’re really good any respect, but be warned that even if you at reaching it, and it starts with humoring don’t know John, John knows you … and people. Think of it this way; possibly your parents. suppose you’re in class Part of John’s gift is Just imagine if you had the during syllabus week, that because he knows ability to say the right thing to and somehow your everyone’s name, everysurname is Ricci even one remembers him. It’s the right person all your life. though you have absoa valuable communicalutely no Italian heritage. tion skill, whereas we normal people have to be dreadfully fake The professor comes to your name and proclaims, “Ree-chi, a fine name from the half the time. Just imagine if you had the ability to say land of Italy.” He’s wrong, but you don’t want to show the right thing to the right person all your up your new professor after his elaborate life — or even just for one day. Communication is fickle, and often sub- display of approval. “How’d you guess?” liminally manipulative, whether we know slips out of your mouth, and now you’re in our intentions or not. Even Punxsutaw- good shape with this guy — all you have ney Phil has no idea what’s happening on to do is keep up the act for one meager semester. Groundhog Day. But what are you really doing? Most of the time we don’t think twice We humor people because they don’t about our interactions with others, but we’re certainly interested in playing our know that they are wrong, and it’s not worth it to us to correct them. That’s what cards well. When we mix what we want to say with it comes down to: we realize what we’re
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Race is a complex subject to take on, especially at Marquette University. I therefore applaud Ms. Bridget Gamble for having taken on such a difficult conversation in her Viewpoints column titled “Making the most of diversity at MU” (in the Jan. 24 issue). She hits some of her tips “for becoming more racially aware” right on the head but unfortunately fails to take some of her own advice while making other points. So I thought it would be beneficial to our campus if I shared some knowledge on race and racism compiled from personal experience as a student of color, discussions with friends and family and lectures by our amazing Marquette professors: 1. Race is a social construct that has been institutionalized. Race is a concept that was created out of the blue by Europeans during their colonial conquests of the Americas to justify their domination and oppression of the original peoples of the continent. Unfortunately, these made up arbitrary categories have now been institutionalized into our everyday lives and affect everything from education, to legislation, to employment. 2. Language has the power to separate and dehumanize, so use it carefully. You become a human individual
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thanks to language because through naming, you become one amongst billions. Conversely, language has the power to take that humanity away. Using the n-word for African Americans, or the i-word for undocumented immigrants, or the c-word for women, or the f-word for our LGBTQ brothers and sisters dehumanizes them. Once a person is dehumanized it allows for that person to be brutalized without moral remorse, something that should never happen. People within those groups can chose to use those words with each other because they understand the struggle that comes with being part of that group, but if you are not part of the group don’t use offensive, dehumanizing language! 3. Don’t ascribe negative terms to already struggling peoples or places. Here unfortunately I must turn to Ms. Gamble’s tips. Her third tip reads “Explore ‘bad’ neighborhoods” and after reading her last tip, “Watch your language” it becomes sadly ironic. The neighborhoods she is talking about are NOT bad. Yes, bad things happen there, but not because the people living there, including myself, are bad. Continuously ascribing negative terms to already struggling people causes internalized oppression. If we continuously tell
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doing, but we play along anyway. While humoring people is a nice way of putting our pride aside for someone else, deep down we might be doing it to look good by holding onto the idea that we’re always right and would rather not argue. Humoring people all the time could mean you never have genuine conversations, crossing the line from being nice to being patronizing. I hope I’ve put this up in the air for you think about. I’m not making any suggestions, and here’s why: Our minds routinely play tricks on us because we think everyone else sees things as we do. In all those awkward situations when you’re worried about what everyone else thinks about you, do you know what they are doing? They’re thinking about themselves. We’re not always egocentric in the way we act, but since no one else can think for us, we’re egocentric in the way we think. That’s why remembering names is so difficult. Communication is dangerous. Maybe people who pick on Comm majors should watch their backs.
someone that people that look like them or live where they live are bad, they’ll start thinking that maybe they’re bad too and this shouldn’t be happening. And no, the quotation marks do nothing to alleviate the harm the words within them cause. 4. Differences should be acknowledged and surpassed. Race doesn’t exist, but we are culturally and physically different. Humanity is at its best when it acknowledges that someone is different and yet is able to look beyond that and love and respect that different person as a fellow human being. Colorblindness is not what we should strive for because there is nothing humanly amazing about blurring everything to make one color. We have different skin colors and eat different foods and go to different churches, but we shouldn’t be afraid of these differences. It’s hard I know, but let’s be brave, let’s be courageous and let’s free ourselves from the fear that paralyzed our parents. Let’s acknowledge that we are different but love each other despite that. Only then will the foundations of race — fear and hatred — begin to crumble. Maricela Aguilar Senior in the College of Arts & Sciences
“Oh, I’ve got glitter in my hair. That’s not all that’s in my hair, I’ll tell you that. I glue it on every morning, whether I need to or not.” – Mitt Romney after being glitterbombed at an event in Minnesota “Performing is cathartic to me, and I am dedicating the rest of my tour to my sister since she loved to watch me perform.” – Nick Carter on the unexpected death of his sister Leslie “I wish I didn’t say it because I didn’t want to take away from what the team had accomplished, and certainly we had accomplished a lot to get to this point in this season... I think we proved how we’re a pretty mentally tough team.” - Tom Brady retracting his statement that he “sucked” in the AFC Championship game
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Marquette’s three dance groups take center stage little something,” Adler said. Bowden looks for new inspiration from influential dancers Reality shows have signifi- to create his own routines. He cantly impacted pop culture, and would like to continue to chonot all of these shows have been reograph dances with more confor the worst. “So You Think You temporary and musical theater Can Dance,” “Dancing with the spins on hip-hop. Bowden performed in musical Stars” and even “Dance Moms” have revitalized America’s appre- theater throughout high school. ciation for dance. Onscreen dra- During his senior year, he audima aside, the amount of talent and tioned for dance troupes in Chicreativity present on these shows cago and became a professional dancer has turned w i t h the public The Fine Arts Files Hubbard eye toward This is part of an ongoing series about Street the art of student fine arts groups at Marquette. D an ce dance. These Chicago shows have and Aftaken classical stylings and modernized them ter School Matters: Hip Hop Culture Dance. These expeto fit into contemporary culture. Marquette dancers are working riences have influenced his hard to do the same. This year, styles of choreography. “One of the greatest things a students in Hype, Dance Inc. and Pure Dance have all been performer can do is use powerchoreographing innovative, ex- ful and creative inspiration,” perimental pieces that are sure to Bowden said. “I see some great choreography from other mupump up any crowd. sicians and start to envision a new music video.” Bowden hopes Marquette’s dance programs continue to Hype is primarily a hip-hop expand. “I would love to see more based dance group that thrives on choreographing dances that play financial support from adup hip-hop’s edge. T.J. Bowden, ministration,” Bowden said. a sophomore in the College of “There are a lot of great faciliCommunication, describes ties on campus that could house Hype’s style as high-energy cool spaces for art.” Hype has a performance every with an upbeat feel. “(The show’s themes) semester, along with collaboratvary, but our shows exempli- ing with University of Wisconfy something that’s hard, gritty sin-Milwaukee’s Hype chapter for other productions. Hype will and fun,” Bowden said. Jackie Adler, a junior in perform their spring show during the College of Education, their showcase in April. said Hype’s individual pieces are short — generally only 45 seconds long — but the performances are action packed. Alyssa Miller, a sophomore in “It’s a lot of booty shaking and the College of Health Sciences, a good time,” Adler said. While Hype’s performances are classifies Pure Dance as a mostly rooted in hip-hop, group mem- lyrical and jazz ensemble, with an bers come from varying dance occasional tap and pointe routine. Pure Dance recently won secbackgrounds. Hip-hop dancers, lyrical dancers, ballerinas, ond place in Winter Flurry’s poms and even some people Spotlight Talent Show, with who had never danced before their power-pop spunky jazz piece, “I Like That.” Last secomplete the small group. The team has made the diversi- mester, Pure Dance’s fall show ty work to their advantage. Each had a nature theme. The lyrimember of the group has choreo- cal piece “Storm” by Lifehouse, graphed a 45 second piece that in- choreographed by Rachel Sayotegrates cheer routines, ballet and tovich, a junior in the College of Education, was a memorable poms into typical hip-hop. “Everyone has put on performance for Miller. Sayotovich and her father built the choreographer hat and has taught someone else a a plexiglass box for “Storm.” The By Liz McGovern
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box was illuminated with lights and was filled with six inches of water. The dancers and moved in and out of the box, dancing in the water to accentuate the storm in the piece. Miller said there will be more unique dances in the upcoming spring show, with more jazz pieces than in the past. The show’s opener will feature colored light bulbs, although Miller does not know exactly how they will be used. “(The light bulbs) will be a surprise for everyone,” Miller said. “It’s going to be a super sassy show.” Pure Dance will be performing at Moves 4 Milwaukee, an event for poverty and homelessness awareness, tonight in the Weasler Auditorium at 7:30 p.m., along with the Gold ‘n Blues and the Studio 013 Refugees.
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Dance Inc. does not focus on a specific style of dance but keeps the shows interesting by mixing up the types of dances every semester. In the past, dancers have brought musical theater, jazz, tap, hip-hop and ballroom dancing to the stage. Jenny Czubkowski, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, has danced her whole life and did not want to give up dance during college. She has danced with Dance Inc. the past three semesters. “Dance Inc. can be anything. You name it, we probably have done some variation of it,” Czubkowski said. Czubkowski said in the past the most engaging pieces have been the ballroom dances and other partner pieces. The musical theater pieces are popular with any audience because of the nature of the performance — it’s dramatic, spunky and ultimately fun to watch. All of the dances are completely student choreographed, but this gives the dancers more flexibility and creative room. Czubkowski is currently choreographing a jazz piece that uses a chair as a prop. “(When choreographing) dig deep and find an emotion that you can create a dance around,” Czubkowski said. Dance Inc. will be performing their spring show April 20 and 22. Location and times are TBA.
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Increasing vinyl record sales find a good groove Digital music nice for preservation but lacks heart
“There is a certain warmth to vinyl,” said Phillip Naylor, professor of history at Marquette. “The timbre of the sound is richer — it’s not as clean, but there is a depth to it.” The perceived “better sound” By Heather Ronaldson of vinyl comes from its anaheather.ronaldson@marquette.edu log format, meaning the sound When statistics showed that was recorded to the tape or vinyl record sales reached a disc as physical grooves or new high since 1991, the mu- magnetic impulses. This consic business began to buzz. Ac- tributes to the vinyl’s “warmcording to Nielsen SoundScan, ness,” or ability to pick up an information and sales track- music’s low-tones, Alex Lahr, ing system, 3.9 million units a sophomore in the College were sold in 2011, a 36.3 per- of Communication, said. Their analog format also cent change since 2010. Media outlets like Rolling causes vinyl records to degrade Stone, The New York Times over time. Every time they are and USA Today swarmed over played, some of the recording the report. Some, like the Chi- wears away. This creates the cago Tribune and the Shepherd “pop” or scratching sound. “Sometimes those imExpress, started taking it to the streets, asking independent perfections or blemishes of record stores how vinyl sales a song are what make the album real,” Lahr said. have impacted their business. N a y l o r The Shepsaid music herd Express switched from said store “The sound of a CD is crystal vinyl to digital owners started clear — but it’s cold.” recordings in noticing the the 1980s for trend in 2004 Phillip Naylor p r e s e r v a t i o n and saw an inHistory Professor purposes. Becrease in vinyl cause of this, sales in 2009. he feels music “I thought (vinyl sales) would peak out, is more democratic, or accesbut they haven’t,” said Terry sible, to people. Record companies are caterHackbarth, store manager at The Exclusive Company, an ing to all audiences by includindependent record store with ing digital downloads of albums locations throughout Wiscon- with most vinyl purchases. This sin. The Exclusive Company gives listeners a portable and in Milwaukee, located at 1669 transferable version of their faN. Farwell Ave., has “made the vorite album without comproswitch,” Hackbarth said, mean- mising the aesthetically pleasing less CDs for sale and more vinyl records. So what accounts for the switch to vinyl records?
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Vinyl records sold 3.6 million units in 2001, the highest number since 1991 and a 36.3 percent increase since 2010.
ing art of the vinyl package. And for Lahr, that’s the reason why he listens to vinyl — for the holistic experience of the album. He describes it as a culmination of an artist’s work, as something that physically en-
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singular songs,” he said. But digital music changed all of that. “A lot of artists have been shooting for singles,” Hackbarth said. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)’s 2011 Digital Music Report says the United States is the largest digital market in the world, raking in $4.6 billion in revenue since 2010. This is a 1000 percent surge in value since 2004. While some critics say listening to an MP3 is an abomination — because of the sound quality, or lack thereof — Naylor appreciates its ability to clean up the works of Robert Johnson, one of his favorite blues singers and musicians. But CDs and MP3 files don’t seem to share the same “character” as a vinyl record. “The sound of a CD is crystal clear — but it’s cold,” Naylor said. Perhaps that is why music aficionados like Naylor and Lahr are gravitating toward vinyl records — because the digital age is far less “romantic.” But what of the folk who only listen to MP3 files or digital downloads? Are they falling out of love with music? Some may say vinyl records offer a tangible experience of an album, which allows you to literally feel the music you’re listening to. Others may feel digital music is not less romantic, just more convenient. Whichever way you look at it, love for music will never change. The only thing that does is the way we listen to it.
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Marquette’s National Pan-Hellenic Council is hosting Brew City Stomp Down Saturday at the Riverside Theater.
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Phi Beta, Alpha Phi Alpha, Phi member of Zeta Phi Beta SororiBeta Sigma, Sigma Gamma ty. Awino will also be spinning at Rho and Iota Phi Theta. the event as DJ Poizon Ivy. At Brew City Stomp Down, Awino and others involved members of these organiza- with Marquette’s Pan-Hellenic tions from all over the Midwest chapter hope that in the future come to compete in a step com- more companies can sponsor the petition. Since it originated 15 event in order to provide even years ago, Brew City Stomp more scholarships to students. By Vanessa Harris Down has become the biggest “I think the traditions bevanessa.harris@marquette.edu step show in Wisconsin. hind Greek life are strong,” Stepping is a form of dance Awino said. “Our goal is to Marquette University’s Greek life is small compared to other in which individuals and groups better the community. This is a reflection campuses around the nation. alike use their Even smaller is the amount bodies to cre- “When people think of black Greek of us.” rhythms life, they see stepping and partying. ... With the of students involved in Afri- ate sounds. One of the biggest things we hope to move to the can-American sororities and and of Riverside Thefraternities. Though few in Examples ater, the stannumber, members of these or- stepping can be do is prompt the idea of unity.” dards for this ganizations have been able to seen in movies Quentin Menal year’s show create traditions on campus like “Stomp the VP, Marquette National Pan-Hellenic Council have Yard” and been that live on today. raised to parThis Saturday, Feb. 4, Mar- “School Daze.” At historiticipants’ highquette’s National Pan-Hellenic Council will host one of its cally black colleges and univer- est expectations. They have albiggest events of the year — sities in the South, black Greek ways put dedication and hard Brew City Stomp Down — at life plays a bigger role in campus work into their performances, culture. For the Midwest, Brew but the Riverside adds an extra the Riverside Theater. In previous years, the event City Stomp Down gives mem- hint of professionalism to the atwas held on campus at the Var- bers of black Greek organiza- mosphere. Audience members will be sity Theater, but with the grow- tions a chance to perform on a coming in from all parts of the ing popularity of the show, it was larger scale. The event’s growing popular- Midwest to join in the event’s moved to a larger venue. The show began in 1997 on ity has given Brew City Stomp fellowship. Brew City Stomp Marquette’s campus and has be- Down the opportunity to high- Down is an event where people come something the community light more than just the talent of young, old, Greek-affiliated or its participants. It has become not can come and enjoy a posilooks forward to every year. e n t e r t a i n - tive and vibrant environment. “Initially, ment with Menal agreed that the choice it started purpose. to have the event at the Riverside as a way to “ W h e n Theater was to not only accomshowcase people think modate increased ticket sales, the Divine of black but also to open the event up to Nine,” said What: 2012 Brew City Stomp Greek life, the entire city of Milwaukee. Quentin Down they see With local branches of commuMenal, a s t e p p i n g nity groups like City Year, Ensenior in When: Saturday, Feb. 4 from and party- rolls and Big Brothers Big Sisthe College 5-10 p.m. ing,” Menal ters also involved in the event, it of Busisaid. “One only makes sense to branch out ness and Where: Riverside Theater of the big- beyond the Marquette bubble. the Vice gest things “At Marquette, we’re taught to President of Cost: $20 online or at the we hope to reach out to the greater MilwauMarquette’s Riverside box office; $25 at do is prompt kee community,” Awino said. National the door on Feb. 4 the idea of Moving Brew City Stomp Pan-Helunity.” Down to a more central lenic CounR i g h t venue was the first step of cil. Menal is also a member now, Marquette’s National Pan- many that will continue to Hellenic Council uses Brew City improve and enhance the show. of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. “Brew City Stomp Down is The Divine Nine refers to the Stomp Down to also reward nine historically African Ameri- deserving students with book recognized as a well put together show,” Awino said. “It’s can international Greek let- scholarships. “We would like for the show an honor to be a part of. It’s tered fraternities and sororities. They include Kappa Alpha Psi, to give back to the community,” an event I can say down the Omega Psi Phi, Alpha Kappa said Ivy Awino, a senior in the line I was a part of.” Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Zeta College of Communication and a
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According to Lucas in an interview on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” major studios apparently did not want anything to do with the film because they did not think a predominantly African-American cast would bring in enough dough at the box office. “It’s because it’s an all-black movie,” Lucas said. “There’s no major white roles in it at all. It’s one of the first all-black action Sarah Elms pictures ever made.” One might think that someone It’s no secret that I am not a movie buff. It’s not that I dislike with as much cinematic clout film, but watching movies isn’t as the man who created “Star something I would call a hobby Wars” and “Indiana Jones” of mine. I’ve never seen “Star could persuade Hollywood to Wars,” “The Notebook” or “The finance an action-packed film Matrix,” and I don’t pay any at- such as this one. However, stutention to the Oscars because it dios were not confident that is very likely that I won’t recog- there was a foreign market for nize even half of the nominated it, which Lucas said is respontitles. For me to be motivated sible for 60 percent of the revto see a movie, I need to hear enue of a Hollywood film. For me, Lucas’ struggle to some really, really good things get “Red Tails” about it first. off the ground Knowing all this, it But just because is enough to might come as a surthis film doesn’t prompt me to see prise that the movie it. Think about it. I’m currently itching live up to critics’ How many movto see is “Red Tails,” standards doesn’t ies have you seen produced by George change my mind Lucas and directed by about seeing it. This that feature an allblack cast other Anthony Hemingway. might be a first for than one of Tyler The film currently Perry’s comedies? holds a low rating of me. It’s a short list, 36 percent on Rotten isn’t it? Big-name Tomatoes, and Roger Ebert only gave it two and a studios point to financial issues, half stars. Most reviews I’ve but then what does that say read commend Lucas’ effort to about us, the people who dictate address an important and often the entertainment market? Not only that, but the history overlooked part of American history but criticize the film for behind the film is inspiring. It its corny dialogue, overdone ac- might be muddled by cheesy dialogue and under-developed tion and constant clichés. But just because this film characters, but the story’s mesdoesn’t live up to critics’ stan- sage is clear. I hadn’t even dards doesn’t change my mind heard of the Tuskegee Airabout seeing it. This might men before last week, and I’ve taken my fair share of history be a first for me. In case you don’t know, courses over the years. The “Red Tails” is an action movie movie’s concept itself made about the Tuskegee Airmen, me stop and think about what the first group of black soldiers our society and our education trained as fighter pilots dur- system values as important ing World War II, a time when parts of our nation’s history. Lucas said, “I wanted to segregation and racism were entrenched in American cul- make it inspirational for teenture. The film tells the stories age boys. I wanted to show that of the brave men who fought to they have heroes, that they’re protect their country, knowing real American heroes. They’re they would be met with racial patriots. They helped make the animosity when they returned country what it is today.” Even if critics aren’t raving home, no matter how successful about the cinematic quality of they were as soldiers. Lucas has been working on “Red Tails,” I think it is importhe film for 23 years (yes, that’s tant to give credit to a movie longer than I’ve been alive) and that has prompted long overdue financed the $58 million project discussions about the American himself. Why? Because “Red entertainment industry. Tails” features an almost entiresarah.elms@marquette.edu ly African-American cast.
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By Matt Mueller matthew.mueller@marquette.edu
Hollywood loves to make drama on and off the screen, and at no time is that more obvious than during Oscar season. This year’s batch of nominees were announced on Jan. 24, but the actual awards won’t be handed out until Feb. 26. Most of the minor award ceremonies, such as the Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globes, have already passed, which leaves only these nominations left to discuss. And there are plenty of surprises and snubs to discuss.
“Extremely Loud,” Incredibly Surprising Hands down, the biggest surprise in the Oscar nominations is “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’s” nomination for Best Picture. At first glance, the film certainly has the pedigree of an Oscar competitor. It stars Oscar winners Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, is directed by three-time nominee Stephen Daldry and is based on a best-selling book about a heart-wrenching topic. The movie could have just been titled “Oscar Bait: The Movie.” Then something horrible happened to the film: it was released. Critics from across the nation ripped into the film. The A.V. Club gave it an F, putting it on the same level as “Shark Night 3D” and “The Devil Inside,” and Manohla Dargis of The New York Times said the proper response to the film “should be rage.” So how did it get nominated for the Academy’s biggest prize? For one, the Oscars have always looked to nominate films
that, at even just a surface level, take on big, timely issues. 9/11 is still relatively new territory for Hollywood; including “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close,” there have only been four mainstream films centered on the tragedy. The movie’s nomination rewards its bravery but also, in an admittedly weak year, gives the Academy a culturally significant film to recognize. In addition, though the film has strong detractors, many also embrace it and find it deeply emotional. Since recent voting changes have put a greater emphasis on first place votes, a polarizing movie that creates extreme reactions could fare better than a movie that is universally liked but isn’t loved. But in the end, none of this is going to matter because ...
Oscars have always been accused of being self-important, so what better way to disprove that accusation than by giving their greatest prize to a movie about movies?
“Drive” Angry It wouldn’t be Oscar season without disappointment. The main source of disappointment this year came from the lack of nominations for the stylish noir, “Drive,” which has built up a solid cult following since its release in September. Though well reviewed, the film was released too early in the award season to be remembered, and its deliberate pacing and extreme violence were likely turn-offs for Academy voters.
The movie’s best chance at a high-profile nomination was Albert Brooks, whose chillingly sinister turn as a brutal gangster attracted some Best Supporting Actor consideration. The “Finding Nemo” star was passed over by “Warrior’s” Nick Nolte and “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’s” Max von Sydow, leaving “Drive” with a lone nomination for everyone’s favorite award, Best Sound Editing. Brooks and “Drive” fans weren’t the only ones with the blues early last week Tuesday. Leonardo DiCaprio, whose performance in “J. Edgar” had earned him a SAG and a Golden
Globe nomination, was left off of the final ballot. One has to wonder if his snub was more the result of his miserable old man make-up than his performance. Considering that he has two projects coming this year, one being a Quentin Tarantino film and the other being “The Great Gatsby,” I’m sure we’ll see him at the Oscars come next February. That’s the nice thing about the Academy Awards: there’s always next year to give you hope that you won’t be disappointed, again.
“The Artist” and Everyone Else “The Artist” is going to win Best Picture. Though “The Help” won big at last Sunday’s SAG Awards, making things slightly more interesting, the French black-and-white silent film has won almost every other award worth winning. “The Help” is certainly an acting showcase, and will be rewarded as such by the Academy, but it lacks in its script and its direction, two categories in which “The Artist” is nominated and “The Help” is not. A movie without a Best Screenplay nomination hasn’t won Best Picture since “Titanic,” and the last time a movie won without a Best Director nod was over twenty years ago. The biggest reason why “The Artist” will win is because 2011 was the year of nostalgia. Four of the nine nominees focus on feelings of nostalgia, and two of those four, “The Artist” and “Hugo,” are about film’s cherished past. The
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NBA gets a bad rap among fans Matt Trebby
I was watching Louisville and Kentucky play earlier this season, in what at the time was a match-up between two of the nation’s best teams. After the game, all I could think about was how bad both teams were at basketball. They both are good college teams, but saying the team members are good basketball players would be a lie. Kentucky relies on pure athleticism, with little basketball ability. That’s what NBA scouts would call “raw talent,” which really means “they aren’t very good right now.” Teams and players like this aren’t difficult to find in college basketball. There are plenty of teams with guys who are play at the collegiate level due to their athleticism, and nothing else, because with that comes potential. What I’m trying to say is that — sometimes — college basketball can be ugly and sloppy and lack many of the game’s fundamental skills. Many college players never learned how to handle the ball, shoot properly or even box out. These things can be extremely annoying when watching a game.
If you compared that type of play to that of the professional game, it’s night and day. Everyone in the NBA is a good basketball player (not just a very good athlete), which isn’t something you can say about college players, even on top-25 teams. Many college players are good athletes who never have learned to play the game the right way. Along with being excellent basketball players, the best in the NBA give you plays that are undeniably impressive and pieces of skill you’ll never find in college basketball. Watch Chris Paul play and appreciate the little things he does throughout the game. The Clippers guard defends, makes difficult passes look quite easy (speaking of that, watch Minnesota’s Ricky Rubio play and try to come away without being very impressed) and can even score with the best in the game. It isn’t just Paul or Rubio — the NBA is full of guys who have amazing talent I want to watch every time they play. People say they prefer watching college basketball because of the emotion of the players and how they “truly” care about the result of the game. Those who aren’t fans of the NBA say those are two qualities lost in the professional game, and that there’s a lot of that type of person nowadays. Many people think the players don’t care about the game in the NBA, that it’s merely seen as See Trebby, page 19
women’s basketball uc 64 - mu 52
Golden Eagles lose fourth straight
stood up on dribble penetration and didn’t rotate in time more often than not which led to poor backcourt defense. “We talk about five players defending the ball and tonight we weren’t in the right help positions By Trey Killian to counter their guards when they robert.killian@marquette.edu got hot,” Mitchell said. “When The frustrations continued for we made that run to tie it we were Marquette women’s basketball into their guards and they didn’t as the Golden Eagles dropped score, but I felt like we settled their fourth consecutive con- after we tied it instead of taking ference matchup in a 64-52 it up a notch and we eventually ran out of gas.” loss to Cincinnati. Turnovers in transition were a After taking an 11-10 lead with 12:08 remaining in the first half, big factor early as the Golden Eathe Bearcats maintained control gles gave the ball away 11 times in of the game the rest of the way the first half leading to 16 points off of turnovers stymying all attempts at a Mar“I think we tried to do too much and for the Bearcats. Mitchell attribquette comedidn’t play within ourselves. I think uted the sloppy back. ball handling Junior for- when you want something so badly, ward Sarina you force things and I think when we more to her own squad’s lack Simmons tied settle down we are a much better of rhythm than the score at 35 team.” the Bearcat’s with 14:37 remaining in the Terri Mitchell f u l l - c o u r t game, but the Marquette Coach press defense. “I think we Bearcats retried to do too sponded with a 10-0 from which the Golden Ea- much and didn’t play within ourselves,” Mitchell said. “I think gles never recovered. Marquette had a tough time when you want something so guarding Cincinnati’s tandem badly, you force things and I think of sophomore guard Dayee- when we settle down we are a sha Hollins and senior guard much better team.” Cincinnati coach Jamelle Elliot Bjonee Reaves who combined for 38 points. Coach said her team’s press was meant Terri Mitchell said her team See Lose, page 17
Plouffe posts doubledouble, but needed more assistance
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Sophomore guard Vander Blue recorded double-digit points Tuesday for the first time in 12 games.
Sophomore guard scores 16 in win over Seton Hall By Mark Strotman
mark.strotman@marquette.edu
After 27 minutes Tuesday night, the Golden Eagles’ offense had made 12 of 31 shots — including only 1-of-10 3-pointers — had turned the ball over 15 times, had scored just 30 points and faced a six-point deficit against Seton Hall. So with its back against the wall, looking for a scorer and hoping to keep its six-game winning streak alive, Marquette turned to the unlikeliest of offensive sources. Vander Blue. For a player who had not scored in double figures in 12 games and had averaged 4.9 points in Big East play, Blue looked awfully calm as he scored seven straight points to give Marquette a lead it would not surrender.
A 40-foot, highlight-reel alleyoop from junior guard Junior Cadougan, a shot clock-beating 3-pointer from the left wing and a transition layup in successive possessions from Blue gave Marquette a one-point lead and helped the Golden Eagles pick up their seventh straight conference win, a 6659 victory over Seton Hall. “It’s two points at the end, and we needed it,” Blue said of his dunk. “We needed a play to say, ‘Come on guys, let’s get going. This is what we do.’ And I think that play helped us get going.” Including Blue’s alley-oop, Marquette outscored Seton Hall 34-23, shot 53 percent from the field and turned the ball over three times in the final 13 minutes. Coach Buzz Williams applauded Blue’s performance in half-court sets against Seton Hall’s disguised defenses. The Pirates constantly gave man-to-man looks and then switched to zone when the ball went to a certain area on the floor, and vice versa. “I think he’s getting more and
more comfortable within what we do offensively on when we want him to cut, when we want him to curl, when we want him to pop versus man, versus zone,” Williams said of Blue. “And that’s hard to do for anybody.” Blue’s 7-of-10 effort from the field was his best shooting performance in two and a half months, and his scoring outburst midway through the second half sparked the Marquette offense, but more important was his commitment to the glass. Without sophomore forward Davante Gardner, sidelined with a left knee sprain, Blue picked up the slack by grabbing eight rebounds and helped Marquette win the rebounding advantage by four (3733). Entering the game, Seton Hall was the fifth-best rebounding team in the Big East. “When you get eight rebounds and five of them are offensive, and you’re a guard, that changes the complexion of our team, particularly as big as we See Blue, page 19
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TRIBUNE Players of the Week
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Saturday 4
Olga Fischer
Stats Fischer Singles: 2-0 Hush Singles: 2-0 Doubles Pair: 2-0
Women’s Baskeball vs Pittsburgh – 7 p.m.
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Men’s Basketball at Notre Dame – 12 p.m.
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Track & Field Meyo Invitational
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Women’s Tennis at Iowa State - 12 p.m.
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Lose: Season on the brink to slow down the Golden Eagle’s transition and shut down sophomore guard Gabi Minix. “We knew they didn’t have a whole lot of guard play and that they really focused on Minix to run their team so we really wanted to deny her and pressure her as much as possible to force somebody else to step up for their team,” Elliot said. “I thought early on their post players gave us some trouble with easy baskets down low, but we got Katherine Plouffe in foul trouble early on and her going to the bench really helped us out.” While the Golden Eagles did manage to outscore the Bearcats 24-22 in the paint and win the battle of the boards 38-33 foul trouble took away most of Marquette’s size advantage inside. Mitchell said her team is still in a funk that had carried over from their last three Big East games particularly their previous 53-32 loss at West Virginia in which the Golden Eagles made only 10 field goals. “I feel like we are in a situation where we’ve lost our confidence.
We are questioning everything we’re doing, our shooters aren’t shooting they’re being hopeful and we’re passing tentative. We have players with greats hearts who understand hard work but we are mentally stuck right now. We had a great game plan for this matchup going in and I can tell you that most of the game we didn’t follow it.” While Plouffe led the team with 13 points and 13 rebounds, Mitchell said that the rest of the team asked too much of her and that a lack of depth showed up in the loss. “Katherine Plouffe is clearly the leader of this team, but you’re asking a player to score, rebound and give everything emotionally every game,” Mitchell said. “We’ve thrown a lot of responsibility at Katherine and quite frankly it’s a long season and other players have to pick it up. Our other players have to come along quicker and we have to form some good habits and realize that the season is not over.”
Europe is known for having some of the craziest fans in the world, especially when it comes to soccer. You know, the kind that will throw flares at opposing players and rip off seats to hurl onto the pitch when they are angry at referees. Standard stuff. No big deal. Once in a while though, there comes a story straight from the “I’m not falling for that” category. This is one of them. So Manchester City traveled to Goodison Park in Liverpool to take on the Toffees on Tuesday. A good game, but nothing more than a midweek Premier League match. That is until a fan decided to invade the pitch. The man was not your normal pitch invader though. He wasn’t drunk, wasn’t trying to start a fight with the players and, thankfully, he wasn’t in his birthday suit.
No, this man was there to protest Ryanair, a discount airline, and figured the best way to do so was to handcuff himself to the goalpost. Let me repeat that for you. This nutjob physically took out handcuffs and locked himself to a goal post while the game was going on. To make matters worse, he was protesting one of the greatest inventions known to study abroad students. I flew from London to Berlin for like $15. Only a lunatic can be mad at that. The police finally brought out bolt-cutters after five minutes and took him off the field and straight to jail. The moral of the story remains, though: soccer fans are flat out nuts. andrei.greska@marquette.edu
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On the current roster these two women are the only two with more than two years of experience at Marquette. This team needs leadership and stellar play from the top down and it got it from its two senior leaders. In the first round of home matches of 2012 Gillian Hush and Olga Fischer finished the weekend undefeated. Fischer and Hush went a combined 4-0 as a result of playing together in doubles.
Track and Field
Squad moves up in rankings
Team looks to fire on all cylinders at Meyo Invitational in Ind.
Big East qualifiers. Senior Tyler O’Brien and junior Jack Hackett have emerged as leaders on this team in the sprinting and distance events, respectively. The last time O’Brien stepped on the track in South Bend he set a By Chris Chavez new school record in the 200-mechristopher.chavez@marquette.edu ter dash with a time of 21.75 secThe Marquette track and field onds. The sprinting captain has team travels to Notre Dame this high hopes and expectations for weekend for the first time since himself as he looks forward. it kicked off the indoor season at “I’m looking to best my own the Blue & Gold Invitational in school record. The competition December. will be great there,” O’Brien said. The Meyo Invitational has be- “It’s been a process gearing up come a hallmark for fast times as towards Big East. Hopefully the athletes set their sights on quali- marks can start to drop within fying for the the next couple NCAA Champi- “At the last meet, I didn’t get out as weeks and we onships. Much can get ready further along hard as I should’ve and it probably for the conferin training and cost me some pretty good times. ence. ” rolling in with Hopefully, this week I’ll focus on Last weeka deeper squad getting out harder and just going end O’Brien means the Gold- with that..” completed the en Eagles should Tyler O’Brien 200 in 21.93 fire on all cylinSprinter seconds at the ders when the Bill Bergen first gun fires to Invitational, mark the start of the first race. which is .18 off his personal best. At the beginning of the indoor He said he could have finished season, Marquette was ranked much faster and has been work15th in the Great Lakes region. ing on his block start in practice to Heading into South Bend, the open races quicker. team holds the 13th position in the “At the last meet, I didn’t get out index, which is the highest it has as hard as I should’ve and it probbeen since 2010. ably cost me some pretty good Much of that improvement can times,” O’Brien said. “Hopefully, be attributed to the numerous this week I’ll focus on getting out Marquette records set and the 30 harder and just going with that.”
Pleased with his team’s performance as a whole, not much has surprised coach Bert Rogers about O’Brien’s hot start to the season. “Tyler’s worked really hard to get where he’s at. I think we’re on track to put down some good performances this weekend and in a couple weeks at Big East.” Rogers said. On the distance side of events, Hackett’s 3,000-meter run highlighted the weekend. The distance squad was not present when the team last visited Notre Dame. It is a fast track and will be interesting to note how it fares well for the longer distances. “Iowa State had a 300 meter track. Notre Dame is just a little bit bigger, so it should be a pretty similar atmosphere.” Hackett said. Hackett has a history with the track at Notre Dame. He won the 5,000-meter run in his first appearance in a Marquette uniform at the 2009 Blue & Gold Invitational. He ran the fifth fastest mile in school history at the Meyo Invitational that year, before recording the third best with a time of 4:07.38 at the Alex Wilson Invitational. But it won’t just be Hackett gunning for the top spot this weekend. “Our distance guys know we have to be up near the front of the pack to run fast. All of the racers at Notre Dame will be fast,” Hackett said.
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a 9-to-5 job — something they have to do. This past Monday night, I went to the Bucks-Pistons game and saw Milwaukee handle Lawrence Frank’s pathetic Detroit team. In a game between 8-11 and 4-17 teams, Milwaukee guard Brandon Jennings hit two 3-pointers late in the third quarter — with his team in control of the game already — and gave genuine displays of emotion, throwing huge fist pumps and getting excited. Nobody would know that, though, because a lot of people don’t give the Bucks, or even the NBA, a chance. I’m not trying to call out all college players for not being good. Our own Golden Eagles are fun to watch — outside of Tuesday night’s sloppy affair against Seton Hall — and they aren’t the only college team that’s fun to observe. I like college basketball,
Wade, James make appearance at the Bradley Center
but the NBA is a better watch. It has the best in the world, playing at a level that college kids can only dream of reaching. But people don’t realize that. They need to give the NBA a chance and get rid of the hyperbolic stereotypes pervading the Association. This is very common in Milwaukee, where people are quite ignorant toward the NBA and unwilling to give the professionals a chance. They’re missing out some of the best athletes in the world giving some of the best entertainment in the world. So to those who just watch when the playoffs come around because you think that’s the only time when the players actually care, watch all 48 minutes of the next NBA game you see on television. Tell me they don’t care then. matthew.trebby@marquette.edu
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Former Marquette standout and current Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade (left) and fellow Heat teammate LeBron James took in the Marquette game on Tuesday night.
men’s basketball
Crowder shuts down Pope
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Seton Hall’s Herb Pope had 10 of the Pirates’ first 18 points but was held to six points the rest of the way.
Second half changes led to fewer points in the paint, comeback By Mike Nelson michael.e.nelson@marquette.edu
Points in the paint and paint touches were consistent and abundant in the opening half of Tuesday evening’s 66-59 Marquette victory over Seton Hall. It was the No. 15 Golden Eagles’ first contest without redshirt junior center Chris Otule and sophomore forward Davante Gardner, the squad’s two tallest players. Gardner missed Tuesday’s contest with a sprained left knee and is day-to-day. “Defensively we found ways to make up for it,” senior forward Jae Crowder said of playing without Gardner. “It’s just a little different rotations defensively than what we are used to.” Seton Hall went into the paint immediately, knowing the Golden Eagles were shorthanded and shorter than usual. On its first offensive possession Seton Hall accumulated three offensive rebounds that culminated in a tip-in by Herb Pope. “You got to keep those guys out of the channel. When you keep them out of the channel then it
changes the game,” coach Buzz Williams said. “If they’re able to get to the channel off of the bounce or the pass then it’s hard to guard them.” It was an unfortunate time for Marquette to be without its two tallest players, with the senior forward Pope in town. Pope entered the contest as the Big East’s No. 13 scorer and No. 2 rebounder. He scored 10 of Seton Hall’s first 19 points and helped the Pirates accumulate 22 first half points in the paint. “He’s good. He’s got a lot of Davante (Gardner) in him,” Williams said of Pope. “He’s meandering around, and as soon as he gets the ball you’re like, ‘Ooh, he’s really good.’ And then when he doesn’t have the ball you’re like, ‘What’s going on?’ And he forces rotation. Now that’s a hard combination.” After 10 points in the first half, Pope recorded just six in the second, in part because of the defensive performance of Crowder. Crowder compared him to former Syracuse forward Rick Jackson, who Marquettte held to 10.5 points and 4.0 rebounds in two contests last year when Jackson averaged 13.1 and 10.3 rebounds for the season. “He’ll fight, fight, fight before he gets the ball, and once he gets the ball you really have
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to play defense,” Crowder said of Pope. “He’s tough. He’s a great offensive player.” Besides limiting Pope, Marquette cut its points allowed in the paint to 16, which helped the Golden Eagles overtake the Pirates for the first time with 12:23 left in regulation. What was technically different in the second half? “We started switching on the ball screens,” Crowder said. “I started guarding (Pope). Every time Pope set a ball screen I switched off on him. Every time. We didn’t do that in the first half. First half we just hardhedged on it, and that was hurting us with the counters. So coaches decided at halftime, which was a great call, to start switching on ball screens to give ourselves a chance to stop ball screens and stop penetration.” Marquette also opted to play zone on some defensive possessions, something atypical for Williams’ teams, which altered what Seton Hall did offensively. “Every team in the league knows that we play man-to-man, probably 75 percent of the game. We’re not a zone team,” sophomore guard Vander Blue said. “But we throw zones at people just to sort of throw them off their cue a little bit and try to make them think more on offense.”
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Blue: Created mismatches
were tonight,” Williams said. “I thought he was huge.” All seven of Marquette’s second chance points came as a result of Blue’s offensive rebounds. Senior forward Jae Crowder, who recorded a double-double for the second consecutive game with 20 points and 12 rebounds, said Blue’s improved play will be key for Marquette going forward. “That’s what he brings, and that’s what we need to do night in and night out,” Crowder said. “A lot of teams might be disrespecting him because of his lack of consistency early in the year, but once he gets that down, we’ll be even better.” Outside of the box score, Blue’s ability to play on the wing as a third
guard gave Seton Hall’s tall lineup fits late in the game. Seton Hall coach, Kevin Willard, said Marquette’s ability to play small, using Blue instead of a third forward, “really hurt us.” Blue said his confidence began increasing following his 4-of-4 performance from the free throw line in the closing minutes of Marquette’s win over Villanova. “I can feel it in practice. I’m getting back to where I was earlier in the season,” Blue said. “It’s really good for me, but I think when I play well it really helps our team and takes our team to another level.”
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BIG EAST NOTEBOOK
By Michael LoCicero
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Mountaineers deserve some recognition West Virginia boasts one of the youngest rosters in the Big East this year, with just one senior and two juniors on a team that is 16-6 overall and 6-3 in Big East play. Yes, the Mountaineers don’t have many quality wins on their resume and have some bad losses to boot against Cal StateNorthridge and at Providence. Nonetheless, the Mountaineers currently sit in seventh place, ahead of No. NR/23 DePaul and are in a five-way tie for third place with Georgetown, Louisville, Rutgers and St. John’s. Despite this standing, they did not receive a single vote in the Associated Press or USA Today/ Coaches Poll this week. West Virginia has done a good job defending its home floor, going 11-2 with its losses coming against St. Bonaventure (20-2) and Georgetown (17-5). Sophomore guard Taylor Palmer leads the team in scoring at 12.9 points per game, and the team is allowing just 49.2 points per game, the No. 2 mark in the Big East. West Virginia also ranks second in the conference in field goal percentage defense (30.6
percent) and three-point percentage defense (24.9 percent). Three of the Mountaineers’ six losses have come against either ranked opponents (Connecticut, Georgetown) or a team receiving votes in both polls (St. Bonaventure). West Virginia has a big opportunity to make a move in the conference standings, with its next four games all coming against ranked opponents, including home games against Louisville, Rutgers and DePaul. If the Mountaineers can win even one of those games, the team could finish 10-6 in Big East play and earn a bye in the first round of the Big East Championship Tournament. The beat goes on for Notre Dame There was certainly reason to expect Rutgers to pull an upset on Tuesday night against Notre Dame at home. The Scarlet Knights were 3-3 against ranked opponents this season entering the game and were 10-1 at home. The Fighting Irish had other thoughts, however, demolishing Rutgers 71-41, extending their winning streak to 19 games, the third longest in school history. Notre Dame won 20 straight games in 2000-’01, when it won the school’s only national championship, and can match that mark with a home game against
DePaul on Sunday. Notre Dame’s only loss came on Nov. 20 at No. 1/1 Baylor and has achieved wins over Duke, Connecticut and Tennessee. In fact, four of the Fighting Irish’s seven wins against ranked opponents this season have come by 20 or more points, including the last three by at least 28 points. Senior forward Deveraux Peters scored 10 points and pulled down a career-high 17 rebounds in the win over Rutgers, becoming the first Fighting Irish player to have three straight doubledoubles since Jaqueline Batteast in the 2004 NCAA Tournament. Junior guard Skylar Diggins added 18 points and senior guard Natalie Novosel chipped in 15 points as the Irish outrebounded Rutgers 52-24. Notre Dame ranks third in the Big East in rebounds per game (42.6). The win completed a perfect month of January for Notre Dame for just the fifth time under coach Muffet McGraw and first since 2001. The conference is certainly Notre Dame’s to lose, with just three games remaining against ranked opponents, although two of those games come on the road at Louisville and Connecticut.
Game of the Week: Tuesday, Feb. 7
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Louisville
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Player of the Week:
Tiffany Hayes
Senior Guard
Week’s Stats
Points per game: 34.0 Rebounds per game: 8.5 Field goal percentage: 70.0
Both teams face difficult games before this contest, with the Huskies hosting Rutgers on Feb. 4 and the Cardinals traveling to West Virginia on Saturday as well.
Louisville is hurting a bit after an 86-61 loss at DePaul on Tuesday but has won 12 straight games at home and are 22-2 alltime at the KFC Yum! Center. Connecticut hammered Duke
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vs. 61-45 on the road on Monday for its eighth-straight victory and leads the nation in field goal percentage defense (30.0 percent).
Hayes scored a career high 35 points on 11-of-15 shooting, including 6-of-8 from three-point range. She also recorded seven rebounds and three assists in the Huskies’ 95-54 win over Syracuse last week. Hayes followed up that
performance with 33 points and 10 rebounds on 10-of-15 shooting against South Florida. Hayes’ back-to-back 30-point performances marked the first time a Connecticut player posted consecutive such games since Maya Moore in 2010-’11.
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