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Tribune reporter Andrea Anderson and photographer Elise Krivit ventured into the Marquette Jesuit Residence for a special photo essay covering the ins and outs of Jesuit daily life. See Closer Look, page 8
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Super Bowl Sunday had fans eating unhealthy foods such as pizza.
restaurant saw a significant increase in sales and portion sizes during game day. “We have seen a huge rise in togo orders,” Carroll said. “People seem to be taking larger orders than usual back to their own personal parties at home.” Carroll said while more patrons than usual frequented the Annex, the amount of food sold was particularly noteworthy — about 240 pounds of chicken wings were sold. The Annex’s total sales in Super
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By Elise Angelopulos Just one month into New Year resolutions, the Super Bowl sneakily rolls around and healthy calorie consumption seems like a long forgotten dream. Unfortunately, most Americans who enjoyed extra treats this past Sunday could potentially face long-term health risks. Professor Barbara Troy, a licensed dietitian in the College of Health Sciences, said that while the likelihood of seriously damaging one’s health in the span of a three-hour game is highly improbable, risks are still present. “I think the bigger likelihood of an immediate health risk would be from way over eating too many (calories), period,” Troy said. “This forces the body to have to process all of that food energy, which may be difficult to do.” Eric Carroll, student manager and supervisor at the Union Sports Annex Marquette, said the
Marquette students are also less likely to use contraceptives. Nationally in 2011, about 56.8 percent of college students reported using a method of contraception the last time they had intercourse, while only 50 percent of Marquette students reported doing the same in By Sarah Hauer 2009. sarah.hauer@marquette.edu Additionally, four percent of MarTalking about sex on a Jesuit quette students reported being diagcampus may seem taboo. But that nosed or treated by a professional doesn’t mean it’s not for an STD or STI happening. within the last 12 According to the months. Nationally, latest data, from about 5.1 percent of 2009, in the National college students reCollege Health Asported the same. sessment (NCHA) Amy Melichar, data reported by the coordinator of American College health education and “the Health Associapromotion, said she tion, 64.9 percent of does not know why Marquette students Marquette students This is the first story in a three-part series on sexual reported being sexuare less likely to be health at Marquette. ally active within sexually active. the last 12 months, a statistic below the 2011 national See Talk, page 5 average of 70.8 percent.
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Bowl foods totaled nearly $2,000, according to Carroll. In an article on TheExaminer. com, dietitian Kristine Kirkpatrick said that one “guiltless” night of overindulgence may spiral into more days of thoughtless eating, in an online interview. Kirkpatrick said that wings — a food the Annex specializes in — are especially harmful as they are high in calories, sodium and sugar. See Snacking, page 5
A robbery involving a woman not affiliated with Marquette occurred Sunday at approximately 6:30 p.m. at the bus stop on North 12th Street and West Wisconsin Avenue, in front of the Al McGuire Center and Cobeen Hall. The victim, who was uninjured, was forced to give up her three Boston Store and Boost Wireless shopping bags after one of the two suspects pulled out a small handgun. Following the robbery, the suspects were reported heading west on West Wisconsin Avenue. The suspects are described as two black males both between 5 feet 8 inches and 5 feet 9 inches tall. One of the suspects was wearing a black Pelle Pelle coat and a black baseball cap and had a
Brewers ball and glove tattoo on his neck. The other suspect wore a black hooded sweatshirt with dark jeans and white shoes. DPS officers were the first to respond to the incident after the department’s scanner listened in to the woman’s 911 call to MPD. Although DPS officers filed a report and released a public safety alert, the investigation itself will be left mostly to MPD. Marquette will assist by reviewing its security cameras for more evidence. DPS Captain Russell Shaw said the incident’s relatively early time should serve as a reminder for students, who should not let their guard down at any time. “We always have to be cognizant of our environment,” Shaw said. “I think we let our guard down just because of the time of day sometimes. We have students walking down the street after dark by themselves with their headphones on, listening to stuff and having no idea who’s around them. That’s always a concern and something students should be aware of.”
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A recent report has found that American cities are more racially integrated now than they have been since 1910, with neighborhoods in industrial cities and the growing Sun Belt states leading the charge. But this good news comes with a caveat for Milwaukee: While the city still reported a decline in segregation, that decline is the smallest reported by one of the 10 most segregated cities in 1970, and currently holds a dissimilarity index of 77.7, making it the most segregated major city in America. The report, released Monday by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a conservative think tank, is an extensive analysis of census data of over 1,000 city neighborhoods from 1910 to 2010 performed by visiting economics professors Edward Glaeser of Harvard and Jacob Vigdor of Duke. The analysis relied on two common segregation indexes: dissimilarity, the proportion of two groups of individuals that would have to switch neighborhoods to have perfect integration and isolation, the measure of neighborhoods where the share of a certain group’s population is greater than the city average. Milwaukee ranks highest (excepting the neighborhood of Somerset, Penn., a small borough with a population just over 6,000) on
Half a century ago, nearly 50 percent of the black population lived in the ghetto, but according to the study, now only 20 percent of blacks do. Research also showed that all-white neighborhoods “are effectively extinct.” Gentrification, immigration and the rise of blacks in suburbs have helped in the decline of segregation. The study said the Hispanic population grew in almost every corner of the U.S. in the past decade. It also pointed out that the typical black person resides in a neighborhood that is 14 percent Hispanic. Nevertheless, barriers such as zoning laws in the suburbs continue to keep certain cities from achieving adequate racial integration. Darnell Durrah, a graduate student and president of Marquette’s Black Graduate Student Association, said his reaction is a little biased because he doesn’t fully agree with the study due to other disadvantages blacks face. “There are more African-Americans and minorities in general who can afford homes in suburban communities,” Durrah said. “They can stay anywhere they want, but still black males have one of the highest unemployment rates and incarceration rates.” Daniel Maguire, a Marquette professor of theology, said there was a larger number of white people in the city than minorities. “I think it’s more interesting for you to realize at Marquette that it’s a white island in a city of many colors,” Maguire said. “Most of my classes I do not have a single African-American, and educationally that is bad — it makes Marquette a workshop in whiteness.”
MUSG, admins in discussion Student leaders talk to new MU hires about visions By Simone Smith simone.smith@marquette.edu
At last Thursday’s Marquette Student Government meeting, President Joey Ciccone and Executive Vice President Trent Carlson announced they were discussing some of the university’s recent hires with administration. Both Ciccone and Carlson met with Vice President for Student Affairs Chris Miller to talk about the new role of Executive Vice President Mary DiStanislao, and Carlson met with Vice President and Director of Athletics Larry Williams to talk learn what he seeks in his new role.
MUSG is also furthering its commitment to diversity through roundtables on Feb. 16, Feb. 27, March 8 and March 27 in the Multicultural Center at 12:30 p.m. The roundtables will be led by Senator Sterling Hardaway, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, and Senator Jilly Gokalgandhi, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences. Senator Sarah Miller, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, was approved to serve on the MUSG budget committee in a 25-0-0 vote. Senator Sam Schultz, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, also presented a recommendation for the university to move towards a universal clicker, rather than two different types. Schultz cited cost and actual use of two different clickers rather than one as arguments for his recommendation. MUSG supported the recommendation unanimously.
At 8:18 p.m., a person not affiliated with Marquette reported being struck in the face with a closed fist by an unidentified juvenile in the 700 block of N. 12th St. Medical assistance was declined and MPD was contacted. At 8:53 p.m., a person not affiliated with Marquette consumed alcohol in public and acted in a disorderly manner in the 1200 block of W. Wisconsin Ave. MPD was contacted and took the suspect into custody.
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the dissimilarity index, although it declined 12.2 points between 2000 and 2010. It also has a high isolation index of 58.6, second only to the city of Detroit (61.0). This is not the first time Milwaukee has been identified as the most segregated city in recent years. A study done last March by William Frey, chief demographer at the Brookings Institution, in conjunction with the University of Michigan Social Science Data Analysis Network, found Milwaukee to be the most segregated metro area of 102 metro areas with populations of more than 500,000. J. Gordon Hylton, a Marquette professor of law, said he was not entirely surprised when he read the study and analyzed the numbers. “It seems to me that what may not have received enough attention from the Manhattan Institute or people who have commented on the matter is that (the study) just seems to document the ongoing process of racial integration in the South and Sun Belt,” Hylton said. In contrast to Milwaukee, Dallas and Houston are the most integrated large cities, according to the dissimilarity index. Hylton said those cities’ location is notable. “(Houston) has a long history of black and white people interacting and is notorious in rejecting control land and housing,” Hylton said. “If you change the rules in housing (for) suburbs, you may see a change in the ethnicities that inhabit the area.” The study results come nearly 40 years after the federal government enacted fair-housing legislation and the Great Migration of blacks from the South began.
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Program Board Vice President Derek Merten, a senior in the College of Business Administration, announced that Night of Chocolate tickets are on sale as of Monday. The event will be held Feb. 18 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Union Ballrooms. Semiformal attire is suggested. As a way to spread the word for the event, MUSG will hand out candy bars to students, a few of which will have “golden tickets” inside which grant free admission to the event. Merten also announced that Program Board applications are due Friday. MUSG Advisor Kate Trevey said the Office of Student Development is accepting applications for student employees for the 2012-13 school year. Applications are online and are due Feb. 24.
Friday, Feb. 3 At 1:08 p.m., a student reported that unknown person(s) removed his unsecured, unattended property estimated at $1,500 from the Raynor Library. Saturday, Feb. 4 Between 12:15 a.m. and 1:00 a.m., a student was indecently touched by a taxi cab driver in a taxi in the 1700 block of W. Wells St. MPD was contacted. At 12:34 a.m., two students were in possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia in the 900 block of N. 15th St. and were taken into custody by MPD. At 1:35 a.m., an underage student was intoxicated outside of Mashuda Hall
and refused to cooperate with MPD. MPD took the student into custody. At 8:01 p.m, a student was in possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia in O’Donnell Hall and was taken into custody by MPD. Sunday, Feb. 5 At 12:39 a.m., a student attempted to bring alcohol into Schroeder Hall. At 2:06 a.m., DPS observed three students acting in a suspicious manner in an alley in the 900 block of N. 15th St. Upon investigation, one of the students was found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia and was taken into custody by MPD. At 2:06 a.m., an employee reported finding a student’s backpack unattended in the lobby of Schroeder Hall. The backpack contained alcohol. At 4:53 p.m., a student was in possession of another person’s ID in Structure One. At 6:45 p.m., a person not affiliated with Marquette reported being approached by two unidentified suspects at a bus stop in the 1200 block of W. Wisconsin Ave. One of the suspects displayed a weapon. The suspects obtained the victim’s property and fled the scene. MPD was contacted.
Events Calendar February 2012 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Tuesday 7 Milwaukee Bucks vs. Phoenix Suns, Bradley Center, 7 p.m.
County and Municipal Candidate Forum and Debate, Humboldt Park School, 7 to 9 p.m.
Wednesday 8 Vigil, Next Act Theatre, 1 p.m. Collin Raye, Northern Lights Theater, 8 p.m. Ingram Hill, Shank Hall, 8 p.m.
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Golden Eagles to Postgrads rejoin undergrads go abroad in Cuba Program aims to Courses Participating in Details of the "general education license" that allows American students to study in Cuba: Authorizes students to participate in academic activities through any sponsoring US academic institution Must state that the individual is a faculty or staff member or student at an accredited US academic institution If the individual is a student, must state that the study in Cuba will be accepted for credit toward a degree Graphic by A. Martina Ibanez Baldor/angela.ibanez-baldor@marquette.edu
administration decided that students could visit Cuba using a “General Education License,” which allows American students to enter Cuba for academic reasons. Schroeder said that while students still have strict requirements By Allison Kruschke to enter the country, Marquette is allison.kruschke@marquette.edu lucky to have the opportunity to allow students to study in Cuba. While Cuba has remained off“Some of the requirements inlimits to United States citizens clude that the students must be for decades, the veil will be lifted pursuing a degree at a United for Marquette students looking to States institution, and they must learn about Cuban theater and cul- be earning credit for the program,” ture this summer through a new Schroeder said. “The adviser of study abroad program. the program, Raquel Aguilu de The program, called “Drama Murphy, is allowed to travel there and Performance in Cuba Today,” as well because she is advising the will focus on learning about the academic program.” culture of Cuba through the lens Schroeder added that Aguilu of theater. Undergraduate and de Murphy, an associate profesgraduate students who have com- sor of Spanish at Marquette, has pleted Spanish 3001 or higher can studied Cuban culture and brings attend the program in the summer. an experienced perspective to the According to Mindy Schroeder, program. a study abroad adviser in the Of“This is an exceptional opporfice of International Education, the tunity to visit a country that we program will focus on know so little about,” the work by famous “The focus is to Schroeder said. “ApCuban playwright plication numbers are study the reality of Virgilio Pinera. The still low, but students trip will coincide with Cuba today through have shown interest.” a celebration honoring the lens of theater.” Students going to Mindy Schroeder Cuba will prepare for the playwright. While Office of International their trip at Marquette theater is the main foEducation cus of the trip, Cuban from June 27 through culture as a whole will 29, leave Milwaukee also be explored. for Miami June 30 “The focus is to study the real- and arrive in Cuba July 1. After ity of Cuba today through the lens 15 days, students will depart from of theater,” Schroeder said. “They Cuba and arrive back at Marquette will be viewing and discussing July 16 or 17. plays. Students who are interested Francisca Meraz, a freshman in in other aspects of the culture, the College of Arts & Sciences, such as health care and politics, said that she wants to study in will have the opportunity to learn Cuba to experience something about that as well.” that so few Americans will get to This is a unique opportunity see firsthand. because of political tensions “Since people weren’t allowed between the United States and to visit Cuba for so long, I think it Cuba. Since 1959, American citi- would be a once in a lifetime exzens have not been able to visit perience,” Meraz said. “Cuba has Cuba because of an embargo that always been very attractive to me. was put in place after the Cu- It’s something that people (from ban Revolution. This changed in the U.S.) haven’t been able to see January 2011, when the Obama or experience in a long time.”
Theater program newest addition to global study options
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help alumni become life-long learners By Simone Smith simone.smith@marquette.edu
When you’re in an undergraduate class, it’s usually not a stretch to assume everyone else in your class is attending sans-bachelor’s degree. The Alumni in the Classroom program, started by the College of Arts & Sciences alumni association in 2004, makes that a bad assumption, and gives alumni a chance to relive their Marquette experience. Alumni interested in the program have 10 courses to choose from a semester, which are selected based on individual instructors, course topics and space availability in the classroom. Alumni audit the course, free of charge, and are not required to do homework or complete exams. The program currently offers courses in English, history, political science and theology. “All that is required of the alumni is the desire to learn and willingness to do course reading and have an open mind,” reads the promotional brochure. Mary Dunnwald, the associate dean of the College of Arts & Sciences who runs the program, said the number of alumni participants varies between approximately 16 and 23 each semester. This semester there are 23 alumni participating, Dunnwald said. Dunnwald said the presence of the alumni speaks to their love of education. “It’s about lifelong learning and a continued interest in Marquette,” Dunnwald said. The program is for alumni who graduated in 1968 or before, but Dunnwald said as alumni approach the 45-year anniversary of their graduation, they will be invited to join. “It expands every year, so next year 1969 grads can participate.
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Every year the program becomes first experience with the program. available for another class,” DunLopez said he is not upset that nwald said. alumni don’t pay for the classes Alan Ball, a Marquette professor they take or that they don’t have to of history, said his Cold War class do homework. included one alumnus earlier in the “It depends on (why) they’re taksemester. It was his first semes- ing the class,” Lopez said. “If they ter with an alumnus in one of his get credit or certification then that classes. might be annoying, Ball said the alum- “It’s about life-long but if they’re not getnus was very helpting anything like that ful for the time that learning and a out of it, I don’t care.” he was present, and continued interest in Although Ball said emailed him materials Marquette.” he was unsure how Mary Dunnwald the presence of alumni that he will make use Associate Dean might benefit students, of in the course. Ball admitted, College of Arts and Sciences he said it had proven though, that because beneficial to him as an his course is discusinstructor. sion-heavy, it is not ideal for an “One of the advantages is alumni alumnus looking to take in lectures students are here entirely because every day. they want to be,” Ball said. “There Nick Lopez, a junior in the Col- is no requirement, they’re not taklege of Arts & Sciences, currently ing the course because they need has an alumnus in his children’s to be here, they want to be. For the literature class, but said it is not his instructor, that’s ideal.”
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Talk: Health care, contraception issues prompt sex considerations
“Marquette students are just like any other college student,” Melichar said. Due to Marquette’s Catholic affiliation, the university and Student Health Services do not supply or prescribe contraception to students. All Catholic-affiliated medical institutions comply with Catholic bishops’ ethical and religious directives for Catholic health care services. The Catholic Church considers it morally wrong to prevent conception by any artificial means, including the use of condoms, IUDs, birth control pills and sterilization. A study conducted by the reproductive health institute,
Guttmacher, found that nationally 98 percent of sexually active Catholic women use or have used birth control other than church approved natural family planning. According to NCHA data, about one percent of Marquette students, reported experiencing an unintentional pregnancy themselves or unintentionally getting someone else pregnant within the last 12 months, while in 2011 nationally 1.8 percent of college students experienced the same. Melichar said supplying contraceptives is not the only option for college campuses. “Handing out condoms is not the end-all-be-all to sexual health,”
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Snacking: Have options Troy said other popular Super Bowl foods like crackers, chips, cookies and dips contain equally harmful fats. “Trans fat is the worst fat which definitely increases bad (LDL) cholesterol over time,” Troy said. Shanda Wilbourn, manager at Papa’s John’s (the official food sponsor of Super Bowl XLVI) on Wells Avenue said the shop offered many incentives on Super Bowl Sunday which resulted in an increase of sales. “We were selling pizzas for $11 and made about 200 orders — most with three pizzas or more per order,” Wilbourn said. Wilbourn thinks the larger orders are significant because patrons may be consuming more than usual as a treat on this special Sunday. Other Papa John’s promotions like a free pizza giveaway every 46 seconds show the demand for certain foods people crave on game day, according to Wilbourn. However, Troy emphasized the importance in resisting temptations and cravings, as such pitfalls result in unnecessarily high calorie counts. “Use smaller plates to help keep portions down,” Troy said. “Slow
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down the acts of eating and drinking ... make that plate of food or beverage last.” However, Troy also said moderation should not only be limited to food choices, as alcoholic consumption is the most immediate risk to health. The New England Journal of Medicine found that an increase of intoxication come game day accounts for a 41 percent spike in the number of car-related deaths on Super Bowl Sunday. Carroll said that most heavy drinkers at Marquette do not frequent the Annex to drink but rather host separate parties. Regardless of location, Troy said getting drunk is the worst health offense because it presents danger and also contains highcalorie content. While Super Bowl Sunday is over, the health effects may be ongoing. The key to a healthier game experience is prioritizing different aspects, Troy said. “Emphasize socializing with the people you are with and the happenings in the game,” Troy said.
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Melichar said. She said health education plays a large role in the sexual health of a campus. The Center for Health Education and Promotion creates outreach programs for Marquette students about sexual health. The programs include Sex @ 7, AIDS Doesn’t Discriminate, Healthy Relationships 101 and sexual violence awareness week. All of the programs uphold Catholic values across campus from the Center for Health Education and Promotion to Student Health Service to Campus Ministry. Steve Blaha, assistant director of campus ministry, said the Catholic
Church teaches that sex is for marriage and a gift for bringing life into the world. He also said the use of contraceptives blocks healthy reproduction. Last month, President Barack Obama made the decision that the new health care law will require insurance plans at Catholic institutions to cover birth control and that may be extended to students. The new law is putting Catholic institutions at odds with wanting to provide proper health care but not wanting to give contraceptives. “We are inherently pro-health but the vision of human sexuality that the government is promoting violates our beliefs,” Blaha said. Blaha said he doesn’t want students to feel shut out in discussions about sex. “There are good reasons why the Catholic community wants to reserve sex for marriage,” Blaha said. “We want to have an engaged conversation.” Blaha has been a part of the different sexual education programs on campus. He said students’ focus during the sessions varies. Some have wanted to talk about the physiology of sex and basic anatomy. In talks with students, Blaha said he tries to answer the question, “What does it mean to be a sexual being?” “We want students to feel free to ask questions,” Blaha said. “Some students have not gotten (sex education) in school and they don’t know basic sex functions.” However, Blaha said he wants to start more discussions about the hook-up culture on campus as he believes this type of relationship is never going to satisfy someone. Jacqueline Blake, a junior in the College of Health Sciences, hosted
a Sex @ 7 night at Carpenter Tower. The open-forum style session tried to debunk false information surrounding sex and sexuality. Blake said in an email that she organized the program because she feels people need a safe environment for their questions to be answered. “People really do want to talk and ask questions, but there are not enough opportunities to have those conversations,” Blake said. Blake said she thinks Student Health Service has improved this year around the issue of sexual health although it can be developed further. She is currently planning another program for Cobeen Hall. “I realized that students really want to have the conversations and to be open about their sexuality, and from what I observed, they are very comfortable and mature in their questions and answers to each other,” Blake said. Because there are only so many forums to talk, the line between healthy interactions and sexual violence becomes blurred, said Sue Cooper, coordinator of sexual violence and advocacy services. Cooper said during sexual violence awareness trainings students have said they need to know more about sexual health before they can learn about sexual violence. Being able to distinguish between a hook-up and sexual violence and being able to communicate your expectations is important. She said her goal is to create a healthy and safe campus. “It confuses students on a lot of levels,” Cooper said. “You need a clearly communicated yes, not the absence of no.”
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DPS is encouraging Craigslist users to make exchanges at headquarters.
Recent Craigslistrelated robberies spur policy change By Matt Gozun bejaminmatthew.gozun@marquette.edu
In an effort to prevent robberies, the Department of Public Safety has opened its lobby to facilitate Craigslist transactions. Students will be able to exchange goods and money in the DPS headquarters on North 16th Street without an appointment. Transactions may be made at any time at the office’s front desk,
which is always under surveillance and manned by a DPS officer. According to DPS Chief Russell Shaw, the decision to open up DPS offices reflects a similar policy created by the Milwaukee Police Department in response to an increasing number of Craigslist-related robberies in the past month. According to a Jan. 23 article by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, six such robberies occurred during a period from roughly late December to late January, all within MPD’s District 7, which includes a large area north of the Marquette campus. The crimes involve online
classified ads where Craigslist users, looking to buy or sell property, were robbed of their valuables after being tricked into meeting at secluded locations. Last year, a 39-year-old Milwaukee man posing as a Marquette student paid for several electronic devices with counterfeit bills. When one of his victims noticed the fraud, the suspect pulled out a gun and fled. With the assistance of DPS, the man was later arrested at his Sherman Street home, where police found large amounts of stolen goods and fake cash. DPS is hoping to prevent future incidents by providing a “safe haven” for students to make their transactions. But for students who may not want to go to the office, Shaw said the deal should be made in a public location where other people can keep track of what is happening. “You don’t know who you’re dealing with, so obviously you have to make your situation and your environment as safe as you possibly can,” Shaw said. “I think that by doing that, if you’re not going to go to DPS or a police station, meet somebody at a very, very, very public area where there are a lot of people.” “Never have them come to your residence,” he added. “Never have them come to an apartment building and have them meet you at a hallway somewhere. Make it as public as you possibly can if you’re not going to use our facility.”
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In January, the Obama administration insurance benefits can cover contraceptives ruled that new health care laws require all to a degree. We believe such allowances are employers’ insurance to cover birth con- in the best interests of the women. trol pills and other contraceptives. This According to the student brochure for has caused recent uproar at Jesuit Wisconsin Phyuniversities such as Georgetown sicians Service and Fordham, because offering health insurThere is a fine line between ance, the plan contraceptives to employees goes respecting the teachings of the covers against Catholic teaching. preAccording to a recent New York Catholic Church and respecting scription drugs, Times article, this health care rul- women’s health care rights. including preing could also affect students at scription birth various Jesuit and Catholic unicontrol, with versities who are currently denied patient co-paybirth control prescriptions from ments and some their health services on-campus. restrictions. Similarly, the university’s There is a fine line between respecting Health Benefit Summary Plan Description the teachings of the Catholic Church and lists “contraceptives” under covered benrespecting women’s health care rights. De- efits, subject to regular co-payments and nying coverage to medication that could in-network prescription. help women’s health can have serious While Marquette may not be able to consequences. prescribe birth control, women’s health isFor instance, the New York Times article sues and reasons other than contraception reported the case of a graduate student at are considered for students and employees Georgetown with polycystic ovary syn- through insurance plans, and we commend drome who was prescribed birth control the university for taking that step. pills for that condition. The university does As students of a Jesuit institution, we not cover the pills for students under any respect the views of the Catholic Church. circumstance, and while she continued to However, we also believe that health serappeal for the prescription coverage, she vices should comply with the new healthdeveloped an ovarian cyst that eventually care plan and eliminate co-payments. had to be removed — along with her ovary. Women take birth control pills for a myriad We are not suggesting that every – or even of health reasons, only one potential reason many – women who want birth control have being to prevent pregnancy. Forcing womserious conditions such as polycystic ovary en to pay for this medication out-of-pocket syndrome; however, the graduate student’s may deter them from filling the prescription case is an example for students and their in the first place. Jesuit institutions to consider. By allowing Student Health Service to It is no secret to Marquette students and recommend prescriptions to be filled elsefaculty that Jesuit institutions do not pre- where, Marquette could comply with Jesuit scribe birth control. principles while still keepIn fact, it is one of ing women’s health issues in the frequently asked mind. Continuing to encourForcing women to pay for age students to buy student questions on Student Health Service’s web- this medication out-of-pocket health insurance plans if they site. SHS cannot pre- may deter them from filling the are not covered under a guardscribe birth control, prescription in the first place. ian’s plan allows women other but they can discuss it methods of getting contracepwith patients. Accordtion if needed. ing to their website: Marquette is a Catholic, Je“Recognizing that oral suit institution, but not all stucontraceptives are prescribed for particular dents are Catholic. Students do choose to medical conditions, it is advisable that these attend Marquette and inherently to comply matters be discussed individually with a with any teachings of Catholicism, includprovider at the student health service.” ing birth control. But that does not mean But while Marquette may not be able Marquette should ignore women’s health to prescribe students or employees birth needs regarding birth control. control, both student and employee
Last week the Marquette Tribune reported on the fundraising efforts of Gov. Scott Walker in preparation to defend against the statewide movement to remove him from office. The article implied the fundraising methods were evidence of the governor’s widespread support among average Wisconsin citizens. The Tribune reported, “Walker’s high volume of small donations points to his campaign’s success in stimulating a grassroots movement…” While Scott Walker has raised a lot of money over the past few months, the Tribune’s portrayal distorted the nature of this achievement and overlooked the true source of the majority of the governor’s funds. Far from a grassroots movement of middle-class Wisconsinites, according to reports from local NBC 4 news, more than 61 percent of Walker’s fundraising during the last reporting period came from out-of-state donors. While the Tribune’s article stated that “77 percent of the 21,443 individual donations were $50 or less,” this number is misleading in that it does not indicate the total amount of money raised from these small donations compared to that raised by large contributions. Four individual donors, Bob Perry of Texas, David Humphrey, Sarah Atkins, and Stanley Herzog (all Missouri residents), donated a combined 1 million dollars, roughly 25 percent of Scott Walker’s total funds. Gov. Walker is continuing this “grassroots” effort this Wednesday, Feb. 8, when he will be holding a private fundraiser at the Ritz Carlton in Naples, Florida. The
price of attendance is a humble $2,500. He has had similar events in Texas and New York. Governor Scott Walker’s fundraising has not proved the existence of an organic movement by the people of Wisconsin. What Walker’s accumulation of this large sum of money has shown, however, is that our governor has strong ties to corporate interests across the country and is willing to seek their resources in effort to retain his position. Compare these dealings to the recall campaign. This movement’s 30,000-plus volunteers were the true testament to the power of political action. These people, of all ages and backgrounds, gave their time to collect petitions at bus stops, parks and other public spaces. They cared enough about the future of our state to reach out into their local community for support. And the people across our state responded. The recall effort collected over 1 million signatures, far above the 540,208 required. Marquette students alone collected over 4,000 signatures in Milwaukee. Their efforts to stand behind teachers, nurses, firefighters and other public employees is the real grassroots movement in Wisconsin, and no amount of money will stop the people from reclaiming our great state. Erin Heffernan College of Arts & Sciences ’14 Communications Director, College Democrats
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‘Super’ ads send unexpected hints
Bridget Gamble Few things manage to escape the realm of my judgment. Name a peanut butter brand or a political pundit, and I’ll give you my opinion, along with the oftentimes bogus factors that led me to form it. Football, however, is one thing that can’t escape the grip of my apathy. When the Packers played last year, I sat on the couch in ignorance, laughing at my friend’s impression of Troy Polamalu’s grunting through hair tugs. While fans mobbed Wisconsin Avenue later that night, I laid in bed with a book. But like millions of Americans, I’m drawn in each year by the promise of new commercials. Rarely are they thought-provoking, clever or enticing. Sexism is common, as is sex, and most themes have been exhausted. But every once in a while, there’s an ad or two that breaks the mold and reminds us why we continue to take these 30-second promotions as seriously as we do. I watched this year’s game with my parents, so David Beckham’s underwear ad for H&M proved to be slightly more awkward than it would have been had I been with ten of my girlfriends. But as my parents and I sat around the
TV, twirling spaghetti on our forks, taken 46 Super Bowls for a commereach of us were momentarily at a loss cial to combine diversity and booze as for words. seamlessly as this ad does. “David Beckham has all those tatAnd then there’s Ferris. toos?” my dad finally asked. When I watched Matthew Broderick’s Silence. “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” satire in this “$14.95 for underwear?” he continued. year’s Honda CR-V ad, I was sure the Beautiful male athletes litter the TV man-child would make a reappearance. every Super Bowl Sunday, and so do Instead, I saw a graying guy whose beautiful female models. Women of- dedication to his career and his family ten appear as props. But in H&M’s ad, is so unwavering (as far as we know) a male athlete was an object, and it’s that the concept of playing hooky to likely that the 60-some million male ride roller-coasters novel enough for viewers were less than grateful for be- it its own commercial. In a time when ing exposed to a typically female expe- everyone’s twenties are now considrience: having to stare at a sexualized ered part of their youth, it’s refreshing image that we don’t necessarily want to to see an ad that inspires both maturity stare at (also known as Adriana Lima). and childishness, and reminds us that Little is spoken in this ad, but the mes- we can have both. sage is clear: Buy the underwear from In this month’s Esquire, Stephen H&M, and you’ll be like David Beck- Marche wrote an essay on the sad state ham. The message I got out of it, how- of current advertisements. Despite the ever, is sexual objectification is awk- fact that most commercials are stale as ward. For everyone. hell, he says, “advertising works. Why Beer commercials have historically do you think Americans are so fat and been marketed excluin debt?” sively to men. Miller and The Super Bowl proves Despite being the most that, despite being the Budweiser have made millions out of their ap- popular sport in the most popular sport in the peal to the “man-child;” country, football comes country, football comes the guy who can say he second to commercials second to commercials loves his beer bottle but for millions of viewers. for millions of viewers. not his girlfriend, who Ads aren’t just promotions. turns his house into a giCommercials can do ant cooler when his wife more than just dictate leaves for the weekend. what we think about. This year, the man-child took a back- They can force the apathetic to care, enseat when Budweiser aired its “Eter- chant the disenchanted, make a couple nal Optimism” commercial, which had million meatheads think twice about one theme: inclusion. Everyone from the morality of lingerie models, and, prohibition-era couples to 1980s break most incredibly, change the way we dancers, of all sizes and colors, sipped think. All for only $3.5 million each. Bud from the can in a grand appeal to America’s affinity for nostalgia. It’s bridget.gamble@marquette.edu
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Priests find home on campus Photos by Elise Krivit elise.krivit@marquette.edu
Story by Andrea Anderson andrea.anderson@marquette.edu
The Jesuit Residence is the place to be. All-you-can-eat breakfast, lunch and dinner with a few beverages here and there, all while in good company and conversation. Most students call the Jesuits’ home the “Jes Res,” and so do the Jesuits.
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But it is more than just a home. It is a community and place of worship. The Rev. Jeffrey LaBelle, rector and assistant professor in the College of Education, described the Jesuits as open and sincere. “We are always willing to talk to students and look to each other for guidance,” LaBelle said. “Here we are able to talk about our days, catch up and share our experiences with one another.” The men certainly were eager to grab their dinner and sit at the tables in the dining room. Seafood was the specialty of the night and conversation was what they were
craving once they filled their plates. They spoke about travels, cookies, course material and what they were going to be doing on their weekend off. The Rev. John Naus was so delighted to receive a cookie during a conversation that he stopped midsentence, bit in and said, “These are hard as rocks!” then took the cookie out of his mouth and continued his conversation. Jesuits are the average Joes of Marquette University. Like half of the students on campus, Jesuits socialize, reflect and live in what one may call a dormitory, albeit a little more luxuriously.
The Jesuits have the option of dining outside on the screened-in porch. The Rev. Michael Guzik (right) and the Rev. Ron Bieganowski (left) were enjoying their meal and were delighted to have their photo taken, but they were certainly in a rush to eat. “I’m starving here,” Bieganowski said.
Each morning the Jesuits come to the dining hall and can select from an array of pastry goods, fruit and cereal (both sugar-free and sugar-filled). Breakfast is not as busy as dinner, but all the men still faithfully sneak down from their slumber.
The Rev. John Laurence (left) is about to sit down for his dinner with a glass of wine after a long day. He turns his attention to his tablemate, the Rev. Joseph Mueller (right). “This man right here lost 100 pounds while in Europe and Africa,” Laurence said. “He is like a new man!” Mueller simply smiled and said, “It was more like 75 pounds,” then returned to his soup and fish.
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After moving to the Jesuit Residence on 14th and Wisconsin Ave., the altar, marble tops and stained glass windows from Johnston Hall were moved to this private chapel in the Jesuit Residence. Mass is held at seven in the morning every day except Tuesday, when it is held at 5:10 p.m. “It’s a nice, private location where we can pray together,” said the Rev. Jeffrey LaBelle.
Each morning the Jesuits take a cup of birdseed and feed the sparrows that are out in the garden behind the Jesuit Residence. The Rev. Michael Zeps came out around 8:00 in the morning to feed the birds Saturday. “I don’t know if anyone fed them before, but they seemed hungry,” Zeps said.
The Rev. Patrick Donnelly poured himself a glass of merlot to accompany his dinner. After his glass was full he looked up, smiled, said “Hello” and returned to his table. It turns out that for some Jesuits, wine is not just consumed at Communion.
The. Rev. John Naus (center) sat with his fellow colleagues at dinner. Naus does not normally eat with the Jesuits as he lives at a local nursing home, but Friday he chose to spend the evening in the company of Marquette’s Jesuits.
The Jes Res used to be a hotel, but after being remodeled it is now home to 50 Jesuits. During meals every Jesuit is welcome to join in for hearty food and laughter.
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men’s basketball
Golden Eagles demonize DePaul defense Johnson-Odom paves the way with 23 points By Mike LoCicero michael.locicero@marquette.edu
Marquette used one of its better second halves of basketball this season to fuel a comeback for an 89-76 win over DePaul in Rosemont Monday night. The Golden Eagles (20-5, 9-3 Big East) outscored the Blue Demons 49-33 in the second half, and shot 53.1 percent from the field while turning the ball over just three times. “I think considering what our roster is as of today, considering it was a back-to-back road game within 48 hours, considering that it was coming off of a loss, considering the importance of this game to a lot of people with the tradition (of playing DePaul),” coach Buzz Williams said, “it was the most important half we had played, and that’s what I told our kids at halftime.” DePaul (11-12, 2-9 Big East) opened the game with a thunderous dunk from freshman guard Charles McKinney, and led 41-29 with 4:30 left in the first half, but Marquette closed to 43-40 at halftime. “We played some pretty good basketball in the first 16, 17 minutes of play in the first half,” DePaul coach Oliver Purnell said. “They played really well at the end of the first half and beginning of the second half, and we didn’t. They got a little bit of a working margin right there, and we’re battling back for the rest of the night.” Johnson-Odom sparked an 11-2 run to end the half, scoring nine of
the 11 Marquette points. Blue Demons’ sophomore guard Cleveland Melvin scored 17 point in the first half on 8-of-12 shooting, but was held to just five points in the second half. Johnson-Odom led Marquette with 15 points in the first half, while sophomore forward Jamil Wilson had nine. While Johnson-Odom kept the Golden Eagles in the game in the first half, four other Marquette players finished the game in double digits. DePaul had four players score 10 or more points, led by Melvin’s 22. Sophomore guard Brandon Young, who came into the game as the Blue Demons’ second leading scorer (15.5 points per game), was held to just two points on 1-of-5 shooting. Junior guard Junior Cadougan filled up the stat sheet, finishing with 10 points, eight assists and four rebounds in 32 minutes. “Junior (Cadougan) controls the whole game,” Wilson said. “Without Junior, a lot of the things we do wouldn’t be possible. The things Junior does to contribute, handling the ball, penetrating, getting people to help so you can get an open look, it’s huge.” Wilson’s 18 points were a new career high, as were his 10 rebounds. “I thought he was the hardest playing guy on the floor from start to finish,” Williams said. “He’s our most talented player. His talent just doesn’t always show.” Senior forward Jae Crowder recorded his seventh career doubledouble, scoring 14 points and pulling down 11 rebounds. Marquette was outrebounded in the first half 22-12, including 10-2 on the offensive glass and assisted
Women’s basketball
Panthers stifled by ‘Morse’ code
MU gets back to basics to snap four game skid By Trey Killian robert.killian@marquette.edu
The Marquette women’s basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak by going back to basics Saturday night in a 72-48 victory over Pittsburgh. The win allowed them to regain the confidence coach Terri Mitchell said they had lacked during their skid. “We had been struggling, and I thought we had a confidence hangover,” Mitchell said. “As a coach you know what your team is capable of doing, and you have to keep pulling it out of them. One win doesn’t resolve everything, but I saw their enthusiasm and excitement on the bench even when we hit droughts.” Marquette was finally able to get all of its pieces working in unison, using its height advantage to open things up for its perimeter shooting. It all started with a 17-7 run as sophomore forward Katherine Plouffe scored four field goals in the paint off feeds from sophomore guard Gabi Minix and junior forward Sarina Simmons.
Plouffe went on to have a huge first half picking up 16 points and five rebounds before the buzzer. “Our focus was to post big and allow our wings to run and get paint touches while also letting our guards attack the paint,” Plouffe said. “We were able to do that, and it really opened things up in the second half for the shooters.” Down 11 points and with the threat of Plouffe established, the Panthers started to collapse on defense, a situation that the Golden Eagles often capitalize on. This time, it was freshman guard Arlesia Morse who caught fire, going three of four from beyond the arc and finishing the game with 24 points to put Pittsburgh away. “Our post players were playing so well that everyone was sucking in,” Morse said. “Katherine was able to kick back out to me to get the open shots, and whenever I wasn’t open I could get right back into the post.” Last week Mitchell had said that in order to break out of their funk the Golden Eagles had to stop putting the weight of the game on Plouffe’s shoulders. For the first time in four games, Plouffe’s performance was outdone by an outside shooter as the See Morse, page 15
Photo by Elise Krivit/elise.krivit@marquette.edu
Sophomore Jamil Wilson scored a career high 18 points and grabbed 10 boards in a 13-point win at DePaul.
on just seven of 15 made baskets (46.7 percent). The Golden Eagles scored 50 points in the paint, despite the continued absence of sophomore forward Davante Gardner, who missed his third straight game with a knee sprain.
“It was just perseverance,” Wilson said. “I know that a lot of people would consider us small, but when you attack the glass or get layups or shoot a jumper and get an offensive rebound, we just try to get layups and run outs and beat the ‘bigs’ down the floor.”
In the end, Marquette finished with 17 assists on 32 made baskets (53.1 percent), led by Cadougan’s eight. The Golden Eagles ended up outrebounding DePaul 35-32 for the game, thanks to a 23-10 advantage in the second half.
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We talking ‘bout playoffs?
Andrei Greska This was, as Brent Musberger is prone to say, for all the Tostitos. Figuratively of course. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady launched his Hail Mary attempt at the end of Super Bowl XLVI not to win an exorbitant amount of delicious little tortilla triangles, but to be named the champion of the National Football League. Alas, the pass was batted down in the endzone and his quest for a fourth title was foiled, ironically enough, by the little brother of his biggest nemesis. With that, the New York Football Giants claimed the belt, the glory and the coveted Lombardi trophy. After the game I got to thinking a bit about the nature of the playoff system. It felt wrong that five months of NFL games had come down to one pass in order to determine who was best. Sixty-five preseason games, 256 regular season games, 11 playoff games and it all came down to one Catholic prayer. Is that even fair?
Apparently I wasn’t the only person to have these thoughts as the Giants organization celebrated at Lucas Oil Stadium. “That was an entertaining game, but it sure reinforces the notion that the regular season is meaningless,” Drew Olson of ESPN Milwaukee tweeted. How many times have we seen the “better” team bested by the “hotter” team? How about every year in every sport? “First the Cardinals, now the Giants. Advice to any team that wants to win a championship:
It felt wrong that five months of NFL games had come down to one pass in order to determine who was best.
be utterly mediocre in the regular season,” Joan Niesen of Fox Sports Wisconsin tweeted. Really think about that, though. Is there any doubt that the Packers were the best team this season? Keep in mind this is coming from a die-hard Bears fan. Green Bay had the best offense, the best record and the best commercials. Yet one bad game at the wrong time nullified all that work and sent Green Bay ice fishing. One more tweet. “Congratulations to the Super Bowl Cup victors Giants, but
real champion are NFL Supporters Shield winning Packers,” San Jose Earthquakes beat reporter Robert Jonas tweeted, continuing the trend. For those not in the know, the Supporters Shield is the trophy given to the MLS team with the best record in the regular season. It’s a secondary trophy, but reinforces the point that what happens during the season has no bearing on the playoffs. Does anyone really think that Connecticut, which finished ninth in the Big East, was the nation’s best college basketball team last season? Not at all. It was simply the hottest team, or to be more precise, had the game’s hottest hand in Kemba Walker. It doesn’t have to be this way. Believe it or not there are leagues in the world where the best team is guaranteed to win the title – a league where the regular season has true value. Unlike the BCS’ claim too, every game does matter. In fact, that league was on display on Super Bowl Sunday, seven hours before Papa Johns gave away all those free pizzas. Yes, I’m talking about soccer — the Premier League to be more specific. The champion in England — and all other European countries — is crowned not after an arbitrary playoff period, but See Greska, page 13
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the facts Marquette comes off a 89-76 victory at DePaul looking to keep the end of its Big East sason going strong against Cincinnati this weekend, after a rivalry loss to Notre Dame in South Bend on Saturday. Sean Kilpatrick is the Bearcats’ offensive threat that will test the Golden Eagles defense that has had difficulty with turnovers in recent games. Cincinnati will have one more ranked match-up in the season against Louisville who ranks one spot above them in Big East standings.
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Wilson grins and bears it
Feb. 9, 2003 No. 14 Marquette welcomed No. 15 Wake Forest to Milwaukee on Feb. 9, 2003, in what was hyped as a match-up between two All-American candidates, the Golden Eagles’ Dwyane Wade and the Demon Deacons’ Josh Howard. Wade scored 18 points but shot only 5-of-14 from the field, while Howard scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. He may have won the match-up between the two, but the Golden Eagles had backup for Wade: the 6-foot10 duo of Robert Jackson and Scott Merritt. Merritt accumulated 16 points and nine rebounds, while Jackson
posted 19 and 11 as Marquette took down Wake Forest 68-61. Jackson, a Milwaukee native, played three years at Mississippi State before transferring to Marquette for his senior year. He averaged 15.4 points and 7.5 rebounds for the eventual Final Four-bound Golden Eagles. He’s still at every Marquette home game, sitting courtside next to the team’s bench. Merritt played three years for Marquette, coming from Wauwatosa East High School. He recorded career highs in points (10.1 per) and rebound (6.6 per) in the 2002-2003 season and is seventh all-time at Marquette in blocks (91).
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Greska: Life is not fair
by who has the best regular season record. It rewards the teams that were the most consistent and not simply the luckiest. When Chicharito headed home a Ryan Giggs cross to even the score with Chelsea after being down 3-0, Manchester United and its fans celebrated not just because it meant they wouldn’t lose a game, but because it kept them within two points of the league leaders.
I’m not saying the playoff system sucks, it’s incredibly exciting and draws in all the ad revenue, but it simply isn’t the fairest system. No one can convince me that a team with seven losses in 16 games was the best the NFL could offer. Life isn’t always fair, I guess. Just ask Peyton Manning. andrei.greska@marquette.edu
Women’s Tennis Brief The Marquette women’s tennis team defeated Iowa State 5-2 Saturday but dropped its first match in four contests in a 5-2 loss to Western Michigan on Sunday. The duos of seniors Olga Fischer and Gillian Hush and sophomore Rocio Diaz and freshman Ana Pimienta claimed the doubles point for Marquette against the Cyclones with 8-3 wins. In the singles round Fischer, Hush, Diaz and freshman Ali Dawson all scored wins to continue the Golden Eagles’ win streak. The next day against the Broncos, Fischer and Hush claimed the
Golden Eagles’ lone win in the doubles round, defeating sophomores Kathleen Hawkins and Nini Sujashvili 8-2 in the No. 1 spot. Hush pulled out a tough three set match in singles 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 over junior Maggie Remynse, while Pimienta secured Marquette’s only other win, easily defeating senior Maria Nivia 6-1, 6-0. Dawson came close to a third point for the Golden Eagles, forcing three sets in her singles match after battling back from a 6-0 loss in the first set, but she eventually fell in the tiebreaker 7-5.
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Sophomore Jamil Wilson’s mother passed away five years ago, but he has found a way to push through each day.
Career night gives sophomore plenty to smile about By Mark Strotman mark.strotman@marquette.edu
Jamil Wilson likes to smile. When his team is losing, he smiles. When his team is winning, he smiles. When he walks to class, he smiles. Monday night, Jamil Wilson had plenty of reasons to smile. Wilson finished Marquette’s 8976 victory over DePaul with his first career double-double, including career-highs in points (18) and rebounds (10). Filling in at center for the injured Davante Gardner, the 6-foot-7 Wilson patrolled the paint, found open looks in transition and played superb defense on yet another team that had a height advantage on the Golden Eagles. “To have another threat on the court like that, it makes everything around you much easier,” senior forward Jae Crowder said. “It takes pressure off me, (Darius Johnson-Odom), and other guys too, so it’s huge.” Through it all, both when Marquette was trailing by 12 in the first half and when it took a 15-point lead late in the second,
Wilson’s smile could be seen all the way from the top of the rafters at the Allstate Arena. While his ear-to-ear smile doesn’t necessarily instill fear into the hearts of Big East opponents, Wilson said the smile is the result of allowing himself to relax during games. “I like to play loose, confident and happy,” Wilson said. “And smiling keeps me in the game. When I’m on edge I tend to mess things up because I’m over-thinking things. So that’s how I relax.” Crowder said Wilson’s easygoing personality on the court helps the rest of the team relax and stay positive. “That’s his personality and that’s what he brings,” Crowder said. “As a team, that’s what you need. You need one guy that through hell, he’s just looking on the bright side of things and helping you through everything.” But it hasn’t always been easy for Wilson to smile or be happy. Almost five years ago, Wilson’s mother passed away. “It’s been a toll on me every day,” Wilson said. “I still feel like it was yesterday. But I fight through it every day. I carry her words of wisdom and her heart and soul with me every day, and I try to make every decision off that. I’ve been through a lot of stuff that no one has been through, but I
keep pushing through.” Through his hardships, head coach Buzz Williams said Wilson has been an inspiration to him as a person because of how his forward has responded to hardships. “He is by far the perfect example of what I hope my children become as humans,” Williams said. “And because of that, he’s an inspiration of what I should be as a human, and I struggle with that in coaching him, because he’s such a good person.” Williams said Wilson could wind up being one of the best players Marquette has had in the past few decades, but said that Jamil Wilson as a person is what makes him special. “I think he’s anointed by God because of who he is,” Williams said. “It’s a lot deeper than just (basketball). For him to be who he is says an unbelievable amount about him.” Wilson said the Marquette community has been a second family for him. That, and nine Big East wins, has helped keep the contagious smile on his face. “I just try to put a smile on everyone’s face,” Wilson said. “If you can make somebody smile, you can change the world little by little. I know it’s a big world, but you have to start somewhere.” Monday night, he started in Rosemont.
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offense flowed inside and out. “The big thing that was glaring was our shot selection,” Mitchell said. “When you look at our losses we shot too many threes, and they were hurried threes. In our wins, our three point shooting is high, it’s more selective, and we let it come to us because we’re going inside-outside and not shooting threes off the first pass.” Even more important was the return of Marquette’s transition game as the Golden Eagles held an 18-2 advantage in fast-break points. In a game where Mar-
quette gave the ball away a total of 24 times and held only an 1817 advantage in points off turnovers, the Golden Eagles mastery at running the floor tipped the scale in their favor. “It’s been a lot of people’s strategy to key on Gabi (Minix), and we knew we had to get other people involved in pushing the ball,” Mitchell said. “We had to get back to who we are with less sets and more transition, and I thought we had gotten a little tentative in the last few games with our transition game.”
Mitchell said that beyond anything she wanted her teams enthusiasm to remain constant throughout the rest of the year and that with it the Golden Eagles could still make a splash in the Big East moving forward. “They kept up the excitement and energy and never hung their heads,” Mitchell said. “That’s what winners do. They are consistent in their effort and don’t let the scoreboard dictate their effort.”
the leaders.” His finish (14:26.76) was .01 seconds off his personal best and .02 seconds off of the third fastest 5,000 in school history. While Johnson finished fifth in his race, Hackett won the men’s mile and recorded a personal best By Christopher Chavez (4:06.69) and Marquette’s third christopher.chavez@marquette.edu fastest indoor mile. At Marquette’s last visit to “Jack (Hackett) winning the South Bend in December, the open section of mile was a very sprinters headlined the visit with nice race,” Rogers said. “I think record-breaking performances that sets him up pretty nicely for and Big East qualifying times. the Big East (Indoor ChampionThis weekend’s Meyo Invita- ships) in a few weeks.” tional was similar for Marquette Junior Kyle Winter’s perforwith five new Big East quali- mance in the 800-meter run also fiers, but this time the distance warranted attention. runners did the damage. Winter was unseeded in the 800, “We had lots of (personal re- which he won at last year’s Meyo, cords) on the men’s and women’s but he faced elite competition and side and some big performanc- still led the race for the first threees,” coach Bert quarters, but Rogers said. faltered in the “I really came “I really came away from the last quarter. away from the weekend feeling pretty good Winter finweekend feel- about where we’re at and where ished 10th ing pretty good we’re going. ” (1:50.62). about where “It was nice we’re at and going into the Bert Rogers where we’re golast 200 (meTrack and Field Coach ing. It’s tough ters), but I to pick out any thought that great singular performances since I could actually take the cake there were so many of them.” (Saturday), but I didn’t have Before the meet, redshirt junior that big of a kick,” Winter said. distance runner Jack Hackett said “That’s fine by me, because I the distance runners had to be at did PR by a full second, so I’m the front of the pack from the get- happy with that.” go to be successful. Winter’s time puts him in third Instead, senior Blake Johnson place all-time in the Marquette and many other distance runners record book. started the 5,000-meter race in Rogers left South Bend feeling Photo by Elise Krivit/elise.krivit@marquette.edu the back of the pack. With about good about the team as the Big six laps to go, Johnson separated East Indoor Championships ap- Freshman Arlesia Morse (4) finished five-of-six from beyond the arc to record a game-high 24 points on Saturday. himself from the other Mar- proach. One last meet in Indiana quette runners and thrust himself remains before heading to New into the front with runners from York, but for many it will be a men’s Tennis brief schools like Kentucky and Pur- week to rest and mentally prepare The Marquette men’s tennis season. Freshman Cameron Teh- and Malamat picked up victories due at the front. Johnson eventu- for what lays ahead. ally finished fifth. “A lot of the team will be off. team continued its recent success- rani picked up his first dual match in straight sets at the No. 1 and Johnson said starting slow The folks that are competing this es with a pair of 7-0 sweeps this victory, winning 6-2, 6-0 to give No. 2 spots, respectively. The pair Marquette a 3-0 lead. dominated their doubles match, and making his move later in weekend is more of a chance past weekend. The Golden Eagles, winners of Sunday was just as successful defeating the Braves’ Ashton Kalthe race is his style. for those that haven’t qualified horn and Arthur Romanet, 8-0. “I’m more of a strength run- to go out and get that,” Rogers three straight matches, took all for the Golden Eagles. It was another sweep for the Just as Tehrani had done Saturner. I usually show through in the said. “For the most part it’s go- three doubles matches and won middle of the race. I don’t have ing to be the last tune-up, as we in straight sets in singles play doubles teams and Marquette day, fellow freshman James Stark as good of a kick as some of the get ready for conference working to knock off Illinois-Chicago dropped just two sets in singles won his first dual match in a tieplay during its dominating per- breaker (6-0, 2-6, 10-2). other guys,” Johnson said. “My out the final kinks. The focus this on Saturday. The Golden Eagles will hit Sophomore Dan Mamalat de- formance over Bradley. strategy was to be in the middle weekend is the final preparation The Golden Eagles were led by the road for weekend matchups feated Chicago’s Alexander of the race and slowly work my for Big East.” Raa, 6-0, 6-3, to pick up his first their top two performers, as junior against Boston College and Dartway up. Since I started too far win as Marquette’s No. 1 this Jose Carlos Gutierrez Crowley mouth on Feb. 11 and 12. back, I couldn’t make my way to • Watch MUTV • Watch MUTV • Watch MUTV • Watch MUTV • Watch MUTV • Watch MUTV • Watch MUTV • Watch MUTV • Watch MUTV • Watch MUTV •
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BIG EAST NOTEBOOK
Player of the Week:
Jeremy Lamb Sophomore Forward
Week’s Stats 15.5 points 7.0 rebounds 38.0 minutes
By Mike Nelson
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Melo back for Syracuse The first and only time the No. 2 Syracuse Orange lost this season was the first game it had to play without Fab Melo. The sophomore center was suspended for unresolved academic issues from the first semester prior to Syracuse’s battle with Notre Dame on Jan. 21. The Fighting Irish bested the Orange (23-1, 10-1 Big East) that night 67-58. But on Saturday, Syracuse got its man in the middle back as the 7-foot sophomore posted a career-high 14 points in 21 minutes. He was 4-of-4 from the charity stripe and added two blocks and three rebounds. The last time Melo suited up he recorded a double-double over Pittsburgh (10 points, 10 rebounds) on Jan. 16. On the season he’s averaging 7.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. His 62 blocks are the second most in the Big East (3.0 per game) which makes him extremely valuable in the middle of coach Jim Boeheim’s 2-3 zone defense. Without Melo, many began to question whether Syracuse was
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truly the Big East’s best team. But Syracuse has kept its doubters at bay, losing only the one contest without Melo. This will be a big week for the Orange, who have the opportunity to cement themselves as the top dog of the conference with a home contest against No. 12/11 Georgetown (18-4, 8-3 Big East) on Wednesday and a battle with struggling Connecticut (15-8, 5-6 Big East) on Saturday. A win against Georgetown would give Syracuse a threegame edge on the Hoyas and would at least keep the Orange two games ahead of anyone else in the conference with six games left. Notre Dame rising The improbable season continues for the Fighting Irish (158, 7-3 Big East). On Saturday they toppled then-No. 15 Marquette 76-59 and ascended into the top-four in the conference standings. The Fighting Irish were projected to finish 11th in the Big East Preseason Coaches Poll — and that was with senior forward Tim Abromaitis (15.4 points and 6.1 rebounds per game last season), who was lost for the year with a torn ACL. When Abromaitis tore his
ACL on Nov. 25 the Fighting Irish were supposed to fall with their senior leader. But the Fighting Irish missed that memo. They are the difference between Syracuse and an undefeated season. They are tough at home (12-1, 4-1 Big East) and currently own the conference’s longest winning streak (four). At the heart of the Notre Dame rebellion is junior forward Jack Cooley and sophomore guard Eric Atkins. Both have stepped up their games since last season when neither averaged over 5.8 points, 3.1 rebounds or 3.2 assists per game. This season Cooley averages nearly a double-double (10.6 points, 8.4 rebounds per game) and Atkins is Notre Dame’s leading scorer (13.1 points per game). Of the Fighting Irish’s final eight contests, five are against teams under .500 in conference and of the three teams over .500, two match-ups are against West Virginia (16-8, 6-5 Big East). If Notre Dame wins the games it should and pulls out one of the West Virginia games then it should be in prime position for the coveted double-bye in the Big East Championship tournament.
Game of the Week: Feb. 8 @ 7:00 p.m. Georgetown
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free throw line in a win over Seton Hall and a 14-point, six-rebound performance in a loss to Georgetown.
These are the two teams that sit atop the Big East standings, with Georgetown holding the tiebreaker over Marquette for second place in the conference.
Georgetown and Syracuse have yet to play this year, and this will be the Big East’s best opportunity to showcase what it’s got. This will be Georgetown’s third game
in one week while it will be Syracuse’s second of the week and second with sophomore center Fab Melo back from his academic suspension.
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