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McCormick’s end Residence hall to be demolished in middle or late May

Event could serve as opportunity to shed light on local issues

By Annie Mattea

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By Donna Sarkar

Marquette University will begin demolition of McCormick Hall beginning in middle to late May, according to a university news release March 12.

Interior abatement work will begin on the former residence hall in the coming weeks, according to the release. Lora Strigens, vice president for planning and strategy, said the demolition on the building, which has stood for more than 50 years, is expected to be complete by November of this year.

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DNC convention coming to MKE adwitiya.sarkar@marquette.edu

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McCormick Hall has stood on MU’s campus for more than 50 years.

The Democratic National Committee chose Milwaukee as the site for its 2020 national convention last Monday, beating out two other finalists: Houston and Miami Beach.

The convention will be held July 13-16, 2020 at Fiserv Forum, the home of Marquette men’s basketball and the Bucks.

Philip Rocco, assistant professor of political science, said there is likely a perception among party leaders that the failure to put boots on the ground to campaign in Wisconsin the 2016 may have cost Democrats the presidency.

Choosing Milwaukee as a

host city allows the DNC to signal that the party isn’t taking the Midwest for granted, Rocco said.

“The choice is also strategic in another way,” Rocco said. “Milwaukee serves as a microcosm of the national political economy and allows Democrats to publicly interrogate how well the Trump administration has lived up to its promises to working-class voters on trade and jobs.”

Rocco added that Democrats can leverage Milwaukee to highlight enduring problems like residential segregation and inadequate infrastructure that need national policymakers’ attention.

Students are also anticipating the upcoming convention.

“I’m hopeful that having the convention in Milwaukee will raise the city’s visibility in national political discussions,” Kara See DNC page 3

Vigil honors lives lost in New Zealand attack Reflections, readings from Quran part of community event

By Annie Mattea and Donna Sarkar

anne.mattea@marquette.edu, adwitiya.sarkar@marquette.edu

Marquette University’s Muslim Student Association laid out 50 candles and flowers at a candlelight prayer vigil in the Alumni Memorial Union’s second floor lobby last night to honor the 50 lives lost in the recent terrorist attack in New Zealand.

Fifty Muslim people were

killed, and 50 more were injured in the Christchurch mosque shooting Friday.

The vigil began with a recitation from the Quran and included various reflections from MSA members, University President Michael Lovell and volunteers from the audience.

The vigil concluded by reading out the identified names of the lives lost in the shooting along with a moment of silence.

“Our hearts go out to our Muslim community, not only here at Marquette but around the world,” Lovell said.

Lovell said there are times when Muslim students do not feel ac-

cepted at Marquette. “(Students) who treat (Muslim students) that way are the minority of people,” he said. “The vast majority of campus want to accept them and support them.”

Lovell said it was important for communities to rally together during times of tragedy.

“I’m really proud of our campus tonight,” Lovell said.

Afnan Musaitif, interim chaplain for Muslim student services, said it is important to create a sense of community.

“I was just hoping that I would see a lot of faces come together and honor those who were killed. …

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Continued from page 1 space following the demolition’s completion, the release said. A new capital project for the site will be identified and approved by the Board of Trustees, according to the release.

In a previous Marquette Wire article, Strigens said McCormick would be demolished when the next project for the site was identified.

The university is developing a plan for student organizations that had been using the lower level of McCormick for practice space, according to the release.

“The deferred and continued maintenance costs to keep McCormick online are no longer economically prudent for the university,” senior vice president and chief operating officer Joel Pogodzinski said.

Strigens said Milwaukee’s “current construction boom” will make this May a more fiscally favorable time than in recent years for McCormick’s demolition.

“With so many other demolition

projects happening in Milwaukee right now, such as the Bradley Center, we are in a favorable bidding climate for demolition work,” Strigens said.

Strigens said the high amount of construction in the city will allow demolition firms to coordinate debris removal efforts on various projects, making this “the most financially sound timing for demolition.”

The demolition is part of the university’s Master Plan, which outlines Marquette’s construction projects for the next 10 to 20 years.

During Commencement weekend in May, University Advancement will hold a celebration to honor McCormick’s legacy before its demolition, the release said.

The date and details of the event have yet to be announced.

McCormick’s demolition was first announced in May 2016, when The Commons residence hall development plan was also announced.

Residents have not lived in McCormick Hall this academic year.

This can be a really trying time for everyone,” Musaitif said. “It brings up a lot of complex emotions.”

Musaitif said acts like the one that occurred in New Zealand bring up fear for many people.

“Your first instinct might be to retreat,” she said. “I think it is important to fight against that and come together and support one another.”

Maaz Ahmed, a freshman in the College of Communication, volunteered to say a few words about the connection of humanity during the vigil.

“When I heard about what happened, I think I spent about two hours with my teeth clenched,” Ahmed said. “I felt that maybe what I had would be viable to share and remind us.”

Ahmed said he felt representation of minorities is very important.

“Every step we take, whether we like it or not, is a representation of what we align ourselves with,” he said.

Nadia Malik, a junior in the College of Health Sciences and MSA member, said the turnout was much

higher than expected and included members from different races and religions that were representative of Marquette’s community.

The lobby was full and all the seat that were out were filled.

“I think it’s really important in times like these that Muslims and non-Muslims come together in solidarity to remind each other that we are more alike than different,” Malik said.

She said life on Earth is short and people should reach out to differ-

ent members of our community to learn more about each other.

Jordanne Hanson, a freshman in the College of Health Sciences, said she felt happy that so many people attended the event.

“Something that resonated with me was the call for people of various communities to love each other, to talk about our experiences and to learn about one another through tragedy, but also under better circumstances in the future,” she said.

Photo by Andrew Himmelberg andrew.himmelberg@marquette.edu

Candles were laid out during the vigil to pay tribute to those who died.

Institute for Women’s Leadership to open in July Organization aims to inspire genderbased conversations

By Molly Glowacki

molly.glowacki@marquette.edu

Planning sessions for the Institute for Women’s Leadership are being held this Friday in the Henke Lounge at 8:00 a.m. and March 27 in the Alumni Memorial Union at 12:30 p.m. Anyone is welcome to attend.

During University President Michael Lovell’s fifth presidential address on January 23, 2019, he announced the creation of the institute which was made possible by a $5 million gift from the Thomas J. Rolfs Family Foundation.

The IWL will launch July 1, according to the letter from President Lovell. According to the letter, the IWL will be housed by Marquette’s Office of Research and Innovation and overseen by the vice president for research and innovation Jeanne Hossenlopp.

To gather ideas for the IWL, two open campus meetings were held in February. Hossenlopp said 85 people total attended the meetings in order to discuss ideas for research studies, ways to get students and faculty involved, topics for leadership developmental programs and opportunities for partnerships.

Hossenlopp said a central goal

will be to influence the national discussion on issues that relate to gender-based bias and underrepresentation of women in all sectors of the economy.

“The IWL will also help strengthen leadership effectiveness by providing programs designed to serve a broad range of women and girls at different stages of their lives and types of careers — from students, faculty and nonprofit professionals, to emerging and rising corporate leaders, entrepreneurs, veterans and corporate board leaders,” Hossenlopp said.

Hossenlopp said programming will also include activities designed to bring men into the discussion as allies, collaborators and developing leaders.

The IWL will also conduct research to explore the development of new strategies for providing equitable and effective access to leadership opportunities in order to create proven solutions.

“As the 21st century workforce continues to evolve, the IWL will be the place to explore emerging questions around creating a diverse leadership pipeline that provides opportunities for all members of society to reach their potential,” Hossenlopp said.

The IWL will also work together with the Women’s Innovation Network which was created in fall 2017.

Sarah Parsons, the coordinator of WIN, said it is an initiative designed to support the advancement of

women, people of color, first-generation college students, the LGBTQ community and others currently underrepresented in leadership.

“The impact of WIN extends beyond the university boundaries to connect with the community to collaborate with professional organizations, alumni and strengthen the pipeline of diverse innovators,” Parsons said.

Hossenlopp said WIN will help create additional opportunities for innovators through community service projects, inspiring speakers’ series and mentoring programs.

The IWL will also impact students with research experience and it will provide programming for students.

“The Institute will be able to partner with student organizations to help support their programs around related themes,” Hossenlopp said.

“We are also working on a studentfocused planning session in the 707 Hub to get additional input on potential Institute priorities for programs.”

Maria Bunczak, a junior in the College of Nursing and the president of Marquette Empowerment, said she hopes IWL battles gender inequalities at Marquette and educates students about issues like the gender pay gap.

“I hope (IWL) encourages Marquette to soon have a female President of our university,” Bunczak said in an email. “Our own Board of Trustees has just six women out of the 31 total members. This lack of diversity and representation needs to

be changed and addressed.”

Bunczak said she also hopes IWL encourages more diverse leaders at Marquette.

“It would be even better to have more minorities, disabled, gay and non-binary people leading; especially considering Marquette’s lack of diversity and lack of representation of non-white cisgendered people on campus.”

Parsons said the IWL initiatives are not just important for female staff and students but for everyone.

WIN will host a Men as Allies:

The Role of Men in Gender Equity program March 21 to highlight the ways in which men can encourage gender equity.

“This program gives actionable steps to correct the disparities research has uncovered,” Parsons said.

“Gender equity is not just a problem for women to solve — it takes everyone for the sake of mothers, sisters, daughters — and to build more effective and profitable organizations.”

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DNC: Convention to come in 2020 Continued from page 1 Kaltenbrun, a senior in the College of Health Sciences and Milwaukee native, said.

Klatenburn said she hopes the convention brings to light issues in Milwaukee such as the homeless population and water quality.

Rocco said since the entire country will be watching the convention, it allows local political leaders and organizations to bring attention to core issues they care about.

“It’s reasonable to assume that, as planning for the convention proceeds, reporters from around the country could devote greater attention to policy issues in Milwaukee, as well as to how local institutions of all kinds — including universities — are trying to make the city a better place to live,” Rocco said.

Sam Langheim, finance director for College Democrats of Wisconsin and a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said he thinks the DNC made the right choice to have Milwaukee as the host city.

“Im really excited,” Langheim said. “To be totally honest, although I was so excited when I heard the news I wasn’t too suprised.”

Langheim said Milwaukee was strategically and logically the most sound choice for hosting the DNC. Langheim said the Milwaukee area has Democratic politicians at every single level of government and a history of being a progressive city reflected in politics and leaders. Democrats swept state wide offices in 2018 midterm elections.

He said this is the DNC’s way to make up for the mistakes made during 2016 but also to celebrate Milwaukee returning to its Democratic roots as a state.

“My biggest hope here is that the DNC makes an active effort to get students involved,” Langeheim said. “Political science, business and journalism majors could all really learn a lot from participating in such a major event, and I hope the DNC will bring students to the table, not only as volunteers, but as active participants.”

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Fiserv Forum will host the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Milwaukee was picked over Miami Beach and Houston for the location.

MUPD REPORTS MARCH 17 A Sodexo employee removed items from the kitchen at Schroeder Hall.

A suspect in a battery in the 2300 block of W. Wisconsin Ave. was found to have an active warrant with MPD and was transported to the Criminal Justice Facility.

an active warrant with the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department and was transported to the Criminal Justice Facility.

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“Combating Financial Crime” conference AMU Ballrooms 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

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A subject was taken into custody and cited after ordering and consuming food without means to pay.

During a traffic stop, a known subject fled the scene, endangering the safety of the officer.

“Trauma Informed Mental Health Treatment for Young Children in Milwaukee” conference AMU 227 Noon-1 p.m.

MARCH 20 “The Blood is at the Doorstep”: A Conversation, Screening and Talkback Marquette Hall 100

“Men as Allies: The Role of Men in Gender Equality” talk Sensenbrenner 304 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Screening of Dr. Marcos Estrada’s award-winning ethnographic film “Brasiguaios: Transnational Lives” Raynor Library (Beaumier Suite) 4-6 p.m.

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Student to run across country to raise money Ally Rising will race in 49-day relay for cancer patients

By Emma Tomsich

emma.tomsich@marquette.edu

Ally Rising, sophomore in the College of Engineering, was scrolling through Facebook one day when she noticed an advertisement for the Ulman Foundation 4K for Cancer, a student-led relay-style run for 49 days for for 49 adults across the country to raise money for the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults.

The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults provides college scholarships for young adults with cancer.

While reading about it, Rising said she was intrigued. But after feeling a stronger calling from God, she decided to apply for the run on a whim, without even telling her parents.

In that moment, Rising thought of the impact she could have. She said she was amazed by the opportunity to spend her whole summer running and raising support for cancer with other young adults.

After submitting various essays and completing a phone interview, Rising was selected as a runner and assigned to Team Boston, the group of students running from San Francisco to Boston. Team Baltimore is the other group of students that run from San Francisco to Baltimore. Team Baltimore has 29 runners and Team Boston has 33 runners.

Now Rising is training for the 4,000-mile run, which she plans to dedicate to her grandma who died from pancreatic cancer and her mom who is a breast cancer survivor.

“Cancer has impacted me since I was really young,” Rising said.

Her grandma passed away when she was a year and a half old.

After losing her grandma, Rising said cancer had always been in the back of her mind. Then, Rising’s mom was diagnosed with breast cancer when Rising was in seventh grade.

“It’s hard to understand (cancer) as a seventh grader,” Rising said. “It’s kind of scary.”

Rising said watching her mom go through chemotherapy and radiation showed her how strong her mom was.

“She worked through chemo and radiation for like a year which was really inspiring,” Rising said. “So I’ve always wanted to do something for her to show her how impacted I was by her cancer journey and how much she’s changed who I am. So I’m really excited to run this summer

for my grandma and my mom.”

Rising said the run will take place from June 16 to Aug. 3 and will take up most of her summer.

She said she will be placed into a group of two or three that she will be responsible for running two mile legs with before another group runs their two mile leg where they left off.

“It’s kind of like leap frog,” Rising said.

She said a van will drop her group off where the last group left off, and then her group will run two miles to the next van, and so on.

Each person will average 400 or 500 miles in total for the 49 days.

She said she will be running during the day for about 16 miles until 4 or 5 p.m., and staying at host sites during nighttime.

“Everywhere we stay and all of our food is donated to us,” Rising said.

She said she plans to stay in YMCAs, churches, community centers and other places donated to the group.

At the host sites, Rising said she will have opportunities to shower, eat dinner, meet people and sleep, before running again in the morning.

Rising said she will be given rest days, in which she will visit hospitals to give college scholarships to young adults with cancer, find food donations or sightsee.

“Right now I’m one of the leaders who is in charge of securing host sites and finding food donations,” Rising said.

Currently, she is reaching out to find places to stay, but closer to the run and during the run, she will go out and gather food donations.

Rising said sometimes places will donate their building as host sites and will make them meals which the runners are really grateful for.

Another way Rising is preparing for the run is by completing detailed training plans that are made for her by the foundation’s staff.

She said it consists of different running intervals four days a week with cross training two days a week, and one rest day.

“I ran a half marathon in September and I run all the time, but never something like this,” Rising said.

Right now, Rising said she is running up to six miles per day, but as it gets closer to the run, she will start to simulate the run by splitting her miles up into two mile increments.

As a member of the Marquette rowing team, Rising said she lifts weights on top of her scheduled workout.

“It’s a lot of exercise, but I

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Rising, a sophomore in the College of Engineering, laces her shoes to go for a run to prepare for summer.

love it so it’s not difficult for me,” Rising said. “For other people looking in, they probably think all I do is work out.”

Rising said she is looking forward to warmer weather so she can run outside through the city of Milwaukee instead of inside the Rec Center on a treadmill.

“I love running in the city,” Rising said. She said she was inspired by the Marquette community to do the run.

“Knowing that President Lovell runs and my (mathematics) professor Dr. (Gary) Krenz is a runner who has run the Boston Marathon about 13 times really inspires me,” Rising said.

Rising said that her best friend Elizabeth Wojtysiak, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, has also made a big impact on her during her time at Marquette.

“Rising is one of the most loyal, faithful and devoted people I’ve ever met, and she has an incredible work ethic,” Wojtysiak, said. “She’s a person that I can trust with anything and will make light of any situation, no matter how bad it seems, with her quirky sense of humor.”

Wojtysiak said that Rising works hard in every aspect of her life whether it be school, rowing or her faith.

“I am so proud of her for doing this run,” Wojtysiak said. “Her life has been profoundly impacted by cancer, and running across the country in honor of those in her life affected by the disease is an amazing tribute.”

On top of training for her

running goal, Rising is working towards her fundraising goal of $4,500. Each runner has a minimum fundraising goal of $4,500.

Rising said all of the money she raises goes directly back to the Ulman Foundation and Young Adults with Cancer.

The money is used to award college scholarships to young adults impacted by cancer, help recently diagnosed patients navigate their cancer experiences, run a 5K program for cancer patients to run or walk and pay for the Ulman Foundation’s house in Baltimore where people coming out of cancer care can live and work their way back into the community, Rising said.

“It’s difficult,” Rising said. “I feel like I’m at a point right now where I’ve reached out to a lot of friends and family for donations but I feel like I’m stuck.”

Rising said she plans to reach out to running stores in the area and hopefully plan a 5K this spring for the Marquette community to participate in.

“I want to to give back and help raise money,” she said. “I definitely want to do something to get Marquette involved since the community has had such a big impact on my running.”

Andrea Gorman, assistant director for the engineering leadership programs in the College of Engineering, said she met Rising during the college’s pre-college Engineering Leadership Academies.

“Rising certainly has a growth mindset,” Gorman said.

“She is always looking for ways to challenge and stretch herself and others.”

Gorman said it has been amazing to watch Rising invest in her goals and make progress with them.

“Her glass always seems to be half full,” Gorman said. “I think that’s one of many reasons why people want to support her and her dreams.

The world looks better around her because of her positive attitude and determination, Gorman said.

As the run gets closer, Rising said she is most looking forward to seeing new places and meeting new faces.

“I’m really excited to see a lot of the country,” Rising said. “I think running through it will be better than just driving through it to visit.”

Rising said she is most excited to visit the Golden Gate Bridge, Lake Tahoe, the Loneliest Highway, Yellow Stone National Park, Mt. Rushmore and Niagara Falls. She said she is also looking forward to meeting other people who have been impacted by cancer.

Rising said she doesn’t know anyone else who is participating in the run, but she hopes to get to know everyone. “(This experience) sounds crazy looking at it from faraway, but I’m excited,” Rising said.

“I’m so excited.”

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Stigler hired as new LGBTQ+ center director Students describe positive outlook on future programming

By Margaret Cahill

margaret.cahill@marquette.edu

Elizabeth J. Stigler is the new assistant director of the LGBTQ+ Resource Center. She started her position Feb. 25 after being hired by the Division of Student Affairs.

Stigler said she felt very drawn to this position at Marquette. She earned her first master’s degree in women and gender studies from Roosevelt University and her Bachelor’s in women’s studies from Augustana College. She earned her doctorate in women, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Kansas. There she went on to earn a second master’s in women, gender, and sexuality studies.

Stigler said this job entails directing and managing the operations of the LGBTQ+ Resource Center, which includes developing and coordinating programming around LGBTQ+ related issues and topics, supporting student organizations, and ensuring that the

center continues to grow as a welcoming and affirmative space for all LGBTQ+ affiliated members of the Marquette community.

Valerie Lynch, a freshman in the College of Health Sciences who utilizes the center’s resources said she feels Stigler is doing a “wonderful” job.

“She’s really nice and I feel like she’s really making an effort to engage with the students and she’s learning everyone’s names and that kind of thing,” Lynch said.

“She doesn’t hole away in her office — she’ll actually engage with us. She’s accessible.”

Zelda Kieser, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she is also excited for Stigler to be the new assistant director and said she is looking forward to more programming and events in the future.

“The center is lovely, but it hasn’t been able to put on many activities thus far because of the lack of leadership,” Kieser said. “I certainly am optimistic. (Stigler) is a real game-changer for the LGBTQ+ community and for the center here at Marquette, and I’m sure you’ll hear a lot more from her going forward.”

Stigler’s desire to empower

students was noticed by Kieser as well, who said she thinks Stigler will be a great asset to the center.

“As a queer scholar and professional I feel called to use my skills, knowledge and experience to amplify the voices of historically

underrepresented students and ensure they feel successful and empowered throughout their college career,” Stigler said in an email.

“I am also invigorated by the opportunity to work closely with a diverse assemblage of colleagues

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who are all committed to challenging each other to be and do better.”

Keiser said Stigler has done a lot to get to know the people who use the center, to coordinate with the existing staff and to revitalize the gay straight alliance.

“She also has her door open a lot of the time, so it’s easy to get to know her and she always makes time for students. Her effect has been overwhelmingly positive,” Keiser said.

Lynch said while she hasn’t seen much change yet and believes it may be too early to tell, she thinks Stigler is already a positive role model for students.

“I think everyone (at the center) is excited and looking forward to the future,” Lynch said.

Stigler said she hopes to build on the work the center already does and she does not want to set “rigid” goals but instead let opportunities come to her.

“One of my most sincere hopes is that the work I do here will have a lasting impact on the way in which Marquette recruits, supports and retains LGBTQ+ students, faculty and staff,” Stigler said in an email.

The LGBTQ+ center in the Alumni Memorial Union offers resources.

Art project informs of water condition in MKE Program has walks led by local artists, markers in city

By Autumn Hirchert

autumn.hirchert@marquette.edu

“Watermarks: An Atlas of Water and the City of Milwaukee” is a recent initiative to engage and inform the people of Milwaukee about their reliance on water through the collaboration of art and science in a series of dispersed markers around Milwaukee and informational walks led by local artists and scientists.

Watermarks was developed and funded by Marquette University and City as Living Laboratory, an organization that makes issues of sustainability tangible through art related projects. It will run with the cooperation of the Milwaukee Department of Public Works, Department of City Development and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.

“It was my mission to create an urban scale project to help tell Milwaukee’s water story,” Mary Miss, environmental artist, founder of CALL and Watermarks designer, said.

The atlas is made up of uniquely designed lettered markers that indicate the location of different water resources throughout the city.

“The goal is to keep residents alert and aware of the infrastructure around them,” Miss said.

Photo courtesy of Susan Longhenry

Children stand by a piece of art that is part of the informational walks.

The first marker went up at Acosta Middle School in the fall of 2018.

“The students chose the letter A for their marker through a schoolwide poll,” Susan Longhenry, director and chief curator of the Haggerty Museum of Art said. “The A stands for agua, arts (and) aquatic awareness,

the highest letter grade a student can receive and Acosta.”

“Each marker will have a letter that stands for something unique to the area, and will be made possible by a community group, school, or local agency with the help of artists and designers,” Miss said.

The Watermarks team is currently working on four more markers that are planned to go up in the Inner Harbor District, Walker’s Point, and Walker Square neighborhoods this year.

“Once these markers go up, I think the narrative of Watermarks will really start to appear on the street,” Miss said.

The Jones Island smokestack, which sits at a highly visible space in Milwaukee’s Inner Harbor, serves as the central marker, providing Milwaukee with water system status updates.

“Anytime there’s a big rain or chance that the system might malfunction, the stack turns from blue to red,” Miss said. “At the same time, each neighborhood marker, like the one at Acosta, starts to flash to alert people in the community to conserve water.”

During these water system alerts residents are encouraged to exercise sustainability by refraining from using their dishwashers, bathtubs and washing machines.

“The project is one of engagement,” Miss said. “Our goal is to get people in their own neighborhoods understanding what the particular issues are for their neighborhoods.”

The second half of the initiative is made up of informational walks led by artists and scientists from Milwaukee.

These walks started in 2016 with

the programs launch.

The first walks of 2019 will be May 4 in the 30th Street corridor.

“These walks engage citizens in conversation with artists and scientists about water issues, infrastructure and conversation — viewing the connections between ourselves, the land, the lake and the rivers through the unique perspective of the arts,” Mary Dornfeld, marketing and development assistant at the Haggerty Museum, said.

Artists do not have exhibits on the walk. Instead they give tours to show the many different ways an artist would look at a river or landscape that contrast with a scientist or engineer.

“The dual tours are a really cool way to show that everyone’s view of the world has validity — scientists, artists and local experts all provide alternate viewpoints,” Miss said.

“One walk looked at the history of the Kinnickinnic River (and) artist Gabby Rivera focused her walk on river gods and goddesses,” Miss said. “The walks are such an interesting opportunity to engage specialists across the city on the issue of water, which is so important.”

Longhenry said the walks break boundaries of what an art museum is.

“Marquette’s strategic plan is breaking beyond boundaries, (and) Watermarks is breaking those boundaries,” Longhenry said.

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ROTC student gets ranked Inviting girls to learn philosophy Donovan Lyon holds second national spot in Order of Merit

By Bryan Geenen

bryan.geenen@marquette.edu

Donovan Lyon, midshipman first class and senior in the College of Health Sciences, was recently ranked second overall nationally for the Naval Reserve Officers; Training Corps. in the Order of Merit, a ranking system that measures academics physical training, and Naval aptitude.

Two hundred and fifty one other future surface warfare officers from 77 different universities were also ranked.

Navy ROTC is a program that educates and trains qualified young men and women for service in the Navy. The NROTC Scholarship Program produces the largest source of Navy officers and plays a massive role in preparing young adults for leadership in the Navy, according to the Marquette NROTC website.

Lyon’s dedication and sacrifice in ROTC classes and drills was noticed

by Marquette assistant professor of naval science and class adviser Lt. Michael Balistreri. Balistreri was Lyon’s professor last semester and interacts with Lyon as the surface warfare adviser. He’s known Lyon for about two years and noticed Lyon’s outstanding abilities as a midshipman and member of the community. “(Lyon) excels in each of the three aspects of our mission: moral, mental and physical. Academically, he is the top of his class in Marquette NROTC and No. 2 in the country in overall Order of Merit for Ship Selection,” Balistreri said in an email.

“Midshipman Lyon was second in the nation because of his sustained, superior performance. It isn’t uncommon for undergraduate students to have one or a few standout semesters, but he has consistently performed in the top tier.”

The Order of Merit is more than just a ranking; it offers the NROTC students the opportunity to choose which station they would like to be posted after they graduate college, Lyon and Boeckmann said.

Lyon said the selection process works differently than a normal military draft.

“It’s really the only time in your career you get to choose which ship you’re going to if you’re ranked high enough,” Lyon said. “It kind of works like a sports draft where you get to pick where you go based on your rank. I was very fortunate to be ranked where I was which allowed me to take my first choice.”

Lyon will be posted on the USS Ross, a destroyer from Rota, Spain, next year as a nuclear surface warfare officer. He made his decision based on several factors, mainly his hope for the Navy’s impact

on other countries.

“I knew I wanted to be forward deployed, which is stationed overseas,” Lyon said. “I think it’s really important to display to the rest of the world that the Navy is a global force for good.”

In the Order of Merit, the ranking comes from each ROTC student’s academics, physical training, and naval aptitude. Beyond the physical training each week in the morning, the NROTC midshipmen go through several different genres of courses.

Lyon said they have a naval science class each semester. Freshman year, they take naval history. Then, they take navigations, ship systems, weapons systems, and other engineering based classes. They also leadership and ethics courses, which is a big part of their ROTC education, Lyon said.

Lyon also mentioned the different activities the NROTC students take part in every week. They have sessions on Thursdays where they are briefed about different topics in the Navy.

“It’s really anything. It might be on safety. It could be on responsible drinking or on sexual assault prevention,” Lyon said.

ROTC students are constantly busy with physical, mental and moral training, Lyon said, and the balance is important. Midshipman and senior in the College of Engineering Taylor Boeckmann said a main part of the ranking for the Order of Merit is determined by the academic portion of ROTC training.

Boeckmann is a friend of Lyon’s and said Donovan has shown a strong work ethic and dedication during their years together at Marquette.

“A large degree of that ranking is academics and (Lyon) studies ridiculously hard. He works harder than anybody you’ll meet here,” Boeckmann said. “He’s also very naturally smart. Those two things in combination is what (the ranking) is.”

Lyon said he uses a tactic to balance the stress that the NRTOC schedule can provide.

“I like to take things day by day. You can get really stressed if you start looking really far in advance,” Lyon said. “I just need to remind myself that it’s doable. I’ve dealt with difficult situations in the past. You just have to have the right mindset.”

In his career, Lyon said he hopes for the deterrence of violence before it happens.

“We want to prevent violence at all costs by showing other countries our projection of power, our display of what we have to offer,” Lyon said.

“It really does prevent violence despite what some people may think.”

Lyon currently serves as an academics officer in his NROTC unit at Marquette. In that role, he supervises the studies and tutoring of anyone who might need academic assistance throughout the year in NROTC, Balistreri explained in an email.

Balistreri said Lyon can have an impact on others in his community, as well as locally in the Marquette ROTC. “For our underclass midshipmen, Lyon’s dedication to the program clearly shows them that hard work, intelligence and being willing to develop pays dividends in terms of providing more opportunities that would be unavailable to the majority of students,” Balistreri said in an email.

“Within our own program, he is well-respected, but also outside of our local unit of NROTC,” Balistreri said. “For example, his younger sister and mother both attended the ship selection ceremony and his sister shared that she looked up to her brother and was proud of him.”

After Marquette, Lyon will go through basic division’s officer course in Norfolk, Virginia, with other NROTC officers in his battalion before being deployed to his position in Rota on the USS Ross.

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Donovan Lyon is described as a hard worker who is naturally smart.

Professor publishing book to empower women’s ideas

By Annie Mattea

anne.mattea@marquette.edu

Melissa Shew, visiting assistant professor of philosophy at Marquette University, signed a book contract Feb. 10 with Oxford University Press for her book “Philosophy for Girls: An Invitation to the Life of Thought.”

The book will focus on different ideas within philosophy and will include anecdotes and abstract explanations of each concept.

She is a co-editor of the book, along with Kim Garchar, associate professor of philosophy at Kent State University. Shew began working with Oxford University Press to produce this book in June 2018.

The book is expected to come out in spring 2020, Shew said.

She said she and Garchar invited 12 well-respected female authors and also had an open call for additional proposals for chapters. From there, they chose six additional female authors to contribute chapters to the book. “(Something) that was important to us was that we have a diverse cross section of women, meaning not just in terms of fields of philosophy, ethnic/racial background and so on, but also in terms of being at different kinds of universities and stages of their career,” Shew said.

She said she feels the authors she and Garchar chose reflect how young women feel in the world. She said it is important for young women to feel that people who are like them are writing for them.

The targeted audience for this book is young women who may not have had access to philosophy, Shew said.

“I don’t think that all people know they are allowed to contribute to the intellectual life of thought,” Shew said. “Women have been excluded for a very long time from these conversations.”

Shew said she came up with the idea for this book nine years ago at Marquette, and it is part of her larger Persephone Project, which aims to provide resources for women in philosophy.

She said she had young women in her classes who had brilliant ideas but didn’t know they were being insightful. She thought this was unacceptable, she said. This inspired her to write the book.

“I wanted to see if I could support young women who had been excluded from the history of philosophy so they know they also have a right to ask big questions,” Shew said.

She left Marquette after this and taught at Milwaukee’s Divine Savior

Holy Angels High School for five years. She said during this time, her vision was reinforced.

She said this book is particularly important to her because of a student she had at Marquette named Kayla Murphy.

Murphy had a big heart and open mind, Shew said. However, in 2013 Murphy died from anorexia a few years after her graduation.

“I think about her and so many other young women who need to know they have value, that they should be empowered, their minds are beautiful and they have a lot to contribute to the world,” Shew said.

Shew said she has other stories of girls who feel very misfit and don’t see their own beauty.

“I want them to know that they can take on these challenges and there is a host of women who are cheering them on and rooting for them,” Shew said.

She wants the book to reach beyond academic walls at universities, she said. She said she wants the book to be accessible for community colleges, Ivy League schools and high school levels.

“Young women especially need to know that they are smart and have ideas that have value,” Shew said.

Elise Span, a Marquette graduate from the class of 2012 who had Shew as a professor as a senior, emphasized the important of access to philosophy for young women. “(Philosophy) gives people a framework to reason solidly about their lives, the good life, human nature, the state of humanity today,” Span said in an email. “What this book does, for young women specifically, is make philosophy relevant.”

Julia DuBois, a former student Shew had while teaching at DSHA, said she feels its necessary to give women permission to speak and see themselves in philosophy.

“I think women need an opportunity to see bits of themselves in philosophy,” DuBois said in an email.

“What this means, to me, is that a curious young woman has the chance to pick up a book and find little parts of herself in it, whether those pieces are in the character traits of a feisty and badass Greek goddess or in the questions the act of philosophizing itself raises.”

Jake Stavsky, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said he thinks the book is important because it brings a perspective not often seen in philosophy.

“There are too many classes (in universities) that focus on a singular, and consequently, uniform identity (Caucasian males),” Stavsky said in an email. “It seems that this would put off young women interested in philosophy because of their unique experiences, and consequently their identity, are being ignored.”

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Class designs products to combat real problems Engineering project aims to help underprivileged people

By Joseph Beaird

joseph.beaird@marquette.edu

Hyunjae Park, a research professor of mechanical engineering, implemented the program, “Designing Disruptive Products or Process for the Underprivileged,” into his freshmen general engineering classes about eight years ago. He’s continued the program ever since.

Park said the requirements for students in his second engineering discovery class are to design a product that is easy to use, cheap to purchase or produce and does not require skill or education to use.

Park’s lecture notes stated that students began working on their projects at the beginning of this semester and recently presented them March 7.

“These types of activities help students open their eyes and realize that there are so many people that need help,” Park said. “The big hurdle is that many engineering students want to start right out with high-tech design, so I provide them the tools to think of disruptive technologies.”

Park defined disruptive tech as cheaper, easier to use and targeted to communities who companies are less likely to sell to.

Park said each of the products designed by students have importance in our world by putting things into perspective.

“All of the students’ work is related to real-life engineering issues, no matter how minor the issues are,” Park said.

Andy Jiang, a freshman in the College of Engineering, worked alongside his group members to create the “Hippo Roller,” a water transportation device made to move 25-30 gallons of water by being rolled.

Jiang said his group designed the product to help communities in West Pokot County, Kenya, so people no longer have to carry gallons of water on their head or shoulders.

“It comes with a built-in filtration system and hand pump to allow water to enter or exit the barrel rather than having to fill it up manually,” Jiang said.

Park said his class revolves around the “three Cs: curiosity, connections and creating value.”

“The students need to be curious about the different problems or issues they are surrounded by,” Park said. “From there, they come

up with the ideas for their products and find a solution.”

Tony Weidel, a freshman in the College of Engineering, was part of a group that designed “EZ-Phrine,” an EpiPen with a retracting needle after initial usage in order to prevent improper re-usage.

Weidel said they were inspired to address the problem of rising insulin prices that some of their family members were affected by. According to their group’s project report, a syringe with epinephrine costs about $75 but is often marketed at over $700.

“Our group’s estimates projected that the new design reduces the cost of production of the injector to about 96 cents,” Weidel said.

Peter Tran, freshman in the College of Engineering, led his group in designing a smartphone app called MedFo. “The goal of MedFo was to provide a method for lower or middleclass senior citizens, who were beginning to experience common age problems, to manage their healthcare needs independently by providing one platform for all their needs,” Tran said.

Tran said his group members were inspired by looking at the problems their own grandparents were

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Tony Weidel has a prototype of the EZ-Phrine, a new type of EpiPen.

dealing with.

“We noticed a trend of smartphone usage and did further research to discover that smartphone usage among elderly citizens was rising at a rapid rate,” Tran said.

Park said students obtain value in their projects through the dedication they have to the class.

“You have to come to the class and get your return on investment, (and) as long as you are consistent, you will satisfy yourself,” Park said.

Jiang said the class has been challenging but very rewarding.

“This project was really eye-opening,” Jiang said. “It helped allow us to be creative and find new ways to help others.”

Weidel said this project helped put into perspective the responsibility he has as an engineer.

“Things change every day, but change wouldn’t happen if no one stood up and said they wanted to change something in the first place,” Weidel said. “Sure there’s going to be other great ideas out there, but they aren’t yours.”

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Students get hyped for Brewers opening day

Tailgate traditions, sausage race part of overall experience

By Grace Schneider

grace.schneider@marquette.edu

Spectators from all over the Midwest will come to watch the intense rivalry between the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Cardinals on this Thursday’s opening day at Miller Park.

Some are invested in tradition of tailgating and attending the game on opening day for consecutive years. Gates open two hours before the game for spectators to tailgate, and shuttles around the area will take spectators to Miller Park for the 1:10 p.m. game.

Jacob Fried, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, said he has attended Brewers games since he was a child.

Fried said a deciding reason he chose Marquette was to be in Milwaukee for the games. He

and his family have been season ticket holders for the past three or four years and they attend around 20 games a year, he said.

“Opening day has become a tradition for us,” Fried said.

“We’ve gone the last four or five years.”

Fried said the opening day atmosphere is different than any other game.

“It’s awesome. It’s like a holiday — it’s a day you look forward to every year … and there’s a lot of excitement obviously now going after the season that we had last year,” Fried said.

“Everyone is excited that baseball is back and they get to cheer on the Brewers this year.”

Fried said his father and uncles will be traveling from about four hours away to tailgate and that he might even miss a class or two to ensure he is able to participate in the opening day activities.

Andres Flores, a senior in the College of Engineering, said he is planning to attend opening day as well.

Flores said he went to more than 20 games last season and has high hopes that the Brewers

can make it to the World Series this season.

Katie Shoemaker, a senior in the College of Health Sciences, has been going to Brewers games since she was a baby. She said baseball is important to her family and friends.

“My parents went (to opening day) for the first time last year, and they still always talk about it,” Shoemaker said. “They are going again this year and they are very, very, very excited.”

While Shoemaker has been going to games with her family and friends for years, she also went to a game freshman year as a Marquette-sponsored event.

Kajal Khatri, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, also went to games as a child with her friends and family. Additionally, she was able to attend games with Late Night Marquette and she won tickets to a game through Marquette University Student Government.

Emily Wells, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, was able to go to a Brewers game with the Marquette Band, where she plays the clarinet.

“It was a lot of fun going with everyone and meeting new people,” Wells said.

Khatri said her favorite part of games is being able to socialize with friends and take pictures with the big glove at Miller Park.

Her favorite game-time treats are cheese fries and lemonade.

Flores said she enjoys the food and beverage options at Miller Park.

“They’ve brought in local craft breweries and local restaurants to actually cater food within the stadium,” Flores said.

“I think that gives them a better Milwaukee connection.”

Breweries like Third Space and Lakefront are featured at Miller Park, as well as restaurants like AJ Bombers and Zaffiro’s Pizza.

The Famous Racing Sausages are also an imperative part of game day at Miller Park.

“My favorite part of the games are the Sausage Races. My dad and I always root for the chorizo,” Wells said.

Because Miller Park is near the heart of Milwaukee — a few minutes’ drive east of Marquette’s campus — it is

in a convenient location for transportation to the games.

“Those shuttle busses are so much fun. The drivers are nice.

They’re always bumpin’.

If you’re anywhere in Milwaukee, there’s no way you couldn’t go to a game,” Flores said.

Flores added that Miller Park is more comfortable than some other stadiums due to the roof’s ability to open or close depending on weather conditions.

“It’s nice that you never really have to worry about a game being canceled even if the weather is bad or its cold outside,” Shoemaker said. “They can still play; they can just close the roof.”

The current Miller Park stadium will be changing its name in 2021.

“I don’t think anybody is ever going to call it what they rename it to; it’s always going to be Miller Park,” Shoemaker said. “Especially when you have a team called the ‘Brewers,’ (people are) just going to keep calling it by the name of the beer company.”

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The Sausage Race occurs once during every Brewers game and has been a tradition at Miller Park for many years. It is just one of several activities that makes Brewers games unique.

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Jesuit faculty share true meaning of St. Patrick’s Day

Holiday goes beyond consumer culture, alcohol, shamrocks

By Kelli Arseneau

kelli.arseneau@marquette.edu

For many, St. Patrick’s Day calls to mind green T-shirts, corned beef hash and specials at local bars. But the meaning of the holiday lies deeper than just an excuse to day drink.

The Rev. Aaron Pidel, a Jesuit priest and assistant professor of theology, said the holiday’s namesake, St. Patrick, was English and was enslaved and taken to Ireland at age 16. He eventually escaped and returned to England, but later went back to Ireland to help evangelize the country.

St. Patrick became the patron saint of Ireland, Pidel said, and his feast day became a day of celebration. The shamrock, a symbol often associated with St. Patrick’s Day, comes from a legend that St. Patrick used the symbol of the three-leafed shamrock to symbolize to the Irish pagans the concept of the Holy Trinity — that God is simultaneously three persons and one being.

The Rev. Michael Maher, a Jesuit priest and adjunct professor of history, said St. Patrick’s Day has evolved to become the popular holiday it is today in secular society “In the United States, it’s almost like our version of Carnival,” Maher said, referring to the celebration preceding Lent. “You know, it’s sort of like this reason to get silly at the end of winter and kind of look forward to a party… sort of like an event looking for a cause.”

Popular celebrations surrounding St. Patrick’s Day began in the United States as an expression of pride by the Irish, a group that was largely discriminated against, Maher said. He said comparisons can be drawn between the United States’ history of prejudice against Irish immigrants and prejudice against African-Americans.

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Irish sufferers of the potato famine caused conflict with jobs, as Irish laborers worked for lower pay and took jobs from working-class Americans, according to History.com. Irish immigrants dealt with signs at businesses reading “NINA,” or No Irish Need Apply, and attempts to show cultural inferiority through evolution by comparing physical characteristics. Additionally, the Irish immigrants were depicted as being violent and alcoholics.

St. Patrick’s Day then rose to popularity as a way to display Irish pride in the face of persecution, Maher said. But the intended meaning of celebrating what it means to be Irish has been altered by popular culture.

Maher said he comes from a “completely Irish” family and has been involved with the Milwaukee Irish Fest for more than 30 years. He said he also used to teach Irish dancing.

“In my family, when my parents were living, we would go to people’s houses, and we would do Irish dancing and read poetry, and it was much more of a presentation of Irish culture,” he said. “I mean, I doubt if anyone (at bars on St. Patrick’s Day) would know much about Irish culture, except the stereotype of drinking.”

Maher said St. Patrick’s Day celebrations that focus entirely on drinking are “kind of the antithesis of what St. Patrick was about” and promote negative stereotypes. Further, Maher said that “in a way, St. Patrick’s Day is cultural appropriation by a consumer society.”

Annabel Engelhardt, a junior in the College of Health Sciences, agreed that St. Patrick’s Day has a deeper meaning than many people take time to recognize.

“It’s much more than drinking green beer. There’s a lot more meaning to it, I think, than the surface level (when people) go down to the bars,” she said.

Engelhardt said her mother is very

Irish, and she and her three siblings grew up Irish dancing. Engelhardt continues to dance at Marquette, where she helped start the Saoirse Irish Dance Team in 2016.

Growing up, a lot of the month of March was dedicated to Irish dance performances, Engelhardt said.

“I don’t think I ever went to school on St. Patrick’s Day until high school because we would just spend all day out dancing,” she said. “And it was completely normal, too, because all of our friends growing up were Irish dancers as well.”

In addition to Irish dancing, the holiday for Engelhardt involved eating corned beef and cabbage, watching Irish movies and dyeing milk green.

“To me, it’s just a chance to be with your friends and family … being with people who are also really freaking excited to be Irish,” Engelhardt said.

Eric Titze, manager of Caffrey’s Pub, said that while Caffrey’s does see a slight increase in sales around St. Patrick’s Day, the fact that the bar is located on campus and that the holiday often coincides with spring break means their sales do not increase as much as for other bars in the city.

“I think that St. Patrick’s Day has become like most other holidays, in that the traditional meaning has fallen to the wayside,” Titze said in an email. “Instead, most people use it as an excuse to socialize with friends.”

Titze said although St. Patrick’s Day has become a holiday largely centered on sharing drinks, other holidays have shifted their focus to sharing gifts or sharing meals.

While holiday celebrations in popular culture are often altered from their original meaning, Titze said, there is a constant theme throughout of “spending time around friends or family.”

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Master Plan requires transparency, input

The university will begin demolition of McCormick Hall mid-to late May, according to a university news release sent via email March 12. The demolition should be complete by November and is a part of Marquette’s Master Plan. The plan to demolish McCormick was first announced in May 2016 when the proposal for a new residence hall was released.

Despite the announcement of the upcoming demolition, there is no plan for a building to take its place.

In a previous Marquette Wire article, Lora Strigens, vice president for planning and strategy, said the next project for the space would need to be ready before the building was demolished, but as of right now, the site of McCormick will function as a green space.

The University should provide a clear, consistent and publicly available breakdown of the Master Plan that provides more specific information about the administrations approval process and ideas moving forward. This would help students, staff and faculty know what was happening on campus and hold the administration accountable for building plans and open communication.

Marquette should involve the campus community in the decisionmaking process. Doing so would expose university officials to the wishes and perspectives of the people who navigate and utilize university facilities on a regular basis.

Currently, the university allows student organizations to use the first floor of McCormick for

practice space. With demolition day looming, it is not clear if and where student groups will be able to find comparable space to use. Students, staff, faculty and others who use the space should have the opportunity to give their input as to the resources and spaces they may need once McCormick comes down.

One way community input could be gathered is through listening and feedback sessions regarding the Master Plan. It is essential that students, staff and faculty are invited to participate in discussions with the Board of Trustees present, which is the body that approves projects.

Providing this access to members of the campus community could contribute to projects being chosen and executed in ways that are considerate and thoughtful.

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Feedback sessions would provide student input on campus facilities.

Another option would be for the university to create online surveys.

This could reach a majority of the campus community in a convenient way and could help the university to get a good idea of what type of facility or space the campus community desires. This would be an opportunity for almost everyone to provide input. Although in-person listening sessions would be favorable, it is necessary that the university takes some step promptly to promote transparency in its demolitions and projects.

If the university gains ideas

regarding the types of resources desired on campus it could better invest its money and time to create facilities that students, staff and faculty are happier with and more likely to use.

Both ways to get community input are simple and cost-effective.

Students may currently want to get involved, but don’t know how to do so. Putting these measures in place could help solve this issue. The university must make an intentional effort to increase transparency about the Master Plan and create pathways for community feedback.

Wisconsin right-to-work laws disadvantage middle class Jackson Mozena

During the past five years, Wisconsin has become one of 27 states to adopt right-to-work laws. Having been first passed by the state legislature in 2015, and later confirmed in a 2017 state Supreme Court case, Wisconsin’s right-towork law allows employees of a largely unionized workforce to not have to become members of a labor union. In permitting this, individuals now possess the choice as to whether they wish to support the collective bargaining of their respective trade.

However, due to their nature, unions are only able to demand changes in working conditions for an entire demographic of workers, thereby creating a situation where all employees, regardless of their union membership, benefit from the efforts of collective bargaining.

These laws place Wisconsin unions in an increasingly precarious

position. The right-to-work laws deincentivize union membership when considering that workers can theoretically reap all the benefits offered by collective bargaining without having to financially contribute to the cause. In the wake of the passage of Wisconsin’s right-to-work law, union membership has noticeably declined in Wisconsin, with 73,000 workers leaving unions between 2017 to 2018, according to a report by the MacIver Institute.

While union membership was shrinking prior to the passage of right-to-work laws, the new legislation has certainly compounded the waning popularity of organized labor and damaged the influence unions possess.

Some may herald the relatively new right-to-work laws, and by extension the decline of collective bargaining, as a potential positive for the state economy. In actuality, the 2015 legislation is sure to damage the working class of Wisconsin.

As collective bargaining continues to lose influence, individuals, especially those in the trades, are

likely to be subjected to increasingly unfavorable conditions.

Without unions supporting labor, employees will almost certainly see some of the benefits which unions provide, such as pay raises, better benefits and other improvements to workplace conditions, quickly evaporate. In fact, individuals in right-to-work states were paid approximately $1,500 less for the same job performed by people from states where the legislation had not been implemented, according to a 2017 study conducted by the Economic Policy Institute.

Essentially, the right-to-work law which Wisconsin currently implements, greatly damages the ability for laborers to collectively bargain for improved workplace conditions.

This is particularly harmful to blue collar occupations where unions have proved instrumental to defending the interests of less-skilled labor.

The postulation that right-to-work laws act as an incentive for entrepreneurs to bring their business to Wisconsin is, at best, largely questionable. When the right-to-work

legislation was first introduced in 2015 by former Governor Scott Walker, one of the major justifications for such a law was that the ordinance would limit the influence of unions and thereby create an atmosphere which would be considerably more business friendly.

Although this claim is not completely without merit, the idea that union membership discourages business ventures is a misnomer.

Large businesses more commonly search for “factors such as good infrastructure and the availability of a skilled and educated workforce” and that these “(attributes) outrank the relevance of right-to-work in deciding where to locate new facilities,” according to a 2017 publication by Amy Traub, Associate Director of Policy and Research at Demos. As a result, one of the primary concerns which right-to-work was intended to alleviate is almost entirely unfounded, leaving the legislation devoid of positive effect while simultaneously posing a serious threat to the security of laborers working conditions.

All considered, the right-to-work

law currently enacted in Wisconsin, while not exactly catastrophic, thoroughly disadvantages working class individuals and will likely have a negative impact on the workplace conditions of thousands of Wisconsinites. Although the implementation of such an ordinance in the state is certainly not illegal, or even malevolent by any means, the state government would do well to reexamine its use of right-towork laws as the future ramifications of such measures could prove detrimental to a large portion of Wisconsin’s labor force.

Moving forward, in order to maintain the influence of collective bargaining in Wisconsin, it will be important for workers to voluntarily join or maintain membership with their respective unions so that workplace conditions can continue to improve, even with the implementation of right-to-work legislation.

Jackson Mozena is a freshman studying criminology. He can be reached at jackson.mozena@marquette.edu

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Decline in enrollment of international students concerning Matthew Harte The Trump administration has instituted or proposed several policies to discourage international students from attending colleges in the U.S. These policies have likely contributed to the decline in enrollment from international learners at Marquette and schools around the nation. The administration must change course to protect international students’ educational opportunities, as well as the cultural and economic benefits these students can provide.

Research from the Institute for International Education shows that new international undergraduate student enrollments in the U.S. declined 6.3 percent from the 2016’17 to the 2017-’18 academic year.

Additionally, international graduate student enrollment decreased 5.5 percent in the same period. This represents the second consecutive year of downturn in both categories, neither of which had experienced an enrollments decline in the six preceding years.

The plunge in enrollments is also reflected at Marquette. Only 27 members of Marquette’s current full-time first-year undergraduate class are international students, according to the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. This constitutes a 37 percent decrease from the number of international students

in the 2017-’18 first-year class, and a 46 percent decline from the 2016-’17 first-year class.

The nationwide enrollment downturn is likely tied to anti-immigrant rhetoric that President Donald Trump expressed on the campaign trail, which has extended to harmful policies for international students throughout his presidency. In August, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services changed its “unlawful presence” policy, which increased the likelihood that international students can be deported or banned from re-entering the country for seemingly minor infractions. These include working at an on-campus job for more hours than allowed, working at an off-campus job without government permission or missing too many classes.

Additionally, in October, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that it intends to establish a maximum period of authorized stay for international students by fall 2019. Currently, international students can stay in the country as long as they remain students, a period known as “duration of status.” The proposed rule has caused concerns for international students who may want to spend more time to obtain their degrees or pursue further education, according to the Columbia Spectator.

These factors have likely made American universities less attractive for international learners, especially when other countries offer similar

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high quality educational opportunities. Almost 75 percent of college admissions directors agree that the policies and rhetoric of the Trump administration have made it more difficult to recruit international students, according to a 2018 survey by Inside Higher Ed and Gallup. Canada seems to have already capitalized on these recruitment difficulties, as the Canadian Bureau for International Education found that the number of international postsecondary students in the country increased 16 percent from December 2017-’18.

The decline in international learners at U.S. schools should also be troubling for native-born students.

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interact with international students not only increase their knowledge of foreign cultures, but also their self-confidence and leadership skills.

These attributes will be especially helpful when navigating diverse workplaces after college. Additionally, international students often pay high net tuition payments, which helps subsidize the cost of enrolling additional domestic students, according to research from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

The decline also undermines the economic benefits international students provide. During the 2017-’18 academic year, international students contributed $39 billion to the U.S. economy while also supporting more than 455,000 American jobs,

according to the National Association of Foreign Student Advisers. International learners provided $406.7 million to Wisconsin’s economy alone during this time period.

To protect the benefits that international students provide for American universities and the greater economy, the Trump administration should rescind the regulations and proposals that have alienated this group. The administration should also demonstrate a commitment to providing a welcoming and flexible educational experience for these students.

Matthew Harte is a junior studying political science and economics.

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

New Zealand attacker cannot be portrayed as victim Aminah Beg I woke up to my social media timelines flooded with a real-life horror story. I scrolled through countless tweets and swiped through agonizing Instagram stories that all discussed the events of March 15. Anyone from news reporters to politicians to my own friends all contributed to the conversation of the heartbreaking event. I went to sleep thinking the next day would be

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another regular Friday. I would attend the religious prayer service that is held every Friday, the holiest day of the week in Islam. Instead, I woke up to news that shook me to my core and made my heart heavy.

A gunman walked into a New Zealand mosque, a Muslim place of worship, and brutally massacred 50 Muslims and injured 50 more attending the Friday service, according to the latest CNN news update.

The event continues to be discussed because some of us cannot fully bear the weight of all that has happened to our fellow Muslim brothers and sisters. A mosque is a place of peace. It is a place that welcomes the entire community, whether one is Muslim or not. It is a place where I spent my weekends growing up. To even imagine a place I look to for strength can be under life-threatening harm is truly sickening.

The condolences from influential persons, like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, made me feel like the world might actually be with us Muslims. It felt like others had our backs in this time of need. While this is true and there were countless citizens who showed their support, it was obvious that this did not mean Islamophobia was dead.

A white man walked into a public

space and killed 50 people. After he was finished with that, he went back to his car and reloaded his gun to shoot the victims in the head again.

Despite this all being true, some media sites and some non-Muslims refuse to label him as a “terrorist.” This man walked into the mosque and was greeted with the words “hello brother,” yet the media can still not see the truly vicious and despicable nature of this man and his actions.

The Daily Mirror, a British newspaper, used these words on its front cover after the New Zealand attack: “Angelic boy who grew into an evil far-right mass killer,” with the image of a father holding a little boy. Compare this to Daily Mirror’s front cover shortly after the Orlando club shooting that said “ISIS maniac kills 50 in gay club.”

Nobody is denying that the actions of the Orlando shooter were sickening and disgusting, but why are the deaths of these Muslims less

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real? Just because the perpetrator was a white man, the media continues to victimize his story instead of focusing on the true victims of the crime. The story of these Muslims will be pushed aside and forgotten if this man is not given the treatment he deserves. Rather than putting all the attention on the shooter, front covers must be dedicated to those who died in this horrific attack.

An Australian senator published a statement shortly after the attack saying, “Just because the followers of this savage belief were not the killers in this instance does not make them blameless.” I will not name him because he should not be receiving this much attention for his words, but it just shows how Muslim hate is alive and real across the globe. Our community could be slaughtered in the streets, yet since we come from a minority

The story of these Muslims will be pushed aside and forgotten if this man is not given the treatment he deserves.”

group, people will still choose the side of the white man.

This attack should affect all people, not just Muslims. It has the right to be reported with the same fervor as any other story. The Muslims who died March 15 deserve respect, and they have not been receiving it. Everyone has the responsibility to condemn this man and other actions like this. As Hasan Minhaj said “Our faith should never matter more than our humanity.”

People should recognize the hate in the world, and the need to combat it. The terrorist said he was inspired by President Donald Trump and his white supremacist beliefs.

This should be enough to scare the people of the United States. Americans must understand that even though this president may not be directly affecting certain individuals, his words have a real impact.

His rhetoric fills people with malice and hate while supporting their racist, xenophobic actions. We must support each other no matter race, religion or anything else that might seemingly separate us.

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

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TEAM SUITS UP FOR MARCH MADNESS RETURN

Photo by Andrew Himmelberg andrew.himmelberg@marquette.edu

Media, fans and families of players joined the team in the Union Sports Annex at 5 p.m. Sunday evening to watch the team receive a No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Matchup against Ja Morant, Murray State looms Thursday

By John Steppe

john.steppe@marquette.edu

For the second time in the nearly five-year Steve Wojciechowski era, Marquette men’s basketball will play in March Madness.

The Golden Eagles are a No. 5 seed in the West region of the NCAA Tournament and will play Murray State in the first round Thursday at 3:30 p.m. Central Standard Time. MU would play the winner of the game between

No. 4 Florida State and No. 13 Vermont with a first-round win.

“To be honest, I don’t care where they put us on the bracket,” redshirt junior Ed Morrow said.

“I’m just glad to be in this position, still playing in March.”

Murray State’s offense revolves around sophomore guard Ja Morant, who leads the NCAA with 10 assists per game. He also averages 24.6 points per game.

“We heard about Ja Morant.

You see him all over social media,” Morrow said. “We’re going to learn a lot more (Monday) … We’re going to prepare well for him.”

Morant will likely go up against Marquette guard Markus

Howard, who has been battling a wrist injury. He dismissed the idea that his wrist is bothering him. He shot 1 for 15 against Seton Hall Friday night. The BIG EAST leading scorer usually shoots 42.4 percent from the field.

“My wrist is fine. My wrist is fine,” Howard said. “I’m ready to go. I’m ready to play.”

The bid comes after Wojciechowski’s most successful regular season at Marquette.

The team came one game short of a BIG EAST regular-season title.

Howard ended the regular season as conference player of the year, marking the first time a MU player won the award since Jae Crowder in 2012.

“Our kids have had a great year,” Wojciechowski said. “When you look at it on paper, you say, ‘Gosh, that’s worthy of a No. 5 seed.’”

It’s Marquette’s first NCAA Tournament berth since 2017 and third postseason trip in the last six years. The only scholarship players still on the team that played in the 2017 NCAA appearance are Howard, fellow junior Sam Hauser and senior Matt Heldt. “(The 2017 run) went very quickly, so I want to try to just enjoy every moment,” Howard said. “It doesn’t really happen that often.”

Wojciechowski said he hopes last year’s National

Invitational Tournament appearance helped prepare the team for March Madness.

“We were a really, really young team last year,” Wojciechowski said. “Our guys got experience playing in March, where it’s oneand-done.”

He doesn’t necessarily view the NCAA Tournament as a pressure-filled environment.

“It’s great. Pressure is when you’re sitting on your couch and you know your name isn’t going to be called,” Wojciechowski said.

“That stings. This is awesome. Are you kidding me? We’re getting to play in the NCAA Tournament.”

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Senior class earns third NCAA bid in four seasons WBB heads to College Station to take on Rice Owls

By Tyler Peters

tyler.peters@marquette.edu

For the third consecutive season, Marquette women’s basketball will compete in the NCAA Tournament after earning a No. 5 seed in the Chicago region Monday evening.

The Golden Eagles will face the No. 12 Rice Owls in the first round Friday at 1 p.m. Central Standard Time in College Station, Texas.

“We’re ecstatic,” senior guard Allazia Blockton said. “To be such a high seed, it just shows how much work we’ve put in throughout the season.”

“It’s a dream come true, and it’s something you never get sick of,” head coach Carolyn Kieger said.

Kieger said her team’s only focus is the first-round matchup against Rice.

If they win, Marquette will then play the winner of No. 4 Texas A&M and No. 13 Wright State in the second round.

The Golden Eagles are coming off a loss in the BIG EAST Championship for the second consecutive year.

“We learned a lot about ourselves,” Blockton said. “The biggest thing we learned is that we got to capitalize on the things that we can control, like free throws and boxing other people out.”

“We hate losing,” senior guard Natisha Hiedeman said. “We’re using all of that momentum and learning from our mistakes to (help us) for the tournament.”

MU will have to prepare for Rice star Erica Ogwumike, who averages 16.3 points per game.

She was also selected as Conference USA Player of the Year.

The Owls also have size with 6-foot-9 center Nancy Mulkey.

She averages 26 minutes and 13.7 points per game.

Rice is on a 21-game winning streak and won the Conference USA Tournament title.

“We won’t lose another game like we did against DePaul,” Kieger said. “That’s the deal in March: you have to learn lessons, learn quickly and you have to adjust.”

MU sits at 26-7 so far on the season, which ties a program record for wins in a single season.

Marquette is 5-11 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, and King said the team hopes to advance to the second weekend for the first time in program history.

“Going to College Station, we’ll be ready,” Kieger said.

“We’ll be focused and I think (everyone) is really ecstatic heading into the tournament.”

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Women’s basketball celebrates its postseason berth at the Annex.

ATHLETICS

Men’s lacrosse supports women’s basketball in Chicago Amplo takes team to BIG EAST title game after beating RMU

By Dan Avington

daniel.avington@marquette.edu

At 2 p.m. March 12, Marquette men’s lacrosse was in Pennsylvania taking down the Robert Morris Colonials, a team receiving votes in the Inside Lacrosse Top 20 poll.

At 7 p.m. that same day, the team was in Chicago supporting the Marquette women’s basketball team in the BIG EAST Championship.

“I looked at our flight itinerary and realized that we should be able to make the game,” head coach Joe Amplo said. “We were not going to miss an opportunity to be there for Coach Kieger and her team as they compete for a championship.”

The team was already going to fly into Midway Airport in Chicago, but Amplo said the team had a boisterous response to the surprise of going to the women’s game.

“Honestly, I’m not sure if they were more excited about this or for the game (against Robert Morris),” Amplo said. “They truly care about these kids, they see how hard they work and it’s great that they’re here to watch them compete.”

Amplo’s squad has a reputation around Marquette for coming out to cheer on other teams.

“They’ve been great supporters

from day one,” senior guard Natisha Hiedeman said.

Last season during the men’s basketball National Invitational Tournament at the Al McGuire Center, the lacrosse players occupied the seats behind the basket and caught national attention for their free-throw distractions like the roller coaster and tug-ofwar movements.

Earlier this year, the team loudly supported the women’s volleyball team in its big victory over High Point Nov. 30 in the NCAA Tournament.

“We just love Marquette. Everybody here wants to help the teams as much as we can,” junior goalie Chris Rolfing said. “We’re really thankful for everyone that supports our program, so we want to come show our support for other teams as much as we can.”

Rolfing was one of the students who organized the efforts for the National Invitation Tournament last year.

“It was spring break, we were in Milwaukee at the men’s basketball game (and we) wanted to try to make it fun,” Rolfing said.

“I thought of some stuff that I’d done in high school, and it seemed to help the team.”

Amplo said trips like this are the epitome of what collegiate sports are supposed to be.

“This is what makes our department so unique and so special,” Amplo said. “These kids truly want to be here and are going to be fully engaged for the rest of the night.”

Amplo said this is part of the

Photo by Elena Fiegen elena.fiegen@marquette.edu

The Marquette men’s lacrosse team cheers loudly during the BIG EAST Women’s Basketball Championship.

team’s effort to be an engaged group on campus.

“From day one, we said we want to be a positive member of this community,” Amplo said.

“Whether that’s just being nice people on campus, engaging with professors or different community members, or being a large presence at an athletic event, that’s our duty as citizens of Marquette, and we’re happy to do it.”

As a thank-you for the continued support of Amplo’s team, Kieger gave the pump-up speech before the lacrosse matchup against Michigan Saturday, and the entire women’s basketball roster showed up to cheer on men’s lacrosse to a big victory.

Even though the lacrosse team wasn’t able to will women’s basketball to a BIG EAST title, the basketball players were still

appreciative of the support.

“Thanks to them for coming and making the trip to support us,” senior guard Allazia Blockton said.

“It just shows you how tight knit the Marquette family is. When it’s a big game, everyone comes out and supports each other.”

John Steppe contributed to this story.

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Rival robs team of chance to take back BIG EAST title Poor rebounding, free throws hurt No. 1 seeded MU

By Tyler Peters

tyler.peters@marquette.edu

CHICAGO — Marquette women’s basketball fell to the DePaul Blue Demons March 12 in the BIG EAST Championship for the second straight season, losing 74-73.

“It hurts. It stings,” Marquette head coach Carolyn Kieger said. “(The team) wanted this really bad.”

“It’s just heartbreaking,” senior guard Allazia Blockton said. “It came down to the little things, and we have to learn from our mistakes and capitalize on these moments.”

Marquette had a two-point lead with 10 seconds left, but DePaul forward Chante Stonewall drew an and-one with five seconds left and converted on the free throw. Senior guard Natisha Hiedeman had a shot to win it at the buzzer, but the attempt was off the mark.

Stonewall finished the game with 28 points on 11-for-17 shooting and six rebounds. She was also named BIG EAST Tournament Most Outstanding Player.

“Stonewall was phenomenal tonight,” Kieger said. “She was just relentless and very, very tough.

They wanted it really bad, and you could tell.”

The rest of the game remained close. DePaul out-rebounded Marquette 15-6 in the first quarter, but the Golden Eagles shot at a 56-percent clip to end the first quarter tied at 20-20.

Senior guard Amani Wilborn hit a buzzer-beater to give the Golden Eagles a 40-35 lead at halftime.

Marquette remained in the game

despite shooting 47 percent from the free-throw line. That included two misses by senior guard Danielle King after a technical foul and an airball from Hiedeman that would have made it a three-point game with 10 seconds left.

“I’ll tell you what, we will not lose a game the rest of this year because of rebounding or free throws,” Kieger said.

Marquette shot 6 for 20 from beyond the arc and 29 for 60 from the field.

“Defense wins,” Kieger said. “Tonight, DePaul made big plays. We had good stops but just couldn’t finish.”

Hiedeman led the Golden Eagles with 18 points on 6-for-18 shooting.

Four other Golden Eagle players also notched double-digit point totals.

Hiedeman was named to the BIG EAST All-Tournament team after the game.

These two teams have faced each other in the championship game the last three years, which is only the third time that has happened in BIG EAST Tournament history.

Prior to this matchup, the Golden Eagles had not lost to the Blue Demons this season.

A top-seeded team has not won the championship in the BIG EAST Tournament since DePaul in 2014.

The Golden Eagles face off against Rice University Friday at 1 p.m. in the NCAA Tournament. Marquette is a No. 5 seed, which ties for the highest in program history. In 2017, MU was also a No. 5 seed.

“The season is not over,” Hiedeman said. “We still got time left, this is a lesson, and we’re going to use it in the NCAA Tournament.”

“I absolutely love my team,” Kieger said. “I will take them to battle any day. We have a lot of basketball left to be played. We’re going to regroup.

We’re going to fix a lot of things.”

Senior Amani Wilborn and junior Isabelle Spingola watch DePaul celebrate its second straight BIG EAST title.

Senior point guard Danielle King goes for a layup.

Senior guard Natisha Hiedeman attempts a layup.

Carolyn Kieger, her coaching staff and Natisha Hiedeman watch Marquette play in the BIG EAST title game.

Photos by Elena Fiegen elena.fiegen@marquette.edu

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Student-athletes move into $24M athletic facility Golf, lacrosse teams receive new home in AHPRC building

By John Steppe and Jack Phillips

john.steppe@marquette.edu, jack.phillips@marquette.edu

Marquette University’s new $24 million, 46,000-square-foot Athletic and Human Performance Research Center opened March 4.

The facility, which is located on the southwest corner of 12th and Wells streets, features a weight room large enough to accommodate lacrosse and soccer teams, as well as locker rooms for both lacrosse programs and men’s golf.

“We’re really excited about it, just for our opportunity to continue to grow,” golf head coach Steve Bailey said. “(The facility brings) every piece of the puzzle that we really needed to kind of get that upper echelon of what the Midwest programs have.”

The golf team had space in the Marquette Gym, which opened in 1922, before moving to the AHPRC.

“You look at the designs and all the plans, and you say, ‘This is going to be cool,’” senior golfer Oliver Farrell said. “When you step in it, it was incredible to see and so much better than everyone expected.”

Men’s and women’s lacrosse previously did not have locker rooms and had team offices in the 707 Building. The lacrosse teams also had to do weight training in shifts at the Al McGuire Center because of limited space.

Soccer, cross country and track and field still occupy the 97-year-old Marquette Gym. Aurora Health Care was first announced as a partner to cover costs, but the health care provider backed out of the deal last May. University President Michael Lovell said the university had “been having dialogue with a number of other partners” last August in a press conferance. More than six months later, the facility does not have any partners.

Marquette’s website said the facility has 5,400 square feet dedicated to research on “elite athletic performance, human performance, rehabilitation, fitness data analytics and other related disciplines.”

The facility is significantly scaled

Photo by Andrew Himmelberg andrew.himmelberg@marquette.edu

The Athletic and Human Performance Research Center sits across the street from the Al McGuire Center.

back from the initial plans for the Athletic Performance Research Center, which was supposed to be 250,000 to 300,000 square feet. It would have included a field house large enough to host indoor lacrosse games southeast of campus.

“At least we get to have it for a

period of time,” Farrell said. “We’re very thankful for the people that made it possible. … It’ll be an exciting eight or nine weeks in here.”

Locker rooms and an indoor track for the track and field program were also supposed to be part of the initial building, but athletic director Bill

Scholl said these were “no longer necessary” when the university announced the smaller location.

Scholl has said multiple times this is just the first phase of the AHPRC, but no timeline or details have been released regarding future phases.

MEN’S LACROSSE

Hershman breaks records, helps MU beat Michigan MLAX wins at Valley despite late run from Wolverines’ offense

By Aimee Galaszewski

aimee.galaszewski@marquette.edu

After the loss at home March 9 against Cleveland State, Marquette men’s lacrosse appeared to be in trouble heading into BIG EAST play. That changed Saturday with the Golden Eagles’ crucial 16-13 win against the Michigan Wolverines at Valley Fields.

Michigan scored the first goal, but Marquette picked up momentum with five first-quarter goals.

That success came from Jared Hershman in faceoffs. The junior went 22 for 27 on faceoffs, setting a new Marquette singlegame record for faceoff wins. He also set the single-game record with 21 ground balls. “(Hershman) won us the game,” Marquette head coach Joe Amplo said. “Without him, our defense doesn’t get a chance to rest.”

Redshirt senior Tanner Thomson took advantage of the ample opportunities, tallying five goals.

“Tanner does what he does,” Amplo said. “He just played his role, and it’s his day to be that guy at the end of the rainbow.”

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Jared Hershman pursues the ball with a Michigan defender near him. He set program records for faceoffs won and ground balls in the win.

Hat tricks from Michigan’s Bryce Clay and Avery Myers gave the Wolverines a chance.

Michigan had nine of the last 14 goals in the game.

“If we want to be amongst the nation’s elite, we’ve got to play some good defense against some really good teams,” Amplo said.

“Credit to the Michigan team, but discredit to Marquette’s defense. We have a lot of work to do.”

Defensively, Michigan goalie Tommy Heidt had 12 pivotal saves.

Marquette did enough offensively to withstand the Michigan attack. Junior Peter Henkhaus

and graduate student Andrew Romagnoli earned hat tricks.

Senior John Wagner and junior Ryan Fazio each put up two goals. It was Fazio’s first goal of the season.

“You’re always going to have guys that go off some games,” Thomson said. “You got to feed

off them and give them the ball as much as possible.”

The Golden Eagles (4-3) will travel to Washington D.C. Saturday to face the Georgetown Hoyas in a BIG EAST matchup at 11 a.m. Central Standard Time.

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Ejections doom Golden Eagles in BIG EAST Semifinals Short bench, missed free throws end tournament run

By John Steppe

john.steppe@marquette.edu

NEW YORK — For most of Marquette’s conference semifinal matchup against Seton Hall Friday, it looked like the Golden Eagles had a good chance of heading to their first BIG EAST Championship in the Steve Wojciechowski era.

Then a post-foul skirmish in the second half wildly changed the game, ejecting sophomore center Theo John and redshirt junior guard Sacar Anim and sparking a series of bizarre MU miscues.

Marquette could not hold onto the lead with a short bench, losing 8179 to the Seton Hall Pirates.

“It was the most unusual basketball game I’ve ever been a part of,” Wojciechowski said. “I feel bad for my (team). They’re in (the locker room), and they’re sobbing.

I wish our kids would’ve had a chance to decide the game. And (Seton Hall’s) kids, too.”

The altercation occurred following a layup by Seton Hall star guard Myles Powell at the 13:15 mark in the second half. John, Anim, Seton Hall guard Myles Powell and Seton Hall forward Sandro Mamukelashvili all received technical fouls.

Powell, Seton Hall’s leading scorer, initially appeared to be ejected, but then the Seton Hall staff ran to bring him back to the court when it became clear he was still eligible to play.

“It probably wasn’t communicated clearly to them that his personal foul in the first half is a live ball flagrant foul, which carries a different penalty than the technical foul,” lead official James Breeding said. “Those two together don’t result in an ejection.”

Breeding said he told both benches Powell could play, but the public address announcer made a mistake when announcing it.

Breeding said the technical fouls to Anim and Powell were a result of a “verbal altercation” with each other. The John ejection was a result of making contact with Powell “in a vulnerable position.”

None of the fouls will have any carryover to future games because the officials decided they were not “fightable acts.”

The officials called an abnormal nine technical fouls between Marquette and Seton Hall.

“I would just say that the fouls that were called are fouls we’ve called all year throughout the season,” Breeding said.

The lack of depth was hardly the only issue Marquette experienced

Markus Howard attempts a free throw. Howard went 18 for 24 from the line against Seton Hall on Friday.

Ed Morrow dunks on the Pirates.

Sam Hauser backs down a Pirates defender. Hauser scored 22 points.

Theo John attempts a right hook.

Brendan Bailey jumps for the ball.

Georgia native Sandro Mamukelashvili was ejected from the game.

Guard Joseph Chartouny dribbles against Sandro Mamukelashvili.

against the Pirates.

Marquette initially weathered the Pirates’ attack, but MU’s lack of depth resulted in no field goals in the last 2:40 of the game. The Golden Eagles had only three defensive rebounds in the last eight minutes of the game.

“It was really tough for us not having our two best defenders in the game,” Wojciechowski said.

The Golden Eagles attempted 14 free throws in the final two minutes but could not take advantage. Markus Howard, normally a

90.7-percent shooter from the line, missed four free throws while battling a wrist injury.

“We put ourselves in a position to win,” Wojciechowski said. “We didn’t make some plays.”

Howard shot 1 for 15 and missed the end of the first half with a left wrist injury.

“He was good enough to play,” Wojciechowski said. “Boy, does he take punishment (from defenders), … but we’re just going to have to get him through with all the bumps and bruises that he has, especially

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

over the last few weeks.”

The dramatic ending overshadowed an efficient day from Sam and Joey Hauser. The Hauser duo combined to score 34 of Marquette’s 79 points. They were also the only Marquette players to hit a 3-pointer in the first half.

“Both the Hausers played phenomenal first halves, really, really tough first halves,” Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard said.

The loss marks the fifth time in the last six games that Marquette has blown a second-half lead.

Contrary to standard BIG EAST Tournament protocol, neither locker room was open to media following the game.

Marquette found out it was the fifth seed in the West Region of the NCAA Tournament Sunday evening.

“We have more basketball to play,” Wojciechowski said. “We’re going to the NCAA Tournament.

We have a chance to do some things. … Usually in the NCAA Tournament, they get back to the initial points of emphasis.”