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LEFT BEHIND What happened to Walter Spence?

Former academic adviser physically disciplined student

By Matthew Martinez

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When Brian Gosizk turned his head from the television set, his best friend was gone.

Walter Spence had jumped from his room on the 12th floor of McCormick Hall after pushing out the window screen with the palm of his hand.

He died from his injuries at Milwaukee County General Hospital April 26, 1978 around 1:30 a.m.

Before the fatal fall, Walter had begun playing a song on repeat on his record player. “Leader of the

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Pack” by the Shangri-Las wistfully traveled through the room. Walter told his friends this was the last time he would hear it.

Walter made a long-distance phone call to his hometown of Mystic, Connecticut.

He sat on the window ledge, his feet dangling off. Gosizk asked Walter to get away from the ledge.

Then, when the song

completed, Walter instructed Gosizk and his roommate Patrick McMullen to look at the television set playing in the room. That’s when Walter jumped.

Gosizk was one of Walter’s best friends. The two attended Marquette together, where Walter studied political science with aspirations for law school.

Walter’s suicide didn’t make

sense to his father Melvin Spence. Melvin believed information was being withheld from him. He asked then-Milwaukee County District Attorney Edward Michael McCann to conduct an inquest into Walter’s death, which would determine the cause of the death through court interviews and See LEFT BEHIND pages 2, 3

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Melvin was convinced that foul play had been involved. The district attorney’s office helped arrange the inquest into the matter, McCann said in a recent interview.

“He had just lost his son, and if this inquest could give him some peace of mind, I was going to arrange it,” McCann said.

Craig Heiting, a Marquette Tribune reporter who covered Walter’s death that year, interviewed Melvin for his stories.

“Wally’s dad believed that (Walter) was pushed out (the window), at first,” Heiting said in a recent interview. “I didn’t quite believe that, but what I did believe was that Wally didn’t commit suicide because of him … everybody has disagreements with their parents, but for the most part, I got the feeling that Wally’s family was pretty close.”

There is no evidence in police reports, testimonies or other obtained documents to substantiate the claim that Walter’s death was caused by a push out the window.

Milwaukee Police Department detective Stephen Gnas, who reviewed the incident, said in court he “felt there was no indication of horseplay because … there was no sign of a struggle.”

Gnas added that Walter’s athletic ability would make it unlikely that someone could easily push him out of the window. Walter had wrestled in high school, and he continued his wrestling career at Marquette.

There is evidence, however, that Walter endured physical discipline at the hands of his academic adviser, the Rev. Francis Landwermeyer, S.J., who served as the assistant dean of liberal arts from 1976 to 1978.

Walter came to Marquette, following the footsteps of his older brother, Jeffery Spence, who studied physical therapy. Two years after Jeffery moved from their Connecticut home to Milwau-

Landwermeyer (top right) speaks to a student in his office in 1974. This photo appeared in that year’s Hilltop yearbook. Photo and caption information courtesy of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Marquette University Libraries.

The photos on the front page are courtesy of the Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Marquette University Libraries.

Walter Spence (right) poses for a family portrait during his senior year in high school. Photo and caption information courtesy of Jeffery Spence.

kee for college, Walter decided to do the same.

The brothers were close growing up. They hung out together, studied together and were on the wrestling team together. Jeffery was a good wrestler, but he said his brother Walter was phenomenal.

Walter became a varsity wrestler as a freshman in high school and won a state championship before he graduated.

Their father Melvin was a military man. He served in the United States Navy and tried to pass his strong sense of discipline on to his sons.

Heiting described Melvin as a “very religious” person.

“Wally’s dad was a very gentle, nice man,” Heiting said. “This guy clutched his Bible, a little Bible like maybe 4 inches tall, and held

it in his hand and all during the inquest, he would just rub his thumb back and forth on the front of it, and once in a while open it to look at something inside.”

Jeffery was working hard in the 28-credit PT program, managing to maintain a solid grade point average. Walter, on the other hand, started to fall behind in school. He tried out for the then-Marquette wrestling team without his parents knowing, and made the team.

The demands of wrestling took a toll on Walter’s grades.

That’s when Walter sought academic help from Landwermeyer.

In a recent interview, Jeffery said he knew Landwermeyer as someone who walked around residence halls, offering help to students who needed “parental guidance.”

Landwermeyer visited Jef-

fery at his residence hall room in McCormick during his freshman year in 1974, Jeffery said.

“He said, … ‘I help to counsel guys and keep them on the straight and narrow,’” Jeffery said. “He explained that certain kids needed a parental guidance to buckle down.”

Jeffery, unsettled by the whole situation, said he had no need for that kind of discipline. Landwermeyer told him he would use physical force in potential future meetings with Jeffery.

Walter began attending advising sessions with Landwermeyer during his sophomore year. Landwermeyer had known Walter since midterms in October 1976, during Walter’s freshman year.

The two met regularly, but Walter’s grades did not improve.

Toward the end of his second se-

mester, the inquest showed Walter had one withdrawal, 3 Fs and an incomplete course on his midterm report for the spring semester of 1978.

Jeffery said Walter described to him what happened in advising sessions with Landwermeyer. “‘First, he’ll tell me what I’m doing wrong’,” Jeffery recalled Walter saying. “‘Then, he’ll scold me.’”

When Jeffery asked what Walter meant by “scold” him, Walter said Landwermeyer would twist his arm. Landwermeyer physically disciplined Walter to the point of tears at least once.

The physical discipline — referred to as a “kick … in the butt”

by Landwermeyer during the inquest — was a way to provide Walter with motivation for his studies, the former assistant dean said in court.

Landwermeyer had a strict policy about how he was to be referred to during advising sessions. The following terms were to be used: “sir,” “boss” or “main man.” “(Walter) was a very physically oriented person, anyway, and that seemed to work,” Landwermeyer said in court. “It was never abuse, I assure you of that.”

Corporal punishment, defined as intentional infliction of physical pain as a means of discipline, was not addressed by the Wisconsin State Legislature until 10 years after Walter’s death, when an act was put in place in 1988. It stated that students should not be subjected to corporal punishment by school employees, officials or board members, claiming it was “not a desirable means of discipline.”

The act said prolonged maintenance of physically painful positions was included in the definition of corporal punishment.

Today, the state legislature still has statutes against these forms of corporal punishment.

Still, Walter’s grades failed to improve.

Jeffery said he noticed changes

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If you have a story to share, the managing editor of the Marquette Tribune can be reached at sydney.czyzon@marquette.edu.

Martinez conducted interviews with former District Attorney Edward Michael McCann, former Marquette Tribune reporter Craig Heiting and family member Jeffery Spence for this part of the series. Direct quotes from Landwermeyer or others were taken from obtained documents.

The details, quotes and information used throughout this story were located and cross-checked in a variety of documents to ensure accuracy.

The documents, obtained through a series of open records requests, included a medical examiner’s report, court records and transcripts.

Information from archived Hilltop yearbooks and Tribunes was also used.

Given the nature of this story, the Marquette Wire took an additional step and formed a red team. The purpose of the red team was to have an outside group question and challenge the veracity of the core information gathered by the reporter to ensure all information came from public record and/or from multiple confirming sources. The red team was comprised of the executive director of the Marquette Wire, the managing editor of the Marquette Tribune, the projects editor of the Marquette Wire who reported on the story, director of student media Mark Zoromski, who has nearly 40 years of journalism experience and is a member of the Milwaukee Press Club Hall of Fame, and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dave Umhoefer, who is the director of the O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism at Marquette University.

Visit marquettewire.org to view some of the original key documents used for this story, including the medical examiner’s report and parts of the inquest.

Tuesday, March 26, 2019 in Walter’s behavior when the pair returned to Connecticut to visit family for Easter that year.

“He wasn’t in full control,” Jeffery said. “He started crying and I said, ‘What’s wrong?’ He said, ‘You wouldn’t believe what I’ve had to endure.’”

To this day, Jeffery doesn’t know exactly what his brother meant. He had asked Walter once before if Landwermeyer had ever been inappropriate with him, and Walter responded no.

But something happened. Jeffery described his brother as “depressed.” This was a far cry from the laidback, funny Walter who enrolled at Marquette a couple years prior.

Later that year, Walter’s situation came to a head. On the evening of April 25, 1978, Walter began consuming beer and sandwiches at a Circle Inn on 16th Street with Gosizk.

But Walter soon left to consult with Landwermeyer about transferring to the University of Rhode Island, where Walter hoped to continue wrestling and academics. Walter became very upset when Landwermeyer told him his grades would not be adequate to wrestle at URI. Walter went to his girlfriend’s apartment and rejoined Gosizk around 8 p.m. Gosizk and Walter left the apartment around 10:30 p.m. to return to the Circle Inn for more beer and sandwiches. Walter started drinking heavily.

Gosizk told police that Walter “spoke of taking his life numerous times during the evening.”

Walter wrote a suicide note and gave it to Gosizk.

Gosizk said Walter was known to be a “showboat,” so he considered the note theatrical.

When walking back to McCormick Hall with Gosizk, Walter threw his jacket to the ground, claiming, “I won’t need that anymore.”

He pointed to his room, number 1204, and said he was going to jump out of the window.

He then went up to his room with Gosizk and became despondent, withdrawing and not

listening to anyone.

Soon after, Walter ended his own life.

The suicide note Walter had written was taken and altered by Landwermeyer before it was given to Melvin. The medical examiner’s office said in the inquest the note appeared to be meant for Landwermeyer. The name “Father Landwermeyer” was written clearly on the back of the note, although it appeared slightly misspelled.

Landwermeyer said in court he was making an effort to “mitigate, ameliorate, mollify, modify the feelings” by altering letter before giving it to Melvin. He said the changes he made did not seem like a big deal because Melvin could see the original copy of the note in the medical examiner’s report if he wanted to.

The original suicide note read, “Dear father, You have been very helpful to me and I appreciate it but I still don’t seem (to) follow the right way, so before someone hurts me I’m gonna do it myself.

Love, Wally.”

Landwermeyer’s altered version read, “Dear father, You have been very helpful to me and I appreciate it but I am still not doing right.

My grades are even worse than you know. Please try to understand.

Love, Wally.”

Landwermeyer claimed to have edited out a part of the original note that referenced his grades and his father’s expected disappointment in them, but that text was not in the original note. It only appears in the note edited by Landwermeyer. It is unclear whether Landwermeyer’s name appeared in the altered version of the note.

When asked by Deputy Medical Examiner Warren Hill who Walter’s letter was addressed to, Landwermeyer said, “Of my own knowledge, I can’t say. I have seen a Xerox copy of the note… On one piece of the paper it apparently said ‘Father Landwermeyer,’ and the other side was the note. I would assume, the way it was, that it was for me, but that’s an assumption on my part.”

Jeffery said Landwermeyer had asked him if he should alter the

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suicide note. Jeffery said he was very much against it, claiming that such subterfuge could only lead to more pain and confusion later on.

Landwermeyer acted on it anyway.

Landwermeyer also gained access to Walter’s residence hall room after the death, removing and keeping some of the former student’s personal effects. During the inquest, he specifically said he took a Chicago Bears lighter and an envelope containing documents connected to Walter’s former expulsion from Schroeder Hall as the result of a firecracker incident.

“I kept (Walter’s lighter) as a memento,” Landwermeyer said in court, displaying it to people in the room.

Landwermeyer said Jeffery was with him to help pack things up while he was in Walter’s former residence hall room.

“When I got to the room the next morning, most of the stuff was already packed away in boxes,” Jeffery said. “Some of the stuff was already gone.”

Landwermeyer said he packed Walter’s things in the room to spare the feelings of the family.

“I didn’t think his things should be left there for three or four days, until Jeff got back (from Connecticut),” Landwermeyer said in court.

“I thought it would be kind for the parents if they wouldn’t be put through that.”

Landwermeyer did not return to Marquette the following year, according to an archived Marquette Tribune article. He accepted a

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position as the principal of Jesuit High School in Tampa, Florida in July 1978.

The former Jesuit priest faces more than one credible sexual abuse allegation against a minor likely stemming from his assignments in the 1960s and 1970s, according to a list released by the U.S. Central and Southern Province in December 2018. His assignments included mostly high schools, but also universities and parishes.

Landwermeyer died September 2018 at age 84.

A 1974 Hilltop yearbook entry reflected upon Landwermeyer’s many assignments at educational institutions. The Jesuit served at Marquette from 1973-1978, becoming assistant dean of liberal arts in 1976.

“But as long as he is at Marquette students are his interest and existence,” the page read.

Landwermeyer would walk away from the inquest with no further investigation into these activities.

He would never face charges connected to the physical discipline he administered.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? In next week’s issue of the Marquette Tribune, learn about the role of Marquette and local officials in investigating Walter Spence’s death and the actions of Father Landwermeyer.

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Political open mic addresses criminal justice Marquette students host conversation with local officials

By Sydney Czyzon

sydney.czyzon@marquette.edu

As people gathered in the taproom of MobCraft Beer in Milwaukee, enjoying pizza and drinks, state Rep. Evan Goyke attempted to bring the room back to reality.

It was likely, he said, that a young African-American man in the city was currently coming into police contact.

In fact, from 2011 to 2015, black drivers encountered traffic stops by Milwaukee police at more than six times the rate of their white counterparts, according to a 2018 report by David Abrams, a professor of law, business economics and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania.

“The rules that are being applied and how they’re being applied to him are different than they would be if it were me in this suit and tie standing on the same street corner in the city of Milwaukee,” Goyke said.

His observation was part of a conversation about peace, crime and justice in Milwaukee at a political open mic event, held at 6 p.m. last Thursday, which included a panel, featured speakers and an audience open mic session.

The evening’s discussion was hosted by the Bridge the City podcast along with NEWaukee, a professional agency that facilitates events in the community.

Kyle Hagge and Ben Rangel, both Marquette graduate students and Trinity Fellows, serve as co-creators, executive producers and hosts of Bridge the City. The podcast focuses on a variety of local issues, and it invites individuals to share ideas and potential solutions regarding issues in the city, ranging from police-community relations to education.

Trinity Fellows are part of a 21-month program dedicated to developing urban leaders with a commitment to social justice, according to its website.

“A podcast is something you listen to. You’re on your own. It’s very mobile,” Rangel said. “But we know that you can’t really make huge changes just by listening to things.

You need to act. You need to come to events like these and speak to people who have different opinions than you.”

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett attended the event and provided opening remarks. If Milwaukee is going to be a great city, he said, it is necessary for the community to talk about the challenges it faces.

“I think we’re all mindful of the stories we read about race in Milwaukee, race in Wisconsin, and the differences in treatment for people depending on their race in the law enforcement field (and) in the criminal justice system,” Barrett said.

John Chisholm, the county’s district attorney, addressed the high amount of prosecutorial discretion in the United States.

“The fundamental rule is that your obligation is to seek justice. You’re not just seeking convictions,” Chisholm said. “You’re not looking for a score card — you’re looking to do the right thing on each individual case and, in a broader sense, you’re trying to do the right thing for your community.”

Chisholm discussed Milwaukee’s community prosecution units, which bring together police, city and county attorneys, city health and public works departments, communitybased organizations, and citizens, according to the city’s website.

Chisholm said one of his aspirations is to ensure that people with mental health conditions are kept out of jails and prisons.

The district attorney touched on the state funding process for his office. The state allocates money to district attorney offices based on how many cases are issued by the offices, he said. This could pose a problem if the office attempts to divert people outside of the criminal justice system.

“It’s a crazy formula, and as a consequence, for the last 30 years our office has had to supplement that funding through federal grants and working with community organizations,” Chisholm said, adding that the nonprofit Near West Side has supported the office with funding.

Chisholm said the money saved in Milwaukee by diverting people from the criminal justice system should be given back to the city to tackle local issues, such as more affordable housing and funding for community organizations. This concept is referred to as justice reinvestment.

“If a portion of that (money) were coming back to Milwaukee, we could expand the capacity of this community to solve its own problems,” Chisholm said. “We have to incentivize solving your problems locally and only reserving prison for people that pose an immediate and long-term, persistent danger to the community.”

Reggie Moore, the director of the Office of Violence Prevention, touched on his office’s Blueprint for Peace, which outlines strategies and goals to address and prevent violence in the city. His office gathered community input during the blueprint’s creation process, he said.

“In terms of the road being ahead of us, it’s really about the community holding public officials accountable to say, ‘The community has told us what it wants, are we going to back it with the resources and policies to make it real?’ Because I would argue that it’s perpetuating trauma to ask the community what it wants and not give it to them,” Moore said.

Katie Sanders, the executive director of the organization Safe & Sound, said her organization aims to unite all

residents — especially youth — with law enforcement and community resources to build safe and empowered neighborhoods. Safe & Sound hosts resident meetings, drug disposal opportunities and discussions, among other events.

She brought up the ideas of social cohesion and collective efficacy, which she said relates to whether people know and recognize their neighbors, and whether people feel they can take action when something feels out of place in their neighborhoods.

“If a neighborhood doesn’t have those two components — social cohesion and informal social control, or this idea of collective efficacy — it suffers from a great deal of insecurity,” Sanders said.

Patrick Wolf, a distinguished professor of education policy at the University of Arkansas and featured speaker at the event, discussed the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, which allows parents to apply for their children to attend participating private schools. If students are accepted, the schools they attend will receive state aid to cover the students’ educational expenses.

Wolf talked about his own research, which he said shows that students in the MPCP had less convictions for property crimes, less convictions for drug crimes and a smaller likelihood of being named in paternity suit — which determines the biological father of a child — than their public school counterparts.

“I conclude from all this as an evaluator and social scientist, that

the MPCP appears to be a highly effective anti-crime initiative, and I’ll drink to that,” Wolfe said.

An attendee in the audience yelled out at the end of Wolf’s speech, claiming that it was not right for him to be at the event. The man exited the event before he could expand on his statement.

“It was the first time where I’ve ever been a part of something where that happened,” Hagge said. “I think it means we’re kind of touching on an uncomfortable topic that needs to be addressed … I don’t think you’ve ever made it until you’ve had a heckler.”

Rebecca Dallet, a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, also spoke at the event, and she acknowledged that it can be difficult for judges and justices to discuss policy. She said they can ensure rules are applied fairly, and she subscribed to the ideology that justices should act as umpires calling balls and strikes.

“The reality is, though, by the time a case gets to us as a judge in a trial court — or even more rarely, in front of us on the Supreme Court – most of the subjective decisions have already been made,” Dallet said.

Courts should be more transparent in their functions and processes, she added.

“Our Supreme Court and every court must lean more toward trasnparency,” Dallet said. “Long past are the days when only elites could know and discuss and engage in the issues confronted in our courts.”

Dallet said courts should recognize the importance of implicit bias

training for judges, which she said is required in the state of Wisconsin.

“We as practitioners in the law, we have to decide that we believe that bias has an impact, and we have to make sure that everyone is being treated fairly and impartiality,” Dallet said.

The audience open mic portion of the evening included conversations about prosecution for prostitution, marijuana legalization, the electoral college and unwarranted police stops.

Rangel said the panel, which included Chisholm, Sanders, Moore and Goyke, was more nerve-wracking than serving as the master of ceremonies for the entire event.

“Once you get into the groove of things and sort of just realize you’re having a conversation with them, it’s pretty good,” Rangel said.

Hagge said this event was planned to occur before the upcoming spring election, which will take place April 2.

There will be a few more events in the series on topics such as K-12 education, health care and housing, which will all be hosted by NEWaukee and Bridge the City at various area locations, said Jeremy Fojut, the chief idea officer and co-founder of NEWaukee.

Fojut said in-person experiences at events like these are needed as more and more people become socially isolated.

“It doesn’t matter what side of the aisle you’re on,” Fojut said. “A lot of people like to make a point, but they don’t like to make a difference.”

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Kyle Hagge, a Marquette University graduate student and co-creator and host of Bridge the City podcast, talks on the panel at the political open mic event, where they talked about criminal justice in Milwaukee.

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MUPD blessed with statue from local artist Studio donates art of patron saint of police officers

By Bryan Geenan

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Marquette University Police Department responded to a call on 22nd Street Feb. 2. The call came from Gianfranco Tassara, the owner of Inspired Artisans, a studio that specializes in the design, creation and restoration of custom artwork.

Tassara had received a call from his neighbor that lights were on in the studio.

“We generally turn off the lights when we leave, so I was concerned,” Tassara said.

Tassara was going to go up into the studio to see what was wrong, but thought better of it.

“So, I called Marquette (police) because they are so close,” Tassara said.

The MUPD radius extends to the other side of the street across from Inspired Artisans. Despite the radius, MUPD responded to see if there were any problems.

Police Officer Thomas Wichgers

was one of the respondents. When MUPD arrived, he said the police cleared the building and found the lights were left on.

Afterward, the officers explored the building and got to talking with Tassara about Inspired Artisans business.

“When (Wichgers) was walking out, he saw a statue of St. Michael and he got all excited,” Tassara said. “(Wichgers) says, ‘Did you know St. Michael is the patron saint of the police?’ He pulled out his wallet and he had a medal of St. Michael. I thought ‘Wow, this is unique.’”

Inspired Artisans has worked on sculptures, crosses, fonts, tabernacles, mosaics, murals, stained glass windows and any other religious artwork since 1997. Its artwork is created by in-house and commissioned artists in a variety of media, according to its website. Its commissions can be found across the United States, as well as in Canada, Italy and Ecuador.

The specific saint has significance for many officers, Wichgers said.

“A lot of our guys carry around a medallion of St. Michael or a picture in their wallet or in their pocket as kind of extra protectionaswegooutanddoourjob,” Wichgers said.

“The statue has been there for four or five years as we made another one for a cemetery in New York,” Tassara said. “(MUPD) was nice enough to come here. They were nice to come here even though we are not in their area. So, we wanted to move (the statue) from here to there.”

A few weeks later, Wichgers received an email saying Tassara would like to gift the statue to the department, Wichgers said.

Inspired Artisans and Tassara moved a five-foot, bronze-colored statue of St. Michael into the MUPD March 11. The display was blessed and dedicated March 12 by MUPD chaplain, the Rev. Kent Beausoleil.

“I used the blessing for religious artifacts and/or statues and modified it for the St. Michael statue,” Beausoleil said. “I used that prayer, gathered everyone and blessed the statue with holy water.”

The statue has great significance for the police offers who inhabit the MUPD office, Wichgers said. Beausoleil said the statue is helpful for the officers to pray to the saint.

“As part of (the Catholic) faith tradition, as we believe in the communion of saints, whenever we invoke a prayer to a saint, we feel a con-

nection to them,” Beausoleil said. ”In that prayer, the supernatural, the eternal, the divine and the human are all connected. It gives them a sense of security and what their duty is all about. It’s like having a friend with you when you go out and do your job.”

Wichgers said the direct response from Inspired Artisans was impactful for MUPD and being able to see the appreciation from Tassara was “huge.”

Tassara said he was excited to donate the statue, and he thought the statue might have more meaning at the police department the art studio.

Tassara said he was thankful that MUPD was able to help him despite not being within the patrol boundaries.

“It means a lot that they were able to come,” Tassara said. “It’s a great security. Even though we’re outside of the lines, it’s just great.”

Besides the newest addition to the police department, Inspired Artisans has also contributed elsewhere to the Marquette campus. They worked on the stained glass artwork and altar in The Commons chapel. However, Tassara said his favorite commission at Marquette is the restoration of the Old Brooks mosaic Memorial

on the second floor of the Alumni Memorial Union.

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

After responding to a call at a location outside of its normal patrol radius, MUPD received a statue from the studio owner who placed the phone call.

Alumni remember days spent in McCormick Memories outlive residence hall, celebrate legacy

By Margaret Cahill

margaret.cahill@marquette.edu

Marquette alumni and current students who have lived in McCormick Hall remember their time spent there as the news of the building being demolished in May was announced.

McCormick hall has been unoccupied for this past academic year.

Alumnus Chris Keane, Class of 1989, lived in McCormick as a freshman from 1985-’86 and said he felt sad that McCormick is being demolished.

“Obviously in the refurbishment, I’m sure everyone will love the new building or whatever ends up going in its place,” Keane said. “But for those of us who lived there, it’s kind of sad to see a part of your college memories go away.”

Keane said his son will be attending Marquette next year, but will have a different experience because he will not be able to live in McCormick.

“That’s exciting that he’ll be in a newer building, but it really would’ve been cool if he was living in a building his dad lived in,” Keane said.

Bob Dysart, Class of 1985, lived

in McCormick his freshman year.

“I feel nostalgic but not sad,” Dysart said. “I’ll miss the reminder of my memories there … it was a lot of fun. But I’m not sad.”

Not just alumni are feeling nostalgia as McCormick’s time at Marquette comes to an end. Molly Brown, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration who lived in McCormick last year, said she also feels sad the building will be gone soon.

“I think everyone will miss McCormick,” Brown said. “It was such a social dorm and I feel like even people who didn’t live there have memories from it.”

Riley Knapp, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said living in McCormick was an integral part of her freshman year.

“When I think about such an iconic building being torn down it makes me really sad to think about the generations of people who’ve filtered through that building and met their best friends there,” Knapp said. “Living in McCormick was such an iconic and important experience, and although I’m sad about it coming to an end, I’m honored to have had the chance to live there and be a part of the last group of people to make life-long memories there.”

Lora Strigens, vice president for planning and facility operations, said the Beyond Boundaries Master Plan has always called for the

demolition of McCormick. McCormick will be replaced with a green space until a new building is approved by the Board of Trustees.

“In an ideal scenario, we would typically demolish a building in concert with a new building in its place,” Strigens said in an email.

“However, there are times we choose to demolish independent of a timeline for new construction.

The former Jesuit Residence is one

such recent example.”

Strigens said a great deal of cost-benefit analysis went into this decision.

“As McCormick has continued to age and deferred maintenance costs have continued to accrue, we have continually assessed what the cost/benefit of demolition would be whether part of a new capital project or not,” Strigens said in an email. “Due to the current

construction boom in Milwaukee, costs for demolition work have been more favorable than in recent years.”

Joel Pogodzinski, senior vice president and chief operating officer of the University Leadership Council said the costs of maintaining McCormick were no longer “economically prudent for the university.”

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

McCormick Hall will be demolished in the beginning or middle of May. The residence hall has been on campus for more than 50 years, housing students in its 12-floor cylindrical building.

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Honors program aims to include all students Multiple program options available for those interested

By Emma Tomsich

emma.tomsich@marquette.edu

Amelia Zurcher, director of the University Honors Program at Marquette, said she is working to prevent the stereotype of honors colleges being secluded, exclusive programs meant for only some students.

“I really want to get away from the notion of honors as a closed club or a special group of students, ’cause it’s not really,” Zurcher said. “I really think about honors as a set of of opportunities.”

Zurcher said just like anything at Marquette, there are a multiple ways to get involved with academic opportunities, and the honors program is just one path.

She said honors is accessible for students to pick up if they want, but it is not necessary.

“It’s not like honors is where all of the kids that care about school are all at,” Zurcher said. “It’s just one (program).”

Marquette’s honors program offers two ways for students to participate: core honors and disciplinary honors.

“A lot of people think the honors program is just core honors, but it’s not,” Zurcher said.

Though there are two honors program options, Zurcher said it’s important for students to know they are in the university honor program no matter if they are core honors or disciplinary honors.

Core honors has about 210 freshmen who have the opportunity to live in the honors Living Learning Community and take an honors version of the core curriculum, Zurcher said.

The LLC is an environment for honors students to participate in study groups, collaborate on projects and see familiar faces from class in their residence hall.

Students in the honors program can also have access to honors research fellowships and honors study abroad scholarships, Zurcher said.

Upon being accepted to Marquette, some students may receive an invitation to the core honors program based off of an algorithm created by admissions, Zurcher said.

The algorithm factors in elements such as grade point average and ACT or SAT test scores. Disciplinary honors are based on applications submitted once enrolled and in attendance at Marquette.

“But (ACT or SAT) scores don’t actually predict very much about success in college,” Zurcher said.

To make it fair for students who may not score in the highest percentiles on the ACT or SAT tests, Zurcher said anybody who contacts the university honors program for an application receives one. However an application does not guarantee

acceptance into honors.

The application for the core honors program includes one short essay for applicants to fill out.

Zurcher said courses in the disciplinary honors program differs from regular courses because they are less textbook based and more project based, and have smaller classes and stronger student-faculty relationships.

Disciplinary honors is a program that students enter second semester as a sophomore or as a junior, Zurcher said.

She said the program is called disciplinary honors because it is focused on specific disciplines, or majors.

Currently, the program is open to students majoring in biological sciences, biomedical sciences, nursing, chemistry, exercise physiology, physics, psychology or humanities which include English, history, philosophy, theology and languages.

Zurcher said that a student does not need to be in core honors to join disciplinary honors.

Disciplinary honors is only offered to selected majors, so some students in core honors cannot participate if their major is not a part of the program, Zurcher said. Therefore, only students whose majors are part of the disciplinary honors program can participate in disciplinary honors.

But she said students in core honors are always welcomed to complete an honors project, even if their major is not a part of the disciplinary honors program.

“One thing that was really important to us is having multiple points of access (for the honors program),” Zurcher said. “So let’s say you come into Marquette and you don’t want to do core honors or you don’t know about it or it’s not interesting to you, but then you get here and you’re like ‘Oh I do want to do an honors project.’ So you can still do that even though you don’t do core honors.”

Similarly to core honors, disciplinary honors offers honors fellowships and study abroad scholarships, Zurcher said.

She said students work with faculty mentors and the honors program to finish their disciplinary honors projects.

Kate Gustafson, core honors student and sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she wanted to join the honors program because she took all honors and Advanced Placement courses in high school, and wanted to continue to take challenging courses in a smaller group.

Gustafson is an ambassador of the honors program and said she feels really involved in the program.

As an ambassador, Gustafson said she helps with events like honors orientation and the honor picnic for the honors program. She also recruits prospective students to join. She said she enjoys recruiting students to join a program she is passionate about.

Zurcher said the course-load in the core honors program does not

Photo by Emma Tomsich emma.tomsich@marquette.edu

Amelia Zurcher is the director of the honors program. She is trying to prevent honors program stereotypes.

really differ from course-load outside of the program because the honors students take honors versions of core classes.

For example, instead of taking a regular philosophy course, honors students take honors philosophy.

The main difference between the honors program and the other academic programs is the Living Learning Community in Straz Tower available for only freshman and sophomore honors students to live in.

Honors students live on floors six through 16 in Straz Tower. She said the LLC was created to put academic connection into the residence hall.

Zurcher said the LLC provides a sense of community for students in the Honors Program.

“There’s a lot of ways to create community, but honors is one of them,” Zurcher said. “It’s one sense of community that students get.”

But she said it is not meant to exclude the rest of campus.

“I don’t think that dorm is particularly special,” Zurcher said. “What’s special is you choose to be with other honors students, but it’s not like you get things from that dorm that are extra.”

Straz includes whiteboards, a classroom, a multipurpose room, and private bathrooms.

Zurcher said the LLC is a place for students to participate in community engaged learning, honors research and independent projects.

Zurcher said it’s not required, but it’s pretty popular for students to be a part of the LLC. She said about 70 to 80 percent of first-years and 65 percent of sophomores choose it.

John Austin, core honors student and freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences said after seeing his brother join the honors program at

St. Louis University and live in the honors LLC, he wanted to have a similar college experience.

“So when I came to Marquette, I looked at their honors program and I really liked the LLC,” Austin said.

“I’d say that was probably the main reason (I joined the program).”

Austin said living in the honors LLC has been a great experience so far.

Similarly, William Hitesman, core honors student and freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, said he has enjoyed his experience living in the honors LLC. “I’ve made a lot of friends because the thing we all have in common is that we were all like the nerds in high school,” Hitesman said. “I think that’s kind of a fun thing.”

Hitesman said the support system in the LLC has been great.

“If somebody’s struggling with one thing, they can ask someone for help,” Hitesman said. “It’s been really nice just to work on projects together and help each other out when you need it.”

Even though honors students are all different majors, they have overlapping core classes and honors seminars.

“A lot of students don’t even choose it,” Zurcher said. “A lot (of students) wanted to live in The Commons this year, so our numbers (of students) were a little low.”

Zurcher said she didn’t argue for the honors LLC to be in The Commons because then it would feel exclusive, or like an added perk.

She said the honors students’ accessibility to Sensenbrenner from 7 a.m. to midnight is also not meant to be exclusive and there is nothing special about the building.

Zurcher said honors students can use Sensenbrenner to study anytime

they want.

Zurcher said the one thing about the honors program that may be viewed as a perk is priority class registration.

“The argument for that is honors students tend to double major and minor and go across colleges in higher percentages than non honors students,” Zurcher said. “So it’s harder for them to get the classes they need, so that’s why the provost decided to give students that.” This change was made a year and a half ago.

Honors students have honors advisors and advisors for the college they study in.

Austin said he likes having honors advisors.

“They’ve helped me a ton because I came in as mechanical engineering and then I switched to (mathematics and computer science), so they helped me through that process,” Austin said.

Zurcher said one main way she is working to make the honors program more inclusive is by adding more majors to the disciplinary honors program.

“We’re trying to build programs in environmental science and data science,” Zurcher said.

She said she hopes the environmental science discipline will be launched next academic year.

“We’d love to have a business one.

We’d love to have a communications one. But I’m just saying ‘we’d love,’” Zurcher said. “Right now, we’re just hoping.”

Each college in the university works with Zurcher and decide whether they want their majors to be a part of the honors program. If they do, then they must figure out what the programs would be like.

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MUSG candidates debate for new positions As March 28 nears, tickets share about their platforms

By Molly Glowacki

molly.glowacki@marquette.edu

The Marquette University Student Government presidential debate was an opportunity for students to hear from the two tickets with candidates running for president and executive vice president in the March 28 election. It took place in Johnston Hall March 24 at 3 p.m.

The president and executive vice president are responsible for leading MUSG’s senate, allocating funds to student organizations and representing Marquette students to administration as stated at the beginning of the debate.

On one ticket is presidential candidate Sara Manjee, a junior in the College of Business Administration, who is currently the outreach vice president for MUSG. Running alongside her for executive vice president is Dan Brophy, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, who is the legislative vice president for MUSG. On MUSG’s website, Manjee

and Brophy stated they are running “to listen to, learn from, and acknowledge the stories of every student at Marquette.”

They want to work for a Marquette where student voice drives the mission and future of campus, they said.

On the other ticket is presidential candidate Peter Feider, a student in a five-year program who is president pro tempore for the MUSG senate.

Faezh Dalieh, a student in a fiveyear program is the president of the Muslim Student Association and is running as executive vice president.

“We are committed to promoting equity and respect among students on campus; we will strive to forge relationships between communities and students,” Feider and Dalieh said in their platform on MUSG’s website. “Additionally, we want to expand employment opportunities, particularly experiences similar to the co-op program, for students to each of the colleges.”

In their opening statement, Manjee and Brophy shared their slogan for their campaign: “Let’s get started, together.” They said they wanted to hear the stories and voices of students of color, firstgeneration students and LGBTQ

students that are underrepresented on Marquette’s campus.

“Marquette works better when we work together,” Manjee said.

Feider and Dalieh said they would focus on promoting student employment through co-op programs and internships to give students more experiences for their future careers. They also encouraged more information and outreach to students about resources for mental health at Marquette.

The debate covered a range of issues on Marquette’s campus, such as transparency about student organization funding, sustainability and accessibility for students with disabilities on campus.

All the candidates said they believed communication between MUSG and student organizations could be improved.

Manjee and Brophy said they believed in personal outreach to student organizations and creating a coalition with the organizations to start a conversation about funding.

Feider and Dalieh called for more transparency between MUSG and student organizations, and Dalieh said she felt that clearer communication was needed.

Another commonality between

Photos by Andrew Himmelberg andrew.himmelberg@marquette.edu

MUSG candidates talk of their campaigns and debate in Johnston.

the candidates was their beliefs that MUSG needed to reach out to underrepresented groups and voices on Marquette’s campus.

For the topics of racism and sexbiased discrimination on campus, Feider and Dalieh focused on understanding students’ struggles and experiences and informing students of the many resources on campus.

They also said they believed Marquette could expand their resources in areas, like mental health.

Manjee and Brophy said they desired continuous training for students on both implicit bias and sexbased discrimination.

Miracle Joy Faller, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences who attended the debate, said the

candidates had “heart and passion (for) addressing minorities,” and would be “changing the dynamic” in MUSG. In their closing statement, Feider and Dalieh said they want to build relationships with students if they were elected because as Dalieh said, “Marquette is everyone’s home.”

Manjee and Brophy said they were also committed to connecting with students on campus, and Brophy said the duo would want to “invite students into conversations.”

Voting opens March 28 at midnight and closes at 10 p.m. Marquette students can vote through MUSG’s website.

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New mural will be painted near Dunkin’ Donuts

By Kelli Arseneau

kelli.arseneau@marquette.edu

Last week, Milwaukee Downtown announced that it is seeking an artist to paint an 80-by-50-foot mural at 622 W. Wisconsin Ave., at the corner of James Lovell Street and Wisconsin Avenue.

Known as the Gateway Mural, the project will be created in a partnership between Milwaukee Downtown, Business Improvement District No. 21, the Downtown Placemaking Task Force, City of Milwaukee and Westown Association.

There are 51 BIDs in the city of Milwaukee. Each one takes a portion of property owners’ taxes to put towards improving the area, Stacie Callies, the executive director of Westown, BID No. 5, said.

The mural will be on the westfacing wall of the building, which holds a Dunkin’ Donuts, a laundromat and the Grand Avenue Market.

The Gateway Mural will serve both as an entrance from the west into the heart of downtown Milwaukee and express the new changes occuring in the Westown neighborhood, Callies and Gabriel Yeager, the Downtown Environment Specialist for Milwaukee BID No. 21, said.

Photo courtesy of Milwaukee Downtown, BID No. 21

The corner of James Lovell Street and Wisconsin Avenue will be home to a brand new mural this summer.

“We feel that one, it can become a gateway, (and it) can become this really nice entry point into downtown Milwaukee,” Yeager said. “But two, it’s just this new sense of arrival, like once you see this mural, I think we want it to reflect what’s happening in Westown; there’s a lot of activity… from the (Milwaukee Symphonic Orchestra) project, to the Avenue … to Fiserv Forum. There’s a lot of big projects underway in Westown, and this mural really wants to embody the new energy that we have going, and kind of continue to move that forward.”

Callies expressed similar thoughts.

“It really is the gateway into the downtown, when you’re coming from the west,” Callies said.

“And you know there’s just so much activity and redevelopment going on on West Wisconsin Avenue that this is kind of a great sort of connecting point to that activity.”

Yeager’s position as downtown

environment specialist — a new position that began in May 2018 — involves administrative support for the Downtown Placemaking Task Force, an 18-person volunteer group established in 2017 that works to enhance public spaces in downtown Milwaukee. Since its creation, Yeager has worked with the task force on two other public art installments: the Utility Box Murals — a series of paintings on 10 utility boxes located along Wisconsin Avenue, completed in 2017 — and the Jefferson Street pedestrian tunnel “Migration” mural, completed in November 2018.

Among other projects, the Downtown Placemaking Task Force is also responsible for Sculpture Milwaukee, the now-annual showcase of art along Wisconsin Avenue from June to October.

Callies said Westown Association’s role in the mural’s development includes working with the property owner, Wisconsin Avenue Property LLC, making financial contributions and being

involved with the panel selecting the muralist. Directly east of Marquette’s campus, Westown spans from Interstate 43 on the west to the Milwaukee River on the east, and from St. Paul Avenue on the south and McKinley Avenue on the north. Paired with East Town, which lies between the Milwaukee River on the west and Lake Michigan on the east, the two neighborhoods make up Milwaukee’s downtown.

While the plans for the mural were just announced to the public this week, the Gateway Mural project’s development and fundraising began in January, Yeager said.

Karmen Rosiles, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said that living in Straz Tower, she ventures into downtown Milwaukee to the west of campus “almost every single day.”

Rosiles said she goes to the Dunkin’ Donuts at least once a week, and she thinks the mural will make a good addition to the area.

Photo courtesy of Milwaukee Downtown, BID No. 21

The mural will be painted at 622 W. Wisconsin Ave. and will serve as a gateway entrance from the west side of Milwaukee into downtown Milwaukee.

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“I think it adds a lot of color and just makes the community prettier, like in general … I feel like downtown there isn’t much, unless you go deep into downtown, like art, and I feel like this is just, like, the border,” she said.

Since Milwaukee Downtown’s recent increase of public art projects, interest has been increasing. Yeager said the Utility Box Mural paintings received 15 applicants from around the country, and the Migration Mural doubled that number, with about 30. Since the announcement was made last week, Yeager said Milwaukee Downtown has received about 50 to 75 emails a day from artists expressing interest in the Gateway Mural project.

The Gateway Mural will involve neighborhood engagement, Yeager said. Artist applications are due to Yeager —gyeager@ milwaukeedowntown.com — by April 19, at 5 p.m., and the decision of an artist selection panel that includes members of the Downtown Placemaking Task Force will be announced in May. Muralist applications will include an early concept and proposal that then may be altered by community input, and the mural is then planned to be completed in June, Yeager said.

“Once they select the artist, the artist will be required to do some sort of neighborhood engagement in Westown. And this would really start influencing the answers and what we hear from the neighborhood residents,” Yeager said.

“And residents could include students, employees, visitors and residents — so anyone who works and lives and plays and learns in Westown will be invited to offer some input, and that will start influencing the final design of the mural.”

The Gateway Mural is one of four public space projects in development. The others will likely be announced in May, Yeager said.

“I think that in general, these sort of public art projects are critical to the revitalization process that (is) going on … it creates a positive feeling for people that are coming into downtown,” Callies said.

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Vegan Expo looks to spark discussion about diet Event will feature speakers, cooking demos, raffle prizes

By Grace Schneider

grace.schneider@marquette.edu

On Saturday, MKE Vegan Expo will be hosting their fourth annual exposition, hosted at UW-Milwaukee.

The expo will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the UWMilwaukee Student Union. In its fourth year, the expo aims to raise awareness about the impact that food choice has on animals, human health and the environment.

Rachel Golusinski, founding organizer for the expo, said there will be food vendors, speakers, cooking demos and many free raffle prizes.

MKE Vegan Expo has partnered with the Nutritional Sciences Club at UW-Milwaukee to try to reach a younger audience, Golusinki said.

Golusinski said with the power of social media, the younger generation is more aware of where their food comes from, as well as health issues and the environmental impact that comes from

Photo courtesy of MKE Vegan Expo

The fourth annual MKE Vegan Expo will take place Saturday at UWM.

the choices they make. She also emphasized that social media helps to shed a light on animal rights as a social justice issue. “(The younger generation) seems to be more receptive to changing their lifestyle from the traditional way of eating that most of us were taught,” Golusinski said.

This expo is not just for vegans and vegetarians. In fact, Golusinski said she especially encourages people who are not vegan or vegetarian to check out the event.

“A lot of people are surprised when they realize the variety of foods that vegans eat,” Golusinski said. “As a vegan, I eat a much greater variety of food than before I was vegan. Vegans are such foodies and are very much into experimenting and trying different ethnic foods and cooking that a traditional diet is so boring in comparison and a lot of people don’t realize that.”

Vegans often are asked where they get protein.

“Vegans laugh about it because we know that broccoli and beans and nuts and seeds all have plenty of protein so it’s a non-issue,” Golusinski said.

Caroline Cassidy, a freshman in the College of Nursing, said she plans on attending the expo. She said she finds no issue receiving enough protein from her vegan diet.

Cassidy has been abstaining from meat since she was 12. Five years later, she started her vegan journey. Cassidy did research, watched documentaries and read books. She said her findings about environmental impacts, and animal ethics “rocked her world,” and she officially went vegan on Jan. 1, 2018.

Golusinski said she became vegan after having a similar “ah-ha” moment.

“It took me a long time to make

the connection. I received an email around Thanksgiving and it talked about how turkeys are confined in huge sheds by the thousands — that they have their beaks cut off and their toes cut off and they never see the sun, they never feel the grass on their feet.

Their whole lives are suffering,” Golusinski said. “I then made the connection there that I don’t want to participate in animal suffering.

I don’t want to be a part of this.”

Golusinki said she became vegan about nine years ago, but wishes she had started earlier.

Annie Ernst, a junior in the College of Nursing, became a vegetarian in the seventh grade after reading a book called “Eating Animals,” by Jonathan Safran Foer, which covered factory farming and the transition from family farms to big factory farms.

“Nowadays, big factories have monopolized the (industry) and I realized the magnitude of the negative effects that come from eating meat,” Ernst explained.

Cassidy said the transition from a traditional diet to a plant-based diet can be daunting, but it has a greater purpose.

“It’s not as scary as you think it is,” she said. “There’s a huge

(stigma) about being plantbased … but at the end of the day, you’re making the world a better place.”

Cassidy explained that starting small with “Meatless Mondays” can be much less intimidating and brings down a seventh of an individual’s weekly carbon footprint. Meat production is widely know to emit significant amounts of carbon. “(Veganism) puts purpose in little things — my meals are something that has a purpose to them,” Cassidy said.

Cassidy will be attending the MKE Vegan Expo and said it will be both informative for those who are interested in trying plantbased diets and fun for those who already participate.

The MKE Vegan Expo will facilitate a space for learning and fun among like-minded people, Golusinski said.

Ernst said education about food and its creation and impact on the planet is extremely important.

“Anything that can cover that overarching theme of how your diet affects so much more than some people realize is really important — people just need to be more cognizant of it,” Ernst said.

environment to perform in. “(College Campuses) are full of passionate music fans,” Open Mike Eagle said.

“There’s a level of escapism with college audiences.

They’re really in it.”

Dogbad is not unfamiliar with college audiences, Isaac Repinski, a member of Dogbad, said. Repinski said all five band members met at UW-Milwaukee, some through mutual friends and others through a summer program or on the music scene. He said they officially formed in January 2018, and their first official performance was at Marquette’s 2018 Battle of the Bands.

“It was nerve-wracking,” Repinski said. “It wasn’t our first time ever performing, but it was our first time performing as a group.”

Although they didn’t win, Repinski said they had a lot of fun. Since Battle of the Bands, Dogbad has performed at various bars as well as attic and basement shows and one show in Chicago, Repinksi said.

The audience can expect a mixture of indie rock, funk and surf from Dogbad at Thursday’s event, Repinski said.

Dogbad will mostly be performing original songs, but will add in a few covers.

“The goal is always to get the audience pumped and have fun,” Repinski said.

Samantha Dudgeon, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences, said she likes going to concerts for the environment they produce.

“I like the atmosphere of a lot of people getting together who all like the same music,” Dudgeon said.

While she has not been to the spring concert before, Shahd Sawalhi, a freshman in the College of Engineering, said she enjoyed Marquette’s Homecoming concert this year. She said she liked the school-sponsored concert because it was a fun way to spend time with friends after a stressful week.

A fan of rap herself, Sawalhi said the spring concert sounds like a fun event.

“Rap hypes people up,” Sawalhi said. “Even if the lyrics aren’t great, there’s always a good beat.”

Marquette Radio to host Spring Concert Thursday

Open Mike Eagle, Sammus, Dogbad perform at Annex

By Amanda Parrish

amanda.parrish@marquette.edu

Hip-hop fans can come together at the Union Sports Annex for Marquette’s spring concert, sponsored by Marquette Radio, this Thursday, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Dogbad, a band from UWMilwaukee and 2018 Battle of the Bands participants, will open the show at 7 p.m. They will be followed by Video Dave, an artist from Chicago, Sammus, a rap artist based in Philadelphia, and Open Mike Eagle, a rapper originally from Chicago.

Marquette is Open Mike Eagle’s first stop on his “The Still Can’t Relax” tour, on which he will be joined by Sammus and Video Dave. They will visit 12 cities on his tour, which will run through April 20.

Open Mike Eagle said he was drawn to the performance of hip-hop culture in high school where he began rapping, breakdancing and graffitiing.

Photo courtesy of Marquette Radio

Open Mike Eagle will begin his “The Still Can’t Relax Tour” at Marquette.

He said he became in tune with the hip-hop community in Chicago.

“Chicago made it accessible,” Open Mike Eagle said. “I grew up with rap, but I thought of it as something other people did.”

Open Mike Eagle said he began his career by free-styling, entering rap battles, then creating verses and eventually recording. He said he found hip-hop culture through different crews in Chicago. He said his high school crew went to Promontory Point, a hub for the arts, on the south side of Chicago every Tuesday and Thursday. It was there, he said, that they met Nacrobats, a prominent hip-hop crew.

Open Mike Eagle said his first time in the studio was

with Nacrobats, referring to this as his first big move.

Though an important moment in his career, he said it wasn’t his best work.

“You suck at first,” Open Mike Eagle said.

“Everyone does.”

Open Mike Eagle said it was in college that he began performing shows, which pushed him to write songs. This eventually led him to creating records and projects.

“Touring is the best part, even though traveling can be hard,” Open Mike Eagle said, adding that tours are great for connecting with fans. He said he gets to put names and Twitter handles to faces and it brings him closer to genuine fans.

Open Mike Eagle also said college campuses are a fun

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There are many warning signs that an individual is being trafficked that could be easily overlooked if people aren’t educated about what to look for. Some warning signals include signs of physical abuse, sexualized behavior, signs of gang affiliation or unexplained absences. Although these signs don’t undoubtedly confirm someone is being trafficked, they can be a good indicator, a way to start a conversation or help get the individual in question to safety.

Trafficking often seems like an issue that is really distant, but in fact it is not. It is important to be educated in order to protect ourselves and those around us. Education is the first step in trying to make efforts to

solve the problem of human trafficking in Wisconsin and the U.S. One group on Marquette’s campus that helps bring awareness to human trafficking is the advocacy organization Sold Out. They not only try to spread awareness, but also raise money to give back to survivors of trafficking. Marquette also offers a political science course focused on human trafficking.

It is important for people to be aware of human trafficking at a young age. Many people at Marquette still don’t know much about trafficking which not only puts them at risk, but also affects their ability to help others who may be in danger. The “Marquette bubble” may be a big reason why students feel it is an issue that doesn’t affect them, which is simply not the case. 15%

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Human trafficking education can help bring awareness for victims.

of victims fall between the ages of 18 and 23, according to the Counter Trafficking Data Collaborative.

Marquette should be doing more to help the community and educate students about human trafficking, especially due to the fact that Milwaukee is one of the biggest centers of human trafficking in the country.

Milwaukee is is consistently ranked as one of the top five cities where trafficked adolescents are recovered, according to an article from The Guardian. The university has a responsibility as part of the Milwaukee community to keep students and other individuals safe. Besides the political science class and Sold Out, there aren’t many other advertised opportunities for students to get

involved or informed.

Public forums and information sessions are a simple way in which the university could begin to educate students about human trafficking, specifically in Milwaukee.

The first step to educating students would be increasing opportunities on campus. Increasing visibility is also important. The only way clubs and classes can make a lasting impact is if students know these opportunities exist.

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Broadcast news staff members must be held accountable Jackson Mozena In recent years, the news media has bore witness to a dramatic increase of scrutiny from the general public. In particular, during the current administration, the president of the United States has repeatedly attacked news sources for relaying information, which in the eyes of President Donald Trump, is deliberately misleading and slanderous.

In fact, according to a recent Gallup poll, only 45 percent of Americans as of 2018 possess “a great deal or fair amount of trust in the mass media,” a figure which is considerably larger than 2016, when trust in media reached an all-time low of just 32 percent.

Unfortunately, as a byproduct of the skepticism surrounding news sources in the United States, many citizens have resorted to other methodologies of obtaining information, such as depending on social media sites or fringe

reporting outlets, such as Natural News or Infowars, which often present a sensationalized and unreliable image of world events and mislead the American public.

As a result, now more than ever, it is imperative that major news sources hold their contributors accountable for the messages they present.

Considering traditional news media correspondents are in a unique position to inform the United States citizenry as to the happenings of their country, there has to be an expectation that these individuals will perpetuate information that is accurate and devoid of false or otherwise unsubstantiated information.

In order to create this atmosphere of accountability for reporters, responsibility would fall very directly on the shoulders of their respective news organizations who have an imperative to hold their correspondents accountable for their rhetoric. Specifically, major news outlets should consistently discourage, and potentially punish, reporters in the event that they deliberately pedal a narrative that is not

coherent with reality.

This is not to say that these media sources should bar perspectives that do not align with their own so much as enforce a standard that information presented cannot be divorced from reality, thereby ensuring that the news which the American public receives is factually correct and without analysis that unfairly skews the paradigms of the consumer.

In the event where a reporter violates the standards of journalism, the specific punishment is obviously to be left to the employer of that individual: However, in general, news sources should consider discontinuing the contributor’s specific platform or even potentially firing the reporter for their actions.

Ultimately, news organizations should thoroughly gauge the extent to which the individual in question has perpetuated misleading facts as well as their intent.

It should be further noted this ideology of holding news reporters accountable for their rhetoric is in no way a new practice.

In fact, in one case, anchor

Brian Williams of NBC news gave a largely fabricated account of being in a helicopter that was under enemy fire while reporting the Iraq War during 2003. In response, when Williams’ account was proven to be false in 2015, NBC news completely rebuked the news anchor for his actions, and then further suspended him without pay for several months while considering whether or not to allow Williams to once again work for the outlet.

Eventually, Williams was brought back to NBC after he repeatedly apologized and showed remorse for his false claims. This punishment may have been too light handed for some but, NBC did take an active role in enforcing a standard of truthfulness in their staff and thereby maintaining a greater degree of credibility for the American people.

As of late, another large media outlet, Fox News, had the opportunity to hold one of its contributors accountable for their speech, specifically in the case of anchor Jeanine Pirro who recently questioned the loyalties of

representative Ilhan Omar based solely on the congresswoman’s adherence to the Nation of Islam.

Such comments are clearly unacceptable as apart from the xenophobic nature of such rhetoric, Pirro’s comments are purely speculative with no evidence to substantiate her claim. In response to public outcry, Fox News has chosen not broadcast Pirro’s show in the past two weeks: However, they have yet to announce a punishment for the news anchor.

While Pirro’s comments are not identical in nature to those of Brian Williams, it is clear that in this instance, Pirro abused her position to further an unsubstantiated perspective. In order to maintain the integrity of journalism among popular media sources, it is of the utmost importance that Pirro be held accountable for her actions and requisitely punished for her misleading and unproven comments.

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

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Admissions scandal demands reform Matthew Harte The recent college admissions bribery scandal emphasizes the strong hold wealthy families have on the education system. In the wake of the scandal, Marquette should consider expanding measures to provide opportunities for students of all income levels. This could include removing legacy status in admissions considerations and increasing the number of lowincome student enrollments.

At least 50 people were charged in the college admissions scheme, which was revealed by the Department of Justice March 12.

The scheme involved a network of wealthy parents who paid thousands of dollars to improve their children’s chances of attending elite schools, such as Stanford and Yale, by bribing standardized test administrators, college coaches and administrators.

While it’s unlikely that bribery on this scale is common, the scandal appears to have furthered public distrust in the fairness of college admissions. About 67 percent of registered voters believe the college admission process favors the wealthy and well-connected in an unfair way, according to a recent poll by USA Today and Suffolk University. Additionally, 63 percent of these voters oppose admissions preferences for the children of alumni.

A large number of Marquette students have familial connections to the school, more than 20 percent of Marquette’s current first-year class are legacy students, according to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. At Marquette, legacy status is defined as having a parent or sibling who attended the university. Additionally, Marquette’s Common Data Set, which lists reviewed factors for first-year admissions, includes a consideration for the applicant’s “alumni/ae relation.”

It’s currently unclear how much legacy status improves a Marquette applicant’s likelihood of getting accepted based on the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis’ available online admissions reports.

The applicant’s alumni relations is also not listed as an important or very important application consideration, which is designated for categories like academic GPA and extracurricular activities.

Nonetheless, an applicant’s relation to alumni is a fundamentally unfair admissions consideration and should be removed from application forms. No amount of hard work or studying can give a student legacy status. The children of alumni are also significantly more likely to be wealthy, which led

education writer Richard Kahlenberg of The Atlantic to deem legacy preferences “affirmative action for the rich.”

Research on legacy admissions practices at more selective universities should call the practice into question across all academic institutions. A Harvard University researcher studied 30 highly prestigious universities and found that legacy applicants were more than three times more likely to be accepted than non-legacy students. The research controlled for other factors that may have otherwise explained why legacy applicants were more appealing, such as standardized test scores, high school GPA, athlete status and extracurricular activities.

Aside from removing legacy considerations, Marquette should examine ways to improve the school’s overall economic diversity. The median parent household income level for Marquette students is $124,800, according to research from Harvard’s Opportunity Insights Project. The project’s data indicates that this income level is higher than comparable regional Jesuit institutions, like Loyola University Chicago and Saint Louis University. Additionally, only 2.75 percent of Marquette students came from parents in the bottom 20 percent of the income distribution, compared to 5.5 percent of students from the top 1 percent of the income distribution.

It’s especially crucial for Marquette to recruit more high-achieving students from the lowest income levels because education is often seen as an opportunity equalizer.

Researchers at the National Bureau of Economic Research performed a long-range study using tax data from 1999-2013 comparing college graduates’ earnings in their early 30s to their parents’ household income levels. They found that children from both low-income and high-income families had similar earnings outcomes based on the colleges they attended, showcasing the way students from all economic circumstances can find success through a university education.

By increasing low-income enrollments and removing alumni connections in admissions considerations, Marquette would show a commitment to providing opportunities for students of all backgrounds. This commitment would work toward removing the stigma that the wealthy and powerful have undue influence over the university system.

Matthew Harte is a junior studying political science and economics.

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

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Prominent liberal voices, like Chelsea Clinton, take an a la carte approach to social justice.

Aminah Beg Last week, New York University held a vigil for the New Zealand Christchurch attack, and Hillary Clinton’s daughter Chelsea Clinton attended. A group of frustrated students confronted Clinton for her tweet last month.

Chelsea Clinton condemned Minnesota representative Ilhan Omar after her comments against Israel.

Omar faced backlash after tweeting about the biased support for Israel by American politicians due to donations they receive from AIPAC and other similar organizations. Omar attackers somehow tried to claim that these comments were anti-Semitic.

In reality, there is a clear distinction between attacking Israel for massacring Palestinians every day and criticizing Jews for their religion. Omar was doing the former and in no way was she condemning the Jewish religion, but Chelsea Clinton still used dangerous rhetoric and tweeted, “We should expect all elected officials to not traffic in anti-Semitism.”

They blamed her rhetoric for the horrifying attack on the Muslims at Christchurch. One of the students from the group said, “This right here is the result of a massacre stoked by people like you and the words that you put into the world.”

The words of the grieving NYU students were justified. Even though

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Chelsea Clinton aligns with the Democratic Party, it does not mean whatsoever that her beliefs and actions represent the liberal values that the party seemingly does. Affiliation and allegiance to a political party will typically trump any elected official being truly considerate and having high awareness for certain issues, such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Omar was one to go against the Democratic Party, and she was unjustifiably berated for it.

Chelsea Clinton’s words toward Omar are just one example of how prominent Democratic figures will pick and choose what social justice issues to support based off how much popularity they will gain or the kind of reputation they will have.

Democratic officials especially have a sense of being liberal and standing up for the oppressed when, in actuality, none of them truly have the heightened sense to do so. There is a liberal tendency to pay lip service to ideas and movements just to have a positive image while acting in opposition to their own rhetoric. The majority of Democratic politicians are just business officials for the party and fully intend on maintaining the status quo.

Chelsea Clinton’s own mother Hillary Clinton is prime example of a politician who does this. Nothing she did in her campaign made it believable that she would truly transform the circumstances of the oppressed in this country. She had ample opportunities to have more inclusive stances as a result of the police shootings and the Black Lives Matter movement that were discussed heavily during her campaign.

It is difficult to support an individual who never did anything to address how she would transform black and brown communities. Her economic policies never clearly conveyed how they would affect the lives of poor, working women.

Hillary Clinton also never promoted or completed any sort of action that would make her socially aware of the Muslim community. Her actions and interests are tone-deaf to the circumstances of people’s lives. During her time as Secretary of State, she voted for the

continuation of the Iraq War and also called for aggressive engagement in the Middle East in nations like Libya and Syria. She also has been a firm supporter for Israel, a country that believes it is justified in holding 315 Palestinian children in military detention without charge.

Since Hillary Clinton was not trying to gain support from the Muslim population, it did not matter that she punished Muslims both in this country and abroad. She instead chose political platforms that were easy for her and continued the perpetuation of Democratic values despite them actually hurting various oppressed groups.

Many of the current 2020 Democratic presidential candidates fall into the same category as Hillary Clinton and hold a false reputation of being socially aware of important issues.

Despite seeming very progressive, Beto O’Rourke is another Democratic official who does not actually portray this in his policies. O’Rourke sponsored neither House bill concerning single-payer health care and free college tuition.

His stance on Medicare for All is intentionally very vague, and he chooses politically neutral terms to describe health care policy. He also supports Israel despite the country’s continuance of human rights violations. O’Rourke chooses to use rhetoric that is vague and neutral in order to receive continued support from the Democratic Party.

Although this candidate may seem like a better alternative compared to the current president, they continue to disregard various issues that affect a number of underrepresented groups. Candidates must be called out for picking and choosing when to be politically conscious because otherwise the party’s stagnant status quo will continue. Actions similar to those of the NYU students should be encouraged, so prominent Democrats can be called out for failing to follow through on their significant promises.

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

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Season ends with heartbreak

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Senior guard Natisha Hiedeman drives against Texas A&M defender Kayla Wells at Reed Arena in College Station, Texas. It was Hiedeman’s final game in a Marquette uniform.

Texas A&M spoils Sweet 16 hopes with three in final minute

By Tyler Peters

tyler.peters@marquette.edu

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Despite shooting an impressive 48 percent from the field, No. 5 Marquette women’s basketball fell 78-76 to No. 4 Texas A&M in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Sunday afternoon.

“I am incredibly proud of our team,” head coach Carolyn Kieger said. “This is tough. This senior class has meant so much to our program, myself and our staff. I hate that it had

to end this way for them. We wanted it really, really bad.”

MU will lose seniors Natisha Hiedeman, Allazia Blockton, Amani Wilborn, Danielle King, Erika Davenport and Sandra Dahling next season. Every senior except Dahling scored at least 1,000 career points.

Davenport’s collegiate career had already ended with a season-ending knee injury in BIG EAST play Feb. 23 against Butler.

“I will take my team any day.

I will take these seniors any day,” Kieger said. “I know they are going to do amazing things. They represented Marquette with class, integrity and heart every single day.”

The Golden Eagles finished with a 27-8 record, which set a program record for most wins in a single season.

“I just had a lot of fun at Marquette,” Hiedeman said. “It was a lot more than just basketball here. I got amazing coaches and amazing sisters. Even though (playing at) Marquette is over with, I know that we’re still going to stay together and be the best of friends.”

Marquette had a very productive start to the game. The Golden Eagles scored more points in the first quarter than they did in all of the first half in their game against Rice. However, the Golden Eagles struggled to defend against the Aggies’ size.

Marquette had the lead as late as the 36-second mark in the fourth quarter, but Texas A&M guard Shambria Washington hit a 3-pointer with 23 seconds to give the Aggies a later lead.

“The momentum shift was always back and forth,” Hiedeman said. “We had it going for a little bit, but Texas A&M just came right back with their shots.”

The Golden Eagles had opportunities to tie or take the lead in the final 23 seconds but could not take advantage.

Hiedeman led MU with 18 points on 7-for-17 shooting. Blockton and King followed with 15 points each. “(Hiedeman) is a fighter,” Kieger said. “I thought she played with a lot of heart, a lot of emotion today, and I thought she was locked in mentally.”

Redshirt sophomore Lauren Van Kleunen posted a season-best 14 points.

Sophomore guard Chennedy Carter led Texas A&M with 30

points on 12-for-28 shooting. The Aggies had four other players finish with double-digit point totals as well.

“Carter is a phenomenal player,” Kieger said. “We had trouble shutting them down … (and) stopping (Carter) and her offensive rebounds.”

Defensively, N’dea Jones and Ciera Johnson combined for 25 of the Aggies’ 42 total rebounds. Jones and Johnson also both had doubledoubles on the day.

Looking ahead to next season, Marquette will have eight freshmen join the team.

“We talked in the locker room to the underclassmen to carry the torch on,” Kieger said. “(The seniors) have set the bar. Now it’s up to us to keep working towards it to get this program to where we want it to go.”

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Golden Eagles have no answer for Ja Morant, Racers Projected lottery pick has his way against Marquette

By John Steppe

john.steppe@marquette.edu

HARTFORD, CONN. — As Murray State star Ja Morant posterized Marquette redshirt freshman Joey Hauser, there wasn’t much Marquette head coach Steve Wojciechowski could do aside from shake his head in frustration.

His team couldn’t do much more on the floor either, losing 83-64 after being outscored 41-29 in the second half.

Marquette remained within 10 points for the entire first half, but then the Racers started the second half on a 22-9 run.

“They got a lot of momentum on offense,” junior guard Markus Howard said. “They had some big plays that they made, and it kind of gave them some juice.”

“We just couldn’t find ourselves,” freshman forward Brendan Bailey said. “We couldn’t play the

way we know how to play … it was just one of those days. It just happened to be on the worst day that it could’ve happened.”

Morant was at the heart of Murray State’s offensive attack, scoring 17 points, 16 assists and 11 rebounds.

“You’re talking about an elite, elite decision-maker who’s got elite athleticism,” Wojciechowski said.

“You can run two people at him, you can switch, try to get the ball out of his hands, (but) there’s nothing that we found that could speed him up or shake his decision-making.”

It was the eighth triple-double in NCAA Tournament history and the first one since Golden State Warriors big man Draymond Green recorded a triple-double in 2012 for Michigan State.

As Marquette tried double-teaming Morant early on, the 6-foot-3 guard found teammates wide open with ease.

He only hit two field goals in the first half, yet he scored or assisted on 16 of Murray State’s first 18 points.

For every assist Marquette’s

entire team had, Morant had almost three.

Despite the historic performance, Morant only rated his game play as a 3.5 out of five.

Marquette’s path to March Madness required playing guards like Shamorie Ponds, Myles Powell and Phil Booth, but no guard gave the Golden Eagles the quarrels Morant did Thursday. Bailey attributed it to Morant’s “ability to see the whole floor.”

Howard led MU with 26 points, but he did so on 9-for-27 shooting.

“We had to make Markus Howard’s shots tougher,” Murray State guard Shaq Buchanan said.

Marquette junior forward Sam Hauser was the only other player to score in double figures. No individual Marquette player shot better than 40 percent from the field, and MU shot 32 percent overall. “(We tried to) basically make all their shots tough and not give them any easy, wide-open looks,” Murray State guard Tevin Brown said.

The loss caps a disappointing end to the 2018-‘19 season. After moving up as high as No. 10 in the Associated

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Murray State star Ja Morant and his teammates guard Sacar Anim.

Press Poll, the Golden Eagles lost six of their last seven games.

“I don’t know if we can point to any one thing, but we certainly didn’t play as well at the end of the season as we did for most of it,” Wojciechowski said. “We’ve got to really examine that and figure out why.”

Marquette has lost its two NCAA Tournament games in Wojciechowski’s tenure by a combined 39 points.

The Golden Eagles will only lose one scholarship player — Matt Heldt — to graduation, but Howard may consider a professional career.

“I’m disappointed for my team, especially the seniors, but there’s a lot of lessons that we can learn from this year,” Wojciechowski said.

“It hurts to go out this way, but this isn’t going to be the last time that you’ll see us here,” Bailey said.

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Injured post player acts as coach in NCAA Tourney Davenport motivates teammates from bench against Aggies

By Dan Avington

daniel.avington@marquette.edu

After Erika Davenport went down with an ACL tear against Butler Feb. 22, the senior forward filled a new role for Marquette women’s basketball: player-coach.

“I’m just giving them advice, giving them tips, giving them confidence,” Davenport said.

“Whatever they need, I’ll give it to them, making sure that they understand they deserve to be out there.”

Junior forward Altia Anderson said Davenport’s younger teammates recognize how important Davenport’s observations are.

“Her perspective is amazing because she went from playing high minutes to no minutes,” Anderson said. “So any question I have or any advice I need, I go to her because she will explain it perfectly.”

Redshirt sophomore Lauren Van Kleunen filled Davenport’s spot as the team’s main forward, and Van Kleunen said she has benefited greatly from her coaching.

“It’s very, very helpful just to be able to hear her. She’ll pull me over after a timeout or when I’m

on the bench and give me pointers here and there,” Van Kleunen said. “She’s a different set of eyes that I have, and she’s willing to do that for our team, and that shows the kind of person she is.”

Seniors Amani Wilborn and Danielle King said the advice hits differently when Davenport gives it compared to hearing it from a coach.

“A lot of times you don’t want to hear it from the coaches, but hearing it from your other counterparts, she’s seeing it and she played so she knows what she’s talking about,” King said.

The team has rallied around Davenport since her injury, and players have said multiple times they’re playing these games in honor of her. “(We’re) just letting her know that she’s just as big, if not more, a part of the team as before,” Wilborn said. “We’re still 14 deep, and we’ve got everybody as a team. We’re going to do it for her and it’s just more inspiration.”

Different players have taken different methods to fill the void of their sidelined comrade. Freshman Chloe Marotta has sought to make her presence felt on the boards.

“One of Erika’s biggest things was rebounding,” Marotta said. “Whenever I’m on the court, I make sure that I get after all the boards and grab as many rebounds and add up my

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Senior forward Erika Davenport departs the hotel on the way to Marquette’s 78-76 loss against Texas A&M.

rebounds each game to take from her rebounding.”

Meanwhile, King said she tried to recreate the intensity that Davenport brought. “(I’m) just playing with the fight that Erika had and the tenacity that she brought to the floor, trying to replicate that on the floor night in and night out,” King said.

Van Kleunen said she simply tried to make an impact in any way possible, because that’s what

Davenport did.

“She brought rebounding, energy, everything,” Van Kleunen said. “So anything we can do, diving on those balls, all those hustle plays she does, we do that for her.”

Senior Allazia Blockton takes a much different approach, letting Davenport’s infectious energy pick her up in down times.

“When stuff gets hard, when we lose, and every day when it gets hard, when I feel like I

can’t do anything anymore, (I’m) just thinking about Erika and how hard she works and how much of a competitor she is,” Blockton said.

Davenport said she’s touched by the gesture and support of her team.

“It means a lot. We always talk about how our chemistry is.

They’re going to go out there and play and have my back,” Davenport said.

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Rest of team embraces Howard’s high-volume scoring

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Junior point guard Markus Howard heads to the bench in Marquette’s 86-54 win over St. John’s in the quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Tournament. He had 30 points in 30 minutes.

Thirty-point games become regularity in 2018-‘19 season

By John Steppe

john.steppe@marquette.edu

As Sacar Anim took questions following Marquette’s BIG EAST Tournament win over St. John’s March 14, the striking majority of the questions were not about his 13-point performance or his efficient 5-for-10 shooting.

They were about the guy a couple paces to the right of him in the New York Knicks’ locker room at Madison Square Garden: Markus Howard.

Anim said he doesn’t mind getting the questions about Howard.

“That’s my guy. That’s my guy, so anything for him,” Anim said It became a trend for the Golden Eagles this season. Howard had 10 30-plus point performances in 2018-’19 and scored at least 20 points in 23 of MU’s 34 games.

“I’ve seen it so many times,” Anim said. “I’m almost getting used to it. … This is Markus Howard every day.”

Teammates can sense when he’s having one of those 30-point nights. Junior forward Sam Hauser described it as a certain look in

Howard’s eye that gives it away.

As long as it results in wins, his teammates don’t mind him taking a lot of the shots.

“When he’s got that look, … you kind of just have to let him do his thing,” Sam Hauser said. “He’s capable of doing that stuff on a daily basis.”

“Maybe a shot he’ll make, an extra pass (would have a teammate) open, but then he starts to get it going,” freshman forward Joey Hauser said. “Then you’re like, ‘Just keep going, man. Do your thing. …

If you’re making your shots, we’re 100 percent alright with it.”

Part of the reason for the teammates’ openness to Howard taking over games might be Howard’s teammate-driven mentality.

“If I’m in the zone, I want to try to create for my teammates,” Howard said. “When I get kind of into a rhythm, I want to be sure that I’m not just handling the ball most of the time. I want to be sure that my teammates are feeling like they need to attack as well.”

Sam Hauser said Howard’s scoring helped everyone else on the court. Sam Hauser has more space on the perimeter, Anim has more room to drive and the rest of the team gets catch-andshoot opportunities.

“He creates a lot when he gets

going,” Sam Hauser said. “All the attention gets on him, and he knows when to kick and when to pass.”

Creighton head coach Greg McDermott described Howard’s deep 3-pointers as “circus shots” earlier in the season, since he was hitting low-percentage shots at such a high rate.

One of those circus shots came against Butler Jan. 30. Howard used his well-documented stepback to get about 6 feet of space from Butler defender Nate Fowler and sank a 3-pointer to give MU a 20-point lead in a move straight out of a video game. It left Butler head coach LaVall Jordan in awe.

“Which (stepback three)?” Jordan joked on the following BIG EAST conference call. “He’s had a couple of those.” “(The shot over Fowler) was impressive,” Jordan said. “I think equally or more impressive were some of the shots he hit over our guards. They were draped all over him.”

Some coaches have lost sleep preparing for Howard.

“Watching tape on him, I was having nightmares,” Southern University head coach Sean Woods said in December. “A lot of coaches in the country are going to have nightmares about him.”

“He’s got the ability to make difficult shots. … He hit floaters from all over the court, and most of those were guarded,” Jordan said.

“You’re assuming he’s not going to continue to make those, but against us, he did.”

Jordan said Howard has been a talented scorer in past seasons, but this year, he has expanded his skill set.

“The difference I’ve seen is he’s imposing his will on games,” Jordan said. “That’s different than just scoring points.”

That was on display Jan. 30. It was a four-point game, but then Howard scored 15 points in a sixminute period to build a comfortable lead against the Bulldogs.

Howard described it as following his instinct.

“When you’re feeling like that, you’re definitely going off of your instincts,” Howard said. “Whatever the game presents itself.”

The story of Howard’s prolific scoring doesn’t necessarily have a happy ending, though. Toward the end of the season, Howard struggled to set up his teammates in the same way he did earlier in the year.

Howard recorded 33 turnovers compared to only 25 assists in the last seven games of the season.

He also shot 24 percent from the field in his last two games. In the

process, MU lost six of its last seven games to go from No. 10 in the Associated Press Poll to losing in the first round of March Madness.

Murray State picked up on the trend, pressuring Howard into either a tough shot or a sloppy pass en route to a 19-point blowout in the NCAA Tournament.

Shaq Buchanan was one of the players tasked with stopping Howard in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on March 24 in Hartford, Connecticut.

“Make him work for every bucket,” Buchanan said. “(Other teams) let him get too comfortable.”

Buchanan said Marquette’s reliance on Howard to create all of its offense helped in stopping the 5-foot-11 guard.

Buchanan’s strategy worked incredibly well, allowing a team with fewer household names to limit the Golden Eagles to 32-percent shooting and force one of the country’s top point guards to work for his shots.

In a much smaller locker room than at Madison Square Garden, Buchanan had something to brag about with national reporters lurking.

“Twenty-six points on 27 shot attempts, I did my job,” Buchanan said.

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Accomplished senior class processes end to MU careers Five 1,000-point scorers depart after WBB’s loss at A&M

By Zoe Comerford

isabel.comerford@marquette.edu

In the middle of Sunday’s postgame press conference, Natisha Hiedeman took a long pause, Danielle King put a hand on her shoulder and Hiedeman let tears stream down her face.

That emotion came after a 7876 loss to No. 4-seeded Texas A&M. It ended the seniors’ fouryear careers at Marquette, which included a transformation of Marquette women’s basketball into the upper echelon of collegiate women’s basketball.

“I just had a lot of fun at Marquette. It was way more than just basketball here. I had amazing coaches, and I have my sisters,” Hiedeman said. “Even though Marquette is over with us right now, I know we’re still going to stay together and still going to be the best of friends. I thank Marquette for everything, not only basketball, but for giving me a whole other family.”

Head coach Carolyn Kieger said this group of seniors has a special place in her heart. It’s the first class at Marquette she solely recruited.

“This senior class has meant

so much to us, our program, myself, (and) my staff,” Kieger said.

“I hate that it had to end this way for them, I really do. … They have definitely taken this program farther than we’ve ever been. They’ve set the standard.”

Throughout their four years, Hiedeman and King, alongside Allazia Blockton, Erika Davenport, Amani Wilborn and Sandra Dahling, have proved to be the most accomplished class in program history.

This class finished with one BIG EAST Tournament championship, one outright regular-season BIG EAST title, a combined 24 All-Conference honors, three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, two NCAA Tournament wins and the program’s first ever top-10 rank in the Associated Press Poll.

“We’ve always dreamed of being a top-10 team,” Blockton said. “Becoming a top-10 team was surreal.

For people to consider us a powerhouse, it’s just a dream come true.”

The class also had five 1,000point scorers. “(The seniors) have set the mark,” Kieger said. “Now it’s up to all of us to keep working towards it to get this program where we want to go, and that’s a national contender every year.”

Every single senior said her favorite moment was winning the BIG EAST Tournament at the Al

Photo by Elena Fiegen elena.fiegen@marquette.edu

Marquette seniors were honored Feb. 24 against Xavier in their final game at the Al McGuire Center.

McGuire Center in 2016.

The seniors described their experience with words like exciting, special, thrilling, “swaggy” and a learning experience. Wilborn said Marquette basketball was life-changing.

“We set a goal, and we chased it,” Wilborn said.

Davenport said she’ll miss the program.

“It’s a great program, that’s what I’m going to miss,” Davenport said. “I have great teammates (and) great coaches.”

Now the seniors are hoping the winning culture they created stays at Marquette.

“When we first got here — since we were all young — we were afraid to tell each other the truth,” Blockton

said. “But now I think we’ve grown as players and we’re able to tell each other, ‘Hey, you need to work harder.’”

Underclassmen labeled this group of seniors as fun, energetic, competitive, special and how they are a family. Altia Anderson even commented on how close the group has become because of how much time they spend off the court together.

“We just have to bring that chemistry to the team next year,” junior guard Isabelle Spingola said.

Even playing only one year with the senior class, freshman forward Chloe Marotta has experienced the benefits of playing with the group.

“They’re great leaders on the court and they know a lot about the game,” Marotta said. “They all like

to have fun, but at the same time, they’re very competitive and they work very hard to get there. They bring a ton of energy to the team and without them we wouldn’t know (or) be at all where we are right now.”

Although the senior class won’t be suiting up again the Golden Eagles, the hope is for its legacy to set the precedent for years to come.

“We just talked in the locker room for the underclassmen to carry the torch on,” Kieger said. “(The seniors) made this (organization) a better place and I am so thankful that I was able to coach them and they represent Marquette with class, integrity and heart every single day.”

MEN’S LACROSSE

Romagnoli reunites with longtime friend, Marquette Former outgoing transfer comes back to Amplo’s program

By Dan Avington

daniel.avington@marquette.edu

An alma mater is not the only thing men’s lacrosse players Andrew Romagnoli and Jack Zerrillo share.

Each hail from the Syracuse area.

Both are offensive-minded players who redshirted their freshman years.

The two Marquette men’s lacrosse players have been inseparable for as long as they can remember. Now, they even share a bag for practice every day.

“We’ve been best friends all throughout,” Zerrillo, a redshirt senior, said. “We always played together in high school.”

This season, both players have played a crucial role on the attack for the Golden Eagles.

However, Romagnoli’s path to being an elite Marquette player has been far different from Zerrillo or most lacrosse players. The attackman from East Cazenovia, New York, was on the Marquette roster as a freshman, but he chose to redshirt

the season.

He then transferred to Delaware for his next three years of eligibility.

But for his final season of eligibility, he decided to become a Golden Eagle once again and rejoin his best friend.

“I just picked up where I left off,” Romagnoli said. “I’m real comfortable and everyone was real good to me, so it’s been a smooth transition.”

Head coach Joe Amplo said he and Romagnoli had some very difficult conversations prior to his acceptance to come back to the team.

“We had some really tough, honest conversations about accountability,” Amplo said. “To (Romagnoli’s) credit, he wasn’t afraid to have them.

His parents weren’t afraid to have them and so far … he’s lived up to those expectations.”

Romagnoli, whom teammates refer to as “Romo,” made an immediate impact on the offense upon his return. The 5-foot-11 graduate student is fourth on the team in points and draws a significant amount of attention with the ball in his crosse.

Amplo attributes the seamless transition to his pure skill set and confidence.

“He’s a really good player,”

Amplo said. “He grew into a confident player on some good Delaware teams, and he was a big part of whatever success that program had over the past few years.”

Romagnoli has seen time at both attack and midfield this season. Even though he draws a long-pole defender, he has been more productive as an attackman.

“Tanner (Thomson) played attack the first few games and he moved to middie, which opened things up for me,” Romagnoli said. “We’ve got a lot of weapons, so it’s hard to guard us, which makes it easier for me.”

The versatility of Marquette’s offense makes teams have to pick their poison when guarding them.

“Only so many people get the long pole on them,” Romagnoli said. “You’ve got a guy like (attacker Ryan) Fazio who has a short stick (midfielder guarding him) last week and he was able to expose his matchup.”

Amplo said Romagnoli is a pure scorer, something that isn’t as easy as one might think.

“It’s not just shooting and getting open, it’s all of those things. It’s getting open and having the ability to get to the ball,” Amplo said. “It’s

Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Andrew Romagnoli celebrates with his teammates at Valley Fields.

finishing, it’s finishing under pressure. ... He’s got all of that when the ball winds up in his stick. He’s got a scorer’s mentality.”

Zerrillo and the rest of the offense also recognize Romagnoli’s importance.

“He’s such a good player,” Zerrillo said. “He adds a lot of dynamics to our offense.”

Amplo said Romagnoli’s game has come a long way thanks to his time in Newark.

“If you asked me when he was a freshman if this kid could be a consistent college goal scorer, I would’ve said probably not,” Amplo said. “He has proven me wrong. He knows how to score the ball.”

Another player who has capitalized on the various weapons is, Zerrillo. The redshirt senior plays on the second midfield line and even when he’s not scoring, he plays a key role in facilitating the offense.

For Zerrillo and Romagnoli, it doesn’t get any better than getting to play Division I lacrosse as lifelong best friends.

“It’s been awesome having him back and being able to be on the same field,” Zerrillo said.

“We’ve played together since we were in fifth, sixth grade,” Romagnoli said. “It’s kind of nice reuniting again.”

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Table tennis shows Hauser brothers’ competitiveness Duo plays in first NCAA Tournament together in Hartford

By John Steppe

john.steppe@marquette.edu

HARTFORD, CONN. — In the Hauser household, table tennis supremacy is a touchy issue. Just ask who the winner is.

“Oh, me,” redshirt freshman Joey Hauser said definitively. “(Sam) probably says him, but it’s me.”

Sam and Joey Hauser’s competitiveness goes far beyond basketball or paddle sports. Everything from pool to card games to fights in the driveway is a competition. Junior guard Markus Howard has seen it as a teammate and as someone who has spent some holidays with the Hauser family.

“It’s kind of funny to see how they compete on the court and off the court,” Howard said.

The Hauser brothers can now add playing in March Madness to the list of sibling competitions.

“It’s everything I dreamed about, and I get to do it with the person I dreamed about it with,” Joey Hauser said. “That’s the best part.”

Playing together in a championship environment is far from a new phenomenon for the Hauser brothers. They won two state titles together at Stevens Point Area Senior High School, losing only one regular-season game in two years on the floor together.

Joey Hauser said “a little bit” of the March Madness run feels similar to those state title runs, but the competition is obviously at a much higher level.

“We have played a lot of big college games so far,” Joey Hauser said. “We did a lot of great things in the regular season.”

The Hauser parents might be enjoying it even more than Sam and Joey Hauser.

“My parents love it,” junior forward Sam Hauser said. “It’s a blessing. It’s a pretty special situation.”

Now that Sam and Joey’s older sister has graduated from college, the Hauser parents travel across the country to watch their sons play.

“Once our older sister graduated, they fully committed to Marquette,” Sam Hauser said. “They’re all in. … It gives us an excuse to see each other and spend some time together.”

While Joey said they have not talked much about playing together in an NCAA Tournament game, Sam had some wisdom for his younger brother.

“It’s the NCAA Tournament, but at the same time, it’s just another basketball game,” Sam Hauser said. “It’s how you have to approach it. Obviously there’s going to be a lot of nerves for everyone, but that’s good nerves to have.”

Seton Hall guard Myles Cale defends Marquette junior forward Sam Hauser in the first half of the BIG EAST Tournament semifinals in New York.

Joey Hauser attempts a free throw against Seton Hall in Madison Square Garden. He had 12 points and six rebounds in 25 minutes of play.

Sam had the benefit of already playing in the NCAA Tournament before this year. He was one of three scholarship players still on the team who played in MU’s 2017 March Madness loss to South Carolina in the first round. The junior can still vividly remember details of the loss to South Carolina in Greenville, South Carolina.

“Obviously that wasn’t the outcome we wanted to have,” Sam Hauser said. “It wasn’t very fun.

Hopefully we have a better outcome this time.”

While the Golden Eagles have a much less hostile environment than two years ago, Sam and Joey had plenty of challenges against Murray State March 21, which has one of the most efficient perimeter defenses in the country.

Marquette shot 32 percent from the field and 26 percent from 3-point range. The Hauser brothers combined to shoot 36 percent against the Racers.

“They have a lot of, especially on the perimeter, very active defenders,” Marquette head coach Steve Wojciechowski said. “We have to be strong with the ball. …

If you turn it over against them, you’re probably going to end up on SportsCenter.”

The Hausers’ higher competition allows for a bit of a sibling rivalry in the locker room.

“They’re always arguing at who was better at what when they were little kids,” senior center Matt Heldt said. “They always like to argue about which one is the better Hauser.”

By the end of Wednesday’s locker room press availability, each brother still had a claim for table tennis supremacy.

“I heard Joey wins,” sophomore guard Greg Elliott said. “You better not lie, Sam.” “Lifetime series, I am winning,” Sam Hauser said.

“Recently, I have won,” Joey Hauser said.

“You have won the last two matches,” Sam Hauser said.

Unfortunately for the Golden Eagles, their March run did not last much longer than Joey’s winning streak against his brother.

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