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Volume 96, Number 43
MU tuition now running on ‘E’ University signals shift to donations funding budget By Sarah Hauer sarah.hauer@marquette.edu
Signs around campus last week advertised for “Tuition Runs Out Day,” sponsored by University Advancement. Unfortunately for students, those signs were not signaling it was time to do away with tuition bills, but rather that the collective amount paid by students has now run out and the university is operating on donations and gifts from alumni. The out-of-pocket cost – the cost borne by students – to attend the university covers only 62 percent of the university’s budget. Last year the university received $215.7 million in revenue from tuition and fees after scholarships. The total university operating budget for the year was $355.4 million. The projected numbers for 2012 are similar with a total operating budget of $363.7 million and net tuition revenues of $215.7 million. Filling most of that gap is alumni and donor support. Last year, nearly 27,000 individuals made gifts to the university, totaling more than $54 million. That alumni and donor support accounts for 19 percent of the operating budget. A portion of that alumni and donor support also funds
scholarships granted by the university. In 2011, Marquette gave $91 million in scholarships to students, $16 million of which was funded by alumni and donor support. The other $75 million in tuition discounts was unfunded and came out of the capital budget. Furthermore, in 2011, 96 percent of students received some form of aid from the university. The University Advancement held Tuition Runs Out Day to spread awareness of the university’s financial situation. The office picked a day about 62 percent of the way through the school year to further emphasize the time when tuition stops funding the university. Michael Kelly, an advancement officer in University Advancement, said Tuition Runs Out Day was made to educate students about the finances of the university and to get students talking. The main event was a table in the Alumni Memorial Union for students to write thank-you cards to Marquette donors for their support. Kelly said that 508 students wrote a thank you card. “It was more than we anticipated,” Kelly said. He said the university has not decided how the thank-you cards will be distributed. “They will most likely go to first-time donors,” Kelly said. “We want them to know how much we See Tuition, page 5
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Telling ‘Vagina Monologues’
Photo by Rebecca Rebholz/rebecca.rebholz@marquette.edu
Caitlin Cervenka (standing) was one of 12 performers to re-enact a story during the “The Vagina Monologues.”
Play addresses women’s sexuality, domestic violence By Andrea Anderson andrea.anderson@marquette.edu
Slippery roads, snowy sidewalks and a dip in temperature didn’t slow the production of “The Vagina Monologues” Friday evening in the Alumni Memorial Union Ballrooms, where 12 Marquette women performed scenes from the controversial play and answered questions from a responsive audience following the show.
“The Vagina Monologues,” organized by Empowerment, Marquette’s feminist student organization, have been performed by Marquette students for eight years, although last year marked the first on-campus production since 2007. The show was temporarily banned due to Marquette’s regulations on what is deemed inappropriate or in opposition to the Jesuit university’s mission. Last year, as a compromise, the production was allowed back on campus on the conditions that it had an academic sponsor and an audience response session following the monologues. Roberta Coles, social and cultural sciences department chair, chose to take the job on behalf of her de-
partment for the past two years. Coles said allowing the monologues is a big step for Marquette. “In the last few years, campus administrators have come to realize that these monologues, developed from the experiences of real women, are a powerful and meaningful medium for women of all ages to speak for their own individual rights (as a sexually equal being deserving of respect) as well of those of women worldwide whose wellbeing and value are violated and demeaned on a daily basis,” Coles said in an email. The award-winning play is based See Monologues, page 5
Al McGuire’s son elected to board of trustees Former MU basketball player among four alumni joining administrative body By Erin Caughey erin.caughey@marquette.edu
On March 1, four Marquette alumni were elected to the board of trustees, including Alfred McGuire, son of legendary men’s basketball coach Al McGuire. The additions bring the board’s total membership to 35. McGuire, a ‘73 College of Arts & Sciences graduate, as well as Janis Orlowski, a ‘78 College of Engineering graduate; James Weiss, a ‘68 College
of Arts & Sciences graduate; and Thomas Werner, an ‘86 College of Engineering graduate, join University President the Rev. Scott Pilarz on what he hopes will be a well-rounded university governing body. “With their unique backgrounds, talents and experiences, they will bring valuable perspectives to Marquette’s board of trustees,” Pilarz said in a news release announcing the elections. McGuire played for his father
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while at Marquette, and went on to one season in the NBA playing for the New York Knicks. While at Marquette, he won the Robert L. and William P. McCahill Award for the highest-performing student-athlete senior of the year, and called men’s basketball games for radio and television after graduation. A retired senior vice president of Fidelity Investments, he spent most of his career in sales and recently served as a member of the committee that recently appointed Larry Williams, vice president and director of athletics. Orlowski, who majored in biomedical engineering, has
been involved in different levels of medical education and practices since leaving Marquette. She is currently senior vice president and chief medical officer of MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C. She holds multiple honors and awards and was inducted as a Master in the American College of Physicians in 2007. Weiss is president of his own company, Weiss Capital Management Inc., which he founded in 2002. After graduation, he joined the Army and received a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania in business, Weiss went on to work in multiple investment positions.
He was awarded the National Alumni Service Award from Marquette in 1995 and is currently on the College of Business Administration’s Dean’s Council of Excellence. Werner received an electrical engineering degree from Marquette and went on to become SunPower Corporation’s chief executive in 2003. He has also held several executive management positions within firms dealing with electrical industries. Of the 34 remaining board members, not counting Pilarz, 26 are Marquette graduates and eight were not previously affiliated with the university.
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Business students headed to regional contest in New York. PAGE 3
Changes to district maps could disenfranchise Hispanic voters. PAGE 4
Tuition Runs Out Day left students baffled. PAGE 6