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Volume 96, Number 44
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Simply ‘Jae-mazing:’ Crowder claims crown First Golden Eagle to win Big East’s top individual award By Mark Strotman mark.strotman@marquette.edu
Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics.
Coach Buzz Williams stands with Jae Crowder as he accepts the Big East Player of the Year award in New York.
String of shootings alarms MPS officials Four students dead since November; prompts cry for help By Matt Gozun benjaminmatthew.gozun@marquette.edu
A string of killings involving Milwaukee Public Schools students has the system’s superintendent calling for the community to help combat urban youth violence. Four MPS students have been killed in off-campus shootings in the past few months. The earliest, Dequan Williams, 18, of Lad Lake School was shot on Nov. 30 near the intersection of N. 36th and W. Vliet Streets and died from his wounds a month later. Two Bradley Tech High School students, Eddie Ellis and Roderrick Capehart, both 16, were shot and killed on Jan. 4 and Jan. 24, respectively, in unrelated incidents. Ellis was killed in the 8800 block of N. 95th Street, while Capehart was shot in the 3600 block of N. 19th Street. Most recently, 18-year-old Mark Burt of Banner Preparatory School was shot in the head and killed on Feb. 10 in the 2700 block of S. 12th Street. In a Feb. 25 opinion piece
published in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, MPS Superintendent Gregory Thornton criticized the silence from the community in regard to the killings. “I am outraged because the community is not outraged,” Thornton wrote. “Has everyone simply accepted that this is life in Milwaukee now? No other community in this state would stand so quietly in the face of our grim statistic: four children dead in seven weeks. If four boys had died of the same illness, we would cry out for the vaccine.” According to Thornton, many of the problems affecting students, such as poverty, homelessness, illegal gun ownership and drugs, are felt throughout the city as a whole. Roseann St. Aubin, communications director for MPS, said that these factors have contributed to a sense of “hopelessness” among some students that can sometimes lead to violence. “We see issues come in from the neighborhood continually,” St. Aubin said. “Homicides, gun injuries, robberies, fights – they are seen in areas of the city where poverty is high, where there is high joblessness and other issues that affect our families day to day. We see a level of hopelessness See MPS, page 7
INDEX
DPS REPORTS.....................2 CALENDAR.......................2 VIEWPOINTS.....................8 CLOSER LOOK...................10
STUDY BREAK....................12 SPORTS..........................14 CLASSIFIEDS..................18
Following a Senior Day win over Georgetown in which he finished with 26 points, 14 rebounds and five steals, Jae Crowder said he was “on cloud nine.” But just when he thought his senior season couldn’t get any better, Tuesday afternoon the Big East announced Crowder had been awarded Big East Player of the Year. “I’m past cloud nine,” Crowder said. “I’m any cloud in the sky. I’m on an atmosphere right now.” The 6-foot-6 senior is Marquette’s first recipient of the award since the Golden Eagles moved to the Big East conference in 2006. He finished fifth
in points, seventh in rebounds, second in steals and was one of the most efficient players in the country. Big East Commissioner John Marrinato presented Crowder with the award, noting both his skill and passion on the court. “Adding to all of his production, all of you know he plays with great spirit and enthusiasm,” Marrinato said. “Let me say, you are in great company in winning this award.” Past winners include NBA Hall of Famers Patrick Ewing of Georgetown and St. John’s Chris Mullin. Notre Dame’s Ben Hansbrough won the award last season. Crowder saved his best basketball for the end of the season, averaging 24.6 points 9.1 rebounds and 3.0 steals over his last six games. He was the key ingredient to a Marquette team that won 14 conference games and finished See Crowder, page 16
Romney takes six states Romney narrowly edges Santorum in key state of Ohio By Allison Kruschke allison.kruschke@marquette.edu
The Republican presidential race pressed on this week as voters from 10 states turned out to cast their primary ballots on Super Tuesday. Ohio, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Virginia, Idaho, Alaska, North Dakota, Vermont, Oklahoma and Georgia had delegates up for grabs in Tuesday’s primaries. While former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney grabbed the most, bringing his total to 361, he was in close competition with former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum in key states like Ohio. Romney was victorious in Ohio, Virginia, Alaska, Idaho, and Vermont. He also won handily in Massachusetts. Santorum was able to take Tennessee, Oklahoma and North Dakota, and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich won his first primary since January 21 in Georgia, his home state. Despite Romney coming away from Super Tuesday with the most states and delegates,
Photo by Curtis Compton/Associated Press
Newt Gingrich and wife Callista wave at a Super Tuesday rally in Atlanta.
Santorum kept up with Romney in several races. In Ohio, Romney received 38 percent of the vote to Santorum’s 37 percent. A victory in Ohio is key in the path to nomination. For Romney, the win was a step closer to establishing the “inevitability factor” of being the Republican nominee. Had Santorum taken the state, he could have used the victory to show his viability on the national stage. “If Santorum had taken Ohio, that would’ve shaken things up a lot,” said John McAdams, a Marquette professor of political science. “Romney sort of came from behind in Ohio. They split
states (in terms of percentages) pretty evenly, but not delegates.” Some argue that Romney’s close win in Ohio and other states show his inability to connect with middle class voters, a criticism that has followed Romney throughout the race. “Even in Ohio, where he outspent his opponents by almost 4 to 1, 60 percent of Ohio Republicans wanted somebody else,” said Andy Suchorski, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences and chair of Marquette’s College Democrats. Suchorski
NEWS
NEWS
VIEWPOINTS
Spring Break
Social Media
GAMBLE
Not all students are focusing on partying next week. PAGE 3
Older generation grows more tech-savvy to stay connected. PAGE 5
See Super, page 7
One Milwaukee cabbie stands far above the rest of the pack. PAGE 9