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By Matthew Martinez matthew.martinez@marquette.edu Tape recorder in hand, Melvin Spence walked briskly through Marquette’s campus, stopping to question anyone who knew his son.

“I know why Jesus Christ died,” Melvin repeated to university officials. “I want to know why Wally died.”

Melvin took pictures of the place his son, Walter Spence, fell after jumping from McCormick Hall’s top floor. He photographed his son’s room and roamed through the former residence hall for several hours.

Melvin felt that someone at the university was to blame. He thought the circumstances of his son’s April 1978 death were being hidden from him.

He originally wanted the university to investigate his son’s death. He was prepared to hand over the information he gathered to university officials, who could then turn it over to civil authorities.

But after feeling the university was not thoroughly investigating his son’s death, Melvin informed university officials that he wanted civil authorities to take over the investigation. He believed university officials were complicit in the circumstances of Walter’s death.

Melvin thought the Rev. Francis Landwermeyer, S.J., Walter’s former academic adviser, had thrown out items in Walter’s residence hall room that could prove harmful to the university.

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a memo that Landwermeyer had quickly cleaned clothes left scattered around Walter’s room.

“Why L. involved?” Scott asked in his notes.

Scott wrote other questions down, including inquiries as to why Walter’s residence hall room wasn’t sealed and fingerprints weren’t taken.

Melvin was convinced university officials were involved in a cover-up.

No evidence indicated that Walter was pushed out the window.

The death was ruled a suicide during the medical examiner’s inquest that same month.

“Regardless of who goes to the authorities, the authorities will say ‘OK, we’ll look at it, but unless we come in with new (evidence), we aren’t even going to initiate an investigation looking (into) homicide,’” Scott wrote, referring to words from the university’s legal counsel at the time.

Nonetheless, Melvin persisted in his belief that someone had a role in his son’s death.

Scott and the university’s legal counsel, meanwhile, conducted meetings with Landwermeyer in which the former adviser told them of the physical discipline he used on Walter.

“Think Fr. L is up to his ears,” Scott wrote in a May 11, 1978 handwritten note.

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father of spread eagle, pinch.”

On the same page, Scott wrote, “pinch shoulder.”

Landwermeyer never mentioned the terms “spread eagle” or “pinch” during the medical examiner’s inquest. It is currently unclear what these terms mean.

The priest also detailed interactions with Walter during disciplinary sessions, which Scott referenced in his notes. In one of them, Landwermeyer claimed Walter “gave me a line of bull.”

Landwermeyer proceeded to put Walter in an “arm lever.”

“You must come clean if you lie to me,” Landwermeyer is noted as saying to Walter.

During their last meeting on the evening of Walter’s death, Landwermeyer told Walter to consider ending his relationship with his then-girlfriend Joanne Blake. Walter had visited the wealthy Blake family’s home, and Joanne’s parents did not approve of her relationship with Walter.

“Laborers don’t marry the boss’s daughter,” Landwermeyer is noted as telling Walter shortly before the former student exited his office.

As time went on following the death, university officials strategized behind the scenes on how to interact with Walter’s increasingly frustrated father.

“We know that it was God’s will that our son died, but we also believe that it is also God’s will that the truth of his death be made known to us and it is this truth that we seek,” Melvin wrote in a letter to then-University President John P. Raynor.

Melvin and his wife were returning to Milwaukee for their son Jeffery Spence’s 1978 graduation from Marquette’s physical therapy program. As Raynor prepared for the ceremony, a memo from Scott came across his desk.

The memo advised Raynor that Melvin might approach him at the President’s Reception to confront him about investigating Walter’s death. It included specific instructions for Raynor to tell Melvin that other parents were there to see him, and that any immediate concerns should be directed to Scott. Raynor was instructed to suggest an office meeting for the following Monday if needed.

The memo then instructed Raynor to excuse himself and talk with someone else if Melvin persisted.

Leading up to the graduation ceremony, Scott made attempts to divert Melvin from campus.

“Father Landwermeyer is going to try to persuade the Spences to go visit relatives in Chicago and Detroit until near Commencement, and will enlist the assistance of the older son, Jeff, who is in Eau Claire on his student intern-

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Jeffery Spence (top left), Melvin Spence (top right), Walter Spence (bottom left) and Jean Spence (bottom right) pose for a family photo.

ship, if that is necessary,” Scott wrote in a memo.

Landwermeyer had attended Walter’s funeral in the former student’s hometown of Mystic, Connecticut. Jeffery said the former adviser helped perform the Mass.

According to Scott’s notes, Jeffery approached Landwermeyer while they were in Connecticut for the funeral to tell him the state’s attorney had offered a police investigation if the Spences wanted it. Landwermeyer told Jeffery that a police investigation would be “prolonged” and “unhealthy.” He went on to tell the state’s attorney the same thing, to which the state’s attorney replied he would “try to dissuade” the Spence family from pursuing the police route.

Scott took notes in preparation for the medical examiner’s inquest. His comments appear without much legible context.

“Appropriate Jesuit people should discuss this in a way only Jesuits can do,” Scott wrote.

It is unclear what Scott meant by this comment.

Shortly after the inquest, Landwermeyer moved to his new position at Jesuit High School in Tampa, Florida.

Florida Attorney Adam Horowitz is currently representing a client in a lawsuit against the Society of Jesus. Horowitz’s client, who remains unnamed, attended Jesuit High School and alleges he was sexually abused

by Landwermeyer.

Horowitz specializes in representation for survivors of sexual assault and child molestation, ac-

cording to his website.

“My client was called into Landwermeyer’s office regularly for disciplinary reasons,” Horowitz said in a recent interview. “He was demeaned and embarrassed.

He was forced to pull his pants down and misconduct occurred.”

Horowitz said he could not give out many details in the pre-trial stage of the lawsuit.

Landwermeyer’s court testimony that he physically disciplined Walter at Marquette did not stop him from being assigned by the Society of Jesus to other educational positions.

“In many cases, we did not know that men had harmed children until many years later. Men were given new assignments without any awareness of harm that they had done elsewhere,” the Jesuits’ website said. “In other cases, we did know about the accusations and allowed men to continue in ministry or begin ministry elsewhere. This was a failure on our part for which we are gravely sorry.”

Landwermeyer’s activity at Marquette in the 1970s predated the introduction of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People in 2002, a document implemented by the Society of Jesus to set up protections against clergy abuse. It places the onus on each diocese to have a plan in place to address allegations when they arise.

The former Marquette adviser was included in a list released in December 2018 by the Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus that compiled names of Jesuits

who have one or more credible sexual abuse allegations of a minor against them.

A credible sexual abuse allegation is “one which the provincial believes, with moral certitude, after careful investigation and review by professionals that an incident of sexual abuse of a minor or a vulnerable adult occurred, or probably occurred, with the possibility that it did not occur being highly unlikely,” according to the Jesuits’ website.

When the Marquette Wire reached out to the university in December 2018 for comment on the allegations, spokesperson Chris Stolarski said the university did not have adequate information about Landwermeyer’s allegations at that time and directed questions to the Society of Jesus.

Midwest Jesuit Province spokesperson Therese Meyerhoff said Landwermeyer’s allegations recognized by the province did not stem from his time at Marquette. “(The Walter Spence case) would not have met those criteria (of sexual abuse of a minor),” Meyerhoff said in an email. “Of course, the Jesuits do not condone any physical abuse, whether against a minor or an adult.”

Landwermeyer’s estimated timeframe of abuse was the 1960s and 1970s, according to the list.

When asked if there are any investigations into potential nonsexual physical abuse by Jesuits, Meyerhoff said in an email she is “not aware of any such review.”

Landwermeyer was removed from public ministry by the Jesuits in 2010 after a credible allegation was made against him, and he voluntarily left the priesthood the following year, Meyerhoff said.

According to access policies of the Jesuit archives, the personnel file on Landwermeyer will not be available until 50 years after his death. This would include documents related to Landwermeyer’s various pastoral assignments at parishes and educational institutions.

Ann Knake, an associate archivist for the Society of Jesus, said the restriction on personnel files

is to protect the privacy of the deceased individual, as well as others who may be mentioned in the file.

“For example, a personnel file may contain correspondence with other Jesuits or laypeople who are still living after the individual whose file it is passes away,” Knake said in an email.

This means that internal records on Landwermeyer will not be accessible until the year 2068.

Many of Landwermeyer’s former pastoral assignments have not publicly addressed potential allegations against him. However, the allegations against Landwermeyer do not necessarily stem from his listed assignments, according to the list published by the Society of Jesus.

St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Charleston, South Carolina said all questions regarding Landwermeyer should be directed to the Diocese of Charleston. The diocese has not responded to requests for comment.

Central Catholic High School, Antonian High School, and St. Cecilia Parish in San Antonio, Texas have not responded for requests for comment. Jesuit College Preparatory School in Dallas, Texas, Jesuit High School in Shreverport, Louisiana and Jesuit High School in New Orleans, Louisiana also did not respond to requests for comment.

The Saginaw Diocese released a statement saying it was unaware of allegations stemming from Landwermeyer’s assignment at Nouvel Catholic Central High School in Saginaw, Michigan. The diocese recently added his name to its list of clergy with sexual abuse allegations.

Despite all of Landwermeyer’s cross-country assignments and related abuse accusations, Melvin was left without answers.

Former Marquette Tribune reporter Craig Heiting, who covered the events at the time, recalled the last conversation he had with Melvin. It was outside the courthouse after the inquest into Walter’s death ended.

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Melvin, with tears in his eyes, gave Heiting a big hug and thanked him.

“He said, ‘You’re the only person that’s listened to me — that’s really listened to me — and you’re very helpful,’” Heiting said. “And then I never saw him again.”

Robert Penny, the private investigator hired by Melvin to look into Walter’s death, faced barriers to his investigation by the university.

The university legal counsel advised all university staff to refuse to give information to Penny in a June 1978 memo.

Walter’s friend Brian Gosizk and his roommate Patrick McMullen, who were both in the room when Walter died, were sent letters from Scott telling them to consult him before speaking to Penny.

“You are, of course, at liberty to respond to any one as you think proper,” Scott said in the letters. “We intend only that you be aware of probable continuing inquiries into the circumstances of Wally’s death.”

Melvin was fed up with the situation. He wanted justice.

The father told Penny that after “exhausting all legal avenues, he would nevertheless see that ‘justice was done’ by taking whatever action was necessary himself, regardless of personal consequences.”

Penny relayed this information to Raynor’s office in a Dec. 15, 1978 phone call conversation.

He said Melvin had asked for personal and business addresses of Raynor and Landwermeyer, and Penny warned that Raynor might be in danger.

In Christmas cards to Raynor and Landwermeyer that year, Melvin cited a passage from the Gospel of Matthew in 23:1-12.

The passage describes the hypocrisy of the Pharisees and an emphasis on holding God above

any man, even a priest. The Pharisees were preachers of Judaism in biblical times that Jesus felt were too materialistic and devoid of mercy. Jesus spent considerable time in the Gospels trying to reform hypocritical teachings from the Pharisees.

“Their words are bold, but their deeds are few,” the passage read, referring to the Pharisees. “The bind up heavy loads, hard to carry, to lay on other men’s shoulders.”

Landwermeyer alerted police to inform them about the situation. Public Safety recommended that Raynor attend an upcoming basketball game with a security guard.

One of Raynor’s administrative assistants met with the Department of Public Safety, who then consulted with the Milwaukee Police Department on the matter.

The assistant said Public Safety would be informed about further developments regarding the situation, and any unopened mail from Melvin would be given to Public Safety.

Penny noted in his calls to Raynor’s office that Melvin had never directly threatened to inflict harm to members of Marquette’s administration.

Although Melvin never got closure, Jeffery said his father always kept his faith.

“He still went to church every day,” Jeffery said in a recent interview. “He still cared for the sick and donated to the women’s centers and he cleaned the church for free for many, many years.”

Even when Melvin called the president’s office to arrange a meeting with Raynor after Walter’s death, he clung to his values.

“I don’t seek to scandalize,” Melvin told the president’s office. “I want to do things in a Christian way.”

Walter’s mother Jean struggled with the grief of losing a child in her own way.

When Jean heard news of Walter’s death over the phone, she fainted. Jeffery said she was hospitalized later due to a mental breakdown.

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Dawn Marie Galtieri, one of Walter’s high school friends and a Chicago playwright, is currently working on a stage play based on the events surrounding his death.

She hopes Walter’s story will live on.

In a recent interview, Galtieri said students at the Connecticut high school Walter attended were told that he fell out of a window at a party.

She recalled thinking about Walter in 2015 while living in Chicago, which led her to take a train up to Milwaukee to find out more about what happened.

She reached out to the University Archives for documents related to Walter’s death. While she was on the train to Milwaukee, Galtieri said an archivist emailed her and informed her that Walter’s death was a suicide.

The shock led her on a four-year-long journey to research Walter’s death.

The playwright found as many

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people connected to the case as she could. She used public documents to reconstruct scenes, and she scoured newspapers for developments.

Galtieri said she was surprised by how vividly people remembered the events surrounding Walter’s death. It was “haunting,” she said.

With Landwermeyer’s death in September 2018, some decadesold questions may remain unanswered. Memories of Walter may fade, and his story may begin to slip from public consciousness.

“Some people don’t have the privilege to forget,” Galtieri said.

“They have to keep the memory because they’re protecting it, and they’re protecting it for Wally.”

This is the third and final consecutive installment in the Left Behind series.

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CORRECTION A story titled, “Slamming the door” in last week’s edition of the Marquette Tribune included information about lawyer Alan Eisenberg, and it claimed that he assigned private investigator Robert Penny to Walter Spence’s case. In fact, Eisenberg did not assign Penny to the case and had no direct role in it. The story was updated to reflect this change. The Tribune regrets this error.

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Social determinants affect survivors’ recoveries Physical, mental health affected by trafficking trauma

By Emily Rouse

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Physical and mental wellbeing are often intertwined.

At Marquette University, the value of “cura personalis,” or “care for the whole person,” emphasizes this notion.

Wisconsin had 64 reported cases of human trafficking in 2018, according to the National Human Trafficking Hotline website. With a little over 5,000 cases across 52 states, the 2018 national average per state was about 99 cases.

Not every case is reported, but each one takes both an emotional and physical toll on those affected.

Kim Hernandez, a lecturer in history and comparative ethnic studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, teaches a class on the commodification of women, or the process of treating women as objects to be bought and sold. One of the methods of commodification is human trafficking. She said the recovery process involves responding to both physical and mental health.

“For some (survivors), they have not just possible physical ailments or effects of being trafficked, but they may have mental health issues,” Hernandez said.

“They may have post-traumatic stress syndrome. They maybe developed addiction or alcoholism as one of the means to cope with their situation.”

The background of a survivor can contribute to trafficking susceptibility, Hernandez added.

“People who’ve experienced trauma in their own homes growing up are more likely to be vulnerable to traffickers as they get older,” Hernandez said.

Mindfulness is vital when it comes to treating survivors with a history of physical abuse, as such backgrounds often correlate with human trafficking.

According to a report by the Medical College of Wisconsin and Milwaukee Police Department, 25 percent of people involved in the process of reporting trafficking had previously reported battery to MPD, and 25 percent of people who were believed or confirmed to having been trafficked had reported domestic abuse. “(Human trafficking) is linked to the lack of opportunity, and it’s linked to some of the things that come with that, including the kind of family dynamics and violence that can take place as a result,” Hernandez said. “Then it can become a cycle where children grow up in a household where … their parents were already

affected, and this would then lead to increased vulnerability for this new generation.”

The stigma regarding human trafficking can further complicate the recovery process.

“It can be so stigmatizing especially if it happens to, say a middle-class family that you wouldn’t expect this kind of thing to happen to,” Hernandez said.

“Another part of it that’s stigmatizing is … the fact that (trafficking can be) within a private home, a private household. There’s then an element that then might cause people to feel culpable in some way.”

Though it may not be obvious to the average person, human trafficking is prevalent in the community surrounding Marquette.

From 2013-’16, 340 individuals in Milwaukee were believed or confirmed to have been sex trafficked, according to the report by the MCW and MPD. Of the cases reported, 97 percent of people trafficked were women.

Through a 2011 partnership with MPD and the Milwaukee County district attorney’s office, female survivors of trafficking can take part in the Sisters Program at the Benedict Center. The center resides in the Halyard Park neighborhood on N. Doctor M.L.K. Jr. Drive in Milwaukee.

According to the organization’s website, the Sisters Program is meant to help women rebuild their lives post-trafficking by providing resources, a safe place to stay and a supportive community.

Jeanne Geraci, executive director of the Benedict Center, said the program focuses on women because they are the most targeted demographic of street-based sex trafficking. However, she said the program will help anyone who needs it.

“We don’t want to discriminate between who is deserving and undeserving of help,” Geraci said.

The center also provides counseling in one-on-one settings and in support groups. Geraci said it is crucial to have individuals to help who are educated on trafficking and its effects. The Benedict Center staff is comprised of trained advocates, with some of the women who go through the program remaining involved to provide guidance to new members.

One of the program’s primary missions is to promote an alternative method of following up with survivors of human trafficking.

“We can’t arrest our way out of the problem,” Geraci said.

She added incarceration of survivors is too often society’s first response.

She said she was pleasantly surprised when MPD reached out to offer a partnership. The center has been expanding its network

of partners ever since.

Geraci emphasized the importance of the center’s collaboration with other organizations.

According to the center’s website, its other partners include the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee County Housing Division and the School Sisters of St. Francis.

In January 2018, the MCW received a nearly $350,000 grant for their project called Access to Safe Shelter & Housing for Women in Street-based Sex Work. The 36-month project aims to make access to housing easier for survivors of trafficking because the “inability to access safe housing and shelter increases risk for exposure to poor health and outcomes such as violence and victimization, substance abuse and mental illness.”

“Many people do not realize that women in the street based sex trade are homeless,” Geraci said in an email. “Women identify housing as a priority.”

The first step toward helping survivors recover mentally from trauma is for society to change its mind, Geraci added.

“Many women in the streetbased sex trade are stigmatized and criminalized,” Geraci said in an email. “We need to replace oversimplified narratives with the understanding that each individual has a story and, rather than judging or rescuing, we need to seek to understand and treat each person with dignity and respect.”

The background of each survivor is complex and important — the same can be said about the distinction between prostitution and sex trafficking.

The Legal Information Institute, a nonprofit organization at Cornell Law School, defined sex trafficking as the occurrence “in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion.” On the other hand, it re-

ferred to prostitution as, “the profession of performing sexual acts for money.”

Geraci said she recognizes the importance of this distinction.

“There are different reasons women are in the street-based sex trade,” Geraci said in an email. “Some women are trafficked, others are there for other circumstances. Rather than criminalizing women or determining who is a deserving … survivor … let’s offer support to women regardless.”

In a 2013 report, Covenant House New York, a youth homelessness shelter in New York City, conducted interviews with 174 randomly sampled youths in the shelter’s crisis center and drop-in programs. The report was conducted with assistance from Fordham University. Twelve percent of the subjects were trafficked for sexual exploitation. Of that 12 percent, 36 percent were trafficked by their immediate families and 27 percent were trafficked by boyfriends.

“Young women … end up being pulled into trafficking through a relationship that they make with somebody that they believe, (or) they come to believe, cares for them and loves them,” Hernandez said.

While trafficking can have damaging effects on personal relationships, physical injuries can also be long-lasting.

Angela Rabbitt, a specialist in pediatrics and child advocacy protection services at the MCW and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, said there are important guidelines for the medical care of youth who have been trafficked.

“It’s really important (for) youth who are trafficked … to have a standardized response so providers know what to do,” Rabbitt said. “(Children’s Hospital has) a written protocol that helps providers under-

stand risk factors so they can do appropriate screening.”

The physical injuries that result from trafficking are often violence related, Rabbitt added.

“We see a lot of violence related injuries … (much) like injuries related to sexual assault,” Rabbitt said. “We also see youth who come in with injuries from being beaten by their trafficker.”

Rabbitt said she often sees trafficked youth having high rates of sexually transmitted infections.

She also said she sees evidence of self-harm, such as cutting behaviors or suicide attempts, on these patients.

Rabbitt said staff is trained to ask questions “in a non-leading way about abuse” and to have multiple treatment options — interviewing, medical services, mental health consultation and child advocacy services — accessible to survivors in one place.

She said this accessibility is a key aspect of the recovery process.

The convergence of the various services is important due to the connection between physical and mental well-being, Rabbit said.

“If you look at adults who have been victimized by trafficking, when they’re coming in for medical care, their biggest complaints are chronic pain … and also mental health and addiction recovery services because of the psychological trauma they experienced during their victimization,” Rabbitt said.

Geraci added organizations aiming to support sex trafficking victims should make sure women with lived experience are part of their leadership.

“Let’s change systems so that women have real options to live full, healthy, and happy lives,” Geraci said in an email.

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This story is part of the Blind Spot series that launched in the spring issue of the Marquette Journal.

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Committee begins listening sessions for provost Students, faculty attend meeting, share concerns

By Bryan Geenen

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Recruitment of candidates per the permanent provost search will begin this summer, Lisa Edwards, the director of counselor education and chair of the provost search committee, said.

During the end of October, the search committee hopes to have three to four strong applicants, she said. The search committee will not announce the candidates they gathered this summer because of possible risks regarding the candidate’s current employment, Edwards said.

The Marquette University Provost Search Committee held its first listening session for students and faculty last night in Zilber Hall from 5:30-6:30 p.m. to talk with committee members about the search.

“We do plan to engage a number of constituents in the Marquette community throughout this process so lots of people are able to give their opinion,” Edwards said.

“After the selection process will be the first time the entire Marquette

community becomes aware of the selection.”

The search firm that will help Marquette recruit is Isaacson Miller. According to its website, it is a national executive search firm that is devoted to “recruiting exceptional leaders for mission-driven organizations.”

Some students who attended the listening session said they hoped the provost would look critically at the increase of tuition, diversity on campus and the core curriculum.

Brian Bottei, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, attended the event and discussed the core curriculum. He said the new curriculum, which launched this academic year, can take away what Marquette has to offer.

“With Marquette’s new core curriculum, I see a significantly smaller number of humanities credits being distributed across the board per semester,” Bottei said.

Bottei said the mission of Marquette is to offer students something different than what other universities might.

“There’s something different you can get here and there’s a scary amount of humanities credits not being awarded,” Bottei said. “If I didn’t take those courses, I wouldn’t be here today. I would be a math major

and probably not enjoying myself.”

Carly Ogletree, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, attended the session and said Marquette seemed to have some funds that weren’t going to the best place possible.

“I definitely think there’s a misallocation of funds with things like the Biodiscovery Center (and) Innovation Alley,” Ogletree said. “I mean if there’s anyone here who’s had a class in Lalumiere (Language Hall) or lived in O’Donnell Hall, you know where funds could be going.”

The Biodiscovery Center and Innovation Alley are mentioned in the university’s campus Master Plan with limited details.

Max Buckle, a senior in the College of Business Administration, went to the session and agreed that new buildings shouldn’t take the forefront over the upkeep of older building on campus.

“It doesn’t make sense to me to take time and funds to build a new building rather than keeping up ones that we already have,” Buckle said.

Bottei said the rising tuition can be a big part of students’ decisions whether to return to Marquette and hoped the new provost would consider this.

The committee consists of Monica Adya, chair and professor of

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Brian Bottei (far left) participates in the listening session for provost.

management; Jacki Black, associate director of Hispanic initiatives in the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion; John Borg, chair and professor of mechanical engineering; Suman Chattopadhyay, associate professor of digital media and performing arts and member of the executive committee of the University Academic Senate; Steve Frieder, senior advisor to the president and corporate secretary; Janine Geske, university trustee and retired professor of law and retired justice of the Wisconsin State Supreme Court; Nakia Gordon, associate professor of psychology; Cara Hardin, deputy Title IX coordinator; Allie Hyngstrom, chair and associate professor of physical therapy; Danielle Josetti, executive associate athletics director; Janet Wessel Krejci, dean

of the College of Nursing; Gary Krenz, professor of mathematics, statistics and computer science; and Joe Mueller, associate professor of theology and rector of the Marquette Jesuit Community.

Sara Manjee, a junior in the College of Business Administration and recently elected president for Marquette University Student Government, is also part of the search committee.

“My role is (to) amplify the student voices and experiences and what they want to see in the new provost,” Manjee said.

She said the listening sessions are channeling what students share about their experiences and how that would be reflected in the new provost.

‘White Privilege’ play earns national award Playwright looking for ways to publish her theater piece

By Donna Sarkar

adwitiya.sarkar@marquette.edu

“White Privilege,” a play written by Marquette University junior in the College of Communication Malaina Moore, received the Citizen Artist Award by the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival national selection team last month.

The theater production was previously selected to perform at the Region III Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Madison Jan. 10 and Jan. 11.

The Citizen Artist Fellow Recognition was established in 2016 to celebrate emerging artists across the country who utilize their art form for positive impact on communities, according to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Website.

“Nominations can be made for an artist, teaching artist, social entrepreneur or other individual who embodies community connection, impact and at least one of the ideals attributed to the work and life of John F. Kennedy (service, justice, freedom, courage and gratitude),” the Kennedy Center website said.

“I think this play addresses a very important issue and needs to be seen by a greater audience,” Debra Krajec, director of “White Privilege,” said. “The whole issue of white privilege is very controversial, and most people don’t really know what is meant by it and where that idea has come from.”

Krajec said the play does a good job of explaining it from a person of color’s perspective.

“I know the first time I saw (“White Privilege”) I was kind of shocked because I had no idea (about white privilege), so I do hope there is a life for this play beyond Marquette,” Krajec said.

Moore said she was thrilled to receive news of the award.

“I was super excited when I woke up to the email from (scenic and production designer) Stephen (Hudson-Mairet) and others who sent me texts informing me something good had happened,” Moore said. “I didn’t know much about the award because it wasn’t one I applied for, but from what I have researched, I could not be more happy to be recognized for the activism in my work and that the play is being acknowledged nationally.”

Hudson-Mairet, also an associate professor of digital media and performing arts, said there is a national committee that attends each of the eight regional

festivals and select the awardees for the different categories.

Gregg Henry, artistic director at Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, said there’s no nomination process.

The award recognizes work showcased at regional festivals that stands out as an example of theatre programs taking their civic duty very seriously and ensuring that theatrical production is part of the urgent conversation of this nation.

“Malaina’s play, her actors and creative team, did … and are doing … important work and it’s important that Marquette is congratulated for supporting it,” Henry said.

The award is recognition of the emphasis that Marquette Theatre has in using theatre to address social justice in the community Hudson-Mairet said.

“I could not be prouder of Malaina Moore, all of the students involved in every aspect of the production, and the faculty, alumni, staff and professionals that have supported the development of this play through their artistry and financial support,” Hudson-Mairet said in an email.

He said this award reflects and reinforces the mission of Marquette Theatre, the Phylis Ravel Social Justice fund which supports student work and initiatives that

Photo courtesy of Cambry Getter

Actors in the production of “White Privilege” hug onstage in a scene.

serve social justice themes and Marquette University.

“At this point, Malaina is exploring ways to get the play published and distributed,” HudsonMairet said in an email.

Krajec said Moore is considering some tweaks and hopes to find a publisher. The department has had numerous requests to do the play for other groups, but that has not proved possible at this time due to summer approaching.

Moore said she hopes to continue performing and telling stories.

“I will continue to write, mostly revolving issues of social justice and the experience of minority groups in America,” Moore said. “I’d also love to direct shows, too. Eventually, I want to open a theater company with an education component for inner city kids wherever I end up migrating.”

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Campus Ministry advocates for ablution station Muslim students request AMU ritual cleansing space

By Alex Garner

alexandra.garner@marquette.edu

One of Campus Ministry’s prospective projects is to put an ablution station, which is mainly used for ritual cleansing in religious contexts, in the Alumni Memorial Union second floor, Campus Ministry director Mary Sue Callan-Farley said.

Bernardo Avila-Borunda, assistant director of Campus Ministry for multicultural student ministry, said an ablution station is used for the ritual called “Wudu” in Islam, which requires washing of the head, mouth, nose, arms and feet before formal prayer and reading scripture.

“To facilitate this process, there are Wudu (or ablution) units that significantly reduce the spilling of water, therefore reducing also risk of slipping, and uncomfortable postures for the people that otherwise would do ablutions over a sink,” Avila-Borunda said in an email.

Avila-Borunda said the Muslim prayer space was on the fourth floor before being moved down to the second floor across from the Campus Ministry office.

Campus Ministry is working to accommodate students of all faiths on Marquette University’s campus, Callan-Farley said.

“Conversations about renovating campus ministry’s AMU sacred spaces, including inclusion of ablution stations, are ongoing,” Callan-Farley said. “Campus Ministry will continue to work toward this end.”

Callan-Farley said requests for capital improvement, in this case the installation of an ablution station in the AMU, are considered among many others across the university.

Avila-Borunda said he thinks putting an ablution station in the AMU would be worthwhile for Muslim students.

“I believe (it) is … worth seeing how can we facilitate the prayer rituals that are already established for them, so that they can fulfill their belief duties and their faith traditions,” Avila-Borunda said.

“Even if they are grateful for having the space, part of our belief … (is to) embrace the Jesuit value of the Magis: ‘What is the more that we can do in this situation?’”

Faezh Dalieh, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences and president of the Muslim Student Association, said students feel a little awkward currently washing their feet in the bathroom sinks.

“We have a good sense of humor about it, but (students are) like, ‘We wish there was at least

a little bit more privacy,’” Dalieh said. “It doesn’t even have to be a whole station, but a little bit more privacy.”

Nadia Malik, a junior in the College of Health Sciences and member of MSA, said she thinks putting an ablution station in the AMU is important.

“As Muslims, right before we pray we have to wash ourselves a certain way,” Malik said. “A normal sink is fine, but an ablution station would be a lot easier to do so.”

The Commons has an ablution station located near the multi-faith prayer space on the first floor, which is used by multiple faith groups. This space is not exclusive to Commons residents.

Malik said The Commons’ ablution station is not very accessible.

“It’s kind of an awkward place on campus where not everyone can go to it necessarily, or they don’t even know where it is,” Malik said. “There are graduate students and other non-undergraduate individuals who attend Friday prayers with us. We have to consider these people aren’t familiar with the dorms, and additionally, the Commons is farther from campus, whereas a building like the AMU is more central and a more ideal spot for an ablution station.”

Avila-Borunda said he thinks the university has prioritized other projects over the ablution station.

He said this may be due to cost or need for repairs.

Malik said she thinks the delay in the ablution station implementation is offensive to the Muslim community.

“I don’t want to be too critical, but sometimes I feel that Marquette could play the white savior too much and it gets frustrating, especially when we have voiced concerns multiple times,” Malik said. “The fact that we can’t even properly wash ourselves before prayer, which is something the Islamic and Christian faith share, … makes us feel like ‘another’ or the ‘other.’”

Malik said she has not personally talked to anyone about the ablution station, but she said previous MSA presidents and executive board members have voiced their concerns about having an ablution station.

Chris Stolarski, University Spokesperson, said Campus Ministry continues to have ongoing conversations about updating faith spaces on campus.

“The university is committed to respecting and meeting the unique needs of the different faith traditions of our campus community,” Stolarski said in an email.

Malik said it is unfortunate the university is not more sensitive to the needs of Muslim students.

“I think it’s awesome that we have Mass on Tuesdays at Joan of

Arc and Mass over here on Sunday at Gesu,” Malik said. “But at the same time, it’s like, ‘Okay, we care about the Catholics, we should also care about Muslims.’”

Avila-Borunda said he believes another factor preventing the ablution station from being built are necessary structural changes, such as redirecting pipes and installing sinks and Wudu units. He also said someone likely would need to make a donation to cover the cost of the ablution station.

Dalieh said MSA does not have the funds to install the ablution station because the organization is small in size.

Avila-Borunda said the ablution station would either go in the room currently functioning as a janitorial closet or in the Campus Ministry closet because it would accommodate the space needed and is near the prayer space in the AMU. “If they were to go with the first option, the Campus Ministry closet would become a janitorial closet. This would require them to adapt the wall of the Campus Ministry closet to accommodate piping needed to install water required in a janitorial closet. The second option would be similar,” AvilaBerunda said. “They would need to run water pipes from the bathroom to install the ablution units.”

Malik said she would be satisfied using a renovated janitorial closet for ablution.

“The location, or what the old purpose of the room (was) isn’t necessarily the point,” Malik said.

“The point is for Marquette to live up to its Jesuit word of being a Jesuit institution, and to provide the proper needs to the Muslim students on campus.”

Zoya Shams, a junior in the College of Health Sciences and member of MSA, said she thinks getting a larger prayer space is more important than putting in an ablution station.

“I know a lot of Muslims have trouble with that here, (but) …

I can pray without it,” Shams said. “Every Friday, we have about 25 to 30 people come to prayer and we are cramped when we have to do prayer in the AMU (prayer room).”

Shams said Friday is the largest day of prayer for the Islamic faith.

“Friday prayer is very important for Muslims because Prophet Muhammed, may peace be upon him, has said that Allah has said the best day in the sight of God is Friday,” Malik said. “Fridays are filled with many blessings, and Muslims are to pray and reflect about their Lord as much as possible on Fridays.”

“Every week we get assigned a different space to hold Friday prayer,” Shams said. “I think if we had a bigger space that wasn’t hidden, a lot more people would be aware of the Muslim community.”

Shams said that Friday prayers

are held in different AMU rooms and the Henke Lounge.

She said when prayer is held in the AMU, they perform Wudu in bathroom sinks.

Dalieh said having a larger prayer space is definitely a goal for Muslim students.

“The size (of the current space) is definitely very small,” Dalieh said. “It used to be okay to hold prayers in (the AMU prayer room), but now that the Muslim population is growing on campus, we can no longer fit everybody in there, which is a good problem to have, but also it kind of sucks that we can’t even use our own prayer room to pray anymore on Fridays because we just can’t fit.”

According to the First Year Student Profile Interactive Report, students of “other world religions” make up 4 percent of first year students. This percentage has fluctuated in recent years.

Dalieh said having a larger interfaith space in the AMU would allow the university to accommodate multiple groups rather than just the Muslim community on campus.

“They say that they want to be accommodating to all people of all faiths and all backgrounds, and I understand that it’s going to be kind of a challenge to find us a bigger space,” Dalieh said. “But I also think it’s not impossible if they say they want to prioritize students.”

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

Bernardo Avila-Borunda talks about the ritual space location possibilities in the Alumni Memorial Union.

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Panel hosts experts, human trafficking victim Survivor, activist shares personal story with attendees

By Natallie St. Onge

natallie.stonge@marquette.edu

April Bentley said the grace of God saved her the day she woke up in the middle of a human trafficking ring. It was the beginning of the end of her 19 years in the sex industry.

“One day, my life was flipped upside down,” Bentley said.

Bentley spoke about her story at the “Cookies and Conversations” event in Cudahy Hall Thursday at 7 p.m. Alongside her was Richard Friman, a Marquette professor who studies and researches human trafficking locally and globally, and Melania Klemowits, executive coordinator of Exploit No More, a human trafficking advocacy organization in Milwaukee.

The event was hosted by Sold Out, a Marquette student organization that advocates awareness for human trafficking, and a Marquette student sub-group of Catholic Relief Services, an “organization who works with local, national and international Catholic institutions and structures, as well as other organizations, to assist people on the basis of need, not creed, race or nationality”, according to the Catholic Relief Services website.

“My more recent work has focused more on questions of expanding the box of trafficking,” Friman said. “And that’s partially why we are here. Traditionally the discussion of human trafficking was primarily trafficking of foreign people into different countries, primarily for sex trafficking. Over time, the box has become larger.”

Friman said there has been an increased focus of labor trafficking, as well as looking at domestic trafficking.

“I think it’s easy to think about human trafficking as a far-off issue, but it is an issue here in Milwaukee,” Leah Jackson, a senior in the College of Communication and member of CRS, said. “It’s a privilege for us to get to sit in here and be educated on the issue that is right in our neighborhood.”

Klemowits said Exploit No More focuses on awareness and stopping the problem of trafficking before it begins.

“The uplifting part of trafficking is that when people know what to look for, we can prevent it,” Klemowits said. “By giving people the network, we can step out of it because we can say, ‘We have given you the tools to go and run with this and tell more people about trafficking.’”

Bentley was talked into the life of human trafficking when she was 14 years old by a 25-yearold woman whom she trusted.

Bentley had become distant with her mother after her stepfather left. Bentley said her mother then turned to drugs.

“I was looking for that guidance,” Bentley said. “I was 14, I was smack dab in the middle of adulthood and childhood and from that place, the decisions that I made would follow me for the rest of my life.”

Bentley said she started to skip school and hang out with people who did nothing but “looked fun,” where she met the woman in the house where everyone hung out. The woman would embrace her and tell Bentley to call her “sister.”

“It was the best thing that had ever happened to me because I had never had a sister and she was really pretty,” Bentley said.

“She was like a life-sized Barbie. She was that girl. When we were little all our Barbie dolls were so pretty, so to see one in real life was like, ‘Wow, I want to be like that.’”

Bentley said everything about this woman was “lady.”

“I didn’t have a lot of lady examples in my home, in my family. The women that were in my family were chicks, they were hardcore chicks,” Bentley said.

“I thought this was it for me.”

Bentley started to hang out with the woman regularly, but what Bentley said she didn’t know was that the woman was fishing for information about Bentley and her family situation.

After about three months of hanging out with her, Bentley said the woman knew how vulnerable she was.

“She did the whole ‘gotcha’ kind of deal,” Bentley said.

One day, Bentley said she walked into the woman’s house and saw that the woman was crying on the floor about how she was going to lose her house and did not have enough money to pay for things. Bentley wanted to help, but at 14, she did not know how much she could do besides steal food from her mother’s home and give it to the woman.

But the woman had a different idea.

“She said, ‘You know the guy up the street who I go make breakfast for sometimes?’ And I said, ‘Yeah,’ and she said, ‘If you go and make breakfast, he’ll pay you $200,’” Bentley said.

Bentley thought it was a lot of money to make breakfast, just cooking eggs and bacon. She thought it was the only thing she had to do because that’s what the woman told her. Though Bentley said she felt uneasy, she went along with it.

Photo by Claire Gallagher claire.gallagher@marquette.edu

From left: Richard Friman, Malaina Klemowits and April Bentley discuss human trafficking in Milwaukee.

“The woman said, ‘You trust me, don’t you?’ and I think those words … something just sat in me that said, ‘She had never given me a reason not to trust her,’” Bentley said.

After the woman dressed Bentley up in a miniskirt and red heels, the woman led her down the street to the house of a 45-year-old man.

Nothing that Bentley did to try to escape the situation, like crying and freezing in place, worked.

The man paid Bentley the $200.

Bentley gave the woman the money when she was finally allowed to go and told the woman everything that happened, who then told Bentley that “it would never happen again.”

“Speeding up, I lived 19 years in the place called ‘Out of my Mind.’ Nobody could do it in their sane mind, and if they tell you they’re doing it in their sane mind, they’re lying,” Bentley said.

Bentley said the Lord began to develop her and grow her.

“I was 14 for 19 years. Though I looked and had the experience and did a whole lot, I was still only a kid. I had no knowledge because I dropped out of high school – I had no knowledge about how things worked in the real world,” Bentley said.

“But what I did do was I trusted God that we serve today to grow me up.”

Bentley, now married and with a son, is the founder of R.U.B.I.E.S., a corporation she started in 2016 to respond to the cry in the community to save girls

from being targeted for sex trafficking in the Milwaukee County area, according to its website.

“R.U.B.I.E.S.’ mission is to reach at-risk girls through education and mentoring to prevent them from becoming victims of abuse sex trafficking while restoring those who have been affected by this trauma,” the site said.

Molly O’Malley, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences, attended the event to learn more about the issue of

sex trafficking.

“I learned a lot about how human trafficking relates to Milwaukee and how it’s an issue a lot closer to home,” O’Malley said.

“My goal is to connect and to continue growing so our girls in our communities are safe and that it is okay to be free, to be liberated, to be you without being a target, without being a victim,” Bentley said.

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Record Store Day brings special deals to Milwaukee

Photo by Ricky Labrada ricardo.labrada@marquette.edu

Record Store Day has been around for more than a decade and is celebrated in several different countries around the world. Many deals and releases each year are unique to each region.

Acme, The Exclusive Company, Rush Mor will all participate

By Amanda Parrish

amanda.parrish@marquette.edu

While streaming services like Spotify may seem to have taken over the music listening experience, vinyl still has its hold on music lovers of all ages.

Vinyl fans can join venues throughout Milwaukee to help celebrate independent record shops as part of Record Store Day, this Saturday. Celebrations begin at various times depending on store hours.

Record Store Day made its debut April 19, 2008 after its conception in 2007, according the event’s website. Record stores all over the world offer special record releases, sales, DJs, live music and other festivities to celebrate the culture of record stores and their surrounding communities.

Since Jesse Hughes of the band Eagles of Death Metal declared himself Record Store Day Ambassador in 2009, a new artist dons the title each year.

Ambassadors have included Ozzy Osbourne, Jack White, Dave Grohl, Metallica and this year’s ambassador, Pearl Jam. Those looking to celebrate Record Store Day in Milwaukee can visit Rush Mor Records, Bullseye Records, Acme Records, Off the Beaten Path and The Exclusive Company, located in different areas of the city. Each store will have a variety of special offers, events and entertainment.

Acme Records, located in Bay View, will have food, drinks, DJs and live music Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. Entertainment will include artists STEVE, Rexx, Dire Wolves, Elkhorn, Ghost Cuts and Scrimshaw.

The Farwell Street location of the Exclusive Company has been participating in Record Store Day for several years and will celebrate on both Saturday and Sunday, assistant manager Jackie Howell said. One of seven Exclusive Company locations, she said the store will offer various sales on new and used vinyl, electronics, DVDs, BluRays and more both days.

Food and coffee will be provided for customers by Fuel Cafe outside of The Exclusive

Company on Saturday. DJ Von Munz will perform at 7 a.m. followed by DJ JW at 10 a.m. and DJ Avets at 1 p.m. Live music will begin at 5 p.m. with Caley Conway and continue with Saebra & Carlyle at 6 p.m. and Surgeons in Heat at 7 p.m. Additionally, customers can purchase $1 raffle tickets for the chance to win a turntable. All proceeds from the raffle will go to Planned Parenthood.

Howell said Record Store Day is curated through all of the record labels, adding that any store that buys through the labels and their distributors can ask to participate. She said The Exclusive company works with labels like EMI, BMG, Universal and their sub labels, as well as nine indie distributors.

Howell said the majority of The Exclusive Company’s inventory is new vinyl. She said the store has roughly 3,000 pieces of used vinyl and 15,000 pieces of new vinyl.

Howell said Record Store Day is a good opportunity to get new people into the store. She said it gives customers a chance to get to know the store’s environment and atmosphere and possibly become regulars.

“(Our regulars) get all excited for Record Store Day, number one, because of the releases, but also because they’re just happy to celebrate us being here,” Howell said, adding that The Exclusive Company has a lot of customers that come for new releases every Friday.

She said Record Store Day is always a busy weekend, making six to eight week’s worth of sales in one day.

“It’s a steady stream of customers all the way to the back of the store for the whole time we’re here,” Howell said.

Meghan Higgins, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she started listening to vinyl a year ago after coming across records at a rummage sale. Higgins said she likes vintage things in general, and vinyl was another way to explore that interest.

“I like the process (of listening to vinyl),” Higgins said.

“It makes listening to music an event.”

Higgins said she gets most of her records from rummage sales, so a majority of her records are albums that were originally vinyl. She particularly has a lot of Beatles records. Higgins said

she had not heard of Record Store Day before, but is excited Milwaukee is participating in the day.

While Kristen Coughlan, a freshman in the College of Health Sciences, does not own a record player, she said she likes the unique sound of vinyl.

“A guy on my floor has a record player and I always want to go in and listen,” Coughlan said.

Coughlan said she likes how reminiscent the vintage style of vinyl is and that music in general is important to her.

“I couldn’t live life without music. It’s so comforting,” Coughlan said.

Noelle Wills, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she is trying to grow her small record collection at home.

“It’s fun to look for new records,” Wills said. “It’s like a treasure hunt.”

Wills said she could not imagine life without music.

“Listening to vinyl is a whole experience,” Howell said. “(Celebrating vinyl) is important because it is a timeless way to enjoy music, and everyone enjoys music.”

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HYPE MU will perform spring showcase Friday Dance team’s hip-hopthemed show is free at Weasler Auditorium

By Grace Schneider

grace.schneider@marquette.edu

Marquette’s HYPE dance team is hosting its free spring hip-hop showcase Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Weasler Auditorium, which will feature hiphop groups from the area in this biannual performance.

Anastasia Cokinos, a freshman in the College of Education, said HYPE Marquette will be performing four sets, with two or three dances in each set.

Manuela Chaves, co-director of HYPE Marquette and a junior in the College of Business Administration, said HYPE Marquette was given its name in 2001 by John Cunningham. It originally stood for Hot Young Professional Entertainment, but Chaves said, “We just tell people … it’s HYPE because we’re hyped.”

HYPE has been practicing since the second week of the semester for this showcase, Chaves said.

Sofia Manglano, a sophomore

in the College of Communication, said she loves seeing all of the hard work come together.

“Being onstage with my team (is my favorite part) … It’s so much fun to hype each other up when we’re dancing and have that energy and vibe with each other,” Manglano said. “We’ve worked so hard this whole semester, so it’s such a release of excitement and it’s such a blast being on stage with my HYPE family members.”

Manglano said she has been dancing since she was a child.

“I started (dancing) when I was 3, just like any other girl, just doing ballet, and then I guess I loved it so much I kept doing it,” she said.

Manglano started dancing with HYPE her first semester of her freshman year. HYPE was her introduction to true hip-hop, and she said she loves it.

While HYPE has several experienced dancers, a dancing background is not a requirement for those interested in joining HYPE. “I actually didn’t really dance before coming to Marquette,” Chaves said. “I did dance in elementary school for two years and hip-hop was my favorite.”

Chaves found out about HYPE

Marquette at O-Fest, the semesterly organization fest and community service fair where students can learn about and sign up for extracurricular activities.

Information about HYPE Marquette can be found at O-Fest, and anyone looking to join can audition in September, Chaves said.

“We have a workshop and the next day is our official tryout,” Chaves said. “So, you can learn (the dance) and decide ‘Oh, I don’t want to do this’ and bail out, or if you decide ‘Yeah, I want to do it,’ you can (audition).”

HYPE Marquette hosts a dance showcase once a semester. “(The showcase is) an event of true creative expression,” Manglano said. “One of the best parts about it is the audience is just as fun as the dances, (because) we have a really fun audience and everyone is loud and cheering us on.”

HYPE is not only at Marquette, Cokinos explained. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has its own branch of HYPE as well.

Along with HYPE UWM, groups like Revamped, SAINTS, Bachelors and Krush will be performing at Friday’s showcase.

Photo courtesy of HYPE Marquette

HYPE Marquette performs a dance showcase once during each semester.

“The audience should expect high energy, entertainment and a fun time to destress before finals come,” Cokinos said. “Lots of diverse groups are coming, so it should be fun.”

As co-director, Chaves said she is proud to say that HYPE Marquette is a diverse group on campus, and it has a laid-back culture.

“My favorite part about the show is the last set when we all come together, (and) we’re all super excited,” Chaves said.

“It’s about to end, but it’s also a great feeling because it’s also our most exciting set — (we) save the best for last — and I think just seeing everyone’s hard work come together.”

Manglano encouraged all students to consider attending.

“It’s such a fun Friday night activity to do, and we are so excited for everyone to come,” Manglano said.

Midwest Gaming Classic boasts varied entertainment Event will feature video/board games, guests, collectibles

By Colin Landers

colin.landers@marquette.edu

The Midwest Gaming Classic returns to the Wisconsin Center this Friday through Sunday for a weekend of all things gaming.

The event brings together over 10,000 gamers for an experience to share their passion, organizer Dan Loosen said. The event promises family fun and everything related to gaming from table-top games to recent console games.

Loosen and a team of others from previous years have been hosting the event every year — except one in 2005 — since 2001, with this year being the second in the Wisconsin Center.

“You get to see all the aspects of gaming you don’t normally think about,” Loosen said, adding that the event will have enough pinball machines and displays so that no one is bored at the event.

The Midwest Gaming Classic is not like other popular conventions, such as Comic-Con or E3; it focuses on all aspects of gaming and aims to inform and teach attendees about the history of gaming, Loosen said.

A major aspect of the event is the

vendors. With more than 100 vendors, there is no shortage of things to buy. Vendors will offer games, art, clothing, console cleaning services and more. This side of the event attracts collectors because many of the vendors specialize in older, harder to find games.

“The idea behind our show is that it’s a place to participate and do things, and the vendor hall is practically one-third of the actual show floor,” Loosen said.

The other two-thirds of the floor are dedicated to playable displays and other activities.

In addition to the many different games and activities that will be at the event, there will also be special guests in attendance. These guests are industry professionals within different aspects of gaming, as well as important pop culture figures.

Two of the top-billed guests are wrestling legend Eric Bischoff and “Ghostbusters” actor Ernie Hudson.

One thing that sets the Midwest Gaming Classic apart from other big conventions is that special guests are encouraged to walk around the show floor and participate like any other attendee, Loosen said.

“Bischoff’s not going to be sitting at the table all day, because that’s not the goal of our show,” he explained.

The convention will have activities and spectacles for people of all interests.

“For instance, if you’re a Nintendo

collector, there will be a collection of every single Nintendo game ever released,” Loosen said.

Some other attractions include a gaming museum, pinball and video game tournaments, as well as areas dedicated to classic arcade games and role-playing tabletop games like “Dungeons and Dragons.”

For Samuel Wilsdorf, a sophomore in the College of Engineering, the main attraction to the event is the wide variety of games to see.

“I’m excited to see all of the collections and the different classic games,” Wilsdorf said. “I’ve been a fan of video games all my life, so I’m excited to take a look at some of the

older, lesser known games.”

Nostalgia plays a role in the event, as many of the featured games and collections are from older consoles, not necessarily the latest games from the most modern companies.

Loosen said the event would provide a good opportunity for grandparents to show their grandkids the kinds of games they played as children.

James Neuson, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, had not heard of the event until recently, but said he thinks it looks like a great event.

“From what I’ve seen, it looks like there’s something for everyone there,” Neuson said.

Neuson said his older brothers introduced him to video games, and he hopes the event will showcase some of the earlier Playstation games that he used to play with them.

Tickets for the Midwest Gaming Classic are available on its website.

While three-day passes and Friday tickets are sold out, Saturday tickets can be purchased for $45, Sunday tickets for $25, and SaturdaySunday passes for $55. The $175 Very Important Gamer package includes access to all three days, access to a Saturday night afterparty, collectibles and discounts.

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

The Midwest Gaming Classic will return to the Wisconsin Center for the second time in 18 years.

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University must acknowledge role in abuse

Nearly four decades after a former student’s death by suicide, Marquette has not publicly acknowledged its direct role in perpetuating the abuse Walter Spence endured at the hands of his Jesuit academic adviser.

More than 100 pages of documents related to Walter’s death — including correspondence between former university officials, memoranda, letters and old articles — sat on the shelves of the University Archives, waiting for Walter’s story to be told. These documents revealed that Walter’s former adviser, the Rev. Francis Landwermeyer, S.J., would twist Walter’s arm behind his back until he screamed.

Publicly available court transcripts showed that Landwermeyer admitted to the physical discipline under oath. He made Walter call him “sir,” “boss” or “main man” during advising sessions. With university legal counsel in the room and representatives from the district attorney’s office absent, the priest walked free without charges.

Jeffery, Walter’s brother, shared Walter’s comments about being scolded by Landwermeyer. He watched his brother become depressed. He recalled his father, Melvin Spence, taking matters into his own hands after being dissatisfied with the university’s response to Walter’s death.

To this day, the university’s

recognition of the events falls short of true accountability. Abuse does not occur without institutional backing.

Landwermeyer was listed in December 2018 by the Society of Jesus as having more than one credible sexual abuse allegation against him.

At the time, the Marquette Wire reached out to the university for comment. University spokesperson Chris Stolarski said the university did not have adequate information about Landwermeyer’s allegations at that time and directed questions to the Society of Jesus.

The university then expanded its comment when confronted with information from the Marquette Wire in March regarding Landwermeyer’s admitted physical discipline of Walter.

Stolarski said Landwermeyer’s use of physical discipline would not be tolerated by the university today.

He said the university has “strict policies” to report and adjudicate alleged instances of mistreatment or harassment. He expressed sorrow “if anyone at Marquette was harmed

by Landwermeyer.”

But this response is not enough. It does not address Marquette’s complicity and strategic cover-up of the events that took place surrounding Walter’s death in April 1978.

The university needs to go beyond expressing sadness at what occurred.

It needs to release a statement addressing its role in systematically sustaining an environment that allowed Landwermeyer to administer physical discipline.

The former university administration attempted to avoid Walter’s father, provided limited access to the press and presented barriers to private investigator Robert Penny’s efforts.

The current university administration had this information available at its fingertips. It had the opportunity to discern what happened while Landwermeyer was assigned to Marquette, and subsequently be transparent about the university’s role in the matter.

While the university did not recognize its own institutional implication in Walter’s death in recent months and years, the chance to take responsibility still exists. The university has a moral obligation to publicly acknowledge how its involvement in this case perpetuated abuse.

When trying to figure out what led to his son’s death, Melvin repeatedly referenced his own religious values.

He told then-University President John P. Raynor that he wanted to do things in a “Christian way.”

As a Jesuit institution, the current Marquette administration has the chance to move toward a more answerable future.

When the Society of Jesus

released the December 2018 list, a statement by Provincial Ronald A. Mercier, S.J. was attached. It said the list showed the Jesuits’ commitment to “openness” and “renewed trust.”

It said the allegations required “repentance” from the Society of Jesus.

If this is the case, the Society of Jesus must be more inclusive of the abuse it acknowledges as credible.

When the Marquette Wire reached out to Midwest Jesuit Province spokesperson Therese Meyerhoff, she said Landwermeyer’s allegations recognized by the province did not stem from his time at Marquette. Since the abuse Landwermeyer admitted to was physical discipline of an adult college student, the case did not warrant recognition by the province.

Meyerhoff said the Society of Jesus does not condone any physical abuse of minors or adults. But when asked if there are any investigations by the Society of Jesus into non-sexual physical abuse by Jesuits, Meyerhoff said in an email she is “not aware of any such review.”

The Jesuits have taken steps in the right direction by holding members accountable for credible accusations of clergy abuse. The Society of Jesus has come forward with statements condemning its enabling of the issue in certain instances.

But the Society of Jesus and Marquette have a duty to

confront their remaining shortcomings as Jesuit institutions.

The Society of Jesus does not publicize personnel files of Jesuits until 50 years after the individual’s death.

Ann Knake, an associate archivist for the Society of Jesus, said this is to protect the privacy of the individual who died, as well as others who may be mentioned in the file.

Knake said the files could contain correspondence with other Jesuits or laypeople who remain alive.

But this policy prevents the Society of Jesus from engaging in thorough transparency when it comes to abuse. It weakens the trustworthiness of the institution.

The Society of Jesus should revise the policy in an effort to move forward in a principled way. All Jesuits, living or not, should be held accountable for their potential roles in perpetuating abuse.

The reality of abuse should not end with those who endured it. The institutions that allowed the abuse to happen must address the issue head-on, without ignoring their own direct involvement.

Marquette can lead the Jesuit community by example. It can give Walter the respect he deserves. It can condemn Landwermeyer’s abuse and the former university officials who let it happen.

Or it can remain silent.

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

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Activism shows need MU must increase social responsibility for lower voting age Matthew Harte Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley proposed an amendment last month that would lower the federal voting age from 18 to 16.

While the amendment failed by a wide margin, lawmakers must continue to act in support of this cause, as 16 and 17-year-olds have shown a rising commitment toward shaping the future of American politics.

The case for lowering the voting age is emphasized by recent noteworthy cases of political activism among high school students. Tens of thousands of students across the world organized a strike from school to demand action on climate change in March, with protests in almost every U.S. state. The event resembled a similar walkout that occurred at thousands of high schools around the nation last year calling for stricter gun control laws in response to the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The student activists in these cases showed a clear understanding of the power that political action can have for the safety and well-being of their generation.

Despite this activism, many people would still fear that 16 and 17-year-olds aren’t mature enough to make informed political choices. However, this argument is undermined by the wide variety of legal rights and responsibilities this demographic is already granted. A 16-year-old is able to work full-time, drive, pay taxes and can be tried as an adult in a court of law. They should be granted an equal voice to determine the ways tax dollars are being spent and the laws they’re being held accountable for.

Furthermore, the perceived tendency of 16-year-olds to make rash, irrational decisions may not be reflected at the ballot box. In a column for the New York Times, Laurence Steinberg, a psychologist at Temple University, argued that his previous research shows that this demographic is only more likely to make rash decisions during periods of “hot

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cognition.” These periods occur when they’re emotionally aroused, in a group or in a hurry.

In periods of “cold cognition,” when they have time to deliberate over their decisions, they can perform just as well as adults.

The act of voting would fall decidedly under the cold cognition category.

Additionally, being politically informed isn’t a current requirement for voting, and therefore should not be a consideration against lowering the voting age.

Less than one third of American adults are able to name all three branches of government, according to a 2018 survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

Given the fact that many states require civics courses, high school students likely have the potential to outperform some older voters in knowledge about the inner workings of government.

Lowering the voting age could also be a powerful tool for creating a lifelong practice of voting. Research from political scientists at Yale University showed that voting is habit -forming, which means that casting a ballot in one election significantly increases the likelihood of voting in subsequent elections. Most 16-yearolds live in an ideal environment to begin this habit, as some of their parents can inform them on how to register to vote and the locations of their polling places.

In contrast, many 18-year-olds will have to research this information on their own once they’ve left for college, which could discourage them from starting to vote. This theory is reinforced by research from the University of Copenhagen, which found that the act of leaving the nest has a negative impact on young adults’ voter turnout.

The recent protests for climate change and gun control displayed an inspiring and hopeful vision for America’s political future.

Lawmakers should work to ensure the leaders of these movements are able to shape this vision at the ballot box.

... being politically informed isn’t a current requirement for voting, and therefore should not be a consideration against lowering the voting age.”

Matthew Harte is a junior studying political science and economics.

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

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Milwaukee Rescue Mission is one organization that addresses issues of homelessness and poverty.

Aminah Beg I woke to a text from the Marquette University Police Department March 29 which stated, “MUPD is assisting with a death investigation of a non-MU subject at 19th and Wisconsin.” I took it as another one of Marquette’s safety alerts and sat there not wanting to get ready for class.

I suddenly realized I was on 19th Street. I quickly got up and rushed to open the blinds to find swarms of police cars, news vans and an ambulance. They were parked right outside Mashuda Hall.

I stood there in my residence hall while a man was being carried on a stretcher into an ambulance.

The police came across a 53-yearold homeless man named Johnny Smith who was killed by a significant head injury, according to Fox. Marquette University did not make enough of an effort to show they cared about the death or others like it. Besides the text message, no other communication was sent out to the community to give further information.

There is no excuse that can be made that would justify Marquette staff and students ignoring these kinds of instances. We need more than just involvement on the scene from MUPD. They are occurring right on Marquette’s campus, so it directly impacts students and Marquette University.

Marquette University prides itself on being a campus within an urban area. It is one of Marquette’s biggest selling points. When I came to Marquette, I was told multiple times of the benefits of attending a university that integrated so well into Milwaukee and the kinds of opportunities it provided.

Although there are benefits to attending college in a city, the Marquette community needs to acknowledge social responsibility for the injustices and disadvantages in Milwaukee. We must be aware of the surrounding areas outside

Marquette, not just what occurs on campus. Homelessness and poverty are serious issues, and Marquette community members and the institution itself, must work to address these problems.

The difference between one number in a Milwaukee ZIP code can make the biggest difference in aspects such as life expectancy, economic status and more. In a Wisconsin Public Radio interview with Bevan Baker, a city health commissioner discussed how poverty in the city is consistently one of the most imperative issues that needs to be tackled.

“The difference of growing up in one of two zip codes…is 12 years, is about 4,380 days difference of life expectancy,” Baker said in the interview and also reported by the Journal of Patient Centered Research and Reviews.

Milwaukee has a 27.4 percent poverty rate, which is more than double the national rate as reported by the U.S Census Bureau, according to Census data. The U.S. Census Bureau reported that approximately 1,000 people every night are forced to live on the Milwaukee streets and 1.3 percent of the Milwaukee population is homeless.

Some of us might already know the disadvantages Milwaukee faces and have learned about the stark differences between Milwaukee ZIP codes in our classes. Now, as the Marquette community, we must act upon these injustices rather than just teach or learn about them for an hour in lecture.

One way to truly integrate into the community is to join forces with Milwaukee nonprofit organizations that aim to alleviate these issues of homelessness and poverty. This includes organizations like Hope House of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Rescue Mission or United Way of Greater Milwaukee. These kinds of nonprofit organizations allow anyone to help better the city and create a brighter future for the underprivileged individuals of Milwaukee by doing anything from working on site projects to helping students after school with their

homework. No matter the deed, it can still have an impact on the city.

Marquette must also implement solutions as an institution because of the significant power it holds in the Milwaukee community. The university should expand job opportunities to people exclusively in the Avenues West neighborhood and provide opportunities for growth in their job positions.

Working with local businesses and encouraging expansion in the direct Marquette surrounding areas will allow for better integration with our neighbors.

Presence can go a long way.

Marquette should also have increased representation at city and neighborhood meetings to provide a voice and comfort for Milwaukee citizens. It must be there to show others that they care and are there to help in whatever ways necessary.

Marquette students and staff must not take the advantages the city provides for college students without being aware of the significant problems that affect people’s daily lives. We must do our part as Milwaukee residents to help better the city with the privileges we have.

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

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Kieger leaves for Penn State job

Photo by Elena Fiegen elena.fiegen@marquette.edu

Carolyn Kieger stands on the sidelines of Wintrust Arena during her final BIG EAST Tournament as head coach of the Golden Eagles. She had a 99-64 record at her alma mater.

Alumna moves on, looks forward to Big Ten competition

By John Steppe

john.steppe@marquette.edu

Women’s basketball head coach Carolyn Kieger left Marquette April 3 to become the next head coach at Penn State.

Kieger’s departure came after taking the Golden Eagles to three NCAA Tournament appearances in five seasons. It was the first time MU went to the tournament in consecutive years since the 1999 and 2000 seasons. She posted a 99-64 record while coaching at her alma mater.

“It’s incredibly hard,” Kieger said. “I love Marquette. I love the people. I love the players. I love the administration. Marquette will always be me. … This is probably the most difficult thing I’ve ever done in my whole entire life.”

The 35-year-old coach said

taking the Penn State job would move her closer to her goals of winning a national championship.

“Personally and professionally, I felt like it was a move I had to make,” Kieger said. “I’ve had goals and aspirations since I was about 12 years old that I feel like I need to keep building towards. … I want to compete for national championships.”

She said going to a public school and competing in the Big Ten gives her a different challenge than in the BIG EAST. “It’s a different level with football,” Kieger said. “I don’t think it’s necessarily better, but I just think it’s different. And I need to challenge myself. … The Big Ten is just a different market on a bigger stage.”

The loss of Kieger comes weeks after Marquette lost its most accomplished senior class in program history. The six-person class had five 1,000-point scorers.

“She’s a great coach. There’s no question,” athletic director Bill Scholl said. “We will always

applaud Carolyn for (her) efforts.

She’s one of our own.”

“It’s difficult to express how thankful we are for not only what Carolyn did for our women’s basketball program and athletics department, but the entire university,” Scholl said in a statement.

“She has been a tremendous ambassador for the Marquette family since her time as a studentathlete here.”

Sophomore guard Selena Lott said the team found out April 3 in a team meeting.

“It’s definitely sad, but it’s what she had to do,” Lott said. “We definitely understand.”

The Golden Eagles were slated to have eight freshmen arrive on campus next fall, but Shemera Williams reopened her commitment four hours after the news broke.

No other recruits have publicly reopened their commitments yet.

Williams received significant pushback from fans for her decision to reopen her commitment.

“It’s so much hate,” Williams tweeted. “Y’all gotta remember

I’m still a kid and I’m only 17. But I know God got me and will do right with me and be by my side on whatever decision I make.”

Kieger said she doesn’t know whether any of her assistant coaches will go with her to Happy Valley. She estimated those decisions will “go down in the next couple weeks.”

Scholl said Kieger’s staff is remaining at Marquette for now and will continue to work with the team. The search for a new coach will begin immediately, although there is no timetable for when a decision will be made. It’s Scholl’s first coaching hire since taking the athletic director position in 2014.

“I want to be as efficient and quick as I can be,” Scholl said.

“We owe that to our student-athletes to make this happen as fast as we can make it happen, but I’m not going to sacrifice getting the right candidate just for the sake of moving fast.”

He said he’s looking for someone who fits Marquette’s values and has a track record of building

“the right culture.”

He declined to comment on whether anyone already in the program will be considered for the position.

“We will hire a great coach, and we will push on,” Scholl said.

“We will continue to compete at the highest end of the BIG EAST, and we expect more great stuff out of our program.”

Kieger’s five-year tenure at Marquette came after six years as an assistant coach at the University of Miami. This move prompts Marquette women’s basketball’s second search for a head coach since 2014, which was before Scholl’s tenure.

Lott said on April 3 no next steps have been discussed yet for the team.

“Hopefully we made the jersey better than when we found it here at Marquette,” Kieger said.

“Hopefully, as we say, we left our ‘Marq.’ Now it’s somebody else’s turn to do that and keep raising the program.”

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McGuire uses fifth year to lead, shape underclassmen Graduate student overcomes adversity, motivated by Cubs

By Zoe Comerford

isabel.comerford@marquette.edu

The night before every game, graduate student Charlotte McGuire said she dreams of running up the field, receiving a pass from teammate Cate Soccodato, finding the cage and scoring a gamewinning goal.

“That game-winning shot is why you play lacrosse,” McGuire said.

Her path to those game-winning goals came after an unusual upbringing in lacrosse. She didn’t start playing until she was in fourth grade.

Even though she had also played softball, soccer and basketball, McGuire said the transition to lacrosse was difficult.

“There was a lot that I had to learn and pick up,” McGuire said.

“Especially when girls from the East Coast are learning that lax IQ at a really young age and I was just basing it off my prior knowledge from other sports. That’s where I was a little bit behind when I got to college.”

When she got to Marquette, she took some pointers from her teammates from the East Coast.

“Letting your own teammates teach you what they’ve learned all their life on the East Coast has been really cool for me,” McGuire said.

A native of Northfield, Illinois, McGuire and head coach Meredith Black both said Marquette women’s lacrosse is unique for having players from all over the country with different backgrounds.

“I love how our team is geographically from very different areas,” Black said. “It’s fun just seeing them get to know each other. … They’ll make fun of accents, they’ll talk about ‘How do you say this? How do you say that?’”

McGuire has adapted to different roles every year. As a freshman, she was a redshirt. Then as a redshirt sophomore, junior and senior she didn’t start, instead playing alongside different attack groups. This season she’s one of the captains.

“I’ve literally been in every role possible in women’s lacrosse,” McGuire said. “I try to use my different roles to provide advice to the underclassmen. I’ve learned what leadership works and what doesn’t.”

Black said McGuire has a very energetic personality.

“She has been through it all and (has) been great through it all,” Black said. “She brings a really positive and light look on life. …

Photo by Elena Fiegen elena.fiegen@marquette.edu

Attacker Charlotte McGuire is the second-best scorer on the Golden Eagles with 34 goals in 13 games. She was a midfielder in high school.

Throughout any season you’re going to have tough times … (and) she’s great for all those things.”

Her positive outlook comes in spite of adversity. She suffered a stress fracture toward the end of last year.

“While she was sitting out, she was talking to the other injured players about what it means to be injured, how that affects you, (the) good and bad of it,” Black said. “She just plays through pain, which is awesome.”

Taking a fifth year has more meaning than just playing the game she loves. “(It) has allowed me time to sit back and reflect and say, ‘What do I want to do now?” McGuire said.

Black said when she found out McGuire was staying, she was ecstatic.

“You have to be hands-off and wait until they decide,” Black said. “Once she did, I was vvso excited.”

She made significant strides as a lacrosse player last season, starting in six of the 18 games she played and scoring 42 total goals.

So far this season, she scored 34 goals in 12 games she has started and is the second-leading scorer on the team.

“She’s the fastest player on the field, there’s no question about it,” Black said. “She takes advantage of her role on offense and makes the most out of it.”

McGuire’s big presence doesn’t stop off the field.

Her Instagram account is “charlottafun” and encompasses who she is.

“She’s just hilarious,” Black said. “That’s her name, ‘

charlottafun,’ and she is just that.

She’s the one dancing the most in the locker room before the game. … She’ll just say stuff to me that no one else on the team would ever dream of saying.”

As a huge fan of the Chicago Cubs, she has a quote from catcher Willson Contreras in her locker and plays a lot of the team’s walkout songs in the locker room. “(The Cubs) just really motivate me,” McGuire said. “A lot of their walk-out songs pump me up so we play those in the locker room.”

Black said McGuire plays her best lacrosse when she’s not thinking too much.

“When I’m having fun out there, when I’m relaxed, when I’m having fun with Grace (Gabriel), having fun with (Megan Menzuber), that’s when we play our best lacrosse,” McGuire said.

“If she’s not going at full speed, you know she’s in her head,” Black said. “She’s amazing and she’s unstoppable. She definitely thinks sometimes, which everyone does.”

Both McGuire and Black said their favorite memory will always be the Golden Eagles’ 15-14 upset over University of Connecticut last season, which took Marquette to its first ever BIG EAST Tournament. McGuire scored three goals and four points to help the Golden Eagles come back from 14-9 with less than 18 minutes remaining.

“It reminded me of why I play lacrosse: those close, tight games, those comebacks,” McGuire said.

“It reminded me why I wanted to come back for a fifth year. … I’m looking for more of those memories with this team, and I think we definitely have a few ahead of us.”

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Anderson builds confidence, becomes better midfielder Sophomore increases defensive presence, provides athleticism

By Dan Avington

daniel.avington@marquette.edu

A season ago, then-sophomore Luke Anderson was seeing an uptick in minutes for Marquette men’s lacrosse. But even with the increase in time, the stats weren’t there to back up his improvement.

A year later, the short-stick defensive midfielder has doubled his goal and assist totals, while still improving on his defense statistics in four fewer games.

In 10 games this season, the junior from Lakeville, Minnesota, has nine goals, three assists, five caused turnovers and 25 ground balls.

Head coach Joe Amplo credited Anderson’s improvement to confidence.

“He’s making the obvious plays because he’s confident,” Amplo said. “He’s got more presence in the defensive end. He’s playing like a junior, a guy who’s made a bunch of mistakes and learned from those.”

At 6-foot-3, 210 pounds,

Anderson has a bigger physique than most players in his position, which he said is both an advantage and disadvantage.

“I definitely appreciate it on the field as far as being able to take bigger steps and keep up with guys,” Anderson said. “But it’s also tough sometimes to get a bit lower on smaller guys.”

But Anderson’s combination of athleticism and size impresses Amplo.

“He’s probably one of the best athletes in Division I lacrosse,” Amplo said. “Truthfully, he probably should be playing Division I football. He’s that athletic.”

One of the most important contributions that Anderson makes to the team is his play in transition, which Amplo credits to his natural ability. “(He’s) big, fast, strong, can shoot the ball. He’s got every attribute,” Amplo said.

Anderson said the coaches have given him the green light to make the choice to push, transition or pull the ball out and let the offense take control.

Anderson said he relishes the opportunity to clear the ball and head toward the crease in transition.

“Being able to make a play for

the team is something I like doing,” Anderson said. “(I love) being able to take the shot if I need it or drawing a guy and passing it off to my teammate if it’s there as well.”

While Anderson has made huge strides from his sophomore to junior years, Amplo said there are still spots where he can improve. “(He needs to be) playing defense more consistently,” Amplo said. “The next step in his growth is making the less obvious plays in the defensive box, and he’ll truly be an elite player at this level.”

Amplo said he and his staff have become a little bit selfish with Anderson’s production. He said Anderson makes plays 75 percent of the time, but Amplo said he needs Anderson to be at 90 percent instead.

Anderson’s position is one that goes unnoticed by many observers, but he said the other short stick defensive midfielders on this team play a crucial role.

“You can’t just have a couple guys because the game’s really long and we take a lot of runs,” Anderson said. “It’s really important to have a balanced unit that really supports each other like we do.”

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

Luke Anderson (No. 31) chases Detroit Mercy’s A.J. Van Voorhis.

Off the field, Anderson is reserved and the kind of guy who simply gets the job done. But Amplo said there is one thing he is most proud of.

“He’s a really good student, he works hard,” Amplo said. “The guys love him. He’s a Marquette guy, and that’s what I’m most proud of.”

TRACK AND FIELD

Program hosts Marquette Invitational at Valley Fields Seniors recognized, freshman Konopka makes more history

By Matt Yeazel

matthew.yeazel@marquette.edu

Marquette hosted its first track and field meet of the year, welcoming University of Wisconsin-Parkside and Cardinal Stritch University to Valley Fields Friday afternoon.

Freshman Ben Konopka said the meet had a bit of a different feel than normal.

“This meet was a little more toned down,” Konopka said.

“But it was still good competition and now we can use this and move forward.”

The meet had events in the Marquette Gym and Shimek Track and Field until everyone came to Valley for the final events, which included a Senior Day ceremony.

Multiple athletes and head coach Bert Rogers said supporters are the ones who make hosting a meet fun.

“The energy of being at home is awesome,” senior Mary Hanson said. “Having our friends

and families there supporting us is a lot of fun.”

Konopka said having his family there was an enjoyable experience.

With their families at the meet, both Hanson and Konopka had successful days. Konopka set another record in his first season by running the fourth fastest hurdles in school history at 14.62 seconds. It was another part of a successful freshman season for Konopka.

“Ben’s had a great first year,” Rogers said. “Good race after good race. I’m looking forward to watching what else he has in store.”

Konopka said he has high goals for himself along with his teammates.

“I’m looking to win (the) BIG EAST (title),” Konopka said.

“Whatever time that is, that’s what I want.”

Meanwhile, Hanson won the women’s 1500-meter race with a time of 4:40:01, which was the longest run in this meet.

“This was kind of another ‘rust-buster,’” Hanson said. “We all had to adjust to moving our legs that fast again.”

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Senior Anna Haak competes in the high jump April 5 at Valley Fields as part of the Marquette Invitational.

seniors in their final year of eligibility, handing yellow flowers to each athlete. He said it was a really nice moment for his team.

“What a senior class,” Rogers said. “So much success, all the awards on the track and in the classroom.”

Marquette’s next meet in Milwaukee will be April 24, but the team’s next meet is at the University of Illinois Saturday.

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Soccodato, Friel gain international experience in 2017 Rise of lacrosse around globe gives chance to MU players

By Maddie Adams

madison.adams@marquette.edu

International lacrosse has grown dramatically, giving two Marquette women’s lacrosse players the opportunity to compete on the world stage.

Senior attacker Cate Soccodato competed for Team Italy and freshman goaltender Delaney Friel competed for Team Ireland in the 2017 Women’s Lacrosse World Cup, which was held in England.

“I was able to play at the highest level here at Marquette and while being abroad, which I think is great,” Soccodato said.

“Playing there just made me an all-around better player.”

The Huntington, New York, native had plenty of success, scoring a total of 12 goals and contributing five assists throughout her time with Team Italy in the World Cup. Her offensive presence led Team Italy to an 11th-place finish.

Soccodato said she is always focused on growing and has used her experience abroad to improve her play here at Marquette.

“I think that playing with people of different levels and languages has improved my communication skills a lot,” Soccodato said.

Friel, on the other hand, competed internationally before coming to Marquette. She was an alternate for Team Ireland for the 2017 tournament and was one of 12 Americans to be selected to Ireland’s training camp in November of last year. She was competing with players significantly older than her.

“It was such a different atmosphere because you are playing with people of all ages,” Friel said. “There was a 35-yearold surgeon on the team and then there was me, and I was only 17.”

Friel has been playing since she was young, and her Irish teammates may have just picked up a stick for the first time during the past couple of years.

“It was really nice that you could take on a leadership role, even when you were younger,” Friel said. “It helped everyone feel more like teammates.”

After having such a great experience the last time she competed internationally, Friel said she is looking forward to having the opportunity to do so again. Friel will be traveling to Israel to compete in the 2019

Photo by Elena Fiegen elena.fiegen@marquette.edu

Cate Soccodato (with the ball) runs around Butler’s defense April 6. She had three assists in Marquette’s win.

Women’s European Lacrosse Championship on Team Ireland t his summer.

“This is going to be such a special team,” Friel said. “It’s going to be so much fun, I can’t wait.”

Friel said she plans to focus on using the experience with Team Ireland to help her become a better player when she returns to Marquette.

“I think it will be great to be

able to play a lot in a two to three week period,” Friel said. “To keep a stick in my hand and be part of a team will be very nice for me as well.”

MEN’S LACROSSE

Jack Devine takes unconventional route to faceoff role Freshman finds niche alongside Hershman, Washington at dot

By Aimee Galaszewski

aimee.galaszewski@marquette.edu

In the final scrimmage of the Marquette men’s lacrosse prospect camp, head coach Joe Amplo said if Jack Devine’s team won the faceoff, he would have a spot on the team.

The words created a make-orbreak moment for now-freshman Jack Devine.

He won the faceoff and landed himself a spot on the roster. His spot was not as a faceoff guy, though. He was a third-string offensive midfielder.

“When I got here, I think they had forgotten that I had taken any faceoffs,” Devine said.

Despite the smaller role, the California native did not get discouraged, and he practiced as an offensive midfielder throughout the fall.

At the start of the semester, Devine spotted some of his teammates taking faceoffs against the usual faceoff get-off players:

junior Jared Hershman and freshman Thomas Washington.

Devine hadn’t taken a faceoff in a while, so he decided to try a few for fun. The 5-foot-10 freshman caught the attention of the coaching staff.

“Some of the coaches saw and they’re like, ‘You should start practicing faceoffs,’” Devine said. “One thing led to another.”

Devine made his debut as a faceoff, get-off guy in a game against Robert Morris last month. He went 10-22 at the X, rotating with Hershman.

Amplo said Devine was the MVP of the game because of all his earned possessions and crucial stops.

“It gave me a lot of confidence, which is something I didn’t have at the start of the semester,” Devine said. “It was a really cool experience.”

His success in that game earned him more time on the field, and he has played a vital role in creating the three-headed monster of Hershman, Washington and himself at the faceoff X. “Jack specifically gives us depth,” Amplo said. “He gives us a different ability when he gets the ball. He has more

offensive prowess.”

Devine played football in high school, which gave him a different, more gritty style of play than Hershman or Washington.

“I have my own way of getting the ball,” Devine said. “When I do, I think I have an advantage.”

Devine mentioned he has learned lessons from Hershman, Washington and other teammates. He has created those bonds with his teammates on and off the field.

Amplo described Devine as a well-liked guy off the field despite his aggressiveness on the field.

“He’s a California dude,” Amplo said. “He’s fitting in nicely, and he seems much more comfortable this semester than last.”

Devine has had ample accolades for the past few games, yet he mentioned that he still has a lot of work to do. He said he prefers to play as an offensive middle, so he plans to improve those skills in his next three years as part of the program.

“My goal is just to be open about wherever they want me,” Devine said. “Whatever I’m doing, I want it to be the best I can do.”

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Jack Devine is a 5-foot-10 freshman midfielder from San Francisco.

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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Boggess, Collen among potential fits for coach vacancy Kieger assistants, MU alumni could take over for WBB

By John Steppe and Dan Avington

john.steppe@marquette.edu daniel.avington@marquette.edu

With Carolyn Kieger leaving Marquette to take the women’s basketball head coach position at Penn State University, Marquette athletic director Bill Scholl will need to make his first major hire.

He said the search will begin immediately but he does not want to rush it.

“I want to be as efficient and quick as I can be,” Scholl said.

“We owe that to our student-athletes to make this happen as fast as we can make it happen, but I’m not going to sacrifice getting the right candidate just for the sake of moving fast.”

Here are some of Scholl’s options, including a few Marquette alumni: Ginny Boggess Boggess was Kieger’s first hire in 2014 and has served as her top assistant coach since then. She has been the primary recruiting coordinator and focused on developing MU’s perimeter players.

Kieger has been especially complimentary of Boggess’s Xs-andOs knowledge and motivation to mentor players.

Prior to Marquette, she had coaching stops at Columbia University, Jacksonville, Hofstra and Kennesaw State.

Nicki Collen Collen, a Marquette alumna in the class of 1997, has a wide range of experience in coaching. She has made headlines for being the 2018 WNBA Coach of the Year in her first season overseeing the Atlanta Dream.

She also has experience as an assistant on the WNBA’s

Connecticut Sun and as an assistant for Colorado State, Ball State, Louisville, Arkansas and Florida Gulf Coast. However, it might be hard for MU to lure Collen away from the professional ranks.

Vernette Skeete

Skeete has been a Marquette assistant for the past five seasons.

Her focus has been on the defensive side of the ball and efficiency, as well as assisting with recruiting.

Previously, Skeete was the head coach at Gulf Coast State College, where she was named the National Junior College Athletic Association Coach of the Year.

She was also an assistant at Miami alongside Kieger. As a player, Skeete led Gulf Coast State to multiple NJCAA National Championships before transferring and helping take Alcorn State to the NCAA Tournament.

Scott Merritt Merritt is also in his fifth season as a Marquette women’s basketball assistant. His main role consists of post player development, and he has been the squad’s communicator with the strength and conditioning and training staff.

Merritt, a 2004 Marquette graduate, played as the center for the MU 2003 Final Four team, sitting at 37th all-time on the program’s scoring list. Merritt played professionally in the NBA D-League and overseas before returning to his alma mater.

Carol Owens Owens wrapped up her 19th year as a Notre Dame women’s basketball assistant under legendary coach Muffet McGraw Sunday. She has mainly worked with the post players for the Fighting Irish, playing a key role in the development of a perennial national powerhouse. Her players in the post have earned a combined 33 All-American honors.

Her career at Notre Dame had

Photo by John Steppe john.steppe@marquette.edu

Carolyn Kieger and her coaching staff watches as Marquette pulls off a 76-57 victory at Northwestern Dec. 9.

more than a decade of overlap with Scholl, who left in 2012 to take the athletic director position at Ball State.

Owens has also served as a USA Women’s Basketball coach and was the head coach at Northern Illinois University between her coaching stints at Notre Dame. As a player at NIU, Owens notched more than 2,000 career points, and she was a four-time team captain.

Jennie Baranczyk Baranczyk is coming off her seventh season as the head coach at Drake. She has only lost one game in the Missouri Valley Conference in the last three seasons and has a 152-76 record while at Drake. She’s the first coach in the conference to have back-to-back undefeated seasons. She was an assistant on former Marquette coach Terri Mitchell’s staff that took the Golden Eagles to a WNIT title, and she also made coaching stops at Colorado and Kansas State.

Photo by John Steppe john.steppe@marquette.edu

Assistant coach Ginny Boggess high-fives junior Altia Anderson Dec.9.