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Alleged sexual assault ends in arrest House party ends in police detaining more than 40 men By Clara Janzen, Jennifer Walter and McKenna Oxenden
The Marquette University Police Department responded to an alleged sexual assault at a house on 19th and Kilbourn Streets at about midnight Friday night, said university spokesman Brian Dorrington. A suspect was taken into
custody, and MUPD Capt. Jeff Kranz confirmed that MUPD Detective Luke Wagner will be presenting their case to the Milwaukee District Attorney today and is recommending that the DA presses charges. Before officers arrived, a fight unrelated to the alleged sexual assault broke out between two males. The police were unaware of the fight taking place when they arrived on the scene, and having to diffuse the fight further complicated the entire
situation, Kranz said. A video obtained by the Wire from eyewitness Nick Revier, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, shows police verbally threatening a male inside the house by saying “put your hands behind your back, put your other hand behind your back, you’re gonna (sic) get tased.” Upon entering the house, an MUPD officer broke up the fight using trained techniques to gain compliance and detained one student, after one of the students involved refused to listen,
Dorrington said. MUPD obtained tasers in the spring of 2016, and has deployed them less than five times since then, Kranz said. “They work as a de-escalation tool, and have been incredibly effective in controlling situations,” he said. The male in the video confirmed the police threatened him with the taser and so he complied. He wishes to remain anonymous. “There were lots of challenges to the situation, including the size of the crowd and the fight,” Kranz said. “Given
all of that, (the responding officers) did a good job controlling the situation and investigating the sexual assault.” Others in attendance attributed much of the chaos to their lack of knowledge at first about why the police were present. “(MUPD) came in the house and blocked everyone in ... MUPD proceeded to tell us there was a crime committed in the house we were at. They told us no one was going to leave the See DETECTIVES page 2
MU sees increase in first generation students University faces new challenges as population grows
over the past few years which have helped to increase the number of first-generation students. The number of first-generation students among the undergraduate student body increased from 17 percent in 2012 to 22 percent in 2016, according to the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. This increase in diversity has not gone without its problems, though. While several organizations exist on campus to aid first-generation students at Marquette, they often face disadvantages both academically and socially that other students may not. In 2012 — the most recent available data year provided by the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis — Marquette had a four-year graduation rate of just over 57 percent for first-generation students. This is much lower than the total student population, who had a four-year graduation rate of
By Josh Anderson
joshua.e.anderson@marquette.edu
When Fabiola Magana applied to Marquette, she saw herself struggling in ways that her peers were not. Magaña, now a senior in the College of Nursing, is a first-generation college student. “I went to public school in the south side of Milwaukee, and my mom’s boss is an alumna from Marquette,” Magaña said. “It was because of her that I eventually found the Urban Scholars program. That’s essentially why I came, because my parents didn’t have the money (to pay for college).” She says she applied to Marquette largely due to the number of scholarships available for low-income students. Marquette has undergone initiatives to increase the diversity among undergraduate students
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Fabiola Magana, a senior in the College of Nursing, talks about her struggles as a first- generation student.
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New Sodexo contract
Musical: “Working”
Judson adjusts to MU
Screens in dining halls, menu additions add everyday variety
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Veteran coach joins Wojo’s staff, replacing Travis Diener PAGE 12
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Detectives recommend pressing charges ASSAULT, from page 1 property without getting their identification taken,” said Matthew Savidge, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration. “I overheard (from police) that the authorities were looking for a white male who allegedly raped a girl in the upstairs bathroom.” People were trying to leave the party at that point because many assumed the cops were there to break up the fight or the party, Revier said. “Later on it became clear (police) were there because of the alleged sexual assault ... which is more understandable why they would have been using force to detain people,” Revier said. “But people trying to leave didn’t know that and didn’t want to get in trouble ... for being around the fight or at the party.” Any student cited in this incident will go through the University’s Student Conduct Board. Student outcomes that result from the conduct board, which are confidential, range from warnings to suspension to expulsion. Revier said at the same time as he was filming the incident, outside the house, a separate student began fighting an officer, and after continued resistance, the student was taken into custody. Revier said the male was “body-slammed onto the cement in front of the house,” but that the male was actively resisting the police trying to detain him. Dorrington also confirmed tasers were taken out for both incidents to “help gain compliance without using force,” but it was never used. During the fight inside the Kilbourn home, Revier said he
witnessed a man who appeared to be older than a college student dressed in street clothes, who looked like an undercover cop. “He had a necklace underneath his shirt and when the fight broke out he pulled it out,” Revier said. “It was a badge and he was like, ‘police,’ and he, like, freaked out, and someone ran behind him.” Later Kranz confirmed there was an officer in plain clothes, but that was because he was not a patrol officer, rather a detective responding to the scene because of the nature of the alleged incident they were called in for. Officers were given a
description of the alleged assailant as a white male. Kranz said the description given by the alleged female victim was exact enough that they were able to eliminate certain groups of people, but that MUPD took down the names and ID numbers of all in attendance before they could leave. Kristina Sullivan, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said it took nearly an hour for them to release white males from the house. “They checked everyone’s Marquette ID numbers and took down names, then let all the girls and male minorities out ...
and then every white male at the party was trapped,” she said. Savidge said after they had cleared out the women and minorities, it took another hour for the cops to talk to approximately 40 white males, letting them out of the house one by one. The sexual assault victim was taken to a local hospital for care and treatment. A Division of Student Affairs victim advocate was with the student in the hospital, along with an MUPD officer. This is an ongoing MUPD investigation, and the Milwaukee Police Department confirmed they received no calls regarding the incident.
Dorrington said that, through their actions that night and investigation, officers were able to locate a suspect who was taken into custody. “The officers did very good work… The suspect was transported to the criminal justice facility,” Kranz said. For updates on the MUPD investigation and decision of the DA, follow along on marquettewire.org. Rebecca Carballo, Aly Prouty, Morgan Hughes and Patrick Thomas all contributed to this report.
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After diffusing a fight, officers were able to detain men fitting the description of the alledged assailant and take a suspect into custody.
Marquette sees increase in first-gen students FIRST GEN, from page 1 slightly under 67 percent. The university has taken initiatives to help combat low graduation and retention rates among first-generation students. Florie Greenhill is a counselor with the Education Opportunity Program, an academic program designed to help low-income and firstgeneration students succeed at the collegiate level. “If a first-generation student needed help finding a tutor, finding internships, finding those resources, all of us are more than
willing to help them become more familiar with campus culture,” Greenhill said. For many potential first-generation students, simply applying to a university is an immense challenge. Jessica Nelson is a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, and, like Magaña, a first-generation student as well. Both Nelson and Magaña believe they experienced more challenges than many students do when applying to Marquette. “I knew friends whose parents helped them with
applications, and my dad knows nothing about that so it was definitely more challenging in that way,” Nelson said. “With essays, my mom would always look at the grammar because she’s somewhat okay with that, but then I would always ask someone else to look over it,” Magaña said. “My parents were always there to support me, but I couldn’t ever go to them for help (with college applications) because they didn’t know.” Nelson says that as a member of a low-income household,
attending Marquette was a huge risk for her and her family. “My parents don’t have an education,” Nelson said. “They don’t have many means to send me to college. I have a lot more debt than most students at Marquette.” Magaña added that her parents don’t always have a realistic understanding of how difficult college can be. “When I tell them that I got a B on an exam, they’re like, ‘Well why didn’t you do better?’ I was a 4.0 student in high school, and
now that I’m getting Bs, they don’t get that so I don’t get any sympathy,” she said. Magaña believes the challenges and obstacles many firstgeneration students face are immense, but at the end of the day, her struggles are worth it, for herself and her family. “It can be difficult and frustrating, but at the end of the day, I know that I’m succeeding not just for myself, but for them as well,” Magaña said. “They worked so hard for me to get here.”
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Sodexo adds options for fall semester Contract renewal ushers in menu changes, new tech By Jenny Whidden
jennifer.whidden@marquette.edu
The dining halls are sporting new features this year, such as informational screens and 24/7 dining in the case of McCormick, but there is more to these additions than meets the eye. Marquette’s new contract with Sodexo includes pop-up restaurants each week, new menu items at every hall and more attention to dietary needs. Sodexo has been on Marquette’s campus for 30 years, and the original contract was a series of oneyear renewals until it expired in June. Rick Arcuri, executive director of business operations and auxiliary services, said that when Sodexo and Marquette drew up the new contract, they took it as an opportunity to consider years
of student feedback. “We drew a line, and we decided that it was time for a fresh start. We have had a number of different requests over the years that we’ve dealt with as we could, and the ones that we couldn’t, we held on to. We always kept a running list,” Arcuri said. “We went back to that list of things, and we said, ‘Okay, bring it all forward. Let’s go.’” One of the most visible changes are the new screens in place at nearly every dining hall. Arcuri said that the screens were chosen because they grab people’s attention in ways that the old signs did not, which makes the nutrition information more accessible. Some students, such Christina Ryou, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences, appreciate the screens, but think there are downsides to them as well. “(The screens) are nice, but I personally like seeing all the options at once instead of it switching from frame to frame,” Ryou said. “I honestly don’t see the
need of having more screens and wasting energy that way.” The screens were installed at every hall except McCormick and Mashuda, as both are closing next year with the opening of Wild Commons. “It makes no sense to keep (Mashuda’s) dining room open when you’ve got 600 seats a block away. The dining room runs from 17th Street up through the building and across to 18th Street,” Arcuri said. New menu highlights in the dining halls include cinnamon rolls and more smoothie options at Schroeder breakfast, expanded stir fry and deli bar ingredients at Straz and chocolate chip pancakes and Philly cheesesteaks at Mashuda. Upcoming campus pop-up restaurants include a ramen bar Sept. 28 and a creperie Oct. 11, both at Marquette Place in the Alumni Memorial Union. “We do (a pop-up) every week now, and in the past, we only did one or two a semester. We’re really trying to focus on constant pace
changers so that the students are always asking, ‘What’s next?’ We can make it exciting that way,” Donato Guida, general manager of Sodexo’s dining service at Marquette, said. Accompanying the changes in food options are changes in the branding. “This year I’ve kind of got the driver’s seat, so we put a lot of our own personalities in the differences from last year to this year,” Guida said. “We’re trying to reimagine or rebrand ourselves, even if it’s just logos or if it’s uniforms. We’re trying to enhance the experience and be real student-focused.” New dining-related events also include a greater attempt to integrate the faculty and staff into the halls. In October, they will be invited to come into the halls for a lunch free of charge. “Faculty and staff are part of the community, and that’s really what dining halls are supposed to be: a community center for the university,” Guida said.
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MUPD REPORTS Sept. 19 A student reported being battered by an unknown subject in the 1900 block of W. Wisconsin Avenue. The incident occurred Monday, Sept. 18, at 1:56 a.m. A subject was in possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia in the 700 block of N. 13th Street and was cited by MUPD Sunday, Sept. 17 at 1:45 a.m. Sept. 20 A subject was in possession of a controlled substance and suffered a drug overdose in Lot U. MUPD and
MFD administered first aid on the scene and the subject was transported by MFD to a local hospital. The incident occurred Tuesday, Sept. 19, at 6:50 a.m. Sept. 21 An unknown subject grabbed a coin pouch from a student’s hand and fled the scene in the 1000 block of N. Renee Street Wednesday, Sept. 20, at 9:14 p.m. Estimated loss is $28. An unknown subject removed a vehicle in the 1600 block of W. Clybourn Street Sunday, Sept. 17, at 3 p.m. The subject later crashed the
EVENTS CALENDAR vehicle and was taken into custody by MPD. Sept. 22 A person not affiliated with Marquette reported being a victim of a robbery. The report was determined to be baseless and MUPD arrested the subject for providing false information with the intent to mislead officers and transported him to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility. The incident occurred Wednesday, Sept. 20, between 6:40 a.m. and 6:52 a.m.
Sept. 28 Open Mic Night 9-11 p.m., The Annex Sept. 29 Pie a Mazaa 4-6 p.m., South Town Square Pizza & Poetry 7:30-8:30 p.m., Marquette Hall 200 Sept. 30 Acatoberfest 7-9 p.m., Varsity Theater Black & Bougie 9:30 p.m. - 1 a.m., AMU Ballrooms
Oct. 1 Family Weekend Band Concert 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Varsity Theater
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Coin meter collects donations for homeless New device outside Starbucks makes contributions easier By Sanya Sawlani
sanya.sawlani@marquette.edu
Key to Change, a program that collects funds to help Milwaukee’s homeless population, installed seven meters around the city over the summer for people to donate their spare change. One of those meters, shaped like a key, is outside of the Starbucks on Marquette’s campus. Officer Gary Bray of MUPD worked with the organization and Marquette to bring one of these meters to campus.Bray and the MUPD homeless outreach team are dedicated to projects like Key to Change, which is led by Milwaukee Downtown Business Improvement District #21. The meters provide an alternative to giving money to homeless people
on the street, Bray said. “Instead of giving someone on the street a handout, students can use these Key to Change meters because (the donations) are for sure going straight to cause. Key to Change will help with long term (effects) and looks at the big picture,” Bray said. Bray and the MUPD Homeless Outreach Team are dedicated to working with groups like Key to Change so that MUPD and the Marquette community can make an impact in the lives of those who most need it. Key to Change donates their gathered funds mainly to the Milwaukee County Housing Division’s Housing First project. “Their philosophy is to get homeless people housing first, and then get them a job or other services that they need,” Officer Bray said. “A lot of these people need somewhere to go home to before they can start to make those other improvements to their lives.”
All seven Key to Change meters are located on Wisconsin Avenue, as Marquette was considered a prime location by Key to Change. “Marquette University and our organization collaborate on a variety of issues and ending chronic homelessness happens to be one of them. We
prospective and current students have found this confusing. “(The old website) was always so fragmented, and that’s really not the way the university is organized, and they thought that the website should reflect that ... It certainly makes sense,” Flunker said. The updated website is the brainchild of Marquette’s Office of Marketing and Communication. They consulted a committee of faculty who represented the various arts programs. “(The OMC) wanted to examine the current state of the arts at Marquette and ways advance some of them and give them the spotlight that they need,” Courtney Buvid, theatre operations coordinator for Marquette Theatre, said. Buvid said she hopes the consolidation of the arts programs can allow for more collaboration in the future. “I think that the theater can tie in nicely with some of the projects going on in the College of Communication ... There is overlap between some theater classes that we have, as well as digital media like radio, TV and film.” Sally Spannagle is a marketing specialist at the OMC. She said one of the committee’s recommendations was to consolidate the arts into one concise place. “Our colleagues who lead some of these arts programs asked us to create a site that would combine and highlight different aspects of the arts scene at Marquette University,” Spannagle said in an email. The website is designed to be a digital arts guide, showcasing artrelated events, classes and organizations in one place. It also features an events calendar which lists public events across each of the programs.
“Students, faculty, staff and visitors can go to this page for a comprehensive listing of the wide variety
thought it would be good to have one meter on Wisconsin Avenue near the campus,” Beth Weirick, CEO of Key to Change, said. Meters are located in areas and attractions that guests frequent the most. The need to increase awareness in the community was also
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The key-shaped meter on Wisconsin Ave. collects coins for charities.
taken into consideration. “The location between 16th and 17th Streets along Wisconsin Avenue met the Key to Change criteria to have meters positioned in high-visible areas near restaurants, stores and attractions where guests frequent most, and in areas with high concentration of employees and residents,” Rana Altenburg, Marquette’s vice president of public affairs, said. “It’s one way we can support our community in its effort to end chronic homelessness.” The university and MUPD are optimistic that the meters are effective tools that will give people who care about the issue a way to act by making a donation or getting involved. Officer Bray said the meters are shaped like keys to represent the keys of homes. Donations to Key to Change can also be made online, and Bray said there is talk of getting credit card readers for the meters in the future.
Collaborative arts program website unveiled Comprehensive page to reflect connected nature of programs By Josh Anderson
joshua.e.anderson@marquette.edu
Arts groups at Marquette have experienced enormous success over the past few years. The Meladies, one of several a cappella groups on campus, competed at the International Championship of Collegiate A Capella. The Marquette University Symphony Orchestra was named as a runner-up for best classical music ensemble by the Shepherd Express. Marquette’s arts website, www. marquette.edu/arts, has been updated to reflect these successes. The website underwent a complete makeover recently, designed to showcase the various groups and organize information more clearly. Currently, the various arts programs are spread thinly between the College of Arts & Sciences, College of Communication and several other student clubs and organizations. Dr. Joel Flunker, director of the symphonic band, said the arts programs typically have little interaction with each other. “In general, the things we do are things that we’ve done for a while, and they tend to be pretty much focused on band,” Flunker said. “There isn’t a whole lot of collaboration as far as that goes.” Until the recent update, Marquette’s website has reflected this fragmentation, with each program being listed under its respective college or student organization. Flunker said he believes many
of arts events we have on campus,” Spannagle said. “We are also encouraging arts groups or those
hosting arts-related events to help populate the calendar.”
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Core Curriculum to be updated for fall 2018 Humanities classes restructured, tier system integrated By Sydney Czyzon
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The university will replace its University Core of Common Studies with its new Core Curriculum, making changes to theology and philosophy requirements and the introduction of over-arching themes to encompass part of students’ core experiences. The current UCCS was implemented fall 2003, and review of the curriculum between the university and the Higher Learning Commission began in 2014. Then, in May 2015, University President Michael Lovell and Provost Dan Myers officially announced the revision process, according to the Core of Common Studies Revision website. “One of the things we hear (about) the core is that it felt very disconnected,” Sarah Feldner, director of the university Core Curriculum, said. “(Students) really liked the mission base, they really like what Marquette is about, but that in terms of a clear path and understanding how the pieces built upon each other, that really isn’t there right now.” The changes will begin fall 2018, with the new program consisting of 30 credits. The current UCCS is 36 credits, but because some core courses can count toward major requirements, Feldner said most students will complete around 33 strictly core credits. The new core has three tiers: foundational courses, discovery courses and a culminating experience course. The new curriculum will only affect next year’s freshmen and consecutive classes. The main credit difference can be found in the change from the current requirement of two theology courses to the new core’s requirement of one theology course. For some students, such as Michael Church, a first-year graduate student in physician assistant studies, the two theology classes seemed to be a recap of classes he’d already taken in high school. “I went to a Catholic high school and grade school, so I kind of knew everything already,” Church said. Another change to the core is one philosophy course requirement rather than the current requirement of two. Whereas students now take “Philoso-
phy of Human Nature” and a separate “Philosophy of Ethics,” future students will take a new course called “Thinking Philosophically.” Rev. John D. Jones, professor and chair of the philosophy department who has been involved in the core revision process, said the newly-structured course will include elements from human nature and ethics, but is not a combination of the two. Students will be heavily encouraged to pose and explore their own philosophical questions and engage in discussion with their instructors and classmates. While a specific template is still being developed for the course, Jones said instructors will also have more flexibility regarding the content they teach. Although there is a change in the requirement of two theology courses and two philosophy
courses, students have room in the core to take these lost classes in a new theme-oriented tier of the curriculum. The discovery tier of the curriculum requires students to choose a theme during sophomore or junior year to encompass four of their core courses. The current ten themes range from “Cities and Urbanization” to “Creativity and Technology.” The final six themes will be announced Oct. 1. Students and faculty have contributed to the theme ideas. Ellery Kemner, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, thinks choosing one theme can be limiting. “I think having a well-rounded education at Marquette is very important, and choosing just one major topic almost narrows it,” she said. Each theme will have between
30 and 40 courses for students to choose from, Feldner said. Students must take a humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, mathematics and elective course under their theme. Since there is another humanities requirement and elective requirement in this tier, students can take another philosophy and theology course if they choose to. “The department views both theology and philosophy as indispensable to the transformative project of Jesuit education. Consequently, any changes that could potentially reduce students’ exposure to these essential disciplines are concerning,” Conor Kelly, assistant professor in the theology department who has been involved in the core revision process, said in an email. “That said, the department recognizes that the revised
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core is moving away from a discipline-specific distribution model, so a change in the number of required courses does not necessarily mean that students will have less exposure to philosophy and theology.” Jones said the new Core will help students connect their coursework. “I think the cumulative experience will help people begin to (form) what philosophers call the worldview: A way of understanding the world and the human place in it, both factually but also morally,” he said. The singular humanity course requirement in the discovery tier makes students choose between taking a history, literature, theology or philosophy course, which could mean some students never take history or literature. Another change from the current UCCS to the new core is the end of the diverse cultures requirement. Students are currently required to take one diverse cultures class, but the new core will consist of two “Engaging Social Systems and Values” requirements. The classes will be smaller than diverse cultures classes tend to be, Feldner said. The aim is to create a conversationbased class environment where students can have discussions about larger issues. “The move is to make these smaller so students really can practice (these skills) early on.” The new Core will also introduce a “Methods of Inquiry” course, which will consist of three faculty members from different disciplines approaching a single topic. “They’ll all talk about how their disciplines approach that (topic),” Feldner said. “To understand anything in our world, no single discipline can do it for us.” A culminating class will be added to the new core as well. This course, called “Service of Faith and Promotion of Justice,” would be taken toward the end of a student’s core education and will include elements of theology and philosophy. Despite the shifting roadmap of class requirements, Feldner said the new core still adheres to the university’s Jesuit tradition and gives students a way to connect what they learn. “This is a still a very humanities-heavy liberal arts tradition, so that is unchanged. (But) it is using different courses to fulfill it,” she said. “Rather than a bingo sheet of ‘take this, take this, take this,’ hopefully we’re providing some choices and some pathways.”
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Wi-Fi struggles to handle wireless connections Overloaded access points cause issues for campus users By Jenny Whidden
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Complaints about Marquette’s Wi-Fi are rarely a new topic of discussion for students, but this year has been worse than usual. Coverage is the main cause of Wi-Fi issues, Mary Simmons, senior director of information technology services, said. There are currently about 13,000 devices connected to the university’s WiFi, and the system cannot handle the demand of each student connecting multiple devices. “When this network was first built, everybody was bringing one device,” Simmons said. “Now you have a laptop, you have a tablet, all sorts of devices. The wireless just can’t handle the demand.” The university network is made up of about 1,700 access points, and each one can handle around 50 connections, Simmons said. If that number is exceeded, especially in popular places such as the Brew Bayou or the library, the access point won’t hold a connection. “Your best bet is to get up and go somewhere that’s not as crowded, especially if you’re trying to do something like stream a video,” Simmons said. The general increase of students over the years, as well as an increase in use of technology, has exacerbated the issue. Steve Hegarty, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences, said he remembers not being able to connect in his room in Straz Tower last year.
“My phone could not connect to the Wi-Fi, and I used an ethernet cord to get internet on my laptop all year long,” Hegarty said. Because of the wireless nature of the access points, however, technicians rely heavily on student feedback to identify the problem. “I need to know where it’s not working, because we can fix it,” Simmons said. “There are a number of ways you guys can communicate with us. We have a Twitter account, and you guys can tweet us, just let us know where.” William Risen is one of two network technicians who work
in the field to maintain the university’s wireless network. Risen said in cases like Hegarty’s, once he receives the complaint, he can go in to confirm the problem and install an additional access point if necessary. Twenty-four student complaints have been submitted since the start of the school year, and 20 of those complaints were resolved in a couple of days, Simmons said. The remaining four cases are awaiting student response. “If somebody complains, we take it very seriously, and we go scope it. If you’re having a
By Sarah Lipo
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Marquette University Student Government voted on new legislation and filled open positions during its meeting Sept. 25. The committee passed legislation for a portable scoreboard, as the consensus reached a majority immediately. The scoreboard will cost $4,130 and will mostly be used at Valley Fields. Joshua Steinfels, a junior in the College of Business Administration and the representative for the Evans Scholars House, said he was a supporter of purchasing the scoreboard.
break with this Wi-Fi. I’m constantly refreshing my page, disconnecting and reconnecting and restarting my computer.” In these cases, Risen recommends taking the device to the Wired Office or Help Desk, both located in Cudahy Hall. “That’s what the Help Desk and the Wired Office is there for. You show up, and they’re going to take care of you,” Risen said. “We’re all about you guys. It’s all about making (the students) be able to get through in four to five years.”
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Wi-Fi access points around campus cannot handle the amount of connections students are attempting to make with them, causing slow speeds.
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problem, you need to call the help desk or send an email,” Risen said. “My biggest thing is (the students) can’t just tell us, ‘It doesn’t work.’ I need where doesn’t it work and when. There needs to be a little bit more information.” However, some students’ problems aren’t isolated to one area. “It happens all over campus,” Aileen Stanton, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said. “Whether I’m attempting to submit something to D2L or just relaxing with some Netflix after a monstrous study session, I just can’t seem to catch a
“As someone who partakes in many of the intramural sports, it’s a great use of our money.” The reserve fund currently holds $167,802.67. Allie Bitz, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences and executive vice president of MUSG, said she was eager to pass the legislation to benefit the Marquette community. “I just wanted to say the reserve is not a budget ... it’s actually our surplus,” Bitz said. The committee passed the legislation for the portable scoreboard with flying colors, the consensus reached a majority immediately. The election for President Pro Tempore also took place Monday. This role is an elected position, given to a senator who will ensure communication on the board and act as a leader within the senators. Steinfels and Dan Brophy, a sophomore and student representative in
the College of Arts & Sciences, were both nominated. After a question and answer session and the debate that followed, Brophy was elected. Brophy was the Straz representative in MUSG last year. He said he hopes to continue to be vocal in the senate and that he can urge senators to be the best leaders they can be. An election for the chair of the Student Organization Funding Committee also took place. This committee oversees the funding for the various clubs, sports and student organizations that may apply for funding through the school. The funding is available each year, and is funded by the $30 student activity fee paid by every undergraduate student. The position was filled by Steinfels. Every residence hall senator position has now been filled, yet MUSG is still in search of an off campus representative.
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Mu theatre: ‘Working’ Musical shines light on middle class, blue collar Americans By Kelli Arseneau
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The hopes and dreams, formed and broken relationships and daily trials and tribulations of being an American worker are put on display in Marquette Theatre’s production of “Working: A Musical.” “Working” is a raw, powerful show that tells the stories, struggles and accomplishments of everyday workers, through monologues and musical numbers. The show is based on Chicago radio personality Studs Terkel’s 1974 book, “Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do,” a compilation of interviews with American workers. “Working” was adapted for the stage in the late 1970s. It was updated in 2009 to better fit new careers and modern language. The songs of the show were written in a variety of different musical styles, reflecting the diversity of various occupations. After a month of rehearsals lasting four to seven hours a day, Marquette Theatre is preparing to present their take on this classic show to an audience. Just like the message of the musical itself, Marquette Theatre’s production of “Working” was made possible through the jobs of every single individual involved both on stage and behind the scenes. “What I find so important about this show, and what I hope audiences take away, is that so many of us are underappreciated in the work that we do,” director, Niffer Clarke said. “We’re not seen, we’re not appreciated.” She said that the show has inspired people to look around and see how every job, no matter how big or small it is perceived to be, is important. To portray that message, Clarke said she chose to block the show in a way that allows the audience to see the actor, crew and stage managers backstage at all times, doing their jobs during the show. With the help of student designers to further her concept and add their creative ideas, the message of the show is further made
Photo by Jordan Johnson jordan.johnson@marquette.edu Michael Nicholas measures a set piece to be used during the production of “Working.” The musical will show the crew members doing their respective jobs backstage alongside the actors.
clear to the audience. With a total of eight actors playing a variety of different characters, Margaret Tomasiewicz, a junior in the College of Communication and a costume designer for the show, had to come up with a way to differentiate the characters while still keeping a sense of consistency throughout. “For this show, the director wants the concept to be neutrals,” Tomasiewicz said. “Everything is neutral, and then each character has a special color, or a pop or something that shows who they are, but still remaining simple.” Students are able to take on so many different impactful jobs in the show in part due to the nature of Marquette’s theatre program. Clarke said that students have countless opportunities for experience: theatre students learn every aspect of production, from acting to costuming to set design to lighting. In addition, students are welcome to audition for and be in as many shows as they want, or to take on different roles in the shows sometimes more than one. Marquette Theatre also provides extensive opportunities to students by allowing anyone to audition, regardless of their area of study. “Working” features a diverse cast from across a
variety of colleges. For Derly Vela, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, “Working” is his first Marquette Theatre show and he will play multiple characters including a caretaker, publicist and a technical support worker from Verizon Wireless. Vela said that balancing rigorous school work with rehearsal has not been easy. Vela said that the biggest challenge he has faced throughout the process has been time management, made even more difficult due to initially feeling a little like an outsider by joining a community of people that mostly already knew each other. But the message behind “Working” has been beneficial to Vela. He said that he has bonded with fellow cast mates over sharing similar experiences of struggles and triumphs. “You realize after hearing a lot of this stuff, although people have different jobs, they go through similar struggles,” Vela said. This is what he thinks the message of the entire show truly is. “Working” runs from Thursday, Sept. 28th to Sunday, Oct. 8th at the Helfaer Theatre.
Photo by Jordan Johnson jordan.johnson@marquette.edu The costume sketches hang on a bulletin board. Many actors will play multiple characters.
Photo by Jordan Johnson jordan.johnson@marquette.edu Margaret Tomasiewicz, the costume designer for the show, goes through her design process.
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Students get creative with fun socks Freshmen show off their sense of style with cozy accents By Dan O’Keefe
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Pineapples, airplanes and Abraham Lincoln. This isn’t a list of random words. Instead, these are just a few of the colorful, creative socks that many freshmen at Marquette are embracing with open arms and feet. The reasons for wearing artsy socks vary from person to person. Michael McDonald, a freshman in the College of Business Administration, who was sporting a pair of blue socks with jumbo jets, helicopters and various other aircraft, said that he does it because it’s fun. McDonald got his first pair of crazy socks sophomore year of high school, and he’s been addicted ever since. “I was just walking around TJ Maxx and saw some on the wall,” he said. “I was like ‘Hey, I
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could spice up my wardrobe with these fun socks!’” Three years later, McDonald’s expansive stash, now stuffed in the top drawer of his filled to the brim dorm dresser, features simple striped socks with classic paintings such as Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.” But McDonald said that his reason for wearing fun socks isn’t only for the design. He also loves the extra comfy feel. “Comfort and style together. That’s the beauty of (fun) socks,” McDonald said. Joe Passmore, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, agreed with McDonald’s sentiment. “I feel like there’s a real big fun sock movement going on,” Passmore said. Passmore then pulled up the bottom of his jeans to showcase his grey socks featuring a portrait of Lincoln, mentioning that these and his pair of socks with John F. Kennedy on them were his favorites. “When I rented my prom tux last year, they were like, ‘Well, what kind of socks do you want?’”
Passmore said. “‘Do you want fun socks or normal socks?’ and I was like ‘Give me the fun socks!’ It’s like fun socks are now part of male fashion.” Passmore said he felt like fun socks are a fun way to express oneself while keeping the expression quiet. “I feel like it’s just a thing for you, because who sees your socks?” Passmore said, “You’re just like, ‘You know what? No matter what I’m wearing, I’m just gonna put on a little fun sock for me!’” Showing off his socks was something Passmore said he enjoyed. He said that he loves to see people’s faces light up when he shows off his socks. “It’s all about the reveal,” Passmore said. “It’s great.” Passmore said that he got his first pair of crazy socks, a multicolored striped pair, for Christmas in high school. Katie Uttal, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, said her sock addiction started much earlier. Uttal said she has been
wearing fun socks for as long as she’s thought about her clothing choices. Some of her oldest socks are from elementary school. “I never wore paired socks,” she said. “I’ve always kind of been into fun combinations of socks, so now I wear fun socks because I actually care about pairing my socks … If I’m gonna wear socks, I’m gonna wear fun socks!” She said that she loves to show them off to anyone that will look. In fact, she ran to grab a big box that held over 25 unique pairs of socks, and as she pulled them out, she described each one in detail. “People are always just like, ‘Oh, I love your socks,” she said. “I consider myself kind of a goofy person, and my socks are a reflection of that … It’s a way to express some creativity.”
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Without body cameras, MUPD transparency suffers
MUPD has been looking into officer-worn body cameras since 2015, but still has not delivered.
While responding to an alleged sexual assault at a house on 19th and Kilbourn Streets Friday night, a Marquette University Police Department officer threatened to use his Taser against a non-compliant student at the house. Snapchat footage of the incident shows a plainclothes MUPD detective and a uniformed MUPD officer next to a staircase threatening to stun the student. If viewers were to trust the Snapchat video, the Taser would appear to have been activated. Lights flash across the room and two distinct clicking sounds can be heard immediately after the initial threat is made. But the Taser was never activated. A statement issued by the university the following day, along with confirmation from the student who was threatened, verified this. Still, rumors on a college campus are inevitable, and confusion over what exactly occurred Friday night persisted.
This confusion was wholly avoidable. Had the MUPD officer who deployed the Taser been wearing a body camera, he would have had precise and objective evidence corroborating MUPD’s statement. MUPD’s lack of officer-worn body cameras is inconsistent with their mission of transparency, and considering the scrutiny applied to law enforcement agencies, particularly in instances where force is used, the absence of these cameras hurts the department’s relationship with the Marquette community. Moreover, police departments need to be able to tell their side of a situation with their own video. The implementation of body cameras is for MUPD’s own good as much as it is for the community’s. Imagine if an officer needed to use their firearm, and that situation wasn’t caught on a third-party objective monitoring system. There would be no proper checks in place,
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and public opinion and speculation would not be on the side of the officer. It is a significant commitment for police departments to incorporate body cameras, and it would be unfair to expect it without careful consideration. That being said, MUPD has been considering this option for quite some time. The former public safety department transitioned to a commissioned police department in 2015. By the second MUPD Advisory Board meeting, held Dec. 8, 2015, the police chief suggested the implementation of both Tasers and officer-worn body cameras for MUPD officers. Two months later, in February 2016, officers underwent Taser user certification sessions while MUPD officials worked to coordinate body camera implementation with Marquette’s Information Technology Services. Now, more than a year and a half since the initial proposal to incorporate
body cameras into MUPD protocol, the police department is still camera-less. It is understandable that such a dramatic shift in technological reliance would take time and diligent planning, but by the end of the semester, it will have been two years since the initial proposal and more than one year since the initial projected implementation date. MUPD needs to make a decision and deliver on this long-expired promise. During the summer preceding the fall 2016 semester, MUPD tested two different body camera models manufactured by the company Axon. The rationale for testing the cameras over the summer was that by the time students returned in the fall, MUPD would have the data and practice necessary to fully implement the new technology. But the cameras were never implemented. During the first MUPD Advisory Board meeting of the 2016-17 academic year, held Oct. 11, 2016, the board began discussing potential camera policies and protocols but made no tangible efforts toward actual implementation. Two months later, during the Dec. 6, 2016 board meeting, the advisory board chair, Marquette University Law School professor Thomas Hammer, distributed a draft of MUPD’s body camera policy and the Milwaukee Police Department’s current policy. The board discussed various storage options for the data collected by the cameras, and again, MUPD projected they would implement the cameras within the following few months, and again, the cameras never came. There are glaring problems with the process by which the advisory board and MUPD have chosen to implement this program. During the April 5, 2016, advisory board meeting, the body cameras weren’t even brought up. Yet, MUPD began testing the Axon cameras within two months of this meeting. Policy regarding the cameras wasn’t even discussed until the next board meeting, held in October of the following semester. It took another two months for a draft policy to be presented. If the student body is supposed to put their faith in the MUPD advisory board, they are going to need a better example of its ability to organize and facilitate this initiative. During the most recent advisory board meeting, held April 18, 2017, MUPD announced that Axon, the supplier of both
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the test cameras and the police department’s Tasers, would be giving law enforcement agencies body cameras free of charge. On the surface, this looks like a great advantage for MUPD. But Axon’s offer is remarkably popular, and this popularity is hindering MUPD’s progress. According to both MUPD Captain Jeff Kranz and Chief Paul Mascari, Axon is supplying the largest police departments with cameras first, and because of MUPD’s small size, it is difficult to say how soon MUPD should expect to see the cameras delivered. If the issue were cost, the waiting game may be understandable. Securing both the equipment and the cloud-based storage necessary for body cameras is expensive, but according to the minutes from the Dec. 6, 2016, MUPD Advisory Board meeting, financing for the cameras and cloud storage had already been secured. When MUPD first began researching the cameras in 2015, Kranz said they were hesitant to move too fast on this initiative. “All of a sudden there are dealers for body cameras everywhere, and we want to make sure we get the best product,” Kranz said. If MUPD had so many options at the beginning of its search, it should still have those options now. The best product is going to be the one that actually gets delivered. So far, Axon’s cameras are theoretical. None of this speaks highly of MUPD’s ability to deliberate and deliver in a timely manner. It is the obligation of the community to hold authority accountable, but it is also the obligation of authority to serve with openness and transparency, neither of which are consistent with MUPD’s actions regarding this issue.
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MU family weekend beneficial for all
police d be Maya ncies Korenich e. As Family Weekend aplike a proaches, I’m attempting to . But pick up the two weeks’ worth popu- of laundry that’s been sitting on nder- my floor and change my sheets so my parents don’t think I MUPD am living in filth. Chief I have heard mixed reviews pply- from my classmates about Family epart- Weekend. People seem to either and be excited to see their family and size, get a meal that’s not dorm food, soon they feel like they’re missing out ee the on their usual weekend activities or they simply don’t care. Being , the from Chicago, it is easy for me nder- to see my family if I really need the to, but I appreciate a based designated weekend body for that purpose. t ac- Family Weekm the end gives students visory the opportunity to or the show their fame had ily what their school life is like. I found n re- this especially ben2015, eficial as a freshant to man. I got to show ive. my parents around deal- campus, and specifiwhere, cally what buildings we get I had classes in or d. where I liked to sit ptions on the quad. ch, it Some of my friends ptions are from farther ing to away and they only ts de- had one parent drop meras them off at college. I know they apprecihly of ated Family Weekend e and because it gave them the oppor. It is tunity to show both parents the unity lay of the land. e, but Marquette also does a fantasuthor- tic job of putting on events that s and are appealing to students and which adults alike. There are things that ’s ac- would draw anybody in, and it gives families great free options. The city of Milwaukee also offers several museums, restaurants and sports arenas that are great activities to do with your family. Family weekend is also at an ideal time of the year. Roughly one month into the first semester, it gives students the opportunity to show their parents what things are like once they are settled in. I know when my parents dropped me off this year, I threw my stuff into my room and we went to get a meal. This weekend, I’ll be able to show them how I’ve customized my space and made it my own. I know that my parents really appreciate and are looking forward to this weekend, and that makes me even more excited. As
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college students, it is easy to get caught up in our academics and our social lives. Although we may communicate with our parents frequently through texting or phone calls, it is easy to forget how much they miss you, which makes Family Weekend so much more special and important. Family Weekend also allows students to introduce their family to friends and roommates. When I got dropped off this year one of my roommates had not yet arrived so my parents did not have an opportunity to meet her. They want to know who I am living with, and this weekend is the perfect time to see that. The jump from living at home with parents to being at Marquette is a big one. Freshmen may miss their parents and this weekend is an important time for them. M a r q u e t t e ’s implementation of Family We e k e n d shows that the university values these relationships. They want to give the families of students an opportunity to connect with Marquette and Milwaukee. This is valuable and allows parents to feel safe sending their children to Marquette. The family weeked website was not only easy to navigate, but listed things to explore at Marquette, in Milwaukee and on your own as well. Whatever it is that a family may want to do, Marquette provides an outlet to do it. If students don’t want to be in a group and would rather just do things on their own, Marquette lists Milwaukee hotspots that they and their family could travel to together. Overall, I think Family Weekend is not only fun, but beneficial. My parents and I have found a lot of places we like to go to regularly downtown. I look forward to showing them my new home, and I know they are excited to see it, too.
(The university) wants to give the families of students an opportunity to connect with Marquette and Milwaukee.”
Maya Korenich is a sophomore studying social welfare and justice. She can be reached at maya.korenich@marquette.edu
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Tinder harmful to relationships
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Technology, specifically dating apps, can play a potentially harmful role in how people form relationships.
Jackson Dufault
Cell phones have become a vital part of our everyday lives. In the modern era, they are essentially our main form of communication outside of face-to-face contact. With more innovation over time, cell phones have the ability to micromanage our lives. Calendars, reminders, even an app that finds your lost items, the possibilities with the device are seemingly endless. So, when phone application developers tested the online dating waters, a whole new wave of innovation came crashing onto the scene. This innovation came in the form of quick dating apps, the most popular being Tinder. These applications combine the idea of quick communication with online dating. They are extremely popular, and half the people I know have an account. I am not one of those people. I do not have a Tinder account, nor have I any plans to get one. However, this hasn’t stopped friends from trying to persuade me otherwise. People have told me that it’s ‘the best way to meet people,’ but this is a notion I strongly disagree with. Tinder, and other quick communication dating apps, has introduced a negative trend to our society: the elimination of actual human interaction. Why go out to a bar or party and try to meet people when you can sit on your couch and text 20
people at once? Quick dating apps like Tinder are an apathetic form of socialization. The beauty of meeting people is interpersonal communication, but without seeing someone face to face, making deeper connections with them is much more difficult. Texting and computerized communication eliminate a vital part of how we connect. When I introduce myself to someone in person, I feel as though I have made a stronger impression than I ever could on Tinder and through text. Just being able to see another person’s facial expressions and their mannerisms makes it a lot easier to make some sort of connection with them. Seeing them live ensures that there is no hiding behind a photoshopped picture or texts that have been edited several times. The interactions are more authentic. Communication like this just isn’t possible through online interaction. We have grown into a society dependent on quick communication. However, implementing this ideology into intimate relationship building isn’t a good idea. I dislike the idea of texting a person for maybe a day or so, and then deciding to meet up and go on a formal date. Relationship building is a slow process, and attempting to reach the climax of it so quickly, especially over online messaging, seems unwise. A genuine human smile can have heavy effects on human interactions. Emojis and texts attempt, but ultimately fail, to imitate this very
important cooperation. This isn’t the only concern I have with quick dating apps. Safety is another issue. It is difficult for users to know who they are speaking to online. This applies especially for people who plan on meeting with that person. In many cases, this is the end goal with Tinder. Tinder users have informed me that they use methods to avoid possible confrontations, such as name searching the person on Facebook. However, this isn’t an effective way of finding out whether a person is real or not. It’s simple to fake a Facebook account, or any online profile for that matter. When you sign up for Tinder, you are assuming this risk. Though uncommon, the possibility of danger makes using online dating apps almost not worth it. Now, of course there is always a risk of something like this occurring offline too. The truth is, you never really know a person, especially someone you just met. However, meeting someone in public is a much safer option than meeting them one on one after chatting online. Being in public greatly decreases the chances of something dangerous occurring. Tinder is obviously a smash hit in the quick dating department. However, it is imperfect, and our society should certainly not be relying on it to find relationships. Jackson Dufault is a sophomore studying journalism and political science. He can be reached at jackson.dufault@marquette.edu
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Judson finds new home at MU
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New special assistant to the head coach Rob Judson meets four students from the College of Engineering at the Great Wall of China this summer.
Former Tom Crean colleague takes on special assistant role By John Steppe
john.steppe@marquette.edu
On one of their last days in China this past August, Kate Harrison and four other students in the College of Engineering visited the Great Wall of China and, like many other students studying abroad, took a picture with a Marquette flag. Unlike others, their time halfway across the globe had an extra Marquette twist. As the group walked down the wall, they unexpectedly met Rob Judson, Marquette basketball’s special assistant to the head coach.
He was finishing a two week camp called AthletesInAction, an organization dedicated to the intersection of sports and Christianity. “We visited the Great Wall, and of course wore our Marquette gear, and I brought my Marquette flag to take some pictures for the college and for (the Study Abroad Office),” Harrison said in a Facebook message. “We were shocked that, halfway around the world, we would meet someone who not only knew what Marquette was, but happened to be the new assistant basketball coach for the team.” “One of the other coaches was talking to some other people and said, ‘Coach Judson, come over here,” Judson said. “I came over there, and there were four of the
students from Marquette, so we took a picture … The destiny of being halfway across the world and seeing four other people that were from Marquette was pretty cool.” That’s how Judson’s time as the newest member of Steve Wojciechowski’s staff symbolically started: halfway around the world. He would then officially begin his tenure at Marquette a few days later. Judson grew up during McGuire’s prime at Marquette. McGuire’s national title in 1977 was during Judson’s sophomore year at the University of Illinois. “The tradition, the success, the uniforms, the players,” Judson said. “It was just a great moment feeling, the responsibility of being part of an outstanding tradition and
basketball power.” Before Marquette, Judson worked under former Marquette head coach Tom Crean at Indiana, first as director of player operations and then as assistant coach When Indiana fired Crean in March, Judson was out of work as well. At the same time, Wojciechowski needed another staff member after the departures of director of player personnel Travis Diener to Italy and director of basketball operations Justin Gainey to Santa Clara. Judson, a coach with more than three decades of coaching experience, is a luxury for a staff without someone older than 41. Associate head coach Brett Nelson was only in second grade when Judson had his first Division I coaching job. “I
wanted to add a voice of somebody that’s been in the business a long time,” Wojciechowski said. “Rob has been a head coach and has worked for some great ones,” Wojciechowski said. “As you go around, check out the background on guys and talk to people. I did not hear one bad word about him from anyone he’s worked with or anybody who’s worked with him.” It was not hard for Judson to see the coaching similarities between his previous and current bosses. “Coach Crean is very intense. He’s very competitive, and coach Wojciechowski is the same way,” Judson said. “So, its been a great transition for me to be able to work with coach Wojciechowski and to see how he teaches the players, how he instructs and how he pushes forward his ‘win every day’ mentality.” Like Diener and the rest of staff, Judson played college basketball. In his senior year with the Fighting Illini, he put up shooting numbers that rivaled those of current sharpshooters Markus Howard and Andrew Rowsey: 50 percent from the field and 88.9 percent from the free throw line. But Judson isn’t expecting to appear in any of Wojo’s signature noon games against the younger guys any time soon. “Those guys have a lot more quickness than I have left,” Judson said. “But the staff works at staying fit, and that’s one of the things I try to do as well. So it’s been really nice to be able to work out with the other coaches.” While Judson won’t be logging any minutes in noon ball, Wojciechowski views the addition as a personnel victory. “It’s been a real win for our program,” Wojciechowski said. “We miss Travis (Diener) no doubt, but Rob (Judson) in his own ways has been very valuable.”
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Women’s basketball looks to 2019 on recruiting trail Kieger, Boggess focus on team’s future with next two years full By Brian Boyle
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Nearly 10 months ago, Chloe Marotta, sister of men’s basebodyketball walk-on guard Cam and a longdaughter of late Marquette legend Marc, offered her verbal h andcommitment to join the women’s ones,” basketball team as a junior in ou go high school. round When that happened, women’s I didbasketball head coach Carot him lyn Kieger, who was already en ith or route to a BIG EAST champiim.” onship, had a weight lifted off to see her shoulders. Marrotta’s verbal tweencommit cemented Kieger’s lines. up for the next two seasons. The tense.next scholarship spots would not coachbe open until 2019-’20. way,” “Even though we keep getting great better — and hopefully we can workbe a top 10 team this year — nd towho we’re going after, it’s still s, how going to be about great character es for- and those self-motivated playality.”ers,” Kieger said. “We may have staff,gotten ahead, but we’re never etball.going to sacrifice culture for talghting ent. What I’m pleased of with mbersmy staff is that we’ve done it the sharp- right way, and we haven’t taken d An- any shortcuts.” m the Early fall usually serves as e freethe last, hectic window for the “hot class” of recruits for the to ap- next year. With those spots ale noonready long secured, Kieger and ys anyher staff are afforded a moment to breathe, focus on the year moreahead and get in early recruiting udson with current high school juniors stay- and sophomores. ings I That said, they are not, as asreallysistant coach and head recruitth theing coordinator Ginny Boggess put it, heading down to soak log- in the sun at Bradford Beach ball,anytime soon. dition “There’s a great (Duke men’s basketball head coach) Mike r pro- Krzyzewski quote that goes “Wesomething like ‘Recruiting is bt, but like shaving; nobody notices unys has til you take a day off,’” Boggess said. “Just because we are ahead doesn’t mean anything changes. It just allows us to redistribute that energy. No less time, just more time on younger kids.” Getting out so far ahead allows the staff to cast a wider net, expand recruitment to both coasts, and get in early with top 50 recruits. The chance to be the first program to reach out to some of the best high schoolers is a huge advantage, Kieger said, because players tend to remember, and value, who was there first. “To get ahead and to start building relationships with the young women and their families really helps us,” Kieger said. “There are a lot of players who
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Head coach Carolyn Kieger and her assistants have every scholarship filled until the 2019-’20 season. The squad is coming off a BIG EAST title.
say ‘You were there from the beginning.’ That helps kids feel comfortable with you, that helps them know your loyalty, that helps them know how interested we are. And it also allows us to go watch them more.” Couple the ability to get an early foot in the door with the recent, massive strides the program has made, and recruitment becomes a lot easier. “I think (the recent success) is really gonna help us this next year,” Kieger said. “It’s made us relevant. Our recruitment is going to be a dual partnership: on one hand, it’s going to be about our success, and then on the other, it’s about the great relationships we can build.” The biggest advantage to getting so far ahead on recruitment is the time it affords Kieger and her staff to focus on the squad she has on campus now. The current junior class, a seven player bloc that includes starters Allazia Blockton, Erika Davenport, Natisha Hiedeman and Danielle King, has afforded the coaching staff time to use recruitment as a way to fill out the fringes of the roster instead of having to rely on freshmen to fill key roles immediately. Now, as those starters have found success and enter the back nine of their Marquette careers, they have an interest in the recruitment process as well – legacy. “They’re starting to feel a little competitive when it comes to recruitment, too,” Kieger said. “They want to make sure this isn’t just a little couple-year run. We want to be a powerhouse to stay.”
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Jason Davis brings worldly experience to men’s soccer New forward’s physicality adds to men’s soccer’s attack By Brendan Ploen
brendan.ploen@marquette.edu
For graduate student and men’s soccer forward Jason Davis to step foot on Marquette’s campus, everything had to go right in his native United Kingdom while he was applying for a student visa. Davis, a Birmingham native, left his house at 5 a.m., caught the train to London’s Euston Station and took the tube line to Victoria Station, where he walked the few blocks to United Kingdom’s Visa and Immigration department. He lined up 90 minutes before his appointment just to ensure he’d be one of the lucky few to be seen that day. If one form was missing or had even a small clerical error, Davis wouldn’t be on the Marquette soccer team. “There were so many things that could have gone wrong on that day, but thankfully, my family and I had it in order, and it went through,” Davis said. “If the visa wasn’t processed in three to five days, I wasn’t going, plain and simple.” Head coach Louis Bennett and his staff are thankful everything went through smoothly. After all, it’s not every day, let alone in midJuly, that the program secures a
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Forward Jason Davis receives a pass against Seton Hall Saturday night. He is still waiting for his first goal.
commitment from a 6-foot-5 forward with maturity, blistering pace and remarkable strength. “I don’t think there’s anyone built like him in our league, so he gives you that ‘what if’ factor,” Bennett said. “He gives teams an accountability factor that they always have to mark him because he attracts so much attention.” Davis almost expects the attention to be on him. In his four appearances with the Golden Eagles, Davis has yet to get on the score sheet and has registered four shots, but is always a threat when on the pitch. Davis will go up for a header and get an elbow
in the back, a kick in the shin or his toes stepped on in the box. Bennett calls these players the “dark hearts of soccer.” Despite these disruptive defenders throughout his career, Davis still attracted plenty of clubs and colleges back in England. He spent his undergraduate years at Loughborough University in England as a forward. Before that, Davis took a 90-minute commute every day to train in nearprofessional conditions with second-tier side Burton Albion in the English Championship. Adjusting to American soccer philosophies and colloquialisms
came with its challenges for Davis. While the language of soccer is universal, the meanings and drills can vary from country to country. Davis gave an analogy that pointed out the difference between English and American soccer culture. “It looks like an orange, but when you cut it open, it’s a grapefruit and it’s not quite the same,” Davis said. “Coach (Bennett) will tell me to do something, and I think ‘x means x,’ because I’ve been doing it for 12 plus years, but he says ‘no, here it means this.’ There are certain similarities, but it’s not quite the same.” Bennett understood what Davis
was going through, because he went through it himself. “I came here from England to play, thinking we knew everything about the game because, after all, we invented it,” Bennett said. “I then realized how little I did know about the game, the real game, the world game. So for Jason, it was an adjustment as it was for me.” Davis isn’t just a creative player on the pitch. He has an imagination off of it, as well. That skill helped him land a year-long internship at Puma, one of the biggest brands in the soccer apparel world. Davis worked on designing footwear and product development. The multicultural company culture gave him a different perspective on the soccer world. “Obviously, soccer is a global game, but at Puma, there are so many global elements within the company alone,” Davis said. “Everyone spoke at least two languages, and it was a great experience.” Despite being plagued with injuries earlier in the year, Davis has a positive view of his studies and soccer at Marquette. “I’ve got an added avenue that I didn’t have before coming to Marquette,” Davis said. “The overall experience has been absolutely incredible, and I’ve got more than enough room to choose and figure out what I want to do next.”
Lena’s path to Milwaukee started by television show ‘Soccer Superstar’ jumpstarted young forward’s journey By Andrew Goldstein
andrew.goldstein@marquette.edu
Maggie Lena stepped onto a soccer pitch near her southern California home on a warm, sunny day to practice her shooting. She started from the 6-yard box and tried to hit the back of the net in the air, moving further back with each successful attempt. All the while, Lorrie Fair, a member of the 1999 United States Women’s National Team that won the World Cup, looked on sternly. People holding cameras and boom mics kept circling, looking for the perfect angle. Soccer and reality television are two subjects that don’t often overlap with each other, but Marquette women’s soccer player Maggie Lena found herself in the middle of that Venn diagram when she competed on “Soccer Superstar,” a fourepisode Nickelodeon reality show about finding America’s best teenage female soccer player. “I was kind of surprised at … how much effort it takes to not only compete, soccer-wise, but just always be present on the reality TV show
basis,” Lena said. The road to soccer superstardom began in spring 2015, just before Lena’s junior year of high school, when her club soccer team, Beach FC, distributed fliers advertising the tryouts. One of the locations, the StubHub Center, home of the LA Galaxy in Carson, California, was only a 20-minute drive from Lena’s house in Santa Monica. “It was like, ‘Why not try out?’” Lena said. “You have nothing to lose.” Roughly 100 girls tried out in California, and over 300 auditioned nation-wide. Only 16 of them made the cut to be on the show. “They timed me doing sprints, they counted how many shots I could make in a certain amount of time,” Lena said. “We did 1v1 and 2v2 drills. Everything was documented, and everybody was looking at you.” The judges gave out jerseys to the 16 finalists, according to how highly they graded each player, from bottom to top, and they gave Lena the last uniform. She was one of six people from her group to make the cut. Each stage in the two-week show consisted of training drills similar to the ones Lena did in the tryouts, all conducted under the watchful eye of host Heather Mitts, an Olympic Gold medalist, or one of the other judges.
Then, the remaining girls teamed up for a match, after which several players would be cut from the show. However, the toughest part of being on ‘Soccer Superstar’ had nothing to do with the on-field competition for Lena. “It was very important to have interviews,” Lena said. “Every day, you sat in front of the camera and talked to cameramen for two hours, explaining what you did in the day and how the girls are bonding or not bonding.” That cycle – drill, interview, game and cut – continued unabated until Lena made it to the final four. Her final match was against Beach FC, the club team that spurred her to try out in the first place. Although Lena scored a goal in a 3-1 Superstar victory, the judges selected Vanessa Millsaps, a University of Washington commit, as the show’s final winner. When the announcement was made, Lena smiled and wrapped her arm around Millsaps, but felt much different internally. “Obviously, it was devastating,” Lena said. “I’d spent so much effort in those two weeks just filming, playing soccer and competing. But, I think everything happens for a reason.” Life proved Lena correct over the following year. One of the other girls from southern California that made the show convinced Lena to try out
for her club team, ECNL Eagles. Lena made the Eagles and soon appeared on the radar of women’s soccer coach Markus Roeders. “She had contacted us and we followed up with her,” Roeders said. “We saw her play multiple times and were really intrigued by her.” “It’s kind of this show that got me to the team that allowed me to play at this university,” Lena said. “That’s just awesome.” Although Lena has only seen the field for 20 minutes over the course of four matches this season, Roeders remains impressed with her footwork. “She’s very good with her feet,”
Roeders said. “She is a great striker and she can finish the ball. In club soccer, we also saw that she can … play from the midfield all the way to the front line.” Even though she’s two years removed from the show, Lena still thinks about it sometimes. And, if Lena ever tried to forget, there are people in her life that would remind her. “My parents videotaped the TV while it was going on,” Lena said. “You get a little of that secondhand embarrassment, but I think it’s definitely so awesome to see yourself on television.”
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Lena poses with judge Marcello Balboa while on “Soccer Superstar.”
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Over-recruitment raises some ethical questions
e went here ng we game Chris ed it,” Reisner d how me, the As anyone on Twitter knows, So formen’s basketball is in the hunt it wasfor five-star point guard recruit Quentin Grimes, the 13th playerbest player in the class of 2018, nationper ESPN. helped Grimes, a 6-foot-4 guard hip atfrom The Woodlands, Texas, brandsnarrowed his potential list of Davisschools down to four, including ar andMarquette. The entire coaching mul-staff visited Grimes in Housgaveton multiple times, and Grimes on theseemed to notice. “They’ve been consistent the globalwhole summer,” Grimes said re soto Scout earlier in September. n the“They were three-deep at al“Ev-most every game and front row uages,at every game. Their whole mes” sage is, ‘I’m the only guard they th in-are recruiting.’” is has Grimes would be the highests andranked recruit since Henry Ellenson, but Marquette does not that Icurrently have a scholarship Mar-spot open for Grimes during the all ex-2018-19 season. If Grimes does ncred-commit, there is a chance Marnoughquette would have to theoreticalwhatly turn him down or release them from their scholarship.
NCAA Division I basketball teams have 13 scholarships to give student-athletes. Marquette currently has 12 players on scholarship, but with only one senior graduating and 2018 commits Brendan Bailey and Joey Hauser joining the team next season, there doesn’t appear to be a spot. Of course, Marquette had only three scholarships available at this time last year but eventually added four freshmen and a transfer because Traci Carter and Sandy Cohen transferred. Over the past four seasons, Marquette has had at least one player transfer out of the program each year under coach Wojciechowski. In that respect, coaches recruiting despite a lack of available scholarships is like airlines routinely overselling flights. It’s OK most of the time because not everyone will show up to the flight or, in Marquette’s case, stay on the team. But from an ethical standpoint, is it OK to remove someone if the flight is overbooked, so to speak? Over-signing, as the practice is called, has happened in college basketball before. During the 2011 offseason, the Louisville Cardinals men’s basketball team found themselves with 16 players on scholarship, three more
than the NCAA’s limit of 13. The situation was resolved by three players agreeing to become walk-ons for that season. Assuming Grimes commits to Marquette and no current player transfers due to his own accord, the worst case scenario would result in a current player essentially being forced to either transfer or give up his scholarship. Marquette has actually faced a similar situation before. In the summer of 2010, talented wing player Jamil Wilson transferred from University of Oregon to Marquette, but the Golden Eagles didn’t have a scholarship left to give him. Instead of cutting a current player, then-head coach Buzz Williams created room by rescinding a commitment to recruit DJ Newbill, who had already signed his letter of intent. While it’s disturbing that coaches have such outsized influence over the future of their athletes, at the end of the day, they’re responsible for putting the best possible team on the floor and winning games. When a program has an opportunity to land a recruit of Grimes’ caliber, it’s time to recruit first and deal with the consequences later. It’s possible that these
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Assistant coach Stan Johnson references Quentin Grimes’ recruitment.
circumstances might not be an issue. Grimes could choose another school, or someone could transfer from Marquette, which would relieve Wojo and company. from having to worry about this. Until then, regardless of whether it’s right to force a player off the team for Grimes,
it is a question worth asking. Although the situation isn’t ideal for the players, pursuing the best possible talent can only lead in a positive direction. Chris Reisner is a sophomore studying journalism. He can be reached at christopher.reisner@marquette.edu
Milwaukee Tennis Classic returns to original format Singles and doubles matches take place of old team format
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ars re-By Zoe Comerford a stillisabel.comerford@marquette.edu And, Twelve years removed from there a change to team play format, would the Milwaukee Tennis Classic reverted back to an inhe TV dividual tournament, with a said. added incentives. dhand For the 42nd annual tournas defiment last weekend, the Classic’s ourself board united with the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Now, the Classic is considered a goldlevel event, which means singles players that win will receive a wild card to the ITA national championship held in Indian Wells, California, in November. “Change was good, and I think it will be exciting for the players who will be playing in it,” men’s tennis head coach Steve Rodecap said. “I think it was the right time to change it when we changed it the first time … now they have changed it again and it’ll be a great event to have in the community.” In 1975, the Classic was a week-long national singles and doubles invitational held during Christmas break. The event was
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Timon Corwin joined the Western Racquet Club in 2011 and now manages the men’s site of the tournament.
reformatted to an eight-school team-play tournament in 2005 to better accommodate schools’ and athletes’ schedules. Timon Corwin, general manager of the Western Racquet Club, said they made the change to restore some of the Classic’s traditions and engage the local community. “It was just the board’s desire to elevate college tennis in the Milwaukee area … bring the West Side and East Side together and tie in the colleges and uni-
versities,” Corwin said. The men played at the Western Racquet Club in Elm Grove while the women competed at The Town Club in Fox Point, where the clay courts forced the players to adjust. “The ball goes slower and most of the time your opponents will get more balls back,” sophomore Fleur Eggink said. “You have to hit a little bit more spin, you have to be a little bit more patient.” Eggink, along with freshman
Natalija Popovic, advanced the farthest in the tournament for Marquette on the women’s side, making to the doubles semifinals before losing to Arkansas. Four men’s tennis players competed this weekend as well: freshman Luis Heredia Gomez, sophomore Luke Smrek and juniors Greg Anderson and Alvaro Verdu. Coaches do not get to decide which players get entered into the tournament. Instead, a system called Universal Tennis
Ranking decides it. The format is also no-advantage, which means that once a game gets to deuce, whoever wins the next point wins the game. “It makes college tennis really exciting—noad points when it gets to three all in a game,” Rodecap said. Both Rodecap and Eggink agree that there are some things to miss about the old team format. “I like the team probably a little bit better because you’re all together and, like, with cheering each other on,” Eggink said. “They’re, like, a little bit more like teammates.” “College tennis is really exciting in a team format, but these are opportunities for guys to compete against some of the best players in the country,” Rodecap said. The Milwaukee Tennis Classic will continue to have the same format and Corwin hopes to add more teams next year. The goal is to “keep the highest standards that have been in place for decades.” “We want to attract world class players; we want to put out a great tournament and showcase Milwaukee,” Corwin said. “If you treat people like champions, they tend to act like champions.”
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Mohr jumps from NAIA school to BIG EAST power
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Sophomore Sandy Mohr joins Marquette after a year at Evangel University. Mohr has recorded one dig and two block assists in five sets this year.
Former Top 40 recruit gives Theis’ team added depth By John Hand
john.hand@marquette.edu
The beginning of the season is typically a hectic time for Marquette head volleyball coach Ryan Theis. After the lull of summer, two-a-day practices become the norm. This year was even more eventful than usual. With just one week to go before starting two-a-days, Theis learned sophomore middle blocker Sandy Mohr wanted to leave Evangel, an NAIA Christian university in Springfield, Missouri, and come to Marquette. All of a sudden, Theis had to clear a path for Mohr to transfer, get her enrolled in classes and find her housing, all before training camp started. “What I was worried about was, in trying to help her … that we weren’t forgetting 14 other players
that we were going to start in four days,” Theis said. Mohr, meanwhile, would need to acclimate herself to new teammates and get ready to start playing volleyball at a much higher level than before. “She is getting used to the speed again; she played on a very competitive club team, won a national championship as an 18 year old,” Theis said. “(She) had some injuries that kept her out some and then went and played in an environment that is not this speed … So, for a year and a half she was missing some of the stuff she would need to be successful here,” In the following week, everything that needed to fall into place did, and Mohr was officially on the team. “There was an opportunity where this was able to work out and I’m just really glad it did,” Mohr said. Prior to playing volleyball, Mohr was an elite figure skater, competing at the regional level. She started skating at her family’s lake house,
MARQUETTE SPORTS CALENDAR TUESDAY 9/26
SATURDAY 9/30
Men’s Soccer UWM 7:05 p.m.
Men’s Soccer Georgetown 12:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY 9/27
Volleyball DePaul 6:00 p.m.
Volleyball Xavier 5:00 p.m. THURSDAY 9/28 Women’s Soccer Villanova 7:00 p.m.
SUNDAY 10/1 Women’s Soccer St. John’s 12:00 p.m.
but as Mohr got older she also got taller, making it hard for her to continue skating for anything more than recreation. When Mohr hit the six-foot mark in seventh grade, she decided to replace skating with volleyball. Her brother introduced her to the sport through “pepper,” a popular two-person drill where participants take turns bumping, setting and spiking. Mohr began her volleyball
career playing for a club team in her hometown of Muskego, Wisconsin, but Mohr demonstrated the ability to play beyond the high school level. She started taking online high school classes to allow her to play for Sports Performance, a club based out of Aurora, Illinois. At Sports Performance, Mohr would go on to win an AAU Under-18 National Championship. Along the way, Mohr traveled to
Japan and the Dominican Republic for matches. That experience helped her become a top 40-ranked recruit in PrepVolleyball’s 2016 rankings. “It was a really good club,” Mohr said. “Just being there I knew volleyball is what I wanted to do as long as I can.” Originally, Mohr committed to Marquette in eighth grade while then-head coach Bond Shymansky was in charge. When Shymansky left Marquette to become the head coach at Iowa, Mohr planned to follow him, but the plan fell apart and she ended up at Evangel University. “I just didn’t know what I really wanted,” Mohr said. “Committing here in eighth grade, it was kind of early. I’m still not sure what I want to do with my life.” Since coming to Marquette, Mohr has endeared herself to the team through constant shows of support and a stringent work ethic. Even though she has only played in five sets, Theis has taken notice of Mohr’s dedication. “She is a super hard worker,” Theis said. “Always looking for extra work, extra workouts, watching the video. That has been very nice to be part of our culture … We actually have to sometimes cut her (from practice) because she would go over (her NCAA 20-hour practice week.)” “I’m really happy to be able to be back here,” Mohr said. “I don’t really know why I left. I kind of wish I didn’t sometimes.”