The Marquette Tribune | Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014

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Since 1916

Volume 99, Number 15

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

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MUSG passes amendment

Editorial

Marquette Student Government will appoint a new diversity liason

Academic integrity results prove we need more action

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2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 SPJ Award-Winning Newspaper

Marquette stifles Friars Women’s soccer earns top-4 spot in conference tournament with 4-0 victory PAGE 10

DPS receives community input

MU unveils website to monitor laundry By Gary Leverton

gary.leverton@marquette.edu

Photo by Xidan Zhang/xidan.zhang@marquette.edu

Community leaders meet to discuss the viability of a possible Marquette police department at a forum on Marquette’s campus Monday night.

At an open student forum in the Alumni Memorial Union ballrooms Monday evening, the Department of Public Safety received community input on commissioning a Marquette police force. Sponsored by Marquette Student Government, the forum is intended to help give feedback to DPS to help create a plan, in addition to giving President Lovell information on what the community has to say. The panel whom responded to the audience consisted of: Chief and Director of DPS Paul Mascari, Associate General Council Doug Smith and L. Christopher Miller, vice president of Student Affairs. Last April, Gov. Scott Walker came to campus to sign legislation granting Marquette the power to

transition DPS into a police force. The legislation, authored by Rep. Dale Kooyenga (R-Brookfield) and State Sen. Alberta Darling (R-River Hills), gave Marquette the option to commission, leaving the decision up to the University President Michael Lovell. J.R. O’Rourke, a Residential Senator for O’Donnell Hall, questioned the panel on what it believed the biggest downfall of commissioning a police force would be. “If you make a transition like this I think it is easy to assume that (DPS) has to change or that the relationship (with students) will have to be changed and (with a police force) it doesn’t have to change,” Mascari said in response. Mascari echoed the fact that the lack of power DPS has is a continual issue in maintaining safety standards around the designated patrolling boundaries. He used the example of two DPS officers waiting with a student for a Milwaukee Police Department officer to arrive because of the limitations DPS has as safety patrollers. “An alcohol citation that will

take 20 minutes to write [for MPD], takes hours for us,” Mascari said. Emphasis was also placed upon the fact that a Marquette police force would not change MPD’s boundaries, and incidents would still need to be reported to MPD. If a crime by a non-Marquette student is committed, Marquette would act as an overseer of the situation until MPD arrived. There are certain resources, such as sexual assault investigations, that Marquette would not be equipped for, where MPD would still prove necessary. The issue of DPS being a privately-funded task force for a public cause was raised, citing the issue as a “conflict of interest.” Smith explained that open records do not exist in a lot of other police departments and would make it a goal of a Marquette police force to promote credibility. Furthermore, Smith continued on that “allegations against anybody will all be referred automatically to MPD for investigation.” “This whole concept of safety

has been elevated to a higher plate and since there is a higher plate for cautiousness, there is a a greater need to provide safe resources,” Miller said. Miller continued on that if the resources are available, there is absolutely no reason to push forward with getting a police force. The vast majority of the students appeared to be pleased with the potential of DPS becoming a police force. O’Rourke said he “hopes MUSG can help get the word out (about the intentions of the police force.)” DPS is still in the discussion phase of commissioning the police force, and urges students and residents of Milwaukee to go online and share their thoughts about the potential change to DPS. Mascari finished the forum by discussing the needs of the Marquette community and extending the message that there is a lack of authority for DPS, and in order to be as resourceful as possible for student safety, this is the logical next step for Marquette to take.

INDEX

NEWS

MARQUEE

OPINIONS

Forum held to discuss viability, role of MU police department By McKenna Oxenden

mckenna.oxenden@marquette.edu

CALENDAR...........................................2 DPS REPORTS.....................................2 CLASSIFIEDS......................................5 MARQUEE............................................6 OPINIONS........................................8 SPORTS...........................................10

MU holds symposium

Some cities’ bans on handouts make the problem of homelessness worse.

A Wisconsin sexuality group will hold events to dismantle stereotypes. PAGE 4

MU continues to slump

Men’s soccer winless in last four matches after 1-0 loss to Xavier.

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Asexual Awareness Week

See Laundry, Page 2

SPORTS

Patel: Homelessness bans

A forum held Monday discussed civil rights and equal opportunity.

Students tired of lugging bags of dirty laundry all the way to washing machines — just to find none available — now can save a little bit of effort. Marquette officially added wash.mu.edu to its website Oct. 17, which lists the availability of laundry machines in dorms and university apartments. This program can also be used to give email or text message alerts when laundry is done or when a machine is available. This allows this type of service to be used on the go. “We wanted to provide residents with a convenient way to check the laundry machines,” said Rick Arcuri, director of business operations and auxiliary services. “This way when you’re sitting in your room, you can just look on this website and see that your laundry is done or that a machine is available without the hassle of traveling all the way downstairs to the machines.” Although the website was functional several weeks before Oct. 17, Arcuri sent out a tweet that day so the university could make sure it was working right. The university notified students about the new website in a news brief Monday. “We didn’t want it going up and then have a series of issues,” Arcuri said. Marquette set up the website through a partnership with WASH Multifamily Washing Systems, which also supports many other universities throughout the country. This organization is also the provider of Marquette’s washers and dryers. Since WASH Multifamily Washing Systems is the provider of this website, the university does not have to pay an extra fee for

Chappelle jokes with MKE

Star comedian’s new act touches on a suprisingly wide range of topics.

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Gonzalez: Workshop skills

Creative writing workshops prove the validity of interpersonal skills.

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