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Volume 99, Number 13
Thursday, October 9, 2014
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Levin leaving Marquette
Sophomore’s sudden departure frees up a scholarship for exciting 2015 recruiting class
Editorial
Staff and students can embody campus diversity
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MU clinic combats flu vaccine stigmas By Devi Shastri
devi.shastri@marquette.edu
As flu season looms, the Marquette medical clinic kicked into full gear to meet the demand for vaccinations. Despite an overall increase in the number of vaccines administered, the clinic is still working to combat stigma and misconceptions surrounding both the flu virus and shot. The clinic gave around 1,400 shots by the end of September, an increase of nearly 10 percent from last year. Lynda Collins, a medical clinic nurse and coordinator of the flu clinic, credits this increase to the fact that Marquette is now giving out the vaccines, rather than an outside agency. A woman receives a flu shot in the university medical clinic. Photo by Cassie Pieschel/cassie. pieschel@maruqette.edu “One of my goals was to get the outside agency off campus and have our medical clinic administer the flu shots,” she said. As a result, the clinic is increasingly busy this time of year, as it is open to students and faculty, in addition to the general public. The clinic is advantageous to patients and professionals alike. Nursing students can even administer the shots on a volunteer basis to gain valuable clinical experience. “The first few times I administered the injections, I was really focused on the actual administration and didn’t really converse with the patient,” Chrystal Mattappillil, a junior in the College of Nursing, said. “After a few of them, I realized that conversing with the patient puts them at ease and makes their experience a bit easier because they are distracted and won’t typically focus on the needle that’s being placed into See Flu Shots, Page 2
INDEX
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MU to collect input on police DPS Chief to lead sessions on possible police commissioning By Rob Gebelhoff
robert.gebelhoff@marquette.edu
University President Michael Lovell announced Wednesday that the university will collect community feedback at the end of October before he decides on the commissioning of a Marquette police force. Paul Mascari, chief of the Department of Public Safety, will host presentations about what the transition would include, and will lead forums with faculty, staff, students and the neighborhood. Police powers would give DPS officers the ability to arrest people, access law enforcement records and issue citations and traffic tickets on campus, although the Milwaukee Police Department would retain primary jurisdiction in the area. Mascari, who started his tenure as chief of DPS earlier this summer, said he thinks commissioning a police force, in agreement with MPD, would be the next logical step for his department. “As a private security agency, we’re only able to do so much,” Mascari said. “Our officers rely heavily on the Milwaukee Police Department to handle things that can only be handled by a police officer. On a Friday or Saturday night, that could take several hours. It would make our jobs a lot easier to handle routine things on our own.” Gov. Scott Walker came to campus last April 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), only gave Marquette the option to commission, leaving the decision up to the university president. If Lovell does take the commissioning route, DPS officers would have to meet standards for certification like any other Wisconsin law ofNEWS
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If University President Michael Lovell decides to grant the Department of Public Safety official police powers, DPS officers would be able to arrest people as well as issue citations and traffic tickets.
ficer, which Mascari said a handful in DPS have already voluntarily met. “In many ways our training mirrors the training that law enforcement receives,” Mascari said. A Marquette police force would be qualified to apply for federal training grants, but details about how much this will cost the university are not known. “The feedback that we get from the stakeholders will help
determine how the plan will be rolled out,” said associate general counsel Doug Smith. “We’re not talking about the numbers yet.” Mascari stressed that the mission of public safety will continue to be keeping students safe, noting that DPS prides the relationship it has developed with students. “Absolutely nothing in police powers will change that,” Mascari said. In terms of the university’s
underage drinking policy, DPS currently can’t issue citations against students, but they can call MPD if they think citations are appropriate. Smith said consequences would not change if DPS were a police force, but it would give Marquette the chance to customize its alcohol enforcement with the Office of Student Affairs and cut out the middle man.
MARQUEE
OPINIONS
SPORTS
New MU crime categories
Protests in the city shine light on Chinese government failures.
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MU seeks input on values
Administration asks campus to evaluate MU’s guiding values.
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Men’s soccer heads to D.C.
Gozun: Hong Kong
Amendments to Clery Act require Marquette to change up its reporting.
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Golden Eagles look to keep shutout streak alive against the Hoyas.
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Marquee chooses its top two movies from this year’s Milwaukee festival. PAGE 6
Fransen: LGBTQ Rights
Acceptance of community still a work in progress.
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